Xiu'er stepped forward and said with a smile: "Miss Tantai, they are all here to buy Wangjun cakes."
Tantai Heqing knew Wanghelou's Wangjun cake. After being tasted by gourmet Shi Nansheng and rated it as a first-class immortal food, it became popular among the nobles in Suzhou City.
The nobles are not blindly pursuing it. This cake is indeed delicious. As a close friend of Gu Xianting, Tantai Heqing has naturally tasted it.
Moreover, this Wangjun cake only costs a penny a piece, and even a peddler and a peddler can afford it.
Tantai Heqing looked at the crowded scene in front of her and asked, "Don't Wangjun cakes always sell? Why is it so busy today?"
Xiu'er showed her pride and said, "My lady's Wangjun cake is made with all my heart and soul. It's not as good as those chefs. It's far behind."
Tantai Heqing understood, the Wangjun cake today was made by Gu Xianting, no wonder.
This is like a piece of the same silk satin, but the clothes made by different tailors are different in quality.
A man in civilian clothes squeezed out from the crowd, holding something high in his hand, which was a piece of Wangjun cake tied with a straw rope.
Tantai Heqing smiled sweetly when he saw it. The straw ropes were tied so beautifully. It was obvious that they were made by a girl from Xianting. The masters at Wanghe Tower couldn't learn such a complicated tying method.
A penny, just the skill of tying this straw rope is not worth a penny.
This common man was covered in sweat, and the happy expression on his face was even happier than finding money.
Tantai He couldn't help but marvel in his heart, is the charm of a piece of cake really so great?
The man walked up to a woman and said with a joyful smile: "Madam, I bought Wangjun cake, so it's not in vain that I came to line up before dawn."
The woman seemed even happier than her husband: "Great!"
When Tantai Heqing saw this couple, she couldn't help but think of Xie Fu, and her eyes darkly turned red. She was an abandoned woman, and her lover had already climbed a high tree and became a famous son-in-law.
Tantai Heqing knew that Xie Fu was very good. When she was with Xie Fu, she always felt fearful. This was why she had been unwilling to return the deed of betrayal to Xie Fu.
His eyes once again fell on the happy couple, and Tantai Heqing secretly thought to himself, if there is love, even a piece of cake would be fine, why do they need fine clothes and fine food.
Tantai Heqing originally thought that the husband bought it for his wife, but she didn't know it was a woman, but she said: "Hurry to the Song Mansion and give it to Miss Song."
Send it to Miss Song of Song Mansion? What do you mean?
Xiuyun saw through Tantai Heqing's doubts and explained: "Miss Tantai, although this cake sells for one penny, it is not worth a penny. Just hiring someone to buy it will cost fifty penny."
Tantai Heqing is a businessman, and he immediately understood that this Wangjun cake was marketable but priceless. Everyone wanted to eat it, but the quantity was limited, which invisibly increased the value.
Those nobles who want to eat will naturally not come to line up and fight in person. They will just ask their servants or spend money to hire someone to buy it.
The trend of profit will create a lively and crowded scene in front of you.
Let me ask you, the monthly income of ordinary people is only a few hundred cents a month, and you can earn fifty cents by buying cakes. Why not do such a good thing?
It turns out that the husband didn’t buy it for his wife to eat. Thinking of this, Tantai Heqing felt a little better. Humph, men are all heartbroken!
Xiuyun said: "Miss Tantai, you can't tell me that she sells cakes for a penny in the hope that everyone will have a chance to eat them. She will be very unhappy if she knows that all the cakes have gone to the mouths of those nobles."
Tantai Heqing smiled sweetly: "You silly girl, you set the price so low that you can't get what you want to eat."
The front was too crowded and there was no way to go any further, so Xiuer turned down a path and took the sedan to the side entrance of Wanghe Tower.
This road is where food comes in and out every day. When they see a sedan coming, they all give way.
When they arrived at the side door, Xiuer said loudly: "Stop the sedan!"
The curtain of the sedan chair was opened, and an expensive tapestry-embroidered shoe slipped from the hem of the skirt and fell to the ground.
Xiu'er apologized repeatedly: "Miss Tantai, I'm really sorry, but you, a noble lady, have to let you go through the side door."
Tantai Heqing smiled and said: "It's just right. I like to be cleaner. I was in front of Wanghe Tower just now. The smell of sweat made me uncomfortable. I didn't want to squeeze in."
Xiu'er smiled: "Miss Tantai, I'll lead the way, please."
Tantai Heqing walked a few steps, but stopped. He saw a large group of people squatting outside the side door, washing dishes and cups.
These people are all very special. They are either in tatters or have disabilities, with broken legs and hands, and even blind people.
Tantai Heqing was very confused. The dignified Wanghe Tower hired such a group of people. Judging from their clothes, they were not only disabled, but even looked like beggars. He asked softly: "Xiu'er, who are these people?"
Xiu'er explained with a smile: "These people are beggars. They often come here to beg for leftovers. Later, when the lady saw them, she stopped giving them and let them work to earn copper coins."
Tantai Heqing was very surprised when she heard this. In her impression, Xianting was a very kind-hearted person. However, facing these beggars, her heart hardened.
Could it be that the beggar had offended her before and said softly: "Xian Ting shouldn't be such a person."
Xiu'er said: "Miss Tantai, you don't know something. Miss Tantai has her own ideas in doing things. Miss said this is dignity. Only when they understand the word dignity will they be able to support themselves and not beg for life."
"It's easy to give alms once, twice or three times, but one day she is gone and who among these people will give alms? If you don't meet kind-hearted people, you will starve to death on the streets."
Tantai He never expected that Xianting would think so deeply about the word charity. She was also willing to give charity and donated a lot of money when there was a plague in Suzhou.
But compared with Xianting, I just feel that I am far inferior. Xianting has the heart of a bodhisattva with great kindness and compassion.
He couldn't help but smile and said: "Why is Xianting so cute, so nice, so gentle, so kind..." Tantai Heqing felt like he was running out of words.
Hearing Tantai Heqing praise the young lady so much, Xiuer said proudly: "Who in the Gu family is not convinced by her? Even Mrs. Lu, who is so picky, feels extremely painful when she meets the young lady. She is obedient and obedient.
Called affectionately."
"My young lady is a fairy who came to earth. I'm afraid there is only one person in the world who doesn't care about her and bullies her. But this person is the one whom the young lady cares about the most."
Hearing this, Tantai Heqing said coldly: "Who is so ignorant? I will vent my anger on behalf of Xianting."
Xiu'er sighed: "Miss Tantai, let's go in first and then talk."
This Wanghe Tower is really amazingly big. In addition to the restaurant accommodation in the front, there are also courtyard pavilions and garden pavilions in the back.
The noble lady group headed by Mrs. Gu initially took over Wanghe Tower, with the purpose of serving as a base for the Boudoir Kitchen Society to facilitate gathering and communication.
I didn't learn much about cooking from Gu Xianting, but the business in Wanghe Tower became prosperous.
Xiu'er led Tantai Heqing to a separate pavilion in the backyard. The noise gradually became weaker and quieter.
Tantai Heqing had been to the backyard of Wanghe Tower several times, and knew that it was a private gathering place for famous ladies, so please do not enter unless you have no choice but to enter.
