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Chapter 44 The Uninvited Guest

Girls mature earlier than boys. Although Ah Xi is only nine years old, she already knows what it means to be married, so she tore off the corners of her clothes, blushed, and left her mother's bed like a wind. What a pity. This room is a large room, separated only by curtains, there is really nowhere to hide.

Ah Tie loves this younger sister very much, but now he doesn't care about the brother and sister's jokes: "Ah Xi also knows how to be shy, and I will always find her a good husband in the future."

The thirteenth aunt was not grateful for his support at all, she joked with a smile: "Just find yourself a good bride, and mother will feel at ease."

Ah Tie: ...

Qin Zhao didn't know that the brother and sister Ah Tie had nowhere to hide after being teased by Aunt Thirteen. She was sitting in front of the long desk and flipping through a book. In the dark night, there were frogs singing and insects singing outside the window, and the light of the oil lamp flickered on and off. Darkness dances between the books.She couldn't read a single word, and thought about her life experience for a while, but she couldn't figure out why she ended up here, so she simply threw away the book, lay down on the bed, and remembered what she was going to do.

Since I told Ah Tie about trying the frying oil, the soybeans are ready-made. When Qitangbo’s family sent them back, in addition to planting sprouts, there were still some left over, and because they were provided to Qitangbo’s restaurant After a few days of bean sprouts, Aunt Qi asked her family to send some more, which was enough for her to experiment.

But pine nuts have to find a way to go to the mountains to collect some, but where are there pine cones in this season?We can only wait until after autumn.If she can really try to fry the pine nuts to produce oil, then the whole village can go to the mountains to clean up the pine cones, but how to peel the pine nuts is a troublesome matter.Originally, I thought this thing was just a useless thing in the mountains, but it is not easy to really want to use it.Pine cones are easy to harvest, but pine nuts are difficult to shell, and it takes a lot of trouble to get pine nuts.In this way, this pine nut oil is probably much more expensive than soybean oil.

But having said that, in terms of quality, pine nut oil is not comparable to soybean oil, and it is normal to be more expensive.

Thinking of the difficulties, Qin Zhao glanced at them. Pine nuts are hard to come by. Wouldn’t it be easy to fry pine nuts as a snack?After all, there will be shops selling jerky at that time, and if they fry it and sell it, someone will buy it.

Besides, you can't just sell one kind of dried meat in a dried meat shop, you have to find a way to make other foods that are easy to store and sell it together.Enriching product lines and expanding profits means reducing costs in disguise.Although she has absolute confidence in the jerky business, a few more roads are never a bad thing.

Just, what can be done?
If in her previous life, she had all the ingredients, she would be able to make a few dim sum by herself with good looks and good taste.The problem is that there is nothing to ask for at the moment, and besides, dim sum means that rich people buy some food occasionally, and it is a business for rich people. Even if it is a best-selling product, the sales volume is very limited. Not suitable for a while.

The more I think about it, the more I feel hurt. There is not even a sunflower here.Otherwise, fry some melon seeds, lie in the sun in winter, read a book, and eat melon seeds, what a pleasant life it will be?The consolation is that there are finally pine nuts available.Thinking of this, Qin Zhao's eyes lit up. It's not just pine nuts. Apart from pine nuts, can melon and other melon seeds be used?It's soybeans. It's summer now, and it's the season when green beans are on the market. You can also fry green beans, right?
Qin Zhao thought about all the things she had seen here, and it really made her come up with something that could make fresh food.

In addition to stir-fried green beans, the green beans can also be wrapped in milk and flour and fried into beans, which are fragrant, crispy and crispy.

She even thought of popcorn. Although there is no corn, the popcorn made from rice is even more delicious. It's a pity that popcorn must be sealed to preserve it, otherwise it will collapse overnight and there is no place to store it. can give up.But now that she has a round oven for roasting soybeans, she can try to make some for herself.

Also, since there is tofu here, why can't you make five-spice dried tofu?Grandpa used to like Suzhou Caizhizhai's dried tofu as a side dish. Although she has never made it, it is not difficult to think about it.And because of the weather here, even in summer, it can be stored for a few days if it is sealed in an earthen jar.

Also, there are not a lot of fish in the river. When the time comes, let the villager specially net the finger-sized fish. She buys them back and makes fried fish cakes. As long as the taste is good, she will not worry about not being able to sell them.Although it takes a lot of work, it is also a way to make money.Even if she doesn't do it herself, when the time comes, give the method to a trustworthy person and let them do it. The shop is responsible for the consignment, which can not only help the villager, make a good relationship, but also enrich the products in the shop, killing two birds with one stone.

The spread of her thoughts made her come up with a lot of ideas.Qin Zhao was afraid that he would forget about it when he woke up in the morning, so he turned over and got up, and wrote down his ideas on paper one by one.

She was not in a hurry to implement all these money-making plans, but the matter of the shop was imminent. Early the next morning, Uncle Qitang sent someone to Yun's house, first to send Aunt Qi to buy for Qin Zhao. The second is to ask Yunrui to come over and talk.

Yun Rui waited until after lunch before returning home, still smelling of alcohol, knowing that Qin Zhao was concerned about the shop, washed up, changed into homely clothes, and accompanied Qin Zhao to the old man in the yard. He sat down under the cypress tree.

"Is the matter of the shop settled? Qitang Bo can find a suitable shop?"

"The money in the two market towns has been found, but the location of the shop is not particularly good. Now that we are in a hurry, we can only make do with it for a few days. Fortunately, these two shops were originally dim sum shops, and they can be used after a little tidying up. .I’ll change it later when I find a good one. The price is also fair. So in the past few days, we’ll have to work hard to produce some dried meat first.”

