Xu Qinyu had about two hundred and twenty taels of silver on her body, more than sixty taels on her own, Xue Shi asked Ma Liu to send one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and Wen Shi and Sister Ning also had about ten taels of silver on them. It was they who made the money by making the bags, and Guishi's twenty taels, all of which were given to Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu was also polite, and accepted them all, planning to return them after earning money. Of course, if the money is enough, she can return it to them after renting the shop.

In this way, she has a total of about two hundred and fifty taels of silver on her body.

Xu Qinyu plans to teach Brother Cheng how to make fish balls and stewed fish, and gradually hand over the business of fish meat to him. Of course, in the future, the business of fish meat will not continue to be sold in the alley. At the entrance of the restaurant, customers who are used to eating can be allowed to pass, which can also be regarded as a living sign for the new restaurant.

When Wen Shuncheng learned that Xu Qinyu wanted to teach him how to cook, he immediately knelt down to worship his teacher.

If you worship a teacher here, you will be a teacher for a day and be a father for life. That is to say, as long as you worship the teacher, in the eyes of the disciples, the master will exist like a parent. jailed.

The betrayal here is probably ungrateful, learning the craft and then running away, going to other restaurants and restaurants to fight against the master, or ignoring the master after learning the craft, and running out to do it alone.

Of course, if Master is willing to release him, it will be all right.

So some apprentices have been apprentices for decades, and the master is still unwilling to let them go, so they can only work for the master for money.

But even so, there are still many people who want to learn crafts from Master.

At least the craftsman can't starve to death.

However, under normal circumstances, if an apprentice learns from the master for about ten years, it is equivalent to helping the master for ten years, and the master will let people go out to set up their own family.

Xu Qinyu said: "There's no rush for the apprenticeship, you should learn how to cook fish first."

These days, Brother Cheng is very familiar with killing fish, like Xu Qinyu, she takes less than one minute to process a herring that weighs two or three kilograms, scrapes the scales of the fish, dissects the abdomen, and cleans the internal organs. Brother Cheng now only takes about four minutes to process a fish Right and left, besides handling fish, Brother Cheng also does the daily work of chopping vegetables, just to practice his knife skills.

After Brother Cheng went back, he told his family about Xu Qinyu's plan to teach him how to cook fish, and his aunt said: "Since it is a teacher apprenticeship, our family should also prepare for it. The formal apprenticeship ceremony is indispensable. Get ready, let's see when Sister Yu is willing to accept you as an apprentice, and we can just do the apprenticeship ceremony."

Meng Shi also nodded, "That's the reason, let's prepare everything first."

The Wen family is now a family of criminals, and the three generations are not allowed to take the imperial examination to be an official. Even if they can, the Meng family also knows that the two sons are not so knowledgeable, not that kind of material, and they will not force it. It is best to have a craft, and she is also Born in a small family, of course he would not dislike the cook.

She also has some money on her, so she can prepare everything for the apprenticeship ceremony first.

Naturally, the money was not given by the old lady and the old lady. It was saved by the husband who worked hard with the caravan in the past few months. When the caravan was resting on weekdays, the husband would also go hunting in the mountains outside the city and come back to sell the prey and fur. Earn some subsidies, but will give the old lady two taels of silver every month. The old lady doesn't believe that her husband earns so little every month.

I asked her in private, but she only asked three questions. After all, the old lady came from a family, and she couldn't do things like search her daughter-in-law's room.

So in the past few months, she has also saved some money, which is enough for the apprentice ceremony.

The husband went out with the caravan again a few days ago, saying that he planned to separate the family when he came back this time, and asked her to prepare with Aunt Bai.

Mrs. Meng also hoped that the family could be divided soon. She had wanted to separate the family a long time ago, otherwise the third room would do everything, and the third room was the worst in terms of food and clothing. It is too much to treat the third room as a servant , so she didn't work so hard with Aunt Bai, and the people in the second bedroom were already very dissatisfied. Even if they told her, she just responded gently, what should be or what should be.

