Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 205 Threatened
Mai Xiang was about to ask what was going on, but Wu Fu said outside the door: "Mai Xiang, a small plate was hit in the private room opposite, and I asked him to pay for it. He said he was from the Wan family."

"People from the Wan family? Who is it?" Mai Xiang asked.

"I'll go and have a look." Huaici finished speaking and got up.

"It's all the second sister. If you really want to ask what to do, what should you do if you want to break it up? It just so happened to come from here. Second sister, do you belong to the crow?" Mai Xiang looked at A Muxin and smiled.

"What do you mean by crow?"

"I don't understand this, it's just that if you say good things, it won't work, but if you say bad things, it will work." Mai Xiang rolled her eyes.

"Mai Xiang, you are begging for beating, dare to arrange me? You think I was a few months ago, why not you?" Amusin smiled and wanted to do something to Mai Xiang.

"Second Sister, don't make a fuss. The things in our house will be very expensive if they are sold, and you will have to pay for it. I will deduct it from your account later?"

"Bold! Tomorrow, hurry up and send a whole set to our family, and I won't punish you." Amusin deliberately put on a ladylike air.

"Hey, go back to Fujin, I'll design a set for you right away, and send it to your family."

"That's about the same." Amu Xin couldn't help laughing after finishing speaking.

"Okay, you two stop pretending, who is the one from the Wan family who came to seriously inquire? We won't even let us eat a meal." Uladomin laughed.

Mai Xiang is also very curious, who is the person from the Wan family?If you don't pay the money quickly and take the lead in making trouble here, you won't give her any face.

"You are not allowed to go." Seeing that Mai Xiang wanted to get up, Uladomin said hastily.

"I'll take a look." Hong Rong said.

Before Hong Rong finished speaking, Huaici came in with a livid face. Behind him, a man who looked like a servant chased Huaici and said, "Second young master, the master told you to go over and toast Mr. Pei." Alcohol apology."

"No, tell him, he doesn't need to pay back the ten taels of silver." Huai Ci said with a sullen face, and Mai Xiang noticed that his body was trembling.

"What's going on?" Yong En asked.

The boy didn't know Yong En either, and since today was a small-scale gathering, Yong En was all dressed in casual clothes, and each of them was younger than the other, so the boy looked down upon others, thinking that Yong En was no more than It was a classmate or friend who was in a similar situation to Huai Ci, and he didn't even look at Yong En.

"Second young master, today is the master entertaining Mr. Pei. The owner of this restaurant has offended Mr. Pei, and Mr. Pei is not feeling well. Why don't you go and make amends and annoy Mr. Pei, not to mention the future of the master, this little boy I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain the status of the restaurant, Second Young Master, think about it carefully."

The boy was afraid that he would not be able to complete the task, and he would be scolded by Master Wan when he returned home. In addition, Huaici had no status in Wan's family, so he threatened Huaici with both soft and hard methods.

"Where did the mad dog come from? Someone, throw him out." Hong Rong shouted impatiently.

The boy at the door heard it, and rushed in, and really threw the boy from the Wan family out.

"What a disappointment." Amu Xin snorted.

"I'm really sorry, Eldest Sister, Second Sister, in order to make amends for both of you, I'll design a drinking cup for you, called a couple's cup, don't move, I'll draw a picture for you." Mai Xiang said hurriedly .

After hearing this, Maple Leaf hurriedly took out Mai Xiang's drawing tools from her bag. Ever since she opened the porcelain factory, Mai Xiang wanted to paint whenever she felt inspired, so she always carried her charcoal pens and albums with her.

With charcoal, Mai Xiang quickly sketched the cartoon portraits of Yong En and Ula Domin, and then Hong Rong and his wife.

"This is really fun, it really looks a bit like our Lord Baylor." Amusin smiled while holding the portrait.

"It does look a bit like it." Uladomin also held the portrait and compared it to Yong En, pursing his lips and smiling.

"What kind of painting is this? It's so simple, it's really resembling." Hong Rong also laughed.

"This is just a sketch I just drew, and I will polish it up when I get back." Mai Xiang hurriedly said.

"What does this couple's cup have to do with this portrait?" Amu Xin asked.

"Well, you'll understand when you see the real thing." Mai Xiang made a fool of herself.

"Then when can I see this real thing?" Amu Xin is still a child.

"I don't care about that. I asked my elder brother-in-law how much work he has left. He should have been very busy a year ago. The Ministry of Internal Affairs still needs a batch of goods."

"Sister, you just mentioned this bone china technology, are you really not planning to sell it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Yong En remembered the topic that was interrupted just now.

"Brother-in-law, this is patented, and you can sell it if you want. You can't sell it cheap." Mai Xiang laughed quickly.

This royal silver is still easy to earn, at least Mai Xiang’s toothbrush was sent at a price of two taels of silver. En said, the toothbrush was paid to the emperor in the end, and ten taels of silver for a toothbrush was considered a kind person from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Mai Xiang thought of a joke unkindly after hearing this, saying that Emperor Guangxu once asked his teacher Weng Tonghe what he had for breakfast. At that time, Mr. Weng casually said it was eggs, and Guangxu was surprised that his teacher could eat it too. Starting from an egg of ten taels of silver, it turned out to be ten taels of silver on the emperor's dining table from an egg of two or three taels of silver, a total of five thousand times, that's why Yong En said that the difference of five times was counted as the Ministry of Internal Affairs. People are kind.

