Imperial Exam Daily

The weather gradually warmed up. In the afternoon, Yang Ye returned to the village in a bullock cart. A horse-drawn carriage passed by on the official road, which attracted the villagers sitting in the bullock cart to watch frequently.

Yang Ye saw that the carriage was a simple blue cloth cart, not like a carriage made by a rich man, but rather like a carriage specially designed to pick up and drop off people. There are many, and the price is twice as expensive as that of an ox cart. Generally, few people are willing to spend money to ride.

Seeing that the carriage was heading towards Zaocun, everyone was talking about which one it belonged to.

Master Zhou saw that Yang Ye was also watching, and said with a smile, "That is the carriage hired by Zhang Tongsheng. He came to pay for the ox cart a few days ago, saying that he hired a carriage."

Yang Ye was surprised, but he only smiled and said, "It must have made a lot of money."

Zuixiaolou is the opposite of Fengxianglou, and Yang Ye still knows a little about him. There are four accountants in Zuixiaolou. At that time, I don't know how Zhang Ying climbed up to the main accountant and let him enter the restaurant, but according to his understanding In the early days, Zhang Jie was just a handyman in the chief accountant's office, but now that he has a lot of money, could it be reused?

"This Tongsheng really has some skills. It is rare for the Mei family to come here by carriage. It will cost a lot of money for a month to come twice a day."

"Zhang Tongsheng isn't married yet, and your daughter is getting married, why don't you find a matchmaker to talk about it."

"How can a scholar like us, a country girl like us?"

"Hey, the daughter of our rural family is capable of enduring hardships, much better than Miss Jiao in the county."

The women on the bullock cart were chattering, and the ones who had daughters were even more excited. In fact, before Zhang Jie was admitted to Tongsheng, many villagers saw that the Zhang family had promised marriage, and Zhang Jieyong wanted to get a degree in the exam and escaped. Yes, later on after being admitted to Tongsheng, there were more and more kisses, but Zhang Zi kept imitating ambiguity, which caused many girls to feel uneasy, and now that he has made a fortune and is so high-profile, I am afraid that even the kisses will break the threshold up.

But Yang Ye didn't care much, he never took Zhang Jie as an opponent, and he didn't have time to pay attention to other people's business.

At night, Yang Ye practiced a few pages of calligraphy as usual, and now Axi will supervise him every night. He never dared to slack off for a day. The year has passed, and the time for the college examination is not far away. He tried to post poems and silently write some of the contents of "Shengren Guangxun". He had previous experience in the hospital examination, so he could memorize them fluently. He only needed to review them a month or two before the exam.

After practicing calligraphy, he read a few more pages of "Mencius" before he packed up his school tools. Ah Xi thought he was going to rest, so he quickly put down his sewing work to help him tidy up, but Yang Ye said, "Tomorrow I will go to The master carpenter made a signboard for our pastry shop, and also asked him to make some molds for making pastries."

"What kind of molds do you want?"

Yang Ye took out a piece of paper and drew a flower with five petals and a simple butterfly on it.

A Xi's long eyebrows moved slightly: "This, these mold-like pastry shops have them."

"We want both the ordinary and the extraordinary."

"Yes, you can draw the pattern of green bamboo and print it on the pastry, and you can also inscribe some words with good meanings."

Yang Ye smiled knowingly, picked up a pen and wrote "Happy" on the paper leaf, Axi blushed slightly: "I, I didn't mean that."

"I think it's very suitable, and it matches well with our store name, and I will write some blessing characters when the time comes."

"That, that will have to trouble the master carpenter, and it will cost a lot of money."

"It is important to invest money in the early stage. Our pastries are exquisite and the price is high, so the return on capital will be faster."

The next day, Yang Ye went to work and brought a whole page of blueprints drawn at night to the county town. During lunch time, he found the most famous carpenter in the county town to make signs and molds. He made a lot of things, and the master was famous. It took a small tael of silver to make a decision. Fortunately, the master provided the wood, otherwise I really couldn't afford it.

In addition, the last time Wang Da rolled his eyes, it reminded him that the cakes are exquisite and beautiful, and the packaging must keep up, just like the packaging of Yipinxiang, but anyone who sees the packaging will know that it is Yipinxiang pastry , which is undoubtedly a propaganda channel.

He bought a batch of oiled paper, started with the name of the pastry shop, carved a seal, and printed it on the package with red sand next to it.

On March [-]th, the master carpenter sent over the finished mold and signboard. The three characters Fuxizhai were engraved on the flat pear wood, praying for peace and prosperity, happiness and auspiciousness. Of course, even if he didn’t say anything, the family members I also know that the name of this shop is inextricably linked to Ah Xi.

The staff of Fengxiang Building heard that Yang Ye's family was going to open a pastry shop, Xiaoliu and a few other boys came over to help Yang Ye clean up the shop after work, and hung up the signboard on a red cloth together.

The next day, the family made a large batch of pastries to prepare for the opening tomorrow. Yang Ye packed some cakes, crisps, and cakes and went to the restaurant. During the break after lunch, he divided the pastries in the food boxes For everyone, firstly, it is to thank the people in the restaurant for helping him clean up the shop, and secondly, it is also to let everyone try something new, so that there will be more guests at that time.

In addition, he left separate small portions for Pang Zhanzhong and Huang Jin.

There are several flavors of mille-feuille cakes in the food box, as well as red date cake, red date cake, rose cake... The pastry is not only printed with a mold, but also printed with words. When the food box is opened, everyone is amazed Let alone the taste, just looking at it is pleasing to the eye.

"Let's try it, everyone."

After he spoke, Xiao Er, who was from an ordinary family, couldn't hold back early, and took a piece of soft jujube cake first, and the rest of the staff also started to work one after another. It's not as delicious as cake. Only those who get it know that it is filled with sweet but not greasy rose sauce. It is crispy and slides down in one bite. The flower sauce enters the mouth and has an endless aftertaste.

