Chapter 29 The Cui family was hired, and rice vinegar came out
At the beginning, Shen Wenjun did win more and lose less, he originally had more than 20 taels of silver on him, but in the end he won close to 150 taels!
Shen Wenjun has been worried these days, the Shen family will not have so much silver in the future, and his life will not be so chic, I didn't expect that there would be such a good place in this town, where he could win money with his ingenuity!
When he won two hundred taels, the other party said that he would not play!
Shen Wenjun naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity to make money, he stopped the other party and didn't let him go, and continued to play, this game was played for a night, and when he got to the back, Shen Wenjun began to win less and lose more, gradually, he lost all the money he won, and his original more than 20 taels were also put in, and he owed a hundred taels of silver!
Now he was a little panicked, and the other party asked him to come back to get the money, and he quickly slipped back.
On the way back, he didn't dare to take the donkey cart, but came back on foot, he thought about it for a long time, and attributed all this to the fact that he was too tired, so he was taken advantage of by the other party!
Shame on you!
Ingenuity can't compare to him, so he plays such a little clever!
So, he decided to go to Mrs. Shen to ask for a hundred taels and continue to gamble, he didn't believe it, he was a showman, and he couldn't compare to these small people in the market!
As soon as Shen Wenjun left here, Mrs. Shen decided to hurry up and settle Shen Xiujuan's family affairs first.
If Shen Wenjun really encounters any problems, the family will definitely need to spend money, then the dowry she left for Shen Xiujuan may not be able to keep!
No way! Shen Wenjun encountered difficulties, there were still a hundred acres of land at home, and Shen Wenjun still had the jade pendant left by the Su family, which was enough to solve the problem!
But Shen Xiujuan's dowry must be left to Shen Xiujuan intact!
Old Lady Shen took out a few taels of silver and went to the town secretly.
Shen Yunxi has been busy these days without touching the ground, configuring preserved egg powder, cleaning osmanthus, making osmanthus rice stuffing, and even the glutinous rice and jars are pulled back by the Xia family's carriage.
She estimated that it was time to go to Yang's house and teach them another method of making fans.
Shen Yunxi took the special grater brought by the groom of the Xia family and went to the Yang family.
The courtyard of the Yang family is now very lively, the two uncles of the Yang family are rubbing sweet potatoes in the corner, one side of the yard is drying sweet potato starch, and the other side is drying the formed vermicelli.
Uncle Yang and Aunt Yang are not at home, and it is estimated that these fans will be able to complete it with two uncles and Yang Xiaomi, Yang Xiaozhou.
Yang Xiaomi saw that Shen Yunxi was holding the grater customized last time in her hand, and she knew that Shen Yunxi had come to teach them again.
"Yunxi!" Yang Xiaomi greeted Shen Yunxi cordially.
Shen Yunxi looked at the courtyard and asked, "How is it?" Did it go well? β
Yang Xiaomi nodded, "It's okay for two uncles to wipe two hundred catties a day, but Boss Xia doesn't need so much for the time being, so we also restrain some." β
"A few days ago, the first batch of fans has been shipped to the restaurant, minus the cost of sweet potatoes, and there can be more than 400 yuan per day, and the family is so happy!"
"Thank you, Yunxi!"
Shen Yunxi waved his hand, "Thank you for what I'm doing, it's just a gesture." Is there a ready-made dry powder? If so, I'll teach you quickly, and I'll go back to brewing! β
"Yes, yes, I'll prepare!" Yang Xiaomi immediately went to the yard and picked out the sweet potato starch that was almost sunburned.
Shen Yunxi dictated, Yang millet operation, add water to the starch according to the proportion, stir into a paste, boil water in the pot, find a clean iron basin, the bottom of the basin should be flat, pour in the first layer of paste, and steam for a few minutes.
Once foamed, pour in the second layer and work on until the paste is completely used.
After cooling, pour out the steamed paste, wrap it in gauze, and air it to dry.
Shen Yunxi showed the use of the grater, after the lumpy paste is dried, use the grater to cut it into fine filaments from top to bottom, so that the vermicelli is neat.
If you want to make sweet potato flour more beautiful, it is best to create a small square iron basin.
Yang Xiaomi did it very seriously, and also took all the suggestions that Shen Yunxi said to heart.
"After a while, I will go to Qingfeng Building, and when the time comes, you will bring this kind of fans, this kind of appearance, Xia Yifan will definitely bid no less."
Yang Xiaomi nodded happily, "Yunxi, you're so good!" It's been a real dream for me these days! β
"If you can earn so much every day, you will have more than a dozen taels of silver a month!"
"Don't worry! The amount of fans will only be more in the future, not less, you just do it well, and some of them will keep you busy in the future! Seeing that Yang Xiaomi was so excited, Shen Yunxi quipped.
After returning from Yang's house, Shen Yunxi joined the ranks of wine-making again, and went to Qingfeng Lou in a few days, not only to bring osmanthus brewing, but also to bring vinegar.
