night.
It was dark when Su Yan finally arrived home in the hired oxcart, which was packed full of the things she had bought.
As soon as she got out of the car, the young woman who came out to pour water couldn't help but exclaim, "My goodness! Su Yan, have you struck it rich? You bought so much stuff!"
Su Yan knew her; she was Zhu Xiaoping, the young wife who often chatted with her mother through the bamboo wall. She had just given birth to a boy, and her whole family were honest people.
She smiled and said directly, "I'm going to town to sell food. I'll start making it tonight, so I bought all this stuff."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaoping asked curiously, "What are you going to sell?"
"Braised food".
She didn't seem to have any ill intentions, and Su Yan had no reason to hide anything. Even if she wanted to keep a low profile, if she kept coming back in large groups like this, people would find out sooner or later. Besides, Anping Town was such a small place, it would be too easy to run into people from the same village, so she might as well just say it directly.
"Is it that stuff you made that smelled so good the other day?" Zhu Xiaoping pressed.
"Yes," Su Yan said, "Aunt Zhu, I'm going home first. My mother and the others are probably getting impatient."
"Okay, you can go back now." Zhu Xiaoping said absentmindedly, and took the basin of water back home.
She had barely left when the door was opened.
Li Juan came out of the house, intending to scold her daughter for coming home so late, but seeing her daughter's slightly disheveled appearance and the dozen or so bags of things on the ground, she immediately felt heartbroken. "How could you buy so many things by yourself? I should have known better than to come back earlier, then I could have saved some money on the bus fare!"
"Mom, I did something big today. Let's go inside and talk." Su Yan said solemnly, her little face beaming with joy.
Seeing this, Li Juan immediately helped carry the things inside.
The big thing her daughter mentioned... she felt she needed to prepare herself mentally now.
Su Yan bought a total of sixty jin of goods.
She has to clean 40 jin of meat and 20 jin of vegetables tonight, then get up at 2 a.m. to start braising them for about five hours, so she can set up her stall at 7 a.m.
Because it contains medicinal herbs, it is not a heaty food. It is good for the body to eat it on an empty stomach in the morning. It is also good to eat it with a basic medicinal porridge. Eating it in the long run is good for the body. Otherwise, she would not sell it in the morning.
Li Juan, Grandma Li, and Su Lei all helped to wake him up. Tiger played with his new toys nearby, not making a sound or fuss at all, and was very well-behaved.
Grandpa Li didn't come to help. After dinner, Li Zhongnan and his two sons, the eldest Li Yong'an and the youngest Li Yongcheng, continued working.
They weren't the greedy, calculating type. They would finish their work as soon as they had free time before moving on to other things. Besides, Su Yan not only paid them a reasonable wage, but also gave them gifts that were several times more expensive than other families, and even provided lunch. If there were such long-term jobs, Li Zhongnan's two sons would definitely work more steadily and honestly than anyone else.
Construction on the wall began in the backyard, and one-third of it has already been built.
Su Yan and the others sat in the yard with the food. She learned from Li Juan that the villagers were very envious of her family because of the wall they were building. When the construction started, her mother heard all sorts of sarcasm and flattery until she was sick of it.
Knowing that Su Yan gave the money, many people speculated that Su Yan went into the mountains several times and then went to the town the next day, perhaps because she found some valuables inside.
Those with quick minds immediately set their sights on the back mountain.
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