Looking at the pile of copper plates on the table, even Pei Jianing was vaguely excited. When she was a princess, she never felt anything about the pile of precious treasures in the palace. On the contrary, she looked down on the kind of people who bent their waists for gold and silver. Knowing that earning money by herself is different, she also has the idea of ​​wanting to earn money by herself, and also wants to do things that she likes and can earn money like the fourth sister-in-law.

In fact, she didn't dislike being a cook, and she didn't think there was any point in helping the fourth sister-in-law.

Of course, maybe I had some thoughts at the beginning, and felt a little ashamed that I had never done this kind of work, but after almost a month of doing it, those entangled thoughts have long since disappeared.

But there are too few places where she can help the fourth sister-in-law. At most, she can help scrape the fish meat from the fish scales and bones, and she can't even cut the fish slices.

There is also pounding fish paste, she is not strong enough, the fourth sister-in-law said that the strength is weak, and the fish balls made from the pounded fish paste will not taste right.

So this work is also done by the fourth brother.

She is not suitable for the job of a cook, and she has no talent.

When she was in the palace before, she knew that her father was not feeling well, so she wanted to cook soup for him herself, but the soup made according to the imperial chef's instructions was really different in taste.

It's not as good as the soup made by the queen mother.

In fact, the soup made by the queen mother is also average, but every time the father said it was delicious.

Thinking of her father, Pei Jianing's heart ached.

The emperor really dotes on her.

If they were born in an ordinary family, their family must be living happily.

It wasn't until the copper plates on the table made a clattering sound that Pei Jianing came back to his senses. Looking at the table, it was the fourth sister-in-law who had started counting the copper coins.

Pei Jianing smiled and began to count the copper coins.

One hundred copper plates are strung together with fine hemp rope, so that counts.

In this way, ten strings of money are consistent.

Brother Feng and Sister Xian sat on the twig in the kitchen and watched Moyu play in the yard. In the kitchen, Xu Qinyu and Pei Jianing were counting money.

Pei Weixuan just sat there, watching Yuniang and her sister count the money.

Yuniang smiled so hard that she couldn't hide the smile on her face.

Sister Ning also had a faint smile on her face.

The whole family seems to have changed under the influence of Yu Niang. They no longer give up on themselves and start to have the idea of ​​living a good life.

For some reason, Pei Weixuan felt a little soft in his heart.

He was slightly stunned, and pressed his hands on his heart, which seemed to be the first time he had experienced such a soft feeling in his heart.

When the eldest brother had an accident with his father, he was also sad, and he also had feelings for his family, but this kind of sadness and feelings were more like a bond between blood thicker than water, and he had never experienced this kind of soft-hearted feeling.

Xu Qinyu quickly finished counting the money, and said with a smile, "Today, I earned two more than sixty-two Wen."

There are almost 100 portions of glutinous rice sausage and 200 tea eggs, all sold out in less than half an hour in the morning, and these are worth 1,200 Wen.

In fact, Chaoshi earns most of the money.

In the afternoon, the fish balls with braised fish and stewed tofu with fish head cost only more than 800 Wen, but the fish balls sold for about 600 Wen.

If costs are excluded, the total profit is about 40%.

That is, today's net profit is almost always money.

If you do the math, you can earn twenty taels of silver a month.

Because of the cold weather, the booth fees at the dock seem to have to be paid by themselves, otherwise they will be fined. Xu Qinyu learned from the sister-in-law of the Xia family, so she went to the yamen to pay the booth for a month a few days ago. Fee, thirty cents a day, a month is nine hundred cents for the booth.

If you open a restaurant or restaurant in the future, the cost will be much higher.

This is also the ancient commercial tax, which is also called the city tax, or the city rent, which is charged according to the location of the booth and the size of the store.

She has not yet understood the specific tax of the shop.

In fact, it was also because she made a lot of money. She didn't realize what the stall fee was for nine hundred cents a month. Otherwise, it would be good to earn one hundred cents a day at the food stalls on the pier, and she had to pay the stall fee.

Pei Jianing murmured, "Is there so much?"

She knows how much ordinary small traders can earn in a day, and how difficult it is for ordinary people to work to earn some money.

