With the arrival of many gossipers, the Xiao family had not been so lively for a long time. Since the Xiao family moved to this remote foot of the mountain, few people came to visit the family.
This story begins after Xiao Hechuan became stupid.
Xiao Hechuan was regarded as a child prodigy by the villagers since he was young, because he was very talented in studying and could learn anything at once. When he was ten years old, he had already practiced excellent handwriting. The teachers in the county academy could not help but admire him and praised his handwriting as having caught up with theirs.
At that time, everyone thought that the Xiao family would rely on Xiao Hechuan to make a comeback in the future. If Xiao Hechuan passed the imperial examination, he would become an official in the future, and the Xiao family would benefit from this one success.
So, if we were to ask which family had the best popularity in the village at that time, it would definitely be the Xiao family.
But later, Xiao Hechuan turned into a fool. The Xiao family borrowed money from everywhere to pay for his medical treatment, but all came back in vain. As time went by, they became more disappointed and everyone thought that Xiao Hechuan's life would be like this.
He is a talented person, but he said that the Xiao family is not blessed enough to live a rich and prosperous life.
Later, Xiao Mian, the second son of the Xiao family, got married. After more than three years of marriage, he still had no children. The youngest daughter in the family was also destined to be a husband-killer, and her luck was getting worse day by day.
Everyone thought that the Xiao family was unlucky and were unwilling to have anything to do with them. Gradually, the Xiao family became a nobody in Xianhe Village.
Recently, the Xiao family has become more generous and often goes out. Some people have a dog's nose and smell the aroma of meat coming from the Xiao family every day. In addition, when they heard that a relative had come to stay at his house, they all thought that they had become rich relatives.
The Xiao family still owed ten taels of foreign debt, which had not been repaid in bits and pieces. Several families in the village had been coming to collect the debts, but were stopped by the old village chief.
The old village chief took into consideration the difficult situation of the Xiao family, so he advised everyone to relax and not push them too hard.
The old village chief also felt very sorry for Xiao Hechuan, thinking that he should not have been so miserable in his life. But unfortunately, God is jealous of talented people, so he used his face to help the Xiao family reduce the burden in both open and covert ways.
The families who came to visit the Xiao family were those who owed money. They did not say it clearly for the sake of the old village chief's face, but Xiao's mother also understood that it was time to settle these debts.
The thirty taels of silver given by Mr. Zeng were now put to good use. Xiao's mother sent them back, and later prepared all the silver owed to each household and went to pay it back personally one by one.
It has been owed for several years. Xiao's mother is very good at dealing with people. She paid an extra chicken for each family. It was a favor that the other party was willing to lend you the money in the first place. It is even more of a favor that they have not come to ask for the debt for several years. So she cannot be ignorant.
There were six families in total. Part of it had been repaid before, and now there was still a debt of ten taels of silver left. Xiao's mother paid it all off in one go, and from then on no one owed anyone anything.
But she knew in her heart that she was able to pay off the debt so quickly thanks to her daughter-in-law Jiang Sui. If she had not been decisive and rescued the second young master Su, the Xiao family would not have received the money.
It’s not a pleasant feeling to owe others money, but now I’m finally debt-free.
But Xiao's mother did not forget the kindness of the old village chief, and specially bought chickens, ducks, fish, and two kilograms of rice wine to show her filial piety.
When the old village chief heard that the Xiao family had paid off their debt, he was happy for them from the bottom of his heart.
"Cui Ju, your family has had a rough time these years, but you have overcome all the difficulties and now things are getting better. But you have to let go of some things and live your life well. As long as the family can stay together and everything goes well, you are the luckiest."
Cui Ju is Xiao's mother's maiden name.
The old village chief was actually advising her by saying this, not to let go of Xiao Hechuan's matter for a long time and let it become a grievance in her heart.
Unexpectedly, Xiao's mother smiled with relief:
"Old village chief, I have let it go a long time ago. Even if I couldn't let it go before, I still have to live my life. But our family has finally changed its luck. Since Sui Yatu married into our family, things have obviously become smoother in less than two months. This is a blessing for our family, and I naturally have to cherish it."
The old village chief is right. As long as the whole family can stay together safely, that is the greatest luck.
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While Xiao's mother was dealing with the debt these two days, Jiang Sui had already used the seasonings he bought to upgrade the meat sauce and chili oil for the hot and sour noodles.
She ground cumin into powder and fried spices such as cinnamon and star anise to make spicy oil that tastes better.
White sesame seeds are added to the chili oil, which is the finishing touch and makes the chili oil more fragrant.
Due to limited conditions, sesame paste may not be made, but peanut butter is still possible. Grind the peanuts repeatedly with a grinding wheel into a fine paste, then fry them in a pan, and it will become delicious peanut butter.
The sun was strong these days, and the sweet potato starch that had settled out was dried up in just two days.
Now everything is ready except for the east wind. She can make the round sweet potato vermicelli after the iron colander she customized is delivered.
When the vermicelli is made, it will be dried in the sun. After a sufficient amount is stored, it can be sold.
But before that, there are still many things to prepare.
For example, one needs to bring a lot of things to set up a stall every day, including chairs and benches, pots and pans, and at least two clay stoves for boiling water, one for cooking noodles and one for cooking soup.
There is also the problem of how to transport firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea to the town, which requires a large cart.
There are also stalls for setting up stalls. There is also a snack street in the town that is specifically used for setting up stalls, which needs to be rented on a monthly basis.
After renting the stall, I put a few small tables there and pulled a piece of oilcloth to cover the roof, and a simple small stall was set up.
But having a cart alone is not enough. If you rely solely on manpower, if you get up early every day to go to town, without taking a ox cart, it will take more than half an hour just to walk, not to mention pushing a cart full of things and carrying the weight. It will probably take another hour to walk.
Therefore, in order to save manpower and time, they had to buy a strong cow to pull the cart.
Taking all this into consideration, Jiang Sui naturally had to find Xiao's mother to discuss the matter.
Because buying a cow is not a small matter, it costs several taels of silver.
I don’t know how many bowls of sweet potato noodles I will have to sell in the future to earn back my investment, but if I buy a cow, I will definitely not lose money.
Xiao's mother has paid off the debt of ten taels of silver. During this period, she has entertained Su Yanqing and Mr. Zeng, and has put a lot of effort and money into their meals. She also spent some money on purchasing sweet potatoes and various seasonings. Now she has less than ten taels left.
If you count carefully, this stall has already cost five taels of silver.
She did not touch Jiang Sui's money, and spent all the money given by Mr. Zeng.
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