Chapter 20: Find the door
Among the gossips, there are also conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, discord between husband and wife, and some things happening in the wealthy families.
In a wealthy family, there are naturally some stories about slaves.
These were what Xuerong and the others were most concerned about, so they listened carefully.
For example, the maidservant bought by Mr. Zhang was favored by him and wanted to make her his concubine. The maidservant disagreed and was beaten and scolded every day. Mrs. Zhang even disliked her for her seductiveness at such a young age that she could only seduce men, so she sold her to a brothel. Within half a year, the maidservant contracted a lewd disease and was waiting to die.
A slave bought by the shopkeeper Qian was punished to kneel for a whole night because he accidentally broke a teacup. As a result, the slave caught a cold at night and had a high fever. The Qian family did not even call a doctor to see the slave, so he died of the illness.
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Whenever she heard this, Xuerong was terrified and felt more and more that it was great to stay in Su Ji. It was their blessing to be with the girl.
As soon as Xuerong said this, everyone else echoed him.
"The girl can be considered our benefactor."
"Let's work hard to repay the girl's kindness."
“It’s a must!”
"Sister Shuangye, are you okay?" Several people were chatting enthusiastically. Seeing that only Shuangye was silent, they asked with concern, "Are you tired today?"
When making mooncakes today, Shuangye worked very hard. It seemed as if her thin little body had endless energy. Even Qinghe, who was in charge of wrapping the mooncakes next to her, felt that he could not keep up.
"I'm fine, I was just thinking..."
Shuang Ye came back to his senses and blinked in the darkness. "It's getting colder. The cold noodle business is not doing well. The sales volume is getting smaller and smaller. I have to talk to the girl later and ask her to change to other food."
"That's right." Qingkui nodded. "When the weather gets cold, cold dishes don't sell well. These days, noodles with stewed soup are selling more than noodles with soybean paste. I guess people don't want to hurt their spleen and stomach by eating cold food in autumn."
"Yes." Frost Leaf nodded.
On the second day, Shuang Ye found Su Yujin and talked about this matter, and suggested changing the food.
Su Yujin smiled and nodded, "Yes, thanks to you for reminding me. I've been thinking about it carefully these few days and thinking about what kind of food I should change to."
"I thought that since winter is long and cold, people would like to eat hot food with soup. The young lady is a good cook, so I thought about what kind of food is hot and easy to cook?"
Su Yujin nodded again, "Yes, that's right. You are thoughtful and considerate. If you think there are any areas for improvement in the future, please tell me more."
"Yeah!" Frost Leaf responded excitedly.
When Shuangye returned to Su's shop to get busy again, Ai Cao found a chance to ask Su Yujin, "Miss, didn't you plan to change the cold noodles to something else a few days ago? Why are you saying today that it's all thanks to Shuangye for reminding you?"
"Although she may have thought of this a little later than I did, the fact that she thought of this shows that she is working hard. This kind of thought really cannot be discouraged, and we should encourage her more."
Su Yujin smiled and said, "To run a shop, you need to do a lot of things yourself, and you have to be busy every day to find many problems. It's also good to encourage Shuangye and others to point out some shortcomings, so that we can make the shop better."
"That's right." Ai Cao understood and nodded quickly, "Young lady, you are really thoughtful. With a brain like mine, I really can't think of so many things."
This is flattery!
However, it sounds very pleasant.
Su Yujin smiled and asked Ai Cao and Mother Liu to go buy some more eggs and salt.
Mooncakes with salted egg yolks are selling so well these days that we need to pickle more salted egg yolks.
While I was busy, someone came to the door.
The visitor was Yun Yongnian, the owner of Yunzhizhai.
"Miss, Yunzhizhai is the largest pastry shop in Qinghe County. The mooncake business is booming at this time of year. Our mooncakes are selling well this year. Could it be that Manager Yun is here to cause trouble for us?" Mother Liu was a little worried.
"Why should we be afraid of him? The road is high, and we should go our separate ways. Qinghe County is so big, and there are so many businesses. Why can Yunzhizhai be allowed to sell mooncakes, but Suji is not allowed to sell mooncakes?"
Ai Cao curled her lips and comforted Su Yujin, "Don't be afraid, young lady. We are doing the right thing and are not afraid of them."
"That's what I said, but..."
Many times, you can't avoid trouble just by behaving properly.
"Let's go take a look first." Su Yujin put down her half-rolled sleeves and went to the front hall with Ai Cao and Mother Liu.
It was afternoon and Su Ji had closed. Yun Yongnian was invited to sit at a table and a cup of tea was placed on the table.
Yun Yongnian took a sip of tea, looked up at Su Ji's layout and attire, and nodded slightly from time to time.
When he saw Su Yujin coming over, Yun Yongnian stood up quickly and said, "Hello, Shopkeeper Su. I am Yun Yongnian, the shopkeeper of Yunzhizhai. I am sorry for visiting you without any hesitation today."
His attitude was respectful and polite, and he didn't seem like someone who was looking for trouble.
Su Yujin bowed, "It is a great honor for Su's company that Shopkeeper Yun can come here, but I don't know why Shopkeeper Yun is here?"
"this……"
Yun Yongnian paused for a moment, then spoke after a pause, "To be honest, Yunzhizhai is also the property of our ancestors. My generation is already the third generation. I am still young and have just taken over the family business. Although I know that my ability is still insufficient, I can see that the taste of many of Yunzhizhai's cakes and pastries still needs to be improved."
"Take the egg yolk pastry in the shop for example. Others say it is crispy, fragrant and delicious, but when I eat it, I feel that the salted egg yolk taste is not enough, but the pastry chefs can't find a way to improve it."
"These past two days I heard that the salted egg yolk and yellow bean paste mooncakes sold at the entrance of Su Ji are very delicious, so I asked someone to buy some and tasted them. The mooncake skin is delicate, the yellow bean paste is sweet, and the most important thing is the salted egg yolk, which is salty, fragrant and delicious, much better than the salted egg yolk used in the egg yolk pastry in our Yunzhizhai."
"So I wanted to come to discuss the matter of salted egg yolks with Shopkeeper Su. I wanted to ask if Shopkeeper Su would be willing to sell the method of making salted egg yolks to our Yunzhizhai?"
"Of course. If Shopkeeper Su doesn't want to sell the recipe at a fixed price, I can also buy salted egg yolks from Shopkeeper Su. I wonder if Shopkeeper Su..."
Do you agree?
"So it's about the salted egg yolk." Su Yujin felt relieved and thought for a moment before saying, "If it's for the sale of the son, I wonder how much Manager Yun is prepared to offer?"
(End of this chapter)
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