Chapter Ninety-Six: Mulberry Wine
Chef Wu was a little hesitant, this drink tasted really good, but there were many old men in his hotel, where would these people be patient to drink this, but the lady in the boudoir should be very fond of it, especially now that it is midsummer, drinking a bowl of such a drink is really refreshing and cool.
"Song Niangzi, your fruit wine tastes good, but we Guiyunju is a restaurant, and most of the people who come to the restaurant to eat are old men, where would they like such a drink, so ......" Chef Wu's previous words were smooth, but the latter words were a little undecided.
Shen Lan was somewhat disappointed when she heard this, but compared to people in this era, Shen Lan's face was naturally thicker, although Chef Wu did not directly refuse, but the meaning was about the same, but Shen Lan pretended not to hear it, and smiled at him: "Master Wu is worried that it will not be easy to sell?" Since Master Wu said that this fruit wine tastes good, I don't know if you have ice in your store? ”
Chef Wu nodded subconsciously, but he was a little surprised that this heroine knew about hiding ice in summer, and the average peasant family could eat their stomachs, where would they think that there would be ice in the hot summer, it can be seen that this woman is really not simple, but I am afraid that it is not just a peasant woman.
"Can you take a small piece?" Shen Lan asked.
Chef Wu didn't refuse, but waved his hand to let Lian Sheng take it, at this time the ice was not used in the food, but used to cool drinks, or put it in the private room to warm up the nobles, and after a while, Lian Sheng took a piece of ice out, and the white ice cubes were cool.
Shen Lan was a little embarrassed when she saw the ice, it turned out to be brick-sized ice, was it too big? After hesitating, Shen Lan asked Chef Wu for the bowl where he had been drinking before, poured a bowl of wine again, and then put part of the ice cubes into the bowl, because of the entry of the ice cubes, there was a lot of white mist floating in the bowl, and when the wall of the bowl was steamed, Shen Lan took out the ice cubes again and returned them to Lian Sheng, and handed the bowl to Chef Wu and said, "Master Wu will try it again." ”
Chef Wu was not polite, took the bowl and opened his mouth to drink, at this time the chilled fruit wine tasted better, not only refreshing but also refreshing, in such a summer to have a bowl is really a beautiful thing in the world.
"Master Wu, in fact, you don't need to sell this fruit wine as a drink, isn't it good to just use it as an ice drink? When the guests enter the restaurant, you serve a large glass of this cold drink, which is both thirsty and appetizing, so that your hotel dishes can sell a few more plates, right? Taking advantage of Chef Wu's drinking, Shen Lan said slowly.
If Chef Wu was a little hesitant at the beginning, then he was completely persuaded by Shen Lan at this moment, he had no appetite in summer, the food in the hotel was already greasy, and many people did not necessarily order a lot of expensive dishes when they entered the store, and they didn't eat much.
But after drinking Shen Lan's chilled mulberry wine, Chef Wu felt a lot cooler, and he wanted to eat a good meal, so he drank a sip of food and wine with this ice, and was completely unaffected by the hot weather, and suddenly looked at Shen Lan with a little fiery eyes.
"I don't know how Song Niangzi plans to sell this fruit wine?" Chef Wu asked.
Hearing this, Shen Lan completely showed a bright smile, and her originally fair and delicate face suddenly bloomed like a flower, although she was still wearing half-worn clothes, her hair was only inserted with bamboo chopsticks, and a few strands of broken hair were scattered in front of her forehead, and her young face was still a little childish, but at this time, Chef Wu and Lian Sheng were confused by Shen Lan's smile, and they only felt that this woman was the best looking person in the world.
"The mulberry is picked by me, it doesn't cost much, but the wine brewed in addition to the mulberry has other ingredients in it, this ingredient is inconvenient to disclose, the worst water wine outside is three pennies a catty, but it is not as good as my mulberry wine, I don't want you to be expensive, just five pennies a catty, what do you think?" Shen Lan asked with a smile.
The price is indeed not expensive, ordinary sorghum wine costs this price, not to mention that the mulberry wine made by Shen Lan is not available on the market, and his family can be described as the only one, so Chef Wu responded to it, and then asked Lian Sheng to take the scale out and weigh the wine.
A load of wine, including the wine jar, is a total of eighty-three catties and seven taels, deducting the weight of the wine jar, counting Shen Lan's seventy catties of wine, a total of three hundred and fifty yuan, Chef Wu settled the silver for Shen Lan on the spot, and asked Lian Sheng to go to the house and move eight jars similar to Shen Lan's wine jar out for Shen Lan to bring back.
Shen Lan re-stacked the jar into the bamboo basket, and before leaving, she told Chef Wu that it was better to filter out the pomace in the wine, Chef Wu's face darkened when she heard it, this little lady was treacherous, and when the money was settled, she told him, the wine was not pure wine, and there was pomace in it, so that the wine would be more than five cents a catty, but then he thought that he would not sell this wine for five cents a pot, no matter how it was calculated, it would still make money, the most important thing is to drink this wine, maybe people can eat a few more dishes, That is the biggest benefit that this wine brings to the hotel, so he made fun of Shen Lan and did not let Shen Lan return the money.
