You are unlucky and I am tough

The money earned from soap this month is more than two thousand taels more than last month.

After getting the money, Cheng Shuang had more money in his hands.

After paying out the money for buying the land and building the restaurant, she still had a little over 3,200 taels left, which was enough to cover the household's monthly expenses, the cost of raising poultry and lobsters, the cost of making soap, and the workers' wages.

She also settled a large sum of money with Manager Chang. The road construction in Yunxi Mountain cost more than 700 taels, the purchase of flowers, plants and trees plus the labor cost of transplanting them cost 1,100 taels, and the cost of building the road in the village was more than 400 taels. By the end of the month, she had less than 500 taels left.

In the blink of an eye, she became a rich woman again. Cheng Shuang couldn't help but sigh that soap really made huge profits.

If they hadn't started the soap business first, they wouldn't have been able to come up with the money to discuss cooperation with the Xie family.

Before leaving, Cheng Shuang invited Qin Suyue to have dinner at Taibai Tower on the fifth day of June.

Qin Suyue knew that she had cooperated with the Xie family in restaurant business, and said that she would definitely go and bring more friends.

With the money earned this month, Qin Suyue's bet with her family was fulfilled. Cheng Shuang solved her predicament and was undoubtedly a benefactor to her.

Those people in the family did not take the business away. Instead, they did not object to her finding a son-in-law. Perhaps they were afraid that after she got married, the soap business would fall into the hands of another family.

The Qin family had once come to look for Cheng Shuang and his wife, but Cheng Shuang had never mentioned it to her. However, Qin Suyue knew that with Cheng Shuang's intelligence, she would definitely guess that she knew about it.

I didn't mention it because I didn't want to embarrass her.

No matter what Cheng Shuang thought, Qin Suyue believed that there was some affection involved.

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On the afternoon before the opening, Taibailou's transport team entered the village, and Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang took people to the fields to pick ingredients.

A variety of vegetables, including beans, bitter melon, eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, red peppers, erjingtiao, thin-skinned peppers, screw peppers, etc.

They were all loaded into the truck in baskets, and a large basket of chili peppers weighing more than 300 kilograms was picked and sent over at one time.

The specific daily usage of these ingredients will be determined after the opening tomorrow, but Cheng Shuang is confident that each one will be popular.

She prepares at least ten dishes for each ingredient. For example, for eggplant, there are braised eggplant, garlic-mashed eggplant, fish-flavored eggplant stew, three fresh vegetables, Dongpo eggplant, chopped pepper salad eggplant, braised eggplant with minced meat, braised eggplant with sauce, eggplant stewed with rice, and eggplant chicken rolls.

For example, bitter melon can be stir-fried plain or with scrambled eggs, beef, bacon, pork or other ingredients. It can also be stuffed with meat, fish or pork. It can also be stewed into soup and eaten cold.

Not to mention peppers, they are suitable for steaming, stir-frying, stewing and boiling, and you can make a delicious dish by combining them with any ingredients.

On the other side of the pond, several small boats were fishing for crayfish, and Wei Qinglang was in charge of directing them on the shore.

There are about 20,000 kilograms of crayfish in the pond. When we open tomorrow, we will first catch 1,000 kilograms and send them over to see how many we can sell in a day.

Then the second round of crayfish farming should begin, and we need to ensure that there will be no shortage of stocks after the first round is eaten.

While watching Song Gaoshan and his men salvaging, Wei Qinglang instructed Peng Laosan to arrange for the recruitment of people to dig the pond in the next few days.

When most of the ingredients had been picked, Cheng Shuang asked the manager to bring a few people with her to go back and move other things, including a thousand preserved eggs, five hundred kilograms of fermented black beans, fifty kilograms of chili sauce and roasted pepper sauce in jars, ten jars of each, all of which were transported to the ice cellar for storage, as well as thirty kilograms of potato starch.

It was not until dusk that a long convoy of vehicles left with cartloads of food, shocking the villagers.

Cheng Guqiu arrived home after dark. He had been teaching cooking at Taibai Tower for four or five days in a row and looked a little tired.

Cheng Shuang was massaging her shoulders and back in the yard, and was very well-behaved.

