The Little Lucky Girl.

After Su Qing returned from Grandpa Xiao's house, she took a stroll around the greenhouse, where all the vegetable seeds had been planted. She then took a walk around the workshop, grabbed some salted duck and fish fillets, and returned to the yard.

I started preparing lunch, first simmering a pot of sweet potato rice! I quickly stir-fried a few vegetables, pan-fried the fish fillets, cut them into pieces, and plated them! I also cut up some salted duck and plated them! Su Qing went back to the backyard and brought back some preserved eggs and salted duck eggs! I prepared them and plated them! After setting the food on the table, I went to call Dr. Yue for lunch!

"Master, it's time for lunch!"

"Alright! Good disciple!"

Call other people in the courtyard to come and have dinner together!

"Disciple, what delicious food are you making today?"

"Salted duck, fried fish fillet, preserved egg salad, salted duck eggs, spicy and sour potato shreds! Braised pork...! Master, just eat a simple meal today! I'll give you a couple of days to prepare a full meal!"

"Okay, disciple! That's great!" After lunch, everyone went back to rest!

That was how life went on! A few days later, Su Qing was about to pay the villagers who had been digging lotus roots! Each of the villagers received 350 coins, and the village chief received 420 coins! The villagers who received the money were very happy!

At the beginning of the evening hour, Su Qing took two bottles of wine and some cakes and put them in a backpack and walked towards the village chief's house! When he arrived at the village chief's house, he asked, "Grandpa Village Chief, are you home?"

"I'm at home!"

"Grandpa Village Chief, I'm here to bring you some wine!"

"Oh, thank you Qingbao!"

"There are also some cakes for the village head grandmother!"

"Thank you Qingbao! Come inside and sit down!"

"Grandpa Village Chief, I have to go back! Dinner is almost ready! I'll come back another day!"

"Okay, Qingbao, walk slower!"

After Su Qing left, the village chief smiled happily, "I'm so lucky today! I can drink the wine Qingbao sent me again!"

"You old man, you're just thinking about Qingbao's wine! You're already in your forties! How shameless!"

"Hehe, old woman, you don't know that the wine Qingbao gave me is really delicious. After drinking the wine Qingbao gave me, other wines will taste bland!"

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The next day, Su Qing got up very early! After breakfast, she was about to go to the county town! When she heard the housekeeper come to report, "Miss, there is a master named Qian at the door looking for you! He wants to cooperate with you in business!"

"Oh, then let him go to the front hall! I'll be there soon!"

"Yes, girl!"

When Su Qing arrived at the front hall, he saw a chubby middle-aged man with a festive look, who looked like Maitreya Buddha!

The fat middle-aged man saw Su Qing and quickly saluted! "I greet the princess!"

"Uncle, there's no need to be so polite! Please take a seat!"

"Thank you, Princess!"

"I wonder why uncle came to visit me?"

"Princess, I'm Qian Laicai. I have many shops in Dafeng Dynasty! I came to bother you today! I want to cooperate with you in the salted duck business!"

“Oh, Uncle Qian, how do you want to cooperate?”

"I'm taking some salted duck to sell at my shop! I wonder what the price is, Princess?"

"Excuse me, Uncle Qian, how much can you consume?"

"I don't know the details, I'll take some and test the waters!"

"Sure! How about this? Under a hundred, forty wen each; between a hundred and three hundred, thirty-five wen each; between three hundred and a thousand, thirty wen each; and over a thousand, twenty wen each! Do you think that's acceptable?"

"Okay, thank you, Princess! I'll take a hundred first!"

"Row!"

"Uncle Qian, do you have a rouge shop?"

"Yes, there are more than twenty of them in the entire Dafeng Dynasty!"

"Okay, in two days! Uncle Qian can come get some soap to try!"

"Okay, Princess! Sorry to bother you then!"

"Uncle Li, take Uncle Qian to the salted duck workshop to get 100 salted ducks. They're 40 cents each. Uncle Li, please keep the accounts!"

"Yes, girl!"

"Princess, I will take my leave now!"

"Okay, Uncle Qian! My name is Su Qing, you can call me Qingbao!"

"Okay, thank you, Princess!"

After Qian Youcai left, Su Qing took Ying San to the county town and first went to the Yunkelai Restaurant. As soon as Su Qing got off the carriage at the door of the Yunkelai Restaurant, Manager Wang saw Su Qing and said, "Oh, the God of Wealth is here!"

"Uncle Wang, how's business been lately?

"It's fine! Thanks to you! The lotus root recipe you asked Butler Li to send last time is very popular! Customers love it! This season is the perfect time to eat lotus root!"

“As long as the customers like it!”

"I just came over to take a look. I made it according to the recipe. Is there anything wrong?"

"Fortunately!"

"That's fine. Uncle Wang, I have something to do, so I'll leave first! I'll talk to you another day!"

"Qingbao, why don't you go upstairs and sit for a while?"

"No, Uncle Wang! I really have something to do!"

"Okay. Slow down!"

Shopkeeper Wang watched Su Qing leave!

Su Qing went to the butcher shop to buy some pork fat! "Boss, do you have any more pork fat?"

"Yes, how much do you want, girl?"

"There are many?"

"There are still 30 pounds!"

"I want them all. How much is one pound?"

"Fifteen cents a pound!"

"Okay, weigh them all for me. How much is the spare ribs per pound? Give me 20 pounds. Also, the pig's trotters, the pig's offal, and the big bones! And another 20 pounds of fat and lean meat!"

"okay!"

"Pork ribs are twelve cents a pound, so twenty pounds is two hundred and forty cents. Pig's trotters are eight cents each, and I've got eight left, all sixty-four cents. The offal is only five cents total, and the big shank is free for you! Twenty pounds of mixed fat and lean meat is twenty cents a pound, so four hundred cents. And thirty pounds of pork fat, the total is one thousand one hundred and fifty-nine cents! Miss, please calculate it!"

"That's right," Su Qing said, taking out one tael of silver and one hundred and fifty-nine coins and handing them to the butcher.

The butcher enthusiastically offered a backpack, "Girl, I don't think you can carry it, so you can use this backpack!"

"Okay, thank you uncle! I'll bring it to you next time!"

"No, no! My family can make it up!"

"Okay, thank you uncle!"

Su Qing took the things he bought and left the butcher shop, driving the carriage towards Sujia Village!

When they got home, Su Qing arranged for Ying San to wash the pig's offal! He first dug out some wood ash. Pour it into a basin, add water, stir evenly, let it sit for a while, and then go make lard!

First, cut the pork fat into pieces and blanch it in a pot. Then wash it clean and put a small amount of water in the pot. Put the blanched pork fat into the pot and add a little water to start boiling the oil. When the water is dry, reduce the heat and simmer it slowly. Add the scallions and ginger, stirring constantly. This way, the lard will be milky white and fragrant! After another quarter of an hour, the pork fat is ready! Su Qing filtered out the residue and put it into the pork can!

Su Qing then filtered out the ash water and poured it into the pot to heat. Then he added lard and stirred continuously until the ash water and pork were blended together. When most of the water evaporated, he added salt and stirred evenly.

Finally, pour the solution into the mold and wait for it to cool! The soap is ready!