The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 13 Deciding to Add People

But only Cheng Yingzhen knew that her daughter had been reading and reading while sitting next to the official at the age of three. She had read through all the books on food, geography, and magazines on the official's bookshelf, and she got several recipes from the books.

 My daughter is smart, so I feel free to let her take charge of the family. But seeing her daughter working hard, she, as a mother, feels bad because her health is not up to par! For a moment, Cheng Yingzhen felt mixed feelings in her heart.

Legend has it that the earliest xiaolongbao originated in the Northern Song Dynasty and was the number one delicacy in Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. But Su Ruojin has been in Dayin for six years and has seen many breakfast shops, but she has never seen anyone selling xiaolongbao. of.

The characteristic of xiaolongbao is that it has thin skin and juicy filling. After one bite, the satisfying taste is not to mention how delicious it is. Everyone who has eaten it has not loved it.

Let’s talk about shaomai, also known as siomai. It is a kind of pasta snack made of hot noodles wrapped in a skin and stuffed and steamed in a cage. It is shaped like a pomegranate, has a thin skin and many fillings, is soft, glutinous and salty, and is suitable for all ages.

 In the first cage, Su Ruojin personally made the fermented white flour into the skin, selected the pork leg meat as the stuffing, used hens to make the soup, and then boiled it with the pork skin, and then made it into jelly and mixed it into the stuffing;

 Pick out equal-sized pieces of dough and smear the surface with oil. This will make the dumplings taste better. When wrapping the dumplings, you must pull them upward so that the skin can be thinner and the mouthfeel will be better.

 The steamed xiaolongbao are cute, small and endearing. When you pierce the dough with chopsticks, the soup comes out smoothly. The thin dough, thick soup and tender meat filling are extremely tempting.

Su Ruojin took a breath and raised his head. This was the taste. It had been so long since he finally tasted the delicious food from his previous life. He was so excited that he almost shed tears.

Under the oil lamp, everyone was stunned to see her eating like crazy.

Su Sanlang, the youngest, was the first to hold back. He reached out and grabbed the steamed dumplings on the table and put them into his mouth. Su Ruojin was so frightened that he quickly picked up the small plate and waited, "Blow, blow...slow down..."

　　It was really hot as soon as I touched it. Su Sanlang was young, but not stupid. He blew it back and forth a few times until it stopped burning his mouth, and then he bit it...

 "Take a gentle and slow breath first...yes...that's it..."

 Under the nervous and expectant gazes of everyone, Su Sanlang finally finished a small steamed bun.

Su Yanli was the first to ask, with a gentle voice and a smile in his eyes: "How is it?"

Su Sanlang smacked his lips, "It's delicious, I want to eat it again."

Everyone relaxed suddenly and laughed: "Haha..."

Su Ruojin was young and lacked strength, so she only made ten of them. Except for Cheng Yingzhen and Su Sanlang, each of the others had one. They were overwhelmed by the food.

"I wouldn't have eaten if I had known about it. I wanted to eat but couldn't. The feeling of being hung up was too uncomfortable." Shutong expressed everyone's feelings.

Su Ruojin pursed her lips and smiled: "Uncle Shutong, Mother Dong, the rest depends on you two."

 The two of them immediately promised that they would live up to the expectations of the second lady.

Three days later, I finally got back the two small steamers that I had bought from the grocery store. During these three days, Su Ruojin taught the two of them step by step, and finally made a very good pot and gave it to the neighbors so that they could try it. , when anyone asked, they said this was the recipe Cheng Yingzhen came up with.

Why give it to neighbors? On the one hand, there is a saying since ancient times that neighbors are good at giving gold treasures. Secondly, it is also the message that Cheng Yingzhen thought out the recipe to pass on to the people around her. The purpose of giving the recipe to the business is to prepare a dowry for her daughter, which has nothing to do with Su Yanli. .

　　What, you are only six years old when you prepare a dowry so early? This is too exaggerated!

 It’s not an exaggeration at all. The ancients, especially those like Dayin in the Song Dynasty, who came from wealthy families, began to prepare dowries as soon as their children were born. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as the “Ten Miles of Red Dowry”.

For the sake of Su Yanli's career, Su Ruojin tried his best to think carefully and never let his father hold him back.

