Chapter 101 Unhappy
Zhang Yunniang held the seventy-liang silver note in her hand. Thinking of Liu Xiaoru's character, she asked with a suspicious look on her face, "This is too much. Did you send all the money in the shop?"
Liu Xiaoru waved her hands and said, "Sister, you don't know how good the business is during the Chinese New Year. When you went back, there was only one pot in the store, but now there are three pots in the store, and even so, the demand still cannot keep up with the supply!"
Zhang Yunniang was shocked when she heard this and said, "If we sell three pots a day, can we sell them all?"
Liu Xiaoru smiled and said, "Two of the pots were reserved by Chunfenglou."
Zhang Yuniang had not expected such a good thing to happen, and said, "Two big pots, can Chunfenglou sell them all?"
Liu Xiaoru said, "Why can't they sell all? Chunfenglou always pays first, for fear that I won't sell to him. He sells the braised food from us at three times the price. This profiteer makes more money than us!"
Zhang Yunniang was not as resentful as Liu Xiaoru. She smiled and said, "It's his ability that he can sell it. We don't have a restaurant, so we should hope that their business will become more and more prosperous so that we can have no worries about selling our stewed food."
When Liu Xiaoru heard this, she stamped her feet and said, "Sister, why are you saying exactly the same thing as Cheng He!"
Cheng He is the owner of Chunfenglou and he is also the one who buys two pots of braised food every day.
Zhang Yunniang asked again whether the remaining pot of braised food was selling well.
Liu Xiaoru said: "People lined up early in the morning and we sold out in one morning. Our shop is really popular!"
Only then did Zhang Yunniang feel relieved.
Liu Xiaoru didn't just give money. She was efficient and cleared up the accounts for this period one by one.
"Sister, now you have to believe that we really earned so much money." Liu Xiaoru said with a smile.
Zhang Yuniang nodded.
Liu Xiaoru added, "Since my sister will be living in the county in the future, I have an idea. The shop is always busy, and although Mrs. Feng is diligent, she is not as trustworthy as my family. Why not cook the stewed food in this yard in the future and send it to the shop for sale after it is done?"
The yard rented by the Gu family is not far from the shop, so it is convenient to deliver the braised food there.
Zhang Yunniang couldn't help but ask when she heard this: "You suddenly said this, did you find something unusual?"
Liu Xiaoru nodded gently and said, "Maybe I saw it wrongly. During the New Year, I always felt that there were shadows in the yard at night, as if someone had entered."
Zhang Yunniang's heart immediately rose to her throat and she asked, "Are you injured?"
Liu Xiaoru shook her head and said, "That man was timid and ran away when he heard the noise. I asked Captain Chen to come and check a few times during the day, but he never came back."
Zhang Yunniang wants Liu Xiaoru to move here and live with them.
Liu Xiaoru is a divorced woman and has no obvious blood relationship with the Gu family. If they really live together, outsiders may not know how to make it up. Naturally, Liu Xiaoru is unwilling to do anything that will drag down the reputation of the Gu family.
"With Mrs. Feng accompanying us, nothing can happen. Besides, that man is after money or the recipe of braised food. Once the things are delivered here, there is no need to worry that he will come again. I will raise a dog in the yard later, and if the thief dares to come again, he will never come back." Liu Xiaoru said.
Seeing that she was determined to do so, Zhang Yunniang did not mention the matter again.
Both of them were action-oriented and quickly hired someone to build a stove at their home. Since their business was good and they had plenty of money, they set up five pots in the Gu family's house.
Old Mrs. Gu was originally worried that she would not be able to help in the shop. But now, looking at the mountains of food, both she and Mrs. Feng were unable to handle it. Even the confused old man Gu had to be pulled by her ears to force him to help.
After the first month of the lunar year, people in the entire county seemed to have sobered up from the impulsive spending brought on by the New Year. Business in the shops declined a lot, and even the amount of braised food needed by Chunfenglou was reduced a lot.
But the impact of these on the Gu family was not particularly large. After all, the food in the shop had always been sold only for one day. If fewer people bought today, they would just make less tomorrow.
The Gu family is large, so the unsold items can be consumed internally, or some can be sent to the government to maintain relationships, so there is no waste.
But the amount of money they received each month became less and less. Zhang Yunniang was still able to keep things stable, but Grandma Gu was not.
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Early in the morning, the old lady sat on the doorstep and sighed as she watched people take away the braised food she had made at home.
"Grandma, look at my black general!" Gu Zhao held a pitch-black cricket in both hands and presented it to Grandma Gu.
Old Mrs. Gu forced a smile and said, "Okay, okay, I saw it, take it aside quickly."
Gu Zhao held the cricket in his hand but did not move. Instead, he stood there and stared at Old Lady Gu.
Old Mrs. Gu was frightened by his gaze and asked, "A Zhao, do you have anything else to say?"
Gu Zhao asked: "I have shown you the Black General, why are you still not happy?"
Old Mrs. Gu was confused: Huh?
Gu Zhao continued, "General Black is my treasure. It took me several days to find him. Even if my mother wants to see him, I have to think about it."
Old Mrs. Gu's heart softened. She immediately realized that it was because she had been unhappy and made the children worried.
The old lady looked at Niu Niu beside her again, and the little girl was also looking at her with a worried look on her face.
"It's okay, grandma is not unhappy." Grandma Gu forced a smile on her old face.
Seeing her smile, Gu Zhao stopped worrying about it and went to play somewhere else with his baby Black General in his arms.
Niuniu didn't leave, but leaned into her grandmother's arms and asked softly, "Grandma, why are you unhappy?"
Old Mrs. Gu didn't know how to answer.
Niuniu asked again: "Is it too boring to stay in the yard?"
Old Mrs. Gu nodded quickly, trying to get the matter over with.
Niuniu grabbed the old lady's hand and walked out of the yard: "It's too boring, I'll go out for a walk with grandma."
Old Mrs. Gu was not very willing to go out.
She has always had a very clear understanding of herself, thinking that she is just an old country lady. Now she is very satisfied to be able to help her son and daughter-in-law with housework at home. If she goes out, she will be completely in the dark.
"I'm fine at home. I'm very happy to have you by my side." said Mrs. Gu.
Niuniu stood there, looking at her grandmother seriously: "Grandma, are you lying to me?"
Old Mrs. Gu didn't expect her granddaughter to be so perceptive. She hesitated and didn't know what to say.
"How can you be happy if you never go out? When you were in the village, you loved going out to chat with other people's grandmothers." Niu Niu said.
The old lady thought to herself that when she was in Qingshui Village, she was the most famous old lady in the village. When she went out, people would surround her and compliment her. Of course she was happy to go out, but in this huge county town, who would know her?
"My dear, grandma just wants to stay at home with you. I'm happier than anyone else when you're around. Do you want to eat some frangipani? I'll make you a bowl right away." Grandma Gu said nicely, trying to get away with the matter.
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