All the family members except herself suddenly fell ill, which completely disrupted Su Qingluan's original plan.
Fortunately, since they started the stall, the Su family has been accustomed to preparing meals for the next morning the night before to avoid being in a hurry the next day. So Su Qingluan only needs to simply heat up the leftover food in the pot and send it to her parents.
But just as Su Qingluan was lighting the stove, she heard heavy, slow footsteps behind her. She turned her head and saw Yang's face, as pale as wax paper, moving towards the kitchen with unsteady steps.
Seeing Yang so weak and dragging her little body over here, Su Qingluan was so frightened that two and a half of her souls were gone. She jumped up and ran to Yang, wanting to support her, but Yang turned around and she missed.
Su Qingluan: ...Mother, if you react so coldly, you will lose your precious daughter.
Yang waved her hand: "I told you to stay away. Why did you come here? What if you get sick?"
Su Qingluan was a little speechless: "...Mother, didn't you come to the kitchen first?"
Yang smiled helplessly, "Didn't you say you were going to be busy today? I thought you were out, so I came to heat up the food from last night. Even if you're sick, you still need to eat."
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "With my whole family sick, how can I think about taking care of my own affairs? Of course, taking care of you is my priority!"
"Your father and I have hands and feet. Do we need you to take care of us?" Yang feigned displeasure. "Didn't you say that the family you're working for is too high to reach? If we don't do our job well and offend them, we'll get into trouble. In that case, of course your side is more important!"
Su Qingluan: ...Actually, this is to prevent my parents from worrying about it. Although the Xie family is indeed a wealthy family, Su Qingluan now has an ally in Mu Xingzhi, so it's not like "if you offend him, you will get into trouble."
And in a sense, she has already offended the other party - of course, it was the other party who was the first to offend.
"No, actually they are not that scary, and I am just heating up the food..."
"While you were lighting the stove, I'd already finished my meal!"
In one word, a sure kill! Su Qingluan, clutching her shattered heart, fled in panic—wasn't it just that she wasn't skilled at lighting the stove? Although she admitted that her movements were a little slow—well, a little bit, but there was no need for her mother to be so direct and clear...
Although she was kicked out of the kitchen by Yang, Su Qingluan didn't just sit there and do nothing. She had a lot to do today.
She certainly couldn't take care of the job recruitment notice for the time being. Su Qingluan had to go to the town first to ask the doctor from Huichuntang to diagnose her pulse and prescribe medicine. She also had to put away the sewer that the Liu family had handled today. The charcoal seller was still waiting for the Su family at the same place every day.
Everyone here is sick and can't go out to work, and there are a lot of things to deal with and contact over there.
Su Qingluan had thought about asking Mu Xingzhi to help diagnose her pulse, but it was one thing to ask Mu Xingzhi for help occasionally when she couldn't go into the city to see a doctor due to time constraints, but it was another thing to ask others for help at every turn.
Su Qingluan felt that when there were alternative options, there was no need to ask someone who was not a doctor to see her. That would be too shameless. Moreover, Mu Xingzhi's home and the road to the town were completely different directions. If Su Qingluan went to Mu Xingzhi's place, she would definitely not be able to catch up with the emergency at the sewage stall.
They trotted all the way to the town, where the charcoal seller, a father and son, were already waiting. Su Qingluan explained the details to them and paid each of them a hundred coins—of course, this wasn't for the charcoal, but for their hard work in waiting in the cold wind so early in the morning.
However, the cost of charcoal does not need to be settled separately - after all, it is already late autumn and the weather is getting colder. Unlike the late summer when the weather is still warm, the current weather is just right when charcoal and firewood are in high demand, so neither Su Qingluan nor the father and son opposite have to worry about the sales of charcoal.
Because the Su family has been very kind during this period, whether it is the fair prices, gentle temper or punctual delivery of goods, it makes the father and son who sell charcoal feel unprecedented comfort. So when they heard that the Su family has not set up a stall recently, they were a little reluctant to let them go.
Su Qingluan comforted him with a somewhat amusing look: It’s really not that we won’t set up the stall in the future, we’re just taking a break for a few days. The father and son said that they would come here and wait every day, so that if the Su family changes their mind one day, it would be convenient to find them again.
After bidding farewell to the charcoal-selling father and son, Su Qingluan turned and headed to the place where she and the Liu family collected the offal every day. Thinking about the offal soup that should have been sold in the past few days, Su Qingluan felt a headache again - those had to be sold within today, otherwise they would all go bad and be thrown away.
Although the Su family no longer had to suffer heavy losses for a large pot of offal soup, Su Qingluan still felt a little painful.
However, after explaining the whole incident to Liu Yunniang and Liu Sheng, who had already started practicing walking more and came with her, Liu Yunniang's eyes turned and she came up with an idea - to move the stall directly to the doorstep of Su Qingluan's house.
"Qingluan, you go take care of the family, my father and I will take care of this stall." This way, the offal soup that was already prepared at the Su family would not have to be brought here specially, and the offal that the Liu family had in their hands could also be processed at the Su family and then sold.
Liu Sheng, however, had other concerns: "Everyone in Madam Su's family is sick and needs to rest and recuperate. If everyone goes to the Su family to buy things, it will disturb them and prevent them from resting."
In the end, it was Madam Xi who had a quick mind and had the stall placed directly on the roadside near the Su family's house, just like an ordinary roadside teahouse or wine shop.
Su Qingluan thought about it, and her eyes lit up: "There's a well about a quarter of an hour's walk from my home! Not only Huaxi Village, but even people in towns closer to the city gate sometimes go there to draw water!"
"That's it!" Liu Yunniang patted Su Qingluan's shoulder. "Qingluan, go find a doctor now. I've been to your house before. Just tell me where the offal soup is and I'll help you sell it all!"
Su Qingluan nodded: "Okay, all the income from the stall today will belong to you."
"What do you mean by return?!" Liu Yunniang was not happy to hear this. "How can it be so clear between friends?!"
Liu Sheng, who was standing by, chimed in, "If you really count it that way, then the pot and set of kitchen utensils that Madam Su brought with her when she came to our house to have a hot pot are worth at least several dozen taels of silver. Even if we sell all the offal, even without deducting the cost, we still won't have 20 taels of silver!"
Liu Yunniang nodded quickly: "That's right, what's more, the set of bowls and plates that your Aunt Yang brought is not cheap." Of course, Yang couldn't choose any luxury items, but she also chose those with good quality and elegant design. This set cost more than ten taels.
Su Qingluan watched the father and daughter "rehashing old scores" here, feeling a bit amused and helpless for a moment. However, Madam Xi patted her shoulder and hugged her: "Go, child. I'll come to your house to help after I sell the pancakes. Don't worry."
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