A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

"Is your brother-in-law married?" Mrs. Yao continued to ask Xia Tian.

"Probably not yet." Xia Tian replied uncertainly.

Sister Yao glared at her, "You are such an unqualified sister-in-law. You don't even know whether your brother-in-law is married or not."

"I'm too embarrassed to ask!" she argued.

"Don't you know? Your brother-in-law has been fetching water from the well every day these days. Several girls in the village have taken a fancy to him."

"Sister-in-law, don't talk nonsense. How come I don't know?" Xia Tian quickly denied it. He couldn't talk nonsense and ruin the girl's reputation.

"I'm not talking nonsense. Some people are asking me about it!"

"Really?"

"Of course. Haven't you noticed that there are often little girls hanging around your house these days?"

"I saw it before, I thought it was just passing by."

"You! You are so careless. Your brother-in-law is good-looking, hardworking, and can hunt. I heard that he was the one who killed the wild boar last time. There are many girls who want to marry him!" Mrs. Yao looked at her with disappointment.

Xia Tian scratched his head feeling guilty, as if he had been so busy recently that he had neglected the two people at home.

Shen Nian, who heard the conversation between the two, also looked at Mu Feng with a thoughtful expression.

Mu Feng lowered his head and was cutting bamboo. If you looked at him secretly, you would find that his ears were red.

The two gossipers were still unaware of what was going on and chatted for a while before Mrs. Yao left.

Xia Tian made braised rabbit meat in the evening. During dinner, Mu Feng said nothing and almost buried his head in the bowl.

She was still confused. She looked up and asked Shen Nian, "What's wrong?"

Shen Nian smiled and shook his head, replying to her with his eyes, "It's okay, I'm just hungry!"

Oh, I'm glad you're okay.

She didn't know yet that this was because of the gossip she had with Mrs. Yao in the afternoon, which made Mu Feng embarrassed.

He even considerately picked up a piece of food for Mu Feng and asked him to eat more.

Shen Nian could hardly hide the smile on his lips!

The next morning when she arrived in town, Xia Yang told her that Manager Guo had come to see her again yesterday and said that he wanted another 100 kilograms of braised meat.

Xia Tian was surprised. This restaurant couldn't possibly use so much braised meat, right? Although the restaurant's business was good, it couldn't consume so much.

What she didn't know was that Manager Guo not only sold the food in the restaurant, but also took orders from some wealthy families.

Many wealthy families liked the food and wanted to take some back home. Of course, Manager Guo would not refuse, so he placed additional orders.

However, placing an additional order is a good thing, but the two butcher stalls couldn't provide so much pork belly, so Xia Yang found another butcher shop to place an order in the morning.

Xia Tian nodded. Her brother finally grew up and learned to adapt to changing circumstances. That was great!

The restaurant's orders here have reached 350 kilograms.

But the good things were not over yet. When she was setting up her stall, several housekeepers from wealthy families came and bought up all the 130 kilograms of pork heads she had just put out.

Some old customers came and refused to leave because they didn't buy pig heads. Xia Tian tried to persuade them and they had no choice but to buy some pig intestines. In order to appease them, he gave each of them two extra pieces before sending them away.

After returning home, Xia Tian asked Xia Yang to go to the three butcher stalls and buy all the pig heads they could, and also bought five pairs of pig feet.

Including the pig heads that were originally ordered, there are 200 kilograms of pig heads today.

That should be enough for tomorrow.

As a result, everything was sold out in less than half an hour the next day. If she hadn't asked her sister-in-law to reserve 50 kilograms of pork head in advance, those old customers would probably have made a fuss again.

This was really unexpected, the business suddenly became so popular.

However, she is not planning to increase the quantity. They are still a small workshop and cannot handle it. She is not planning to hire more people. After all, this does not require much technical skills, and maybe someone will follow suit in a few days.

Xia Tian shared his idea with Xia Yang and the others, and everyone agreed. After all, they were making quite a bit of money every day, and everyone was very content.

Besides, this is just a small town and consumption is limited, but she can develop some new products.

