Chapter Twenty-Nine: Victory in the First Battle
It is not difficult to teach Sister-in-law Liu to cook, after all, she has been dealing with pots and pans for so many years, she only needs to mention it gently, tell her a little thief who adds color and flavor to the dish, and she will soon be able to draw inferences and apply it to practical operation, but it is still difficult for her to invent new dishes by herself, but it is already nine out of ten to cook according to the ingredients and seasonings that Wen Wen said.
In just two days, Gentle taught her five dishes, and seeing that the day when the girl who came to get the money again was getting closer, Gentle was anxious, and had to urge Sister-in-law Liu to quickly find an opportunity to go out of the house to sell food lists.
Speaking of which, for Ruhua's mother, Gentle doesn't have much feelings, and I think that poor people must have something to hate, Ruhua went to a dead end, and was more or less forced by her softness, but Gentle for the "younger brother" who has never met, but really has pity, a little child, just because he was not reincarnated into a good family, he didn't have a good day in his life, and he was half-dead now, it's really pitiful, she only helped Ruhua repay this wish, hoping to recuperate Wen Gang's body as soon as possible, When he is older and can earn money to support his old mother, this burden on her body will be relieved, and the guilt in his heart for occupying Ruhua's body will be reduced.
Sister-in-law Liu is still concerned about the money-making thing of selling food lists, and after gently urging several times, she went out to "buy vegetables" the next morning, and I don't know what method she used, so she sent the few little maids who followed her back first, and she herself hurried back at noon, and she didn't care about finding gentleness, so she was busy directing other cooks to prepare lunch. It wasn't until after the meal that she sent Xiaohuan to find Wen Rou into her room, hurriedly closed the door, and took out a small cloth bag from her arms.
"This is-" Gentle felt her mouth dry, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva, and said softly, "Silver?" ”
Sister-in-law Liu glanced at her, silently opened the cloth bag, revealing the four ingots of silver in the white flowers, and then lifted the teapot on the table and poured herself a glass of water, sat down and drank it slowly.
"How much silver is there? I'm blinded! Xiaohuan stretched out his hand, touched the silver gently, withdrew his hand unsatisfied, and estimated: "I'm afraid there are more than a dozen taels, right?" ”
"Twenty taels of silver!" Sister-in-law Liu finally spoke, but instead of being happy, she was angry, she lowered her voice and scolded: "The shopkeeper of Zhiweizhai who killed a thousand knives, I cursed him to go out and be struck by lightning, go back to the house and be burned, and give birth to a child without an asshole!" ”
Sister-in-law Liu often scolds, but she has never scolded such vicious words, Wen Rou and Xiaohuan glanced at each other, and both of them were black.
"Mother, what's going on?" Xiaohuan said weakly: "Didn't you get all the money back?" Why do you still scold people? ”
"Twenty taels-" Sister-in-law Liu stood up, the teapot and teacup on the table were shocked and jumped, if Xiaohuan hadn't stepped forward to cover her mouth, making her think that she couldn't raise her voice, I'm afraid that the broken roof would have made her voice collapse.
"Twenty taels of silver! Bought a five-course menu! This one kills a thousand knives! Sister-in-law Liu pushed away Xiaohuan's hand, but she finally lowered her voice, but she still couldn't help jumping to scold her mother, and said angrily: "Do you know what he said to me? He said that he wanted all the food lists, but he couldn't give so much silver, and I was in a hurry and said that he was unreasonable. He said that even if I taught his cook to cook these dishes, it would be useless, and the cook did not sign a deed of sale with him, so if he ran away one day and didn't do it, wouldn't this food list be taken to another restaurant? He can't pay for another restaurant! ”
"Mother, didn't you go to another restaurant to ask?" Xiaohuan saw that she was angry, and her voice was also timid, for fear that she would turn her anger on her head and scold herself, but it would be miserable.
"I asked, it's all the way! The shopkeeper of the drunken fairy building cried with me that he was poor, saying that prices had skyrocketed in recent years, and the business was not good. There is also the shopkeeper of Yipinxuan, he said that I don't know how many restaurants I have sold this food list, and the restaurants in the city sell these dishes, saying that I take him as the wronged leader, and he is not fooled, and he will let the guy out when he turns around! Sister-in-law Liu finished complaining in one breath, stroking her chest and panting there, looking very angry.
Wen Rou hurriedly poured water for her, and gave her both hands and said, "Sister-in-law Liu, you drink saliva first to dissipate your anger, and sell it for twenty taels for twenty taels, which is not too little." As the saying goes, the first time you do business, what you do is integrity, and when these dishes become famous, the shopkeeper of other restaurants may have to beg us to sell the food list, otherwise the business is not all taken away by Zhiwei Zhai? ”
"That's right, Sister Ruhua is right, mother, don't be angry." Xiaohuan hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Sister-in-law Liu glanced at the two of them, took the water and drank two sips, then eased her emotions and said slowly: "Why don't I understand this truth?" It's just that I'm really fed up today, if I hadn't wanted to make two bucks, and I had been holding my temperament, I would have put the fried dishes on the fat faces of those shopkeepers, and I was really angry! ”
Gently smiled slightly, took two ingots from the four ingots of silver on the table, put them on the table in front of Sister-in-law Liu, and said: "Sister-in-law Liu has worked hard for you today, you can keep these two ingots of silver for Xiaohuan, and in the future, you will redeem her body or buy a dowry, and you don't have to worry about running out of money." ”
Sister-in-law Liu patted the back of her gentle hand when she heard this, and sighed: "I won't pretend to shirk it with you, I accepted this silver, if you have anything in the future, don't see outside, let me know, but if you can help, I will definitely help." As she spoke, she carefully put away the silver, and then instructed Xiaohuan: "Why don't you thank you Sister Ruhua?" ”
Xiaohuan looked at Sister-in-law Liu, and then at Gentleness, suddenly twisted, only blushed and lowered her head, pulling her gentle sleeves, showing gratitude, but she couldn't say anything in her mouth.
Gently smiled and stroked her hair, put away the other two ingots of silver on the table, put them in his arms and said goodbye to Sister-in-law Liu, leaving their mother and daughter to talk about some private things alone.
On the way back, although there was a cool breeze blowing in my face, I didn't feel cold at all, and my palms and face were still faintly hot, which was exciting! She touched the silver in her arms through her clothes, and for the first time felt a little safe in this strange world! Money is indeed not omnipotent, but in the case that she has no money, no relatives and no freedom, these silver can bring her infinite hope and security, let her know that she can still make money, even if she leaves the Zhao Mansion one day, she has the ability to survive independently without relying on others!