"Xiaocui, your craftsmanship is getting more and more exquisite, and I am becoming more and more inferior to you, beyond my reach."

Chi Yue looked at the fruit cream cake made by Xiao Cui and was amazed.

The creamy flowers in the center come to life, red strawberries form a lovely heart, and two fresh red roses are placed on top.

This is a birthday gift for a man to give to his fiancée, and he must express his sincere love. Xiao Cui's works completely highlight this intention, which is pleasing to the eye, but also unnaturally gives birth to a strong affection.

In the past two months, the cake shop in the town has been taken care of by Xiao Cui, and Chi Yue is busy with the workshop and rarely comes over.

But even so, with the help of her family, Xiaocui still supported the cake shop alone, and also made a well-known name, with an endless stream of customers coming to the door every day.

Not only did she make large cakes, but she also made small pastries at the suggestion of Chi Yue, small cream cakes, small baked chicken cakes, and filled cream puffs...... Small profits but quick turnover, the money earned is twice as much as the big cake.

These fluffy cakes are more delicious and loved than the hard pastries that are mostly sold on the market.

It is slightly cheaper than the cakes that the nobles often eat, such as hibiscus cake, rose cake, and osmanthus cake, and the ordinary people can afford it, because there are more customers than ordinary pastry shops, and the business is more prosperous.

As the only cake shop, the name is spread to ten, ten to hundred, and soon even the house has people to come, most of them are for the birthday of the wealthy, willing to spend a lot of money to customize the largest cake.

When the cake was made, when I saw the small pastry next to it, I was salivating, and I inevitably picked up a few catties and bought it and took it back to taste.

There were even many people who came to Mao Sui to recommend themselves to be her apprentices and learn this unique craft.

But Xiaocui only positions herself as a worker here, and she tells others that she has to consult her boss before she can decide.

reported the results of the month to Chi Yue, and Xiao Cui reported the matter to her and asked for her opinion.

Chi Yue pondered for a moment before saying, "I think it's not bad to take in a few apprentices, after all, you can manage this shop alone, and you're busy enough." If we take in more apprentices and let them learn, we can open a few more chain stores and let them take care of them. ”

Xiao Cui nodded happily, "I think so too, if our stores are opened all over the country, then it is called scenery!" ”

Chi Yue saw that Xiaocui was not only selfless, but also gave most of the hundreds of taels of silver earned in a month to Chi Yue, and only a few were left for herself, she was really a loyal and good employee.

"It's up to you to decide what kind of apprentices you want to recruit. If anything, you can decide for yourself, I can trust you. Chi Yue said from the bottom of his heart.

She should give her subordinates the opportunity to express themselves, so that she can let go of some unnecessary burdens, and also make her subordinates more loyal to her and help her make her career bigger and bigger.

Xiaocui was very moved, "Chi Yue, since I helped you here, I have earned a lot of money, not only to subsidize the family, but also to build two more new tile houses for my family, and the food has improved I don't know how good it is, there is meat to eat all day long, my father can afford to buy good wine and drink, and the two younger brothers have gone to school as they wished, reading and reading." Chi Yue, you have turned my family upside down, you are the noble person of my life! ”

Speaking of excitement, she couldn't help but wipe the corners of her eyes, and continued solemnly: "Chi Yue, don't worry, I will definitely not disappoint you." ”

Chi Yue smiled, "We are all good sisters, why do you say these kind words?" ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the distance between them was a little closer.

In the hot summer, the people in the workshop kept sweating, their cheeks were red, and they felt weak in their limbs after a long time.

In this way, the progress of sugar production is inevitably much slower.

Seeing this scene, Chi Yue couldn't help frowning.

How nice it would be if there was air conditioning, without air conditioning, it would be possible to have a fan!

But now, in ancient times, it was impossible to even generate electricity, so how easy was it to make a fan-like device?

Especially in the sugar boiling room, several people not only did not have air conditioning to blow, but also had to accept the roasting of the raging fire, which was unbearable!

Aunt Deng is older, even if she opens all the doors and windows, and keeps fanning the fan, she still collapses to the point where she is unable to work. On the hottest afternoon, she was dizzy, fell to the ground on her back, and fainted from heat stroke.

Chi Yue hurriedly called for help and carried Aunt Deng to the hospital for treatment.

For a while, there was chaos in the workshop, not to mention any progress.

Chi Yue simply gave everyone a day off, and she had to think of a way at home.

Chi Yuan beats a little pampered habitually, and he can't stand this crime. Seeing that a month has passed, the craft of boiling sugar has been fully mastered by him. He rolled his eyes and made up his mind.

After getting off work, he still came to a nearby restaurant, ordered two cold dishes, and poured himself there, while patrolling around, waiting for something.

Suddenly, a fox face appeared in front of him, he sat opposite him with a smile, took a wine glass and poured himself wine, and said to Chi Yuan: "Brother Chi is really trustworthy, and he will go to the appointment on time on the day agreed between the two of us, so I think things must be done, right?" ”

Chi Yuan nodded slightly, cautiously stepped forward and said, "Okay, if I give you this secret recipe, you can not only help me give Chi Yue three hundred taels of silver, but also give me an additional two hundred taels." Is this still a number? ”

"Brother Chi, can't you trust my master?" The fox's dark eyes narrowed.

"You don't even want to tell me your name, and you haven't even met your master, how can I trust you?" Chi Yuan's tone was full of hesitation.

