After Xiao Linyu left, the Su family, which had always been calm, became calmer.
The business of Sujiaxiang's shop is getting bigger and bigger now. There are ten people who make dim sum in the back kitchen. Young Jin also specially found a woman surnamed Chen who had done some small business in front of her. That sister-in-law Chen is a neat person who knows what to do and can watch her words. Since the front shop was handed over to her, the business has improved a little, and there are more repeat customers, so You Jin can rest assured to let her take care of it.
Today, Young Yin is only in charge of the daily shop's account, while Young Zhu is firmly in charge of the dim sum recipes. The two sisters are now more capable, and Young Jin is only involved in the major matters of entering the shop and monthly accounting, and the rest of the operation. The trivial matters were left to the two sisters to discuss, but they ended up being leisurely.
Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Su Jiaxiang has made moon cake molds early for customers to choose and pre-order. Now that there are ten days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, more than 700 moon cake orders have been received. Su Jiaxiang's moon cakes are divided into three grades, which are four coins, eight coins, and two taels of silver. One portion is only six, which can be said to be expensive.
There are many people in Luohe Prefecture, and the most important thing is the rich. In addition, when it comes to dim sum in Luohe Prefecture, no one knows Su Jiaxiang. Those rich people naturally don’t care about these small money. After all, moon cakes are more When you give it away, all you want is a face, and if the one you give away can't make it to the table, then it's a real price drop! Therefore, the most expensive order of two taels of silver accounted for more than half of the seven hundred.
In front of him, Young Yin was cackling at the abacus, not happy. The back chef, Xiaozhu, with a ten-person dim sum team, also began to work overtime to make moon cakes. Although it's a little tired, but according to the worker incentive plan formulated by the three young Jin sisters after negotiation at the beginning of this year, for every snack sold, the front and rear cooks can get a corresponding commission. The people in the back kitchen are a little tired, but now they can basically get nearly two taels of silver every month, which is more than double the salary of the dim sum shop outside! Therefore, whether they have sold their bodies into the Su family or not, all of them are determined to work with the Su family.
"Just now, there was news from the front, and I received another thirty moon cakes of two taels. From today onwards, we will have to eat and live in the store, and we will have to make all the moon cakes at the latest. The second sister has discussed it, and when the busy time is over, I will give everyone a three-day vacation in turn, and have a good rest!" Youzhu mixed the honey osmanthus in the right proportion into the red bean paste, and handed it over to the others to mix it up and give it to everyone. Cheer up. When Su Jiaxiang changed the shop, Young Jin deliberately found a rather large shop. In addition to the kitchen, there were eight rooms in the backyard, two of which were used to store the ingredients needed to make snacks on weekdays, and the remaining five rooms. It was changed to a general store, and one room was used by the Su sisters to rest on weekdays, and the furnishings were readily available.
"Don't worry, the three girls, we can finish it soon!" A woman patted her chest through a lotus-colored mask and said, "It's nothing, we sisters have to do it for the sake of money, right?" As soon as these words came out, Everyone nodded and said yes, and the work in their hands was released faster.
Now the back kitchen has formed a tacitly coordinated assembly line operation. Those responsible for mixing stuffing, kneading dough, and topping the mold have a clear division of labor and cooperate with each other. The work of the dim sum chef is a whole day. In order to reduce the burden on the big guys, Xiaozhu specially custom-made a long work table and a stool with the right height. Standing all day until my legs are swollen, it is a lot more comfortable.
Another fair-born woman also smiled and said, "Let's not talk about others, just the honey in our family is much better than others!" In the beehives on Houjiawan Mountain, there are not many beekeepers in Dafeng, and there are very few who can add honey to mix desserts like the Su family. The unique sweet smell of honey is mixed with the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus. I don't know how many people have been greedy, so now the desserts like bean paste have become a must-buy snack for Su Jiaxiang's guests.
There was a shallow smile on the corner of Xiaozhu's mouth, but she didn't say much. Today, only my mother, eldest sister and myself know the recipes for dim sum at home. Although the people in the shop also know what ingredients are, but the specific proportion is that the eldest sister has spent many nights with herself and tasted those dim sums with only subtle differences in taste. The recipe that was developed after tasting it. This is the recipe that she lives on, and she can't leak it out.
You Jin is the most eloquent person in the Su family. Even if it is a little sweeter or the heat is a little overdone, the elder sister can always taste the difference, so every time you have a new idea, Youzhu has to tug at it. Let her give opinions and ideas together. Although Xiaozhu's food is still not delicious, her mind is turning fast and she dares to think that many of the best-selling dim sum in Su Jiaxiang's shop are her whims. Now the conditions at home are getting better and better. , So you can rest assured that the young gold will let her toss.
Only a few girls in the Su family know about Su Jiaxiang's recipe, and this is clear to everyone who works in Su Jiaxiang. It was not that there were no other dim sum shops who wanted to bribe some people who worked in Su Jiaxiang to steal the recipe, but all of them failed and returned, and even the eldest girl caught them and drove them out of Su Jiaxiang directly.
