I, the fox clan, Arita!

Shen Qingsheng smiled and said: "It's hawthorn sauce. I don't know if you've heard of it. This food is very popular in the towns near us recently. I bought a batch of hawthorn sauce and hawthorn preserves from the shopkeeper Naling." , intending to try selling it in the county town.”

It's not that Shen Qingsheng is stupid, casually telling outsiders about his own business, it's really his small troubles, the housekeeper probably doesn't pay attention to it at all.

Besides, Shen Qingsheng's big boss, the Imperial Merchant Shen's family, had a great relationship with the young master that the steward Wei mentioned. In truth, Shen Qingsheng and Wei Yuanwu could be regarded as his own family.

"Oh? And preserved fruit?" Wei Yuanwu said with interest, "It's interesting."

"Oh, look at my memory," Shen Qingsheng patted his head and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go get some preserved fruit right now."

Shen Qingsheng hurriedly went out and brought some food in. They were all given to him by Lingshu in the morning. The candied hawthorns were also served in a small plate. The bright red hawthorns were bright in color, and they tasted delicious just looking at them. Just smelling the sweet and sour aroma makes people salivate.

There was also a small plate of haw jelly that was cut into squares, coded in the shape of finished products, crystal clear, like beautiful jade, and another small plate was filled with purple grape jam.

"You have a taste," Shen Qingsheng handed the chopsticks to Wei Yuanwu, and introduced, "The Ling shopkeeper who made this hawthorn sauce is very skillful. Everyone in Daqing knows that the mountain fruit is sour, so how can you eat it? But let the treasurer Ling do this, and just one kind of fruit has turned out several tricks."

Shen Qingsheng counted in detail: "First it was hawthorn paste, and now there is hawthorn preserved fruit. By the way, this box is hawthorn cake. It was delivered by the storekeeper Ling this morning. I haven't seen it on the market yet. And this hawthorn paste Ah, soaking in water can also be used as a drink, and the grape sauce is the same. I also heard from the shopkeeper Naling that he made wine at home. I have only heard of grain wine making, but I have never heard that fruit can also make wine. Let's see how the wine tastes."

While he was talking, Wei Yuanwu also reservedly tasted the snacks on the table one by one, eating only a little of each one, and finally took a bite of crystal meat with hawthorn sauce, and put down his chopsticks with a change of expression.

"You said that the shopkeeper Ling did all of this?" Wei Yuanwu stared closely at Shen Qingsheng.

Shen Qingsheng nodded and said, "That's right. If you ask me, this treasurer Ling is very serious. He is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he looks like a genius. I think he will have great achievements in the future."

"Then do you know how to contact him?" Wei Yuanwu said eagerly, "Where does he live?"

"What's the matter with you?" Shen Qingsheng was stunned when he saw Wei Yuanwu like this, "Did the shopkeeper offend you?"

"No, just tell me how to find him." Wei Yuanwu waved his hand, "I have something important to do with him, and I want to ask him for help, not what you think."

"That's good, that's good," Shen Qingsheng felt relieved, "According to my observation, every time the market in the town opens, their family members will come to do business, and they will arrive at the market in two days. Then I will take him to visit your house."

"I can't wait, where does he live?" Wei Yuanwu asked directly.

"This..." Shen Qingsheng choked, unable to understand why Butler Wei was in such a hurry. As the butler Wei, if he wanted to see the shopkeeper Ling, he should have waited for the shopkeeper Ling to come to his door, but looking at the appearance of Butler Wei, could it be possible? Do you want to come to the door in person?But Shen Qingsheng didn't ask any more questions, and said, "It seems to be Yan's Village."

Wei Yuanwu got the answer and immediately stood up, "I still have something to do, so I won't talk about it today, let's take a step first."

After saying this, he turned around and left, cleanly as if something was chasing him behind him.

It made Shen Qingsheng look dazed, and sat in the room for a while, then shook his head and sighed, the minds of big shots are really hard to understand.

As soon as Wei Yuanwu went out, he ordered the servant A Fu who was waiting in the lobby of "Shengxiangju", "Hurry up, get in the car, and follow me to Yan's Village."

Yan Family Village?

What is the butler doing in the countryside?

A Fu went to tell his driver in a daze, and got into the car after Steward Wei, and sat on the shaft until the car ran a long way, A Fu's face was covered with question marks, and he couldn't recover.

Yan Family Village.

Ling Shu came back after delivering the goods and made ten taels of silver at once. He was in a good mood and prepared to cook for today's lunch by himself.

There have always been helpers working in the small yard of the Yan family, and from time to time someone would come to deliver hawthorns. Now his sister-in-law Chen Lanzhi is doing the work of harvesting hawthorns. Chen Lanzhi is flexible and can learn everything quickly. I feel that with training and training, his sister-in-law can also become a small expert in financial management.

Supervising this aspect, of course, is the eldest brother who is watching, and he is also directing the physical work, but the people in the village are very simple, and the wages are settled every day. No one cheats and cheats.

In the main room, Yan Youfu, the father of the Yan family, stared straight at the ten taels of silver ingot that Lingshu had brought back.

Twelve taels of silver ingots!

