Chapter 38: The Beggar
Seeing that Qiong Jiu was eating so happily, Meng Zhining didn't bother her, and then under the pretext of going to the bathroom, Meng Zhining went to find Xu Qi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Xu Qi was still fiddling with the abacus, repeatedly calculating the silver on the account book.
"Madame, why are you here today?" Xu Qi asked as he put the abacus on the table next to him.
Meng Zhining glanced at his account book twice and replied, "Today can be regarded as lucky to be able to leave the mansion, how is the business on your side." ”
Xu Qi directly gave her the account book: "Madame, let's take a look for yourself." ”
As a result, Xu Mi's account book remembers very carefully, a few coins and silver and a few copper plates are clearly remembered, and there is no problem with reading this whole page.
"In a few days, it can be sold openly, and the price will be three taels of silver." Meng Zhining thought about it, according to the current flow of people, she believed that even if it was mentioned ten taels of silver a cup, it was estimated that someone would buy it.
Xu said stingily: "Madame, it's better to mention it slowly, tomorrow I will mention two taels of silver first, and then I will wait for the end of this month to release the sale and then raise the price." ”
"So be it." She thought about it, this method is much more feasible, too much at one time, the guests will be more or less dissatisfied, so that little by little the effect will be much better.
And the money will not be less.
Originally, according to the price of one or two silver cups, she made a lot of money.
"And I still want to get a batch of fruits these days," Xu Qi pointed to the vacant spot in the center of the hall, "I can actually get some desserts to sell at the end of the month." ”
"It's easy." Meng Zhining said, "I'll give you a list in a few days, you can find a chef and let him do it according to the list." ”
Cooking rice or something, Meng Zhining doesn't dare to say that she is a god, at most she can't eat immortals, but in desserts, Meng Zhining is definitely very researched, she used to stay at home alone to learn this thing, like milk pudding almond cookies and other things, she made it was a piece of cake.
And these things don't require a lot of steps, and they don't need too many modern ovens or anything, just think of cookies and things like them just like making potstickers.
Foodies also have foodie blessings.
"Sister Zhining, it's almost good to go back now." Qiong Jiu had already come down from the second floor, took out a silver ticket from his pocket and handed it to Xu Qi, without looking at how much it was.
Meng Zhi glanced at it twice, and gasped, one thousand taels.
I silently recited a sentence in my heart to make a lot of money, but my face still showed an expression that had nothing to do with me.
"Shopkeeper Xu, I don't know if the tea leaves of this tea are sold." Qiong Jiu scratched her head and said.
Meng Zhining asked, "You want this dried flower, oh, what are you doing without tea?" ”
Qiong Jiu replied, "I want to bring some back to my father." ”
Xu Qi looked at her with eyes, as if he wanted to ask if there was any.
Meng Zhining nodded, Xu Qi went to the back, took a bag with a handful of tea, and handed it to Qiong Jiu.
Qiong Jiu carefully put away the bag, and then went back with her satisfied.
Looking at this, Meng Zhining blinked and smiled, the cost of this tea is only a few dollars of silver.
She is now deceiving the child, just like Yan Xiling deceived her with that piece of broken jade.
"Shopkeeper, okay, I haven't eaten for a long time." At the door, an old beggar, dressed in tatters, lay there, begging for food from the shop.
The more people there are, the more beggars, the more beggars on this mellow red road street, it is not like to say, beggars come to the door to beg for food, the general shop will also give a little, but this charity is okay for a day or two, and the time is more and naturally no longer come to charity, basically every household is to see the beggar and rush outside.
Xu Qi took out two steamed buns from the counter and handed them to him and said, "Take it." ”
The old beggar took the steamed buns and stuffed them into his mouth without washing his hands, and devoured two steamed buns.
He seemed to be full and touched his stomach, and looked at Meng Zhining, Xu Qi and Princess Qiongjiu around him.
However, her eyes stopped at Meng Zhining.
Meng Zhining was very uncomfortable to look at, and she couldn't describe this feeling, she only felt very bored.
"Madam, it's the old man who has a lot of eyes." The beggar turned his head, "But forgive the old man's words, Madame will have a big trouble in a few days, so it is better to be careful." ”
"Thanks for the reminder." Meng Zhi replied with a bow.
When the old beggar left, Princess Qiongjiu pulled her wide sleeve and asked, "Sister Zhining, do you also believe this?" ”
Meng Zhining smiled and replied, "It's better to believe it than to believe it." ”
She was already in danger in this house, and she was not framed if she was a little careless, since someone told her to be careful, then she had to be careful, even if it would be calm in the next few days.
"Let's go back." Meng Zhining said, it's not too early now, it's almost time to go back for lunch.
Qiong Jiu answered, took the tea and got into the carriage and went home.
And Yan Xiling has not been idle in the past few days, and asked her subordinates to vacate the east courtyard, after all, she is her own sister, and it is not okay for her to live in the dilapidated Qianyu Courtyard like this.
Princess Qiongjiu also obediently moved to the east courtyard, but often went to Meng Zhining's side to play.
Meng Zhining smiled, it's okay, she may really be in danger these days.
It seems that she lives in this Qianyu Courtyard without making a sound, but there are still people who want to get along with her.
Sometimes, some people's faults just can't be changed.
Today, when he was free, Meng Weixi took the maid Wanhong beside him to Qianyu Courtyard.
Meng Zhining was also bored, and was sitting next to Ming Yue and asked Ming Yue to teach her embroidery.
She held a piece of white cloth in her hand and embroidered it crookedly, and Mingyue beside her kept shouting: "Miss, embroider the wrong needle." ”
The first time she came into contact with this kind of thing, Meng Zhining would inevitably embroider wrongly, she learned the appearance of Mingyue, but she still often made the wrong needlework, and a mandarin duck was directly embroidered by her into a chicken fluttering in the water.
That's right, the big cockscomb on the top of the head is especially noticeable.
"Sister, how can you get such a thing today?" Meng Weixi covered his mouth and smiled.
She was so obsessed with learning that she didn't even notice that someone was coming.
She saluted and said, "Aunt Meng is fine, the concubine is just boring." ”
"Why is my sister so rusty? What else are we going to do? Some shrill laughter echoed through the courtyard.
shook her head, this is a good thing, this is not the Meng Mansion, this is the Wangfu, the palace has the rules of the palace, if it was according to Meng Weixi, it is estimated that she would have been taken away by the following crimes.
"Aunt Meng laughed, the rules of this palace are still good to follow." Meng Zhining's eyes were like water, "I'm just afraid that if I miss my mouth for a while, I will say something wrong at that time, and it will not be as good as it is now." ”
Meng Zhining shrugged: "I'm timid, I don't dare to mess around." ”