Aling went to deliver a letter. There is only one person missing in the inn today, so he may not be able to make it if he is busy.
In addition, there were a lot of people in the backyard, and there were too many people to watch. In order to avoid trouble, Song Qiu immediately decided to close the inn today and only open the tea shed outside.
For this reason, two more square tables were moved out.
In this way, she, the Liu family, the Jiang family, Meng Chaoqun and Ma Liang, the five of them were busy working in the tea shed with ease.
When someone asked why the inn was not open, Meng Chaoqun smiled and apologized, saying that the chef in charge today was not feeling well and could not cook, so he had to close the door.
Even if we only open a tea shed, the profit at the end of the day is not bad, and we have earned our capital and wages.
When it was time to close the stall, Song Qiu packed up the remaining dumplings and gave them to Mr. Jiang and Mr. Liu to take with them to work.
Today, the morning was enough to frighten them.
Later, they explained that those people were bad people, and they saw the madam and grandma living together upstairs, and they finally felt relieved.
Even though it is a black shop, they continue to do it, but it is better if it is not a black shop, right?
I feel more at ease doing it.
At that moment, the two of them said that they would not talk about anything that had nothing to do with work when they went home, and then left work with the steamed dumplings.
There were not many people there at night, so Song Qiu made dinner, leaving some for Meng Chaoqun and Ma Liang to eat, and taking the rest to the second floor room to eat with Mr. Gao and Grandma Liu.
It's been a busy day today, and lunch was served in a hurry, so I haven't had a good conversation since morning.
After dinner in this room, we sat down together to drink tea and eat, and then we could have a lively conversation.
"I'm still curious. This place belongs to Songyang County, four to five hundred miles away from Panshi Town. Why did Miss Song open the inn here? But are there any relatives or acquaintances here?"
Mr. Gao was very curious. Crescent Bay was still dozens of miles away from Songyang County, and it was relatively uninhabited. It took courage and ability to dare to open an inn here and welcome people there.
This Miss Song is still young, and she doesn't have any elders to take her with her. If she doesn't have any acquaintances or relatives here, would she dare to drive the inn all the way here with her family members?
Song Qiu smiled and nodded, "Yes, most of these passing merchants are acquaintances!"
Mrs. Gao was surprised and curious about what kind of story it was, so she listened to Song Qiu's narration.
"I came here in a hurry last year, and my wife didn't know much about me. My father died of illness not long after I was born. My grandmother and my mother worked hard to support a family. Later, my mother also overworked and died of illness.
, only me and my grandma are left to depend on each other."
“In those years, life was extremely difficult because my family owed a lot of money to the person who treated my mother’s illness and bought medicine. Even during the Chinese New Year, our family couldn’t buy meat to eat, so we relied on relatives and good friends in the village to send bacon.
The one who gave us glutinous rice balls and glutinous rice balls helped us survive the New Year’s Eve dinner.”
"I relied on my midwifery skills to live a tight life, and finally paid off my debt. It happened that I got seriously ill again. I took a lot of medicine and saw many doctors, but I couldn't get better.
It makes my breasts so anxious."
"My grandma listened to the neighbor's grandma and carried me to Songshan Temple to pray to Buddha. Fortunately, Buddha blessed me. After praying, I woke up. I went back and took medicine, and I slowly got better. This is also true.
Buddha feels sorry for my breast, otherwise if I really die, I’m afraid my breast won’t be able to survive.”
"My life has been hard. I lost my husband when I was young, lost my son in middle age, and in my old age, I have to rely on my granddaughter. Since I recovered from a serious illness, I have made up my mind to make my life smooth for the rest of my life."
Then, she became rich and healthy, and she no longer had to endure hardship."
"But what can a little girl like me do? What can I do to earn money?"
Song Qiu paused as he spoke, smiled, and then continued: "Only this talent of eating can be considered good, so I saved up money by selling rice dumplings, just outside our village, by the Songshan River.
, I set up a tea stall first."
"After working for two months, the business was pretty good. I thought there was a way to do it, so I bought a piece of land and built an inn there."
"I thought that by running this inn, and having some food recipes in hand, without asking for wealth, I would be able to ensure that my mother and I would live a stable life without worrying about food and clothing."
"But the inn is open, and I know a lot of people traveling from north to south. There is a fleet of Tongfang Pharmacy that transports medicinal materials, there is a fleet of Jingzhou Fucheng that transports liquor, and there are also merchants who make a living by carrying goods. Everyone often
After passing the Songshan Inn, you have to come in for a meal and rest before leaving."
"Suddenly one day, someone told me that these people who travel all year round, eat in many restaurants and stay in many inns, Songshan Inn makes them feel comfortable and like home. They are used to it.
My family's food is a bit unfamiliar to me when I go to other places, but this restaurant is only found on the Songshan River.
So someone suggested that I open a few inns in other places? In this way, they can eat my food in other places without leaving the Songshan Inn, right?"
"I thought about it for several months, so I decided to take this trip."
"I set out for Qingping Prefecture at the end of last month. I originally took the north road to check it out, but by chance, I came to Suzhou first. It was also fate that I stayed in Crescent Bay for a whole day.
We also encountered a gangster shop in the evening. After helping the government catch the thieves and seal the inn, we continued to go forward and walked all the way. We didn't see a suitable place, so we simply came back and bought the Crescent Bay Inn.
The land is gone.”
"It's only been open for seven or eight days now, and business is pretty good. I've met quite a few old acquaintances."
"No, I am lucky enough to meet you again, madam!"
Song Qiu was telling stories, and the master and servant of the Gao family enjoyed listening to them, which was more interesting than listening to opera excerpts.
For a while, Gao was still thinking about it.
"I think it's quite pleasant to eat when you make this dish!"
She grew up in a wealthy family. What kind of delicious food has she never tasted? There are cooks from both the north and south of the house, so she can eat whatever she wants. But the food this girl makes is not to mention how exquisite and delicious it is, but there is always a difference in the taste.
The taste is indescribable.
This girl has done such a thing at such a young age, and she still doesn’t know what the future holds.
"Listening to what you mean, you will continue to walk around and find a place to continue opening an inn, right?"
Song Qiu nodded, "Although it's still difficult now, and others may think it's a lie, but in ten or twenty years, one day, I will call it "North, South, East, West, all over the world, and there will be inns opened by me to serve all the people."
People all over the world! Everyone knows about Songji Inn!"
Listening to this, Mrs. Gao felt a burst of heroic spirit.
She felt from the bottom of her heart that this little girl was not just talking big words, she could definitely do it.
"You know the Shen family, a wealthy merchant family in the south of the Yangtze River, right? Have you ever heard of Miss Shen, the daughter of the Shen family who will never marry?"