Chapter 60 Chapter 60
Chapter 60
Your brother’s partner?
Su Yinyin couldn't imagine it either.
The Miss Meng from the Meng family, who I thought had a chance last time, actually had nothing to do with it.
If you really want to find it, there is not even a template.
Su Xian was not opposed to this. He would get married sooner or later anyway, so he just followed his family's arrangements.
Su Yinyin, who was burdened with a heavy responsibility, was still thinking about this question when she took the new products of the season to the store.
Her new store is located at the junction of West City and South City. When I went there, there were already customers in the store. When they saw the new products in her hands, they asked in surprise: "Are you going to have new dim sum soon?"
"It will be ready soon, in just two or three days." Su Yinyin said with a smile, "You are welcome to come and taste it then."
"Of course!" the customer said happily.
It’s not easy to find a dim sum restaurant that you like.
The next new products are basically related to taro.
Soft taro cake, taro crispy cake, and glutinous rice taro.
Very suitable for eating in winter.
Su Yinyin is also very good at processing taro, leaving only the sweetness of the taro. The texture is very delicate and sweet but not greasy. It all shows the effort she put in.
The shop assistants working in the store had long discovered that Yinyin never kept secrets about how to prepare the ingredients, and would give them all the information unless the recipe was extremely special.
Many people say that if the clerks who leave her store go to work elsewhere, they will definitely be very popular.
Maybe it will be the same as the Wei family.
"Don't say that. Have you forgotten what happened to the Wei family?"
"Yes, yes, you can't say that."
Su Yinyin heard them say that all eighteen stores of the Wei family were closed.
It was discovered that they used the means of sending cooks, bribing officials, and colluding with sugar merchants, and there is no need to elaborate on their methods.
These are far away from the lives of ordinary people.
The most annoying thing is about the cook.
The Wei family took in many apprentices under the name of imperial chef and training dim sum chefs.
In ancient times, apprentices not only had to pay money to their masters, but also had to work for free.
These apprentices will be sent to various stores to learn to work as helpers.
There is a lot of work to do every day, and I also have to pay money to the Wei family.
"No wonder his family can open so many stores. The people in them don't have to pay wages, and they can still make money."
"Who says it's not true? The point is, even if you are paid, you are just doing odd jobs. You can't learn any real skills every three to five years."
This is too dark, Su Yinyin thought.
Who knows there are even more evil people coming.
If the skills are really developed, she can be sent to a wealthy family to work as a cook.
If you want a good family, you have to pay money.
In short, it is impossible not to squeeze people dry. If they have no money, then they can get an advance on their wages. Only after they have paid off their wages can they get their monthly wages.
"Isn't this illegal work?" Su Yinyin couldn't help but complain, "How can you do things this way?"
After the collusion with sugar merchants was exposed, these things were also exposed and made known to the world.
"How pitiful." Everyone in the store sighed.
Who says it isn’t?
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a woman of about seventeen or eighteen years old standing at the door of the store. She hesitated a little, but still took the initiative to come over and asked, "Excuse me, is the owner of the store here?"
Looking for the boss?
Su Yinyin walked over. The other party obviously knew her and had a look of surprise on his face: "Are you Boss Su?"
Su Yinyin nodded: "Yes, may I ask what I can do for you?"
The woman who was speaking was not dressed very well, but she was neat and clean, her hair was simply combed, and she was carrying a package on her back.
"Boss Su, are you still hiring? I have experience in making dim sum, and I'm strong and can work hard."
Looking for a living?
Everyone in the store looked at each other.
There are now six employees in the new store, three in the kitchen, one at the front desk, and one doing odd jobs.
Actually, it’s not much different.
After all, the store is so small, and Su Yinyin almost always comes here, so it is enough.
Su Yinyin looked at her and wanted to refuse, but she still asked, "Have you learned it before? Where did you learn it?"
The other party hesitated for a moment and said, "Wei family."
Wei family?!
Everyone came to their senses.
They were still discussing this matter just now, but they didn't expect to meet an apprentice from the Wei family so soon.
One of the more lively girls asked, "How many years did you study there? Do you really have to pay every month?"
"Four years." The woman began, "Since I was fourteen, it has been exactly four years until now."
She had no money to give, so she had to do the work of two people to pay off her debt.
One person did the work of two people for four full years.
This is too scary.
