Neighbors and diners who came from the surrounding area heard that it costs five yuan a piece, which is about the same price as caramel sugar, but the persimmons look golden and translucent, with a layer of hoarfrost hanging on them, which makes them very appetizing.

Everyone knows that the food from Xu Ji Restaurant has never tasted bad, so someone said: "Then I'll buy two yuan and try it first." After speaking, he took out ten Wen and handed it to Brother Gong, who used oiled paper Wrapped two dried persimmons and handed them to the man, the man couldn’t wait to take a bite, the skin was waxy and soft, and the flesh inside was just like Xu Ji’s custard buns, it was runny, but it wouldn’t drip down. A little bit solidified, but still flowable, the flesh is sweeter and softer, sweet in the mouth, but not greasy at all.

"It's delicious. Give me a few more dollars and bring it to my family to try."

This person also runs a shop nearby, and he is not short of this money, so he can still afford it. He wants to buy another 20 persimmons with Gong Geer.

Brother Gong said: "Persimmons are limited, and each person can only buy ten yuan."

This is also Xu Qinyu's request. She is worried that there is no limit, and someone will wrap it up in one go, and sell it at a high price in Raozhou City.

In fact, the price of persimmons is not particularly low, it belongs to the price of normal food with sugar, but in fact, compared to its taste, it is still fresh food, and five yuan is indeed not expensive, even much cheaper than those candied fruit, brown sugar, granulated sugar and rock sugar , the price is about the same as caramel.

This taste can be easily sold to the gentry in Raozhou City at several times the price.

So Xu Qinyu was worried that someone would resell them, so he limited the purchase to ten per person.

The man was a bit regretful when he heard that he could only buy ten, but he still bought six more, wrapped them in oiled paper, turned around and went back, intending to give his wife and children a taste of this soft and sweet persimmon.

This is almost what Xu Ji's diners often do. When Xu Ji has any new daily food and evening food, he will bring it to his family, or bring his family to taste it.

Seeing this, everyone bought and tasted it one after another. After tasting it, they couldn't help but praise, "It really is the candied fruit made by Xu Ji, and the taste is much better than other candied fruit."

Most candied fruit are marinated with honey and sugar, which will be sweet and a little sloppy.

Persimmons will not, because there is no added sugar, only the sugar of the persimmon itself, which is very sweet but not greasy at all.

The persimmon cakes in the two dustpans were sold out quickly, and many people still didn't buy them. They asked, "Brother Gong, why is there only so much, do you have more tomorrow?"

Most of the diners recognize Xu Ji.

Brother Gong said: "Don't worry, guys, there will be more tomorrow, and there will be more tomorrow. If we can have a five-dustpan, we will start selling after the morning meal."

When everyone heard this, they felt relieved, and they will wait until tomorrow to buy again.

Today, Pei Weixuan stayed at the restaurant all day. In the evening, he went back to Osmanthus Alley with Yuniang. He carried a small cage in his arms, which contained the money earned by the restaurant today. If he was not there on weekdays, it would be Cheng Geer or Brother Feng sent Xu Qinyu back, and since he was here today, he was the one who sent him.

Along the way, Xu Qinyu was still talking to the fourth brother about family affairs. She wanted to send some persimmons to the capital, hundreds of them, for parents, brothers and uncles to taste, but she didn't know when Ma Liu would escort them When the exiled prisoners came to the southwest, they were worried that they would come after next spring, and the persimmons would not be able to hold them.

Pei Weixuan said: "I know a caravan that happens to be transporting goods in the southwest and is going to the capital. I will make a trip for you tomorrow and let them help deliver the persimmons to the capital. What does Yu Niang think?"

The owner of this caravan is surnamed Zhou and named Zhou Yan. He is in his thirties and belongs to the emperor's brother.

The colored glaze he got from overseas was also sold by the Zhou family's caravan. Even the coal and iron from the official ship that he had robbed at the beginning were secretly sold by the Zhou family's connections.

And the caravan in Huoye Nong is just a little-known small caravan, so even if he runs in the caravan to make a living, the two people in the palace will not be suspicious.

Xu Qinyu said happily: "Then thank you, brother four."

