Chapter 52 – Earn money (2)

Su Xiaoxiao smiled: “You give off such a good and familiar feeling, so it would be hard for people to not remember you.”

For those who came out to do business, who couldn’t say a few pleasant words? But for the person who praised the auntie so highly like this, Su Xiaoxiao was the first one.

The auntie was full of enthusiasm and said, “I want meigan cai, and I also want the red bean fillings. Besides that, is there any other variant of fillings?”

“There are mung beans.” Su Xiaoxiao said.

-Meigan Cai with pork meat filling

-A bundle of Meigan Cai (梅干菜)
A type of dry pickled chinese mustard. The pickle consists of a whole head of various varieties of chinese mustards and cabbages that has undergone an elaborate process consisting of drying, steaming, and salting. The vegetables are harvested, trimmed before the Qingming Festival, and sun-dried until limp. It is then salted or brined, kneaded until the juices are exuded, and left to ferment in large clay urns for 15 to 20 days. The vegetable is then repeatedly steamed and dried until reddish brown in color and highly fragrant. 
 

-Mung Bean fillings

“I will take four then!” said the aunt.

In a blink of an eye, eight more pieces were sold.

Although they missed the morning rush hour, but it was still sold out quickly. And moreover, because they had repeat customers, the number of the wife cakes today for food testing was half of yesterday’s number.

In addition, she promptly corrected yesterday’s way of packing the cakes, so none of them were crushed today.

“Jie, Jiejie1! we sold 900 wen today!”

1Jie / Jie jie (姐 / 姐姐 ) : older sister

Su Ergou said excitedly.

The total was still 100 cakes, six for the testing food, one to give away for free, and three pieces for Su Ergou’s eating show2.

2Eating show / mukbang : genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience.

“It’s almost one tael ah!”

How many times did he and his father have to extort to be able to get this much!

“Go to the market.” Su Xiaoxiao said.

“Okay!” Su Ergou put away the purse and took Su Xiaoxiao’s bamboo sieve tray and the back basket, “Jie, let me carry them!”

-Bamboo sieve tray

-The back basket

“I want to lose weight!”

“Uhh, okay then.”

Su Ergou turned around and gave her his own back basket as well.

Su Xiaoxiao: “……”

The two of them went to the market.

The butcher was chopping pig bones for people. When he saw Su Xiaoxiao coming towards him, he became so nervous that his hands trembled, and he almost chopped off his thumb!

“A total of 50 wen.”

He said to the uncle who bought pig bones.

The uncle looked at him (the butcher) as if he was a fool. After paying the money, the uncle took the pig bone and left.

The butcher smiled awkwardly, “You, you really come here?”

Su Xiaoxiao took out a bowl of stewed large intestine from the basket and said, “Here you are.”

-Stewed large intestine.

The butcher hurriedly went to get the copper coins.

Su Xiaoxiao said, “No need, this bowl is for you.”

The butcher was shocked: “What? You just give it to me?”

Su Xiaoxiao smiled: “If you think it’s delicious, how about If I sell it in your place in the future?”

“Huh?”

The butcher was surprised again.

Su Xiaoxiao said seriously, “I’ve been here for a few days. And there is no one selling pot-stewed dishes in the market. We will share the profits, rent your stall, and give you the 10% share of the daily income. Or I will supply the goods to you directly at the lowest price, and you can decide how much you want to sell.”

-Pot-stewed dish / Lu Cai (卤菜)

The butcher’s smile gradually stiffened.

This little fat village girl didn’t fall in love with him… But she fell in love with his stall…

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On the other hand, Shen Chuan returned to the Academy with a large bag of the newly bought wife cakes.

“Dad! I’m back!”

He first went to his father’s yard to greet him.

As a result, his father was not in the room.

He was about to leave when an angry young man’s voice came from a side room in the back.

“How do you Rong En Tang treat people? It has been two days! My cousin not only didn’t get better, but he became more and more serious! Originally, he was still able to wake up three or two times a day. But since yesterday afternoon until now, my cousin still hasn’t woken up even once! Is this the most skilled doctor that you Rong En Tang said? My cousin is going to be killed by you!”

“Please calm down, Young Master. Please allow Doctor Dong to check your brother’s pulse again.”

“What’s the point of checking again? It’s just a quack doctor!”

clang!

The young man seemed to have smashed a vase.

Shen Chuan let out a low ‘wow’.

Suddenly, someone behind him asked in a deep voice, “What are you doing?”

Shen Chuan’s body trembled, then he turned to look at his father: “Dad! You scared me to death!”

Dean Shen looked at his son sternly, “Who told you to eavesdrop here?”

Shen Chuan argued: “I didn’t eavesdrop. I came to deliver the snacks to my father. Didn’t you say that yesterday’s wife cakes were delicious? I went to buy them again.”

Dean Shen looked serious and said nothing.

Shen Chuan said curiously, “Dad, who are those two guests who suddenly lived in our house? The older one seems to be dying, and the younger one looks like he’s going to kill someone.”

Dean Shen said in a cold voice, “What you shouldn’t ask, don’t ask again.”

Shen Chuan curled his lips and murmured in a low voice, “Actually, I know a doctor, and she has pretty good medical skills.”

Dean Shen glanced at his son and warned him: “Don’t mess around. The person inside is not an ordinary person, so not everyone is qualified to cure him. If something goes wrong, the other person could be beheaded!”

Shen Chuan froze.