My sister became the empress, but I'm still growing vegetables and raising chickens

The younger brother quickly served the porridge and said with a smile, "Brother and sister-in-law, how did you know we were here?"

"Your sister told us," the young woman said with a smile. "It's not easy for you kids to run a business. The porridge is delicious. We have nothing to do anyway, so we just need to walk a few more steps."

Thanks to my younger sister's solicitation, although business isn't as good as yesterday, it's still there. It's just that my younger brother has to work harder, having to run around to wash the dishes and then quickly bring them back.

The younger brother came back breathlessly and said to Si Muyan, "Third sister was soliciting customers, and Auntie Tian was so angry that her face turned green. She kept scolding Third sister. Hahahaha, Third sister ignored her at all."

Si Muyan also smiled. The little sister was very smart. Apart from being a little impulsive and stingy, there was nothing wrong with her.

Of course, this is not a long-term solution for them. They still have to find a way to set up a proper stall and make the porridge business work.

The main thing now is that we lack an opportunity.

Soon, the younger sister came over with the woman: "Auntie, my sister is there."

Today, the woman didn't want to buy porridge, but asked Si Muyan: "Miss, will you sell the recipe for this Hun Dun Zi porridge? If you teach our cook how to make it, we will pay you, okay? We promise not to tell anyone else and not to interfere with your business."

Si Muyan smiled and said, "Auntie, you've seen it too. Our business isn't very good, so why would we delay? I'll go to your house after I finish selling today's porridge, no later than the end of the morning market. This porridge isn't difficult to make, but there are a few techniques you need to pay attention to in order to make it delicious. It's nothing special, so of course I can't ask you for any more money."

The woman said, "What are you waiting for? I've prepared all the porridge for today."

Si Muyan waved her hands repeatedly: "No, I know you mean well, but we cook porridge to sell to customers. If you buy it all, wouldn't it be a waste if no one eats it later?"

"How can it be a waste? Even if the masters don't eat, there are still so many servants. You only have a few dozen bowls in total."

There are only forty bowls in total, and eleven bowls have been sold this morning.

The woman brought the three siblings back and entered through the small door at the back of the house. She explained to them, "Our master's surname is Xu, and we're businessmen. Outsiders call our master Xu Yuanwai. But the Yuanwai and his wife are not here; they're doing business in the city. This is where the old lady and several young ladies and gentlemen live. I'm the old lady's mother, and my surname is Gao. You can just call me Mama Gao. The one who likes to eat the wonton porridge is our young master."

The three of them fell silent after hearing this. With their current status, they could not marry into the Xu family. For people like them, the Xu family was already considered a wealthy and powerful family.

After entering the kitchen, two cooks came over and were very respectful to Mama Gao.

Gao Mama said, "This is today's wonton congee. Heat it up and serve it to the young masters and young ladies. I think the meat congee is good. Heat up a portion for the old lady."

"Yes."

Mother Gao asked her younger sister and brother to sit and rest in the small room next door, ordered someone to serve tea and snacks, and then she took Si Muyan into the kitchen.

"This is the girl who makes the porridge. She's from the Cai family. Come here and learn from her."

Si Muyan did not hide her secrets. After all, cooking porridge was not a difficult task. Even if others could not make the same taste for the time being, they would be able to do it after trying for a few days.

After teaching the cook how to make porridge, Si Muyan prepared to leave and said, "Mother Gao, you paid one or two taels of silver yesterday. It's enough for yesterday's and today's porridge, so you don't need to pay any more."

But the Xu family is a merchant family, how could they be short of such a small amount of money?

Mother Gao waved her hand and handed over another five taels of silver.

……

When Si Muyan was sent out, she was still a little confused. Just for teaching her how to make porridge, she would get five taels of silver? And she couldn't refuse it at all.

This is too easy.

She doesn't want to sell porridge anymore and wants to sell her house directly.

But it's unrealistic to think about it. Not everyone in Fenghuang County is as generous as the Xu family.

What's more, many things are really hard to come by.

The younger sister was holding three packages of things wrapped in oil paper in her hands. She was beaming with joy: "Sister, his cakes are so delicious. I haven't eaten such delicious cakes in a long time."

Si Muyan had been busy in the kitchen and naturally had no time to eat snacks.

But my younger sister and brother had eaten it before, especially my younger brother, who didn't know the rules and ate three pieces in a row. My younger sister slapped his hand, and then he stopped and didn't dare to eat anymore.

Seeing this, the maid from the Xu Mansion smiled and packed up the remaining cakes. She also took two other cakes and gave them to the younger sister.

My sister blushed at that time.

After all, she used to be a girl from a marquis's mansion, and she had seen and eaten many things when she was a child. So even though she was greedy, she still remembered the rules of the past and just ate a small piece.

When I was exiled, I was too young and didn’t know the rules. When I saw something delicious, I couldn’t help but be greedy.

Originally, the younger sister just wanted to teach her younger brother to be more well-behaved, but she didn't expect him to be so generous.

She probably shouldn't have, but she couldn't help wanting it. She could take these cakes back home so her parents and her second sister, Aunt Jin, could all have a taste.

The younger brother asked with concern: "Big sister, the Xu family is very generous. Did they give you any money?"

"Yes, five taels of silver."

The younger brother opened his mouth wide: "How much...how much? Five taels? So much?"

The younger sister was also surprised: "Five taels? Oh my god! They really are a wealthy family, so generous."

"Well, I didn't want it at first, but Mama Gao insisted. But wealthy families have their own rules. They definitely won't do things like owing favors. They'd rather spend more money to clear the relationship."

The younger sister and brother were silent for a moment. Does this mean that the Xu family is afraid that they will try to establish connections and ask for money in the future?

Are they that kind of people?

But they were unhappy for only a moment, and soon they were happy again. Because they had never thought about getting in touch with each other, but five taels of silver was real money.

The younger brother said, "We've paid off the two taels of silver that Third Sister owed, and we still have three taels left? That's great, that's great."

The younger sister's face darkened. How could she be the one who owed it? It was clearly Dad who owed it!

But now is not the time to worry about these things. She looked at her elder sister and found that she did not respond, and it was clear that she did not intend to pay back the money now.

She was delighted. After all, for her, now that the money was in her hands, there was no reason for her to return it.

"Sister, there's no rush to pay back the money I borrowed."

Si Muyan nodded. "Today's five taels, yesterday's one tael, and the odds and ends I earned these past two days, plus Aunt Jin's money from selling pumpkins, I have a bit of a surplus. But I want to start a business, and this is capital, so the money you borrowed will have to wait a little longer."

"Okay." The younger sister was eager for her elder sister to say so, and hurriedly asked, "Sister, what are you going to do?"