After the death of her husband and father-in-law, Ye Yunniang’s mother-in-law made a decisive move—selling their house and land before taking her daughter-in-law and grandson to seek refuge with he...
Unpack the bundle, take out the fabric, cut the handkerchief into pieces, and then divide the threads to plan what pattern to embroider.
Having made up her mind, Ye Yunniang began to embroider.
After embroidering for a while, Pan'er's crying came from the main room.
Ye Yunniang put down her needlework and went into the main room.
"Mother, Little Flower is gone." Pan'er cried, clutching her hair tie.
"It's gone, Mom will braid it again, don't cry." Ye Yunniang took the hair tie and quickly braided it into a small flower.
"Little flower, little flower." Pan'er stopped crying, grabbed the little flower knot, and jumped and danced happily.
He pestered Ye Yunniang to make him more little flowers so he could give them to his friends.
Ye Yunniang agreed.
Upon seeing this, Cai Damei said, "You stay home and take care of Pan'er, I'll go buy the jars."
There were only two jars for pickling vegetables at home. Granny Zhang took one, so we need to buy a new jar.
"Mother, do you want to buy a few jars? Is it easy to carry them? I'll go with you." Ye Yunniang stood up and followed Cai Damei out of the house.
"I'll buy three jars and be right back," Cai Damei said, picking up the basket hanging on the wall.
"It's not enough, Mother, buy more." Ye Yunniang felt it wasn't enough.
"We won't be able to use all of that," Cai Damei thought it was unnecessary.
"Mother, I think the Zhu family will definitely buy your dishes for a long time." Ye Yunniang believed in Cai Damei's skills and was sure she could win over the customers.
“That won’t cost much. People will eat noodles, not side dishes. Four jars will be enough,” Cai Damei calculated.
"Mother, I think we could start a business selling vegetables separately," Ye Yunniang said, expressing her idea.
While at the Jiang residence, Jin Huifang enjoyed the side dishes that Ye Yunniang brought. Since returning, many neighbors have also come to exchange their food.
Ye Yunniang thought that Cai Damei had good cooking skills.
Why not make a living at home?
Once I've earned some money, I'll buy a shop. I'll open a shop that specializes in selling all kinds of pickled vegetables.