I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Suppressing her discomfort, Su Banxia busied herself with making the new product. First, she picked a lot of grapes and tomatoes from her spatial storage, washed them, and dried them. Then, she made sugar-coated hawthorn skewers.

Soon the candied grapes and tomatoes were ready. Su Banxia gave one skewer each to her fifth aunt and Wang Guihua.

"You guys should try this new candied hawthorn first. If you like it, I'll take it to the market to sell tomorrow."

Wang Guihua took the candied hawthorn and looked at Su Banxia with a puzzled expression:

"Banxia, ​​what brings you to researching new products today?"

Su Banxia smiled.

"I don't know where my third aunt found the secret recipe, but now she's started making candied hawthorns like me, and they're even two yuan cheaper than mine. I'm thinking of buying some of her new products that she can't learn."

Hearing this, Fifth Aunt couldn't help but say angrily:

“That third wife is truly shameless. Why can’t he do any business? He insists on doing the same thing as you. He just can’t stand that you second wife are living a better life than him.”

Wang Guihua gave a helpless, bitter smile.

"We've gotten used to it now. Oh well, let them do what they want. We just need to focus on doing our own thing."

Su Banxia nodded.

"Come and try this candied hawthorn, isn't it delicious?"

The two picked up the candied hawthorns and took a bite.

"This is the first time I've ever eaten candied hawthorn like this. The combination of sour and sweet flavors creates a unique taste."

"Yes, this is the first time I've ever seen such a novel thing. Banxia, ​​you're so quick-witted, always coming up with things that ordinary people can't think of."

Su Banxia smiled.

"If you like it, that's fine. We'll make more tomorrow and sell it in the city. That way, we can also give my third aunt and the others a bit of a deterrent."

Su Mo overheard their conversation while peering out the window. Suddenly, she panicked and rushed out when no one was looking, wanting to go to the Su family home to ask Lin Shi and the others how the sale was going.

When Su Mo arrived, she happened to run into Lin Shi and Su Congxian returning with candied hawthorns.

"Third Aunt, how did sales go today?"

Su Mo asked anxiously.

Lin shook her head.

“If it weren’t for that brat Su Banxia interfering, your third uncle and I would have sold them all long ago. Why would we have waited until now to come back?”

Su Mo frowned.

"We sold it for less than hers, so why did we come back later than him?"

Su Congxian sighed.

"Who says otherwise? But those city folks are just throwing money away. They won't buy the cheaper stuff, they just insist on buying the expensive stuff. I told them it's the same thing, but they just don't believe me!"

Lin spat viciously on the ground.

"No wonder Su Banxia is such a vixen. If it weren't for her lover helping her attract business today, how could she possibly outsell us!"

Su Mo frowned.

"What lover?"

Lin snorted coldly.

"Isn't he the rich man who brought gifts to your house at the housewarming party the other day? He looks like a prominent figure in the city. When people from the city saw him buying Su Banxia's candied hawthorns, they all flocked to him and bought some too."

As Lin said this, she clenched her fists.

"You have no idea how angry I was back then. I wanted to grab Su Banxia by the hair and beat her up, but there were so many people watching, so I couldn't go too far and had to swallow my anger."

Su Mo murmured:

"A rich person? Could it be Lou Wangyue?"

Upon hearing this, Lin slapped her hand suddenly.

"Yes, yes, his name was Lou something-yue, I can't remember exactly, but anyway, those city people seemed to respect him a lot, he didn't look like an ordinary rich family."

Upon hearing Lin's words, Su Mo involuntarily clenched the hem of her dress.

"Su Banxia, ​​I didn't expect that you would still have Lou Wangyue after losing Wei Kezhi. You really are a vixen."

Lin threw the straw saddle she was holding to Su Congxian.

"Isn't that right? I think your sister has a knack for seduction. She only went to the city a few times, but how did she manage to seduce so many men, and each one of them is incredibly skilled?"

Su Congxian sighed.

“If things continue like this, we will definitely not be able to outsell Su Banxia. Although all these candied hawthorns have been sold out, in the end they were all sold at half price, almost given away. We were thinking that if these candied hawthorns are not sold out, they will just go bad and go to waste. It would be better to give them away to gain favor.”

Upon hearing this, Su Mo frowned deeply.

"So how much money did you make today?"

Lin took out a purse and handed it to Su Mo.

“Your third uncle and I have both paid our wages. After deducting our wages and the cost of taking the oxcart to the front, we have a total of four hundred coins left.”

Su Mo had hoped to at least earn some money on the first day, but she had only just broken even. She hadn't expected Lin Shi to be such a calculating person, even deducting the cost of the oxcart for the two of them from her savings.

Moreover, these candied hawthorns were sold at a discount, and Su Mo didn't know exactly how much money she made, or whether they were actually given away or embezzled by the Lin couple.

So Su Mo spoke up:

“From now on, the money for your and my third uncle’s oxcart will be deducted from your own wages. You can’t expect me to pay for what you do when you go to the street to sell things, can you? I’ve already paid you your wages, but how much you spend is none of my business.”

Ignoring Lin's dark expression, Su Mo continued:

"Also, you can't give away these candied hawthorns half-price or half-gift anymore. If you get into the habit of giving them away, people will only want to see the candied hawthorns you give away and wait for you to close up shop to buy them. That's not good for us either. If you can't sell them, just bring them back. I'll clean them up and we can sell them again tomorrow."

Lin had originally planned to use the pretense of a half-sale, half-gift deal to swindle more money from Su Mo later, but she hadn't expected Su Mo to be so calculating.

Now, even the fare for her and Su Congxian to travel to the city by oxcart is something Su Mo refuses to pay for.

"You're being too meticulous with your calculations. We only earn two coins, while you stay at home doing nothing and earn six coins. Now you won't even pay for the two of us to use the oxcart?"

Su Mo frowned and looked at Madam Lin.

"How can I do nothing? I get up earlier than anyone else this morning to make candied hawthorns. If I don't make candied hawthorns, what will you sell? Besides, my six coins include the cost, not just pure profit. How about you cover the cost from now on, and I'll take the two cents I earn!"

Upon hearing Su Mo's words, Lin couldn't help but clutch her purse tightly.

"That won't do. I don't have any money to start with. Forget it, we'll pay for the oxcart ourselves. Let me tell you, if it weren't for this last half-price sale, we would have had quite a few candied hawthorns left over."