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The next day, Xu Qinyu went out for a trip, and Cheng Ge'er was handing over the preparation of the ingredients at home, so she was quite relieved.

After eating the morning food, she went out and went to the market on the other side of North Street first.

There are many small restaurants over there, and there is also a small restaurant, but even if it is a small restaurant, the price of the dishes inside is much cheaper than the ordinary restaurants on East Street and West Street. The main reason is the location. Ordinary people nearby and some wharf caravans make a living. The quantity is large and the taste is good.

Xu Qinyu thought about it and decided not to open a restaurant at the North Street Market.

Her cooking taste is quite good, even in the modern society where there are so many masters, few people can surpass her.

It is not unusual for her to win the title of God of Cooking in the world-class God of Cooking competition, and it is even more shocking that she is still in her twenties.

This competition is held only once every five years. Ten referees, each of whom is 10 points, must get 10 points in all ratings, and a total of 100 points can be obtained in order to obtain this title.

That is to say, as long as the judges give a score of less than ten, it is impossible to get the title of world-class chef even with a score of 9.9, and it is not only the taste of the food that is made, but also the taste of the food. to assess the score.

Very often, there are no chefs for several seasons in a row.

In this world-class God of Cooking competition, only a few people have won the title of God of Cooking in the past century. Her private restaurant has become a global phenomenon, and many people will come here, but she has an accident on the way back. She even doubts that the accident was not accidental, but probably man-made.

Thinking of this, Xu Qinyu not only sighed.

Now that she wears it, she doesn't plan to work as a coolie all her life. Naturally, she still wants to improve her life. First of all, she wants to earn money.

So even if she opened the most common restaurant, she didn't plan to sell it too cheap. The customers on North Street could not afford such expensive dishes, and there were many wealthy businessmen on West Street and East Street, who could afford it. The young and old are gluttonous, so still have to go to East Street and West Street to see.

There is Donglaiju on Dongjie, which is also the most upscale and best restaurant in Yuanbao Town. There are three-story restaurants and many restaurants in Dongjie, and none of them can compare with Donglaiju.

Therefore, Xu Qinyu didn't plan to open the restaurant on East Street. Donglaiju is a bit of a head-scratcher. There is no need to confront others.

She went to West Street again.

The restaurants on West Street are relatively average, most of them are two-story shops, and there are also many one-story restaurants, most of which are the size of two or three storefronts.

Xu Qinyu turned around, and found that there were two restaurants on West Street that were rented and sold to the outside world. Both of them were in bad business and could not continue, so they stopped renting. The owner of the shop rented and sold the shop to the outside world again. They are all three-storey shops, and the rental price is the same, fifty taels a year, while a shop of the same size on the North Street only costs twenty taels a year, which is thirty taels more expensive.

If you buy it, such a shop will cost about seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

The location of the two shops, one is in the middle, there are restaurants and small restaurants on both sides, there is another shop in the innermost part of the market, there is a shop selling rouge gouache, and a small inn, and other small vendors are also very good. many. Xu Qinyu made a comparison, and preferred the innermost location. Although it was the innermost of the market, there was another road at the corner, and then there were two alleys across the road. Most of the alleys were houses with two or three entrances. In the future, it will be more convenient for her to set up her own fish and meat stall at the door.

Even at the end of the market, Xu Qinyu was not worried.

As long as there are more flavors and a few more steps into the alley, customers should still be willing.

If the taste is not good, even the market entrance will be ignored.

Although the location is important, it is not the most important.

Xu Qinyu thought for a while, and went into the rouge gouache shop next door to buy a box of facial cream, which is a face cream, which can be used by the family when go back.

This box of butter is quite expensive, it cost half a dollar.

After buying facial balm, she chatted with the shopkeeper who sold rouge.

