“Is this something that someone bought?”
Tian was about to speak when Shuwen interrupted her, "Grandpa, our business is booming. We've sold out all our stuff."
Yan Bing was surprised, "Have you bought all the meat?" The meat was not cheap.
"Yes, it didn't sell well at the beginning, but it sold very quickly later. Mom told Second Aunt that if she had known earlier, she should have set the price higher." Shuwen was very proud sitting next to her mother.
"Don't tell me yet, let your mother tell you." Zhou looked at Tian expectantly, "Fang'er, tell your mother in detail what happened."
Tian then began to explain in detail. They had gone there early today, and when they arrived in the town, they first found an intersection to set up their stall. Yan Dashan and the others went to sell charcoal, and soon people appeared on the road. Tian gave money to Shuwen to buy two large sheets of oil paper from the grocery store. When everything was ready, they started to light the stove with firewood and put some meat and eggs into the pot to simmer. As they simmered, the fragrance soon came out, and it attracted many people at the beginning, but those people stopped coming after asking the price. Later, the customer at the stall next to them couldn't stand the fragrance so much that he spent money to buy 2 taels of braised pig's trotters. He was so delicious that he praised it immediately. After eating the noodles, he directly bought two kilograms of mixed noodles and said he would take them home for his family to try. So the stall was opened.
At the beginning, there were more people asking than buying, but gradually more and more people started buying. It might also be because the Chinese New Year was approaching, so many people were willing to buy. In the end, all the items were sold out, and many people felt it was a pity that they didn't buy anything. They closed the stall and went back without waiting for Dashan and the others.
Zhou clapped her hands when she heard this. "Great! I know good things always have their value." Her first reaction was that the price was too cheap. "What about eggs? 4 cents a piece, and people are buying them?"
"Mom, the first 20 eggs were sold out, and later on, there were no more for others to buy." Zhang said happily.
"Grandma, you don't know what that scene was like. It was so busy. We had to weigh the meat, do the accounting, and make the change. We didn't even have enough oil paper. We had to buy a few more sheets to make up for it."
Tian hurriedly took out the silver from the cloth bag of her backpack, "Thanks to the help of the stall owner next door, it would be a real hassle to exchange money today." After that, she took out a bag of silver, "I counted it on the way. It was originally three taels and ten copper coins. Five pieces of oil paper cost ten copper coins, which is exactly three taels." She never thought that one day she would earn three taels.
The same goes for Zhang. She used to sell buns at her mother's house, and she could only make a few hundred coins a day. She never expected that she could make so much money selling meat in a day.
"Mom, we have charcoal, and now if we sell this meat, we will become rich."
Yan Bingfa listened and laughed, "You think business is so good every day? It's the New Year. It's hard to say at other times." The family had another profitable business, and he was happier than anything else.
Chunxiao also laughed, "Sister-in-law, we don't earn a lot of money. The cost of the materials is 1843 Wen."
"That's more than one or two taels of silver. Who can earn more than one or two taels of silver in a day? That's a lot of money." Tian was suddenly worried as she spoke, "Dad, you said that business is good during the New Year. It's already 28 today. We can still sell for another day tomorrow, but we have nothing at home." She had only sold for one day, alas!
Yan Bingfa looked at the others and then at Chunxiao, "How much marinade ingredients do you have left?"
"I used half yesterday, and I need half more."
Yan Bingfa suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go to the butcher in the next village. He's been killing a lot of pigs lately, so he must have some left."
Chunxiao looked at the time and said, "Dad, why don't we eat first?"
"I'll come back later and eat it. It will take a long time for you to braise it. You have to sell it for another day before the New Year."
When Tian and the others heard this, they were immediately happy, "Dad, please go quickly and come back soon. We will save some food for you."
After Yan Bingfa left, Tian and the others sat together and chatted for a long time. She and Zhang decided to bring all the eggs from home to braise together. Zhou then asked them many questions about the day's business, asking if they were afraid, if they felt embarrassed, if the buyers were easy to talk to, and if they bargained. In short, she asked everything she could think of, and finally praised Shuwen in particular. In short, lunch today was unusually late.
When Yan Dashan and Yan Dahe came back and learned about their meat selling situation, they were very happy. Chunxiao told them that they would divide the money among them when they came back tomorrow.
Yan Bingfa returned about an hour and a half later, his backpack full. "We've collected everything we could, except the heads. They're for the New Year sacrifices. We also have plenty of hooves. If there are any left, Chunxiao, hurry up and get some. It's getting late."
Chunxiao asked her the price, gave her father 850 coins, and then went into the kitchen with Zhou. Tian and Zhang wanted to help, but with all the ingredients, one person was enough to light the fire, so they went back to get eggs. When they came back, they had over 100 eggs. Chunxiao asked them to help wash them and put them in a bucket nearby. The remaining marinade was also poured into the kitchen.
Chunxiao originally wanted to go to bed early today and not stay up late, but things did not allow it. There was more food today than yesterday, and she and Zhou Shi worked until late at night before finishing. After that, Chunxiao took a bucket and put two pig's trotters, two pig ears, four tails and 20 eggs in it.
"What are you doing?" Zhou hadn't figured out her intention yet.
"Mom, it's New Year's Eve, we should save some food for ourselves."
Zhou couldn't do anything about her, so she cleaned up the kitchen before they went to bed.
Today is the 29th day of the lunar year, and it's time for everyone to rest. Chunxiao doesn't need to burn charcoal anymore, so she had a good sleep today. Several children came over, and knowing that she was sleeping, they behaved well and didn't disturb her. Shufeng and Shuduo got her grandmother's order and went to deliver braised eggs to Grandma Fang, Grandpa Musheng, and Uncle Yan Wu's house. When Chunxiao woke up, the 20 eggs she had left were reduced to two.
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