Yeah tho like you said it is weird the spirits aren't helping her more (tho on the panel, he is holding a bottle of oil? so i suppose he is technically helping while she has to do the precise measuring and mixing) unless she feels 'guilty' about asking them for help or they're focusing on other stuff too or so, if their 'household help' despite being spirits/fairies means they don't have much physical strength either lol (if it's not her 'big sister' habit of doing everything herself from when she was alive in Japan.
Can see that happening, but just feels silly because they were summoned specifically to help her with her chores and business. So it just feels pointless to summon help, and then just do it all herself
It rarely does so but considering her younger siblings are basically orphaned now, i wonder if the story will 'check in' on how they're doing if they're not sent off to an orphanage or whatever the JP equivalent of CPS is)
Their mom is still alive, so the siblings should be fine. iirc she moving to a different city to attend collage and got isekai-ed soon there after.
But maybe she can 'invent' stuff in the future since idk how much 'copyright' a recipe could have in the future, like working with a blacksmith/inventor to make more 'convenient' modern day tools. If not intentionally leak out the recipe or leave out a couple steps so it's not 'as good' or just let everyone/the villagers/commoners know it so merchants don't monopolize and over charge or so
Not really viable in a medieval setting. TBH patents and copyrights system is barely functional IRL. Yes I know you hear a lot about DMCAs and patient infringement, but protections for their owner is only as robust as the laws and governments that back them. It only takes a few loopholes or corrupt officials and the system just falls apart.
In a setting without these protections, the best you can do is obfuscate how a device or consumable is created, brand recognition to distinguish your creation as the orignal superior product, or threaten physical repercussions to those that copy your ideas.
Maybe she'll make a spirit contract with some cockatrice that can produce like dozens of eggs for her a week lol
The quantities she is creating on a daily basis would require thousands of chicken sized eggs and gallons of oil. The tomato sauce wouldn't be much better. Those barrels look to be larger then 50 gallons each, and to make good quality tomato sauce you would only use the meaty part of the tomato.
Tho huge city-wide distribution aside, since it's named Mayrod Sauce after herself, maybe she'll do public appearances if not put her face on the bottle as a 'mascot' or so to where ppl would wanna go to her store directly or so or other fresh/home cooked dishes by her or so versus other restaurants having it but other than her 'saving the world' or so i wouldn't mind her focusing on being a merchant/more products for sale lol
This would only help with brand recognition, sure it might help stem the tide, but wouldnt prevent anyone from actually stealing her ideas.
Tho the "i can finally see that child again" is concerning, i guess she might've 'taken over' an existing body when she first awoke unless it was a previous customer that happened to visit the town before as opposed to "Distant relative, you lived on your own/were traveling with your parents before they died" or something (tho as a kid, you could prolly get away with the "Wow you're a completely diff person than from what i remember" And "I've grown as a person!" if not some amnesia type thing lol)
[tho rereading the first chapter she does have a proper Last name/the rabbit lady knew who she was so i assume there are other ppl who know her from before Oba-chan took over her body lol]
She was reincarnated into a dead child's body and assumed her identity. As per the setting in the early chapters, she has no living family that can take over her care, the family estate, or the general store left behind by her grandfather.
Could be wrong, but I don't think anyone had actually met her before she arrived in the village. People knew of her due to grandpa, but the only reason they could identify her was because she was rescued from the remains of the carriage where her family died. It was also mentioned that they buried her family while she was unconscious and recovering.