Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 165 Preparation
When I got home, it was past noon.Wen Shu hastily cooked two dishes, and the father and daughter talked about the opening of the tea shed while eating.

The needed tables, chairs, cabinets and other things have almost been ordered, and it will take half a day at most to complete the work.

Father Wen flipped through the almanac and said that there are two good days in this month, one is the day after tomorrow and the other is the end of the month.

Wen Shu thought about the naval drills and dragon boat races in Jinming Lake the day after tomorrow, and the officials will also visit the Baojin Tower in the pool. This is the only chance to see the holy face except Yuanxiao, and most people in Bianjing will go to see it lively.

Jin Ming Pond is located in the west of the city. People in the north of the city want to go to the west of the city. The official road is the only way to go, and her tea shed is located on the side of the official road. When people come and go, it is not a good time to make a name for themselves.

She shared her thoughts with Papa Wen, and Papa Wen felt that it was very reasonable, and the two decided to open the business in the future.

When the day is set, there are many things to be busy, so after dinner, Father Wen continued to go to the shop to finish the rest of the work.

Wen Shu, on the other hand, carried the ground and ground dandelion and went to the paint shop. Because he had been instructed earlier, the clerk weighed the goods readily after inspecting the goods, and settled the money.

A total of 68 catties of Danyu powder, and a total of six pens and eight hundred coins.

Holding the newly acquired jiaozi, Wen Shu turned around and went to the rice noodle shop closest to the city gate, and ordered two hundred catties of noodles, one hundred catties of rice, and various beans.

To open a teahouse, in addition to tea, simple satiety is a must.

The tea shed was set up beside the official road. Since then, most of the tourists and businessmen who came to Beijing from other places, or from the capital to other places, passed by.

As for the tea soup, since it is not suitable for the shop to be too large, there are only three types of tea soup for the time being, the Erchen soup for sobering up and nourishing the body, the grandma tea for strengthening the foundation and the cultivation of the yuan, and the fragrant jasmine tea.

Other delicate cakes can also be made with a little bit, but it is not suitable to do too much.As for those things with special effects in Shan Hai Jing.
Forget it, it depends on the situation and adapts accordingly.

After leaving the rice noodle shop, Wen Shu turned around and went to the pharmacy to buy the ingredients needed to cook Erchen soup and grandma tea, and then went straight to the grocery store to buy pots and pans and necessary oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

There were too many things, Wen Shu couldn't bring them back at once, so he only paid a deposit, and agreed with the shopkeeper to deliver them to a teahouse outside the city tomorrow, and then make the payment.

After such a few families walked down, they passed by in a while.

The next morning, Wen Shu got up before dawn, washed up briefly and ate two cooked meat pies bought outside the door, then strolled to the rice noodle shop.

Seeing her coming, the store manager hurriedly asked the worker to load the ordered rice noodles into the car and help deliver them to the place.

The rice noodle shop uses a Taiping cart pulled by oxen to deliver the goods. It has a large body and there are still many empty spaces after the rice noodles are placed.Seeing this, Wen Shu discussed with the clerk if he could take a short detour and help to bring the things from the pharmacy and the grocery store together, so as not to toss back and forth.

When the clerk heard that he had to make a detour, he was reluctant to delay the work in the shop and be scolded by the shopkeeper.Wen Shu took a good look at his words and hurriedly agreed to pay ten yuan for the fare.

He could earn extra money, and at the same time, he heard from Wen Shu that the two shops were nearby, and there was not much detour, so he nodded in agreement and drove the ox cart to the pharmacy around the corner.

I picked up things from the pharmacy and the grocery store separately, and loaded them into the Taiping truck.Since she didn't want someone to deliver the goods, Wen Shu asked the shopkeeper to reduce some change.

The shopkeeper liked her for her clever speech, and because she didn't need to deliver the goods, it really saved a lot of trouble, so they all agreed to reduce a dozen of coins.

In this way, not only saved the time of traveling back and forth, but also earned an extra [-] Wen after deducting the [-] Wen bus fare promised to the clerk.

Wen Shu was elated immediately.

The donkey cart was full of goods, and it was heading out of the city slowly. By the time it arrived at the tea house, two quarters of an hour had passed.