"Thank you for your hard work these past few days. Tomorrow we'll open with eight chefs in charge. The kitchen helpers can also make some simple dishes. I'll just be in charge of giving instructions and ensuring that nothing goes wrong in the chaos of the kitchen."

"It's not hard." Cheng Guqiu took Cheng Shuang's hand and clapped it. "I want to thank you. Otherwise, how could a village woman like me receive such high treatment in such a big restaurant?"

"Chefs are judged by their cooking skills, not their backgrounds," Cheng Shuang said. "My aunt's cooking skills are no worse than theirs, so there's no need to belittle yourself."

"From now on, my aunt will be mainly responsible for teaching them new dishes. If you want to cook, you can do it according to your mood."

Cheng Guqiu was touched. "I've already troubled you enough with the women's affairs. Now I'm working at the restaurant again, and I get paid every month. You don't have to pay Qiuyan and Dongyun anymore."

"Does my aunt have anything to say?"

Cheng Shuang saw that she seemed to be hesitant to speak, so she asked directly.

Cheng Guqiu nodded gently. "I was just thinking, now that I've registered as a female household, I can't live in the Wei family forever. I'll save some money in a couple of months and buy a piece of land in the village, build a house, and move in with your two cousins."

"There's nothing wrong with living in the Wei family. You and Qinglang shouldn't overthink it. I just think my two daughters are old enough, and Qiuyan is also at the age of getting married. It won't sound good if they keep living with relatives."

"You don't need to explain, aunt."

Cheng Shuang patted the back of her hand to comfort her, "Don't worry that we will think too much. No matter how close the relationship is, to outsiders, this family is still the Wei family. It's great that you can raise your two cousins ​​and start your own family. I envy you so much. If someone comes to see me, I hope they ask for directions to Cheng Shuang's family instead of the Wei family."

"That's nonsense." Cheng Guqiu scolded with a smile, "You're just relying on Qinglang's kindness to you and letting him do whatever you want, but there are still some rules you have to follow, otherwise you'll lose face for him in public."

"By the way..." Cheng Guqiu suddenly changed the subject, his eyes fell on Cheng Shuang's belly, and whispered, "It's been more than a year, why is there no movement in your belly? Have you checked yourself to see if there is anything wrong with your body?"

Cheng Shuang chuckled and stepped back awkwardly.

"Having a child is a matter of two people. Not having a child isn't necessarily my fault, right? Anyway, I'm in good health and there's nothing wrong with me."

After saying that, he turned around and ran into the room quickly and closed the door.

Cheng Guqiu frowned, pondered Cheng Shuang's words carefully, and suddenly covered his mouth in fright.

Wei Qinglang came back from outside with Xiao Si. Both of them were sweating profusely, so they drew a basin of water from the well to wash their hands and faces.

Then, Wei Qinglang felt that a pair of eyes were staring at him. He turned around and found that Cheng Guqiu hurriedly turned his gaze away.

He felt strange, and after washing and wiping his face, he walked over and asked, "Aunt, you were looking at me just now. What's the matter?"

Cheng Guqiu was a little embarrassed, but she also felt that as the only elder in the family, there were some things that only she could say.

"Qinglang." Cheng Guqiu chose his words carefully, his voice low. "Actually, people in our village have done a lot of heavy farm work since childhood, so it's normal for them to have some health problems. Many of them can be cured. Shuang'er is such a good doctor, you must not put it off for the sake of saving face, treat it quickly while you are still young."

"What are you treating?" Wei Qinglang was puzzled. "I'm in good health, there's nothing wrong with me."

"Shuang'er just told me."

Cheng Guqiu looked at him with a worried look on his face, "It's not her fault that you two haven't had a child for so long."

"It's not her problem?"

Wei Qinglang repeated it, and suddenly understood the meaning of what he had just said, his face froze.

It turns out that the problem he had with his health was that kind of problem, and Cheng Shuang really put the blame on him without any hesitation.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Qinglang forced a smile, "Aunt, I'm really fine. There's nothing wrong with me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked quickly towards the room, his eyes narrowed as he looked at the door.

"This kid is still too concerned about his reputation." Cheng Guqiu shook his head in distress, "What should I do?"