They've all separated, so what does it matter to me if they get poorer and poorer?

Chapter 16 The Gap Is So Big

When they arrived at Sifang Restaurant, Zeng Xiaoyan and her husband parked their oxcart some distance away and did not approach. Xu Zhichun and Aunt Zhu'er, carrying baskets, went up and knocked on the door of the restaurant's backyard.

"Who is it?" After a long while, a waiter impatiently opened the door. When he saw two women from the countryside, he immediately showed a look of disgust and wariness, and gave them a rude look: "Who are you? What are you doing here? We don't need any women to wash dishes, wash vegetables, or sweep the floor. We don't hire anyone."

Aunt Zhu'er had never been so humiliated and looked down upon in front of others. She was so embarrassed that her face turned red and she didn't dare to lift her head.

Xu Zhichun was also furious. If it weren't for Zeng Xiaoyan, she would have turned around and left right now.

"Young man, we have two food items we'd like to sell to a restaurant. Could we please meet with the manager? We'd like to discuss them with him in detail."

"You want to see the manager?" The waiter gave the two a mocking look, then laughed sarcastically and impatiently shooed them away: "Our restaurant will buy whatever it needs. Who would buy from you? What are you dreaming of!"

"Hey bro—"

"No need, no need, let's go, let's go!"

With a loud "bang!", the waiter slammed the door shut without any hesitation.

Aunt Pearl blushed, "This person is just too, too unreasonable."

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "Since they refused, let's go to another one. Let's go."

She felt a sense of relief.

Even if Master Zeng complains in the future, they will have something to say. Actually, she didn't want to do business with Sifang Restaurant, after all, Madam Zeng didn't like Zeng Xiaoyan, and there was no guarantee that there wouldn't be any sordid conflicts in the future.

So much the better.

Zeng Xiaoyan was also happy, "If they're not happy, so be it!"

She was even more unhappy!
The group then went to the Lotus Restaurant.

They're all just colleagues, but the difference is so huge.

They successfully met the manager of the Lotus Restaurant. Manager Tang's eyes lit up when he saw the crystal-clear ice jelly.

The restaurant had plenty of brown sugar water, so he asked someone to bring some over. He tried the ice jelly and was very satisfied.

"It's refreshing, that's great. What's it called? Iced jelly, good, good. It would be nice as a dessert."

Since Manager Tang was satisfied with the ice jelly, he naturally had high expectations for konjac tofu and konjac noodles as well.

He instructed the kitchen to quickly stir-fry the vegetables and meat on the spot, and invited the head chef to taste them together.

It's a good product.

Restaurants won't refuse new dishes delivered to their door; adding another flavor is never a bad thing, especially since gray tofu and gray bean shreds are easy to pair with other dishes.

Shopkeeper Tang immediately said that he could try ten catties of gray tofu and gray bean shreds tomorrow, as well as ten catties of this ice jelly.

Gray tofu costs 12 coins per pound, gray bean shreds cost 18 coins per pound, and ice jelly costs 20 coins per pound.

If it sells well tomorrow, we'll order more in the future.

The group was overjoyed and gave the two or three catties they had brought today to Manager Tang to try.

In less than half a day, the four of them, carrying heavy copper coins, found a noodle stall, each ordered a bowl of meat soup noodles, ate them, and then happily went home.

Aunt Zhu'er hurriedly said, "While it's still early, let's go dig up konjac and pick lantern fruit. We can't delay the things we need for Sifang Restaurant tomorrow."

Zeng Xiaoyan nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, let's split up. Mingliang and I will go dig konjac, and Aunt Zhu'er and Sister-in-law Zhichun will go pick lantern fruits first. Whoever finishes first can go help on the other side. By the way, Sister-in-law Zhichun, how much konjac do we need to dig?"

Liang Mingliang chimed in impatiently, "Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Zhichun laughed, "Don't rush, don't rush, let's divide today's money first."

"what?"

Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er exchanged a glance, thinking it might work.

I'm actually looking forward to it!

Xu Zhichun first gave Liang Mingliang the ten coins for renting the oxcart, and then counted out twenty coins for him as wages, which was five coins more than the fifteen coins agreed upon earlier.

Just as Liang Mingliang was about to decline, Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "In the future, we will probably need to hire Brother Liang San frequently. It's twenty coins a day, lunch included. Brother Liang San can go if he's willing, and it's okay if he's not. Just say so, and we can hire someone else. The more we earn in the future, the more we'll pay Brother Liang San."

Zeng Xiaoyan laughed and said, "If you ask me, do you think he wouldn't help me if I didn't pay him? Giving him twenty coins is too much."

Liang Mingliang thought about the same thing. After all, who could earn twenty coins a day? He chuckled and said, "Twenty coins a day is a good deal. You must hire me, don't hire anyone else."

All three of them laughed.

That's good. Xu Zhichun was worried that Liang Mingliang would feel unbalanced and also demand a share of the profits. She would have to explain that even though there was a contract, Liang Lizheng wasn't the kind of shameless person, and things would inevitably end up unpleasant.

fortunately.

Xu Zhichun chose to be frank with Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er about how to make ice jelly and konjac tofu from the beginning because he valued Liang Lizheng's character and family values, as well as Zeng Xiaoyan's personality. Zeng Xiaoyan wouldn't have any ulterior motives, and neither would Aunt Zhu'er, otherwise she wouldn't be able to stay in the village.

As for what if? Xu Zhichun had no choice.

It was simply impossible for a helpless young widow to successfully run a business!
You must have reliable partners.

Otherwise, not to mention that selling in the city would easily attract attention and cause trouble, it would also attract envious people in the village.

Having agreed to hire Liang Mingliang, the three women closed the door to count and divide the money. Even Liang Mingliang was glared at by Zeng Xiaoyan and chased out, forbidden to watch.

What a joke! She earned this herself, and no one is allowed to peek!
Today, we have about 40 catties of konjac tofu and about 10 catties of konjac knots. After deducting the 16 coins for noodles, the 30 coins for renting the oxcart and paying Liang Mingliang's wages, we still have 752 coins left.

Xu Zhichun received 450 coins, while Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er each earned 151 coins.

The heavy copper coins were wrapped in a handkerchief, and Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhu'er were overjoyed.

Although Zeng Xiaoyan still had more than ten taels of dowry, this 151 coins was earned by her own hands. She earned so much just by trying it out today, and she would only earn more in the future.

Aunt Pearl was so excited that her hands were trembling. She had never made any money before, and she never expected to make such a big profit on her first day of business.

"More than a hundred coins! More than a hundred coins! I... I earned that much in just one day! My God, I actually earned so much! Zhichun, Xiaoyan, are we... are we dreaming? My God!"

Zeng Xiaoyan chuckled: "Of course it's not a dream, we can earn even more tomorrow and the day after. Right, Sister-in-law Zhichun?"

Xu Zhichun was also happy. With the original four hundred coins, she now had about one tael of silver in her hands.

More will come soon.

Full of confidence.

"Let's go up the mountain."

"Okay, okay!"

"let's go!"

Mwah! Daily updates coming soon!

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