23. Chapter 23
Qin Shouye opened the second letter, and took out one tael of silver and two pairs of silver earrings along with the letter paper: "Mother..." Qin Shouye looked at Qin's mother.
The people in the eldest house were also surprised. When Qin's mother took the letter just now, she felt the weight and thought that there might be silver in it, but she was also surprised to see the silver earrings. She hurriedly asked: "Look at what is written in the letter?"
Qin Shouye hummed: "...Sister-in-law also said that this tael of silver allowed us to buy some food to replenish our bodies. These two pairs of earrings are one for you and one for grandma."
Yang Haiyan has understood Qin Fang's character during the days she has been with Qin Fang. In fact, there are many men who are not greedy for their wives' private money. But men who are not tempted by five thousand taels are different. So Yang Haiyan is indeed very satisfied with Qin Fang. Besides, from the novel, the few words also describe Qin Fang's good character.
Moreover, in the conversation with Qin Fang, Yang Haiyan also learned a little about Qin's grandmother and Qin's mother. Although Qin Fang's description of his relatives is colorful, many mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problems throughout the ages have one thing in common, that is, the mother-in-law is worried that her son will forget his mother after marrying a wife, and Yang Haiyan will prepare two extra pairs of earrings, which naturally also means to please Qin's mother. Success or failure is not important, as long as her heart is there. Besides, Qin Fang knows how to save private money and consider his own small family. Naturally, he is not the kind of foolish filial person, so Yang Haiyan is not worried.
Qin's mother listened to her son's letter and looked at the earrings in her hand, and she was indeed very satisfied. I have to admit that a daughter-in-law who has read books is different. If she was satisfied with her daughter-in-law before because of the gifts and her daughter-in-law's literacy, then now she is even more satisfied. I am not afraid of my daughter-in-law's high birth, but I am afraid that she will put on airs.
Although the letter did not say that Yang Haiyan was a maid from a wealthy family before, even if she was a maid from a wealthy family, she was different in the eyes of these country people. Letting their son marry her is also a high-class marriage for them.
Mother Qin weighed the earrings in her hand, and each pair weighed about half a tael. Adding this tael of silver and the three taels in front, she sent five taels at once. Mother Qin was also worried that her son and daughter-in-law would have a hard time there.
After a while, Mother Qin went to find Grandma Qin.
After seeing the earrings, Grandma Qin and Mother Qin had the same idea: "In my life, I never wore silver earrings when I was a girl, and I never wore silver earrings when I was a wife. I didn't expect that my eldest grandson would have them after marrying a wife. This is all thanks to my eldest grandson. Afang married a good wife."
Mother Qin smiled: "Your blessing is still to come. When Afang has a child, you will be the great-grandmother, and you will have to hold the child."
Grandma Qin thought and smiled: "Speaking of which, we are lucky to have chosen you back then and now Afang has a good wife. Tieniu and Afang are both the eldest son and grandson. If they don't marry the right wife, it will be troublesome." Looking at other people's families and then looking at her own family, Grandma Qin felt that she had a good vision and chose Mother Qin as her daughter-in-law.
Mother Qin: "Mother, I blush when you praise me."
Grandma Qin laughed and scolded: "You are thick-skinned, I know that. Speaking of which, although Afang's daughter-in-law is appointed by the court, Afang is the eldest son and grandson of our Qin family, and we must prepare as much as we can. However, they are outside, and we can't follow common sense. What do you think?"
Mother Qin: "I just want to discuss this matter with you."
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Naturally, Yang Haiyan didn't know about the Qin family's affairs. At this time, Yang Haiyan had devoted herself to the dim sum shop.
Yang Haiyan's dim sum shop is called Delicious Dim Sum, where Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong live. In order to make dim sum easier, Yang Haiyan also bought two ewes that had given birth to lambs, because ewes only have goat milk after giving birth to lambs.
The dim sum shop will be open the day after tomorrow, and some long-lasting dim sum, such as small cakes and biscuits, will be made in the next two days. There are currently three people in the store. Uncle Hong is responsible for the safety of the store, but as a man, he usually stays in the backyard, because generally the customers who come to the dim sum shop are female customers, so as to avoid conflicts between men and women, which will affect the reputation of female customers. At the same time, Uncle Hong is also taking care of the boy in his family.
