The old woman became rich by relying on the supermarket instead of selling her granddaughter

Seeing that everyone's expressions didn't seem fake and they weren't trying to make her happy, Meng Lan smiled and nodded, feeling a lot more at ease.

Although she is confident in her cooking skills, she is still a little worried that it will not suit the taste of local people. Now that everyone likes it, she is more confident about her next plan to make money.

"The third brother's problem has been solved now. If he has the ability, he can stay in the town. If he doesn't, he can come back to farm."

Meng Lan decided He Tianci's future with just a few words. Anyway, there were only these two options, as long as he didn't die, she could say that she had completely let her son go.

Then, she got to the point of today.

"Oldest and second oldest, you are still young and strong, but you will eventually grow old. It is not a good idea for our family to rely solely on the little money you two earn from the fields.

And as the children grow up, who knows, there will be more daughters-in-law and more people in our family, and there will be more and more places to spend money. When I was young, I secretly learned some cooking skills in the kitchens of wealthy families, and I also figured out some of them myself.

The pork elbow rice we had today was cooked by me, and it has a unique taste. Since you all think it’s good, I thought we could go to town and sell some food, which would also be a way to make money.”

Meng Lan's family was poor when she was a child. She was the eldest daughter in the family. In order to share the heavy burden of life, she did work as a fire-making maid in a wealthy family for a period of time in her early years. When she was old enough, she returned to the village and married the sixth son of the He family.

"Mom, pork is not cheap. How many people will buy it if we sell it?" The eldest brother He Chuanzong was not happy after hearing Meng Lan's words. After thinking about it carefully, he frowned and asked softly.

He didn't know the people in the town, but he knew that no one in the village was willing to eat meat every day. Even the Hu family next door, who had the best conditions, couldn't bear to eat meat every day.

Not to mention his family, they only bought a small piece of pork during the Chinese New Year, and even the girls couldn't get a piece of pork for such a large family. Of course, this was also related to his mother's overly frugal nature.

"Mom's cooking is so delicious. People in this town are richer than us, so I think some people will buy it." The second brother, He Chuanjia, had a different idea from the eldest brother.

Although no one in their village eats meat every day, those who are better off will buy some every now and then to satisfy their hunger. Of course, the people in the town are richer than those in their village. My mother's cooking skills are so good, why should we worry about no one buying it?

Of course, Meng Lan had already thought about the problems that He Chuanzong and He Chuanjia could think of.

The recipe for pork elbow rice is not difficult, it just takes some effort to stew it until it is soft and glutinous. In addition, she has a supermarket system seasoning area with a variety of seasonings, which is an advantage in her cooking.

If you want to sell pork elbow rice well, taste is one thing and price is another.

If she bought meat and ingredients from local people, she probably wouldn't be able to sell much if she sold them at a higher price, and she wouldn't make much money if she sold them at a lower price.

But she has a supermarket system, where things are at least half price, and there are promotions from time to time. From this point of view, she can be invincible when she goes out to sell things.

"I know a place where I can buy cheap meat and rice. We can set our prices a little cheaper, so we can sell more. We don't necessarily have to sell a lot of meat. The soup tastes good when poured over rice. We can steam more rice and make a small profit but quick turnover."

Meng Lan thought of several ways to sell it in her mind.

Because this is not any real dynasty in history and Meng Lan is a person who traveled through time and space in a book, the price settings here are not particularly perfect.

She can only set the prices of her products based on the memories of her original body.

The price of refined rice outside was 20 wen per jin, while in supermarkets it was 10 wen per jin, and in a buy one get one free promotion it was only 5 wen per jin. In this case, she would sell 2 liang of rice for 4 wen, and 4 liang of rice for 8 wen.

Brown rice is 5 wen per pound outside, 2 wen per pound in supermarkets, and only 1 wen per pound for buy one get one free promotion. With this purchase price, Meng Lan will not lose money no matter how she sells it. Meng Lan plans to set the price like this: 2 wen for 1 liang of rice, 4 wen for 2 liang of rice, and 3 wen for enough rice (only for individuals).

