Xu Qinyu accepted the one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and she also had other plans.

One hundred and fifty taels plus her own earnings are enough to open a restaurant, but she can't afford a shop, so she can only rent it. On the North Street side, just one room is enough for a small business. One hundred and fifty taels to start, if you want to open a restaurant, you need at least two or three storefronts. If you have a two-story attic, the price is more expensive, so you can only rent it, but two hundred and one hundred taels, even The shop on the East Street and West Street is also rented. When the time comes, I will choose the address to see where the restaurant will be opened.

So she will accept the one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and when the restaurant starts to make money, she will be able to send silver to her original parents.

When Ma Liu returns to the capital, she has to bring a letter for her to tell her original mother not to do embroidery work. Embroidery work really hurts the eyes. According to Xue Shi’s speed of saving money, I’m afraid they are embroidering day and night. If you do embroidery like this, you won't want to have eyes for a year or two.

Well, she still wrote two letters, one to her parents and one to her uncle's house.

If her mother's uncle treats her well, she will naturally be rewarded. If you want to be rich, let's get rich together!

She also practiced her handwriting secretly in the past two or three months, and her handwriting was almost the same as her original writing.

Xu Qinyu put the silver coins in his sleeves and said with a smile, "Master Jun, the evening meal at home has just been prepared, why don't Master Jun eat some along with him."

"Wow, wow." Ma Liu grinned, and then scratched his head after laughing, "If little lady Xu doesn't mind, don't call me army lord in the future, call me army lord weird, just call me sixth brother."

As for why his name is Ma Liu, his family is poor, and his parents are rough people who don't know how to name him. He has five older brothers and sisters above him. He ranks sixth, so he is called Ma Liu. Brother and sister.

His second brother is called Ma Er, and his fourth sister is called Ma Siya.

He was a criminal who escorted him into exile with Deputy Lieutenant Chen. He didn't even count as a formal officer and soldier, and his salary was not high. He relied on the reward of the prisoner's family on the road, but he also spent a lot of money on the road.

"The sixth brother comes in and eats."

Mrs. Wen and Xu Qinyu led Ma Liu into the kitchen.

The square table in the kitchen already had three dishes and a large bowl of soup. Just smelling the aroma made Ma Liu drool.

He ate a few big meat buns in the morning, and he was a little full, and then he ate two big steamed buns abruptly. He was already hungry by now.

Xu Qinyu cooked a pot of japonica rice, and there were some milk buns at home. She knew that Malu had a lot of rice, so she heated the milk buns, and the dishes were not enough, and picked up twenty pieces of fermented bean curd from the wooden barrel. The fermented bean curd is delicate and soft, fragrant, just ordinary salty, not wrapped in cornel powder, and not so salty, but it is very fragrant and special.

In fact, it would be nice if there were authentic chili peppers. If cornel is used for cooking, the taste is still lacking.

Ma Liu was not polite to Mrs. Xu and took the bowls and chopsticks to eat.

The fried spring bamboo shoots with bacon, the bacon eats the fat in the import, but it is not greasy at all, the spring bamboo shoots are even more crispy and full of the meat and oil of the bacon, it tastes fresh and fragrant.

Fried river prawns with chives, the small river prawns have no fishy smell at all, the meat is firm, and the chives are tender and refreshing.

Toon scrambled eggs, fragrant and tangy eggs are tender and raw.

That moldy tofu is also very tasty, it is not at all different from the moldy tofu he has eaten before.

The moldy tofu he had eaten was salty, salty, and very dry. Half a piece of tofu was enough for a bowl of rice. They were all poor people who were reluctant to buy vegetables to eat with bean rice and bean porridge.

Maybe this moldy tofu made by the little lady is delicate and fragrant, and it is not too salty. He can eat half a piece of moldy tofu in one bite, and then bite into a big mouthful of milk steamed buns. It is a perfect match.

Sanxian soup is also very fresh, don't know what to add, it is still very thick, and the taste is smooth and tender.

This taste is even more fragrant than eating on the road of exile. It is delicious enough to make Ma Liu cry. How can the food made by Xu Xiaoniang be so fragrant.

Naturally, the rice is not enough. Fortunately, there are milk steamed buns, and the rest of the milk steamed buns are also eaten cleanly by Malu with wooden barrels of fermented bean curd.

