It was almost noon when Su Qing came back from the ancestral hall. She ate something casually and went about her business.
Aunt Jinhua came back in the afternoon. Su Qing poured a bowl of water for her and asked her to rest.
Aunt Jinhua bought potatoes this time. She remembered that potatoes seemed to be out of season.
"Auntie, why are there potatoes here?"
"This was sold by the villagers in Qingshan Village next door. I saw that the price was not expensive, so I bought it." Aunt Jinhua rested for a while and recovered.
It was Qingshan Village again. She remembered that the red fruit was not in season last time. At that time, she thought that the peppers here had a different growth cycle than the modern ones. So would the potatoes this time be the same?
"Strange to say, the land in Qingshan Village can only grow some vegetables that like shade, but not those that like sun."
Aunt Jinhua's voice was warm and soft, just like her person who was gentle and tolerant.
"Maybe the geology is different." Su Qing guessed, sitting on her small bench chatting with Aunt Jinhua.
She rested her head on Aunt Jinhua's lap, and her aunt gently combed her hair. Su Qing squinted her eyes in enjoyment, like a lazy kitten.
"Although the ground is cold, the mountains in their village are so hot that people sweat. A few years ago, they also invited Feng Shui masters to look at it, but they couldn't find the reason."
After Su Qing heard what she said, she also had an idea about Qingshan Village. She would definitely go and see it when she was free. Maybe it would be another way to get rich.
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As night falls, the stars are dotted in the sky, shining brightly like beautiful gems.
The bright moon hanging in the sky emits a soft light, covering the earth with a hazy shimmer, like a dream.
Su Qing let the bone soup simmer for an hour in the kitchen, and then added seasonings when the time was almost up.
She added less chili peppers. She didn't dare to make it too spicy for the first time. If it didn't sell, she would lose money.
As for the dishes, she plans to get up early tomorrow to prepare them. After all, only fresh ingredients can make a delicious Malatang.
"Auntie, have a taste." Su Qing scooped some soup base from the pot with a spoon, caught it with her hands, and fed it to Aunt Jinhua.
At first, Aunt Jinhua frowned and felt a little uncomfortable. After a while, she realized that the taste was not bad. She couldn't help praising Su Qing's skill.
"Girl, how did you come up with this method? The taste is very strange."
"God saw that we were living too hard, so he sent an old fairy to guide me in my dream!"
Su Qing stuck out her tongue and looked at Aunt Jinhua playfully. Her long eyelashes fluttered like a small fan, and her big eyes looked particularly smart under the light.
Seeing her childish look, Aunt Jinhua also laughed, thinking that she looked like a ten-year-old baby now.
Su Qing made her fortune by eating food in her previous life, and this spicy hotpot is nothing to her.
As for the pot she needs to cook Mala Tang, she plans to rent one in the town. When she makes enough money, she will open a shop in the town. Just thinking about it is quite beautiful.
Su Qing waited until the soup base was ready, then put it into a crock pot to dry, and then prepared to wash up and go to bed.
As for Bailiyu's place, she took the time to go there today. He was no longer there, but she left a letter saying that he would come back to pick her up when everything was stable.
Su Qing didn't take it seriously when she saw it. She didn't have the time to care about the good and the bad. Who could say for sure what would happen in the future?
Wen Sheng and Wen Hai now live in the school and have two days off at the beginning of every month and major holidays, so she doesn't have to worry too much about the twins now.
However, after deducting the four treasures for the twins, the fifteen taels for school fees, and the forty taels for today’s groceries, the family’s money is still 3 taels and 960 taels, which can barely support them for a while.
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Time flew by quickly. Today, Su Qing got up an hour earlier than usual. She cut the meat vegetables and marinated them for a while before skewering them. The vegetarian vegetables were cut directly, skewered with bamboo skewers and soaked in water.
After all the preparations were done, she and Aunt Jinhua had breakfast before going to town.
Today was the first time to set up a stall, so she had to go early to explore the situation.
When they arrived in town, Su Qing rented a small iron pot from a small tea stall for ten cents.
