The two sisters exchanged a glance, both with hesitation in their eyes.
Little Grass was the first to react, gritting her teeth: "I won't take it!"
Xiaohua chimed in, "No, we won't accept it."
"If they say, 'Ninety pounds of sweet potatoes, but you have to calculate it as one hundred pounds,' would you do it?"
The little flowers and grass seemed to understand; Shen Qingyu was setting rules for them.
The two quickly and loudly replied, "No! Whatever it is, is what it is."
Shen Qingyu looked at the two of them and nodded.
"You were the ones who begged to sell yourselves to me, and from now on you will have nothing to do with your parents and brother."
“If you do something disloyal, I will have no choice but to sell you back to the Hu family.”
The little flowers and grasses nodded and shook their heads in fright: "Master, we dare not."
"Good that you don't dare. Remember, as long as you work hard in my house, I guarantee you'll have enough to eat and wear. If you have any other intentions, I'll sell you off immediately."
The two sisters quickly swore an oath and agreed.
Shen Qingyu then told them to go find Xiao Taohua.
Xiao Taohua heard everything from next door. When she saw the two sisters come in, looking like they were still in shock, she couldn't help but nag them.
"What are you two afraid of? The employer isn't a harsh person. Don't you know what you've been eating and wearing these past two days?"
The two sisters exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement: "We understand! We'll stay warm and well-fed! We'll eat dry food!"
Yes, when the two of them first came in, their clothes were almost revealing.
Shen Qingyu took out the loose, coarse cloth clothes she used to wear and asked Liu Cuixi to alter one set into two sets for the two of them to wear.
In this year of famine, Shen Qingyu fed them coarse grains.
Even coarse grains are enough to fill you up.
The next day, they were given minced meat stir-fried with sauerkraut and other dishes, so they could taste the meat.
After just two days of good meals, the two sisters felt much better.
Such employers are indeed rare.
"Then you must cherish this opportunity. If you don't cherish this good life, and you are sold off in the future, beaten, scolded, and tortured, no one will sympathize with you."
The two sisters nodded vigorously.
After finishing the knocking, Xiao Taohua went to the backyard to cook.
Her two children were also in the backyard, and eight-year-old Wenjin was actually playing with them.
When Shen Qingyu went to the backyard, she saw Wen Jin asking the two children, "What is this?"
The larger, heavy stone was surprised by Wen Jin's ignorance, but honestly told her, "This is a flint, used to start a fire when you're burning firewood."
"What about this one?"
"This is an oil dispenser, used to hold cooking oil when stir-frying..."
Wen Jin finds everything new and interesting, but Chen Shitou finds Wen Jin's appearance new and interesting.
"Can you read?"
Wen Jin nodded: "That's for sure. I've been studying for three years now."
"Can you teach us to read?"
"You can't read?" Wen Jin looked at Chen Shitou and Shen Mutou, seemingly surprised, but he quickly realized what was going on.
"Then you can learn to read with my brother."
"Really?" Shen Shitou's voice was full of surprise.
"Of course! My brother is very patient. He taught my cousin's three children."
"That's wonderful!"
"Then I have a condition: after you finish learning, you have to play with me!" Wen Jin immediately made the request.
“No problem!” Shen Shitou happily agreed.
"Achoo!" Wen Che sneezed loudly, completely unaware that he had been betrayed by his own younger brother.
Shen Qingyu found it amusing but didn't intend to interfere. She stir-fried some sweet potato noodles she had reserved beforehand into a spicy and sour dish and took it to Xiao Yunqi.
Xiao Yunqi was flattered to see Shen Qingyu knocking on the door with a bowl in her hand!
"What are you doing...?"
"I made a stir-fried sweet potato noodle dish with hot and sour sauce. Why don't you try it?" Shen Qingyu smiled and held up the bowl in her hand.
Xiao Yunqi quickly took it with both hands: "You could have just told me to come downstairs, why did you have to bring it all the way here for me?"
"That's all we have. You're enjoying your meal down there, and I'm worried the three kids will get hungry," Shen Qingyu explained.
Was it made specifically for myself?
Xiao Yunqi was even more pleasantly surprised!
He gestured for Shen Qingyu to sit down first, and then sat down at the desk and began to eat his noodles.
To be honest, this is quite different from the hot and sour soup noodles I made before. This one is more fragrant and flavorful.
After taking a few bites, Xiao Yunqi nodded in approval: "These noodles are really good. They're chewy and springy, and they absorb the flavor very well when stir-fried like this."
"If we were to place it in your Guiyun Tower, do you think it would be feasible?"
Xiao Yunqi paused slightly in his chopsticks: So she specially cooked sweet potato noodles for him to discuss business?
That heartless woman...
Despite his disappointment, Xiao Yunqi had to quickly adjust his emotions and get into the mindset of a boss.
"If it's sweet potato vermicelli exclusively from Guiyunlou, then that's naturally excellent. But yours... is it only supplied to Guiyunlou?"
Shen Qingyu smiled: "After this sweet potato vermicelli is made, it will be dry and hard like noodles. It can be stored for a long time and is easy to transport. If you want to make this exclusive dish at Guiyunlou all over the country, that's not impossible."
Xiao Yunqi quickly calculated for a moment, then looked at Shen Qingyu: "How much sweet potato starch do you need to make this dish? How much are you going to sell it to me for?"
Shen Qingyu already knew: "A serving of sweet potato vermicelli requires about half a pound of dried vermicelli. If you're planning to make it exclusive, you'll give me 100 coins per pound?"
Xiao Yunqi immediately agreed: "Okay! After you make it, I'll have someone take it to the prefectural city along with the bean sprouts and braised meat, and then send it all over the country."
Guiyunlou's dishes are expensive, especially its exclusive dishes; a dish costing one tael of silver is considered cheap.
These sweet potato vermicelli dishes taste great, and the cooking method is not complicated.
The most special thing is the sweet potato vermicelli, which is chewy and refreshing.
Dozens of prefectural cities across the country, plus the capital city...
How many sweet potato vermicelli could such a small village produce?
We don't even know if it will be enough to supply after a year!
Shen Qingyu was satisfied with having secured the sales chain with a plate of stir-fried sweet potato noodles, and waited for Xiao Yunqi to finish eating so she could clear the plate.
But Xiao Yunqi seemed to know what she was thinking, and slowly ate while talking to her.
"You're not short of money now, why are you still making such a fuss?"
Shen Qingyu chuckled: "The village head came to me, saying that the villagers are starving and are going to sell their children, and he wants me to find them some work..."
Xiao Yunqi felt a pang of sadness: she was so devoted to the people in the village, and even specially made sweet potato noodles for herself.
But he was her husband, yet she calculated everything so clearly with him.
Xiao Yunqi felt wronged.
He stopped eating and stared intently at Shen Qingyu: "Actually, if you want me to help you sell sweet potato noodles, you can just contact me directly. I'll agree."
You don't need to go out of your way to make me a bowl of sweet potato noodles just to convince me!
It's really not a good feeling to have to keep clear accounts even between husband and wife!
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