"What we sell here is liangpi (cold skin noodles) and liangmian (cold noodles), which means, as their name suggests, that they are eaten cold!"

"Our cold noodles and cold rice noodles are absolutely delicious, would you like to try some?"

Seeing that her sister-in-law was a little embarrassed, Lin Xue had no choice but to step forward and greet her herself.

"Then give me a bowl of cold noodles. I've had cold noodles elsewhere before, but none of them look as good as yours."

The man sat down at the table, and soon a bowl of cold noodles was placed in front of him.

"Sir/Madam, our cold noodles and cold rice noodles are mildly spicy by default. If you want them spicier, you can add more spice yourself!"

"The dogwood sauce is right on the table. Just add it and put the lid back on!"

Mildly spicy, suitable for everyone.

So when Professor Lin Xue's parents and sister-in-law were eating, they prepared a mildly spicy version.

With the addition of garlic for seasoning, this dish is already quite delicious.

There might be people who like spicy food, so Lin Xue kindly reminded them.

They also have a separate jar of dogwood sauce here, so that guests can add it themselves.

"Second brother, I'm already familiar with this place. Why don't you go and rest for a while?"

After observing for a while, Yu Lan, the eldest sister-in-law, finally learned how to greet the guests.

After all, his younger brother was also a scholar, and it wasn't appropriate for him to keep helping them with this kind of public work.

"Zhongyi, why don't you go look around somewhere else first? Your sister-in-law is here, and your parents will be watching over things, so nothing will happen."

As more and more customers came to eat cold noodles and liangpi (cold skin noodles), the elderly couple also joined the busy ranks.

At first, she was too nervous to notice, but after hearing her eldest daughter-in-law's words, she also felt that Lin Xue was no longer suitable to stay here.

"Then I'll go to the bookstore and see where you can find me after you close up shop, Mom and Dad!"

I wonder how well my storybooks are selling? I happen to have some free time today, so I can go check it out.

"Young Master Lin, it's been several days since I last saw you. I wonder how the second half of the book is going?"

As soon as I entered the bookstore, the shopkeeper immediately came to greet me.

There were a few young men around who were selecting books. Seeing the shopkeeper's enthusiasm, they couldn't help but take a second look.

"It's still in the planning stages. I just came to check on things today. Shopkeeper, you go ahead with your work, I'm going to find a book to read for a while!"

Some poor students who couldn't afford books would come to the bookstore to read during their rest days.

There was a large cabinet in the bookstore, filled with many books, all of them old and secondhand, specifically for these poor scholars.

Some of these books were bought by wealthy young men and women who, after reading them, donated them to bookstores so that poor scholars who couldn't afford books could read them.

Back when the original owner was still alive, I also came here to read books.

However, he mostly read picture books and the like, and didn't pay much attention to the proper Four Books and Five Classics.

But Lin Xue was different. She wasn't very interested in the scripts, since she had read too many and they all seemed to be just a series of sets.

In short, it's nothing new!

He read for a while until Old Man Lin came looking for him, and then he went back to Old Lin's house with his family.

"Zhongyi, come and see how much money we made today?"

In the room of Old Man Lin and Old Woman Lin, there was a large pile of copper coins on the table.

The two elderly people were very happy at that moment.

"We sold out of the cold noodles and cold rice noodles we brought today. Since it was our first time selling them, we made relatively little. We sold a total of 205 coins!"

A serving of cold noodles costs five coins.

A serving of cold noodles also costs four coins.

The price for a cold noodle dish mixed together is five coins.

Apart from the money spent on making the seasonings, everything else was something we already had at home.

Even after deducting the cost of 80 copper coins, the net profit was still 125 copper coins.

This is much more profitable than farming.

"We were too restrained today. If we had made a couple more pots, we could have sold them all!"

Looking at the pile of money on the table, Old Mrs. Lin felt a little regretful. She should have listened to her second son and done more.

"That's enough for today. We can always make more tomorrow and sell it!"

"I won't go tomorrow. You two can manage. If not, bring Daya along to help out. She's better than me!"

Although this small business was very profitable, Old Man Lin always had his mind on the work in the fields.

Even if he went, he wouldn't be of much help. Old Man Lin had never cooked a single meal in his life, and his culinary skills were practically nonexistent.

"Dad, you have to go again tomorrow!"

Upon hearing Old Man Lin's words, Lin Xue immediately spoke up.

"Why? Your mother and sister-in-law can go, it's not like I can help. It would be awkward for me to just stand there."

Although things weren't as outrageous as Old Man Lin described, at least he could still help wash the chopsticks and dishes.

But my wife can do this kind of work easily; one more person won't make a difference.

Old Man Lin was a pragmatic man. He felt that since he was idle anyway, he might as well go to work in the fields.

“We’ve just set up our stall in town, and with only two women like my mother and sister-in-law around, it’s inevitable that we’ll be bullied!”

"If they're more familiar with each other and it's just the two of them going, I won't say anything. But when you first start doing business, you absolutely have to go with them!"

“If Dad doesn’t go, then we’ll have to send either the eldest brother or the third brother. In short, we need a man to keep things in order at our stall.”

Even though Old Man Lin is old, he's still a grown man when he stands there.

The local thugs didn't dare to mess with them easily.

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