After the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival was celebrated lively. On the second day, all government offices opened for business, and those who had positions went back to work as errands. For example, Gu Huainan, the new Zhongyong Marquis, went to the government office, and Gu Jingchao went to Xi Daying. Since Gu Jingzhi was a first-class sword-carrying guard, he also got up early to report to the imperial city.
After Caiwei finished serving her master, she also packed up her clothes and supplies and headed to Gujiabao in the south of the city. Of course, she was accompanied by the little Loli Cailian who was dressed as Wu Chao.
Before I even opened the corner door, I heard bursts of crying and cries of injustice. I saw seventeen or eight men and women, old and young, wearing thin clothes. Each of them was carrying a small bundle, and they were being dragged and loaded into two carriages. Caiwei heard Gu Jingzhi say that Dongqing and the maid's family would be sold far away, and it seemed that they were the ones. Although she looked pitiful, Caiwei didn't sympathize with them.
The Zhongyong Hou Mansion is indeed a kind family, and if they want to sell it, they will be allowed to take their belongings with them. However, in ancient times, slaves had no private wealth, so I don't know which one will get the advantage.
When passing by Sanshun Delicatessen Shop, Gu Hu stopped his horse as usual and planned to buy some soy sauce beef.
"Brother Gu Hu, can Wu Chao and I go for a walk?" Caiwei begged in a low voice.
Gu Hu looked at her and saw that his master was not here. Caiwei was his concubine in name only and could be regarded as half his master. After thinking about it, he nodded and agreed.
Cai Lian cheered, jumped off the carriage first, turned around and said to Cai Wei, "Cai Wei, jump down and I'll catch you."
She was Gu Jingzhi's woman, and it was inconvenient for anyone accompanying her to hold her, so Cai Lian could only come to hold her. After hesitating, she jumped down, and Cai Lian caught her steadily.
The two pickers walked into the Sanshun Delicatessen shop hand in hand. The waiter in the shop, with a white handkerchief draped over his shoulders, greeted them with a smile, "Master Gu, I wish you a happy old age. Happy New Year. How much beef with soy sauce will you buy today?" ?” The guy was very attentive, and it seemed that Gu Hu was a regular visitor here.
Gu Hu smiled and said, "Come on fifty pounds!" Then he said to Caiwei: "Look, girl, there are a lot of things in his store, what else do you want to buy?"
The furnishings in the shop are similar to those in modern delicatessens. Not only does it serve beef but also pork elbow, pig's trotters, pig's head, pig's ears, roast chicken and roast goose, but there is no ham sausage.
Caiwei looked at Cai Lian and asked her, "Wu Chao, what do you want to eat, I'll buy it for you!" She had millions of taels of silver, so she was very wealthy!
Cai Lian was always greedy, so she said rudely: "I want to roast chicken, goose and pork head meat. Hey! What are these pieces?"
Seeing what she was pointing at, Huoji hurriedly replied: "Back to this guy, this is heart-protecting meat. The new product in our store is the most delicious. I will buy it and try it. You won't regret it."
Not to mention how delicious the heart-protecting pork stir-fried with chili peppers was, Caiwei swallowed her saliva and nodded in praise: "Wu Chao has the best taste. This one is delicious. Buy more. Come for twenty kilograms instead of fifty kilograms!"
"Okay!" A big customer came, and the waiter was so happy that he hurriedly weighed the beef and heart meat.
Caiwei came to this world for more than half a year, and she missed modern food very much. She used to buy a ham sausage to satisfy her cravings when she went to a delicatessen. When she saw that there was none in the store, she asked: "Man, don't you make ham sausage in your store?" ?”
The waiter weighed the meat quickly and answered: "Miss, what kind of sausage is ham sausage? I've never heard of it."
Caiwei explained, and the man shook his head. Caiwei was so greedy that she really wanted to eat, so she asked without giving up: "Then can you make some ham sausages for me?"
"You have to ask our boss about this. Wait a minute, I'll ask the boss, and you guys can talk." The waiter weighed the meat, divided it into many packages, wrapped them in paper, and put them in four wicker baskets, then went to the inner room to invite the boss.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper of this shop is very young, about 20 years old. He is wearing a gray gown. He looks clean and tidy. He has a smile on his face without saying anything. He bows to several people and says: "Master Gu, you are polite, listen." She said that this lady wants to make ham sausage, but the shop has never made it. I wonder if she can tell me how to make it?"
Caiwei has never made ham herself, but she is so good at it that she buys meat at the vegetable market and has others make it several times every year. Because she is diligent and inquiring, she knows what materials are used, what the approximate proportions are, and what the process is, so she has a good understanding of the three types of ham sausage. The bosses of the delicatessen shop came one by one. The shopkeeper's eyes became brighter as he listened, and finally he said happily: "Miss, the shop can make ham for you, but I want to ask you if your recipe is small." ?"
Caiwei had read many novels about people who traveled through time and space and sold their children to make money. She didn't expect that she would also experience this, and she couldn't help but laugh. Gu Hu was very financially savvy and answered for her: "It can't be sold. If you want to use it, give the girl a commission, maybe 30%!"
There was so much money in Caiwei's space, and some people looked down on such a small amount of money, but since Gu Hu said so, he nodded indifferently.
The shopkeeper smiled and cupped his hands, "Master Gu, I just use the recipe, 30% is too much, how about this, we can talk about it after the ham sausage is made, okay?"
The Gu family is an official and Sanshun Delicatessen is a citizen, so they are not afraid of him stealing the recipe. Gu Hu nodded and saw Caiwei looking at the roasted chicken for a few times. He guessed that she would most likely want to eat it, so he bought twenty more roasted chickens. Ten roast geese were also carried in wicker baskets and carried to the car.
Caiwei saw how exquisitely the wicker basket was woven, and couldn't help but ask: "Shopkeeper, your basket is pretty good. Did you make it yourself or buy it from outside?"
The shopkeeper replied respectfully: "This wicker basket was not made in a small shop. I bought it from the old bamboo craftsman."
"Bricksmith?" Blacksmith and carpenter have heard of it, but Caiwei, the bamboo craftsman, has never heard of it.
The waiter next to him answered: "I'm afraid that Miss, who has lived in the embroidery building for a long time, doesn't know what a bamboo craftsman does. I can tell you a little bit about it."
Caiwei looked at him and smiled: "Brother, please speak!"
The bamboo craftsmen mainly use thin sheets of bamboo to weave supplies. This craft has been lost in modern times. After all, the big machines in the factory can do everything quickly and well.
Since Caiwei knew that she would accompany Gu Jingzhi to exile, she thought about preparing things for exile. The space was very high, and just putting things on the floor wasted a lot of space, so she wanted to make some wooden shelves and place things directly on the wooden shelves. Now When I saw the wicker baskets, I planned to buy some such baskets to carry things.
Caiwei entrusted the shopkeeper to help order two hundred wicker baskets, and wanted to leave a deposit. The shopkeeper refused and said, "Miss, you are joking. Your Zhongyong Hou Mansion has a great business, how can you default on the bill? You don't have to pay for it now, and then you can wait for it." The old bamboo craftsman can finish weaving the basket and pay for it together."
After agreeing on a date to pick up the ham, Caiwei and Cailian also had their own harvests. They got into the carriage without thinking about looking any further, and the group continued to Gujia Fort in the south of the city.
