Sun glared at Ye Lei through gritted teeth, "How dare you! What you're doing is no different from being a live-in son-in-law!"
Ye Erniu was also unhappy, "That's right, you just stay at home and set up your stall, don't even think about anything else. Wang Jiao can continue to help her father sell meat if she wants."
Madam Sun frowned and said, "What kind of married woman would run back to her parents' home every day to do chores for them? That makes no sense!"
Ye Panjiu asked, "Grandma Li, where is Wang Jiao's mother?"
Matchmaker Li shook her head and whispered, "My mother left when I was little, she was sick."
Sun paused for a moment.
"Second sister-in-law, if you were Wang Jiao, would you not go back to your parents' home to help your father with chores after you got married? Then it would just be the two of you, father and daughter, relying on each other for survival," Ye Panjiu asked.
Looking at her son's unhappy face, and then at Ye Erniu, Mrs. Sun sighed.
"It's not up to me to decide. Since Lei'er wants to marry the Wang family girl, then we should go and arrange a marriage first."
She's thinking so much now; maybe the Wang family doesn't even consider the Ye family to be peasants and wouldn't want to marry their daughter into the village!
Matchmaker Li smiled and said, "Alright, then I'll go to the Wang family tomorrow and talk to Butcher Wang."
Ye Lei looked anxious. "Grandma Li, can't we go and tell her today?"
Ye Panjiu pointed to the sky with a complicated expression, "Lei'er, it's almost dark now, don't be too hasty."
Ye Lei looked up at the sky and sighed.
Matchmaker Li stood up and patted Sun's shoulder. "I misspoke. Your son's haste and panic are just like yours. I'm leaving now. Wait for my news."
Mrs. Sun also stood up to see her off, saying, "Alright, you've worked hard too."
Ye Panjiu took a basket of eggs that had been prepared in advance, with a piece of pork belly on top, and handed it to Granny Li, saying, "Granny Li, take these back and nourish yourself."
Granny Li didn't refuse. Seeing the meat, her smile widened even more. "Your Ye family has really prospered. I, Granny Li, will accept this kindness!"
After saying that, he picked up the basket and walked away.
“Our Ye family has become quite wealthy. I wouldn’t even hesitate to give away a piece of meat. Who would have thought I could live like this?” Mrs. Sun said happily.
"You're so good at talking nonsense. Hurry up and get to work. The braised food for today isn't ready yet." Old Mrs. Ye glanced at her.
“No problem, I’ll go now.” As she walked back, Mrs. Sun rolled up her sleeves.
With so much money to be made, doing these jobs is too easy.
When Ye Panjiu went to the county to set up her stall again the next day, she found several people dressed as shop assistants who bought all kinds of braised food and packed it all up to take away.
Therefore, her braised food sold even faster today.
In less than an hour, all the braised food was sold out, and the county had prepared an extra third of the goods today.
That means today's income will exceed five taels, probably more than five and a half taels.
Another day passed, and when Ye Panjiu set up her stall again, a person dressed entirely in sapphire blue silk walked into her stall.
"Madam Ye, I am Manager Zhou from Xiangweifang."
Ye Panjiu replied with a smile, "Hello, Manager Zhou."
Shopkeeper Zhou smiled and said, "Madam Ye's braised food tastes wonderful. How about this, I'm willing to pay eighty taels to buy your recipe."
Grandma Ye and Ye Taohua both widened their eyes and stopped what they were doing.
What did they hear? Eighty taels!
Ye Panjiu shook her head. "I'm sorry, Manager Zhou, but I think my prescription is worth far more than eighty taels..."
Manager Zhou interrupted her abruptly, "Then one hundred taels!"
Ye Panjiu sighed.
"One hundred and twenty taels, any higher is not acceptable!" Manager Zhou looked as if he were being torn apart.
Grandma Ye tugged at Ye Panjiu's clothes blankly, "Girl, sell it! This is one hundred and twenty taels of silver, we're not even sure we can get that much money!"
Ye Taohua also tugged at Ye Panjiu, "Mother, I believe we can sell it for that much money, maybe even ten times that amount, one hundred and twenty taels!"
Grandma Ye slapped Ye Taohua on the back, "Don't talk nonsense, how come this child has become so carefree!"
Ye Taohua pouted.
Ye Panjiu looked at her daughter with some pride, "My daughter is right. I also think I can earn many 120 taels. Manager Zhou, what I was just about to say is that I will not sell this recipe no matter how much it costs."
Never rush; letting the other person finish speaking is always a good quality.
Manager Zhou's face turned ashen. "Do you even know how many customers our Fragrance Shop has every day? How much money do we make? If you don't sell now, you'll be crying when we finally make it ourselves!"
Ye Panjiu smiled and said, "Indeed, my recipe is not difficult. I think Manager Zhou should be able to crack it soon. I'll wait and see."
Manager Zhou snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, shook his head, and left.
She was still muttering to herself, "Ignorant woman, ignorant woman!"
But a thought popped into my head: was this recipe simple?
Simple my ass!
Knowing how well Ye Niangzi's braised food sold, he sent his shop assistant to buy some yesterday, and it was indeed delicious.
Then he started to figure it out, trying different proportions, but it was never right!
I've been eating this for so long that the smell of this braised food makes me want to vomit, and I still haven't figured out how to break the spell.
That's why he decided to pay a high price to buy the son, but he was disappointed again, so he refused to believe it!
After Manager Zhou left, Old Lady Ye plopped down on the ground.
"One hundred and twenty taels! A full one hundred and twenty taels, just like that, it grew legs and flew away! Alas!"
Ye Panjiu, both amused and exasperated, pulled her up and whispered in her ear, "Mother, I'm earning five taels a day from this braised food now, and I'll earn that much in a month."
Grandma Ye looked at her in horror, "So many?!"
Ye Panjiu nodded.
Grandma Ye stood up as if in a daze, then sat back down on the oxcart in a daze.
Once the oxcart started moving, she grabbed Ye Panjiu's arm. "Daughter, I want to buy clothes! I haven't spent a single penny of my money, but I'm going to buy clothes now!"
Ye Panjiu patted her hand, "Okay, we should buy some clothes too. I'm tired of wearing this coarse linen."
The oxcart she ordered arrived today, and she can take the new oxcart home after buying her clothes.
Ye Lei and Ye Erniu exchanged a glance.
"I don't even want to think about it if my mother sees the new clothes."
Ye Erniu turned his head somewhat embarrassedly, "Mother, little sister, my wife has also been wanting to buy clothes for a while now. Could she come to the county with you after she closes her stall in town?"
“Why not? We’ll have lunch at home and then go on a big shopping trip to the county together this afternoon!” Ye Panjiu said with a smile.
"Mom, this is great! It'll be even more lively if a whole bunch of us go shopping for clothes together!" Ye Taohua exclaimed excitedly.
“Mita, let’s go get the oxcart first,” Ye Panjiu said.
"Okay."
Ye Erniu rubbed his rough hands together excitedly, thinking that he would soon be driving his own new oxcart.
Life is getting better and better.
The oxcart arrived at the ox seller's house.
"Oh, you've come just in time! I just finished making it, come and try it out." The cattle seller smiled when he saw them.
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