Su Qingluan has been busy with orders from the Xie Mansion these days, so the only thing she can do at the stall is to help out a little with the recipes.
Fortunately, Su Guangfu and Yang have managed the stall very smoothly during this period, and I heard that Liu Sheng's condition has improved a lot. He can get out of bed and move a few steps by himself, and no longer needs Liu Yunniang's constant care.
So if there were too many guests coming at once one day, Madam Xi across the street would ask someone to go to the alley to find Liu Yunniang for help.
The Liu family was truly grateful to the Su family. In fact, they all understood that if the Su family wanted to hire a permanent worker, they wouldn't be afraid of not being able to find one. There was no need to leave so many more capable and strong maids and men unused in favor of a teenage girl like Liu Yunniang.
What's more, the wages paid by the Su family are already considered high among the wages of short-term workers.
In addition, no matter what delicious food the Su family had, they would always bring a portion over every now and then, saying that it was for Yunniang to try. However, Liu Sheng and Xi Niang had some experience in the world in their early years, and they knew that many ingredients were not cheap, and the cooking skills were even more rare.
If the other person isn't sincere, why go to so much trouble?
Because of this, the Liu family has always been very grateful to the Su family. Therefore, whenever Madam Xi asked Liu Yunniang to help, she did so on the basis that it would be a small favor and would not require any extra payment.
However, Su Guangfu and Yang were both kind-hearted people. They could not bear to see a skinny little girl working for them for free, so they always paid her on a daily basis according to the wages of a short-term worker.
Liu Yunniang and her parents learned martial arts since childhood and were quite strong. Originally, when Su Guangfu and his wife gave her money, she could just push it back.
Later, the skinny guy next to her gave her a tip. Yang always took advantage of Yunniang's inattention to put the wages into her purse or belt.
After doing this many times, Yang began to joke: I have practiced stretching my hands so well that if you didn’t know me, you would think I was going to be a pickpocket.
This made Skinny Monkey and Aunt Yang unable to stop laughing.
"Come to think of it, why haven't I seen Sister Qingluan recently?" Skinny Monkey fiddled with the eggs in the basket and looked up at Su Guangfu and his wife.
Yunniang, who was helping, turned her head and listened carefully when she heard Shouhouer mention Su Qingluan. Su Qingluan was about the same age as her, and she always stuffed her with all kinds of delicious food. In her heart, Su Qingluan was not only a benefactor, but also a very important friend.
In fact, Su Qingluan did not tell her parents the whole story of the Xie Mansion. She only said that a rich family took a fancy to the food she cooked and spent a lot of money to buy it.
Strictly speaking, Su Qingluan's words were not lies, but because she hid some key information, Su Guangfu and Yang thought that it was just the local rich people in the city who were greedy and wanted Su Qingluan to prepare a banquet.
Su Qingluan let them imagine whatever they wanted without saying anything.
After all, "Su Ji" is still in the "trial operation" stage. Before it has fully established its reputation and gained a firm foothold, if the Xie family, as the first party, is not satisfied with any link, Su Qingluan's idea of "luxury fruit jam" will become a bubble.
If I tell my parents all the twists and turns, they won't be able to make any substantial progress in the whole matter. Instead, it will add unnecessary troubles and psychological pressure to them.
Instead of adding to their worries, it is better to let them live happily - anyway, Su Qingluan is now completely confident. If anything goes wrong, Mu Xingzhi will guarantee the safety of the whole family except her.
As for herself, she believed that according to Mu Xingzhi's train of thought, she would definitely understand what those ideas about "stirrup improvement" and "saddle improvement" that she occasionally "inadvertently" mentioned meant.
Moreover, Su Qingluan once hinted to him that as long as his personal safety could be guaranteed, she had many more "ideas".
Su Qingluan was almost 80% to 90% sure that Mu Xingzhi must have noticed that there was something strange about her, the "Eldest Lady of the Su Family."
But so what? It's just a partnership where each party gets what they need. As long as they can achieve their goals, what does it matter what kind of person they are? They're not going to spend their lives together, so why bother knowing so much?
As a collaborator, it is enough to have a spirit of contract.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan came to Hongfu Building - it had been almost a month since she came here, and Su Qingluan actually had a feeling of "being in a different world".
"I'm so sorry, sir, our restaurant is not open yet. Please wait a moment..." The waiter thought it was a diner who didn't check the time, but when he got closer and saw it was Su Qingluan, he was stunned.
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "Why, little brother, don't you recognize me?"
The young man grinned, revealing a row of white teeth. "Ah, isn't this Miss Su? You haven't been here for a while!" He took a step forward and whispered in Su Qingluan's ear, "Are you here to collect last month's dividend? Our shopkeeper Liang has been muttering these days that if you don't come again, he will give it to you."
Su Qingluan laughed when she heard this, and thought to herself that she really didn't come here for the dividends - of course, she would not refuse a penny of the money she deserved.
At this time, the slightly plump shopkeeper Liang came down from the second floor and said teasingly, "Hey, who is this rare guest? You are so noble and have stepped into our humble place. You really bring glory to our humble shop!"
After not seeing him for a month, Shopkeeper Liang's style had not changed at all except that he was wearing slightly thicker clothes than in the summer - neither the colorful colors nor the shiny satin material.
Su Qingluan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Uncle Liang, at least your restaurant hasn't officially opened yet. Otherwise, what would your diners think of what I just said? They're going to complain."
Hongfulou doesn't serve breakfast, so it usually opens at 10:00 AM, which is what we would call it today. Su Qingluan had deliberately arrived nearly an hour early, and it was intentional.
Shopkeeper Liang wasn't really being sarcastic with Su Qingluan; he was just teasing her. Hearing her words, he snorted and turned his round face away: "I don't know what you've been busy with, little girl. You haven't been seen for a month or so."
Su Qingluan knew that Shopkeeper Liang genuinely cared about her as a junior and was just teasing her, so she said with a smile, "Hasn't he researched another delicious dish? Hurry and get it for you, Uncle Liang! I guarantee this dish will definitely become one of your restaurant's signature dishes!"
"Wow! You're so arrogant!" Shopkeeper Liang said in a boastful tone, "Come and praise us!" "You should know that your dividend this month is less than before. Can you guess why?"
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