I Opened a Restaurant in Ancient Times

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The birthday gifts from the Shen family had arrived a long time ago, filling up two carriages. As they were sent in the name of An An's birthday gifts, Su Tian couldn't refuse. It was only after she accepted them that she realized something was wrong.

　　Not to mention most of the cloth and clothes in the carriage, there are all kinds of them, including delicate goose yellow, turquoise, and light pink for young girls, light blue, beige, and paulownia colors for little kids, and navy blue and gray colors suitable for men. This is probably enough cloth and clothing for Su Tian's whole family for a year.

However, the Shen family also considered everything. Most of the fabrics were not high-end and fine silk materials, but cotton fabrics suitable for ordinary people's homes, and the patterns on them were also relatively low-key.

　　There were also five large boxes of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. When Su Tian saw them, she sighed helplessly. An An had just started learning calligraphy at this age. Even if she wrote from morning to night, she could not write on a few sheets of paper. Why would she need so many study tools? It was obvious that they were for the little rascals in the Su family. Didn't you see that Su Wenchen's eyes were almost glued to them?

　　The rest were some tonic herbs and other things. Although they were not thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum or ten-thousand-year-old ginseng, they looked quite expensive. There were also some Chinese medicinal herbs such as Panax notoginseng, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Cordyceps sinensis, bird's nest, etc. There were quite a lot of them. It was probably prepared for the old couple Su Dashu.

　　Before leaving, the manager of the Shen family stuffed an envelope into Su Tian's pocket, saying it was for Mo Liang and Song Lan's food, lodging and wages. After they left, Su Tian took a look and saw that there was a full 1,200 taels of silver. He was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

　　Because the last time the Shen couple left, they hid one thousand taels of silver in the box they left for An An. If Su Tian hadn't helped An An pack it up, it probably wouldn't have been found. Now, another one thousand taels have come.

　　Su Tian was alone in the messy room holding two thousand taels of silver. What was this? Money came from all directions? All the time? Overwhelmingly?

　　Shaking his head, Su Tian found a locked box, put the banknotes in it, and stuffed it into the corner of the bed. It would be better to keep the money for future emergencies.

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　　The Chinese New Year is only half a month away, and Su Tian is preparing to make some sausages. The greasy sausages will have a unique flavor whether they are steamed or fried.

　　Mrs. Tian had already cleaned the pig casings she had bought. She had to go to several stalls to buy so many pig casings. Pig casings are thicker than sheep intestines, have better expandability, and are more suitable for making sausages, so Su Tian prefers pig casings.

　　"Master, does this need to be braised too?" After the apprenticeship banquet, Madam Tian began to call Su Tian "Master". She did not mind that Su Tian was several years younger than her. In her opinion, the most important thing was to learn a skill to make a living, and everything else was empty talk.

　　Before, this kind of offal was used to make braised food directly, so Mrs. Tian thought it was a new braised dish.

　　"No, this will be used to make sausages." Su Tian was chopping minced meat. This time she was going to make 100 kilograms of sausages, which required a lot of minced meat. Even her two aunts and Li Hongyue were helping. Strength lies in numbers, and if they could finish it earlier, they could send some to the Shen family.