Su Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Since you are skilled in cooking, then you can work in the kitchen. The business in the store is good, and it will be easier for everyone if there are more people."
Naturally, the other people in the store had no objection and immediately welcomed the woman in.
Su Yinyin saw her package and asked, "Do you have a place to stay?"
The other party hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The government said that you can stay at the Wei family temporarily, and you can move out when you find a place."
After saying that, he introduced his name.
The woman's name is An Guilan. She is eighteen years old and very calm. There are calluses on her hands, and it is obvious that she has done a lot of work.
She was relieved to be able to work here.
Because she worked in the kitchen, the salary was higher than those working at the counter, and she had studied pastry cooking for four years, so she was able to master many things right away.
And everyone found that An Guilan was efficient but not talkative. While waiting for the dim sum to come out of the oven in the kitchen, she would often sit there to rest for a while, drink some water, and chat.
An Guilan was extremely reserved.
After asking carefully, I found out that when working in the Wei family, one dares not stop.
This is too shady.
The Wei family is also the president of the guild, so how can they take the lead in exploiting employees?
When the store closed in the afternoon, An Guilan helped to clean up and happened to meet Su Xian who came to pick up his sister.
Su Xian saw a new person coming into the store, nodded slightly at her, and said to the inside of the store: "Sister, look, is this the taro you want?"
It is best to use different varieties of taro for different foods.
Su Yinyin finalized the recipe, but there was one thing she hadn't found yet: taro.
"Yes, this is the one. This one is not as soft, but it tastes extra dense." Su Yinyin compared them carefully, "Thank you, brother."
"Don't be polite. I'll ask the farmer to come over tomorrow morning to negotiate." Su Xian said with a smile.
When Su Yinyin went from the back kitchen to the front store, she saw that the place had been cleaned up and Lan Niang had already left. She couldn't help but sigh to her brother: "No wonder the apprentice from the Wei family is so popular. He does everything so well."
"But it's too cruel. This is a human being."
Su Xian shook his head: "In fact, most apprentices in the capital are like this. The Wei family is just one of them. Moreover, his family has a high status in the Dim Sum Guild, so it is inevitable that they will follow suit."
In other words, their family is the exception?
Seeing her brother nod, Su Yinyin said, "Although they are called apprentices, in fact, everyone has to do a lot of work. This shouldn't be the case."
After all, she has lived in the new era for so many years, she will definitely not be able to get used to it.
"That's true. I think things will be better now that the Wei family's crimes have been exposed." Su Xian replied.
Su Yinyin nodded. That’s right.
When she saw An Guilan again, Su Yinyin couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
Basically, they ask how much work the apprentices have to do on a daily basis, what the apprentices have to contribute, how to rest, when they will be paid, etc.
An Guilan was a little hesitant at first, but after being asked so many questions by her boss, she answered truthfully.
After hearing this, everyone in the store fell silent.
This is too exaggerated.
After knowing why An Guilan couldn't go home, I felt even more sympathy for her.
"Looking at it this way, our store is better. As long as you come in, you will get paid."
"Yeah, one person works two jobs and pays off all of them as debts, is that still working?"
"After all, it's an internal matter of the guild. If we don't talk about it, how can others know about it?"
The Su family's dim sum shop had always employed its own people and had little involvement with the guild, so they had no idea about it.
After understanding all this, Su Yinyin even understood why she and her mother were always marginalized by other shops.
It turns out he is not sociable.
After hearing this, Su Yinyin asked everyone to talk less about the store in public, otherwise other people would definitely be concerned about it.
An Guilan nodded at this: "In fact, it has only been a short time since you joined the industry. If it is longer, someone will definitely come to you."
If they think that they have raised the industry standards, they will advise the Su mother and daughter to treat their employees more harshly so that the industry will be more stable.
But the current Dim Sum Guild is not in the mood to do these things.
Many stores were implicated in the sugar merchant case, and the entire guild was like a frightened bird. The more involved they were, the more afraid they became.
It wasn't until August that the Dim Sum Guild was reorganized.
This time, the meeting was held at Wang's Bakery, which showed that after the last incident, nearly half of the guild members were wiped out.
The purpose of this meeting is to reorganize the guild.
The mother and daughter of the Su family naturally moved forward.
Although they have few shops, their business is still among the best.
