Chapter 128 Cui's Pastry's First Business
She was originally worried that the Cui family was praised by the royal family in an imperial decree, and the other party might look down on their family's business. She was also worried that Cui Qingyi herself was arrogant and difficult to talk to.
But when she saw Cui Qingyi for the first time, Mrs. Qin's worries were half dispelled. When she saw her holding a pen and paper and carefully communicating the details with her, Mrs. Qin was completely relieved.
When Mrs. Qin said goodbye and left, she said, "Madam Cui, if you have any other questions, you can come to Qinji Rice Shop in the west of the city to find me."
The Qin family's business deal came unexpectedly. Before this, Cui Qingyi had no idea of accepting such orders. But when Mrs. Qin came to her house and told her about it, Cui Qingyi thought that this might be a good way for Cui's pastries to open up the market.
She didn't plan to open a pastry shop herself, but there were still many students in the girls' school. As a chef, she always had to scout the way for the students first, so that the children wouldn't call her "Master" in vain.
Just like the girls who are currently learning embroidery from Konjac, their futures are promising. The proprietress of Jinxiufang is keeping an eye on the girls in the women's school. As far as she knows, Chen Yingchun has already started accepting some small embroidery pieces from Jinxiufang.
Cui Qingyi was convinced that the children in the embroidery class would have a brighter future. The influence of the Queen Mother's decree was more than what they saw at the moment. Once everyone in Qinghe County knew about her title of "Doctor of Needlework" praised by the Queen Mother, not only would more people come to study there,
Business people with the same vision as the female owner of Jinxiufang will soon come to Dongping County, and then the children in the girls' school will have more choices.
Baking classes and embroidery classes are like the popular and unpopular majors in college. For popular majors, there are plenty of employers coming to them without the school having to work hard to gather resources or make connections. In contrast, baking classes are a bit bleak.
They are all students of the girls' school. Cui Qingyi thought that she couldn't be too partial to one over the other. So what should she do? She, the lazy master, had to take action.
The two members of the Cui family fell into a brief busy period again. In order to make this matter perfect, Cui Qingyi first took a day to take Konjac shopping on the street, seemingly aimlessly, waiting to get home in the evening when she had figured out all the rules of marriage in Dongping County.
Marrying into a wife's family is indeed uncommon in this small county town, but Cui Qingyi thinks that marrying into a wife's family and getting married are actually the same thing, it's just that the identities of the man and woman are exchanged.
Cui Qingyi combined some information she had learned and made a detailed list of the pastries that needed to be prepared before and after the wedding banquet.
The first is the dragon and phoenix wedding cakes commonly used in wedding banquets, which are common in the southern region. However, since the host family has given a certain amount of personal space, Cui Qingyi plans to add flower buns commonly seen in northern weddings. Flower buns have various shapes, and common ones include fish, pomegranates, longevity peaches, etc., which are all symbols of many children, good fortune and longevity.
Cui Qingyi was not afraid of others saying that she was neither south nor north. Think about it, in this era, some people could not leave Dongping County in their entire life, let alone leave Qinghe County and travel back and forth in the north.
So if you bring the flower buns with good meaning from the north, most people will just find it novel, and maybe even think that the host is knowledgeable and has good friends.
There is also Dingsheng cake, which symbolizes "husband and wife are of one mind and have a happy marriage."
Cloud cake symbolizes "husband and wife will have a prosperous life."
Fruit honey cake symbolizes "many children and good fortune."
Mung bean cakes symbolize "wealth and prosperity."
Finally, I have to prepare thank-you gifts for the guests. In Cui Qingyi's opinion, this is similar to the souvenirs in her previous life. Since you are here, I can't let you come for nothing.
The items here are usually prepared by the host family according to their wishes. They are just a token of their appreciation, meaning to thank relatives and friends for their blessings to the newlyweds, and also to let everyone leave with some happiness.
This is also the part that Cui Qingyi values the most. Think about the wedding banquets she has attended. There are chicken, duck, fish and meat on the banquet. Who would eat a stomach full of cakes first?
But it’s different if this pastry is made into a souvenir for guests to take away. When the family returns home and sits together talking about the wedding banquet they attended today, they remember that the host family also brought something for them.
The whole family opens the gift bags together, and now is the time to appreciate and savor the pastries.
There’s no guarantee that someone won’t be amazed by Cui’s pastries after trying them, and then they’ll attract a lot of business!
After making the list, Cui Qingyi busied herself with making samples of each pastry and sending them to the Qin family for tasting. Unable to handle everything, she suggested someone from among the students. Although Pang Ya wasn't the oldest among the students in the baking class, Cui Qingyi had discovered during her time teaching that she had the potential to be a senior sister.
These children from Cui’s pastry shop need someone to lead them in the future, and Cui Qingyi has taken a fancy to Pang Ya.
Pang Ya took the food box with the words "Cui's Pastries" printed on it from the master and listened to his instructions without blinking, "Be polite when you go to the Qin family. After Madam Qin has looked at the list and tasted the snacks, you must carefully write down what Madam Qin says. If Madam Qin is not satisfied with anything, you must come back and tell me, okay?"
Fatty swallowed her saliva and nodded heavily, "Master, I remember it."
Pang Ya was extremely nervous. When she arrived at the door of Qin's house, she even felt like her heart was about to jump out of her throat.
Mrs. Qin was checking the things to be used in the wedding at home. After the incident where the pastry chef she had hired was poached, Mrs. Qin no longer dared to be careless and had to keep an eye on everything personally to feel at ease.
Hearing the doorman say that someone from Cui's pastry shop had come, Mrs. Qin hurriedly took them to the front hall.
Seeing that there was only a chubby girl carrying a food box in the front hall, Mrs. Qin frowned immediately. She suddenly felt that the people of the Cui family were a bit unreliable. What could they do by letting a little girl take care of such a big matter in her family?
Pang Ya is small but not stupid. On the contrary, because of her small size, she is more sensitive to the aura of strangers.
Mrs. Qin took a deep breath. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't find a suitable pastry shop right now, she really wanted to let the child go back quickly. She must have been so angry that she believed the Cui family before.
Fatty looked at the richly dressed lady with a unhappy expression on her face. Although she didn't know why she was angry, she knew that if she didn't say something, she might not be able to complete the task assigned to her by her master today.
Fatty imitated the way her master chatted with others and tried to calm herself down, "Mrs. Qin, I am a student of Master Cui from Cui's Pastry Shop.
The chef is busy preparing the cakes for Miss Qin's wedding banquet and sent me to give you the list and samples. After you have read and tasted them, you can tell me if you are not satisfied with anything.
We will all make improvements according to your wishes.”
Due to continuous sandstorms and droughts, only the apricots are left on the apricot trees.
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