After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 72 Learning to Make Tangyuan
Su Xiaoxiao thought that if she could motivate these villagers, she could help them get rich together.

When you're making money yourself, you should also help those around you make money. This way, you won't be so passive in your work.

Actually, this is a good thing. If someone sees that Su Xiaoxiao's family has become rich, they will inevitably become jealous, come and cause trouble, and create some unnecessary problems.

Although these villagers were indeed annoying and had never been kind to Su Xiaoxiao.

However, Su Xiaoxiao thought that she had never tried to get close to these villagers. She had been confronting them head-on ever since she transmigrated. This was not a good thing, after all, she was still living here, wasn't she?
Su Xiaoxiao began to plan this in her mind. Now that orders were gradually increasing, she would start making jam for Li's Grocery Store starting tomorrow.

The oranges she has now will probably only be enough for the entire Li Ji Grocery Store.

Su Xiaoxiao returned home without saying a word, and began to concentrate on making her family's jam. The jam was quite easy to make, and by evening, the oranges in her hands had quickly turned into jam.

Su Xiaoxiao worked through the night to come up with a trademark for her jam jars. This time, Su Xiaoxiao was afraid that someone would counterfeit her jam, since it wasn't difficult to make such a porcelain jar.

Su Xiaoxiao handed the blueprint to the old man and asked him to carve the pattern onto the porcelain vase.

The old man was quite surprised, but seeing that the pattern was drawn quite exquisitely, he agreed, but the delivery time had to be extended.

Slow and steady wins the race, and Su Xiaoxiao didn't force anyone. She had already made arrangements with the owner of Li's Grocery Store that only retail jam could be sold at the moment.

When Sanlang saw that Su Xiaoxiao was quiet and withdrawn after returning home, he assumed that she had been bullied by the villagers again.

"We can't stay here any longer, Xiaoxiao. Why don't we just go to town and buy a house with a courtyard?"

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at Sanlang and said, "I do have that plan, but it's not possible right now."

Now, all the raw materials she uses to make jam come from this mountain. As the saying goes, "those who live by the mountain live off the mountain, and those who live by the water live off the water." If Su Xiaoxiao leaves Baihua Village, she will lose her livelihood.

She doesn't have enough money to buy a house in town right now, so it seems this matter needs to be considered more carefully.

With nothing else to do, Su Xiaoxiao took advantage of the time while the jam was simmering in the pot to tend to her small vegetable garden in the yard. She weeded, fertilized, and lined the nests of her wild pheasants and quails with some dry grass.

Da Bao also helped out, staying close to Su Xiaoxiao as she worked.

When Xiao Bao saw that her older brother Da Bao was helping with the chores, she couldn't fall behind. She picked up a broom and began to sweep the yard carefully.

To be honest, Xiao Bao isn't even as tall as a broom. Seeing her clumsy yet earnest and adorable appearance, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

The two children are now tired of eating jam. They smell the jam every day, and Su Xiaoxiao knows that they don't want to eat it anymore.

Su Xiaoxiao bought them some fruit and pastries as snacks, but they were limited; they could have some if they behaved well. As a result, the two children are now even more enthusiastic about doing chores.

Su Xiaoxiao knew that this was just how children were.

"Wait a minute, why didn't I see the two children studying with Liu Zi'an today?"

"Da Bao, Xiao Bao, have you two skipped school again?"

Su Xiaoxiao called out to the two children.

Just then, the sound of horses' hooves came from outside the door, and someone was knocking on Su Xiaoxiao's door.

When Su Xiaoxiao arrived at the door, she was surprised to see that it was Boss Wang from Baxianlou Restaurant. She was really surprised to see him here.

Is there any need to be this anxious?
Su Xiaoxiao frowned and said to Manager Wang, "I'm really sorry, we're short on jam right now. Could you give us a few more days?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just came to order 100 jin of jam from you. It doesn't matter when it's delivered. We can wait." It turns out that the end of the year is approaching, and all the major restaurants have already booked their New Year's Eve dinners.

Many people have heard that Baxianlou uses a new type of jam to make its sashimi, which is famous far and wide, and they all want to come and try it.

Their young master decided to have Manager Wang come and order 100 jin first, and there was no rush as to the delivery time.

When Su Xiaoxiao looked at the time, she realized that it was indeed almost Chinese New Year.

"I see. Okay, I'll take my time and make fifty jars of jam for you first."

"However, it will be a bit later. I need seven days."

Without hesitation, Manager Wang paid Su Xiaoxiao directly.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the money on the table; Manager Wang had already left.

She was grinning so wide her eyes disappeared. When Sanlang saw this, he said, "What are you grinning about? Are you going crazy?"

"You're the one who's stupid. What do you know?"

Su Xiaoxiao still looked like a money-grubber. Hmm, it feels so good to have money. Looks like she'll have to deposit it in the town's money exchange again.

Saburo has seemed a bit listless these past few days; I wonder if he's feeling unwell.

Su Xiaoxiao asked Sanlang what was wrong, and he replied, "I want to eat tangyuan (sweet rice balls)."

Seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao had no choice but to do it. Normally, she would have gone to the supermarket to buy a bag of glutinous rice balls and cooked them directly.

Now, it's just making tangyuan (sweet rice balls), nothing can stump this queen.

Pamper yourself a little more, and eat whatever you like. Now Su Xiaoxiao doesn't worry so much about food and drink anymore.

Having a little money makes life incredibly enjoyable; after all, the best is yet to come.

After preparing the glutinous rice flour, she scalded it with hot water. After that, she also prepared the white sugar and black sesame seeds. Once all the seasonings were ready, Su Xiaoxiao started wrapping the glutinous rice balls.

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's serious and methodical manner, Sanlang realized that she seemed quite earnest in making tangyuan (sweet rice balls).

The glutinous rice balls with black sesame filling and those with crushed peanuts were both delicious. Su Xiaoxiao never expected that she could make such glutinous rice balls.

When Saburo saw the glutinous rice balls, he smiled happily. He first took a big bite of the black sesame glutinous rice ball, praising it as he ate.

"It's really delicious. What filling did you use to make these glutinous rice balls? They taste just like the ones my mom makes."

Su Xiaoxiao smiled after hearing this. "I added some lard to the glutinous rice balls when I was making them."

"So that's why it tasted so familiar."

When Saburo laughs, his eyes squint, giving him a somewhat lewd look.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't expect that this guy could be quite cute at times.

(End of this chapter)