The only people in the capital that she can think about are the second room of the Marquis of Dechang and her natal uncle who make her think about it, while the fourth brother is all in the southwest, and there is no one for her and the fourth brother to think about.

Back at the house in Laixi Lane, Xu Qinyu counted the money as usual, put it in her big cash box, and deposited it in the bank after half a month.

For Mrs. Lu, the share of the second batch of wine sold was 6,000 taels of silver given to her two days ago. Give her parents another two thousand taels of silver notes, and she will have more than twenty thousand taels left.

More than 20,000 taels of silver, if she wants to open a bigger restaurant in Raozhou City, or buy a five-in-one house, it is enough.

But this year, she has no plans to open a branch of Xu Ji in Raozhou City.

Cheng Ge'er and Dong Qian can't take charge yet. When they can take charge and don't need her at all, the restaurant here can be handed over to them, and she plans to go to Raozhou City to open another Xu Ji.

The matter of moving to Raozhou, Wen's family and her fourth brother have discussed with her, Zhu Taishou is in Raozhou City, and if the family moves there, it can be considered to be protected by someone. Although it cannot be protected on the surface, it can still be protected in secret. They are one or two points. I wish the old lady's health is still worse than the previous day. Even if she uses the best wild ginseng to prolong her life, it will only have a lifespan of about a year. I am afraid that the old lady will be in next spring.

The old lady can still eat and drink now. If she really wants something, she is happy and mourning.

Pei Weixuan also hopes that his family can move to Raozhou City.

In the future, he will always correct his position, avenge his father and brother, and kill the Empress Dowager Fu and the new emperor, but even if he corrects the throne in the future, he will not use the reputation of the Fourth Highness, otherwise the new emperor and the Empress Dowager Fu will be killed. The relatives and family members on both sides, as well as nearly half of the officials in the court, would bleed into rivers of blood, and he could only revolt, not even in his name.

This also protects the family.

Zhu Zhu is the grandfather of the uncle, and the first to recover is the southwest.

So he had to persuade his uncle and grandfather.

But no matter what happens in the future, my uncle and grandfather can protect the Pei family.

So moving to Raozhou City is inevitable.

The next day, Pei Weixuan went to the canal with a batch of dried persimmons.

The Zhou family caravan has a batch of goods to be transported from the border city to the capital, and will stay in the canal for a few days.

Pei Weixuan gave the persimmon cake to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan is in his thirties, with a refined and easy-going face, he seems to be a very gentle person.

He said: "Master, don't worry, I will send the things to the palace of the princess."

Pei Weixuan nodded, and then carefully instructed him to go to the capital to inquire about some things.

The two talked for a while before Pei Weixuan went to the restaurant.

By noon, today's five buckets of persimmons were also sold out very quickly, and some people who lived in a tight family were willing to take ten cents to buy two for their children to taste.

Xu Kee's persimmons are a big hit.

Every day, a few dustbins of persimmons are prepared, and they can be sold out in less than half an hour.

In just 20 days, she still sold more than 3,000 dried persimmons, and she made a dozen taels.

In the past 20 days, the goods delivered by Zhou Yan also arrived in the capital.

He asked the people under him to send the persimmons to the second room of Dechang Hou's mansion.

Precisely because it was the family of the princess, he had to avoid suspicion and not let outsiders know about his relationship with His Highness.

The people under his command sent the persimmons to the second room of Dechang Hou's mansion, and they only said: "It was Xu Ji's owner in Biancheng who paid a lot of money to let our caravan send these persimmons. Press a handprint, and then you will have to go back to the border town to show the guests the credentials."

When Xue Shi heard this, he thanked him and pressed his handprint on the credentials.

When the people left, Mrs. Xue asked the maids and wives to help move the persimmons back to the house.

When she entered the house, she tasted a persimmon cake. It was really delicious. She couldn't help but eat two more in one breath.

The last time I drank the wine made by Yuniang, I thought the wine tasted very good, but after eating this persimmon made by Yuniang, I realized that Yuniang's food is also a must.

The Xue family ate three of them by herself, and sent two to the maids in the second room for them to try it out.

The maidservants thanked the persimmon cakes and waited for them to return to their respective houses before eating. They exclaimed, "What kind of candied dried fruit is this? It's delicious, sweet and glutinous, and not too greasy."

