flstandardbreds Chapter 361 Busy
Chapter 361 Busy
For a long time afterwards, Zheng Sisi was very busy, running back and forth between the county lady's mansion and the food street.
For the decoration of the store, some special designs required her to go to the site to direct and inspect them, and those that did not meet the standards would be dismantled and rebuilt.
When it comes to food, in addition to what the cooks know how to do, there are many things that Zheng Sisi needs to make and experiment with herself. Sometimes she has to make several servings before she can get a satisfactory meal.
Moreover, the weather is gradually getting warmer, and the preservation of ingredients is not as convenient as before. Many raw materials need to be purchased on the same day, which also slows down the progress.
Therefore, the entire county lady's mansion was being fed by Zheng Sisi's constant experiments, and all the servants were extremely happy.
A few days after Zheng Sisi was busy, another doll appeared in the capital. Its name was Sun Wukong. This caused a sensation among people who listened to stories every day. In order to buy a Sun Wukong doll, they sent servants to guard the door of the cloth shop all night. It was an honor to be able to hold Sun Wukong while listening to stories.
Ten days later, a strange painting was posted at the entrance of Wenyuanzhai, titled "Journey to the West". The characters in it looked strange, including people with monkey faces, monks riding horses, people with pig noses, and monks with big bellies, but they looked very similar to the characters in "Journey to the West", especially Sun Wukong, who looked exactly like the dolls sold in the cloth shop.
Manager Liu of Wenyuanzhai stepped forward to introduce: "This painting was provided by Princess Anping, and it is also Princess Anping's imagination of the characters in the story of Journey to the West. Wenyuanzhai has cooperated with Princess Anping to print Journey to the West into a book, which will be on sale tomorrow. The first sale will be one thousand copies, and the quantity is limited. Hurry up if you want to buy it."
Hearing that the popular story had been printed into a book, some people who wanted to listen but couldn't squeeze in and could only listen to the leftovers immediately paid money to reserve a copy, without asking the price, just to get the spot first.
When Shopkeeper Liu saw so many people making reservations, he smiled so hard that his eyes were reduced to slits and there were even more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
The Princess of Anping County was right. Cooperating with her was like giving money to him. After the book was printed, the income he could get was equivalent to his annual performance in previous years. This time, he could show off in front of his boss, and the bonus at the end of the year would be much higher.
Shopkeeper Liu climbed onto a stool amid the clamor and said loudly, "Everyone, listen to me first. This book is divided into five volumes, and only the first volume has been printed. Each volume costs fifteen taels of silver."
The crowded crowd was quiet for a moment, then started clamoring again, and everyone reached into their pockets for silver bills.
"I'll give you 100 taels. Please reserve a set for me first."
"I'll give you two hundred taels. I want two sets."
"........."
"Hey, hey, I haven't finished yet?" Shopkeeper Liu shouted while standing on the stool, but unfortunately no one listened to him. They all held up the silver bills in their hands and asked the clerks to register them.
Shopkeeper Liu had no choice but to get down from his chair in dismay. A young man who couldn't squeeze in saw Shopkeeper Liu, grabbed him and asked, "Can you help me register?"
Shopkeeper Liu looked at the drowned clerk, pointed at himself and said, "Sure!"
Then he took out a pen and paper from the counter and registered the money. This scene was seen by the people who came in from behind, and they surrounded him instantly. The crowd also drowned Shopkeeper Liu in saliva and noise. Shopkeeper Liu was in pain and happiness.
Later, when the county lady's mansion was conducting food tasting, Sheng Zhen's people collected several dairy cows and sheep, allowing Zheng Sisi to have more and more varieties of pastries.
As the temperature got higher and higher, Zheng Sisi made popsicles several times. Because there were not many raw materials, Zheng Sisi made mung bean popsicles, milk popsicles and white sugar popsicles. Although simple, they amazed everyone and everyone predicted that popsicles would be the most popular food in summer.
In order to have supply in the summer, Sheng Zhen, Zhong Ruiyu and Zheng Zhiyuan led people to buy large quantities of beans and sugar, and at one point they almost bought all the goods in the capital.
Zheng Sisi took out the bamboo skewers for skewers and the wooden sticks for popsicles and gave them to a few people, asking them to find people to produce them in large quantities. She also found a very small bamboo and asked people to break through the middle section and cut it into the same length to make straws. Since there is milk, milk tea is an indispensable drink in the food street.
She also folded pieces of oil paper one by one, and then glued them together to make paper bags. After they dried, she did several tests and found them to be quite useful and would not fall apart. They could be used to pack snacks for takeout.
Everyone is amazed by the various things made by Zheng Sisi because they are so practical and thoughtful.
Despite her busy schedule, Zheng Sisi did not forget her main job, which was to take care of the vegetable garden in the back garden and the rice on the farm.
Among them, Uncle Li and Xia Sicheng came back to report on the growth of rice and the next work.