After drying them for so many days, it's time to take them out!
Mrs. Shen is very happy today, she secretly went to the town a few days ago, and Cui's mother and Cui Zixuan both said that they would come to propose marriage in a few days.
And today his baby son came back in style, brightly dressed and full of energy, and returned the one hundred taels he borrowed last time to her, and told her that the matter had been completely resolved!
At the same time, Shen Wenjun also told Mrs. Shen a particularly good news, that is, the gold clerk in the town was looking for a son-in-law.
Jin Yuanwai's family is particularly rich, and he heard that there are 10,000 acres of fertile land, and the shops in several streets of the town are his.
Jin Yuanwai has several sons, but only one daughter, so he has high requirements in choosing a son-in-law.
Mrs. Shen felt that her son was nine out of ten, Shen Wenjun was a talent, he looked like a talent, and he could take a fancy to the daughter of Jin Yuanwai, which was the blessing of Miss Jin's family!
"Did Jin Yuanwai reveal how much he married?" Old Lady Shen asked tentatively.
I didn't say anything specifically, but what he meant in his words was that Miss Jin's dowry in the future would be several times more than that of the younger sister! There are also dowry maids and rough envoys! β
Old lady Shen's smiling eyes are gone, it is still her youngest son, if she marries the young lady of the Jin family, the marriage will be enough for their family to spend many years.
No matter how bad it is, the Jin Yuanwai has so much money in his hands, the Jin family lady married into their family is a member of their family, for the sake of their family, it is appropriate to ask for more money from the Jin Yuanwai!
Her youngest son is really promising, she is going to have a good life!
With this play, Mrs. Shen doesn't go to Shen Yunxi's trouble now, and is immersed in sweet dreams every day.
Two days later, Aunt Mei brought Cui's mother to give the dowry, two pairs of chickens, four catties of pork, a horse of coarse cloth, two catties of sugar, and twenty taels of silver.
The corners of Old Lady Shen's mouth went from laughing, to smiling, to hanging upside down!
Her family's Shen Xiujuan's dowry has already been put on the surface, and the Cui family's dowry is like this?
Her Shen family has no shortage of chicken candy, and she has to get tired of eating it every day, this coarse cloth, even Shen Pingping's clothes and fabrics are better than this, this Cui family is deliberately shabby!
Seeing that Mrs. Shen's face was getting worse and worse, Cui's mother was indifferent, and Aunt Mei explained with some embarrassment, "You also know the conditions of the Cui family, as far as Cui Xiucai's father works in the town, Cui Xiucai himself is relatively good, and the court still has a little reward." β
"So the Cui family's life is still relatively poor!"
She took a few steps closer and said to Old Lady Shen, "Old woman, what this man does to a woman is not based on how much money he spends, but on how much money he has, but how much he spends!" β
"For example, if a man has a hundred taels, he only takes out one tael; The other man only has a total of one or two, but he spends one or two on the woman, which of the two do you say is better? β
"Although Cui Xiucai is relatively poor now, he is the top of the list, and he will still be promoted in the future, he is a jinshi, and the blessings of your Xiujuan are behind!"
As soon as Aunt Mei explained this, Old Lady Shen's face improved a lot. Aunt Mei is indeed right, the conditions of the Cui family are obvious to all, anyway, Shen Xiujuan will have so much dowry, and the future will not be bad.
Mrs. Shen and Old Man Shen were very happy to discuss the marriage with them.
"What? You're going to get married in half a month, so soon? When Cui's mother said that the marriage time was set for half a month later, Mrs. Shen and Old Man Shen were more surprised.
There are a lot of things to prepare for marriage, and half a month is too late.
"We have found someone to calculate, and we will get married in half a month, which will help Zixuan's road to the imperial examination!" Cui Mu explained unhurriedly.
When Mrs. Shen heard this, she had to agree!
Cui Zixuan and Shen Xiujuan's marriage was decided.
After Shen Yunxi heard this, she didn't react at all, she only cared about her osmanthus stuffed and preserved eggs.
But in Mu Chenglin's opinion, she was too sad, so she turned her sadness into motivation and kept working.
If Shen Yunxi knew Mu Chenglin's thoughts, she would definitely roll her eyes, and she Shen Yunxi's eyes were not blind, so where was Cui Zixuan?
But she doesn't have time to break these now, and Yang Xiaomi's fans are also good, the first batch of preserved eggs are cleaned and dried to eat.
She had to prepare ingredients made of vinegar, and asked Xia Yifan for silver.
Autumn is coming, the thick quilts and thick clothes at home have to be remade, and the furniture that has not been bought before should be added.
On this day, Aunt Huang told Shen Yunxi a secret when no one was around.
Every day on the way to Mu's house, she could see Shen Pingping and Qiao Ruijie chatting around a corner.