With those lessons learned, the workers, although curious, did not dare to inquire, and they calmed down a lot for a while.
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"Girl, our saplings in Houjiawan have grown up this year, sweet-scented osmanthus and thorn roses have a good harvest, and the hundreds of chickens like before have also grown a lot. Look at it this way. At the end of the year, I will be able to slaughter." After Song Hua went to the tea town, Uncle Song is now in charge of the affairs of Houjiawan, and he is very busy every day.
Youjin carefully flipped through last month's account book, nodded slightly, and said, "It's autumn now, and the work of protecting the trees from the cold and covering the chicken pens should be followed closely. Now there are many things at home, hard work, Uncle Song, please pay more attention. Now that the Su family's business stall is getting bigger and bigger, there may not be many people who use it, there are only a few in total, and the Song family and their sons have really worked hard.
"It's all what the old slave should do. It's our destiny to have the girl take it seriously. I never felt it was hard." Uncle Song cupped his hands and smiled. Although he also worked in a big family before, he was not as comfortable as in the Su family now. The main family trusted and respected him, so he naturally worked harder.
You Jin closed the account book with a smile, looked at Uncle Song and said, "I have sent someone to send a letter to the tea town a few days ago. Song Hua will definitely not miss the Mid-Autumn Festival. When the time comes, your family will be reunited and have a good Mid-Autumn Festival." You Jin also has My own calculations, this time when Song Hua is coming back, I also want to arrange one more person to go to the tea town. One is to take care of each other and have a support, and the other is that the emperor is far away. Two people are better than one.
"Thank you girl!" Uncle Song had only one son like Song Hua, so he naturally hoped that the family could be reunited during the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, they sold themselves as slaves, and the master said whatever they wanted, so he didn't dare to mention that he wanted his son to come back for the festival, but he never thought that the eldest girl had brought it up first, and he was naturally grateful.
One old man and one young man talked for a while in the study dedicated to Young Gold before Uncle Song was sent out.
Just after exiting the door of the study, he saw Han Li wearing a short jacket standing at the door, nodded with a smile, and went out.
Han Li didn't know why the eldest girl asked him to come, but he still waited at the door for half an hour as instructed. After Uncle Song walked for a long time, the voice of the eldest girl came from inside: "Come in!" Then he stepped into the study.
After the autumn equinox came in to refill the tea, he silently withdrew under the eldest girl's eyes, and then stood guard at the door. The Autumn Equinox and the other seven were newly bought maids by the Su family. You Jin was too lazy to name them, so he named the eight people directly after eight of the twenty-four solar terms. After entering the Su family, after Aunt Song had been nursed back for more than ten days, the Autumn Equinox was assigned to serve the eldest girl because of her steadfastness and honesty. When the Autumn Equinox entered the Su family, I knew that the business of the Su family was all run by the eldest girl. Although she was about the same age as herself, she was always in awe of the eldest girl, and what she said to her was even more obedient and obedient. .
"It's been almost two years since you came to our house, right?" You Jin gently blew the steaming tea in the teacup, looked at Han Li, who was standing a little cramped, and asked softly.
Han Li is now almost sixteen. He has eaten and dressed warmly in the Su family for the past two years, but he has grown into a handsome young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. little girl's eyes. Hearing the girl's question, Han Li was a little puzzled, but he honestly replied, "It's been two years and three months since the girl returned."
"It's been so long?" You Jin put down the teacup, remembering that when Han Li and Erhua came to Su's house, they were two dirty little beggars. I didn't expect that two years later, time flies really fast !
... Han Li didn't know what to say, so he simply didn't speak.
Looking at Han Li with his head lowered slightly, You Jin smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, sit down first, let's have a good chat."
"Yes."
Seeing that he didn't say a word, Young Jin sighed slightly, why did Young Yin like such a stupid goose? That's right, although Young Jin has no time to spare every day, he knows a little about the relationship between this pair of young children who became childhood sweethearts halfway through.
It wasn't that Young Jin looked down on Han Li. On the contrary, after two years of getting along with him, she also had a general understanding of Han Li. He was honest and honest, with no bad intentions. The point is that he has no father or mother, and Young Yin has always been a little cowardly. If he is married far away, he may not be able to protect her if he is bullied in the future. But if you marry Han Li, it would be a good choice.
"You're also sixteen, and it's time for you to talk about kissing. What are your plans?" Although he asked directly, Young Jin was also a little embarrassed. After asking, he coughed a little uncomfortably.
Han Li, who was sitting cramped, didn't expect the eldest girl to call him over to ask this question. A suspicious blush appeared on his tanned face, and he was speechless: "I, I , I..." My heart was also turbulent, and my first reaction was that I was guilty of being a thief. I just felt that my deepest thoughts were discovered by the girl.