Seeing Aunt Wu's husband in the grocery store from a distance standing on the ladder to hang a guise for Qi Ning, Qi Ning hurriedly went over and thanked Aunt Wu who was holding the ladder: "I also trouble Uncle Zhu and Aunt Wu to hang it for me, how embarrassing." ”

"As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, Miss Qi, we are neighbors, and you often take care of our family's business, this bit of work is nothing, this word is written by my son, you can see if it works, if it doesn't work, rewrite it." The man who was talking about Aunt Wu came down from the ladder, rubbed his hands and looked at Qi Ning eagerly.

Qi Ning looked up carefully, and the original white background and blue border were written in traditional Chinese characters from top to bottom; Qijia Lo Mei Restaurant. Five big words.

"It's very well written, presumably Aunt Wu's son must be a person with a college question." Saying that, Qi Ning took out five hundred wen and handed it to Aunt Wu, which was the price agreed in advance.

"What university asks, I've been studying for six or seven years, and Mr. said that he will be able to take the exam next year." Aunt Wu couldn't hide her relief.

"Since Mr. said it, then you will definitely be able to pass the test, and then you will be Xiucai's mother. When the time comes, Aunt Wu must take more care of us poor neighbors. I would like to congratulate you in advance, Aunt Wu. "Regardless of the previous life or this dynasty, no one doesn't like to listen to good words, anyway, good words don't cost money, Qi Ning poured it to Aunt Wu.

"Oh, then borrow the girl's auspicious words, and I will definitely set up a few more tables to invite the neighbors to drink." Aunt Wu smiled and waved her hand, helping the man carry the ladder back.

The Qin butcher followed closely and arrived with a large basket and a string of pig's trotters in his hand: "Girl, you keep a count, and we will settle it once in the next ten days." ”

"Trouble Brother Qin, you can also keep a count when you go back, and I will also remember that we will settle it together when the time comes."

After sending the Qin butcher away, Qi Ning put the door on the door with great difficulty: "This door is too inconvenient, when I have money, I will definitely buy a shop and pretend the door to be easy to open and close." ”

Qi Ning moved them to the yard one by one and began to get busy. At this moment, Wu from the grocery store came in from the street door with a wooden basin: "Miss Qi, where are you working." She rented a yard in the alley behind her, and she didn't stay at the grocery store at night, and their shop didn't have a door to the backyard, so she usually had to fetch water through the street door.

"Yes, Aunt Wu, you fetch water."

"I smelled the fragrance of your shop early this morning, and my greedy old man asked vigorously, you must remember to leave me some tomorrow."

"Of course, there are few things today, and they will be sold out soon, and when I am ready tomorrow, I will definitely bring some over and invite Aunt Wu to try them." By the way, I made my own pork pancreas, and Aunt Wu took a piece to wash her hands. Qi Ning stood up, took a pig pancreas from the stone and handed it to Wu.

"Oh, then I'll thank the girl first." Aunt Wu looked like a cheerful person, and she didn't give in much, so she took a basin of water and left.

That night, until Qi Ning finished eating, Wang Zhutou never came back, Qi Ning pursed his lips and simply stopped caring about him, boiled a pot of hot water, returned to the house, took a bath, and added firewood, and then climbed up to his small attic with a dim oil lamp.

A dreamless night, Qi Ning didn't wait for the butchers to come and slam the door and got up, first opened the door panel twice, and then came to the yard to sprinkle and sweep, you can't use people's kitchens in vain, since you don't charge money, Qi Ning took the initiative to contract these jobs. Hearing someone shouting in front of him, Qi Ning hurriedly put down the broom and came to the front; "Morning, Brother Zhang, oops, Brother Qin is also here, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for a long time." The two butchers also knew each other and had greeted each other for a long time.

"I've just arrived, I've put things down for you, you count, I'll go back first." Zhang Butcher didn't say much, and he and Qin Butcher went north and south. Qi Ning moved things to the yard one by one, soaked them in clean water, and then boiled the pot and prepared to do business, everything was much more orderly today, Qi Ning didn't have the hecticness of yesterday, but a little more pleasant.

There are a lot of things to do today, but they are sold out at noon, Qi Ning thought about it, now the business is good, a new thing everyone eats fresh, the price is not expensive, the people can afford to eat, but they can't do more every day. I can't be busy alone, not to mention, I also have to learn from the roast chicken restaurants and fried meat restaurants downstairs in my previous life. The daily limit is limited, and there are always those who can't eat it late, so as to attract customers to remember this bite.

