Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Li Yu thought about calling it Malatang, but modern Malatang basically comes with soup. Her skewers are mainly for eating the skewers, and drinking the soup is secondary. Moreover, there are fewer seasonings than Malatang, so she simply called it boiled skewers. Meat skewers cost three cents each, and vegetarian skewers cost one cent each.

Two ceramic pots were used to cook the skewers, one for the peppers and the other for the mushrooms.

Li Yu put a lot of good things in the hot pot base, so as soon as the lid of the ceramic pot was opened, the spicy smell of the soup spread throughout the street in a very short time.

Mr. Ding, the boss of the tea shop next door, was about to have breakfast. His family was wealthy, so he prepared an exceptionally sumptuous breakfast, even with cat-ear crisps bought from Nanzhou Prefecture. However, when he smelled the aroma of the skewers, he couldn't resist and took out his purse to buy them.

"Boss Li, if you weren't so good at business, we wouldn't have thought of these novel foods."

"Boss Ding is amazing. The tea you sell is the best in town. I'm afraid the Snow Mountain Cloud Top tea is not available in any tea shop in the county." Li Yu smiled and praised him for his business.

Boss Ding was indeed very proud. "You are telling the truth. I am just too lazy to go to a big city. Otherwise, I could open a tea shop in the provincial capital."

Li Yu said yes.

After seeing off Boss Ding, Boss Zheng from the dim sum shop also came over.

"Boss Li, how did you make this soup? It smells so good. Can you give me some? I'll go back and ask the kid's mother to cook some noodles for me."

The smile on Li Yu's lips disappeared.

After moving here, she had contact with Boss Zheng several times and basically understood his situation.

Stingy, miserly, and likes to take advantage!

Based on his behavior, a thin-skinned person would probably just agree to give it to him, but she wouldn't indulge him!

Li Yu smiled again, "I'm sorry, Boss Zheng, this soup is for cooking meat and vegetables, I'm afraid I can't give it to you."

"Then can you give me the soup after you sell all the goods?" Boss Zheng looked at the soup with greed in his eyes. The soup cooked with meat has a stronger meat flavor, and the noodles cooked with it are absolutely delicious.

Li Yu smiled and said, "I'm afraid not, Boss Zheng. There is a rule in my shop that only customers who buy skewers will get soup for free. It is not given to ordinary people."

After being rejected twice in a row, Boss Zheng felt that he had been humiliated and said unhappily, "It's just a bowl of soup, why do you have to hold on to it?"

Li Yu retorted, "I've always wanted to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes from Boss Zheng's shop. Why don't you give me a box? In return, I'll give Boss Zheng a bowl of the soup."

"You wish." Boss Zheng's face changed drastically. "My sweet-scented osmanthus cake is much more expensive than your soup. Don't even think about taking advantage of me."

After saying that, fearing that Li Yu would continue to ask him for more, he went back to the shop without looking back.

The customers who came to buy skewers and braised meat laughed when they saw this.

"Does this Zheng guy really think he's selling good stuff? I haven't bought their dim sum for a long time. Not only do they taste bad, but they're also not clean. Whoever buys them will be unlucky."

"That's right. Last time I ate his mung bean cake, I lay in bed for three days and took three doses of medicine."

"When his father was here, the business was booming, but he is doing worse and worse."

*

As expected, people prefer to eat hot food in winter. Once boiled skewers were launched, they quickly became popular throughout Huangmei Town.

Those who like to eat braised meat with white porridge in the morning quickly fell in love with the taste of skewers after trying them. In just a few days, more skewers were sold than braised meat.

Li Yu noticed this situation and reduced the amount of braised meat by one third, and increased the number of skewers. In order to retain customers, she also constantly enriched the variety of skewers, such as tofu, duck meat, duck blood, and seasonal vegetables.

But gradually, the guests were not satisfied with these and wanted something newer.

