Crispy little husband

Tang Ji stood still and there was no movement at all, which made the Xu family's future plan temporarily useless, and made the people of the Xu family very confused. They didn't understand why Tang Ji didn't do anything.

Not only was the Xu family confused and wanted to figure out what Tang Ji was up to, they usually went to Tang Ji to buy melon seeds and peanuts in restaurants, teahouses, theaters, etc., but now they couldn't buy Tang Ji's things.

The guests are now accustomed to the taste of Tang Ji, and they are accompanied by Tang Ji's peanuts and melon seeds when they drink tea, listen to books, chat and watch a play, and drink before meals.

It's not that the taste of Tang Ji is not so good. Even if the price has dropped a little, the customers still feel dissatisfied, and it is inevitable to talk to the waiter or the shopkeeper.

The shopkeepers were helpless when they were asked. In fact, they also wanted to ask Tang Ji. You were just being troubled by someone saying that there was something wrong with the recipe of Zitang, and they didn’t mention melon seeds and peanuts. Why don’t you even sell melon seeds and peanuts? ?

There are also other ordinary people who like the taste of Tang Ji. Seeing that several days have passed, Tang Ji has not moved at all, so they can't help muttering.

At this time, the chief manager of the Yao family Zhuangzi came to Tang Ji's peanut workshop, and asked Mrs. Tang to go to Zhuangzi to ask questions according to Mrs. Yao's instructions.

Because he didn't post the post in advance, the chief manager thought of going to the peanut workshop to see if there was anyone.

At this time, the peanut workshop has been closed and there is no one there. The manager asked the people nearby to find out that since Tang Ji was temporarily closed down, people here no longer come to work every day as before, and sometimes come here for a couple of days. People, or if there are many people coming at a certain time, they will only stay for a while.

The peanut workshop couldn't find anyone, so the head manager had to go to Tang's house.

Coincidentally, Tang Dong didn't go out at home at the moment. He heard from Yuan San that someone was looking for him. When he went out, he went out and saw that it was the only unknown housekeeper who had visited his workshop with him: "This old man, why are you looking for him?" Will you come to my house to find me?"

At that time, after Tang Dong took him to visit his own workshop, he wondered if some big family would come to buy it and add the candy to the annual gift list that people like them would give.

But there was no news until the store closed during the Chinese New Year. Tang Dong still thought that this matter would be over, and he only thought that he was thinking too much.

Unexpectedly, now that Tang Ji had a problem, this old man appeared.

"It's not that I'm looking for you, it's that our old lady wants to see you." The manager smiled kindly, "To tell the truth, Shopkeeper Tang, I'm actually the steward of the Yao family village outside the city. For anything else, please follow me."

"Your old lady wants to see me? I, Tangji, is just a small sugar shop, and there is nothing worthy of the old lady's deliberate attention." Director Tang hesitated. People matter too.

Although Manager Yao didn't see the tools and process of making candy at that time, he entered the candy workshop and told people who know how to do it, maybe they can see a thing or two?

Now that the old lady wanted to see herself, did she want to take the prescription of Zitang in the hands of the Yao family he said?

Manager Yao couldn't see Director Tang's doubts and worries. He smiled and explained: "The shopkeeper Tang misunderstood, our old lady likes sweets, and I heard that something happened to Tang Ji, so I want to ask the shopkeeper Tang if there is anything wrong. Those who need help, the old lady does not want such a good candy to be buried."

Yaojia Zhuangzi is the dowry Zhuangzi of Mrs. Yao when she got married. The head manager has been serving Mrs. Yao with his elders in the Zhuangzi since she was a child. Mrs. Yao, who can cultivate two outstanding talents, one literary and one military, has always done things aboveboard. Of course, the servants she manages are also like her. The chief manager doesn't look like a thieves, otherwise Tang Dong would not have brought people into his workshop so easily.

In fact, Tang Dong, the Yao family's Zhuangzi, had heard of it before, but he didn't know exactly which family it was. He only knew that the people behind this Zhuangzi were very powerful.

Now that Zhuangzi's stewards have come to invite him, no matter whether he goes or not, it's not difficult to do anything as the other party. Tang Dong decided to take a gamble and trust his first judgment on this steward.

Tang Dong clasped his fists together: "Since this is the case, then Tang will not refuse, let's go over with Yao Guanshi."

Although he decided to go, Tang Dong was still worried. He asked the chief manager to wait a moment, and when he went to change clothes in the backyard, he called Liangzi who was pulling sugar every day, and the two went together.

Among other things, at least Liangzi was there, and if something happened, Liangzi could run out and ask for help.

The chief manager didn't know Liangzi's ability, he only thought that Liangzi was a master sugar maker, Tang Dong probably called him up as a condition for asking the old lady for help, or sincerity.

The chief manager did not have any ill intentions towards Tang Dong. Along the way, he took the initiative to mention some things about the Yao family to Tang Dong, so that Tang Dong could rest assured that the Yao family would not give him a word of sugar prescription. By the way, he also reminded Tang Dong, the old lady Unusual status, rare opportunity.