Cui Zixuan and Shen Xiujuan's marriage was known to the whole village, and Shen Pingping had no chance, but she didn't expect her to hook up with Qiao Ruijie, a child in the village.
This Shen Pingping is so persistent in reading?
However, Aunt Huang just felt that this Shen Pingping was too shameless, and she wanted to hook up with her stepsister's fiancΓ© but failed, and she went to hook up with someone else's fiancΓ©, so she couldn't help but tell Shen Yunxi secretly.
Before dawn the next day, Shen Yunxi and Mu Chenglin got up, made a lot of vinegar delicacies, and then packed them and put them in the Xia family's carriage.
In addition to these delicacies, Shen Yunxi also brought a jar of osmanthus stuffed, twenty preserved eggs, and Yang millet with neat fans.
Seeing that Shen Yunxi had brought so many new things, the horseman smiled and drove away happily.
In Qingfeng Building, Xia Yifan has been looking forward to vinegar for a long time, he has not disappointed Shen Yunxi, and Steward Hong has already begun to deal with Shen Wenjun!
Not only for this sauerkraut and vinegar, but also for the peace in the future!
These annoying people of the Shen family will stumble Shen Yunxi every day every day, you must know that the current Shen Yunxi is a distinguished guest of Qingfeng Building, and there are more than distinguished guests, it is the treasure of Qingfeng Building!
When Mu Chenglin came in with the food box and the groom helped with the jar, Xia Yifan knew that his vinegar was coming!
Shen Yunxi opened the food box without hurrying, the first dish, Xia Yifan had eaten before, it was called sweet and sour pork ribs.
But the second course is sweet and sour fish! This dish is not easy to make, and Mu Chenglin failed several times before he barely succeeded once.
The sweet and sour fish is sweet and sour, and there is no fishy smell at all, but it does not completely cover the freshness of the fish. Its color is red with yellow, yellow is translucent, and its head and tail are raised high, and its appearance is also so distinctive.
"This dish is not easy to make, so if the chef of Qingfeng Mansion fails, it is not our problem, but the problem of proficiency, just this morning, we also failed to do it several times!"
Seeing that Xia Yifan couldn't stop eating, Shen Yunxi gave him a preventive injection.
Xia Yifan looked at the posture of the fish body and understood Shen Yunxi's words.
The third course is sweet and sour tenderloin, which is wrapped in flour and fried, and then wrapped in sweet and sour sauce, which is sweet and sour, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
It's a pity that there is no ketchup, and there is always a little less flavor.
The fourth dish is hot and sour shredded potatoes, the fifth is hot and sour tofu soup, the sixth is hot and sour shrimp, the seventh is spicy and sour radish, and the eighth is sweet and garlic.
The last dish is hot and sour noodles. The plump and sparkling sweet potato powder, the bright red soup, plus a few peanuts and a few sweet garlic, make people want to stop.
Eating a mouthful of noodles and drinking a mouthful of soup makes my heart warm.
Xia Yifan finished eating it satisfied, and sure enough, the vinegar that he had waited for so many days did not disappoint him.
After tasting, Xia Yifan brought paper and pen, which were still dictated by Shen Yunxi, and recorded the recipes of the nine dishes on it one by one.
This time it is still a recipe of twenty taels of silver, among which the sweet and sour fish is good because of its good image, Xia Yifan gave fifty taels, and the hot and sour noodles have been given in advance, so this time Shen Yunxi got a total of one hundred and ninety taels of silver.
"How are you going to sell this vinegar?" Xia Yifan asked.
"Vinegar, like sauerkraut, is easy to preserve, and Xia Gongzi can be transported to all parts of the country. At the same time, in addition to these ways to eat vinegar, when cooking soup and cooking every day, a little bit can also improve freshness. β
"Plus, it's not easy to make vinegar, so it's the price! Fifty wen a pound! β
Fifty wen a pound! Within Xia Yifan's budget, he readily agreed, and hurriedly signed the agreement, for fear that Shen Yunxi would regret it.
Only then did Shen Yunxi react, she said low!
One pound of rice and one tael of sugar can produce three pounds of vinegar, and the cost of ingredients does not exceed twenty yuan, so when I set the price of fifty with Mu Chenglin at that time, I still felt that I was quite treacherous.
It looks like I'm still too tender!
Shen Yunxi looked at Mu Chenglin helplessly, only to see that his face was also a little annoyed.
Xia Yifan drew up an agreement, and in the future, the Mu family would provide ten catties of vinegar every day, at a price of fifty wen per catty, Xia Yifan handed over the pen to Mu Chenglin with a smile and asked him to sign.
The vinegar business was negotiated, and Shen Yunxi took out the osmanthus brew mentioned before.
The vinegar is sold cheaply, she wants to make Xia Yifan bleed this osmanthus brew, she knows that Xia Yifan wants to sell the osmanthus brew to the capital, so he can't sell it cheaply.