Song Qiaoqiao pursed her lips, lowered her head and said embarrassedly: "My aunt has never let me make pastries since I was a child." ”

"Okay, then you can put the pastry in the mold." Cheng Qingwan lay on the bed a little helplessly, and fell asleep after a while.

In the next few days, everyone was busy buying ingredients everywhere.

The night before the opening, Cheng Qingwan was still climbing the shelves to hang lanterns.

Cheng Hua'er stood below, looked at the big Cheng character on the lantern, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Wanwan, it's time to come down for dinner."

"Okay, I'll come down right away."

Cheng Qingwan climbed down with a smile, and as soon as she landed, she saw Su Yunwei getting off the carriage not far away.

She stood there and waited for a while, watched her come over and said, "I thought you forgot the ten taels of silver." ”

Su Yunwei smiled awkwardly and glanced at the door plaque covered with a red cloth: "Are you planning to open a business?" ”

"yes, tomorrow." Cheng Qingwan walked into the house and whispered a few words to Qiaoqiao.

"I'm here today to tell you about the full moon cake."

"I know, there is only one thing you have to do except find fault."

Su Yunwei didn't seem to hear this insinuation, and said to herself: "The full moon ceremony is at the beginning of next month, and each cake will cost fifty servings, and ten taels is a deposit. ”

Cheng Qingwan fiddled with the abacus twice, looked at the calculated numbers, frowned and asked, "Did you tell your sister how much my pastry is?" ”

"Got it."

"Then doesn't your sister think that ten taels of deposit is too much?"

Su Yunwei raised her eyebrows and smiled contemptuously: "Naturally, I don't think so, it's just twice as much." If your pastry is liked by everyone at the banquet, my sister will have a big reward. ”

Cheng Qingwan listened to this familiar tone, and suddenly rolled her eyes in her heart.

"Actually, ten taels of silver is nothing to our family, how can it be like you, you have to work hard for a year."

Cheng Qingwan didn't wait for her to finish, and directly stuffed ten taels of silver into her arms and said, "Okay, I know." In this case, you go back first, and I will discuss everything after the opening. ”

Su Yunwei was stunned for a moment holding the box in her arms, and looked at the maid behind her for a while.

"Cheng Qingwan, you are beating the God of Wealth who sent it to the door!"

"How can I have it, isn't it good to hang on the wall of the God of Wealth?" Cheng Qingwan pointed directly to the statue on the wall and said innocently.

"I'm here to give you silver, and that's how you did it to me?" Su Yunwei stomped her feet and said angrily.

"Come, Miss." Cheng Qingwan pulled a chair for her, and there was a posture of talking all night: "I'm here, I'm going to open tomorrow, and we still have to work after dinner, what do you have to do, let's discuss it when we're done." ”

Su Yunwei was just about to say something, when she saw that the others had finished eating and went to work.

Cheng Qingwan buried herself in cooking, and after a while, she finished eating and went to work.

In a small place, everyone is busy with work in their hands, but only Su Yunwei, who is sitting, is the most leisurely.

She looked at her for a while, but no one paid attention to her, and then she felt bored, so she turned around and left with the maid.

Cheng Qingwan was looking at the ingredients to be used tomorrow, and she didn't notice that the person was leaving.

It wasn't until everything was packed up and everyone was going to sleep that they realized that the people were gone.

This night, Cheng Qingwan didn't sleep well, and woke up several times before Yin.

The last time I couldn't sleep, I just got up.

As soon as she moved, Song Qiaoqiao on the side woke up immediately.

"Wanwan, what time is it?"

"It's not yet time for yourselves, so you can sleep again." Cheng Qingwan got up and got dressed.

"Where are you going?" Song Qiaoqiao sat up, rubbed his forehead and asked.

"I can't sleep anyway, go to the kitchen and get ready."

"Then I'll go with you." Song Qiaoqiao said as she got up: "I can't sleep well either, I always wake up, it's better to go to the kitchen to prepare." ”

"Okay, let's go down together." Cheng Qingwan sat on the bed for a while, waiting for her to dress and wash.

Subsequently, the two went downstairs together.

Before he could reach the top of the stairs, he heard the door of Renzhi's house open.

The girl walked out and looked at the person in front of her in surprise: "Sister Wanwan, Sister Qiaoqiao, are you also up?" ”

"Why are you up too?"

"I can't sleep, so I'll wake up early and see if there's anything else I can do." Renzhi rubbed her eyes and walked down the path after them.

The three of them walked to the kitchen together and made some breakfast.

After breakfast, I started kneading the dough and making pastries.

After they were almost ready, Cheng Hua'er and the others also came down.

While the family was busy in the kitchen, some of the pastries were steamed.

Cheng Hua'er and Aunt Liu took the freshly cooked pastries and put them on the counter, and Lian Zhi prepared the account book and abacus, and waited for the door to open.

Cheng Qingwan and Song Qiaoqiao saw that the time was almost up, so they walked out and waited for the auspicious time to open.

At the moment, the door opened, and Aunt Liu took Lian Song to light a cannon outside the door, attracting many people.

Cheng Hua'er waited for the end of the artillery battle, looked at the people who came around, and said with a smile: "Folks, we have Cheng's pastry shop opened today, and all the pastries in the store are half discounted today, I hope you will have more cheers." ”

The people around looked at each other and refused to come forward.

