She was replaced by a husband, married the future tyrant and farmed to fight back

Chapter 33: Relatives Still Don't Give Me a Face

"Qin Xiuzhu! Stop crying! If you cry again, I won't take you back!" Qin Yiran's voice became more and more severe.

It was so severe that even Liu Yingyue frowned.

Qin Xiuzhu didn't dare to cry anymore, so she could only wipe away her tears and continue to shout about her business.

It was not a big market day, and it was after noon, so there were very few people walking on the street.

Where can it still be sold?

Qin Xiuzhu shouted until her throat was dry, but still didn't sell a single cake.

"Let's go somewhere else. The stalls here sell daily necessities. There are not many customers on weekdays, and even fewer people come after noon." Liu Yingyue said.

Then he pointed to a stall in front that sold clay pots and water jars and said, "Look over there, that shop is starting to close."

Qin Xiuzhu became more and more panicked.

Seeing that she was about to cry again, Liu Yingyue said, "Instead of sitting here and waiting, why not try somewhere else?"

"Then... where should we go?" Qin Xiuzhu didn't dare to be stubborn anymore. She wiped her tears and looked at Liu Yingyue for help with grievance.

Qin Yiran looked at her and asked coldly, "Do you know you are wrong?"

Qin Xiuzhu bit her lip and said, "Brother, Sister Yingyue, where do you think we should move to?"

"Go to the beef noodle restaurant. It sells food and there will be people there from morning to night." Liu Yingyue said.

Qin Xiuzhu sighed unconfidently, "After the guests have eaten the noodle soup, will they still have room for pancakes?"

"If you don't want to eat it, why don't you buy some and give it to others? Some people eat noodles and other things as well. Even if they don't eat it or buy it, they can come back to buy from you next time when they see you selling cakes. Let's go and take a look first." Liu Yingyue said.

"Okay." Qin Xiuzhu compromised.

There's no one here anyway, so maybe I can sell a few more if I go to a place with more people?
Qin Xiuzhu agreed.

Qin Yiran listened to Liu Yingyue's analysis with approval in his eyes.

He drove a donkey cart carrying Liu Yingyue and Qin Xiuzhu to the beef noodle soup restaurant.

As Liu Yingyue said, people still come to the beef noodle restaurant to eat noodles from time to time.

The grain, oil, rice and noodle shop and the cooking oil shop in front of the noodle soup restaurant were still open, and there were several people buying things.

This section of the street is much more lively than the previous one.

Qin Xiuzhu felt more confident.

She put down the basket and was about to shout, but Liu Yingyue said, "Don't sell them one by one. Buy ten and get one free, buy twenty and get three free. If no one comes to buy, buy seven and get one free, or buy six and get one free."

Qin Xiuzhu's eyes widened. "Yingyue, buy six and get one free? You're crazy! How can I make money then?"

Liu Yingyue looked at her and said, "Calculate how much it cost to make the cakes today? How much have you sold them for so far?"

Qin Xiuzhu counted on her fingers and said, "It's sold for 92 wen. The flour and fillings together cost about 40 wen."

"So, have you made a profit or a loss so far?" Liu Yingyue asked again.

Qin Xiuzhu's eyes lit up, "I didn't lose anything! I even made fifty cents!"

Liu Yingyue nodded, "So the rest is all profit after we sell it! When doing business, don't be so calculating about one penny for one cake. Look at that beef noodle soup restaurant. When there are too many customers and the chef can't cook enough, the shopkeeper will give out a plate of sunflower seeds for free. Are the sunflower seeds free? But if the shopkeeper saves them, the customers will get impatient and leave. By giving up that small plate of sunflower seeds, you can earn more money from the noodles and keep the reputation. The customers will come again next time, and the shopkeeper's business will only get better and better."

Qin Yiran never interfered with Liu Yingyue's teaching Qin Xiuzhu how to do business. He just stood aside and watched and listened quietly.