 In the food business, if the business is good, you will be really busy.

No matter how hard-working Su Ruojin was, no matter how strong her six-year-old body was, there was nothing she could do to help. Shutong and Dong's mother worked from morning till night. They made money, but they couldn't rest at all and they were so exhausted.

Su Ruojin regards these two people as family members and wants to live with the Su family for the rest of her life.

 No, we need to hire more people at home. At noon during the day, Cheng Yingzhen took the baby out to bask in the sun. Su Ruojin told her mother her thoughts, "Mom, what do you think?"

 Cheng Yingzhen looked at her daughter who was patting the quilt while talking to her, and immediately nodded in agreement, "It's best to buy two."

purchase?



 She comes from a modern society where everyone is equal, both corporate and private employment are under the employment system, and buying and selling people is illegal.

Besides, when Su Ruojin opened her eyes, Shu Tong and Dong's mother were already at Su's house, and Su and Cheng did not treat them as slaves. For so long, Su Ruojin didn't realize that these two people were bought back by Su Yanli. , is a slave.

"What's wrong?" Cheng Yingzhen noticed the change in her daughter's expression while taking care of her son.

 “Mom, what if I hire someone?”

 Cheng Yingzhen immediately shook her head: "That's inappropriate."

 “Why?” Su Ruojin had asked, and there were many hired workers in this era.

As the sunlight moved, Cheng Yingzhen held her son and turned sideways to prevent the light from hitting the child's eyes. She tucked the corners of the quilt and then raised her head with a smile, "You forgot, what if someone hired to cook at home secretly learns the recipes and takes them away?" ?”

 “What about using a contract?”

Cheng Yingzhen shook her head again: "If people's hearts can be agreed, then there will be no conflicts of interest, bad masters and evil slaves."

That's true. Not to mention the feudal dynasty ruled by men, even in the modern society governed by the system, there are still a lot of people who have no spirit of contract and there are many people who have no spirit of contract. Lawsuits are everywhere, not to mention the ancient times where everything is scarce. .

 Do you really want to buy someone? Su Ruojin still couldn't pass the test in her heart.

Seeing her daughter's hesitation, Cheng Yingzhen reminded her again: "Someone took your recipe and set up a stall or opened a restaurant. Your business was damaged. Aren't you sad?"

Su Ruojin is not afraid that the recipes will be stolen. These are traditional delicacies and are not hers. She is not afraid that others will use them to set up stalls and restaurants. The world is such a big place, as long as they don’t open stalls or restaurants next to her house. Just grab business.

But what if she met someone who learned the recipe and opened a stall or restaurant next to her house? This is not sad, this is annoying.

Taking a deep breath and mentally building up, Su Ruojin had to adapt himself to the conditions of the Dayin Dynasty.

“Mother means, one for the stall and one for the home?”

"Well." Cheng Yingzhen said: "Not only Shutong and Mother Dong are tired, but you also do a lot of things, inside and outside, either washing pots and wiping dishes or sweeping, and you have to go out to buy things often. There are no two of you. I really can’t turn around.”

Su Ruojin really didn't take the housework into consideration. Her idea was to buy a woman to take over Shu Tongshu's work and free Shu Tongshu.

Why should we take Shu Tong out of the stall? On the one hand, this kind of breakfast stall is more suitable for women. On the other hand, if you want to turn the breakfast stall into a breakfast shop, it will be difficult for the stall to grow without a flexible and proactive person. Become a shop.

After thinking about it, Su Ruojin felt that her mother was right. Since she wanted to buy one and both, she would buy them both. Although her heart was that of an adult, her body was indeed that of a six-year-old. Her small body is exhausted. Not to mention making money to support the family, I'm afraid Su Yanli and his wife will have to support her!

Once the mental construction was complete, Su Ruojin acted quickly. When the business was not busy, she asked Shutong to take her to Yahang to buy people.

 The age of the purchasers has been discussed, one is seventeen or eighteen years old, and the other is thirty or forty years old.

Young women take over Dong’s mother’s current work and help in the small stalls. Women in their thirties and forties do the housework that Dong’s mother used to do. No matter whether they are young or old, they must be kind, honest, and agile.

 (End of this chapter)