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Chapter 126 Wang Dashan
For lunch, Qian Fengping made steamed meat and served it with yam and brown rice porridge.
The whole family ate until their bellies were full. Fang Nanzhi patted his belly, feeling extremely satisfied. After eating meat for two meals in a row, he must have been living a heavenly life.
Fang Tong stuffed the mung bean cake specially left by his daughter into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it. This thing was really delicious.
"I think we still need to recruit some people." He burped with satisfaction.
"The cake business has grown. Although we have Erwa and his friends to beat eggs, they are not capable of actually making cakes. We need to hire a woman who knows how to cook to make cakes together."
Otherwise, once there are too many orders, the whole family will have to work until midnight.
As time goes by, how can Qian Fengping bear it?
But Qian Fengping frowned and said worriedly, "But it's not good to teach people the cake recipe for nothing."
Craftsmanship can be passed down as heirlooms in the future.
Fang Tong had already thought of this.
In fact, it was Manager Hu who reminded him of this when he went to Juxianglou to deliver a cake today.
What Shopkeeper Hu meant was that now that the birthday banquet order was ready, other dignitaries in the county might also want cakes when they hold banquets.
By then, there will be more orders and I’m afraid he won’t be able to keep up with the supply.
Fang Tong understood as soon as he heard it. Juxianglou must be making money from helping him take orders. It's a win-win situation, and Manager Hu definitely doesn't want to break it off.
Furthermore, Fang Tong had a hunch that although the people from Taotie Tower had not contacted him in the past two days, they would definitely come to order a cake in the end.
By then, there will be more and more work to do, and it will all depend on Qian Niang, who will be exhausted.
That won’t work. No matter how important making money is, you can’t go beyond others.
"That can't be helped. As business grows, we have to expand. However, when we start selecting people, we have to choose people with good character and trustworthiness. Then we have to sign a document prohibiting the disclosure of the recipe, otherwise we will have to pay compensation. We can ask the village chief to act as an intermediary for this document. Even if something goes wrong in the future, we won't suffer any losses."
After Fang Tong said this, everyone started thinking about it.
Qin Yan was more knowledgeable: "It's feasible. Besides, we can still continue to think about the style of the cake. For example, adding mung beans and red dates will make it a new dessert."
"The latest cake recipe is always in my mother's hands. Even if other recipes are leaked, they won't be able to surpass us."
This is what he thought of when he saw the mung bean cake today.
There are so many kinds of dim sum shops in the county town, not just one.
They also have to keep making new ones at home so that the nobles won’t get tired of them.
Now, several people's eyes fell on Qian Fengping. They could not help with researching new styles.
Qian Fengping was a little nervous being stared at, but she had thought about making snacks before.
"Okay." She gritted her teeth and agreed.
Fang Nanzhi patted her chest and said, "Aunt, I'll help you."
The little girl just communicated with the system. There are many recipes for various cakes in the system, but unfortunately whether you can draw one depends on randomness.
If rewards are specified, mandatory tasks need to be enabled.
But because she did not complete the first mandatory task, her current credit is not good and cannot be opened.
Fang Nanzhi was a little nervous. She was an honest and well-behaved child, so how could she have such a bad reputation?
Now that you have decided to hire someone, you need to consider who to hire.
There are many women who cook in the village.
Fang Nanzhi highly recommended Aunt Liu! She's such a nice person!
Fang Tong also knew that Mrs. Liu had taken good care of her daughter, so he thought about it and agreed.
Qian Fengping had no objection. She used to be a widow, and the young wives in the village were afraid of her and wary of her.
I don't have a good relationship with her.
However, she also thought of another thing: "If we hire someone and ask the village chief to be the middleman, our cake business will be impossible to keep secret."
Recently, when I was collecting chestnuts at home, many people came to sell them and kept asking me in a roundabout way, wanting to know who they were giving the chestnuts to.
There are also speculations about how much money they make from collecting chestnuts.
If you add cake to this, it will be really eye-catching.
"It couldn't have been hidden for long anyway." Fang Tong was more clear: "We were keeping a low profile before because it was a disaster and it was hard to show up."
"Nowadays, villagers have chestnuts and odd jobs, so they can basically eat half their fill."
"Our family makes money, which at most makes people jealous, but they won't do anything."
When people can barely make ends meet, they still have a bottom line.
As for the jealousy-inducing matter, even if we keep it secret now, when Qin Yan gets his leg treated and goes to academy, everyone will be able to guess that he is making money.
"We earn our own money, so what are we afraid of?" Fang Nanzhi is young and thinks simply, but this is actually the truth.
After the matter was settled, Fang Tong didn't even take a nap and went out to look for someone.
Wang family.
Wang Dashan was working hard to remove the prickly shells from the chestnuts.
His wife, Liu Cui, was busy cooking in the kitchen, muttering, "People can at least pick up thirty or forty kilograms of chestnuts on Tianmao Mountain. And look at you, a loser, you're so useless, you can actually fall off the tree."
"That's bad. I didn't bring back many chestnuts, and I sprained my ankle. I can't go up the mountain for at least two days."
Wang Dashan lowered his head and continued to work without saying a word.
But the old lady behind him, who was mending clothes with her eyes narrowed, couldn't help but say: "Cui'er, I will go into the mountains with you this afternoon."
Old Mrs. Wang's hair has turned white, and she usually walks unsteadily when feeding chickens in the yard.
How can I go up the mountain?
Liu Cui was upset and rolled her eyes. This old lady only knew how to protect her son.
"Forget it, I can't afford you. I'll just take Xiaoshan with me."
Wang Xiaoshan is her son, who is thirteen years old and has been mainly working in the fields recently.
Fortunately, the winter wheat has been planted, so I have time to work on the chestnuts.
Winter is approaching. If we don’t get more chestnuts, either to sell or to eat, the whole family will starve to death.
She spoke in a bad tone, but Old Lady Wang didn't get angry. She smiled toothlessly and said, "Okay, Cui'er, I'll make you corn porridge tonight."
Liu Cui likes to drink corn porridge.
She couldn't help laughing. This old lady was really good and knew how to treat everyone equally.
Don’t be fooled by Liu Cui’s hot temper. That’s because she’s under pressure from life. She’s actually a kind person.
The man Wang Dashan is a man who can't stop working even if you hit him with three sticks.
The only time he showed his face in front of the villagers was when he tasted Chinese yam in public. He was starving at the time, and there were only a few pounds of coarse grains left at home, but this man refused to eat anything and only drank water to fill his stomach.
I save all the coarse grains for my mother, wife, and children.
Liu Cui was angry and anxious. She tried to persuade, scold and cry at him, but this man was like a stubborn donkey and would not change once he made up his mind.
Thanks to the discovery of yam, otherwise Wang Dashan would have starved to death.
When talking about this, Liu Cui was so moved that she couldn't help but hold her breath.
Her man is dull and stubborn. How can she not be angry after such a long time?
Fortunately, my mother-in-law is a sensible person. Even though she always protects her son, she never treats her badly.
Otherwise, after a long time, she might get angry to death.
"Mrs. Liu, what delicious food have you prepared? I can smell the fragrance right at the gate." Fang Tong's nonchalant voice came from the gate of the courtyard.