"Is this really the food made by the second girl?"

"It should be, didn't the second girl send some wine back? It seems that the second girl is doing well at the border."

"That's because our two girls have good news, hum, unlike the third girl and the old lady, they are not afraid of retribution!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, be careful that the partition wall has ears, and then let the third girl and the old lady know and sell us."

"They dare! We are the servants of the second lady, and the deeds of sale are in the hands of the second lady, so I'm not afraid of them."

"No matter what, I hope our two girls are well at the border, and I also hope that there will be time for the lady and the second girl to meet in the future."

"No."

Even bigger hopes, they, like the Xue family, dare not think too much, and never would have thought that Yu Niang would return to Beijing one day.

These persimmons, Xue's as usual, still sent some to the big house and her parents' brother, and kept the rest for Brother Li, who likes sweets.

In the third room, Xu Qinhui only got a message from the middle-aged man in the past two days.

Because the middle-aged man stayed in Yuanbao Town and Raozhou City for ten days to inquire about the Pei family and Xu Qinyu.

After inquiring and inquiring, I also know that King Shu runs business in a small caravan, earning some hard money. Princess Shu is a little skilled, but she can only run a small restaurant and winery with a cook. The winery seems to be It is very profitable, I feel that this family is supported by the vertical princess.

The middle-aged man doesn't understand why the third master thinks that the vertical king still has the possibility of ascending the throne.

How can such a vertical king become a big thing?

When he went back to return to Master Xu San, Xu Shuping couldn't help frowning.

If the vertical king is really just running business in a small caravan, obviously he can't make a big deal.

It's been two years, and the king has not made any movement yet. The daughter said that the king will become a major event in ten years, that is, there are still eight years. How did the king start?

Could it be that the daughter dreamed wrong, but the daughter dreamed that several other things in the capital were completely correct.

He also asked his daughter, how the King Shu came to power, whether it was an uprising in the name of the Kuangfu royal family to avenge the first emperor and the eldest prince, or an uprising.

But where did Xu Qinhui understand? She was in the harem at that time, and she knew that after waiting a few years, the new emperor and the queen mother were greedy for pleasure, causing chaos in the dynasty, taxation and corvée becoming more and more serious, forcing many people to death, and then some people rebelled. didn't know how to get to the capital in 2000, and then the edict that the late emperor had established the eldest prince as the crown prince was announced to the world, only then did we know that the new emperor and the empress dowager were poisoning the late emperor and slandering the eldest prince, and then the king was killed. In the palace, the Xindi Empress Fu and her head were beheaded.

So she didn't know exactly how the vertical king came into being.

Because of the uprising over the years, I have never heard of a man named Shu Wang. The leader of the uprising is also a man with a humble appearance, a short stature, and an ordinary appearance, and he is not a vertical king at all.

So she couldn't figure it out.

After listening to his confidant, Xu Shuping went to see his daughter.

As soon as Xu Qinhui saw her father, she asked anxiously, "Father, can you see the Fourth Highness this time? Did the Fourth Highness read my letter and have someone reply to me?"

The letter to the Fourth Highness had been sent for several months, but his father told him that King Shu was not there, so he sent the letter to Mrs. Pei, this time it was the second letter, to the second sister.

Xu Shuping shook his head, "I saw King Shu, but King Shu didn't reply."

Xu Qinhui was stunned, "Why?"

Xu Shuping glanced at his daughter, "King Shu didn't even read your letter, he burned it directly. As for the letter to Yu Niang, it has already been delivered to her. Yu Niang should have read it, but he never asked that person to reply to you. Sister Hui, did you remember it wrong? Can King Shu really gain momentum? He is now just working as a bodyguard in a small business, and he earns hard money. How can he gain momentum? According to what you said, In another two or three years, the new emperor and the empress dowager should also bring disaster to the court and the common people, and two or three years will not be enough to recruit troops."

Speaking of the latter, Xu Shuping's voice was obviously quieter, for fear of being heard.

"Dad, don't worry, although I don't know how His Highness started to gain momentum, but in the end, he must inherit the throne. There is no need to worry about this, Daddy."

