The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 75 It can still be like this

Shutong nodded: "Yesterday when he was delivering the goods, I told him that high-ranking officials come to our shop from time to time to eat, so he should be more careful."

“His father is already busy with high-priced customers, so he doesn’t have time to get ice cubes for our ingredients.”

“Er Niangzi means that Lu Zhitian bought these ice cubes himself?”

Su Ruojin smiled: "Just wait!"

 The answer is not what was asked.

Shu Tong was confused, "Hey, Second Lady, what are you waiting for?"

Although there was a small incident with the ingredients, luckily someone reminded me and it was over.

 Unknowingly, night falls.

At the end of June, it was so hot during the day that people stayed at home and did not dare to come out. When night fell, most of the heat wave finally receded. People walked out of their homes one after another and went out in groups. Some went to the night market, while others found a place to cool off at the entrance of the alley. boast.

Su Ji’s shop, with lanterns hanging high inside and outside, became a unique scenery in Shuijing Alley. Unconsciously, many people gathered around the entrance of the courtyard to enjoy the cool air.

At this moment, Dashi and Xianggui had already set up the grill. Strings of pork belly, chicken wings, chicken offal, etc. were all put on the grill. Oil and seasonings were added to the grill, and the spicy and delicious smell filled the alley.

 The evening breeze came and went, and I was sweating profusely.

Ershi took out the fan and placed it on the side of his eldest brother and cousin. He took a small stool and sat down. He rested his head on one arm and dozed off. With the other hand, he slowly and leisurely shook the fan handle like the five large blades to exhale the wind. The blowing made the rocks and cinnamon feel much cooler.

 The two of them grinned together. The things the second lady asked her to make were good, and this summer would not be difficult anymore.

　　People who were originally hungry for barbecue gathered around to look at it and asked, "Oh my god, what is this?"

 “Yeah, what is this? The wind is really strong and it’s still cool.”

Using fans to create artificial wind, this method of keeping cool in summer has existed long ago in history, for at least two thousand years. However, traditional fans are driven by human power, and occasionally they are driven by water power.

Of course, fans at that time were rarely used by people. They were mainly used for winnowing, which was to blow away the husks in rice or millet. It was an agricultural tool called a fan.

Su Ruojin found this in a magazine in his father's study: There is a rotating shaft in a spinning wheel, and five or six wooden fans are inserted on all sides. When people lift the handle and shake it, the wind fills the room.

For ordinary people in the Dayin Dynasty, when they saw this paragraph, they might just think about it and not actually do it. But Su Ruojin, who came from modern times, was different. She was someone who had enjoyed fans and air conditioners. As long as she had If she becomes a fan a little bit, she will try boldly.

She first bought a spinning wheel, and then she, Su Yanli, and Su Dalang thought about it every night, trying to make a mini one out of cardboard and wood chips. After failing N times for more than a month, she finally made a large floor-standing fan. .

Of course, three carpenters were hired to make the final product. Each carpenter was only responsible for a part of it, and it was finally assembled by Su Yanli and Dashi.

Eating spicy and delicious barbecue and Bobo Chicken, blowing the wind from the big fan, chatting and bragging with the people around you, is there any more pleasant life than this?

 Residents near Xiqiao Lane said - No!

 It just takes a little money out of your pocket.

Su Ji's shop has been doing a booming business in the morning and evening, but since Prince Pingyang kidnapped the gangster and Fan Shilang brought all the officials from the Imperial College to eat, no one dared to find trouble in Su Ji's shop.

Su Ruojin didn't care how the big fan became the scenery in the shop. She was now focused on Lu Ji. She asked Shu Tong to find out which barbecue shops Lu Ji's ingredients were sold to.

Shutong inquired and came back and said, "It was sold to four families. One of them is the eldest sister of the wife's natal family - Mrs. Yao of Chenghou Mansion. The other is the shop of the wife's aunt's mother. They sell meat dishes for two cents and vegetarian dishes for two cents. I bought it for the price of one penny.”

Lu Ji Chuan Chuan, Su Ruojin did not have a monopoly from the beginning, and did not let them only provide for her family. As long as Su Ji's barbecue is prosperous, there will be more people following suit, and this cannot be a monopoly. Lu Ji can sell it to others at a high price, but she also Can't object.

For Lu Ji, he definitely wanted to sell to a few more companies, and he would not sell to Su Ji. Someone among them must have told him not to sell to Su Ji, and among them, if he guessed correctly, he should be I’m my aunt’s aunt and step-sister.

 Wouldn’t it be better for everyone to make money individually?

If Su Ji is from a family that has nothing to do with the uncle's house, I guess my mother-in-law and sister-in-law will not refuse to sell it, but people's hearts are like this. If a person who is usually not as good as you in everything suddenly gets along well, then That person who always seems to be superior will not make things easy for you. Because they do not allow people who are not as good as themselves to live better than themselves.

Cheng Yingzhen, a person they wanted to bully, suddenly had a relationship with the Vice Minister's Mansion and Prince Jin's Mansion. On the surface, they did not dare to come directly to bully her, but secretly it was hard to guard against it.

“Second Lady, what should we do?” Shutong asked worriedly, “What if we find another house and this happens again?”

 “Then find a strong partner to cooperate with!”

Shu Tong’s eyes lit up, “Who is the strong one?”

“Didn’t you say that Mrs. Fan changed the antique book shop into a barbecue shop?”

 “Yes, but what does this have to do with us?”

 “I’m going to find Mrs. Fan to buy skewers!”

Shutong was shocked: "Is this still possible?"

 She has no grudge against Mrs. Fan, so why not?

Su Ruojin didn't ask her father to take her to Fan's Mansion. She wrote a letter directly and had it delivered to the concierge of Fan's Mansion.

 “What if the concierge doesn’t help us get in?”

 Su Ruojin bared his teeth and smiled, "Have you forgotten? I'll spend some money on you. If you make enough money, I'll be willing to give it away."

Shu Tong shook his head and said, "No, I will send the letter to the shop in Xiangguo Temple. I believe the shopkeeper will give the letter to Mrs. Fan." We obviously have a friendship, so why spend such unnecessary money? Shu Tong won't do it.

Su Ruojin gave a thumbs up, "Uncle Shutong is still smart. He got things done and saved money."

Shutong snorted deliberately angrily, "Second Lady must have thought of it a long time ago. You are just teasing me here."

 “No, uncle, don’t accuse me wrongly.”

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　khasted the letter and went away with the wind blowing under his feet.

After waiting for two days, Shu Tong went to hear the reply, and Mrs. Fan agreed.

"However, Mrs. Fan said that she wanted to ask our wife for advice on how to make the barbecue shop smokey. She wanted to ask our wife for some advice."

This? Su Ruojin's beautiful almond-shaped eyes rolled, and an idea came to her!

 “That’s what you said to the manager of the barbecue restaurant...”

Shu Tong nodded when he heard this, "Then can our shop do the same thing?"

"The situation of our shop is different from that of Mrs. Fan's. If you want to do this, you have to wait."

 “What are you waiting for?” Shu Tong was very interested.

Su Ruojin smiled and said, "I won't tell you yet, but hurry up and make Mrs. Fan's barbecue shop lively."

Shu Tong was heartbroken when he heard this, but he couldn't do anything to his little master, so he could only run away angrily.

 (End of this chapter)