Chapter 163 Seafood Processing Plant
"The Jiang family gave the villagers some strange seeds to plant. I heard they signed a contract that the villagers can't sell the seeds to anyone else but the Lu family."
Housekeeper Ying had a calculating look on his face. "I heard that the spices used by Yipinxiang are not available outside. I suspect that the spices that the Lu family asked the villagers to grow are the spices used by Yipinxiang."
Although the Ying family's business is big, the popularity of Yipinxiang and Gaosuguan still makes them jealous.
It is not easy to learn the art of cake and pastry shop, but in the eyes of the two, it is not difficult to learn Yipinxiang.
In addition to the freshness of the dishes, the main attraction of Yipinxiang is the seasonings in the store.
That red thing tastes spicy and fragrant, making people sweat profusely, but you can't stop eating it and want to eat it again.
If the spices were used in the businesses under the name of the Ying family... it would not only make money, but also cause trouble for the Lu family.
Ying Cang only thought about it for a moment before nodding in agreement and saying, "You go and do it!" He then instructed, "Don't let anyone see any traces."
Housekeeper Ying said, "Don't worry, Master. The Lu family has no foundation at all, yet they are so ostentatious. There must be many people in the city watching them."
He just needs to use some tricks to encourage those who have long coveted the Lu family's property to take action, and then the Ying family can benefit from it.
At first, Butler Ying just wanted to get the spices from Yipinxiang, but after he got to know it more deeply, he found that in addition to the strange crops they planted for the villagers, the Lu family also planted many strange vegetables and fruits in their own fields.
Many of them were things he had never even seen before.
The Lu family sells these things exclusively to prominent families in the county town. Not only are the prices high, but the taste is also surprisingly good.
He used his connections to get a few dishes to eat, and they were not only delicious but also rich in texture. This made him interested.
Since it's all plunder, why not take it all?
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Before the school was built, Jiang Tangtang temporarily took care of the Zhou family's children and the beggars Zhou Lei brought back at home.
Fortunately, when the workshop was built later, Jiang Tangtang had an extra yard built as a dormitory for employees. Now all the miscellaneous work in the workshop is done by hired villagers, and only the more core parts are done by Jiang Tangtang bought from outside.
So there were still many empty rooms in the yard, and the children were just placed in the workshop.
However, the school has not been built yet and there is no teacher to supervise them. If the children are left idle like this, they will easily get into trouble. Jiang Tangtang thought about it and decided to assign them some work.
"Although I brought you back, I don't keep idle people here." Jiang Tangtang looked at the beggars and said, "Tell me, what can you do and what are you good at?"
When Zhou Lei first brought a few people back, they were all dirty and their faces were filthy, like black coal balls, and their appearance was completely unrecognizable.
Jiang Tangtang asked Su to find some old clothes for them at home. Although the clothes did not fit them well, after washing up, they could clearly see what they looked like.
Perhaps because they often beg outside and sleep in the open air, the children's skin is tanned and the oldest child has a scar on his face.
Seeing Jiang Tangtang staring at the scar on his face, he immediately became wary.
"Don't worry, I won't let you work for me for free. I'll pay you." Jiang Tangtang said, "In addition to providing your daily food and lodging, if you do a good job, I'll give you ten cents."
Ten cents is not a lot of money.
But here there are clean rooms, delicious meals, and most importantly, no need to wander around and beg anymore.
The younger ones all rushed to speak.
However, these few people had no parental discipline and were exploited by the Yang family, so they only knew how to do some sneaky and dishonest things.
After they finished speaking, they realized that they had said things they shouldn't have said because they were too anxious, and they all looked at Jiang Tangtang anxiously.
He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he saw that there was no expression of disgust on Jiang Tangtang's face.
"I don't have any use for your skills here, and it's best not to use them in the future. So, go outside and pick some flowers for me! If you find any that are particularly fragrant or colorful, you can bring them back with the roots."
After Jiang Tangtang said this, she asked someone to bring them tools and went about her own business.
If their performance met her standards, she would naturally keep them and train them well. But if not, the arrangements would be different.
Jiang Tangtang couldn't use the same method on Zhou Lei's three children.
Zhou Lei is now working for Lu Shiyan. He doesn't treat the children as his own, but he pays more attention to their daily life and education, so that Zhou Lei can be at ease and work for Lu Shiyan wholeheartedly.
So Jiang Tangtang simply handed them all over to Xue Banxian.
Xue Banxian muttered and got angry, saying that Jiang Tangtang treated him like a wet nurse and didn't respect him. He wanted to leave and never look after her child again.
Jiang Tangtang was not panicked. She looked at him with a smile and said, "I've recently thought of a new dish. Doctor, how about you help me taste it first?"
Xue Banxian grumbled, "You little girl, you did it on purpose! You haven't cooked new dishes for me in months. I said go, and you already have new dishes?"
Jiang Tangtang said innocently, "I really just thought of it recently. It's not that easy to come up with new dishes."
Xue Banxian looked as if he was too lazy to argue with it, "What new dish? Don't try to fool me with just anything."
The implication is that if he is not happy with the meal, he will just quit and leave.
Jiang Tangtang pretended to be mysterious and said, "You'll know tonight. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
She dared to say this because she had prepared more than one thing.
In fact, to be precise, these foods were not specially prepared for Xue Banxian.
She has been thinking about opening a seafood processing plant recently, trying to make seafood such as shrimp and crabs into snacks so that they can be sold all over the country.
After repeated attempts over the past few days, she has currently made five types, namely grilled squid shreds, dried sardines, eel shreds, spicy small crabs, and spicy shrimp chili sauce.
The grilled squid strips are original, while the dried sardines and eel strips are spicy and honey-flavored, which perfectly covers the fishy smell of sea fish, and there is a hint of sweetness in the spicy flavor.
In the evening, a few dishes were placed on the table and immediately became popular with everyone. Xue Banxian no longer felt any dislike for taking care of children.
If Jiang Tangtang could prepare a table full of delicious food from time to time, there would be nothing wrong with him taking care of the child.
Besides, the children of the Zhou family are not bad either.
Jiang Tangtang observed everyone's expressions and felt relieved when she saw that everyone was very satisfied with today's food.
After being fed by her, the Lu family members have become very picky about food.
The fact that these dishes were universally approved proved successful. We could now move on to setting up a seafood processing plant.
While Jiang Tangtang was pondering where to build a seafood processing plant, Butler Ying was also making small moves behind the scenes.
Butler Ying first sent people to contact He Qiuniang and others. After discovering that the servants of the Lu family were loyal to the Lu family and remained unmoved no matter how his people tempted them, he could only turn his attention to the villagers of Zhounan Village.
As gossips, the Ge Shuan family, who likes to take advantage of others and always likes to speak ill of the Lu family, also came into the sight of Butler Ying at the first time.
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