Back in Qixia Courtyard, Xiao Yao asked Qiu Ju to tell the kitchen to hurry up and make a delicious meal, the three of them were tired and hungry.
Qiu Ju hurriedly arranged, and laughed at the same time, didn't she say to go out to play?
Why can't you afford to eat a meal outside?
Still making yourself so tired?
In the evening, Xiao Yao called Qiu Ju, Xia He, Qiu Yue, and Xiao Cui together and held a meeting with them.
Xiao Yao thought of a reason, and said to them in a kind tone, with a serious expression: "We have been together for more than 20 days, I think you are very dedicated to me, now there is something, I don't want to hide it from you, my hometown and Xiaocui are very far away from here, and it is not easy to go back, because by chance I saved your prince, and he invited us to live in this palace."
But this is not our home after all, Xiaocui and I will leave here sooner or later and go back to our own home, but it takes a lot of money, and we don't want to rely on the princess and princess to help, so we came up with a way to make money, which is to make hot pot and eat this food.
I went out with Qiuyue Xiaocui today and already told the restaurant.
The restaurant is willing to buy the hot pot base we make.
Next, Xiaocui and I will be very busy, I don't want the prince and princess to know that I am doing business, I want to ask a few of you to help cover up, and don't tell anyone outside our yard about this.
Again, I know that the life of your family is not easy, if any of you are willing to help us work, I will pay you at the end of the month, and whoever does more will be paid more, and I will count.
You can think about it and tell me about your decision.
But you have to promise me now that you won't tell anyone about it, if you can't do it, you can leave Qixia Courtyard, let's have a master, I will never blame you.
After speaking, Xiao Yao's eyes looked at the faces of Qiu Ju, Xia He and Qiu Yue.
Qiu Yue was the first to say: "Miss, don't worry, I will never say it to others."
I'm willing to work with you. ” Xiao Yao was very happy to hear this, and said to her with a smile: "Okay, thank you Qiuyue!"
But this other person also includes the second young master of your family, and I don't want him to know. ” Qiu Yue lowered her head and thought about it: Anyway, it's not to do anything unseemly, not to mention that with the second young master's attitude towards Miss Xiao, if he blames it, he will bring out Miss Xiao, what can he do to Miss Xiao?
Thinking of this, she raised her head and smiled at Xiao Yao: "I don't say it to my second young master." ” Xiao Yao smiled and nodded at her.
Turned his face to look at Qiu Ju and Xia He.
The two of them had embarrassed expressions, from the bottom of their hearts, they looked down on people who did business, in ancient times, everything was inferior, only reading was high.
In the social environment at that time, no matter how rich the businessmen were, they had no social status.
When the imperial concubine sent them and the five princes out of the palace to open a new mansion, it was implied that they would let the prince take them into the house sooner or later, and the prince also trusted them very well, since they were sent to Qixia Courtyard, they have actually been the eyes and ears of the prince, Xiao Yao's every move, the prince asked very clearly.
Now that you suddenly want to hide it from the prince, isn't that disloyal to the prince?
But now that she is sent to serve Miss Xiao, she is her subordinate for the time being, and she can't help but listen to this master, this young lady is also good to them, she never puts on a score, she always speaks to them softly, and she relies on them very much in the affairs of the house, and she discusses everything with them, especially if she can tell them about her secret operations so frankly, isn't it trusting them?
This young lady is not doing any bad things, but she has a backbone and wants to earn money to support herself, but she is a woman worthy of admiration.
What to do?
It's really hard for them to choose.
As soon as Xiao Yao saw their expressions, she knew that they were very embarrassed, and she could understand their difficulties, so she thought about it in her heart, in fact, she still liked these two big girls who were calm and had leadership skills.
So he changed his mind and said to them: "I can understand your thoughts, otherwise I will not let you participate in this matter, if the prince asks you, you only say that I do not trust you, and deliberately avoid you in everything, and you do not know about this matter at all."
Do you think this is possible?
” The two of them were very moved to see Xiao Yao thinking about themselves so much, and nodded in agreement at the moment.
As for Aunt Gu and Sister-in-law Li in the kitchen, the two rough little maids and the two little maids who guarded the courtyard gate, Xiaocui and Qiuyue only told them that they could earn more money by letting them work, and they immediately agreed, saying that everything was up to Miss.
Xiao Yao reassigned the maids in Qixia Courtyard to live on the road.
Qiu Ju and Xia He were in charge of Xiao Yao's diet and daily life, cleaning in the room, and all needlework.
Sister-in-law Li and Qiu Yue divided into two shifts, taking two little maids to fry the hot pot base on the kitchen stove, and the two little maids sprinkled and swept the yard by themselves, and the work of emptying the toilet still had to be done.
Sister-in-law Li's group is also responsible for washing and drying the porcelain jars containing the base material, and the Qiuyue group is responsible for cooling the fried base material and filling the can.
Put it in a clean and empty room.
Aunt Gu is responsible for cooking for everyone on time, pickling leeks in her spare time, (Aunt Gu volunteered to drown leeks and send them out to sell to the restaurant, Xiao Yao felt that the leeks she drowned tasted really good, so she agreed) to help pick onions and peel garlic.
Xiao Cui is in charge of the ingredients, and teaches everyone how to fry the heat and methods, and the most important job is to fry the dense ingredients with Xiao Yao.
As for Cao Zhong and Li Gui, they are mainly responsible for purchasing and delivery.
Xiao Yao thinks that simply selling hot pot base materials to make too little money is too slow.
The seeds she brought with her waited for no one, and they must be planted in the ground at the beginning of spring next year, otherwise they would not be used.
She had to earn money to buy land as soon as possible, and without land, where would her seeds go?
Therefore, she had to open up more ways to make money, and she did the tofu skin, tofu business, pot selling business, and even leek business.
Anyway, she said to Sun Fatzi at the time: "As long as the things she recommends are not higher than the market price, he must accept them, otherwise he will not be given an exclusive monopoly."
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Li Gui and Cao Zhong were responsible for taking things from the producers and sending them to the restaurant to earn the difference in price, and then they were responsible for sending the base materials made by Qixia Yuan to the restaurant to sell.
The division of labor is certain, and everyone is busy.
Early in the morning, Xiao Yao wiped her face with pot ash, disguised herself as a man, pretended to be Li Gui, and slipped out of the palace with Cao Zhong with her head down.
She wants to go to the spice shop to buy seasonings for hot pot, mainly to bargain with the owner of the spice shop.
In her previous life, Xiao Yao only followed her classmates or friends to cut the price of clothes in shopping mall stores, and most of the time she failed.
Now she has to pretend to be a market veteran to negotiate prices, otherwise what?
The two little servants are both domestic slaves who are raised in the palace and don't often go out, and it is not their turn to do such a heavy task as purchasing.
Among the people in the courtyard, only Xiao Yao is the most business-minded, she shouldn't be a lame general, who should be?
After some bargaining, grinding and hard foaming, Xiao Yao got a more satisfactory price, and said the supply price in the future, she asked Cao Zhong to hire two loaded carriages, and bought two carts of various spices, in order to save money, she and Cao Zhong sat next to the coachman who was driving the car, and came back all the way in the freeze.
Cao Zhong really admired this young lady for being so able to endure hardships in his heart.
Before Xiao Yao left the house, he asked Li Gui to go to the porcelain shop and buy back a hundred porcelain jars in three different shapes.
For the clear soup, thick soup, and nourishing base are each made of a porcelain jar of one shape, which is easy to distinguish.
In the afternoon of the same day, the people in Qixia Courtyard began to perform their duties and became busy.