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The next day, Xu Qing and Hui Niang went to town to deliver goods as usual.

When Manager Chen came to pick up the herbal jelly, he ordered 1000 servings from Xu Qing, which were still to be delivered to other branches.

Including those ordered from other restaurants, the total is 2500 servings.

This quantity is too much for her and Hui Niang to handle alone; she also wants to go to the ferry town to promote the products to other restaurants.

It seems they'll build a small factory next to the house when they get back, specifically for making milk tea.

After delivering the goods, Xu Qing drove the oxcart to the ferry town. After paying the town entrance fee, he arrived at the place where he had set up his stall the day before, where customers were already urging him to hurry up.

"Boss lady, you're a quarter of an hour later than we agreed on yesterday. I've been waiting for ages."

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Sorry, sorry, there were too many oxcarts on the road today, so there was a bit of traffic and I'm a little late. How about this, how many milk teas do you want? I'll give you a discount."

The customer didn't stand on ceremony: "Six portions. I have a lot of kids at home, so I'll take them to go. Please add extra toppings; the kids love it."

Xu Qing and Hui Niang worked together seamlessly and quickly sold out. With only a small half-bucket left, Xu Qing packed up and closed the stall.

After yesterday's and today's tests, Xu Qing discovered that people in Dukou Town are more willing to spend money, and many of them buy two portions at a time.

Xu Qing and Hui Niang wandered around the town with the remaining half bucket of milk tea. When they came across a restaurant, they went in and tried to sell it to the customers.

Yesterday, the owners of various restaurants in Dukou Town heard that someone was selling a novel food in town, which women and children especially liked.

I was just about to go and find out what was going on when they came to my door on their own.

Therefore, the conversation between the two parties went relatively smoothly.

After a round of visits, Xu Qing, unfamiliar with the route around Dukou Town, went to five restaurants and placed 1000 orders.

Xu Qing was quite satisfied with this number. Adding the 2500 portions from Datong Town, there were now 3500 portions, which would bring in 21 taels of silver per day.

Moreover, she only visited 5 restaurants in Dukou Town. If she could sell to each restaurant, this number would increase.

There were quite a few orders today, so Xu Qing didn't go to pick up the one-armed beggars. Instead, he and Hui Niang went straight back to the Xu family home.

Fresh grass jelly tastes better when cooked, so Wen and Xu Baobao go to harvest it fresh every day.

We need a lot today, and we're running low on the herbal jelly at home. Mrs. Wen is preparing lunch for the workers.

Hui Niang then carried her basket on her back and prepared to go out and cut some more to bring back.

Xu Qing was also planning to hire two more people to help, mainly because there were too many kinds of ingredients, making the process very complicated.

Peanuts need to be shelled before roasting, and the skin on the surface of the peanuts also needs to be rubbed off after roasting, otherwise the taste will not be good.

Taro needs to be peeled and steamed until cooked, and pearls need to be rolled into strips and then cut into pieces.

Red beans also need to be cooked.

It would take her and Hui Niang a long time to make so much milk tea.

After thinking for a long time, she took two bags of pastries and went to Aunt Zhao's house.

Last time Aunt Zhao spoke up for her, she took dozens of eggs and brown sugar to thank Aunt Zhao afterwards, but Aunt Zhao refused to accept any of them.

It's just that neighbors should help each other.

To be honest, Aunt Zhao was a woman with a tragic fate. After her husband died of illness, not long after, her two sons also died of the same illness.

With two daughters-in-law and two children left behind, and no men in the house, all the farm work fell on the shoulders of the women.

The younger daughter-in-law couldn't bear the hardship and ran away with her child, while the elder daughter-in-law, Sun, continued to persevere with her child.

When they arrived at Aunt Zhao's house, Xu Qing knocked on the door.

"Auntie, this is Xu Qing. Is anyone home?"

Aunt Zhao wiped her hands on her apron as she walked out and opened the door: "Qing'er, what's the matter?"

Xu Qingyang waved the pastries in her hand: "Is it convenient for you, Auntie? Let's go inside and talk."

Aunt Zhao scolded, "You're here, so what did you bring? Come in."

Xu Qing followed Aunt Zhao into the courtyard.

On the other side, Aunt Chen gritted her teeth and looked in the direction of Aunt Zhao's house.

She thought for a moment, then tiptoed to Aunt Zhao's bamboo fence and squatted down.

She wanted to see what good things Xu Qing had to bring when he came to see this old woman with those things.

Previously, Bai had given her fern root powder, hoping that Xu Qing would think of them first if she had any good things to do.

But so much time has passed, and it seems her family has started buying servants to do their bidding.

They must have made a lot of money and been too busy to handle everything, yet they showed no intention of asking for help from their family.

"Auntie, these are some snacks I bought for my child. You refused the eggs and other things last time, but you can't refuse these snacks again."

Xu Qing's voice came from the other side of the bamboo fence, and Aunt Chen held her breath and carefully eavesdropped.

Aunt Zhao accepted the snacks.

"Then I won't be polite, thank you Qing girl."

Xu Qing continued, "I came today to ask Aunt Zhao if she would be willing to come to my house to help out."

The house at home is not yet finished, my two older brothers are both busy, and my mother has to help me take care of the children and cook for the workers.

I can't manage the business in town by myself, so I'd like to ask two people to help. If you'd like, you can come with Sister-in-law Sun.

Each person receives 20 coins per day, and can have lunch at my house with the workers.

After hearing this, Aunt Zhao was stunned, and then overjoyed.

"Yes, yes, Qing'er, we're willing! Shall we start working today?"

At 20 coins a day plus a meal, the two of them would have 40 coins, which would amount to one tael and two mace of silver a month!

With this money, our family can live a better life.

They're a widow and her children, where could they find such good work? They can do the field work in their spare time at night.

Xu Qing looked at the excited Aunt Zhao and said softly, "We'll start today, but it's almost lunchtime now, so we can only pay you for half a day's work."

Come to my house for lunch later. We'll start working after lunch, but I need to let you know in advance.

You mustn't tell anyone what you did in my house. If I find out, I won't hire you to do any more work.

Xu Qing trusted Aunt Zhao's character. Although she hadn't had much contact with Madam Sun, she seemed to be an honest person as well.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have endured so much hardship with her child and Aunt Zhao for so many years.

However, it's better to clarify some things beforehand.

Aunt Zhao practically swore to the heavens: "Don't worry, Qing'er, I would never do something like eating meat from a bowl and then cursing the cook. That would be like smashing your own rice bowl."

Xu Qing nodded with a smile. After discussing it with Aunt Zhao, she prepared to go home to help Wen Shi cook.

After all, preparing meals for so many people every day is quite a lot of work.

Aunt Chen overheard their conversation from the corner of the wall. Jealousy turned her eyes red, and she almost lost her temper and rushed in.

Our family even sent Xu Qing fern root powder, so why should we go after this old hag's family and not her?

40 coins! That's 40 coins a day!

Think of all the good stuff you could buy with that!

Their family can't even earn a tael of silver a year.

They even provide lunch! Everyone knows that Xu Qing's workers get to eat dry food every day, and every few days they get rice, fatty meat, and steamed buns.

Many times, the aroma wafted into their house, making her mouth water.

No, we can't let that old hag have such a good thing. She's practically buried to the neck, how can she still be so insensible?

This kind of job should be left to young people like them.

And that Sun woman, her husband died and she didn't remarry, yet she still wants to show her face in public and do business; she's truly shameless.