Sister Qiu's tone was calm, but what she listened to was embarrassing. The guys and the chef all looked at Sister Qiu blankly, the small kitchen was quiet, only the slight sound of dry wood burning, I didn't expect this smiling little lady to have such a bitter past, it was really sad to see and cry when I heard it.

Wang Lao Wu also froze, and looked at Sister Qiu on the delicate small noodle plate, as if he was looking for a reason for himself, and only then spoke: "You didn't say it at that time...... Where do I know? "Talking, he can't go on, he is too lazy to care about a rough maid's family. Whoever sells his children to be servants, where is not the poor who can't open the pot? Now that he has noticed Sister Qiu, it is just because Sister Qiu is different from other girls and has entered his eyes and attracted his attention. If it was someone else, he didn't bother to take a look.

"Or ......" Before Young Master Wang Qi could speak, he listened to Sister Qiu say to the two chefs with a smile: "It's ready, the basket will be steamed in a quarter of an hour." ”

After a quarter of an hour, Sister Qiu opened the cage drawer and asked the guy to bring out two bowls of steamed meat.

"Mei Niangzi is really a seven-trick exquisite heart!" The two chefs complimented, "We started helping cooks when we were 13 years old, and we never thought that meat dishes could do the same!" ”

Sister Qiu modestly waved her hand, this was not something she came up with, and said with a smile: "I'm idle at home, the two masters are so busy in the Liufang Building, they don't have time to figure out, if they are as idle as me, they will definitely be able to come up with more dishes." ”

In her life, many chefs did not limit their work to small kitchens, and many of them traveled while learning local cooking skills and food preparation methods and collecting all kinds of seasonings to create new dishes on their own.

Young Master Wang Qi tasted a little bit of every dish, took the tea handed by the family and rinsed his mouth, this time his eyes when he glanced at Sister Qiu changed, no matter how much he looked down on people, he couldn't admit that this dish was made well, and Wang Minghua'er bought this dish at a great price!

Wang Ming took another pair of wooden chopsticks and tasted all the two dishes carefully, just by looking at his expression, he knew that he was very satisfied with these two dishes.

Sister Qiu took the cyan cloth pocket in Lin Zhun's hand and said, "This is the seasoning for the tamales I made, and this big bag is enough to make hundreds of dishes." Wang Ming took the burden and said with a smile to Sister Qiu: "How much does Mei Niangzi plan to sell these two dishes?" ”

Wang Ming thought about it, so he asked Sister Qiu to wait, and took the two guys to the front with the dishes, and discussed with his father.

Sister Chaoqiu, who had always been obediently following behind Lin Zhun with a smile, winked and praised: "Sister Qiu, you are so amazing!" ”

In less than a moment, Wang Ming came back, and the family who followed behind him hugged a wooden box and said, "These two dishes are 300 taels of silver, mother."

Are you still satisfied? ”

Sister Qiu thought about it, nodded with a smile, and said, "Thank you, Young Master Wang." "These two dishes are not as amazing as boiled river fish, and the price is a little lower than that of boiled river fish, and Sister Qiu doesn't have much opinion.

Young Master Wang Qi was a little gloomy at this time, and he wanted to open his mouth to ask Sister Qiu to be their family's cook, but this would be unspeakable, although his family was rich, it was impossible to raise a cook for 300 taels of silver a month. Besides, this girl doesn't look like a person who is willing to sell herself as a girl.

Near noon, Wang Ming left a wooden table for Sister Qiu on the sixth floor of the Liufang Building as usual, and he took Sister Qiu to dinner.

During the banquet, Wang Ming asked: "Mei Niangzi, what did you think about the last time I told you about opening a shop in Huyang to sell water tofu?" ”

Sister Qiu shook her head with a smile and said, "We are not familiar with the people in Huyang, so let's wait." ”

"Not like that." Wang Ming said with a smile, "We have a ready-made shop with our guys, and every morning we bring water from your house to sell tofu and soybean sprouts in our Huyang store." You only need to provide 100 catties of water tofu and 100 catties of soybean sprouts every day, and I heard that you also sell water tofu wholesale to others, relying on the price of one and a half catties to us, and only sell it to us in Huyang, how about it? ”

A pound of water tofu was sold to Wang Ming at a price of one and a half cents, which was no big difference from selling to other people, and she didn't need to make any extra effort, Sister Qiu was naturally happy. Only 100 catties of water tofu and 100 catties of soybean sprouts are combined, only 100 percent of the profit, and only three taels of silver in January.

The idea of a hexagonal building alone will make money every day, which seems to be worthless The young master of the hexagonal building is thinking about this business.

