In the summer, I went to the butcher stall to buy pig intestines. I wanted to buy more, but the owner only had three pairs, so I bought them all.
When I saw some pig heads, I thought braised pig heads would be delicious, so I bought another one.
The pig's head weighed about twenty pounds and cost eighty cents.
Seeing that Xia Tian bought a lot, the boss gave her two large bones and a piece of pork liver as gifts.
Originally, pig intestines and pig heads were the slowest-selling items at the meat stall. Seeing that she was a regular customer, the boss bought both of them and gave her a few cents off.
Xia Tian agreed with the boss that he would reserve the pig intestines and a pig head for her every day, and she could come and get them when the time came.
The boss happily agreed and promised to leave the freshest and best food for her every day.
Three pairs of pig intestines were not enough, so Xia Tian went to another meat stall and bought three more pairs.
The dried tofu still weighed ten pounds.
Anyway, there is space, so there is no need to worry about the goods going bad if they are not sold out.
There was no wine left at home, so she went to buy a ten-jin jar of wine.
I have bought everything, and it will probably be around nine o'clock, just in time to go back and make lunch.
In the summer, when I left the town, I would put the burden into the space when there was no one on the road, and only take it out when I was almost at the village entrance.
After entering the house, Shen Nian was quite surprised to see Xia Tian, "Why are you back so early today?"
"You don't know, Brother Shen. When I arrived this morning, there were so many people waiting for me. I was startled, thinking something had happened." Xia Tian put down the carrying pole and said, "It turns out they were all looking for me to buy braised food."
"Are you tired? Drink some water first." Shen Nian poured a glass of water and handed it to her.
Xia Tian took the water cup and drank it all in one gulp. "It's okay. I'm not tired at all. It's just that there were too many people buying things this morning. I was very busy."
"It seems that business is good!" Shen Nian also had a smile in his eyes.
"Well, they sold out in less than half an hour. Some people didn't get theirs yet, so they asked me to make more tomorrow."
"That's good."
"Brother Shen, are you hungry? I'll go cook first." Xia Tian said as he walked towards the kitchen.
"Take a break before continuing." Shen Nian helped to bring the basket under the shed.
"It's okay, I'm not tired."
She carried the bucket to the kitchen and lit a fire to cook the rice first.
I fetched water to wash the buckets, basins and bowls, then went to the vegetable garden at the back to pick some leeks and pull out a bunch of Chinese cabbage.
I stir-fried leeks and pork liver, some bok choy, chopped peppers and eggs, and the soup was the bone soup I made yesterday.
After the two finished their meal, Xia Tian went to the house to sleep for a while. He had gotten up early in the morning and had been busy all the time, so he was a little sleepy.
After waking up, I cleaned the pig's head and braised it with dried tofu.
The pig intestines are braised separately mainly to avoid the smell of other foods.
I bought six sets of pig intestines today, and it took me two hours just to clean them.
After the pig intestines are cleaned and the pig heads are braised.
In summer, take out the pig's head and dried tofu, put them in a bucket and soak them in water to make them taste better.
Then start braising the pig intestines.
Judging from the sky, it was probably around three in the afternoon, so I went to wash the clothes first, and then ran a few times to fill the water tank.
Seeing that she had few toothpicks left, Shen Nian sat in the yard to sharpen them.
For dinner, I cooked rice again in the summer, and made fried eggs with leeks, fried pork head with garlic sprouts, and some cold bamboo shoots.
After dinner, I remembered how much money I earned today and I haven’t counted it yet.
He took out his purse, poured out the copper coins on the table, and counted them; there were two hundred and seventy-six coins in total.
After deducting the original capital of 80 wen, the net profit was 196 wen.
Today I sold all ten pounds of dried tofu and made about forty-six cents.
Put the money away, wash up and take a rest.
Tomorrow is another busy day.
The next day, when Xia Tian arrived at the stall, there were more people surrounding him than yesterday.
She put the braised food out, and soon all the pig intestines and dried tofu were sold out.
Pig head meat is sold by the pound. The price in summer is 20 cents per pound, which is a bit expensive for ordinary villagers.
After all, twenty cents can buy two pounds of pork belly.
However, a pig's head weighing 20 kilograms will only produce about 10 kilograms of meat after braising.
If the price is too low, it won’t be worth it.
However, I didn’t buy any pig intestines later, so I weighed some in small amounts. I didn’t order much, so Xia Tian still weighed them.
But even so, they were all sold out in less than an hour.
I didn't rush to clean up, and Xiatian ordered a bowl of wontons from the stall next door. It was indeed as the old lady said, and the taste was very delicious.
In the next few days, Xia Tian did not increase the quantity and just prepared six pairs of pig intestines, a pig head, and ten pounds of dried tofu every day until they were all sold out.
However, in the next few days, more and more people started buying pig heads.
Now she sets up her stall every day and basically sells out everything in less than half an hour.
After deducting the capital every day, the basic fixed income is about 500 wen, and the net income per month is about 15 taels.
That day, Xia Tian was just like any other day. He had sold out all his goods and was just about to sit down to rest when a man in a tight black suit came over and asked for directions. "Sister-in-law, please tell me how to get to Liujia Village."
"Go out of the north gate of the town and head east. It's about an hour's walk to the destination." Xia Tian didn't think about it and directly told the man in black the approximate direction.
After pointing the way, the man still didn't leave. Xia Tian was puzzled, "Is there anything else?"
"Then do you know a man named Mu Yang? He lives in Liujia Village with his brother." The man continued to ask.
"Mu Yang?" She became alert in her heart, "Why is this person looking for Mu Yang? Isn't looking for Mu Yang the same as looking for Chen Nian?"
But he remained calm on the surface, lowered his eyes, and replied, "I don't know."
The man didn't ask any more questions. He clasped his hands together, said "Thank you!" and turned away.
Xia Tian looked at the man still holding the sword in his hand and couldn't help but get nervous, "Could this be Shen Nian's enemies chasing after him?"
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