After counting the money, Xu Qinyu put the stringed money back in the wooden box and locked it. She did the math. If she worked hard every day, if she earned more than 20 taels a month, she could save a hundred, dozens of taels in half a year. At that time, it will almost be enough to open a restaurant. It must also start from a small restaurant first. The investment is relatively small. The restaurant is basically a store with only one floor, with a backyard and a kitchen.

A large restaurant is called a restaurant, and it basically starts from the second floor.

The largest Donglai Residence in town has four floors.

It’s definitely better to open a restaurant early. If you open a restaurant in the future, if you can accept a few apprentices and hire some helpers, you won’t have to work so hard.

She is her apprentice cooking in modern private restaurants, and she is often researching new dishes.

A table of dishes she cooks by herself can be fried to a table of 100,000, and what she eats is her craftsmanship.

In fact, she has the idea of ​​accepting an apprentice now, but she has not met the right person.

Ning Jie'er is definitely not good, she has no talent for cooking.

Even if you accept an apprentice, you still need some culinary talent.

After counting the money, Mrs Wen also returned, she came back later today.

Wen was also surprised when she knew that Yuniang sold more than two pieces of money today, and the profit was almost half, but she knew about Yuniang's craftsmanship. have to!

After eating the evening meal and preparing the morning meal for tomorrow, the whole family took a shower and went to sleep.

Xu Qinyu was in a daze before going to bed, and couldn't help thinking of the original body.

She occupied the original body, although she didn't want to come to this place, but she came here, and there is no possibility of going back.

She hoped that the real second girl of the Marquis of Dechang could be like her, maybe she went into her body, which is not bad.

The original body is too soft to survive in this dynasty. If she went to her era, she would definitely be able to live well.

In any case, she hopes that the original body can also live well and strong.

Thinking about it, Xu Qinyu also fell asleep.

...

The Pei family slept soundly.

The Xu family was a little depressed when they ate the evening meal. Yesterday, the Xu family finished eating fish balls. They plan to come over today and buy some other ones to try. In the morning, they warmed the remaining three catties of fish balls. It was early in the morning, and in the morning, didn't tell the cook at home to come to Osmanthus Fragrance to buy fish, and it would not be too late to sell it after he left.

It turned out to be really late.

When he passed by, it was not yet the end of Shenshi, and as a result, all the food cooked by Miss Xu was sold out.

Seeing him coming, Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "If Xu Kongmu wants to eat, I will leave some for you tomorrow. Xu Kongmu will come back to get it tomorrow after he is released. What would Xu Kongmu want to eat? I have fish balls, braised herring and stewed tofu with fish head here." .”

Xu Kongmu asked Mrs. Xu to leave five catties of fish balls, a big braised herring and a large portion of stewed tofu with fish head.

But at night, they still ate the food cooked by the cook, not to mention unpalatable, but the taste was very ordinary.

However, if compared with the food cooked by Mrs. Xu, his chef's craftsmanship is really unpalatable.

On the second night, go down to Osmanthus Alley, Miss Xu's fish is all sold out, luckily he ordered yesterday, otherwise he would not be able to buy today, so after paying the money, Xu Kongmu returned with a food box.

After returning to Xu's house, Xu Kongmu asked the cook to heat up the three dishes without adding other side dishes.

But there are three other dishes cooked by the cook, boiled bean sprouts with lean meat, stewed radish and a scrambled egg.

The scrambled eggs are specially for Xi Geer, but Xi Geer has eaten fish balls and fish head tofu, and he refuses to eat eggs at all. The braised herring has thorns, and Xu Kongmu didn’t give it to his grandson. The other two dishes were eaten by his grandson. with gusto.

The fish balls are all made according to Mrs. Xu's suggestion. After cutting, they are given to the children, otherwise they are afraid of choking.

Each of the three fish dishes has its own taste, and the taste is very good, no wonder it sells out so fast.

The rest of the Xu family were also full of praise for the three dishes.

Xu Yunlan asked a few more questions, "Father, how old is that sister-in-law, and she has such amazing skills."

She thought, to be able to make such delicious food, she should be quite old.

Xu Kongmu thought for a while, "It seems to be about the same age as you."

Xu Yunlan opened her eyes wide in surprise, "Is there such a skill at only fifteen?" Then she is still a little lady.

