The Hunter’s Lively Wife
Chapter 344 - Chapter 344 Chapter 344 Ironing Out

Chapter 344: Chapter 344: Ironing Out Chapter 344: Chapter 344: Ironing Out Last time, Su Yunjin bought rice flower fish from Lady Qin’s fish pond; the fish from her pond were always fresh, and besides, such small fish were rarely sold elsewhere.

Most fish peddlers sold the kind that weighed two to three, or three to four catties each.

For convenience and to save trouble, Su Yunjin still decided to go to Lady Qin’s fish pond to buy fish.

This time, Su Yunjin bought a large quantity of fish, hiring a cart; she bought half a cart’s load of Xiaoyu, which she carried in large wooden barrels. Su Yunjin estimated that with so many Xiaoyu, she should be able to make about ten or eight jars of Pickled Fish Sauce to sell.

Mrs. Zhang, the eldest sister-in-law at home, saw Su Yunjin bringing back so much Xiaoyu in one go, and wore a look of disdain, thinking Su Yunjin was a complete fool.

Who buys so much fish?

If there’s too much, won’t it go to waste?

It’s just wasting silver!

In her disdain, Mrs. Zhang also began to harbor crooked ideas; seeing Su Yunjin buying so much fish at once, Mrs. Zhang, who had not tasted meat for a long while, thought it would be delightful to filch some of Yunjin’s catch for a taste of meat.

To relieve her cravings.

Knowing that asking would not get her anything from Yunjin, Mrs. Zhang after much consideration decided to wait for a moment when Su Yunjin was not paying attention to sneak into Yunjin’s kitchen and steal a basin to eat.

Anyway, Su Yunjin had brought back so much fish, Mrs. Zhang felt that even if she quietly stole a basin or two from Yunjin, that little wench Yunjin wouldn’t notice.

Mrs. An, the mother-in-law, and the younger brother’s couple were also quite surprised at the amount of fish Su Yunjin brought back. “Daughter-in-law of the third son, why did you buy so much fish?” she asked.

“Yes, third sister-in-law, what did you buy so much fish for?” Mrs. Chu also asked.

About making Pickled Fish Sauce, Su Yunjin thought it best not to tell Mrs. An or her sister-in-law Mrs. Chu, even though both of them were quite reasonable.

However, the matter of making money wasn’t really something to speak openly about, especially since she could make so much from one jar of Pickled Fish Sauce. Moreover, if she told Mrs. An and Mrs. Chu, it would most likely end up reaching the ears of Mrs. Zhang and her sister-in-law Mrs. Han.

And maybe even to the other villagers of the Gu Family village.

Then who knows what sort of trouble Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Han might stir up? It might even attract covetous thoughts from other villagers in the Gu Family village.

When Mrs. An and Mrs. Chu asked, Su Yunjin didn’t say much, just smiled and replied, “Mother, sister-in-law, I heard that pickled fish tastes good, so I bought a bit to try making some myself.”

There were those in the village who made pickled fish, but the Gu Family village’s method was only to use salt and wine for pickling, which didn’t result in a very tasty pickled fish.

When Su Yunjin mentioned making pickled fish, Mrs. An raised her eyebrows, somewhat disapproving, “Yunjin, even if you wanted to make pickled fish, there was no need to buy so much, was there? Look, you’ve nearly bought half a cart’s worth.”

“Mother, these Xiaoyu are not expensive; I saw they were cheap and bought more, it didn’t cost much silver. Besides, with my husband and father both injured, they need good nourishment, and if we can’t finish the pickled fish, we’ll just keep the fish for them to make soups and nourish their bodies,” she replied.

When buying the fish, Su Yunjin had indeed purchased some extra.

She had planned to share some with Mrs. Chu and Mrs. An.

As for the problematic duo, Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Han, the sister-in-laws, Su Yunjin had no intention of giving them any. Of course, she also hadn’t bought any extra fish for those two.

Upon hearing that the extra fish Su Yunjin bought was intended for making nourishing soups for her own son and husband, Mrs. An suddenly found her daughter-in-law much more agreeable and sensible.

How filial she was.