But Xu Yinyin really doesn’t know how to do these things.
She is good at other things, such as cooking, which can only be done in theory but not in practice. Don’t waste the ingredients and ruin people’s stomachs.
But it doesn't matter. With Linglong's little hands, all she has to do is open her mouth and Linglong can make it for her.
Asking Hu Pingye to buy the required ingredients in large quantities, Xu Yinyin directed Linglong to do it.
After working hard for two days, I finished everything and made a lot of them. Xu Yinyin tasted them and they were all good!
Immediately, someone sent a portion to each family, which was enough for the exam for several days. Of course, except for Fang Congyun and Fang Yuxing, the gifts were given in the name of Xu Dajun.
The speeches sent are for eating in the examination room during the examination.
Then, each family expressed their gratitude and gave a gift in return, which each family planned to take to the examination room.
The other party seemed to have misunderstood that this was an exchange of ideas about food for exams, so they carefully returned a copy of everything they had prepared for their children.
God knows how embarrassing Xu Yinyin is.
Be confident, sister!
After reading too many novels, I really thought that all the candidates taking exams are struggling in the examination room and not eating well. That's just what you think.
Look at these.
Xu Yinyin looked through the return gifts from each family, especially those from the Dong family and Fang Wenhe family.
A complete set of lotus seeds, longan, etc. for chewing, ginseng slices for refreshing and refreshing, whole roast duck and roast chicken, tea leaves, small stove and small clay pot, and rice salt. In addition,
There are also basic first aid medicines, etc.
This is not an exam, it is comparable to a spring outing.
Compared to these, her sesame paste and dried meat seemed too simple, shabby.
Xu Dajun laughed so hard on the side that she glared at him and quickly restrained himself. Then he affirmed: "The county examination is only one day for each session. You can come back on the same day, and you won't stay here overnight. If you bring all these things, then
Isn't it a burden? This should be prepared for the provincial examination."
"I just brought sesame paste and dried meat for the exam. How convenient and nutritious is this? When I have to take the provincial exam later, you can just prepare instant noodles and self-heating rice for me. If you really want me to bring rice and a stove to cook it myself, I
It’s not like you’re messing around. If you have that time, you might as well think more about how to write an article!”
Xu Yinyin sighed quietly, "So, no matter where you are, money is king. As long as you have money, what can you prepare? Only those who have no money and only prepare steamed buns and cakes for food will worry about being inspected.
It was crushed into pieces."
Xu Dajun glanced at her and couldn't help but said: "I heard that you asked Linglong to make a lot of sesame paste? Why don't you just sell it in a few sanitary ware shops in the few days before the exam? We won't make any money, so you can buy it.
It’s cheaper, I guess many ordinary scholars will buy these, but they are much better than bringing steamed buns or something like that.”
Xu Yinyin listened, thought for a while, and couldn't help but glance at Xu Dajun, "I heard that there are a lot of people signing up this time, and the number of admissions is only a small number. Are you not afraid of one more person and more competition?"
Xu Dajun understood what she meant and grunted, "Let's take the test based on our ability! What's the use of calculating this? There are many rich people who can afford to take good food, how can I let them not take it? Stare
What are you doing with us little people?"
It is not easy for a poor scholar to take the county examination step by step.
We are all ordinary people. Why not help us and form a good relationship?
Those wealthy families pay great attention to the good reputation of giving alms and porridge every year. It is always right for the Xu family to make more good karma after reaching this stage.
Besides, it doesn’t cost much money.
…
The county examination is approaching, and there are far fewer scholars in the streets. Most of them are studying hard at home and seizing the time to memorize and read books.
Students work hard, and as family members, we can't help much, but we can always do something to help our children's health.
No matter how hard the family is, they can't bear to lose their children who have been studying for many years and are about to take exams.
Of course, those who are able to read are not so poor that they cannot afford to eat. Even though they are poor, the scholars work hard and earn some money to supplement their family income by copying books while studying.
This is the case for Guo Mingshan, who lives in the west of the county. His father died young, and his widowed mother did embroidery work to support him in studying and literacy. Guo Mingshan is also very hardworking. In addition to being good at reading and learning, he has never stopped copying books. As the exam is approaching,
Then I stopped copying and immersed myself in reading.
Guo's mother was not idle either. She planned to go to the street to buy some meat and come back to replenish her son's health. She also bought some white flour and came back to make some steamed buns to take to her son's examination room.
On the way, I was thinking about whether I should bite the bullet and buy some brown sugar, and mix it into white flour to make steamed buns, which would be better for health. But brown sugar is too expensive, and one piece can buy two kilograms of meat.
When I passed Xu Ji Sanitary Ware Shop on Tea Market Street, I saw a queue at the door and many people surrounding it.
Xu Ji Sanitary Ware Shop, she knew that on the fifth day of the first lunar month, the Xu family workshop was recruiting workers, and she went for the interview. Doing embroidery was too taxing on the eyes. After so many years, her eyes were no longer useful.
