Xu Qinyu and Pei Weixuan returned to Guihua Lane.
Mrs. Wen had already prepared dinner, a pot of steamed glutinous rice, and heated up some of the meatballs and radish balls that Xu Qinyu had fried for the New Year, and also stir-fried some bean sprouts.
Shao of the Xia family had received a lot of fish balls, meatballs and radish balls from Xu Qinyu before. Xu Qinyu was not at home to make dinner today, so Wen went to the Xia family and told her sister-in-law, who smiled and said ok. After Wen left, Wu heated up the meatballs that Miss Xu had sent a few days ago, and made a steamed meat with soda for Shao.
Steamed meat with soda is a dish suitable for children, and it was taught to her by Miss Xu.
Her cooking wasn't as delicious as Miss Xu's, but Miss Xu said that if you adjusted the flavor well and paid attention to the timing, the taste would not be too bad no matter how you cooked it. So she cooked it several times, adjusting the flavor well and paying attention to the timing, and Shao Ge'er was willing to eat some of it.
After returning home and eating the evening meal made by Wen, the family washed up early and prepared to go to bed. Xu Qinyu also put the two small gold ingots she earned today and locked them at the bottom of the box. She had been making food for more than two months, but this was the first time she received small gold ingots. They felt different to the touch!
The next day, Xu Qinyu went to the dock to take a look and found that the two merchant ships and two government ships had indeed left.
However, there were still some other small caravans coming in and out of the dock, but because it was the end of the year, there were not many small caravans traveling for business, and there were much fewer people than on the two previous merchant ships. The iron mine and coal mine were also temporarily closed, so there were not many people setting up stalls on the dock, and there were very few people buying food. Xu Qinyu thought about it and decided to stop serving breakfast at the dock first, cook more fish every day and sell them first, and after Gui Yi Niang's matter was resolved, she would go to East Street to set up a breakfast stall.
Xu Qinyu returned to South Street and went to buy fish from Uncle He.
She had agreed with Mr. He before the New Year that she would need fish on the seventh day of the New Year.
After buying the fish from Mr. He, Xu Qinyu went to tell Tian the butcher that she had not been going to the dock to set up breakfast in the morning recently, so there was no need to go into the water for the time being.
Butcher Tian hesitated after hearing this, so Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, Butcher Tian, just tell me."
She also bought pig offal from Tian the butcher for more than two months. Knowing that Tian the butcher was a very honest person, and knowing that she sold roujiamo (a steamed bun made with pig intestines) for eight cents each, he never thought of raising the price of the offal, and always gave it to her at the preferential price of twenty cents a pair.
Xu Qinyu had previously reserved two roujiamo for Tian the butcher.
Butcher Tian still remembers the taste of the two roujiamo. He did not eat them but took them home to give to his wife and children. However, his wife gave him half of them. They were really delicious, with the pork intestines greasy and fragrant.
Butcher Tian scratched his head and said, "My wife said that the pig intestines made by Miss Xu are very delicious. I was thinking that if Miss Xu can't make a living as a breakfast person at the dock for the time being, why not make some pig intestines and let my wife help sell them. My wife has a braised pork stall and sells braised pork every day."
Because Tian the butcher knew that Xu Qinyu bought the fish just to make roujiamo and glutinous rice pig intestines to sell at the dock. There were not many people at the dock from late winter to early spring every year, and there were not many people setting up stalls there. Since Miss Xu no longer continued to run the breakfast stall, it must be because there were not many people at the dock, but the pig intestines made by Miss Xu tasted good, so they could be sold separately.
When Xu Qinyu heard this, her eyes lit up slightly. She thought it was a good idea.
"Okay, then we'll do as usual. We'll also take two pieces today. After they're marinated, they should weigh about 11 or 12 pounds. Let Tian's wife sell them tomorrow at 30 coins per pound. You can try them first."
The prices of various braised meats here are not cheap to begin with. Even though pig offal is only one cent per pound, Xu Qinyu has no intention of selling it too cheaply.
After the pig intestines are braised, at most half a pound will be left out of a pound. However, half a pound of braised pig intestines is enough for a plate. You can buy a plate for fifteen cents and take it home to eat. It is oily and tastes good.
