The Imperial Concubine Chef - C142

After the national mourning period, the Yuxiang Restaurant reopened. It was currently summer time, so Su Xinyu made her plans. She placed the sour plum and green bean soup at the entrance and gave it to passersby for free. Of course, this was not unlimited. Each person only had one bowl, so children and old people could drink an extra bowl. However, customers who entered the restaurant could enjoy their drinks for an unlimited amount of time and spend an extra two coins to drink the type with ice cubes. Anyone who could come to the Yuxiang Restaurant to eat would definitely not be stingy with their money. Thus, in reality, the expenses of the Sour Plum Soup and Green Bean Soup were all earned from these customers. Actually, it couldn’t be said that it was a profit, but a balance of payments instead.

As for that extremely expensive ice cube in summer, it was completely worthless to Su Xinyu. Not to mention that she had refrigerators in her space, she could freeze as much as she wanted. For example, passing through the necessary knowledge to make saltpeter ice here was not a secret technique. Only that very few people knew about it. In the beginning, Su Xinyu had forgotten about it. SheSheas still thinking about the fact that there was an icehouse under the restaurant, so she decided to buy a few more during the winter when she didn’t have enough for himself. He could go and replenish herself at any time. In the end, it was Zhang Ziyi who sent his the saltpeter and the method to make ice.

However, this also saved her a lot of trouble. With Zhang Ziyi’s help, Su Xinyu found someone who was specifically responsible for making ice. The saltpeter could be used repeatedly, and it was also provided by Zhang Ziyi. After all, the well belonged to his family.

Su Xinyu even brought out some summer snacks and tea within her Yuxiang Restaurant. It was like the most common cold noodles, very different from the cold noodles people usually ate here in the summer. The sour, sweet and chewy cold noodles were liked by many people as soon as they were released. Not to mention the spicy and refreshing side dishes as well as the few fruits in the broth, just looking at them was enough to attract a person’s attention. Not to mention that the price of cold noodles was not expensive. A bowl of cold noodles was worth five coins each. Even a normal family of a hundred people could occasionally get a bowl of cold noodles to satisfy their craving. It had to be known that this Cold Noodle Soup of the Su Family was brewed using beef bones, and the taste was something that no one else had.

Beef was not easy to get at this time of day. Among the animals, apart from the horses, the cattle were the most expensive. But cattle were also labourers, they had to be cultivated in the fields, and there were no specialised cows or buffaloes in Haian City. Thus, 95% of them were oxen. Killing cattle is against the law. Even if there were accidental deaths or old deaths, these would have to be reported to the government. The money would have to be collected at the same time by the yamen. Of course, this also included sick cows. However, there were some places where the officials would not sell this kind of sick beef to earn some ungrateful money, but there were also places where they could not be sure.

Fortunately, Su Xinyu was very much at ease with regards to the Haian City. But there are only so many cows every year. The previous restaurants had all been split and ordered. This way, Su Family would have to divide these few things, which was also why they were hated in the beginning. However, Su Xinyu did not insist on using the beef. In the end, she decided to take the bull’s bone. In this way, this kind of thing without any meat would no longer arouse anyone’s hatred. But Su Xinyu was very clear. Although this kind of old beef could smell good, the beef flavor was even stronger. But it’s hard to be soft without a pressure cooker. If those people were to take it back, it would just be an additional characteristic that no one else had.

In fact, Su Xinyu had also told Zhang Ziyi and Li Baoxiao about the beef. She felt there was nothing wrong with raising beef cattle. The breeder can rent the cattle to the farmer to farm and transport the goods. This was much more profitable than the farmers buying their own cattle. Moreover, some of these cows had to eat and work hard, so the quality of the beef would also be better. Plus, if the feed could go up, the beef could be supplied in large quantities. There was nothing bad about that.

Zhang Ziyi did not express an opinion, but Li Baoxiao did not agree with it. Su Xinyu was startled by his excuse, and nodded her head helplessly. She had never thought that one of the biggest reasons why breeding wasn’t developed here was because of the animal plague. If they raised such an expensive large-scale livestock on a large scale, if there was cattle plague, they would die in droves. At that time, they would have to pay a huge amount of hard work and money, and would lose a lot of money. This was definitely not what they wanted to see.

The days passed one by one. Although Yuxiang Restaurant had been closed for a longer time than other restaurants. But as soon as it reopened, it served drinks and launched all kinds of cold food. Within half a month, the situation had returned to how it was before. Moreover, because only Yuxiang Restaurant could eat cold noodles, some people would rather queue up than buy a bowl of cold noodles. You know that sour plum soup and green bean soup can be drunk on an unlimited scale after they consume it.

However, there were many people who wanted to take advantage of her. But the cold broth was far better than the other two. Furthermore, after drinking the cold noodles soup and eating the cold noodles, even if he was given so much sour plum or green bean soup, he still wouldn’t be able to drink it. There was a saying that ‘buy what you want’ was not as good as’ sell ‘. This was a principle that had never changed since time immemorial. How could Su Xinyu not calculate this point?