The average price of pork outside was 35 wen per jin, but Meng Lan bought 1 jin at a supermarket where the price was 500 wen per jin. She planned to cut 15 liang of pork elbow into pieces and set the price at 30 wen. A pig's trotter weighed about 15 liang and was set at 50 wen, and half of it was wen. On average, she sold a jin for wen.

An egg costs 2 cents outside and 1 cent in the supermarket. Meng Lan also discovered that supermarkets like to give away eggs when they have sales, so she plans to sell the braised eggs for 3 cents each.

They all belong to the policy of small profits but quick turnover. The price is not lower than the market price, but the profit is less, which is not considered to disrupt the market.

These days, Meng Lan also discovered that the supermarket has a built-in shielding function, which makes people want to ignore it involuntarily. The things she took out from the supermarket will automatically reduce their presence, and no one will pay attention to their source except Meng Lan, the holder of the system.

As for the cheap cabbage, Meng Lan did not include it in her calculations.

Meng Lan has made it a plan. If people don't want meat and only buy rice, they can pour a spoonful of soup on it for free.

After hearing Meng Lan's plan, the brothers He Chuanzong and He Chuanjia also thought it was feasible. Even if people were reluctant to eat meat, they would always have to eat rice. Even if the meat could not be sold, the rice could probably be sold a lot.

The wives and children all looked very happy when they heard Meng Lan's plan. If the family sold food in the future as their mother/grandmother said, then even if they couldn't eat meat every day, they could still drink the meat soup.

With this thought, everyone present had a little more expectation for the future, and the hard days seemed to gradually become hopeful.

After the meal, it was getting dark. Yang had already learned to take the initiative to clean up the house. The others went back to their rooms to rest.

After Meng Lan returned to the house, she thought about the supermarket's promotions, and went to the grain and oil area to buy a lot of rice and flour and left them in the supermarket.

The next day, at dawn, Meng Lan found all the baskets in the house that could carry things and put them on the cart. After Yang cooked rice porridge for everyone and everyone ate, Meng Lan pushed the cart out of the village and told her family that she was going to the town to buy things.

Although the road from the village to the town was not far, Meng Lan was still very tired after walking for a while. After all, she did not walk there empty-handed, she was pushing a cart.

So, halfway through the journey, Meng Lan saw that there were big trees all around, so she pushed the cart and hid inside. Then she slipped into a supermarket, took out pork elbows and trotters, and put them in her backpack.

Fortunately, the supermarket had polished rice and brown rice packaged the same way as the local grain store, and that's what Meng Lan bought. So she took out another bag of polished rice and a few bags of brown rice and put them in the car.

The originally light cart suddenly became heavy. There was an empty basket left on the cart, and Meng Lan took a few more cabbages and put them in it.

By the time she had finished putting the things on the cart, the time had almost passed. Meng Lan calculated the time and walked slowly back home. Even if she had cheated and didn't really go to town, she was exhausted after pushing such a large cart back home.

Meng Lan thought that fortunately, such days would not last too long. When her family made money in some day, she would definitely buy a donkey cart.

Now there is no donkey in the family, and for the sake of the family's development, she can only take the place of the donkey herself.

Meng Lan walked breathlessly, thinking that if they were to select the top ten old women who traveled through books and moved the world, she must be among them.

For the sake of this family, she plays the role of both mother and donkey. Is there anyone more dedicated than her?

Seeing Meng Lan pulling back such a large cart of things by herself, the daughters-in-law and granddaughters were very considerate and asked Meng Lan to take a rest while they went to move the things.

After He Zhaodi finished moving the things, she did not forget to boil hot water for Meng Lan to drink. Meng Lan looked at He Zhaodi's little face that was somewhat similar to her own, and she felt a little more liking for this sensible granddaughter from the bottom of her heart.

After they had rested enough, Meng Lan instructed her three daughters-in-law to prepare the pork elbows and trotters, intending to stew them early the next morning.