Cang Xiuxuan looked at Song Chen with a smile, as if a light flashed in his eyes.
"Beiguan Village is not the end of me." She would not be content to stay in such a small mountain village.
"I know."
Cang Xiuxuan knew from the day he met her that she could not be defined by convention.
She doesn't stick to the world and doesn't care about other people's opinions.
Sometimes I feel like she doesn't belong here.
"You will be my backer from now on and help me make a fortune."
Song Chen was slightly stunned, "Did I hear wrongly? You still want me to make you rich?"
"What if that's not the case? Is it possible that I really have to live a life guarding a village?"
Song Chen ignored him, could she still believe his words?
How could he say such a big Huichun Hall and live off a Zhuangzi?
The two walked for a while, and then Cang Xiuxuan sent her back.
"Get some rest early. I'll take you to Zhuangzi in two days to have a look. I've changed it according to your taste. It's quite comfortable."
After sending her to the door of her house, Cang Xiuxuan helped her gather her cloak and gave her a few words of advice.
Song Chen nodded and took off his cloak, "I really want to go to your village to have a look. I'm home. You can take your cloak with you. It's windy on the road."
"Okay." Cang Xiuxuan smiled and took the cloak, "Go in."
One of them turned around and entered, and the other jumped on his horse.
**
The New Year will be celebrated soon after the winter solstice, so the workshop must work harder to make more.
The bullpen has also been completed thanks to everyone's efforts.
Song Chen paid everyone ten days' wages as he said before, and the other person gave a reward of fifty coins.
After working for seven or eight days, I received a salary of more than 200 yuan, which is a lot.
Everyone who works is happy.
On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, all the cows moved into the cowshed.
The individual cowsheds are much warmer than outside, and the cows are much more comfortable.
You can produce milk every two days after living there.
We haven't found a suitable person to take care of the bullpen yet, so Song Dashan keeps watch over it every day.
That day, when Song Chen brought people to milk the cows, Song Dashan was shocked.
"Xiaochen, this, this..."
For a conscientious person like Song Dashan, milking cows seemed a bit unacceptable.
"This is too embarrassing."
Song Chen was a little dumbfounded, "Dad, the milk produced by cows is naturally squeezed out like this. They are livestock, making money, don't think too much about it."
"This, hey, is really..."
Song Dashan didn't know what to say, so Zuo Hou simply went out.
No eyes to see.
Milking is still a relatively technical job, and Song Chen is not very good at it, so he can only explain it to them, and ask Ping and the others to get started.
They were not too embarrassed to ask Ping at first, so they stretched out their hands and then retracted them, going back and forth several times.
Song Chen stood aside and looked at them with squinted eyes, "Get out of the way, I'll do it."
"You can't help it, girl, we can just come."
They absolutely did not dare to let Song Chen do anything, so they gritted their teeth and stretched out their hands.
The cows were a little resistant at first, but after they figured out a good way, the cows calmed down.
There was also some milky white juice inside the barrel.
"Girl, this is milk, right?"
Wen Ping was extremely excited. She had heard of goat milking before, but now she actually milked it. It felt really amazing.
Song Chen went over to take a look and found that breast milk was indeed coming out.
"Change the bucket, you can't use the milk in it."
Wen Ping was stunned, "Why can't I have it?"
"The milk that is expressed at the beginning is unnecessary. The remaining milk can be reserved for use. Express it quickly. After it is done, I will make delicious food for you."
As soon as they heard that there was delicious food, several people quickly sped up their movements.
It took about a quarter of an hour to squeeze out a small bucket of milk. Song Chen carried the bucket back with a smile.
The kitchen was now empty. Song Chen took out some tea leaves and sugar from the space, slowly stir-fried them over low heat until they turned caramel color, and then added milk to cook.
The color she wanted was quickly cooked.
Song Chen scooped some out with a spoon and tasted it. It was the taste she imagined.
After filtering out the tea leaves, Song Chen put the milk tea in a cup and greeted them to the living room.
One cup in each hand.
This is a taste that you will never forget once you drink it.
"Girl, is this milk? Why is it different from when it was squeezed out?"
"This is called milk tea." Song Chen also took a sip, "How does it taste?"
"Milk tea, I asked you how it tastes like tea. How did you do it, girl?"
"Just take the tea leaves and boil them together."
Song Chen didn't hide anything, it couldn't be simpler.
"What! Girl, you actually used tea leaves to cook it. You are too...too..."
"Too what? Too wasteful?"
Wen Ping pursed her lips and nodded, "You use something as precious as tea leaves to make milk tea, and this milk, why do you travel so far for these cow girls, just to make this milk tea?"
