“Sister, sister, we are here!” The two little ones shouted from afar before they even reached the shop.

When Su Qingyu heard the sound and walked out of the shop, the two little ones rushed up to her.

“Sister, we are here, are you happy?”

Su Qingyu touched their heads and said with a smile, “Happy? Your sister is happy too.”

The two little ones jumped and pulled her to express their excitement. Xie Qiyou, who happened to be out for a walk with the old servant, saw this scene and looked at it with envy.

After Su Qingyu had been intimate with the two little ones, she saw their father coming over with several villagers, and she hurried over to greet them.

After hearing the purpose of their visit, she took them around the store.

The village chief and several villagers walked around the store and praised it.

“You can sell vegetables like this? It’s clean, neat and hygienic. I’m willing to buy it here.”

“Can chicken be sold separately? That’s quite convenient. It’s a waste if you kill a chicken and don’t finish it, and it won’t last long if you leave it alone. I want to buy two taels of chicken. Dahu, will you sell it for two taels?”

Su Dahu greeted them with a smile, and said while busying himself: “Sell it, of course, sell it, just pay the money!”

Hahaha, a group of people gathered around him and made fun of him. It was a little strange that his whole temperament had changed after only a few days of seeing him.

While they were talking, Qingyang and Qingxing had already rushed to the backyard and huddled together with Qingliu, vying to hold Yaya.

“Yaya, your little jiùjiù^[1]mother’s brother and yíyí^[2]mother’s sister are here. Are you happy? We don’t have to tie you up anymore. When the time comes, your jiùjiù and yíyí will carry you to the street to watch the fun, okay?”

When Yaya saw familiar people, she excitedly cried out, struggled to get down and walk, and kept pointing her little hands outside.

It seemed that she was suffocated in the backyard.

After seeing off a few villagers, Father Su came over to help and asked, “Qingyu, the village chief and his men said they want to sell you some vegetables, chickens, and ducks. Do you want to buy them?”

“Yes, as long as the goods are good, I will buy them. Brother Dahu should have promoted them in the village.”

“Yes, but wasn’t everyone just waiting and watching? Now that they have seen it for themselves, I guess they will sell the vegetables to you in the future.”

“That’s great.”

When Father Su heard her say that they could harvest the villagers’ vegetables, he felt relieved. They were all villagers, and they would be in trouble if they didn’t harvest them.

Su Qingyu glanced at her father and smiled.

It didn’t matter who you bought from, as long as the product was good.

Father Su brought up the questions that Old Su had asked him to ask.

Su Qingyu thought for a moment and said, “Sure. But when planting vegetables, it’s best to plant more varieties, not just the common ones. It’s best to plant those that are rare in the market and that others don’t plant much, so that they can be sold at a high price, and the residents in the town can also enjoy a rare treat. If you want to raise chickens and ducks, pay attention to hygiene and don’t let them get sick, otherwise you won’t make any money and will lose money.”

“Dad knows about this and will tell the family.”

“Yes. Also, Dad, when you go back, tell Grandma not to hoard the eggs. It’s best to sell them one day at a time. It’s hot, and the eggs won’t last long. If they go bad, you can’t sell them, and you have to pay the customers for them.”

Eggs were fragile, and it was not easy for country people to go to the city, so they would save up a lot of them and then carry them to the city to sell.

The first time Su Qingyu went to the market to buy vegetables, she also bought bad eggs. However, the villagers did not have fixed stalls, so they left after selling. She did not know when she would see him again. Even if she did see him, it would be difficult to ask him for compensation, as he might not even acknowledge the loss.

But she ran a fixed store business and didn’t want to damage her reputation.

So, she must choose good goods only.

“Dahu is going to the neighboring town this afternoon. If you have nothing to do, go with him. Go into the village and see if there are any rare vegetables. Buy some seeds from them and plant them. Also, collect some wild fruits. People in the town like to eat fresh and novel food. Dad, buy some uncommon vegetable seeds and plant them.”

