Those who went in to collect their wages were very happy when they came out, because they went in one by one, so they didn't know who got more and who got less. Those who got paid curiously asked the people around them, lowering their voices and asking, "How much did you get paid?"

The guy being asked naturally didn't say it first, and asked, "You tell me yours first."

With the wages in their pockets, everyone was very happy.

"I never thought I could earn so much money in a month before. Now I earn more than my husband."

"Yes, my husband doesn't earn as much as I do in a month. Now my mother treats me better than before." The brother who said this sneered. It was because he gave all his wages back to his mother every month that she treated him well.

"My husband works at the academy and can earn some hard-earned money. I have agreed with my mother that next year I will discuss the division of the family with my father and mother. If we save more money, we will build another house."

In the past, these brothers only knew how to give birth to children for their husbands, serve their grandfathers and mothers at home, do all the housework, and go to the fields every day. It is like this after all. If you meet a good grandma, it is fine. If you meet a mean grandma, you will do the most work all day long, eat the least, and never get the delicious food. You have to go hungry every day and get the cold shoulder from your grandma.

Now they come to work in the workshop, and some of them get more wages in a month than the men at home. They come here to work every day, and grandma doesn't dare to blame them too much when they go back. Grandma at home doesn't know how much money he takes. If he is a little selfish, he will hide some of it and give the leftover food to grandma.

Now that there is money at home, there is no need to quarrel about firewood, rice, oil and salt every day, and there are fewer conflicts at home. Those who were disliked by grandma at home, now they have money and go back, and they have begun to have some status at home.

Once they talked about some things at home, everyone talked a lot. They were all very glad that they were chosen to work here.

Cao Xiangnan, who was paying everyone inside, naturally didn't know what the employees outside were talking about. After paying the wages, he told Li Mei and Wu Yue a few words and handed the matters of the garment workshop to the two people.

"Let's go to Yipinzhai for dinner tomorrow. Master Qian and Master Zhang have been here for so long and taught us so many things. In two days, they will go back to Nanyang. We must thank Master Qian and Master Zhang for their teachings to us." When he came out, he saw that everyone had smiles on their faces. He knew that everyone was happy to get the wages. Cao Xiangnan also did not forget to praise the two masters for teaching us a lot.

He would also give the two masters a red envelope, so that they would not make a wasted trip. Although he knew that Manager Jiang would pay them, they were working for him now, so he still had to give them the red envelope.

The two masters felt a little embarrassed by the compliments. They had felt unhappy about coming to this poor and remote place before, but now they were reluctant to leave.

After distributing the wages to everyone, they left the clothing workshop and got on the carriage to the town.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Yipinzhai, and the waiter at the gate led him in as soon as he saw him.

"Hey, why are you here now?" Shopkeeper Liu was very happy to see Cao Xiangnan. Now the restaurant has introduced mutton hotpot. In the past, no one liked to eat this food because it had a stinky smell. Now, those who have tasted it will come back again.

Since I met this guy, the business in the restaurant has been booming and it has never been bad.

"I brought some good things for my brother. Let you taste it." Cao Xiangnan shook the things in his hand and said.

"Oh, but what good things did you bring for me?" Shopkeeper Liu asked curiously.

"You will know in a while." Cao Xiangnan left a mysterious smile and went directly into the kitchen. It was past noon, the busiest time, and the kitchen was not so busy. When the chefs saw him coming, they knew there was something good, so they all gathered around him.

The upstairs was not so busy at the moment, and when they heard that there was fresh food, Manager Liu came to the kitchen. He

put the washed rice in a bamboo tube, put the sliced ​​meat on top, and steamed it in the pot.

"This is sausage, made with pork. It has two flavors, spicy and non-spicy. It's delicious with steamed rice, fried or stewed." Cao Xiangnan glanced at the cabinet manager Liu who was standing nearby and said with a smile, "The most important thing is that there are seasonings in it to prevent insects. The insects won't drill into it and lay eggs. This meat can be eaten all winter. If it is stored well, it can be stored for a longer time."

As soon as he said this, cabinet manager Liu's eyes lit up and asked, "But is it true?"

"Why would I lie to you?" While talking to cabinet manager Liu, he didn't stop working. Even the chef upstairs came to help him and brought the washed vegetables to him. Cao Xiangnan took the dishes.

The chefs beside him nodded from time to time. It was the first time for them to see meat cooked like this.