Carrying the empty wine jar, Shen Lan walked out of the narrow alley at the back door of Guiyunju, and walked in the direction of Aunt Yun's house with her burden, but after arriving at the main street, she found a place to throw the burden into the space, and then went to the grocery store to buy some seeds and small bits and pieces before walking back, and rented an ox cart by the way, and did not plan to walk back to Songjia Village by herself.
Riding the ox cart to the door of Aunt Yun's house, Shen Lan came into the house and explained to Aunt Yun and Qian that she was going to take the two children back, in fact, Aunt Yun also knew that it was the time to harvest grain and plant rice in the countryside, so she didn't keep Shen Lan, but just let her come to live at home with a small stone when she was free, Shen Lan naturally politely said that she would come to visit her aunt as soon as she was free, and then took Shen Wei, holding the stone and carrying the basket to the ox cart.
It is said that the ox cart in the county is two cents more expensive than Song Fuwang's family, but Shen Lan is not the master of the bad money, so she happily rented the ox cart and went home, she didn't think that she would take the child and her sister back step by step, it would kill her.
The uncle who drove the ox cart was a warm-hearted and talkative person, and when he saw Shen Lan, a single woman with two babies, he talked to Shen Lan.
"Little lady, is this going to relatives or going home?" While driving the ox cart, he asked.
"I'm going home." Shen Lan replied, anyway, it was boring to take the car, so she chatted without a word.
"Oh, the little lady's family lives in Songjia Village, this is a relative in the county, I don't know what kind of relatives the little lady is with Wang Xiucai's family?" The uncle asked, Jixian County is not big, as long as you live in the county town with a little face, this car will naturally be familiar, and Wang Wenhuan is not only a talent from Xiucai, but also the master of a private school, so it is normal for this uncle to know.
"It's my aunt's house, uncle, I'll ask you about something." Shen Lan was not used to being asked so much, so she simply changed the topic.
"What's the matter?" The uncle asked, "There is nothing I don't know about the uncle within a hundred miles of this Jixian County, you can ask whatever you want, and the uncle promises not to give you nonsense." ”
In fact, there is no need to have a radius of 100 miles, just about the affairs of the county, Shen Lan silently spit out a sentence in her heart before she spoke: "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask the uncle, do you know that there are people in this county who sell houses?" ”
After coming to the county several times, Shen Lan felt that it was not very convenient, and now she also has money in her hands, no more than when she first came to this world, she has nothing in her hands, so she wants to sell a house in the county when she wants to do something in the future, and she can't run from Songjia Village to the county every time.
"The lady is asking the right person, the lady wants to buy a house in this Ji County?" The uncle who drove the car secretly looked at Shen Lan, and didn't care about Shen Lan's words, after all, there was no place in Shen Lan's body where she could see that she was rich, and the house in the county was so easy to buy?
"I have that idea, but I don't have that much money in my hands." Shen Lan sighed, the last time she sold pearls, she earned more than fifty taels of silver, and she only went to the county town to talk no less than ten taels, and now she only has forty taels in her hand, which ordinary people may think is a lot, but it is really very fast to use, as the saying goes, I don't want to make money, but I am afraid that the money in my hand will soon run out.
"Oh, what kind of house is the lady going to have?" The driver then asked.
Shen Lan thought for a while before she spoke: "It's best to have a shop on the street, which can do some small business." ”
"There are a few such ones to sell, but the money is not cheap, what price does the little lady plan to ask for?" The uncle who drove the car asked.
"Uncle, let's talk about it, there are those houses to sell, I will consider it myself, if it becomes I'll invite my uncle to drink." Shen Lan asked, just if she can't afford it now, it doesn't mean that she can't afford it in the future, after all, she still has a lot of pearls in her hand, but she can't find a market, otherwise she will become a rich man in this world.
The uncle nodded when he heard the words and said: "Okay, as far as I know, there are three, one is a shop opposite the Yuelai Inn on the main street, it was originally a restaurant that does food, the boss's surname is Wang is a person from Baiyangdu, the business is good, but during the Dragon Boat Festival, there was a life lawsuit, saying that his family's food harmed people's lives, and the family brought the clan to make trouble, and finally Boss Wang had to accompany the money, and closed the shop back to Baiyangdu, his family wanted to sell the shop, the price was three hundred and fifty taels, On the main street and opposite the Yuelai Inn, the price is not high, but no one has taken over, after all, there has been a death, and everyone feels unlucky. ”
Hearing this, Shen Wei couldn't help but speak angrily: "Uncle, you have said bad luck, and you have told my eldest sister about it." ”R1152