Besides, they were the only ones who didn’t stockpile sugar before, saying that the price of sugar would not continue to rise.
Inevitably, some people will ask a few more questions: Have you known about beets for a long time?
Think again about Madam Su’s scholar son, the commander-in-chief.
It seems possible.
Madam Su was actually also confused, especially since her daughter knew about the beets first.
I hadn’t thought about it carefully before, but this time when I came out of the guild, I couldn’t help but ask one more question.
It was difficult for Su Yinyin to lie to her mother. She whispered, "Yuan Rui said so."
Original sharp?
Madam Su was talking about him to her husband a few days ago and felt that he had not been here for some time.
I didn't expect to hear his name again.
How did Yuan Rui know about such an important matter?
At this point, Madam Su had to consider Yuan Rui's identity.
Seeing her daughter hesitate, Madam Su comforted her: "It's okay, I believe you. No matter who he is, I don't think he is a bad boy."
I have watched him grow up since he was a child, so I still have some trust in him.
The dim sum business will be busy in the next half month.
In short, it’s just one thing.
Elect a new president and reorganize the guild.
Such guilds are still very useful. Whether it is government notifications, internal information transmission, or industry mutual assistance, they rely heavily on peers to transmit information.
The government also told them to elect a new guild president as soon as possible and then report to the government.
Madam Su had been going there for several days in a row and was a little exhausted. In the end, three presidents were elected, including the chief president and two vice-presidents.
The results came out and it turned out that Madam Su became one of the vice presidents.
Not to mention other people being surprised, even everyone in the two stores of the Su family found it unbelievable.
But if you think about it carefully, this is not surprising.
Madam Su has always been kind to others. She will definitely help as long as she can.
When the guild was selecting her, many shop owners chose her. After all, she must be fair in her work.
In fact, even Su Yinyin almost made the cut.
In the field of dim sum, she has really come from behind and anyone with a discerning eye can see that her future achievements will definitely not be inferior to those of the Wei family.
If I wasn't so young, I would have definitely been selected.
Su Yinyin didn't have any other thoughts about not being selected, but she did think of one thing.
Can we take this opportunity to improve the lives of the apprentices in the guild?
After I told my mother about this, she immediately agreed.
We all make dim sum, and everyone knows how hard this job is. It would be fine if we could learn the craft without any wages, but how could we get paid for it?
Now that the most unscrupulous companies have disbanded, now is a good time to bring up this matter.
With his daughter planning and strategizing behind the scenes, the first thing the dim sum business did after being reorganized was to learn from the Wei family's lessons and improve the situation of the apprentices.
After Su Xian learned about this, he naturally joined in.
By the time this matter is really accomplished, Madam Su will have become a person whose words have final say in the Dim Sum Guild, and her words may even be more effective than those of the real president.
It's because all the apprentices in the dim sum business truly admire her.
Madam Su was anxious about this for a while, fearing that she was not doing well enough.
After the guild's affairs were settled, he brought up his son's marriage again.
When they heard that Su Xian was really going to get married, many people introduced their daughters.
Everyone knows that the Su family has a clean family background and is kind to others. Whether it is Madam Su or Commander Su, they are both smart and generous people. They help many people and have made many good friends.
My sister-in-law, Su Yinyin, is also a well-behaved and sensible girl.
Su Xian was already a scholar, so even if he stopped making any progress from then on, it would be good enough.
Besides, he has a good appearance and although he doesn't talk much, he is always willing to help others.
He also helped in the guild's efforts to improve the living conditions of the apprentices.
In a word.
It would definitely be great to marry into the Su family.
Even colleagues from the Military Affairs Department were greeting Commander Su, allowing the two sides to look at each other.
Su Xian was stunned.
Although his family had never mentioned this before, he had been asked about marriage by many people.
Now I can't sit still anymore.
Su Yinyin also helped to look at several posts, but there was nothing particularly suitable.
In her eyes, her brother's wife must be very good.
This is her brother!
Seeing this, Su Xian seldom went to his sister's store and would go home after dusk every day to avoid being forced to visit others.
As soon as I returned from the academy that day, I saw a familiar figure.
Isn’t this the new cook in my sister’s shop?
Su Xian didn't dare to go and ask directly, but he saw her carrying her package, as if she was looking for a suitable place to live.
Su Xian was puzzled. Didn’t she say that she could stay at Wei’s house temporarily?
