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Chapter 115: Chapter 116 Meat Bun_1
She was busy all day long, and she still had to bring dinner to her daughter’s room in the evening, who could be more aggrieved than she was?
No wonder people say that a married daughter is like spilled water, and now she believed it!
In the room, Tan Zhongzhong weakly said, "Wife, why didn’t you give your mother the money? It seems like she’s not too happy."
"Hmph, if she’s happy then I’m not!"
Li Clan started eating with the bowl and chopsticks in hand, seeing this, Tan Zhongzhong didn’t say anything else.
He wasn’t stupid either and didn’t want to give money away.
The next morning, Qiao Duo’er headed to Uncle Huang’s place.
Uncle Huang went to the town to sell vegetables every day, so his home was never short of vegetables, and Qiao Duo’er planned to buy some to take back.
If pickled vegetables were sold cheaply, there would definitely be people willing to buy them.
When Aunt Huang saw Qiao Duo’er come to buy vegetables, she immediately listed all the vegetables they had at home.
Qiao Duo’er bought some cabbage, bean sprouts, peanuts, and soybeans, all of which tasted good after being pickled.
"Just take them back directly, these are all grown ourselves, they’re not worth much," Aunt Huang said politely.
Qiao Duo’er still stuffed thirty copper coins into Aunt Huang’s hand, "I’ll give you this much for now. I’m going to try selling them today, and if it goes well, I’ll come back to buy more."
"That’s very kind of you, wait here, I’ll pull some fresh vegetables for you to take back and eat," Aunt Huang said.
Aunt Huang hurried into the field to pick the fresh vegetables.
Fourth Brother Tan’s family didn’t even have a vegetable plot after dividing the family property, so bringing some vegetables back for Qiao Duo’er would definitely please her.
Now that Fourth Brother Tan was selling braised meat and the business was doing well, she intended to get along well with his family.
After packing up her things, Qiao Duo’er bid farewell to Aunt Huang and then went to the Zhang Family, which made tofu in the village.
Tofu, dried tofu, and tofu skin also tasted good when pickled, and with the weather being hot, the Zhang Family didn’t make too much, so Qiao Duo’er bought up all of their tofu products.
Qiao Duo’er had just arrived home when Chen Dazhuang happened to deliver meat.
"Today, Third Brother Tan came to buy pork offal, and I gave him one set and charged him twenty wen," Chen Dazhuang reported the situation to Qiao Duo’er.
Normally, a set of pork offal only cost ten wen, who would have thought that Third Brother Tan would actually pay twenty wen.
Qiao Duo’er nodded her head; her only concern was that Tan Zhongzhong wouldn’t buy from them.
Hmm... She was very curious about what kind of pickled flavors Li Clan would be able to produce today.
Chen Dazhuang was still thinking about the business at the shop and, after a brief chat, left.
Thinking it over, Qiao Duo’er decided to hang the lean meat in the well, planning to make it into meat buns.
After lunch, Qiao Duo’er started making the buns.
Making buns and steamed buns was almost the same; the only difference was the final step, where steamed buns went straight into the steamer, while buns needed fillings wrapped inside.
With the help of Hu’s Clan and Sun Erhu to knead the dough and chop the fillings, Qiao Duo’er was in charge of directing the operation.
Then Qiao Duo’er encountered an embarrassing problem—she didn’t know how to wrap buns.
In her imagination, pinching the pleats was a very simple task, just a matter of fussing about a bit, and it was done.
But in reality, it was a skillful job, and far from simple.
"It’s rare to find something the sister-in-law doesn’t know how to do," Sun Erhu said with a smile.
Qiao Duo’er rolled her eyes, "Both big sister-in-law and Fourth Boss wrap them better than you, and they don’t show off."
Sun Erhu closed his mouth, indeed his were the ugliest.
Qiao Duo’er regained her spirits and went to pickle the vegetables and bean products.
By the time she finished her busywork, Sun Erhu and Hu’s Clan had also completed the buns. Looking at the time, it was about time for them to head to the town.
Thinking about how she was about to outshine both Tan Zhongzhong and Li Clan, Qiao Duo’er was thrilled to bits.