Even the old chef who has been a chef in Donglaiju for thirty years can't make this kind of taste, the taste is completely incomparable.

Xu Kongmu nodded, "It's really not big, but the craftsmanship is very good."

Xiang Shi said: "It's not just that the cooking skills are very good, I am afraid that there is no one in Yuanbao Town who can match this little lady's cooking skills. If the family entertains the master and your Shangfeng at home in the future, can I also specially invite you to cook?" Is this little lady coming to our house to cook a table?"

Xu Kongmu nodded, "Ms. Xu sells food to support her family. It should be possible. When the banquet comes to the peak, I will go to say hello to Mrs. Xu in advance."

Of course, remuneration is definitely indispensable.

Xu Kongmu will go out to handle the case tomorrow, and he has already agreed with Mrs. Xu that the cook will come to serve the fish tomorrow.

With such a delicious food, he wouldn't get tired of eating it for ten and a half months in a row, so he gave all the food money for the next ten days.

...

In the next few days, Xu Qinyu's business was also very smooth, whether it was morning food or evening food sold at home, they were sold out quickly.

Nowadays, there are more neighbors in Xixiang to buy fish, and they always come here with food boxes or casserole. On the way back, you can meet other people who are acquainted with each other. Naturally, stand and talk a few homely words, where to go, prepare Where to go. Those who buy food from Xu Qinyu's place naturally say that they come to Osmanthus Alley to buy fish, and the fish is so delicious.

In short, in just a few days, Xu Qinyu's reputation as a fish cooker gradually spread. At least everyone in the South Street knew that there was a lady in Osmanthus Lane who could cook fish.

Some people believe it, and some people have a deep-rooted idea of ​​fish. They think that fish has a strong fishy smell and is unpalatable.

It may indeed be a deep-rooted idea of ​​fish, and the chefs here rarely study how to make fish delicious.

But even if someone wants to come to Osmanthus Lane to buy fish and try it, they can't buy it.

Because her fish is now enough for Osmanthus Lane and the neighbors in Laixi Lane.

In this way, sometimes people can't buy it.

Day by day, the snow is heavy and small, and occasionally it stops for a few days.

However, every time the fourth brother took the medicinal bath, it was snowing heavily.

The fourth brother's four medicated baths have been soaked, and the last time, the meridians are almost free of those black substances, but it is not the blue color of ordinary people's blood vessels, and it is still a little dark.

Xu Qinyu was also a little worried, and secretly asked the fourth brother if the poison in his body had completely disappeared.

Pei Weixuan only said that it was almost there.

He didn't tell Yu Niang that this poison could not be completely eliminated, but he could survive. As for what his body would be like in the future, he couldn't actually know.

The fourth brother is in good health, and the whole family is relieved.

Xu Qinyu's food stall also continued.

As the New Year approached, Xu Qinyu had already saved about forty taels of silver.

When she had time, she widened the wooden shed in the yard and covered the corners of the walls, so that jars and jars could be placed in the corners, and they were filled with kimchi and pickles she made. When the weather warms up, she plans to put To make a pot of bean paste, it will definitely be used when opening a restaurant in the future. Douban paste is an indispensable seasoning for cooking.

When the New Year was approaching, the snow stopped, and everyone was busy starting to buy New Year's goods.

According to previous years, the southwest will only have two snowfalls when the Chinese New Year is approaching. Sometimes it is big and sometimes small. Anyway, the weather here is not particularly cold.

This year, the snow is not normal all over the place.

There are chickens, ducks, fish and pork at home, and there is no shortage of drinking and eating. Xu Qinyu bought some raw melon seeds and peanuts and came back to fry them. In terms of pastries, she often makes chicken cakes for her two children. . Jiu is making some, and by the way, I can also make some mung bean cakes. I also bought red dates at home and make some jujube rice cakes.

She also specially bought some mutton to eat during Chinese New Year.

On weekdays, occasionally eat mutton at home, but no pregnant ewes are encountered, and no one sells goat milk.

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, she planned to take a rest and give herself an annual leave, and wait until around the eighth day of the lunar month to continue selling food for the morning and evening.