Besides, the taste of her pig intestines is probably unique in the entire Great Sheng Dynasty. The price of thirty coins is just right. If it is too expensive, people on South Street and North Street will not be willing to spend it. If it is too cheap, she will not make any profit. She still needs to make money after all.
Butcher Tian grinned and said, "Okay."
He had eaten pork intestines and roujiamo before, and he knew the taste of it very well. It cost thirty cents, and he wanted to buy some occasionally to improve his life.
The braised pig intestines cost thirty cents per pound, and Mrs. Tian helped sell them, and I paid her two cents per pound.
Tian the butcher was naturally willing.
After buying the ingredients, Xu Qinyu went back.
Fourth brother didn't accompany her today. The weather was warm, so she just wanted to go to the dock to take a look, so she went there alone.
The purchased fish and offal were placed on Uncle He’s donkey cart and delivered to the Pei family.
Naturally, they had to cook the fish for dinner first. Pei Weixuan and Xu Qinyu killed the fish. As for Ning Jie'er and Wen Shi, Xu Qinyu would not let them help kill the fish because of the fishy smell. Two days ago, Xu Qinyu told them to make bags and then put them on consignment at Xia's sister-in-law's cloth shop.
The two of them didn't know what a bag was.
It was not until Xu Qinyu explained it to them that they realized that the bag was similar to the purse that women carry when they go out, but it was much larger than a purse. It could hold other miscellaneous items and could be carried by hand or across the body, which was very convenient.
After hearing this, both of them were amazed at Yu Niang's amazing ideas.
But for a while, the two had no specific idea about the bags, so Xu Qinyu used a half-burned stick in the kitchen to draw a rough outline for them on the ground.
She drew two types of bags that can be carried by hand or worn across the body.
They are all those cute little furry bags in winter, and most people are irresistible to furry things!
The fur scraps I bought from Xia’s sister-in-law before included white rabbit fur and gray rabbit fur.
The white rabbit fur bag is designed as a small bag with a pair of rabbit ears hanging down, while the gray rabbit fur bag is much simpler. It is a small triangular furry bag with movable buckles and is designed as a cross-body style.
She drew the designs of the two bags on the ground, which were not very pretty, but Wen and Ning Jie'er understood them.
In the past two days, Wen and Ning Jie'er have been making these two bags. They are good at needlework, but Xu Qinyu can't do it.
Xu Qinyu also suggested to them that they could embroider an icon inside the bag, so that if it becomes bigger in the future, it can become a brand.
Actually, I am afraid that there will be pirated copies in the future! This thing is different from food, it is still very easy to imitate.
Finally, an icon that looks a bit like the word "jade" is shown on the inside of the bag.
Even though it’s Chinese New Year and the weather is sunny, it’s still cold. This kind of bag is just right for pairing with it, it’s playful and cute.
Therefore, Xu Qinyu did not allow Wen and Ning Jie'er to help kill the fish. Their hands would have a fishy smell, which would easily get on the fur, and they were afraid that they would not be able to sell the fish at a good price.
Mrs. Wen and Sister Ning have a good relationship with each other, so she didn't plan to go cheap for this bag and planned to sell it at a higher price.
After the fish were processed, Xu Qinyu pointed to a basin of large and small intestines and said to Pei Weixuan, "Fourth brother, wash this too."
Pei Weixuan glanced at Yu Niang and nodded in agreement.
Xu Qinyu touched the tip of her nose. She was now quite adept at ordering her fourth brother around.
Fourth brother is a good person. He listens to her and does whatever she tells him to do.
Even if the breakfast stall was changed to braised pork intestines, Xu Qinyu would be more relaxed. Her fourth brother would help wash the pork intestines, and she would just prepare the spices and water to make the braising sauce. It was still very easy.
One pound of pig intestines costs thirty cents, and Mrs. Tian gets two cents. She herself can earn a little over twenty cents from one pound of pig intestines.
Now we make two sets of pig intestines a day, and the net profit is about two hundred coins. If it sells well in the future, we can add two more sets a day.
Of course, everything still has to be sold.
In the evening, residents from Guihua Lane and Laixi Lane come to buy fish.
Everyone said they missed it very much after not eating the fish she cooked for ten days.
In less than half an hour, Xu Qinyu's fish balls, braised fish and fish head stewed with tofu were sold out.
