[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

Mr. Anthony has a wide network of contacts, and his fleet not only conducts long-distance trade, but also carries sea passengers.Xue Dashang is shrewd and cunning enough, but he also inherited some compassion from the Xuanhu family: he is also willing to accept the requests of some desperate poor people to stay away from their homeland, and he is willing to give these people some convenience in foreign lands.

As soon as Elizabeth told him the purpose, Mr. Anthony's entourage brought an account book. He tapped the round table, pointed to the thick account book, and said with a smile: "All the people who have no good place to stay in England are here. Listen to grandfather Say you can understand our big Ming characters, choose for yourself."

With that said, the gentleman made a gesture of please.

As soon as Elizabeth opened the ledger, she became serious at once.It lists the names, places of origin, talents they are good at, and some of them also note physical defects and reasons.Elizabeth thought that this was probably a book kept by others for records, so she couldn't help but be more cautious and grateful.

Most of the people registered on it are Ming people, and only the last dozen or so pages are Europeans.Elizabeth scanned the back and found that Mr. Cecilio's information was not on it.

Cecilio didn't expect his benefactor to meet the young lady who lost the opportunity to hire him. The blue eyes of the Italian slipped across the benefactor's handsome face, and he sighed while stroking his mustache.The romantic and amorous cook feels like he has no chance.

Instead, he moved his eyes to Miss Wei Er who was present, his eyes lit up. Although this lady had her arrogance written on her face, she was also very beautiful.A pretty lady has a right to be proud, oh Miss Lola is a white rose with thorns!

Laura was looking at the account book full of small square characters next to Elizabeth, but Ming Dynasty's characters are beautiful but too complicated. Up to now, the baroness only knows the denominations on the Daming Banknotes, because London's Lombard Street Private banks are very happy to do the business of exchanging precious banknotes for British pounds.

She was uncomfortable being stared at by the Italian cook, but the dogma of a lady kept the baroness in her cold and arrogant mask.The lady looked over coldly, but the watery blue eyes on the opposite side seemed to be inspired, and the tenderness overflowed like the spring water of Venice.

"Mr. Cecilio, thank you for your introduction. Since Lizzie and Mr. Anthony are acquainted, there is no need to waste your time any longer. You can go about your own affairs." The lady was not moved at all, and motioned to the Italian Mr. go quickly.

Mr. Cook was on good terms with a sailor on Anthony's ship, and the gentleman came to invite him to dinner when he heard that he was here.The Italian gentleman, who was rejected by the lady one after another, immediately became elated, like a sled dog running with its tongue out, and went to gourmet food with joy—how can I remember the melancholy and the lady.Totally unreliable.

Seeing the indescribable expression on Miss Laura's face, Mr. Anthony Xue burst out laughing, causing the Baroness to give her a cold look.

"Wisconsia has no malice." Mr. Anthony was obliged to do justice to the Italians.

This drew the attention of the two ladies, Laura was noncommittal, and the more familiar Elizabeth was not so tactful, she said directly: "A person who likes to make girls love him? Trying to dazzle his heart all the time? What a pity, We don't welcome this Mr. Cecilio very much."

Anthony laughed loudly: "No success! I mean poor Wisconsin. We heard him cry when he was drunk. The more failures, the more our Italian noble friends love to try."

"He, nobleman?" Laura raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Yes, yes. Cecilio de Wisconsin is still a nobleman with a long history directly under the Pope. Wisconsin's hometown, Modena, became a puppet state controlled by the French Consulate a few years ago. He was at a relative's house in France at the time, and he didn't want to go home to inherit the title. So our rebellious husband went to Paris to work as a cook." Anthony explained simply.Cecilio is warm and simple, and many crew members on the ship like this young man very much.

Laura was stunned. What Mr. Cecilio did was simply unimaginable.

Soon, however, she had no time to think about the flirt, as Elizabeth picked out several candidates to discuss with her.

"Actually, there are still suitable ones, but they are in Scotland, a bit far from London." Elizabeth sighed.

"I suppose it's an English book?" Elizabeth looked at Mr. Anthony.

"Of course, in every port where my fleet stops, there are people who choose to stay. They can choose for themselves, including whether to register on this book."

"Why don't you make England into a separate book? The scope is a bit outrageous!" Laura said casually while looking at the candidates that Elizabeth had copied on the paper.