A woman stretched out her head to look at it and said hesitantly, "How much is a pack of your pastries, can they be delicious?" ”

"Our family only costs six cents a pack after discounting, and the more expensive ones are only seven cents." Aunt Liu took a bag of pastries and said with a smile: "It's delicious, it's definitely delicious, you can buy it back and eat it, it's guaranteed to make you forget to return." ”

Cheng Qingwan stood behind, looked at the woman's hesitant face, turned around and walked to the kitchen, took two pieces of pastries that had just come out of the pot, cut them and put them on the plate, and served them to Cheng Hua'er.

"Auntie, let them try it, they will definitely buy it if it's delicious."

Cheng Hua'er nodded, took the plate, and said with a smile: "Everyone, if you taste it, you will know if it tastes good or not." ”

The onlookers did not look at each other, but the woman who spoke first stepped forward and took a piece of pastry and tasted it.

Immediately, I bought two packs of pastries.

When everyone saw it, they came forward to taste it.

Freshly cooked pastries have a fragrant flavor and are the best time to eat them. Those who have tasted it have basically paid for one or two packs.

In a few moments, a hundred pastries were gone.

The people who ate after the meal looked at the empty counter and asked, "Boss, are you done with today's purchase?" ”

"Also, don't worry, I'm already doing it quickly, you wait a while, I'll rush you." Cheng Hua'er said with a smile, turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

At this moment, Cheng Qingwan had just brought out the pastry, and saw the woman who was about to come in: "A-Niang, why are you here?" ”

"The 100 copies are gone, and there are still guests who want them, so I'll come in and have a look."

"That's right, the chestnut cake and crystal cake have just come out of the pot, you take them to the front first, and I'll steam the cloud cake right away." Cheng Qingwan's movements in her hands did not stop and said.

"Okay, if you can't keep up, I'll let Lianzhi come in and help you."

"Don't, one fire girl is enough, one more, squeeze in the house."

Cheng Hua'er glanced at Song Qiaoqiao, who was working hard to make a fire in front of the stove, smiled, didn't say anything, and hurriedly brought out the pastry.

The guests who had tasted the food had already lined up and were about to reach the street.

Cheng Hua'er hurriedly walked over, smiling and asking the guests what pastries they wanted, while taking the oil paper.

Aunt Liu walked into the kitchen with an empty plate, took a few pieces of pastry that had just come out of the pot, cut it, and brought it out to solicit guests on the street.

Reneda stood at the counter, skillfully fiddling the abacus while collecting the cashier.

Although Lian Song is young, he also stands at the door to greet and lead the way.

The room was crowded with guests, and several people were busy with their own work, although they were unfamiliar, but they also looked orderly.

Jinghou stood in front of his house, looked at the scene in the store, and smiled at the person beside him: "I also said to find a few people to be trustees, but now it seems that there is no need at all." Wan Wan, this girl, does have a bit of craftsmanship. ”

Hearing this, Yuan Qi's face inadvertently showed a little pride, and he responded with a smile: "Yes." ”

Jinghou glanced at him and asked seemingly casually, "Listen to her aunt, have you looked at this girl?" ”

Yuan Qi didn't expect him to ask so directly, blinked, and responded: "Yes, I plan to wait for Wan Wan and Lu to propose." ”

"Oh?" Jinghou turned around and looked him up and down: "Can the Yuan family agree to you to propose marriage?" ”

"My business has always been up to me." Yuanqi was neither humble nor arrogant, and his tone was firm.

Jing Hou chuckled, looked at the more and more people in the pastry shop, and said, "I heard that a few months ago, the prince had already played and was going to transfer you back. Why don't you leave, is it because of Wanwan? ”

"Yes, it's also for the Cheng family."

When Jinghou heard this, he quickly turned his head and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Yuan Qi's eyes were shining, and the corners of his mouth were smiling: "Today's court, Your Majesty has issued an order to be ordinary for the Cheng family." ”

"Is that true?"

"Seriously."

Jing Hou stared at the young man in front of him, and said with a smile: "I really underestimated you, even if you are in Hua County, you can find out the news of the capital, and you can actually rehabilitate the Cheng family." ”

"Don't dare, this matter was done by the crown prince and the fourth highness."

Jinghou waved his hand and did not speak with a smile.

The two stood for a while, and Yuan Qi said goodbye and left first.

Jinghou turned around and walked into the mansion, and said to the person beside him in a deep voice: "Send someone back immediately to find out the authenticity of this news." ”

"Master Hou is worried that Lord Yuan will lie to you?"

"What did he lie to me?" Jinghou took a sip of the teacup and sighed: "This matter is not ambiguous, if there is a half-point difference, the life of the sister-in-law will be gone." ”

"Yes, the slave will immediately order someone to do it." The attendant beside him said, "It's just that the slave doesn't understand something. ”

"Say."

"Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince re-examine the old affairs of the Cheng family for no reason?"

Jinghou laughed and put down the teacup: "Where is the prince, it is clear that Yuanqi submitted the evidence through the prince's hand." ”

When the attendant heard this, he immediately lowered his head and smiled: "The slave is stupid." ”

"If this matter is true, then this Yuanqi has a few brushes, the fourth prince has been checking for five years, and there is no progress at all, and he has really been rehabilitated when he checks."