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

Xia Tian arrived at the house rented by Xia Yang and his family early in the morning. Xia Yue was preparing to braise pork belly in the backyard. The braised pig intestines and pig heads were being placed in a basin to dry.

The braised whole chicken for Shengshi Restaurant is also ready.

Now that the weather is getting hotter, Xia Yang and his friends get up in the middle of the night to start braising the food. They are afraid that it will not be fresh if they braising it too early.

I took a look around in the summer and there was no problem.

It’s just that the expressions of several people seem a little off.

Is there something wrong?

Why is it so solemn!

"What's wrong? You guys! You look unhappy." She asked confusedly.

Xia Yang hesitated to speak, not knowing what to say.

"Sister-in-law, you say." Xia Tian looked at Sun Maimiao.

"Yesterday, your brother saw two other businesses selling braised meat on the street and was worried that our business would be affected."

"So that's what it is! No need to worry, I've thought of this a long time ago. When others see our good business, they'll definitely follow suit. But their food may not taste as good as ours. As long as we always maintain this taste, we won't be afraid of a lack of customers."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Xia Tian say this. As long as Fourth Sister said it was okay, then it must be okay.

"What if others sell cheaper than us? Should we lower the price?" Xia Yue also raised her concerns.

"No, we'll keep the price the same. As long as we make our braised food taste good and don't cheat on weight when buying or selling, that's all."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Although I am not worried about losing my business, the town is small and the supply is limited, so I might not be able to buy raw materials when the time comes.

Thinking of this, she quickly called Xia Yang over and said, "Brother, let's go to those three butcher stalls and sign an agreement."

"What agreement?"

"Supply agreement. I'm worried someone will snatch the supply."

"Okay, let's go."

As she was talking, Xia Tian took Xia Yang to the three meat stalls that she cooperated with, including Uncle Niu, and only felt relieved after signing the supply agreement.

This way she doesn't have to worry about others maliciously competing with her and cutting off her supply.

If Uncle Niu and his men breach the contract, they will have to pay her ten times the compensation.

Today, Xia Yue and her mother stayed at home, and she, Xia Yang and Sun Maimiao went to set up a stall.

Sure enough, it was affected. There were fewer customers today. Xia Tian walked around the street and found that besides her, there were five more stalls selling braised meat, and there were quite a few people in front of each stall.

In the summer, I bought a little from each family, tasted them, and got a general idea of what they tasted like.

She gave the braised food she bought from someone else's stall to Xia Yang and his wife to try. After tasting it, they looked much more relaxed. The taste was not even a little bit worse than theirs.

There was nothing to worry about, and the two of them started shouting.

After setting up the stall for a while, Xia Yang went back to deliver the goods, while Xia Tian and Sun Maimiao continued to look after the stall.

Although sales were a little slow this morning, they were all sold out before noon.

The two men packed up their stall and returned to the yard.

After arriving home, Xia Tian called everyone together for a meeting.

"Today I went to the street and saw five stalls selling braised food. Although the taste of their food cannot compare with ours, we still have to be on guard against others doing bad things.

For example, they could try to trick you into telling them how we make our food, or offer you money to sell them the recipe for the braised food, or even try to get the rest of the Xia family, especially the grandparents, to come to our house and make a scene, demanding they hand over the recipe." Xia Tian said this, glancing at her father.

Xia Zhengan felt uncomfortable when Xia Tian looked at him, "Don't worry, Si Ya, Dad won't do that." Why couldn't this girl trust him?

Xia Zhengan has almost recovered these days and is helping with the work.

"I'm just giving you an example. Be careful. If anyone leaks the secret recipe, we'll all be begging for food together!"

Everyone quickly promised that they would keep their mouths shut and not let anyone trick them.

Xia Tian discussed with Xia Yang again and decided that from now on, their small workshop would only supply goods to Yunlai Restaurant and Shengshi Restaurant, in addition to the braised food sold at the stall.