She poured the soup base into the pot and simmered it slowly, and placed the meat and vegetable dishes separately to make it easier for customers to order.
There are also many children as old as Su Qing who set up stalls in the town, but most of them sell puppies, firewood and the like.
So no one would think it was strange for Su Qing to set up a stall. What's more, she was accompanied by Aunt Jinhua, so no one paid any attention to her.
As time goes by, there are more and more people in the town, and the aroma of Malatang spreads to everyone's noses, arousing their appetite.
Su Qing's stall was surrounded by people, but no one dared to try it.
The Malatang soup base became more and more fragrant as it simmered, and finally some people couldn't help it anymore.
"Little girl, what are you talking about? Why haven't I seen this before?" A man squeezed his way out of the crowd and sniffed greedily.
He had never smelled this smell before, and he swallowed with greed.
"This is called Malatang. It's a very delicious food. You won't be able to stop eating it." Su Qing took two bunches of vegetarian vegetables and boiled them for him to try.
After all, no matter how good you say it, it's not as real as the customer's reaction.
The man was a little hesitant at first, but the smell was so tempting, just smelling it made his mouth water.
He couldn't help but take a bite, but couldn't stop. He immediately started eating it hungrily, without even caring about heating it, "Okay, it's delicious."
Eating it in your mouth makes you want to spit fire. It has a very strange taste that makes you want to stop eating it.
"Hurry up and give me two more skewers."
"Meat dishes cost two cents per skewer, and vegetarian dishes cost one skewer." Su Qing said loudly on purpose. She believed that as long as there was the first person to try it, there would be the second one, and the third one...
As expected, the people around him reacted so strongly when they saw the first person, and they all bought one or two bunches to try it out.
Some even wanted to buy a few more skewers, but finally squeezed into the stall, only to find that there was no more. They all regretted why they didn't buy more.
"Are you coming tomorrow?" asked an aunt, holding a basket in her hand. It seemed that she wanted to buy more.
She was very curious about this spicy hot pot. After taking a bite, her tongue felt like she wanted to swallow it. She wanted to buy some for her family to try, but it was gone.
"I'll come back in two days."
Su Qing answered her with a smile, her voice was as pleasant as the sound of running water in the mountains, and her beautiful eyes were curved like two small crescents, so cute.
"Then I'll come back to buy it then, but you have to keep some for me."
"Don't worry, Auntie, I will definitely keep it for you when the time comes."
When Su Qing saw that all the spicy hotpots were sold out, she was so happy that she wanted to fly.
She can already foresee how wonderful the days ahead will be, and everything is developing in a new direction.
Su Qing made an appointment with the tea stall owner to borrow his stove next time. The boss readily agreed. Su Qing set up a stall at his place today, and his business also improved a lot.
Some people want to drink water after eating spicy hotpot, so they sell more tea than usual.
Su Qing gave Aunt Jinhua 40 cents. After deducting the money for renting the pot, she still had 100 cents left. These were all pure profits.
Including the forty coins she left last time, there were a total of one hundred and forty coins. She weighed her small purse and smiled so much that she almost reached her ears.
Aunt Jinhua looked at Su Qing's little money-obsessed look, shook her head in amusement, and touched her head gently.
Su Qing excitedly took Aunt Jinhua to the iron shop and ordered a three-compartment small square pot from the iron shop so that she could make three flavors of soup base: slightly spicy, spicy, and clear soup, which would be suitable for more people.
Many people eat it.
It cost fifty cents to order a square pot. She gave the iron shop a deposit of twenty-five cents and made an appointment to pick it up tomorrow.
After Su Qing returned to the village, she went to the Niu Carpenter's house in the village and ordered four hundred bamboo sticks, ten for one penny, for a total of forty cash. She gave a deposit of twenty cash, and the bamboo sticks would be delivered to her home tomorrow afternoon.
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The two sons of Niu Carpenter's family are also carpenters, so four hundred sticks are nothing to their family.
Before Su Qing could leave Niu Carpenter's house, his eldest daughter-in-law came back and brought back news that was enough to scare Su Qing.