Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Princess Jianing tasted the squid with dry barbecue seasoning again.

She had high hopes, and the result was as she wished, this string tasted better than the previous one.

Li Yu put some crushed peanuts in the dry barbecue, and the fragrance filled your mouth after taking a bite.

Seeing Princess Jianing's expression, Li Yu knew she was satisfied, and said, "There is no cumin in the store today. If we have this, brush it with sauce and sprinkle it with cumin, then roast it over the fire and it will taste even better."

Princess Jianing's eyes lit up.

Li Yu: "I'll ask someone to buy some cumin right now. Princess, please wait a moment, and I'll roast it for you later."

Princess Jianing immediately waved her hand, "There's no rush. I just ate two skewers and I'm full. You can sell the rest in the store."

There was no shortage of food in the palace. Whenever she wanted to eat squid, she only had to say a word and someone would bring it to her quickly.

Li Yu knew that she was speaking from the heart, so he stopped being polite to her and poured out all the squids to distribute them.

There are more than 170 squids in this batch. She plans to sell half of them in the store and keep the rest to give away or eat herself.

She had already divided them up, sending ten to Mr. Su, two each to Cheng Hanrong, Pei Mingzhu's family, Madam Yan, and Xiaonan, who came to the capital with her, then twenty to the Eastern Palace, fifteen to Prince An's Mansion, and the rest for their own families.

The East Palace and Prince An's Mansion certainly had no shortage of squid to eat, as the nobles were different from the common people like them. But she had to give it as a token of her appreciation.

However, she had to prepare the portion for the East Palace first, and then find a way to deliver it while ensuring the taste and temperature.

*

Princess Jianing didn't stay in the store for too long. After Li Yu sent her away, he called a few helpers and asked them to learn how to clean squid from him.

Although it's cold in winter, the 80-odd squids won't go bad if they're not given away, but since we have seasonings and cumin, we might as well sell them tonight.

At the same time, she arranged for Mrs. Yan to write an announcement about the squid dinner tonight.

“Write a big limited edition next to it.” Li Yu reminded.

Madam Yan made a gesture to show that she understood.

*

That night, people who came to eat barbecue found that the store was selling squid.

Because Li Yu can always make unexpected flavors, even though people had the impression that squid was unpalatable and fishy, ​​several wealthy customers still asked how much the squid was before they sat down.

"Fried squid is 80 cents each, grilled squid and grilled squid are both 60 cents each."

Customer: "Then let's have the grilled squid first."

The waiter sighed, made a tick on the paper, and ran to the kitchen to make arrangements.

In the front lobby, guests also started discussing squid.

"Some years ago, this squid was brought to the capital to be sold. There were still people buying it in the first year, but because it tasted so bad, no one wanted it in the following years, and gradually no one brought it here. What happened this year? I thought it would never appear in the capital again."

"I guess it was some foreign merchant who didn't know the situation in the capital. If you ask me, it would be better for that merchant to transport crabs, because at least they can be sold."

“I don’t know what flavor this store can make.”

"I hope it tastes good. I bought three. If it doesn't taste good, I'll be at a loss."

Li Yu heard everyone discussing it but did not interrupt.

Whether it tastes good or not, her opinion doesn’t count. It only counts if these people say it tastes good.

*

After a while, the squid for the first few guests were served.

Everyone stared at them.

Several people suddenly felt a sense of tragedy, as if what they were going to do next was not to taste the squid, but something else extremely important.

"Try it and see how it tastes. If it tastes good, I'll buy a few."

Several people responded, picked up the bamboo sticks and started eating.

The first bite, the sauce is delicious.

The second bite, the squid tasted good and the fishy smell was not that strong.

The customer who only ordered one squid called the waiter and said, "I want three more, one each."

Seeing this scene, the other customers were confused and shouted to the waiter to prepare to buy.

There were more than eighty squids in total. You wanted two and I wanted three. They were almost sold out in less than half an hour.

When Wei Hesong, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, arrived at the store, there were just three left, and he bought them with a wave of his hand.

The others behind him were unlucky enough not to buy it.

Those who wanted to eat ran to the counter to ask Mrs. Yan, who had no choice but to apologize: "I'm sorry, the squid was bought by our boss on the street, and there are only so many left. Please try something else, sir."

"Is it really gone?" the guest asked persistently.

Mrs. Yan nodded.

The guests left with regret.

*

Li Yu waited until the end before leaving today.

Seeing that everyone had packed up their things, she went out with Madam Yan and Lu Xuan.

Cheng and Han Rong, Pei Mingzhu and her family, Madam Yan and Xiaonan still lived in the previous courtyard. Li Yu asked them if they wanted to move, and she could find them a bigger courtyard. In the end, they all said that it was fine to live there, so that everyone could take care of each other and it would be lively.

Seeing that they really didn't want to change places, Li Yu gave up.

After talking to Mrs. Yan for a while, Li Yu handed over a small cloth bag.

Madam Yan: “This is…”

"This is squid, take it home and eat it. Aunt Cheng and Aunt Zhu work at a barbecue restaurant, they both know how to make it."

Mrs. Yan was not polite and took it with a smile.

*

It was already night when I got home.

Han Xiaomei returned home in the afternoon and was now sitting in the main room with Si'er practicing calligraphy. Han Zheng sat next to them and read a book, taking notes while reading.

Li Yu asked the two children to go and have a rest. She poured a cup of tea and listened to Han Zheng talk about what had happened in the court recently.

She was slightly relieved to hear that nothing happened.

It's the end of the year, so nothing should happen.

She wanted to spend the New Year in peace.

*

The next day, Han Zheng went to court. Li Yu had dinner at home, cooked the squid to be sent to the Eastern Palace, and then handed it to the guard "Boss Bai" who lived in the house next door, and asked them to deliver it to the Eastern Palace.

Afterwards, she carried the remaining squid and some pickled meat to Su's house.

The Su family’s chef didn’t know how to cook squid, so Li Yu stayed for lunch. Of course, in order to make Mr. Su happy, she basically cooked the lunch.

After leaving Su's house in the afternoon, she strolled around the street and bought some things.

The Chinese New Year is just a few days away, and she has to prepare for it.

The second thing is to prepare some things for Lu Xuan to take home.

Lu Xuan's parents are spending the New Year at their home in Beizhou Prefecture this year, so he has to go back too.

In addition, there are bonus distributions and account reconciliations for two stores.

She also had to find time to meet Xie Youlan to see if there was anything she could help with, after all, it was not convenient for Xie Youlan to go out.

Come to think of it, she's been even busier than usual.

Fortunately, she doesn't have to take care of Jinyulou and the milk tea shop, otherwise she would be busy until New Year's Day.

*

Li Yu visited several places in turn, and on the day of the Little New Year, in the morning, a large box was delivered from Prince An's Mansion, and a box was also delivered from the next door in the name of a visit.