Chapter 44: Beautiful and Delicious
"Old Song, the monthly money is twenty taels."
"Thank you, Master Fourth!"
"Hey, thank you Mr. Cao!"
Before dawn in the morning, the gate of Wanbaolou Building on Yanglou Street was closed. Nine people stood neatly in the shop that was not big. Three shop staff and five craftsmen who were recruited came forward to take the money from Liu Laosi in turn, and looked at each other with a smile. The craftsmen who had the most money in a monthly basis were those who were quick to do, and had excellent skills. In addition to the monthly salary, each finished product was divided. Of course, it had to be sold before it could be obtained.
I sold three hairpins, and the sales volume was 1,550 taels. I took out the renting workshop, staff expenses, new raw materials, etc., and to be honest, it was too short. This was not considered my own handicraft expenses. Based on my previous value, it was equivalent to working in vain.
Thousand taels of silver are really not too much in the jewelry business. The second batch of jewelry has been rushed to work, but he designed it but was not personally in charge. The level is far inferior. If it is compared in parallel, it has advantages and disadvantages with the signs of other shops. It has been put on the shelves so far, so he is waiting for the shop to open.
In the shop, Liu Laosi’s four big horse-drawn swords were sitting on the chair. The small table in front of him was full of silver, and they were distributed to his brothers: "Fuck with Mr. Cao, what is this little silver? As long as you do well, you will be broken into territory in the future...Oh, don’t fight!"
Cao Hua came out of the inner room and faced Liu Laosi's forehead with a fan. He broke the soil and bound the border? He has been scolded so hard these days. If he put on his whole yellow robe, he would not be infamous for thousands of years.
After a long time of contact, the shop assistant was also frightened, so he was not scared and his face was bloodless. He just stood up properly.
He looked at his first group of employees: "Old Song, if these hairpins are sold, each piece is 20% rich. If you sell them, you can remember clearly. If you remember them, you can put them on your own."
Song Changqiu, the shopkeeper, nodded repeatedly: "How can you be so embarrassed to do something to Cao Gong? I don't want money if you want money."
"real?"
Cao Hua's eyes lit up. Are there such a conscious employee?
The shopkeeper suddenly froze his face and looked like he had eaten shit.
"Just kidding, business is booming and silver is indispensable. When the business grows bigger, I will take down the girls from the whole street, close the door, and let's have a 'Wine Pool and Meat Forest'."
"Oh hey!"
Liu Laosi was filled with tears in his eyes, but he didn't expect that there would be such benefits. He rubbed his hands and leaned over to him because he was a close friend: "Young master, I think it's better to be exempted. If the mansion and the Qinglian Lane knew, brothers and others would be difficult to be a human being."
This is a vaccination to prevent the master from spending money and let them take the blame at that time.
Governor Cao waved his hand casually: "As the saying goes, women are like clothes..."
Liu Laosi burst into tears: Mr. Cao regards me as a brother!
He quickly knelt down and thanked him, but Cao Hua continued: "Brothers are like pants, their clothes keep warm and their pants cover up their ugly faces. I don't care about reputation, it's nothing to not wear pants, and I will freeze to death if I don't wear clothes. With this idea, your proposal is good, so I'll change it to drinking and not calling a girl."
The logic was very rigorous. Master Liu was shocked and held it in for a long time before he said, "Young Master is indeed thinking carefully." This sentence is obviously learned from the girl Han'er.
“That’s natural.”
Cao Hua joked for a long time and explained the opening of the business. He left through the back door and prepared to go to Xicheng Diankuisi Moyang.
After walking a few steps, I found a faint fragrance coming from the quiet alley.
I came out early today and didn’t have time to eat breakfast. The fragrance of tofu is very attractive. When I turned around, I saw a fire behind Baibaozhai.
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In the kitchen behind Baibaozhai, Su Xiangning was wearing a coarse cloth dress and an apron tied around her waist. The maid squatted behind the earthen stove to burn the fire. Her face was so dark that she kept coughing. The water vapor was filled with water. Only a pair of embroidered shoes were seen walking around the house.
After saying hello a few days ago, Su Xiangning moved these utensils back to the Baibaozhai kitchen one by one. She was originally calm and didn't go out much. Last time she was frightened, but now she was beaten to death and she didn't want to go out to play music. She just wanted to find a small storefront to open the shop and support herself.
