Aotian the domesticated miniature dragon

Lu Qianshan didn't care about Lu Jinlin and the others anymore, but another matter made him care.

Cong Jinshu and Lu Baozhen quarreled.

When Hongjuan came to tell him about this matter, her expression was a bit tangled.

"Master, Cong Jinshu said that he likes you and wants to marry you. Lu Baozhen refused, saying that he would take him to the county seat tomorrow, and find her elder brother in the county seat to introduce Cong Jinshu."

"Like me?" Lu Qianshan was taken aback, and then laughed, "I haven't seen him a few times, and I gave his mother such a big embarrassment, and he said he likes me? The brain is probably growing on the toe, right? "

Zhong Yulin became angry again after hearing this, and complained in a milky voice: "Why does he like you? You don't even have money because you are ugly!"

"Isn't it okay if someone likes me?" Lu Qianshan pinched his little face, "I don't mind who likes me, what I care about is whether their family will make trouble again. When it doesn't stop all day long, it also makes people Annoyed. As the saying goes, there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days, if it weren't for being unable to attack mortals, I would have taken them away far away."

Zhong Yulin slapped his hands away, crossing his arms and sulking himself.His family is beautiful, powerful and smart, of course everyone will like it.But those messy people still don't like it, it's disturbing to think about it.

But Lu Baozhen really didn't come to make a fuss about this matter, and she had no reason to make a fuss, and originally wanted to encourage Lu Zhang to come over and scold Lu Qianshan like she scolded Qian Mingyue.But Lu Zhangshi is not a fool, she has suffered too many losses at Lu Qianshan's hands.And this time it's obviously the eldest daughter who wants to make her stand out, even if something happens, she will take care of it herself, so why should she make such a move?Besides, Cong Jinshu's surname is Cong, not Lu.

After two days of commotion from Jinshu, Lu Baozhen got into the car and went to the county seat. When passing by this restaurant, he didn't stop to say hello, but ran over at a faster speed.Lu Guanghui also went to the county with Lu Baozhen, and Lu Guanghui told Lu Datian that Lu Guangzeng had found him an errand in the county, which would give him a lot of money a month.He has nothing to do at home anyway, so he might as well go over there to make some money.

Lu Zhang was afraid that Lu Guang would take advantage of Lu Guangzeng and Lu Guangfa, so he was very unwilling.But Lu Datian thought it was a good thing, it was also a symbol of harmony between the brothers, and he felt that Lu Guang would do things better than idle all day long.Mrs. Lu Zhang could not agree with Lu Datian, so he could only agree sullenly.

In the blink of an eye, the first lunar month came, and Lu Guangming's family's crock mutton and various hot sauces were selling well. In addition to buying in large quantities from merchants, nearby villagers would also buy a bottle or two of hot sauce for dinner.Although it is a bit more expensive, after all, there is oil and meat in it, and no matter how unpalatable the food is, it will taste better if you put a spoonful of it.Many hawkers also came to buy chili sauce, and then picked it up to sell it at a farther place with a penny or two, and it turned out to be selling well.

After the first month, Lu Qianhai and Lu Qiancheng will go to the school to learn to read, and the school is only five or six miles away from here, not too far away.The teacher who taught was an old scholar, and Lu Guangzeng and the others all studied under this old scholar.Moreover, Shuxiu received by the old scholar is also very reasonable, and many nearby villages will send their children to him to study.

With some savings at home, Zeng Hongmei suggested whether to rent a shop in the town and open a small restaurant or something. Lu Qianshan shook his head, not suggesting to open a restaurant now.

"There is not enough manpower, and if you really want to open it, don't go to the town. The consumption power in the town is not high. The price of our mutton is relatively expensive, and they can't afford it, and they will lose the source of customers coming and going." Lu Qianshan analyzed rationally, "The weather will be hot in a few months, it will not be suitable for cooking mutton in a crock pot, and it will have to be used as a special trick to make money."

Opening a restaurant is not what he wants to do. No matter the town or the county, there are people behind those well-run restaurants. People like them who have no background enter the market rashly, and there will be problems.Moreover, Lu Qianting's old father-in-law is the chief bookkeeper, so if they go to the county town, it will be very troublesome if they get tripped.He wasn't afraid of someone coming to confront him head-on, what he was afraid of was trouble, because it was annoying.

