Chapter 11: Anger and Corruption
After walking out of the victory building, Jiang Huaiyu had an extra contract with his fingerprint and two hundred taels of silver tickets in his sleeve.
Shopkeeper Li respectfully escorted her to the door, and then said in a low and solemn voice: "Miss Jiang, I hope you can keep your word, the tofu recipe can only be sold to me in Desheng Building and the other two restaurants." ”
Jiang Huaiyu said with a smile: "I promised you the words of the shopkeeper, I will never regret it, this tender tofu recipe will only be sold to the three of you, if there is another family selling this tender tofu, you find out that it is related to me or the people around me, and the silver will be returned." ”
"Cheng, then you go slowly."
Shopkeeper Li was full of bitterness, but thinking that the big shopkeeper who had always been stable and had a city mansion couldn't please him in front of this little lady, he was not so heartbroken.
If it were something else, they would never allow the other two restaurants to own the same.
But this tofu recipe is different, compared to Jiang Huaiyu's final net and sold it to all the restaurants and restaurants, it is better for the three restaurants to join forces to carve up the tofu market, so that if the guests want to eat tofu, they must come to their three restaurants.
The most jaw-dropping thing is that the tofu that I thought would be extremely complicated in the manufacturing process turned out to be a simple plaster and beans, and even the big shopkeeper couldn't laugh at that time.
Two hundred taels bought such a simple formula, and they didn't laugh or cry.
After Jiang Huaiyu walked out of Desheng Building, she went to two other big restaurants in the county, and with the same rhetoric, she clearly told the shopkeepers of these two restaurants that the tofu recipe would only be sold to three of them.
Then there was the attitude of whether to buy or not, and if I didn't buy, I could leave immediately, which made the shopkeeper who had the intention of suppressing the price angry, but after thinking about it carefully, he had to finalize the contract with Jiang Huaiyu and present the silver ticket with both hands.
Subsequently, Jiang Huaiyu walked to a shop that sold the four treasures of the study, bought paper and envelopes, wrote three letters with the brush and ink in the store, paid a few pennies to the man, and asked him to hand over the letters one by one to the shopkeeper of Desheng Building and two other restaurants for himself.
Then she walked around the county seat, and it was not until she passed by Ruyi Building that she saw the shopkeeper of Ruyi Building rushing towards the county office, and the corners of her mouth hooked up with a smile.
The purpose of the trip was achieved.
Jiang Huaiyu really put his mind at ease, went to the cloth shop and pulled a few pieces of soft cloth for the sugar bag, and planned to try to make a dress for the sugar bag himself, but it was really not good, so he drew the proofing in his memory and asked the embroidery girl to do it.
After trying a few snacks, Jiang Huaiyu rested in the teahouse diagonally opposite the county government, and found a place where she could see the county government walk out and sat down, and she also tasted the tea here by the way.
A porcelain pot with three cups was delivered, and there were some simple pastries, Jiang Huaiyu poured a cup of tea, but it turned out to be so bitter that the tip of her tongue was numb, and there was no sweetness.
Jiang Huaiyu lifted the lid and saw that there were several kinds of branches and leaves mixed in the pot, all of which were some Chinese medicinal materials that cleared heat and detoxified, in the final analysis, this was a pot of herbal tea.
"Looks like we're going to have to get some tea out and drink it!" Jiang Huaiyu muttered to himself.
It's just a drink without a drink, and she doesn't particularly like coffee and cola, but she doesn't even have the simplest tea, which is too much!
The time from coming out of the third restaurant to sitting in this teahouse for a while is actually not too long, Jiang Huaiyu once again moved his gaze to the yamen, and finally saw Wang Dazhuang, who looked dazed and then slightly excited, was released.
So he paid, Lianbu moved the money downstairs, ignoring those seeming sights, when Jiang Huaiyu walked to the side of the road, Wang Dazhuang noticed her and immediately trotted over.
"Ginger ......"
"Shhhh
There are many people here, and it is not a place to talk, Jiang Huaiyu stopped his words, and then walked towards the city gate.