Director Tang accepted the kindness of the chief manager. He had been doing business outside for a long time before, and he knew things about the provincial capital. He knew the Yao family in the provincial capital. There were many scholars, some were officials and some were teachers. Ordinary family.

It's just that I don't know the status of this old lady in the Yao family. If the other party really has no greed or malice towards Tang Ji, it will be a great thing for Tang Ji.

The more Tang Dong understood that the old lady whom he was going to meet later had an unusual identity, the calmer he became. What he could say and what he could not say later, and what he could fight for Tang Ji after meeting the old lady, he now knew nothing about. Think about it well, don't just talk nonsense.

At this moment, Mrs. Yao took a nap at noon. Yesterday Ning Wei went back to the camp. She asked Ning Wei to take away the remaining spring and summer candies, and then she remembered about Tang Ji.

Mrs. Yao drank the sweet soup, and casually said to Nanny Tian: "People tend to forget things when they get old. It's been a few days. I don't know how Tang Ji is doing, whether their problems have been solved."

"Presumably not yet." Tian Nanny replied while pressing Mrs. Yao's shoulder, "Even if the people in the government are not partial to this kind of thing, it is not easy to judge, let alone if the people in the government are deliberately biased."

"Not to mention how the county magistrate sees it. There are masters and officials fooling around. The county magistrate may not even know what's going on, and the result will not come out so quickly."

Nanny Tian was right, but she didn't make it clear that Yao Da didn't talk about Tang Ji's affairs after listening to the old lady's order today, which means that Tang Ji's affairs have not progressed.

Being able to be the chief steward must be able to think about what the master ordered all the time. The old lady said before that she would find Tang Ji's shopkeeper. Mrs. Bei asked him anytime he could answer.

After talking for a while, after finishing the sweet soup, Mrs. Yao's energy improved, and the chief steward almost brought Dong Dong and Liang Zi here to ask for an audience outside the courtyard.

Mrs. Yao put the small heater in her palm: "Let them in."

The chief manager led Tang Dong and Liangzi in: "Old lady, this is Tang Ji's shopkeeper, that little master who makes candy."

"I've seen the old lady." Tang Dong and Liangzi saluted together.

"Shopkeeper Tang, please sit down, little master." Mrs. Yao looked at Liangzi, surprised at Liangzi's age. She thought that the candies were made by experienced craftsmen, so she took a few more glances at Liangzi.

Because of these two eyes, Tang Dong became nervous again, he calmed down, told himself not to think too much, and took the initiative to talk to the old lady.

While Tang Dong was talking to Mrs. Yao cautiously, the Tang family ushered in unexpected people——Su Gaoyi and Jian Shi.

Yuan San opened the door and saw them, and before Su Gaoyi and Jian Shi could speak, he knew that they must have come here in a bad manner.

Therefore, Yuan San closed the door without intending to let them in at all, and raised his voice inside: "It turns out that it is Mr. Su and Mrs. Su, you two are here, rare visitors, wait a moment, the younger one will go ask Ask the second son what he means."

Yuan San mentioned the second son in it, because there was a thick door, Su Gaoyi and Jane couldn't hear clearly, at first he thought it was talking about Tang Dong, after all, Tang Dong was in the Tang family.

But after thinking about it, now that the Tang family has no parents, only Tang Dong is alone, this concierge should be called Master instead, where did "two" come from?

Standing at the door of Tang's house, facing the locked gate, Su Gaoyi and Jian's expressions were a little gloomy.

Now the relationship between the Su family and the Tang family is very poor, Su Gaoyi and the others may not have come to find Tang Dong, they were arranged by the old man Su to come to find Su Gaoping.

But Su Gaoyi and the others don't know where Tang Xi's dowry shop is, nor where Su Gaoping and Tang Xi live now. They only know that it's near the Tang family. They couldn't bear to ask outsiders, so they decided to go directly to the Tang family to ask. , By the way, tell Dong Dong what the old man meant.

"Uncle Yuan San, do you mean that my uncle and aunt are here?" Su Xin was making sugar, and she didn't raise her head when she heard Yuan San's words, and said without thinking, "I'm busy, let them wait, I'm done." Go out again."

Whether making golden candy or soft candy, Su Xin only knows the theory and has never done it in practice. Besides, compared with the later generations, the materials and tools are different in this era. When making candy, he has to explore step by step. .

There are usually several kinds of materials for making fudge, such as agar powder extracted from seaweed plants, pectin extracted from citrus peels, gelatin extracted from animal bones, and starch dissolved in warm water produced dextrin.

These are all gels that can be used to solidify syrup. Under the current conditions, gelatin and starch dextrin can be tried, but because gelatin is more troublesome, Su Xin decided to try dextrin first.

Su Xin just got the mold of the fudge two days ago, and is currently busy adjusting the ratio of starch and sugar to test the hardness of the fudge. If he goes out now, the pot of sugar will be useless.

Besides, these two people came to Tang's house purely as weasels to pay New Year's greetings to chickens.