Yoshida Mii

Chapter 255 Dry Pot
Song Bai left the Song family, and Dong Bao didn't forget about the restless third uncle.The day after she learned that Song Bai had gone to Anzhou, she entrusted the steward of Wang Cong's house who came to the town to get tofu in the morning, and asked them to help find out what Song Bai had done in Anzhou.

"It's fine if it's not convenient to check." Dong Bao smiled, "It's not a very important person, but he has committed crimes in the past, and he is not someone who can remember the lesson. He is alone in Anzhou, without my grandma. I am afraid that he will be taught to go astray."

The steward who came to get the tofu smiled and responded, "Miss Song, you're welcome. It's just an investigation. You don't have to trouble our young master. The younger one can be done for the girl." But the steward looked at Dong Bao as if he was talking about his unworthy younger generation. Talking about her uncle with an attitude, she couldn't help but sigh, Song Dongning herself is still a little girl under 12 years old, seeing how stable she is, none of the boys in the family can match her.

"Then thank you uncle." Dong Bao smiled, and he was not polite to the manager. If Song Bai honestly finds a job in Anzhou to earn money, then forget it. This kind of selfish and bad nature will bring disaster to them sooner or later.

The steward smiled and waved his hands, and asked again: "Miss Song, when will you go to Anzhou again when you are free? The cooks in the tofu shop miss you. During this time, they have come up with some new dishes, waiting for you Go try it."

Dong Bao thought for a while, calculated Lin Shi and Zhang Qian's rest time, and said, "I'll be there on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year."

The steward agreed, and planned to go back and explain that on the tenth day of the lunar new year, a carriage should be sent to Yuanshui Town to pick up people.

Although Dong Bao often goes to Anzhou, Xiao Xu, who lives with her, doesn't have many opportunities to go out with her. Mr. Yan is very strict with Xiao Xu's schoolwork, and even during Muxiu's time, he is often restrained. He reviews his textbooks at home.And this opportunity is obviously the last chance to go out before the beginning of spring, otherwise it will be cold after waiting, and going out is not sightseeing, but freezing.

Xiao Xu first acted like a baby to Li Shi and Dong Bao for a long time, and got their consent to ask Li Shi and Dong Bao to tell Master Yan to take him out for a walk.Master Yan knew what his youngest son was thinking, and felt that Xiao Xu was a little tight during this period of time. Seeing that both Li Shi and Dong Bao had opened their mouths, he readily agreed.

So among the people who went to Anzhou that day, apart from Lin Shi and Zhang Qian, there was another small oil bottle, Xiao Xu.

It's starting to get cold in Anzhou in October, but the pier on the canal is still lively. Some of the workers carrying goods from the boats are even shirtless, and their tanned faces are still sweating and steaming.

Dongbao brought hundreds of catties of Chiba tofu that he made at home after more than half a year of groping. Fortunately, it is winter, and the tofu will not go bad after two days.

After introducing several recipes of Chiba tofu to the chef of the tofu shop, Dongbao asked the chef to try two dishes by himself.When the dish was ready, several people who had tasted it were amazed, saying that they did not expect tofu with such a wonderful taste.

"I still have something here." Dong Bao smiled, and unfolded the paper in her hand. On it was a picture she drew with a brush. It was a dry pot often used in the modern catering industry. "Light the fire in this holder, It can not only make the dishes more fragrant, but also keep warm, which is very suitable for eating in winter.”

The Anzhou area is very cold in winter, and most of the dishes are big fish and meat. It didn’t take long to get cold when served, and the meat oil congealed into lumps, which made people lose their appetite. The chefs of the tofu shop designed a big Pour hot water into the iron plate and put the dishes in the hot water, but the water cools quickly, the heat preservation effect is not good, and it is very troublesome to replace it.

"This thing is good!" Immediately, a cook exclaimed happily.

Dong Bao laughed, and continued: "This is just my idea. The key question is what is better to use in the bracket. I tried using small charcoal at home, but unfortunately the smoke is a bit heavy, and the eyes of people who smoke it are not big. Comfortable."

There is no convenient and easy-to-use solid alcohol these days.

The chef of the tofu shop is a middle-aged fat man in his 30s. After listening to Dong Bao's words, he smiled and said, "What kind of charcoal does Miss Song use? Have you ever used silver silk charcoal? It won’t smoke, why don’t we try silver charcoal later.”

Wang Cong nodded at the side, his eyes sparkled with excitement. He knew the effect of this kind of dry pot promotion. The tofu shop was close to the wharf, and many decent businessmen held banquets in the tofu shop to entertain guests. Drinking and discussing business, after a long time, the dishes are cold, and those who are used to good food have no appetite to taste those cold dishes.With a dry pot, this problem can be easily solved, it is nothing more than adding two pieces of charcoal.

"Fortunately, it's not too expensive." Wang Cong said steadily, "Ten catties of silver charcoal with poor quality is only a tael of silver, enough for hundreds of... what kind of pot is this."

One tael of silver is allocated to one hundred dishes, and the cost is only an extra ten cents per dish.

