Chapter 481: Take the initiative

Since the New Year is just a few days away, more and more people are going to the streets to buy New Year’s goods.

Among these New Year’s goods, snacks and cakes are indispensable. They should be used for offerings to ancestors, visiting relatives and friends, and also for snacks from women and children at home.

The dim sum from Daoxiangcun has been sold in Beijing for less than half a year, but the oily and sugar are well-known. If you buy a pack and put it at home for about ten days, it will still be soft and sweet, without any taste.

These snack shops all pay attention to the "four seasons and three festivals". Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Day are the peak seasons for snack shops to sell.

The Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings, the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes, and the New Year’s Day rice cakes. As long as the days are still there, everyone will buy two bags of snacks to celebrate the festival.

Daoxiang Village opened in early August, and it was in the season when selling mooncakes. Its thin skin and large fillings were once popular.

Now, in the twelfth lunar month, the rice cakes launched here have become one of the New Year’s goods that many people in the capital want to buy.

Speaking of Daoxiangcun rice cakes, there are lard rice cakes, nut red and sugar rice cakes. The best sellers are among them.

Not only does it look delicate, white and bright, but according to the filling, there are four types of roses, osmanthus, date paste, and bean paste. Whether it is the elderly or children, you can find one you like to eat.

Since it is a good thing, the price is not cheap, and it costs 80 cents per pound. Now the money is expensive, 800 cents for one tael of silver, and this 80 cents is one cent of silver.

Ordinary people have few silver coins a year except for rice, grain, and money left. If you eat snacks, you will celebrate the festival. In the banner, there are two taels of silver coins per month, and there is not much wealth to buy snacks and eat.

For dim sum in Daoxiangcun, you can buy one or two of them to satisfy your cravings. If you buy a large bag of small bags like that, there are not many local neighbors, most of them are wealthy officials and businessmen living in Qianmen.

Today, there are many old neighbors and old neighbors gathered in front of the shop in Daoxiang Village.

When the old king saw it, he approached the tail of the team and asked with some curiosity: "I've been out of half a street, what's going on? Jiantian saw that they were in the guise of Sichu (9:00 am). It's almost noon today, why haven't the door opened yet?"

Lao Zhao, the neighbor who was standing in front of him, replied: "Of course I encountered a good thing. Didn't you see the big red paper notice posted in front? The door was open at noon this day, and buy one pound of lard rice cake and get half a pound of free of lard rice cake. The quantity is limited, and each person is limited to two pounds, until the sale is over. Who doesn't want to get a bargain? What's the good things in their house are good!"

"Oh hey, that's a good relationship. I bought half a pound last month. My mother and the children love to eat this. No, I have to send someone back and call my wife and girls to line up together. Buy a few more pounds. The New Year's Day gift is decent." Lao Wang said, opening his eyes and touching the people. When he saw the old neighbor, he hurriedly said, "Second uncle, are you taking a walk? If you go back, please call me at home and ask her to bring her daughter to the front door to find me. Thank you..."

If you have the idea of ​​Lao Wang, you should not specify one or two.

After all, it is now the end of the New Year, and it is indispensable to have a treat during the New Year. Dim sum in Daoxiangcun is now in a fashionable and serious good thing. Who doesn’t want to take advantage of it?

So there are more and more people queuing up at the entrance of Daoxiang Village.

After the news of the "discount" in Daoxiang Village spread, many students and businessmen living in nearby guilds also came to make fun of it.

The streets were lined up at the end of the street, and even the patrol officers in Shuntian Mansion were alarmed.

There were two managers in the shop, and they brought a few servants out to count the number of people occasionally. When they saw the patrol officers from Shuntian Mansion coming over, they breathed a sigh of relief.

These people outside also make people worry that if everyone hugs forward and then hurts people when the door is opened, it will not be a big deal.

The leading captain was also familiar with the shop manager here, and stepped forward and said with a smile: "Manager Chen, he is rich and powerful. He said that he would give half a pound of money, which is a big deal. I don't care about anything else. You can ask someone to talk about it later and leave two pounds for me, and I will take it home to give your sister-in-law a tooth sacrifice."