I thought that if I could work in the Xu family's workshop, I would be able to earn stable wages.
Unfortunately, I wasn't selected.
She was not discouraged, thinking that when the Xu family's workshop in Wumapo would recruit workers, she would go there.
Seeing so many people in front of Xu's store, she looked around curiously, thinking that Xu's store had some new products.
The goods sold in Xu's shop are good. When she celebrated her birthday last year, her son bought her a piece of soap. She was reluctant to use it. She just smelled it every day and it was enough to make her happy for the whole day. However, her son told her to keep it for a long time.
It would be a pity if it broke. She was willing to use it now. It was so comfortable to use.
"Sister, what are you doing? What good stuff is coming out of Xu's store?" she couldn't help but ask the eldest sister standing in line next to her.
The eldest sister glanced at her and said, "Does anyone in your family want to take the county exam? If so, come and line up quickly! Mr. Jiacheng Township is kind-hearted. He knows that the county exam is coming, so he specially makes convenient and good food. What?
Sesame paste and dried meat, sesame paste can be directly mixed with hot water to drink, just like drinking porridge, the heat is nourishing! The dried meat is also nourishing! One portion only costs 5 cents! It is enough for children in the examination room
It’s been a day, but it’s better than bringing steamed buns and pancakes!”
Guo's mother was stunned for a moment as she listened. Lord Jiacheng Township, of course she had heard of it. This Lord Jiacheng Township was clever, clever and capable, so he might have caught the eye of the emperor! The things she made were definitely good.
of.
Even though I got in line first, I thought I'd go in and have a look first.
She had been thinking about it during the process. A portion only costs five cents, which is convenient and enough to eat. It is indeed better than steamed buns, and it also has meat!
After queuing all the way in, the waiter inside was personally demonstrating and introducing the sesame paste and rice paste in a bowl with hot water to make the paste. The smell was so fragrant!
This is better than soaking steamed buns in hot water!
There are also dried meat and meat floss, which is quite a lot.
Mother Guo saw it and immediately bought five portions without hesitation, three portions were sesame paste with dried meat, and two portions were rice paste with meat floss.
It only cost twenty-five yuan in total.
A bowl of wontons costs five cents. After leaving the shop, Mother Guo couldn't help but sigh, Mr. Jiacheng Township is really nice!
I was so excited that I didn’t notice what I said. The eldest sister who came out first said in a serious tone, "No! Mr. Jiachengxiang is so thoughtful! I just tasted this rice cereal and it was so good when I drank it."
It's almost like porridge. You can bring it into the examination room and drink it in a bowl while it's hot. Add some meat floss and put it in it. It's a bowl of meat porridge? How delicious!
Such good things are sold so cheaply and affordably, and you don’t make any money at all. Mr. Jiacheng Township is kind-hearted and considers us little people wholeheartedly. The same goes for the work in the workshop, which provides such benefits and other benefits. My natal sister-in-law was killed this year
You’re recruited, I’m so envious!”
Guo's mother chatted with her for a while, then went to the butcher's shop to buy a piece of fat meat, and then hurried home.
After entering the alley, I reached my door. Instead of going in first, I crossed over and knocked on my neighbor's door.
The neighbor lived with a family who was close to her family. Their son was also going to take the county examination this time. Guo's mother knocked on the door and told her about Xu's shop, and gave her a bag of sesame paste and meat.
Open it and show it to her.
When the woman heard this, she became excited. She was thinking about what food to prepare for her son to take to the examination room.
Immediately, I walked out of the door and headed to the tea market.
I went down the street, fearing that it would be gone if I was too late.
She rushed there in a hurry, and it was almost sold out, with only the last few copies left. She quickly got in line, bought five copies, and breathed a sigh of relief.
…
When Xu Yinyin got Hu Pingye's reply, she didn't expect that the exam food was so easy to sell. The three shops had a lot of it, and it was all sold out in just two days.
Although it was most likely because it was indeed cheap, the main thing she didn't expect was that it would sell so quickly.
There are so many people in Fucheng County. As soon as the news is released, within two days, it will attract so many people to buy it without any hesitation. It has to be said that the reputation of the Xu family is really well-known in Yiyang Prefecture.
Now go out and ask someone casually on the street if they know Xu Ji's shop or Xu's workshop. If he can't answer, then he must have just come from out of town.
Xu Yinyin also felt a little excited in her heart. Now that she had enough food and clothing to do what she could, she felt that she should do something and accomplish something so that she would not live here in vain from the modern era where she was living well.
The matter of letting women go out without wearing a curtain is left to the younger brother.
As for her, she had to do something else that was quiet and moisturizing.
If you want to change anything, it doesn't happen overnight. You have to do it step by step and slowly.
Xu Yinyin's eyes fell on the sketch of the Xu family food factory. There was a place she planned to build, but she had not yet decided what to use it for. Now she had thought about it.
She wants to set up a school here.
Let’s start with the children of Xu’s workers, both boys and girls.