Rise of Nongmen

It's a waste to buy the goods and leave them unused, Ye Chen thought for a while, and threw the Su embroidery to Bai's family.

"Good stuff." Bai reached out to caress the simple and exquisite cover, and it took a long time to recover from the surprise, "Chen'er, where did you get this embroidered book?"

"I bought it." Ye Chen said calmly.

"The bookstore even sells embroidery books?" Bai was surprised, not suspicious, but she just didn't expect the bookstore to sell them.

"I didn't buy it from a bookstore. Someone was waiting for money and was selling ancestral books. I happened to have money on hand, so I bought a few."

"Is there such a good thing?" Bai's eyes narrowed with a smile, and then he realized, "How many books like this are there?"

"Ah."

Mrs. Bai didn't ask where the rest of them went. The youngest son didn't take them out, so he had his own reasons. Instead, he focused on the expenses, and asked with a worried face, "How much did it cost?"

"More than 100 taels."

"Isn't that spending all the money in the family?" Bai's anxiously turned around, "Chen'er, mother knows that these are good things, and you can't find them, but you have to take it easy. If the workshop can't get the funds, It doesn’t matter if the business fails, we can’t afford the liquidated damages.”

"It's okay, I can catch it, it's really not good, just sell these again." Ye Chen didn't panic at all, calmly calmed down and comforted him.

"That's good, that's good." Seeing that Ye Chen wasn't out of luck, Bai let out a sigh of relief, stroked his chest and said, "Oh, you scared my mother, Chen'er, don't say that wind is rain in the future , Mother can't stand being frightened a few times."

Ye Chen nodded in response.The risk of doing so is indeed great, and he cannot keep the capital chain running at full capacity or even overloaded.

As soon as her mind calmed down, Bai's whole mind was immersed in the joy of acquiring Suzhou embroidery skills.The ancestral items in the family were almost sold out one after another, and there was only one seal left, and the Bai family felt very guilty. Now that they have this, they can be passed down from generation to generation as a family heirloom, which can make up for some, or even be better. Overwhelmed.

That night, all the female members of the Ye family gathered in the upper room, and after a long time the door opened, all three of Song's mother and daughter looked happy, especially the two younger ones, their eyes were shining brightly, as if they could shine.

From the next day, after working, Ye Xue and Ye Shuang started to think about embroidery skills whenever she had time, and asked Ye Chen if she didn't understand.Don't get me wrong, just ask Ye Chen to read the words next to the picture.

At this time, Ye Chen just remembered that although Yuan was literate, he didn't know much. In order not to make any mistakes, he had to go to Qingyuan Restaurant with a gift to seek advice from shopkeeper Hong.

Fortunately, it was only a matter of reading, so it was not a big problem. It was enough for Ye Chen to learn a little by the way at the end of the month, and it didn't cause him much trouble.

That day, Ye Chen went to the city to finish his errands, and drove the rented carriage to the grain store to pick up the agreed soybeans.

"Shopkeeper Qin, what's going on?" Ye Chen squinted his eyes when he heard the quotation. The contract stated that the price would double and increase in less than a month. It's not such an outrageous thing. .

"Boss Ye, I'm really sorry. It's the same price now. I've already given you a discount. There are regulations in the firm, and the price cannot be adjusted randomly. If it fluctuates too much, you will be excluded. I have no choice." Shopkeeper Qin said with a bitter face. It looks like being forced.

Ye Chen didn't bother: "Treasurer Qin, leave."

"Oh, Boss Ye, I'm the one who's sorry, you go slowly..."

Seeing Ye Chen walk away, shopkeeper Qin gradually disappeared.

"Shopkeeper, do you think Boss Ye can get through this difficulty?"

"I don't know." Shopkeeper Qin sighed, a good deal has gone so bad, every time I think of him, my heart bleeds, but unfortunately, he is alone and alone, no match for the firm, and he can only look at what is about to get his hands Profits just fly in vain.

A bad premonition arose in Ye Chen's heart. Things really happened as expected. He went into several grain stores one after another, and the results he got were all the same, so he couldn't help laughing.It's just a small soy products business, and it's actually recruiting merchants to jointly suppress it. I really think highly of him.

Ye Chen didn't continue, and drove the carriage straight to Qingyuan Restaurant.As soon as he entered the door, he saw shopkeeper Hong looking at the ledger behind the counter and sighing.

"Shopkeeper Hong, what's the situation outside?"

"Young Master Ye, you're here." Shopkeeper Hong immediately put down the account book, rushed forward as if seeing a life-saving straw, took him to the private room on the second floor, and sent someone to invite Xu Yanqing at the same time, "Let's talk about this matter." Boss, it's this restaurant that caused you trouble, I was about to send someone to notify you, but I didn't expect you to come first..."

In a few words, shopkeeper Hong explained the whole story clearly.It turned out that the matter started from the Xu clan's internal strife, and Ye Chen was just a disaster, it was really a disaster from heaven.

"To tell you the truth, my lord, the business of the restaurant has plummeted in the past few days, and I can only rely on some home-cooked dishes and the secret fermented bean curd you sent to support me, but it won't last long. The owner thinks that this is not the way to go, so he plans to leave the ancestral restaurant and go to other places. Local development, so as not to burden Mr. Ye." Shopkeeper Hong did not hide the hatred in his eyes, the direct branch was bullied by the side branch, it was simply too much, but there was nothing he could do about it, who told the second room to have a noble lady, once she flew into the sky, it was inevitable that she would be arrogant , but it is extremely hateful to be so powerful and merciless, to kill them all.