The shopkeeper who sells rouge gouache is a woman in her thirties. She is very straightforward and agile. She chats with Xu Qinyu a few times, and Xu Qinyu asks about the situation of the shop next door. Gotta find out.

The female shopkeeper smiled and said, "Does the little lady want to help the family find out about this shop? What do you plan to use it for?"

Xu Qinyu said, "I still plan to open a restaurant."

The female shopkeeper shook her head, "Tell me the truth, the food business is a bit difficult in our street, and the food stalls are fine, but this kind of three-storey restaurant is quite big, and the rent is expensive. Business is not good every month, it is really a loss of capital, after all, it is better than the taste, Donglaiju on the other side of the East Street, people go directly to Donglaiju to eat, and there is a small restaurant in this market. Okay, most people like to eat there. This restaurant has already changed two houses in a row, and they still do food. Because the rent is paid annually, it has been losing money, and the rent has not been recovered. Don't do it."

Xu Qinyu knew what the female shopkeeper was worried about.

If it tastes average, it won't work, but what she doesn't worry about the most is the taste.

"How about the owner of this shop?" She only needed to know how the owner of the shop was.

Seeing that the little lady didn't listen to her advice, the female shopkeeper shook her head and said, "The owner is a woman about my age, the shop was left to her by her parents, she is the only daughter in the family, and her parents hired her a few years ago. Son-in-law, my parents died of illness in a few years, so I left the shop to her. She gave birth to a daughter, her surname is hers, and she is in charge of the family. She is a nice person, very friendly and easy to talk to. It is no problem to rent this shop. ."

As for the woman's husband, the female shopkeeper didn't like it very much. She felt that he was a little idle and didn't work, so he stayed at home and was lazy.

But the wife of the family only collects dozens of taels of silver every year for rent, and it is not necessary for the family to go out to work.

That's why the female shopkeeper didn't say anything about women's men, and it wouldn't sound good to talk about it. She was a woman who said what other men's men would do.

Xu Qinyu nodded, that is, if the shop can be rented, then everything is easy.

"Many thanks to the shopkeeper." Xu Qinyu planned to leave after thanking him.

"Little lady." The female shopkeeper couldn't hold back in the end, "You are looking for a shop for the elders in the family? If the elders in the family don't have very good cooking skills, I advise you not to buy this shop, it will really be a loss."

Although the little lady was dressed as a woman, but she looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, the female shopkeeper would naturally not think that it was the little lady who rented the shop to open the restaurant.

Xu Qinyu turned back and smiled, "I didn't help the elders in my family to see each other, but I saw it myself. I plan to make a restaurant under the plate."

The female shopkeeper was stunned.

The little lady said that she is the cook? Seeing the shop is also her own? She rented a shop to open a restaurant by herself?

She knew that there were female cooks, but she had never seen such a young female cook with such a big breath.

After Xu Qinyu asked the female shopkeeper of the rouge gouache shop, she followed the notice on the door of the restaurant to find the owner of the shop.

The owner lived in the two alleys opposite, it was a second-entry house, knocking on the door, a woman came to open the door.

Similar to what the female shopkeeper said, she looks like she is in her early thirties, and she should be the owner of the shop.

The woman said warmly, "This is the little lady?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "I came to see the shop in the market. I found out that it belonged to the owner, so I came over to ask if I could open the shop for me to go in and have a look."

You have to go in to see the layout, and even the kitchen in the backyard.

The woman nodded and asked Xu Qinyu to wait for a while. She took the key and came out to the shop with Xu Qinyu.

Opening the shop, Xu Qinyu took a look at the layout inside. There was not much dust in it. It should have been a few days without cleaning. It could be seen that the shop was often cleaned. There were two large windows in the shop, so it was very bright. The counter is similar to other restaurants here.

The shop was empty, and the tables, chairs, and benches had been removed. Xu Qinyu did the math and could put down about eight tables, large and small.

There is a well in the backyard, and the kitchen is large and clean. Except for a few stoves, there are no other kitchen utensils. It should be that the previous tenants have all moved out.

