Hearing his question, He Zao said with a smile: "There are a few, but our Guyang City and Huaiqing Mansion are owned by your mansion, so we refused." ”

The implication is that if it is another prefecture, it will not be refused.

In fact, He Zao was preparing to go to Zezhou Mansion in a few days to see it in person.

Zezhou Prefecture is also very populous, with a lot of fertile land, and it is very wealthy, and the market for selling these snacks is vast.

The steward groaned for a while, then stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Please come into the house and talk." ”

The He family's business can be called for a long time, and this bit of stupidity has long been used to it.

Seeing this, Chen knew that the two had something important to discuss, so he hurriedly brought refreshments and sat down with them.

His daughter's daughter is alone when she sees guests, and her reputation is not good.

She's a mother, and she's got to look at it.

"Our young master wants to offer persimmons to the palace!"

A simple sentence, but it moved He Zao and Chen.

The last time I offered Songhua eggs, I was sealed with a "tribute", so what about this time!

He Zao was only excited for a moment, and then tried his best to calm down.

In modern times, Songhua eggs have been a tribute to all dynasties, and they have endured, but this persimmon cake has not heard much of it, but it is also a tribute!

Don't expect too much.

Thinking like this, He had already gotten up and bowed deeply to the dumb steward: "Thank you Han Gongzi for your help!" ”

But in any case, if this persimmon enters the mouth of the heavenly family, it will only be good.

The steward owes a debt and is very respectful.

"I think the second girl, it's better for us to make an agreement, this persimmon is three or seven points! Our Han family management sells on behalf of you, and your house is still made in a workshop! ”

He Zao only thought about it slightly, and then he should come down.

One is that the He family really has no ability to sell, the other is that the Han family is a local snake in Huaiqing Mansion, and the He family can't afford to offend, and the third is that after getting along for a long time, He Zao can also find that although the Han family is powerful, he is still decent in doing things, and he is not oppressive with power, and he is also an object that can cooperate for a long time!

However, she made another request: "In addition to the Han family, if there are merchants who come to cooperate, I hope your government can agree!" She said her reasons.

The Han family is not a pure merchant family, but there are countless manor shops in the country, but there are very few people who sell snacks alone, generally this kind of powerful family is a pawnshop, gold and silver shop and other money-making industries, in this case, to sell Songhua eggs and persimmons, it brings great disadvantages.

This is also the reason why Songhua eggs are only popular in the Central Plains so far.

What He Zao hopes is to use the power of the Han family to cooperate with other big merchants who sell snacks, and then cooperate with some small merchants in the county town near the square circle, so as to ensure that Songhua eggs and persimmons are really best-selling in the country!

The steward hesitated, and then said, "Let me go back to my son-in-law!" ”

He Zao bowed his head, this is as it should be.

When the other party left, Chen asked: "Zao'er, it's good for us to have the Han family to take care of us, why do you want to find other merchants, what if the hot Han Gongzi gets angry?" ”

The Chen family felt that their family could do business with the Han family because of the incense burning on the ancestral tomb!

But He Zao shook his head.

Eggs can't all be put in one basket, no matter how good the Han family is, businessmen are profit-oriented, there is no profit, and the cooperation is not long, but when the profit is big enough, you must be careful not to make it bad!

Chen couldn't explain this, and she couldn't explain how she could understand it.

Therefore, she quietly changed the topic: "Mother, my eldest sister's bracelet is a dowry for Cui Dabao, let's go to the city in the afternoon and pick a pair for the eldest sister!" ”

The persimmons were also sold for money, and as soon as the steward was in charge, he sent more than a hundred taels of silver.

Chen really forgot about the past, and immediately nodded: "It's this Li'er, your eldest sister is a sensible person, we should think of these for her, then, we'll go after lunch." ”

He Zao smiled happily: "Let my father drive the carriage, our persimmons will sell well, and we will buy some delicious food at home." ”

There is enough white flour and millet at home, and there is meat to eat every meal.

Chen Shi said angrily: "Every day, these old and many good things are not enough to eat, what do you want to eat!" ”

He Zao blinked his eyes and thought about it, and really came up with one: "Mother, let's weigh some rice to eat, let's not make moon cakes, go and weigh some good ones." ”

At this time, the moon cakes are basically the same as modern practices, they are also mixed with stuffing and wrapped with skin, but they are steamed on the stove, just like steaming nests.

Therefore, the steamed moon cakes are not as delicate and small as modern times, about the size of a person's palm, round and slippery, and the skin is painted with Meilan chrysanthemum bamboo, or Chang'e, Jade Rabbit and other paintings to meet the occasion.

But the countrymen don't buy it, they all wrap it in stuffing and steam it themselves.

The moon cakes sold outside are very expensive, and four moon cakes cost dozens of dollars.

But if you make it yourself, you can stir and steam the white and yellow noodles together, and you can put less red bean brown sugar.

Therefore, there is also a custom in Lujia Village, when the married girl goes home to send moon cakes, each family will compare who sent the moon cakes with thick crusts and thin fillings, or the yellow noodles are too much, soft and collapsed, and they can't be picked up, or they put too little sugar and no sweetness!

Steaming moon cakes is also a big trouble, from grinding the filling, to ****, steaming, and drying, it takes a whole day's work.

He Zao also wants to let his family rest.

Chen guessed that the little girl was greedy and wanted to eat the moon cakes sold in the shop, so he didn't object, and nodded with a smile: "In China, we don't eat one all year round, this time we will weigh more!" ”

In the old house, it would be nice to be able to eat a whole one.

Aunt He sends moon cakes back every year, but just that one catty, the old couple and He Tangerine, and then give a point to the people in the second room, it will be gone, and the rest of their own family is not good, and there are not many, and the daughters-in-law will not have anything left as soon as they send it to their parents' house.

Moreover, because the Ma family in the big house does not have a maiden family, the old house does not prepare her share every year.

Because of this, Ma often complains behind his back: "A firewood is wasted!" ”

The He family is a big steamer, and the steamed nest is enough for a large family to eat for two days, but there are only a few moon cakes.

In the afternoon, He Laosan really drove the ox cart and took Chen and He Zao to the town.

He Chun'er took the initiative to take care of the family, the Songhua egg workshop, the persimmon workshop, and they were all inseparable from the people.

This is exactly what the mother and mother want.

When they arrived in the town, in the confusion of He Laosan, Chen and He Zao went straight to the gold and silver shop and began to choose.

He Laosan invited the guy to look at his own ox cart, and came in with a sullen head, some of whom couldn't understand, didn't he just buy jewelry, why did he buy it!

He Zao pulled Chen's sleeve and let her see He Laosan's face.

Chen now likes He Zao's intimate little actions, and his heart is always soft, as if he has been reborn.

She looked at He Zao and smiled gently, before turning her head to look at He Laosan, whose blank and naïve appearance made Chen laugh for a while.

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