"Youxue, this spicy hot pot is so delicious, your business must be booming." Old man Yang said to her when he saw Yang Youxue coming out.
"As long as Grandpa likes it, that's good. With Grandpa's evaluation, Youxue also thinks the business will be prosperous. How about everyone try the hot and sour noodles." Yang Youxue was relieved to see that everyone liked Malatang very much, so she asked Yang Zhongyi to bring the hot and sour noodles over for everyone to try.
Everyone had eaten about 70% of their meal, but they were still very generous and had a bowl of hot and sour noodles. It was sour and spicy, very appetizing and delicious.
"Youxue, selling malatang and hot and sour noodles is definitely not worse than hot pot, so just do malatang and hot and sour noodles." Old man Yang made the final decision to do the malatang and hot and sour noodles business.
After Yang Youxue finished eating the spicy hot pot and hot and sour noodles, she collapsed in the chair with a satisfied look on her face.
Mmm! This is the taste. It’s so delicious.
After breakfast, Old Man Yang went to the village chief to buy land.
Yang Youxue teaches her fourth sister Yang Qingyou how to make milk tea.
Boil the milk bought from the village chief's house, then add rock sugar (there is no brown sugar or white sugar here) and tea leaves and stir-fry over low heat until the rock sugar melts, then add boiling water and boil, then add the boiled milk, and finally filter out the tea leaves to make milk tea. Yang Youxue made pearls with flour, put them in the milk tea, and served it to everyone to drink.
As a result, except for Old Man Yang and Yang Youxue, the rest of the Yang family members liked to drink it very much and they all praised Yang Youxue.
Yang Youxue drank a bowl and found that the taste was very different from that in her previous life. If ice cubes were added, the effect would be much better.
Thinking of the introduction in the novel that there might be saltpeter on the mountain, Yang Youxue decided to go to Taohualing when she had time to see if she could find saltpeter.
Although Yang Youxue didn't like to drink it, the ancient Yang family members loved it very much. Except for leaving a little for Old Man Yang, they drank all the milk tea.
Old man Yang has not returned from the village chief's purchase of land, and no one knows how many acres he has bought.
Around noon, Old Man Yang came back and told his family that Taohua Village still had 100 mu of fertile land and 200 mu of wasteland. The village chief also said that Taohua Ridge was worth one tael per mu, wasteland was worth two taels per mu, and fertile land was worth five taels per mu.
Yang Youxue felt that the land in Taohua Village was not enough, and she should buy two or three hundred acres in the quarantine village. After Old Man Yang finished drinking the milk tea, the Yang family went to the county town.
Old man Yang finished his milk tea but still felt unsatisfied, unfortunately it was out of stock.
This time I went to the county town mainly to buy milk tea shops, clothing shops, recruit people and learn how to make malatang and hot and sour noodles.
Old Man Yang, Yang Zhongyi, Huang Lijuan, Yang Zhongcheng, Yang Qingman, Yang Qingyao and Yang Youxue went to the county town.
The two brothers Yang Zhongyi and Yang Zhongcheng drove two horse-drawn carriages towards the county town.
When we arrived in the county town, we first went to a hot pot restaurant to teach the chef how to make malatang and hot and sour noodles.
"Old Master, Boss, Second Boss, Young Madam, Eldest Miss, Second Miss, Fifth Miss, you are here, please go up to the second floor box quickly." Shopkeeper Wu saw the Boss coming with his family, and hurried up to take them to the second floor box.
"Manager Wu, please take the old man, the eldest young lady's wife, the eldest young lady, and the second young lady to the private room and have them wait on them. Then go to the kitchen, we have something to talk about." Yang Zhongyi asked the manager to take his father, wife, and daughter upstairs to rest, and he took his second brother and youngest daughter to the kitchen.
"Yes, boss. Old Master, Eldest Young Lady, Eldest Miss, and Second Miss, please come this way." Shopkeeper Wu took Old Man Yang, Huang Lijuan, Yang Qingman, and Yang Qingyao to the private room on the second floor.
Yang Zhongyi took the lead and went to the kitchen.
"Hello, Boss, Second Boss, and Miss Fifth!" the chef and the waiter said in unison.
"We came here today mainly because the hot pot business is so bad, so we decided to make Malatang and hot and sour noodles instead. Today, Miss Wu will teach you how to make them. We will open tomorrow, so we will be closed for one day to prepare the ingredients.
Also, if someone asks you who taught you how to make Malatang and hot and sour noodles, just say I taught you. Do you understand?" Yang Zhongyi said sternly.
"It's clear, boss. No matter who asks, we will say it's boss." said the cook and the waiter.
Working here, the monthly salary is the highest in the entire county, three taels a month. With such good treatment, they would be fools to betray their employer.
Yang Zhongyi, Yang Zhongcheng and Yang Youxue were very satisfied with the answers of the cook and the waiter.
Yang Youxue taught the chef how to make malatang and hot and sour noodles. After three attempts, the chef finally made a satisfactory taste.
After giving Manager Wu some instructions and asking Yang Zhongcheng to stay and purchase ingredients for tomorrow's spicy hot pot with him, Old Man Yang took his family and left for the puppet shop.
After Old Man Yang left, a notice was posted in front of the hot pot restaurant, saying that the hot pot business was temporarily suspended and replaced with malatang and hot and sour noodles, and would open tomorrow.
Old man Yang brought his family to the puppet shop, left Huang Lijuan and Yang Qingman in the puppet shop, and took Yang Zhongyi, Yang Qingyao and Yang Youxue to the tooth market.
The Ya market is divided into three places. One is a place dedicated to selling livestock, such as cows, horses, donkeys and mules.
Another is selling people. In ancient times, selling people was legal. As long as the procedures were complete and it was not stolen or robbed, people could be bought and sold in the Ya market.
Therefore, there was no human rights in ancient times; they only talked about power.
The last place is to sell shops and yards. To buy land, you can only go to the county government office or find the village chief.
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