Reborn Nongmen Merchant Concubine

Chapter 247 Making Tempeh
"Uncle Liu, go to Yuefulou!"

"Alright, girl, sit still!"

As soon as the temperature dropped last night, there was very little business in Yue Fulou today. At this time, there were no guests dining, and Lao Li was sitting in the lobby and taking a nap!
"Hey, Uncle Liu, what kind of wind brought you here today?"

"Second Brother, why did you only see Uncle Liu? Is Uncle Li in the shop today?"

"Ms. Meng, you're here too. Chef Li is here. It's cold today, and there are no guests sitting in the lobby right now."

Mengyuan nodded: "Uncle Liu, you go to the backyard and park the car, feed the horses some fodder, I'll go talk to Mr. Li, just wait for me in the lobby when you're done."

"Okay girl!"

The shop waiter brought Meng Yuan to Mr. Li: "Chef Li, Chef Li, Miss Meng is here."

"Uncle Li, you slept soundly!"

Lao Li rubbed his misty eyes and said: "Girl, don't make fun of me. Every year when it's cold, business is slow. When it's cold, people become lazy. Occasionally The table is for drinking some wine, and I don’t order a few vegetables, so the labor cost alone is not enough in this day, let alone the cost.”

Meng Yuan sat opposite Lao Li: "Let's go to the backyard to talk, there are too many people here!"

When Mr. Li heard this, his eyes lit up immediately. This girl hadn't been here for a long time, and she must have something to tell him when she came here today.

"Okay, you go first, I'll be there later!"

Mr. Li explained to his assistant that he could only go to the backyard to find him when he had any customers he couldn't handle, but he didn't say anything if he wanted to talk to Meng Yuan.

"Don't worry, master, I don't mean that your apprentice has already obtained your true biography, but at least 80.00% of you have already learned it! I know that Miss Meng is here, and you want to discuss the new dishes in our building. I'll check in here."

"Stinky boy, I can't hide anything from you, go ahead, take a look, and go to the backyard to say hello if you have anything to do."

"What? Stone pot fish?"

Meng Yuan took a sip of the hot tea: "Yes, stone pot fish, didn't there be a lot of fish a while ago, the fish cooked in winter gets cold quickly and tends to smell bad. If the stone pot fish is released now, it's a big winter Wouldn't it be nice to eat steaming fish and drink some hot fish soup?"

"Girl, what you said was easy, but you were talking about what the stone pot is! You suddenly said that you want to launch stone pot fish. This fish is easy to handle, but this pot...in a short time Where do you want me to get that pot?"

"The pot is easy to handle. I'll go to the mason with you later and tell him to print out a few. Use it first. If you have more, just order from him. Get as much as you want. It's time to promote it to other counties and towns. go up."

This stone pot fish was what she thought of when she was sleeping last night. She was thinking of using it when the weather was cold. No, after the blueprint was drawn, it started to turn cold in the middle of the night.I happened to be in town today to buy beans, so I stopped by to let me know.

"Success, the business in the store is not good now, so I can just go with you."

After tidying up, Mr. Li took Meng Yuan to the best stonemason's shop in the town. Apart from carving some door piers, that shop was for carving tombstones.

The reason why Mengyuan wanted to use a stone pot was because the stone pot was durable and the material was relatively cheap, which would save a lot of money compared to iron. In business, the focus was on making money.

"Here it is, the stonemason's shop with the best craftsmanship in Buyang Town."

In the stonemason's shop, there are stones besides stones, or the stone tablets that have been laid have not yet been engraved.

"Master, are you busy? We are from Yuefulou and want to come over to discuss business with you. Do you have time?"

Li Shijiang glanced at the person and continued to move his hands. Meng Yuan found that what he was engraving on his hand was a stone tablet. As for what it was, she didn't take a closer look. If she saw who it was, Ah Piao came to find it in the middle of the night That's not good.

"Guys, I'm just a stonemason. If you need to engrave a stele, or carve for Mendun'er, you can come to the old man. For the rest, you two should not talk about it! I am already a few dozen years old, and I don't want to do it. For those large-scale businesses, it’s enough to make ends meet now, not to make a fortune.”

Mengyuan glanced at Lao Li, and motioned for him to tell the old man himself.

"Master Li, I'm Lao Li from Yuefulou. I really came here today to discuss business with you. Why don't you stop what you're doing first and let's sit down and have a good talk? Say, Let's talk about it. It won't take long for it to work out, right? I'm here today for your skill, and there's a big demand in our building. If it works, you can do it Go home early to enjoy Qingfu and hold grandchildren, right?"

As soon as Mr. Li finished speaking, the mason also stopped his work.These days, it's all for living. Otherwise, a stonemason can't make much money in a day, and it's just enough to eat and drink in a month.

