Chapter 82: I'll give you everything you want. Sachet.
The next day, when Zong Xiao went to buy sheep, Zong Anji finally realized his misunderstanding yesterday.
He stood aside awkwardly, somewhat afraid to look his second brother in the eye.
"What are you wasting time on? Come on, you have to pay for your sheep today."
Zong Anji followed immediately after hearing this.
However, Zong Anji still had doubts in his heart and wanted to hold back and not ask, but he was a person who couldn't hold back, and he couldn't help it.
"Second brother, are you going to slaughter those two sheep you bought yesterday?"
Since rams cannot give birth, who would keep them at home as decorations? The only option is to slaughter them and sell their meat.
"Well, your second sister-in-law wants to sell grilled lamb skewers outside the shop when the weather gets hot."
Zong Anji was surprised and asked, "Really?"
Zong Xiao nodded. "Why would you lie about this? Didn't your second sister-in-law tell you a long time ago that she would set up a stall to sell skewers at night in the summer?"
Zong Anji laughed and didn't dare to respond.
He did remember this happening, but when Qiu Xuan mentioned selling skewers that day, he simply listened and didn't take it to heart.
At that time, he felt that he was busy running a small restaurant and had no time to do other business.
But now he doesn't think so. Time is squeezed out and money is earned bit by bit.
Just by looking at the number of people buying pancakes outside the shop early in the morning, you can guess that Qiu Yu and his friends are making a lot of money. At least one or two taels of silver a month.
One tael of silver is a lot of money. When they were in the mountains, one tael of silver could last a family for half a year.
But after arriving in town, I earned more and spent more.
The two went to the place where they sold sheep yesterday.
I wanted to try my luck and see if there was a strong ewe, and I saw one.
However, the ewe was pregnant and its price was two cents higher than the male.
"This is too expensive." Zong Anji felt pain in his heart.
"Little brother, you can't say that. This ewe is carrying a lamb in her belly. If it grows up, it will be a sheep again." The man selling the sheep had seen Zong Xiao yesterday.
I know this man is rich, otherwise how could he buy two rams at once?
The fact that he still came to see the sheep today meant that he still wanted to buy them, so he deliberately raised the price.
"If it's cheaper, we'll take it."
"How about we do the same as yesterday and give me fifty copper coins." The sheep seller rubbed his hands and looked at Zong Xiao expectantly.
"One penny." Zong Xiao stretched out his index finger and shook it.
The sheep seller was reluctant, thinking that giving him one more penny was too much.
It was not necessary to buy sheep from this store. Seeing that they could not reach an agreement, Zong Xiao took Zong Anji and went somewhere else.
There are a lot of things to sell on the land of livestock.
After a long search, they finally bought a pregnant ewe, which looked strong and was two cents cheaper.
Zong Anji paid the money contentedly and led the sheep in front by himself.
He had made up his mind and planned to breed sheep when he got home. If he could breed, his child would be able to drink goat's milk when he was born.
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The wind blew the red gauze, and the person on the soft couch behind was dimly visible.
The man kneeling on the ground didn't even dare to look up.
He recalled for a long time and finally recounted the general conversation of yesterday.
"Is that all?" Cuihong asked sternly.
"Miss Cuihong, that's really all. Scarface asked these questions and repeatedly told me to pass them on to you."
The third brother didn't dare to lie, because he made money by working for the brothel.
"Go away." Cuihong asked him to leave.
There was no one in the room, so Cuihong walked in through the red gauze.
"Madam." She called softly.
Madam Lian slowly opened her eyes and raised her hand to let her help her up.
She heard everything the third brother said just now, but she didn't expect the two of them to be so bold.
He is so fearless even though he knows that she has people watching him.
"Madam, do they have someone in the city?"
Madam Lian laughed, "They are just ants. Do you think the prince far away in the capital will remember this? If someone really helped them, he would have sent someone to deal with us long ago."
"What does the lady mean?" Cuihong was undecided for a moment.
Should I tie this person up or not?
Madam Lian said, "Let the third brother and the others withdraw."
Cuihong: "Just let it go like this?"
Madam Lian looked out the window, her lips curled up. "Watching the ants helpless in their fight is the most entertaining thing. Let them have a few days of peace and quiet."
Madam Lian is not a good person, how could she really give up such a piece of fat meat?
She just wanted to see what other abilities those two had and what they could do.
It won’t be too late to kill them all after she fattens them up.
In the following days, Qiu Xuan really never saw the third brother again.
She breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more at ease.
"It seems that they have evacuated their people over there." Qiu Xuan chatted with Zong Xiao.
"Well, I went to the cloth shop today and took a look. Those two people have indeed left." Although they left, Zong Xiao never relaxed his guard against them.
That group of people will come back sooner or later.
Qiu Xuan: "What a shame! We'll sell five less pancakes every day."
With eggs and fried dough sticks, this portion costs eight copper coins. Only that guy is willing to buy it.
"If we lose money here, we can make it up elsewhere."
"That's right. We'll start selling kebabs here in the evenings in a few days. Let's try selling pork first. If it sells well, we'll move on to mutton."
If a whole sheep is slaughtered, the meat must be eaten on the same day.
Qiu Xuan had never tried it before, so she didn't dare to take action.
If the mutton can't be sold, it will be a waste. A sheep is very expensive.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
The pancake stall was open until noon, but fewer and fewer people came, so Qiu Xuan closed the stall.
Now that Zong Anji is the only chef in charge of the restaurant, there is no need for her to go into the kitchen.
"How about we go for a walk? I haven't been out in a while, so today is a good time to buy some food."