Elizabeth knew why her friend asked this. Most Britons, including the Bennet family, adhere to a strange creed that "Britain is big" (Note).It would be strange in the eyes of the locals that Anthony put all the passengers who disembarked from his ship and planned to live in England for a long time.

It seems that Mr. Anthony also has some understanding of the British sense of distance. He smiled without explaining.

"This Ms. Li looks very good." Laura then said that this Li E was also Elizabeth's favorite candidate.

Anthony's entourage obviously knew English. He glanced at the line copied by Elizabeth, turned to the page of the account book, looked at some symbols marked in the corner, and said with a smile: "This Mrs. Li is a good white case, but she With a seven or eight-year-old daughter. Besides, Mrs. Li doesn't speak English fluently, so she can barely understand it. Would you like to discuss it with the two young ladies?"

Laura whispered a few words to her friend. Elizabeth nodded and looked at Mr. Anthony: "We don't care, and we won't ask why this lady left her homeland. But this Mrs. Li's character..."

Anthony put down the blue and white tea bowl and said with a smile, "Don't worry. Those who commit crimes will not be able to board my boat." Those who tried their best to get on board were also thrown into the sea to feed the fish.The ship drifts at sea for several months, and anything can happen.

"Our firm is willing to provide a one-year guarantee for these people." The attendant who looked like an assistant immediately took over.

There is nothing more reassuring than having a guarantor. The two ladies simply ordered four people, two chefs and two helpers.That Mrs. Li was staying here temporarily. She heard that two ladies hired her to make cakes, and she didn't mind her terms, so she called back immediately and agreed to sign the contract.

The other chef was a gentleman of some age, and his followers took the initiative to explain his background: this Mr. Lu was a well-known cook in Jinling, Liudu, but he was framed and expelled from the school by his mentor himself.The Ming Dynasty emphasizes the inheritance of the master's school, just like the chef's school. Once you learn skills from a teacher, you will be filial to your teacher and be a father all your life.As a result, Lü Wei could no longer gain a foothold in Jinling, and when things became clear, this master Lv was also disheartened, and he simply took a boat to sea alone.

Master Lu came here for both the white case and the red case.Elizabeth's eyes lit up when she heard this, but it's a pity that Master Lu is now in Biddeford, Devon County, southwest England, and it will take some time to get from Biddeford Port to London Port.Fortunately, the assistant said that Master Lu will definitely agree to their employment, because this master can't learn foreign languages, and now he can only cook a few meals for their crew members who are staying in Biddeford Harbor. him.

With these two chefs, Elizabeth's three-melon and two-date craftsmanship could not be compared, and the biggest problem that had troubled the two ladies for a long time was easily solved.

When Elizabeth returned Baofang to her homeland, she never imagined that she would get such a rich return.

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Ming-style dessert shops on the banks of the Thames soon opened.

Mrs. Li E is a soft-looking, slender lady who speaks softly. When Elizabeth saw this lady for the first time, her eyes were straight. The charm of her was like walking down from an ancient painting. ladies.

This lady has the opposite temperament of her appearance, she is straightforward, generous and vigorous. Under her management, many ingredients from the Ming Dynasty were bought in the dim sum shop, which undoubtedly helped a lot, and the dim sum tasted better and more authentic.Elizabeth's eye sockets were hot, and she almost wanted to fill up every meal with snacks.

The agent Mr. decorated the store exquisitely and spaciously, all using the best walnut wood, which is not inferior to the nearby famous store at all.

I don't know what to ask, the dessert shop's business is not bad, but it is definitely not good.At least it was far worse than the two ladies expected.

On Sunday, Mrs. Li sat with Elizabeth and Laura behind the spacious and bright window, and everyone was a little depressed.The dessert shop occasionally welcomes one or two customers here and there. Mrs. Li is not busy at all to go to the kitchen to make new desserts and restock, and only needs one female shop assistant to take care of them.Even the helper came from the back kitchen to the front to help take care of the business.

This two-story store with a loft, the more spacious and bright it is, the colder it looks.

"Most of the regular customers are regular customers, and some new customers don't know why they don't come back after one visit." Mrs. Li told the employer on her own initiative.

She knew very well that these two ladies were the owners of the dessert shop, and the two shop assistants in the shop thought they were the landlady.Mr. Jared and the ladies falsely claimed that 'Mr. Jared the owner' would pay one-fifth of the profit for the rent. This kind of leasing method from foreign countries is very fashionable, so the clerks asked the ladies about the shop. The situation is not surprising.