"This shortbread is delicious, even better than the shortbread filled with peanuts."

Yang Ye introduced the names of all kinds of pastries one by one. The pastries he brought were only one or two. Of course, those who took one could not take the other. Everyone was eating what was in their own mouths and greedy what was in other people's hands. Second, divide the half-palm-sized pastry into several pieces and exchange them with others, so that you can eat your own and others. After a good taste, the cooks are reluctant to eat it, and wrap it in a silk scarf to share with the family. Take the child back.

Everyone praised and thanked Yang Ye. Some people really loved Yang Ye so much that they dared to ask Yang Ye the price. Yang Ye didn’t hide it. Cakes cost five Wen each, jujube cakes cost four Wen each, and other cakes cost only three Wen.

The employees of Fengxiang Building are all people who have seen the scene, but they still secretly called out their lives when they learned the price of the pastry, and they might not want to buy it after trying it this time.

Yang Ye knows that the price is too high for ordinary people, but the investment in making cakes is also high, and the cost is high. Besides, he also makes cakes with conscience. No matter it is the flour noodles for making cakes, they are all sifted through a fine sieve. Yes, the flour is fine, and the cakes are not yet available in the market, so he is not afraid that they will not be sold.

Everyone was immersed in the pastries all afternoon, and the boys were also talking about pastries. The young ones said that they would go to Mr. Yang’s luxury every time they paid their wages, and the older ones wanted to save money to marry a wife. Dare to spend money recklessly, but I also feel that after tasting this pastry, I can brag with other waiters in other restaurants.

Everyone talked excitedly, and the guests who came in to eat heard it, so they asked a few words about the good things, and the waiters bragged for a while, and the customers were itchy, saying that they would go to the new pastry shop to see it tomorrow.

Yang Ye didn't expect to gain some benefits through such publicity.

On the second day, Pang Zhanzhong specially granted Yang Ye a day off. Before dawn, the Yang family rushed to the county town with newly baked pastries, and spent half an hour putting the pastries on display into the grid.

At four o'clock during the meal, a string of firecrackers sounded, and Fuxizhai officially opened!

Customers who had heard about it for a long time were waiting outside the door, and when the sound of firecrackers stopped, they rushed into the shop. There are already three pastry shops in the county, and Fuxizhai is the fourth one. This pastry shop is slightly different from other shops. Not only does it have a list of pastries, but there are even pictures with pictures, which is fresh to everyone.

Most of the people who come to buy cakes are the maids in the mansion. Ladies love to eat cakes. If there is a new bakery to be opened, the maids will come to buy them immediately and let the lady try them out. Otherwise, the next time the ladies get together, they will talk about this shop. Someone who has not tasted the new pastry must be laughed at.

The price was marked on the pastry brochure, and some maidservants who knew the word said directly: "How can the pastry in your shop be so much more expensive than other shops, and some of these prices are even more expensive than Yipinxiang."

Yang Ye pushed Huasu, a pastry that was divided into very small pieces, to these little maids: "You can try it, and you will know if you will lose money if you taste it."

Seeing Yang Yesheng's good looks and his gentle speech, the servant girl replied shyly, "The boss is very considerate."

"Ah, the taste of this pastry is really unique. My lady will definitely like it. The boss will bring you two rose pastries."

"Here are three jujube cakes."

"Oh! Boss, I ordered the layer cake first!"

Originally, Yang Cheng felt a little distressed when he wanted to try a few pastries. After all, they cost a few pennies each. Now that customers buy them frequently after tasting them, he feels that the tasting is worthwhile. Of course, there are many There are slippery people who heard that the pastry can be tasted, and then ran in to eat or not.

When Huang came in to watch the excitement, he saw that it was really lively, Yang Ye watched the people and went up to him: "Why is the manager here?"

"It's not that the pastries that Mr. Yuan sent yesterday are delicious!" Huang Jin said in a low voice, "After tasting it, the child's wife asked me to buy some more, so that I can also give some to my mother's family."

"It's too lively, I wonder if I can join the team?"

Yang Ye laughed: "Then the manager must be asked to jump in line."

Huang Jin also laughed heartily: "The mille-feuille cake and rose cake are especially good, give me five of them."

Yang Ye turned his head and raised his chin to Ah Xi, and the boy sensiblely packed a pastry and brought it over.

Huang Jin took advantage of this time and brought two strings of firecrackers to Yang Ye: "This is the wish of me and the master."

The opening of a new shop, in addition to buying a bunch of firecrackers for the family to set off, if there are many people giving firecrackers, on the one hand, it may indicate that the store is well-established, and on the other hand, it means that the store has good connections. This shop is also a kind of friendship, and of course there is a lot of congratulations. As for the kind of emotion, only the owner knows, and others just listen to it.

So the firecrackers rang again for a while, and finally stopped. Yang Ye didn't expect that Wang Xing also came, not on behalf of Pang's family, but on behalf of himself, presenting a bunch of firecrackers, and bought some pastries to leave.

The sound of firecrackers can be heard again and again, several streets away. I didn't know the opening of Fuxizhai, but now I know it, and I came here to watch the excitement.

The guests who came and went during the period, Yang Ye, also saw many familiar people. Many people who made friends at Huang Jin's banquet that day showed up, and there were even guests at Pang Zhanzhong's banquet. Significantly gave a piece of pastry to attract repeat customers.

Ah Xi stood in front of the high counter, loading cakes and collecting money. From time to time, he looked at Yang Ye who was busy greeting customers, with beautiful curves in his eyes and the corners of his mouth.

The author has something to say: It's too hot today!This is a sticky chapter.