When Li Yu thought about the general plot of her story, she began to write the outline.
That day, when Li Yu had just finished organizing the outline and was about to start writing, Lin Hai and the others came back, and for the first time ever, the book was not sold out.
While Li Yu was still thinking about the reason, Lin Mei started talking like pouring beans: "Mom, someone in town has learned to sell leek boxes from us.
You have no idea how shameless they are. When my brother and I went to argue with them, they said that the leek boxes were not ours, so why couldn't they buy them.
Besides, Mom, they sell them cheaper than us, two for three cents, so we haven’t sold out yet.”
Lin Hai and Yang Liu were also dejected. Yang Liu even asked Li Yu, "Mom, will we be able to make no money from selling leek boxes in the future?"
Li Yu had anticipated this situation. Chive dumplings don't require any secret recipe. People will know how to make them after buying them and eating them twice.
Li Yu could also understand the children's feelings. They were able to make money from their business, but suddenly their business was taken away from them, so they must be very sad.
But she still comforted everyone, "It's okay, Mom will go to town with you tomorrow, don't worry. We can't finish the rest at home, so send some to your uncle and third uncle's house. It's not good to leave it overnight, don't get an upset stomach."
Lin Hai's fourth uncle, who had studied but failed the imperial examination, became the shopkeeper of a cloth shop in the town. His family of five, including a daughter and two sons, lived in the town.
He only comes back during the holidays.
Li Yu told them to prepare less food in the evening to avoid leftovers tomorrow.
The next day, Lin Mei and Lin He stayed at home with Xiao Bao. Li Yu took the eldest and second sons, as well as Yang Liu, to the town. There were already two stalls selling leek boxes, and Li Yu knew there would be more to come.
Seeing that the clothes worn by the people selling leek boxes were not much better than when she first crossed over, she realized that they were also from a family with a hard life like them.
Li Yu sighed inwardly. Life was tough. He had originally planned to go to the other stalls and talk them over. Even if he couldn't stop them from selling leek boxes, it would definitely affect their business.
Seeing this, she gave up. It wasn't that she was a saint, she knew that making money would be easier for her than for the other two families, but she just couldn't bear it.
Li Yu also read a lot of time-travel farming stories in modern times. The heroines fought against top-notch people every day and encountered top-notch people wherever they went. But in fact, there are not so many top-notch people.
In ancient times when imperial power was truly supreme, just being able to survive and have enough food to eat was something many people would pursue throughout their lives but could never achieve.
Just think about it, if people can’t even get enough to eat or wear warm clothes, who has the energy to stare at other people doing the worst things every day?
But Li Yu has made up her mind that even if her family does other businesses in the future, they will still keep making chive dumplings.
Whether those two can surpass my own in taste, let’s see their ability. Not pursuing the matter is already my bottom line.
As soon as she set up her stall, someone came over. Li Yu saw that it was someone she knew, the first person who bought her chive dumplings on the first day of setting up her stall.
Because Li Yu hadn't been to the stall for over ten days, he was very enthusiastic when he saw Li Yu. "Huh? Why did you come here in person today? Is it because the two shops on the corner were doing bad business yesterday that you came to check it out?"
Li Yu had nothing to hide, so he nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, I came to see if this business can still be done."
That person could understand that if more people bought leek boxes in the future, business would be difficult. But this was someone else's opinion, not Li Yu's.
"Don't worry, I tried both of their restaurants yesterday. Let me tell you, their food doesn't taste as good as yours. Although it will have an impact on your business, it won't be too big."
After hearing this, Li Yu felt relieved, and customers began to come slowly.
The brothers Yang Liu and Lin Hai were busy with their work. Li Yu asked them to do their own work while she took some time to go for a walk in the town.
Li Yu wasn't really shopping; she just wanted to check out the breakfast market and see if she could add something to their breakfast stall. Chive dumplings alone were too simple, and the recipe was simple, making them easy for others to learn.
The ancients were very good at eating. There were many kinds of breakfast on the street, and Li Yu had no idea what to eat at first.
Until she walked to a pork stall and heard the stall owner say to his wife: "Today's pork belly is very good. Leave a piece for us to cook at home after we close the stall."
Boil? Li Yu thought as he walked, "What's so good about boiled pork belly? You know, pork belly tastes best when it's not fried but braised."
Just eat it with stewed meat, it tastes good just thinking about it. Thinking of this, she had a flash of inspiration: Roujiamo.
Why didn’t she think of the classic breakfast roujiamo?
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