They were busy until the afternoon when the store was empty.

Everyone was exhausted and had no energy to cook. Seeing Aunt Zhou coming to help, Su Qingyu asked her to order a table of food from the small restaurant that Lu Bocheng had taken her to.

Su Qingyu was afraid that people would not be able to accept this kind of event, so she would still go to the market to buy vegetables. But she did not expect so many people to come to watch the fun today. They actually bought out all the vegetables prepared for the day.

After lunch, Su Dahu hurried to the countryside with his ox and flatbed cart, saying that he would bring another flatbed cart back for the evening market. Since he started working with Su Qingyu, Su Dahu used all his savings to buy a strong ox and a flatbed cart to make it easier for him to go to the village, which not only made things easier for him but also brought a lot of convenience to the store.

Su Qingyu watched him leave, thinking about the amount sold today and the amount to prepare for the future. Vegetables wilt and almost go bad once they are left overnight, so it was not good to prepare too much. But it would be even worse if there were no goods on the shelves when opening the store.

“I didn’t expect so many people to come today. Even Mom didn’t expect that. I didn’t expect so many people would buy the chickens and ducks even though they were sold separately! Later, your father, your sister, and I just boiled water to remove the chicken feathers.”

Su Qingyu saw that her parents were exhausted and felt a little sorry: “Dad and Mom, I’m sorry for making you tired today.”

Mother Su didn’t care at all: “Well, why are you telling mom and dad something? Mom was worried that your store would have no business, so your dad and I didn’t sleep well last night. Seeing the state of the store today, your dad and I feel much more relieved.”

Father Su nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face.

“Yes, jiùfù jiùniáng ^[1]maternal uncle and his wife, I didn’t expect there would be so many people! I couldn’t keep up with the crowd, for fear that someone would take things without paying. In the morning I was worried that today’s vegetables would not be sold, but I didn’t expect the vegetable shelves to be empty in just the morning.” Zhou Dajiang exclaimed repeatedly.

Father Su patted his wàishēng ^[2]son of sister on the shoulder and said, “Work hard for your biǎojiě in the future, learn more, and don’t let your parents worry about you.”

“Yes, I will.” Zhou Dajiang’s fighting spirit was ignited in his heart, and he also broadened his horizons today.

The shop was busy again in the afternoon.

Most of them were people who had heard the news and rushed to see what was new. Seeing that the prices of vegetables were not expensive, that meat could be shared, and that there were plenty of fruits, they also bought a lot.

Su Qingyu and the others were tired and happy.

Before closing the store at night, everyone gathered together to check the sales of each stall. They found that today’s sales were very good, and the gross profit was almost seven taels of silver!

Su Qingyu expected that vegetables and eggs would have low profits. If these two items were sold at a high price, no one would come. She didn’t expect the meat stall to have a gross profit of one tael of silver. The largest item was actually from fruits. It accounted for nearly half of the profit.

Everyone was a little surprised.

It seemed that many people in town were still quite willing to spend on food.

At this time, the ripening and storage technology of fruits was not mature yet. Was there anything that could be done here? Su Qingyu looked at the flow of fruits and thought about the future of this stall.

The shop was very busy today, but after everyone had seen the novelty, the flow of people would flow back to the vegetable and fish market. She had to ensure that she had what others did not have and that she had something new.

Su Dahu and others were also very excited after seeing today’s customer flow.

Su Qingyu was also satisfied.

She originally thought that the profit would be better than the rent of Lu Bocheng’s maternal grandfather’s land, and then she would start a small business and then slowly do other things. Unexpectedly, this small business could make a few taels of profit a day, which would be considerable after a month.

Su’s father and mother were also very happy. They worked until the shop closed. Su Qingyu saw that it was too late, so she asked them to help in the town for a few days, and they stayed.

After dinner, she held Yaya and sat with everyone to discuss.

“Qingyu, what should we do with the chicken and duck necks, chicken feet, duck feet, and internal organs left in the store?” asked Mother Su.

