Chapter 52 Wangfu

There wouldn’t be so many people gathered at the school gate on ordinary days.

Cui Hejin saw that everyone was blocking the door and thought that he had to ask everyone to make way before entering the school.

But at this moment, he heard everyone's discussion.

“That was a close call.”

"Yes, it's scary just by listening to it."

"What's wrong with the school? Don't they hire craftsmen to repair the building regularly? If this falls on someone, they will be dead."

"That's not true. Even if he didn't die, he was crippled. You know, the entire kitchen roof collapsed with a loud bang. I live right next to it, so I heard it loudly."

"Fortunately, my family always lets the children go home for lunch, so they never go to the kitchen."

"But I heard that Master Cui would heat up his food in the kitchen if he didn't go home at noon. Luckily, Master Cui wasn't here today. If he was, we could have buried him there..."

Everyone was talking at once.

Cui Hejin could no longer hear the voices behind him, and his head was buzzing.

My mind was full of the sound just now, and the whole kitchen collapsed!

He happened to be preparing to heat up lunch in the kitchen at noon. If not...

His cold and picturesque eyebrows seemed to be suddenly filled with a gloomy color.

His face was also a little pale.

Someone came over from behind and saw Cui Hejin and shouted, "Master Cui, you are here!"

The people gathered at the door heard the sound, turned around and looked at Cui Hejin and said, "Oh, Master Cui, I'm so glad you're okay."

"I heard from my Xiaozhuang that your wife called you away. Fortunately, you left, because not long after that, the kitchen collapsed."

"Mr. Li asked a craftsman to come and take a look. He said the beams in the back kitchen were in disrepair and the kitchen was rarely used, so Mr. Li never hired anyone to repair it..."

"It's really a coincidence. It seems that your wife is a blessed one and will bring you good luck."

Some people are more superstitious and think that it was a coincidence that Mr. Cui's wife came to call people away, allowing Mr. Cui to avoid danger, which means that his wife brings good luck to her husband.

When mentioning Jiang Zhiluo, Cui Hejin's solemn and deep eyes seemed to be filled with the gentle moonlight, as if containing a touch of tenderness that was not easily revealed.

Cui Hejin said in a clear and gentle voice: "Thank you everyone!"

He nodded to everyone and entered the school.

Mr. Li was still watching in the kitchen.

Cui Hejin went over and saw the collapsed pile of wood. His expression changed slightly. He bowed and said, "Mr. Li!"

Mr. Li looked back at Cui Hejin and sighed, "It's a good thing you weren't in the kitchen. It was my fault that the kitchen was in disrepair."

"But your wife is indeed a good one."

Cui Hejin stood there quietly, his whole body exuding an aura of tranquility and transcendence, but no one knew what he was thinking at this moment.

…

At the Cui family in Donghe Village, Jiang Zhiluo calculated the time and knew that Cui Hejin would be fine when he returned to school, so she felt relieved.

Jiang Zhiluo prepared some medicine for Old Madam Cui to drink.

After drinking the medicine, Old Lady Cui couldn't help but ask, "Zhiluo, what are we going to do this afternoon? Mother will follow your instructions."

"Mom, I'm thinking about what to cook."

Madam Cui was stunned and asked, "Zhiluo, do you mean setting up a stall to sell food?"

"Well, it's good either over at the dock or at the market. The food business is better than selling brown sugar and malt sugar."

"We sell brown sugar and maltose. Business is good in the first few days at best, but as time goes on, fewer people buy them. These things are not daily necessities, but they are edible."

Jiang Zhiluo has been thinking about this matter.

Not to mention that making brown sugar and malt sugar is troublesome and time-consuming, even if people buy these things, they won't eat them every day.

But food is different. If it tastes good, many people will buy it and eat it every day.

Mrs. Cui thought for a moment and said, "Yes, Zhiluo, what you said makes sense. Even if people buy candy, they only buy it during the New Year and other festivals, not every day. But for food, those who work in town always have to buy some food for lunch if they don't bring any dry food."

"I've seen people selling steamed buns sell out several baskets of steamed buns in a day."

"At least a few hundred buns, three cents for vegetarian ones, five cents for meat ones, that's at least one or two taels of silver a day."

If you do the math, it's more cost-effective than making brown sugar and malt sugar.

Before, Mrs. Cui didn’t dare to think about setting up a food stall to do business, but after eating the food cooked by Zhiluo, she became confident.

Jiang Zhiluo said, "It's okay, Mom. Just go and rest. Don't worry. I'll figure it out myself."

In fact, she has a lot of business ideas in her mind, but she needs to think carefully about what kind of snack stall to open.

Besides, it’s better to start a small business at the beginning, the lower the cost the better.

Old Madam Cui couldn't sit still. Since she had nothing to do at home in the afternoon, she said to Jiang Zhiluo, "Zhiluo, you take a rest at home. I'll go out for a walk."

Mrs. Cui carried the basket on her back and went out.

Jiang Zhiluo sat in the yard wondering whether to make chive dumplings or set up a wonton stall.

She knew that many people who were busy working outside liked to eat something with hot soup. They would feel very comfortable if they sat down to eat a bowl of wontons and then drank some wonton soup after they were full.

But if you set up a wonton stall, you can make a profit by selling a bowl of wontons for fifteen or sixteen cents.

And if you want to sell wontons, you can make them at home in advance and then cook them on the spot when you set up a stall in town.

She can make wontons with many fillings, and the wonton skin is thin, so she doesn't need too much flour.

However, you can also make leek dumplings at home. When you go to town, people will buy them and fry them on the spot.

It's just the beginning of spring and the weather is still a bit cold, so there's no need to worry about things going bad.

You can also braise the pork offal, and the seasonings you bought before are still there.

In fact, braising pork offal is the cheapest thing.

Jiang Zhiluo thought why not sell the braised pork offal first and see how the business goes.

As she thought about it, she took out the seasonings she had bought earlier, intending to go to town and buy some pig offal from Lin Zhuzhu.

Although Lin Zhuzhu would give her a set of pig offal every time she bought meat and ribs, if she didn't buy the meat and just wanted the pig offal, she still had to pay for it.

Fortunately, the price of buying pig offal separately is relatively low.

You can buy a big bucket for three cents.

Just as Jiang Zhiluo was about to go out, Jiang Xiangchuan came over with five-year-old Jiang Yunxuan.

Jiang Xiangchuan was pushing a small food cart with a bellows on it. Xuanxuan also helped push it, walking with his calves, looking very serious.

When he saw Jiang Zhiluo, Jiang Yunxuan excitedly said, "Sister!"

Jiang Zhiluo was very happy to see her father and younger brother coming. She said in surprise, "Dad, Xuanxuan."

She felt pain when she saw her father pushing the things and walking unsteadily, but her father still came a long way to bring her the food cart.

Jiang Xiangchuan was also very happy to see his daughter, and said with a smile: "Daughter, this is the small dining cart you mentioned, and this is the bellows. They are all ready."

Xuanxuan's grandmother said tenderly, "Sister, the bellows are so useful. Now I can help my parents pull the bellows and light the fire."

Jiang Zhiluo smiled and said, "Xuanxuan is really amazing."

When Xuanxuan was praised by his elder sister, a happy smile appeared on his face, which was very cute.

She held her brother's hand with one hand and pushed the small food cart with the other, saying, "Come on, let's go inside and talk."

Jiang Xiangchuan waved his hand and said, "My daughter, it's okay. Daddy won't go in. I'll just give you something and go back directly."

Jiang Xiangchuan didn't want to cause trouble for his daughter.