Started as a poor little girl

The boss didn't beat around the bush. "Since the girl is so generous, then let's just give her three hundred and twenty taels. I can only give her this much less. This is the seller's bottom line."

The boss is a very honest man. He sold the shop at the lowest price possible. If he had missed this customer, he wouldn't know how long the shop would have been left there.

Li Lulu discussed it with Wei Lingheng and decided to buy it.

The boss was very efficient and the seller arrived quickly. They directly asked someone to go to the government office to get the deed done. Once the money was paid, the matter was settled.

When the shop key was handed to Li Lulu, she was so excited. She was happy that she now had her own shop.

After finishing the work, Wei Lingheng rode on the donkey, picked up Li Lulu and went home.

Li Lulu's little chattering never stopped along the way.

"Wei Lingheng, remember, our store is rented!"

"Do you think we should renovate it? Well... I think it's okay so we won't waste it."

"Do you want to buy a donkey cart to pull things? It will be more convenient for doing business in the future."

"Hey, Wei Lingheng, can you say something?" Li Lulu said coquettishly.

"I don't think it's necessary to renovate the house. We can buy a donkey cart. When the business expands, we can use the room in the backyard to stay overnight and take a nap at noon, so we can clean it up." Wei Lingheng said his suggestion slowly.

"Yes! Then I will conquer my parents with my cooking skills, and then we will buy a donkey cart to take them to the town to look at the shops and clean up the place. That's it," Li Lulu made the decision.

As soon as the two arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw several aunts staring at them and whispering something to each other.

"Hello, aunties. Have you finished dinner?" Li Lulu greeted with a smile.

"Lulu! Where did you come back from?" Aunt Qin said with a smile.

"I haven't eaten yet. I'm going to go back and cook." Aunt Wu picked up the vegetable basket on the ground and prepared to go home.

"Goodbye, aunties." Li Lulu and the others rode their donkeys and arrived home in a few steps.

Aunt Qin looked at Li Lulu's disappearing back and glanced at her sideways, "What's so great about that? You look down on people just because you go to a town. What kind of person are you? Bah!"

Yue Xiangmei saw Li Lulu coming back and started to scold her, "This girl is really playful. She didn't come back until it was dark. She just wanted to play, but she didn't care about your sister Qingqing. She must be exhausted after accompanying you outside for a whole day."

I heard from Li Lulu that Qingqing grew up with her grandparents. Her parents went out to do business and never returned. In the first few years, they would bring some things and money home, but there was no news from them after that.

After that, her grandparents passed away. She went to the address her parents had left, but couldn't find them. Then she went to look for her cousin, but her cousin had passed away, so he was also a poor man. They also treated her as their own daughter.

"Qingqing! Don't follow this girl around all day and don't let her do whatever she wants. You must be hungry. Auntie will go to cook." Yue Xiangmei brought a stool to Wei Lingheng, then dusted herself off and prepared to cook.

"Mom, I'm going to cook today. I'm going to make the food that I'm going to open for the store. You can all try it and give me some comments." Li Lulu grabbed Yue Xiangmei with a playful smile.

"What can a little girl like you do?" Having said that, she still let Li Lulu go.

Wei Lingheng went into the kitchen to help, Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaoguang also went into the kitchen to help, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and lighting the fire, each busy with their own things.

According to Li Lulu's request, a stove was set up in the yard. Li Lulu cooked a pot of red soup and placed vegetables and meat on the table. People could put whatever they liked into the pot.

Vegetables, pork, and Li Lulu quietly took out beef from the space. The whole family was busy. Li Lulu said she had something to do and went out.

At the uncle's house next door, the yard door was open, and Li Lulu walked in to the door of the small house where Grandpa Li lived.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, are you home?"

The door opened and Mr. Li walked out. When he saw Li Lulu, he smiled kindly.

"Lulu! What do you want from grandpa?"

"Grandpa, have you eaten? I went to the town to buy some meat today. I would like to invite you to my home for dinner."

"You guys keep it for yourselves. I'm an old man and don't like to eat it." Old Man Li waved his hand and turned away.

"Grandpa, let's go. I cooked the meal today! Just eat some! Let me give you a taste of Lu Lu's cooking skills."

After listening to what Li Lulu said, the old man compromised. The big and the small happily passed by Li Qinglang, and Li Lulu ignored them.

The yard was filled with a fragrant aroma. Li Qingping and the others gathered around the pot, marveling at their daughter's excellent cooking skills. The smell was so appetizing.

Seeing that Li Qingping was usually taciturn, he was actually very talkative. He just felt guilty for allowing his mother to bully his wife and children for so many years, so he didn't dare to face them.

Li Lulu pushed the door open, saw that everything was ready, and sat down with Grandpa Li.

Everyone was holding their bowls and chopsticks in a daze. Li Lulu put some meat into the pot. After a while, she picked up a piece and put it into her mouth, with a look of satisfaction on her face.