Wang Ming just smiled and said: "Mei Niangzi, in your hands, a pound of water tofu can only be sold for two cents, but in my hands, I can sell it for as much as I like, ten cents and 100 cents, at least before other people will sell this kind of water tofu, I can always make money." ”

Hengzhu has a store in his house, there are guys, it's nothing more than the people under him to spend a little more things, he can earn money and reputation in January, this water tofu is a new thing, he only knows that the emperor has it, and people's secret recipes are not spread, even if it is a secret water tofu that is not spread, he tastes not as good as Mei Qiushuang's water tofu.

Naturally, he also thought about buying the secret recipe of water tofu in Mei Qiushuang's hand at a high price, but he asked tentatively, looking at Mei Qiushuang's reply, he didn't plan to sell it, as a palm art to support his family. Although Wang Ming is not a descendant of the Wang family, it is really too easy to hold a pair of orphans and widows in the countryside, and some of them have to come up with a secret recipe.

It's just that he values Sister Qiu's cooking skills even more, and wants to cooperate for a long time, in the end, the idea of Liufanglou is the root of his family, compared to Liufanglou, water tofu is produced in a small workshop, and he is not so stupid as to pick sesame seeds and lose watermelon.

most

The important thing is that he likes Mei Qiushuang, the little lady, steady and smart, not greedy, very rational, and the few people who are with her are not ordinary crop children, so he puts it aside and has a relationship.

Sister Qiu thought about it, since Wang Ming told the price of one pound and a half centimeter, she must have done a lot of homework, and knew that the wholesale price they gave to others was this price.

"Two cents a pound in a city." Sister Qiu finally preached, and explained to Wang Ming: "The morning is different from making water tofu in the evening, you come to ask for water tofu in the morning, and the people who come to help make water tofu have to get up a little earlier to make 100 catties of water tofu, and the hard work is very tiring, I can't give them the original salary, do you say yes?" ”

Wang Ming nodded briskly, "That's the reason, then it's decided." ”

"I have one more condition." Sister Qiu said with a smile.

Wang Ming made a gesture of applause.

"If you sell this water tofu, you must put on the signboard of our Qiuji water tofu, and others will ask, you guys say that they are selling Qiuji water tofu." Sister Qiu said with a smile.

Wang Ming didn't agree immediately this time, but after thinking about it, he nodded and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's still Mei Niangzi's heart." In the future, if 100 catties of water tofu is not enough, you also have to make more supplies for us. ”

Sister Qiu smiled, "This is ironclad." It's just that at that time, maybe she will save enough money to open a store in Huyang, naturally she still wants to cooperate with the Wang family, in the end, everything has the signboard of the Wang family, and she can stand firm in Huyang.

Now is not the peak season of water tofu, this time the production of vegetable fields is more, and in winter when there is only kohlrabi cabbage, the advantages of water tofu will be fully reflected.

And this time Huyang is different from the last time, Wang Ming is even more polite to her, and Wang Ming's father also came once during the banquet. When she first came back to Huyang, the Wang family father and son only needed them to eat by themselves, and they did not come to accompany the guests in person.

In the afternoon, when the weather was hot, a few people stayed in the hexagonal building until the sun set in the west, and then came out of the building to go shopping. It was the first time for Xiao Xu to go out of such a far door, pulling Sister Qiu with one hand and Lin Zhun with the other, and happily said to Sister Qiu, and finally sighed like a little outside: "Read 10,000 books, travel 10,000 miles." And that's right! Go out and take a look at it more, so you can have a long insight! ”

Sister Qiu's Xiaoxu is a very smart child, and this smart and agile energy is not only reflected in reading today, but also in getting along with people today. Just like Fang was just in the Liufang Building, Xiao Xu had always sat obediently, not saying a word, and when he came to his own person, he acted like a 6-year-old child.

After seeing the lively streets of Huyang, Sister Qiu and a few people went to the silver building, which is not small, with two floors. The guys didn't look down on Sister Qiu because they were children, and the enthusiastic introduction said that the first floor was selling silver jewelry, and the second floor was selling gold jewelry.

Sister Qiu thought about it, but she still shouldn't be too ostentatious, so she said, "Let's take a look on the first floor." ”

Although it is silver jewelry, it can be created well, and the polished silver jewelry is crystal bright, and it looks very beautiful. Sister Qiu's head

Once I knew that even silver jewelry has a very great knowledge, including silver-clad silver, sterling silver, and alloy......

Sister Qiu first bought three silver hairpins of similar weight, only the flowers engraved on the top were different, all of them were one or two, plus a 100 cents of palm labor fees, and bought a pair of silver earrings for Jia's alone, with the pattern of hibiscus pressed on them, and said with a smile: "If my mother doesn't wear earrings again, the ears and eyes will be long." ”

Jia's ears are pierced, Sister Qiu has already found out, she was stuffed with thin leaf ridges before, and she was afraid that she would live for a long time, but now that her feet are busy every day, Jia has long forgotten about ear piercing.

(End of chapter)