"Special seasoning?" Zhou asked suspiciously, "You mean to be a seasoning shop? Like those pickle shops?"

Lu Qianshan nodded, and said: "Our food is delicious because I made a special seasoning. Others don't have this seasoning, so no matter how they cook, they won't be as delicious as ours. There will be competition in opening a restaurant, but the special seasoning There won’t be too much competition from the shops in the market, because they don’t have any.”

"But our family only has two kinds of seasonings now, so it's not enough to open a shop, right?" Taking advantage of the lack of customers in the restaurant, several people got together and started a meeting.Zeng Hongmei was quick to speak. She felt that one signature dish could support a restaurant, but one or two seasonings could not.

Lu Qianshan smiled and said, "Of course there are other seasonings. I want to make fermented soya bean and sauced tofu next."

"What is this?" Mrs. Zhou had never heard of it before. "Tofu cooked with miso?"

Lu Qianshan shook his head and said, "I'll tell you when I get back. Now we have guests."

"Where are there any guests?" Zhou pricked up his ears to listen, but there was no movement outside, and just about to say something, he heard the sound of horseshoes running from a distance, "Okay, our Shanshan ears are really sharp. "

The person who came was actually a half acquaintance, the young master Gu who opened the restaurant.

Young master Gu is only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a high-spirited look and a very energetic appearance.And he is tall, with the typical broad frame of northerners, but he looks a little thinner because of the stretch.

"Aunt Zhou, Uncle Lu!" Young Master Gu warmly greeted him as soon as he entered the door, "Bring me a bowl of soup, four of the newly posted pancakes, a plate of shredded radish, and a can of twenty-cent mutton."

Lu Guangming went out to help him feed the horse, and when he came in, he asked, "Are you alone?"

Young Master Gu scratched his head, said with a chuckle, "I'm hungry, come here early and eat first. They're behind."

Mrs. Zhou was amused by him, and added a lot of intestines to his haggis soup.Sheep intestines are more popular than sheep liver and lungs, because they are rich in oil and water, and have a good taste, which can make you feel full after eating.

While eating, Young Master Gu looked around with big eyes, falling on Lu Qianshan from time to time, and his face turned red after a while.

After all, Mrs. Zhou was someone who had been there before, so she could see the clues after a few glances, so she just couldn't help laughing.She thinks that this young master Gu is not bad, and if Shanshan is willing, it will be a good marriage.It's just that I don't know if Young Master Gu would mind if Shan Shan married someone.In fact, she was also reluctant to let her son marry too far away, but the son was going to marry after all, and it was not good to stay at home all the time.

After finishing his meal, Young Master Gu groaned for a long time before saying, "Aunt Zhou, um... is your brother engaged?"

Lu Qianshan glanced at him when he heard the words, and said: "I was married, but I was divorced. Why, does Young Master Gu want to introduce someone to me?"

Young master Gu didn't expect this little brother to say such words so frankly, his face turned even redder, and he stammered: "Introduction, what introduction? You, you... Do you think I can do it?"

Zhou Shi laughed out loud.

Young Master Gu rubbed his face in embarrassment, and said: "I liked your little brother quite a lot last time I came here, and I told my brothers, and they said that as long as you agree, they have no objection. Ah, my eldest brother Call the shots. My elder brother has already inquired about your family's affairs, and I think it's nothing..."

Zhou looked at Lu Qianshan with a smile, "Shanshan, what do you think?"

Lu Qianshan's smile remained unchanged, and he said, "I don't plan to marry for the time being."

Young Master Gu hurriedly said: "You can get engaged first, and you can remarry after a year or two."

Lu Qianshan said: "Young Master Gu thinks highly of it, but I don't have any thoughts of getting married now, and I don't even want to get engaged. Young Master Gu is handsome, and I can find a girl from a good family to marry. There is no need to find me, who has been divorced. brother?"