Of those twenty pieces of moldy tofu, he ate a dozen or so alone, and it was really fragrant.

Looking at the clean dishes on the table, Ma Liu was very embarrassed. He wanted to help Xiao Niangzi wash the dishes and dishes, but heard Xiao Niangzi ask him, "Brother Liu, when are you going back to Beijing?"

Ma Liudao: "We will meet at the pier tomorrow night at the pier, and we will go back directly by the merchant ship."

Xu Qinyu thought about it and said, "Sixth brother, then you should find an inn to live in at night, and come over tomorrow morning for the morning meal. I want to write a letter to my mother and uncle, and then the sixth brother will bring me back." There are many female relatives at home. , the male guest definitely can't live in casually, she plans to help Ma Liu find an inn to live in.

"Okay." Ma Liuyi agreed.

In the evening, he found an inn on the North Street side, and it was not expensive. For thirty cents, he could live in Datongpu.

Originally, little lady Xu wanted to pay for him, but he didn't let him. After eating such a delicious evening meal, how could he be embarrassed to let the little lady pay him.

Xu Qinyu wrote two letters to the original mother in the evening, one to the original mother Xue, and the other for Xue to give to her mother's brother.

She is the original body of Soul Wearing herself, and even inherited the memory of the original body, so she also remembers the handwriting. At the beginning, it was five or six similar in writing, and after two or three months of practice, it was already very different.

The letter to Mrs. Xue naturally said that she received the 150 taels of silver and planned to open a restaurant. She also told Mrs. Xue not to worry about her, saying that the food she made was delicious, and she could make a lot of money by opening a restaurant in the future. of! When they made a lot of money, they asked Ma Liu to give them money. The letter naturally also mentioned that Mrs. Xue should stop doing embroidery work, and that Mrs. Xue should not give her money. Angry, she also said that another letter she wrote contained some recipes for food, especially for uncle. asked uncle to follow the above recipe, and he could change the tea stall.

In fact, she knew that this letter was addressed to Mr. Xue, Mr. Xue would only feel that she was not stable in opening a restaurant, and would continue to do embroidery to save money for her.

But as long as she gave the recipe to her uncle and the uncle made money, Mrs. Xue knew that what she said was true, and naturally she would not continue to do embroidery work.

After writing the two letters, Xu Qinyu took another piece of rice paper and wrote down the recipe of the wooden barrel fermented bean curd on it.

This recipe was given to Malu. She remembered that Malu’s family was not wealthy, and she would have to rely on Malu to communicate with her original parents in the future. This recipe was given to Malu.

If you can make this wooden barrel fermented bean curd, you can make a lot of money.

fermented bean curd can not only be used for rice, but sometimes it is used for cooking and cooking.

After finishing the two envelopes, they ate the next day. Xu Qinyu specially made Jiangmi fat sausages for Ma Liu to eat. She used three pairs of fat sausages to make a lot of them, and Ma Liu brought the rest to Vice Lieutenant Chen and other officers and soldiers to eat. .

Last night, she went to the butcher to find fields and bought three more sets of water, so today three sets of fat sausages are made of Jiangmi fat sausages, and the other three sets are left to be marinated and then handed over to Brother Cheng, so that Brother Cheng will send them to Tian early. Butcher's house.

He handed the two letters to Malu, and gave Malu the formula of the wooden barrel fermented bean curd, saying that it was given to his family so that he could make a small living.

Ma Liu stammered: "Xu, Mrs. Xu, this, this recipe must be very valuable, what can you do for me." He also knew that this kind of moldy tofu was the only one.

He wrote down a few dishes that Mrs. Xu had taught him to cook on the way to exile before. Occasionally, when he went back, she would cook for him to improve his meals, but the taste of the dishes couldn't be compared to Mrs. Xu's.

As for the stewed bacon with winter bamboo shoots and pickled vegetables, his mother couldn't figure it out, the process and side dishes were too complicated.

No one in his family is talented in cooking.

Xu Qinyu said with a smile: "In the future, I will rely on Brother Six to help me deliver letters to my parents. Don't worry about Brother Six, this wooden barrel fermented bean curd does not require any cooking skills, and it is made strictly according to the recipe I wrote above. This business can still be done." This wooden barrel fermented bean curd is really simple as long as you master the recipe.

As for how big this business can be, it depends on the heart of Ma Liu's family.

