pastoral fragrance

Chapter 96
The boy who was sitting by the window suddenly turned around, with surprise in his cold expression.His cold gaze swept Qiu Lin's face twice, and then turned to the osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root and sweet and sour lotus root balls on the Eight Immortals table.

It was obviously freshly baked, and steam was still rising from the plate.The fragrance emanating from the plate is also very attractive, just smelling it makes people move their index fingers.However, since Murong Yunfan is the young owner of Qingfeng Building, he naturally eats a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas.Looking at the two dishes on the table was not surprising.

"My lord, try it?" Qiu Lin didn't care about this, looked at Murong Yunfan with encouraging and expectant eyes, and said with a smile.

These kinds of foods are extremely popular in modern times, let alone ancient times?Qiulin believed that Murong Yunfan would be overwhelmed by these delicious foods.

Murong Yunfan may have sensed the earnestness in Qiulin's eyes, and suddenly a very shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.With a thought, he took the jade chopsticks that had been put aside and picked up a lotus root.

This lotus root yuanzi is made of lotus root paste and minced meat, mixed with fresh lotus root juice, which tastes extremely delicious.The sauce was drizzled on top and it was full of flavor.Bite it open, only to feel that the outer skin is very crispy, but the inner one is fresh and tender. I have never tasted such a taste.

"How about it, isn't it good?" Qiulin read some strange feelings from Murong Yunfan's slightly loosened facial expression.There was a beam of light in his eyes, but it was not as cold as ice as before.Because of his slight change, the icy air lingering around him suddenly dissipated a lot, giving people a feeling that the indifference he showed before was just a fake.

Qiulin suddenly felt that this person was cold on the outside, but warm on the inside.

"You girl, you know how to cook." It is undeniable that this dish won his heart.The outside is charred and the inside is tender, the taste is both crispy and not too dry, the taste is very delicious, and the salt taste is just right.

Murong Yunfan tasted the lotus root yuanzi, and then picked up a piece of lotus root with osmanthus glutinous rice. It also makes people move their index fingers.Murong Yunfan put down his chopsticks, only to feel his lips and teeth remain.He suddenly had an idea, this sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root can be used for dessert after dinner.

Murong Yunfan put down his chopsticks without further ado, clicked his tongue, and looked at Qiu Lin who was standing there with a refreshed mind.The tone suddenly returned to the previous cold state, "Tell me, how much are these three dishes?"

Uh, this person is too aggressive, she originally thought it would take a lot of talking.I didn't expect the young owner to raise the price.So Qiulin was a little bit taken aback, and didn't know what price to say was appropriate.

Qiulin's astonishment caused Murong Yunfan to sneer, "You spent so much time to stop me at the door, don't you just want to sell these three dishes to Qingfenglou? Why, now you're pretending to be confused again Come."

I'm not pretending to be confused, but I don't know how much the price should be.The consumption level in this place must be very high. If it is low, they will take advantage of it, but if it is high, people will think she is a lion.Qiulin pondered for a while and said, "Our kids are all country folks, so we don't have much experience. Why don't you let the price you say yourself, let's think about it."

Then Murong Yunfan was unambiguous, "300 taels, 100 taels for a dish, how about it?"

Qiuyue opened her mouth a long time ago, 300 taels, just three dishes can buy 300 taels of silver, which is really unimaginable!Is this price too high?

"My lord, are you blackmailing me? Qiulin knows that your Qingfenglou is the most famous in these ten villages and eight towns, and you have opened ten branches at least. And your consumption here is also extremely high, and you can buy just one boiled cabbage. It costs three taels of silver, and there are not a few literati and dignitaries who travel to and from Qingfeng Tower. I am afraid that they can earn back the 300 taels in a day. Do you think this price is suitable, sir?" Fortunately, when she was looking at the menu, she noticed Check the price, otherwise she would be very tempted by the 300 taels of silver!
"You little girl, you are really smart!" This girl seemed to know a lot, so he had to impress her! "Okay, 600 taels of silver, nothing more. You can weigh it yourself." 600 taels of silver is not a small amount, this girl should be content with it.

The 600 taels of silver seemed to be the young master's bottom line, and the business would collapse if it was added more, so Qiu Lin agreed.It was signed by Qiu Song when the document was drawn up, and then Qiu Lin told the young owner the recipe and precautions of these three dishes face to face, and the servants took notes.The young master was also very forthright, seeing Qiu Song signed, they sent a servant to fetch the money.

