The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

After Xu Wencheng delivered the sour plum soup and braised food to the upstairs room, he quickly ran to the backyard.

"Sister Tao Xia, another customer in the front yard ordered two bowls of noodles."

Tao Xia was so busy that he didn't even have time to raise his head.

"Hey, I get it."

Seeing that five bowls of noodles were already on the stove, Xu Wencheng hurriedly put them on a tray and carried it to the front hall where the seven guests were seated.

The group was busy.

It was not until noon that the customers in the shop finally dispersed.

Song Yuntang pounded his arm and sat down on the swing in the backyard. Xu Wencheng, who had always been full of energy, was also tired and sat in the yard, pouring himself several glasses of water.

"Sister-in-law, business is really good today."

Song Yuntang nodded.

“Life is really tiring.”

Xu Wencheng looked at her with some amusement.

"Sister-in-law can rhyme now?"

Song Yuntang swung on the swing for a few seconds, then turned to look at him and asked, "Where's your eldest brother?"

"I am here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Qingye came to the backyard carrying a pile of tableware.

Seeing this, Xu Wencheng, even though he was very tired, still went to greet him, "Brother, you should go read the book. I can handle this kind of work. Many people in the academy know you, and it would not be good if they saw you."

Xu Qingye shook his head and said, "Don't worry about what others think."

He placed the dishes on the stove and turned to look at Song Yuntang who was leaning on the swing. "You got up early this morning. Do you want to go back to the farm and rest for a while?"

The room she had lived in before was not moved. Miao tidied the room for her, as she was worried that one day she would not be able to return to Lushan Village in time and would have to spend the night at the farm.

Song Yuntang shook his head, "It's okay, I'll just take a break."

I did get up too early in the morning, and it was still dark when I woke up.

If I could sleep for half an hour longer, I wouldn’t be so sleepy.

While Tao and Chen were washing dishes, they said, "Girl, even if there's no fried chicken tonight, the three of us can still handle it. If you're tired, you can go back and rest. We'll take care of this."

Chen Xier also nodded.

"Yeah, without the crispy chicken, the three of us would be enough."

At this moment, Fang Tianci, who was counting the accounts at the front counter, shouted towards the backyard, "Girl, there's an auntie here. She said she wants to wash dishes here."

Hearing the voice, Song Yuntang woke up immediately, stood up and went to the front hall. When she saw the person coming, surprise flashed across her face.

"Aunt Sun, why is it you?"

Aunt Sun is the daughter-in-law of Uncle Qin, to whom he rented the courtyard in the southern suburbs.

Her daughter-in-law Zheng had made trouble with her before, and Aunt Sun came to apologize to her afterwards.

When she saw Song Yuntang, Sun was also surprised. She looked around the shop.

"Miss Song, is this shop yours?"

Song Yuntang just smiled, "Isn't my aunt's daughter-in-law pregnant? Can she come and work with us when she's free?"

Mrs. Sun was a capable person, but she was afraid that her daughter-in-law would cause trouble again.

She had rented his yard before, so if she came here to make trouble, it would be over and she wouldn't lose anything. But if she came to the shop to make trouble, she would lose money directly.

"Oh! Don't mention it." Sun waved her hands helplessly. "She took advantage of her pregnancy to act like a big shot at home. She made your Uncle Qin and I split up with them. Now we've moved to the yard I rented to you before. Try not to have any contact with her."

"If my aunt comes here to work, she won't come looking for me, right?" Song Yuntang asked.

Thinking of what happened before, Sun's face was a little embarrassed. "It was indeed my negligence, but don't worry, young lady. She is pregnant and has a child, so she doesn't dare to run so far. Besides, we have separated. If I don't tell her, she won't know where I work."

Song Yuntang thought about it.

"I can give me a chance. If your daughter-in-law doesn't make trouble, I can keep doing this job. But if she does, I'm afraid I won't be able to do this job for long."

Sun didn't expect Song Yuntang to agree so readily, and her face was full of gratitude.

"Thank you, Miss Song, for letting bygones be bygones."