All the goods are sourced from the three companies that have signed the agreement. Apart from the pig intestines, pig heads and pig feet collected from these three companies, no additional quantity will be added.

If someone orders pig's head and pig's large intestine, I will supply the goods within the scope of my responsibility, otherwise I will not accept it.

First build up a good reputation, and then when conditions permit, you can develop in the county town. Qingquan Town is just a town now, and consumption is limited after all. Don't be too eye-catching, so as not to arouse jealousy and plot against you.

As it is now, their daily turnover is only about twenty taels, and some wealthy families may not be interested in it.

Xia Yang nodded, thinking that his fourth sister was more thoughtful.

Sure enough, some old customers came back in the next few days, and the speed of setting up stalls and shipping goods gradually returned to its previous state.

The order for braised chicken at Shengshi Restaurant has also increased to 80 pieces, 50 in the morning and 30 in the afternoon, and the price in the summer is 70 cents per piece.

Now the job of killing chickens and processing chicken feathers is basically done by her father Xia Zhengan and her mother Chen. Xia also paid her father 500 coins a month.

The small workshop has become completely stable now. I don't come here every day in the summer to check on it. I only come once every one or two days.

She also sent Xia Shi to the school in the town, and the task of teaching Xia Yang and others to read and write was also given to Xia Shi.

June soon arrived and the wheat in the fields was ready to be harvested.

During this period, she was invited by a wedding party in the village to work as a chef for a day and earned 500 coins.

It wasn't mainly because she wanted to go, but because of the skills she showed off at Aunt Chun's house last time, her reputation spread outside the village.

Several families came to invite us. At first, the chefs in the village made sarcastic remarks intentionally or unintentionally, and Xia Tian didn't want to steal their business.

In order to avoid attracting hatred, she refused everything she could. Since she was familiar with the village family, she really couldn't refuse them, so she thought about raising the unit price. In the end, they agreed, so she had no choice but to go.

In order to facilitate delivery, Xia Tian bought a donkey cart for Xia Yang to drive.

Fortunately, Xia Yang and his family only had two acres of land. After Xia Tian stayed in the town for two days, Xia Yang returned to Xiajiazhuang to harvest the wheat.

Xia Yang was making money now and was no longer stubborn. He paid three hoes who were on good terms with him to help him harvest the wheat. The four of them finished harvesting all the wheat in less than a day.

When harvesting wheat, Xia Tian did not let his father Xia Zhengan go back, because she was afraid that other people in the Xia family would see that her father had recovered and use filial piety to force him to help them with the work.

Xia Zhengan is now quite scared when he sees Si Ya. He wonders where this girl gets such great intimidation from.

Anyway, she is the one who has the final say at home, and the key is that everyone else listens to her.

This made him feel funny and a little guilty sometimes.

In the end, he was incompetent and dragged down the children.

Seeing that Xia Yang had finished harvesting the wheat, Xia Tian returned to Liujia Village.

Various vegetables planted in the backyard also harvested in large quantities.

In addition to food for her family, she would also bring some for Xia Yang and the others.

No matter how many there are, just process them and save them.

Pick the long beans, blanch them in boiling water, then hang them on ropes to dry them. They are the best to stew with chicken or pork ribs in winter.

Cut the extra eggplants, peppers, green beans and bitter melons into shreds and dry them to eat in winter.

When eating these dried vegetables in winter, you can soak them in hot water and stir-fry them. They have a different flavor and are no worse than fresh ones.

Cucumbers and tomatoes can be eaten as fruits at other times, but they are all stored in the space in the summer.

When there are no fresh vegetables in winter, she can secretly satisfy her cravings.

On the morning of July 15th, the Ghost Festival, Xia Tian prepared eight dishes, bought incense, candles, paper money, brought a jar of wine, and went to visit Mu Yang's grave with Shen Nian and Mu Feng.

The next morning, when she woke up and didn't see Mu Feng, she asked Shen Nian, "Brother Shen, why don't you see Mu Feng?"