12dz Chapter 317 Even a mosquito's leg is meat!
Chapter 317 Even a mosquito's leg is meat!
"Shuisheng, could you please stop hanging around in front of me all the time?"
Shui Sheng asked doubtfully, "Cai'er, I want to marry you and see you all the time. Is it wrong for you not to want to see me like this?"
Liu Cai'er took a deep breath and barely managed to suppress her anger. She said helplessly, "I asked you to give me time to think it over. You need to keep your distance from me so I can think things through calmly. How can I think things through properly when you're always hanging around in front of me?"
If we think about it calmly, there are two possibilities: one is that Cai'er agrees to marry him, and the other is that he cruelly refuses. He wants to marry Cai'er, and this thought has already taken root in his heart. How could he give Cai'er the chance to refuse him?
No, he would never accept that Cai'er refused to marry him, no matter what.
So he pouted and said with a wronged look, "Cai'er, do you look down on me? Is it because I'm not good-looking, or because I'm incompetent? Tell me what you think is wrong with me, and I can change it."
Liu Cai'er said, both amused and exasperated, "If I thought you were incompetent, I wouldn't even consider it. I promise to think about it carefully, so I won't think you're incompetent. But if I thought you weren't good-looking, how would you change?"
You can't exactly skin and shave bones, can you?
This person's words are really...incoherent!
Liu Cai'er had no choice but to let Shui Sheng start the fire. She washed and chopped the vegetables, then took a piece of meat that hadn't been used up yesterday, sliced it, and stir-fried the vegetables with oil.
She was clever and capable, and in no time she cooked several dishes, a good mix of meat and vegetables. She not only cooked rice, but also made a pot of chicken soup.
The chicken was half left over from yesterday's cooking, which wasn't finished.
Shui Sheng saw that the food Cai'er had prepared smelled delicious and looked very appetizing, so he immediately praised it without reservation.
"Cai'er, you're amazing! The food you make smells so good. Teach me how to cook. Once I've learned, you can just sit back and wait to eat."
Liu Cai'er felt that the aquatic ecosystem was quite good. Back when she was with the Xie family, the whole family was too lazy to breed maggots. She would go to the fields early in the morning to work until noon or evening. When she returned home, the whole family would be waiting for her to cook. If she didn't cook a meal, they wouldn't get to eat. It was one thing for the old couple in the Xie family to scold her, but that beast Xie Laifu would also beat and scold her.
Thinking back, those miserable days were truly unbearable.
If she had known she would be divorced, she wouldn't have had to endure it for the sake of her two sons who weren't close to her. She would have been free from this situation sooner!
Looking at the person in front of her, Shuisheng not only knows how to cook, but also knows how to go along with her mood. No matter what she says, Shuisheng listens to her and never argues with her.
Although Shuisheng is younger than her, he is knowledgeable, perceptive, and responsible, making him a rare good man.
Shui Sheng was skilled at starting a fire and controlled the heat well during a meal. Xie Laifu, on the other hand, had never even stepped into the kitchen. The difference between the two was like heaven and earth.
Looking at the details, Shui Sheng is an impeccable good man, and she really shouldn't miss out on him.
She gradually made up her mind!
She's going to marry Shuisheng!
However, she couldn't agree too quickly, not because she was cunning, but because things that are too easily obtained are often not cherished.
She had already failed in her first marriage; if she married the wrong person again, she would never have a good life again.
Just then, the door to the backyard rang. It was Shui Sheng and Wu Yu returning, bringing back some good news.
Xue Zhiyuan personally sent someone to Lin Qingchuan and told him that the turmeric was selling well and that there would be another harvest next season, which would be in large quantities.
Lin Qingchuan excitedly shared this good news with everyone!
Wu Yu asked, "Brother Qingchuan, the next season will be next year. You and Brother Shuisheng said that more farmers will plant turmeric next season, and the harvest will definitely be much greater than this season. You will be too busy to handle it all. Can you take me with you? I also want to go back with you to harvest turmeric."
Lin Qingchuan patted Wu Yu on the shoulder and said, "Alright, I'll take you back to collect it next year. As for the work of supplying the restaurant, it's time to think about how to solve it."
Those restaurants have been selling braised pig's trotters for a long time and have built up their reputation. If they were to cancel the supply, it is estimated that the restaurants would not agree.
Lin Xiaotang walked from the pig's trotter shop to the backyard and overheard her father and Wu Yu's conversation. She then came up with an idea.
"Father, how about we inform a few restaurants that we'll stop supplying them? If they still want to continue selling, they can send someone to pick it up in a carriage. If they don't want to continue selling, we'll terminate our cooperation and only keep Wanhe Restaurant. What do you think?"
Wanhe Restaurant is nearby, both located in Dushui County, so they can arrange for their staff to come and pick it up. As for Yunlai Restaurant in Qinghe Town, Fuqing Restaurant in Pingding County, and Yunjiangnan Restaurant in Wucheng, they all need to be supplied.
If the supply is cancelled, we will lose more than a hundred taels of silver in profit each month. It would be better to spend a few taels of silver to hire three assistants to supply several restaurants every day, so that we can still make some money.
As the saying goes, even a mosquito's leg is meat!
He said, “Tang’er, I know you don’t want to supply the restaurant. You just want to focus your energy on buying medicinal herbs. But buying medicinal herbs is only available during the harvest season. You can only go back to the village to buy them. There’s nothing to do at other times. Why don’t we pay some wages and hire a few hardworking and reliable workers to drive the cart to supply the herbs?”
Lin Xiaotang felt that her father made a lot of sense; hiring helpers to deliver supplies was indeed a viable option.
"Why don't we talk to a few restaurants first? If they are willing to send people to our pig trotter shop to pick up pig trotters, we will cancel the supply. If we can't reach an agreement, we will hire staff to deliver them."
Furthermore, I have a new plan. Let's ask Manager Su to help us inquire about how to buy land, ideally several hundred acres at once, all concentrated in one area. We'll hire nearby villagers to help grow medicinal herbs. We'll not only buy the herbs from the farmers, but we'll also grow our own. Wouldn't that mean we'll earn more?"
Lin Qingchuan and Wu Yu's eyes lit up. They exchanged a glance, both overjoyed, and gave each other a thumbs up.
“Okay, this method works. We can plant hundreds of acres of medicinal herbs at once. The money we make will be countless. Not to mention the more than one hundred taels of profit we give to the restaurant, even the profit from the pig's trotter shop is far less than that from planting medicinal herbs.”
"Yes, yes, large-scale cultivation of medicinal herbs is a sure thing. Xiao Tang, you're so smart, you're a natural-born business genius, I truly admire you!"
Lin Xiaotang waved her hand and said politely, "Oh, I'm not some kind of business genius. I just dare to think. As long as we dare to think and act, we'll definitely make money. People say that the bold get rich and the timid starve. I'm just bold and daring, haha."
Wu Yu smiled and said, "You're so modest, girl. You may be bold, but your idea is also excellent."
The group chatted and laughed, but before they could go find Manager Su, he returned home after several days. Upon arriving back in Dushui County, he heard that Liu had given birth to a baby boy, so he bought some gifts and went to the pig's trotter shop.