Dong Bao listened calmly on the surface and was stunned inwardly. If a farmer’s family earns three or four taels of silver a year, it is considered a rich household, and the annual income of a wealthy household can only afford thirty or forty catties. In the eyes of Wang Cong, the silver charcoal used for cigarettes is just not expensive.It seemed that she had stayed in the country for a long time, and made some money and regarded herself as a rich man.

After Wang Cong got the blueprint, he immediately asked a craftsman to redraw a more accurate and more perfect proportion, and ordered the steward to make a hundred of them as soon as possible, not only for the tofu workshop, but also for the octagonal building.

After Wang Cong finished his work and it was still early for lunch, he invited Dong Bao and others to the private room for tea.

"Miss Song, the Song Bai you asked us to investigate a few days ago now has the results." Wang Cong said with a smile, "My people observed him for a few days and asked several people. Song Bai is in Anzhou. It’s honest, as a clerk in a small grain and oil shop, I don’t seem to know many people, so I don’t have to worry about him getting into trouble.”

"Being a buddy?" Dong Bao couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, Huang's always boasted that Song Bai was the master's shopkeeper in Anzhou!From the big shopkeeper to the little guy, this gap is a bit big.

Wang Cong nodded, "It's a buddy who measures oil for customers."

At this moment, a steward knocked on the door and came in, motioning for Wang Cong to come out, and Wang Cong smiled apologetically at Dong Bao, "Excuse me first, I heard that Lin Xiandi and Zhang Xiandi are both in high school this year, and I will be the host at noon today." Congratulations to both of you!" After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and went out with a smile.

Dong Bao watched Wang Cong go out with a smile, feeling that this time seeing Wang Cong, he was smoother and better at dealing with things than before, and he also showed a lot of respect to Zhang Qian and Lin Shi. Cong has been trained to become a qualified businessman, and the high-spirited young man who was dissatisfied because they were not respectful to the Octagon at the beginning seems to have lost his shadow in Wang Cong.

After Wang Cong left, the rest were Dong Bao's own people. Zhang Qian shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or what to do, "A person like him has nothing to do. The businessman is not stupid, how could he be the big shopkeeper right away? None of us believed that at the beginning!"

Lin Shi sighed, but he remembered the day after the Qingming Festival the year before last, when Song Bai thought it was raining and the road was difficult to walk, so he hired a sedan chair to come back. Song Bai was so proud at that time, he didn't bother to look at them With a glance from these country people, Song Bai, who was in high spirits around that time, would never have imagined that two years later, he would be so downcast that he would become a boy in a grain and oil shop.

After a while, Wang Cong came in, bringing an old acquaintance, Zhou Pingshan.

Ever since Zhou Pingshan was admitted as a scholar and went to Anzhou to study, Dongbao hadn't seen him again. Thinking of what Wang Cong and her had said in private last time, Dongbao couldn't help being a little embarrassed at this time.

Zhou Pingshan has grown a lot taller, wearing a well-fitting blue cotton gown and a square scarf, giving him a more elegant and quiet temperament.

"You all know Zhou Xiucai, right?" Wang Cong said with a smile, "I just heard about Lin Xiandi and Zhang Xiandi's nominations on the gold list, so I came here to congratulate you two."

Lin Shi and Zhang Qian stood up quickly, bowed to each other with Zhou Pingshan, and said with a smile, "Don't dare, Zhou Xiucai is still our senior."

Lin Shi is not a fool, he is more sensitive than anyone else when it comes to Dongbao, how could he not know what that boy Zhou Pingshan was thinking, but he just kept silent in his heart, otherwise he would not deliberately use Zhou Xiucai Such an unfamiliar title.

Zhou Pingshan glanced at Dong Bao with a smile, Dong Bao nodded slightly as a greeting, and stood behind Lin Shi.

"Lin Xiucai is this year's dark horse. He really is a young talent. I don't know where Lin Xiucai is on the list?" Zhou Pingshan asked with a smile. He actually knew that this question should not be asked. I always feel unconvinced and angry, what aspect does Lin Shi compare to him?It's just a country boy who just came out of the country, got lucky and got admitted to the scholar.

Lin Shi smiled, and when he was about to speak, he heard Dong Bao casually say from behind: "Oh, I don't know anything about the scholar's exam. Do you want to tell me how many places you got in the exam?"

Xiao Xu couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

Zhou Pingshan's face was also a little embarrassed, and he hated Lin Shi even more in his heart. He felt that this country mud-legged person had no skills, and coaxed Dongbao to defend him like this!

"I still have something to do. I just heard that Lin Xiucai and Zhang Xiucai were here, so I deliberately turned them in to congratulate them. I'll go first." Zhou Pingshan said goodbye with a smile.

Wang Cong sent him out with a sympathetic look, and when he came back, he ordered the kitchen to serve the food quickly. Before leaving, he said helplessly to Dong Bao: "He has to come in, saying that it is to congratulate Lin Xiandi and Zhang Xiandi... It’s never easy to stop.”

Dong Bao smiled, shook his head and said nothing.

Seeing that Dong Bao was not angry, Wang Cong felt relieved, thinking that Zhou Pingshan could be regarded as a wunderkind, and he lost face in Dong Bao's hands this time, so he probably wouldn't have any more thoughts about Dong Bao. up.

(End of this chapter)