The donkey cart that took them back to the village was waiting outside the city gate, Wang Dazhuang had to shut up when he saw this, and silently followed, in fact, he wanted to ask too much in his heart, but Jiang Huaiyu's momentum at the moment made him involuntarily obey the other party's words.
When she was about to walk to the gate of the city, Jiang Huaiyu saw one of the three restaurants where she sold tofu, and on the street of Fucui Building, Yan Er was leaning on the green, eating delicious food and watching the people below happily from a high place.
Yan Er only saw Jiang Huaiyu at first, but when she received the news and accompanied Zheng Xiaoyue to the yamen to visit Wang Dazhuang, a hint of pride flashed in her eyes, and she raised her wine glass and gestured to her.
However, Jiang Huaiyu just glanced at him coldly, and then walked forward, and before Yan Er could say anything, he saw Wang Dazhuang, who was supposed to be in prison, follow her and silently walk outside the city gate.
There was a snap.
Yan second-hand wine glass fell, Xin Yi just smashed on the wine table, the girl and fox friends next to him saw this, and hurriedly asked him what was wrong, Yan Er shook off Yingying Yanyan's hand, stood up in disbelief, and stared at the disappearing figure in the city gate.
Even if he really wants to get a person involved in the case out, it is impossible, is this Jiang Huaiyu a concubine of the county, but how can the wind blow so fast on the pillow!
Yan Er didn't know why, the successive defeats made him feel tyrannical, especially when he was about to be kicked out of the house and become independent.
"Young Master Yan, this is our new dish in Fucui Building, you are our big customer of Fucui Building, the shopkeeper said, if there is any novelty and deliciousness, you must send it to you first!"
At this time, the delicate wooden door was pushed open, and Xiao Er, who was in charge of his private seat, walked in, said flatteringly, and then leaned to the side, so that the person behind him could bring the food over.
Yan Er listened to his flattery, and his mood was much better, but when he saw the dishes on the tray clearly, his eyes changed slightly.
"What is this?"
"Oh! This is the tofu that is hard to find in our county recently, after our chef in the green building, he was finally able to make it, and specially made this nine-grade white jade soup for you to taste one or two. ”
Xiao Er's rhetoric here is purely to put gold on the face of his own restaurant, Yan Er still can't figure it out, where is Jiang Huaiyu's own ability, it turned out that Fu Cuilou intercepted his beard!
In a fit of anger, Yan Er's eyes were red with anger, he gritted his teeth and kicked over, and directly kicked Xiao Er, who was still waiting for the reward, to retreat again and again, so that the nine-grade white jade soup with all the color and flavor was scattered all over the ground.
The tofu cut into flowers is spread out in wisps, which is very good-looking, but in Yan Er's opinion, it is even more dazzling.
The others didn't know what he was going crazy all of a sudden, so they just stayed at a distance, not daring to dissuade him.
How Yan Er lost his temper and went to the shopkeeper of the restaurant to settle accounts, Jiang Huaiyu didn't know, sitting on the rickety donkey cart, she saw that Wang Dazhuang's face was about to suffocate even darker.
"Ask whatever you want."
Wang Dazhuang was stunned for a moment, then was silent for a while before he said: "Miss Jiang is extremely smart, I don't have much to ask." ”
"Ha......" Jiang Huaiyu smiled and said: "Today, you were framed by someone into the yamen, it is not a disaster, I believe you can also figure this out." ”
"Hmmm! It must be a kid surnamed Yan, a ghost for the tofu recipe! ”
Wang Dazhuang nodded heavily, and then he didn't know what to say, he was honest and honest, he had always faced the loess with his back to the sky, worked hard like a cow to cultivate and support his family, nodded and agreed to do tofu business, which was a waste of his scheming in the first half of his life.
