Border Cook

"I am a woman and I can't find any job that can make money. I think the cold pot skewers made by Madam Xia are suitable for me to make, and they taste good. I think the business will be good in the future, so I came to ask Madam Xia."

"If you think it's possible, Madam Xia, I can pay more interest. If you find it difficult, just pretend that I have never been here..."

Her family is having a hard time now.

But no matter how difficult it is, it is her family's own business and others have no obligation to help.

If Xia Mingyue is willing to help, she will be grateful in her heart. If she is not willing, it doesn't matter.

"This matter..."

Xia Mingyue paused, "Madam Qiao, please let me think about it. I will give you a reply in two days."

"Okay, please trouble Madam Xia."

Qiao stopped bothering him and stood up to leave.

After he left, Xia Mingyue and Lu went to inquire about the situation of the Qiao family.

By the afternoon of the second day, I had basically figured out everything.

It was indeed as she said. Qiao's husband, Liu Shanhuai, was originally a squadron leader in the army. In the battle of Changzhou Prefecture this time, half of his arm was chopped off by the enemy, and his foot was seriously injured because he stepped on the enemy's caltrops.

Normally, such an injury would not cause lameness, but there were so many injured in the army this time that the military doctors were too busy to handle it, and there was a shortage of medicines, so treatment was delayed, and Liu Shanhuai's wound festered, and in the end he had to undergo amputation to save his life.

Today, Liu Shanhuai has almost completely lost his ability to work.

Liu Shanhuai and Qiao had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son was only eight years old, and the youngest daughter was only four years old, and both needed to open their mouths to eat.

Naturally, this life becomes very difficult.

Xia Mingyue and Mrs. Lu were discussing the situation at Qiao's home, and the sound of sighs gradually became more frequent.

"When I went out to inquire today, I saw several households with white cloth hanging on their doors, and the pharmacy was also busy with people coming and going." Lu said, "I guess there are many people in the same situation as Madam Qiao's family."

In this world, it is not easy to make a living. Many families rely on the people who work hard in the army for their livelihood. Once something unexpected happens, it is very easy for them to go hungry.

The imperial court intended to subsidize the distribution of silver, but due to the large number of people, the amount of silver was limited.

Especially for those who returned home seriously injured or disabled, the silver distributed by the court was not enough to pay for the medicine they needed.

"No wonder more and more people have been asking about joining Chuan Chuan Xiang in the past two days." Xia Mingyue pursed her lips.

After thinking for a while, Xia Mingyue raised her head and said, "In this case, let's change the way we franchise the cold pot skewers."

"What my sister-in-law means is..."

"The cart used for the cold pot skewers costs one tael of silver, which has to be paid to the carpenter. This fee is unavoidable and must be paid. However, the three taels of silver given to Xia Ji will allow the franchisee to pay three hundred yuan a month starting from the third month after joining, for a total of ten months, which will be considered paid off."

Xia Mingyue said, "However, this discount is only for widows whose husbands died on the battlefield, or families whose family members returned home injured on the battlefield, causing difficulties in their livelihood."

"It's feasible." Mrs. Lu nodded like a chick pecking at rice. "This can also give these people another option to survive."

Moreover, after these people join Xia Ji, they can also increase Xia Ji’s performance and income to a certain extent.

The best of both worlds.

Helping others within one's ability has always been something Xia Mingyue agrees with. Seeing that this idea was approved by Mrs. Lu, he said, "After the cold pot skewers franchise begins, we will be even busier here. Just to make fish balls, we need to find someone who is dedicated and careful. We need to spread the word of recruiting workers, just like the cold pot skewers franchise, and people in these two situations will be given priority."

"Okay." Lu nodded again.

"Many people from Jinqiu County and the surrounding areas have joined the army. I'm afraid that many people will be implicated this time. Sister Xia's cold pot skewers stall has limited space, and the number of people to be recruited is not large. I'm afraid that if too many people come, there will be too many people and too little porridge..."

Jiang Zhuguo was a little worried, "What should we do if those people feel resentful towards Sister Xia?"

She had seen people like this before.

"If that's the case, then it means that it's right not to use this person." Xia Mingyue said with a smile, "If he is resentful because of this matter, he will also be resentful because of other things. Moreover, he is always greedy and resentful when he is not satisfied. He always feels that the whole world has let him down."

"If such a person happens not to be employed, it is my luck and fortune. I must secretly pay homage to the City God and thank him for his favor."

Jiang Zhuguo thought about it and felt that what Xia Mingyue said made a lot of sense. "Sister Xia is right."

If someone has ill will towards you, no matter how well you do, there will still be ill will towards you.

We cannot stop doing something just because someone has malicious intentions.

It's like, no matter how filial and sensible she is...

Don’t think about the past anymore!
Sister Xia is about to launch the cold pot skewers franchise, and she wants to work hard for Sister Xia and share her worries.

Jiang Zhuguo threw away all the thoughts that had nothing to do with business in his mind, and began to help Xia Mingyue plan the next franchise matters together with Lu.

The next morning, Xia Mingyue went to the academy first to find Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang, and asked them to help write more franchise agreements for cold pot skewers so that they could sign them with the franchisees when the time came.

As a reward, Xia Mingyue brought a lot of fish balls.

Fish balls cooked in cold pot, fragrant and hot fish ball soup served in a clay pot, and fried fish balls wrapped in oil paper.

Each one of them smelled delicious, making the two of them salivate.

But even though they coveted it, Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang waved their hands to Xia Mingyue, "We appreciate Madam Xia's kindness, but the headmaster and the teacher are very strict now, and food from outside must not be brought into the county school."

Moreover, because they had often organized the purchase of food from outside, the headmaster and the teacher had regarded them as key targets of observation and they dared not make any move anymore.

The September exams are approaching, so we really must not allow any more mistakes to occur.

It's a pity to waste such fragrant fish balls...

Seeing that both of them said so, Xia Mingyue put away all the food and told them to save it for them to eat during their holidays.

"After the exams are over and I leave this county school, I will definitely stay at Madam Xia's stall and eat there for three consecutive days to satisfy my craving."

Zhang Mingyi said this after seeing Xia Mingyue off.

"Promising!" Fan Pingyang curled his lips and looked at him with disdain. "I am different from you. I am going to see if my family is planning to start a small business and see if I can join Lady Xia's food stall."

This way, you can eat as much as you want, whenever you want!

He understands the principle of fish and fishing! (End of this chapter)