"My lord, the raw materials for these three dishes are lotus roots. Even if you have a large-scale lotus root fish pond, you may not be enough. We happen to have a thousand catties of lotus roots here. We will sell them to you for ten yuan, my lord." What do you think?" Qiulin has not been dazzled by the 200 taels of silver in front of her eyes, and she still knows what the most important thing to do when she comes to town today.

This little girl is quite right, these three dishes all use lotus root as raw material.I'm afraid the fishponds where we grow lotus root at home are really not enough.And the price of these ten papers is not high, so I agreed.

After leaving Qingfeng Building, Qiuyue was still a little foggy, this is not a dream, she earned 600 taels of silver so quickly.She has never seen so much money in her age!Qiuyue wanted to take it out and count again.

Qiulin pulled her and said in a low voice, "Don't reveal your wealth. If you want to count it, you have to wait until you get home!"

Heyi was also jealous, "Qiu Lin, you are so smart. I saw that man trembling all over and couldn't say anything. How dare you bargain with him." The most important thing is that it is so simple. Earned 600 taels of silver.It's really incredible.

For country people like them who plan their food in the soil, 600 taels is an astronomical figure.But in fact, for Qingfeng Building, it is not worth mentioning at all.And thinking about the value these three dishes would bring to Qingfenglou, it was far more than the 600 taels.In fact, they have lost money.It's just that the preoccupied young boss has said his words to death, and he will definitely not add more money.There is only a relatively large restaurant in this place, and it can only be reluctant to sell.

But fortunately, this young owner's family is not too much, at least they bought a thousand catties of lotus root, so they don't have to run to the town anymore.It's winter, and eight people died of cold when they came out of the cave, let alone wandering around the town.

In a blink of an eye, it is almost the Chinese New Year again, and Qiulin believes that this year will be a good one.Their family life will be prosperous!

Murong Yunfan sent three servants to set up bullock carts to go with Qiulin and the others.Packed back the remaining hundreds of catties of lotus root.After loading the lotus root onto the cart, the person in front took out ten taels of silver from his pocket.After giving the money, he got on the bullock cart and went to the town.

There are ten or eight round wooden barrels behind the bull cart driven by the three people, and they are piled up and tied with thick ropes so that they will not be rocked by shaking from side to side when driving the cart.The cow was struggling, and the wheels made deep marks on the mud, and drove forward with a "da da da".

Everyone in Luoshui Village stood in their yard and looked at these outsiders. When they saw the white lotus root on the wooden bucket inside the cart, they understood it.They must have come to Xu Nanshan's house to buy lotus roots.

Yan Shi looked at those plump white lotus roots and was very jealous.These lotus roots can be sold for at least ten taels of silver.No, she has to hurry up and tell her in-laws about it!
Yan Shi had already made up her mind, left her job of washing clothes, and rushed to Lizheng's house like a gallop.

Here, the Qiulin family's Han family and Xu Nanshan learned that the children had earned more than 600 taels of silver, and they were overjoyed not to mention it.

"Mother, why are you here?" Qiu Shuang was busy making a fire and cooking, but saw a black shadow flashing in the door of the stove, she took a closer look, isn't it her mother?
Yan walked over with a smile on her face, "Shuang'er, is your father-in-law here? Is there anything I can do with him?"

The Yan family never went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so Qiushuang naturally knew that her mother came here to find something to do with her father-in-law.She stood up and patted the dust off her body, "Yes, he's in the east room, I'll call him. Mother, watch the fire."

"Hey." After Qiushuang left, Mrs. Yan sat in front of the stove and set up a pile of firewood.

After a while, a vigorous middle-aged man stood between the main room and the stove room, and said, "Dear family, are you looking for me?"

Yan quickly stood up, patted the dust off her body, and walked towards Xu Guiping. "Isn't that true? Let's talk in the main room."

Xu Guiping nodded, retreated into the main room, sat on a half-worn chair, and smoked a cigarette.Gray-white smoke curled up.

"Father-in-law, that's how it is. It's the fish pond on the slope behind the sun of the second family's house. When the father-in-law was there, he didn't say which family to share the fish pond with. Now the second family raises lotus root in it privately. He neither greeted us nor gave us anything when the harvest was over. Since the father-in-law didn't share the fish pond with any family, there is no share for his second family. Even if he wanted to share, the eldest son would be the eldest , that fish pond belongs to our family too!" Straight to the point, Yan spat at Xu Guiping.

Seeing Yan Shi, Xu Guiping probably knew why she came here.In the past, his second son's family could have valued several acres of Susukida, not to mention this fish pond now.This fish pond has at least ten taels of silver a year!How could the Yan family be willing to give up such a big piece of fat?

(End of this chapter)