Chapter 127 Ordering Wedding Cakes
Hearing this, the image of Hua Pozi flashed through Konjac's mind, but when she looked carefully at the lady in front of her, she didn't look like a matchmaker at all.
Seeing that Konjac was about to close, Mrs. Qin hurriedly explained her purpose.
"I'm so sorry for coming so intrusively. I came here to ask if Mr. Cui would accept cakes for wedding banquets. My daughter is getting married at the end of the month, and I was thinking of ordering some wedding cakes and pastries for the banquet from Mr. Cui."
Pre-ordering cakes? Konjac breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that she wasn't here to propose marriage. She was really scared after what Hua Pozi had done.
She hurriedly opened the door and said, "Madam, please come in first. You still need to ask my daughter about this matter."
The division of labor between Cui Qingyi and Konjac in the girls' school has always been very clear. Konjac is mainly responsible for teaching the children embroidery, and Cui Qingyi is in charge of the baking class. The two have never had time to talk about the future arrangements of the baking class, and Konjac cannot give a direct answer.
Mrs. Qin brought her people in and first took a quick look around the Cui family's yard. Although the yard was not big, it was decorated very warmly, but it was also different from what she had imagined Mr. Cui's house to be.
Before coming, she thought that for someone like Mr. Cui, the house should be full of elegance. For example, this pickle jar would never appear in Cui's house.
But not only did it appear, it didn't seem out of place at all, as if it had always been a part of the scenery in this yard.
Cui Qingyi was turning the soil in the backyard with Wangcai and a few others. When they heard the noise, they came out from the backyard with a few troublemakers, with wet soil still on their shoes.
She didn't think it was rude to behave like this at home, and greeted Madam Qin calmly, "Madam, please sit down for a moment. Let me go clean up first."
Mrs. Qin stood up the moment Cui Qingyi came out. It was also the first time she saw this celebrity in Dongping County, but this person's appearance was so down-to-earth that she didn't know what to say for a moment.
The hair on her forehead was soaked with sweat, her skirt was lifted up and tied at her waist, and the mud on her embroidered shoes was still wet. If it weren't for her smooth black hair and fair, rosy face, she would have looked like a woman working in the fields.
But as soon as Cui Qingyi opened her mouth, this subtle sense of incongruity disappeared. This Ms. Cui, her person, her voice, and everything she showed externally all had a strange vitality, something that had been missing from Mrs. Qin for a long time.
"You're busy, but your yard has a nice view. I'd just like to sit down and take in the view."
Cui Qingyi was not polite and asked Konjac to bring some tea first while she went in to clean it first.
Just now when she was turning the soil, Heiya and Shufeng rolled around in the dirt. Fortunately, it rains frequently here, otherwise the soil turned up by the two puppies would take her half a day to clean up.
When Cui Qingyi came out, Konjac was talking to Madam Qin.
"Miss, Madam Qin said she wants to order cakes from us for Miss Qin's wedding banquet at the end of the month."
Upon hearing this, Cui Qingyi raised her eyebrows in surprise. It was good that the girls' school had opened a baking class, but since it had just started, she had not advertised it to the public. Even the cakes made in the girls' school were sold quietly at a low price, so she never expected that anyone would come to her on their own initiative.
As if seeing Cui Qingyi's confusion, Mrs. Qin took the initiative to explain.
"Dr. Cui probably doesn't know me. I'm from the Qin family in the west of the city. My family mainly runs the rice business." Cui Qingyi felt her scalp tingling when she heard Mrs. Qin call her Dr. Cui. She felt unworthy of this title.
"Mrs. Qin, just call me Madam Cui or Miss Cui."
Madam Qin readily followed suit and immediately changed her address for Cui Qingyi to Madam Cui. "It was quite sudden, but my daughter's wedding date was set long ago, and everything needed for the wedding banquet was also arranged long ago.
But who knew that as the wedding day approached, the family originally scheduled to provide wedding cakes and pastries announced they were returning home to attend a funeral. The end of the year is auspicious for weddings and funerals, and so many families are looking forward to marrying off their daughters. Every pastry shop is packed with work, and I'm not sure where to find another shop to order wedding cakes and pastries from right now.
The more Mrs. Qin spoke, the angrier she became. She had been busy for half a year trying to get her daughter married in a grand ceremony, but she had never expected that she would be tricked when the day was almost here.
The Qin family is not the only one running a rice shop in Dongping County, but the Zhao family is too inhumane. Not only did they bully her, a widow, and her daughter in business, but they even set their sights on her daughter's wedding banquet. This is simply too much.
But the most important thing now is to let her daughter get married safely and smoothly. She will naturally get the debt back from the Zhao family later.
Mrs. Qin naturally would not explain the specific reasons to Cui Qingyi in detail, and Cui Qingyi did not miss the fleeting sneer on Mrs. Qin's lips, but she was just the owner of a pastry shop and did not need to know too much about the things behind the family.
Cui Qingyi thought for a moment and asked, "If Madam Qin trusts me, I can certainly take this business. However, my sister and I have never attended a local wedding banquet, so there are some things I need to clarify in advance. Is there a fixed number of types and quantities of cakes used in this banquet?"
Cui Qingyi thought that since she had taken on this business, she must do her best.
If the types and quantities of cakes at local wedding banquets were fixed, then she would only be able to make the shape and taste of the cakes as best as possible, and she would have less room to play around. In this way, the guests attending the wedding banquet would probably not have much impression of their Cui's cakes.
But if the host family has no regulations, then she will have much more room to play. By then, maybe she can not only make the host family proud but also make Cui's pastries shine.
Madam Qin thought for a moment and said, "Apart from wedding cakes and dumplings used in the wedding ceremony, there's no specific reason for the other dishes. The main thing is to find something that has a good festive meaning."
Cui Qingyi felt a little strange again at this point. The wedding ceremony is usually held after the bride and groom enter the bridal chamber, which means that everything inside needs to be prepared by the groom's family. Isn't Mrs. Qin marrying off her daughter?
Before she could even ask, Madam Qin immediately said, "My family is looking for a son-in-law to marry into the family, and the etiquette is different from other families."
So that’s how it is. Cui Qingyi nodded without asking any more questions to show that she understood.
Since she had decided to take on this business, Cui Qingyi took out a pen and paper and discussed many details with the other party while Mrs. Qin was visiting. Seeing Cui Qingyi's serious and responsible attitude, Mrs. Qin's heart slowly settled down.
She had no choice but to go to the Cui family. She had been worried about the cakes for the wedding banquet these days. The cook at home recommended the Cui family to her, saying that her daughter was currently learning to make cakes in the girls' school run by the Cui family.
Madam Qin knew who he was talking about the moment he heard it. After all, he was the only one in Dongping County who had run a girls' school and received a royal award. Madam Qin's eyes lit up immediately. Although she didn't know if this Master Cui had any real skills, his reputation sounded good. If she could get him to be in charge of pastries, it would be so prestigious.
So Mrs. Qin found Huaihua Lane without hesitation.
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