Ye Chen listened attentively, but did not answer. Sure enough, shopkeeper Hong still had more to say.

"I'm not reconciled. The ancestors of the Dong family lived here. There are many relatives and friends. There are many people who have fallen into trouble. I’m afraid it will be even more difficult to walk here.”

"I think Mr. Ye is not a fish in the pond, and one day he will flourish. I don't know if Mr. Ye has a way to deal with it?" After chewing on the words for a long time, shopkeeper Hong finally asked with a little luck.

Ye Chen was quite surprised, could it be that he had his own halo, and he would come to court when his tiger body shook, otherwise why both Xu Yanqing and shopkeeper Hong had so much confidence in him?It is strange to know that he himself is bothered by the problem of raw materials.

"Master Ye?"

Ye Chen quickly collected his thoughts: "Shopkeeper Hong, according to what you mean, the other party is adopting a conspiracy, wanting to force Mr. Xu away in a fair and honest manner?"

"For the time being."

"So..." Ye Chen thought for a moment and asked, "Master Hong, what ingredients can Qingyuan Restaurant get right now?"

"Except for mutton, which can guarantee a limited daily supply of meat, it's hard to say about the rest. As for rice, noodles, vegetables and fruits, ordinary varieties are enough. The supply of medium and high-end ingredients, especially rare ingredients, has been cut off, so it's hard to get them now."

"Where's the wine?"

"The wine merchant has cut off the supply, and now there are only a small amount of mid-range wine to fill the scene." Speaking of this, shopkeeper Hong seemed to be exhausted, and he looked very depressed.

A restaurant, as the name suggests, how can it do without good wine?Xu's family has a long history, but there are also one or two wine parties that are the treasure of the town store. It's a pity that the head of Xu's family misunderstood and fully supported the second room. It became someone else's, and the Xu family couldn't even sell it themselves, so they panicked thinking about it.

Hearing this, Ye Chen had a bottom line in his mind, but the relationship between the two families is not so deep at present, so it is definitely not possible to give it away for free, and immediately planned a new cooperation intention, and he was about to open his mouth, when Xu Yanqing rushed to the appointment.

After the two sides exchanged pleasantries, they quickly entered the topic.

Without saying a word, Ye Chen threw down a heavy bomb.

"Young Master Ye, you have a wine that has never appeared on the market in your hand, which is different from all wines?" Xu Yanqing asked in surprise.

"No." Ye Chen denied it.

"Then what do you mean?" Xu Yanqing's eyes were full of confusion.

"You can get it anytime you want." Ye Chen sipped his tea slowly, with a calm expression on his face.

"Are you sure you'll be welcome?"

"It's hard to say in the south, but it's not a problem to think about it in the northwest."

Xu Yanqing lowered his eyes and thought deeply, he had been forced to the cliff, and there was no way out, so he decided to be a dead horse as a living horse doctor.However, in business talk business, after a period of haggling, the two sides finalized a new round of cooperation again, of which wine accounted for the bulk, and the rest was not unprofitable, but compared with wine, it was much inferior.

On that day, the Xu family's ancestral winery, which had shrunk a lot, expanded for the first time after its decline.

At the same time, Qingyuan Restaurant closed its doors for rectification.What outsiders don't know is that there is only one chef left who is full of joy, leading his disciples and grandchildren to plunge into the kitchen to develop new dishes.

As long as you stay in the apocalypse for a few years, no matter who you are, you will have one or two hands on the stove. Ye Chen is not very proficient in this, but he has never eaten pork and seen pigs running, so he can tell a general idea. As for How much Chef Li can restore depends on his own level, except for tasting, Ye Chen can't help.

At this moment, Ye Chen was returning to the village with a cart of soybeans produced by Xu's farm.

Ye Chen felt relieved, but Xu Yanqing was busy.The restaurant needs to be reorganized, the dishes need to be developed, and more importantly, the utensils in Ye Chen's mouth need to be customized. Whether they can make a good turnaround depends on these.In addition, he had to rack his brains to keep it secret, but he lost a few pounds in a few days.

Xu Yanqing's energy was good, it seemed that no matter how tired he was, he would be content with it.

Half a month later, Qingyuan Restaurant opened its doors to welcome customers again.

Congratulatory guests were few and far between, but Xu Yanqing didn't think he was disobedient, and presided over the ceremony with a smile on his face.After the sound of the firecrackers, he opened the mud seals of several wine jars lined up, and the smell of the wine immediately caught his nostrils, and the eyes of the drinkers who liked what was in the glass suddenly lit up. Fragrant and go.

Not only did Xu Yanqing not stop him, but he signaled the waiter in the shop to drink.

As bowls of almost non-colored crystal clear wine were poured out, the restaurant was instantly submerged in the rich aroma of wine.

"Good wine." Mr. Yao took the lead, and he did it first as a respect.In the end, he misjudged the power of the wine, took a big gulp, his throat was on fire, and all the blood in his body surged upwards, so that he couldn't even spit out a mouthful, and he dared to drink again after the momentum passed.

The rest of the people who were a little slower learned their lesson and didn't dare to take a big gulp. They took a sip tentatively and praised: "It's strong enough, this is the wine that men should drink."

"Why is there no food, just good wine is not enough."

Shopkeeper Hong hurriedly greeted people to sit down: "Everyone wait a moment, the food and drinks will be here soon."

The host and guest enjoyed themselves for a while, and Ye Chen, who was by the side, appeared for the first time in the sight of the upper echelons of Jinmin County.