Chapter 64: Schadenfreude
On the third day of June, there are two days left before the birthday of the empress dowager.
Although the Empress Dowager was not the biological mother of the emperor of the dynasty, she stood up to the public and supported Zhao Jie as emperor. Zhao Jie has been visiting him every day since he succeeded to the throne, which is very respectful. Because of this reason, the Empress Dowager's birthday was even more grand than the emperor of the dynasty. All the princes and county magistrates sent their birthdays to Kyoto, and thousands of streets and hundreds of arches began to ban curfews to avoid the thieves causing trouble. However, the fact that the city of Bianjing was too big was left to the imperial guards and was not under the jurisdiction of the Diankui.
Because the street is closed at night, Yanglou Street is much lively during the day than before, and the business of several jewelry shops is naturally popular. Because of the luxury style brought by the "Wanbaolou", now hairpins with a market price of 100 taels have gradually become sold. Many wealthy merchants have not had much money, and even a few jewelry "Qinghefang" that are upwards.
At the peak of this kind of business, Wanbaolou, who was the leader, suddenly closed the door and found some yamen runners to patrol everywhere. The shopkeepers all looked pale and even turned the pile of debris behind the alley.
After a long time, I knew several shops around me. I came over to ask for it and found out that I had been thieves.
There are many shops on Yanglou Street, and it is common to be robbed. Baibaozhai has been stolen several times, and now he leaves a guy to sleep in the hall.
At the tofu stall next to the shop, Su Xiangning held a spoon in her hand and even forgot to boil it in the pot. She just put her feet behind the crowd and watched and found out what happened. She could not avoid such a thief, and she could only hope that she would lose a few hairpins and lose a lot of money. However, the least cheap hairpins in Wanbaolou are worth a hundred taels, and throwing a few is not a small amount...
While thinking about it, a voice came:
"Come on the bowl of tofu!"
"oh.."
When the customer came to the stall, Su Xiangning had to turn around and prepare. She just looked up and found that the bearded scholar was sitting listlessly on the stall, holding the folding fan of "I am a good person" in her hand, suffocating the wind, blowing her beard up and down.
"Young Master Su!"
Su Xiangning was first surprised, then nervous, and walked to the small table with a spoon and sat down: "I just heard from the guy that I lost something in the shop, so the loss is not big, right?"
Cao Hua shook the fan, looked at her nervous look, and just shook his head and chuckled: "It's nothing, it's just a little thing."
"That's good." Su Xiangning nodded, and then found that she was holding a spoon and fanning the air. Her face turned red. She got up and ran to the stall, and started making tofu with seriousness.
The crowds around were bustling, and those who were watching the bustle were naturally sitting at the stalls to eat, and they were still busy for a while.
The maid Qingguo greeted the guests everywhere, but had to help the lady. The two of them had no experience in catering and walked around in a hurry. Occasionally, they accidentally bumped into each other. Cao Hua shook his head repeatedly when he saw it.
The steaming tofu was served, and Su Xiangning didn't even have time to call him, but was urged by other diners to run around.
After eating the tofu, Cao Hua and his wife put the bowl in a bamboo basket, stood while Su Xiangning helped to clean the dishes, and taught him a lesson: "You can't do this, you haven't earned money and you're tired of it, and the guests are impatient."
Su Xiangning was quick-witted, but she had no experience in the end and couldn't get busy. She didn't pay attention to the man next to her, but when she heard the words, she found that the talented man was washing dishes next to her. She hurriedly put down her work: "Young Master Su, you are a scholar, how can you do these things..."
"Go aside, don't make trouble."
Cao Hua pointed at her with his beard: "Do your own first."
Su Xiangning was stunned for a moment, but she didn't insist. She picked up the soup spoon and put the tofu with it again, and suddenly said strangely: "Young Master Su, your tone just now... I was a little bit like an Aunt Tang from Minglou. I used to be in a bad way to serve tea and water, so Aunt Tang also scolded me like this... Hahaha..."
As she said that, she laughed herself first, feeling that it was inappropriate, and then hurriedly pursed her lips.
Cao Hua was originally a tone of training employees, and said seriously while brushing the bowl: "The most important thing in the fast food industry is the process... Well... it is the process. Take the bowl, serve tofu, add vegetables, add ingredients, and pack it on an assembly line, that is, walk around in the kitchen just enough, otherwise you will run back and forth."
Su Xiangning held the spoon and was a little curious: "There is still such a saying?"
"Of course, it's okay if there are fewer customers in the husband-and-wife shop. If the business grows bigger, there are 300 or 400 people waiting for dinner, and ten guys prepare meals in the kitchen. If the process is unreasonable, what will happen?"
"In a mess?"
"It's good to know. Only ten customers have made you two very busy. After half an hour of busy work, you sold about twenty bowls. You don't have enough labor and you can earn money. You have to endure hardships. You have to sort out the process first and put all kinds of seasonings together. In this way, you can add ingredients and take them away after serving tofu..."
