DaGreen Lotus Peas@nt Girl

Chapter 14 - 25

Chapter 14

When Zhou Shi heard that Li Yao wanted her to help with the boiled meat business, she was excited and readily agreed.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job."

"You won't be able to handle it alone," said Li Yao. "Later, ask your second son-in-law to come back and help you."

"Okay, I'll tell my mother when I get home."

Zhou Shi's husband was Wang Yuan Ding. He was the second son in his family.

Because of the drought, there was no farm work at home. So he went to the port of Yizhou to work as a laborer.

In Li Yao's memory, Wang Yuan Ding was honest and simple like Wang Yuanshan. So she considered their family first for this business.

Li Yao would be responsible for making the boiled meat, rice and steamed buns.

Every morning, Zhou Shi and Wang Yuan Ding would take them to the Yongding market to sell. Then they would come back in the afternoon to settle accounts.

Li Yao calculated that the wholesale price per serving was 13 wen. This way, Zhou Shi could earn 2 wen per serving. If they sold 100 servings a day, they could make 200 wen in profit.

And Li Yao could earn 500 wen.

When Zhou Shi heard they could earn so much every day, she felt dizzy.

Her husband earned only 700-800 wen a month doing hard labor at the dock.

Now just by selling boiled meat, they could easily earn thousands of wen. This was beyond her wildest dreams!

"You'll need to prepare the carts, tables, chairs, stoves and other things yourself. It's best to find a place there to store them instead of hauling them back and forth every day."

Zhou Shi said, "My maternal home is right there, not far from the market. We can store everything there."

Li Yao nodded. Zhou Shi was quite quick-witted.

After discussing some more details, Zhou Shi excitedly went back to the old house and immediately spoke to her mother-in-law about it.

"You're just a simple honest man. That's why your sister-in-law is giving you this business opportunity," said the old lady after listening. "I'll provide the money to get the things you need."

"Thank you, Mother!"

"Follow her and learn first tomorrow," said Wang Xue Shi. "I'll send your fourth brother to fetch your second brother back right away. You two work hard from now on."

Zhou Shi felt completely reassured.

Just thinking about the 200 wen profit each day made her too excited to sleep that night. She went to Li Yao's before dawn to help out, then followed Da Zhuang to the market to learn how to set up the stall.

Zhou Shi was quite agile. Other than some minor issues with bookkeeping, she adapted well.

On the third day, Wang Yuan Ding returned home. All the necessary items were also prepared. Li Yao then gave them 100 servings of boiled meat for them to sell on their own.

That day, Wang Xue Shi didn't go anywhere. She just sat by the front gate drying vegetables, occasionally glancing towards the village entrance.

Shortly after noon, Wang Yuan Ding and Zhou Shi came back.

"You're back so early?"

"Mother," Zhou Shi's face was blooming with joy. She handed over all the money they had earned that day. "Sister-in-law's boiled meat sold too quickly. In less than an hour, all 100 servings were sold out!"