Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable-Chapter 1038 - 949: Official of the First Rank 10
At first, Fang Keixin set her sights on braised flavors, as they are quite simple to make, and the most precious component is a pot of marinade. With the marinade, you can continuously produce delicious flavors; it’s easy to make and convenient to sell.
Moreover, Fang Keixin decided to braise items that were more expensive than meat in modern times, but extraordinarily cheap in this era, such as pig heads, pig feet, pig tails, and pig offal.
Initially, Fang Keixin confidently braised everything, but the results were not as she expected; they didn’t sell well. The main reason was that the common people didn’t have any extra money, and they couldn’t bear to spend on braised meat.
The money Fang Keixin spent was all part of her mother’s dowry, but the dowry wasn’t much to begin with. After being used by Fang Keixin, not a single coin was left. If she couldn’t make money, Fang Keixin would have severely hurt her mother.
Fang Keixin didn’t expect that her braised meat would have no buyers. She had no choice but to offer free samples. Many people tried it, and those who did were full of praise for her family’s braised flavors, yet no one bought it. Occasionally, someone would buy a small amount, but the quantity sold didn’t even match the amount given for free samples.
Seeing that she was about to lose everything, Fang Keixin became anxious. After much thought, she finally understood. She underestimated how impoverished the common people were. If these were peaceful times, this product, being of good quality and cheap, would certainly have buyers, but not now. So, even though people genuinely liked the taste, they couldn’t bear to buy it.
Finally, Fang Keixin gritted her teeth and carried her products straight to the town. Although the town couldn’t compare to the county, there were more wealthy people there, as well as two restaurants. The people in the town definitely had more spending power.
However, this meant it would be particularly exhausting. Early in the morning, Fang Laoer had to carry a carbon stove and a big pot of braised meat on a yoke, accompanying Fang Keixin to the town. Walking over ten miles of uneven dirt roads wasn’t an easy task.
Fortunately, the people in the town had purchasing power, just as Fang Keixin anticipated. Her braised flavors business finally had returning customers. But the good days didn’t last long. Someone set their sights on Fang Keixin’s braised meat business. They had a connection with a clerk at the government office and used intimidation and bribery to force Fang Keixin to hand over the braised meat recipe.
The Fang family were just ordinary people and couldn’t stand up to these individuals. Not wanting to end up in prison, they naturally had no choice but to hand over the recipe. Although she gave it up, Fang Keixin, still frustrated, copied down the braised meat recipe.
Later, under the cover of darkness, she discreetly sent a copy to everyone selling food. Even though some could not read, they could easily find a literate person to see what was inside the envelope.
Fang Keixin’s move really hit the nail on the head. Those who seized her recipe found out that braised meat was now everywhere, and the largest restaurant’s braised flavors were even tastier than those made by the Fang family. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Although this act gave her family a breath of relief, it didn’t benefit them. After such hard work for so long, just as they started making money, they were forced out of business. Even after deducting the costs, Fang Keixin hadn’t made even one or two pieces of Silver.
While Fang Keixin was still painfully contemplating how to make money, Murong Shuangshuang caught the first huge prey she had encountered recently—a massive wild boar more than five hundred pounds.
As half a year passed, after six months of Martial Arts cultivation, Murong Shuangshuang’s appearance had drastically changed. Since girls develop earlier than boys, Murong Shuangshuang had completely shed her previously sallow, skinny image. She now seemed like a girl in her teens.
Six months of cultivation, with her Talent compounded by top-notch Martial Arts, made Murong Shuangshuang’s combat power quite extraordinary. Hunting a wild boar over five hundred pounds was not difficult at all.
Actually, Murong Shuangshuang had also encountered black bears and tigers. Speaking of tigers, as a feline lover, she could eat cute bunnies, but she absolutely couldn’t harm the adorable big cats.
As for the black bear, Murong Shuangshuang initially planned to kill it and eat its paws. However, the big black bear’s survival instincts were strong. When defeated and facing imminent death, it decisively abandoned its dignity as a bear, playing cute and rolling over, hugging her legs. Looking at the bear clinging to her, Murong Shuangshuang couldn’t bring herself to do it after all.
The wild boar was better, simple-minded with a large group, each one plump and sturdy, and ugly. Seeing a person, the wild boar would charge foolishly ahead. Its sole mindset was: fearing nothing, just go for it!
This wild boar’s recklessness made Murong Shuangshuang happy. So ugly, she didn’t worry about being unable to bring herself to kill it. When the wild boar showed such aggression, Murong Shuangshuang naturally couldn’t back down. She rolled up her sleeves and took it on—let’s see who beats whom.
In fact, the wild boar was no match for Murong Shuangshuang. At first contact, she knocked it to the ground, tied its four hooves, and dragged it back, howling, to Yu Family Village.
On her way back while dragging the pig home, Murong Shuangshuang saw Fang Keixin sitting at the doorstep, frowning over how to make money. The little money from the previous braised meat venture wasn’t enough.
Additionally, the incident where someone took her braised meat recipe made Fang Keixin hesitant to continue selling food. It wasn’t just about whether the recipe could be kept safe from being stolen again; she feared she might lose herself in the process.
The fact that Murong Shuangshuang started practicing Martial Arts with a brilliant master had become no secret in Yu Family Village, as she brought back more and more prey from the hills.
The villagers all said Murong Shuangshuang was fortunate and a Martial Arts prodigy. It’s because she followed that mysterious master who never showed his face for a short time and could now hunt so many animals on her own.
She was indeed more skilled than the experienced old hunters. Nowadays, who in Yu Family Village didn’t envy Murong Ting and Mrs. She for having such a good daughter, who could provide for the family at such a young age? They now had meat in every meal and a bunch of fur pelts for winter.
Seeing how Mrs. She, who was once frail and sickly, was now nourished by the prey brought by her daughter—with rosy cheeks and bright eyes—she didn’t look weak at all, but even healthier than normal people.
The villagers were envious, but Fang Keixin was a bit jealous. She thought to herself, after all, she was someone who had transmigrated. Couldn’t that skilled old man see? He overlooked someone smart like her and took a little girl as a disciple instead.
Especially when she saw Murong Shuangshuang dragging back such a large wild boar, she felt even worse. She racked her brains every day just to earn a little money and improve her family’s life, but she still hit walls repeatedly.
But Murong Shuangshuang didn’t have to worry at all. Once she mastered Martial Arts, she could head straight to the mountains and get whatever prey she wanted, unlike her. The mountains were dangerously wild in this era, and she didn’t dare go in.
Looking at Murong Shuangshuang’s rosy complexion and healthy body, compared to her own still skinny neck and big-headed look, Fang Keixin was deeply frustrated. Once again, she thought it unfair that she hadn’t encountered a Martial Arts expert as a master.
Murong Shuangshuang, dragging the wild boar home, didn’t notice Fang Keixin sitting at the door and naturally didn’t know about her envy and jealousy.
