The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

The village chief did not accept the money, but handed it over to Shen's father.

"I'll leave this money with Brother Shen first. No matter what, renting this stall will cost money."

"Consider it a deposit we paid."

Father Shen looked at Shen Cao, and Shen Cao nodded before he accepted the five taels of silver.

The village chief's family ultimately chose to sell meat and egg burgers and spicy hot pot.

This was recommended to them by Shen Cao.

"This mala tang is quick to make, and you can also add some noodles or rice to sell it."

"And you can eat your fill."

My shop gets tons of customers eating mala tang (spicy hot pot), I'm sure I'll make money.

"Meat and egg burgers are quick to make, and you can also make some meat patties on the side. The two stalls are connected, so the two of you can help each other out."

"And people who eat mala tang will also buy meat and egg burgers, meat patties, and the like."

After hearing Shen Cao's words, the village chief and the others happily agreed to listen to her and sell meat and egg burgers and spicy hot pot.

After discussing the stall arrangements, Shen Cao prepared to take them to the dock.

Unexpectedly, she ran into Ji Lingfeng, who was looking for her.

She quickly introduced him to the village chief, "Uncle Village Chief, this is my friend, Ji Feng."

Looking at the imposing and extraordinary man before him, the village chief thought, "This girl Shen Cao is indeed destined for great things; the friends she knows are all incredibly capable."

Although he didn't know who this Ji Feng was, just by looking at his demeanor and imposing aura, he knew that this person was no ordinary person.

Sure enough, after Shen Cao introduced the village chief to Ji Lingfeng, he didn't even give him a glance, but just nodded slightly.

The village chief found himself unconsciously wanting to kneel down before him.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, otherwise he would have really knelt down in front of so many people.

Just before leaving, the village chief suddenly remembered what he had heard in the village.

He quickly spoke up, "Niece Cao'er, I suddenly remembered something."

"I overheard Aunt Li talking about you in the village the other day..."

There were some things he simply couldn't bring himself to say.

Shen Cao noticed his hesitation and nodded, "Uncle Village Chief, just say it, I'm fine."

After hearing her words, the village chief had no choice but to change his tone to something more tactful: "Aunt Li is saying that you, for some reason, actually went to the county magistrate and, for the sake of making money, disregarded the lives of ordinary people."

"We won't let these ordinary street vendors live or die."

"They...they also said they'd make you pay the price."

Aunt Li? Shen Cao remembered, she seemed to sell steamed buns at the dock.

She glanced at Ji Lingfeng; his reminder was indeed not without reason, for he already had a lot of opinions about her.

However, she didn't take it to heart.

On the contrary, Ji Lingfeng was a little worried; even a rabbit will bite when cornered.

“Miss Grass, I’m going to the dock anyway, so I’ll go with you.”

Shen Cao nodded.

Upon arriving at the dock, the village chief looked at the completely renovated dock with a surprised expression on his face.

He had been to this dock many times before, but it was clear that the two sides of the dock had been completely changed.

On both sides of the middle of the pier, there are many identical stalls, each with a food preparation area in front and a dining area in the back.

Even each stall had a large water vat, just so the stall owners could wash their goods.

A large water trough was set up behind the stall to facilitate the drainage of wastewater.

This was the first time Ji Lingfeng had seen a fully completed dock, and he was pleasantly surprised.

Every detail has been taken into consideration. It can be said that the stall owners only need to focus on making food, and they don't need to worry about anything else.

As Shen Cao walked, he explained to the village chief and the others, "Each stall owner pays a management fee every month, and someone comes to collect the water in their water tanks and the garbage on their stalls every day."

"There's no need to travel a long way to the well to wash things."

"These two water troughs are for your convenience when you stall owners dispose of wastewater."

"The tables and chairs on these stalls have all been provided for you."

"All you need to do is learn how to make food; everything else will be taken care of."

When the village chief and the others heard Shen Cao's words and looked at the brand-new stalls in front of them, they stood in front of the two stalls that Shen Cao had mentioned.

The two stalls are connected, and the space in between can be fully utilized, making the area much larger.

Just as she said, the two of them could help each other.

Moreover, everything was prepared above, so they didn't need to worry about anything else.

They were all very excited, rubbing their hands together, eager to start setting up their stalls right now.

Ji Lingfeng looked at the stall in front of him carefully, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became.

These stalls, rather than being called stalls, are more like small kitchens, taking all the problems into account.

It can be said that the purpose of the stalls is entirely to sell food. Just as Shen Cao said, the stall owners only need to worry about how to make the food.

Moreover, thanks to Shen Cao and his team's renovations, the dock looks much cleaner now.

He looked at the various large cargo ships on the water opposite the stall and the people working on them.

If so many people eat at these stalls every day, even if each person at each stall only earns one coin, they will still make a lot of money in a day.

You should know that this is one of the largest ports in the Great Xia Kingdom.

Countless merchant ships came and went, and the number of people at the dock was at least five or six thousand, if not eight thousand.

This doesn't even include the locals. If the food at her stalls is really as good as she claims, and almost as good as her cooking skills, then...

People from that county town also come here to buy food.

He didn't know the profit margins of the food business, but he knew people who ran restaurants.

The profit margin for these snacks is not as high as that of the main dishes and drinks in restaurants, but it is still higher than 30%.

She has only completed two-thirds of the dock so far, although it is unclear why she left a portion unfinished.

However, he knew that the number of customers here was not a problem at all.

No wonder she took such a risk; once this place is established, it could indeed generate a significant amount of income.

Of the 100,000 people spend a significant portion of their daily income on food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

There are many docks like Xin'an County in the Great Xia Kingdom. If every dock were managed according to her method, he dared not imagine how much money that would amount to.

He was even a little tempted by it.

Shen Cao was chatting happily with the village chief and the others, completely unaware of what was behind her.

The crowd behind her suddenly erupted into chaos.

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted, "You slut, you vixen, it was you who made us pay to sell food here!"

"Go to hell!" After saying that, someone threw a stone at Shen Cao. The stone was as big as a fist and it rushed towards Shen Cao's vital point.