Tuan Chong is five and a half years old and started his fortune from farming.

Chapter 35 A bowl of water is flat
  As soon as Jiang Changfa finished lunch, someone called him——

"Jiang Changfa, the contractor is looking for you~"

"Hey, here we come."

Zhang Dacheng told him to go ahead and help him look after the things so that they wouldn't fall out.

"Thank you, Brother Zhang~"

Jiang Changfa thanked him and quickly went to the contractor's temporary lounge.

"Knock knock knock~"

"Come in~"

The contractor's voice sounded, which seemed to be pleasant.

Jiang Changfa thought, there should be nothing bad.

"Brother Jiang, come here. Brother, I have something to discuss with you."

The contractor greeted me warmly, which can be said to have done a great job.

"Brother Bao, please tell me."

Jiang Changfa looked around calmly and saw no outsiders, only a table of food and wine that had just been eaten.

As expected, a plate of braised food has already bottomed out.

"Brother Jiang, I am a rough man. If I have something to say, I will say it directly. Listen and see, no matter whether we succeed or not, we are still brothers."

The contractor pulled the other person to sit down, poured a glass of wine for him with his own hands, and toasted him.

"Hey."

Jiang Changfa nodded and responded to the other party.

"It's like this, your sister-in-law, after eating your braised food, she was full of praises and wanted to talk about business."

The contractor touched his nose and felt a little guilty.

To avoid misunderstanding, Jiang Changfa quickly explained:
  "My in-laws' family, that is, your sister-in-law's family, owns a restaurant, the Furong Restaurant in town. The business was originally very good, but since the Tianxiang Restaurant opened across the street, the business of my in-laws' restaurant has plummeted."

At this point, the contractor looked helpless.

Continued:
  "Your sister-in-law noticed that I didn't even use my chopsticks when she prepared the food and wine recently. When she came home and asked me, I had to tell her about the braised food."

"Then after your sister-in-law tasted it, she was amazed by the braised food!"

"No, your sister-in-law gave me a task yesterday, which was to persuade you to talk about business."

"Whether we buy out the braised recipe or let you supply it, the price is easily negotiable."

"Brother Jiang, the Yue family treats me very well. At this time, I can't refuse to be a lobbyist, you see."

After Jiang Changfa listened to the explanation, he thought for a moment and spoke carefully:
  "Brother Bao, I understand what you mean. I'm just telling you the truth. It was my mother who invented the braised food. I don't know anything about the business. How about this? I'll go home and discuss it with my mother and then give you an answer. How are you?"

The foreman patted his thigh and assured very cheerfully:
  "Hey, that's great. Thank you Brother Jiang for being willing to consider this matter. Regardless of whether it's successful or not, I have no other intentions, brother!"

"Hmm, I'm grateful to you, Brother Bao, for taking care of me. I'll be sure to get back to my wife tomorrow with news~"

Jiang Changfa nodded, and the two chatted and drank for a while before he left and continued to work.

After the person left, the contractor's eyes were clear, and there was no hint of being drunk.

"squeak~"

After chewing a few peanuts, his mind became clearer.

This Brother Jiang, after getting along with him several times, he is indeed an honest and responsible person.

It seems that this braised food was indeed created by his mother.

The other party has promised him to go home and ask his wife what she wants. When he goes home tonight, he finally has an explanation to his wife.

Yes, he didn't lie, everything he just said to Brother Jiang was true.

The Yue family's restaurant has indeed been robbed of a lot of business by Tianxiang Restaurant!

His father-in-law and uncle treated him well, and his wife cried all day long. He saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart.

Therefore, the moment Jiang Changfa took out the braised food, he was thinking about the recipe!

It's not that greed doesn't exist, it's that it's suppressed.

He admits that he is not a good person, but he is not a bad person either. Brother Jiang is worth making friends with!
  He didn't want to make enemies, so he waited for the opportunity to get on good terms with the other party before speaking.
  I hope that the person in the other party's family who can understand current affairs will be a hero and sell the prescriptions, or perhaps only supply supplies to his in-law's Furong Restaurant!

otherwise
  Hope it doesn't happen otherwise.

evening--

Mrs. Xu, who had been busy all afternoon, finally sent away the last villager and closed the courtyard door.

Fubao counted the income in the past five days, kept accounts, and calculated again and again. Finally, he found that in just five days, after leaving aside the costs, he made two taels and one penny.

There are still ten days before the end of the month. If the income is stable, there will be more than four taels of income.

In addition to the more than one tael earned before, this means that this month, the family can make five or six taels by relying on pigs.
  This is still the result of many villagers bartering for things, and the value of the items has not yet been recorded!
  After listening to her granddaughter's clear explanation, Mrs. Xu only grasped the key points——

In one month, my family can earn five or six taels in cash from the braised meat business!
  If I persist for two months, wouldn't it be possible to build a house for Brother Yu?
  OK, work harder and build a new house for Brother Yu!

"Fu Bao, I have completed the copying of five volumes. Give me another ten days, no, seven or eight days, and I can finish copying the remaining volumes. By then I can receive three taels of wages."

Song Yu also walked out of the room at some unknown time.

In order to save lamp oil, he took the time to copy books during the day.

It was already evening and he couldn't read carefully. He was afraid that the ink would be damaged, so he stopped writing.

"Brother Yu is so awesome!"

When Fubao heard this, he praised him without hesitation, and his main purpose was to encourage him.

Dad works as a porter at the pier and sells braised meat part-time. It’s very hard work. When he saves enough money, he won’t let dad work as a porter!

Setting up a pushcart and selling braised food is not any more comfortable than being a porter~
  "So awesome~"

Brother Chuan doesn't know why, but it doesn't stop him from imitating his sister.

"Knock knock knock~"

"Mom, I'm back~"

At the same time, Jiang Changfa heard the laughter and laughter coming from the yard, and his tired look disappeared.

His family is happy, well fed, and sleeping warmly, which is the meaning of his hard work!

"Dad~"

Fu Bao happily ran to open the door and stood on tiptoe to reach the bolt.

After the door opened, her father's dusty appearance came into view.

"Daughter, look what good things dad has brought you back?"

After Jiang Changfa came in, he closed the courtyard door, then put down the bamboo basket on his back and started digging.

Take out a bag of sugar, one piece after another, wrapped in oil paper.

Fu Bao tasted a piece and it was so sweet.

"Like it?"

Jiang Changfa hadn't bought candy for his daughter for a long time, and he felt a little expectant and a little uneasy.

"I like it! Thank you dad!"

Fu Bao nodded, the candy is very sweet, her father is so kind!
  "Dad~I, I want it!"

Brother Chuan walked over in a hurry, looking at his father with accusing eyes. He was not happy that his father was giving his sister a small start!

"you also have."

Jiang Changfa took out another smaller oil paper bag. As expected, the candy inside was also much smaller. Oh no, it should be said that it was broken.
  But Brother Chuan doesn’t know. He only knows that sugar is sweet. His sister has it, and so does he. He is not angry anymore~
  "Brother Yu also has it."

Jiang Changfa is not stingy about his future son-in-law.

The last package was obviously bigger than the one in my daughter's arms.

"Thank you uncle."

Song Yu didn't expect that he also had it? !

"Okay, let's take the candies back to the house. It's time to have dinner~"

Mrs. Xu looked at her son with relief, "Well, a bowl of water is flat, quite good~"
  Brother Chuan: Is it even? Woohoo~
  (End of this chapter)