Because things were going so smoothly, she directly partnered with the county magistrate's wife to open a restaurant, without even considering small businesses.
“We could make a fortune the year before last. We’ll use an oxcart, have Uncle Si set up a sales table, and put it at Zuijianglou. We can just go there during the day and leave our goods at Zuijianglou at night!” Cai Xiaolian said.
“Yes, Mom and Dad, you go sell them, and Xin Xin and I will make them at home. By the way, Mom, I have a lot of other New Year’s snacks here, should we make them all?” Gu Nian asked.
"What do you have? Oh, right, let's figure out a way to seal the oil paper so the food can be stored longer. I remember we can seal it with fire, a razor blade, or something. The oil paper won't spoil." Cai Xiaolian asked again.
“No problem, I can do that. I can also make fried rice candy, snowflake crisps, nougat, and…” Gu Nian rattled off a long list.
She didn't have time to make them before, but if she really had the time, she could make a lot of snacks.
After all, she doesn't have any other hobbies; reading, fighting, and food are her only interests.
This is also why she is still single while her peers are all mothers and she hasn't even given away her first love.
“Alright, let’s choose a few to try. It’s December, isn’t it? We’ll start making them after we move. Niannian, you can practice first. I’ll talk to your fourth uncle about the boxes and the sales counter tomorrow. Oh, and when you try making them, write down the quantities so I can order them. I’ll calculate the cost tomorrow,” Cai Xiaolian said.
"Mother, Mother, let me do the calculation!" Gu Xin, who hadn't been able to get a word in edgewise, finally found something she could do.
"Okay, Xinxin, you do the mental arithmetic! Xinxin is young and her mind is more agile than her mother's, so she can calculate quickly!" Cai Xiaolian had witnessed Gu Xin's mental arithmetic skills before, and recently the girl had even learned how to use an abacus, so there was no problem handing it over to her.
"So you all have things to do, but what about me?" Gu Shouxin felt left out.
The mother and her two daughters looked over, and Gu Xin said, "Dad, didn't I just say that you and Mom would go to sell things together? Besides that, Dad, you just need to focus on your studies."
Gu Shouxin: "...Alright!"
My wife and eldest daughter said that in their world, women can hold up half the sky. Well, in their family, women can hold up most of the sky.
...
Cai Xiaolian was the type to act on her words, so the next day she went to the old house to talk to Uncle Gu about the gift boxes and the sales platform, and also told Grandma Gu and Grandpa Gu about her family's plans for the twelfth lunar month.
The elderly couple no longer doubted the food provided by the second wife; in fact, they were quite supportive after hearing about it.
After discussing it with Grandpa Gu, they decided to go and help out once the project was up and running.
The elderly couple knew all too well the cost of education. With their second daughter studying alone, the mother and daughter were busy with all the work, and they couldn't just stand by and watch. They wanted to do what they could.
When Zhang heard Cai Xiaolian say that she would ask Gu Hui and Gu Si to come and help, she refused. If those two brats weren't home, wouldn't all the housework fall on her shoulders?
No, no, that won't do.
Cai Xiaolian knew she was unwilling, so she offered to pay the two children's wages.
Zhang asked, "How much?"
Grandma Gu stepped in at the opportune moment to play the villain: "It has nothing to do with you. The children can save what they earn themselves. If you dare to take it, I'll make the children give me the money, and I'll save it for them."
Zhang said, "Mother, can I go instead? Let Sisi stay home and do the chores. I'm an adult, I work quickly and efficiently."
Grandma Gu glanced at her and said, "You still have the nerve to say you're an adult? If you were more diligent and efficient than Sisi, would people choose Sisi instead of your mother?"
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