Everyone followed Li Lulu's example, putting their favorite dishes into the pot, and their eyes lit up when they put them in their mouths.

"Sister, this is so delicious." Li Xiaoyang stuck out his tongue and ate it with a haha, but he didn't stop his hands.

"Shashasha... yes, Lulu's soup is really good. The vegetables are boiled in it and it is so delicious." Yue Xiangmei also praised it repeatedly.

Li Xiaoguang kept eating without talking. He had been greedy just by smelling the food, so he kept eating as much as he could.

Today, she had it with her family, so she put a whole block of hotpot base. It was a bit spicy, but seeing how they did it, they definitely liked it.

"Grandpa, can you eat this? If not, I'll go fry something non-spicy for you." Li Lulu looked at Grandpa Li worriedly.

"It's okay, Lulu, Grandpa likes it very much. It's delicious. Grandpa likes it." Grandpa Li ate the dishes with big mouthfuls. He really liked it.

This world is not the kind that has been recorded in history, so what kind of peppers do they have now? They have potatoes and sweet potatoes, and most people in their country like spicy food. It was Li Lulu who saw these along the way and thought of making spicy hot pot.

Here, a whole family was enjoying hotpot happily. At the uncle's house next door, a couple smelled the hotpot in the air, squatted against the wall with their bowls of rice, and drank two bowls of rice in succession.

After eating and drinking, everyone sat in rows to rest.

"Lulu, I just heard from your mother that you are going to do business with what you just ate?" Li Qingping didn't want to say it, but asked anyway.

"Second brother! I think this is feasible. Although I, an old man, have never done business, I have gone out to explore the world when I was young. The taste is unique. Lulu, grandpa supports you." Li Dashan waved to Li Lulu, took out a cloth bag from his arms, and continued.

"Grandpa, there is nothing wrong with this. Take this, even though it's not much."

Li Lulu took it, opened it and saw that it contained some copper coins and some small change, which she returned to the old man.

"I don't want it. I have my own money. Sister Qingqing and I bought some mountain products on the way home and sold them for some money. It's enough for me. Grandpa, you don't have to worry about me."

Mr. Li still stuffed it into her hands. They threw it back and forth, and everyone was stunned.

"Lulu, since grandpa gave it to you, it is his good intention, so just accept it." Li Qingping picked up the cloth bag and put it in Li Lulu's hand.

Then Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaoguang took out their savings and handed them to her.

Yue Xiangmei took a purse from the house and handed it to Li Lulu.

What should I do? Li Lulu was a little moved. Her eyes were red and tears welled up in her eyes. "Thank you, thank you, Dad, Mom, brother, grandpa, thank you."

Seeing that the child was about to cry, Yue Xiangmei hugged her in her arms and patted her back gently.

This time he could no longer hold it in, and started crying loudly. It took Yue Xiangmei a while to comfort him.

"Our Lulu has grown up and knows how to make money to support the family. It's okay, it's okay. We all support you." Yue Xiangmei patted her back gently.

Li Lulu nodded gently. "But my brothers should save money to get married. I can't take their money."

"It's okay, don't worry, big brother." Li Xiaoyang looked relaxed.

"Yes, the eldest brother is not in a hurry and the second brother is even less anxious." Li Xiaoguang covered his mouth and laughed.

"Second brother, what do you mean? Do you want to fight?" Li Xiaoyang said as he moved closer.

"It's meaningless! Brother, you're already sixteen and you still say there's no hurry. Why should I be in a hurry when I'm only thirteen?" After saying that, he ran away.

Li Xiaoyang chased after them, and the yard became lively again with the chase and fighting.

Li Lulu burst into laughter and said, "Okay, I will try my best, but don't worry, Sister Qingqing and I will not lose money in this business, and their family is also in business."

"Well, you two little girls, do your job well. If you need any help, just let me know." The old man tapped the ash from his pipe on the ground.

"I really need grandpa's help to weave some bamboo baskets, big or small, and a lot of bamboo sticks," Li Lulu said bluntly.

After the two brothers finished playing and cleaned up the yard, Li Lulu and Wei Lingheng went into the room to discuss opening a store.

"Lulu, the soup base has so much oil that it costs a lot. Even though the town is wealthier than the village, if your cost is too high you will sell it at a higher price. When the price goes up, no one will want to eat it, so your business may not be very good." Wei Lingheng analyzed carefully.

Wei Lingheng was right. There weren't many rich people in Maple Leaf Town, so if you wanted something cheap, affordable and delicious, Malatang was just the right choice. It was cheap, affordable and easy to make.

"Yes, that's how you eat at home. That's not how you do business. Just put a small amount of red oil and add some other things. It can last the whole day." Li Lulu looked at Wei Lingheng with an expression as if she was about to praise me.

Wei Lingheng rubbed her soft hair and said, "Okay, you are a good cook, I believe it won't be bad, just keep it in mind."

The next morning, after the family finished breakfast, Li Qingping went to the headman's house to borrow an ox cart, and the family went to the town in a hurry.