In December, a heavy snow fell in Jeju City, and the whole city was covered with a layer of romantic white. Everyone wore thick winter clothes.
The latest hot drinks launched in Jiang Sui store have received unanimous praise.
She set up a small dessert station in the shop. Throughout the day, even if it was not mealtime, there would be many customers sitting in the store and ordering a bowl of ginger milk or taro balls with fresh milk and red bean paste.
The weather has been very cold recently and many people have caught a cold. Rock sugar and snow pear soup is just right for moistening the lungs and relieving coughs.
Fresh milk is ordered from dairy farms outside the city. The fresh milk squeezed from the cows on the farms early in the morning is delivered to various parts of the city.
Most of the orders come from wealthy families in the rich areas. The desserts and bird's nests eaten by the masters of the mansions all require the addition of fresh milk. Some large restaurants and shops also place large orders.
The second is Jiang Sui’s two shops, which also need fresh milk for hot drinks every day. Although the quantity is not large, it is delivered by the farm.
Fresh milk is not cheap. The cost is there, plus the ingredients used, so the price of hot drinks will be relatively high. The prices are clearly marked. If you like or are interested, you can try it. If you think it is too expensive, we won’t force you to consume it.
Double skin milk and ginger milk are priced at eight cents a bowl because the ingredients are simple. The taro balls, fresh milk and red bean paste are priced at twelve cents a portion. The taro balls are made of three colors, which are beautiful and delicious.
The rock sugar and snow pear soup, each portion contains a whole snow pear and white fungus, so it costs 15 cents per portion.
These hot drinks are very popular among young girls. Seeing that they are selling well, Jiang Sui plans to launch pearl milk tea. Pearls are easy to make. All you need is tapioca starch, which can be extracted from sweet potatoes and is ready-made.
Mix rich black tea soup with fresh milk and you will have ready-made milk tea. Add brown sugar and boil it down, and you will have a cup of brown sugar pearl milk tea that is sweet enough to touch people's hearts. Any young lady who likes desserts will not refuse it.
Moreover, these are unique in the market, one-of-a-kind, novel and delicious, and have attracted a lot of attention. Within a few days of their launch, Xiao Ji became popular again with these unique and delicious hot drinks.
Many rich ladies from wealthy areas heard about it and rushed to taste it. After falling in love with it, they didn't want to go out due to the cold weather, so they sent servants to pack it for takeout every day and brought their own tableware.
They were all tired of the same old bird's nest, white fungus soup and lotus seed porridge at home, and suddenly there appeared some novel hot drinks and desserts on the market that were very much to their taste, which they certainly couldn't refuse.
Seeing that the market for hot drinks was so good, Jiang Sui had another bold idea in her mind. Now it was winter and there was heavy snow. She thought of building an ice cellar and storing enough ice cubes. When the hot summer came next year, she could launch cold drinks. Wouldn't she make a lot of money?
In recent months, the monthly turnover of Xiaoji's two stores has reached more than one hundred taels because of new products. After the Chinese New Year, Jiang Sui has the idea of opening a restaurant in the south city. The market for noodles in the wealthy area is not very good. Those who walk around there are all well-known figures. When they go out to eat, drink, meet friends and talk about things, restaurants are their first choice.
Jiang Sui plans to create exquisite cuisine, his own style of exquisite cuisine.
Most of Jeju's dishes are local cuisine, but since she traveled through time from the 21st century, she is far ahead of the ancients in terms of eating and drinking. You could say that if you ask her what's fun, she may not be able to tell you, but if you ask her what's delicious, she may be able to list a lot of them.
She has put up all the signature dishes of the eight major cuisines, and she wants to create an era in the Jeju food scene that belongs exclusively to her, Jiang Sui.
After an on-site investigation, Jiang Sui realized that if she wanted to open the restaurant she had envisioned in South City, the budget would probably be no less than three thousand taels. At that time, site selection and decoration would be considerable expenses. As for suppliers, there was no need to worry, as the farm could provide fresh fruits and vegetables at any time.
There is also the chef team and the service team, which need to be carefully selected. If you want to go for a high-end and refined approach, the service level is crucial.
There is one most important thing that must be resolved.
If she opened a restaurant, the monthly turnover would be huge. Unlike Xiao Ji, which is named after the Xiao family, she opened this restaurant for herself and for her own benefit. In the future, all the turnover would go into her own private account.
She always has to plan for herself, but she can't ignore Xiao Hechuan.
He will embark on a career in politics and serve as an official in the court. As his wife, I cannot have any property that is visible because I am considered his spouse and immediate relative.
As I said, those who receive salary should not compete with the common people for business. Unless Jiang Sui has a family to rely on, the restaurant cannot be registered under her name and she can only be the boss behind the scenes.
This is what worries Jiang Sui the most. She has no parents' home. If she has one, the property will be under her parents' name. She is considered a married woman, and her parents' business is too big to affect her, let alone Xiao Hechuan's career.
Moreover, the silver she had now was not enough, she was still short of half. Since it was her own property, she could not move Xiao Ji's silver.
It was at this time that Jiang Sui received another letter from Xia Wanning. Just like last time, Xia Wanning made a painted clay figurine of the Monkey King and sent it to her.
The image of this clay figurine is the image of the Monkey King presented in the opera troupe founded by Xia Wanning in the capital.
She still wrote a very thick letter, telling Jiang Sui that she had spent countless efforts to stage the play of Havoc in Heaven. She spent a lot of time and effort just on rehearsing and deciding on the makeup for each actor, just to present the image of each character portrayed by Jiang Sui.
This play broke the Daqing people's perception of traditional opera. It was simply too novel. The background was the world of demons and gods. After Xia Wanning's painstaking rehearsals and the actors' presentation, it seemed as if the characters in it were real.
Compared with the last drama about the female imperial consort, the shock brought by this drama about havoc in heaven was even more intense, sweeping the entire capital. From the common people to the high-ranking officials and even the princes and nobles, all of them talked about this drama with great relish and were obsessed with it.
The story ends with the Monkey King being pressed under the Five Finger Mountain. Although it is not explicitly stated, it is clear that there will be a sequel, and fans are looking forward to it.
This play is performed only once every two weeks. Whenever Xia Wanning's troupe performs this play, the seats are always full. Some people spend huge amounts of money just to buy a seat to watch the play, even if it is in the crowded lobby.
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