Ma Liu finally accepted the recipe, and he solemnly bowed to Xu Qinyu and called out a little master.

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "What kind of master is this?"

Waiting for Ma Liu to go to the wharf with Jiangmi fat sausages, two letters and the recipe of wooden barrel fermented bean curd.

The little master said that it was called wooden barrel fermented bean curd. After he returned, he asked his mother to do a trial sale. It was also called wooden barrel fermented bean curd.

Needless to say, Jiangmi Fat Sausage was praised by all my colleagues, who said that they had never eaten such a delicious fat sausage, but did not know that the fat sausage could be made so delicious.

Afterwards, Ma Liu and Deputy Lieutenant Chen boarded the merchant ship, but they returned to the capital in five or six days.

And Ma Liu did not delay, and immediately went to the Dechang Hou Mansion to deliver the letter to the second room. Although the concierge was still not very good this time, he went in and reported that the old lady of Dechang Hou was ridiculed by Ma Liu last time. Wouldn't see him arrogantly and let the concierge lead him to the second room.

When Xue Shi saw Ma Liu, she couldn't hide her concern for her daughter. She led Ma Liu through the living room, and let the maid come up with tea and fruit.

Ma Liu didn't even have time to drink the saliva when he returned to Beijing. Mrs. Xue let the maid serve a drink to quench her thirst. He drank it and said with a smile, "Don't worry ma'am, Mrs. Xu had a good time in the border town. She has already accepted the one hundred and fifty taels of silver notes, saying that she is going to open a restaurant, and she has written two letters to you, but one of the letters is to Mrs. "

After he finished speaking, he took out two letters from his arms and handed them to the Xue family.

Mrs. Xue took it and saw that one of the letters was written by her mother, and the other letter was written by her uncle.

She hurriedly opened the letter written by her daughter to her. It was a handwriting that her daughter was familiar with. Just seeing the familiar handwriting of her daughter, Xue Shi couldn't help but want to cry. She looked at the letter with red eyes.

Sister Yu was very worried about her and told her not to do embroidery work. She also said that she sold food every day and could earn more than 20 taels a month. She said that she would make more money after opening a restaurant, so let her Don't do embroidery work, and also said not to send her money, even if you send her money in the future, she will not accept it, and said that when the restaurant makes a lot of money, she will let Ma Liu send her money, and she will support her and her father. and Brother Oak.

"This child..." Xue Shi smiled and wiped the corners of his eyes.

He couldn't help but mutter, "Selling food now, can you really earn more than 20 taels a month?"

When Ma Liu heard it, he immediately said next to him, "Madam, you really don't have to worry about Miss Xu, the food she cooks, oh, you don't know it's a delicacy, to be honest, I also dipped my eldest's light in the Beijing Grand Restaurant. After eating one or two meals, it's not as good as the little lady's cooking. She sells fish and braised sausages for a month, and she earns more than 20 taels. If she opened a restaurant, she would definitely make more money."

Xue shi has not seen her daughter make money with her own eyes, so she still doesn't quite believe it.

She knew her daughter's craftsmanship, and her daughter did know how to cook, but she said that she was better than the chef in the big restaurant, she didn't think it was.

The letter from the daughter to her mother's brother said that she had written some recipes for food, and she could ask her uncle to change the tea stall. She hesitated, but she still planned to go back to her mother's house tomorrow and give the letter to her mother's brother and wait for him to read it. However, let the elder brother make his own decision whether to try what the daughter said.

Naturally, she hadn't read her daughter's letter to her maiden brother.

After reading the letter, Mrs. Xue thanked Ma Liu, and touched some pieces of silver from her body to thank him.

Ma Liu naturally didn't want it, got up and said, "Ma'am, this is impossible, in fact, Mrs. Xu gave me a recipe for fermented bean curd in a wooden barrel. When I go back, I will let my mother try to make it, and I will also make a small business in the future. I don't know. It can make a lot of money, so in the future, if Madam wants me to bring a letter to Miss Xu, even if you say it, don't give any money."

He actually thought that this wooden barrel of fermented bean curd could earn more than one or two taels of silver a month, which is not bad, so why would he be embarrassed to ask Xue's reward for it?

After Ma Liu finished speaking, he was probably afraid that the Xue family would still give him a reward, so he ran away in a hurry.

Xue Shi couldn't help crying.

The next day, she went back to her mother's house.