Xu Qinhui was also very impatient in her heart, but she was not worried about how His Highness would take off. She firmly believed that the Fourth Highness would inherit the great lineage in the end. What she was worried about now was that His Highness would not forgive her, but she couldn't help thinking, Her Royal Highness is not someone who is angry with her, but the Fourth Highness did not read her letter, and even burned it directly. Could it be that she was angry with her?

The Fourth Highness has a cold temper, and since he is angry with her, it means that he cares about her.

As long as she has her in her heart, there is a way. She continues to write to the Fourth Highness, and one day, the Fourth Highness will forgive him.

No wonder the Fourth Highness killed her in the last life after he got up, and it seemed that he hated her for abandoning him and following the new emperor.

She has never been a concubine for the new emperor in her life, which is indeed a wise choice.

Xu Qinhui made up her mind and planned to write a letter to the Fourth Highness every month.

But in this life, many things are indeed different.

For example, the second sister, as well as the sixth princess and the seventh princess, the little princess, are still alive, and even the new glazed utensils and glazed jewelry in the capital in the past two months have never appeared in the last life.

Xu Qinhui was a little confused about how Liuli appeared, but she didn't think much about it, it was just a vulgar thing, nothing compared to what she was going to do.

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Yuanbao Town.

After the persimmons were sold out, Pei Weixuan also left.

He didn't stay at home for a long time. This time he stayed at home for about half a month. He was going to return to the island. The workshop had to be built, and he needed a supervisor.

But this trip is not a business trip, he can come back every two or three months.

I told family that was running a business, and would be back in two or three months.

Before leaving, Xu Qinyu gave him all the remaining persimmons at home and let him take them with him on the road.

On the way, Pei Weixuan ate a few, and took the rest to the children on the island to eat.

Every time he went out, he would bring back delicious food, so even though the children on the island were a little afraid of his ice cube face, they brought back delicious food every time, and the children were looking forward to his arrival.

Needless to say, the persimmons this time are even more popular with children.

Half a month after he left, Huo Ye had already bought back all the bricks, tiles and sand materials for building the workshop. He had also drawn the drawings and started to supervise the work to build the workshop, and then he could start to burn the glaze.

The first batch of Liuli was sent to the capital by Zhou Yan before, and it was very popular among the dignitaries in the capital. They were sold at almost the same gold price, so now the money to build the workshop is enough. Continuing to ship out in batches, the price should drop a bit, but in the first two years, these Liuli will save a lot of money for him, enough to recruit troops and buy horses.

Pei Weixuan was busy building a workshop on the island.

Xu Qinyu was also busy in the restaurant, and the wine shop had stopped work, but Mrs. Lu did not return to Raozhou City, but lived in the house in Yuanbao Town. Go back at the end of the year.

The days passed quickly, and in winter, Zhen Wu had already sold out the last batch of wine.

Six thousand taels of silver notes were also given to Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu had 25,000 taels of silver notes on him, all of which were stored in the bank.

Now she is not short of money. Although she came to this unfamiliar place, her life is gradually on the right track.

It was winter, and Dong Qian had also learned something and started to help her. She was quite relaxed.

Sister Ning's Linglong Pavilion has also opened, and the embroiderers are all looking for the best embroidery work in Yuanbao Town and nearby, and the monthly salary is two taels of silver.

The embroiderers who do a good job in embroidery are indeed well paid.

Now Ning Jieer's Linglong Pavilion can make a net profit of tens of taels to a hundred taels of silver every month.

That's also because there are not many embroiderers in Linglong Pavilion, and Sister Ning has strict requirements. The embroidery work of embroiderers is the best. The embroiderers who can be found are limited, so the finished products are also limited. Sister Ning is still looking for it now. Embroidery lady, if there are more embroiderers in the future, you can earn more.

Now everyone has their own business, the fourth brother is also running a business, and everyone is working hard.

Brother Feng and Sister Xian are also growing up. Xu Qinyu discussed with Wen Shi that when spring comes next year, he will send Brother Feng and Sister Xian to a private school for enlightenment.

There is an old scholar in Yuanbao Town, who can be enlightened with some repairs.

Although the Pei family was demoted to common people, and they will not be able to take the imperial examination in the future, enlightenment is also needed, and they must be able to read and write.