After lunch, Qi Ning cleaned things as usual, turned to low heat after boiling the pot, put them in the pot one by one in order and boiled slowly, and then stretched out a long waist and lay down on the bamboo chair in the yard in a leisurely daze, the days here are busy and monotonous, but very fulfilling, Qi Ning looked at the light that came down when the leaves swayed with the wind and exhaled deeply, so be it, if you come, you will be safe, the important thing now is to earn more money, buy a house by yourself, and have a nest of your own, so that it can be regarded as really down-to-earth.

In his spare time, Qi Ning used the bamboo in the yard to break open and weave two simple soap boxes, one in his own house and the other by the well for Wang Qingyuan to use.

Half a month passed in an orderly manner, and this morning, a few magpies squeaked and jumped around the branches. As soon as Qi Ning sent away a wave of customers, a richly decorated carriage slowly stopped at the door.

A middle-aged man in a satin robe in his forties with a mustache got out of the car, and the guy who drove the car also came with him.

"Uncle is going to buy water or pig's head? Just out of the pot, you can taste it first, if it's not delicious, you don't need money. Qi Ning hurriedly wiped his hands and said attentively: "There is also marinated lotus root, full of meat fragrance, very refreshing to eat." ”

The guy Qi Ning said: "Girl, we are from Xiao Ji Restaurant on the dock outside the city, and this is the shopkeeper of our restaurant." Yesterday I went into the city to deliver and bought some braised pork from you, and everyone praised it for its deliciousness. Today, our shopkeeper wants to talk to you about some business. ”

Qi Ning was stunned in her heart, she quietly looked at the two people carefully, and secretly wondered about their intentions.

The shopkeeper Hu was also looking at Qi Ning, although the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl in front of him was still young, but her eyes were smart, revealing a calm and indifferent temperament that did not match her age, which made him very surprised, yesterday the guy said that the person who sold braised meat was a girl, and he still didn't believe it, but when he saw it today, he couldn't help but admire!

"Girl, are you in the family?"

"I opened this shop myself, so please say it if you have something to say."

Shopkeeper Hu couldn't help but look at the delicate and indifferent girl in front of him again, and felt a little more pity in his heart: "Girl, our restaurant wants to buy your recipe for making this lo-mei, I don't know if the girl is willing?" ”

Qi stared at the seemingly kind-looking shopkeeper Hu and smiled bitterly: "Shopkeeper Hu, I was originally a helpless orphan girl, and I was left alone in this Qing'an City, originally making hot sauce, but before I could earn the silver, I was forced to buy a recipe by the steward of the county order." Now I have to rely on this lo-mei business to make a living with some scattered silver! I can't make a lot of money selling this pig water and pig head meat, and I am busy every day from dawn to dark, and I wash and burn it, and I only pay 20 yuan a catty. What would I do if I sold it to you? ”

Shopkeeper Hu smiled at Qi Ning and said: "You are a girl who has not been out of the cabinet every day, and it is very hard to work hard to sell it. If we had paid a sum of money for your recipe, you wouldn't have to work so hard every day. The silver is enough for you to buy some jewelry and clothes to live a good life, and it is a serious idea to find a suitable in-law to marry in two years, our owner's business is all over the states and counties, and there are a lot of things, and the restaurant is only a part, and even if you buy this recipe and make a dish, it is also sold to people who eat in the restaurant, and will not sell it to those who work on the dock and the villagers who go to the city to do small business, and will not rob your business, isn't this the best of both worlds? ”

Qi Ning sneered in her heart, how could things be as simple as he said, it seems that she still overestimated the simplicity of the ancient people, a king was in charge before, and this is another Hu shopkeeper, although this Hu shopkeeper looks like a ball of harmony, but it is clearly a profiteer, and they all want to pick up cheap ones when they see that their business is good. She thought about it in her heart for a while, and then said softly: "Shopkeeper Hu, as the saying goes, dog meat can't be served at a feast, and this pig's head pig is eaten by us poor people." No matter how clean the wash is, no matter how good the cooking tastes, it can't take off the object that is a pickled thing, if you put it in the restaurant to sell, I am afraid that it will lose the value of your restaurant. Those who go to the restaurant, who wants to spend money and eat like the coolies at the dock, right? In addition, you have a lot of people in the restaurant and spend a lot, if this cheap thing is sold expensive, it is not appropriate, and if it is sold cheaply, it will not make money. Qi Ning looked at the silent shopkeeper Hu and said with a smile: "I have an idea, I don't know if you want to hear it?" ”