Chapter 21 After the two finished their meal, Yun Che said to Qiu...
After the two finished their meal, Yun Che said to Qiu Yuruo, "Sister-in-law, why don't you go home and rest for a while? I'll stay here and keep watch."
Whether she takes a break or not is not important, but Qiu Yu needs to go back to use the restroom and check on the three people at home.
Yun Che went home before he got busy at noon, so he didn't need to rush back.
Qiu Yu Ruo then told him, "Just keep simmering the bone broth over low heat. You don't need to heat the big pot downstairs. The noodles are already rolled out. If anyone wants noodles, you can cook them in a small pot."
Su Jingshu had never cooked before, so after their mother passed away, Su Yunche helped his sister in the kitchen to keep the four siblings from starving. Therefore, Su Yunche was capable of basic tasks such as starting a fire.
Su Yunche agreed and urged Qiu Yuruo to go back quickly.
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When Su Yunting was awake during the day, the house was very quiet. She could only hear her younger sister saying a word from time to time, and her second sister would respond to her either in the kitchen or in the yard, and then the house would fall silent again.
Su Yunting knew that the food stall was opening today, but he didn't expect that with Qiu Yuruo not at home, his house would feel so empty, even though he couldn't open his eyes.
Even when no one was talking to her at home, he only felt a sense of peace and warmth, and never felt a sense of silence.
In just a few days, he had gotten used to her presence. Today, she wasn't home, and he suddenly felt a sense of emptiness.
The silent courtyard only came alive when the sound of the cart being pushed came, followed by her calling for her second sister.
The sound of the wheels turning, the young woman asking how business was going, and then her replying, slowly calmed his empty heart.
In the courtyard, as Qiu Yuruo and Su Jingshu struggled to lift the wooden bucket onto the cart, Su Yunting felt another pang of sadness.
He hoped they would find it easier to carry the wooden buckets, yet he also longed for her voice, until the wheels began to turn heavily, the sound gradually faded away, and the courtyard returned to silence.
I don't know when I fell into a deep sleep again, and when I regained consciousness, I felt that she was right beside me.
At this moment, Su Yunting's heart was filled with surprise and joy.
After a day of setting up her stall, Qiu Yu went to town in the afternoon to buy ingredients, tea, and a teapot for tomorrow. If Qiu Yu's body wasn't particularly strong, she would have been exhausted. In the evening, she had to ask Su Yunche to help her change Su Yunting's clothes.
Neither of them had much strength left, but together they were still a little faster than when they were alone.
Su Yunche went back to his room, and Qiu Yuruo locked the door and was finally able to lie down on the bed.
She thought she would fall asleep quickly, but her brain was too excited, and when she closed her eyes, all she could hear was the crisp sound of coins being put into the coin box.
Seven years have passed since I awakened my past life memories. Every day and night of those seven years has been so agonizing. Now, I can finally earn money!
From now on, I will no longer have to live at the mercy of others; I can finally stand on my own two feet in this world!
Qiu Yuruo felt that the sound of copper coins clinking together was so beautiful; it was the most beautiful music in the world.
Unable to sleep, she simply sat up, turned Su Yunting over, and whispered, "Today was the first day of setting up the stall, and we made more than 500 coins. After deducting the cost, we made a profit of nearly 300 coins. Although we spent it all this afternoon, it was for buying teapots and tea leaves."
Tomorrow I only need to buy some bones, it won't cost much. Even if the market isn't open tomorrow, there are still people passing by on the main road. I can easily make two hundred coins a day..."
As Su Yunting listened to her plans for tomorrow, his heart, which had been empty all day, was finally slowly filled.
After Qiu Yuruo rambled on and on, the excitement in her heart finally subsided, and drowsiness slowly crept in.
He adjusted Su Yunting to lie flat, then lay back down himself and fell asleep shortly after.
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The next day, Qiu Yuruo adjusted her stall setup. She stopped letting her second sister cook at home in the morning and instead made porridge for Su Yunting. Then, she had her second sister help push the cart, and the two of them went to the intersection together.
She unloaded the same things she had set up her stall yesterday, including pots, pans, and ingredients. Then, without paying attention to anything else, she started making the bone broth, kneading the dough, and then began preparing breakfast.
After breakfast was prepared, the second sister unloaded and tidied up all the other things. Qiu Yuru scooped out her own food, put the rest into a large earthenware jar, wrapped the flatbread in a clean cloth, placed it in a basket, and then put it on the cart along with the empty bucket, so that the second sister could pull it away.
Su Jingshu carried her breakfast and empty bucket home. There weren't many people on the road, so Qiu Yuruo started eating breakfast.
At home, Su Yunche helped his older brother tidy up. Just then, Su Jingshu returned with a cart. After the three siblings had breakfast, they filled all the buckets with water and lifted them onto the cart together. They left their younger sister at home, while Su Jingshu pulled the cart and Su Yunche pushed it from behind to the intersection.
When they reached the intersection, there were noodle stalls. Qiu Yu didn't need Su Jingshu's help here. Only her younger sister and Su Yunting were at home, and she was worried about them, so she urged her second sister to go home quickly.
Qiu Yuruo hung up the sign with the word "tea" written on it that she bought yesterday, and even though it wasn't mealtime, the stall was still crowded with people!
After a moment's thought, Qiu Yuruo understood the reason. The tea stall in Shuangmiao Village had been open for many years, and people who frequently traveled this section of the official road knew that there was a tea stall there. The Sujiazhuang intersection was only a little over a mile away from the Shuangmiao Village intersection, so she had essentially intercepted customers coming from the north.
Having customers is certainly a good thing, but if I take away the business of the tea stalls in Shuangmiao Village, they will definitely cause trouble in the long run.
To avoid conflict, you'd have to quit the tea business.
Before today, if Qiu Yuruo were asked to stop selling tea, she would probably have said, "Fine, I'm a food vendor, not a tea vendor."
But once she started selling tea, she would never give it up.
Today, we only sold half the amount of noodles as yesterday, but we made more money than yesterday!
Qiu Yuruo will not give up selling tea, but she will not sit idly by and wait for the tea stall owner from Shuangmiao Village to come to her.
Before the conflict erupts, he must build up enough connections in Sujiazhuang. When the other party comes looking for him, as long as the villagers support him, Shuangmiao Village will have no say in the matter at the entrance of Sujiazhuang.
It was already past mid-afternoon, and a group of merchants who had just left for tea had left. Qiu Yuru first placed one of the fires under the bone broth pot, and then kept the fire burning in the stove until the guests arrived.
The broth pot was heated again, and the bubbles that had been rising intermittently started to rise happily once more.
Looking at the pot of bone broth that was still mostly empty, Qiu Yuruo had an idea in her mind to improve her connections in the village.
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