Madam, She Has a Tender Heart

On another plate was a plate of pastries as white as jade. It doesn’t have the oily fragrance of lotus cake, but it has the fragrance of the food itself. The light sweet fragrance is so tangy that you can’t help but want to taste it.

Xu Shaoyan stared at the plate, looking at the pastry on the plate, and saw that it was as white as jade, cut into pieces, with holes as thin as needles, and a faint fresh fragrance came to his nostrils.

Xu Shaoyan took out his handkerchief and wiped it, for fear of staining the white jade flawless cakes.

He raised his hand to pick up a piece, and his fingertips dug into the pastry. His eyes widened: "This, this pastry is so puffy!"

He put it in his mouth and took a bite. It was soft and sweet. Then he tasted it carefully. It was sweet but not greasy, chewy but not sticky, which was just right for his taste.

"What kind of pastry is this?"

Seeing that he was satisfied, Su Qingyu smiled and said: "This is a white jade cake. There is also another name called Nianfa cake, which means hair and prosperity every year."

"White jade cake? Nianfa cake? Well, both names are nice. So the plate just now was lotus cake?"

Su Qingyu nodded.

Xu Shaoyan also ate two of the white jade cakes. Seeing the fat shopkeeper next to him staring at the cakes, he asked her to take them down and eat them with the chef.

The fat shopkeeper happily took it and left, his fat body walking very fast.

Xu Shaoyan tapped his fingers on the table, his mind racing rapidly.

Su Qingyu glanced at him and said: "Dong Xu also saw that the two pastries use different techniques. Let's talk about the white jade cake first. It uses a fermentation process to make the dough puffy and make the pastry soft. It is delicious and suitable for the elderly and children. This technique can be used to make a variety of pastries, such as white jade cakes, hair cakes, jujube cakes, chicken cakes, etc. "

"The process of lotus cake is complicated. It uses pastry, several different kinds of dough inside, and finally deep-fried. The dough is kneaded with fat. Some pastries in your shop are also made with heavy oil, but none have such good puffing and so many layers. . And it can be kneaded into a variety of colors, and the color will not fade during the frying process, and it will not fade when placed. I think you have very few varieties of this kind of pastry.”

Seeing that he was silent, he added: "Actually, I would like to sell you another kind of baked snacks. With this baking process, the snacks have good shape, will not go bad after being stored for a long time, and the smell will not fade after being stored for a long time. It can be taken with you." You can make it long way, sweet, salty, or mixed, but you don’t have the tools.”

"What tools do you need?" Xu Shaoyan asked.

"Stove, oven, or oven."

"We can make the stove."

Su Qingyao smiled: "That's another matter. Today we only talk about the craftsmanship of lotus cake and white jade cake. In addition to lotus cake, there is also a kind of swan cake, which is made like a swan singing with its neck stretched out, with layers of feathers. It is blooming, delicate and beautiful, and tastes better. These two things should help you enter the high-end market.”

Xu Shaoyan was very interested, leaned forward and asked: "How to make swan cake?"

Su Qingyu smiled lightly: "Today we only talk about lotus cake and white jade cake."

Xu Shaoyan glanced at her: "I want lotus cake and white jade cake, and I also want the baking technique and swan cake you mentioned."

"Then it depends on how much money Dong Xu's family can provide."

"How much silver do you want?"

“It’s not about how much I want, it’s about how much Dong Xu’s family can produce.

Xu Shaoyan looked at Su Qingyu intently, feeling that the woman in front of him was well versed in negotiation skills. I couldn't help but drum my fingers on the table again, thinking about it...

Su Qingyu slowly picked up the tea and drank it. She was not in a hurry, but the other party was more anxious than her. If he really wanted to.

Xu Shaoyan felt that the woman in front of him should have more than these things in her belly. After thinking about it, he said, "Why don't Madam Su buy a stake in Jixiang Shop? She can give her opinions on the shop's pastries and teach the master chefs how to make any new products. Receive a bonus every half year?”

Su Qingyu smiled and shook her head.

Dividends are too unsafe, and she can't see the books, and she doesn't know if they are true or false. The other party has the final say on the profit. Once the other party closes the store, changes the name of the store, and changes the person in charge, who will she go to to reason with?

When will ordinary people be able to compete with the rich and powerful in terms of strength and connections?

