Early the next morning, the Cheng family divided into several groups of people to go out to find the yard, Zhao Ke had the heart to help them introduce, but was stopped by the old man Wang, he was more thoughtful, Zhao Ke knew people in the county with heads and faces, even if they helped find a house, they might not be able to afford the rent for the current Cheng family.

In the end, Yu and Cheng Dafu first found a good place, it was someone Yu knew in the county before, and they changed to a new house, and the old yard was going to be rented out, although it was a little dilapidated and messy, but fortunately, it was cheap to have such a big rent, but it was still a little crowded with so many people living in the process.

The courtyard is in a relatively narrow alley, there is an ear room on the left and right sides of the main hall, and two side rooms on each side, two of which are side rooms, one is still a kitchen, and the other is a firewood room.

There are too many Cheng families, so they can only clean up the firewood room to live in, the old lady in the main hall and the ear room live in one with two girls, Cheng Dafu Yu lives in one, and on the other side, Cheng Dagui and Cheng Dahua live in each couple, and Cheng Chen Cheng Cai lives with two children in the firewood room, and Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang can only go to live in the restaurant first.

The silver that Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang saved for half a year was only enough to pay one month's rent, but fortunately, Xu Sanlang's grandmother almost left more than ten taels of silver and paid a quarter's rent together.

There are many Cheng families, and they are all diligent, the yard was settled, and it took half a day to clean up the yard, and they all moved over the next day.

Most of the shops in the county will not open until the third year of junior high school, but fortunately, when they come over, they all listen to Cheng Xi, and they bring some food, and the food at home is also brought over, so they don't have to worry about eating in the near future.

Ruyi Restaurant will not start construction until after the tenth day of the junior high school, but Cheng Chen and they are going to leave with Zhao Ke on the sixth day of the junior high school, and now it is only the third year of the junior high school, and everyone is idle at this time.

Cheng Xi thought that although the second brother and the fourth brother and the eldest uncle and fourth uncle were leaving, the female dependents would stay, and their hands and feet were also diligent, so he considered setting up a stall to see first, just everyone was there, so he could make preparations first.

The family listened to Cheng Xi's plan, and it didn't cost much, but no one objected, and now there is no land to plant, they are all idle at home, the little silver in their hands is spent, and there is no settlement in the future, this is definitely not a thing, everyone knows that Cheng Xi has been in the restaurant for half a year, and he will make up for food, so it is better to listen to Cheng Xi's try.

There are some tables, chairs and benches in the courtyard here, but they are all very dilapidated, so Cheng Xi asked the second brother and them to run again, moved some of the tables, chairs and benches at home, and prepared stoves and other things according to what Cheng Xi said.

After the third day of the new year, those shops have also started to open one after another, only the vegetable market has not yet opened, fortunately, there were cabbages ready for winter in the cellar at home, a pig killed by the old lady's family a year ago, and the pork did not have time to sell, all of them moved, Cheng Xi thought about building a baked cake stall first, and then got something else when the vegetable market began to sell it.

The things that set up the stall were almost ready, Cheng Xi followed Xu Sanlang to the rice noodle shop, bought some white noodles and came back, after buying, Cheng Xi looked at the less than one or two silver left in his hand, and only sighed, the little silver in their hands was spent in a blink of an eye, Cheng Dagui secretly stuffed her with ten taels of silver, but Cheng Xi planned to keep it and not use it for the time being.

The little meat and cabbage at home are all rations in the future, there are so many people in the family, Cheng Xi wants to take it to toss, the old lady must be uneasy, only after eating the baked cakes that Cheng Xi made at home, the old lady is a little relieved and agrees to try it.

This toss, before they had time to get out of the stall, Cheng Chen and others were going to follow Zhao Ke to leave and go to Fucheng, on the evening of the fifth day of the new year, everyone had a reunion dinner together, and Cheng Chen and Cheng Cai were sent away early on the sixth day of the new year, and Cheng Dafu and Cheng Dahua left with them.

Because Cheng Chen and Cheng Cai have been there for half a year, and they have earned so much silver when they come back, although everyone in the Cheng family is reluctant, they are still at ease.

After sending Cheng Chen and the others away, Cheng Xi wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one else had left the stall during the New Year, seize the opportunity and go out of the stall first.

The stove for baking cakes is Cheng Xi according to his own ideas, while everyone is at home, a big cylindrical furnace, with an iron hearth in the middle, charcoal burned inside, and the four sides of the middle of the stove are also wrapped with iron sheets, which can better transfer heat.

Cheng Xi first baked a circle of baked cakes at home, and then used a board car to let Xu Sanlang push the car to the street.

When he arrived at a place where there were people on the street, Cheng Xi began to shout, "Sell baked cakes, it's as hot as freshly baked baked cakes." ”

The Wu family and the Ma family on the side were a little embarrassed, they didn't expect to sell baked cakes and shout like this, they are all honest crop women, and they can count the number of times they enter the city, where do they think that they will have to shout like this on the street in the future, they really can't open their mouths without this cheek, and they only listen to Cheng Xi shouting loudly alone.

