delicious little cook

Chapter 237 Preparing to Accept New Industries

"All right, all right, you have many reasons. I'll mention it to the eldest lady tomorrow. I don't know if it can be done."

"They are high-quality apprentices trained by the culinary art workshop in the capital. They have good basic skills. It is definitely no problem to show off their skills in the local area, but they stay in the mansion. Hehehehe, there are three young masters in the second room, the fourth and fifth young masters are similar You've reached the age where you're interested in girls."

"If you tell the Second Madam what you said, she will be so scared that she will never leave. Do you believe it?"

"Believe it! So we must persuade her to take the cook to set off, so as not to cause a scandal in the house. I entrust such a heavy responsibility to you, my son."

Gu Yun half-closed his eyes and looked at Bai Kou for a while, then tapped her nose.

"You never miss a chance."

"Businessmen must be good at seizing opportunities."

"Hey hey hey, no one is looking for you yet, so you call yourself a businessman."

"Sooner or later, those three workshops will be merged. The raw materials of the housekeeping soap are special, and the neighbors in the neighborhood are illiterate. They can't understand more complicated issues. If the housework soap and the fragrant soap are produced in one workshop, it will be much worse. One day, those idlers will definitely spread rumors that we use waste oil to make fragrant soap, which will be a fatal blow to the business, so there must be two workshops for their own production."

"But didn't you say that the men in charge of the two families are all sick, and there is no value for annexation."

"Then buy an independent courtyard, and we will train the workers ourselves. If the women and children of the two families are willing to join us, we can buy it and use it in the workshop to make money to support their men."

"The plan is pretty good, but don't let the plan fail to keep up with the changes after a few days."

"This is the charm of business, full of unknown variables all the time."

Gu Yun opened his mouth silently, wondering if he was stupid, why didn't he understand the meaning of Bai Kou's words, who would think that a variable that cannot be controlled is called charm? !

"Is it attractive that variables make people lose everything?"

"It was a nightmare."

Gu Yun was relieved, Bai Kou's mind was still normal.

Bai Kou patted Gu Yun's hand off, stood up on the ground, straightened her skirt, casually told Gu Yun about next year's free note about delivery at the end of this year, and then walked away.

Gu Yun didn't care about such small things at all, he was just thinking about what kind of cushions to lay on after changing the imperial concubine's bed tomorrow to be comfortable.

The next day, Bai Kou patrolled around as usual, and when he went to the East Kitchen, he heard that Guan Xiumei and the others were punished again yesterday. The two had to serve their senior sister Deng Jinxiang, and they had to do some work more or less, while Guan Xiumei and Deng Jinxiang enjoyed the service of their junior sisters for a long time like the queen mother. Except for cooking skills, their living skills were very weak, and they suffered all the cynicism and ridicule from the kitchen. Even the mother-in-law sent by the second wife to supervise didn't like to see them.

Hearing that the four of them left crying after finishing their work, Bai Kou felt a little sympathetic to them. They were so stupid that they were so ignorant of current affairs. No wonder the four of them had always been mediocre in cooking and had no brains.

Knowing that these four people no longer pose any threat to her current self, Bai Kou didn't bother to care about their gossip, and went back to Zhongmingyuan after finishing her routine.

In Gu Yun's study room, the maids had already put away the chaise longue, and moved the replaced tables and chairs outside the door of the small warehouse in the back building, waiting for Bai Kou to come back and get the key to open the door and put things in.

After finishing these trivial matters, Bai Kou went back to her room to concentrate on reading. When Gu Yun arrived home in the evening, she followed the routine with the maids to serve him for supper and rest.

Gu Yun didn't say when he would send someone to find Tang Lin and his wife, so Bai Kou didn't bother to make troubles, and the wife ended the day peacefully.

Two or three days passed quickly, and it was September [-]th in the blink of an eye. After Gu Yun went out in the morning, Bai Kou went about her usual business. When she came back from the East Kitchen, Aunt Su gave her a note with her handwriting on it. To Li Fushun.

Bai Kou put away the note, went back to the house and changed into the riding clothes with arrow sleeves, first went to the school grounds to borrow four people from Gu Yun's bodyguard captain Yang Dahai, and the five went to the stables to lead the horses to the street, and rushed to Li Ji's soap workshop. On the way, I went to two dental shops and invited two dental professionals to go with me.

Hearing that it was the business of Gu Yun, the eldest son of Lord Ye, Yaren and Yaren were overjoyed, and Bai Kou called a cart on the street to take Yaren there. Five horses and one cart arrived at the gate of Liji Street. outside.

The flag was not hung, which meant that the business was suspended, but their children were still playing at the door, as if they were waiting for Bai Kou to see her coming, and while calling to the courtyard for their parents, they skillfully stepped forward to lead the horse to let her calm down. Landed firmly.

Neighbors in the neighborhood pretended to be chatting, and they all crowded outside the gates of each street to look around. A few busy people rushed to inform Da Huang Ji and Xiao Huang Ji, lest the excitement would not be big enough.

It was the first time for the guards to come here, and they nodded silently when they saw the clean and tidy courtyard. Li Fushun and his family hurriedly greeted the guests to come in and have a cup of hot tea.

Entering the house, everyone sat around the Eight Immortals table. The two Yaren were the protagonists at this time, one was from the manor house and the other was the raw mouth. Li Fushun and his family voluntarily fell into Gu Yun's name as slaves with the house, and the Yaren had to be responsible. Go to the Yamen to complete the formalities.

Bai Kou brought people here today to check the situation and confirm that Li Fushun's family was voluntary and not coerced. She didn't want to wait for the formalities to be completed and make troubles.

The Yaren of Zhuangzhai also specially brought Li Fushun's archived deed when he bought the house earlier, on which there are four maps of the house, that is, the general floor plan of the courtyard. Such a house in disrepair is not cheap at all in Tianshuifang, which belongs to Shangfang. The total price of one piece of deed tax is 68 taels. With this money, you can not only buy a tidy courtyard in Xiafang, but also have extra.

Li Fushun brought the family account book, and their creditor is Zhuangzhai Yahang, which has the duty to advance the payment. They first paid the full amount of the house due to the previous owner, and then settled the accounts with Li Fushun's family, paying a little each year. Principal plus interest.

It’s been almost ten years since I bought this dilapidated house, and now I’ve paid back less than 30 taels even with the principal and interest, and their income from selling soap is exactly the same as their expenses, and the extra money has to be subsidized by the women’s family members who do some needlework. Otherwise, the interest money for the dental office will not be squeezed out every year.

Now that Li Fushun's family has invested in Gu Yun's name, Gu Yun will pay the rest of the house in one lump sum, Zhuang Ya naturally grinned from ear to ear.

Shengkou Yaren copied down the names of Li Fushun's whole family so that he could go back to the dental office and prepare the necessary contracts.

(End of this chapter)