Zhiyin looked at her fully loaded mule cart and a slight smile appeared on her lips.
After all, a whole cartload only cost a little over two taels of silver!
Xinghe Village has about 50 households in total, and the total amount of peppers is about 200 jin (100 catties).
The potatoes weighed approximately 800 jin (400 catties)!
It'll last me a long time!
Especially bell peppers, which are naturally light and come in various sizes and varieties, but almost all of them are long and thin, so they don't weigh much. Therefore, these 200-plus kilograms look like a small mountain.
You can definitely make a huge variety of chili oils and chili powders, etc...
However, we can't sell too many, otherwise it feels a bit unprofitable.
After all, you can make more money by stir-frying pickled chili peppers into spicy chicken or other dishes.
Thinking about it, Zhiyin's smile deepened.
Perhaps because the mule cart was too heavy, it could not bear the weight and had to stop to catch its breath every few steps.
By the time Zhiyin arrived home, it was already completely dark.
"Wow, Yinyin, did you harvest all the bell peppers and potatoes in the village? How come there are so many?"
Yao Yulin and Zhihua were wondering why she hadn't come back yet tonight.
Just as they were about to go out to look for someone, they suddenly saw a mule panting heavily and rushed over to help.
"Yes, Mother..."
Zhiyin smiled and wiped the sweat from her brow as she helped the two men carry the things into the inner room.
After moving the things and resting for a while, Zhiyin didn't cook the chili peppers right away, since she didn't have time at the moment.
Instead, he threw himself back into his work.
Fry potato chips, mix well, pack into bags…
Everything is proceeding smoothly.
"Yinyin, how about you become my tutor?"
Seeing that Zhiyin had to do so much by herself, Yao Yulin felt sorry for her and asked Zhiyin to teach her how to fry, how to control the amount of oil and the heat.
The friend was naturally very happy to have someone help share the burden, and therefore readily agreed.
I started teaching Yao Yulin little by little.
Actually, making potato slices isn't difficult at all; it's very simple as long as you control the heat!
Therefore, Yao Yulin quickly got the hang of it!
"But Mother, you must be careful with the oil! Don't get burned!"
Seeing that Yao Yulin seemed quite engrossed in the conversation, Zhiyin quickly said with a serious expression.
For girls, it's not good if they get a burn and it leaves a scar.
"Don't worry, Yinyin, Mom will be careful."
Yao Yulin nodded nervously in assurance.
"By the way, Mom, if you accidentally burn it or it's not crispy anymore, you must not put it in there and sell it to customers."
After all, they rely almost entirely on repeat customers and value integrity. In a food business like this, if the food doesn't taste good even once, they are very likely to lose customers.
Customers will lose trust in them!
She knew Yao Yulin was very frugal and was afraid that she wouldn't be willing to throw away the unfried food and waste it.
"Don't worry, it's alright, Mother knows what she's doing!"
"OK…"
The confidant stopped paying attention and started washing fish and soaking glutinous rice.
Meanwhile, her younger sister, Zhihua, helped wash the side dishes.
Time slipped away slowly, second by second…
…
Before you knew it, it was early the next morning.
Zhiyin sat on his horse, unable to help but frown as he looked at the bushes behind him.
There seemed to be a fleeting figure that quickly disappeared into the bushes.
Zhiyin couldn't help but narrow her eyes. From the moment they left the village, she felt that someone was following them. She was absolutely certain!
Who could it be?
Could they be villagers?
But that doesn't make sense either. If they were villagers, they wouldn't need to be so timid and secretive.
"Sister, what's wrong?"
Zhihua noticed that Zhiyin had slowed down the mule cart, and couldn't help but wonder.
"fine."
Zhiyin didn't want her sister to worry, so she just spoke softly.
The mule cart then sped up even faster, disappearing from the sight of the two men behind it almost instantly.
In the bushes, two sleazy figures stared at each other in bewilderment as the mule cart sped away.
"Brother Dog, should we keep chasing? We can't catch up with them!"
"Why not just take a bus to the city?"
One of the short men, with yellow teeth and shifty eyes, looked at the slightly taller man and asked with a mixture of confusion and anger.
As soon as I finished asking the question, I was slapped.
Do you have money?
Dog Bro, with a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, looked nonchalant. He glared at the shorter man with annoyance, his gaze fixed on the backs of Zhiyin and the other man, which seemed particularly gloomy.
The short man immediately shook his head and fell silent. If he had money, would he still be here?
Isn't it because they're broke that they want to rob someone?
"What should we do then? Didn't we want to see what this 'soulmate' was really up to?"
The short man said sadly.
"No need, she must be making a lot of money in the city. Didn't you hear what my neighbor, Sister Wang, said? Last night she went door to door buying peppers and potatoes, saying she was going to resell them!"
"It's estimated that it cost about two taels of silver! Two taels of silver, what does that even mean? I might not earn that much even if I worked myself to death stealing for a year."
As he spoke, Dog Brother's eyes gleamed with even more greed, envy, and jealousy, as if glowing with a green light, and he slapped the short man's head hard.
"Let's go back first. We've already figured out roughly when they'll be back."
"Go back and dress up, then we'll ambush them disguised as robbers!"
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