He talks around like a teacher.
Su Xiangning listened carefully, but did not forget the work at her hands.
From a distance, the scene looked like a couple, who was running a small stall together to earn some hard money. However, the man had a beard on his face and came out to set up a stall and was wearing clothes. He had a fan on his waist. He taught his wife a lesson with a stern face, and he didn't look like a good thing.
The wife is gentle and gentle, honest and dare not talk back. Sometimes she asks, "Do you understand?" and has to nod quickly, for fear that the man will get angry if he slows down. However, as a wife, there are those who are not cowardly, and she has to serve her busy days and nights. This is how women in the market come here. Fortunately, men are fierce and work hard.
The maid Qingguo was busy behind her. She glanced at her occasionally, perhaps because she was afraid that the lady would be deceived, so she squeezed into the middle of the two of them from time to time to interrupt. It seemed that she was "hungry to protect her master"...
It's noon at sunset.
Three people are always faster than two people. After some sorting and planning, the things are sold out quickly.
In front of Baibaozhai, Miss Shen had just gotten up, stretched, and then walked listlessly to the Douhua Shop:
"Little Susu, come and have a bowl of tofu!"
Sleepy eyes, and Su Xiangning was standing in front of him. Shen Yu was a little free, even his hair was in a mess, two hairpins were inserted diagonally on his head, and he even took a round fan in his hand to sway.
After looking at it, I thought it was the madam from a restaurant that had come.
Su Xiangning would leave a bowl of Shen Yu every day, put the tofu on the table, wipe her hands and put it in front of her hair, and said angrily: "Yu'er, alas... You come out like this in broad daylight. If those young men and scholars see it, no one will come to propose marriage."
"I know!" Shen Yu stood upright, looked up and saw that the Wanbao Building next door closed, and suddenly felt spirited: "Miss Su, is the Wanbao Building yellow?"
Cao Hua stood in front of him, looking down at the little guy who was not as tall as his shoulders: "Not yet, I will never be yellow if Baibaozhai is yellow."
Chen Yu then found that there was someone washing dishes at the stall. She couldn't help but frown: "Who's surnamed Su, why are you here? I thought it was Lin Fengyang... Woo woo..."
Su Xiangning covered her mouth and frowned slightly: "Eat quickly, I'm going to close the stall."
Chen Yu hummed twice, then sat on a small stool and ate. He turned around and said vaguely: "My surname is Su, I heard that you almost drowned last time, how did you survive?"
This is a lack of cleaning up.
Cao Hua helped to pack up all kinds of utensils and said casually: "The Great Hell will not accept it."
Su Xiangning remembered something and looked at him a few times: "Last time you seemed to be injured... Are you healthy?"
"Nothing." Cao Hua curled his lips: "But Miss Su, I have to remind you, don't panic next time you fall into the water. I almost strangled you if I didn't drown last time."
After falling into the water, Su Xiangning also forgot what she did. She remembered in a daze that she seemed to have hugged something. She nodded and said, "Sorry...I don't know how to water...Next time...I hope there is no next time..."
This is a good joke.
Cao Hua roared twice, and saw Chen Yu burying his head to eat beside him, he said again: "Boss Shen, how about a cooperation?"
"Um?"
Chen Yu suddenly raised his head, no sleepiness, his big eyes were full of arrogance and cunning, and it seemed that he had been waiting for this sentence for a long time:
"Ahem... say it, what's wrong with me?"
He held his head up and his chest was full, and he was still very straight.
Seeing this, Su Xiangning couldn't help but feel embarrassed and stepped forward to persuade, "Yu'er, Mr. Su's shop lost some things last night, please be polite."
I wanted to say not to bully others, but I changed my words when I spoke.
Chen Yu didn't listen, but his eyes lit up: "My surname is Su, your shop has been thieves... Hahahaha... Ouch!"
Joyfulness in colors and extreme happiness leads to sorrow.
Rao was Su Xiangning's gentle personality, so she couldn't help knocking on her forehead.
Cao Hua didn't care. He sat down opposite Shen Yu with a towel on his shoulder: "Yes."
"What's lost?" Chen Yu rubbed his forehead and asked with great concern.
"Oh...it's hard to describe." Cao Hua had a bitter face.
Chen Yu's eyes turned and suddenly said in surprise: "It's not that the thing dedicated to the Queen Mother's birthday was lost... Hahahaha... I'm so laughing to death..."
After laughing for a long time, he found that Cao Hua's face was not right. Chen Yu's expression froze. He quickly put away his laughter and said nervously: "You won't really throw such an important thing away, right?"
Cao Hua spread his hands: "I guessed right, I was stolen last night."
"Ha ha ha ha..."
Miss Shen covered her stomach and smiled, trembling, which perfectly explained what gloating means:
Chapter completed!