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Chapter 103: Chapter 104 Wages_1
Qiao Duo’er first fetched water for Tan Zhenghong to wash up, while she turned her back to count the Silver Coin.
Today, they had prepared a total of six pig’s trotters, six jin of lean meat, eight jin of spare ribs, two pheasants, five pig’s elbow joints, and fifty eggs, which altogether sold for Seven Hundred Forty Eight Wen.
The cost included Fifty Wen for eggs and roughly Ten Wen per jin for pork, totaling Three Hundred Fifty Wen, and Eighty Wen for pheasants.
Then there was the labor cost—she planned to give Sun Erhu Thirty Wen and fifteen Wen each to the mother and daughter of Hu’s Clan.
In this way, she could keep Two Hundred Wen, which was her net profit.
Qiao Duo’er was quite satisfied with today’s results.
Tomorrow she could make more, and she was certain she could earn even more money!
With such a good start, on the second day, everyone worked with even greater enthusiasm.
Sun Erhu was still responsible for procuring supplies and came back looking excited.
"Sister-in-law, Butcher Chen said that if we go to buy from him every day, he’ll give us the pig offal for free, and he’ll give us a discount on the meat."
Today he had already saved Fifty Wen!
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "Then tell him that from now on, we’ll buy all the ingredients for our marinated meat from him!"
Having a fixed supplier was very important; there were no worries about running out of ingredients, and quality was assured.
"Alrighty!"
Erhu immediately agreed, ready to tell Butcher Chen when he went to make purchases the next day. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝔬𝔪
Qiao Duo’er prepared to process the ingredients, but upon seeing the pig’s large intestines, she felt like crying.
Many people liked marinated pig’s large intestines, and she planned to make some herself. Now that the marinade was ready, it wasn’t troublesome to marinate whatever she wanted.
But... she had forgotten that pig’s large intestines needed to be cleaned.
It was too dirty; she didn’t know where to begin. How should she clean it?
She didn’t particularly like to eat this, and on the rare occasions she did, it was only after buying it clean from others, and if she wasn’t reassured, she’d scald it in hot water twice more at home.
But these were still in their raw state!
With a troubled expression, Qiao Duo’er wondered why she had let Sun Erhu buy the large intestines. Wasn’t she just digging her own grave?
"Younger sister-in-law, let me do the cleaning," Hu’s Clan said weakly.
Qiao Duo’er pursed her lips. It wasn’t that she didn’t want Hu’s Clan to help with cleaning, but having her wash it... would make her feel uncomfortable.
Everyone is the same, who wouldn’t be repulsed by dirt?
Hu’s Clan continued, "It’s alright, I’m used to doing these kinds of chores. Just get me some flour and rice vinegar, and I’ll make sure to clean it thoroughly!"
Seeing that she didn’t mind doing this job at all, Qiao Duo’er then said, "Then I thank you greatly, elder sister. From now on, you’ll help me with the washing, and I’ll give you Fifteen Wen Money."
"No, it’s not worth so much money just to wash this little bit."
Hu’s Clan hurriedly declined, and besides, she hadn’t come to help just for the money!
Qiao Duo’er said with a smile, "You’re not just helping out for a day or two, and besides, you still have to cook for us in the evening. Where is that too much?"
After saying that, she went to fetch flour and rice vinegar for Hu’s Clan.
Hu’s Clan was a sincere person; she would certainly not slack off after receiving her wages.
Didn’t Hu’s Clan tidy up the pots and everything yesterday?
Therefore, paying someone like her a wage didn’t require any pettiness or stinginess.
With Hu’s Clan washing the offal, Qiao Duo’er started processing the chicken, lean meat, and elbow joints, as these ingredients didn’t have a special odor and could be marinated together.
The large intestines and pig’s liver had a strong flavor and could easily contaminate the marinade, so they must be marinated separately with some of the seasoned marinade taken out.
Otherwise, a pot of good marinade would be ruined.
There were quite a lot of items to marinate this time, and Qiao Duo’er was busy until noon.
After eating lunch and tidying up inside and out, and then finishing with the marinade, another two hours had passed. She could rest a bit before setting out.