The people who come and go on the street, most of them are happy to go out to relatives, and many of them are with children, it is difficult to buy any snacks for the New Year, those children heard that someone sells baked cakes, so they pulled the adults to start asking, so gradually there is some reluctance to the children to surround them, temporarily hesitant.

It was a moment before someone asked, "What kind of baked cake are you?" ”

Cheng Xi responded with a warm smile, "Uncle, our baked cakes are an ancestral secret recipe, they are very delicious, you can taste them first, and then buy them." ”

While speaking, Cheng Xi lifted the lid on the stove, and the smell of meaty baked cakes wafted out, and the passers-by around who didn't plan to buy baked cakes couldn't help but slow down when they smelled the fragrance.

The guest sniffed, "Does this pancake still smell of meat?" Can you still taste it? ”

Cheng Xi replied with a smile, "We have enough meat filling in this baked cake." ”

In response, he used a homemade wooden clip to take out a baked golden white flour cake from the stove and put it on the wooden plate prepared before, while Wu Shi was busy cutting the cake into small pieces with a knife according to what Cheng Xi said.

Cheng Xi inserted a piece with a skewer and handed it to the guest, "You taste it first." When the guest took it, he inserted another piece and handed it to the child who was swallowing saliva.

The guest only nodded his head when he ate, and the smooth and tender meat filling was mixed with some winter cabbage, which was not greasy at all, mixed with the roasted soft dough, full of fragrant flavor.

After eating, the guest said with some unfinished thoughts, "I have never eaten such delicious baked cakes, I heard you say that it is an ancestral secret recipe, I still don't believe it, how much is one, bring me two." ”

Cheng Xi responded, "Fifteen Wen one." ”

The man was surprised and said, "So expensive? ”

Cheng Xi still responded with a smile, "Look at this full amount of meat filling, it is much more meat than eating a bowl of shredded meat noodles, fifteen wen is not expensive." ”

The child on the side finished eating the baked cake in his mouth, but he took the adult's hand, "Grandpa, I want to eat, I want to eat." ”

The guest hesitated for a moment, but still took out his purse from his arms and counted out thirty yuan, "Give me two, your baked cakes are big enough, and there are so many meat fillings, it is really more cost-effective than a bowl of shredded meat noodles." ”

Cheng Xi accepted the money with a smile, took out two baked cakes from the stove, wrapped them in dried sycamore leaves and handed them to the guests.

With the first guest, there will be a second guest to the door, this New Year's is also quite willing, tasted the taste, is two or three to buy, gradually baked baked cakes are sold out, there are still guests waiting for the next wave of baked cakes in the oven to bake.

After that, the wooden cart of Cheng Xi and the others did not move on this street, and it didn't take long for the more than 100 baked cakes prepared to be sold out.

Cheng Xi originally wanted to prepare more, but the old lady was worried that she wouldn't be able to sell it, so she didn't want to prepare more, she didn't want to sell it out in such a while, and it was far from enough.

Many people heard that the baked cakes were gone, and they all looked regretful, Cheng Xi greeted with a smile, "Ming'er, we are still selling on this street, if you want to buy it, Ming'er can come over and walk around early." ”

Xu Sanlang pushed the short-selling cart stove, and the group happily walked back, and at the mouth of the alley, they met an old man and a young man who bought baked cakes at the beginning, which were actually Mr. Wang and Cheng Qiang.

Old Man Wang saw a few people and responded with a smile, "I didn't expect this method to really work, it will be sold out in such a while, you girl, you are really a ghost." ”

Cheng Xi responded with a smile, "Thank you Uncle Wang for your help, in order to thank you, I will personally cook and entertain you to delicious food today." ”

Old Man Wang was not polite to Cheng Xi, "Okay, my old man will not be polite to you." ”

After going back, the old lady was also surprised when she heard that they were sold out, and they were sold for fifteen yuan each, how much effort did it take for a while, and then I heard that many people still wanted to buy it but didn't buy it, and she also regretted not listening to Cheng Xi's more preparations.

Everyone in the Cheng family finally swept away the haze of the past few days at this time, and they all had a smile on their faces.

Taking advantage of the fact that the family was happy, Cheng Xi took the opportunity to speak during the meal, "Although this baked cake stall is not bad, but the profit of a day is still too low, we have such a big family, and the yard we live in costs five taels of silver a month, so I want to open another snack stall." ”

Of course, Cheng Dagui understood what Cheng Xi meant, this was to get the old lady's consent, even if Cheng Xi had the silver he quietly stuffed into her, renting this yard and adding the white noodles that Cheng Xi bought, I am afraid that there is not much silver left, if you want to open a snack stall, you can't blatantly take the silver out to use it, if the old lady agrees, she can take out the remaining silver in her hand generously.

So Cheng Dagui said, "This idea is not bad, Xi girl has learned a good craft, if we open a snack stall, we will have a better life in the future, we can't do nothing and just count on Ah Chen and them in Fucheng." ”

Mrs. Cheng didn't know Cheng Dagui's thoughts, and said with a cold snort, "Dafu doesn't know when he will be able to make money and come back, don't he leave some silver in his hand, and wait to sleep on the street and drink the northwest wind in the future?" It's enough to have a baked cake stall, don't think about what you don't have. ”