Wen Shu and her father built the tea house with a square shape. In order to be strong and windproof, not only twelve elm logs were built as pillars, but straw mats were hung on the four sides as curtains, which can be retracted and folded.

Behind the teahouse, a simple thatched hut was built, and a wooden plank was placed against the wall. It can be used as a place for lunch breaks, and it can also be used as a warehouse for storing some ready-to-use rice and noodle ingredients.

Together with the man, he unloaded the rice noodles and other things, moved them into the hut, and paid the man the promised fare. After watching him go away, Wen Shu locked the door of the house, crossed the official road, and went to look for Mrs. Zhao in Poxia Village opposite. .

The tea shed will open tomorrow, so I have to let someone know.

Poxia Village, where Mrs. Zhao lives, is not far from the official road, and it takes only half a quarter of an hour to walk there.

Entering the village, looking up, I saw that there are many tile-roofed houses in the village, orderly.A few children on the side of the road were playing mud together, and Wen Shu hurriedly bent over to inquire.

A sniveling little boy stood up, pointed to the end of the road and said, "Go straight ahead, the house at the end of the road is there."

Wen Shu thanked her with a smile, and followed the path pointed by Xiaowa.

When she arrived at Cui's courtyard, she saw that the courtyard door was tightly closed. She stood outside and listened for a while, but there was no movement, so she stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Who?" Lady Zhao's suspicious voice came from inside.

"it's me."

After hearing her voice, Mrs. Zhao in the main room breathed a sigh of relief, put down the dog egg she was holding in her arms, and got up to open the door.

"Why are you here, little lady, please come in quickly." Lady Zhao smiled and moved Wen Shu in.

Wen Shu shook his head and smiled, "I'm here to tell my sister-in-law that the teahouse will open tomorrow. If my sister-in-law has nothing to do, she can come to help earlier."

"Definitely, definitely." Mrs. Zhao agreed again and again, and invited Wen Shu in for tea.

"No, the teahouse will open tomorrow, and there are still things to be decided. I won't stay this time, and I'll come to bother you next time I have time."

Unable to keep her, Mrs. Zhao had no choice but to lead the dog egg to send her to the entrance of the village.

After lunch in the afternoon, Father Wen hired three Taiping trucks to transport the finished cabinets, tables and chairs to the tea house, and Wen Shu picked up the books and went to the private school.

Due to the cold food and Qingming Festival, the private school was on vacation for a few days, and when we returned to school today, the enthusiasm of the students chatting was unprecedentedly high.

From chatting about clothes and accessories to enjoying the scenery in the spring, and finally arguing about who will win the Jinming Pond bidding event tomorrow.

The so-called bid competition is to tie a long pole at the end of the water surface, and the pole is wrapped with brocade and colors. Because of its bright color, it is called "champion bid". The first boat to win the bid wins, so it is called "competition bid".

As for the races, sailors usually form a battle formation, rowing tiger-head boats, flying fish boats, and loach boats to compete for bids, and repeat it three times.

Before bidding, a large gambling booth will be set up on the shore, with the nameplates of each team hung up, and the onlookers can make their own bets based on their own guesses or analysis.

Once the bet is successful, you will be able to get a lot of returns, and the bet can be bet regardless of the size of the bet, so all the people watching will participate.

But at the beginning, the purpose of officials visiting Jinming Pond was not to have fun with the people, but to watch the water battle, and the original intention of digging Jinming Pond was also for this.

At that time, the main purpose was to build a large water city, house the guard and tiger-wing water army, and operate the boats at the turn of spring and summer every year.

Before that, Taizu could only go to shipbuilding to observe water battles. Later Taizong felt that the place of shipbuilding was not big enough to open the battle, so he mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers to dig a pond to attract Jinshui River to pour in.

Only later, with the passage of time in the prosperous age, Taizong, who advocated practicing water warfare in Jinming Pond, gradually changed his original intention.

In the spring of another year, Emperor Taizong came to Jinming Pool again, threw a silver ou into the rippling pool with his own hands, ordered an army soldier to swim into the water to fetch it, and performed a "race".

Since then, bidding activities have continued to this day.

Wen Shu discussed with his classmates for a while, and saw Mrs. Li coming in with a volume of books, followed by a strange little lady.

　It's not easy for the heroine to finally open a shop.

　　Ask for recommendations, ask for monthly tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)