Chapter 182 Tomatoes Go Hot
Mrs. Zeng and Mr. Zeng had a fierce quarrel.
However, the head of the family is the head of the family. When Mr. Zeng gets really angry, Mrs. Zeng has no way to deal with it.
Besides, she was a woman of modest means and had no ties to Madam Lu, so it was impossible for her to go to the government office in person to ask for help. The master did not allow his son to intervene in this matter, and she had no recourse.
Mrs. Zeng fell ill due to anger.
Mr. Zeng was not at all soft-hearted and directly told her that if she caused unrest in the family again, the Zeng family would completely ignore the Fang family and treat Fang Zhengduan the same as all the prisoners in the prison, eating whatever he was supposed to eat and wearing whatever he was supposed to wear.
Sure enough, this method managed to appease Mrs. Zeng.
In order to make her beloved brother's life in prison a little easier, Mrs. Zeng had to compromise.
However, she took all her anger out on Xu Zhichun and Zeng Xiaoyan, and became even more resentful.
Many problems were discovered in the Sifang Restaurant, not only in the employment of personnel but also in the appalling greed.
Managing such a large restaurant, it's impossible not to take advantage of it. As long as it's not excessive, Mr. Zeng will turn a blind eye and won't say anything. But he didn't expect that his brother-in-law was not greedy at all, but wanted everything.
The accounts looked good on paper, and he found out as soon as he asked the accountant. In fact, no money had actually been deposited into the warehouse. His wife had instructed that this was the way to go.
Okay, that's fine!
Mr. Zeng was so angry that he almost wanted to divorce.
Tomato and egg, tomato and tofu, tomato and pork ribs stew, tomato and fish stew, tomato and egg soup, tomato noodles, cold tomato salad.
The sweet and sour, red and popular tomato dishes made the Lotus Restaurant famous again, and the Qin family's restaurant in the neighboring county also became very popular and made a lot of money.
Providing 80 kilograms every other day is not enough, even double it is fine.
Xu Zhichun had no choice. Her warehouse had everything she needed, but there were only eighty or ninety plants in the vegetable garden. Even if she produced the most, it would not be enough to produce more than one hundred kilograms a day.
Neither her family nor Aunt Zhuer's family is good enough.
Unable to persuade Shopkeeper Tang any further, he promised that he would take good care of the tomato seedlings in the field after returning, and strive to make them perform better, bear more fruits, and mature earlier. He also promised Shopkeeper Tang that he would try to supply 90 kilograms every other day.
The limit.
Shopkeeper Tang sighed with regret and had no choice but to agree.
Xu Zhichun and Aunt Zhu'er felt very regretful: so much money flew past them, but unfortunately they could only watch it.
Zeng Xiaoyan, who had been extremely calm, also became a little uneasy. If it weren't for her extremely bad sister-in-law, she could have made a lot of money. If she made trouble again next year, she would fight her and would definitely not show any mercy.
But there will definitely not be such a good price next year.
Making a fortune also depends on the right time, place and people.
Mrs. Lu and her family also loved these tomatoes. From time to time, they would ask Madam Ji to greet Xu Zhichun and ask him to send them five or ten kilograms of tomatoes, paying them twenty-five cents per kilogram.
Mrs. Lu kept some for herself, and sent the rest to the county school for the dean and several teachers to taste.
Several gentlemen also loved it very much. They peeled and chopped the tomatoes, boiled them with minced meat and poured them on the noodles. They added a few drops of vinegar and sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions. It was very appetizing in the hot summer.
So all the students in the county school knew about tomatoes.
Of course, the students had to follow the teachers' favorite food and tried every means to get people to buy tomatoes.
Family members, relatives, or those who ask the canteen to purchase the goods, search all over the city.
But apart from the Lotus Restaurant, there is no other place.
But the Lotus Restaurant doesn’t sell tomatoes, it only sells dishes made with tomatoes.
There is no way around this.
If you really want to eat it, you can only buy dishes cooked by others.
Manager Tang thought to himself that you guys are dreaming. With all the food delivered each time, not only does our restaurant have to share it with the restaurant next door in Qingyang County, but we also have to send some to the master's house every few days.
Mr. Qin's family also likes it. If Xu Zhichun didn't have a relationship with Madam Lu, Qin Xiuhe might have done something about it.
Not only tomatoes, but also ice jelly.
Of course, after seeing what happened to Young Master Zeng, she didn't dare.
Although she was unwilling to give up and asked the nanny beside her to find Xu Zhichun to try to persuade him and talk to him, wanting to buy the ice jelly recipe, Xu Zhichun politely declined. She was unhappy behind his back but only dared to mutter a few words and did not dare to do anything else.
She also liked this tomato very much, and with the reminder of the maid beside her, she immediately discovered a new world: this tomato has seeds!
If we take the seeds and ask the servants to plant them, wouldn't we be able to harvest lots and lots of tomatoes?
Qin Xiuhe was so happy that she asked her maid Shuangfu to go to the shopkeeper Tang and forcibly get 20 kilograms of tomatoes. She immediately sent someone to send them back to her husband's family, asking them to take out the seeds and dry them in the sun so that they could plant more next spring.
Mrs. Qin also asked someone to get a lot of tomato seeds. She planned to open up a fertile land on the farm next year and ask the head of the farm to find a few farmers with rich planting experience, meticulousness and ability to take care of the tomatoes.
Qin Xiuhe knew that she should save seeds, but when she saw her sister-in-law asking people to do the same, she felt a little uncomfortable for some reason, as if her things were being divided up.
It's even more unpleasant to think that Xu Zhichun and others will definitely save seeds and plant a lot next year.
It seems that these tomatoes will not be valuable next year.
Qin Xiuhe suddenly lost interest, and her passion quickly died down.
At the county school, Mrs. Qin loved her son dearly, so she had to send some to Qin Ning'an every now and then.
Qin Ningan became the most popular student in the county school, and he was very popular. His senior classmates all liked him very much, especially when they were eating tomatoes.
This tomato dish is really delicious. These gentlemen have good taste. Of course, the things they like will be good.
Dou Zhongli asked the Zeng family to help him buy it, but it turned out to be unsuccessful. The Zeng family was in a state of turmoil over Fang Zhengduan's matter, so how could the eldest young master Zeng have the energy to do such things? He just asked someone to look for it on the street, but if there was nothing, forget it.
The competitive Dou Zhongli felt that he had lost face and was particularly unhappy.
The subordinates he gathered together were wholeheartedly trying to lure Qin Ning'an over to him. After all, Qin Ning'an was stupid and had a lot of money. As long as they lured him over, they would have a plan for future expenses.
But Qin Ning'an followed Liang Mingxuan and Lu Xiaoyue wholeheartedly and ignored their flattery and inducements.
They were so angry that they couldn't even vent their anger.
After all, there are only a few ways to frame someone in the academy, and that's nothing more than framing someone for theft. But Qin Ning'an is so rich, would he steal anything?
Who would believe it if they told others? Even they themselves don’t believe it.
She took her anger out on Liang Mingxuan and wanted to frame him, but she was almost defeated when she saw Liang Mingxuan. It was as if all her dirty thoughts were exposed in Liang Mingxuan's eyes. She was too guilty to do anything.
Lu Xiaoyue has a strong backing, so there's no need to even think about it.
(End of this chapter)
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