Through the rebirth of the husband and wife Qingxi

When Yu Qingxi received the news that Luoyu Kingdom was about to hold the founding ceremony, the dark man was sending the money for the [-] branches opened this month.These twelve shops are selected from prosperous places, such as the capitals of various countries, and Fandu County, the former capital of Fanxia, ​​is also included in this first batch.

The dark man brought the words of no surprise: "Master, the next 36 stores will be opened within the next three months, and they will be selected in Hudi, a town with a wharf, ferry, and prosperous business."

"So fast?" Yu Qingxi paused.

"It's not fast at all." The dark man said, then glanced at him, and explained to him, "There are various branches of the business, and it doesn't take so long. This is because the master deliberately extended the opening time. If the master Yes, dozens of stores can be opened within a week of your appointment."

After all, this "can't stay idle" is not Qizhuang's shop, the first one is in Yu Qingxi's hands.If dozens of "can't stay idle" stores are opened in an instant, it is difficult to guarantee that people who are interested will not notice the clues, and there is a buffer of several months, which is still reasonable.

Yu Qingxi was not surprised by this thought, and asked instead: "Are you going to see the founding ceremony?"

"Not yet." The dark man said, "Only the leaders of the various factions can go to the founding ceremony, and not everyone in the imperial capital has the opportunity to go. After the founding ceremony, if you don't have the responsibility, you can go and have a look. I have never been to Luoyu Country."

Yu Qingxi nodded. This Luoyu Country is a small country in the desert and cannot accommodate too many people.

"However, I accepted the gift of 100 taels." The dark man seemed very happy, and there was no outsider around, so he said a few more words.

Yu Qingxi was taken aback: "100 taels?" The dark man wants to give a gift too?

"We have the least amount of money to pay, and 100 taels is not bad. There are more than 100 people in our group, and together we have ten thousand taels of silver." The dark man said, "Oh, and Qing Zhi, they are the same as us .”

Yu Qingxi thought about it, the other branches are indeed under other names, and they all have sources of money, only the fierce branch is mostly performing the role of protection, and the Qing branch is responsible for cleaning up, relying only on the money issued by Qizhuang every month monthly salary.He said: "Who is the head of the imperial court in my area? Does he also have to pay some money?" Although he is a bit special, he still thinks it is more appropriate to follow the rules, and he has made a lot of money through Qizhuang.

"You..." The dark man knew that this person had different identities. The spy branch and the merchant branch had never met Yushou, so he could be called the number one in the dark man.He thought for a while, then said: "You are probably different, you can give it to Chief Luo or Master."

Yu Qingxi didn't say much, found a blank brocade sticker, wrote a few words of congratulations, and handed the 6000 taels of silver notes he had just received to the dark man, saying, "Send it to... Master."

"Yes." The dark man took it and said, "What a great deal!"

Yu Qingxi smiled, and he didn't know how many other Shang Zhi dark people paid.He remembered, and asked him, "What is Luo Li doing now?" Ever since Huan and Bahanzhi dark men were by his side, Luo Li was rarely mentioned, especially after he transferred to Shangzhi. After casually speaking a few words with the dark man, his guard was much lessened.

"Many things in Luoyu Kingdom are handled by Chief Luo." The dark man said.

Yu Qingxi nodded.He took out the bank note from his private room and handed it to the dark man: "You eight protect us, and I should give some money. The monthly salary Qi Zhuang gave you has nothing to do with me. I will give you another 20 taels of hard money every month." The four people around Third Young Master Ren are three months earlier than you, and the four of you are counting from the end of the year, do you have any opinions?" Naturally, the ones who protect him and Sang Yu are no better than Chun Yu and the others, who only take a tael of silver monthly salary.

"No..." It was the first time the dark man made extra money, but he said calmly, "This...you should report it to the master."

"No need." Yu Qingxi said, "You deserve to protect our safety with all your heart."

The dark man nodded, but still decided to speak to his master.

Yu Qingxi waved his hand, signaling him to go down.

When Bu Jing received Yu Qingxi's congratulatory post, he was already in the capital.He squeezed the bank note: "Ha, what a generous offer!"

The dark man told the master that Yu Qingxi was going to give the eight of them hard-earned money, and finally took out the banknote.

Bu Jing looked at this "clean and honest" dark man, and smiled: "He will give it to you, just keep it."

The dark man stuffed the banknote into his inner pocket.

Bu Jing squeezed the bank note and turned to look at Luo Li: "Does Yu Qingxi not know that the dark people in the Shangzhi will draw an annual interest to Qi Zhuang at the end of each year?"