The fox face sighed, toasted on his back, and fell heavily, before he made up his mind and said, "Well, I will let you know everything today." My name is Ge Yu, my master's real name, you will know this later. The most important thing is to know that the person you are helping has a high status and no one can move behind him, and you have absolutely no worries about helping him do things, so it is good. ”

Seeing that Chi Yuan still had doubts, Ge Yu took out a heavy package from his arms and pushed it in front of him, staring at him with cunning and deep meaning in his eyes, "Here is a deposit of fifty taels, if you give me the secret recipe today, I will immediately give you the remaining four hundred and fifty taels." ”

Chi Yuan couldn't wait to open the package, and saw that the silver light inside was flashing, and it was dozens of taels of silver, and his eyes were wide open for a while, and his tongue was knotted with excitement, and he didn't know what to say.

"Okay, I'll tell you!"

With money, he can be free, and he can do whatever he wants.

With money, he doesn't have to fear anything!

The two came out of the tavern, turned into an alley, and disappeared.

Lu Zhen got off work and was packing up and walking back, when he saw Chi Yuan walking with a strange man, and his eyes were sneaky, he was immediately curious.

It just so happened that her residence was also to the north, so she followed her.

After beating around the corner, she finally saw the two of them enter a high-gate compound, and on the plaque of the black lacquered gate, the two big characters "Li Mansion" were written impressively.

Lu Zhenden frowned. Isn't this the mansion of Li Chengguang, the younger brother of Li Shangshu in the capital?

The Li family has been in business for generations, although Li Chengguang is just a small businessman who has opened a few dyeing workshops, but because Li Shangshu is his own brother, his status has also become thicker, and he has been very good friends with the Liu family in the past two years, and they often have business contacts with each other, which is a well-known thing.

This kind of high-ranking family, how can a small person like Chi Yuan be able to get in?

And when they entered, as soon as the guards at the gate saw Ge Yu, they couldn't help but say let them in, which shows that Ge Yu's identity is not low here.

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Zhen was afraid that she would be discovered, so she simply took a detour back to her home.

When Chi Yue returned home, her mind was full of how to solve the stuffy problem in the workshop.

On the way back, she saw someone on the side of the road shouting, "Sell ice!" Sell ice! The ice was wrapped in a thick quilt to shield them from the heat and the sun, but they were still anxious, because if no one came to buy it for a long time, the ice would melt in two or three hours.

Wouldn't it be in vain that they had worked so hard to collect it in the winter and preserve so much ice in the cellar to this day?

If you talk about the benefits of ice, you can't say enough.

You can take the ice back, put it in the ice and put some drinks to make a cold drink.

It can also be put directly in the mouth, just like modern ice cream, to cool off for a while.

It can also be placed in large pieces in the house for cooling off.

However, ice is a rare thing, and it is very expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford it.

Chi Yuezhi only relied on ice to cool off, which was simply a sea of speculation for her huge workshop, and it was not useful at all.

When she arrived at Wuxiang Village, Chi Yue lifted the curtain and saw someone outside watering with a waterwheel.

After days of drought, the crops in the fields wilted in the cracked earth, and the farmers were busy watering them to moisten the land and relieve the heat of the crops.

As the peasants step on a pedal, the water from the river flows through the long half-cut bamboo planks into the fields in the distance.

Looking at it, Chi Yue suddenly had an inspiration.

Since there is no electricity, why not use manpower to build a small artificial fan?

She was born in science and engineering, and designing a simple device would not be difficult for her.

Thinking like this, Chi Yue couldn't wait to urge the coachman to hurry home.

When she got home, she didn't even eat, so she hid in her house and began to study.

She sketches on rice paper and revises it over and over again until she is satisfied.

When she came out, Zhou urged her to eat quickly, but Chi Yue clinged to the rice paper, shook her head and smiled: "Mother, I have some things, I will eat when I come back, you can eat first." ”

Without saying anything, he went out like the wind.

Zhou shook his head helplessly, "This kid! Doing things in a hurry, not at all like the other siblings. ”

Muttering to himself, Zhou suddenly stopped.

She thought of something, the smile under her eyebrows and eyes retracted, and she sighed slowly.

Chi Yue came to the house of the carpenter in the neighboring village.

Chi Carpenter is the only carpenter in the Chi family in Sili and Eight Townships, and when he saw Chi Yue, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet his wife.

"Chi Yue, how did you have time to come here? Could it be that we have recruited more people to make a few more juicers? ”

Chi Yue's juicer was made by a carpenter in the county, and after the carpenter learned about it, when he saw the Zhou family, he couldn't help but say a few words of disgust, only that they were from their own family, so why didn't they find their own people to do such a good job?

He was very curious about the juicer, and wanted to study the structure inside. Bao may have been inspired by this, and like Lu Ban, he invented something ingenious.

"Uncle, I'm here this time to ask you to help me make something else." Chi Yue said, handing over the drawings in his hand.

Carpenter Chi opened it and looked at it, his eyes burst with unprecedented light, patted his thigh, and said in a trembling voice: "I have been a carpenter for more than 20 years, but I have never seen such a strange machine!" This, could this be the craft passed down by Lu Ban? ”

Chi Yue smiled awkwardly.

She just wants to occupy a place in the business world, but she doesn't want to be respected as Lu Ban alive in the carpenter world, she can't afford this grand title.