A family with three widows, after severing ties with relatives, she became wealthy and married into

Tian Tian grabbed Tian Xiang's hand, "Big sister, my new shop is right next to Chu Xing Restaurant."

Tian Xiang suddenly looked up, "The one on the east side?"

"Wasn't it sold to a cloth shop owner?"

When she was first divorced, the cloth shop had just opened for business.

Thinking back, the shop next door to Chuxing Restaurant was indeed closed last time I went there.

"They've already defaulted on their debts?!"

"Then let's..."

Tian Tian tightened her grip. "Big sister, we're different from the cloth shop. Next year, we'll be selling steamed buns."

"The street where Chu Xing Restaurant is located is the main street of the county town, and it's crowded."

"Moreover, the customers who go to Chuxing Restaurant are all going to eat, and our steamed buns are so fragrant that we're sure to get a lot of business from them."

Tian Xiang nodded, "Indeed, many merchants from other places used to eat at Chu Xing Restaurant."

"Before Fulai Restaurant's business took off, Chuxing Restaurant was the most successful."

She had been with the Chu family for three years and was quite familiar with the affairs of Chuxing Restaurant.

*

Things are progressing very quickly!

The next day, the broker handed over the indenture and house deed to Tian Tian.

On the third day, the brokerage shop owner had the shop renovated.

On the fourth day, Tian Tian found the person who had built the stoves before and built eight stoves in the inner half of the shop. She also strung up a rope in the backyard to dry the bean curd sheets!

On the fifth day, I picked up the custom-made square pot and placed it on the stove.

Live together!

Lu Tao and Liu San Niang began teaching the four women they had bought how to make bean curd sheets that very day.

Tian Tian paid them fifty coins a day, and 1,500 coins a month.

Once they have their wages, they can find a way to send them home, because their children and grandchildren all rely on their wages to make a living.

"You must remember..."

"Don't open the shop door. Only put the finished bean curd sheets away after they've dried completely."

"The recipe for bean curd skin must not be revealed to anyone!"

"If this gets out, I will not only report you to the authorities, but I will also demand compensation for my losses!"

*

Chu Wang arrived at Chu Xing Restaurant before lunchtime, only to find that the waiter, Xiao Si, kept looking to the side.

"What are you doing?" Chu Wang slapped Xiao Si on the back of the head. "It's almost lunchtime. Keep a close eye on the guests."

Xiao Si rubbed his head. "Young Master, I just saw some commotion in the shop next door..."

Chu Wang glanced eastward. "What could possibly happen? Haven't they already defaulted on their debts?"

Going bankrupt means going out of business.

"It looks like it's already sold," Xiao Si pointed. "I can hear sounds coming from inside."

"And there's smoke coming from the chimney."

chimney?

Chu Wang walked out with a puzzled look and looked at the roof.

The shop next door was a fabric store, and it didn't have a chimney before.

but...

There really was an extra chimney, and smoke was billowing out of it.

"What do you do?" Chu Wang asked Xiao Si.

Xiao Si shook his head, "I don't know."

He had been watching for quite a while, only seeing smoke coming from the chimney and hearing rustling voices inside, but he hadn't seen the shop door open to welcome customers.

Chu Wang looked up again at the location of the chimney...

"The chimney is inside the shop...this doesn't look like a restaurant."

Xiao Si asked in confusion, "If you're not running a restaurant, what's the point of having a chimney?"

Chu Wang felt irritated upon hearing this.

He had been trying to find out who made bean curd skin, but he couldn't!

He went to wait outside the Fulai Restaurant, but Qian Fulai guarded him like a thief!

We finally found them! It turned out to be Tian Xiang's family!

One catty of bean curd skin costs 100 coins, and it is said that Fulai Restaurant uses 40 catties a day.

In other words, Tian Xiang's family earned four taels of silver a day.

Chu Xing Restaurant can't even earn four taels of silver now!

Now another food stall has opened next door...

This is really leaving Chu Wang no way to survive!

What was the point of all that scheming against Chu Xing back then?

"Xiao Si, keep a close eye on them and see what they're up to."

Xiao Si nodded, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Young Master, I remember now, I'll go check their backyard!"

Chu Wang waved his hand, "Hurry up and go!"

Xiao Si quickly ran into the back alley and soon arrived at the back door of the shop next door.

Just then, Tian Tian came out of the back door with Lu Tao, Liu San Niang, Tian Xiang, Daya, and Tian Jinghe.

"Young Madam?!" Xiao Si exclaimed in surprise.

Tian Xiang looked up, "Xiao Si?"

"Young Madam..." Xiao Si pointed to the shop, "Did you buy this shop?"

Tian Xiang smiled and said, "My second sister and Aunt Liu bought it together."

Liu San Niang held Da Ya's hand, a smile playing on her lips.

This shop is huge! If it were a month ago, she wouldn't have even dared to dream of such a thing, let alone dream of it.

"Young Madam, are you making food?" Xiao Si asked again.

Tian Tian smiled. This guy was much better than the Chu family's people. "What, are you here to gather information for your young master?"

Xiao Si scratched his head sheepishly, "This..."

Tian Tian didn't press him further, saying, "We make food, but we'll have to wait until spring."

*

"It's them? Xiao Si, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Chu Wang sprayed the tea he had just taken a sip directly onto Xiao Si's face.

Xiao Si wiped the tea off her face, her expression showing no sign of disgust, "I wasn't mistaken..."

Moreover, the young mistress's sister told him to tell the young master the truth.

"What are they going to do?!" Chu Wang pressed.

Xiao Si shook his head, "I don't know, they only said the shop will open next spring."

Chu Wang slammed his teacup on the ground. "What exactly are they trying to do?!"

His chest heaved, seething with resentment. "Xiao Si, you keep an eye on things next door and see what they're up to!"

*

At night, Tian Tian accessed the system.

These past few days she's been thinking about one problem: how to ship the goods to these shopkeepers.

Although dried soybean curd sheets can be stored for a long time, what if they spoil?

When it comes to food, the most crucial thing is food safety.

The system includes a vacuum sealing machine, which isn't too expensive; you can buy it for just over 200 yuan, and it also comes with 300 vacuum sealing bags.

However, the bag was made of plastic.

Plastic was a major source of pollution in her time, and it is even more so in this era.

What else can replace plastic bags...?

Tian Tian scanned the system's product list, and after her gaze reached the bottom, she thought about the next page, when the system automatically switched pages.

Suddenly, a product labeled "biodegradable kraft paper bag" caught Tian Tian's eye.

Biodegradable means environmentally friendly, and the description says it's a kraft paper bag made from pure pulp.

It's the kind of paper bag commonly used in bakeries for packaging.

Multiple sizes are available, the largest being 25 cm wide, 48 cm long, and 17 cm thick.

But it doesn't apply.

Based on the current dimensions of the bean curd skin, which are 15 centimeters wide and 20 centimeters long, Tian Tian chose a suitable size.

19 cm wide, 25 cm high, 15 cm thick, 1,000 extra-thick ones, 210 cash.