Li Shijiang cleaned up a stone table and brought out two chairs, while he sat down anywhere: "Tell me, why did you two come to see the old man?"

"Master Li, it's like this. My shop now needs a stone pot, which is similar to the big pot we use, but it's made of stone! I know that your stonemason craftsmanship is one of the best in Buyang Town. , No, I just want you to make one according to the blueprint! As for the side, I want to engrave some flowers."

"Stone pot?"

"Oh, Master Li, it's like this, this is a blueprint, please take a look first, can you make it according to the drawing above?"

Mengyuan's drawing is relatively simple. Of course, for the convenience of holding, there are special handles on both sides.

Li Shijiang took the drawing and looked at it. It is a very ordinary stone pot that can be made of stone?It's not that you can't type it out, it's just that the strength of the handwork must be mastered very accurately.

"This thing can be done, but it is very labor-intensive and time-consuming."

Mengyuan knew that Li Shijiang wanted to discuss the price when he said this, so she immediately said: "Then according to Master Li, what is the appropriate price for this stone pot?"

"Twenty cents a piece, if it's less than this, you'd better find another place. But I've made it clear to you that if I can make this thing, it doesn't mean that others can do it."

Meng Yuan and Lao Li looked at each other and reached a consensus: "Okay, Master Li, just as you said, [-] Wen each, we will order ten first, this is a deposit of [-] Wen, and wait for your goods to be ready." After that, the remaining [-] Wen will be paid and delivered at the same time."

Holding the heavy one-hundred-wen money bag in his hand, Li Shijiang was a little dazed. How many stone tablets and how many doors would he have to carve to earn it back?

"Then when do you two plan to pick up the ten stone pots? If you rush, I will rush out the work for you in the next few days, but you will be charged a rush fee."

Mengyuan knows that in modern times, there is overtime pay for overtime work, and this thing is urgently needed now.I still have to pay what should be paid for rush work.

"Master Li, here's fifty Wen, it's your catch-up fee."

After negotiating with Li Shijiang on the time to pick up the goods, Meng Yuan and Mr. Li went back to Yuefulou.

"Girl, are you going back now or after dinner?"

"Hey, Uncle Li, I don't want to eat rice, but you have to pack me a copy of your signature dish in Yue Fu Lou. The fish is fine, so what kind of sauced duck and braised pork are there for me? I bought a few people there, and I haven't had time to treat them with good food! Today I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha."

Lao Li had no choice but to say, "You girl, you always have a lot of tricks, okay, it just happened to be cold today, and there weren't many customers in the store, so I'll cook for you myself and make some special dishes for you. You take it back."

"Thank you Uncle Li, you still know how to love me, unlike my father, who now only talks about me all day long, and my ears are going to get calloused by him!"

"Your father is also worried about you. I'm not talking about you. You are a little kid who ran so far away from home alone. Can parents not be worried?" Even the second son sent someone to protect him. This girl, but once the prime minister's wife finds out about the existence of this girl, maybe something will happen!

"Uncle Li, there are some things that my parents don't know, so don't tell me, you don't know either. I know that Ling Xiaoyu arranged someone by my side, and I also know that he did it for my personal safety. I also admit that, I am now a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, and I need someone to protect me.

But what I want is not to rely on others for protection all my life, what I want is to rely on my own ability to protect myself and my family!I don't want to depend on others for the rest of my life.As the saying goes, relying on the mountain to fall, relying on everyone to run, I have no choice but to rely on myself. "

Old Li let out a long sigh, he said why he was so familiar with this stubborn temper, it was exactly like the second son's temper.Forget it, I know about the two of them. When the time comes, there is really something troublesome with the prime minister's wife, so tell the second son to see what to do.

Meng Yuan waited for less than a quarter of an hour, and Mrs. Li prepared the table of dishes that Meng Yuan proposed. In fact, it was nothing, just heated it up and added some ingredients!

"Girl, I won't keep you old man if you have something to do, but I still hope that you will come to town more when you have time. Just take a look at my old bones! I will give you more food I prepared a few, all from poor families, I have never seen these meat dishes, if there is less, I am afraid that I will not be enough to eat, if there is too much, I am afraid that I will spoil my stomach. It is cold, so I asked Lao Liu to drive the car more slowly on the way."

He took the heavy food box and said, "Uncle Li, thank you! I promised you before that I would make fermented soybeans. I have already bought good beans today, and we will be friends soon. You can use this ingredient!"

"Really? Girl, can you really make tempeh? I've already used up that stuff now, and I'm still thinking about when you can make it. I didn't think about it. Today, you have surprises one after another!"

Mengyuan was speechless: "Uncle Li, it's not that you don't know. If I don't know how to make it, can I tell you that I will make it for you? You just wait. After the tempeh is made, I will send it to Uncle Liu as soon as possible. Come here for you!"

(End of this chapter)