It's more important to stay safe.

It is also good for both parties to leave a good impression and meet each other easily in the future. When it comes to money, in the running-in of dividends again and again in the future, if there is any unpleasantness, the gain outweighs the loss.

Then he said to the other party: "No, I don't have much idea. I just want the little rich to be safe and the wife to be peaceful."

Xu Shaoyan glanced at her in surprise. He felt more and more that this woman was not simple. He thought about it and said, "Then one hundred and fifty taels. Then teach us the baking process."

Su Qingyu shook her head: "Two hundred taels. Also comes with two classic baked snacks."

Xu Shaoyan smiled and shook his head.

This woman from the countryside doesn't know how much two hundred taels is. One hundred acres of fertile farmland, even in good times, would leave less than two hundred taels.

Su Qingyu saw that he was smiling but not smiling, so she was not afraid and said: "Two hundred taels, I will also teach you about the swan cake, and I will also give you two small tools, a small tool for separating egg whites and protein, and a small tool for stirring eggs and dough."

Seeing Xu Shaoyan look over, he said with a smile: "Having these two tools in your kitchen can save the pastry chef a lot of time. Not only can the number of pastries be increased, but also a lot of labor costs can be saved."

This woman actually knows how to run a business. Xu Shaoyan tapped his fingers again, frowned, thought for a moment, and nodded: "Okay. But you promise to only spread the word about our Jixiang family."

Su Qingyu also nodded: "I promise."

Xu Shaoyan looked at her steadily, and felt that this woman was a little hard to see through. She was obviously a poor girl from the countryside, but she seemed to have a lot of things in her heart. He guessed that she should know more than what was in front of her. Make a good relationship, maybe there will be surprises in the future.

After thinking it through, the two quickly made an agreement.

Seeing Su Qing's handwriting was neat, he couldn't help but look at her with a higher opinion. This woman actually knows how to read! And she can also say a few terms of the agreement. Sure enough, she can't be underestimated.

Finally, Su Qing asked for some small silver bills. Xu Shaoyan had investigated her before, and thought that she wanted small silver bills to be used for her husband who was going to war, so he couldn't help but look at her with a higher opinion.

The two agreed that the master chef from Pingchuan County would come tomorrow, and let Su Qing came to teach. Su Qing agreed, and then turned and left.

She didn't expect Xu Shaoyan to be so straightforward and gave two hundred taels at once. It was far higher than she expected, which made her a little surprised.

Originally, she thought that if the other party could not give so much money, she was ready to teach him how to extract food coloring. The cakes in his shop were of a single color, and plants should be used to extract the color, but the process was simple, and it should be just extracting food, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

But she didn't expect that the other party would give her two hundred taels so readily, which surprised her a little.

Su Qingmei put the silver note in her pocket and walked to the street alone.

She walked and looked along the way, and ran to see any shops for rent. She looked at several main streets, as well as side streets and more remote areas. Until her feet were as tired as if they were filled with lead, she found a teahouse, ordered a pot of tea, ordered a plate of snacks, and sat down to rest.

She was thinking about how to distribute the two hundred taels of silver.

One hundred taels was given to Lu Bocheng to take away, and she wanted to find a shop to do some small business with the other hundred taels. She, Su Qingmei, has never been a person who lives by looking at other people's faces. It is absolutely impossible for her to ask her parents-in-law for money to spend.

She likes the twins very much. Both of them are six years old and still illiterate. Xiao Qingyang is very intelligent. She plans to send him to school for a few years. If he has talent, he can pass the imperial examination in the future. Even if he is a scholar, he can avoid the fate of going to the battlefield.

If Su Qingsong can't come back, her parents will only have Xiao Qingyang. If Xiao Qingyang also goes to the battlefield to fight for his life in the future... Their eldest house can't disappear and watch the descendants of the step-grandmother's line prosper, right? Thinking that Xiao Qingyang may be beheaded in the future...

Su Qingmei shuddered. No!

Such a sensible and lovely child, he can't have such a fate in the end. He must be sent to school.

As for Lu Bocheng... Well, I'll go to the blacksmith shop to see if there is anything to protect myself.

Just thinking about it, I heard someone calling her: "Hey, isn't this Qingmei, why are you sitting outside drinking tea alone?"