Chapter 386 Chicken Porridge Brown Sugar Pie (3)
The issue of making money is not only thought of by A Bing, but also by Wen Mingtang. Compared with Tangyuan and A Bing, Wen Mingtang was alone from beginning to end, and there was no way out for him to rely on. It was because she was thinking about it when the takeaway 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 thought about opening a restaurant by herself, but she had just come out of the cage at that time, and she was not familiar with the world outside the cage.
It is hard to get all the trivial and noisy things done in restaurants and houses, but you have to deal with troubles in the dark. What should I do if someone is jealous and looks for others to find fault?
Therefore, for Wen Mingtang, who was alone at that time when he wanted money but no money, no one, and no one, it was the best choice to be a stable public chef who could enter the public kitchen office, have food and housing.
Afterwards, with Ji Caimai's help, Wen Mingtang set up the public kitchen's takeaway stall again.
Although opening a restaurant by yourself is definitely the most profitable, but you can buy ingredients by yourself, arrange the location of the restaurant, and deal with all kinds of people who find fault, and so on. In fact, there are many things to solve.
Wen Mingtang originally thought of staying in the public kitchen of Dali Temple like this, and setting up the takeaway stalls well, it would be nice to get a commission and be a hands-off shopkeeper with peace of mind.
Until the end of the year was approaching, Concubine Jing jumped out and messed up everyone's original plans.
Thinking about this, Wen Mingtang sighed quietly: The old affairs left by Wen Xuance need to be resolved, but similarly, the matter of making money is equally important.
Concubine Jing, who doesn't know the sufferings of the world, slapped her hard, forcing her to withdraw from her stability and think about whether it is really feasible to open a restaurant if one day the public chef really can't stay. ?
She didn't have much savings in the palace for a few years. After all, she was just a criminal official, and she had to deal with all kinds of troubles. In the next few years, Zhao Sishan would take care of her, so she wouldn't be able to make ends meet. Food relief to survive.
After leaving the palace, Wen Mingtang came to the public cook of Dali Temple, and Wen Mingtang really saved a lot of money.
After all, she has no preference for "burning money". On weekdays, she doesn't buy silk, satin, jewellery, let alone appreciate famous paintings, jades and the like. Apart from buying a book or two to relieve boredom and purchasing some ingredients , there is almost no place to spend money.
Wen Mingtang closed the door and counted his savings: It is not a problem for him to find a shop with an average location in Chang'an City and rent it for a year or so with the savings on hand. But being a restaurant is not just about having a shop, you need money to fiddle with the shop; if you start a business, you need money from people; let alone buying ingredients, the most troublesome thing is to deal with the troubles in the market up.
A single tree can’t make a forest, it’s really difficult for her to do this by herself, but Tangyuan and A Bing are added, let alone after Zhao Sishan is out of the palace!
So, what needs to be considered now is the troubles in the marketplace and her own troubles.
These things cannot be solved with money, and need someone to help.
As soon as this thought came out, Lin Fei's face popped into Wen Mingtang's mind, but she threw it out as soon as it came out: Lin Fei just came over for a meal on weekdays. , there is Wen Xuance's matter, so don't think about it.
The idea of opening a restaurant is good, but it is a bit difficult to actually do it.
However, Wen Mingtang did not discuss this with A Bing in detail for the time being. He only praised him for being "responsible", and then said, "This matter needs to be fully planned. After Zhao Sishan leaves the palace, I will discuss it later."
Wen Mingtang didn't compete with him to do these small things, he just washed his hands and walked out of the kitchen yard, but he didn't immediately go to the mourning hall to look for glutinous rice balls, but after leaving the yard, he stopped and leaned against the wall and remembered this matter thing.
Opening a restaurant is naturally troublesome, but no matter how troublesome it is, there is no way out, just solve it one by one.
What Wen Mingtang really struggled with was human feelings other than things.
When she first left the palace, the 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 there is no business with Concubine Jing, she has no intention of leaving.
Right now, if they are really planning to leave, they must go with Tang Yuan and A Bing. The public kitchen cooks are all gone at once, which is equivalent to leaving Ji Caimai with a thorny mess.
The yamen of Dali Temple is not an idle yamen. The officials in the yamen have worked hard. Wen Mingtang couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of the first time he met everyone when they came to the public kitchen with all the dishes on their faces.
Although I know that my job as a public chef is just an errand, I can just do my own job well, and don't worry about other things.
But the friendship they have gotten along with in the past year is true.
The yamen of various ministries in Darong have daily on-duty hours, and the Dali Temple yamen is no exception, and has its own stipulated off-duty hours. Ordinarily, when it's time to be on duty, everyone can leave, why bother staying up all night to find the murderer of the case?
No one else, money is an important thing, but some things are more important than money.
After standing in place for a long time without weighing the pros and cons, Wen Mingtang laughed at himself twice for his indecision, and put the matter to the back of his mind for the time being: It is useless to think about it at this time, until Zhao Sishan leaves the palace, Concubine Jing When there is progress in that matter, let's talk about it then!
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A Bing did not hide the fact that he had a falling out with his family members, he left Tang Yuan that night, and when he came back, he was carrying two bundles on his back.
In this way, besides Zhao You, there is another "night watch".
Wen Mingtang and Tang Yuan cleared out a room full of clutter, and let the two sleep together.
Flash forward to the fourth day, Wen Mingtang and others, together with the people from Dali Temple who came over, sent Lao Yuan off for the last time.
There were quite a few people who came on the fourth day of the lunar new year, not only Lin Fei but also Zhao Mengzhuo, Wen Mingtang and the others were a little surprised, but they were not too surprised: Although the Minister of Dali Temple, Mr. Zhao, was about to retire in two years, Wanting to return to his hometown safely and become a rich man, he is no longer in charge of things, and he is also very tactful. But after staying in the yamen of Dali Temple for twenty years, he is actually a very affectionate person in his bones.
The weather was so cold that year, so that when winter came, the joints of the hands and feet would still be sore.
Wen Mingtang expressed emotion to Zhao Mengzhuo, who was at the front wearing two thick jackets and came to see off Lao Yuan, but he didn't expect that it would be like that when he saw Zhao Mengzhuo again.
(end of this chapter)