His smiling face froze, and he raised his hand to salute.
Zhou Man waved his hand and said with a smile: "There is no need to be polite."
He hissed again: "Don't make too much noise."
Then he pulled Mingda out a little to prevent her from being smoked.
She leaned against another wall in the alley, and said to Mingda: "Don't worry, my sister-in-law is not someone who will suffer."
Mingda: "... but sister-in-law is always gentle, I'm afraid she will suffer."
Zhou Man waved his hands confidently: "Don't worry, my sister-in-law will not suffer!"
She was sure, so Mingda could only wait and see.
Although there were a lot of people, and they were quarreling at the door, but Xiaoqian's complexion didn't change much, and Zheng, who was still playing with the children in the yard, heard the movement and came over and was startled, and was hugged in the arms of the maidservant The old Bai Jingxing and Bai Ruoyu were also attracted, staring at them with wide eyes.
When Xiaoqian saw it, she was afraid that the two children would be frightened, so she quickly waved to them and told them to take the children away quickly.
Looking back, she saw that they were still yelling and chatting in a hurry, so she couldn't help but shouted: "Stop arguing!"
Everyone was shocked by her voice, and the scene fell silent for an instant.
Only then did Xiaoqian show a little smile, but he was still mostly serious, "I heard, you want to buy pork from Zhuangzi, it's easy, you go to Zhuangzi to find the steward, or I will invite Mr. Cui to come over later, and you can talk to Mr. Cui. also."
After everyone was quiet for a while, they said: "Miss Zhou, this pork has a smell, although it is relatively light, but with less ingredients, the smell can't be removed, but with those big ingredients, the price is high again. "
"For the same price, everyone would prefer to eat mutton," the man continued, "But we have all tasted the dishes made by Mrs. Zhou. Although some dishes use some big ingredients, they are not many, and some If you don’t use it at all, the price will be much cheaper.”
The other party smiled at Xiao Qian, and then stopped speaking, hoping that she could understand what he had said.
Xiaoqian understands, after all, she has not worked in vain for decades, but if she wants to learn her dishes, you should continue talking.
Xiaoqian looked at them silently, everyone stared wide-eyed and didn't speak for a long time.
In the end, Xiaoqian couldn't stand the chattering and dawdling of a group of old men, so he simply asked, "Do you want to learn my dishes?"
Everyone nodded again and again, and quickly explained: "Pork dishes can only be sold if they are cheaper than mutton. If our restaurant has Mrs. Zhou's craftsmanship, many people will buy the pork. Maybe it will be able to wrap What about the amount of pigs raised by the next Guantian Zhuangzi?"
"Hey. How big is your restaurant? My restaurant doesn't dare to say that it will directly contract the output of a Guantian Zhuangzi, but I will buy as much as possible. As long as our cooks can make such dishes, we will definitely It takes a lot of pork."
Xiaoqian finally understood why Bai Shan said that the gift of vegetables was done well. They could not only sell the pigs in the village, but also not crowd out the butchers in the vegetable market. She might even have an income.
But before he left, he also warned that all businessmen in this world are as virtuous as Shiro. They may smear honey on their mouths, but they still take advantage of it. Moreover, they are not relatives of their own family. They not only take advantage of it, but also deceive others, so Tell her not to listen to what they say, but to think about what she can get in exchange for her own abilities.
After pondering for a while, Xiaoqian said: "I can teach you, but I have conditions."
Everyone quickly laughed and said, "You say it, you say it."
Xiaoqian said: "You may not know that my family also opened a restaurant."
Everyone: ... This is a bit embarrassing, colleagues!
Xiaoqian said: "But my restaurant is not here, but in the capital."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Although my family's restaurant is not here, this is our ability to eat after all. We can't drop the bowl by ourselves, so you can let me teach you. What can you learn from me?"
Everyone: ... The relatives of the county magistrate's family want to benefit from them, which is indeed beyond their expectations. Since Bai Shan came to Beihai County, he has never accepted gifts beyond the usual etiquette.
When the daughter of the county magistrate's family was full moon, those who gave too much gifts were returned by Bai Shan, while for other families, whoever served wine during this period, he followed the same gifts as before, which shows his temper character.
Someone's heart was moved, and when he was thinking about whether this was an opportunity, he heard Xiao Qian's loud voice: "I don't want more from you, because everyone has come to the door, I taught this, and it's not good if I don't teach that." , so each of you can give a three- to five-hundred-dollar Shuxiu."
She said: "I'll cook a dish for you three times and explain it in detail three times. How much you can learn depends on your own skills. How about it?"
Immediately someone said: "What is three or five hundred taels? Mrs. Zhou is too shabby for us. We are too embarrassed to take out such a good dish without thirty or fifty taels."
Even if there were several nodding in agreement, the others immediately said yes, no no, no no.
No, it's suspected of taking Xiaoqian's benefits in vain, I'm afraid it will offend County Magistrate Bai and Mr. Zhou; should, thirty or fifty taels is too much, they don't want to pay so much.
Just as he was hesitating, Xiaoqian had already glared at that person, and said loudly seriously: "Don't harm my Man Bao and brother-in-law!"
She said: "I know my own skills. Since you have eaten my dishes, you should also know that they are ordinary home-cooked dishes. Don't say that I teach so many of you at once, just teach one. The recipe It's not worth thirty or fifty taels."
Xiaoqian looked at them warily, "Don't think of fooling me into taking the money, and later sue my family Man Bao and Bai Shan for accepting bribes."
Everyone: "... no, no, Mrs. Zhou, how dare we?"
Xiaoqian: "Don't you dare? That's what I thought in my heart, but I just dare not dare?"
Everyone: "No, no, we don't even think about it, it's too nasty."
"Yes, yes, it's very dirty. I think three or five hundred words are pretty good."
The few people who suggested it stopped immediately, and lowered their heads in regret, thinking that they could take this opportunity to have a different relationship with Mr. Zhou, Magistrate Bai.
Mrs. Qian then finalized the details with them, going back and forth without any loss, because everyone was quieter and Mrs. Qian's voice was loud, so Mingda could hear clearly outside.
Mingda looked at Zhou Man in surprise. This was beyond her expectation. In her impression, Xiao Qian was a gentle and loving sister-in-law who cooks delicious food and is good at taking care of others.
But now...
Zhou Man said happily: "Didn't expect it? My sister-in-law can do it."
She said: "She is the eldest daughter-in-law of our old Zhou family. She is very capable. My sister-in-law is usually nice and gentle, but if Lizhong and the others do something wrong, she can take people out of the village with a stick." At the end of the village, if someone in the village comes to quarrel with our family, my mother basically doesn't make a move, it's my elder sister-in-law and my second sister-in-law who scold them back."
Mingda: "... scold, scold back?"
"Yeah, scold me back," Zhou Man said confidently: "But my sister-in-law has become more and more gentle in the past few years, and I think I will be like this in the future. Although everyone says I am aggressive now, when I grow up Some, I will definitely become as gentle and amiable as my mother and sister-in-law."
Mingda twitched the corner of his mouth, "You really have confidence in yourself."