The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

When the hot roast duck came out, only Jia Zhu was happy to eat it. Jia Zheng moved his chopsticks and stopped, because he lost his appetite to eat again.

Wang Guizhi noticed a little bit, and looked at Jia Zheng in doubt. Could it be that she was asking too much?But why agree again?One thing about Jia Zheng is very good, he will do what he says.Is it difficult to have several accountants?It seems that talents like this still have to be cultivated by themselves, and the ninety-nine multiplication method must be taught?

After a while, Jia Yuanchun ran back with a few flowers in his hands, and saw that there were beads of sweat on her forehead from playing, so he hurriedly led her to scrub and change clothes, so as not to catch a cold and get sick.

"Mom, do you think the flowers I picked look good?"

"It's not pretty. These flowers are not as beautiful as my little girl."

Jia Zheng, who was about to speak, could only hold back his breath, turned to look at his son whitewashing the peace, took a long breath, calmed down and said what he had to discuss with him before, "Old lady, after her birthday, I am going to take you Let’s go back to Jinling together, you should get ready first.”

"Okay." If Jia Zhu might have wanted to shirk before, but now he knows that this is a rare opportunity to exercise, "The land price in Jinling must be different from that in Kyoto, and even if it is bought in one go, it is impossible to happen to be a large area." Even if the land is scattered, it will be too troublesome to manage. I am afraid that we must first meet with the local gentry and wealthy households, or pay money or use other land boundaries to replace it."

These are not things that can be seen in the Four Books. Jia Zheng felt that his son was old and sensible, so he nodded appreciatively, "You are right, but our family also has some fields in Jinling, but it is not a sacrificial field. Going back this time is precisely Opportunity, properly plan it out, and the selected site must also have conditions. First, it should not be too far away from the ancestral tomb; if it is too far away from the ancestral tomb, when the descendants pay respects to the ancestors, they will "regard their close ancestors and leave behind their distant ancestors, and lose the source of water and trees. Righteousness'; the second is that Feng Shui is good, and it must be a "auspicious place" recognized by geomanticians, so as not to affect us and our future generations. I will discuss the details with your uncle and uncle, and let you know when the time comes..."

Jia Zhu nodded again and again, and suddenly thought of some clansmen in the capital. His mother sells dumplings at the Tiekan Temple, and he often goes to see that many down-and-out clansmen live there. , Only occasionally do odd jobs to survive. "Why don't you take them back, since it's your own sacrificial field, wouldn't it be good to let them cultivate it?"

Jia Zheng sneered, "You have a good idea. What if they rent out the land again and only charge other people's rent? Or they think that the land you gave is theirs, and they won't even pay a cent of the land rent or tax." What about cooking? Foolish boy, you know how to farm. Those prodigal sons who have defiled their ancestors! The family business has been ruined by force!"

He was born with clear eyebrows, eight feet tall, with a straight face, and his whole body was almost murderous. Jia Zhu immediately stood up and bowed his head to listen to the training.

Seeing Jia Zheng treating his son like this, Wang Guizhi opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly thought that Feng Zimu taught his daughter to be kind and powerful.The father's love is like a mountain, and Jia Zheng is also teaching his son. It is too disrespectful for her to interrupt like this.

Out of the corner of Jia Zheng's eyes, he saw his wife hurriedly took two steps to come over, but he smiled inwardly, seeing that she seemed to have figured something out, turned around and led Yuan Chun to sit across from him, holding a piece of clothing and talking softly there. What, suddenly felt frustrated, no longer interested, raised his hand to let Jia Zhu sit down, "Forget it, just watch it first."

"Thank you father for your teaching."

Jia Zhu, who was often taught by his father, didn't pay much attention. His mother said that failure is the mother of success, as long as you suffer from it, you can gain wisdom, and you are not afraid of doing wrong things or not doing things.

Jia Zheng asked a few more questions, the old lady came to ask the eldest girl, and Jia Zhu led Yuan Chun away.

There were no children in the room, and Wang Guizhi was too lazy to slump on the big armchair. She had to summarize her thoughts carefully and take out the rules and regulations. What can be preserved is the essence. Only then can it last for a long time.

365 days a year, the kitchen is inseparable from people every day. They are open all year round, but like the modern service industry, she can transfer the holidays to the usual leisure time.This is one of the benefits she can get out.There is also salary. To be honest, she relies on mountains to eat mountains and water to drink water. If she is possessed by someone in the kitchen, for her own sake, she may have to find a way to get outside water.

For example, Li Guyian, a great chef who has been cooking for many years, makes two taels a month, and he also has twenty hu a year of rice grain.This is almost the same as what a ninth-rank official gets, but if he is allowed to rely on this little silver rice alone, can he live well, have four sons, and then marry his son to a wife and have grandchildren?Not yet earned in the kitchen.

In addition to rewarding silver, where does the money come from, it is nothing more than harsh deductions from meals.No one in this world is a fool, so from the beginning Wang Guizhi thought of using the contract system, which is equivalent to contracting out the canteen. They are sure to be profitable, and the Jia family will not let the small bills like ants make it annoying, don't look here How many taels are there for two coins, and the accumulation of slowly adding up is not a small sum.Besides, those dishes were wasted for no reason, which is really a pity for her.Sweat drips down to the ground, every grain is hard work!She really would rather let them earn that money than waste it around corners.

Isn't it a pity for such a good craftsmanship to be eaten by one's own people?How about opening a restaurant?