Everyone in the family is busy with their own things, and no one can stay by Yueyang's side to take care of him all the time.
Huaixue was entrusted with an important task and stayed at home.
Qiu Xuan thought that the children had been busy for several days and had to be rewarded.
"Then buy some date cakes. She likes sweet ones."
At noon on the street, apart from people eating in front of the stalls, there are very few people elsewhere.
Qiu Xuan rarely came shopping at this time of the day. Seeing that no one was gathered around the stalls, she took a look at them all.
I walked and looked all the way until a familiar figure came into view at the intersection.
It’s the third brother of the Zong family.
But he didn't come to the town to buy anything, because he was guarding a small stall at the moment.
That stall was exactly the same as the one Qiu Xuan and the others had been using! It was a pancake stall.
Zong Lao San also saw the two of them, but he remained calm and didn't look guilty at all.
Qiu Xuan glanced at the food on their stall, shook her head, and pulled Zong Xiao away.
"I didn't expect your third uncle would also follow our example." Qiu Xuan rarely addressed the clan members like that.
Calling him like this today is obviously meant to be sarcastic.
"Maybe he saw that our business was doing well and wanted to learn from us."
Qiu Xuan held Zong Xiao's hand and continued to walk forward.
"Indeed, there are many people who follow our example, so we don't need one more. But your uncle and his people can't make any money."
"? How did you tell that?"
"That oil, didn't you see it just now? There's something floating on top of the oil in the pot. It must have been fried many times and they didn't want to change it."
When frying dough sticks, the oil should be changed frequently.
Trying to gain small profits will only lead to big losses.
"If it were someone else, I would have reminded him, but that's your Third Uncle, so forget it."
Qiu Xuan was not nice to these two branches of the Zong family's relatives, and of course she was even less nice to the Qiu family.
However, ever since she found Qiu Shitou once, the place has been completely quiet and she no longer has to worry.
Otherwise, she would have to deal with those relatives every day, which would either tire her to death or annoy her to death.
The two of them walked around the street for half an hour and bought two baskets of cakes and a piece of red cloth.
The red cloth was bought for Yueyang. The family was going to slaughter a sheep in a few days. Since this was an act of killing, it was necessary to ward off the evil spirits.
Another bag of pastries was bought for Yueyang’s elder brother Liu Zhong.
The rabbits they raised at home had already left their nests one after another, and two of them were sent to Liu Zhong's meat stall every day.
The meat stall over here is helping sell it.
When they went there today, they happened to meet Liu's mother.
She was carrying a bamboo basket and seemed to be going out.
Qiu Xuan called out, "Aunt Liu."
Mother Liu looked up and saw them, then came over with a smile. "Oh, what a coincidence! I was just about to go to your restaurant to look for you."
"Aunt, do you want to go see Yueyang?" Qiu Xuan handed the pastries to Zong Xiao and motioned him to take them inside.
Mother Liu smiled and said, "Yes, the pig was just slaughtered today, and the trotters are still fresh."
Liu's mother had three children, and Yueyang was her only daughter. Even after she got married, she was still the most precious one in her heart.
Ever since Yueyang became pregnant, Liu's mother has to send something over every now and then.
Qiu Xuan and the others have long been accustomed to it.
"That's perfect. We're going back too. Auntie, please come with us."
On the way back to the village, Qiu Xuan told Liu's mother about her plan to slaughter the sheep, wanting to ask her if there were any taboos about slaughtering the sheep.
Although they had killed chickens and fish before, this was the first time they had killed such a big sheep.
"Why are you wasting your time? Take the sheep to the butcher shop and let Liu Zhongzai do the job. He can peel the sheepskin off for you intactly," said Liu's mother.
Qiu Xuan looked at Zong Xiao and thought this was indeed a good idea.
After all, whether at home or in a shop, slaughtering a sheep will result in blood all over the floor.
"Okay, I'll trouble you some other day, Brother Zhong."
"We are all family, why would you bother me?"
The more Liu's mother looked at Qiu Yun, the more she liked her. She originally thought that such a capable girl must be a strong one.
She was afraid that her daughter would be wronged.
But after spending time with him, she realized that she had underestimated him.
Girls like Qiu Xuan are both tough and kind.
"Auntie made two sachets. There will be more mosquitoes in the summer soon, and this can drive them away." Aunt Liu took out a piece of blue cloth from the bamboo basket and randomly picked up one of the two identical sachets.
"It's all the same. You get one Yang per month."
Qiu Xuan was stunned for a moment, then gave a faint smile after taking it.
It was the first time she received something from an elder, except for her grandmother of course.
"Thank you, auntie. This sachet is so beautiful." Qiu Xuan showed it off to Zong Xiao and then hung it around her waist.
"As long as you like it, I'm afraid it won't look good."
"It looks good. It looks especially good." Qiu Xuan touched it again and again, treating it like a treasure.
At night, before washing up, she took off the sachet and placed it on the table.
Zong Xiao came in with some water and saw this. He couldn't help but ask, "Why did you take it off?"
Qiu Xuan put her hand into the warm water and said, "I'm afraid I'll take it off if it gets wet. I'll put it on tomorrow."
It was the first time that Zong Xiao saw her cherish something so much.
He said, "You like it so much?"
"Yes." Qiu Xuan wiped her hands with a cloth and looked at the sachet. "No elder has ever given me anything before. This is the first time."
Zong Xiao's heart ached.
"Are you feeling distressed again?" Qiu Xuan climbed onto his neck with both hands and said with a smile, "Since you feel so distressed, why don't you just send me off next time?"
"Okay. All for you."
Whatever you want, I'll give it to you.
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