Chapter 75 It's still possible
Shu Tong nodded: "When he was delivering the goods yesterday, I told him that our shop has important people coming to eat from time to time, so he asked him to be more particular."
"His father is busy taking care of high-priced customers, so how can he have the energy to make ice cubes for our ingredients?"
"Second Madam, do you mean that Lu Zhitian bought these ice cubes and put them in there himself?"
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Just wait!"
The answer is not relevant to the question.
Shu Tong was confused, "Hey, Second Lady, what are you waiting for?"
Although there was a small incident with the ingredients, fortunately someone reminded me and it’s over.
Before we knew it, night had fallen.
At the end of June, it was scorching hot during the day and people stayed at home and dared not go out. As night fell, the heat finally subsided for the most part and people went out in groups of three or five. Some went to the night market, while others found a place at the entrance of the alley to cool off and chat.
Su's shop, with lanterns hanging high inside and outside, has become a unique landscape in Shuijing Lane. Before one knew it, many people gathered at the gate of the courtyard to enjoy the cool air.
At this moment, Dashi and Xianggui had already set up the grill. Strings of pork belly, chicken wings, chicken offal, etc. were all put on the grill. With a splatter of oil and seasonings, the spicy and fragrant aroma filled the alley.
The evening breeze came and went, and I was sweating profusely.
Ershi brought out the fan and placed it above his eldest brother and eldest cousin. He took a small stool and sat down. He dozed off with one arm resting his head on it, and with the other hand he slowly shook the fan handle. The five large blades blew out air, which made Dashi and Xianggui feel much cooler.
The two of them grinned at the same time. The things that the Second Lady had people make were really good. This summer would not be difficult to endure.
The people who were originally craving for barbecue gathered around to see the wonder, "Oh my God, what is this?"
"Yeah, what is this, it's really windy and cool."
Using fans to create artificial wind is a way to keep cool in the summer. It has existed in history for at least two thousand years. However, traditional fans are driven by manpower, and occasionally by water power.
Of course, fans at that time were rarely used by humans. They were mainly used for winnowing, that is, blowing away the fluff in rice or millet. They were agricultural tools called winnowing fans.
There was a passage in a magazine that Su Ruojin found in his father's study: There was a rotating shaft in a spinning wheel, with five or six wooden fans inserted on all four sides. When one raised the handle and shook it, the room would be filled with wind.
For ordinary people in the Dayin Dynasty, after seeing this, they might just think about it and would not actually do it. However, Su Ruojin, who came from the modern times, was different. She was a person who had enjoyed fans and air conditioners. As long as there was a slight possibility of making a fan, she would boldly try it.
She first bought a spinning wheel, and then she and Su Yanli and Su Dalang worked on it every night. They tried to make a mini one using cardboard and wood chips. After failing many times for more than a month, they finally made a large floor-standing fan.
Of course, the final product was made by three carpenters, each of whom was only responsible for a part of it, and it was finally assembled by Su Yanli and Dashi.
Eating spicy and delicious barbecue and Bobo chicken, feeling the breeze from the big fan, and chatting and bragging with people around you, is there any life more comfortable than this?
Residents near Xiqiao Lane said - No!
It just costs a bit of money in your pocket.
Su's shop had a booming business in the morning and evening, but ever since the Prince of Pingyang kidnapped a gangster and Minister Fan brought all the officials of the Imperial College to eat there, no one dared to cause trouble for Su's shop.
Su Ruojin didn't care how the big fan became the scenery in the shop. Her whole focus was on Lu Ji now. She asked Shu Tong to find out which barbecue shops Lu Ji sold its ingredients to.
Shu Tong asked around and said, "It was sold to four families. One of them was the eldest sister of the Madam's family, Madam Yao from the Chenghou Mansion. Another one was the shop of the Madam's mother. They bought it for two cents more for the meat dishes and one cent more for the two strings of vegetables."
As for Lu Ji Chuan Chuan, from the very beginning, Su Ruojin did not have a monopoly and did not let them supply only to themselves. As long as Su Ji's barbecue was popular, there would inevitably be many people following suit, and this would not be a monopoly. Lu Ji could sell it to others at a high price, and she could not object.
As for Lu Ji, he must want to sell to more families, and he would not refuse to sell to Su Ji. There must be someone who told him not to sell to Su Ji, and this person, if I am not mistaken, should be my mother's biological mother and biological sister.
Isn't it good for everyone to make money?
If Su Ji was a family that had nothing to do with the Bo's mansion, I guess my mother and sister would not stop selling it. But human nature is like this. If someone who is usually inferior to you in every way suddenly becomes successful, then the person who has always been superior to you will not let you off easily.
Because they don't allow people who are not as good as themselves to live better than themselves.
Cheng Yingzhen, a person they had in their hands to bully, suddenly had connections with the Minister's Mansion and the Prince of Jin's Mansion. They didn't dare to bully her openly, but they could not guard against them trying to trip her up secretly.
"Second Madam, what should we do?" Shu Tong asked worriedly, "What if we find another family and this happens again?"
"Then find a strong partner to work with!"
Shu Tong's eyes lit up, "Who is the strong one?"
"Didn't you say that Mrs. Fan turned the antique bookstore into a barbecue shop?"
"Yeah, but what does this have to do with us?"
"I'm going to find Mrs. Fan to buy some skewers!"
Shu Tong was stunned: "Is this possible?"
She has no grudge against Mrs. Fan, so why not.
Su Ruojin did not let her father take her to the Fan Mansion. She directly wrote a letter and asked Shu Tong to deliver it to the gatehouse of the Fan Mansion.
"What if the concierge doesn't help us get in?"
Su Ruojin grinned, "Forgot? Throw some money until they are willing to give it to you."
Shu Tong shook his head and said, "No, I will deliver the letter to the shop in Xiangguo Temple. I believe the shopkeeper will give the letter to Mrs. Fan." They already have a friendship, so why waste this money? Shu Tong would not do that.
Su Ruojin gave a thumbs up, "Uncle Shu Tong is really smart. He not only got the job done, but also saved money."
Shu Tong deliberately snorted angrily, "Second Lady must have thought of this a long time ago, you are just playing tricks on me here."
"Really? Uncle, please don't wrongly accuse me."
Shu Tongcai didn't believe it, so he took the letter and left in a hurry.
After waiting for two days, Shu Tong went to listen to the reply, and Mrs. Fan agreed.
"However, Mrs. Fan said she wanted to ask our wife how to make the barbecue shop more lively and wanted to ask our wife for some advice."
This? Su Ruojin's beautiful almond eyes turned and she came up with an idea!
"You said that to the manager of the barbecue shop..."
Shu Tong nodded as he listened, "Can our shop do the same?"
"The situation in our shop is different from that of Mrs. Fan's. If you want to do this, you have to wait."
"What are you waiting for?" Shu Tong was very interested.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "I won't tell you yet. Hurry up and make Mrs. Fan's barbecue shop lively."
Shu Tong felt very upset after hearing this, but he couldn't do anything to his young master, so he could only run away angrily.
(End of this chapter)
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