For Zhao Qingzao's request, Steward Li didn't think much about it, and quickly complied with it, not only that, but Steward Li, who had been prepared, even asked to sign a contract, and Zhao Qingzao naturally had nothing to say about it.

Anyway, the contract of this year is not too binding, and it is well mixed in the yamen, so you don't need to pay attention to it at all.

This time the agreement came down, the two of them were very happy, Zhao Qingzao saw that the time was not early, and saw that Shen Changting had not come back yet, and estimated that Shen Changting would have dinner in the yamen, so she simply said to Steward Li and Grandma Niu: "Grandma, Steward Li, you rest, I'll cook, I'll eat first and leave." ”

Without waiting for the two to refuse, they went to the kitchen by themselves.

Although there is Steward Li, Zhao Qingzao is still not too grand, there is not much surplus food at home, and unless the meat is bought back to make bacon, it will not be able to stay for a long time on this hot day, so he immediately fried a few side dishes at will.

However, when Zhao Qingzao brought the food, the colorful and fragrant peasant dishes exuded a strong fragrance, which immediately made Steward Li's eyes widen.

Although Grandma Niu did not taste Zhao Qingzao's craftsmanship, she was also full of praise.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao smiled and said, "Try it first, Steward Li, do you want to drink?" As he spoke, he took a small bowl again, carried a pot of wine that had been sitting for an unknown amount of time, and put it on the table.

Shen Changting doesn't drink much, and she herself is not interested, she really doesn't know when this wine exists, and she doesn't know if it's good or not.

After putting the wine jug away, Zhao Qingzao was busy serving rice to Grandma Niu again, and then added some for himself.

Steward Li was also not polite, poured a few sips of wine, and began to eat.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao's smiling eyes narrowed into a slit.

Steward Li really saw Zhao Qingzao's cooking skills this time, and his eyes were opened, compared to the big fish and meat in the restaurant, now Zhao Qingzao's ordinary side dishes made him appetite for a while, just like Shen Changting who tried Zhao Qingzao's skills for the first time.

In the end, after Steward Li was full of wine and food, he did not forget to say to Zhao Qingzao: "Mrs. Zhao, I don't know if you are interested in going to our restaurant to take charge of the spoon, rest assured, if you go, you must be the chef in charge, no one can compare to you, your skills are much better than those chefs in our restaurant." ”

Zhao Qingzao listened, shook his head, and said: "Steward Li, you don't lift me up, I'm just a homely ordinary craft, and you're used to eating big fish and meat, and you suddenly feel fresh when you taste it, and it's dull and tasteless after a long time, I'm not a chef's material, not to mention the yamen and preserved eggs, I can't be busy." ”

Zhao Qingzao smiled secretly in his heart, no matter where he cooks in these years, there are only two methods, one is steaming, the other is cooking, even if it is the imperial kitchen, it is also these two, if you are particular, at most add one more, that is, baking, in addition, there is no other way, but being a chef, she really doesn't have this idea now, she is still young and not suitable for those places.

Seeing this, Steward Li thought about it, and had to regretfully put this idea aside, he could see that just this preserved egg would sell well in the future, and the income would be much higher than being a chef.

After some gossip, seeing that Zhao Qingzao was still busy, Steward Li did not stay, and the goal was achieved, and he left happily immediately.

After Steward Li left, Zhao Qingzao took a pen and paper and calculated, and found that with a large number of acquisitions in restaurants, today's preserved eggs are no longer enough, and according to the sales volume, even if thirty preserved eggs are sold a day, at least a thousand a month, this is still the most conservative estimate, this is not a small amount.

In the end, she had to say to Grandma Niu: "Grandma, this duck egg is still not enough, it seems that we have to continue to harvest it." ”

"Do you still want to collect it, is it how much do you want in the restaurant?" Grandma Niu was shocked when she heard this, she didn't dare to think about how much silver she had to earn this month.

Zhao Qingzao counted the silver and said with a smile: "Then we don't care, they want it anyway, what am I afraid of, if there are more, they will be worried, and it will not be my turn." ”

In her opinion, preserved eggs can be bought as a snack, even if there is too much pressure in the restaurant, you can also buy it separately at that time, this thing is very useful for treating toothache and fire, and many people are willing to buy it.

"That's right, it's best to strike while the iron is hot, are you going to continue to collect it?" Grandma Niu also smiled when she heard this, and then said worriedly: "You still have to collect it this time, is the silver enough?"

"It's enough, then collect, cash!" Zhao Qingzao thought about it, and said with a rich smile.

A thousand duck eggs are only a few taels of silver, and she can still get this money!

Grandma Niu didn't know what to say when she heard this.

Yesterday's batch was all pickled quickly, and Zhao Qingjube was not sloppy immediately, and soon prepared for the second batch of purchases.

So in the following time, Grandma Niu and Zhao Qingzao began to shout again.

The last time he bought duck eggs, although Zhao Qingzao shouted from door to door, after all, there was not much movement, and although there were many people who sold them, there were not many people who took them.

But this time, Zhao Qingzao suddenly began to collect duck eggs again, and for a while, the villagers' ears were pricked up, and even many of them began to whisper, muttering what good way Zhao Qingzao and Shen Changting had come up with to make money.

However, Zhao Qingzao didn't hear the villagers' discussions.

After shouting, it didn't take long for the villagers to come in twos and threes, and it was still Zhao Qingzao who was in charge of counting the money, and Grandma Niu was in charge of loading the baskets on the side.

