Chapter 38： Yang Datou's thoughts

Chapter 38 Yang Datou’s Thoughts

"do not worry!"

The waiter ran out to explain.

Yang Datou, who was helping out, was puzzled, "Auntie, why don't you show your face?"

"You are stupid! We are not from Songxi Town, and we don't come here often. Is it necessary to cause trouble for ourselves?" Jiang Ning taught his son while cooking.

Yang Datou suddenly realized, "My mother is still smart, I didn't think so much."

Jiang Ning laughed dumbly, "It's not that you haven't thought about it so much, but it's just that you have never left the village. Watch more, listen more, learn more and speak less, and you will know more in the future."

Yang Datou nodded repeatedly.

Because the other party ordered quite a lot of dishes, Jiang Ning hurriedly speeded up.

Outside in the lobby, Shopkeeper Fang’s face became darker and darker as he looked at the delicious food presented one after another, and more and more people gathered around him.

“It turns out this is stir-fried clams! I thought it was some new thing, but it turned out to be clams, but the name is really unique! Shopkeeper, please serve us a plate of stir-fried clams too!”

“And this salivary fish, emotions are not real saliva! Tsk, tsk, tsk, I was deceived! Shopkeeper! We want a plate of salivary fish!”

People kept coming to the table to add dishes to Shopkeeper Fang. Shopkeeper Fang was furious and determined to find fault. Unexpectedly, he was conquered as soon as he took a bite of steamed fish.

Usually the steamed fish they make is fishy. Even customers who like fish don't order this dish. They mostly order braised fish with vinegar. I didn't expect that today's steamed fish was so amazingly cooked. Not only was it not fishy at all. It also brings out the freshness of the fish to its fullest.

This dish is the most difficult in Shopkeeper Fang's opinion. He can't even find fault with this dish, and there is no need to look at other dishes.

Shopkeeper Fang suddenly felt a little discouraged and looked at the busy shopkeeper Hua with envy, "You really won this time! I wonder which master chef made this table? Can you come out and see it?"

Shopkeeper Hua took the time to reply: "Ouch! What a coincidence! It's not that I'm hiding it, it's that they said they didn't want to show up, and I didn't do anything!"

This answer was what Shopkeeper Fang expected, and he was so angry that he walked away.

Jiang Ning was halfway through cooking when he remembered that the melon seeds he brought had not yet been sold, so he quickly asked Yang Datou to ask the flower shopkeeper to come over.

She explained the situation and asked the flower shopkeeper to taste the melon seeds.

Shopkeeper Hua immediately wrapped thirty kilograms of melon seeds, and one kilogram counted as seven coins.

Yang Datou was dumbfounded. When Shopkeeper Hua left, he stammered: "Auntie, did I hear you right? Shopkeeper Hua said seven cents per catty? What else does he earn?"

Jiang Ning saw that his things were almost done, so he whispered: "You can just go out and ask in the lobby."

Yang Datou left in a hurry, and soon came back in a hurry. He lost his joy just now, "Mommy, I just saw it. They only sell it for 2 taels a plate, which costs five cents, and a pound sells for twenty-five cents."

He originally thought that seven cents per catty was a lot, but he didn't expect that other people were more powerful and could sell it for more than the meat. After all, they were still incompetent.

After thinking for a while, Yang Datou gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, can I learn how to cook from you?"

Jiang Ning was a little surprised, "Why do you suddenly want to learn cooking from me?"    "Because A Niang is a good cook and the flower shopkeeper asked you for help, so he accepted our melon seeds so readily and paid such a high price. If I had A Niang's ability, I wouldn't have to worry about making money.

When I really learn the craft in the future, I can set up a stall to sell food, like the wonton stall last night. "

Yang Datou was fascinated when he thought of the constant flow of customers at the stall last night. He calculated carefully, even if a bowl of wontons only earned half a penny, he could sell fifty or sixty bowls in one night, and he could get it for twenty or thirty penny. It's just at night. If you do it all day, you can earn at least fifty or sixty cents, which is more than one or two cents a month.

He saw that my grandpa and grandma had been farming the land all their lives. After paying taxes and deducting all kinds of chews, they could not have two taels of silver left at the end of the year. If they had another headache and fever, they would not be able to save even two taels of silver.

 Their family had no money to pay for grandma’s medical treatment because their grandpa died and there was a funeral, and creditors came to visit and emptied all the coffins of grandpa and grandma.

This matter has become Yang Datou's biggest concern. He dreams of making money.

Jiang Ning felt funny in her heart, "Promise! I'm learning cooking from my mother-in-law just to set up a stall?"

Yang Datou scratched his head naively.

Jiang Ning continued to work, dropped the topic, and stayed busy until after noon, when the business in the inn slowed down a bit.

Jiang Ning saw that it was getting late and was about to say goodbye to the shopkeeper. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper knelt down in front of her, which frightened Jiang Ning. "Shopkeeper Hua, what are you doing?"

The shopkeeper begged, "Sister, you can't leave now! Look at how many guests are waiting for dinner outside. If you leave now, my inn will be closed!"

Jiang Ning's face darkened in displeasure, "We agreed in the morning that I will only work for half a day. Shopkeeper Hua won't want to deny it, right?"

"No, no, no," Shopkeeper Hua shook his head repeatedly and took out a sling of copper coins from his arms, "We agreed on fifty cents for a long time, and I'll give you eighty cents, plus melon seeds that are less than thirty kilograms. I will also follow the instructions. Thirty kilograms, two hundred and ten coppers, put it all together, here are three hundred coppers, please keep it!"

Jiang Ning couldn't leave so neatly after accepting the sling of money. He frowned and said, "But if we don't leave, we may not have a boat later, and there are still people at home waiting for us!"

"This is easy to handle!" The shopkeeper immediately stood up and said: "My cousin is a fisherman, and he has a ready-made fishing boat at home. I asked him to send the big head back to report that he is safe. I will ask the fishing boat to take you back tomorrow, and you can help me again. Will I be successful in half a day?”

Shopkeeper Hua spoke truthfully and blocked Jiang Ning’s escape route, so Jiang Ning could only reluctantly agree.

The shopkeeper was overjoyed and immediately asked the waiter to take Yang Datou to find his cousin, and explained many things to the waiter.

Yang Datou turned back three times with one step and saw Jiang Ning nodded slightly towards him before leaving.

Yang Han arrived at the Han River before dusk. He looked at the passing fishing boats and guessed which one contained Jiang Ning and Yang Datou.

Finally, when the fishing boat approached, they found that only Yang Datou and Jiang Ning were missing.

After the fishing boat left, Yang Han frowned and asked, "Where is your mother-in-law?"

"Hey! Don't mention it!" Yang Datou told the story of what happened along the way with some depression, "Everyone asked for this, and my mother-in-law was too embarrassed to refuse, so she stayed there for now. Fortunately, Linjiang Inn It’s an old store in Songxi Town, so there shouldn’t be any danger!”

Yang Han nodded slightly, "I know Linjiang Inn. It's right next to the port. It's been open for more than 20 years. In this case, you can come over and have a look tomorrow, or I can get a bamboo raft tied to the side. How about you? Mom should know what’s going on.”

Yang Datou was a little moved, but also felt embarrassed. He scratched his head and asked, "Uncle, do you think I can earn money if I go to Songxi Town to set up a stall?"

(End of this chapter)