Seeing that it was already dusk, he simply stepped forward and asked, "Are you An Guilan? Why don't you live at the Wei family?"
An Guilan looked back and saw that it was the brother of the Dong family. She quickly bowed and said politely, "The Wei family has no more room, so we have to find another place."
Su Xian frowned: "No room? Logically speaking, there should be fewer and fewer people there."
Seeing that her lie was exposed, An Guilan was quite scared and didn't know how to respond.
After a while, An Guilan gritted her teeth and said, "Wei's house is no longer allowed to be lived in, so we have to find a place to stay. Don't worry, boss, I won't implicate the Su family."
It’s not that he was afraid of being implicated. Su Xian never had that intention.
But the other party was very wary, so he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He pointed in a direction and said, "There are a few houses over there. They were lent to candidates during the imperial examination. You can go and look for them. There are a few houses with only orphans and widows that are relatively safe and the price is cheap."
An Guilan was obviously stunned. She didn't expect that the boss's brother was helping her instead of questioning her for lying.
Realizing this, An Guilan felt a little uneasy and hurriedly thanked him, holding the package tightly.
Su Xian nodded at her and left.
But after I got home, I still told my sister about it.
It's not that he questioned An Guilan's character, but he said, "She must be in some difficulty, so she concealed her situation."
Su Yinyin nodded: "She works very carefully and meticulously in the store, and she definitely didn't lie on purpose."
By the next morning, before Su Yinyin asked, An Guilan had told her everything.
The place where she stayed yesterday was the one her employer had pointed out to her, but she tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep at all.
It is very difficult to tell the boss the truth at this moment.
Here's what happened.
When she was looking for a job, she carried a package with her, hoping to find a job with a place to stay, but the Su's Dim Sum, where she wanted to come the most, had no accommodation.
Even so, An Guilan still came to inquire first, and unexpectedly she actually stayed here.
So that night she returned to the Wei family to stay temporarily.
There's nothing to do at this time.
Anyway, there are so many apprentices in the Wei family, and they are all crowded in one place.
But after Madam Su became the vice president of the guild, the remaining members of the Wei family began to dislike her.
When the apprentices' situation changed and the guild stipulated that apprentices could not be exploited and that they could not be like the Wei family, she was no longer allowed to live there and all her things were thrown out.
If other apprentices hadn't helped to pack the luggage, I'm afraid all my things would have been lost when I returned.
During this period, she found a place to rest every night.
Su Xian happened to see me yesterday, and I lied subconsciously.
There is also this matter.
Su Yinyin was surprised and asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Then he asked, "You are implicated by us, so you are embarrassed to speak?"
That should be it.
An Guilan said quickly, "We already have a place to live, in a residential area in the southern suburbs. The family is very nice and said that it's okay to pay silver money after the monthly salary is paid."
The family knew that she worked at Su's Dim Sum, so they trusted her very much.
That's good. Su Yinyin thought about it and decided to give her half a month's worth of money in advance so that she would have some money in her hands and her life would be easier.
An Guilan was in a daze for a long time, staring at the money in her hand and unable to come back to her senses.
In fact, she had thought about asking for an advance, but her boss had already treated her very well, and when she was in the Wei family before, she didn't even dare to ask for an advance.
After a long time, it is inevitable that you will not dare to speak.
Working here, her boss was not only nice, but also didn't mind her lying. She was really grateful in her heart.
An Guilan sighed. It was really hard to describe how she had been living these years.
I thought I could get through this, but I didn't expect the Wei family to be arrested. It was actually good to be able to leave the Wei family. Only after leaving did I realize how evil-hearted they were.
After the Wei family was ruined, most people packed up and went home, but some who couldn't go home started looking for work.
She is the latter. Her family had five daughters and one son.
As the youngest daughter, she was the least favored, so she was sent here to learn a craft in the hope that she would be able to earn money in a few years.
Unexpectedly, as an apprentice of the Wei family, not only could she not earn any money, but she also had to pay for it. Her family was very angry.
Especially two years ago when her youngest son fell ill and needed money to buy medicine, she gritted her teeth and scraped together some money, but it was still not enough.
Unexpectedly, her family blamed her for her brother's death.
Two years have passed and her family has never contacted her. Even if she goes home, she will be kicked out. Everyone in the village knows about it.