Young master Gu said anxiously: "I just like brothers. My elder brother and second brother married both brothers. My two sister-in-laws usually go out with my brother to run business and hunt. They are very affectionate. If it weren't for this time I The eldest sister-in-law has another child, and the second sister-in-law is taking care of him at home, but you can't come out, so you can see it. Really, my brother..."

Lu Qianshan hastily raised his hand to stop him from continuing, and he had to press his abdomen with the other hand, and the little dragon cub started to fuss again, and he didn't know which tendon was poked.

"Master Gu, it's not a question of whether you like it or not, it's because I really don't want to marry, so I won't delay Master Gu."

Young Master Gu's face darkened, and even Mrs. Zhou's face was slightly sad.

Her son was heartbroken, and he would not accept such good conditions as Young Master Gu... If he had met this Young Master Gu before, his son would have lived a good life long ago, maybe now he has children .

"Aunt Zhou..." Young Master Gu looked at Mrs. Zhou begging for help.

Mrs. Zhou sighed and said, "Remarrying freely, my son has always been upright, and now he has become half of the family. I, a mother... can't be too much. Young Master Gu, maybe you really didn't have a fate before. .”

Young Master Gu became even more gloomy, as if a dark cloud had covered his head, and his originally flying expression drooped, looking pitiful.

The sound of horseshoes came again from outside, and soon a convoy stopped at the entrance of the restaurant.

Lu Qianfan tugged Lu Guangming, who was also a little lost, and the father and father went out to greet someone and feed the horses, leaving the place for the wife to deal with.

Outside the door were Young Master Gu's two older brothers, as well as the driver who escorted the carriage and others.

Gu Da and Gu Er entered the door, and seeing the dejected look of the third child, he knew that this matter might not be possible.Didn't mention it, just greeted Mrs. Zhou, "Auntie, serve us a bowl of haggis soup, pick up a basket of pancakes and steamed buns, and mix with two plates of cabbage and radishes."

Mrs. Zhou sighed, and went to get busy with Zeng Hongmei.

Lu Qianshan sat motionless in front of the crude counter, just nodded to Gu Da Gu Er, then lowered his head to settle the accounts.Xiaolong cub is not making a fuss now, but is holding onto his fingers and gnawing desperately.It's just that the baby teeth are too small, and it doesn't hurt to chew on them for a long time, and even itches a little.

Gu Da had enough to eat and drink, and asked the grooms to go out to take care of the horses, and then he wanted to talk to Lu Guangming about the crock mutton business.

Their family lives in the north, very close to the outside of the customs.There are many grasslands there, and there are many people who raise sheep. Most of the food they eat is beef and mutton, and very few eat pork.It's just that the way to eat the mutton is relatively rough, and the smell is relatively strong. Many people in the past here are not used to eating it.But he felt very good after eating this earthen pot of mutton and haggis soup, with almost no smell of mutton and full of umami.

Lu Guangming didn't expect him to ask himself this, so he looked at Lu Qianshan.

Seeing his gaze, Gu Da sighed in his heart.I thought it was no wonder that the younger brother looked down on his silly younger brother, he was the master of the house, who would want to marry far away?

Lu Qianshan smiled and said: "Actually, there are only a few ways to make mutton, which are very simple. Apart from the method, there is also my special seasoning. Without this, no matter how I do it, I can't make the taste of my mutton. "

After hearing what he said, Gu Da understood, and said, "Then how much does this seasoning recipe cost?"

Lu Qianshan shook his head and said: "The seasoning recipe is the foundation of my family, and I don't sell it. But if you just like to eat this mutton, I can give you a few packets of seasoning."

Gu Da laughed and said, "It's not just for eating at home. There are a lot of sheep in our house. If I can have this recipe, I want to go back and open a restaurant to earn some money for food."

Lu Qianshan nodded and said: "I don't know how to sell the recipe, but I have already wrapped all the seasonings here, and one package can make a pot of about [-] cans. Young Master Gu can buy more seasonings back, and I will give it as a gift It’s also very cost-effective to make a few muttons.”

Gu Da thought for a while and said, "Let me discuss it with my brother."

He went out to discuss with Gu Er for a while, then came back and asked, "How much is a pack of your seasoning?"

