Traveling through the farm, I just want to earn money by farming

The next morning, Maimiao and the others came early. Qingke explained the details to them carefully, and asked them to make about twenty each and then send them to Shizhen Pavilion.

Thinking that it was close to the Moon Festival, I asked Mai Miao to go with me. In addition to delivering snacks, I also asked her to buy some other things.

Besides Qingke, there were five other young women working at the pastry shop. Mai Miao was efficient, careful, and attentive, and willing to serve. Qingke had been observing her for so long that he admired her and was considering promoting her.

Mai Miao and his friends made the mooncakes according to the method. It was already late, so they immediately borrowed an ox cart from the village and went to the town.

Mai Miao had only been to the town a few times, so the journey was a novelty. After entering the town, a few hundred meters from Shizhen Pavilion, he could see a crowd of people in front of the gate from afar.

"Brother Li, is the business of Shizhen Pavilion so good?" Mai Miao asked

Li Changming heard Mai Miao's question and replied, "That's right. It's almost lunchtime and many people are eating. This is always the case at Shizhen Pavilion during mealtimes."

Mai Miao was surprised and kept saying "good boy"

Li Changming parked the ox cart and took Mai Miao and some snacks into the Shizhen Pavilion.

Tang Chun and Chen Ming were very busy at this time. In addition to serving the diners in the restaurant, they also had to serve takeout.

"Hey, give me a pound of braised liver and a pound of braised pork."

"Okay, my dear, please wait a moment."

"Give me two pounds of chicken feet and duck feet. Oh, and six salted duck eggs and six preserved eggs."

"Okay, wait a moment, my dear."

As soon as the two entered the store, there was a constant stream of people talking and diners kept coming to the braised food counter, so Tan Chun and the other man never stopped working.

Mai Miao stepped forward and called out, "Hello, brothers. Do you need any help?"

The two busy men heard someone calling them and looked up to see it was Mai Miao and Li Changming. Chen Ming smiled and said, "Why are you here at this time?"

Mai Miao raised the food box in his hand and said, "It's almost the Moon Festival. The boss has made a new food called mooncakes. He made some today and asked me to bring it over."

This explanation not only made Tan Chun and Chen Ming curious, but even the diners in the hall felt very curious and impatient.

I heard a young man next to me say, "Young lady, are you also an employee of Fushengji?"

Mai Miao nodded with a smile.

The young man continued, "You just said it was a new food? Can you let us take a look and feast our eyes?"

Mai Miao smiled and said, "Please wait a moment, my dear. I'll be right back."

"Okay, okay, we'll wait." The people around couldn't hide their smiles and waited without urging.

In just a few words, the noise in the hall was wiped out. The news spread so quickly that the guests in the lobby were all staring at Mai Miao's figure.

Mai Miao found Wu Wei and explained his purpose. He took out the mooncakes from the food box and arranged them. He also took two pieces of each flavor and cut them into small pieces for everyone to try. He packed the rest and had the waiter put them on display at the most conspicuous counter in the lobby.

"Dear guests, these are the new foods we have developed at Fushengji. They are called mooncakes, which symbolize reunion and happiness. The moon festival is approaching, and it would be more appropriate to the festival if we could use these mooncakes to worship the moon. Here are three kinds of varieties, each with three flavors, for everyone to try. If you are satisfied, you can make a reservation. The reservation will end five days before the festival, and each household is limited to dozens of boxes, each box is fifty. As for the price, each color is different and will be posted later." As soon as Mai Miao finished speaking, the quiet scene suddenly became noisy.

They asked the shop assistants to bring them one by one to try. Those who had money directly bought one piece of each flavor without competing with others.

Seeing this, Wu Wei asked, "Miss Maimiao, I wonder how much food my shop supplies every day?"

Mai Miao said, "When I came here, my wife told me that we can sell these foods in the store and give your store a 10% commission as we agreed before. If the store also wants to sell them, we will supply them at 70% of the original price."

Wu Wei understood and said with a smile, "Then I'll trouble you, young lady. My shop has a hundred varieties of each flavor every day, available until the Moon Festival."

He runs a restaurant and naturally wants to make some money by taking advantage of this new trend.

After the deal was settled, Mai Miao took the money and went directly to the town with Li Changming to make purchases.

The two of them went straight to the business and bought everything they needed. They then went to a few other stores to compare prices, and then went back to discuss with the owner.

The two were so busy along the way that they missed their meal. They each bought a few steamed buns on the roadside to fill their stomachs and prepared to go back.

Li Changming was pulling the ox cart, beckoning Mai Miao to get on. He called her several times but she didn't respond, so he couldn't help but look back at her. She was staring blankly ahead, a look of sadness on her face.

Puzzled, Li Changming followed her gaze and saw only a woman with a child. Still suspicious, he asked, "What's wrong? Did you see anyone?"

Mai Miao quickly lowered his head to collect his thoughts, then looked up and smiled, "No, I just choked a little while eating the pancake in a hurry."

Li Changming believed it and quickly poured some water from the kettle behind him and handed it over: "Hurry up and drink some water Shunshun, this pancake is a bit dry, I'll treat you to something else next time."

Mai Miao took the water, thanked him, drank it all, packed up, got on the ox cart and headed back.

Mai Miao didn't say much on the way, so Li Changming assumed she was just tired. Although it was the beginning of autumn, the sun was still scorching, and he'd been busy since morning. Even a young man like him couldn't stand it, let alone a young girl.

Mai Miao was deeply troubled. The woman she had just seen was none other than her departed mother. Judging from her appearance, she seemed to be doing well, having given birth to a little boy. For a moment, she felt a mixture of emotions, unable to describe them.

She was only seven or eight when her father passed away. Her mother stole the family's remaining money and ran away six months after his passing. She was still naive at the time. As she grew older, she gradually understood that she had been abandoned. So now, she only wanted to survive with her grandmother. Today, she suddenly realized that it would be a lie to say she didn't hate him. It just seemed like the hatred had lessened, and she felt more relieved.

It was already afternoon when the two returned to the village. After unloading their things, they explained today's situation to Qingke.

"Boss, I'm thinking that for things that we often need in large quantities, why not work with some of the larger businesses in town? We can have them deliver the goods to us on time, saving us the trouble of running back and forth every day. As for things that we need in small quantities, we can also have them bring them to us. We'll need to find the right suppliers ourselves. Is that feasible?"

After Mai Miao finished speaking, Qing Ke readily agreed. She had originally had such a plan a long time ago. Qing Ning had also mentioned it to her at that time, but it was shelved because there was no one on hand. Now that Mai Miao brought it up, she naturally agreed.

"How about I leave this matter to you? You can negotiate it, and if you are not sure, you can come back to me. Are you willing?" Qingke asked.

She was a little flattered. This was a great trust in her to entrust such an important matter to her.

After hesitating for a moment, he said firmly, "If the boss is assured, I will do my best."

"Okay, from now on you will be responsible for purchasing for my pastry shop. You will also take on the responsibilities of the manager first. If there is a suitable person in the future, I will share some of the responsibilities with you." Qingke said with a smile.