Yang Haiyan transmigrated into a character who was a mere foil to the female lead in an ancient setting.
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Qin Shouye opened the second letter, and took out one or two taels of silver and two pairs of silver earrings along with the letter paper: "Mother..." Qin Shouye looked at his mother.
The people in the eldest house were also surprised. When Qin's mother just took the letter, she felt the weight, thinking that there might be silver in it, but she was also surprised to see the silver earrings. She hurriedly asked: "Quickly take a look at what is written in the letter?"
Qin Shouye nodded: "...My sister-in-law also said that this one or two taels of silver will let us buy some food to replenish our bodies. These two pairs of earrings are one pair for you and one pair for grandma."
Yang Haiyan has understood Qin Fang's character during the days she has been with Qin Fang. In fact, there are many men who are not greedy for their daughter-in-law's private money, and there are even quite a lot of them. But it is different for a man who is not tempted by five thousand taels. Therefore, Yang Haiyan was indeed very satisfied with Qin Fang. Besides, the few words in the novel also described Qin Fang's good character. Moreover,
during the conversation with Qin Fang, Yang Haiyan also learned a little about Grandma Qin and Mother Qin. Although Qin Fang's description of his relatives was colored, many mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problems throughout the ages have one thing in common, that is, the mother-in-law is worried that her son will forget his mother after marrying a wife, and Yang Haiyan will prepare two extra pairs of earrings, which naturally also means to please Mother Qin. Success or not is not important, as long as her intention is there. Besides, Qin Fang knows how to save private money and consider his own small family. Naturally, he is not the kind of foolish filial person, so Yang Haiyan is not worried.
Mother Qin was indeed very satisfied when she listened to her son's letter and looked at the earrings in her hand. I have to admit that an educated daughter-in-law is different. If she was satisfied with her daughter-in-law before because of the gifts and the fact that she was educated, she is even more satisfied now. I am not afraid of my daughter-in-law 's high family background, but I am afraid of her putting on airs.
Although the letter did not say that Yang Haiyan was a maid from a wealthy family, even if she was a maid from a wealthy family, she would be different in the eyes of these country people. If their sons marry her, they are marrying up.
Mother Qin weighed the earrings in her hand. Each pair weighed about half a tael. Add this one tael of silver and the three taels in front, and she sent five taels at once. Mother Qin was also worried that her son and daughter-in-law would have a hard time there.
After a while, Mother Qin went to find Grandma Qin.
After seeing the earrings, Grandma Qin had the same idea as Mother Qin: "In my life, I never wore silver earrings when I was a lady, and I never wore silver earrings when I was a daughter-in-law. I never thought that my eldest grandson would have them after getting married. This is all thanks to the eldest grandson's blessing. Afang married a good daughter-in-law." Mother Qin
smiled: "Your blessing is still to come. When Afang has a child, you will be the great-grandmother, and you will have to hold the child."
Grandma Qin thought about it and smiled: "Speaking of which, it is a blessing for our Qin family that you were chosen back then and now Afang has a good daughter-in-law. Tieniu and Afang are both the eldest son and grandson. If they didn't marry the right wife, it would be troublesome." Looking at other people's families and then at her own family, Grandma Qin felt that she had good vision and chose Mother Qin as her daughter-in-law.
Mother Qin: "Mother, I blush when you compliment me."
Grandma Qin laughed and scolded: "You are so shameless, I know that. Speaking of which, although Afang's daughter-in-law was appointed by the court, Afang is the eldest son and grandson of our Qin family, and we must prepare as much as we can. However, they are outside, so we can't follow common sense. What do you think?"
Mother Qin: "I just wanted to discuss this with you."
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Yang Haiyan naturally didn't know about the Qin family's affairs. At this time, Yang Haiyan had already devoted himself to the snack shop.
Yang Haiyan's snack shop is called Delicious Snacks, and Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong's family live here. In order to make snacks conveniently, Yang Haiyan also bought two ewes that had given birth to lambs, because ewes only have goat milk after giving birth to lambs.