"Milk has many uses, not just this, you will gradually know in the future."
With milk, there are many things you can do.
?Song Chen's plan in her mind could be implemented, and she went to Conghai town the next day.
The grocery store that shopkeeper Zheng handed over to her has been undergoing renovations before, and it should be almost done now. She will go to confirm that there are no problems, and it will be ready to open.
Before setting off, she also brought a bucket of milk that had just been squeezed out in the morning. When she arrived in the town, she delivered the milk to Liuweizhai and told shopkeeper Zhong to replace the goat milk with cow milk and make a batch of cakes to try out first.
When I arrived at Shopkeeper Zheng, Shopkeeper Zheng and Shangqiao were cleaning the shop.
The renovation of the shop has been completed, but shopkeeper Zheng looked at the things in the shop and really didn't know what they were for.
When Song Chen came, shopkeeper Zheng quickly pulled her over.
"Miss Song, please tell me quickly what these things are for. Why are there so many stove-like things in the shop? Is it for cooking?"
Shopkeeper Zheng had never seen such an operation before. He had been extremely curious these days. He originally planned to call Song Chen after cleaning up the place, but he didn't expect that she would come by herself.
After Song Chen entered, he looked around the shop. Shopkeeper Zheng's shop was not very big, about fifty square meters. Song Chen had the shop divided into two areas when he was renovating it.
Judging from the current situation, the degree of restoration of the drawings is still quite high, which is somewhat beyond her expectations.
"I'm planning to build a beverage shop here, and these floor stoves will be of great use."
Previously, Song Chen planned to open a small store here, but later she changed her mind and turned it into the current milk tea shop.
There is no such store in this era, but milk tea is really addictive, especially for girls.
"What kind of beverage shop is this? What are you going to sell here? Do you want tea?"
Shopkeeper Zheng was a little confused about what Song Chen meant. He didn't even know what the drink was in his mind, but it sounded like it was for drinking, except for tea...
It seems like there is nothing left to sell.
"What I bought is something called milk tea. I tell you now that you don't understand it. In a few days, when everything here is ready, I will make it. Then you will know what milk tea is.
"
Now that she has milk, making milk tea is much easier.
Especially since it is winter now and all the products sold are hot drinks, it is not a problem at all for her.
Next summer, she will find a way to get some ice.
"Then let's get this place ready as soon as possible. There are only a few days before the Chinese New Year."
If he could open the business before the year before, he could still make a good profit for a few days, but Song Chen seemed to have no intention of making money before the year.
"We will open on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, and we will give you two days of free service. We will start charging after the Little New Year."
"Free for two days!?" Although shopkeeper Zheng didn't know what milk tea Song Chen was talking about, but when he heard that this thing had the word "tea" on it, he felt that it was very expensive. If he gave it for free for two days, how much money would he lose?
"Miss Song, why don't you think about it again? Or you can just sell it cheaper. You're going to lose a lot of money by giving it away for free for two days."
Song Chen shook his head, "If I didn't give it away for free, others wouldn't know what milk tea is. Just like you, even if I tell you this, you won't know what milk tea is until you taste it yourself.
What, I believe that as long as they taste my milk tea, they will definitely become my guests in the future."
Song Chen was very sure of this.
When Shopkeeper Zheng heard this, it seemed that this was really the case.
"Then it's free for one day. Two days for free is a bit too long."
"One day is too short. Others will just wait and see on the first day, and will spread the publicity on the second day. In fact, I originally planned to do it for free for three or four days, but now I don't have enough time. After the Little New Year, it is a good time. It's the Chinese New Year.
, everyone will be kinder to themselves."
This is money that you are usually reluctant to spend, so you should always be more generous during the Chinese New Year.
"Then two days are free, two days is enough." When shopkeeper Zheng heard Song Chen's words of three or four days, he immediately felt that there really wasn't much to talk about in two days.
"The milk tea shop will open then. I need Shang Qiao to help in the front. You can help them with some logistical work. When it first opens, I will send two people from my place to work. See if you can find the right people as soon as possible.
, it’s better to find a girl with more regular features. If the girl doesn’t want to go out to work, a sister-in-law can do it. For publicity, the salary should be higher, 500 yuan a month.”
The salary of five hundred coins was already considered high, but Song Chen was still unsure whether he could recruit people. After all, women in this era were not allowed to show their faces.
If she really couldn't find an employee who satisfied her, she would have to let Qiu An and the others take the lead.
As soon as Song Chen mentioned the recruitment requirements, shopkeeper Zheng also felt a little difficult, "Miss Song, are we doing a serious business?"