Chapter 97: The Idea of ??Opening a Store in the Capital
Shen Yanqing followed the boy to the Wei Mansion, "Teacher, are you looking for me?"
"Ahem, um, how's your homework lately?"
Mr. Wei stroked his beard and asked in a somewhat unnatural tone. After all, he was still a little embarrassed to ask the students to buy food later.
"Very good," Shen Yanqing responded respectfully and asked Mr. Wei a few more questions. Mr. Wei answered him one by one. The problem that had been bothering him for a long time was solved. Shen Yanqing was excited.
"Thank you teacher."
"It's okay. If you have any questions that you don't understand in the future, just come and ask me. Don't be formal." Mr. Wei waved his hands and didn't take it to heart. As a teacher, it was his duty to answer students' questions.
"Yes," Shen Yanqing responded in a low voice.
"Ahem, you go back and write a letter home and ask Mrs. Jiang to send more snacks..." Mr. Wei finished uncomfortably, and Shen Yanqing's brows were surprised.
"Teacher, if you want to eat, I still have..."
"I don't want it, but the noble man asked me to buy it for you. Ziyan, write to Madam Jiang and ask her to spend more time on snacks. The noble man is not short of money, but he wants to eat snacks that suit his appetite."
Mr. Wei's tone did not allow for rejection. Shen Yanqing nodded, "I understand. The student will write a letter when he gets back."
"Well," Mr. Wei couldn't help but say a few more words, "Ahem, ask Madam Jiang to send an extra copy, I want to buy it too."
He usually didn't eat enough, and he was too embarrassed to ask for it directly. Now he took advantage of the opportunity to bring goods to the eldest princess and spent money to buy it himself.
How could Shen Yanqing accept his money? He even said he would give more money next time, but Mr. Wei refused, so he had no choice but to give up. Shen Yanqing held the hundred taels of silver in his arms and felt complicated.
Jiang Miao's ability to make money was beyond his imagination. He had previously promised to earn more money for Jiang Miao. However, the bookstore was neglected and the business gradually deteriorated. The money he received every month could only be used to make ends meet. Shen Yan Qing felt a sense of crisis. Not only did he want to pass the exam, he also wanted to make more money.
Jiang Miao didn't know that she had given Shen Yanqing a sense of urgency. She was making peanut candies when she received Shen Yanqing's letter.
Several bags of peanuts were collected from the Shen family's field. Mrs. Zhang wanted to take them out and sell them, but Jiang Miao stopped them.
"Mom, don't sell the peanuts, I'll keep them for snacks."
Mrs. Zhang is good at everything. She can't sell these for much money anyway, but she doesn't know what else to do with peanuts.
"How else can we eat this besides cooking it?"
"It can be fried, boiled or stir-fried," Jiang Miao replied with a smile.
"Peanuts are a good thing. Regular consumption of peanut oil can delay aging and improve memory. The peanut candy is also very sweet. Braised peanuts are a must-have side dish for drinking."
Jiang Miao likes to eat peanut candy. Fry the peanuts and peel them. Heat oil in a pan and add sugar to stir-fry out the syrup. After the sugar has cooled, add the peanuts and stir quickly to cool. Flatten them with a rolling pin and cut them into square pieces. Bite them. A bite that is crispy and sweet, leaving a fragrant aroma on your teeth and cheeks.
Jiang Miao made two pots and put them in boxes lined with greaseproof paper. This way they can be protected from moisture and can be stored for a long time. Now that the weather is cold, they are not afraid of the sugar melting.
"Hey, auntie, there's another letter from uncle!" Shen Erlang hurried in with his schoolbag on his back after school at noon, still holding Shen Yanqing's letter in his hand.
"Come here and take a look, what did your uncle write?" Mrs. Zhang took off her apron and wiped her hands, pulling Shen Erlang towards the main room. Jiang Miao shook her head and chuckled, but she was also curious about the content of Shen Yanqing's letter. , packed the last box of peanut candy, put down what he was doing and went out.
Shen Yanqing still reported that he was safe as usual, but the fact that he entered Shengjing Academy still made Mrs. Zhang overjoyed. The wrinkles on her face were squeezed together, and she couldn't help mumbling.
"I knew...I knew that the third child would definitely be able to do it!"
Jiang Miao was also happy for him. In the original book, the male protagonist always wanted to study at Shengjing Academy, and he finally got his wish in this life.
"Auntie, this is for you." Shen Erlang handed the thick envelope to her. Mrs. Zhang looked a little greedy, but the Shen family was used to Shen Yanqing's "double standards", so the letters to her family were thin. It was a thin page, and I couldn't wait to finish it in two sentences, but what I gave Jiang Miao was a thick pile, with thousands of words, but Mrs. Zhang's taste was only for a moment. As long as the relationship between the third son and his wife is good, she will be happy in her heart. .
Jiang Miao opened it in front of the two of them. Shen Yanqing's love words still made her blush. Jiang Miao secretly scolded him for being boring and coquettish. He usually pretended to be cold and dignified, but in fact he was full of dirty things. She tried her best to calm her breathing and suppress her chest. A racing heart.
Mrs. Zhang looked at her pretty cheeks and was curious about what Shen Yanqing wrote in the letter. Unfortunately, she couldn't read, so after looking over her head twice, she was still confused.
"Ahem," Jiang Miao coughed uncomfortably, and buried a few pages of her love story underneath to conceal it.
"My husband said that the nobles in the capital want to buy my snacks. Well, I have to pay one hundred taels of silver first."
"This... oh, Miaoya, you are really promising. Even the nobles in the capital like the snacks you make." Mrs. Zhang took the silver and turned it over, trying to see the flowers inside.
"Don't tell me, this noble man's money is more beautiful than ours."
Jiang Miao couldn't help but laugh out loud. Granny Zhang had automatically added a filter. She didn't notice any difference, except that the noble man gave him much more money than ordinary guests.
She pinched the banknotes in the sachet, and the smile on her face deepened.
Xu Zilan also came to see her a few days ago, saying that Xu Ziwen's classmates also wanted to buy snacks from her.
Xu Ziwen has an outgoing personality and is good at sociability. He shared the food he bought with several classmates and they were also deeply fascinated by the spicy and sweet taste. When reading at night every day, who wouldn’t want to have some delicious food to relieve fatigue and hunger? Well, especially since they were not short of money, they found Jiang Miao through Xu Ziwen.
Jiang Miao gladly accepted the order. Now that she had a helper at home, the snacks could be made in batches. If she had been alone before, Jiang Miao would never have accepted the order, and she would have been too busy.
However, these orders were all from the capital, and the prices had increased tenfold. While Jiang Miao was making extra money, she couldn't help but have the idea in her mind that she wanted to go to the capital.
Jiang Miao originally planned to start a small business in Furong Town to save some money, and then go to the capital to open a store when Shen Yanqing became famous, but now that he has regular customers, this idea has to be brought forward.
But if she wanted to leave, she had to think long term. After all, the Shen family would not trust her to go to Beijing alone, and the prices in the capital were frighteningly high. She didn't have enough money to rent a shop, and there was no one to help her cook food or open a shop in the capital. She could only put aside the idea temporarily.
Jiang Miao breathed a sigh of relief, she still had to continue making money, she couldn't do anything without money.
