Border Cook

Chapter 165 Seizing the Family Property

The man saw that the color of the fried dough stick in Yu's hand was not very good-looking and did not want to buy it. However, the fried dough stick had already been stuffed into his hand and the other party was a woman, so he could not refuse. He had to take out his purse, buy the fried dough stick and stuff it into his mouth.

But after taking a bite, his brows furrowed.

He had eaten Xia Ji's fried dough sticks before. They were crispy and delicious, with a lot of oil but not greasy. They were very tasty.

He liked to eat Xia Ji's fried dough sticks and had been buying them for the past two days. However, he had some things to do outside today and got up early in the morning. The Xia Ji breakfast stall was not open yet, and when he was done, Xia Mingyue and others had already closed the stall and went home, so he didn't get to eat it today.

My stomach was rumbling with greed, so I could only buy someone else's as a substitute.

But the taste of this fried dough stick is really not satisfactory.

Not only is the texture hard, it is also oily and has a strange taste. It doesn't taste fragrant, but just greasy. After taking a bite, I never want to eat it again.

But this dough stick cost five cents, and the man was reluctant to waste it, so he had to continue stuffing the dough stick into his mouth and walked forward.

Yu didn't notice this, she just took the money with a smile and warmly invited him, "Take your time, come back if it tastes good!"

As soon as he went out, he got a sale. Yu was happy and continued to sell.

But no matter how hard she tried to sell her products, business was not very good. After a whole morning, she only sold a few of the fried dough sticks in her basket.

It is best to fry and sell foods like fried dough sticks immediately after frying. If they are left for a long time, they will become damp and soft, greatly affecting the taste.

If these fried dough sticks cannot be sold in the morning, they will be even more difficult to sell in the afternoon because of their poor quality. If they are sold the next day, they will definitely not be sold and you will have to keep them for yourself.

But the money she earns now is not even enough to cover the cost, so it would be a waste to ask her to eat all these fried dough sticks.

Yu was a little anxious. She squatted at the entrance of the alley and sighed louder and louder.

"You must have learned the skill of frying dough sticks from Madam Xia." The lady selling eggs at the stall next to her narrowed her eyes.

"Nonsense." Yu refused to admit it. "I figured it out myself. How come among so many people doing business, only Xia is the only one selling fried dough sticks? Isn't it okay for others to sell it?"

"Come on, stealing is stealing. If you don't learn very well, you still don't let anyone say anything." The old lady curled her lips, "Even if you want to learn, why don't you learn something new? Madam Xia has started selling sweet fruits and fried cloth bags these two days, and you are still here eagerly learning how to fry dough sticks. Tsk tsk, you can't keep up. It's normal that you can't make any money."

What?
Xia Ji also mentioned sweet fruits and fried cloth bags?
What kind of fresh food is this...

The key point is, is this Madam Xia still a human being? How can she cook so much food?

Yu's eyes widened.

After going out for a stroll, Lu was in a particularly good mood. After returning, he described everything to Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo with great excitement.

"You don't know, I happened to run into that woman on the street, the dough sticks she fried looked like purlins, lumpy and irregular, the same color as soy sauce, it didn't look tasty."

"Seeing her walk around for so long without selling a single dough stick, I felt so happy!"

Mrs. Lu's smile almost overflowed from her face, and she laughed so hard that she fell backwards. "People like this really deserve it!" In her previous life, Xia Mingyue had experienced a lot of stealing skills, copying menus, and imitating dishes. Now she was not surprised at all and just smiled and nodded.

If you try to make money through illegal means, you are doomed to fail.

As a human being, it is better to behave properly.

The breakfast stall business continued to be prosperous, and people who were interested in joining began to come and negotiate with Xia Mingyue about joining.

Once again, Xia Mingyue sent out two very reliable intelligence officers, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu, to investigate everywhere. Based on the specific conditions of the people who came to discuss joining, she decided on a suitable candidate.

Yang Daya is one year younger than Xia Mingyue. She has a thirteen-year-old second sister and two eleven-year-old twin sisters.

The four sisters were originally from Yangjia Village, 40 miles away from the county town. They lost their mother in their early years, and their father also passed away from typhoid fever this spring.

The Yang family had a house and more than ten acres of land. If the four sisters saved some money and helped others with some work, they had enough to eat and drink.

But Yang Daya's uncle occupied the house and wanted to take the ten acres of land for himself. His reason was that the second wife had no children and since her parents were not around, the house and land should be under the name of the first wife.

Yang Daya naturally refused and reported the matter to the village head.

Although the head of the village sympathized with Yang Daya's situation, according to the rules, women could not inherit property. All the belongings of the second branch of the Yang family had to be given to Uncle Yang.

But logically speaking, Uncle Yang had to raise the four children until they got married. Finally, after negotiations, the village headman decided that all the houses and land in the family should be given to Uncle Yang, and Uncle Yang's family had to pay more than ten taels of silver as the cost of raising the four children.

The three sisters of Yang Daya were unwilling to accept this, but they also knew that this was the greatest benefit the village head had fought for them.

Otherwise, the four of them would have to live in the Yang family's main house, and their future marriages would have to be decided by Uncle Yang. The betrothal gifts would definitely fall into the hands of the main house, but there would be nothing for the dowry.

Moreover, Uncle Yang is profit-driven. He will probably only look at the money and will not even choose the right person. He may even push the four sisters into the fire pit without hesitation even if he knows there is a fire pit ahead just for the money.

The head of the village has already done enough to consider and plan for the four sisters.

Yang Daya understood this and stopped making a fuss. She took the ten taels of silver and brought her three sisters to the county town, where they rented a courtyard to live in and then looked for ways to make a living.

By chance, I heard about Xia Mingyue and Xia Ji, so I came to inquire about it to see if I could take over the business and make a living.

Yang Daya is the eldest sister. After her mother passed away, she has been taking care of her three younger sisters and playing the role of a mother. She is quick and diligent, and is down-to-earth and responsible in her work.

Her three younger sisters also grew up early and took care of everything at home, including washing clothes, cooking and farm work.

In short, Xia Mingyue admired Yang Daya, who was honest but also enterprising, so she decided to become the first franchisee of the breakfast stall.

The franchise fee is the same as that of a food stall, with a one-time payment of five taels of silver and an additional one tael of silver paid every year thereafter.

The central kitchen delivers prepared fried dough sticks noodles and spicy soup side dishes and ingredients every day. Xia Mingyue taught Yang Daya how to fry fried dough sticks, sweet fruits, and cloth bags, and cook spicy soup.

Taking into account that after the breakfast food stall was franchised out, the central kitchen would supply more types of goods and have more work to do, and if the self-operated stall was the last one to be franchised out, there would still be a labor shortage situation, Xia Mingyue decided to be the first one to franchise out the self-operated stall this time.