Chapter 215 The Four Grids’ Fault
Xu Qing dreamed of buying another shop, so naturally he could not delay and started working right away.
This time was the same as last time, there is strength in numbers. Xu Qingmeng did not do anything herself, but just gave instructions from the side. These maids were all capable, especially those with good cooking skills, and they quickly got the hang of it.
Like Xinting, she sat in front of the big pot and started frying dried chilies.
Everyone started working enthusiastically.
Because the pot at home was occupied, Xu Qingmeng went to the street to buy some steamed buns and a few stir-fried dishes and simply made do with it.
Throughout the day, the pungent smell in the Gu family's house did not fade until dark, and Gu Yunyi and others had already returned from school.
Xu Qingmeng was resting in the house at this time. He and Xinting came to the kitchen again with three maids.
The three of them are all good cooks, so they prepared dinner for the host.
The other mother Liu went to reconnect with Yun Sheng and Yun Mo who had just returned home.
This Madam Liu has been a personal maid of a young lady from a wealthy family since she was a child. She has been doing this for decades and has learned a lot of etiquette, poetry and books. Among all the servants, she is definitely a sought-after one.
However, there are many people from well-off families who want to invite her back. However, Mother Liu is not an ordinary person and they cannot afford to invite her back. It’s just that Mother Liu is very picky about people. Even if the price is high, if the family tradition is not good, Mother Liu will not accept her.
The reason she was willing to come this time was because she heard that the Gu family came from Yan County, had a good family tradition, and there were relatively few masters, so there were not so many things to do. In addition, Little Li kept talking about it, so Mother Liu was willing to come.
Mother Liu is old, and she has no children. She really doesn't want to pay attention to those intrigues.
After entering the room, of course many people looked at Xu Qingmeng and He, even Xinting looked at them.
The first impression she had from them was very good. There weren't the complicated things that other people had in their homes, and the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law got along just like mother and daughter. Even though her cousin Xinting lived at home, He had nothing to say.
Her main task was to take care of the two children, so she agreed immediately.
Yun Sheng and Yun Mo are very cute. They are not as spoiled as those children from wealthy families. They are also polite and smart.
When the two little guys heard that Mother Liu would take care of them in the future, they kept calling her Grandma Liu with such sweet mouths.
Mother Liu is not that old, but she is still older than Mrs. He. If she follows the normal life trajectory, she will indeed be old enough to be a grandmother.
So it didn’t feel awkward.
Mother Liu was originally quite serious, but Yun Sheng was the kind of person who was quite likable, and soon he coaxed Mother Liu into letting go of her dignity and making her laugh non-stop.
In the kitchen, Xinting and three other maids were preparing dinner.
Among the three maids, Aunt Lin is the carefree type, Aunt Tian is the quiet type but very efficient at work, and Aunt Rong is the best cook among them.
Aunt Lin hurriedly asked if everyone had any food taboos or preferences.
However, the fact that Aunt Lin could think of this shows that she is a very delicate person, and she is also confident in her craftsmanship.
Xinting said that no one in her family has any dietary restrictions.
Aunt Lin made a dish of braised pork with eggplant, Aunt Tian made a dish of stir-fried pork with green pepper, and Aunt Rong made fish ball soup.
Xu Qingmeng had made fish balls before. It was quite difficult to pinch the fish balls. Aunt Rong didn't talk much and her presence was very low, but in a short while, the fish scales had been scraped off.
This requires someone who is quite skilled at it, and the knife skills also need to be very good.
Aunt Lin and Aunt Tian prepare more down-to-earth home-cooked meals, which they do very quickly and with dexterity.
When Xu Qing woke up from his dream, the meal was already ready.
What surprised everyone was that all three dishes were very good.
"tasty!"
The three of them received unanimous praise from everyone and felt relieved.
Xu Qingmeng also knew the levels of the three people and knew how to arrange the work in the future.
The next day, the Gu family started making chili oil chilies crazily again.
Xu Qingmeng went to the store. There was a job opening notice posted there, and as soon as she arrived at the store, a group of people came to apply for the job.
After Xu Qingmeng's interview, fifteen people were selected.
Ten of them were from the provincial capital, and the remaining five were from other counties, so they had to live in the store. Fortunately, there were side rooms in the yard of the store.
Xu Qingmeng plans to give some good training in the next two days. Of course, he also needs to teach how to make the hot pot base, but he still has to wait until the red chili oil is ready.
After a few busy days, the Gu family finally prepared the chili oil needed by the noodle shop.
It was Dashan who came to pick up the goods. "Thank you for your hard work, Madam Gu. Let's settle the money right away."
Dashan didn't hide it from anyone and directly handed Xu Qingmeng a few silver bills, which were valid throughout the country.
However, a deposit of one thousand taels has been received, but this still amounts to a full one thousand six hundred taels.
Aunt Lin and the others were stunned. They had never expected that this small piece of red chili pepper was so valuable. Mrs. He had calmed down a lot.
Xu Qingmeng, as usual, tucked it into his sleeve and walked the man out the door with a smile.
After Xu Qingmeng sent the people away, he went back to study the hot pot pot. Now that there were servants at home, the cleaning job was naturally left to them.
When eating hotpot before, Xu Qingmeng used simple ingredients. Now that he is doing business, he naturally cannot be casual.
It’s better to have a shuangyang hotpot, spicy, tomato, clear soup...
Xu Qingmeng simply wanted to design it into a four-grid layout so that she could have a variety of flavors.
When I booked the table directly, I told the chef that the middle of the table had to be empty, and the bottom certainly couldn't be made solid, because the hot pot needed to be heated by charcoal, but I seemed to have forgotten to ask the chef to apply fire-retardant paint.
Half an hour later, Xu Qingmeng finished drawing the design of the pot, and then told He to find someone to make it to order. Naturally, He ran away very quickly.
After all, if such a big shop is not open for one day, it will lose money.
After drawing these, Xu Qingmeng took Xinting to buy ingredients and told them that they would have hotpot in the evening.
Xinting has eaten it and she likes it very much.
The two went to the butcher shop first. Unlike in Fucheng and Yanxian, beef and mutton were always available there. Xu Qingmeng and his friends bought a lot. The stall owner was very happy and gave them a large piece of beef fat as a gift.
This stall has a complete range of items, including tripe. Xu Qingmeng was still very excited. After all, tripe is the soul of hotpot.
They walked around and came across a shrimp seller. They bought a lot of them, which were just enough to make shrimp paste.
The ingredients were almost bought, so Gu Tong sent them back, and Xu Qingmeng took Xinting to the grocery store she had been to before, but it was still some distance away.
(End of this chapter)
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