Chen Guihua came into the room and saw her old man's stupid appearance, so she stretched out her hand and slapped him, "I haven't seen enough after watching it for an hour! Why don't you return it to Xiaoshu and let him put it away."

"Yeah, look at it for a while, look at it for a while." Yan Youfu was not angry when his wife beat him, and nodded in agreement repeatedly, while holding on to the silver ingot.

Chen Guihua gave him a blank look, turned around and went out to help.

It was the first time Chen Guihua saw these ten taels of silver ingots in her life. When Lingshu showed it to everyone, she was also excited for a while, but she calmed down soon after the excitement.

Think about the couple Lingshu and Dachuan usually selling jam cakes in the market, and bringing back thousands of copper coins each time, think about the hawthorns piled up in the yard at home, and the number of people who come and go to deliver hawthorns every day, tens of thousands. A helper is working non-stop, and it's all money!

I can earn ten taels of silver today, and the hawthorns in this yard can be sold for many taels in the future!

Lingshu is cooking meat in the kitchen at the moment. When he came back, he bought five catties of pork belly. Today it is an extra meal for the helpers. Pork belly is the best for braised pork, but it is purely meat, and five catties is not enough. Lingshu So I planned to add some other side dishes in it, and stewed it messily.

The pork belly was cut into chunks, marinated with rice wine, fried with oil and condiments, added with soy sauce and boiling water, and simmered. The meat had been stuffed in the pot for a while, and the aroma wafted from the kitchen. The yard of the Yan family is small, and the smell of braised pork filled the yard for a while.

"It smells so good!" The two little ones in the family were so greedy that their saliva came out, Liangliang and Wan'er stretched their necks, and tiptoed to look at the stove.

"Uncle, when can I eat?" Liangliang asked Lingshu anxiously.

Lingshu smiled and said: "It's almost time, if you want to eat delicious food, you have to be patient. If the meat is not cooked, it will spoil your stomach."

The helpers in the yard were also discussing.

Tian Jinxiang, Yan Degui's daughter-in-law next door, has recently become proficient in doing things at Lingshu's house. She was the first to come to help, and she has a good relationship with Chen Lanzhi, and now she can talk to the helpers.

Someone asked: "What are you cooking in the kitchen today? How can it be so delicious? It's not even noon yet, and I feel hungry."

"Aunt Osmanthus is definitely not cooking today. We eat her dishes every day at noon. She definitely doesn't have this skill."

While cutting the hawthorn, Tian Jinxiang smiled and said, "Needless to say, Lingshu must have made it. Let me tell you, in terms of dexterity, Lingshu is the most skillful in our village."

"The greedy worms in my stomach are all hooked out, but I don't know if we have a share in this dish made by Lingshu."

In fact, the members of the Yan family usually eat the same food as the helpers, but today Lingshu cooked it himself, and it is such a delicious dish. Naturally, some people will guess that Lingshu may have cooked it specially for his family. that's it.

Lingshu heard everyone's discussion, so he came out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "We all have a share! Thank you for helping us catch up with work yesterday. Today's meal is for everyone!"

The helpers burst into smiles all of a sudden.

Ling Shu went into the kitchen and took a look at the pot cover. The meat was almost stewed. He put the sliced ​​potatoes, lotus root slices, yam slices and wild rice stems into the pot. People eat lotus root these days. These were dug by Lingshu in the pond in the village with help, the yam was dug in the back mountain, and the water bamboo was dug by Lingshu himself by the pond.

These ingredients continue to cook together with the meat. When the meat and vegetables are cooked, add some sugar and increase the heat in the stove to collect the juice. The color of the soup is evenly coated on the meat and vegetables, and the dish is ready.

"Uncle, is it ready to eat?" Miss Wan'er circled around Lingshu, she asked almost ten times in such a short time.

The whole courtyard was full of aromas, Lingshu's godmother had already prepared steamed buns and rice, and was waiting for the dishes to be served.

Lingshu divided the cooked dishes, and Chen Lanzhi and Tian Jinxiang took the initiative to help bring them to the yard and put them on the table. The three children in Tian Jinxiang's family have been playing in Yan's yard all day these days, and there are more Liangliang and Wan'er The playmates were very happy. The eldest, Dayun, was nine years old and could take care of them a little bit, and the children didn't eat much, so Lingshu asked them to have lunch here at noon.

Just as everyone was talking, laughing and eating in the yard, a low-key and restrained carriage stopped at the gate of Yan's small courtyard.

As long as there are people in the small farmyard, the gate is always closed, and suddenly someone saw the carriage with sharp eyes.

"Hey, why is there another carriage!" Someone shouted into the room, "Lingshu, come out and have a look, someone is looking for you!"

Everyone chattered: "Are you here to buy hawthorn sauce again?"

"This car is much better than the car from 'Shengxiangju' in the morning. It's not of the same grade. I'm afraid it's not a nobleman from somewhere?"

"What nonsense, how could a nobleman come to our place."

Ling Shu hurriedly came out of the house, and saw a young man in blue jumping out of the carriage first, the young man turned around and put down the footstool, and stood respectfully aside, then, an old man in a brocade robe bent over and came out of the carriage .