As for Aunt Hong, she entertains guests with Aunt Fan.
As for Aunt Fan, when Qin is on night shift, Aunt Fan lives in the military camp family room, so that Yang Haiyan has a companion at night and is much safer. If Qin is on day shift and comes back at night, Aunt Fan lives in the downtown courtyard.
At the same time, Aunt Fan goes shopping every morning, and after cooking, she will send a portion to Uncle Hong and Aunt Hong.
Downtown courtyard
The ovens here have also been built, with a total of three ovens. Yang Haiyan taught Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong for two days, and they all know how to make small cakes, small biscuits, small dumplings, milk tea, mung bean cakes, red bean cakes, and yellow bean cakes. Unlike small cakes and biscuits, mung bean cakes, red bean cakes, and soybean cakes, as pirated versions of pumpkin cakes, must be made fresh and taste good when they are hot.
Waves of fragrance came from the yard. Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong put the finished small cakes and biscuits into a round basket, which was prepared to be placed on the counter. It was only five centimeters high, with a white cloth underneath and food on top, clean and clear at a glance.
Yang Haiyan: "Put these aside and prepare to sell them the day after tomorrow. Aunt Hong, go get a basket, put the remaining small cakes and biscuits into the basket, and then go to the crowded places on the street to distribute them, one biscuit and one cake per person, and tell them when distributing them that the delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow, four small cookies for one penny, or two small cakes for one penny."
Yang Haiyan calculated that one pound of flour can make two hundred biscuits, which means it can be sold for fifty cents, with a profit of thirty-five cents.
And a pound of small cakes costs 100 yuan, and a penny is 2 yuan. It can be sold for 50 yuan, and after deducting the cost, you can earn 30 yuan.
A kilogram of soybean cake, mung bean cake, and red bean cake can be made with enough flour to make thirty cakes, which cost two cents each. After deducting the cost, you can earn thirty cents.
Although I don’t make much. Moreover, whether it is biscuits or cakes, she always adds butter bought from the platform, which is very fragrant. In other words, even if Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong spread the recipe one day, they will not be able to make the authentic taste of biscuits and cakes because they have no butter. The butter was all brought by Yang Haiyan when she went there. No one knew how to prepare the butter, but it just felt fragrant.
Aunt Hong: "Madam, if we go to the streets to promote it like this, should we prepare more dim sum? In case there are too many customers coming the day after tomorrow, there won't be enough to sell."
Aunt Fan also thinks it makes sense, and it doesn't hurt to have a little more endurance.
Yang Haiyan: "No. These are enough. Except for the opening day, prepare two kilograms of biscuits, two kilograms of cake, two kilograms each of soybean cake, mung bean cake, and red bean cake every day, and then twenty bowls of Xiaoyuanzi milk tea will be enough." If they are all sold out, the daily gross profit will be more than 300 taels of silver, which is 10 taels of silver a month. She is not greedy and thinks the quantity is appropriate.
Although Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong don't understand, they certainly won't object to their master's words.
Aunt Hong went out carrying the basket with cakes and biscuits. It was afternoon, and there were not many people on the street, but Aunt Hong walked by and attracted many people to stop because the freshly baked cakes and cookies were so fragrant, whether it was the smell of milk or butter. It makes people salivate.
Aunt Hong saw that there were some people here, so she stopped and shouted: "Fellow folks, don't miss it when you pass by. The delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow. Let's try it for free today." Aunt Hong had experienced the poorest time, and her husband sold himself for her. , so there is no dignity that she cannot let go of. Not to mention advertising like this?
"Free tasting? Real or fake?"
"Do you really want no money?"
"I want a taste, give me one."
"I want to..."
Aunt Hong followed Yang Haiyan's instructions. Every time she gave someone a piece of biscuit, she said: "The delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow, and it will cost one penny for four cookies." Every time she gave someone a piece of cake, she would say: "The delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow, and it will cost one penny and two cookies." A small piece of cake.”
