Chapter 35: Returnees
After a night's rest, Dong Xiaowan was still excited.
As early as last night, she had already learned that her Xiaowan buns were selling well, which gave her an additional source of income, which was enough to make her very happy.
Later, the process of getting together with Fang Yizhi, Mao Xiang and other talents was also very pleasant, especially the talent and conversation revealed by Mao Xiang made her extremely admired, and she had the feeling of meeting a soulmate, which made her feel happy.
What made her happiest was that when she got off the boat, Wu's mother was still waiting for her, first stuffing 27 taels of silver into her hand, and then asked her, can you increase the amount of this Xiaowan bun?
Mother Wu has never taken the initiative to take out the silver so happily!
This shows that Xiaowan buns are indeed rave reviews!
Wu's mother's proposal made Dong Xiaowan quite tempted, but she felt that it was safer to discuss this matter with Derpy first.
Therefore, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep, so she ran to the back kitchen early this morning, only to find that Derpy had not yet arrived, and only some of the chefs in charge of breakfast were busy in the back kitchen.
This made her a little disappointed.
After a while, she made another trip to the back kitchen, but Derpy still didn't show up.
It wasn't until she came to the back kitchen for the third time that she noticed Derpy at the kitchen door.
"Derpy, come on!"
She was a little excited, but she was worried that she would attract too much attention, so she lowered her voice and called Ivan.
Ivan had already seen her and followed her unhurriedly to the kitchen backyard.
"Derpy, our buns are selling well. ”
Dong Xiaowan finally jumped up.
Ivan's mood was also infected by her.
Before entering the dungeon, his mood was originally depressed by Li Xiangling, but now he immediately got better.
Alas, no matter how popular she is on the Qinhuai River, she is essentially just a teenager.
Ivan sighed first, and then replied very calmly: "Well, I know. ”
Dong Xiaowan still excitedly picked up a money bag, grabbed a handful of silver from it and held it up to him: "Look, this is the silver we earned last night, so much!"
Ivan stretched out his hand and picked up a silver ingot from Dong Xiaowan's hand, and secretly issued an order: exchange.
"Ten taels of silver, 18 points can be redeemed, confirm the exchange?"
Of course not exchanged.
Ivan was just trying to see the exchange price.
He had already checked, and in reality, the price of silver is about 3.5 yuan a gram, and 10 taels of silver are 500 grams, which is equivalent to 1,750 yuan.
Now the system gives an exchange rate of 18 points, which is basically in balance with the real price.
This system is a bit too chicken!
Originally, he was thinking that if there was a difference between the value of the silver in reality and the dungeon, he would want to take advantage of the loophole to exchange for points.
But now I find that there is no hole to drill at all.
Not only is there no hole to drill, but it is still a big loss if you exchange it now!
He had already checked, if compared according to purchasing power, one tael of silver in the middle of the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to more than 600 yuan of purchasing power, even if it was the end of the Ming Dynasty when prices rose sharply, at least it was equivalent to three or four hundred yuan.
If you really want to exchange it, it will be a big loss!
Alas, this system is really too chicken thief!
Ivan couldn't help but sigh.
"How many in total?"
"Twenty-seven taels and five dollars, let's divide half of them. ”
Dong Xiaowan was still a little excited, she thought that Ivan took the silver from her hand and was going to share the silver with her.
This girl's heart is quite sincere!
It's really worth a help.
Ivan had the thought again.
In other words, those modern people who are eager for quick success, as soon as they make money, they will definitely start to calculate, for example, the fame is mine, the soup dumplings are also developed by me, I score a lot of points, and even find a way to squeeze out partners and so on.
Ivan is not uncommon with such things.
He put the silver back in Dong Xiaowan's hand: "You put it away first." ”
"What's wrong?" Dong Xiaowan asked puzzled.
"Let's save enough money to pay off your debts. ”
This sentence almost made Dong Xiaowan cry.
I think that at the beginning, in order to cure her mother's illness, she borrowed money everywhere, but she didn't borrow any money, and those relatives saw her as if they had seen a disaster, lest they couldn't avoid it.
Those who asked for debts came to the door every day and threatened her to sell her to the Qinglou to pay off the debt.
It is precisely because of this that she had no choice but to take the initiative to join the Qinglou.
In Qinglou for such a long time, rich people have seen a lot, but everyone is greedy for her beauty, and as soon as they heard about her huge debts, they began to support her, or asked her to exchange her body for money.
But a Derpy who only met yesterday didn't take a penny in the face of the money that originally belonged to him, how could this not move her?
Moreover, what he said was to let her save enough for the more than 1,000 taels of silver she owed!
Her eyes were red, she raised the money bag in front of Ivan, and said firmly, "No." ”
Ivan shook his head helplessly.
It's really a silly girl, and it's rare for me to want to be a good person and not give it.
"Don't be stupid, I'm not short of money, and silver is of little use to me. ”
Dong Xiaowan looked at the cheap clothes on Ivan's body and didn't believe it at all.
"No way, otherwise how would you be working in the kitchen?"
"What are you lying about? I didn't come here to work to make money, but to learn how to cook. If it's to make money, I have a lot of methods, so why do I need to come here and do hard work?"
Dong Xiaowan was stunned for a moment.
That's right!
With a few random ideas, Derpy started making a lot of money.
With his knowledge, there is really no need to come to the kitchen as a small servant to earn this hard-earned money.
But she was puzzled.
"Why do you like cooking so much?"
The question that Ivan wanted finally came.
In order to survive in the dungeon for a long time, there must be a reasonable explanation for his origins.
Moreover, in the coming time, he may keep coming up with something that looks strange in this era, which has to be explained by a reasonable reason.
So he consulted a lot of information and finally got ready.
"Does Yi Yin know?"
"Shang Minister Yi Yin?"
This was a bit of a surprise to Ivan.
It seems that the name of the chef ancestor has also been widely known in this era.
"That's right, Yi Yin is my ancestor, you understand why I'm obsessed with cooking, right?"
Dong Xiaowan was a little surprised.
It turns out that Derpy is a descendant of the chef's ancestor!
It turns out that he is a famous family!
She remembered that Derpy had said her name was Ivan.
This is an era when people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and if a person has the background of a famous family, a family, or a prestigious family, his identity will immediately become noble.
Dong Xiaowan is no exception.
She was slightly taken aback, and then continued to ask, "Then why did you enter the Qin Tower again?"
The question was a bit off from what Ivan had expected.
Isn't it normal to ask where my home is?
Alas, it seems that I had to make it up myself.
"Well, that's a long story. ”
"A few years ago, the Central Plains was in turmoil, in order to escape the war, my family arranged for me to go to the West with someone, but when I came back, I found that my home had been ruined, and my family was gone. ”
......
The identity of a returnee was made up in this way.