Chapter 386 Chicken Porridge Brown Sugar Pie (3)

The issue of making money is not only thought by Ah Bing, but also by Wen Mingtang. Compared with Tangyuan and Ah Bing, Wen Mingtang is alone from beginning to end, with no support or retreat behind him. So she was thinking about this when the takeout stall was obstructed by Concubine Jing who didn't know the sufferings of the world.

When she first came out of the palace, she had considered opening a restaurant of her own. It was only then that she came out of the palace cage and was unfamiliar with the world outside the cage.

Even though he had finally managed all the trivial and noisy things like restaurants and houses, he still had to deal with troubles in the dark. Colleagues are jealous of each other. What should we do if someone is jealous and looking for someone to cause trouble?

Therefore, for Wen Mingtang, who had no money, no one, and was alone, being able to enter the public kitchen yamen, have food and housing, and become a stable public chef was the best choice.

Afterwards, with Ji Caimai's help, Wen Mingtang opened the public kitchen's takeout stall again.

Although opening your own restaurant is definitely the most profitable, there are actually a lot of things you have to solve, including purchasing your own ingredients, arranging a space for your restaurant, and dealing with all kinds of people looking for trouble.

Wen Mingtang originally thought that it would be nice to just stay in the public kitchen of Dali Temple and start a takeout stall properly. He could get a commission and be a hands-off shopkeeper with peace of mind.

It wasn't until the New Year was approaching that Concubine Jing jumped out, messing up everyone's original plans.

When he thought about this, Wen Mingtang sighed quietly: Wen Xuance's old troubles had to be resolved, but making money was equally important.

Concubine Jing, who didn't know the sufferings of the world, seemed to have been slapped hard by this scene, forcing her to withdraw from her stability and consider whether it was really feasible to open a restaurant if one day the public chef couldn't stay any longer. ?

She didn't have much savings during the few years in the palace. After all, she was just a convict, and she had to deal with all kinds of troubles. In the next few years, Zhao Sishan took care of her, so she wouldn't have to make ends meet. Food support to survive.

After leaving the palace and working as the public cook of Dali Temple, Wen Mingtang really saved a lot of money.

After all, she doesn't like to spend money. She doesn't buy silks, satins, jewelry, or any antiques, paintings, or jade. She only buys one or two storybooks to relieve her boredom and buy some ingredients. , there is almost nothing to spend money on.

Wen Mingtang closed the door and counted his savings: with the savings he had at hand, it would not be a problem to rent an average shop in Chang'an City for a year and a half. But running a restaurant or restaurant is not just about having a shop. It costs money to run the shop; if the business starts, it costs money to hire people; not to mention purchasing ingredients, the most troublesome thing is to deal with the trouble of running the market. .

A single tree cannot make a forest. It is indeed difficult for her to do this by herself, but Tang Yuan and Ah Bing join in, let alone after Zhao Sishan leaves the palace!

Therefore, what she has to consider now is the troubles in the market and her own troubles.

These are things that cannot be solved with money. We need help.

As soon as this thought came out, Lin Fei's face popped up in Wen Mingtang's mind, but as soon as this face appeared, she threw it away: Lin Fei just came over for a meal on weekdays, it would be okay if he was invited to join the gang , it’s better not to think about Wen Xuance’s matter.

The idea of ​​opening a restaurant is good, but actually doing it is a bit difficult.

However, Wen Mingtang did not elaborate on this with Ah Bing for the time being. He only praised him for being "responsible" and then said, "This matter needs to be fully planned. We will discuss it later after Zhao Sishan leaves the palace."

This is not a word of rejection. After all, Zhao Sishan will leave the palace soon after the Lantern Festival. After thinking about it, it will only take more than a month at most. Ah Bing nodded in agreement, and then took her hand. I started to clean up the kitchen.

Wen Mingtang did not compete with him to do these small things. He only washed his hands and walked out of the kitchen yard. He did not immediately go to the mourning hall to find glutinous rice balls. Instead, after leaving the yard, he stopped and leaned against the wall and thought of this. thing.

Opening a restaurant is naturally troublesome, but no matter how troublesome it is, there is still a way to solve it. Just solve it one by one.

What Wen Mingtang is really struggling with is the human relationship outside of things.

When she first came out of the palace, the public chef of Dali Temple gave her a place to stay, and she got along well with the officials and servants of Dali Temple this year.

If it wasn't for Concubine Jing's incident, she had no intention of leaving.

Now, if he really planned to leave, he would definitely leave with Tang Yuan and Ah Bing. All the people cooking in the public kitchen were gone at once, which was equivalent to leaving a troublesome mess for Ji Caimai.

The Yamen of Dali Temple is not a leisurely Yamen. The officials in the Yamen are already working hard. Wen Mingtang couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about the first time he met everyone when they came to the public kitchen to eat with their faces full of food.

Although I know that my job as a chef is just an errand, I just need to do my job well and don't meddle in other things.

But the friendship we have been getting along with for the past year is real.

Each government office in Darong has its own daily duty hours, and the Dali Temple government office is no exception. It has its own prescribed off-duty hours. Normally, everyone can leave when their shift is over, so why bother staying up late to find the murderer of the case?

Without him, although money is important, some things are more important than money.

After standing there for a long time without weighing the pros and cons, Wen Mingtang laughed at himself for his indecisiveness and put the matter behind him for the time being: It is useless to think about it now. When Zhao Sishan comes out of the palace, Princess Jing will When there is progress on that matter, let’s talk about it then!

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Ah Bing did not hide the quarrel with his family from Tangyuan. He left for a trip in the evening of that day. When he came back, he had two bags on his back. At first glance, he knew that he had "run away from home."

As a result, in addition to Zhao You, there is another "night vigil".

Wen Mingtang and Tang Yuan tidied up a room full of clutter and let the two of them take a nap.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Wen Mingtang and others, together with the people from Dali Temple, saw off Lao Yuan for the last time.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, many people came, including not only Lin Fei but also Zhao Mengzhuo. Although Wen Mingtang and others were a little surprised, they were not too surprised: although Mr. Zhao, the minister of Dali Temple, will be serving as an official in two years, I want to return to my hometown safely and be a rich man. I no longer care much about things and am very tactful. But after staying in the Yamen of Dali Temple for twenty years, he is actually a very kind person at heart.

It was so cold back then that the joints of my hands and feet would still ache as soon as winter came.

Wen Mingtang sighed deeply at Zhao Mengzhuo, who was the first to see off Lao Yuan, wearing two thick coats, but he did not expect that he would be in such a situation when he saw Zhao Mengzhuo again.