He fried a dish with bacon and made another stew, with sliced ​​bacon spread on top. While cooking, Cao Xiangnan did not forget to tell the chefs beside him how to deal with the bacon. In fact, it was very simple. After he said it once, the chefs basically remembered it.

The most important thing here is the bacon he made. This is the main ingredient. If the bacon is cooked well, it will taste good no matter how you eat it. Suddenly remembering it, Cao Xiangnan said, "There is a clay pot rice noodle upstairs. The bacon can also be spread on it, just like this." Shopkeeper

Liu nodded. He could smell the fragrance from where he stood.

In winter, it is freezing cold, and few vendors will kill pigs and set up stalls to sell meat. In the building, they will have several pigs killed in advance and the meat will be stored, so that they can eat it all winter. If they have this special-tasting meat, it will smell much better than the meat they just put on salt and store.

Thinking about it this way, this is a big business. It

is very fast to cook vegetables. Put two pieces of firewood in the stove, turn on the fire, and the vegetables in the big pot will be cooked. The stewed vegetables over there are also cooked, and the lid is opened, and they are already done. Only the steamed rice in the pot is left, and it will take a while.

"Let's go upstairs to discuss." Seeing that everything was settled here, Liu, the shopkeeper, waved his hand and asked Cao Xiangnan to follow him upstairs.

Not long after the two entered the private room, the bamboo tube rice was served.

"...You still have time to go back today. I will write the recipe and send it to you tomorrow." The closed door was opened soon. Cao Xiangnan had no time to stay here and drink tea with Liu, the shopkeeper, as he had to go back and discuss the bacon.

"Okay, okay." Liu, the shopkeeper, knew that the meat was the most important. As for the cooking method, he had just read it once and basically had some impression of it. But it would be best if he could have the recipe for this dish. He also had to have someone send it to Nanyang.

The two of them also agreed to arrange a ship to deliver the goods to Nanyang in two days. Cao Xiangnan would not go there in person, so he could only rely on the people in Manager Liu's shop to deliver the goods there, and by the way, he had to send the two masters back to Nanyang.

"Remember what you promised your brother, don't be reluctant to give it to him." Manager Liu forgot to remind him.

"How dare I?" Cao Xiangnan laughed.

Manager Liu was talking about red wine. He still had a batch of wine, and now was the time to sell it. He could get a good price now so that he could celebrate the New Year.

Although he was getting dividends from Yipinzhai now, Yipinzhai still had to pay him for the food he sold according to the agreed price.

He also boiled a lot of rice wine during this period. The more he boiled the wine, the higher the purity. It was more suitable for drinking in the winter. The only kimchi left were radishes, and there was no sauerkraut. However, he gave the method of growing vegetables in a greenhouse to Fang, so Yipinzhai would not be short of vegetables.

However, the deal was that Yipinzhai in Fenshui Town would still source its vegetables from him, so if he had any vegetables, he could send them to this town to sell.

He didn't have to worry about no one wanting his vegetables, he just had to worry about not having enough people to grow them. Cao Xiangnan planned to grow some for his family, as he didn't want to grow vegetables to make a living in the middle of winter.

The carriage hurried away from Yipinzhai, and they also came to the shop.

When I came over and saw Xuanxuan helping out in the shop, I learned that Xuanxuan's school would have winter vacation in September. Cao Xiangnan talked to Aning about letting him and Xuanxuan move in with him, and he said, "The day after tomorrow, pack your things in the next two days, and I'll pick you and Xuanxuan up then."

Xuanxuan was very happy to hear that he could go to Uncle Xiangnan's house to play.

"Okay, I'll go back and pack my things." Seeing the smile on the child's face, Aning also knew that the child liked to go there, and this was also what they had agreed on before.

But there is another problem. The malatang shop here has been doing good business recently. It may be because the weather is cold and everyone likes to eat spicy food. Customers like the soup made with chili peppers here. After negotiating with Cao Dapeng, he will cook the soup here and arrange a clerk to sell it. When it snows today, this place will be closed and only the rice noodle shop will be open.

"Go back to my place tonight and we will discuss the rest." As for the details to be arranged later, Cao Xiangnan simply asked Cao Dapeng and Sun Yanshan to go back to his place in the evening to discuss it.

"Okay." Cao Dapeng replied.

On the way back, Cao Xiangnan did not forget to go to the pier and bought a big fish and a few freshly caught small fish. There was still tofu for sale in the town, so he went to buy a piece of tofu so that he could go home and cook fish head tofu soup tonight. As for the small fish, he boiled them directly in water and added a few salts, and the taste was also very delicious.