Luo Li just came from Luoyu Kingdom and was going to take Yumi and the others there.He paused for a moment, and said: "I just entered the Shang branch, so I don't know. Which imperial head does he belong to?"

Unsurprised and paused: "Didn't you follow you?"

Luo Li nodded, and said to the dark man who sent the letter: "Then wait a minute, bring me a letter to him." After saying that, he went over to write the matter down.

Bu Jing looked at his back and shook his head, and finally said kindly: "Since Yu Qingxi has made so many appearances, you should not do so, this is your two's."

Luo Li was not polite when he heard the words, and directly burned the half-written letter: "Okay, I will pay Yu Qingxi's annual interest this year."

Bu Jing opened his eyes slightly, he was so shrewd in doing business, why was he so dumb!He raised his eyes and said, "Do you know how well Yu Qingxi's business is doing, and how much annual interest will be paid?"

Luo Li chuckled: "Not much."

The corner of his mouth drooped in surprise.

"The business under his name does not occupy the name of Qizhuang, and the profit is small." Luo Li said, "I will always be enough if I prepare ten thousand taels of silver."

No surprise, no words, default.

"He has just started to do business, and the most profitable one now is the caravan, with a profit of 9 taels a year," Luo Li thought. Make a profit of 1 taels, and an annual profit of 10 is enough." Fortunately, Yu Qingxi does not occupy the name of the Qizhuang, otherwise, the annual profit will be [-]% a year, and he will really have a headache.

Not surprised, he immediately turned around and went out, the calculation was fast and accurate, he deserved not to recognize his own son!

Luo Li smiled.He said to the dark man: "Don't mention this to Yu Qingxi beforehand, let's talk about it when I have time to see him."

The dark man agreed and left immediately.

Luo Li was silent for a moment, and slowly touched his face.He stood up and went to look for Yu Mi, but Yu Mi's condition is not very good now.

Yu Qingxi, who was far away in Gantang, didn't know that he was "spending a lot of money", let alone that Luo Li had taken over the annual interest money that he needed to pay. What he cared about every day was his snack shop, thinking about what else he could eat.

The people from the commercial firm delivered the goods this morning, and in addition to the food he ordered, they also gave him ten baskets of fruit, which were protected with grass leaves, which was very comprehensive.Yu Qingxi looked it over, and found that these fruits were not available in Ruomi, and they should have been brought from other countries.He took it, and Chunyu handed over the tipping money upon seeing this.

Yu Qingxi picked a few and asked Chunze to send them to Xi's house in Ningzuo Village.

"Shu is in charge." Chun Yu nodded slightly when she saw Lao Shu coming.

"You post all the other goods. Let people pick up these fruits carefully, write down the number, and then weigh them." Yu Qingxi said to Chunyu.

Chun Yu took the lead.

"Have you touched this fruit before?" Yu Qingxi asked Shu while watching them take the fruit out of the basket.

"No." Shu looked at it for a while, "I heard from my brothers and uncles that the fruits from other countries are very difficult to handle. The ripe ones will go bad soon, and the raw ones will not taste as good even if they are cooked here. It’s good to be familiar with it.”

"How are the fruits in this country usually sold?" Yu Qingxi asked.

"Some are sold by the individual, and some are sold by the catty. It depends on the price of the fruit." Shu said, "Isn't this how all fruits are sold?"

"I never thought about how to deal with those too raw or too familiar ones that are not good in appearance and difficult to sell?" Yu Qingxi asked.

"How...how to deal with it?" Shu paused.

"You have to try to jump out of the usual way of selling." Yu Qingxi let him think, and instructed: "Those who have entered the account, you should pick out the best-looking ones first, remember, be gentle."

Shu agreed, and asked a few maidservants to come over to help pick the fruits.On the other hand, Yu Qingxi found a woven straw basket, made a layer of fine cotton grass, and picked several kinds of fruits to match and put them on top.

"It's so beautiful!" The maidservants praised one after another.

"Put it like this, and sell it on the counter later." Yu Qingxi said to the maidservants, "As for the price, Chunyu will triple the total price of the fruits in each basket after calculating the price. If you put these ten baskets today, you can put the rest in the back, and it will be good to eat tomorrow." He pointed, "These will be put on the top tomorrow, and the rest will be put in the day after tomorrow."

"Yes." The maids answered.

"I can't stay idle" sells beautiful fruit baskets. As soon as the news spread, those ladies rushed over.Some couldn't get away, so they sent maids and servants to buy them.They all know that if they are one step late, they may not be able to grab it.

When Ren Sangyu came back to eat at noon, the fruits had already been robbed, but people kept asking.

