Just like the hero who saved them that day, Angie has dreamed about him twice.

Yuan Doudou smiled brightly, "Anji's idea is great, Mommy supports you."

Even if you can't become the top scholar, being a wandering swordsman isn't bad either.

Yuan Doudou pushed her cart to the bustling market. She was a little late and looked around but couldn't find a suitable spot.

"Miss Yuan." The steward saw her from afar and hurriedly went up to greet her.

Yuan Doudou recognized him as the manager and immediately explained her predicament: "Manager, hello, I see there aren't many positions available. Do you have any suggestions?"

The manager knows this place like the back of his hand, so he must know there are other places where he can set up a stall.

The manager smiled broadly and said, "Don't worry, I've got it covered." He had been worried about not having a chance to curry favor with her, and sure enough, opportunity favors the prepared.

Yuan Doudou didn't even need to lift a finger; the manager eagerly pushed the food cart to another street, and when they arrived in the city center, there happened to be an empty seat.

He parked the food cart within the lines, perfectly straight, and then showered it with compliments.

"Miss Yuan is truly skillful. None of the food carts on the street are as beautiful as yours. Yours may be small, but it has all the essential parts."

Yuan Doudou couldn't listen anymore and thanked her, saying, "Thank you so much. You can go ahead and do your work. I won't keep you any longer."

She immediately took out ten coins to give to the steward, but the steward refused to accept them no matter what.

Presumably in an attempt to curry favor with Lu Chaoyang, she wanted to clarify that she was not actually an old friend of his and could not speak well of him.

On second thought, this was beyond her control, and even if she spoke up, the manager wouldn't believe her.

The steward left happily, feeling refreshed the whole way. He thought he had done a great thing, and the Vice Minister of Revenue should promote him.

Yuan Doudou's stall had barely been set up when it attracted customers.

"What's that smell? It smells really good."

Yuan Doudou greeted them warmly: "Try the snail rice noodles first, then buy."

As soon as the shouts were made, both new and old customers came.

"It's her, the one who sells snails."

"Let me try it." The regular customer was the first in line.

Yuan Doudou put some in a bamboo tube lid, placed it on the table, and took one at a time.

"This is rice noodles, but it tastes even better than the ones I make at home."

"Boss, how much is your snail rice noodle?" After tasting it, I was immediately captivated by the flavor of the rice noodles. They were chewy and springy, and the soup was delicious.

"Ten coins a share." Yuan Doudou raised her voice so that everyone behind her could hear.

Regular customers have tried stir-fried snails, which cost ten coins, so this snail rice noodle soup is even more worthwhile.

"Give me two portions, I'll take them home for my grandchildren to try."

"I'll have one."

"Is this an egg? Give me one."

As the queue grew longer and longer, Yuan Doudou figured she couldn't wait any longer.

She sold six portions at the village entrance before leaving home. It was her first day setting up her stall, and she didn't prepare much rice noodles, enough for a maximum of twenty bowls.

"Tell the people coming from behind not to line up anymore, they're almost sold out."

Those at the back of the line were getting anxious, hoping there would still be food in the pot when it was their turn.

Many people in Ping'an Town enjoy spicy food, and the chili oil is used up quickly, which undoubtedly increases costs.

Chili peppers are an imported product and are not cheap.

While packing the snail rice noodles, Yuan Doudou was thinking about the chili peppers.

"Boss, give me extra chili."

Yuan Doudou added three spoonfuls of chili peppers before the other person finally left satisfied.

Anji helped put the lid on, while Yuan Doudou was in charge of tying the rope.

If you live nearby or are eating on the spot, there's no need to pack it up tightly.

About half an hour later, the bucket containing the powder was empty.

Yuan Doudou hung up the "Sold Out" sign and began cleaning.

The food cart was equipped with a lock. After cleaning it, the cabinet doors and wheels were locked, and the sunshade was lowered.

The food cart is like a small house, standing on the street.

When she went back, she only took her wallet with her.

When Yuan Doudou arrived at the food shop, she went inside, and the shopkeeper saw her at a glance and greeted her with a smile.

"Boss, give me two jin of chili peppers and twenty jin of rice noodles." I'm almost out of oil at home, and it's inconvenient to buy it here. I'll wait until I get back and buy rapeseed oil from the next village.

Why travel so far when you can buy it right here at home?

"Young lady, I have some seeds from the Western Regions. You're a regular customer, so I'll give you some. Maybe you can grow something from them." In order to keep his big customer, the shopkeeper quickly rummaged through the cabinet and pulled out a cloth bag containing seeds.

Yuan Doudou raised her eyebrows and chuckled to herself: Isn't this just a seed blind box? So the ancients were already playing with these things.

"Thank you, then I won't be polite." I'll definitely come here to buy groceries often in the future.

Realizing she was out of potatoes, Yuan Doudou went to the market and bought some potatoes and a few crucian carp.

I saw someone selling steamed buns on the road, one cent each, so I bought three.

The two returned home in a carriage, put down their things immediately, and went inside to see Xiaobai.

After finishing the meat in the bowl, Xiaobai lay on the bed and slept soundly, and Yuan Doudou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Before leaving home, she was worried that Xiaobai might do something rash because of the haircut.

"Anji, you play here, I'll go cook dinner." It's getting late, so she'll prepare dinner early and then go find Aunt Zhang.

First, start cooking the porridge. We also have a pumpkin at home, so we cut off a thumb-width piece from the top, peeled it, cut it into chunks, and cooked it together with the rice.

Yuan Doudou brought out a small stove to cook crucian carp soup for Xiaobai to nourish his body.

With ready-made steamed buns, all you need is a stir-fried vegetable dish.

When I got to the vegetable garden, I saw that there were quite a few eggplants growing. I picked one, peeled it, shredded it, stir-fried it with oil and salt for a few seconds, and then it was ready to serve.

The food was cooking on the stove, and she poured today's accounts onto the table.

The table was covered with copper coins.

After counting, there were a total of 230 coins.

I spent 320 coins at the market, which was money I brought from home.

"Making snail rice noodles is expensive, and selling it at a low price results in very low profits," Yuan Doudou muttered to herself.

She was thinking about how to increase profits, but selling only snail rice noodles was definitely not enough.

The food was ready, but Yuan Doudou only served the fish to Xiaobai and let Anji watch it eat.

Little White was sleeping soundly when it faintly smelled fish and jumped out of bed.

"Meow." It was his favorite crucian carp.

Seeing that Xiaobai was in good spirits, Yuan Doudou felt relieved and went out.

She carried 20 jin (10 kg) of rice noodles to Zhang Aiju's house, where Zhang Aiju was cooking.

"Auntie, can you teach me how to make rice noodles?" Yuan Doudou asked sincerely, not wanting to keep troubling her.

Zhang Aiju smiled and agreed, "If you're willing to learn, it's a piece of cake."

"DouDou, your auntie is asking you, how's business today?"

Yuan Doudou sighed, "We lost money."

She used to make money selling candied hawthorns and snails, but this time she suffered a loss.

“It would be strange if you didn’t lose money. You spent at least two hundred coins on these rice noodles, and you only sell one serving for ten coins, plus other ingredients. In my opinion, you should raise the price a bit,” Zhang Aiju sincerely suggested.