Wealthy beyond measure, yet you call me a sister-supporting-brother demon?

Zhang Qingshu decided to go to the academy after breakfast; he was going to go crazy if he stayed here any longer!

Yuansheng prepared the braised meat early in the morning and went to deliver it with his father. Each of them carried a basket on their backs, in which were placed two huge earthenware pots containing the braised meat and broth.

To prevent the aroma from escaping, Yuan Laifu also picked some clove branches and covered the jar with them.

Although cooking raw meat reduces its weight, it still weighs about 70 pounds when you add the earthenware pot and basket. Two people can carry it, each carrying more than 30 pounds.

“Baby, you don’t listen to your father anymore. You only weigh about seventy pounds. I can carry you on my back with ease.” Sunlight shone on Yuan Laifu’s face as he looked up at his son with pride, his wrinkled face upturned.

“When your father was young, he could carry two hundred pounds of firewood.”

Yuansheng knew his father was strong. His father said he used to carry 200 jin of firewood when he was young, and he wasn't bragging. His father had always been very hardworking, but he couldn't bear to see his father suffer.

My father is getting old. If all this braised meat can only be carried by one person, that person will definitely be him.

“Dad, I know you’re the one.” Yuan Sheng gave a thumbs up, “but your son will carry it with you.”

When Yuan Laifu heard his son's words, his heart swelled up and his eyes welled up with tears.

Bao'er used to never work in the fields, afraid of the sun and getting tired, and basically wouldn't do any chores. Now, his Bao'er knows how to care for his dad!

Yuansheng and Yuanlaifu waited for ages today, but the oxcart never came.

“Dad, we still need to buy an oxcart as soon as possible. It’s too hard to carry it back and forth to town all the time. Let’s pay off the debts we owe the village today, and then we’ll buy the cart once we’ve saved enough money.”

Yuan Laifu's earlier sense of relief vanished completely. His son was still so afraid of hardship. Humph!

Seeing his father's expression, Yuan Sheng grabbed his arm and said, "Dad, why are you looking at me like that? I'm just worried that you'll have to carry all that stuff back and forth, it'll be hard for you!"

Yuan Laifu was immediately flattered by Yuan Sheng; his darling always had such sweet words.

Besides, his son is all that powerful now; he can be chauffeured around all the time without any problem.

Before Yuan Sheng and Yuan Lai Fu even reached the back gate of Donglaishun, Manager Cao came out to greet them from afar.

"Brother Yuan! You've finally arrived! I've been waiting for you for so long."

Yuan Sheng thought to himself, "It's early enough. It's still a long time before we have lunch at the restaurant."

People in this era only eat two meals a day, with the first meal usually eaten around 10 or 11 am.

“Yesterday, Donglaishun Restaurant in Laiyuan County invited some of the county's most prominent people to a meal, which immediately made our braised pork famous! Today, the reservations for the banquet are completely full, everyone is coming for the braised pork.”

As Yuansheng had predicted, although Laiyuan County was neither large nor wealthy, its top-tier rich people were not short of money.

"Then I'll congratulate Manager Cao in advance." Yuan Sheng clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"It's all thanks to Brother Yuan."

After exchanging pleasantries, Yuan Sheng introduced his father, Cao, the shopkeeper, who was very polite and addressed Yuan Laifu as "Uncle."

Yuan Laifu pretended to be calm, but inside he was panicking and flattered!

This is the manager of Donglaishun!

A prominent figure!

He was surprisingly polite to his son and himself!

He's already become like a brother to his son!

He calls himself "uncle," so from now on, Manager Cao of Donglaishun will be his nephew!

Yuan Laifu was so happy that he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

"Brother Cao, I brought an extra pig's head today. The braised pig's head tastes pretty good. How much is it?"

"Five hundred coins with pig ears. Today's pig doesn't have ears, but it's still five hundred coins. Brother Yuan, is that alright?" Manager Cao adopted a very humble attitude.

“No problem.” Yuan Sheng was very satisfied with the profit margin of buying a pig’s head for 25 coins and selling it for 500 coins.

The two exchanged braised meat for a total of 6,300 coins, which was 500 coins more than Yuan Sheng's estimate of 5,380 coins, plus 420 coins more for the meat itself.

"Brother Yuan, shall I give you some copper coins instead?"

"No need, just give me five taels of silver plus one hundred coins." Yuan Sheng now has a little money and doesn't want to take advantage of this kind of thing anymore.

"Alright." Manager Cao instructed the waiter, Changshun, to bring out the money box.

"Brother Yuan, tomorrow you send me twenty catties of pork belly, eighty catties of leg meat, eight pairs of pig ears, and a pig's head. Even though we're doing that kind of scarcity marketing you mentioned, we can't be too hungry."

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Cao. You're an old hand at business, you'll definitely be able to handle it well."

Manager Cao breathed a sigh of relief, "I was worried that you would tell me you couldn't do it."

After Yuan Laifu and Yuan Sheng left, Yuan Laifu's suppressed excitement finally burst forth!

"Son! You're amazing! Just like your dad!"

"People say that a tiger father begets no dog son, Dad, you're absolutely right!"

"Your eldest sister's sister-in-law's brother, I think his name is Ma Laixi, I heard he works as a waiter at Donglaishun. Your sister's sister-in-law acts all high and mighty. If they saw Manager Cao of Donglaishun calling you brother, they'd be scared to death."

Yuan Laifu imitated Ma Xiangqin in a high-pitched voice, "My brother, he's a big shot, knows a lot of important people, and earns eight hundred coins a month." "Pah!"

Haha, Yuansheng felt that his father was a real character, probably holding back his anger for a long time and wanting to avenge his precious eldest daughter.

"Dad, keep a low profile. Let's talk about it after my sister has separated from the family."

Yuan Laifu nodded. "It's difficult to separate the family! The kinder a person is, the easier it is to manipulate them."

"Father, don't worry, as long as my sister and brother-in-law want to separate the family property, I can make them do so!"

Yuan Laifu was skeptical. He now had great faith in Yuan Sheng's abilities, but the division of the family business involved many aspects and was not an easy matter to handle.

If you don't do well, you'll carry a bad reputation for the rest of your life and be despised by others.

"Dad, let's not talk about that. What would you like for breakfast? It's on me."

"Alright! Let's have the mutton offal soup at the entrance of town. It's my favorite, and with that crispy sesame flatbread, it's absolutely divine!"

"Okay, Dad, let's have this mutton offal soup!"

Yuan Sheng and Yuan Laifu sat at the stall eating mutton offal soup. The milky white broth, with fresh mutton offal and some coriander, was absolutely delicious!

Yuan Laifu took a bite of the sesame seed cake and a sip of the mutton offal soup, feeling refreshed and relaxed!

Butcher Wang sat at a seat against the wall, eating sesame flatbread with soup, while watching Yuan Laifu and Yuan Sheng sesame flatbread and mutton offal soup.

A sesame seed cake costs five coins, a bowl of mutton offal soup costs fifteen coins, so a set would cost twenty coins. Yuan Sheng and Yuan Lai Fu would each have a set, which would cost forty coins.

He ate this set of sesame seed cakes and soup for only six coins.

Why should Yuan Lai Fu and Yuan Sheng get to eat this mutton offal soup?!

Butcher Wang thought angrily.

what? !

One set of Yuan Lai Fu's food wasn't enough, so they wanted another set?

That damn Yuan Laifu is out of his mind! He spends eighty coins on breakfast for two people!

They've made a little money and they're already showing off!

No, we can't let them be so comfortable!