Divorcing your wife might feel good for a moment, but seeing me make money will make you regret it f

Xu Qing smiled and comforted him, "Second brother, don't blame yourself. You've already done a great job. Tomorrow, Mother and I will make 10 more. Since we've already paid the stall fee, let's sell more."

Xu Gong nodded vigorously; he would no longer let his little sister down.

Xu Qing continued, "When the officials come to collect the stall fees, brother, secretly give them an extra 5 coins as a token of respect, so they won't make things difficult for you."

Xu Gong said admiringly, "Little sister knows so much, but we're out of money. We didn't sell anything today, so how are we going to buy materials?"

Wen handed over 50 coins: "This is all I have left. Hurry up and go to Butcher Qian's house this afternoon to buy two catties of meat."

Xu Gong refused, saying, "Mother, I can't use your money. Keep it for my little sister to buy her something to eat. I'll go up the mountain right away to hunt some game to exchange for money."

Wen shoved the money at him irritably: "What kind of business can you do if you hunt prey and exchange it for money? Stop dawdling and go now."

Butcher Qian lives in Qianjia Village, which is 6 kilometers away from their village. It takes 4 hours to go there and back.

Xu Qing quickly said, "Let's have lunch before we leave."

Xu Gong said without turning his head, "I'll just have a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), little sister."

After Xu Gong left, Xu Jian and Xu Baobao returned after cutting grass. At noon, they heated up the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) and cooked a pot of porridge. The whole family ate until they were full.

In the evening, Xu Gong brought back two jin of pork and put it in the water tank in the kitchen to chill.

Xu Qing quietly entered the kitchen.

[Ding! Green, free-range pork detected. Price: 50 coins per pound. Sell now?]

【Yes! 】

Xu Qing was satisfied. Regardless of whether the product sold out tomorrow, he wouldn't have lost money.

Then I bought two kilograms of farmed pork from the mall and put it back in its original place.

The next morning, Xu Qing and Wen made 30 roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) together, and then Wen and Xu Gong took them to town to sell.

Having learned from the previous day's lesson and with Xu Qing's advice, Xu Gong respectfully handed over 25 coins when the officials arrived.

The officer counted them once, nodded in satisfaction, and discreetly put them into his purse: "You're a smart kid. Come again tomorrow."

People around them gradually set up stalls, and Xu Gong and his group brought a small wooden board from home.

He simply placed the basket containing the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) on top and started hawking his wares.

They used to sell their game this way too. Wen looked around at the food stalls, all of which had tables and chairs, but theirs was set up on the ground.

Somewhat doubtfully, he said, "This won't do. Let's go rent a table."

This street is dedicated to commerce, with places to rent tables, chairs, pots, and pans, but most people bring their own to save a few coins.

Xu Gong said confidently, "Mom, don't worry, our roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) is so delicious, it'll sell no matter what. Besides, that's how I used to sell wild game."

Ms. Wen had never run a business before. After listening to her son's words, she felt more at ease and started shouting enthusiastically.

But as the sun rose higher and higher, and all the food vendors around them had almost sold out, they were the only ones who hadn't opened for business yet.

Xu Gong couldn't help but get anxious and shouted even more enthusiastically: "Take a look, take a look! This is a delicious roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) that you've never eaten before. You'll want to eat it again and again!"

An elderly man with his grandson stopped in front of the stall and asked curiously, "What kind of roujiamo (Chinese hamburger)? Let me see."

Ms. Wen immediately lifted the cloth covering the bamboo basket and began to introduce it to the customer with great enthusiasm.

The old man glanced at it and said with some disdain, "You have no pots or stoves, it looks so cold and lifeless. There's not even a table, how are we supposed to eat?"

He turned to his grandson and coaxed, "Grandpa will take you to eat wontons up ahead."

Ms. Wen was deeply disappointed and complained, "I told you to rent a table, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what happened, we can't sell anything today, and we even lost money on the stall fee."