Jiang Huaiyu's eyes sank slightly: "I sold the tofu recipe." ”
"What!" Wang Dazhuang was in a hurry, he thought that Jiang Huaiyu had given in and sold Fang Zi to Yan Er's villain: "I'm just a rough person, Miss Jiang doesn't need to do this!" ”
Jiang Huaiyu waved his hand to let him listen to himself calmly: "Don't worry, even if I have to hand over the recipe, I will never let Yan Er feel good, so I sold the tofu recipe to the three largest restaurants in the county, and not only that, but I also sent a few tofu recipes." ”
"In this way, not only can I get the money, but in order to prove the innocence of Tofu, the three restaurants must also protect your innocence, everyone knows this matter, you and Tofu are innocent, the only thing wrong is the word greed."
Wang Dazhuang was moved that Jiang Huaiyu could save himself so unreservedly, and couldn't help but sigh: "But in this way, Miss Jiang, you will have one less means to make a living." ”
Getting a few hundred taels of silver at once may seem very worthwhile, but after all, it is not as secure as a long-term tofu business.
Seeing this, Jiang Huaiyu looked confident but didn't say much: "It's not important now, what I'm going to tell you next, you must remember." ”
Wang Dazhuang felt her seriousness and couldn't help but listen carefully.
"The tofu we sold before was tender tofu, and when I came, I told my sister-in-law about another way to make old tofu, and after a while, you will go to the county town to open a shop to sell this old tofu. But remember one thing, before that, you go to someone who can speak in the clan, and don't offer the recipe, but only say that you want to give the three transactions of the tofu business to the clan elders, which will be used for the repair of the ancestral hall and the repair of bridges and roads in the village. ”
Wang Dazhuang was stunned and said, "This, how can this be!" ”
His head was a mess all of a sudden, and he couldn't tell what he couldn't do, and he was stumbling for a long time, and his face turned red.
Jiang Huaiyu looked at the surrounding scenery and turned into a vast field, and his expression was happy.
"Da Zhuang, some things may be very important in your opinion, but they are not worth mentioning to me, in my opinion, the matter of knowing you and your husband is much more important than just a tofu recipe, I really want to say some reasons, maybe it is to report the kindness of my sister-in-law who gave me a futon without hesitation that day."
Jiang Huaiyu didn't say anything, and Wang Dazhuang, who still wanted to refuse, died down, he also knew the word "Zhi'en Tubao", but he felt that it was really difficult to accept that Xiao En would be rewarded with a big return.
Especially Jiang Huaiyu's identity is an orphan and widow in their eyes, and she came to help their family upside down.
It's strange how you look at this character......
Jiang Huaiyu saw that he was still a little stunned, and said helplessly: "Remember, you must find an elder who has a lot of power to speak in the clan, and you must not give away the tofu recipe, if someone covets it in the future, you are not afraid that no one will help you." ”
The donkey cart swayed slowly to the entrance of the village, and because Jiang Huaiyu deliberately lowered his voice when he spoke, the coachman couldn't hear it clearly.
Without waiting for Wang Dazhuang to say something, Jiang Huaiyu walked directly to his house to pick up the sugar packet and go home, as for how excited the two couples were after meeting, Jiang Huaiyu didn't care.
After tidying up his small treasury, the silver ticket of six hundred taels was like a pile of silver taels in front of him, and Jiang Huaiyu couldn't help but smile.
She always wants to leave, although Zheng Xiaoyue and her husband are good, but Xu Chunhua's strange behavior and Yan Er's villain behavior made Jiang Huaiyu begin to have a sense of crisis, and she also wanted to live a life of flowers, wine, hoes and farming.
But in order to have a good growth environment for the sugar packet, Jiang Huaiyu decided to settle in Beijing, the house in Wangjia Village was not for sale, and entrusted Zheng Xiaoyue to help clean and take care of it, and when the sugar bag was bigger in the future, she could also take him back to live.
Let Yan Er eat deflated, Jiang Huaiyu can be regarded as having done it, nothing will be more annoying than a boiled duck flying away, but there is also a Xu Chunhua who is like mud, disgusting and soft and hard.
Jiang Huaiyu thought of this and sneered.
Be at one's wits' end?
Not necessarily!