Father Su was a little worried when he mentioned this: “It’s easier to sell this meat if it’s broken up, but people will pick and choose when they buy it, so it’s better to sell it whole and save trouble. There will be a lot of leftovers, and no one wants them as extras, but it’s a pity to throw them away, it’s still meat after all, so what should I do?”

Su Qingyu had indeed not thought of this before.

She only thought about killing the chicken, then cutting it in half, and then cutting it in quarters. She would naturally weigh the neck and claws together, but she didn’t expect that people would ask to cut them off. It was the first day of the store, so she didn’t want to offend the customers.

She had thought of the internal organs before, including the chicken and duck blood, so she asked Su Dahu to put them alone in the stall and sell them at a discount. She really didn’t think about what to do with the necks and claws.

As a result, there were two full buckets of necks and claws left. Aunt Zhou took them back to Lu’s house and hers, and there was still a lot left.

“Yeah, it’s a pity to throw it away. Look, there are still a few chicken and duck carcasses.” Su Qingliu was also worried. After all, the family couldn’t eat these every day, and they wouldn’t be able to finish them.

Su Qingyu had never expected that there would be customers who only wanted a piece of meat and didn’t want the chicken or duck bones.

Fortunately, chicken and duck frames were easy to handle and were also very good for making broth.

But she couldn’t use so many of them herself. If there were a few leftovers every day, she could have to find a regular customer to buy all the chicken and duck frames.

“I’ll make soup with the leftovers tonight and boil noodles tomorrow. If there are any leftovers in the future, I’ll put them on the stall to see if anyone buys them. If no one buys, I’ll sell them to stores. For example, some noodle shops and restaurants need to make soup, and we can sell them to them at a low price. It shouldn’t be difficult to sell them.”

“Will anyone buy it?” Mother Su was a little uncertain. In times like these, everyone wanted to eat meat—who would want to eat bones? And they even weigh more.

“Yes, there will be. Use chicken and duck frames, meat bones, or beef bones, and boil them for a few hours. The soup will be absolutely amazing! Even gods will come down to earth if they smell it.” Su Qingyu said with a smile.

Everyone laughed.

Mother Su rolled her eyes at her and said, “How can a god come down to earth just to smell a mouthful of soup?”

“Because it tastes good. If you don’t believe me, I’ll ask my sister to make it for you guys to eat tomorrow morning. I’ll make you swallow your tongues.”

“Okay, your sister and I will make it for a while. If it doesn’t taste good, you can eat the rest.” Mother Su said jokingly.

“Then don’t grab it.”

Because Su Qingyu said she had a solution, everyone went to rest after a busy day.

She also returned to Lu’s house.

Lying on the bed, Su Qingyu was wearing a facial mask and thinking about the chicken and duck scraps. She put some of the leftovers into the system and exchanged them for facial masks and daily necessities, but the poultry scraps were too large for her to handle.

Should she open a delicatessen?

There were too many things to do.

In theory, the four of them were more than enough. The chickens and ducks were killed before the shop opened, Su Dahu was in charge of the meat stall; Da Jiang was in charge of the fruit and vegetable stall and replenished the stock; she patrolled the stall and did the cashier work; and her sister was more flexible.

But today, even with her parents joining us, they were still short of manpower.

It took a long time to boil water and scald the chicken feathers with firewood, and it took a while to remove the feathers, plus the internal organs. It took a long time. Her sister rarely came to the shop and stayed in the backyard.

There were all kinds of situations at Su Dahu’s stall today, with customers making all kinds of requests. He said that his head was buzzing after a day’s work.

As for her and Da Jiang, they were a little overwhelmed by the crowd. They had to deal with the problem on the spot and prevent people from smuggling goods. They were so busy that they were dizzy…

Oh, she missed the automatic hair removal machines of later generations.

Throw a chicken or duck in there, and in a few minutes a naked chicken would come out, even the fine hairs were plucked clean. Manual plucking, plucking duck feathers would make you want to die.

Then there was an automatic detector, which would beep to alarm if someone tried to steal goods.

Oh, this maddening ancient times.

Su Qingyu was applying a facial mask and thinking about a bunch of things, and then she fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)