Song Yuntang led her to the backyard. "We pay six hundred wen a month for dishwashers here. If you're willing, you can come and work tomorrow. Arrive before the hour of Si in the morning. You can eat two meals a day in the shop and leave after the hour of You. Your job will mainly be washing dishes. If you have time, you can also help with some work in the kitchen."

Then he introduced Tao Xia and Chen Xier to her.

Seeing the two people washing dishes, Sun hurried over to join them. "Miss Song, since I'm here today, I'll help out here and get familiar with the place. I'll start paying you from tomorrow."

Seeing this, Song Yuntang said, "Since Auntie starts working today, her wages must be calculated from today. Our wages are settled at the end of each month. Today is the 28th. How about settling your wages together at the end of next month?"

Aunt Sun nodded quickly.

"Hey, listen to Miss Song."

Fang Tianci had already counted the money settled at noon and came to Song Yuntang with the account book.

"Miss, we've sold all thirty crispy chickens today, and we've also sold quite a few bowls of noodles and drinks. In less than two hours at noon, we've earned a total of five taels and six cents of silver."

Song Yuntang nodded.

"Not bad."

The rent for a tavern is fourteen taels of silver for half a year, which averages out to less than two taels and seven cents per month.

I sold five taels and six cents at noon. Since there was no crispy chicken in the evening, I could sell another two or three taels and make seven or eight taels of silver a day.

It cost me 40 taels to take over this shop, 10 taels to renovate it, 14 taels to rent for half a year, and less than 10 taels to buy things for the shop. So, based on 10 taels, the total cost was 74 taels.

If you can earn seven or eight taels a day, that would be about two hundred and forty taels a month. Excluding the cost of ingredients, you can recover your investment in a month.

After deducting the cost, all the profits earned are net profit.

Speaking of which, as long as you were bold and a little innovative, you could make money quickly by doing business in ancient times.

"Brother Tianci, there's no one in the shop right now. Can you ride your mule and help me catch those two ducks raised on the farm?"

The ducks on the farm weigh more than two pounds each, perfect for making roast duck.

Fang Tianci quickly said, "No need to ride a mule. It's not far from here to the farm. I can just go there and catch it."

After saying that, he locked everything on the counter in the cabinet and went out to the farm.

In about two quarters of an hour, he caught the two ducks and brought them to the tavern.

Song Yuntang rested for a while and was not as tired as at the beginning. She boiled a pot of water and asked Chen to help her kill and remove the feathers of the duck.

She herself was not idle either.

Add sugar and water in proportion to the pot and boil until dissolved. Then add cloves, tsaoko, angelica dahurica, lemongrass, star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, licorice, galangal, and red peppercorns, bring to a boil, and cook for a while before turning off the fire in the stove.

Finally, add sauce, salt and wine, and the sauce for marinating the duck is ready, and the whole yard is filled with the fragrance.

In fact, she was not sure what to add to the sauce for marinating the duck, and could only match it based on her understanding of medicinal herbs.

Although the proportions may not be correct, it's fine as long as the taste is roughly the same.

"Sister Xier, have you dealt with the duck?"

"It'll be ready soon."

After Chen washed the duck again with water, she put it in a bamboo sieve and sent it to Song Yuntang.

After Song Yuntang poured the sauce in the pot into a small jar, he waited for the water temperature to cool down a little, then put the two ducks in, and then used a bowl to press the ducks down so that the ducks were completely immersed in the sauce.

Tao and Chen stayed by her side and watched.

"Miss, are we going to have new dishes in our shop?"

Song Yuntang shook his head, "This is for the Jade Pavilion next door."

"Prepare it for Feicuixuan?" Fang Tianci, standing at the back door of the front hall, was puzzled. "Miss, aren't you afraid that they will steal our business?"

"Each of them has its own unique characteristics. If they steal ours, we can steal theirs too." Song Yuntang explained patiently, "The street where our shop is located is near the academy. On weekdays, the academy is very busy, but when the academy is on vacation, the business on this street slows down. If we can have more unique shops, diners will remember this place, and we can survive longer when the academy is closed."