Chapter 28 Borrowing Silver
In the few days after returning from the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, Yuan Ziyu stayed in Wuyou Pavilion except for paying his respects.
Ever since he made the plum blossom crystal cake that day and discovered that the spring water from the Qiongjiang Pavilion could enhance the taste of food, Yuan Ziyu has been organizing the recipes for various pastries that he learned in his previous life. At the same time, he has also been considering the amount of pool water to be added. After all, the effect of the spring water is somewhat incredible. If too much is added, it may cause some trouble.
And Yuan Ziyu now has some ideas in his mind!
One day, Liu sent a little maid to ask her to go to Liufengyuan.
"Mother." Yuan Ziyu brought Qingying to Liufeng Pavilion: "Are you looking for me?"
When Liu saw Yuan Ziyu coming, she pointed to a woman in her fifties wearing a dark-colored gown sitting beside her and said to her, "You'er, this is Aunt Hua who serves Old Madam Huo!"
When Aunt Hua saw Yuan Ziyu, she quickly stood up and bowed respectfully, "Second Miss Yuan!"
"Hello, Aunt Hua!" Yuan Ziyu nodded to Aunt Hua, then looked at Liu, wondering why she was called here today.
Liu smiled and said to Aunt Hua, "Aunt Hua, if the old lady has any instructions, just tell You'er!"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Hua smiled and said, "The old lady sent me here today to ask Miss Yuan Er if there's any more of the dried tangerine peel she bought last time. You don't know, ever since our old lady drank the water soaked with that tangerine peel, her cough has gotten less severe day by day. In just a few days, she's almost recovered. The dried tangerine peels bought from the pharmacy outside aren't as effective. Seeing that there's not much left, I wanted to ask Miss Yuan Er for some more!"
Yuan Ziyou's heart was slightly moved when he heard this. The medicinal effect of the tangerine peel was too good. After a little thought, he smiled and said, "I got that tangerine peel by chance some time ago. I only have this much in total!"
Aunt Hua was a little disappointed after hearing this. After a moment's thought, she hurriedly asked, "Where did Miss Yuan get it? I'll report this to the old lady so she can send someone to buy some!"
"When I was at the frontier, I met a doctor who was walking around the streets. He said that he made the medicine himself. Since it was a craft passed down from his ancestors, it was naturally a little different from those in ordinary pharmacies!" Yuan Ziyu said with a smile!
"So that's it!" Aunt Hua's face was filled with worry. She knew that it was difficult to find such a wild doctor, let alone one so far away in the borderland. "What should I do?"
Seeing Aunt Hua's anxious look, Yuan Ziyou said, "Aunt, I don't have any tangerine peel here, but I do have some other things that should be almost as effective as tangerine peel."
Aunt Hua's eyes lit up when she heard Yuan Ziyu's words: "If that's the case, that's great!"
Yuan Ziyu ordered Qingying, "Go back and get the green jar on the table by the window in my study!"
Qingying took the order and soon brought back a green pottery jar.
Yuan Ziyu handed the jar to Aunt Hua and instructed, "This jar contains bitter almonds. Take a few of them and boil them in water every day. Then use the boiled water to make tea!"
Aunt Hua took the tea can and was so happy that she thanked Yuan Ziyu and left!
Liu smiled and said to Yuan Ziyou, "Last time I wanted to ask you, when did you become interested in this herb?"
"Mom, you know, I like cooking, so I want to try medicinal food. I even bought a pharmacopoeia. Now I have learned a lot. I will make medicinal food for you later, okay?" Yuan Ziyu leaned against Liu and said in a soft voice.
"Okay, then mother will be waiting!" Liu just asked in vain. Seeing that Yuan Ziyu wanted to honor her, her heart couldn't help but be delighted.
"Well, Mom, actually I have something else I want to tell you!" Yuan Ziyu said hesitantly, and glanced at Liu!
Liu pursed her lips and smiled, "Why are you still being so shy with me? Go ahead and tell me, I'm listening!"
"Mom!" Yuan Ziyou blinked: "Can you lend me some money?"
"Oh, how much silver do you need?" Liu asked!
Yuan Ziyu secretly calculated that her monthly allowance was five taels of silver, plus the New Year's money she received every year, after deducting the expenses, she now had about a hundred taels of silver on hand!
Yuan Ziyou then said, "Mother, could you lend me a thousand taels of silver? I'll pay you back at the end of the year, how about that?"
Liu was startled. "Why do you need so much money? You'er, what's the matter?"
Liu was worried that Yuan Ziyu had encountered some problems and needed money to solve them!
Yuan Ziyou thought about it and felt that there was no need to hide it from Liu, so she smiled and said, "Mom, how does the plum blossom crystal cake I made a few days ago taste?"
Speaking of this, Liu smiled and said, "Of course it's good!"
"Mom, I've been studying some pastry recipes and I think they're pretty good, so I'm thinking of opening a shop to sell these pastries!" Yuan Ziyu said, "But I don't have much money right now, and opening a shop will require some investment, so I thought I'd borrow some from you first!"
She knew that Liu's dowry was generous and she had plenty of money, so she naturally didn't need the public treasury's money. Besides, she didn't want the shop to have anything to do with the public treasury, so as not to benefit the greedy mother and daughter.
"Oh? You'er wants to open a dim sum shop?" Liu asked with a smile. She knew that Yuan Ziyu loved cooking, so she was not surprised that Yuan Ziyu was studying food recipes.
"Yeah!" Yuan Ziyu nodded.
Liu then asked, "Have the shop managers and shop assistants figured out anything?"
Yuan Ziyou shook his head and said, "Not yet. I'm thinking of hiring a manager and some assistants when the time comes. It should be easy!"
Liu tapped Yuan Ziyu's forehead and said, "You are still too young. It's not that easy. The manager and the assistants must be reliable. Otherwise, you won't even know if they cheat you."
"Mom, let me try!" Yuan Ziyu shook Liu's arm. With Qiongjiang Pavilion as her own, she was naturally confident. "If you have suitable managers and servants, could you lend them to me for a while?"
"Okay, okay! Mother promises you!" Liu looked at Yuan Ziyu lovingly!
"Really?" Yuan Ziyu's eyes lit up, and he hugged Liu's arm and rubbed it affectionately: "Thank you, mother!"
"But this shop..." Liu pondered for a moment!
Yuan Ziyou said hurriedly: "After the New Year, I will send someone to look for it!"
"That's not necessary!" Liu smiled and looked at Yuan Ziyu. "Mother does have two or three dowry shops in the capital, but they were rented out before. Since you want to open a snack shop, I'll take one back for you! As for the manager and the shop assistants, we can transfer them from the farm!"
"Ah!" Yuan Ziyu looked at Liu in surprise. In her previous life, she didn't remember that Liu had a dowry shop in the capital, but she knew about that farm.
Yuan Ziyou's surprised look made Liu laugh, and Liu said, "Before, you were still young and had no interest in these things, so I didn't tell you. But next year, you will be thirteen years old, and it's time to learn some things!"
"Well, I'll follow my mother's arrangements!"
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