Qin Shouye opened the second letter and took out one tael of silver and two pairs of silver earrings along with the letter paper: "Mother..." Qin Shouye looked at his mother.
The people in the eldest house were also surprised. When Qin's mother took the letter just now, she felt the weight and thought that there might be silver in it, but she was also surprised when she saw the silver earrings. She hurriedly asked, "Hurry up and see what's written in the letter?"
Qin Shouye hummed: "... My sister-in-law also said that we should use this tael of silver to buy some food to replenish our bodies, and these two pairs of earrings, one for you and one for grandma."
During the days Yang Haiyan spent with Qin Fang, she already understood Qin Fang's character. In fact, there are many men who don't covet their wives' private money, even quite a lot. But it's different for men who are not tempted by five thousand taels. So Yang Haiyan is indeed very satisfied with Qin Fang. Besides, the few words in the novel also describe Qin Fang's good character.
Moreover, during the conversation with Qin Fang, Yang Haiyan also learned a little about Qin's grandmother and mother. Although Qin Fang's description of his relatives was colored, many mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problems throughout history have one thing in common, that is, the mother-in-law is worried that her son will forget his mother after marrying a wife. Yang Haiyan prepared two extra pairs of earrings, which naturally also meant to please Qin's mother. It doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not, as long as her intention is there. Besides, Qin Fang knows how to save private money and consider his own small family. Naturally, he is not the kind of foolish filial person, so Yang Haiyan is not worried.
Mother Qin was very satisfied when she heard her son's letter and looked at the earrings in her hand. She had to admit that an educated daughter-in-law was different. If she was satisfied with her daughter-in-law before because of the gifts and her literacy, she was even more satisfied now. She was not afraid of her daughter-in-law's high birth, but she was afraid of her putting on airs.
Although the letter did not say that Yang Haiyan was a maid from a wealthy family, even if she was a maid from a wealthy family, she would be different in the eyes of these country people. Letting their son marry her would be considered marrying above their station.
Qin's mother weighed the earrings in her hand, about half a tael of silver per pair. Adding the one tael of silver and the three taels from before, a total of five taels were delivered at once. Qin's mother was also worried that her son and daughter-in-law would have a hard time over there.
After a while, Mother Qin went to find Grandma Qin.
When Grandma Qin saw the earrings, she had the same idea as Mother Qin: "In my life, I never wore silver earrings when I was a girl, and I never wore silver earrings when I was a wife. I never thought that my eldest grandson would have them after getting married. This is all thanks to my eldest grandson. Ah Fang married a good wife."
Mother Qin smiled and said, "Your good fortune is still to come. When Fang has a child, you will be the great-grandmother, and you will have to hold the child."
Grandma Qin thought about it and laughed too: "Speaking of which, our Qin family is blessed to have chosen you back then and now Afang has a good wife. Tieniu and Afang are both the eldest sons and grandsons. It would be troublesome if they didn't marry the right wives." Looking at other people's families and then at her own family, Grandma Qin felt that she had good vision and chose Qin's mother as her daughter-in-law.
Mother Qin: "Mom, I blush when you praise me like that."
Grandma Qin laughed and scolded: "You are very shameless, I know that. Speaking of which, although Afang's wife was appointed by the court, Afang is the eldest son and grandson of our Qin family, and we must prepare as much as we can. However, they are outside, so we can't follow common sense. What do you think?"
Mother Qin: "I just wanted to discuss this with you."
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Naturally, Yang Haiyan didn't know what was going on at the Qin family. At this time, Yang Haiyan had devoted herself to the dim sum shop.
Yang Haiyan's dim sum shop is called Delicious Dim Sum, where Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong live. In order to make dim sum easier, Yang Haiyan also bought two ewes that had given birth to lambs, because ewes can only produce goat milk after giving birth to lambs.
The dim sum shop will open the day after tomorrow. In the next two days, we will make some long-lasting dim sum, such as small cakes and small cookies. There are currently three people in the shop. Uncle Hong is responsible for the safety of the shop, but as a man, he usually stays in the backyard, because most of the customers who come to the dim sum shop are female customers, so as to avoid conflicts between men and women, which will affect the reputation of female customers. At the same time, Uncle Hong is also taking care of the boy in his family.
