You are unlucky and I am tough

Chapter 229: If you can’t lead a team, you can only work yourself to death

Having white flour bread for dinner is just a polite expression. Now that our family is not short of money, the food must be nutritious.

The two pheasants were not big, so we added some mushrooms and stewed them all in soup.

Cheng Shuang looked at the more than one pound of pork belly that Aunt Peng had bought in the morning in the kitchen, and suddenly wanted to eat pepper and salt pork belly.

She got to work right away and started by making some pepper and salt powder. She took out peppercorns, fennel and sesame seeds from the cabinet in the main room where medicinal herbs were kept.

In fact, there are no such things in the cabinet, but she is the only one who has the key to that cabinet. Pepper, fennel and sesame are all medicinal herbs that can be used as medicine. Cheng Shuang said they are there, and no one would doubt it.

Cheng Pan hadn't seen Cheng Shuang go into the kitchen to cook for a while, so he happily ran over to help.

Cheng Shuang asked her to help light the fire, put the pepper, fennel and sesame seeds in the iron pan in proportion and stir-fry them over low heat until they could be crushed by hand, then spread them on the chopping board and crush them into powder with a rolling pin.

Add salt to peppercorns in a ratio of two to one into the pot, stir-fry over low heat until slightly yellow, then pour in peppercorn powder and stir-fry until fragrant. The pepper and salt powder is ready. Put it in a jar with a lid. A jar contains about 500 grams, which can be eaten for a long time.

Then marinate the pork belly with the prepared pepper and salt powder and soy sauce. After marinating, put the whole piece into the pan and fry on low heat to release the oil. When both sides are golden brown, cut it into pieces of appropriate thickness with a knife, put it on a plate and sprinkle with a layer of pepper and salt powder.

Several people in the kitchen gathered around and looked at the fragrant salt and pepper pork belly. Cheng Shuang tasted a piece with chopsticks. It was so delicious that she felt she could become a chef.

Cheng Pan also tasted a piece and gave his review, "This pepper and salt powder is so fragrant. Sister, you are amazing. Those few herbs can actually make such a delicious ingredient. It will definitely taste good when sprinkled on other dishes."

Ever since my sister became an apprentice and learned medical skills, she has become more and more powerful and seems to know everything.

Cheng Shuang smiled and said, "Of course, I'll make you some salt and pepper shredded chicken some other day."

"This dish is quite simple. If my wife likes it, I can make it another day." Aunt Peng sniffed the jar of pepper and salt powder and praised, "Your research on food is truly more impressive than that of the chefs in big restaurants."

"This is just a skill I developed from my greed." Cheng Shuang smiled, "Add some oil to the pan and stir-fry some bok choy, and then we'll have dinner."

Aunt Peng nodded and stir-fried the washed bok choy.

The boss has always been very generous. When it comes to meals, the three of them who work here eat the same meals as the boss's family. Whenever there are new dishes cooked, they can also try them.

The other people in the family hadn't eaten the new dishes made by Cheng Shuang for a while. At dinner, everyone ate the new dishes and praised them highly.

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The next day, two teams of merchants came to the house early in the morning to pick up the goods.

It costs a lot of money to buy the land and build the restaurant, but fortunately, the soap workshop makes money quickly.

Now, the three groups of workers can produce almost 1,500 bars of soap every day. In addition to supplying Fu Ya Zhai, they also receive orders from merchants from other places.

All the purchase orders received by Fu Ya Zhai have a pick-up date. A few days ago, the first customer came and took away 500 pieces of shampoo soap and 500 pieces of scented soap.

The two teams that came today both had orders for goods worth 2,000 yuan. Wei Qinglang invited them to the yard for tea, while Cheng Shuang brought Cheng Pan and the two brothers of the Peng family to count and register the goods together with the people who came to pick up the goods.

The Peng brothers became managers of the soap workshop. In addition to learning to read and write from Wei Qinglang, Cheng Shuang also intended to train them in an all-round way.

In addition to adding alcohol and shell powder to the soap every day, the two also have to register the goods in and out of the warehouse, and settle accounts with villagers who come to the village to sell firewood every evening.

Wood ash is needed to boil lard and make soap. The workshop needs a lot of firewood, so it has always been purchased from the villagers. One pound of dry firewood costs six cents, and we buy as much as we can.