The snack shop will open the day after tomorrow. We need to make some long-lasting snacks in the next two days, such as small cakes and biscuits. There are currently three people in the shop. Uncle Hong is responsible for the safety of the shop, but as a man, he usually stays in the backyard, because the snack shop is usually visited by female customers, so as to avoid conflicts between men and women, which will affect the reputation of female customers. At the same time, Uncle Hong is also taking care of the boy in Uncle Hong's family.
As for Aunt Hong, she entertains guests with Aunt Fan.
As for Aunt Fan, when Qin is on night shift, Aunt Fan lives in the military camp's family housing, so that Yang Haiyan has a companion at night and is much safer. If Qin is on day shift and comes back at night, Aunt Fan lives in the busy yard.
At the same time, Aunt Fan would go shopping for groceries every morning, and after cooking, she would send a portion to Uncle Hong and Aunt Hong.
Bustling Courtyard
The ovens here were also built, with a total of three ovens. Yang Haiyan taught Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong for two days, and they all learned how to make small cakes, small biscuits, small dumpling milk tea, mung bean cakes, red bean cakes, and yellow bean cakes. Unlike small cakes and small biscuits, mung bean cakes, red bean cakes, and yellow bean cakes, as pirated versions of pumpkin cakes, must be made fresh and taste good when hot.
Waves of delicious aroma wafted from the yard. Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong put the finished cakes and biscuits into a round basket that was to be placed on the counter. The basket was only five centimeters high and was covered with white cloth underneath, with food on top. It was clean and clearly visible.
Yang Haiyan: "Put these aside and prepare to sell them the day after tomorrow. Aunt Hong, go get a basket and put the remaining small cakes and biscuits in the basket, then go to crowded places on the street and distribute them to people, one biscuit and one small cake per person. When distributing them, tell them that the delicious snack shop will be open the day after tomorrow, and four small biscuits for one cent, or two small cakes for one cent."
Yang Haiyan calculated that one pound of flour can make 200 small biscuits, which means it can be sold for 50 cents, with a profit of 35 cents.
One pound of small cakes is 100 pieces, and two pieces are sold for one cent, which can be sold for 50 cents, and 30 cents can be earned after deducting the cost.
One pound of flour can make 30 yellow bean cakes, green bean cakes, and red bean cakes, each costing 2 wen, and after deducting the cost, she can earn 30 wen.
Although it is not much. Moreover, whether it is biscuits or cakes, she adds butter bought from the platform, which is very fragrant. In other words, even if Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong pass on the recipe one day, they can't make the authentic taste of biscuits and cakes, because they don't have butter. The butter was brought by Yang Haiyan when she passed away. No one knows how the butter is mixed, but it tastes good.
Aunt Hong: "Madam, since we are going to promote on the street, should we prepare more snacks? What if there are too many customers the day after tomorrow and we don't have enough to sell?"
Aunt Fan also thought it made sense, and since this snack can be stored for a long time, it doesn't matter if there are more snacks.
Yang Haiyan: "No need. These are enough. Except for the opening day, we need to prepare 2 catties of biscuits, 2 catties of cakes, 2 catties of yellow bean cakes, green bean cakes, and red bean cakes every day, and 20 cups of Xiaoyuanzi milk tea will be enough." If all are sold out, the daily gross profit will be 350 wen, which means 10 taels of silver a month. She is not greedy and thinks the quantity is appropriate.
Although Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong don't understand, they certainly won't object to the master's words.
Aunt Hong went out with a basket of cakes and biscuits. It was afternoon, and there were not many people on the street, but Aunt Hong still attracted many people to stop by because the freshly baked cakes and biscuits were so fragrant, whether it was the aroma of milk or butter, it made people drool.
Aunt Hong saw some people here, so she stopped and shouted an advertisement: "Dear folks, don't miss it if you pass by. The delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow. Please enjoy it for free today." Aunt Hong had experienced the poorest time, and her husband sold himself for her, so she didn't have any dignity to give up. Not to mention advertising like this?
"Free tasting? Really?"
"Is it really free?"
"I want to taste it, give me one."
"I want one too..."
Aunt Hong followed Yang Haiyan's instructions and said every time she gave someone a biscuit, "The delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow, four small biscuits for one cent." Every time she gave someone a small cake, she said, "The delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow, two small cakes for one cent."
