Jinyi Music

Chapter 45

Mou Biao took it over, took a spoon and blew it first, then took a bite carefully, only to feel that the filling was sweet in the mouth, but it was sweet but not greasy, and the skin was delicate, soft and chewy. There is an aroma in it, and the smell has left my own cook a few blocks away, and his eyes are bright now,
"It's really delicious!"

He likes sweets, and the mansion specially hired a famous sweets cook, but the chef hired for fifteen liang of silver a month, his craftsmanship in making Lantern Festival is really no better than Jia's, so he ate four in one go without saying much. , handed over the empty bowl,

"one more bowl……"

Jia Silian smiled and gave him another bowl. Mou Long and Mou Hu worked hard together and found it very delicious. Mou Hu muttered to his brother while eating,

"It's so delicious... Twenty-six bowls are not good enough!"

Mou Long rolled his eyes at him, and didn't finish speaking, the three of them were engrossed in eating Yuanxiao, when someone's coquettish voice came along the wind not far away,
"I'm so tired, my feet are sore, and I'm hungry, let's go eat a bowl of Yuanxiao!"

As soon as Mou Biao raised his head suddenly, he saw the second sister who came from Jiao Didi squeezed out from the crowd, who was talking to her fiancé-in-law, and was pulling Mr. Ke San to come here, and immediately got up and led the two young men to the big room. The shadow behind the banyan tree, he turned around and told Jia Silian to say,
"Sell them Lantern Festival..."

Jia Silian was a little puzzled,
"Didn't you buy all the Lantern Festivals?"

If the same product is not sold to two owners, she can't collect the copper coins again, right?
Mou Biao replied,

"Those two people... they are stupid and rich in money, so you can cheat, if you can cheat once, it's only once..."

hey-hey!Don't let the second sister see me, let my good friend earn more money, my master, I am really righteous!
Jia Silian was dumbfounded. Although she was puzzled, she knew that Mou Biao would not harm her. Seeing the two of them approaching with the maids and servants, she greeted,
"Guest officer, do you want to eat Yuanxiao?"

Mou Xiujuan and Mr. Ke San came over to sit down, and Mu Xiujuan's girl, Gui'er, came over to have a look, and felt that the contents of the jar were clean, so she asked,

"What's the smell?"

"There are sesame seeds, peanuts, osmanthus, roses..."

Jia Silian came one by one, and Mou Xiujuan said tenderly,
"I want to eat sweet-scented osmanthus... it's fragrant and sweet..."

Mr. Ke San asked for a bowl of sesame seeds, because it was already cooked, Jia Silian just put it in a bowl and served it immediately, Mou Xiujuan took a bite, her eyes lit up immediately,

"It's delicious... This Lantern Festival is better than the cooks in our house... It's really delicious!"

Miss Mou Er exclaimed, they went out after eating Lantern Festival today, comparing the two sides, Miss Mou Er felt that the cook in her house should reduce the monthly silver!
Mr. Ke San took a bite and nodded,
"What a great job!"

While eating, Mou Xiujuan remembered what happened in the main hall ahead, and said bitterly,

"Huh! There are such delicious Yuanxiao here, I won't tell that bastard at home when I go back, make him unable to eat, and make him mad!"

The third son of Ke laughed when he heard this. He knew that there was a little brother in the Mou family who was the most favored and naughty, and often bullied his sisters.
"You didn't tell him, why did you piss him off?"

Mou Xiujuan said angrily,

"How do you speak for him?"

Mr. Ke San had deep eyes, looked at the girl's delicate and beautiful face with a smile on his lips, and replied,

"Of course I will always speak for you!"

In a word, Mou Xiujuan's face was red again, she bit her lips and said angrily,

"You...you...you can say nice things to coax me!"

Mr. Ke San said with a smile,

"I'm telling the truth..."

The two were talking sweetly over there, talking about ambiguous things that they didn't understand, and others heard their teeth sour. Mou Biao, who was squatting behind a tree eating Yuanxiao at this time, had goose bumps all over his body when he said it. He rolled his eyes and waved at Jia Silian, Jia Silian came over and asked softly,

"Master Mou, do you still want to eat Yuanxiao?"

Mou Biao gave her the empty bowl,

"If you don't eat it...you'll be disgusted by them!"

Wouldn't it be a waste of such a delicious thing to make them spit it out in disgust later on?
Jia Silian nodded and wanted to take the bowl away, Mou Biao told her,

"We must collect their money later, and take as much as you give, remember it!"

"it is good!"

Jia Silian nodded, Miss Mou Er and her fiancé-in-law are very friendly to each other, you and I have finished eating Lantern Festival, seeing that it is getting late, Miss Mou Er knows how to measure, although she is really reluctant to part with her fiancé-in-law, her mother has already told her , must go home before Haishi, everyone's ladies are no better than the folk girls outside, reputation is extremely important!
Mou Xiujuan said,
"It's getting late, I'm going back!"

Mr. Ke San is the son of everyone, so he naturally knows the importance of etiquette, so he is doing good at the moment, standing up and speaking,
"I'll take you back..."

Turning back, he said to his followers,
"Give more rewards..."

It seems that I am very satisfied with the taste of this Lantern Festival.

