After everyone left, Ruan Meng was a little surprised to find that it was her second brother who spoke.
"Brother and sister-in-law, you go and rest first. I'll stay here to clean up the mess."
"It's alright, I may not know how to do other things, but I can clean. Brother, lie down quickly, don't overwork yourself!"
"Sister-in-law, you've worked hard today! I didn't exert myself much during the day, so I'm not tired yet. Let me do it."
Ruan Meng looked at her second brother, her nose feeling a little sore.
He lied. He had been working all day, from dawn till dusk. How could he not be tired?
Even Ruan Meng felt her eyes getting sleepy.
Ruan Meng really wanted to say that she should be more tolerant of her second brother in the future, even if he makes a fuss over nothing, even if he's afraid of insects, snakes, and anything that moves...
But she felt she couldn't do it, so she gave up in her heart.
The eldest brother and sister-in-law were deeply moved upon hearing this, but also felt sorry for the second brother.
The second brother looked at Ruan Meng with eyes full of heartache, which made Ruan Meng feel a little guilty.
The second child said, "My little sister works the hardest; the whole family depends on her. Look at her, her once round little face is all pointed now!"
The second brother looked at his elder brother and sister-in-law, "Elder brother, sister-in-law, today is the first day. We're expanding the house, and the situation is special, so we're extra busy..."
"But I think we can't continue like this!"
The eldest brother became interested and asked with a smile, "Second brother, what do you think is the problem?"
The second son said, "My sister sells the soup broth to encourage the villagers to dig for oysters, so they can also earn an income..."
"But if it's like today, preparing wild millet peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and other seasonings, and cooking them, and preparing meals for several families, it will take up most of my sister's energy."
"I especially noticed that the dishes my sister made today—stir-fried razor clams with scallions, stir-fried squid with chili, and even salt and pepper sand crab and wild vegetable pancakes—if she were to sell the recipes, she could earn more than the broth."
The eldest brother asked, "So, Second Brother thinks we should give up on the tiring soup business?"
The second brother shook his head. "I think the eldest brother and sister's original intentions were good. I agree with them, but I feel that the current situation is problematic."
"We don't need to wait half a month. In just a few more days, my little sister will be exhausted."
“The villagers might be able to earn a little money by selling oysters, but the total amount isn’t much. I just feel that it’s not worth it.”
The third brother and Ruan Meng did not rush to speak.
Since he wasn't going to sleep, Ruan Meng washed her hands and told her older brother to lie down quickly. She then took out her needle case.
“No problem, I’ll give you the acupuncture while you continue, brother.”
The older brother obediently lay down, his movements somewhat stiff.
The eldest brother didn't rush to answer, but asked the third brother, "What do you think, third brother?"
The third brother said earnestly, "Although the money hasn't reached the villagers yet, look at their expressions today, and the village chief's seriousness..."
"The whole family came."
"Our families can eat together, but the villagers have to go home to cook, maybe with cold water and a few pieces of sweet potato..."
"But they are happy and don't feel tired."
"Were they afraid of hardship before? They were willing to endure hardship and toil, but they never had the opportunity to do so."
"The village chief said that in the past, the only ways to make money in the village were those that were deadly. Either you went to the mines or went to sea..."
"How skillful Brother Feng is! He weaves for a month without sleep, and I heard that when he takes it to the city to sell, he sometimes doesn't even make twenty coins a day, and it takes several hours to travel back and forth."
“I understand that my second brother cares about us. The villagers don’t earn much, but that’s just how it looks to us. For them, this money is a lot.”
“They can buy food and necessities, and they don’t have to just eat jicama. They earn not only money, but also confidence and strength. They are not useless people.”
The third brother concluded, "The only drawback is that our organization takes up too much of our energy. Second brother is right."
The eldest brother smiled and nodded. "So, does the third brother have any suggestions?"
The third brother thought about it seriously and asked his eldest brother and Ruan Meng, "Is it possible for us to contract out this job, without doing the specifics ourselves, and have someone else arrange the intermediate steps?"
"Anyway, our original intention was not to make a lot of money from the soup. At worst, we can pay the people we send out, or we can even not make any money at all."
"Anyway, little sister, there are plenty of other ways to make money!"
The second son nodded and then asked, "Who can help us keep an eye on things?"
The second and third brothers looked at each other, thinking of the same family.
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