Although it was a basket of small cakes and biscuits, it was only two kilograms, and they were quickly distributed. After distributing the small cakes and biscuits, Aunt Hong went back. Back in the yard, I saw that my son had woken up and Uncle Hong was feeding the child goat milk. It must be said that Aunt Hong and Aunt Fan prepared goat milk for the past two days because they were learning to make snacks. After the goat milk was boiled three times for disinfection and bacteria removal, the wife would let Aunt Hong feed her son a small bowl of it. She was in poor health and her milk supply had stopped a long time ago. The child looked much more energetic after drinking goat milk for a few days. Aunt Hong was very grateful for this. She even offered to give money to the wife, but the wife refused.
For Yang Haiyan, it was just a small bowl of goat milk, not worth the money, but it could win people's hearts.
Uncle Hong: "Are you back? How's the publicity Madam mentioned?"
Aunt Hong: "The small cakes and biscuits have been distributed. Some people want a second or third time after seeing them. I remember some faces, so I didn't give them. I don't remember some faces, so maybe I gave them."
Yang Haiyan came out of the kitchen: "It's okay, I gave them if I gave them." This is inevitable, "Everyone will have a day off tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, the business will open. Aunt Hong and Aunt Fan need to get up early to make cakes."
"Yes."
In the evening, Aunt Fan made fish head tofu soup, sour potato shreds, mushrooms and stir-fried vegetables, and braised spareribs. Aunt Fan packed some of these dishes according to Yang Haiyan's instructions and took them to the busy courtyard to eat with Uncle Hong and his wife. She usually eats faster because she has to go back to the family courtyard to clean up after eating. However, eating there is more comfortable than eating here.
Aunt Fan returned to the busy yard. Qin Fang hadn't come back yet, so Yang Haiyan made a cotton jacket for Qin Fang in the study room, because it was already cold at the end of September, especially at the border. Winter had come early and it was particularly cold. When she heard the noise outside, she went out and was shocked: "What's going on? Why is there so much blood on your body?"
Qin Fang saw that her face was pale, and hurriedly explained: "It's not my blood, it's a wild boar. I came back with Brother Lu today, and saw a wild boar rushing down the mountain on the road. We killed it, and the wild boar is still in the next yard." There are mountains on the road from the town to the military camp, but under normal circumstances, these wild game will not come down the mountain, and I don't know what happened today.
When Yang Haiyan read the novel, she didn't know about this because it wasn't mentioned in the novel. Now, after hearing what Qin Fang said, she realized that the ancient times were different from the modern times. Modern wild animals live in specific environments, while the ancient wild animals were not protected: "There are game on this mountain? Such large ones?"
Qin Fang: "There have always been, but in recent years, they rarely come down the mountain. They are all deep in the mountains and forests, because we are afraid of the game. When we have nothing to do on weekdays, we will take people to hunt game." How did the life in the military camp change? It was changed in this way. So in the long run, the animals will also be afraid.
Sister Lu called from the next door: "Haiyan, come and help after dinner."
Yang Haiyan: "Hey."
Because they had to deal with the wild boar, both families finished the meal very quickly. Yang Haiyan had just finished her meal when Aunt Fan came.
Yang Haiyan: "Aunt Fan, you came at the right time. We have to deal with the wild boar today."
Aunt Fan heard: "Where is the wild boar?"
Yang Haiyan: "It's at Sister Lu's house next door."
When Aunt Fan saw the wild boar, she was a little confused: "Such a big wild boar?" This wild boar must weigh at least 500 to 600 kilograms, and ordinary hunters can't kill it. "Did Master Qin beat him?"
Yang Haiyan said, "My husband and Lu Baifu beat him together."
Qin Fang heard this and couldn't help but said, "I can fight alone."
Yang Haiyan couldn't help but smile, "I know, my husband is the best."
Qin Fang blushed for no reason, "I'm serious."
Yang Haiyan continued to smile, "I know, I know, but my husband, even if you can fight, I hope you will consider safety first, otherwise I will be sad if you get hurt."
Qin Fang's face turned redder, "I know."
Aunt Fan came from a wealthy family after all. Seeing this, she couldn't help but think that the lady was powerful and held Master tightly. This woman, in front of a man, must not be tough. Men are ice, women are water, and water can melt ice.