"Got it, girl, the money for the last batch of goods has already been given. I'll give you the account book later, and you can see how much money the family can share." Yong En smiled and shook his head. He found that every time he mentioned money, Mai Xiang His eyebrows and eyes are curved.But this girl is also strange, she doesn't want the free money, but insists on earning it herself.

"Second brother-in-law is back, I'll leave this to second brother-in-law, and I'll arrange a meal for you." Mai Xiang hurriedly refused.

She has too many things at hand now, and she can't be busy at all. Besides, she also agreed not to participate in the management.

Strictly speaking, the new dish that Mai Xiang launched this time is not a new dish.It's cold in winter, and more people eat mutton. The roasted mutton is the specialty of the Manchu people. It's nothing new. Mai Xiang makes hot pot.

In this era, hot pot mutton is very common, almost every restaurant has it, but Maixiang has made some improvements. The bottom soup of the hot pot is not clear soup and white water, but boiled with various ingredients such as butter and chili, which is similar to The spicy hot pot of later generations, of course, Mai Xiang's craftsmanship is far from the level of Chongqing hot pot, but after continuous experimentation and improvement by some chefs, the ones served in the pot are much better than Mai Xiang's.

Of course, in addition to the base material, Mai Xiang has also improved the dipping sauce, and, instead of simply eating mutton hot pot, Mai Xiang recalls the fish pot, chicken pot, etc. that later generations have eaten, and now they are starting to be launched one after another.

"Isn't it just hot pot?" Amu Xin and Hong Rong asked in disappointment when the hot pot was served.

"My hot pot, the live fish pot, has a different base and the same dipping sauce."

"Where can I find live fish this season?" Amu Xin asked.

"No, I searched all over the market and only bought two. You're lucky. I've notified the kitchen to keep them."

"Mai Xiang, your restaurant business is doing well, and I think there are quite a few customers." Hong Rong asked with a smile.

"Second brother-in-law, you don't know. Without the eldest brother-in-law, this restaurant really wouldn't be able to continue. The second brother-in-law is back. From now on, the second brother-in-law will come and sit more often if he has nothing to do, and protect me from the brat."

Since the opening of the restaurant, there have been a few people who came to challenge them. Fortunately, there is a plaque inscribed by Yongen, and Yongen personally brought some princes Baylor over to join him on the day of the opening. Everyone knows that this restaurant has something to do with Yongen Related, it will also sell some thin noodles.But there are still unsightly people who want to eat the overlord's meal or come to make trouble deliberately. Fortunately, Yongen greeted the yamen servants in this street.

"Hong Rong, why did you take so long this trip? What happened along the way?" Yong En asked.

"Brother, I didn't know until I went to the Northwest, how hard life is for the people there. There is no water, no food, no one, and the weather is not good. Not only is it cold, but the wind and sand are also strong, but the place is also big. We often walk for several days without meeting a single person. Several imperial physicians fell ill along the way. When we arrived there, soldiers on both sides were suffering from smallpox, causing countless casualties. Our people still have cowpox to save them, but they ..." Hong Rong did not say the following words.

Everyone here guessed what Hong Rong said behind.

"Wars are so cruel. I witnessed two wars with my own eyes. I couldn't bear the cruelty. So when I came back, I hid at home with all my heart, reading, drawing, and writing. I didn't want to do anything, so I just passed it. Several years." Yong En also sighed in a low voice.

"There is no way around this. There is no war. How can there be peace? This is how the world is. The strong prey on the weak. Only when you are strong and have enough strength to beat the opponent down, will they not provoke you. I will listen to you honestly." Mai Xiang couldn't help sending out her opinions.

"Why are you looking at me?" Seeing the three men staring at her, Mai Xiang realized that she was talking too much.

"I didn't expect my sister to be aggressive at such a young age, but your opinion is still incisive." Yong En smiled.

Mai Xiang blushed when she heard this. Where did she have any incisive insights, they were all moved from the modern set.But for the rest of the time, Mai Xiang devoted herself to taking care of Uradomin and A Muxin's food, and listened to Hong Rong talking about some characters in the Western Regions.

When he heard that the land in the Western Regions was not suitable for human survival, Mai Xiang was anxious. She knew how fertile the land in Xinjiang was. She had been to Xinjiang before, and there were a large cotton field and a large pepper field. It can't be seen to the end, it is the real black land, but Mai Xiang no longer dares to talk too much.

"Lord Belle, I heard that the land in the south of the Western Regions is still fertile and the climate is quite pleasant. Is it not suitable for people to live there?" Huai Ci asked.

"I heard that the grasslands in Yili are very fertile. I have never been there. To cross the Tianshan Mountains, our people are all on Tianshan North Road."

Mai Xiang knew that it would not be long before Agui would enter Xinjiang. The unification of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and the development of Yili could not be separated from Agui, a great hero, but the clever Maixiang kept her mouth shut.

After eating this meal for an hour, when Mai Xiang and the others came out of the private room, the door of the opposite private room also opened. Mai Xiang noticed Huai Ci's body trembling again, and hurriedly looked at him.

(End of this chapter)