The shop is also similar to other shops, and there is not much difference. If you want to open a restaurant, you must be redecorated, plus the purchase of tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, and the stove and iron pot in the back kitchen. All kinds of kitchen utensils are also a A small fee.

Xu Qinyu was quite satisfied with the shop.

She smiled at the woman and said, "When I go back and discuss it with my family, I'll talk to my boss again."

The woman nodded and watched the little lady leave. She felt that the little lady just said something strange. The little lady said that she would go back and discuss with her family, as if she meant that she wanted to open a shop?

After Xu Qinyu returned, he told his family about the size and location of the shop.

Ning Jie'er felt that the fourth sister-in-law never had to worry about what the fourth sister-in-law decided, so she naturally agreed.

Wen has experienced so much and knows that Yu Niang will not fight uncertain battles, and she has no objection to her daughter-in-law's decision.

"Young lady, just make up your own mind."

However, Xu Qinyu still intends to wait for two more days, and he can go to see other shops more, so he will not make a decision so easily.

It seemed that the shop had been vacant for at least a month or two, and there was no hurry for these two days.

Even if he wanted to open a restaurant, Xu Qinyu didn't intend to stop the fish business.

Although most of the fish buyers are neighbors in the nearby alleys, they also heard that there is a young lady in Osmanthus Alley who cooks delicious and cheap fish. I may come to buy fish every day, and occasionally save money to cook and order by myself, but neighbors from other alleys come to buy, and the daily fish is still sold out quickly.

Xu Qinyu has been slowly teaching Brother Cheng how to cook fish, so naturally he is not able to fully handle the fish, so let him watch from the side first, and learn the specific heat and the ratio of various seasonings first.

After the fish is finished, it is still sold out quickly.

In the next two days, Xu Qinyu went out to look at the shops again. On the west street, Xia's sister-in-law's cloth shop was also here.

Wu Wan was naturally very happy to learn that Xu Qinyu was going to open a restaurant in the West Street Market, and she would be able to eat at Miss Xu's restaurant in the future.

Mainly, on weekdays, would eat some fish made by Mrs. Xu. If open a restaurant, there will be more delicious food. Her master has always been thinking about the table banquet that Mrs. Xu cooked for Xu Kongmu. It's just that Mrs. Xu is busy with business every day, and the daily and evening meals she sends to Brother Shao are all the same size as Brother Shao. Time to open restaurants and restaurants.

Wu Wan also knew that Miss Xu wanted to save money slowly when she wanted to open a restaurant and restaurant. She thought it would take a long time to save money, but fortunately it was only a few months, and it was finally about to open.

If the master knows that Miss Xu is going to open a restaurant, he must be very happy.

Xu Qinyu looked around again, and finally decided to rent the shop at the end of the market.

She quickly went to find the owner of the shop, and only then did she know that the woman's surname was Yao, and the Yao family was recruiting a son-in-law. Naturally, she didn't need to be addressed by her husband's family, so Xu Qinyu called her sister-in-law Yao.

Yao could not help being shocked when she learned that it was the young lady who was only fifteen or sixteen years old who rented a restaurant by herself, and that the young lady was even in charge of the cooking. , the first two tenants in front of my shop both opened restaurants, but they didn't continue to do so. The first one closed in just half a year, and if the lady wants to rent a shop, the rent is still based on one year, so the lady You have to think clearly, it’s not easy to be a restaurant here, and it’s easy to lose money.”

Xu Qinyu said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Yao, don't worry, I don't have to worry about it. I have already decided to rent this shop. I will ask sister-in-law Yao to look over the deed after we sign the deed. I can pay the money after we sign the deed."

The deed is indispensable. Xu Qinyu started her business as a snack bar before, so she is very familiar with the process, and everything that should be noted in the deed will be written on it.

It took her one night to write the deed. In addition to the annual rent of fifty taels, it was also clearly written that the rent would not be allowed to rise within five years.

