Small supermarket welcomes visitors from all directions

Chapter 55 Giving Gifts
"That's about right! That's what I understand too." Tang Qiao studied at the Royal Academy. Regardless of his literary talent, he is definitely not lacking in knowledge.

"We must find a way to learn this technology. The other materials can be put aside." The Queen Mother was very far-sighted. Although she did not understand weapons, she knew that weapons were related to the fate of the country.

Emperor Yonghui nodded, and Tang Qiao smiled and said, "You don't need to tell me this, it's something we must learn. In the words of Miss Xiaoyue, this is basic science. No matter what we do in the future, developing the steel industry is a must. For example, this house we are in now. Can you see what's different from ours?"

"This house is so tall!" The Queen Mother looked up and saw that the roof was so high and there were no beams to be seen.

"Why are there no beams?"

"Yes, how can you build a house without beams? They use steel. We are on the first floor, there are three floors above and one floor underground, this building has five floors in total. They are all steel frame structures. It took a total of seven days to build this building, and that's because they had to dig the ground. The main part only took one day. I watched this building being built."

"Are all their houses this tall? How many floors does the tallest house have?" asked Emperor Yonghui.

"I heard the tallest one has more than 100 floors. I've only seen pictures of it, but I've never been outside a supermarket."

"How do we get up to such a tall building? There are more than a hundred floors. Will it take an hour to climb up?" asked the Queen Mother.

"No one would climb up to such a high building by themselves! They all use the elevator, and it will be there soon. I'll take you there later."

Emperor Yonghui looked at everything in the supermarket with shining eyes: "This is the power of technology!"

Tang Qiao estimated that Wang Yue and the others had already eaten, so he took Emperor Yonghui and the Empress Dowager to see Wang Yue.

Emperor Yonghui and the Empress Dowager were both wearing casual clothes. Yonghui was 50% similar to Prince Fu. Perhaps because he had been in a high position for many years, he had a stronger aura.

The Empress Dowager is a kind and gentle old lady in her fifties or sixties who has been well maintained. She always smiles when she sees people, and looks like a good person. Of course, a real good person cannot be the Empress Dowager, but this has nothing to do with Wang Yue, as long as she doesn't make trouble in the next two days.

Tang Qiao introduced the two parties: "This is the supermarket owner, Miss Xiaoyue."

Wang Yue nodded to them.

"This is my Imperial Uncle and Imperial Grandmother." Tang Qiao didn't know how to address them, so he was a little vague.

Emperor Yonghui was originally looking for someone to do something for him, and at this moment he seemed particularly approachable: "You call Prince Fu Uncle Tang, and you can also call me Uncle Tang!" At this moment he didn't even call himself "I".

"Then you should call me Grandma Tang." When it comes to handling interpersonal relationships, it has to be the Empress Dowager. After all, having to live in the palace and having to look at other people's faces for decades is not something that someone like Emperor Yonghui, who was born into a high position, can compare to.

Then he took Wang Yue's hand and said affectionately: "Girl, your hands are so delicate, white and soft. You deserve to be rich."

She took off the bracelet and put it on Wang Yue's hand. Wang Yue refused, but the Queen Mother said: "This is not valuable. I liked it when I was young. I just liked the color. It is white and white with snowflakes floating on it. I have worn it until now. When I saw your hand today, I knew it must be its owner. It will not be buried if it follows you."

The Queen Mother had said all these nice things, so it seemed that she could not refuse this gift. She could only thank the Queen Mother and let her put the bracelet on her hand.

After a few people sat down, the Queen Mother took a palm-sized box from Tang Qiao and handed it to Wang Yue: "I asked Miss Qiao what she liked. Qiao couldn't tell me. I thought that a little girl like you would definitely like these clever things. Open it and see if you like it."

Wang Yue was confused. Didn't he just give her a bracelet? Wang Yue also saw a pile of gift boxes on the dining table on the first floor. There were names on them. They should be for everyone in the supermarket. Why are there gifts here?

Wang Yue glanced at Mr. Jiang, who was not very familiar with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty. He just accepted the gift! He then nodded to Wang Yue. In fact, the bracelet given to Wang Yue just now was a meeting gift, usually given by elders to younger generations they liked.

The things placed on the table are souvenirs, which means you never go to someone's home empty-handed.

There are many people in the supermarket, so we have to give separate gifts, so we put people's names on them. Each person's gift is different. For example, the gift for Mr. Jiang must contain medicinal herbs, the gift for Wang Yue must contain cloth, and the gifts for several men must contain jade.

The gift that I am handing to Wang Yue now is actually also a souvenir gift. It’s just that the gift is quite valuable and I am afraid that the recipient may ignore it and cause damage, thus causing unnecessary trouble, so I give it to Wang Yue personally.

Wang Yue carefully opened the box, and inside was an exquisite jade carving. The jade was warm, white and crystal clear. It was carved out of a small building, which was hollow inside. The most amazing thing was that there was another small building inside the hollow building.

Wang Yue didn't even dare to touch it, she held the box and looked at it carefully: "Such an exquisite ornament, I'm afraid it will fall wherever I put it!"

"It's okay. It just requires finer carving. If you break it, I'll give you another one." The Queen Mother said generously.

Wang Yue didn't dare to take it seriously. Such delicate carving must be done by a master. The carving alone is more valuable than this piece of Hetian jade.

Wang Yue quickly thanked the Queen Mother and closed the box. She was really afraid that she would accidentally break it, which would make her very sad.

Then a few people talked, mainly Wang Yue and the Empress Dowager, talking about the new things in the supermarket.

"Miss Xiaoyue, just now I saw a tool with a lot of small holes on a board over there. I asked Qiaoer, and he said it was a grater. Can that thing really help people cut into strips?" The Queen Mother was very curious.

"That's a grater you're talking about! I've used it myself."

"easy to use?"

"It's very easy to use, and the shreds are very even."

“I was in the kitchen when I was young.”

Wang Yue was very surprised: "You can cook?" She didn't expect that the Queen Mother could cook.

"What can I do? I can eat and talk. It's just like a little maid who can prepare everything and shovel twice when taking the pot out of the pot. That's cooking skills."

"I still remember the first time I went to the kitchen. I saw a little maid holding a knife bigger than her face, slicing food. I don't remember what she was slicing. I just remember she was slicing quickly without even looking. I was afraid she would cut her finger into the food, and add some meat to the vegetarian dishes for no reason. It would be great if I had this grater."

"That's not true. We not only have vegetable shredders here, but we also have meat grinders that can shred, slice, and mince meat. But Chef Zhang never uses it here unless he needs to cook for one or two hundred people today."

"Why?" How much trouble this would save! These people have the technology but they don't use it.

"Chef Zhang has high demands on his cooking skills and does not allow these machines to ruin the original taste of the food. The taste is indeed different. For example, we also sell shredded potato snacks here, and the business of knife-cutting is better than that of machine-cutting," said Wang Yue.

"Is it possible?" The Queen Mother couldn't understand these people, who had the skills but insisted on maintaining the original craftsmanship.