She walked a hundred miles back on foot, and was kicked out of the house without even a sip of water, so she had to walk back.
She has never gone back since then.
But she didn't say these words out loud, hoping to gain sympathy by bringing these things up.
Anyway, I can survive by relying on myself.
Isn’t this the best example?
An Guilan became even more determined to work hard here.
I will never let my employer down.
Su Yinyin could see with her own eyes that Lan Niang was working harder and harder. In her words, she was really not tired. If she didn't do anything, she would always feel guilty.
But to be honest, the Su family didn't do much, they just paid her the wages she deserved.
When Su Xian saw An Guilan again, she thanked him specially and said that she lived very well in that house and that they would leave dinner for her every night when she returned home.
Not to mention Su Xian, even Su Yinyin was silent.
In their opinion, Lan Niang obviously deserves more. She is capable and resilient and does not need this at all.
Li Ruiyuan made a sharp comment: "She has this idea because of her previous experience."
She always felt that Li Ruiyuan was pointing at her.
But Su Yinyin knew that the other party would never imagine what she had experienced and would just pretend not to understand.
Life in the store goes on as usual, except that there are long queues in the store every day, everything else is fine.
Su Yinyin even wondered whether to open another branch.
Sister Liu is already capable of working on her own, so it should be possible for her to be the manager of a branch store.
It just so happens that many dim sum shops are being sold out recently, so now is the perfect time to take over.
It would be a good idea to open a branch of Hui Nu Dim Sum first, right?
Thinking of this, Su Yinyin went to contact the shops that wanted to sell their properties. She contacted several of them, and the prices they offered were not high.
But she always avoided the Wei family's store.
Who knows what bad things this family will do behind the scenes.
It was just a normal store opening.
When the news reached the Wei family, they inevitably became even angrier.
This little girl Su Yinyin is really annoying.
There were so many snack shops at the time, but only hers refused to stock up on candy, causing other shops to hesitate.
After the accident, her family also proposed to improve the living conditions of the apprentices.
Why are you the only one who is smart and a good person?
It was originally just a private grumble.
Unexpectedly, one of the Wei family members got an unexpected job.
The man was hesitant at first, but the other party offered him a large sum of money, and after the incident was resolved, he could leave the country. Isn't that great?
August 29th.
New Sujia dim sum products are on the market.
The soft taro dessert is finally on the market.
You can smell the fragrance of taro from half a street away.
I don’t know how her family made it, but it has both the flavor of milk and the sweetness of taro.
Needless to say, there was still a long queue at the door.
A middle-aged man with a sly look came over drunkenly, hatred flashing in his eyes, and shouted: "It's the Su family's dim sum again, are they really that delicious? Aren't these all fake?"
The store employees and customers frowned at the same time.
Is it reasonable to insult both parties with just one sentence?
"Isn't it just that my daughter got the prescription from the palace? Do you really think it's your own ability?" The middle-aged man shouted while drinking, "You're still Little Matchmaker, you just do these things to deceive people every day!"
"I'm telling you, her snacks may all contain Wu Shi San. The more you eat, the more addictive you become."
This person was shouting loudly, obviously trying to disgust others on purpose.
As for what Wu Shi San is?
Of course, these are medicinal herbs that will make people addicted after eating. After eating too much, they will become neither human nor ghost.
Upon hearing this, many customers couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
The other party was still shouting: "If you don't believe it, think about it yourself, whose dim sum is so attractive? They don't use any expensive ingredients, why do people eat it again and again?"
"You, all of you, must have fallen into her trap!"
Let’s talk about other things, but what about Wu Shi San?
Su Yinyin felt insulted, okay?
You can say anything, but this is absolutely intolerable.
When Su Yinyin came out of the kitchen, she said directly: "Then I dare to report to the police, do you dare?"
"Words are not enough, let's ask the government to check it out."
Su Yinyin is very confident and she is not afraid of these.
And the other party said this obviously to ruin her reputation.
Having said that, Su Yinyin directly instructed the clerk to find the patrolman on the street.
Unexpectedly, when the drunk saw her coming out, he rushed directly to her and obviously wanted to pull her clothes.
Su Yinyin dodged subconsciously, but An Guilan rushed over and pushed her to the ground: "What are you doing!"
Su Yinyin quickly held her back, preventing her from going forward: "Don't, don't go over there."
That man seems to have a knife!
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