I became the Counterpart of the Winner in a Period Novel-Chapter 140 - 137: Give Me Another Hundred Jars

As soon as the eldest cousin arrived, he plopped down at the dining table like a famished traveler who hadn’t eaten in 880 days and immediately started listing dishes to the host.

"Yueyue, hurry, I’m starving, roast chicken with pine needles, mushroom stewed chicken, spicy rabbit. Just bring me all the good stuff, is there cornbread? I want that too, just get it out here quick, I want it all."

Jiang Mingyue shot him a big glare, looking annoyed, but her movements were quick, and she soon served him. At this time, everyone who should be working is off to work, and others are doing other tasks, leaving her as the only idle one.

One quarter of the stewed chicken cut up can fill a plate, then there’s roast chicken with pine needles, spicy rabbit, fish-flavored shredded pork from yesterday, when she made over ten portions, squirrel fish, and the vegetable dish is cold-stirred tiger moss, a type of tender sprouts that tastes particularly enticing. To top it off, there’s fennel soup with chicken, a large bowl of rice, there, so many dishes, no need to add more rice.

After a whirlwind meal, Jiang Ming’an felt alive again.

"Whoo! Sis! I’m famished, you have no idea, this trip was like fleeing famine, that place was so desolate it was dispiriting, trying to find food was impossible, so your brother dragged his weary body back here. Man! Being a procurement director is really tough."

"If it’s so tough, why didn’t you refuse to go in the first place?"

Jiang Ming’an rolled his eyes at this sister: "Are you an idiot? Letting someone boss you around is pleasant? Not to mention..."

"Not to mention you enjoy it." Jiang Mingyue bluntly finished the sentence her brother wanted to say.

She smirked: he complains but obviously loves it, at least for now he’s finding it fulfilling; how could she not understand her brother?

"Ah! My sister truly understands me! Without this title, I wouldn’t be able to build my network so quickly. By the way, sis, how long has it been since you brought food to your brother?" he looked accusingly.

Jiang Mingyue was a bit helpless: "I’ve been supervising at the brick factory site day and night, too busy even to bring food to you, I haven’t even been to town for nearly two months."

Jiang Ming’an sat up straight: "Do you have enough chickens and rabbits? I found a bigwig with the surname Wan for you, definitely more influential than your contact Pan. He wants 10,000 stewed chickens, 10,000 roast chickens with pine needles, 10,000 live chickens, and the same for rabbits: 10,000 live rabbits, 10,000 roast rabbits with pine needles, and 10,000 spicy rabbits. The price will definitely be higher than what Pan Zhoucong offered you, how about it?"

Jiang Mingyue: Not that impressive? She just wants to sell live chickens, earning less is fine; roasting and stewing, does he think she’s a machine that doesn’t tire?

"You said the price is higher than Pan’s, how exactly is it higher?"

Jiang Ming’an gave a thumbs-up: That’s my sister!

"The price for cooked dishes is the same, ten yuan each; live chickens and rabbits all five yuan each. They must weigh over three jins."

"When are they needed?"

"As soon as possible, preferably by evening. By the way, I bought an estate behind the department store for you, here’s the deed. When you’re ready, just put them in the courtyard; I’ve prepared containers for you. Hurry and get busy."

Jiang Mingyue: "..." So, for someone like the eldest cousin, a deed is practically no different from a piece of plain paper?

Indeed, Jiang Mingyue needed to hurry and get busy. Although occasionally she made food here, it was essentially self-sufficient, having a few hundred stewed chickens in stock was already good.

Luckily, she gradually accumulated plenty of spices afterward, but they were probably only enough for this order.

Let’s get to work!

Not shipping for two months, the mountains are teeming with chickens and rabbits, truly a spectacle.

Jiang Mingyue activated her spiritual power, finding it was stronger now; she not only worked faster, but could multitask better.

For instance, while handling chickens and rabbits now, she was also preparing the green pine needles, vine spices, and other essentials she would need later.

But even saving time here meant simultaneous roasting and stewing, and roasting could only be done with the small oven, there was only one big pot. Previously, she could manage casually; today it was nerve-wracking, she was so busy she skipped making lunch and directly headed to town.

Since the estate was registered under her name thanks to her eldest cousin, she decided to test it in advance. Thankfully, the estate’s kitchen had big pots too, so Jiang Mingyue quickly transported it into space, saving quite a bit of time; she finished after noon.

In the morning, her eldest cousin had cleaned off the food, took a shower, changed clothes, and went back to town.

Jiang Mingyue now brought out the reserved chickens and rabbits, covered them, locked the door, and went to find her eldest cousin.

The eldest cousin didn’t let her meet anyone, which she was glad about, so she headed to his two-bedroom suite to relax.

Jiang Mingyue entered space, took a bath, and just as she changed clothes and came out, her eldest cousin returned.

Happily, he placed a small box in front of Jiang Mingyue like a treasure: "Exactly fifty thousand, stash it away. I’m telling you Ming Yue, we have plenty of money, if you want to spend, just spend, don’t be frugal."

The look up and down was clearly judging her for not dressing herself up properly.

Jiang Mingyue was very speechless; during this era, survival rule number one: keep a low profile!

"By the way, Yueyue, hurry, roast some chickens and rabbits for your brother, roast plenty. Just make all you can eat for me, fish too. By the way, why did you only give me one jar of that wine last time? Tell me, how much did you give Yan Jinzhi?"

Jiang Mingyue inexplicably sensed danger, quickly confessed: "Not much, just a small glass bottle, probably less than five hundred milliliters." Definitely a lie!

She only heard her eldest cousin’s sense of unique favoritism returning, smirked: "That’s more like it. Let me tell you, if he asks for more in the future, don’t give him. As for your big brother, whatever you have, send a lot to me, big brother isn’t just eating for himself, I still have to treat and host, making big bucks still depends on external contacts, got it?"

Other things she didn’t understand and didn’t want to, but she remembered making big bucks; originally, she only planned to give her eldest cousin a little portion, but now changed her mind: for fishing, bait is very important too.

"Understood, it’s for you."

This time Jiang Mingyue didn’t stay long before coming out.

She filled the eldest cousin’s kitchen to the brim, originally his kitchen was empty without even a grain of rice, Jiang Mingyue gave him fifty jins of rice, fifty jins of flour, two hundred eggs, along with fifty stewed chickens, fifty roast chickens with pine needles, and ten live chickens, but the eldest cousin didn’t want live ones.

"Such a hassle, give me all cooked food, stews last longer, bring more."

Jiang Mingyue reduced the number of rabbits and added fifty more stewed chickens for him, then the previously preserved sausages, a ham, twenty big fish from the pond to put in his water tank, a basket of assorted fruits, two jars of apple jam, one jar of corn wine.

Jiang Ming’an stood at the back, arms crossed, enjoying watching; having a person-shaped treasure chest at home was indeed entertaining.

However...seeing his sister finally hesitatingly pull out a jar of wine, Jiang Ming’an immediately opened it, poured a cup, and tasted it. Then he was stunned by the extremely sweet and mellow top-grade product.

"Tsk tsk tsk, sis, in a previous life, not having you brew wine in space was truly a loss. If this wine were there, your brother could earn enough to buy a plane in a month just based on this wine. Quickly, give me another hundred jars."