Chapter 1297 Sunflower seeds and sunflower oil are both popular

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, children are the happiest. They get up early, put on their brand-new clothes, and then start visiting relatives and friends and receiving red envelopes.

Last year, everyone's income was good, and even the stingy Liang and Li families gave out bigger red envelopes than in previous years.

Not to mention the old lady and her group.

Shu Yu is a junior. Although she has reached marriageable age, she is not yet married. Therefore, she not only does not need to give red envelopes, but she can also receive red envelopes from her parents and grandmother.

Meng Yunzheng also secretly made one for her, and it was quite big.

Shu Yu took the red envelope and looked at Xiao Song Le. Hmm... Xiao Song Le is a junior, the child of her fiancé's family. Shouldn't she at least give her a token gift?

Shu Yu made a bag for Xiao Song Le, and then Quan Quan, who always played with him, saw it.

How could a child understand these complicated relationships? He only knew that his sister had given a red envelope to her best friend but not to him, and he stared at her longingly with his big eyes full of grievance.

Shu Yu couldn't stand his accusing gaze, so she gave him one back.

If you give it to him, it's not good to show favoritism to the others. Anyway, the amount of the red envelope doesn't need to be large; it's just for the sake of celebration.

Shu Yu then sent one to each of her younger siblings.

The children, carrying thick red envelopes, ran out to play with fireworks again, their pockets stuffed full of delicious treats, and another lively day began.

After the New Year, everyone was busy visiting their relatives. The second branch of the family had long since stopped contacting the Ruan family, so naturally they wouldn't go to visit them.

Most of the Lu family's relatives lived in Shangshi Village. Shu Yu and Lu Erbai accompanied the old lady back to the village, and they visited all of them in just one day.

As for the old lady's maternal family, there were hardly any people left. The old lady did have a younger sister, but she got married many years ago and moved to another town with her husband's family for various reasons, which is said to be quite far away.

The old lady didn't say her exact location, but we haven't been in contact for a long time.

After visiting relatives, Shu Yu's shop reopened, but the workshop hadn't started yet.

It's likely that many wealthy households had sunflower seeds during the Lunar New Year, and many people had already eaten them. After the shop opened, business suddenly surged, and all the stock in the shop was sold out.

A considerable amount of sunflower oil was also taken away.

Shu Yu felt that this wouldn't work; selling only two items was still too few, and she needed to think of another way to increase the variety.

However, before she could figure it out, Hu Li came to find her after the 20th of the first lunar month.

Shu Yu went to the county government office and found Meng Yunzheng there as well. He and Xiang Weinan were talking in the study.

As soon as Shu Yu entered, the two of them turned around and smiled at her at the same time. She was puzzled by their smiles. "What...is something good happening?"

“There is indeed some good news, but it’s probably also a headache for you.” Meng Yunzheng stood up, pulled her to sit down next to him, poured her a cup of tea, and then slowly said, “A letter has arrived from the capital.”

Shu Yu's eyes lit up. "What did the letter say?"

"Your melon seeds have become quite popular. The Emperor specially served them to guests at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve. Afterwards, many people inquired about them and learned that several officials had connections, so they all came to us. The largest dried fruit shop in the capital sensed the business opportunity and will probably come to Jiangyuan County in person soon. If nothing unexpected happens, they will stock up on a lot of goods. But the problem is... you don't have much stock left."

Upon hearing this, Shu Yu was genuinely troubled.

However, Meng Yunzheng hadn't finished speaking when he added, "Of course, your sunflower oil is even more popular."

(End of this chapter)