Lantern Festival.
Half an hour before the door opened, the gate of qingtingfang was full of people, all of them were women.
Today, Li Jinmei and sister-in-law Li came out to maintain order. They were straightforward and enthusiastic, and soon organized everyone to line up.
After all the cakes were put on the shelves, qingtingfang opened ahead of time. As a rule, only 50 guests were allowed to enter the shop at a time. In order to take care of the guests in the queue behind, it is not allowed to set a time limit and purchase limit in the near future.
As soon as the rich come in, Xu Qing tells the other party to go away.
Li Jinmei and Xu Qingze went shopping with Li Changting. The most lively and fun part of the Lantern Festival is in the evening. But during the day, many vendors come with their goods, which is a good time to buy new year's goods.
Xu Qing and Li Changting wandered from the city to the outside. Outside the city, most of them were from other places, and most of them sold things that they didn't have here.
Some of the old quilts at home were too heavy to cover. When Xu Qing saw someone selling silk quilts, he immediately bought several beds and a lot of silk. When he went back to make new clothes, they were lighter and warmer than cotton padded clothes.
"Xu Qing?"
A slightly familiar voice sounded behind her. Xu Qing turned to see a bearded man dressed in vicissitudes looking at her in surprise.
"Who are you?" Xu Qing looked at each other suspiciously.
"Me, zachi!" The man exclaimed excitedly, "do you remember me? You've bought butter, cheese and cows from me
Xu Qing opened his mouth in shock and was surprised: "Zaxi is you!"
How could she forget that she could not have made so many cakes without the cows Zhaxi had sent her all the way.
"Oh, long time no see. Are you ok?" Xu Qing asked with concern.
When Zhaxi saw that Xu Qing still remembered him, he immediately laughed happily: "fortunately, he is still alive."
Two people to the side to talk, Xu Qing asked him: "natural disasters when your side OK?"
Zhaxi sighed and said, "at first, it was really bad. The cattle and sheep almost died of thirst, but thanks to these cattle and sheep, they led us to find water, so we barely survived. Water shortage is the second. The main reason is that there was a snowstorm that winter. We froze to death. Fortunately, we survived. "
Xu Qing saw the vicissitudes of Zaxi's face, but also some sigh, "what are you here to sell this time?"
Zhaxi: "it's the same as before. Do you want it?"
Xu Qing: "take me to have a look."
Zhaxi takes Xu Qing to his stall. There are two other strange men on the stall, but from their appearance, it is obvious that they are in the same place as Zhaxi.
Zhaxi said to Xu Qing, "this is the new butter and cheese made this year. It's only a hundred catties left in a small quantity."
Xu Qing checked the goods, saw that there was no problem, and said, "I'll take them all."
Zhaxi and Xu Qing laughed happily and said, "thank you, thank you!"
Xu Qing: "I can use it. If there were no natural disasters, I would have ordered with you for a long time. After all, it's too troublesome, time-consuming and labor-consuming for me to do it myself, and the taste is not as good as yours."
One of the men was surprised and asked, "do you need a long-term order?"
Xu Qing nodded: "yes, I need these things to make cakes. About ordering, you can send them to my home. Let's talk about it slowly."
Zaxi they immediately pecked rice chicken nodded: "good good."
The silk quilt and butter were moved to the living room, and Xu Qing took some tea and snacks to treat them.
Xu Qing: "when the weather gets warmer next year, you can send me another batch of goods. I want as many as there are, but I want the best quality."
Zhaxi nodded: "no problem!"
Xu Qing: "in addition, I also want four cows, two male and two female different fetus can give birth to cubs."
Zhaxi: "yes, yes! That Do you want the sheep? "
Xu Qing: "yes, if you can send it, I'll take as long as it's a healthy calf and lamb."
It's said that the meat of Plateau Sheep is very delicious. Xu wanted to taste it early in the morning.
Xu Qing: "my family lives here. When you deliver the goods, you can come directly to my family to find me. I'll write an order contract to you first."
The two sides signed a contract. Xu Qing paid for the butter and cheese and paid a part of the deposit.
Just as it's time to have a meal, Xu Qing asks them to stay for a meal before they leave. Zhaxi is so gracious that he can only respond with embarrassment.
Zhaxi had tasted Xu Qing's craft earlier, and he still remembers the delicious food.
Business in the shop is too busy. Xu Qing has finished his lunch. Everyone can only take turns to eat. After eating, they have to go back to serve the guests.
They ate up a large pot of stewed rabbit meat and fried meat with fungus. Before leaving, Xu Qing gave them a bag of small cakes to eat on the road.
In the afternoon, Xu Qing is making cakes for tomorrow. Mr. Fu comes to chat with Mr. Ji to play chess. Mr. Fu also comes with him and watches in the studio for a while.Xu Qing asked him, "how can you come here when you are busy? If you don't go to the three treasures hall, you can tell me what you have to do. "
Fu Xitang as like as two peas, and no selling, "Yu Pao Zhai is selling some cakes that are exactly the same as yours. You keep people guessing, and you never hear of them."
Xu Qing was stunned: "really? They You're full. "
Fu Xitang was almost choked by his saliva. Looking at Xu Qing with a calm face, he doubted: "is that your reaction? Are you really not curious?
Xu Qing: "what's my reaction? Is there anything to be curious about? "
Fu Xitang: "they should have developed your formula, and now they are competing with you for business."
Xu Qing laughs: "is a century old brand trying to compete with me in this way? Do they admit that my recipe is better than theirs? How interesting
Fu Xitang Leng Leng, instantly understand the meaning of Xu Qing.
If this is an ordinary pastry shop, it's OK to compete with Xu Qing in this way.
But yupinzhai is a time-honored brand. It has always been the most delicious pastry of my family in the world. Now it comes to sell Xu Qing's pastries. Isn't it a slap in the face.
However, it is obvious that yupinzhai is not so stupid, so he is mocking Xu Qing and beating Xu Qing in the face?
Fu Xitang: "in case your formula leaks out, don't you worry at all?"
"Don't worry." Xu Qing stopped his work, looked at Fu Xitang and said, "for a really good pastry maker, the recipe can only be used as a reference. It is not the whole thing that determines whether the pastry is good or not."