Brother Feng and Sister Pei ate the food she made for more than two months. They became fatter to the naked eye, and their skin was white and tender. Both of them are beautiful children. It looks good.

Even Sister Qian was still reluctant to speak, while Brother Feng was born dumb and couldn't speak from birth.

If he was born deaf, he would basically not be able to speak, because he couldn't hear the sound, so he naturally didn't know how to make the sound, and Feng Ge'er could hear it and was very well-behaved.

It was when she witnessed the death of her mother concubine and younger brother with her own eyes that she was stimulated and unwilling to speak.

Pei Weixuan knew medicine, and he said that Sister Qian was a knot in her heart, unless she was willing to speak in the future.

Therefore, the family members are not demanding, and now they hope that the two children will eat and drink well and grow up well.

On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, when the fish was sold, Xu Qinyu smiled and told the neighbors, "It will be New Year's Day in two days. From tomorrow onwards, I won't sell morning and evening food, and I will rest. I should wait until the beginning of the year. Eight will continue to sell fish."

Neighbors and neighbors all expressed their understanding. Two days ago, Xu Qinyu told everyone that she was going to rest on the 28th.

Neighbors in the two alleys had thought about asking Mrs. Xu to make more fish balls during the Chinese New Year. The fish balls could be put there, and they would be used to entertain guests during the Chinese New Year.

But every household has to make so many fish balls even if Mrs. Xu is exhausted.

So there is no other way, everyone just buys more fish balls a few days in advance, and they don't eat them at home, they keep them all, and they can save them for a few days to be used for Chinese New Year hospitality.

Xu Qinyu was also very happy to be able to rest for ten days in one breath.

The Chinese New Year is approaching, besides food and drink, everyone in the family has to prepare new clothes.

Wen's and Ning Jie'er are both female celebrities. In fact, the original body will also be female, but Xu Qinyu is definitely not. She is not the original body. Even if she has the original body's memory, she cannot have the same skills as the original body. .

Now that bought the cloth, it would definitely be too late to make clothes. On weekdays, Mrs. Wen and Jie Ning had a lot of work to do, and they were not good at making clothes.

Although Mrs. Xia's house is a cloth shop, it also sells ready-made clothes, even embroidered purses, etc., which are usually made in embroidered purses and sold at the Xiajia cloth shop.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Qinyu and his family had eaten the morning meal and planned to go out for a walk.

It hasn't snowed in the past two days, but the sun has come out. In the past two months, have hardly seen the sun.

The Xia family shop is on West Street, so they plan to go shopping on West Street.

I asked Brother Feng and Sister Qian if they wanted to go, and both children nodded.

Both children went there, and the family must be seen. Pei Weixuan chose to stay at home to watch the house. He didn't like shopping.

Wen's took Brother Feng, and Xu Qinyu and Pei Jianing led Sister Qian out of the door.

The snow on the road is also melting away, making a creaky sound when stepping on it.

Most of the people living on the South Street side, there are not many shops, and there are also some scattered small traders. There is a market on the North Street, but Xiajiabuzhuang is on the West Street, so they went directly to the West Street.

Sunflower seeds, peanuts and red dates have already been bought for the Chinese New Year. came here today to buy clothes.

When they arrived at the Xiajia Buzhuang, Mrs. Wu was also there. It was almost Chinese New Year, and Buzhuang was busier than usual, so she also came to help, and Shao Ge’er also brought it. Xiaocui was watching Shao Ge’er in the backyard, and Zhuzi was also there. Help in the shop.

Seeing Xu Qinyu and the others, Mrs Wu was also very happy, "Miss Xu, why are you here?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Come here to choose new clothes for the New Year. Sister-in-law wishes your family a prosperous business."

Who doesn't like to hear this, Wu shi smiled.

"You can choose at will, and it will be cheaper for you in a while."

"Okay, sister-in-law Xia, you can go to work first."

The weather is going to warm up after the New Year. They already have two thick long jackets, so they definitely can’t buy thicker clothes, so they choose thin short jackets and long skirts. Duowenqian is all dressed up. She has to do work on weekdays, and the colors she chooses are not bright. This time, she also chose a sandalwood short jacket and Yuanqing long skirt, both of which are relatively dark colors and are resistant to dirt.