Xue's family was also in the capital, but it was a little far from the Marquis of Dechang's mansion, and it took half an hour to arrive by carriage.

On weekdays, when you go out and ride a carriage, you have to talk to the old lady of Dechang Hou.

The old lady of Dechang Hou originally wanted to ask her daughter-in-law what to do when she returned to her mother-in-law's house, and she would go back to her mother-in-law if she had nothing to do, but thinking that the third child told her that it was better for the second room, she didn't say much, and waved her hand and asked the driver to drive her daughter-in-law back. I went to my mother's house, but in the end I couldn't help but nag, "Come back early."

Xue Shi responded and took the little maid out.

The Xue family lived in Shangpo Lane in the south of the city.

The reason why it is called uphill is that it is an uphill road when you enter the alley.

Xue's maiden brother, Xue Liang, married Shi's wife and had two sons and one daughter.

The eldest son, Xue Huai, married Mrs. Zhang and gave birth to a daughter, Xue Yuanyuan.

The daughter Xue Qing is only thirteen, and the second son Xue Jian is only eight years old this year.

Xue's parents have passed away a few years ago. Xue Liang is the only one left in the family, and they are still guarding a tea stall. The tea stall is only the size of a pavilion. An old master, originally expected his eldest son to take the imperial examinations, but the eldest son was not the material to study. Father Xue had no way, nor could he force the eldest son to study, so he bought this shop early for his son, so that he could at least support himself in the future.

Xue Shi arrived at Xue's house in Shangpo Lane, and only Xue Qing was at home. Xue Qing saw her aunt, said hello, pursed her lips, and told her aunt that both her parents were at the tea stall, and her eldest brother and sister-in-law also held Yuanyuan in her arms. Help over there, my brother Xue Jian is still in the school.

Mrs. Xue talked to Xue Qing, and then went to her brother's tea stall.

Xue Qingsheng's eyebrows were delicate, and if you look carefully, they are slightly similar to Xu Qinyu's. Seeing her aunt leave, Xue Qing pursed her lower lip and sighed.

She knew that her father had given all the savings in the family to her aunt, and asked her to send it to her cousin in the border town.

My cousin often came to play at home when was young, and she and cousin had a very good relationship. When was young, often played house and cooked together.

It's only one hundred taels, which is really a lot. She is not reluctant to save all the savings in the family over the years. Her younger brother is still studying, and the maintenance fee is quite a lot every year. After a hard life, also need money...

Mother had been arguing with father a few days ago, and it has been several months, and mother still has no good looks towards father.

Mother is not the kind of wicked person, she just thinks that Daddy gave too much, even if he gave more than half of it.

Xue Qing couldn't help sighing again, earning money is really hard work, and she can't help with anything, so the cooking tastes good, and there is no need for her to go there on weekdays, she just stays at home Do morning and evening meals.

She also really wanted to make money by herself, which would not only improve the conditions at home, but also send some money to her cousin every year.

...

Xue went to her brother's tea stand again.

Xue Liang's tea stall is in the market in Nancheng, which is still very lively. Although the market is not too big, it is well-equipped with everything. There are tea stalls, restaurants, inns, restaurants, and cloth jewelry shops. There are food shops, etc., and there is a night market nearby. The new emperor and the Empress Dowager Fu amnesty the world, and there is no curfew. Basically, they close the stalls and go home at the end of Haishi on weekdays.

Xue Liang's tea stand is not big, with three tables inside, an oilcloth shed outside, and two tables under it, behind the tea stand there is a small yard with a small kitchen, and there is a well. Small, but has everything you need.

There are not many people who drink tea on weekdays, but Xue Huai can tell stories, and the stories he tells are beautiful. There are many people who come to drink tea and listen to stories. , eat with tea, and listen to stories, so the business is not bad, and the family is busy, and they can earn two or three taels of silver a month.

It's noon now, and there's not much business. Business is better in the afternoon and evening.

At the moment, Mrs. Shi is sitting in a daze at the door of the tea stall with a dazed head. She still feels sorry for the one hundred taels of silver. Leave at least twenty or thirty taels, and in a few days, brother Jian will have to pay the repair fee again.

She has a bad temper, and she quarreled with her husband for almost a month, and the husband admitted his mistake to her, saying that he loves his niece, that the border town is too bitter, and that King Shu's house was confiscated, so he must have no money to spare, so he won't give much to Sister Yu Come on, how does sister Yu live.

