Hearing the noise, the people outside rushed in and saw a disheveled woman kneeling on the ground. The anger in Xie Linzhou's eyes almost burned the kneeling woman to ashes.

When Zhang Ping rushed in and saw the scene before him, he knew what had happened and quickly ordered his men to take the woman away.

Princess Jianing naturally heard the commotion. She let the person in, but before the person had gone far, she heard her son throwing a tantrum.

They didn't dare linger and quickly led their men back to the main courtyard.

Zhang Ping whispered from the side, "Yes, it's the princess."

Xie Linzhou knew that if it weren't for his mother, who would have the guts to enter his bedroom?

Xie Linzhou rubbed his temples, his voice hoarse: "Go and make preparations. We'll move back to the Bamboo Courtyard tomorrow."

"yes."

Xie Linzhou couldn't sleep that night, and left the Duke's mansion before dawn.

The Duke's letter was delivered by express horse; a journey that would normally take half a month arrived in less than ten days.

Zheng Gaoyi was also curious: besides his second brother sending him money, who else would write to him?

Once I opened the letter, I understood.

He chuckled and said, "Oh dear, it seems Your Highness is in a hurry. Well then, Ying Huai, don't thank me too much."

Standing to the side, Stone knew that his master was definitely up to something bad again.

When this letter reaches the capital, General Xie will probably be furious.

Zheng Gaoyi was unaware of Xie Linzhou and Song Ning's past. He quickly wrote something on the paper, folded the letter neatly, and handed it to Shi Tou: "Give this letter to the messenger and tell him to remember not to let his young master see it."

Stone sighed; he knew it.

But what can the adults in your family do? They just let it be.

Song Ning, unaware that he had been sold, entered Jufu Restaurant, where the manager immediately served him tea.

Song Ning put down the braised food for today: "Shopkeeper, this is thirty catties of braised food."

After the shopkeeper paid, Song Ning was about to leave.

Manager Tian stopped her with a smile and said, "Miss Song, please wait a moment. There's something I'd like to discuss with you. As you know, our Jufu Restaurant's main branch is in Yuanzhou City."

Yesterday, our boss came to the county on business and happened to taste the young lady's cooking. He immediately said it was excellent, so he asked us to send some to Yuanzhou City as well. Do you think we can increase the quantity now?

"Moreover, in the past few days, the reputation of this braised food has spread. Thirty catties wouldn't be enough to sell, let alone in Yuanzhou City, even here."

Currently, there are only two restaurants selling braised food in the entire Jiangning County, and their business is booming, with many people queuing up early in the morning.

"If you can increase the quantity, our boss said the price for those delivered to Yuanzhou City is negotiable."

Does that mean we have to pay more?

"The boss said that Yuanzhou City needs 100 jin a day, and the remaining 100 jin from the county and town combined, so he wants you to supply 200 jin a day. What do you think..."

Song Ning didn't expect to have to add so much all at once?

Everything else is easy to discuss, but where do we get the raw materials?

If that's so much every day, how many pigs would you have to slaughter?

In that case, her kitchen wouldn't be big enough.

Seeing that Song Ning remained silent, Manager Tian quickly said, "Don't worry, the price will definitely not be low. Our boss also said that if the young lady agrees, we can accept 90 coins per catty."

It's not about the money now...

"Manager Tian, ​​I need to go back and see if it can be done. Everything else is fine, but I reckon the raw materials will be hard to find."

If it's 200 jin a day, plus the amount from Zuixianglou, we simply can't supply it all.

Song Ning did not agree blindly, but said he would go back and discuss it.

After leaving Jufu Restaurant, she turned and went to Zuixiang Restaurant. As soon as she entered, Manager Li quickly called her over: "Er Ya, thirty catties a day is not enough for us now."

Song Ning: ......

Sometimes, good business isn't necessarily a good thing.

Manager Li also asked for 100 jin.

That's three hundred jin (150 kg). Song Ning felt a little dizzy; she was exhausted.

Song Ning still didn't dare to take on the task; he decided to go back and think about the raw material issue first.

As soon as Song Ning entered the house, she sighed. Liu Yuelan asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Grandma Liu quickly poured him some water: "Have a sip of water and calm down first."

Song Ning collapsed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), his voice muffled as he said, "The restaurant said they're increasing the quantity of braised food today, three hundred catties a day. I'm so worried!"

"Three...three hundred catties?"

Song Ning nodded. She really wanted to earn this money, but unfortunately, the circumstances didn't allow it.

Liu Yuelan and Grandma Liu were initially quite happy, but upon closer inspection, they realized that there were no pigs weighing 300 jin (150 kg).

Song Ning calculated that 200 catties at 75 wen per catty and 100 catties at 90 wen per catty, not counting costs, would amount to more than 20 taels of silver per day.

That's over seven hundred taels a month. Wouldn't she be rich?

This number is really tempting.

When the workers heard about this, they all got excited: "This is great news!"

Upon hearing Liu Yuelan mention the lack of ingredients, Madam Sun thought for a moment and said, "Er Ya, why don't you try something else? If we don't have enough pork offal, we can use something else to substitute."

Song Ning suddenly stood up. Yes, it doesn't necessarily have to be braised pork offal. Pork, chicken, duck, even meatballs, eggs, etc. can all be braised.

In addition, there are many dishes in her storage space that she hasn't dared to take out, so by that calculation, it should be enough.

Song Ning immediately perked up: "Sister-in-law, you've really been a great help."

However, it's getting late today, so it probably won't make it tomorrow. It should be delivered the day after tomorrow.

In that case, they'll be very busy from now on.

The most important thing now is to buy meat.

"Aunt Zhao, where's Xingwang?"

"I'm at home."

Song Ning quickly put on her shoes and went to find Li Xingwang.

"Brother Xingwang!"

Upon hearing the noise, Li Xingwang quickly ran out.

"Brother Xingwang, could you please take some men to the village that sells pig offal and buy some meat?" He said, taking out a money bag from his pocket.

"Here is one hundred taels of silver. Anyway, this is the only cart we have. Buy as many as you can. Hurry up, it will get dark soon. You can bring a few of your usual friends. I'll pay them."

Li Xingwang nodded blankly, his hand holding the silver trembling slightly.

How many?

So much money, and you just handed it over to him?

Li Daniu was also taken aback. He was really worried about so much money, but in the end, he went along anyway.

Next up are the kitchen and hiring issues.

After discussing it for a long time, they decided to meet at Aunt Zhao's house and Song Xiu'e's house.

When Song Xiu'e got busy, she couldn't take care of her two children, so Grandma Liu took the initiative to take care of them.

"You all go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of Xiaomei and Zhaodi."

Grandma Liu is now free. Grandpa Liu simply couldn't pay the money, and although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to sign the divorce papers.

Grandma Liu is now living at the Song family's house. Because she hadn't been eating or sleeping well and her health wasn't very good, Liu Yuelan felt sorry for her and wouldn't let her do anything.

This time, we finally found something for the old lady to do.