Shopkeeper Qian gave her one tael of silver directly, after all, Pei Yao had also given them a barbecue grill, although it didn't use much iron, it probably wasn't cheap either.
Pei Yao hadn't expected Manager Qian to be so quick to settle the bill.
Seeing how readily he agreed, he readily wrote down the recipes for steamed sea bass with egg and clams stuffed with shrimp paste for Manager Qian.
He also explained in detail to the two chefs the points that needed to be paid attention to when making these two dishes.
Before leaving, Pei Yao thought of giving Manager Qian a suggestion, considering the extra money he had given her.
Whether or not you listen is up to you, Manager Qian.
As Pei Yao was leaving, she casually mentioned to Manager Qian, "Uncle Qian, when I was in Kyoto, those restaurants would offer some perks at the entrance, like giving a free cold dish when you came in to eat. Many customers couldn't resist going there after hearing that."
She said this in the hope that Deyun Restaurant would do better and better, so that she could sell more goods.
Upon hearing this, Manager Qian's eyes darted around, and he suddenly had a sudden realization, as if struck by lightning, and he made a plan in his mind.
He looked at Pei Yao with a newfound appreciation in his eyes.
Shopkeeper Qian sincerely clasped his hands in thanks to the young girl, saying, "Thank you for your guidance."
Pei Yao smiled and said, "Uncle Qian, you're too kind. It's not really advice, I just hope that Deyun Restaurant will prosper in the future."
"Then I'll take your kind words."
He was truly amazed by this young girl today.
Although it seems like the mother is in charge, the little girl makes the decisions most of the time.
Moreover, this girl, despite her young age, is remarkably eloquent and has a very meticulous and logical mind.
Yes, he is indeed a promising talent.
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After leaving Deyun Restaurant, Pei Yao went directly to the stalls at the dock in Niu Qingshan's oxcart.
At a glance, you could see Chen Fang and Qiao Hui packing up their things at the empty stall. Pei Yichen, on the other hand, was picking up trash left behind by customers near the stall.
"Second Aunt, Aunt Hui, you've sold out? That's amazing!" Pei Yao skipped happily toward them.
Qiaohui was excited when she saw them and said cheerfully, "Yunniang, Yao'er, you didn't see how crazy the people buying snails were just now. There was a long line, and even at the end, some people still didn't get any."
The last time I saw people buying food this frantically was at Yunji Confectionery Shop in Kyoto. Every morning when their cakes were freshly baked, there was always a long queue outside.
Pei Yao smiled. This was the first time Qiao Hui had seen such a scene, but they had seen it several times before.
This scene is nothing new to me.
Yunniang was curious, so she went over and pulled Qiaohui aside to talk about it.
The group worked together and quickly finished packing up their things.
After finishing her work, Chen Fang walked over to Pei Yao and handed her all the copper coins she had earned that day.
Chen Fang couldn't hide her smile as she said, "Yao girl, everything we brought today is sold out. Five buckets of snails sold for 630 coins, and chicken wing worms and sea urchins sold for 300 coins, totaling several hundred coins. It's still a bit short of what we sold today, but I think we can prepare more for tomorrow."
However, after hearing this, Pei Yao handed the wallet back to Chen Fang and said, "Aunt, you should keep the money."
Yunniang, who was standing nearby, also gave Chen Fang the one tael of silver she had just received from Manager Qian.
Chen Fang looked at the silver that Yunniang handed her with some disbelief and asked in great confusion, "What is this?"
Yunniang and Pei Yao exchanged a smile and explained, "This is the money we earned today from selling seafood at Deyun Restaurant. It totals one tael of silver."
After Yunniang finished speaking, she continued, "Sister-in-law, Yao'er and I have discussed it. You are the best at keeping accounts in this family. You used to manage the family's finances when we were at home, so you should keep them now."
After Yunniang finished speaking, Pei Yao immediately raised both hands in agreement. She liked making money but hated managing it. If the money were kept by her side, she estimated that no one would be able to sleep well.
I have to worry about losing my money every day.
After listening, Chen Fang remained silent for a long time before nodding. The feeling of being trusted made her eyes slightly moist.
All eyes were firm as they said, "Alright, I'll take over over there for the time being."
Then give Pei Yao and Yun Niang two hundred coins each, and tell them to carry them with them for future use.
Chen Fang then paid Qiaohui and Niu Qingshan their wages.