As for Aunt Hong, she and Aunt Fan entertained the guests together.
As for Aunt Fan, when Qin was on night shift, Aunt Fan would live in the barracks family quarters, so that Yang Haiyan would have a companion at night and it would be much safer. If Qin was on day shift and would come back at night, Aunt Fan would live in the courtyard in the downtown area.
At the same time, Aunt Fan would go shopping for groceries every morning, and after cooking, she would give a portion to Uncle and Aunt Hong.
Downtown Yard
The ovens were also set up, with three ovens in total. Yang Haiyan taught Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong for two days, and they all knew how to make small cakes, small biscuits, small dumplings, milk tea, mung bean cakes, red bean cakes, and yellow bean cakes. Unlike small cakes and biscuits, mung bean cakes, red bean cakes, and yellow bean cakes, as pirated versions of pumpkin cakes, must be made fresh and taste good when they are hot.
Waves of delicious fragrance wafted from the yard. Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong put the finished cakes and biscuits into a round basket. The round basket was intended to be placed on the counter. It was only five centimeters high and was covered with a white cloth underneath with food on top. It looked clean and clearly visible.
Yang Haiyan: "Put these aside and prepare to sell them the day after tomorrow. Aunt Hong, go get a basket and put the remaining cakes and biscuits into the basket, then go to crowded places on the street and distribute them, one biscuit or one cake to each person. When distributing them, tell them that the Delicious Dim Sum Shop will open the day after tomorrow, and you can buy four cookies for one penny, or two cakes for one penny."
Yang Haiyan calculated that one pound of flour could make two hundred small biscuits, which could be sold for fifty cents, with a profit of thirty-five cents.
A pound of small cakes costs one hundred yuan, and at two yuan a piece, it can be sold for fifty cents, and after deducting the cost, you can make thirty cents.
One pound of flour can make thirty soybean cakes, mung bean cakes, and red bean cakes, each costing two cents. After deducting the cost, you can make thirty cents.
Although she didn't make much money. Moreover, whether it was biscuits or cakes, she added butter bought on the platform, which was very fragrant. In other words, even if Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong passed on the recipe one day, they couldn't make the authentic taste of biscuits and cakes because they didn't have butter. The butter was brought by Yang Haiyan when she went there. No one knew how the butter was made, but they just thought it was fragrant.
Aunt Hong: "Madam, since we are going to advertise on the streets, should we prepare more snacks? In case there are too many customers the day after tomorrow, we won't be able to sell enough."
Aunt Fan also thought it made sense, and since it was durable, it wouldn’t hurt to have a little more.
Yang Haiyan: "No. These are enough. Except for the opening day, prepare two kilograms of biscuits, two kilograms of cakes, two kilograms of soybean cakes, green bean cakes, and red bean cakes every day, and twenty bowls of Xiaoyuanzi milk tea will be enough." If all are sold out, the gross profit will be more than 300 coins per day, and ten taels of silver per month. She is not greedy and thinks the quantity is appropriate.
Although Aunt Fan and Aunt Hong didn't understand, they certainly wouldn't object to what the host said.
Aunt Hong went out with a basket of cakes and biscuits. It was afternoon, and there were not many people on the street, but Aunt Hong still attracted many people to stop by because the freshly baked cakes and biscuits were so fragrant, whether it was the aroma of milk or butter, it made people drool.
Aunt Hong saw some people here, so she stopped and shouted an advertisement: "Dear folks, don't miss it if you pass by. The delicious snack shop will open the day after tomorrow. Please enjoy it for free today." Aunt Hong had experienced the poorest time, and her husband sold himself for her, so she had no dignity to give up. What's more, how can you advertise like this
"Free tasting? Really?"
"Really? No money?"
"I want to taste it, give me one."
"I want to..."
Aunt Hong followed Yang Haiyan's instructions and said every time she gave someone a cookie, "The delicious dessert shop will open the day after tomorrow. Four small cookies for one penny." Every time she gave someone a small cake, she said, "The delicious dessert shop will open the day after tomorrow. Two small cakes for one penny."
