delicious little cook

Chapter 961

Bai Xiaoyan received Bai Kou's indemnity, and thought that compared to what Bai Kou paid for taking over other people's shares, the 800 taels was nothing to her, and she felt a little reconciled in her heart.

But he wanted more, but the government no longer supported him, and only gave a basic calculation rule. It has been about eight years since Bai Yehong's family had an accident, and the calculation is 100 taels a year, and 800 taels in eight years. The government thinks it is reasonable.

So Bai Xiaoyan had no choice but to settle the case with the money and start a new business at home. The money was enough to buy a restaurant in a good location.

Their family started out as cooks in the army, followed the emperor Taizu to conquer the world, and got the status of hereditary imperial cook after being rewarded for their meritorious deeds. It has been passed down from generation to generation. Bai Xiaoyan himself originally worked in the imperial kitchen with his uncle, but that year After the accident, all members of the Bai clan were expelled from the imperial kitchen, even the cooks and servants who had the same surname and were not actually related to each other were all driven away.

Although in the end Bai Xiaoyan's father took over the position of patriarch and expelled the uncle's house, the entire clan has been severely damaged, just like the Zhangji Tiepu, the grandfather's house of Bai Kou and sisters, it has indeed been a few years The days were difficult, and everything went wrong, until this year I was forced to sell the family property to pay off the debt.

Thinking of this Bai Xiaoyan made me feel uncomfortable
But looking at the bank note in his hand, Bai Xiaoyan felt that he couldn't get along with the money. Bai Kou now has a lot of respect in the court. Although he won the lawsuit this time, the government still faces her after all. It will be true, and people will say that he is a big man who got money from the little girl who expelled the family. , I believe that with their family cooking skills, the business will be booming.

Bai Kou didn't worry about Bai Xiaoyan at all, she was already prepared, and the soldiers came to cover up the water and the soil, and she had the reputation of being an imperial cook for generations, and she didn't bring the family back to the road of prosperity for eight years. Such a person is nothing to worry about.

As the new year approaches, everyone is busy with their own affairs, and there is no peace in the court. With the increasing number of confessions and evidence, countless people have been imprisoned, and their family properties have been confiscated. King Yu and the eldest princess are unable to fully refund the money they smuggled and robbed for so many years. A large amount of wealth, the sage decreed that all their property should be used to cover it, and the amount recovered would be counted.

The well-built Prince Yu's Mansion and the Great Princess' Mansion became empty mansions in a few days. Fortunately, there was still income from the food town, so they would not be unable to eat, because even their good clothes and jewelry were taken away, as long as they looked a little Nothing of the value of the pledge was left behind, and only the sage gave orders to give and cancel food. After all, they were the direct descendants of the Tian family, and the sage would still leave food for them.

But even if the family property of the two prefectures was emptied, the huge hole still couldn’t be filled. The money spent was spent, and it was impossible to get it back. Let's deal with it again.

Gan Yuwen was moved upon hearing the news. His younger sister’s family was in need of a new house and wanted to live closer to his elder brother and sister-in-law. It happened that there was no house in a neighborhood adjacent to his home. He walked around the outer wall and made an estimate. I was quite satisfied with the size of the house, so I approached the people from the Ministry of Industry through his network and said hello in advance. Well, the Ministry of Industry has received a lot of notes and various greetings these days, and there is no time to give Gan Yuwen special treatment.

Gan learned that her elder brother had shown her a good house, but now there are five or six people competing, and she doesn't know how many people will snap up that house after the Chinese New Year. Shi had to pray three times a day, hoping that he could get that house.

Bai Kou heard about this from the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs at the factory. The Ministry of Works is responsible for disposing of the confiscated houses, but the money collected is the account of the Household Department, so the news is the same. The other party kindly reminded Bai Kou, If you want to buy a house for yourself as a dowry, you have to make preparations early. For her sake, the house she likes guarantees that no one will compete with her.

Buying a house for herself and moving out of the palace to live on her own really moved Bai Kou's heart, but after further questioning, she found that the houses that were fined and confiscated were all called large mansions for a single commoner like her. There is no small bungalow suitable for her to live alone, so she has no interest in her heart. She thanked her for her kindness with a smile and then forgot about it. Get it, go back and share with Gu Yun for four or six points.

The business of the factory is doing well this year, and the [-]% bonus is tens of thousands of taels, which immediately made up for all the money she spent a few days ago. In addition, after she took over Shi Tianmin's farm shares, it was just calculated. The dividend also belongs to her. Although it is only some money from the agricultural income, the factory area has not been put into production and there is no profit, but in general, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Having money in your hands is happiness, so Bai Kou ran to the silver building with a few bank notes in hand to buy some new jewelry for herself to attend the New Year's banquet at the Ufa Zaghi embassy.

After Gu Yun received the money, he distributed a share to the public as a tribute as usual, and then bought it for his family. If he saw any rare and interesting gadgets, he would also buy them and give them to Bai Kou.

Bai Kou didn't accept his overly expensive gifts at all, but she couldn't resist the temptation of exquisite gadgets with exquisite craftsmanship. Gu Yun would still accept a few of the things that Gu Yun gave her and put them in his room as decorations. Every day there were people queuing up to give her expensive gifts, but they were all stopped by the housekeeper, and no one could enter the gate of the palace.

As for those gifts, according to what Gong Changji heard from the princess, Bai Kou didn't open them, but after reading the gift list, if they were sweets and snacks, they were distributed to the servants, high-end seafood was given to her sister, and the rest were inedible. The things, even the packaging, were placed in the empty room, half of the room was full of piles, and the princess was already thinking about whether to put a few shelves in and tidy it up. During the Chinese New Year, there would be no place to set foot in that house.

Gu Yun suddenly felt that Bai Kou was still willing to put the gadgets he gave her in her room. Does it mean that he still has hope? !
Suddenly thinking about this, Gu Yun felt warm all over in an instant. Isn't the icy and snowy land of the twelfth lunar month not so bitterly cold!
Gu Yun, who had hope for his own future, buried this pride in his heart, and didn't tell anyone, especially Bai Kou, otherwise she would lose her temper when she got angry, and it would be a mess.

But he didn't say anything, but he couldn't hide it on his face. He always smiled when he walked in and out, but his smile was hard to describe.

Mrs. Gu tugged at her husband's sleeve worriedly.

"Our son, isn't he stupid when he reads books?"

(End of this chapter)