In the blink of an eye, autumn arrived. The turmoil in the imperial government did not seem to have affected the Haian City at all. But other places were far less peaceful. It was all thanks to the fact that Haian City was ruled by the Fourth Prince from the very start, and that the economic lifeline was controlled by the Fifth Prince. The hometown of the new emperor’s outer sect naturally received more care than other places.

Today, Su Xinyu happened to be resting at home and was accompanying her mother in the front hall, listening to the Qiao Family’s narration of what they had seen and heard when they came back from their visits to other places. At this time, Su Fu hurriedly ran in. “Madam, Young Master, the madame is here!”

Su Xinyu and Su Wenlan were both startled. “However, the two of them stood up excitedly afterwards.” Uncle Fu, you mean my Seventh Grandmother is here? ”

Su Fu hurriedly nodded. “Yes, Young Master. The madame has arrived! The sedan was almost at the door. It was the old mistress’ servant who came to inform her! ”

Su Wenlan was so happy that tears were about to fall from her eyes. Fast! Hurry up and go out to welcome them! ”

Without saying a word, Su Xinyu ran out of the door like a wisp of smoke. She saw a palanquin carried by four people approaching them from a short distance away. Su Xinyu immediately ran over. Seventh Grandmother, is that you? ”

Hearing a strange yet somewhat familiar voice, Madam Liu’s eyes reddened as she quickly lifted the curtain of the carriage. Upon seeing the young man, she was taken aback for a moment before reacting immediately. Wasn’t this her good grandson? Madam Liu’s tears fell down immediately. My good grandson! ”

“Master!” The half woman sitting beside the palanquin quickly had the palanquin man put down the palanquin and pulled Madam Liu out. “Madame, please slow down.”

Madam Liu’s body was actually fine. However, she was exhausted from the long journey over. But when she saw Su Xinyu, she immediately became spirited. The grandfather and grandson hugged each other, crying without concealing anything while standing outside.

Su Wenlan’s speed was not as fast as her daughter’s, but she had also quickened her pace. “Soon, he arrived at their side.” Seventh Aunt! ”

“Madam Liu looked at Su Wenlan and quickly wiped away his tears. Good, good, good! Today, the three of us are finally together again. ” And then the tears came again.

Aunt Zhang couldn’t just look at this. Although they did not know who served beside the madame, they could tell each other’s identity with a single glance. They exchanged glances. She quickly persuaded the three masters to return to the Su residence.

After entering Su Family’s courtyard, the Madam Liu’s eyes were somewhat insufficient.

This …” This is a good place for you to stay? ” Madam Liu knew that the little girl had great ability and earned a lot of money. There was a big restaurant, a pickled vegetable market, a house for rent, and even a big courtyard. But even if she knew how to read and write, she had never left the one and only acre and a third of the land where she was raised, so the amount she had seen must be limited. With the size of the Su residence, it was quite rare even in their county, and she had only been to such a large house a few times when she was nanny.

Su Xinyu supported Seventh Grandmother. After wiping away her tears, she was both happy and excited. Yeah. This is my home. Mother and I have already prepared your courtyard for you. We’ll stay with Mother and clean up every day. We’ll be waiting for you to come. ”

Madam Liu looked at every blade of grass and every brick and tile in the courtyard and was filled with emotion: “That step I took was right!”

Su Wenlan sighed: “It’s fortunate that Xinyu was alert, otherwise our bones would have turned to mush.”

Madam Liu held Su Wenlan’s hand, “Foolish child, don’t talk about the unlucky things from the past. I believe that there will be retribution for the crimes committed by Zhou Family, sooner or later there will be retribution for the crimes committed. This, after the battle, Zhou Shitou came back, but he was completely crippled. The eldest son and direct descendant can only die without any descendants. How great is this irony. ”

In these two years, even if they were to communicate again, Su Xinyu had never thought of Zhou Family, and neither did the Madam Liu or the Madam Liu mention it. So, the two of them really didn’t know what Zhou Family it was. Now that the words had been brought up, Su Xinyu was very curious. What happened to Zhou Shitou? Wasn’t he a spearman? Big Brother Yong is fine even when he’s an officer at the vanguard, how can he do such a thing as a cook? ”

The Madam Liu sneered: “It’s definitely not. Then he came back and we found out. In the first year he could not bear the pain, nor could he bear to be kept under control as a deserter. But think about it, this deserter is a capital offense. He was caught the day after he ran away. After that, she was carried from the stove to the front line. So all these years she had been crawling on the front lines. However, people like him were afraid of death, so they would retreat when fighting. Naturally, she couldn’t be counted as meritorious. She was injured by the enemy a few more times. In the end, she ended up with an inhumane ending. But because of this, the Chow Dalang was guilty of buying a wife for Zhou Shitou. However, he didn’t care about that. In these few years, he had married a wife and two concubines, and gained two girls. She didn’t seem to care that much whether Zhou Shitou could be raised or not. “What he cares about is that it’s nice to go out.

Su Wenlan immediately creased her brows, “Since even Stone is like that, how can we still get him to marry and take in concubines? Isn’t this the same as wasting a lady who’s with a good family?”

Madam Liu shook her head, feeling helpless: “Then what can we do. Now that there’s money and power in Zhou Family, families who have it all just for money must rush to send the girl over. “