She also feels sorry for her niece. Sister Yu often came to their house to play when she was a child, and she can be regarded as watching Sister Yu grow up.

In fact, three or four months have passed since the incident. One month after sister Yu's accident, the husband gave all the savings of the family to the sister-in-law.

But she still gets angry when she thinks about it.

In the past three months, he has earned a few taels, which is not enough to pay for the repairs of Brother Jian.

Just as she was thinking blankly, Shi raised her head and saw her sister-in-law approaching.

Seeing Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Shi wanted to shake her face at first, but she saw that Mrs. Xue was much thinner than Sister Yu before the accident, her cheeks were a little sunken, and her whole complexion was a little bad. She couldn't shake her face anymore. The man pulled him to sit down at the tea stall, and asked with a straight face, "What are you doing here?"

When Shi knew that Sister Yu had just had an accident, her sister-in-law was still seriously ill and almost survived.

Thinking of this, and seeing her sister-in-law's thin appearance, Shi Shi suddenly figured it out, let's give the family's money to Sister Yu, at least the whole family is still together, and they are still living well, no matter what, they are better than sister-in-law Things are going well with Sister Yu.

Look at how miserable Sister Yu is. Such a good girl was exiled when she said she was married.

Shi Shi sighed, went into the room and brought out a pot of tea to pour for sister-in-law.

Xue said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, is eldest brother at home?"

Shi said: "He is busy behind." After thinking about it, she couldn't help asking, "How is your sister Yu? Has the money been delivered? How is Miss Yu doing with the Shuwang family in the border town?" ? Is Shuwang and his family treating Miss Yu well?"

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "A few days ago, I had entrusted someone to send all the silver bills to Sister Yu, and Sister Yu replied to the letter, saying that she was going to open a restaurant. Ma Liu, who came to deliver the letter, also said that King Shu The family is very kind to Sister Yu, Sister Yu cooks and eats, her mother-in-law helps wash the dishes and wash the pots and does not let Sister Yu do any other work, and the sister-in-law is also very close and dependent on her sister-in-law."

Shi Shi finally felt a lot more at ease after hearing this.

But thinking of the previous sentence, I couldn't help but say, "What restaurant does your sister Yu open?"

As far as Jie Yu's cooking skills are concerned, she still learned from her husband. Her husband's craftsmanship is not very successful in opening a restaurant. Sister Yu is too bold, right? won't toss all money into it and lose it.

Xue Shi didn't want to destroy her daughter's prestige, so she said, "Ma Liu said that the food made by my sister Yu is delicious, and it is better than the chef of the Beijing restaurant."

Shi Shi gave the little sister-in-law a strange look, not believing her words.

Only then did Mrs Xue make it clear, "By the way, I'm here to deliver a letter to the eldest brother. It's a letter from Jie Yu to him, saying that I gave him some recipes, you can take a look."

Sister Yu's letter to her eldest brother is a thick one.

Mrs. Xue handed the letter to her sister-in-law. Mrs. Shi was illiterate, so she went to the backyard and gave the letter to Xue Liang.

Xue Liang was frying melon seeds in the backyard, Shi Shi handed the letter to her husband, "Sister Yu's letter to you, my sister-in-law is also here, sitting in front."

Xue Liang hurriedly brought down the pot. The pot of melon seeds had already been fried. He took the letter and went to the door of the tea stall. Sure enough, he saw the girl sitting at the door, wearing a robe and looking empty and thin.

In fact, my younger sister is now fatter than before. When Jie Yu's accident happened and he gave her money, the younger sister's face was pale.

"Brother." Xue Shi called out.

Xue Liang nodded, sat down on the bench, and opened the letter written to her by his niece.

He couldn't help but ask, "Why did Sister Yu write to me, why is it so thick?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the contents of the letter.

"Uncle sees the letter, thank you for the one hundred taels of silver that you asked my mother to send me. It is very timely. I plan to open a restaurant. With your uncle, the one hundred taels is just enough. It happened that I have researched a lot of food. Food, uncle can try to change the appearance of the tea stall, selling barbecue on weekdays, with some wine and drinks, it should be warmed up in a few months, and it can also be served with ice bowls, ice drinks and various cold dishes and cold noodles. Sell."

Below is the recipe Yujier wrote to him.