Lu Qianshan stretched out a finger and said, "One tael of silver and ten packs." He took out the seasoning pack wrapped in muslin from under the counter and showed it to Gu Da.

Gu Da looked at the seasoning packet, and sniffed it closely, only to smell the strong smell of spices, and there seemed to be some herbs.He twisted it, and the seasonings in the cloth bag were all ground into powder, and it is estimated that the raw materials were not discernible.

Lu Qianshan said again: "After the mutton is stewed, the seasoning packet can also be stewed with mutton bones to make haggis soup, which is not considered a waste."

Gu Da nodded and said, "Then I want 100 taels."

The Zhou family couldn't help gasping. They already thought it was unbelievable that Lu Qianshan said that a small packet of seasoning would cost a hundred cash.But now Young Master Gu doesn't think it's expensive, even asking for 100 taels of silver, it's scary to think about it.

Lu Qianshan smiled and said: "Yes, but I don't have so many in hand for the time being, and you need to wait for a few days. I bought something and made it for you."

Gu Da nodded, and said again: "I heard that your family also made hot sauce? Can I try it?"

Lu Qianshan nodded and said, "It's okay to give Young Master Gu a can of each flavor."

Lu Guangming went to the kitchen and brought back three cans of chili sauce. The three Gu young masters quickly opened the seal of the chili sauce, pulled out a pair of chopsticks and picked out some thinner ones in their mouths.

"The taste is really good. Give me [-] bottles of each of these things. I don't know when they will be made?"

Zhou Shi took another breath, and even felt a little dizzy.

Lu Qianshan said: "This is a bit troublesome. The jar has to be made to order, but I don't know how long Master Gu will stay here?"

Gu Dao: "Is ten days enough?"

Lu Qianshan made some calculations, nodded and said, "Ten days is enough."

After writing the documents and paying the deposit, Gu Da put the carriage here temporarily, and then took people to live in the town.

Lu Guangming quickly jumped up and said, "I'll go to Guangshou to order the pot!" After speaking, he ran away in a hurry.He originally ordered a lot of chili jars from Lu Guangshou. The chili sauce sold well, and he could sell dozens of them a day, so he would send a hundred jars every two days.But now, if I count [-] jars, there are only more than a hundred in my house, which is not enough at all.

As soon as they left, Mrs. Zhou kept patting her chest and said, "My God, how much is this? Hongmei, do the math."

Zeng Hongmei had already forgotten, and said: "100 taels of seasoning, five taels of chili sauce for [-] pieces of meat sauce, and one and a half taels of ordinary chili sauce for [-] pieces. Oh, looking at it this way, selling seasonings makes money!"

She looked at Lu Qianshan with fiery eyes, "Shanshan still has plans in mind."

Lu Qianshan said: "Condiments make money because they don't often sell them for large sums of money. Do you think hot sauce doesn't make money? Our family has at least dozens of cans of hot sauce a day. One hundred more cans is a lot of money."

Zeng Hongmei nodded madly. She felt that no matter what Lu Qianshan said in the future, she just had to nod in charge.

Gu Da asked for 100 taels of seasoning, which seemed like a lot, but in fact, a small packet of seasoning was only a few dollars, not a lot on average.

Moreover, there are not too many seasonings at home. He originally planned to go to the county to buy some things to make seasonings in the past few days, and this time he happened to buy them by the way.

Early the next morning, Lu Guangming took Lu Qianshan to the county seat.Lu Qianshan wasn't afraid that someone would follow him to peek at what he was buying. Anyway, he bought several catties of each item. The east bought some and the west bought some.

After buying these things, I went to tear a lot of fine cloth, and repaired the farm tools by the way.Now that it's the first month of the month, everything is thawing, and the land at home should be tidy and busy with farming.Now that I have cattle at home, I don't have to worry about farming, but running between restaurants and fields will be more tiring.

Lu Guangming and Zhou's still feel sorry for money, and feel that if they are busy enough, they should try to hire as few helpers as possible.It is not easy to hire people during the busy farming season. At least [-] Wen a day and two meals are taken care of, which is not a small sum after calculation.

