Rebirth of a Village Girl

She wrote down the steps for making ketchup one stroke at a time, and in a short while, she filled half a page.

After finishing writing, she tore the paper off the book and handed it to Old Zhao. "Uncle Zhao, you can go back and follow these steps to make ketchup."

"Okay." Lao Zhao took the note and put it in his pocket.

After Ni Yan left, Lao Zhao continued to sell steamed buns.

When Ni Yan came to the restaurant, everyone was cleaning.

The decoration is purely retro-style, and even the overhead lamp frames are made of traditional carvings. There is a wooden screen between the tables. Tang poetry and Song lyrics are carved on the screen, revealing an elegant atmosphere everywhere.

In such an environment, even if you do nothing, you still feel relaxed and happy.

"Yanyan is here, these are the sample clothes sent by the garment factory this morning." Wang Tieniu brought over a small bag.

Ni Yan put the large and small bags of food in his hands on the table and said with some surprise: "It's here so soon."

Because of the retro style, the waiters' clothes are also Han-style clothes designed by Ni Yan himself.

Black for men and red for women.

As soon as Ni Yan took out the clothes, Wang Tieniu said: "Is this ancient costume? It's so beautiful. I've seen it on TV."

Ni Yan explained with a smile, "This is not ancient costume. This is Hanfu, which is also the traditional costume of the Han people. It began with the Yellow Emperor and was prepared by Yao and Shun."

"Oh." Wang Tieniu nodded as if he understood.

Ni Yan put the clothes back and continued: "Uncle Tieniu, are you all done? We can have dinner when we are done."

"Then I'll call them."

"Yeah." Ni Yan nodded and started to clear the table.

When everyone went downstairs, the big round table was already filled with dishes, to be precise, it was filled with meat.

A pack of cigarettes was placed on every seat, and three cases of beer were placed beside the table, with liquor on top of the beer.

Eating meat and drinking wine is a great blessing in life!

Ni Yan greeted everyone to sit down, "You guys have worked hard during this period. You guys must not get drunk or come home today."

"No hard work, no hard work! Yanyan, you are too polite!"

"These cigarettes and alcohol must have cost a lot of money, right?"

They don't get such good treatment when working in other people's homes! In this day and age, if ordinary people can provide lunch every day, it is already very good! Like Ni Yan, not only does it provide lunch at noon every day, but it also has meat for every meal!

When everyone worked for her, they were full of energy and did not allow themselves to make any mistakes. Even if there was a slight flaw in the work process, they would overturn it and start over again. That's why the restaurant can be so beautifully decorated!

Ni Yan smiled and said: "It didn't cost much, uncles, please sit down quickly."

After Ni Yan's warm invitation, everyone sat down.

Although Ni Yan knew how to drink, she was only eighteen years old after all, and she had to take good care of her body, so she drank tea instead of wine and toasted them one by one.

Everyone enjoyed this meal very much!

The day passed quickly.

Although Lao Zhao changed stalls today, business is still not very good. With the 50 steamed buns bought by Ni Yan, he only sold 100 steamed buns, and there were still more than 100 unsold in the box.

As soon as he returned home, Zhou Dani came to greet him and asked, "How was business today?"

"Not very good." Lao Zhao handed Zhou Dani all the money from today's bun sales.

Zhou Dani took the money and said in surprise: "Is this all earned today?"

"Yeah." Lao Zhao nodded.

"There are two and a half yuan! Not bad!" Flour costs a dime for two kilograms. One kilogram of flour can make 10 steamed buns, and two kilograms of flour can make 20. Generally speaking, there is no cost. If you can earn two and a half yuan a day, you can earn 75 yuan a month! It's 900 yuan a year, so you don't have to worry about the children's schooling and rent.

Lao Zhao continued: "There is another one and a half yuan. Yanyan bought fifty steamed buns at once."

"Yanyan?"

Old Zhao nodded and took out a paper bag from the frame, "Yanyan, give this to me for lunch. You can take it and heat it up so that the children can satisfy their cravings."

It doesn't matter if he eats less meat, after all, he is old, but the children are growing up now, so he will try his best to leave a bite of meat to the children.