That day, after being asked for the fifth time if there were any new products, Li Yu decided to make meatballs.

It was obviously not possible to ask her to make meatballs, and she had to find someone reliable and strong to help. Li Yu had an idea when he accidentally saw Han Xiaocao.

Han Xiaocao has been working in the store for a month. She is diligent and observant. She knows how to do many things without Li Yu telling her. The day before yesterday, Li Yu gave her a red envelope of thirty cents as a reward.

Seeing that Han Xiaocao had finished her work, Li Yu waved and called her over, "Xiaocao, is your brother busy recently?"

Han Xiaocao shook her head. "The firewood sales have been poor recently. My brother spends the rest of his time at home helping mom make bamboo baskets, except for chopping and selling firewood."

Li Yu nodded: "When you go back at noon, tell him not to go downstairs to chop wood. I have something to talk to him about."

Han Xiaocao: "Okay."

*

In the afternoon, Li Yu arranged to wash the vegetables and went out with a piece of raw meat and a red envelope filled with copper coins.

Whenever he met villagers on the road, Li Yu would greet them as usual, as long as they were not people like Qian.

Now most people in the village no longer feel jealous of Li Yu. She is too capable, and they can never do what she does. Over time, they have become more open-minded.

Except Qian, Yang Qiuyue, and Qian's sister-in-law Feng.

Yang Qiuyue hasn't gone out much recently. Her belly is very big and she is afraid of something happening, so she basically stays at home. But she is a restless person. Before the family split up, she scolded Han Xiuwen, Han Zheng and Han Xiaomei. Now that the family has split up, she still scolds them, saying that Han Xiuwu is cowardly and incompetent, and that he can't make a lot of money and can't let her and the baby in her belly eat meat every day.

Aunt Wang, who lived next door to the Han family, met Li Yu and told her about Yang Qiuyue's story as a joke.

Qian has been relatively well-behaved recently. Although she still talks bad about Li Yu behind her back, she dares not say it in public. This year, her family's late rice harvest was average, and Wu Dagou was very angry. She has been busy working in the fields recently.

As for other people who dislike Li Yu, Li Yu doesn't take it seriously. She is not made of gold and cannot be loved by everyone.

*

In the Han family, Han Xiaocao, Han Sheng and Han's mother were all weaving bamboo baskets.

Seeing Li Yu coming over, Han's mother stood up in a panic, "Li Yu is here, come in quickly, Xiao Cao, go pour tea for your sister-in-law Li."

At once, the three members of the Han family all started to move. Li Yu was an important guest of their family and could not be neglected.

Li Yu knew that the family was all honest people, so he didn't hide anything and said straight to the point: "I want to ask Brother Han Sheng to help me make something."

Mother Han was delighted: "Really? That's fine, he can do anything. Just order him around, Li Yu."

Li Yu said: "It takes a lot of effort to make that thing, it might be a bit tiring..."

Before Li Yu could say anything, Han's mother said, "Han Sheng chops wood all day long, so he has a lot of strength. If you have any plans, just tell him. He won't disagree."

Han Sheng: "My mother is right."

Li Yu: "Okay."

As she spoke, she handed over the red envelope, "This is for Brother Han Sheng, you guys take it first, and later..."

Li Yuliang showed the raw meat: "Please ask Brother Hansheng to chop this piece of meat into pieces."

The three members of the Han family were stunned.

Finally, Han's mother asked, "Li Yu, do you want to make dumplings?"

"No." Li Yu shook his head, "I want to make meatballs, so I need Brother Han Sheng to chop it into meat paste."

The three members of the Han family couldn't imagine what the meatballs looked like, but since Li Yu wanted them, Han Sheng stepped forward to wash the meat and sharpen the knife.

After a while, the sound of chopping meat was heard in the Han family's kitchen.

About quarter of an hour later, Han Sheng came out holding a bowl. Li Yu lowered his head and raised his eyebrows.