Chapter 460: Little Ah Yu’s Business Pursuit
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Speaking of which, Little All Yu, who was in the village, was also preparing to do something big.
The matter had to start with Little All Yu buying salt.
Madam Hua of Hu Family Village and her husband opened a small grocery store in the village. Although it was called a small grocery store, it actually sold very little. It was basically all the firewood, rice, oil, and salt that the villagers needed.
As soon as Little All Yu returned to the village, she habitually distributed the candies and fruits to the villagers, but no one accepted them much.
The adults did not eat it, and the children were not allowed to take it.
They said to them, “Ah Yu’s fruits can be sold in town for money. If you eat one, the other party will have to sell one less. How can you take advantage of them like this?”
“Candies are even more expensive. Our village already has cane sugar. Don’t deplete their family’s stock anymore. How can we be so greedy!”
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In the village school, the first thing the children learned was etiquette. Since the adults said so, they naturally listened.
The people of Hu Family Village bought cane sugar from the cane sugar workshop. They had a lot of affordable sugar, so every family already had sugar.
Those who were slightly richer would even buy brown sugar and white sugar.
The white sugar they made was relatively rough. This was specially instructed by Old Madam Wang. Before they had great ability, even if they knew how to make exquisite white sugar, they couldn’t produce and sell it.
Otherwise, they would not be able to protect themselves.
Little All Yu couldn’t give out the candies and thought that everyone did not like her anymore.
Later on, when she heard the reason, she took out two copper coins from her pocket and wanted to buy snacks from Auntie Hua’s grocery store for her friends to eat.
In Auntie Hua’s grocery store, she made the snacks herself. There was some spicy food. The children didn’t like it at first, but later on, they got used to it and wanted to eat it.
The adults did not allow them to eat so much.
Little Ah Yu had only bought it once. If she went a second time, Auntie Hua would not allow her to buy it.
“Ah Yu, it’s not good to eat too much of these snacks. You still have to grow. You have to eat more proper food.”
Little Ah Yu said, “Auntie Hua, I’m going to share it with everyone. 1 won’t eat much.”
The other children who followed were a little embarrassed. They originally did not want to come, but when they saw Little Ah Yu pouting and looking aggrieved, they felt even more apologetic.
In the end, the children all ate a small snack. It was a special meatbail fried by the Hua family with a special medicinal ingredient added.
They were freshly picked from the Hu Family Village Mountain and were not found elsewhere.
It tasted delicious. The meatbail itself was also crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It was especially delicious.
After everyone ate, they felt that they had not had enough. They giggled and laughed, and the white steam from their mouths floated everywhere.
Someone asked Little Ah Yu, “All Yu, your Grandma and Mother are so good to you and will even give you money. We don’t have any.”
Little Ah Yu said, “Everyone in our family has money because Grandma said that as long as our family loves each other, we can always have money.”
In any case, according to Old Madam Wang’s words, if anyone in the family wanted to cause trouble, she would chase them out.
If any family wanted to cause trouble, she would chase the entire family out.
The children did not understand these complicated words, but they all understood that the Wang family’s children were all rich.
Of course, Old man Wang’s family was already rich. Their family had a house and shop in town. They were better than the villagers no matter what.
Seeing that everyone was a little depressed, Little All Yu hurriedly covered her mouth and asked Meatbail, “Elf, did I say something wrong?”
[It’s fine. Everyone might just be envious of your family’s wealth because you have pocket money.]
[Kid, didn’t your teacher say that inequality is a source of conflict? Don’t take out money in front of others in the future.]
Little Ah Yu: “What does this mean?”
Why didn’t she remember the teacher saying this?
[It means that for anything, it’s fine if everyone has it. But if only some have it and others don’t, it’s not good. Just like your pocket money, only your family has it. If the other children don’t have it, they’ll feel uncomfortable.]
“Then should 1 hide it? But I have it to begin with.” Little Ah Yu had an idea and patted her head. “Aiya, this is easy. Wouldn’t it be fine if 1 let everyone have it?”
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[Don’t tell me you want to share your money with them? Don’t—]
Before the Meatbail could finish speaking, Little All Yu had already said to the children surrounding her, “I’ll bring you to earn money!”
Her Big Brothers were all doing business. The season of the candied hawthorn harvest was always very good.
Little Ah Yu usually bought things in town and often paid attention to how those shopkeepers did business. She only remembered it in her heart and did not tell anyone.
Now, she also had a stomach full of business experience!
Under Meatball’s signal, Little All Yu would hide her thoughts from time to time, so Meatball could not always know what she was thinking.
Meatball immediately regretted it. If it had known earlier, it would not have brought All Yu to practice blocking thoughts. Look, isn’t this troublesome?
The children were a little curious. “All Yu, what business are you bringing us to do?”
They only knew that the oldest person doing business in the village was Old man Wang’s family, and the youngest was Auntie Hua’s family.
The cane sugar workshop was considered a huge business. Butchers, carpenters, and Doctor Hu’s pharmacy could also be considered a business.
But what could they do?
Little Ah Yu asked them first, “What are you interested in? First, we have to do what we like.”
Everyone scratched their ears and cheeks for a long time, but they could not think of anything.
“All Yu, you’ve lived in town for so long. You must know more. Tell us some ideas.”
Little Ah Yu did not stand on ceremony. She counted with her fingers.
“We can raise silkworms. There are two cloth shops in town. The most expensive thing in their shop is made of silk.
We can also raise fish and mud dragons. We can make a small pond in the village and fish in the river. In spring, the fishes will give birth to small fishes and protect them carefully. Before long, the fishes will grow up! The pork and chicken in town are very expensive, but the fish meat is the most expensive!”
Actually, there was still beef and mutton, but these two things could not be bought. It was not easy for a cow to die in town, and the meat had long been reserved by those rich families.
Ordinary people could not kill cows casually.
“What else?” Everyone was extremely curious and listened with interest.
Little Ah Yu added, “The town will also collect wild animals and dried vegetables. Because we’re young, we might not be able to catch any wild animals, but we can pick vegetables and mushrooms. After drying them, we can sell them in the town’s grocery store and earn a sum of money!”
Speaking of hunting, Little Ah Yu was actually not worried at all, because the little lamb was an expert at hunting.
Many animals walking on the ground could not move when they saw the lamb. They were scared silly and were easy to catch.
However, she could not let others know about this, lest they feel uncomfortable again.
Other than this, Little Ah Yu also knew that the business of the winery in town was always very good. However, because wine was very expensive, those families would not buy a lot at once.
The teacher had taught them the basic method of brewing wine. Perhaps they could also brew wine?
After thinking about it, the children felt that the most reliable thing was to raise silkworms. Silkworm babies grew up so quickly.
“But it’s winter now. Where are we going to find silkworms?”
Even if they found silkworms, they still had to feed it mulberry leaves. In this weather, even if they were lucky enough to find some mulberry leaves, they would still be extremely old.
Little Ah Yu’s eyes lit up as she said with a smile, “I know where to find it!”