Then the group set off for the street.
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When Pei Yao and the others left Deyun Restaurant, Manager Qian ordered the following for tomorrow: 30 catties of whelks, 20 catties of sea urchins, and 30 catties of scallops.
That means we definitely won't have enough buckets at home.
They planned to go to the carpenter's shop in town to see if it was open, hoping to buy a few more buckets to take back.
Fortunately, the carpenter's shop was open today.
Pei Yao wandered around the store and was surprised to find that they also had those buckets with lids that were half a person's height.
The shop owner patiently explained that these were buckets used to hold rice.
Pei Yao thought to herself, "No wonder it's so big."
They ordered four of these large buckets, each one being the size of four of their original buckets.
Moreover, these large buckets don't take up much space.
If we only want those small buckets, I'm afraid the bus will only be able to hold buckets tomorrow, and there won't be any room for passengers.
After buying the bucket, Pei Yao planned to buy some other things. Niu Qingshan felt that it was inconvenient to bring so many things onto the oxcart into the street, so he waited for them at the entrance of the alley where they had been waiting.
Qiaohui bought some brown rice but didn't need anything else, so she waited in the car with Niu Qingshan.
Only Pei Yao and her family went shopping together.
In order not to waste time, Chen Fang and Yun Niang went to buy meat and some old rice.
Pei Yao simply couldn't stand eating that throat-scratching brown rice every day anymore.
She insisted on buying some old rice to improve their meals.
She and Pei Yichen went to the blacksmith's shop to pick up the fire tongs they had ordered earlier.
Pei Yao had come to the town twice already. Although Chen Fangyun's mother was worried about the two children traveling alone, Pei Yao insisted, so her mother didn't say anything more.
When Chen Fang left, she gave Pei Yao an extra 600 coins, telling her to buy whatever she wanted.
After all, it was someone else's child who found a way to earn that money.
Pei Yao did indeed want to buy something, so she didn't refuse and accepted it directly.
Chen Fang continued to instruct Pei Yichen to take good care of Pei Yao.
Only then did I feel relieved.
When Pei Yao went to the blacksmith shop, the owner had just finished making her fire tongs.
"Little girl, your fire tongs are ready. Try them out and see if they're easy to use."
"Okay, thank you, boss." Pei Yao took it and tested its feel in her hand.
Indeed, these are excellent tongs. If used to catch crabs, they would be able to catch them every time.
Pei Yichen didn't know why she was selling this, and he was extremely curious about her actions, so he asked, "Cousin, why are you buying this?"
Pei Yao proudly showed off her new tool to Pei Yichen, saying, "This is great for picking up crabs. With this, you can't grab the crab's claws. You can also pick up sea urchins. No matter how many spines the sea urchin has, you won't be afraid. You can also pick up octopuses. You can pick them up every time. Anyway, this fire tongs can pick up a lot of things. You can pick up anything."
Pei Yao's eyes grew brighter as she spoke, as if she were already picking up those seafood items.
Pei Yichen: "..."
Seeing Pei Yao's happy expression, Pei Yichen couldn't help but wonder if this thing was really as good as his cousin had said.
Pei Yao tried out the fire tongs and then asked the shopkeeper how much a large pot would cost.
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "It takes at least seven or eight pounds of iron to forge a large pot, which will cost more than five hundred coins."
Pei Yao hesitated for a moment but still decided to buy one. Recently, her family had been needing more and more snails, and it was too troublesome to cook them in those jars every morning.
It would be too labor-intensive and time-consuming, so they really need a large iron pot.
The pot was readily available, and the owner seemed to know Pei Yao; the young woman had been coming almost every day for the past few days.
So I took her to choose a big, good iron pot.
It weighed a little over eight jin, and the shopkeeper charged her based on eight jin, totaling six hundred and forty wen.
The 600 coins Chen Fang gave me when she left, plus the 200 coins she gave me before, are enough money.
Pei Yao felt her heart bleeding as she paid the bill.
The money I just received, barely warmed up, was quickly and quickly spent.
Because the iron pot was too big and heavy, Pei Yao and her two children couldn't lift it, so they could only describe the features of their carriage to the shopkeeper.
Just have the boss take you directly to Niu Qingshan's oxcart location.
The boss has received so much money, so he's happy to give it to us.
Pei Yao and Pei Yichen left the blacksmith shop, planning to stroll around a bit before going back to find Niu Qingshan and the others.
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