Although it was a basket of small cakes and biscuits, it was only two kilograms, and they were quickly distributed. After distributing the small cakes and biscuits, Aunt Hong went back. When she returned to the yard, she saw that her son had woken up, and Uncle Hong was feeding the child goat milk. It must be said that Aunt Hong and Aunt Fan prepared goat milk these two days because they were learning snacks. After the goat milk was boiled three times for disinfection and bacteria removal, the wife would let Aunt Hong feed her son a small bowl. She was in poor health and her milk supply had stopped a long time ago. The child looked much more energetic after drinking goat milk for a few days, and Aunt Hong was very grateful for this. She even offered to give money to the wife, but the wife refused.
To Yang Haiyan, it was just a small bowl of goat's milk, not worth much, but it could win people's hearts.
Uncle Hong: "Are you back? How's the publicity that Madam mentioned?"
Aunt Hong: "The small cakes and cookies have been distributed. Some people want a second or third time after seeing them. I remember some faces so I didn't give them to them. I don't remember some faces so I may have given them to them."
Yang Haiyan came out of the kitchen: "It's okay, I'll give it to you." This is inevitable. "Everyone will take a day off tomorrow. We will open the day after tomorrow. Aunt Hong and Aunt Fan will have to get up early to make cakes."
"yes."
In the evening, Aunt Fan made fish head tofu soup, sour potato shreds, mushroom stir-fried vegetables, and braised spareribs. Aunt Fan packed some of these dishes according to Yang Haiyan's instructions and took them to the downtown courtyard to eat with Uncle Hong and his wife. She usually eats faster because she has to come back to the family compound to clean up after eating. However, eating there is more comfortable than eating here.
Aunt Fan returned to the downtown courtyard. Qin Fang hadn't come back yet, so Yang Haiyan was making a cotton-padded jacket for Qin Fang in the study room. It was already cold at the end of September, especially at the border. Winter came early and it was particularly cold. When she heard some noise outside, she went out and was shocked: "What's going on? Why is there so much blood on your body?"
Seeing her pale face, Qin Fang hurriedly explained: "It's not my blood, it's a wild boar's. I came back with Brother Lu today, and we saw a wild boar rushing down the mountain on the road, so we killed it. The wild boar is still in the yard next door." There are mountains on the way from the town to the military camp, but under normal circumstances, these game will not come down the mountain. I don't know what happened today.
Yang Haiyan didn't know this when she was reading the novel because it didn't mention it. Now after hearing Qin Fang's words, she realized that ancient times were different from modern times. Modern wild animals live in specific environments, while ancient wild animals were not protected. "Is there game on this mountain? Such a large one?"
Qin Fang: "There have always been some, but they rarely come down the mountain in recent years. They are all in the deep forests because we are afraid of the wild game. When we have nothing to do on weekdays, we will take people to hunt wild game." How did the life in the military camp change? It was changed in this way. So in the long run, the animals will also be afraid.
Mrs. Lu called from the next door: "Haiyan, come and help after dinner."
Yang Haiyan: “Hey.”
Because they had to deal with the wild boar, both families finished the meal very quickly. Yang Haiyan had just finished her meal when Aunt Fan arrived.
Yang Haiyan: "Aunt Fan, you came at the right time. We have to deal with the wild boar today."
When Aunt Fan heard this, she asked, "Where is the wild boar?"
Yang Haiyan: "At Mrs. Lu's house next door."
When Aunt Fan saw the wild boar, she was a little confused: "Such a big wild boar?" This wild boar must weigh at least 500 to 600 kilograms, and ordinary hunters can't catch it. "Did Master Qin catch this?"
Yang Haiyan: "My husband and Lv Baifu fought together."
Qin Fang heard it and couldn't help but said, "I can fight alone."
Yang Haiyan couldn't help but smile: "I know, my husband is the best."
Qin Fang blushed inexplicably: "I'm serious."
Yang Haiyan continued to smile and said, "I know, I know, but my husband, even if you can fight, I hope you will consider safety first, otherwise I will be sad if you get hurt."
Qin Fang's face turned even redder: "I know."
Aunt Fan came from a wealthy family after all. Seeing this, she couldn't help but think, the wife is powerful, holding the master tightly. This woman, in front of a man, must not be tough. Men are ice, women are water, water can melt ice.