"What's sold out?" Ren Sangyu asked Yu Qingxi.

"Fruit." Yu Qingxi said, "I saved it for you. Let's eat first, and I'll take a nap for you to eat on the way."

"Okay." Ren Sangyu smiled.Ever since the snack shop opened, Qingxi would always bring him some food, either put it in the carriage, or put it on the table in the yamen, or take it to his colleagues to taste.

What Yu Qingxi prepared for him were bananas, which were both filling and nutritious.When Sang Yu woke up to wash, he peeled the banana fruit and put it on a plate, cut it into a knuckle width, and put a fruit fork on it, so that he could eat it when Ren Sang Yu took it away.

Ruomi does not produce bananas, and Ren Sangyu has never tasted this kind of fruit before.He tasted one and found it sweet and soft, and he liked the taste very much.When getting out of the car, Ren Sangyu patted his belly contentedly.

In the courtyard, as soon as the carriage left, Shu came over to look for Yu Qingxi.He said: "How to sell the leftover fruit?"

"How do you want to sell it?" Yu Qingxi asked without answering.

Shu thought for a while and said: "Usually in the store, there is a price for good-looking fruits, and a price for unsatisfactory fruits. Is it possible that we don't sell those in bad shape in our store?" The fruit baskets sold in the morning Shu Shao made some calculations. According to the price of Sanfan, it would have already paid back its capital after three days of selling.Not all the bad-looking fruits that can be saved are not delicious, some are just not beautiful, but the taste is good, and it is a pity to throw them away.

Yu Qingxi nodded: "If I put those in the shop, the price of other snacks will not be able to sell."

"Make other snacks?" Seeing that Yu Qingxi agreed, Shu continued, "Preserved fruit?"

"There are some on the market, why should I spend that time?" Yu Qingxi said, "With that time, I might as well ask Chunji to bake more biscuits."

Shu nodded, and began to think about what snacks could be made from the fruit.

But Yu Qingxi asked him: "The number of people eating dim sum in the shop started to increase these days?"

"Yes." Shu nodded.Except for the first two days of opening, there will also be ladies and ladies who sit in the shop and buy some snacks to eat. Some of them just stop here after shopping, and some sit here because they like to eat freshly baked dim sum.Naturally, when eating in the store, the dishes used to serve are collected by the maids of the store. Without packaging, the price will be much cheaper.

"Then make a kind of fruit tea that women love, and it's best served with pastries." Yu Qingxi said, "Cut the fruit into cubes, how can you tell the appearance."

"Fruit tea? Tea made from fruit?" Shu pondered for a while.

Yu Qingxi nodded: "Cut the fruit into cubes, cook in spring water, let it cool for a stick of incense, and add three spoons of honey." After thinking about it, he added, "Put the fruit in the water jade cup. Not too much, just one bottom of the cup is enough."

Shu nodded and remembered, just thinking about it is very beautiful, and I am afraid it will be a big seller again.

"Remember, the color of the fruit should be well matched, and the flavor of the fruit should be harmonized well. Don't put sour fruit in a pot." Yu Qingxi said, "[-]% sweet fruit and [-]% sour fruit, the taste should be good. Oh, and don’t put that banana fruit away.”

Shu listened and memorized, and then asked, "So many... are they made into fruit tea?"

"Of course not. Fruit tea can be made in the afternoon, but few people drink it in the morning." Yu Qingxi said, "Now I've washed all these fruits, sliced ​​them and put them in an oven to dry them."

The oven was built in the courtyard after the craftsmen came, and it was specially used for baking biscuits and cakes. Now it is being taught by Chunji Chunyan.

Shu had never tasted the dried fruit before, so he was surprised: "Can the fruit be eaten without water?"

"Taste and you'll know." Yu Qingxi said, "This fruit slice can't be cut too thin, it's easy to burn, and it can't be cut too thick, it won't be baked through. Besides, the fruit slice should be far away from the charcoal, too high temperature will cause The fruit slices are not baked through."

"Okay." Shu nodded, "How long to bake?"

"Let's bake it for an hour or two." Yu Qingxi didn't know how long it would take, "It depends on you thinking about it slowly."

Shu agreed, and immediately asked someone to clean the fruit and cut it into slices, and assigned a maid to cut it into cubes for fruit tea, while he was thinking about the dried fruit.Yu Qingxi would not let Shu do it directly, he stood by and looked at him, making a point from time to time.Yu Qingxi had never made dried fruit before, so he just said this based on his feeling.He feels that the dried fruit does not add any other flavor, and judging from the finished product, it should only need to be dried.