But this time, Grandma Niu also had an extra mind, and began to carefully inspect the duck eggs, worried that there were broken shells or obviously broken.

As for those who can't be seen, there is no way, but most of the villagers are not bad, and Zhao Qingzao thinks that no one will really take the bad ones.

However, compared to the last time when the duck eggs were purchased, this time the villagers were obviously more hasty, but there were still a lot of people who came, obviously these people originally hid some, and some that were not sold last time, and they also took a lot of them at this time.

Points, pay, Zhao Qingzao has an experience, this time he is familiar with the road, and he is more quick.

However, Zhao Qingzao also found that many villagers who had sold duck eggs still did not leave, but gathered around to watch the excitement, most of them were women, Zhao Qingzao saw this, although he was impatient, but he didn't say anything after all.

However, Zhao Qingzao didn't mind, but some people's minds were floating, just after Zhao Qingzao received the duck eggs of Zhao Huzi's family in the east of the village, Zhao Huzi's daughter-in-law Liu said with a smile: "Qingzao, what have you and Changting been busy with lately, what are you doing to collect so many duck eggs? Which family is doing a happy event or something else?"

"Why, it's from the restaurant in the town. Zhao Qingzao replied with a smile.

When Liu Shi heard this, he became more and more surprised, "The restaurant in the town, what do they want so many duck eggs for?"

Zhao Qingzao smiled and didn't say much, the Liu family was a little displeased when he saw this, and frowned: "Yo, there are still any secrets hidden, dare to make a fortune, it seems that the Changting Pavilion is really promising, and I really didn't see it in the past." ”

Zhao Qingzao frowned, there were thorns in her words, which really made her feel unhappy, so she immediately snorted coldly and said, "Yes, Brother Changting is doing things in the yamen now, and the road always has to be wider." ”

Liu stopped talking in an instant, after all, Shen Changting did work in the yamen, and even the county master was willing to give face, and even had dinner at Shen Changting's house, with this friendship, she really didn't dare to continue to be presumptuous.

However, it is not good for Liu to continue to speak, but there are other people who keep knocking on the side.

"Green dates, I heard that you made some preserved eggs last time, and many people are willing to buy them, this time you buy duck eggs, do you also plan to make preserved eggs?" ”

"I saw you make those yellow mud and put lime in them yesterday, what are you doing with that?"

"What's new in the pavilion lately?"

A group of people chattered and began to talk to Zhao Qingzao constantly, Zhao Qingzao still couldn't understand what these people were thinking, most of the time, she pretended not to hear, and some were asking about what was in front of her, so she casually said a few perfunctory sentences.

For Zhao Qingzao's attitude, the villagers are naturally dissatisfied, after all, Zhao Qingzao has collected duck eggs twice, and the quantity is extremely large, and the price is higher than that of ordinary people, even fools know that there must be a good way to make money, if this is not blushing, it is almost impossible, but Zhao Qingzao Gu talked about him left and right, and everyone was naturally full of grievances for a while.

However, Zhao Qingzao had no breakthrough here, and soon everyone pointed the finger at Grandma Niu.

Fortunately, Zhao Qingzao had greeted her in advance, and Grandma Niu was also a rude old lady, for those women's questions, most of the time she pretended to be stupid, or she ignored them, and she was annoyed by the question, so she simply said angrily: "You ask so much, hum, what do you think, is it because this old woman doesn't understand, even if Qingzao has a way to make money, why should I tell you." ”

Saying that, Grandma Niu seemed to be still angry, pointed to the unwilling and extremely active Liu, and said: "Liu, I remember that your recipe for brewing is very good, will you tell me what method is used?"

Liu Shi suddenly didn't dare to speak, most people are very ordinary these years, but there are also better environments, accumulated from generation to generation, and there are also many secret recipes, such as cooking, spices, winemaking, medicine, and so on.

But some of these secret recipes are brought by the mother's family, these are not allowed to be passed on at all, and some are handed down by the ancestors of the mother-in-law, and they will never be easily revealed, especially those families whose ancestors were originally in the limelight and later declined, and they are absolutely not allowed to leak out of the ancestral secret methods.

was unreasonably picked out by Grandma Niu, and suddenly everyone didn't dare to continue to say anything, after all, in this situation, it is impossible to pretend to be stupid, why make everyone unhappy, not to mention that Shen Changting and Zhao Qingzao are not something that ordinary people can afford to provoke.

Zhao Qingzao watched coldly, and saw that everyone touched their noses, and many people looked extremely ugly, looking very unwilling, she couldn't help but think of what a businessman said in the previous life: To do business, you must not be at your own doorstep, you must go to other places, even if you are local, you can't be in your own village.

Originally, she thought that the man was talking nonsense, after all, the neighbors at the door of the house, everyone is familiar, everyone is easy to talk to, and business should be better, but now seeing everyone making such a fuss, she suddenly understood.

She remembered that she and Shen Changting might have to live in Zhaojia Village for a long time in the future, and sighed secretly in her heart, comforting Grandma Niu and saying, "Grandma, what kind of anger are you making, it's okay to make money with kindness." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the villagers who had not yet left, and said loudly: "Everyone, I do have some ways to make money, but this is all something that Brother Changting and I have worked hard to come up with, and I am not sure how sure I can be for the time being, but don't worry, if it is really safe in the future, I will naturally help you, even if I am not happy, Brother Changting will also help you." ”

When the villagers saw this, their faces were different, some were unwilling, and some were puzzled, but most of them naturally didn't believe it.

Zhao Qingzao didn't care whether they believed it or not, anyway, they had said it, believe it or not.