Xu Gong hadn't expected this. He had specifically observed the street yesterday and found that there wasn't a single place selling their kind of food.

Is it really that hard to sell this one-of-a-kind item?

The surrounding stalls gradually closed down, and fewer and fewer people came. In the end, not a single item was sold.

The two silently packed their things and went home.

Having made no money, and feeling too embarrassed to take an oxcart, he walked home instead.

There is a large yellow fruit tree at the entrance of the village, where women often gather to cool off and share their gossip.

Grandma Sun's sons manage all the fields in her family, and she likes to chat with people here when she has nothing else to do.

Upon seeing the two, he greeted them, "Hey, back from doing business? You must have made a lot of money. I saw your second son buy a big piece of pork belly yesterday."

Upon hearing this, Xu Gong's face turned even uglier, and he lowered his head.

Ms. Wen forced a smile and said, "Business is tough; we didn't sell many today."

"That's not very kind of you. What's wrong with talking about things between neighbors? I'm just concerned about you guys, I just want to see what you're selling."

Grandma Sun reached out to lift the bamboo basket from Wen's hand, but Wen took a step back, avoiding Grandma Sun's hand.

"The kids are waiting for us at home, so we're going back now."

After the Wen couple left, Granny Sun pursed her lips and called out to their retreating figures, "Remember to pay back the money, or you'll lose it all."

Then he continued gossiping with the woman next to him.

"I don't think they have any business acumen; they'd be better off just hunting."

"Who says otherwise? If we're lucky enough to dig up another ginseng, we can pay back the money we owe you sooner."

Xu Qing was holding Xu Beibei in the yard, playing with the little wild boar with Xu Baobao, while Xu Jian was still chopping firewood outside.

We need firewood for cooking and feeding the pigs, so we have to cut some every day and store it.

Hearing the laughter and chatter in the courtyard, the Wen couple forced themselves to smile, but their smiles looked more like cries.

"Mother, Second Brother, you're back."

"Grandma, Uncle, and Wangcai can all understand its name now, and they even play games with me."

Xu Baobao happily shared with Wen Shi Xu Gong that Wangcai was the name she gave to the little wild boar.

Ms. Wen patted Xu Baobao's head, took out a few candies, and asked her to take Xu Beibei inside to play, as her grandmother and mother had something to say.

Xu Baobao took the candy ball, obediently picked up her younger sister, and went inside.

"Mother, did we not sell out today?" Xu Qing asked.

“It’s not that we didn’t sell them all.” Mrs. Wen sighed and lifted the cloth covering the bamboo basket. “Look, not a single one has been sold.”

Xu Gong, his face flushed, remained silent.

Xu Qing asked in surprise, "How could this be?"

Wen recounted the good deeds Xu Gong had done, and then said, "Perhaps we really don't have the ability to do business."

"Mom, failure is the mother of success. With the experience from the first two times, tomorrow we'll prepare tables and chairs, and set up a stove. We'll definitely be able to sell them."

Xu Qing was very optimistic. She had money, the cost of doing this business was very low, and she could afford to lose money.

Xu Gong was so discouraged that he lost all confidence. He had heard what Granny Sun at the village entrance said.

"Little sister, let Mother and Big Brother go. I'll stay home and take care of Beibei."

"I will work hard to hunt and pay back the money I lost."

"Second brother, you've been there for two days and you're already familiar with things. If it were eldest brother, he wouldn't know it at all. Don't worry about the money."

Xu Qing beckoned to Xu Gong, signaling him to bring his ear closer.

“Actually, Mother sold that ginseng for 20 taels of silver last time, but told others it was 3 taels. The rest is with me. We have money.”

Xu Gong gaped in shock and exclaimed, "Really?"

Wen slapped him on the head: "Keep your voice down, you'll die!"

Xu Qing nodded and said in a low voice, "We shouldn't flaunt our wealth. If others knew we had so much silver, they might do something to harm us."

So, if you go to town to do business, it doesn't matter if you make a profit or a loss; the important thing is to use the money properly so it can be used effectively.