But it is not easy to open a tofu shop. She helped a lot in front of the old couple, but people saw that she was a white and tender lady, so she would do heavy work there, so I watched it a lot. I used to think that I learned it, but now I only realize how difficult it is to get started with it myself.
I got up in the middle of the night and started soaking beans, grinding and filtering residue. I was busy for most of the day. After finally making a few bowls of tofu, I directly ‘bowed’ the three guys.
I used to call her Miss Shengsu, but now the shopkeepers always take a detour when they see her. If they go out to do business, it would probably be enough to sell the maid.
Su Xiangning studied it carefully for a few days, and then went to the old couple's residence for advice. He gradually mastered some tricks, but cooking skills cannot be practiced in a day or two. Yesterday, Shen Yu was put on. The maid Qingguo was also suffering. The lady who wanted to support herself could not help but tried the poison with her body every day and had to accompany her to get up in the middle of the night to burn the fire and push the mill. They were all girls from the brothel, who had done such tiring work there. Now they were squatting behind the earthen stove, and they were almost burning their eyebrows when they were drowsy.
It felt that the time was almost the same, Su Xiangning took out a bowl of tofu that was kept warm in the steamer, added green onion, salt and pepper, and prepared to give it to the shopkeeper who was getting up early to taste. When he turned around, he saw someone standing at the back door, and the mist was filled with water and couldn't see clearly.
"Who are you looking for?"
Su Xiangning thought it was a family member of a guy, so she asked. The person at the door walked in and chuckled, "Miss Su, don't you mind coming here and taking a breakfast?"
There is such a good thing?!
Su Xiangning was happy and felt that it was not suitable. She quickly restrained her expression and stepped forward to bow and bowed: "Don't mind, don't mind... Mr. Su has made a few more bowls... Please come in."
He couldn't serve in the kitchen. Su Xiangning led Cao Hua to the side room where the guy was having dinner, put the tofu on the table, and then rushed to take spoons and other tableware and put them in front of Cao Hua.
After all, he was the first guest, and Su Xiangning's eyes were inevitably looking forward, and she sat opposite him and looked at him eagerly.
Cao Hua held a folding fan and revealed the four words "I am a good person". He was so romantic that he was so charming that he looked a little disgusting. He looked at the green green flowers on the white beans, and his appearance was really good. When he was excited, he showed Su Taibai's style:
"The mud root jade snow is untainted, and the wind leaves are green and fragrant. The girl's craftsmanship makes me amazed by Su Taibai."
"Young Master is awarded, so please try it if it suits you."
Su Xiangning was mentally prepared for this talented man who was so polite, and was not surprised too much, thinking that this was normal. When she heard this praise, her face turned a little red.
Beautiful and beautiful, three points of shyness and seven points of expectation, it is really beautiful and delicious.
Cao Hua nodded slowly, held the spoon and chewed it slowly, trying to taste it carefully, suddenly his body shook violently.
The right hand that pinched the spoon was instinctively exerted force, which made the surface of the spoon handle crack and almost crushed it to pieces.
The martial arts of Kyoto Tai Sui are indeed well-deserved!
Su Xiangning did not notice the abnormality of the spoon. She looked at the stiff-faced "Young Master Su" with a little loss in her eyes, and she lowered her head awkwardly: "It's not delicious..."
Do you know you'll let me eat it?
Cao Hua swallowed with a hard smile and nodded slightly: "Girl... Cough cough... The girl's craftsmanship is really good, but there are less than two spoons of salt in the future. Recently, the price of official salt is high, and even if the family is big and the business cannot be wasted."
Su Xiang looked surprised and raised her head to look at the scholar in front of her: "Really?"
"real."
He nodded seriously, his eyes unquestionable.
Su Xiangning's face turned red again. She was born in a brothel with a cheerful temperament than an ordinary girl, but she showed a little shyness at this time. She blinked: "Young Master Xie praises you, you are the first person to praise me like this."
Cao Hua smiled and was about to cross the topic, but saw Su Xiangning hurriedly got up, took a stack of side dishes and put them in front of him: "I almost forgot this. Since my son likes it, eat more. I also pickled this side dishes myself."
“…”
Cao Daguan nodded with his teeth, picked up the spoon and gave another mouthful of tofu, chewed it slowly, and did not forget to hold a piece of side dish and stuff it into his mouth.
Then...
Bang!
The chopsticks broke from it.
Chapter completed!