Wen Shi also thinks it's okay.

The old scholar taught both boys and girls, so sister Xian could go too.

But even so, not many people in the town would send their children there to study.

When winter came, Xu Qinyu bought a lot of fabric from Xia's sister-in-law, and bought some winter clothes for the family.

I also bought silk and satin materials, and bought several sets of coats for the family.

These silk and satin materials are used for work on weekdays, so they are not suitable for outer wear. They are very comfortable for making middle clothes and pajamas.

The children in the family have grown up again, and even the fourth brother has grown a little bit. When the fourth brother came back a few days ago, Xu Qinyu found that he seemed to be taller again, and his shoulders were wider. With long legs, the last trace of youthfulness has faded away, and he has become an indomitable and handsome man.

Xu Qinyu secretly calculated that the fourth brother's height is about 1.88 meters according to the standards of later generations.

Even her stature has grown a bit. Originally, she was only fifteen years old after time travel, and she can continue to grow for two or three years, so she is also taller than last year. When she first wore it, she seemed to be 1.6 meters tall. Not at all, now there are 1.65 meters, this body is not yet eighteen, Xu Qinyu hopes that she can run around again.

Originally, she planned to make silk clothes again in the summer, but she didn't have much time. Now that Dongqian is helping her, she has more free time, so she can go shopping and buy some fabrics for her embroiderer to make clothes.

After more than half a month, the family's winter clothes and middle clothes were ready.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Xu Qinyu plans to make more ham this year, and she has already told the big pig farmers who bought the hind legs last year in advance.

But even that big pig farmer can't produce hundreds of hams at one go, but there are a lot of pigs in the southwest, after all, it needs to supply the pork for the entire southwestern border, and there are many pigs in other villages and towns.

The big pig farmer also agreed to help Xu Qinyu collect pork legs immediately after the twelfth lunar month, and fresh pork legs were delivered to her every day.

So as soon as the twelfth lunar month came, Xu Qinyu also got busy and started to pickle the ham.

Xu Qinyu is not afraid that these hams will not be consumed by his own restaurant. The ham can be stored, and the longer it is, the more fragrant the taste will be.

Whether it is sold to major restaurants or wealthy families, if you tell them how to eat and how to make it, it will sell well.

Next, Xu Qinyu was very busy, and Feng Geer Cheng Geer and the others would come to help in their spare time.

And in this cold winter month, the business of other restaurants and restaurants in Yuanbao Town is much better than in summer.

The business of Wen Yunling's Xiangrui restaurant is also better than in summer.

Her Xiangrui restaurant has also been open for more than a year. Except for the desertedness at the beginning, there are a few diners relying on the two special dishes of the restaurant chef, but the business is still very average.

After excluding all the expenses every month, there are tens of taels in the account, and there are not even tens of taels in summer.

Wen Yunling was also depressed at the beginning, thinking that Xu Ji had robbed too many diners in Yuanbao Town, so her restaurant business would be affected. She also hoped that Xu Ji would collapse, but she watched Xu Ji's business getting better and better. The better, seeing Xu Ji thinking about a lot of fresh food in the summer, the number of diners has not decreased at all, and when winter comes, Xu Ji has more diners, and when he is angry, he will not be calm, the gap is too big.

Although she hopes that Xu Ji will collapse, and that other restaurants will suppress Xu Ji, she can even fight Xu Ji publicly and scold Xu Qinyu to relieve the depression in her heart, but the insidious trick behind the scenes is like She didn't even bother to use Ping An Restaurant that poisoned Xu Ji's food like that.

Over the past year or so, Xu Ji's business is getting better and better, and she has completely lost her mind. She even wants to change her career and doesn't want to continue to make a living in a restaurant. Such a big shop is also good for other businesses, but what is the difference between changing the restaurant into a restaurant? it is good? She is also quite hesitant. These days, she has been walking around Raozhou City and other places, just wanting to learn more and see what is a good way to make a living.

This time she will not make a decision too quickly, and plans to wait and see for about half a year.

By the end of the new year, most of the restaurants and restaurants in the town were closed, even Donglaiju and Xuji were closed, just waiting for the New Year.

Wen Yunling was not idle, and ran to Raozhou City again, and then she saw a familiar figure.