Chapter 14 Zhao's Taunting
Zhao was furious and said, "Well, my third sister-in-law bought a chicken and instead of eating it at home, she went to someone else's house to eat it. What does this mean? She despises us and is afraid that we will get a bargain, right?"
Zeng Xiaoyan immediately flew into a rage: "I can spend my money however I want. If you're not convinced, just buy a chicken and go to another place to have it slaughtered. I won't say a word to you!"
Zhao sneered, "You knew I couldn't afford it, yet you deliberately said that to me. What's the point? Everyone knows you're rich. How can we compare with you?"
"I'm glad you know!"
"you--"
"Okay, now that you're all settled, shut up." Aunt Liang was having a headache. One of her two daughters-in-law was narrow-minded, and the other was unyielding. "If you keep arguing, we'll split up and live our own lives. No one will get in the way of the other."
Zhao turned away with a dark face and anger.
Of course she didn't want to split up the family, as she wouldn't get anything good if she did.
Zeng Xiaoyan curled her lips, thinking that Sister Zhichun was right. This money-making method really couldn't be told to anyone else, otherwise, if it was revealed, the secret might be lost. Think about it, if someone like Zhao knew about it, how could she not fight or fight? How could she not tell her family? Humph!
At dinner, a big bowl of chicken soup mixed with water and cabbage was still delicious. It contained chicken and a lot of konjac knots. There was also a bowl of konjac tofu fried chicken, which both children and adults loved.
Aunt Liang smiled and said, "Zhichun's cooking skills are really good. The chicken soup is so delicious, and these gray tofu and gray bean shreds are also really good."
The second wife’s two children, Liang Xiaoshuang and Liang Xiaodong, aged eleven and seven respectively, both loved to eat and said it was delicious.
Zeng Xiaoyan took the opportunity to smile and tell Xu Zhichun, Aunt Zhu'er and herself that they were going to start a small business together to sell gray tofu and gray bean shreds.
Konjac is poisonous, so if they said they were selling konjac tofu, it would probably scare off many people, and it would be difficult to explain. After some deliberation, the three of them decided to change the name.
The whole family was stunned.
Before anyone else could say anything, Zhao started to taunt him, "Doing business? Is this business so easy? You're all thinking too simply! I wonder if that Xu is just too broke to try to curry favor with her? Third sister-in-law, I'm telling you to be more careful. You and Aunt Zhu'er both have a few bucks on hand, but who knows what Xu is up to!"
Zeng Xiaoyan would never allow anyone to slander her confidant. She darkened her face and said calmly, "Second sister-in-law is such a joke. I'm a grown-up, not stupid or deaf. I know who's really good to me and who's fake. I trust Sister-in-law Zhichun, and I'm happy with it. Besides, our father is the head of the village, so Sister-in-law Zhichun won't lie to me just for the sake of her."
"you--"
Aunt Liang quickly said, "Then go ahead and give it a try. Since it's your own decision, you'll have to bear the consequences of its success or failure, and you can't blame others. As for your second sister-in-law, her words are not unreasonable, and she is also reminding you with good intentions. Okay, let's eat and stop talking."
In front of their father-in-law Liang Lizheng, the two sisters-in-law did not dare to act unruly. Since the mother-in-law had spoken, they dared not disobey and ate without mentioning anything else.
At Xu Zhichun's house, Liang Mingxuan came back from school, and Xu Zhichun excitedly pointed at the konjac tofu and konjac knots and told him in detail.
Liang Mingxuan was shocked. The child, who had become more calm and sensible after his eldest brother's death, also showed a bit of childish surprise when he saw the two konjac dishes, and his eyes widened in surprise.
"Is this really made of konjac?"
Xu Zhichun rarely saw the child showing his childish side, and found it amusing. He couldn't help but gently pinch his cheek and chuckled: "Of course, isn't my sister-in-law awesome?"
The child blushed a little and turned away from Xu Zhichun's hand, nodding: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law is so awesome."
Xu Zhichun laughed heartily: "Go take a shower and we'll eat later. After dinner, my sister-in-law will cook some gray tofu and float it in the water. Our family's future income depends entirely on it!"
"Um."
For dinner, we had chicken stewed in a casserole with konjac knots; the konjac chicken stew was heated up; and we smashed two cloves of garlic and stir-fried some garlic lettuce, which was served with snow-white rice.
After dinner, Liang Mingxuan reviewed his books under the lamp as usual, while Xu Zhichun lit the stove to cook konjac tofu, which he then cut into cubes of equal size.
Because the iron pot at home was not big, he had to cook one pot at a time. Xu Zhichun thought that when he made money, he would buy a big iron pot first, which would be more convenient and save trouble.
Halfway through cooking, Liang Mingxuan also came to help.
Remembering the brown sugar Zeng Xiaoyan had brought, Xu Zhichun brewed a bowl of brown sugar water and brought it over: "Drink it quickly."
Liang Mingxuan didn't move. He looked at her and said, "This is what Zeng's sister-in-law gave to my sister-in-law to nourish her body. My sister-in-law can drink it. I don't need it."
Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Then let's all drink it. We all need to replenish our body."
Seeing her quickly make another bowl, Liang Mingxuan had no choice but to pick up the bowl: "Next time, sister-in-law can drink it, I really don't need it."
"You have to drink it too. If you stay healthy and get sick less often, you'll save money, you know?"
“.”
In the end, he couldn't win over his sister-in-law, who had a lot of reasons.
"I listen to my sister-in-law."
"That's good."
She found a coarse earthenware jar to put the brown sugar that Zeng Xiaoyan sent. There was about half a pound of it, and she took out more than two pounds from the space and added it in. It would last for a long time.
The cooked konjac tofu is soaked in two large buckets and a basin. The water is changed again before going to bed at night, and then changed again the next morning. Then it can be sold.
The next morning, Xu Zhichun got up early and asked the child to write three copies of the deed. After the uncle and sister-in-law had breakfast and the child went to school, Xu Zhichun took the deed to call his aunt Zhuer, and the two of them went to Lianglizheng's house together.
Because Zeng Xiaoyan had mentioned it last night, Liang Lizheng knew what they were talking about when he saw them coming. After reading the deed, he nodded and said, "This deed is well written. All aspects are complete, and the handwriting is beautiful. Mingxuan is indeed a promising child."
Liang Lizheng's words invisibly made Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhuer feel more at ease. The three of them happily put their fingerprints on the document and signed it in a very ritualistic manner, and each of them carefully put one copy away.
Zeng Xiaoyan: "Shall we go now?"
Xu Zhichun: “Yeah!”
Aunt Zhu'er touched her hair, feeling a little nervous: "Ah, ah, ah, are we really going to make money?"
Zeng Xiaoyan smiled: "Yes!"
Zhao had been eavesdropping nearby. Upon hearing this, she curled her lips and snorted, showing great disdain.
Xu Zhichun said, "Uncle Lizheng, we need to borrow your ox cart. It's worth using it. Ten cents a time. Is that okay with you?"
Liang Lizheng said, "You haven't even made any money yet and you're already spending it. Why rent a car? Just ask Lao San to drive the car for you. It's more convenient to have him as your only man."
Liang Mingliang said with a smile: "Xiaoyan told me last night that she wanted me to go and help."
Xu Zhichun actually thought the same thing in his heart, "Mr. Li Zheng, I'm afraid we will need this often in the future. We can't just give it away for free. We have to pay for it. Third Brother Liang can't help us for free either. How about fifteen cents a day? Mr. Li Zheng, if we keep giving it away for free, I'm afraid this job won't last long."
(End of this chapter)
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