In short, this contract still puts more emphasis on her interests. For example, within three years, if she wants to continue to renew the lease, the owner can't rent the shop to others and can't increase the rent.

In fact, within three years, she would be able to save enough money to buy the second and third storeys.

Although this contract focuses on her interests, as long as the owner does not raise the rent innocently and cause trouble, she will not lose a penny of the rent that should be paid.

She has seen things in modern times where too many landlords try to raise the rent when they see that the tenants' business is doing well, so she has to be on guard against it.

After the deed was written, Xu Qinyu put it away in the cage, planning to sign the deed with Sister-in-law Yao tomorrow.

Finally able to open a restaurant, Xu Qinyu has been in a good mood these past few days, smiling every day, even dreaming that after opening a restaurant at night, guests will gather and earn a lot of money.

At night, she fell into a drowsy sleep, and dreamed that many guests came to eat in the restaurant. She was in charge of the back kitchen, and suddenly she couldn't move and couldn't lift her hands. The guests in front were rushing, and the more she wanted to move , the more unable to lift the arm, as if being pulled by something.

Xu Qinyu became more and more anxious, and then woke up.

Then she felt her left arm was pressed by something so that she couldn't sleep. With the moonlight coming in from the window, a thing about the thickness of four fingers coiled and pressed on her arm, which felt smooth to the touch. She said Why in the dream, no matter how hard tried to use arm, couldn't use it.

The next moment, Xu Qinyu's scalp went numb, and the fear of being pressed by something strange on her arms made her want to scream in panic, but before the sound escaped her throat, she suddenly realized that this Isn't the white jade coiled on her arm?

That little white snake!

Of course, can't call her Little White Snake now, she has grown up a lot.

How could Xu Qinyu have never expected that Bai Yu would sneak back by itself one and a half months after Fourth Brother Pei sent it away?

Glancing at the sky outside, it was already 10 o'clock, and it was dawn.

Xu Qinyu was a little helpless, but she wasn't too scared. After raising Baiyu for more than three months, she naturally wouldn't be afraid of it.

So how did it get back?

She got off the bed, put on her clothes and shoes, and went to the kitchen first.

Baiyu raised her head and glanced at Xu Qinyu, stretched her body, got off the bed with a jerk, and followed Xu Qinyu to the kitchen with a jerk.

When the oil lamp was lit, Xu Qinyu found that Bai Yu's jade-colored scales were not gray on autumn, and it looked like it had been contaminated with a lot of dirt. It was hard to live in the wild for more than a month, but it looked worse than before. Big circle.

Not only that, but also fat?

No, that's not fat, Xu Qinyu noticed that Bai Yu's belly was bulging, as if he had just eaten.

Then Bai Yu glanced at it, and Xu Qinyu suddenly met Bai Yu's faint red eyes, a thump in his heart, a little ominous foreboding.

Bai Yu began to wriggle his abdomen...

Xu Qinyu's face turned pale and began to stop, "Don't, don't!! You don't spit out the food!!!" Her voice changed a little.

However, Bai Yu didn't listen to her, still squirming her abdomen hard...

Finally spit out a pheasant that has not yet begun to digest.

Xu Qinyu looked at the pheasant on the ground with a dull expression.

So Bai Yu thought that they didn't want it because they always ate her every day, but couldn't hunt it back to her. After finding it, she deliberately caught a prey and brought it home? ? ?

Bai Yu crawled to her side, and rubbed Xu Qinyu's leg, as if asking her to eat.

Xu Qinyu pointed at the pheasant, his hands shaking a little, "Xu Baiyu, swallow it back for me!"

Before Bai Yu and Mo Yu, the family occasionally called them Xu Baiyu or Xu Moyu, saying that she raised them and followed her surname.

When the two occasionally made her angry, she would call them together with her last name.

Xu Qinyu really didn't expect that if she raised a snake, the snake would be hunted and brought home for her, but she really didn't need it at all.