"What is this?" Zhou Dani looked down and said in surprise: "It's meat! Did Yanyan give it to you?"

"Yes." Old Zhao nodded, "Yanyan is a good boy. Not only does he take care of my business, he also gave me this specially when he saw that I had no food to eat steamed buns at noon."

Zhou Dani sighed: "This child Yanyan is really capable. Not only did she bring Daya and her sister out, but she also made their life so prosperous! I don't know what good things Daya did in her previous life."

If it weren't for Ni Yan, Ni Cuihua would still be trapped in Shuiba Village.

Lao Zhao continued: "Yanyan told me a way to make money today, but I don't know if it will work."

"What can I do?" Zhou Dani asked.

Lao Zhao told Zhou Dani about the fried steamed bun slices.

Hearing this, Zhou Dani said: "That thing should consume a lot of fuel, right?"

Their family can't even put oil in cooking. Where can they get oil to fry steamed buns?

If it cannot be sold after frying, wouldn’t it be another waste of oil?

After finishing her words, Zhou Dani continued: "You can't even sell such good white flour steamed buns, but you can sell them by frying them into slices? People get poorer the more they work, so let's not mess around."

Rich people are not afraid of the tossing, but poor families cannot stand the tossing at all.

Lao Zhao scratched his head and said, "That's right. Why don't you make less steamed buns tonight so as not to have any leftovers tomorrow?"

"Yes." Zhou Dani nodded, "It's no good if the steamed buns can't be sold. How about we think of other ways?"

Lao Zhao sighed, "This year's slump is bad, maybe next year it will be better. Let's get through the second half of this year first."

Zhou Dani smiled and said, "Well, let's not be discouraged. What if business gets better tomorrow?"

"right!"

The couple lost confidence in the future, but at the same time they were full of confidence in the future.

After Ni Yan returned home, she tried on the Hanfu and walked up to Ni Cuihua, "Mom, do you think this dress looks good?"

This is a Qi Ru Hanfu. It is different from the traditional Hanfu. It has been improved with narrow sleeves and a skirt that just passes the ankles. This way, you will not be bumped or tripped when serving food or walking.

The top is white, the skirt and ties are red.

Ni Yan has a slender figure, and her figure in Hanfu is perfectly highlighted.

The interweaving of red and white makes her bright and moving, just like she stepped out of a classical beauty picture, making people unable to take their eyes away.

Ni Cuihua nodded, "It's beautiful! Even more beautiful than a fairy!"

Ni Yan spun around happily, "Really?"

"Mom, can I still lie to you?" Ni Cuihua asked with a smile.

Little Ni Yun clapped his hands excitedly beside him, "It looks good! Sister, it looks good!"

Even Duoduo flew to Ni Yan's side, chirping non-stop.

"By the way, Yanyan, Mom is going to the mountains for a trip. You can watch Yun Yun at home." Ni Cuihua picked up the backpack.

"Why are you going to the mountain?" Ni Yan asked.

Ni Cuihua continued: "It rained last night, and there are probably a lot of matsutake mushrooms growing in the mountains. Mom will pick some up and fry them for dinner tonight."

Matsutake can not only be fried and eaten, but can also be put into flour to make spicy strips.

Spicy strips with matsutake mushrooms are much more popular than ordinary spicy strips.

Wild matsutake mushrooms were sold at sky-high prices in later generations. In this unpolluted era, they were everywhere and were worthless. Ordinary people were busy with farm work and had no time to pick matsutake mushrooms.

Ni Yan nodded, "Okay, just be careful on the road."

"Yeah." Ni Cuihua walked out with her backpack on her back. Just as she was outside the door, she turned back.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

Ni Cuihua said: "I brought my English book and read English by the way." Now she can read English whenever she has free time. If foreigners come, there will be no problem in simple communication.

Ni Yan smiled and said, "It's not safe to read while walking. You'd better stop reading."

"That's right." Ni Cuihua continued: "Then mom will leave first."

Ni Yan looked at the sky and then said, "Mom, wait a moment."

"What's wrong?" Ni Cuihua looked back.

Ni Yan ran into the house and took out an umbrella. "It might rain soon. Please bring the umbrella with you."

Ni Cuihua smiled and said: "How can it rain in such a bright sun?"