Chapter 176 Don't Be Greedy
After Madam Yang left, Su Yanli came back from his shift. After dinner, Su Sanlang was pulled to the study by Su Yanli to test his homework. The test result was not good, so he was punished to copy a large piece of calligraphy and recite two ancient poems.
After taking care of his son, he looked for his daughter.
"Ajin, I heard from your mother that Madam Yang came to see you today?"
She nodded: "Yeah."
"So what are you going to do?"
Both Zhao Lan and Mrs. Fan wanted to copy the morning tea shop on Wenshan Street, but they were both important figures in the Su family, so it would not be good to give it to either of them, and it would not be good to not give it to either of them.
The daughter seemed to have solved the problem and felt relieved. "Dad, what do you think I should do?"
"You won't agree?"
"How is that possible?" Su Ruojin deliberately frowned. "Dad is so fertile. Three sons are getting married and two daughters are getting married. They all need money. Even if the young prince and Madam Fan don't look for me, I will still find a chance to look for them!"
Su Yanli ignored his daughter's deliberate sarcasm and frowned, "It's not a good idea to open two Su's breakfast tea shops in Beijing at once!" Su Yanli, who liked to live with no sense of presence, felt that two breakfast tea shops were too conspicuous.
"What do you think, Dad?"
This girl clearly had an idea in mind, but she was still testing him. Su Yanli reached out to give his daughter a slap, but she dodged.
"Tell me quickly, or I'll use the feather duster on you."
"The dictatorial patriarch."
Su Yanli stretched out his hand and was about to hit again.
Su Ruojin stopped joking and laughed, "Mrs. Fan wants to cooperate with our family. I will provide the recipes, and let her use her own name for the morning tea shop instead of calling it Su's."
"so?"
"Yeah." Su Ruojin smiled, "This way the Su family won't attract attention and will still make money."
It was indeed a good idea. Su Yanli agreed, "Ajin is really quick-witted."
“It’s not that I’m fast, but that I’m not greedy.”
If you can't get out of "Su Ji", you can't be free and easy.
"Very good." Su Yanli was pleased to see that his daughter understood everything. "Very good, would the young prince mind giving the recipe to Madam Fan?"
Su Ruojin bared her teeth and said, "The young prince has no chance to mind."
"Huh?" What new idea does my daughter have?
"It was indeed Madam Fan who opened the morning tea shop for the young prince, so I plan to give the young prince another business."
"What?"
Su Ruojin kept it a secret, "I heard from Uncle Hua Ping that the young prince has been very busy recently, and I haven't had the chance to meet him yet. I'll tell him the details when I meet him."
It turned out that the young prince didn't know that his daughter had given the morning tea shop business to Mrs. Fan. "What if he doesn't agree?"
"The young prince is rich and powerful, so he won't disagree!"
Su Yanli: ...
Do you know the young prince so well?
Mrs. Fan was actually quite nervous. She heard that Su's breakfast tea shop was run by Prince Zhao with the help of the Su family. She just tentatively invited the young lady and her daughter to have a meal at Hongtai Restaurant. Unexpectedly, the young lady agreed.
The housekeeper reminded, "Could it be that you also agree with Prince Zhao in this way?"
Mrs. Fan: ...
There's nothing we can do about it.
The Minister's Mansion cannot be compared with the Prince's Mansion.
"Let's drive our own."
"What if our business is not as good as the young prince's after we open it?"
Mrs. Fan frowned and turned to look at the housekeeper, "Why are you talking so much?"
"Yes... yes..." The housekeeper retreated in fear.
Mrs. Fan was really upset by what the servants said, so when Lord Fan returned to his bedroom to rest, she tactfully mentioned her concerns.
Master Fan glanced at her and said, "Then stop it."
Mrs. Fan scolded him, "I am doing this for the Fan family."
Mr. Fan glanced at his old wife and said, "This is exactly what you shouldn't worry about. Is it only your family that you should worry about?"
Mrs. Fan pondered for a moment and immediately understood, "Master is really insightful."
"If you weren't greedy, you wouldn't understand anything."
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Fan knew she was wrong, so she served her husband gently and attentively, taking off his shoes and getting his clothes, very attentive.
Without any worries, Mrs. Fan asked her capable nanny to invite the Su mother and daughter to the restaurant to discuss recipes. As far as Mrs. Fan knew, there were many kinds of breakfast snacks in Su's Breakfast Shop. She thought about it for a few days and decided to give 20% of the monthly profit of Hongtai Breakfast Shop to the Su family.
Su Ruojin estimated that the deal was done as he didn't have to do anything except provide recipes and just got 20% of the profits.
Su Ruojin handed the written recipe to Mrs. Fan.
Su Ruojin said, "The ones for Madam have more variety than those in Wenshan Street."
This was unexpected for Mrs. Fan. She looked at the young lady in surprise, "Why?"
“Beijing is more convenient and has more diners than Wenshan Street.”
Mrs. Fan praised with all her heart: "The young lady is very generous." If it were her, she might not have the courage of the young lady.
"Madam, you are too kind." Su Ruojin said with a smile, "Madam, you earn a lot, and so do I."
That’s what they say, but everyone has been on guard against others since ancient times. The young lady is so courageous, either she is young and ignorant, or she has real ability.
Mrs. Fan was inclined to the latter. After dealing with her for several years, she had seen the ability of the young lady. She smiled and nodded, "Okay, young lady, don't worry, the share will be sent to your home on time every month."
"Thank you ma'am."
The recipe divides morning tea dim sum into eight categories: buns, dumplings, cakes, balls, rolls, biscuits, pastries, and others.
The most common buns are steamed buns. Su Ji uses steamed buns with small cages and crab roe, which are Yangzhou morning tea. Mrs. Fan uses Cantonese style buns, such as barbecued pork buns and custard buns.
The cracks on the skin of the barbecued pork buns are not caused by cutting, but by adding a suitable proportion of white sugar during the production process. It cracks naturally after steaming. It has a soft, fragrant and chewy texture, and is a favorite of Cantonese people.
When it comes to dumplings, the first thing that comes to mind is boiled dumplings and steamed dumplings. Boiled dumplings are available in some teahouses, but Cantonese-style snacks are generally steamed. The most famous one is shrimp dumplings, which are also available at Su Ji in Wenshan Street.
The third category is cakes. As the saying goes, "step by step, you will rise higher and higher", cakes are indispensable in morning tea, such as osmanthus cake, water chestnut cake, jujube paste cake, rice cake, etc. Among them, water chestnut cake is made with water chestnut (water chestnut) powder. Water chestnut cake is tender and chewy, and you can bite into the diced water chestnut from time to time, which is very refreshing.
The most common types of dumplings are Ai Ci and Qing Tuan. Of course, there are not only these two types. Some other styles have also been developed, such as dumplings made of glutinous rice flour wrapped in bamboo leaves or lotus leaves. They are delicious, artistic and exquisite.
When talking about rolls for morning tea, the first thing that comes to mind may be spring rolls, but here Su Ruojin offers their own specialty - rice rolls.
Mrs. Fan had been wanting the recipe for the rice rolls at the Su's breakfast shop for a long time, but she had never been able to ask for it. Unexpectedly, Su Er Niang gave it to her this time. She was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling, and she felt that the young lady was more courageous.
"Ajin is a man who does great things."
Su Ruojin: ...It doesn’t matter whether you do something big or not, what matters is making money.
(End of this chapter)
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