As long as the villagers don’t go to the fields, they go to the nearby mountains to chop firewood. The dry firewood is carried directly here, and the green firewood is dried at home before being delivered.

The villagers made a lot of money selling firewood, and the children would often go up to the mountains to collect some firewood and bring it back, exchanging it for a few copper coins to sell in the county for candy.

After seeing off the two groups of customers who came to pick up their goods, Cheng Shuang stretched and said, "Next time someone comes to pick up the goods, let the Peng family take charge and see if they can do it."

Wei Qinglang handed her the payment he had just received. "I taught them how to read and gave them a few books. They learn quickly. They're smart and have active minds. There will definitely be no problem."

"If you can't lead a team, you'll have to work yourself to death." Cheng Shuang said, "If you want to relax, you still need to train more capable assistants."

It’s a pity that Qiuyan and Dongyun are girls. Wei Nanxing is interested in martial arts and has no interest in business, and his personality is not suitable.

After the restaurant opens, we will also have to make various chili sauces, pepper and salt powder, salt-baked powder, fermented black beans, preserved eggs, potato starch and sweet potato starch, etc.

I don’t know where to find someone who can take charge of the matter independently. It seems I have to continue buying people and select some smart and capable young men.

After the sun came out, all the fermented black beans in the warehouse were taken out and dried. Not much was taken the first time, and after drying, there were less than ten pounds in total.

After drying it today, you can put it in a sealed ceramic jar and ferment it for half a month before eating.

Cheng Shuang had just made a pot of tea when Cheng Guqiu came in and said that the rabbit at home had a very big belly and looked like it was about to give birth.

Wei Xinyi had developed feelings for the rabbits raised behind the house, so she had never slaughtered them for food. Now three of them are pregnant, and when they give birth, the number of rabbits in the house will increase by at least twenty.

After going to check, Cheng Shuang said that the baby should be born in three to five days, and the cage behind the house could no longer accommodate it. She suggested moving the baby to a larger place down Yunxi Mountain where there would be someone to take care of it.

She also had a selfish motive, which was to release the rabbit down the mountain to be raised by others. Wei Xinyi's feelings for her would fade away, and she would be free in the future.

Spicy rabbit head, dry pot rabbit meat, braised rabbit meat, and rabbit meat pot were waving to her.

Wei Nanxing took on the task of moving the rabbits. He first went to the foot of the mountain to choose a suitable place and fenced it off. Then he built a shed and moved the rabbits there.

Wei Qinglang continued working on his unfinished restaurant blueprint in the room. Cheng Shuang didn't want to go out today, so she found a few storybooks and read them on the recliner under the rose tree.

The recliner was custom-made from Taohua Village two days ago. A wooden stake for martial artists was also custom-made. These days, Wei Nanxing has been hammering the wooden stake in the yard every morning, making a loud banging sound.

Cheng Shuang read the storybook to understand the preferences of the people here. A famous work like "Liangshan" will not be out of place anywhere, but if she wants to create her own work, she has to understand the market preferences.

The few books in my hand are all very popular in the city, mostly about love between men and women, such as a rich girl falling in love with a poor boy, a talented man and a beautiful woman, strange stories about human and ghost love, or stories about emperors and concubines in the palace.

After taking a rough look, Cheng Shuang already had an idea in mind and the plan he had developed was feasible.

Many villagers were still immersed in the joy of having four scholars in the village. The topics revolved around the people who passed the exam, and the most talked about topic was the marriages of the four future scholars.

Zhao Xiuwen and Cheng Wanpeng are both nineteen years old this year, Cheng Caijun is eighteen years old, and Cheng Mingli is the oldest, twenty years old.

His family had never arranged a marriage for him before. One reason was that Cheng Mingli himself didn't want to, and the other was that his family wanted to find a good marriage for him after he passed the imperial examination. The situation was similar for the other girls.

In the afternoon, Cheng Shuang heard that Cheng Mingli's uncle and aunt had come to visit, and they brought their daughter with them. One can imagine what they were thinking.

Also, a few scholars came to the village, brought by Cheng Caijun. They ran to Zhao's house to find Zhao Xiuwen without saying a word.

Then a group of people went towards the peach blossom forest.