As soon as Mr. and Mrs. Su left, Sister-in-law Fang Yi found Liu Huan and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"
The eldest sister-in-law was very frank, explaining her purpose for coming: "Well, since we're all staying, we might as well get the business up and running as soon as possible."
“Your older brother and I are both incompetent, so we can only shamelessly run the family business. But don’t worry, we only want a small portion; the majority will be confiscated.”
Hearing this, Liu Huan was naturally gratified. Everyone was open and honest, and they spoke their minds about everything. Only in this way could a family go the distance.
He said, "Sister-in-law, I think we can start a tofu business. No one in this town is selling it yet. We're all family. As for the profit sharing, I can't make that decision. You and my brother can go and check out the shop first and get the business up and running. We can discuss it further when our parents come."
Fang Yi thought that made sense. She originally thought of starting a braised food business because she was afraid that people would not agree to let them do the tofu business.
Since no one had any objections, she and Da Shi decided to start a tofu business. Both of them were hardworking and, as long as they worked together, they would be able to make a living in the future.
Thinking about these things fills her with energy.
“Okay, then Da Shi and I will go take a look after we finish eating. It would be good to rent a stall at the market, which would save us a lot of money.”
Liu Huan disagreed with this. Tofu would definitely not lose money, so it would be better to find a shop and build a reputation, instead of having to fight for a spot at the market every day and scheme against everyone else.
After saying all this, Fang Yi thought it made sense. The two of them could still rent a shop with their money, at least they wouldn't have to ask their families for money.
Fang Yi: "Okay, let's go take a look first, and if we find something suitable, we'll buy it."
The eldest sister called from outside, "Sister-in-law, Huanhuan, dinner's ready."
"They're here."
After dinner, everyone went about their own business. Liu Huan hadn't left the house for several days. Whenever there was something to do, Xiao Dong would come directly to the house. She didn't want to go out and see that woman.
The eldest sister, Su Wan, was embroidering a handkerchief. After moving to the town in recent years, she became an apprentice and studied under the best embroiderer in town for several years. With her high comprehension, the handkerchiefs she embroiders are now lifelike and vivid.
Today, however, she was distracted while embroidering. After several attempts, she finally spoke, "Huanhuan, are you very familiar with the Guan family?"
This was the first time Liu Huan had heard her sister ask about business, so she answered seriously, "Yes, Brother Guan and Shi Tou are classmates and have a good relationship. We met when they came to our house for dinner."
"Then we started doing business together."
Su Wan asked again, "Was he also a scholar?"
Liu Huan shook her head. "No, Brother Guan isn't a scholar. He couldn't pass the exam and prefers doing business. He's only going to school now because his family is forcing him to. He's just going through the motions."
Su Wan breathed a sigh of relief. At least he wasn't a scholar...
Her face instantly turned bright red after she finished thinking about it. What was she thinking? She couldn't do that.
Seeing that her older sister's face was flushed, like a ripe apple, Liu Huan quickly asked, "Sister, what's wrong? Are you hot?"
Su Wan almost bit her tongue as she spoke, "A little, maybe it's because I'm wearing too many layers."
Hearing this, Liu Huan thought it made sense. Autumn was approaching, and the house was very hot at noon. She wanted to put out an ice basin, but her sister was on her period, so she decided against it.
"Sis, if it's hot, take a rest. Don't get heatstroke inside."
Su Wan nodded and put down the embroidered handkerchief when she heard Changsheng call out, "Young Master Guan is here. Please sit down first. I'll go call Huanhuan."
Su Wan heard the words and the needle pierced her finger. "Ah!"
Liu Huan was about to go out when she turned around and saw that her older sister's finger was bleeding. "Big sister, come on, let's rinse it with water."
As soon as the two left the room, they ran into Guan Chang in the courtyard. Seeing that Su Wan's fingers were bright red, he couldn't help but ask with concern, "What happened to Wan-meimei?"
Liu Huan answered for her: "I accidentally pricked myself with the needle, Brother Guan, wait a minute."
"Go quickly, we'll talk later."
The needle went in a bit too deep. Liu Huan was afraid that her older sister would get tetanus, so she squeezed her fingers repeatedly and rinsed them under the water for a long time before stopping.
Su Wan was quite embarrassed, her face still flushed. "Is such a small wound worth rinsing with water like this? I'm afraid others will laugh at me."
Liu Huan explained, "I've heard that many people have died after being stabbed by something and not getting treatment. Even though the stabs were deep and contained dirty things, we still can't be careless."
Su Wan stopped talking when she heard this, and the two of them went back after seeing that the bleeding had stopped.
Guan Chang anxiously waited in the courtyard, "Huanhuan, is Wan's hand seriously injured? Should we go to the clinic?"
Liu Huan smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's all taken care of. Why did Brother Guan come to see me?"
Su Wan, being a young lady confined to her quarters, felt it inappropriate to sit with everyone, so she went inside first.
Guan Chang followed her into the house until the door closed before he came to his senses. "Oh, I just came to check in and brought you last month's dividends."
The two walked to the shaded area in the courtyard.
Guan Chang took out several silver notes from his sleeve and handed them to Liu Huan. Liu Huan looked at the amount on each note, one hundred taels each, a total of five hundred taels.
"so much?"
They spent five hundred taels on this courtyard, which was half of their family's savings. They earned five hundred taels last month.
Guan Chang said, "It's all about the ice. Every family with a little money buys ice to keep at home in this weather. Especially restaurants, in order to imitate our Chunhui Restaurant, they don't hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy usable ice to make shaved ice for their guests."
"Business is still not as good as ours, but it's much better than when we didn't use ice."
Guan Changwei's chubby face was full of pride. His status at home had risen significantly, and even his father, who always disliked him, was going around telling people that the ice business was his son's business.
All of this is thanks to the person in front of me.
"The restaurant's profit sharing hasn't come out yet; I'll bring it to you in a few days. This ice business is only good for summer; it won't last long. By the way, the peppers on the estate are ripe; would you like to go take a look?"
All the chili peppers from Maocao Village were barely enough to supply Chunhuilou. Now that the chili peppers from the manor are available, they can be collected to make chili-derived products and sold.
Liu Huan naturally wanted to go and see: "Sure, but let's make this clear first, you can only get a share of the profits from this chili pepper business. I want to use the Su family name, and I plan to expand it nationwide. You don't have any objections, do you?"
Guan Chang readily agreed. He originally grew chili peppers for the restaurant's supply, and Liu Huan could use them for whatever she wanted.
"I don't want your share of the chili peppers. I'll sell you all the chili peppers except those we need in the restaurant. You can do whatever you want with them. But you can't sell the chili peppers we use for hot pot. How about that?"
Liu Huan thought that was even better: "Of course, the restaurant is also a product of my hard work. I won't cut off my own source of income. What I want to do is something else that even ordinary people can afford."
After talking for a while, Su Wan came out of the kitchen with some snacks she had made. "Let's eat something before we talk again."
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