The entourage of Mr. Ke San gave Jia Silian an ingot of broken silver. Jia Silian bowed and thanked her. After the group left, Mou Biao came out from behind the banyan tree.
"hey-hey……"

Looking at the back of the second sister, Mou Biao gave a smirk,
"I don't know how much money I can swindle from Second Sister when I get home?"

The daughter's skin is thin, and it has nothing to do with her fiancé acting coquettishly in private. If the younger brother tells her family members, she will definitely let Mou Biao blackmail her for what she does at home!

Seeing this, Jia Silian was a little curious,
"The young lady and young master are..."

Mou Biao laughed and said,

"That's my second sister and her unmarried second brother-in-law..."

Jia Silian suddenly realized that since the family is a family, it is right to accept money according to Mou Biao's order!

Mou Biao looked at the contents of the burden, and told Jia Silian,
"Pack up the things in your burden and go back quickly!"

Jia Silian nodded, today is the ingot of silver that was just now, enough to go back and pay the errand to Mrs. Xiang, she hurriedly squatted down to clean up, but saw that the Ke family entourage who gave her the silver had gone and returned, Mou Biao saw it , turned around and turned to the back of the banyan tree, Jia Silian looked up at the entourage standing in front of the booth,
"Are you... is there something wrong?"

The entourage asked,
"Can you sell me your recipe for making Yuanxiao?"

Jia Silian let out a cry, and looked at the attendant with a look of surprise, that attendant was also a businessman who knew about other people's business, and had his own set of secret methods, so he couldn't give it to anyone at will, so she explained,

"Our young master's fiancée likes your Lantern Festival very much, so she wants to ask for a recipe, so that the cook at home can learn how to make it..."

After finishing speaking, he took out another ingot of silver, which was worth five taels,
"Give you this ingot of silver, and you sell me the method of making it..."

After a pause, he added,
"Don't worry... Our young master just wants to please his fiancée, and he only asks the cook to make it in the mansion, and won't spread it to the outside world..."

"This one……"

Jia Silian knew about Xiang's method of making Lantern Festival. These days, Xiang's just talked about it, and she and Sanlian did all the hard work. She naturally knows the secret, but... this is If Xiang Shi thinks of the method, if she sells it, will she be beaten to death?
Jia Silian was a little hesitant, the attendant saw that she thought she was short of silver, and took out another ingot of silver,
"I'll give you another two taels of silver..."

Seven taels of silver is quite a lot, enough for their family to live comfortably for half a year!
Jia Silian naturally wanted to make money, but she was afraid that Xiang Shi would find out, so she would give herself a good beating, but... what if she didn't know?

Si Lian couldn't help hesitating for a while, she was lowering her head to think, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Mou Biao behind the tree raising her hand at her, and then she responded to the attendant,

"Wait a minute, let me think about it!"

The entourage of the Ke family was also easy-going, nodded and said,

"It's okay, you should think about it..."

She retreated to the side of the stone table and sat down. Jia Silian pretended to fetch water from the well and turned behind the banyan tree. Mou Biao carried her over and said,

"Seven taels of silver is too little, don't sell it to him!"

Jia Silian looked surprised,
"Why?"

Seven taels of silver!
In fact, she was very moved, and the method of Zuo Xiang's family is not a secret, as long as you think about it a little, you can understand the mystery, anyway, the attendant said that he would not spread it, if only the cook in the mansion knows If it is passed on to outsiders, it won't divide their business. Xiang Shi is a civilian woman, and she doesn't walk around the gate of the mansion, so she will never know about it!

Jia Silian thought through this, but in fact she wanted to sell the secret method of making, Mou Biao said,
"Why sell it to him for seven taels of silver? How come it costs seventy taels of silver!"

"Seven...seventy taels of silver?"

Jia Silian only felt that her tongue was short, she said dumbfounded,
"How could it be worth seventy taels of silver without this method of making Lantern Festival?"

Seventy taels of silver!

Enough for their family to buy a small yard, no need to rent a yard to live in!

Of course, this small courtyard can only be in Yanghua Hutong, a small courtyard in a slum that has been in disrepair for a long time!

It’s not easy to live in the capital. Even a dilapidated small yard in a slum costs seventy taels of silver. Jia Jincheng thought about buying the small yard that their family lived in, but the owner asked for eighty taels of silver. , Jia Jincheng retreated immediately.

Over the years, although the Jia family has been able to make ends meet, life is better than that of the lowly traffickers and pawns in the neighborhood, but it is just barely supporting their children, and it looks like they can spend a dozen taels of silver when something happens. Ten taels of silver... Even if the landlord reduced it to seventy taels of silver later, Jia Jincheng would not have it!
When Jia Silian heard this, she felt her heart beating wildly and her eardrums beating.

"Really...really will give seventy taels of silver..."

If Xiang Shi found out about this, he might lie on the ground on the spot, hugging someone's thigh, and begging someone to buy this idea!

Mou Biao asked with a smile,
"You trust me?"

Jia Silian nodded without hesitation,
"letter!"

Mou Biao was very satisfied, nodded his head and said,
"Alright, go out and tell that attendant that you want seventy taels of silver..."

(End of this chapter)