Two days later, another restaurant came to her. It was also a big restaurant in the town, called Shengshi Restaurant. They wanted to buy her secret recipe, but she did not agree.

People had to settle for the second best and asked to place orders like Yunlai Restaurant.

Xia Tian explained that the order could be placed, but it couldn’t be pork belly.

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Manager Lin of Shengshi Restaurant ordered the braised chicken she suggested. This was a new product she was preparing to launch, and like Yunlai Restaurant, she would supply it exclusively to them. She also agreed that she would give them two menus for free as long as they placed an order, and only then did Manager Lin give in.

The next day, after Shopkeeper Lin tasted the braised chicken, she was sure that Xia Tian had not fooled her. The taste of this braised chicken was no worse than pork belly. The two of them signed an agreement immediately, agreeing to deliver thirty chickens every day first, and then increase the number depending on the situation.

Everything is back on track in the small workshop. Her father Xia Zhengan's back injury has recovered well and he can now go out. The whole family is very happy.

But I'm still a little worried in the summer, so I still come to the town to check on Xiaguan every morning.

Time soon arrived for Aunt Chun’s eldest grandson to get married.

She had agreed with Xia Yang yesterday that she would not go to town today.

Early in the morning, Sister Yao came to find her, and the two of them went to Aunt Chun's house to help.

Aunt Chun was wearing brand new clothes today, and her hair was combed meticulously. When she saw Xia Tian and the others coming over, she smiled from ear to ear, "Girl, I didn't expect you to come to my house. I heard you've been very busy setting up a stall recently!"

"I am quite busy, but Aunt Chun, there is a happy event in your family. What does it have to do with us? I have to come no matter how busy I am!" Xia Tian smiled and congratulated Aunt Chun.

When Aunt Chun heard Xia Tian say this, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She quickly let them into the house. They stopped teasing Aunt Chun and went to the kitchen to help pick vegetables.

"Aunt Chun is so lucky to have married the daughter of a scholar as her granddaughter-in-law."

"I heard she's Master Shitou's daughter!"

Shitou is Aunt Chun's eldest grandson. He studies in the town. It is said that he is a good student and is highly appreciated by his teacher.

"Don't call me Shitou anymore, be careful not to let Aunt Chun hear me. I have a real name now, Liu Zhiyuan."

"Okay, okay, I get it. Isn't this what you call getting used to it?"

Several aunties and sisters-in-law who were helping were talking secretly, and Xia Tian listened with great interest.

While listening, she interrupted and asked, and everyone explained to her at once.

It turned out that Aunt Chun’s eldest grandson Liu Zhiyuan had been studying in the town. He was eighteen years old this year. He was said to be doing very well in his studies and would be taking exams in the second half of the year.

"Did you know that the chefs Aunt Chun invited today are all from restaurants in town?" A younger daughter-in-law said mysteriously.

"I heard about him. I also heard that he's the chef of the most amazing Yunlai Restaurant in town!"

"Really? Then we're in for a treat today."

"Yeah, I haven't tried the food cooked by the restaurant chef yet!"

"Aunt Chun really spent a lot of money."

"Who says it's not true? It's because my grandson is so hardworking!"

Listening to other people's discussions, Xia Tian and Mrs. Yao smiled at each other, lowered their heads and continued to work.

After picking all the vegetables here, I went to help cut them.

When holding a banquet here, some dishes need to be prepared in advance, such as cutting peppers, frying meatballs, etc. Once everything is ready, you can just start cooking when the chef arrives. Otherwise, it will be too late to cook as you cut and cook.

Of course, the menu is set by the chef in advance, and the host is informed in advance of what needs to be prepared.

As a result, the dishes were ready, but the chef had not arrived yet, and the table would be served in half an hour.

Xia Tian asked Sister Yao in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Why hasn't the chef arrived yet?

Sister Yao shook her head, "I don't know."

After waiting for a while, they saw Aunt Chun with a gloomy face calling for someone to invite the village chef.

After asking, I found out that the restaurant's chef was temporarily invited by a wealthy family in the town and stood up Aunt Chun.

We will now arrange to invite the village chef. The feast will start soon and we can't wait any longer.