"The seventh uncle agreed to buy the shop, and the two of us shared it equally? Is our family's current money enough?"

A Cai is in charge of the Yun family's money. Although she has made some money these days, Qin Zhao can estimate the approximate amount, but she really doesn't know the exact amount.Moreover, a lot of furniture has been added to the house, and some of it has been used.

"Because your seventh cousin is not satisfied with these two shops, so I just rent them and pay some rent. I will buy them when I find a better shop." Yun Rui said with a smile, "The matter of money, Ah Zhao Don't worry, even if we don't have the money our family has saved these days, we still have some money to use."

Having said that, Qin Zhao felt relieved.It is said that a penny can drive a hero to death, and it is always a pleasant thing to not worry about money.Then again, although she escaped from her former family background, it is clear that her mother and elder brother are not completely unprepared, and it is absolutely impossible for Yun Rui and A Cai to go out with empty pockets.There must be enough gold and silver.

Starting a business is always something to be happy about. Although there are more trivial things than before, Yunrui is mature and considerate in handling things, and because he used to be a guard, he is meticulous, and he is the Duke of the country. He came from the palace and the palace, and his knowledge is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Once he started to take charge of the workshop, Qin Zhao didn't need to worry about everything.

It's just that as soon as the news spread that he was going to open a jerky workshop and recruit a lot of helpers, troubles really followed.

That day Yunrui went to the butcher shop in the market town to buy beef, and he went to the butcher shop to discuss the future supply. A Cai and Qin Zhao sat under the cypress tree in the courtyard, one was doing needlework and the other was practicing calligraphy. Push the chai gate and enter the courtyard.

"Oh, sister A Cai is making clothes for Uncle Yun? Is Zhao Niang writing? It's really amazing. We can't find a few people who can read in the whole village. They are the girls taught by sister A Cai and Uncle Yun. no the same."

"Ninth sister-in-law? No one in our village praises A Cai as a lucky person, and only A Cai's sister is worthy of a talent like Uncle Yun. It's Zhao Niang. In our village, whose little lady is comparable? "

The voice was warm and flattering, and both Qin Zhao and A Cai raised their heads.

There were already three women standing in the courtyard, one of them was the Aunt Jiu's wife Cui Shi whom she had seen at Ah Tie's house that day, and she was holding a rattan basket in her hand, while the other two, Qin Zhao, were unfamiliar with each other. I've seen it before, but I don't know how to call it.Going to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, and letting Auntie Jiu condescend to visit her is nothing more than a matter of hiring someone from the meat jerky.

Qin Zhao frowned slightly, she really didn't like this Aunt Jiu.Now just looking at the smile on her face, and the look of looking at herself, the kindness in her eyes can be squeezed out, as if she is the most beloved child of her own family, as if she was at Ah Tie's house that day. None of her sarcasm ever happened.

"Ninth sister-in-law, eleventh sister-in-law, fourteenth sister-in-law, why are you free to come over? Please come in and sit down." A Cai saw a visitor.Busily put away the needle and thread, stood up to greet Qin Zhao, and said to Qin Zhao, "Azhao, I've seen the three aunts soon."

Although he didn't like it in his heart, but the proper etiquette was indispensable, Qin Zhao put down the pen in his hand unhurriedly, put it on the pen holder, and then saluted with a smile: "Yun Zhao has met the three aunts. "

Nine Aunt Cui hurriedly said: "Look, I said that Zhao Niang is very obedient and polite, so don't call me aunt. Now that you live in the village, you can be regarded as people from our Zhujiazhuang, so you will be with Ah Tie. They are average, just call me Jiu Auntie, and it seems that our family is kind."

Qin Zhao pouted secretly, she couldn't bear such a family.Too lazy to talk to her, he stood aside with a smile.

A Cai wanted to welcome them into the house, but the fourteenth sister-in-law refused with a smile: "We are not outsiders, Aunt A Cai, please don't be polite, this courtyard is cool, let's just sit here."

Cui Zhengwan had to take back the foot that was striding forward.She secretly blamed the fourteenth daughter-in-law for being troubled, and she was about to go to the Yun family's house to have a look, so it would be difficult to enter the house.I also thought about coming over to do things in the future, there are many opportunities, and I am not in a hurry. At this moment, the unhappiness in my heart will disappear.

"Yes, it's cool outside. It's cheaper for us to talk here, and it saves you, A Cai, from having to entertain us. By the way, there are our own eggs in this basket. Considering that this is the first time we visit the house, we will give it to you." You send some." As he said, he handed the basket in his hand to A Cai's hand.

A Cai naturally refused to accept it, and the two gave in.

Qin Gui thought it was funny, this Auntie Jiu is really not thin-skinned, the cloth on the basket almost sank into the bottom of the basket, how many eggs could there be in it?Thanks to her for picking such a big basket.I don't know how much she gave away.What's more, the entertainment, the village people come to gossip, what kind of entertainment are they talking about?
Qin Zhao stepped forward and said with a smile: "Mother, our family doesn't raise chickens, and daddy entrusts someone to bring eggs from the market town in normal days. Auntie Jiu sent them in such a big basket. I can count how many eggs there are. Maybe it will be enough for our family to eat for a few days," he said, reaching out to remove the cloth covering the basket.

When Auntie Jiu heard her words, her old face couldn't hold back anymore, and she cursed in her heart that she really is an impolite girl, who is going to break other people's courtesy in front of the guests, and she is still counting how many there are.There are a total of seven or eight eggs in this basket. If it is really uncovered, wouldn't it be embarrassing and a joke?
(End of this chapter)