Everyone was sitting properly. Hu Yongcai's wife, who was sitting diagonally opposite Fang Yan, suddenly switched places with Wang's daughter-in-law, who was sitting next to Fang Yan.
"I suddenly remembered something. It'll be easier to talk about it if I sit next to Lao San's family," Hu Yongcai's family member said with a smile.
Hu Yongcai doesn't know how to grow vegetables or rice, and even that's barely enough for his family to eat. He also refuses to go out and find some manual labor work.
So the entire Hu family, young and old, lived a very frugal life.
At the meeting, Fang Yan said that if anyone wanted to do business in the county town, she would offer advice without reservation.
It was around that time that Hu Yongcai's family approached Fang Yan, shamelessly begging her to help them find a way to make some money.
"Even if I only earn 50 cents a day, that's 15 yuan a month, enough to buy meat for my family once or twice. I'm satisfied."
Since her requirements were so low, Fang Yan inquired about her family situation in detail.
Well, now that I know what's causing this headache...
At least other people can grow some vegetables, or sell their own newly grown rice or fruit at the market.
The Hu family has nothing and no capital, so they can't do any other business. What can they do?
But Hu Yongcai's family just watched her longingly. In the end, Fang Yan had no choice but to come up with a solution—to collect eggs from villages in the surrounding area and sell them in the county town.
There are currently no restrictions on how many chickens or ducks a household can raise.
Some families raise too many chickens and ducks, and can't eat them all themselves, but they really don't have time to go to the county town to sell the eggs.
Especially for some elderly people with mobility issues who cannot do heavy work in the fields, they can only raise chickens and ducks at home.
With an excess of chicken and duck eggs, they were unable to sell them in the county town.
This job is perfect for Hu Yongcai's family.
In this way, Hu Yongcai's family went from selling only twenty eggs a day and earning only fifty cents a day to now selling two hundred eggs a day. Occasionally, villagers would also sell their old hens that weren't laying eggs to her.
Although her business wasn't large, she gradually earned more and more money, and her family's life visibly improved.
Grateful for Fang Yan's help to their family, she decided to tell Fang Yan what she had seen yesterday: "It was Zhang Weicheng from the Zhang family. I saw him yesterday."
After changing seats and sitting down, Hu Yongcai's wife leaned close to Fang Yan's ear and whispered, "He and two children about his age walked out of Fucheng with toothpicks in their mouths."
Fu Cheng was formerly a state-owned hotel.
Later, individual businesses began to emerge, and state-owned restaurants, which were poorly managed and on the verge of bankruptcy, were bought by a big boss from who-knows-where.
It has now become the most luxurious and expensive restaurant in the entire county.
I heard that a meal there, even if you only order a vegetable dish and a bowl of rice, costs ten yuan.
Ten yuan, that's half a month's wages for an average worker.
In an era when pork belly costs just over one yuan per kilogram, this is an astronomical price.
Therefore, those who can afford to eat at Fu Cheng are all people who have made a lot of money.
Fang Yan once passed by the entrance of Fucheng and glanced at its decor. It was magnificent and luxurious. It was no exaggeration to say that it was the most luxurious restaurant in the entire county at that time.
However, Fang Yan came from a prosperous and powerful future, and she had seen hotels and resorts that were even more magnificent than this.
As for her cooking skills, the only problem is that she hasn't taken the chef's exam.
But she was confident that her cooking skills were definitely no worse than those of the chefs in Fucheng.
Therefore, she has never been interested in Fucheng, the most expensive restaurant in the entire county.
Besides, even if Fang Yan earns a few dozen yuan a day, it's not enough to support her spending money in Fucheng every few days.
I never expected that Zhang Weicheng would be able to spend money in Fucheng.
wrong!
Fang Yan immediately thought of another possibility and turned to ask Hu Yongcai's wife, "Sister-in-law Hu, was he invited to dinner, or did he invite someone to dinner?"
These days, splitting the bill (AA system) isn't popular.
When several classmates or friends go out to eat together, it's highly likely that one of them is paying.
Hu Yongcai's family never even considered this issue.
Yesterday, she saw Zhang Weicheng leaving Fucheng with a toothpick in his mouth, and she felt that something was wrong.
But I didn't think much of it.
If Fang Yan hadn't gone to settle accounts with the Zhang family today, she would have forgotten about this matter for the time being.
Hearing about Fang Yan going back to her hometown today, she suddenly remembered seeing Zhang Weicheng at the entrance of Fucheng yesterday.
Hu Yongcai's family instinctively felt that these two things must be related.
That's why she thought of telling Fang Yan about it on the way to the city.
"I don't know either. I just saw him coming out of Fucheng with two other people." Hu Yongcai's family member looked completely bewildered.
"It's alright."
Fang Yan suddenly realized that if this matter had nothing to do with her, she wouldn't care. Who would know who paid for that meal?
"Sister-in-law Hu, when you saw Zhang Weicheng yesterday, did he see you?"
"No, he was with two other children, arms around each other, chatting and laughing. He didn't see me."
That's good.
Fang Yan instructed her, "Sister-in-law Hu, don't tell anyone about this yet."
It seems that after she finishes setting up her stall, she'll have to go to Fucheng Hotel.
Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, most households will stop buying meat and vegetables.
Because of the festival, people will be worshipping gods and ancestors, so they will definitely buy meat.
If you just bear with it for a day or two before the holiday, you'll be able to eat meat on the actual holiday day.
Therefore, ordinary families will not buy meat for the next day or two.
Yesterday and today, Fang Yan's braised pig's head meat and pig intestines were relatively less available.
"Xiao Fang, bring less today, just a bundle of pig's head meat and a bundle of pig intestines will do."
Of course, there are also die-hard fans who never get tired of eating it every day, and they come to buy a little bit every day, no matter how much or how little.
"Okay, there aren't many people buying meat today, so I'll give you a little extra braising liquid."
Whether business is booming or slow, Fang Yan remains enthusiastic, making every fan who supports her feel very happy.
"Xiao Fang is really nice. I didn't buy much today, but he gave me so much braising sauce."
"Xiao Fang has always been a good person. She would bring a bowl of braised sauce every day, sometimes with a few slices of meat in it, to give to that crazy old woman who picks up trash at the market."
They support Fang Yan and are willing to buy her braised food, not only because she is generous with money and her braised food is delicious, but also because she has a kind heart.
Today, although there weren't as many fans as usual, it was still much better than the stalls next to it.
Fang Yan prepared just the right amount of braised food, and it was all sold out before 11 a.m.
After packing up her stall, Fang Yan said she was going to a landlord to deposit the large iron barrel, but in reality, she was looking for an opportunity to stuff it into the kitchen.
Then, taking Little Fish and Qibei, they headed towards Fucheng...
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