TFWYH – Chapter 85 Money-hungry

“No need—you wouldn’t count wrong.” Madam Jiang looked at her daughter with deep emotion.

This child was truly a born merchant—clever, resourceful, far more capable than herself.

Just like Yu’er, born a ruler by nature, yet forced by her to stay here in this small place.

At that thought, Madam Jiang felt a pang of sadness.

Everyone else was cheerful from earning so much today, no one noticed her mood.

Only Tang Wan, naturally sensitive to others’ emotions, immediately caught her sense of loss.

The shop’s offal dishes had long since sold out.

Ling Yue, eager to restock, smiled brightly at Butcher Tang and asked him for one hundred and forty catties of pig offal.

“One hundred’s enough,” Tang Wan stopped her. Seeing Ling Yue’s puzzled look, she explained, “It’s normal for the first day to be busy. After that, it won’t be the same. Stick to one hundred catties a day. Once it’s sold out, you can rest earlier.”

Ling Yue didn’t want to rest—she wanted to earn, earn, earn.

Only with money in hand could she feel secure.

She didn’t want to be idle.

Tang Wan sighed. “You can’t finish earning all the money in the world. Your health, though—there’s no replacing it.”

The girl was still growing. If this were modern times, people would already accuse her of child labor exploitation!

Ling Yue puffed out her cheeks, but she didn’t argue back.

After counting the money, she asked the Li father and sons to deliver another hundred catties of offal, preparing the next day’s portions right there in the shop.

Madam Jiang went out to buy rice—thanks to all that offal, even the rice had been cleaned out, so everything had to be replenished.

Li Dashan and Ling Sheng went along to help carry the sacks.

For a while, only Tang Wan and Ling Yue were left in the shop.

Now and then, a few people came by, having heard about the beef jerky, and bought some.

Ling Yue, restless as ever…

In the past, when the family had nothing to eat, she shouldered most of the housework.

Now, nothing had changed.

Simply put, she had grown up through hardship, and the one thing she wanted to cling to most was money.

The more money she had, the safer she felt.

As she prepared tomorrow’s food, her mind started spinning with ideas.

Tang Wan had limited her to selling a hundred catties a day, and at today’s pace, they’d be sold out before noon.

What about the whole afternoon then? Wouldn’t that go to waste?

While she was mulling it over, two young men came in to buy beef jerky. Suddenly, inspiration struck her.

After they left, she quickly turned to Tang Wan: “Sister-in-law, if we’ve nothing to do in the afternoons, I could sell beef jerky instead! Look, it tastes so good, and even at a hundred wen people still buy it. If we sold it at teahouses or brothels, it would definitely be popular.”

Tang Wan gave her a speechless look.

This girl really had her eyes fixed on money.

But thinking about it, it made sense. After earning so much today, the little one was too excited to calm down.

Tang Wan said casually, “Why go sell it yourself? You control the supply and let others sell for you. You just sit and collect the money.”

“Control the supply? What’s that? You mean I can really just sit there and still get paid?” Ling Yue’s eyes sparkled. She grabbed a small stool, plopped down in front of Tang Wan, looking eager and earnest as if she were ready to take notes.

Tang Wan: …

Ling Yue pressed on, “Sister-in-law, quick, tell me—what’s this ‘controlling supply’ thing?”

Pestered to no end, Tang Wan finally explained: “It means finding resellers. For example, you sell beef jerky to Li Dashan at one hundred wen. He resells it for one hundred and five. The more he sells, the more he earns. The less he sells, the less he earns. You don’t worry about anything—you just collect your money.”

Ling Yue’s eyes lit up. “Right! That works! How did I not think of that?”

Tang Wan: …

You can’t be serious—you really want to do this?