Although there was a basket of small cakes and biscuits, it only weighed two kilograms, and they were all divided quickly. After dividing the cakes and biscuits, Aunt Hong went back. When I returned to the yard, I saw that my son had woken up and Uncle Hong was feeding the child goat milk. I have to say that Aunt Hong and Aunt Fan had prepared goat's milk these two days because they were studying snacks. After the goat's milk was boiled, sterilized and bacteria removed, the wife would ask Aunt Hong to feed her son a small bowl. She was in poor health and her milk supply had stopped a long time ago. The child drank goat's milk for a few days and looked much more energetic. Aunt Hong was very grateful for this. She even offered to give money to her wife, but she didn't ask for it.
To Yang Haiyan, it was just a small bowl of goat's milk, worthless, but it could win people's hearts.
Uncle Hong: "You're back? What about the publicity that my wife said?"
Aunt Hong: "The cakes and biscuits have all been distributed. Some people still want a second or third time. I remember some of the faces, so I didn't give them to them. I didn't remember some of the faces, so I gave them to them."
Yang Haiyan came out of the kitchen: "It's okay, just give it to me." This is inevitable, "Everyone has a day off tomorrow, and the business will start the day after tomorrow. Aunt Hong and Aunt Fan have to get up early to make cakes."
"yes."
In the evening, Aunt Fan made fish head and tofu soup, sour shredded potatoes, stir-fried vegetables with mushrooms, and braised pork ribs. Aunt Fan packed some of these vegetables according to Yang Haiyan's instructions. She took them to the downtown yard and ate them with Uncle Hong and his wife. She usually eats quickly because she has to come back to the family home to clean up after eating. However, eating there is more comfortable than eating here.
Aunt Fan returned to the downtown yard, but Qin Fang hadn't come back yet, so Yang Haiyan made Qin Fang a cotton-padded jacket in the study, because it was getting cold at the end of September, especially at the border, where winter had already started, and it was still very cold. Hearing something moving outside, she walked out and was shocked: "What's going on? Why is there so much blood on her body?"
Seeing that her face turned pale, Qin Fang hurriedly explained: "It's not my blood, it's the wild boar's. I came back with Brother Lu today and saw a wild boar rushing down the mountain on the road, so we took care of it. The wild boar was still next door. "In the yard." There are mountains on the way from the town to the military camp, but usually these game animals don't go down the mountains, and I don't know what happened today.
When Yang Haiyan was reading the novel, it was not mentioned in the novel, so she didn't know about it. Now after listening to Qin Fang's words, she suddenly remembered that ancient times are different from modern times. Modern wild animals live in specific environments. environment, while ancient wild animals were not protected: "Is there game on this mountain? Such a large one?"
Qin Fang: "There have always been them, but in recent years they rarely go down the mountain. They are all deep in the mountains and forests, because we are afraid of hunting game. When we have nothing to do, we usually take people to hunt game." How has life in the military camp changed? This is how things change. So in the long run, animals will also be afraid.
Sister-in-law Lu shouted from next door: "Haiyan, have a good meal and come help."
Yang Haiyan: "Hey."
Because they had to deal with the wild boar, both families ate this meal very quickly. Yang Haiyan had just finished eating here when Aunt Fan came.
Yang Haiyan: "Aunt Fan, you came at the right time. We have to deal with the wild boar today."
Aunt Fan heard: "Where is the wild boar?"
Yang Haiyan: "At Mrs. Lu's house next door."
When Aunt Fan saw the wild boar, she was a little confused: "Such a big wild boar?" This wild boar is at least five or six hundred pounds, and ordinary hunters can't kill it. "Did Mr. Qin kill it?"
Yang Haiyan: "My husband and Mr. Lu killed it together."
Qin Fang heard it and couldn't help saying: "I can also fight alone."
Yang Haiyan couldn't help but smile: "I know, my husband is the best."
Qin Fang blushed for no reason: "I'm serious."
Yang Haiyan continued to smile: "I know, but my husband, even if you can fight, I hope you will consider safety first, otherwise I will be sad if you get hurt."
Qin Fang's face became even redder: "I know."
Aunt Fan came from a wealthy family after all. Seeing this, she couldn't help but think that the wife was powerful and held the master tightly. This woman, in front of a man, must not be tough. Men are ice, women are water, and water can melt ice.