Hearing her father's dejected words, Liu Yunniang did not cry or feel depressed. Instead, she smiled and comforted him, "Dad, don't worry and take good care of yourself. I and Mom are at home!"
She was about the same age as Su Qingluan, looking about thirteen or fourteen, but she was thinner and appeared very capable.
Caring for a bedridden father was no easy task. Although Liu Sheng's upper body was still mobile and he could more or less use Liu Yunniang's strength to help him turn over, he was, after all, an adult male.
What's more, as a former "martial artist", Liu Sheng's physique is stronger than ordinary people. Even if he has been bedridden for a period of time, his weight is heavier than that of ordinary people, which makes it more difficult for Liu Yunniang to take care of the patient.
"Oh...it would be nice if Yunniang had a brother..." Madam Xi sighed.
It’s not that the couple favors boys over girls, but she feels distressed and guilty seeing her skinny daughter taking care of Liu Sheng alone while Madam Xi is away on business and can hardly help.
Isn’t this also the case with Yagyu’s complaints?
He has always been a very strong man. As long as his family lives a better life, he can bear any hardship or fatigue. As long as he thinks about his own little family, he has the energy to do anything.
Unfortunately, God was blind and the hemp rope always broke at the thinnest part. He was the pillar of the whole family, but an accident happened and the couple fell from a great height while juggling.
He used his body to shield his wife, and she escaped serious injury, suffering only minor bruises that would heal in three to five days. However, Liu Sheng was severely injured, and even had no feeling below the waist.
Mrs. Xi and her daughter Liu Yunniang were naturally extremely anxious and sought medical treatment everywhere.
However, a clinic is not a charity after all, and seeking medical treatment and medicine requires money. In the past few months since his injury, in order to make Liu Sheng move freely again, the mother and daughter have sought medical treatment and medicine everywhere, and even prayed to gods and Buddhas.
Because of this, the family spent all their savings and had to move into this dilapidated alley in the county suburbs. Mrs. Xi had to shoulder the burden of the entire family, and her daughter was busy taking care of the patient Liu Sheng all day long.
But no matter how hard or tiring it was, even though they had visibly lost weight, the mother and daughter never complained in front of Liu Sheng. Only Liu Sheng saw it, felt anxious, and even resented himself for being a burden to the whole family.
Seeing the remorseful look on her husband's face, Madam Xi quickly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, our pancake business has been particularly good these days!" She put down the basket she was carrying with a smile and pointed inside, "Look, it's not even time to close the market, and they're all sold out!"
Seeing her mother's comments, her daughter Yunniang quickly chimed in, "Oh, God is watching! How much did it sell for today?"
"I raised the price of pancakes to three coins for two and two coins for one. I sold more than five hundred coins, so the net profit is at least two or three hundred coins!" In total, the net profit has more than doubled!
This time, Yunniang cheered up and came forward with a smile that seemed more sincere: "Wow, that's really a lot!" Not to mention Yunniang, even Liu Sheng's frown relaxed a lot.
"Isn't it?" Madam Xi exclaimed. "Before, I was wondering if the soybean oil used for lighting lamps was really edible. I never thought that just by slightly changing the cooking method, it would become even more popular!"
Moreover, Mrs. Xi also discovered that the pancakes made with the new method had a firmer and more resilient texture. The fundamental reason was that they contained less water.
This even has the added benefit of making it easier to store.
Ordinary pancakes made with fully fermented dough would become sour and spoil in just three to five days if not properly stored in the summer. However, these harder pancakes could be kept for as long as half a month, even in hot weather.
"Mother, was it the master pancake maker who told you the recipe?" Yunniang asked curiously.
"He's not some master," Madam Xi shook her head. "That kid is only about your age, but he's a bit of a celebrity in town—you still remember that 'Rolling a Hundred Wealths' from before, right?"
When Yagyu and his daughter heard the words "roll up a hundred fortunes", their eyes lit up.
They had "grabbed" one once, and the burrito was so delicious that it was the most unforgettable burrito they had ever eaten.
So when they learned that "Juan Bai Cai" had temporarily stopped selling its sizzling sizzles, many neighbors sighed in regret. While other sizzling sizzles might be good value for money, none could truly rival "Juan Bai Cai" in taste.
Madam Xi sighed, "That scroll of treasure, and that offal soup I mentioned, are all the work of that young lady! And look at this improved recipe for pancakes... That young lady from the Su family is truly a skilled cook!"
Liu Yunniang sighed, "Where did this young lady learn such skills? If I could learn a thing or two, we could open our own restaurant!"
"How could it be that easy!" Liu Sheng shook his head. "Any skilled craftsman has some secrets that he won't pass on to others. If that young lady is really his last disciple, how can we just ask him like that? Besides, if he's willing to tell us the whole recipe, he's basically giving us his job!"
Mrs. Liu Shengtongxi has been traveling around the country performing acrobatics for many years, so she is naturally considered a "craftsman". Therefore, she understands that many skills are "not passed on to outsiders".
It was precisely because of this that they were so grateful and surprised when Su Qingluan told them the method of improving the pancake without hiding anything from them. After all, if they met such a stingy master, if he heard that his disciples had leaked his proudest skills, he would punish them at the very least, and at the worst, he might be expelled from the sect and cut off all contact with them.
"When we travel the world, loyalty is paramount," Liu Sheng said, struggling to sit up with his daughter's support. "Besides, our family has benefited from the success of this pancake business. We must never forget the kindness of others."
Su Qingluan didn't know at this moment that Madam Xi's family was going to "repay her" for a few words she said. She now had another thing to worry about.
Looking at her sister Su Xueyan, who was crying and looking at her with a pair of watery eyes, trying to "get away with it" with cuteness, Su Qingluan was a little speechless: "You know how to cry now?"
"Sister...I didn't mean it..."
"If you did it on purpose, I wouldn't be standing here calmly listening to your explanation. Instead, I would just slap you on the hand!" Su Qingluan shook the book in her hand that was obviously soaked with water.
Although the book has now returned to its dry state, it is now in a bulging and wrinkled state. What's worse is that this book is not made of modern graphite printing paper, but a handwritten book.
Now, the handwriting on the handwritten book has become blurred because it has been soaked. Even some characters with more strokes have become blurred and difficult to recognize.
"So," Su Qingluan stared at her sister's tearful face, "how did you take out this book that I had put away carefully and spill water on it?"
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