FSC [QT] Chapter 28.1

Not long after the Jiang family left, Xu Baozhu came up with a new business, selling skewers.

In modern times, Xu Baozhu’s parents opened a snack bar. Although the business in the store did not require Xu Baozhu, the only daughter, to get involved in the business, Xu Baozhu was still a little bit influenced by watching her parents making snacks every day.

Xu Baozhu’s mother spent 8,000 yuan to learn this recipe from a craftsman. It couldn’t be said to be very sophisticated, but the soup base was indeed more fragrant than the one she made by herself. It was completely qualified to be placed in a snack bar next to such a school.

Xu Baozhu watched her mother cook soup base several times, but she could not remember the specific proportions and some of the seasonings.

So in order to research the correct seasoning formula, she spent a lot of money buying spices during that time. She also wasted a lot of pork bones and chicken racks, and finally, she developed the correct taste.

The Jin Dynasty strictly prohibited night markets, so the markets could only be opened at night on designated days. Therefore, Xu Baozhu spent most of her time selling skewers in the morning market.

In the afternoon, the skewers stall was moved to the pier. The skewers had simple ingredients and were extremely delicious when dipped in the chopped chili sauce or seafood sauce.

In addition, there was no similar food now, so many people were willing to try it. The business had been booming for a while.

But as time passed, disputes began.

Setting up a stall was unavoidable in the wind and rain. But, Xu Baozhu had a bit of a somewhat squeamish temperament.

After researching the secret recipe, she handed over the task of setting up the stall to her eldest brother and sister-in-law. She ran between the Xu family and the Lin family and became the shopkeeper.

If it were just like this, it wouldn’t cause much trouble.

The problem was that most of the money earned from selling skewers went into Xu Baozhu’s hands, and most of the money in Xu Baozhu’s hands was coaxed by Widow Xu.

Bai Xiaohua and Liu Zhaodi saw this, and due to their old and new grudges, they started to clamor to split the family.

Both sides claimed that they were right¹gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ: lit. the father said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. Both sides claim they’re right (idiom)..

Xu Baozhu believed that the prescription belonged to her, so she should earn more profit.

Bai Xiaohua and others believed that they had contributed the most, and it was unreasonable that they did not have a share of the money they earned.

Xu’s father and Xu’s mother wanted to mediate, but there was already a gap between the brothers and sister. How could it be the same as before?

So at the strong request of Bai Xiaohua and others, the Xu family finally was split up. Because Xu Baozhu was not married yet, her parents lived with her temporarily. After Xu Baozhu got married, her parents would be taken care of by the eldest couple.

After the family’s separation, Xu Baozhu had no laborers, so she simply sold the skewers’s soup recipe to a restaurant in the county town at once. Because she held grudges against the owner of Juxiangzhai back then, Xu Baozhu did not sell the recipe to their restaurant.

In the original world, at this time, Lin Pingchun had become a talent favored by the County Magistrate because of his outstanding performance. As her wife, Xu Baozhu was also considered to have someone behind her.

 

 

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