On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

The family ate a hurried lunch, then closed the doors and windows and counted their money.

"The total is one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three cash." Xiao Lian couldn't hide her joy after calculating clearly: "The two hundred cash was the change we used ourselves to make, which means we earned one thousand six hundred and fifty." Sanwen.”

She couldn't help but smile: "With one meal in the evening, I can earn three or four taels of silver every day!"

Xiao Xiu also calculated the money for buying groceries: "You haven't removed the money for buying groceries yet?"

"Twenty-seven kilograms of meat costs 594 kilograms. Five large herrings weigh 34 kilograms and cost 476 kilograms."

"The pig's head and pig's trotters cost one hundred and sixty-three cents, and the eggs and vegetables cost one hundred and thirty-two cents."

"This adds up to 1,145 Wen."

Lin Xuan also reminded: "The wine also cost five cents, including oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, sugar, rice, noodles, and firewood, it costs at least one hundred cents. Here we have six hundred cents."

Xiao Lian thought again that the monthly silver that Sanmei said would be six thousand coins, so two hundred coins would be deducted every day. She calculated carefully and took a breath: "Then after including the monthly money, the money spent will be One thousand nine hundred and forty-five cents!"

She was almost out of breath: "In other words, we still lost nearly 300 yuan?"

Wu was also distressed: "How can such a good business still lose money? Did you make a miscalculation?"

She finally became a master chef and managed to earn two taels of silver, but in the end, the hotel suffered a loss... Then not only would she not have money in the future, she would also not be able to have fish and meat like she did at noon.

She particularly regretted that she had not eaten more meat because she was afraid that her sister-in-law and nieces would think she was too good to eat.

Xiao Xiao also silently calculated in his mind: "That's right, there are three fish left, and only five or six kilograms of meat left. The eggs and vegetables are enough for the evening. Apart from buying some meat, there is no need to buy anything else. For dinner Most of the money earned is net profit.”

Mrs. Xiao then breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I can definitely earn another two taels of silver at night?"

He also advised Xiao Xiao tactfully: "Don't give away the sweet and sour pork. Then all the money you give away is money?"

"It's only been delivered for three days, and it's only a small plate." Xiao Xiao couldn't help laughing: "Grandma, our restaurant has just opened. If we want to attract customers, we should spend a little money."

Xiao Xiu agreed with her sister's approach: "What we give out is only small portions. If there are three people, we might run out of chopsticks and not be satisfied at all. Many people order large portions of sweet and sour pork. ?”

Fortunately, it was given for free. When it was served to the table, I told them that the small portion was for them to have a taste.

Mrs. Xiao also praised Xiao Xiao: "I didn't expect that you don't cook much on weekdays, but your sweet and sour pork tastes good."

She had discovered a long time ago that her little granddaughter was no longer as diligent as before.

But now that there are more Lin sisters in the house, they couldn't even cook a fire at first, but now they can cook a few dishes.

In addition, her little granddaughter was too cruel, so she didn't dare let her work.

Xiao Lian sneered: "She is lazy."

Thinking that my sister taught her grandmother and second aunt how to make sweet and sour pork, and the Lin sisters were there, I must have learned it too.

She had the idea of ​​beating her sister.

She decided to remind her sister privately later: If you teach the apprentice, the master will starve to death.

If Xiao Xiao knew what she was thinking, he would definitely say that he didn't want to stay in the kitchen in the future, so he would have to teach them.

Sweet and sour sweet and sour pork loin is Xiao Xiao's only specialty dish. She took the trouble to learn it because she likes to eat it.

The traditional method is to add sugar and vinegar. She also added six persimmons, which is a sauce made from tomatoes.

So Xiao Xiao told Xiao Dalang: "Go to the countryside in the afternoon and let everyone pick more June persimmons tomorrow morning. I'm going to make it into a sauce that will last a long time."

Thinking about it this way, I have to buy some bottles and cans.

Then she thought about the glass jars that her seniors had already created... She suddenly remembered that her teammates were very picky and disliked the canned fruits bought outside because they had too many additives. Therefore, she always makes her own canned fruits. She fills the boiled rock sugar Sichuan clams and snow pears to about 70% full and steams them in a steamer for five or six minutes.

Under the action of pressure, the bottle cap will shrink inward, and the can is sealed.

Not only can it relieve coughs and moisturize your throat, it also tastes pretty good.

The disadvantages are that the shelf life is short, only about half a year, and the price of the glass bottle is relatively high. The bottle cap does not have iron, and can only be replaced by a wooden stopper.

But she thought she could give it a try.

Before taking action, I also went outside to see if there are any canned fruits here.

She felt that although the Wu Dynasty would not be worn through a sieve, it still left many traces of its predecessors.

When crossing the city gate, there was an orderly division of labor. If it weren't for the different hairstyles and clothing, she would have thought she had met someone.

There are also many vegetables that are not what they should be now, but they all appear.

Cotton appeared on a large scale, and the prices of candles and the like were not particularly high.

Anyway, in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, the status of women has also improved, and they all have the shadow of their predecessors.

She felt that there should be cans and the like, but she might not have noticed them before.

She really hoped that she already had it, so that she would not be conspicuous when doing it, otherwise she would be afraid that she would be stared at.

She remembers the phrase "shooting the first bird with a gun" very firmly.

After putting away the money, everyone opened the doors and windows again, and the Lin sisters and Xiao Xiu began to wash the dishes together.

Xiao Dalang went to the back to fetch water.

There is no well in the small restaurant, so we have to go to the back to fetch water. The round trip takes almost a quarter of an hour.

After Old Man Xiao had eaten, he went back with Old Madam Xiao and his daughters-in-law. They had to rest for a while. Are they still busy making pancakes?

The advantage of opening a restaurant is that you can boil lard at home and you don’t have to worry about others being suspicious.

Xiao Xiao and Xiao Lian went to hang out.

In the past, she always went to relatively cheap grocery stores, but she couldn't afford the expensive ones anyway, and her own soap was not refined enough, so she could only sell it to grocery stores.

The sisters first walked into a jewelry store and admired the various jewelry, and then went to the next cloth shop.

It is a woman's nature to like shopping. The two sisters went shopping one by one. Seeing that they were about to reach the end of the street, Xiao Lian came back to her senses: "By the way, what did you want to buy? Why didn't I listen to your inquiry?"

"I want to buy some glass bottles." Xiao Xiao kept paying attention and decided that if he couldn't find it, he would just ask Yaren.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t buy things from other people’s stores and would be too embarrassed to ask them.

Xiao Lian shook her head: "Tsk, tsk, I heard it's very expensive, we might not be able to afford it."

He couldn't hide his envy and whispered in a low voice: "The Jiang family really has money. The windows in the living room are all made of colored glass, and there are also glass vases and fruit plates. They are really beautiful!"

Xiao Xiao retorted: "I think celadon and white porcelain vases look better."

She couldn't believe the quality of the current glass, and she had seen more glass, so she naturally liked the current products more.

Xiao Lian gave her a roll of her eyes: "You have really no taste."

Xiao Xiao was disappointed: "There is a generation gap between us."