Manager Chen bowed and smiled and said, "Where is the big captain's order? Our manager mentioned you just now, saying that you want to catch up with you to patrol the streets, so as to save yourself from the New Year, and if you have too many people, you will be crowded. You are not afraid of something wrong. Isn't this afraid of trouble?"

The headmaster heard this and said, "Didn't you hear that the Earl's Mansion is organizing a marriage? Why is the great manager not here to serve the mansion and still have time to come here?"

Manager Chen smiled and said, "Although this stall is our big grandma's business, it is mostly managed by the big manager. Needless to say, the old man who is the big manager is the old housekeeper in the south mansion; the young man who is the big manager also works as a young man, which is also very decent. Because of this, Grandma does not treat the big manager as an outsider."

The headmaster heard this and laughed twice, "Since it is the order of the great manager, what else can I say? After one or two hours, I will take my brothers around here. If something really happens, there will be no shame in the yamen."

Manager Chen said: "Then the relationship is good. I will report to the manager for a while and ask him to thank you..."

*

Compared with the joyful atmosphere outside Daoxiang Village, the atmosphere in the shop is low and a little nervous.

After all, since you are a "rewarding guest", the amount of rice cakes you need is much larger than that of Pingru, and the dim sum masters are already busy with this.

In the inner hall, Han Jiang was sitting on a chair, and he couldn't tell his happiness and anger because he was wearing a facial scarf.

Cao Fang sat aside, his face feeling a little gloomy and afraid of others. Now, if the shop here really has a life lawsuit, it will still be a small matter, and it will be a bad luck for the New Year.

Even though he was annoyed, Cao Fang glanced at Han Jiang and felt a little admiration for Han Jiang.

It is also a skill to be able to prevent problems before they happen and eliminate a major disaster invisible.

It was not worth looking for her as the boss for the old man earlier, and I felt that she had taken a big advantage. Now it seems that this business shop really needs a helm.

Han Jiang looked at what Cao Fang thought and said slowly: "As soon as the shop was put on, Cao reminded the little woman that food is something that can be eaten, and it is impossible to ignore it at all. Otherwise, if there is a problem, no matter how good the sign is, it will be ruined."

Although Cao Fang was also here, he was responsible for the arrangement of the shop rest and repairs, and never interfered in the business matters. Therefore, this was the first time he heard Han Jiang say this.

"I can't blame myself for raising more than ten big dogs since I opened my business. I thought it was used by the hospital guard. It seems that the shopkeeper was guarding against outsiders at that time." Cao Fang replied.

Han Jiangshi shook her head and said, "Outsiders are outsiders after all, and they can't hurt their foundation if they want to make the Yin. What they fear most is the inner ghost, which is hard to guard against. If there is a stir, it will hurt their muscles and bones."

As the two were talking, they heard footsteps and walked in.

Seeing that he was holding a piece of paper in his hand, Cao Fang said, "Have you given it all out? Can you ask who instructed me?"

The visitor was one of the eldest sons around Cao Yong, Zhao Tong. He had some strengths in asking people, but was sent by Cao Yong to help Cao Fang.

Zhao Tong handed the paper in his hand to Cao Fang and said, "Although this kid is a little hard, he still asked him. It was said that Fengrunzhai's manager gave him ten taels of silver and asked him to add some materials to the things here. The things here are usually locked in the warehouse. Every time the goods are picked up, a master takes two friends and three of them together, so he has no chance to do it. Only half of the barrel of oil is used to brush the baking tray, and put it outside, so he is tempted and sprinkles the things inside."

Speaking of this, he frowned and asked, "Fengrunzhai is also a snack shop. Such dirty tricks are beyond tolerance. Should we take the old man's famous post and send this kid to Shuntian Mansion? In that case, even the radish with mud will be lifted up."

Although I have long thought about the business and my colleagues will be jealous, I have never thought that the other party dares to take the poison to explore the way. This is not as simple as ordinary struggle.

