"Hmph, I'm so embarrassed to say it here. It's not all because of you. I'll punish you by washing a few more garlic sprouts for me." Su Yun turned around and tapped her forehead with his hand, not very hard.
Su Wan covered her forehead and said flatteringly:
"Ah, yes, yes, it's all because of me. In the next few days, I will be at the disposal of my two brothers at any time. If they ask me to go east, I won't go west. Is that okay?"
"This is what you said, don't cry tired when the time comes."
Su Yun had no intention of being polite to her. She would have to accompany him to take care of things in the restaurant. Without her, Su Yun couldn't make up his mind about many things. He just wanted Su Wan to witness and participate in it to make it meaningful.
"I promise not, I swear!" Su Wan made a four sign and put it against his temple. Su Yun almost believed it.
But when I arrived at Su Yi's place, the painting style changed and became warmer:
"Wanwan, my painting studio is getting better and better. I met a painting master a few years ago. He bought several of my paintings at high prices and often invited me to discuss painting techniques together. Because of his frequent visits, I The reputation of his painting studio is getting louder and louder in Xiangzhou City. There are many people painting pictures every day. The great scholar said that if you want to achieve success in the painting world, you must remain mysterious. The less paintings are exposed, the better. So now, I only sell two paintings a year, and the rest of the time, I only sell portraits.”
The great scholar was right, once a good thing is trashed, it is worthless.
Therefore, his reminder to him is the right guidance.
"Fifth brother, what is the name of that great scholar?" Su Wan wanted to know if she had heard of it in the book.
"His name is Qi'an Jushi. He just returned from Kyoto not long ago. Xiangzhou is his hometown."
Su Wan had never heard of layman Qi'an, because in the original work, the person who discovered Fifth Brother's talent was a poetic scholar. He wrote poems for Fifth Brother's calligraphy and paintings, and publicized it everywhere, which made Fifth Brother quickly spread his reputation.
"Oh, let's bring some gifts and visit him tomorrow."
Since he is someone who is helpful to Fifth Brother, he has to make friends with him. The most important thing is that he has given advice to Fifth Brother, so he is considered a good person.
"And me, I have already chosen the restaurant's space, a small two-story building, but because I don't have much money on hand, I borrowed a thousand taels from Guan Yuyantang in my account. When the time comes, I will Come up slowly!"
Originally, it was said that a few hundred taels of silver would be enough to open a restaurant in Qinghe County, but now in Xiangzhou City, where every inch of land is at a premium, everything is expensive, and so are the housing prices. He went to Yueman Xilou to learn a lesson. Wouldn't it be useless if I don't open a better restaurant with my years of cooking skills and skills?
So, he borrowed a thousand taels of silver from his account and planned to open a decent restaurant in Xiangzhou, cook well, and make some achievements.
After paying one year's rent first, the store has not yet been renovated, and we are waiting for Su Wan to come back and make up his mind with him.
"You two, your sister has just come back. After walking such a long way, you are asking her to help you do things, and you don't know how to let her rest."
Mother Su didn't know when she stepped into the kitchen, and she got angry when she saw Su Wan choosing vegetables.
These two boys were not obedient at all. I told them not to be angry and not to be angry. It's good now that they can even use their sister.
"It's okay, mother. This is of my own free will. I'm not tired. I slept all the way back and I'm not tired at all."
The carriage Jiang Yu arranged for her was very comfortable and covered with soft blankets, allowing her to roll around in it.
Su Yun curled his lips and did not refute. Su Yi just lowered his head and continued to light the fire without refuting.
"That won't work. Now that the conditions are good, the daughter of the family is meant to be pampered. Wanwan, please be obedient. Mom will take you to have a rest. Your uncle and the others will be coming soon. Cousin Qingqing's marriage has been decided. But she wanted to wait for you to come back before hosting a wedding banquet. During your absence, something happened in the workshop. Fortunately, your uncle was clever and avoided big losses."
Hearing that something happened in the workshop, Su Wan became anxious and looked at Su's mother in confusion.
"what happened?"
"Come here, I'll tell you in detail!" Mother Su waved to her.
Su Wan then dropped the dishes, washed his hands and followed Su's mother.
Su's mother told her that during the period when she was away from home, spies appeared in the family's workshop. Several slaves working in the workshop were bribed by outside businessmen to take out the goat milk soap formula.
As a result, they were all noticed by Mang Zhong and the others, and his uncle also noticed it. After catching them, he locked them up and gave them only two steamed buns and a bowl of water a day. He didn't know how to give up, so he kept waiting for Su. Wan came back feeling depressed.
They all have the formula of goat milk soap. It is impossible to sell it, but they can't continue to use it, but it would be too cruel to kill them.
"Then our formula hasn't been leaked, right?" Su Wan was still more concerned about this.
"No, now your uncle strictly controls those people's going out. Every time they go out, your uncle arranges for someone he trusts to take them out. The rest of the time they are not allowed to leave the house. What can you do if something like this happens? What about selling yourself? Qidu can't control their greed, so what? Can't we just lock them up for the rest of their lives?"
Mother Su felt that there were disadvantages to buying people back, but it was better than recruiting them back. At least the people they bought back had the right to control their personal freedom. If they were hired, they would run away and there would be nothing you could do about them.
"I'll think about how to deal with this matter later!"
Su Wan didn't know how to deal with it best. This matter needed to be discussed in the long run.
"Okay, then you go and have a rest first. I'll call you after dinner."
Su's mother sent her back to her room, where Liu Yun and Liu Ying were busy working. After a trip, they came back with a lot of clothes.
Those dowry items with so many jewels couldn't fit inside, so the old door owner asked someone to send several boxes over, all of which were filled with rare gold and silver jewels.
The two picked out a few boxes of Su Wan's favorite styles and placed them on the dressing table for daily wear. Su Wan thought that his aunt and cousin Qingqing would come over soon, so he chose two boxes to give to them. She didn't come all the way back. Bring them something, that's all.
During the meal, my uncle and the others had already arrived. There were more than a dozen dishes on the table, all of which were big dishes, all made by Su Yun.
As expected of someone who came from Yue Man West Building, the dishes are all exquisite. He not only made Su Wan's favorite braised pork, spicy chicken, and his own braised pork, but the bottom dish was sun-dried beans and Tempeh, add some chili powder and steam it, it tastes surprisingly good.
The pork belly is fat but not greasy and melts in your mouth.
There is also steamed fish, topped with his own homemade soy sauce and topped with chopped green onion, which is also very fragrant.
There are also many dishes that he has researched by himself, some spicy, some light, and the presentation is exquisite. When the restaurant opens in the future, the focus will be on exquisiteness, so that the dishes can be sold at a high price.
