A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Zhang Yunyue remembered that this little girl could also eat spicy food, so she naturally liked the dish of stir-fried pork with green peppers.

"Okay, next time Sister comes back from town, I'll buy some meat and cook it for Xiaoxue to eat her fill."

Normally, our family only buys meat during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, but even then, each person can’t eat much, and it’s just enough to satisfy our cravings.

But today, Zhang Yunyue cooked all the pounds of meat she bought at once, so that everyone could eat their fill.

After the meal, all the food on the table was eaten cleanly.

After dinner.

Everyone rested for a while and started preparing to make mung bean jelly.

I soaked 40 kilograms of mung bean jelly last night and made a total of 8 pots of mung bean jelly tonight. Starting from last night, everyone in the family has been learning how to make mung bean jelly.

In this way, when my great grandfather and second grandfather's family start selling, the quantity will increase and everyone can take turns doing it without getting too tired.

Zhang Yunyue: "Grandpa, Dad, we have to soak more mung beans tonight. Mr. Huang in the town ordered 7 pots, and my great grandfather and second grandfather have 8 pots in total, which is 15 pots, which is almost 70 kilograms. If we sell it ourselves, we have to soak 110 kilograms of mung beans."

"We bought more than 170 kilograms of mung beans from my great-grandfather. We used 60 kilograms yesterday, so it's just enough for tonight. There's no need to weigh them. Let's soak them all tonight and save some for ourselves later."

"Grandpa, Dad, you guys should be at home tomorrow, so buy some more mung beans. We'll probably need nearly 100 kilograms of them every day. Also buy some peanuts and dried chilies, as we're almost out of them at home."

"Okay, I got it. I'll walk around the village tomorrow and ask what they want to sell, and ask them to bring them all home. If the village has sold out, I'll go to the next village and ask, and I can also ask your grandparents."

"Yes, Grandpa, you buy some in the village tomorrow, and I'll buy 10 basins of mung bean jelly in town tomorrow, otherwise there won't be any basins left tomorrow night."

Father Zhang and Zhang Cheng soaked all the remaining mung beans in two large basins.

Early the next morning.

After finishing breakfast, Zhang Yunyue and his companions continued to head towards the town.

When they arrived at the stall, the four of them unloaded the things from the car. After Zhang's father fetched water and cleaned the table, they placed everything on the table and started selling mung bean jelly.

After a few days of selling mung bean jelly, Lao Zhang’s family no longer needs to shout to attract customers. Now, as long as the items are laid out properly, people will come and buy them directly.

"Hello, I'm the owner of Tianxianglou in this town. My last name is Dong. I want to talk to you about the business of mung bean jelly. I wonder if you are interested."

A middle-aged man walked in front of Zhang's jelly stall and said.

Zhang Yunyue heard the voice of someone coming, stopped adding seasoning, looked up and saw the man.

"Hello, Shopkeeper Dong, please wait a moment while I prepare the seasoning for these people."

"Okay, girl, go ahead and do your work. I'll wait for you over there."

Zhang Yunyue quickly added seasonings to the mung bean jelly and cold noodles for the customers waiting in front of the stall, then washed her hands and walked towards Manager Dong.

"Hello, Shopkeeper Dong, sorry to have kept you waiting."

"It's okay, it's okay, my girl, the mung bean jelly and cold noodles here are doing very well, and they taste good too."

"Manager Dong, you are too polite. I wonder what's the matter with you?"

"Miss Zhang, your mung bean jelly is now famous in the town. We at Tianxianglou would like to order some mung bean jelly from you every day, and of course chili oil as well."

"Manager Dong, how much does Tianxianglou need to order every day?"

"For now, I'll sell two bowls like the one you have every day. If the price goes up later, I'll sell it at 8 cents a bowl. Don't worry about the price. I'll still sell it at your price of cents a bowl."

"That's fine. I'll tell you something. The average amount of food in my basin is about 15 or 16 bowls. It can only be more, not less. If you drink more than two basins a day, I'll charge you 15 bowls per basin."

"Okay, Miss Zhang is open-minded. We will definitely do better business in the future."

"By the way, we don't have paper and pen today, so when we deliver the goods to your store tomorrow, we will sign a contract. Except for natural disasters or man-made disasters, Tianxianglou cannot cancel the order for that day without reason. If you want to cancel the contract, you need to inform us three days in advance."

"That's fine. When you come tomorrow, we'll sign the contract. It's a pleasant cooperation. See you tomorrow, Miss Zhang."

"Manager Dong, it's a pleasure working with you. Take care and see you tomorrow."

Seeing Manager Dong leave, Zhang Cheng said, "Yueyue, Tianxianglou is going to order our mung bean jelly. I didn't expect Tianxianglou to be so fond of our mung bean jelly."

"Uncle, after all, this mung bean jelly is only sold in our family. It is the only one in town. If Tianxianglou sells it, they can make more money. After all, Tianxianglou won't sell it for 8 wen. If they sell it, it will probably cost to wen."

"Yeah, the rich people in town will definitely go to Tianxianglou to buy them. But from now on, as long as it's not windy or rainy, we can sell two more pots every day. That's good. We can make some money, hahaha."

As soon as the owner of Tianxianglou left, Zhang Yunyue continued to sell mung bean jelly at the stall.

"Miss Yueyue, I want a bowl of mung bean jelly with extra chili."

When Zhang Yunyue saw that it was the uncle who ate mung bean jelly at her house every day, she immediately smiled.

"Uncle, you're here again. Come and sit down. Wait a moment here. I'll make it for you right away."

"Your chili oil is so fragrant. Every time I look at it, I feel like I can eat a big bowl of it, hahaha! By the way, Miss Yueyue, do you want to buy your chili oil? I want to buy some to eat with rice at home. I think your chili oil must be good with rice."

"Uncle, do you want to buy my chili oil separately?"

Zhang Yunyue asked curiously. Although she knew that her own chili oil was fragrant, she didn't expect that someone would want to buy it now.

Originally, Zhang Yunyue wanted to wait until there was a store in the town and then set up a chili oil workshop to sell it separately.

"Yes, Miss Yueyue, please sell some. Apart from eating mung bean jelly, I can eat some of your chili oil to satisfy my craving. I can't buy it anywhere else."

"Okay, uncle, I'll sell you some. However, my chili oil uses a lot of ingredients, so it's a bit expensive. Is that acceptable to you, uncle?" Zhang Yunyue thought of it as a promotion for the chili oil she would sell in the future.

"It's okay, you decide the price. If it's expensive, I can buy less. Hahaha!"

"Well, uncle, I don't have a can to put chili oil in, so I'll use a bamboo bowl. A bamboo bowl holds about half a pound, and I'll charge you 30 coins."

"This is fine. 30 wen is not expensive. This half jin can last for several days. I can also go back and eat it myself. It's quite cost-effective. Miss Yueyue, please pretend it for me."