Cao Fang snorted coldly and said, "Is this because the uncle has a good temper? Is it better to take our mansion seriously? Go back and ask the uncle and grandma to ask for instructions. Could it be that all the cats and dogs jump around in front of you?"

Han Jiangshiyuan listened and saw the two of them saying this, saying, "Don't be impatient, it's hard to go to the yamen easily. No matter how the lawsuit is, the news of someone poisoning in the shop is spread, and the dirty ones are still our own signs. It is hard to say whether the bad person is Fengrunzhai. Even if it is true, the other party uses a shop to destroy our six shops, and the lawsuit is meaningless."

"Well, I know, I will go back to report to my uncle about the situation here. The shopkeeper is also troubled by the shop." Cao Fang stood up and said.

Han Jiang stood up and said, "Don't worry, because the shop is a bit expensive, so many New Year's goods and snacks are distributed to other shops. Now, it's just right to take advantage of this vacancy to sell more New Year's goods."

Cao Fang and Zhao Tong went out, and only Han Jiang was left in the room.

She sat for a while, walked to the desk, picked up the account book and the abacus, and continued to calculate the money needed next spring.

*

Cao Mansion, lobby.

In addition to Cao Yin and his wife, Zhao Jia and Cao Yong and others, even the Prince of Ping, Sun Jue and his wife, and Seshtu were present.

As a bride, Jinghui followed Cao Song to the lobby to pay homage to the elders, and to determine the size and size.

Zhao Jia is her mother-in-law and sat on the Grand Master chair in the hall. Cao Yin and Li and his wife sat side by side on the other side.

Jinghui was wearing a big red flag dress and velvet flowers on her head, which looked particularly beautiful while looking pink and white.

Zhao Jia met Jinghui in her early years. She thought she was mediocre. Today, she was a little more pleasing to the eyes than before. After receiving the "double gift" from her son and daughter-in-law, she took out an agate bracelet and put it on the tea tray to serve as a gift for her daughter-in-law.

Cao Yin and Li were a little concerned about Jinghui because they remembered Li Ding.

But she had already entered the Cao family's gate, and it was the Cao family. As elders, even if they didn't like it, they had no reason to make things difficult for them, and they all took tea and drank it.

After this round, it took half an hour to finish the ceremony, Cao Song and his wife were sent back to the bridal chamber. There were other cumbersome etiquettes to continue there.

It is rare for everyone to get together in the mansion here, so naturally we have to prepare for the banquet here.

Before dinner, several aunts went to Sui Zhaojia and talked to Li's house. Nersu, Sun Jue, Seshtu and others accompanied Cao Yin to speak in the front hall.

Seshtu was full of filial piety and was difficult to attend the wedding. He didn't come here yesterday.

Except for the first time he had just returned to Beijing, he came to invite Cao Yin to have an appointment. It was the first time Cao Yin had seen him in the past half month.

Seeing that he was much clearer and his eyes were dark, Cao Yin said, "This funeral cannot be done in three or five days. He also needs to take good care of his body so that his mother-in-law can worry. I have only got a few old ginseng trees from the outside world. When you leave, take two of them back."

After hearing this, Seshtu quickly stood up and said, "I thanked my father-in-law for thinking about it. It was all the son-in-law who was unfilial, which made his parents worried."

Cao Yin waved his hand and said, "Sit and talk. It's the first time I'm going to take care of such a big thing. It's good to be able to do this. But even though I'm young, my body should be maintained. Wealth and prosperity are external things, and good health is the greatest blessing."

Seshtu responded respectfully and sat back.

Nersu said: "I heard that there were people making trouble a few days ago, and even Uncle Jian was alarmed. How are you doing now? You can help me with the handle?"

Seshtu said with a smile: "The prince's kindness, my brother-in-law has recognized it. It's all misunderstandings, and it's already said it."

After hearing this, Cao Yin nodded and said, "Everything is prosperous when family harmony is prosperous, and it is noisy. Is it a joke for people to make a joke, or is it better to make peace."
Chapter completed!