This is a good idea. She believes that with the skills of the chefs in Jia's mansion and the connections of the Wang family in Jia's mansion, the supply of goods can be guaranteed. As long as the setting is unique and the taste is good, it will definitely be open!

When Wang Guizhi thought about it, she stood up and walked around. This is her habit. Feng Zimu is a college student, and she writes elegant and beautiful calligraphy with hard pens. , not to write it down with a pen, but to analyze and conjecture in detail while walking, and feel that the energy and blood are the most smooth and the brain is active when taking action.

Jia Zheng saw that the children had left, but his wife never shifted her gaze to herself. Instead, she pretended that he didn't exist at all, and sat alone in a daze. She finally stood up, but she just walked around the room. .

"It's getting late, I'm going to Aunt Zhao's." Jia Zheng deliberately said when Wang Guizhi walked up to him.

Wang Guizhi came back to his senses, nodded casually and said, "Good night, master." Youzhu'er and Yuanchun are still pregnant, so it doesn't matter if Aunt Zhao has a baby.

Jia Zheng was so angry that he opened the curtain and walked out the door, it's really annoying.

Caixia Caiyun didn't look good, and didn't understand what was going on so well, why did the wife let the master go to someone else, and felt uneasy.Could it be that there was a real quarrel just now, and the master and wife were angry?Those kitchen people be damned!

People in the kitchen are angry too!

When Li Guyian told Caixia's words to Feng Dao, Aunt Qin and others, the leaders of these small groups were very annoyed.The wife went to find them, and she made it clear that everyone had a plan in mind. Of course, they understood that what the wife did was just to make them obedient, and to organize the old lady's birthday banquet properly.It's just to make it clear that I will take out the money and hand it over to you to handle the affairs. This honey is too sweet, so don't mess around, follow my rules in the future, and I don't care about the previous things.

Wouldn't it be a good thing to do it twice, who knows which bastard didn't tell the star of the door, and even made a fuss in front of his wife, they are not dead!The old lady's birthday banquet, where does it need help from outsiders!

Feng Dao said bitterly, "Check, start with me first. Flies don't bite seamless eggs. Since grandma Xiao dares to find his wife, I dare to find that villain's mouth."

"Leave all the women to me!" Aunt Qin beat Xiao Lida, her father is a butcher, and he can kill a good pig. She is the eldest daughter, and she has three younger sisters and one younger brother who are very good at roasting meat. As soon as the hand of the big kitchen knife was held, it creaked.

Li Gunian continued, "Anyone who dares to ask the master for the food order money should also be investigated." He felt ridiculous as he spoke, "It was fine in the past, but now that the wife is in charge of the kitchen, how dare you ask Grandma Zhu?" money?"

At this moment, a few little yaos began to have twinkling eyes, and they were dragged out to kneel on the cold bluestone slab.

"Put the broken porcelain on it and see if they dare!"

A few young ones cried for their father and mother, only to say that they would never dare again, "Grandpa and grandma, please forgive me, the little ones will never dare again."

"Besides, those dishes are not all in our hands."

"I have honored other godfathers and mothers. I will not dare to do it next time. Please forgive my grandparents."

Aunt Qin finally got such a chance to stand out, and she was about to turn yellow, she glared at the others with thick eyebrows and big eyes, "Who is it, stand up by yourself, don't be found out by us at that time, don't say anything about it for a few lifetimes Old face, we don't need my wife to develop it, we can't stand it."

"That's right, let's make these things happen!"

"Isn't it? Mrs. Mingming is generous and benevolent. Now she has given us money to do things, and she dares to accept her old man's money again! Whoever recommends outsiders, it shows that we are not of the same heart."

"As the master said, throw it out and clean it. The snow from the sky is like white salt. It won't be salty if you sprinkle it into the pot. Since you are not on the same road, don't mess with us."

The fat duck in hand was about to fly, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation, and they all said to investigate and deal with it strictly.

Li Guyian shook his head when he saw this, "Okay, what should you do?" Only Aunt Feng Dao Qin spoke, "Look at the excitement they are talking about, when the time comes, no one will be handed over, which person will be handed over?" What should I do if I dig out those people and say the wrong thing, they think it’s better for everyone to make a fuss and hide it from each other.”

Aunt Qin said, "What about the wife?"

"My wife has always been good-natured. Let's restrain them more strictly in the future, and just stop them from talking and collecting money." Feng Dao was not sure what Li Gunian meant, and followed.

Li Gunian smiled wryly, "My wife is good-natured, but she is not made of mud, just watch it, if the rain doesn't stop, it must be thunder!"

Feng Dao and Aunt Qin didn't believe it, "No way."

And then really will.

The next day, the breakfast was just finished, and the kitchen was eating in a rare quiet place. Caixia Caiyun led the four accountants with more than [-] young men, carrying tables and boxes, and laying out abacus pens and inks. , Keep the kitchen up and down from pots and pans to salt, rice and charcoal, even the sauce jar and sauerkraut altar are all registered.

Li Guyian led the people to report the count, and the pens in the hands of the four accounts never stopped, and they were in a hurry to prepare dinner before they were almost done.

Caixia sat on the railing, and seeing the accounting gentlemen sitting and drinking tea, she said to the people in the kitchen who were either restless or at ease, "Is there any more? If I remember, I will ask the gentlemen to climb up. If not, At that time, if you miss it, you will be slapping yourself in the face."

Qin Pozi, who was standing at the end, was so frightened that she was about to collapse on the ground, and this came too fast!