“So, Su Ji’s shop will sell wonton and fried sauce noodles in the future, and probably some other dishes as well.”

After hearing Ai Cao’s answer, the two people eating wontons looked at each other first and then laughed.

“Isn’t that the same thing as what you sell at your wonton stall?”

“Someone is taking business from your family, but you little girl can still laugh…”

“Of course, I can laugh.” Ai Cao giggled like a little fox, “Because that’s the shop run by my Miss. When the shop is finished, our wonton stall will be move there. The price will remain the same. Then we will have to thank you all for supporting us!”

“… …”

The clown was actually themselves!

The two of them laughed awkwardly for a while, but immediately said, “That’s for sure.”

The wontons had thin skin and big fillings. The price was reasonable and the portions were generous. The scallion oil was very fragrant, and the portion of noodles with fried bean paste was also generous. If it was not enough, you could still order another half plate of the noodles, and the taste was amazing.

Who wouldn’t want to go to a food shop like this?

When the people eating at the stall heard this, they all nodded and said some complimentary words.

Su Ji Shop, or Su Ji wonton stall, soon became popular on the streets.

Su Yujin even occasionally saw people standing in front of Su Ji’s shop, pointing at the signboard, “This shop will be the Su Ji Wonton stall.”

“That’s good, this Su Ji wonton stall’s food is delicious, but it is always on the street, where people come and go, and carts come and go. No matter how clean the stall is, there will always be some dust. If it is clean, if it is moved inside a shop, I can safely buy it twice more… …”

It seemed that the publicity method of first setting up riddles to attract people and then revealing the answers was really good.

Su Yujin gave herself a thumbs up shamelessly.

Because the shop had been in use before and was not vacant, and the Meng family had renovated it last year, there was not much room that needed to be taken care of throughout the day. When the carpenter delivered the custom-made dining tables and chairs one after another, they followed Su Yujin’s plan. After setting it up, it can be said that the shop already had a look.

The backyard will be used as a kitchen in the future, so Su Yujin also purchased some kitchen utensils for use, storage racks for dishes and chopsticks, etc.

By the time all this work was done, it was already early days of the sixth lunar month.

Manager Sun from the brokerage firm once again sent a clerk to invite Su Yujin. He said that among the people bought by the firm this time, there were some good ones. He picked out a few and asked Su Yujin to come and take a look.

Su Yujin didn’t waste any time and went to pick out with Ai Cao together.

Six people stood in a neat row in the backyard of the brokerage firm, all with lowered eyebrows and lowered heads.

“The girls sent here this time are all girls of this age. They all came from the south. There has been no rain there since March. Most of the crops in the fields have died due to drought. Many people have no food to eat. They are selling the girls at home.”

The clerk said, “The managers have all checked their household registrations. They are all from innocent families, girls from ordinary farmers’ families. These few are honest and responsible, and they are also diligent. Miss Su, let’s see if there are any you want to buy?”

“Thank you.” Su Yujin paced back and forth, looking at the six people carefully.

The original owner had pawned her jewelry during the most difficult time, but she was reluctant to give away the clothes she spent a lot of money on. So the clothes Su Yujin was wearing were made of good quality fabrics.

Su Yujin was not very particular about her clothes, focusing on comfort, so today she was wearing a moon-white dress with the most elegant color and softest texture and a pair of ordinary light blue embroidered shoes on her feet.

In Su Yujin’s eyes, this kind of dress was ordinary, but in the eyes of the little girls who were sold by their families, these were the best clothes they had seen anyone wearing.

Anyone who can wear such clothes must be rich or noble, not to mention the person who controls their destiny.

All six of them lowered their heads again and again, and clenched their sleeves or a corner of their clothes in panic, for fear that something would go wrong.

Su Yujin looked at it for a long time, thought for a while, and picked a little girl who was not too tall. “What’s your name? How old are you this year?”

The little girl was suddenly asked, and she was a little timid and stuttered when she spoke, “My, my name is Zhou Xiaotao, I am fourteen this year.”

“Who else is in the family?”

“Grandfather, grandmother, father and mother, and two younger brothers and a younger sister.” Zhou Xiaotao answered timidly.

Sure enough, she was the eldest in the family.

Su Yujin came closer and asked, “Did you make the clothes you are wearing yourself?”

“No, my mother made them.” Zhou Xiaotao said, “I made the patches on them. When I came here, the clothes were shabby. The manager asked us to clean it up ourselves.”

Therefore, the clothes on her body were stitched thickly and crookedly, and the patches were evenly applied. Even the shoes on her feet were washed and cleaned. The patches on the shoes were sewn on the cloth from the inside.

It was quite clear that she was careful in her work.

“Can you cook?” Su Yujin asked.

“I can cook some food, but…” Zhou Xiaotao said, “Miss may not be able to eat it…”

At home, they were quite poor, and their kitchen lacked oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. They could only afford plain boiled vegetables, adding a few drops of oil once they were cooked. As for noodles, they mostly had to make do with barley and sweet potato noodles, and occasionally, they could afford wheat noodles.

A person wearing such fine clothes would definitely not be able to eat these things.

“As long as you know how to do it, it doesn’t matter.” Su Yujin said to the clerk, “It’s her.”

“Okay.” The clerk wrote down the name.

The next one…

“Miss, choose me.” He Erya, who was the tallest and whose skin was almost wheat-colored, standing at the far side, said, “I am fifteen this year.”

There was a bit of roughness in her voice, and the voice was quite a bit loud.

Seeing her self-recommending herself, Su Yujin asked with a smile, “What do you know?”

“I can do farm work,” He Erya replied loudly. “Back at home, I was basically responsible for most of the farm work, so I can do the work of one, no, one and a half strong laborers!”

After all, back at home, she was the one doing the work in the fields of her uncle and aunt’s family.

After the words fell, the remaining four people who were originally extremely nervous began to laugh secretly.

Just as Manager Song mentioned earlier, this girl was picking someone for herself, and for the shop, she was choosing a handy assistant who needed to be skillful, detail-oriented, and clever in character.

That He Erya said that she could do farm work.

In the county, there was no need to do farm work.

He Erya probably heard the laughter, scratched her ears, and said, “I am strong…”

She could catch up with the cows.

So powerful.

Su Yujin pursed her lips and smiled, “Okay, I select you.”

The other four said, “…”

If they had known it was so easy, they would have been more active.

After all, they were sold. It was better to be a servant or waiter to this Miss who seemed kind-hearted and gentle-natured than to be bought as a wife by some random person.

“Girl, I am also very strong.”

“Girl, I can cook and sew clothes.”

“Girl…”

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