"Why?" Elizabeth looked at the light yellow, sweet and refreshing pea yellow in the white fine porcelain plate.It stands to reason that once this delicate and sweet seasonal product is launched, it will be very popular, especially it comes from the Ming Dynasty, which is popular in Europe. After word of mouth from fashionable ladies and gentlemen, it may soon become fashionable—— — like a kite.

Laura picked up a piece and put it into her mouth, she closed her eyes enjoying it, and she was also surprised: "Why don't we try to put an advertisement in The Times?"

The two ladies were running out of money, and the deposit paid in advance for hiring a chef and the money for purchasing various materials almost emptied the funds reserved in the dessert shop's account.Fortunately, the chefs' residences are temporarily placed on the second floor and the attic, and there is no need to rent them separately. Otherwise, Miss Elizabeth and Miss Lola will become Taoris's only bankrupt sisters, and their dormitories will not be welcomed by future freshmen.

"Advertising?" Elizabeth wiped her fingers with a 12-inch napkin and put on her long lace gloves again: "Then what are we waiting for, let's try it right away."

A week later, a frustrating situation happened: the expensive advertisements did attract some early adopters, but unfortunately they did not fundamentally improve. Most of these new customers came once and never saw them again.

The increased turnover this week is not enough to offset the cost of advertising.

"Perhaps the taste of the East is not suitable, you know, people in England are always a bit stubborn by nature." Laura comforted her friend: "Although I am a little disappointed and not very popular, but dear Lizzie, our dessert shop It was profitable. That speaks volumes about our success.”

The baroness laughed at herself: "Good Lizzie, we are spoiled by the kite business. You know how many businessmen always lose money at the beginning. But we are a big success the first time, and the second time is not a failure." .”

"Honey, some of the new customers have stayed. Next year, the business of the dessert shop will be better."

Elizabeth put down the pencil for writing and drawing. She rewrote the plans made by the two of them several times before and finally made up her mind: "No, Laura, the English have no resistance to delicious food! Even we are like this, do you think How many times have I been to the Covent Garden restaurant thinking of Daisy, Lily and you? And the Gabbardi of the Indian, the ladies are almost irresistible."

"I want to hold a tea party in the common room on the second floor, and invite the ladies of Tao Lisi to taste the deliciousness of the Ming-style dim sum shop that 'rents our house'. Maybe we can find out where the problem is?"

"Of course, we don't need to specifically explain that the invitation to the ladies is just for more communication." Elizabeth then said: "But from their reactions, we may be able to find problems."

Elizabeth firmly believes that the delicacy of the motherland can conquer the taste buds of most people. She is not reconciled to running the dessert shop tepidly. She wants the traditional desserts of the flower-growing country to spread all over England-the present is the best era, and people's ideas are still Not pinned down by the high class of France.Everyone has the opportunity to compete on a relatively equal footing.

The color, aroma, and taste are all available in the cakes of Huahua Country, and they are not bad at all.

The author has something to say: ah, the fish is ashamed, staying in bed and not getting up.According to the agreement, 200 small red envelopes will be sent for comments in this chapter, thank you little angels for your support.

In addition, in order to compensate, the fish continues to be added.The second watch is around eight o'clock in the evening.

Fish is very diligent recently (I feel good about myself and pinch my waist)

Note: [Most Britons, including the Bennet family, adhere to a strange creed that "Britain is big"] - this view comes from "Britain Who Is Blackened by All People", the author is Bill Bryson.Yu thought it was very interesting while reading the book, so he couldn't help but tease him a bit.

Indian Gabaldi: It is Indian flying cake.

The Italian cook, Cecilio de Wiscondi, the "de" in his name indicates his aristocratic status: the surname title is an important sign indicating whether a person is a nobleman and who he belongs to.The surname title of the nobles directly under the Pope in Italy is "Germany".Just like "Von" in Germany, the surname title of the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire of the Germans is "Von (Von)", and only the nobles and their vassals subordinate to the emperor have the right to use it. You can't use this surname.

In addition, Mrs. Li'e, her name, Yu was accidentally thought of when setting her character: "Strong", so lie, li'e, Li E.

Thank you to all the little angels who voted for the overlord and the nutrient solution for the fish.