Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 408: Building a Earthen Bed

An Yue touched An Nian's head and said, "Yes, you can come to the shop for lunch after school every year."

My sister-in-law Meng Xiuer was thinking in silence.

After a moment, he asked, "Yueyue, have you thought about the price for opening a shop in town?"

"Yes, sister-in-law, you have asked the key point."

"The cost of hot pot is high, so the selling price is naturally high as well."

"In this case, ordinary people can't afford it. Rich people can't always like it. Besides, there are only a few truly wealthy people in Shijing Town."

The spark of hope that had just ignited in everyone's hearts was ruthlessly extinguished by these two sentences.

Just when everyone was feeling dejected, An Yue seemed to have a new idea.

She said to everyone: "We can make some adjustments and switch to a strategy of small profits but quick turnover."

Chunzhi asked curiously, "Oh? What do you mean, young lady?"

An Yue said confidently: "Let's change the hot pot to spicy hot pot."

Everyone asked again in confusion: "Malatang?"

Chunzhi stopped picking up the corn kernels and asked seriously, "Miss, what is spicy hot pot?"

An Yue explained: "In fact, the base of Malatang is similar to that of hotpot, both are fragrant and have a spicy taste. It's just that customers can choose the ingredients for Malatang themselves."

An Yue smiled slightly and continued, "Let's string all the ingredients we sell together with bamboo sticks, and then customers can take whatever they want to eat."

"Moreover, the checkout is charged according to the number of sticks, which can control costs and make it affordable for ordinary people."

After hearing what An Yue said, everyone's eyes seemed to light up.

Sister-in-law Meng Xiuer nodded and agreed: "Yueyue's idea sounds good, but the variety of ingredients is needed to attract customers."

An Yue responded: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, we will prepare some common vegetables at the beginning, such as cabbage, spinach, potato slices, radish slices, and tea tree mushrooms."

"Meat includes fish, chicken, pork, and rabbit."

Chunzhi asked: "Some people can't eat spicy food, so can the spicy hot pot have a variety of flavors?"

An Yueyue looked at Chunzhi with approval and said, "Chunzhi's suggestion is very good. We can prepare three flavors: spicy, slightly spicy, and wild vegetable soup."

An Yue asked everyone: "Does anyone have any different suggestions on this?"

Everyone was silent and expressed their agreement.

Seeing that no one had any objection, An Yue felt relieved.

As it got dark, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

An Yue lay on the bed and thought carefully.

Thinking that my sister-in-law is about to give birth, we can’t rush into selling spicy hot pot.

If the whole family is too busy to take care of my sister-in-law during childbirth, someone might die.

Furthermore, the most important thing at the moment is to build the earthen bed first.

Soon it will be late autumn.

In late autumn, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and it may turn cold one day.

An Yue was thinking about all kinds of trivial things in her mind. She turned over, closed her eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

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The next day, early morning.

An Yue got up early and washed up simply.

Then he took a few bamboo poles and walked back and forth in the east ear room, planning how to build a kang bed.

She first measured the width, length and width of the earthen bed with a bamboo pole and marked it with charcoal.

Soon, Chunzhi prepared breakfast.

The family sat in the main hall having breakfast.

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After breakfast.

The adobe bricks that had been made earlier had already been placed by Daniu Ale in the east wing room.

When building a kang bed, you only need to mix the rare earth to bond the adobe bricks together.

So, An Yue asked Da Niu A'er to mix the straw and mud.

After many times of practice, they are now proficient in mixing concrete.

The two worked for more than an hour and finally mixed the concrete evenly.

Building an earthen kang bed is an extremely tedious and complicated project.

An Yue had never built a building before, but she knew the general principle.

Therefore, every step requires An Yue to consider carefully.

They started from the bottom layer, spread the concrete evenly, and then stacked the adobe bricks neatly one by one.

The three of them squatted and stood up in the east ear room, walking back and forth.

After a few hours, the general outline of the earthen kang bed has begun to emerge.

An Yue carefully checked every detail and reminded Daniu and Ale to make adjustments from time to time.

"Add another layer over here, yes, that's it."

Following Anyue's reminder, Daniu Ale made modifications and adjustments.

Their days begin at dawn and end at dusk.

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Before I knew it, it was already five days.

After the efforts of several people, the earthen bed was finally built.

An Yue lit the firewood and tried to heat the kang. Looking at the earthen kang bed in front of her, she felt like she had completed a huge project.

After burning for a while, I found that the kang was slowly getting warmer.

An Yue patted the mud off her hands and said with satisfaction: "Next, when the earthen bed is completely dry, we can spread the bedding on it, and we won't be cold in winter anymore."

Daniu touched the warm kang bed and said, "Miss...Miss, this bed is big, wide, and warm. It's great!"

"When I have some free time, I'll make you a kang bed, too, how about that?"

"No...no, no need, I'm not afraid of the cold." Da Niu said while waving his hands.

An Yue looked at Daniu, smiled evilly and asked, "Are you really not afraid of the cold?"

Daniu smiled innocently and lowered his head: "Hehe, I…I dare not say it's cold."

The earthen kang bed was completed.

She asked Daniu and the others to continue making adobe bricks to prepare for An Nian, and Daniu Ale also built a kang bed.

An Yue was not idle either. She often took Chunzhi to the town for a stroll these days.

The main purpose of going to the town is to inspect the location, find a suitable shop, and do various preparatory work.

This day, early in the morning.

After the family had breakfast, the siblings and Chunzhi went to town again.

As soon as the three men arrived at the entrance of the town, they saw several officials posting notices.

Seeing this, everyone gathered around to read the notice.

After the officers posted the notice board, the brother and sister quickly scanned the list.

After a few breaths.

The brother and sister saw the two eye-catching characters "An Nian" written on the notice at the same time.

When An Yue saw this, her eyes widened in surprise.

She turned around and hugged An Nian tightly with excitement.

At this moment, An Yue's eyes were filled with tears, and she was happy for An Nian.

“Nian Nian, you did it.”

"You're awesome, Niannian! I'm so proud of you!"

Chunzhi, who was standing by, couldn't read, but seeing An Yue crying with excitement, she quickly asked, "Miss, did the young master pass the county exam?"

With tears in her eyes, An Yue turned around and replied to Chunzhi with a smile: "Yes, Chunzhi, Niannian really passed the county exam."

"Wow! That's great. The young master is so awesome." Chunzhi also clapped and cheered happily.

An Nian stood there, smiling, but didn't seem very surprised.

At this moment, some people are happy and some are sad.