“Okay, then Dad will go with him.” Su Dahai thought that he would go to the neighboring county to do odd jobs in a few days, so he might as well go over and take a look.

In the afternoon, after Su Dahu and Father Su left, Su Qingyu was too busy to take care of everything, so she also used the twins.

The two little ones followed her around the front and back of the shop, very excited, with fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, but they couldn’t contain their excitement.

The little boy moved very fast with his short legs, helping the guests to get the food and baskets. When he received the praise from the guests, his little face flushed with pride, and the two children even competed with each other, full of energy.

It made Su Qingyu laugh very much.

After closing the shop, the two little ones ate the rice made by Su Qingliu and kept saying it was delicious, saying it was better than the one at home. They even ate two large bowls of rice.

Even Yaya didn’t want to be fed, she insisted on eating with a wooden spoon. There were rice grains all over the table, and her clothes, but she wasn’t angry at all, she grinned happily at her jiùjiù and jiùjiù.

After dinner, she was taken to the street by her jiùjiù and jiùjiù to play. She squealed excitedly, jumped on the bed all night, and refused to sleep, causing her mother to have dark circles under her eyes the next day.

With two little ones busying around, Su Qingyu felt a lot more relaxed, and Su Qingliu no longer had to run over to see Yaya from time to time.

After the twins came, Su Qingyu seldom went back to the Lu family for dinner. Since the store opened, Wu Shi had always asked Aunt Zhou to get the vegetables directly from the store and never let her go to the market to buy vegetables.

Su Qingyu felt a little guilty about the fact that Aunt Zhou had lost her money.

She could buy vegetables at a price lower than the market price, or get others to give her more vegetables that did not look good so that she could take them back to the Zhou family and save the Zhou family money on food and supplies. That was her ability.

Before, Wu Shi had been negotiating the prices of vegetables with her over and over again, which made Su Qingyu feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Aunt Zhou had a good temper. If she were doubted every day, she would have quit long ago.

After Aunt Zhou took the vegetables from her store, the Zhou family naturally lost their income. Since Su Qingyu opened the store, Aunt Zhou had come to help her whenever she had time, and Su Qingyu liked her very much. Now that she wanted to find someone else, she naturally thought of her family first.

She wanted to assign Su Dahu to do something else, so Su Qingliu could no longer stay in the backyard.

That day, Su Qingyu found Aunt Zhou and said to her, “Aunt Zhou, my shop needs someone to pluck the feathers of chickens, ducks, and geese and to boil water and stew in the kitchen. Do you think your mother-in-law is willing to come and help?”

Aunt Zhou listened blankly at first, then came to her senses and nodded quickly, “Yes, yes. My mother-in-law is old, her eyesight is not as good as when she was young, and her hands and feet are slow at sewing, but she is very skillful at the stove at home. We are willing.”

“Then I’ll give her 300 coins a month for the job of boiling water and watching the fire in the kitchen, and I’ll give her 1 coin for plucking chickens and ducks. The more the store sells, the more she’ll get. If the store sells less, she can have an easier time.”

Aunt Zhou nodded repeatedly to show her agreement.

During this period, the store sold more than fifty chickens and ducks a day, and she came to help out knowing that. Even if it was ten chickens a day short, it would still make three hundred coins a month.

Moreover, if customers buy a whole one, the store only charges them two cents for cleaning it.

Seeing that she agreed, Su Qingyu continued, “If the store sells less than ten poultry a day, I will pay you a fixed monthly salary of 500 coins. A few days ago, some people bought chickens and ducks at the market or brought chickens and ducks from home to have them plucked. I turned them down because the store was busy. If your mother-in-law has time, she can take it if she wants.”

“Okay, okay, we’re willing to do it.” Aunt Zhou thanked Su Qingyu repeatedly.

She was preparing to go home and tell her mother-in-law the good news.

(End of this chapter)