Ye Panjiu is physically weak. After setting up her stall in the morning, she needs to take a nap at noon, otherwise she will feel extremely tired in the afternoon.
The original owner of this body had been in poor health since childhood. She was pampered at home and never had to do any chores. However, after arriving at the Du family, she was forced to work like a slave for more than ten years. She was also fed very poorly, which made her health even worse and left her extremely exhausted.
Sun and Ye Erniu went out to buy vegetables and eggs from each household in the village.
Liu and Ye Daniu were at home preparing for the afternoon's inventory.
When the Sun couple returned home after buying groceries, Ye Lei was still not home.
Standing at the gate of the courtyard, Mrs. Sun looked out onto the road. "This kid, will he always take forever to come home when he goes to buy meat?"
“Isn’t this the same when I was at your house?” Ye Erniu stood behind her, looking around.
After Ye Panjiu woke up, Ye Lei finally returned home.
Mrs. Sun, holding her son's hand, kept asking, "Why did it take you so long to buy these things? Did something happen on the way?"
Ye Lei's eyes darted away, "Mother..."
If he said he felt sorry for Wang Jiao selling meat and helped her out, his mother would definitely be unhappy.
Ye Panjiu understood immediately, and pulled Sun Shi away, saying, "Let's get busy."
After a full hour of work, the first batch of braised food was finally ready, and it was for everyone in the village.
Ye Panjiu filled several large bowls in a bamboo basket, and Sun Shi also carried a similarly full bamboo basket as they went out to deliver it.
"Mother, Second Aunt, I'm going too!" Ye Taohua immediately followed as soon as she saw that they were about to leave.
Ye Guihua continued chopping vegetables, completely unmoved; she wanted to do more work.
Mrs. Liu looked at her daughter with a pang of heartache.
My daughter is too composed; she lacks the liveliness that is typical of her age.
The three first went to their neighbor Ye Sanchao's house.
Mrs. Tian warmly welcomed them in, "Oh my, your house smells wonderful every day!"
Ye Panjiu took out a large bowl and placed it on the table. "Aunt Tian, try it while it's hot and see if it's really that fragrant."
Tian sniffed and swallowed, but still waved her hand, "Such a big bowl of meat, you can't take it. You need to take it back; you still need to set up a stall to sell it tomorrow!"
Her family became increasingly wealthy thanks to Ye Panjiu's stall business.
We can eat meat at every meal now, but not much.
Ye Panjiu lifted the cloth covering the bamboo basket. "Aunt Tian, please eat without worry. We're sending a bowl to every household. I've been wanting to thank everyone for setting up this stall for so long."
Aunt Tian craned her neck to take a look, "So many!"
"Yes, you should try it quickly and let me hear what you think!" Mrs. Sun said anxiously.
Aunt Tian then stopped refusing and picked up her chopsticks to eat a piece of meat.
Eyes wide like saucers, "Delicious! The aroma is amazing, and the meat isn't dry at all. No wonder it sells so well; who wouldn't love this!"
"That's right! My little sister is so amazing!" Mrs. Sun said, as if she herself had been praised.
Ye Panjiu smiled brightly; her braised food recipe had received hundreds of thousands of likes on a certain book.
She took out another large bowl and placed it on the table. "This bowl is definitely not enough. You can all eat these together. The leftover broth can be poured over rice or used to cook noodles. It tastes good too."
Before Aunt Tian could refuse again, Ye Panjiu patted her arm and said, "Alright, Aunt Tian, let's go to the next place."
After saying that, he turned and walked out of Ye Santian's house.
Tian hurriedly took out a basin, poured two large bowls of braised food into it, and quickly delivered the two empty bowls back to the Ye family.
Ye Panjiu then delivered a bowl to each of the families.
When they arrived at Widow Dong's house, Mrs. Sun stood at the door and refused to go in.
"I don't like this person, little sister, let's not deliver it to her!"
Ye Panjiu's lips twitched. "What did this family do to you? I even saw Widow Dong come out today to bolster our reputation."
Sun pursed her lips and said, "Alright then, I'll reluctantly go in this time."
Ye Panjiu and Ye Taohua exchanged a glance, both filled with doubt.
Widow Dong was very young, about the same age as Ye Panjiu, and had three children.
The family was destitute, and both the adults and children were pale and thin.
"It's Pan Jiu, come in quickly." Widow Dong stepped aside, her eyes fixed on the bamboo basket.
This smells really good.
Ye Panjiu stepped into the dark room, where the smell was rather unpleasant.
It smelled musty and rotten, and there were flies buzzing around.
"Ling'er, hurry up and pour some water," Widow Dong ordered her youngest daughter, Ling'er.
Ling'er looked to be only seven years old. The little girl silently prepared to stand on the wooden stool.
The wooden stool was right in front of the water vat, which was so big that it was as tall as two little girls.
Fearing the little girl might fall into the water tank, Ye Panjiu quickly waved her hand, "Sister-in-law, no need to trouble yourself. These are some braised dishes that my family has been selling recently. Thank you for your help today."
She brought out the fullest bowl and placed it on the table.
"Mom, I want to eat!"
"I want some too!"
Widow Dong's two sons immediately ran to the table, pushed Ye Panjiu and the other two aside, grabbed them, and put them in their mouths.
Ling'er, sitting in the corner, kept swallowing, but dared not move.
Ye Taohua's arm was squeezed and bumped against the corner of the table, causing her to cry out in pain.
Ye Panjiu put down the bamboo basket and quickly picked up Ye Taohua's arm to look at it.
He blew on the arm and said, "When we get home, Mom will get some medicinal wine to rub it on you."
Ye Taohua felt a warmth in her heart and shook her head, "Mother, I'm fine."
"Oh dear, I'm sorry, these kids are just too naughty, I can't control them," Widow Dong said with a smile.
She was dismissive of it. It was just her daughter who bumped into something; why was she making such a fuss? What kind of behavior was that?
She takes her anger out on her daughter all the time, but she doesn't dare say a word, or even cry.
"Hey! What are you doing!" Sun shouted shrilly.
Ye Panjiu turned around and saw that the two boys had grabbed the braised meat from the other bowls in the bamboo basket. Not only that, they had also reached in and rummaged through it.
All four hands were black.
Her face froze for a moment.
When Widow Dong saw this, she reached out as if to hit the two children, but she didn't even touch them.
"You're so cheeky, come here right now." The voice was light and airy.
Ye Panjiu shook her head and placed the remaining three large bowls from the bamboo basket on the table. "It's alright, Sister Dong, keep these to eat. Just don't eat too much meat at once, it's easy to get indigestion."
Sun was so angry that her chest heaved. She opened her mouth to say a few more words, but Ye Panjiu tugged at her sleeve.
Enraged, Madam Sun turned and walked out of the Dong family's house.
Widow Dong couldn't suppress the smile on her lips, but she said, "So much, I'm so embarrassed..."
But they showed no intention of returning it.
Ye Panjiu smiled and said, "Then we'll go deliver to other families. Sister-in-law Dong, don't come out to deliver anymore."
As he spoke, he pulled Ye Taohua out the door.
"Eat quickly, eat quickly, my poor child, you can't let him go hungry."
She sighed as she listened to Widow Dong's voice behind her.
They were poor, and so were they; not only that, they were also extremely sexist.
That little girl, Ling'er, lived in hell in that house.
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