In the end, Pei Weixuan also chose a red sandalwood-colored, dark purple-colored robe for Pei Weixuan.

Wen's and Ning Jie'er also wore thin jackets, which they could still wear in the years to come.

I even bought it for two children. Both of them love cleanliness on weekdays. They don't have to work with adults, so bought brighter colors.

After picking these, Xu Qinyu saw the purse consignment next to him, and the scattered pieces of cloth and scalp hair, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

She glanced at Wen's and Ning Jie'er again, and finally took those scattered satin cloth heads and fur scraps together and prepared to buy them.

Wu Shi was also very strange to see Xu Qinyu holding some leftovers of fabric and fur. She wondered what the little lady was trying to do.

These scraps are sold to other people at a low price on weekdays, and can be used to sew purses, but the styles of the purses made are also average, and fewer people buy them.

The fur scraps are even less useful. No one wears hats here. It was only when she saw that Mrs. Xu and her husband always went out in the wind and snow, she thought of using the scraps to make two hats and gloves that were not very good-looking. Their.

Wu Shi asked curiously, and Xu Qinyu said mysteriously, "I want to get these fur scraps back to make something, and I will tell my sister-in-law at that time."

Wu Shi didn't ask any more questions. In the end, the six clothes with these leftovers were sold to Xu Qinyu for six hundred dollars.

After buying the clothes, Xu Qinyu didn't bother Mrs. Xia. She went to Jinyinzhai next door for a stroll. The jewelry inside were all beautiful, but she was not willing to buy them. She had to save money to open a restaurant.

Wen's and Ning Jie'er were not interested in the jewelry in Jinyinzhai either, they thought it was normal.

They have lived in the most noble palace under the heaven, what kind of treasure have not seen?

Even the jewelry with filigree inlays and various gems and pearls is also tired.

Wen Shi originally wanted to ask Yu Niang to buy one or two jewelry belts, but seeing Yu Niang refused, she did not persuade her too much, she knew that Yu Niang wanted to earn more money to open a restaurant.

In fact, she wanted Yu Niang to sell the ginseng she found on Xuange'er Mountain before, which was enough to open a restaurant.

But Yu Niang hesitated and did not agree. Yu Niang said that in such a place, wild ginseng of that quality could not even be found in a drug store. It is a good thing that can prolong life.

Wen thought that she could earn 30 cents a day by starching and washing clothes, and she also saved some, and gave it to Yu Niang when she needed it.

She can help too little in other aspects of food preparation. She just helps to choose the dishes and handle the ingredients for hygiene. She can't help anything else, so she goes out to starch the laundry.

After visiting the jewelry store, Xu Qinyu decided to go back.

When go home, have to prepare all kinds of roasted seeds and nuts and fried vegetables for Chinese New Year.

When they were about to go back, the group came out of the jewelry store, but they came across a girl wearing a rabbit fur cloak. The girl was bright and beautiful, and the makeup she painted in the capital became more and more bright, and she was wearing a rabbit fur cloak. People's eyes, the girl was a little proud of being followed by such eyes.

Next to the girl was another girl of the same age and two brothers.

The two long brothers with a 7-8-point look were impatient, obviously not very willing to follow behind the girl.

Seeing the girl, Xu Qinyu was still stunned. Isn't this Wen Yunling, the niece of Wen's family?

On the way to exile before, if Deputy Lieutenant Chen hadn't come to stop her, she might have had a fight with this girl.

It's just that these Wen family members are also in Yuanbao Town, and she chose to stay in Raozhou City because they would dislike the town.

The three behind Wen Yunling seemed to be brothers and sisters of the Wen family.

But regardless of whether the Wen family is also in Yuanbao Town, Xu Qinyu has no plans to deal with the Wen family. Although they are the family members of the cheap mother-in-law, they do not regard her mother-in-law as her own, and the cheap mother-in-law has no deep feelings for them. , except for the mother-in-law's biological mother, Concubine Gui, but Concubine Gui is the wife of Mrs. Wen, and it is difficult to leave. In ancient times, reconciliation was not so easy.

Xu Qinyu raised her foot and left, but Wen Yunling also saw her, turned around and stopped in front of Xu Qinyu.

"Fourth sister-in-law, aunt, sister Ning, what a coincidence."