The next day, Xu Qinyu delivered the braised pig intestines to Tian the butcher.
She had never met Sister-in-law Tian and didn't know what kind of person she was. If Sister-in-law Tian was a cunning and deceitful person, this business would definitely not last long.
But if this deal succeeds, she can save a lot of effort in the future.
In the evening, Tian the butcher and his wife came to Pei's house, and Tian the butcher also sent the third mate down to the water.
Butcher Tian was in his early twenties, and his wife was about the same age. They had been married for only a few years. Mrs. Tian was a woman who spoke very straightforwardly.
Mrs. Tian's braised pork stall is on the North Street market. The braised pork she makes tastes pretty good in North Street. She mainly sells braised pig's trotters, which she sells in quantities of one, two, or three taels.
A pound of her family's braised pig's trotters weighs only eight ounces after the sauce is ready. Raw pig's trotters cost thirty cents a pound, so the cooked ones are sold for forty-five cents a pound. They are mainly made with soy sauce and ginger sauce, and it is hard-earned money.
Today, some old customers saw a new food on her stall, which smelled delicious, and couldn't help but ask the price.
Mrs. Tian said that it was braised with pig intestines and it tasted very good.
When everyone heard that the price of pig offal was thirty cents per pound, they all said that Mrs. Tian must be crazy about money, as she dared to sell something worth only one or two cents at such a price.
When Mrs. Tian heard this, she was unhappy and cut a piece for everyone to taste.
This stuff smells delicious even when it's cold.
Mrs. Tian added, "Although this thing is cheap, if you want to make it delicious, do you know what to use?"
"What?" someone asked.
Mrs. Tian said, "Spices! Those things are precious, otherwise how could they taste so good? This is someone else's craftsmanship, not mine. Doesn't it taste better than that fatty meat? Have you ever eaten something so delicious? I haven't. People say that this thing tastes even better when heated up, or you can just stew it with cabbage and radish."
It is indeed delicious. After trying a small piece, I was hooked by the taste. In the end, everyone who tried it bought it.
Some people buy less, such as two or three taels; some buy more, such as half a catty; some even buy a catty.
So the pig intestines sold very smoothly and were sold out before the afternoon.
There were a total of eleven pounds of pig intestines. Almost one pound was tasted by people, so ten pounds were sold for three hundred coins. After deducting the twenty coins given to Mrs. Tian, Xu Qinyu got two hundred and eighty coins.
In short, this business can be done.
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Xu Qinyu then busied herself with cooking fish and braising pork intestines.
After Wen and Ning Jie'er finished making the two bags, Xu Qinyu sent them to the Xia family and asked Xia's sister-in-law to put them in the cloth shop to help with consignment sales.
Recently, Wen only occasionally went to the Wen family to wash clothes. Every time she finished washing the clothes, she would stay with Aunt Gui for a short while before leaving.
Of course, this was also discussed in advance, so that the Wen family would think that Wen was caring less and less about Concubine Gui.
Xu Qinyu heard her mention that Aunt Gui's cough has been getting worse recently, and the symptoms have become somewhat obvious.
In fact, Xu Qinyu was a little worried that the medicine would harm her body, but her fourth brother said that the symptoms would disappear immediately as long as she stopped taking it, so there was no need to worry. However, it would definitely still be a little harmful to her body. All medicines are poisonous. If Aunt Gui really wanted to continue to stay in the Wen family and be wasted, she might not even survive one or two years.
Once we bring the person back and take good care of him, the effects of the medicine will wear off soon.
At the Xu family, Aunt Gui's cough became more and more severe.
Old Lady Wen was almost annoyed by Aunt Gui's cough.
Old Master Wen was also a little unbearable because of Aunt Gui's coughing. He was annoyed and paid money to invite a doctor.
The doctor treated it as a common cold, and the symptoms were somewhat similar, but after taking several doses of medicine, Aunt Gui's cough did not get better at all. Half a month later, Aunt Gui's cough became even more severe. Her cheeks were red, she was sweating all the time, had a poor appetite, and was much thinner than before.
There was no other way, so Old Master Wen paid another doctor to come and treat Aunt Gui.
The doctor took the patient's pulse, looked, listened, and asked questions, and finally came to a diagnosis. His face changed a little.
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