"I know these." Shi Feng took the order and looked at it carefully, frowning more and more, "But the process of these dishes is too complicated. Just this 'Five Blessings' needs to be prepared several days in advance." When stewing soup, you must use an old hen to stew it for at least a day to bring out the essence of the soup.”
"Is it so complicated?"
Qin Lian leaned over to take a look, and Shi Feng explained to her the cooking process of several dishes. Every day, just preparing the dishes had to be done several days in advance. There were also many seafoods that were not available in the town, and these had to be prepared in advance. .
The Liu family just gave her a list and a deposit, which included the money to buy the ingredients.
As for the ingredients, Liu Mansion will not prepare them for them.
In this case, I don’t know how much time it will take.
"Shi Feng, how sure are you about the dishes on this list?" Qin Lian asked, "A Liu said this is a good opportunity. You can see which of the dishes on the list you know. The rest is between me and A Liu." Let’s discuss how to deal with it.”
"OK!"
Shi Feng drew all the dishes he could cook on the list.
Qin Lian took inventory and found that there were twelve dishes in total, eight of which were from Shi Feng. Seeing this result, Qin Lian breathed a sigh of relief. This was much better than she expected.
She took the list and went to find Su Liuye.
There were also simple cooking methods on the list. Su Liuye looked at them and found that she could probably make those dishes that Shi Feng didn't know how to cook, but she would definitely consume some ingredients.
It just so happened that the business of the silk and satin shop had stabilized in the past few days, and many employees and embroiderers had been recruited into the shop. Huang Ying also found time to deal with the things in the shop, and Su Liuye no longer needed to watch in the shop all the time.
She called Qin Lian, and they went to Liu's house together to negotiate the price of the order.
Liu Mansion gave her the order for the winter banquet, and she naturally had to do it well, but she would not suffer any loss.
The person who received them was the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion, but without a few words of conversation, Song Xiao also came over with her maid Ronger.
"Ms. Song." Butler Liu stood up, gave Song Xiao his hand, and handed her the order to read, "This is the price that Shopkeeper Su negotiated with us. Miss, what do you think?"
Song Xiao sat down.
Ronger understood and reached out to take the order. After looking at it, she handed it to Song Xiao to read, "Miss, look at it!"
Song Xiao glanced at it, a smile appeared on her gentle face, and her voice was as soft as ever, "Shopkeeper Su, your price is three times what I gave you before. At this price, I can even ask the chefs in the capital to come over. .”
Su Liuye smiled and said, "Miss Song, please forgive me, our Cyclamen has been operating in the town for a while. Thanks to the love of the neighbors, we are somewhat famous in the town. But we have always been doing neighborhood business, you The list you gave me shows that the ingredients required on it are difficult to find in the town, and you should be aware of this."
Song Xiao drank tea and smiled without saying a word.
Su Liuye continued, "Cyclamen not only requires the cook to prepare the dishes, but also the ingredients. The cost of these people alone is a lot of money, and triple the price is reasonable. If Miss Song is not satisfied, , we don’t have to take this order.”
"What do you mean!" Ronger was the first to hold back, "Miss and I gave you the order, you accepted it, and now you say you won't accept it, are you kidding us?!"
"What I mean is that if Miss Song feels that the price is unreasonable, you can hire someone else." Su Liuye said, "It is our honor that Miss Song can find cyclamen, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. If there is no ingredients, We have no way."
Rong'er became even more angry after hearing her words, and whispered to Song Xiao, "Miss, I think they are just greedy and want more money!"
Song Xiao just held the tea cup and lowered his eyes as if deep in thought. After a moment, she asked, "Shopkeeper Su, can you guarantee that the banquet will be held smoothly?"
Su Liuye laughed. Although they only chatted for a few words, she had already noticed that Miss Song didn't seem to like their cyclamen very much.
On the surface, she seemed to be asking them to prepare a banquet, but in fact, she was always embarrassing them and constantly putting high hats on her head. If the banquet could not be held smoothly, Miss Song was afraid that she would put all the blame on her.
"Aliu!"
Qin Lian also sensed that something was wrong and quickly lowered her voice and said, "Otherwise we shouldn't accept this order!"
Cyclamen has no shortage of customers in Luoxi Town, and there is really no need for them to take orders from the Liu family.
Song Xiao is obviously biased against her because of Liu Yuan's incident. Who knows how he will embarrass her then?
"It's okay." Su Liuye comforted her softly, and then said, "Miss Song, I still say the same thing. If you don't believe us, then there is no need to hand over the winter banquet to us. Since you have chosen us, why bother? Are you putting pressure on everyone before the banquet even starts?"
Song Xiao laughed, but the hand holding the tea cup became stronger.
She underestimated that Shopkeeper Su was indeed a difficult person to deal with.
Su Liuye said again, "Miss Song, if you can accept it, we will continue to cooperate. If not, there is nothing we can do."
Song Xiao was silent for a while, and then said, "Okay, since Shopkeeper Su has made it so clear, I will get straight to the point. I can agree to the price you offer, but you also have to give me a guarantee that the banquet can be It went smoothly. The list I gave you all includes the cooking process. Can Shopkeeper Su not be able to do such a simple request? "
"Of course you can."
Su Liuye agreed.
"Miss!"
Ronger became anxious when she heard this, "The eldest lady said that this banquet——"
"I have my own sense of proportion."
Song Xiao interrupted her and asked the housekeeper to bring a pen and paper and write a new list for Su Liuye, signing her and Su Liuye's names on it.
After the matter was settled, Su Liuye had no need to stay and left with Qin Lian.
Seeing them leaving, Rong'er immediately said, "Miss, why did you agree to them? The eldest lady said that this winter banquet only gave one thousand taels of silver, and they asked for 800 taels of silver. ——They are clearly like lions with their mouths wide open!"
The ingredients used in the Liu Mansion's banquet were all high-end ingredients, even used by the royal family. The price was naturally high, but no matter how high it was, it would not cost eight hundred taels at once!
"Rong'er, haven't you ever heard that you can't let go?" Song Xiao took a sip of tea, "My aunt asked me to be in charge of this winter banquet, so of course I have to do my best. If Su Liuye really has the ability to help me, Once the winter banquet is done, it’s worth the eight hundred taels of silver. Besides, if I don’t agree to them, how can they accept this order?”
Rong'er frowned, thinking that this was what he meant, but still complained a few words about Su Liuye and the lion's mouth.
