Chapter Ninety-Eight: Family Meetings

In the evening, the Yan family sat down to eat together, Yan Yan thought that he had been selling things for half a month, and thought that he still had to see what the situation was, "Mother, after the reopening of the door, how is the business?" Yan Yan blamed himself for having a lot of things to do recently, and he didn't even take care of this lucrative business, which was an important income for the Yan family.

"This business is still very good, many people will come when they see the notice, there are still a lot of people on the first day, in the end, the flood has hurt the fundamentals, and now there are not as many people in Shahe Town as before," Yang was happy when he thought of so many guest officers, but he also knew that after the flood, the business was definitely not as good as before.

"It's natural," Yan Yan thought, isn't this normal? Even if Yan Yan lived in his previous life, he relied on the state to help him after the flood, and there was not so much silver taels for disaster relief here, plus the corrupt officials pumped oil and water layer by layer, there was almost nothing in the hands of the people, and he was already living in poverty, and he had to recuperate for a period of time after the flood before he could recover.

"Brother, how are you reading?" Yan Yan is busy with this and that every day, but he forgot about this brother, Yan Shaojie's reading should be good, but it's a pity that he doesn't want to take the road of officialdom, but for people like them who have no background, it is still difficult to take the road of official career, but since you have read it, you must read it to the truth, otherwise isn't it a waste of manpower and material resources?

"It's okay," Yan Shaojie was stunned when he heard Yan Yan ask about his situation before answering, took a bite of food, put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at his family and said, "Master said that he can go to the examination next year." Yan Shaojie felt that he couldn't go on, he didn't do anything, but always let his family bother for himself.

"Really? It's really good, but Jie'er, you don't have to be pressured, just like the last time you took the Xiucai exam, "This can make the Yang family happy, but she knows that she can't say too much, and she is still relieved of her son."

"Hahaha, our family is about to have a lifting master, Jie'er, dad believes you can do it," Yan Qingshan laughed, as if Yan Shaojie had already been admitted to the lifting of people.

"Dad, the shadow is not there yet, be careful to spread it," Yan Yan glanced at Yan Qingshan, and even the Yang family glared at him blamefully, now the Yan family is afraid of the pressure of public opinion, after all, this will affect Yan Shaojie's reputation. "Brother, you can do this in your heart, anyway, you know what your original intention is." Yan Yan was reminding him not to forget what he wanted to do, so he couldn't do anything if he turned back.

"I know," Yan Shaojie was very comforted, this sister is really sensible, and she understands her mind so well, it seems that she will have to discuss with her when the time comes, after all, she has never done these things herself, let alone Yan Yan's good qualifications, and now the family is supported by Yan Yan.

With the experience of the last time, the Yan family was not so surprised this time, the Yang family and Yan Qingshan quickly calmed down, and the family had dinner happily. After everyone cleaned up, Yan Yan decided to have a family meeting to summarize and plan well.

"Mother, how much money do we have now?" Yan Yan felt that he had to look at his purse before doing anything, after all, this was not only the capital, but also a sense of security.

"I'll take a look," Yang hurriedly went to the room to get the money jar, "and now there are one hundred and fifty taels plus some odd and medium." Yang counted and said, his voice full of joy.

"So it's basically all about selling recipes?" Yan Yan asked.

"Yes, I saved a hundred taels by selling vegetables the year before last, but the expenses of buying land to grow crops, building a house this year, and catching piglets, etc., are basically gone for one hundred taels, and there is also the rent for renting a shop, we have been resting for so long, isn't the silver still to be given?" Yang was very distressed when he thought that he had used up so much money.

"It seems that we have to make a good profit before the Chinese New Year," Yan Yan thought of Bai Hao, "I'll think about this matter, and I'll talk about it in detail later." The meeting ended like this, Yan Yan returned to the room and pondered for himself, what kind of recipe is better to sell to Bai Hao?

Yan Yan thought of the dishes suitable for the restaurant to sell, so he wrote them down, and soon filled a piece of paper. In fact, there was another important reason why Yan Shaojie was asked to go to study at the beginning, and Yan Yan was afraid that her literacy would be exposed, so he asked Yan Shaojie to teach her when he was free when he came back, fortunately Yan Yan's brush words were ugly, otherwise Yan Shaojie would definitely be suspicious, but Yan Yan was just not good-looking, and the others made Yan Shaojie marvel at his intelligence. Yan Yan has been practicing calligraphy for two years, and Yang has also taught it, so this character is still getting better and better.

Yan Yan spent a few days determining the recipe, and then asked Yan Qingshan to invite Bai Hao and Shopkeeper Li, and asked them when they would have time to come to the house and invite them to have good things. The date was confirmed, and the Yang family closed the shop a little earlier that day and came back to entertain the guests. Shopkeeper Li and Bai Hao came in a carriage, Shopkeeper Li really couldn't stand the appearance of his young master, as if he was going to pick up gold, and he smiled so much that his heart was rippling.

Shopkeeper Li recalled the day Yan Qingshan came to invite, Bai Hao was not only excited but also respected Yan Qingshan, and was so frightened that Yan Qingshan didn't dare to drink the tea and left, Shopkeeper Li sighed, the young master knew that this was impossible, why didn't he let go? If this continues, it is estimated that the old lady will find that when the time comes, the proud building of Shahe Town will be a small matter, and it will be a big matter if it makes trouble. It seems that it is better not to do this business or hide it from the young master in the future, so as to save more extraneous branches.

After Yan Qingshan, Shopkeeper Li and Bai Hao were all seated, Yan Yan and Yang served the dishes on the table, the first dish was spicy chicken, people often say "no chicken is not a feast", so spicy chicken is the first to bear the brunt today. Everyone saw the red peppers, the green onions, the yellow chicken nuggets, and the sesame seeds and peanuts sprinkled on them, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

"Bai Gongzi, shopkeeper Li, please taste," Yan Yan said with a smile, everyone quickly picked up a piece of chopsticks to taste, Yan Qingshan couldn't help but eat a piece quietly.

"Well, it's delicious, it's very spicy, but it's spicy and salty, the taste is very full, and your appetite increases greatly when you look at it, Miss Yan, your cooking skills are really extraordinary," Bai Hao said after eating a piece, the appreciation in his eyes was stronger than before, and there was that hidden tenderness.

"Miss Yan's cooking skills are really amazing, are there any other dishes?" Seeing the young master's appearance, Shopkeeper Li hurriedly said out loud to prevent the young master from continuing to convey love with his eyes.

"Shopkeeper Li is really powerful, there are still a few dishes, please taste it slowly," Yan Yan turned around and went to the kitchen to serve the next dishes, Bai Hao watched Yan Yan leave before continuing to eat, Yan Qingshan would not say these comments, he simply tasted it quietly alone, Yang found out and it was not good to say him in front of the guests, so he could only endure it and not have a seizure, and it was estimated that Yan Qingshan would be cleaned up later.

Bai Hao felt that Yan Yan, a girl who grew up in a village, how could she have so many things? How smart should she be to have today's talent, Bai Hao felt that he was more and more unable to ignore the feeling in his heart, maybe he should work hard, at least there would not be so many regrets, but what did Yan Yan think? Bai Hao had no way of knowing, so he had to taste the bitterness alone.