In my impression, Liu Yingyue is a stupid beauty who doesn’t know how to do business at all!
However, today he was impressed.

"Xiuzhu, listen to your sister-in-law." Qin Yiran said.

Liu Yingyue was right several times in a row.

Qin Xiuzhu was also afraid that she would not be able to sell it, which would mean an even greater loss.

She nodded and started shouting according to what Liu Yingyue said.

Buy 20 get 1 free, but no one came to buy. She simply said sell 10 get 1 free.

Two people coming out of a beef noodle restaurant heard the shouting and bought ten servings each.

"Buy ten and get one free. It'll be twenty cents for you." Qin Xiuzhu was wrapping the pancakes happily.

There are a few left, Qin Xiuzhu is buying seven and getting one free.

When the last person bought seven, there was still one left.

The woman insisted that Qin Xiuzhu give it to her, "You've crushed one side of this, and this is the last one, so give it to me. Next time you come to sell cakes, I'll buy one from you."

Qin Xiuzhu doesn't believe that she will come to buy it next time.

Because she saw the woman pushing a tricycle, obviously, she also came to the market, and now she had sold her goods and was going home.

But Liu Yingyue was winking at her.

Qin Xiuzhu had no choice but to give it to her.

After the woman walked away, Qin Xiuzhu said dissatisfiedly, "Yingyue, you gave me the last one too, can't you let me eat it?"

"We can go eat something else, but if we give this cake to her, maybe she'll get more business next time."

"What if she doesn't come next time? Judging from her accent, she should be from another place. She won't come here even twice a year." Qin Xiuzhu snorted coldly.

"Doing business is about accumulating popularity. If she doesn't come, she will tell the people around her that there is a young lady selling cakes on this street, whose cakes are delicious and generous. Then the people around her will come to buy from her. Even if they don't come next time, they will come next time. Look at the shop owners, don't they do business in the same way?" Lin Yingyue said, pointing to the grain and oil shop across the street.

Qin Xiuzhu thought about it and felt that there was some truth in it.

"Calculate how much you sold it for today, Xiuzhu," Qin Yiran said.

"Yes, yes, yes. Let me count."

"About one hundred and sixty cents." Liu Yingyue said.

Qin Xiuzhu opened her eyes wide, "Is it that much? I sold it for 160 coins? After deducting the cost, I can make about 120 coins."

"It's much more than what you earn working for the Huang family, Xiuzhu." Liu Yingyue said with a smile.

Qin Xiuzhu was happy. She sat next to the donkey cart and started counting the coins.

At this time, someone came over and called out to the Qin siblings, "Isn't this Xiuzhu and Yiran? Hey, what did you do to make money today?"

Qin Xiuzhu looked up and saw the person coming. Her expression changed slightly, "Seventh Uncle."

Qin Yiran also had a cold expression, "It turned out to be my seventh uncle."

"Give me a hundred coins." The man was drunk and holding a jar of wine in his hand. He extended his hand rudely.

Liu Yingyue narrowed her eyes and found out that it was Chen Qifu, the cousin of Madam Qin.

Madam Qin lost both her parents when she was young, and was raised by her uncle and aunt.

Because of this relationship, Chen Qifu could take advantage of Madam Qin as much as he could.

Madam Qin was a soft-hearted person. Even though she knew it was wrong, she still had to help her cousin.

Chen Qifu, who was brought up by his parents and spoiled, did not neglect his proper job and fought with his wife all day long.

Once, Madam Qin took Qin Yiran and his sister to her parents' home, where they happened to see Chen Qifu and his wife fighting.

After being beaten, Chen Qifu's wife turned around and ran, accidentally bumping into Madam Qin who was walking over, and they both fell to the ground.

Chen Qifu's wife was pregnant at the time, and the baby was naturally knocked out by the collision.

After that, I never got pregnant.

Chen Qifu used this to blackmail the Qin family, sometimes asking for dozens of coins, sometimes hundreds of coins, and he did so all year round.

(End of this chapter)