The fruit slices were baked in the oven for more than an hour. Shu came and told him that some of the fruit slices placed on the edge had started to burn, so Yu Qingxi asked someone to take out the fruit slices.He looked at the freshly baked dried fruit and was slightly disappointed.

Squeeze a piece and taste it: "It's a bit soft."

"Hmm." Yu Qingxi wondered what went wrong.

"Like preserved fruit." Shu chewed.

"It may have failed." Yu Qingxi said, "The dried fruit I want should be crunchy and dry."

"Is it because the baking time is not enough?" Shu asked.

"If you bake it again, it will be burnt." Yu Qingxi said, "In this way, the oven will also be closed, and the temperature inside is not too hot. You can take some and put them in again. You can watch it when you wake up tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Shu agreed.

At night, while Ren Sangyu was exercising, Yu Qingxi went to the first courtyard to see the oven.Shu also stood guard there, and when he saw him coming, he showed him a piece.

"It's still a little soft." Yu Qingxi knew it was still not good after receiving it in his hand.

"But it's much drier than the one I ate before." Shu said.

The two of them waited in the oven for half an hour, and when they tasted it again, it was still a little soft, far from the crisp touch.

"What are you doing?" Ren Sangyu had already bathed and changed her clothes.

"Think about something new to eat." Yu Qingxi got up and said to him.

Ren Sangyu leaned over to take a look, and then pulled Yu Qingxi back a step: "It's too late now, and it won't be too late to think about it tomorrow."

Yu Qingxi was just here to take a look, and didn't intend to stay put.He said: "Old Shu, I won't be able to get it out for a while, so let's go back and rest first."

"Old Shu" took a deep breath: "It's okay, I'll watch it for a while." There was no need to worry about his sad eyes showing in the night, "Anyway... I don't sleep much when I'm old..."

Yu Qingxi suppressed her laughter and nodded, "Yes." Ren Sangyu dragged her back to Erjin's yard without saying anything.

"I always feel that Lao Shu doesn't seem to be in his forties." Ren Sangyu said.

"Huh?" Yu Qingxi was taken aback.

"Even if it is, I'm afraid he has a face of forty to twenty." Ren Sangyu said.

Yu Qingxi thought for a while and said, "Maybe...he is born with this temperament..."

"Qingxi," Ren Sangyu said, "Even if he is forty, you should stay away from him."

Yu Qingxi: "..." Dare to be affectionate is not cheating, but jealousy?His heart relaxed, and he said, "Sang Yu, my eyes are so small, I can't tolerate other people when I look at you, so what about other people." He glanced at Ren Sangyu, and said, "The management is three Ten or forty, it’s all the same to me, I just see if they can do it and if it’s necessary.”

"Your eyes... are not small..." Ren Sangyu pursed his lips and turned his face slightly.He really didn't expect Yu Qingxi to say that, and his heart trembled for a moment.

Yu Qingxi recalled her face, and smiled: "The eyes are big...the same is true."

Only then did Ren Sangyu turn his face around, and squeezed Yu Qingxi's hand: "Me too."

Yu Qingxi hooked her lips.

The next day, before Ren Sangyu woke up, he was woken up by an old-hearted manager.

"Boss! Boss!" Shu held up a piece of dried fruit and rushed in, "It's done! The dried fruit is done! Look, look, it's sprayed and dried! Is it done!"

Yu Qingxi frowned slightly, and made a silent movement.

Shu turned his head stiffly to look.

"Qingxi!" Ren Sangyu walked over with an air of getting up, "This time you can't see it, and I can't stand it either!"

Shu flinched.

"Don't recruit such an active manager next time!" Ren Sangyu said.

"Well, I listen to my husband." Yu Qingxi comforted.

Most of Ren Sangyu's anger went down.

"Boss?" Shu looked over worriedly.

"Running so swiftly, I'm not afraid of breaking my bones!" Ren Sangyu let out the remaining bit of getting up anger on Shu, and walked back leisurely to wash up.

Shu quietly watched Third Young Master Ren leave, and then said softly, "Master..."

"I'll talk about the dry fruit later." Yu Qingxi said, "You...you have to be careful in the future."

"Yes." Shu cleans up neatly and puts all his old age on display.

The author has something to say:

Dried fruit is something I made on a whim while making cookies.If you use an oven, bake at about 210 degrees for one hour, or at 90 degrees for three hours.If it is burnt, it may be sliced ​​too thin.It is soft when it comes out, and it needs to be air-dried overnight, and then it will become crunchy and dry, and it will become powdery when you sip it in your mouth.If you don’t have an oven, use a microwave, turn it for 3 minutes, and let it dry overnight, the effect is the same!