Sending the things he bought to the big car shop, Lu Guangming didn't want to meet someone who would embarrass him because he saved a few pennies. Instead, he went directly to the bun shop to eat meat buns with his son, and bought more than a dozen .Although there is no shortage of meat at home, the buns with meatballs are still very popular.

When they were eating steamed buns in the county town, they met Lu Baozhen who came out from Jinshu to see the woman. However, Lu Baozhen and the others were sitting in a teahouse diagonally opposite the steamed stuffed bun shop. Several women and a beautiful girl stayed at the door for a long time before slowly walking away.

The girl was average in appearance, but she had a good figure, and there was some arrogance on her face.Lu Qianshan heard Cong Jinshu say that the girl is not as good-looking as him, and he just caused a wave of hatred for him, he couldn't laugh or cry.

After dinner, Lu Qianshan went shopping again to see what the market vendors were selling.Walking past a large grocery store, a strong fishy smell of the sea came to his nostrils, making him stop.

It is estimated that the seafood has just been shipped, and it has not been packed properly, and the baskets are piled up on the side of the road.The owner of the grocery store is counting, shaking his head and saying what to the seafood delivery man while counting.

The man bowed his waist and smiled apologetically, finally settled the account, took a small bag of silver and sighed, drove away.

Lu Qianshan glanced at the shop, twitched his eyebrows, and whispered something to Lu Guangming, then turned around and found a tea shop, walked to a secluded place and sat down.After a while, Lu Guangming came in with the sea freighter.

The man looked like he lived by the sea, with dark skin and a small stature.His hands are full of calluses, which should have been worn out by years of rowing and pulling nets.

When he saw Lu Qianshan, his eyes lit up, he walked over and bent over to apologize, his butt only dared to touch half of the stool, "Little Zhang Qiu, boss, what do you want?"

Lu Qianshan said with a smile: "I see that you sent a lot of dry goods to the grocery store just now, and I want some too, and there are quite a few of them."

Zhang Qiu immediately said: "Yes, yes, but the boss listened to my advice, the owner of the grocery store is a relative of the county magistrate, if you set up a grocery store here, I'm afraid it won't be able to open."

Lu Qianshan said: "Don't worry, I don't plan to be a grocery store, I just want to do some food. My family opened a restaurant to sell things to merchants. Merchants like to eat fresh things. I happened to see it today You're lucky, too."

Zhang Qiu was taken aback, there were quite a few restaurants in this county, but almost no one made an order with him.The dry goods placed in the grocery store are also bought by a few people to make soup and stir-fry seasoning, so basically there is no need to come back for more than half a year for this delivery.

He said: "It's not easy for me to come here. If the boss orders less, it may not be enough for the carriage fare."

Lu Qianshan smiled and said, "How can there be less? If it sells well, I have to trouble Boss Zhang to give it away often."

Zhang Qiu's dark face glowed, "If that's the case, that's great. I just don't know what the boss wants to buy?"

Lu Qianshan ordered three baskets with a total of [-] catties of dried kelp, but there was a requirement that the kelp must be cut into thin strips and dried in the sun, not the positive film.Large dried shrimps cost two hundred catties, small shrimps cost one hundred catties, and dried oysters and scallops cost one hundred catties each.In addition, I also ordered some dried fish that are thick enough to hold, but this is less, about [-] catties.

Zhang Qiu was breathing heavily, "Do you really want so much? Me, I'll send it to you! Just tell me the place and I'll send it to you!"

Lu Qianshan signed the form with Zhang Qiu, and gave him a set money of five taels of silver. Looking at Zhang Qiu's beautifully leaving figure, he nodded in satisfaction.If you buy these things from a grocery store, it will cost at least 100 taels of silver, maybe more.But buying from these people, 30 taels of silver is enough.

Lu Guangming was stunned by his generosity, "Shanshan, why are you buying so many dry goods?"

Lu Qianshan smiled and said, "Make seasonings."

Lu Guangming had never heard that these things could be used as seasonings, so he was a little stunned for a while.But after thinking about it, he didn't know that many medicinal materials can be used as seasonings. Isn't Shanshan still made?It should be the method given by the little god, right?

Zhong Yulin: Ah Choo! ! !