Chapter 89 Capital on the Table
"How is the news that Taohua Dessert is going to open a shop spreading?"
Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dashu and Liu Yue'e.
"Don't worry about that, mom. Dashu and I will go to the crowd and tell everyone we meet. Now the whole town knows that Taohua Dessert is going to open a shop." Liu Yue'e said confidently.
Tong Huaqiong nodded. She still had confidence in Liu Yue'e's social skills.
"Hey, isn't this Aunt Tong?"
"Yes, yes, and Miss Peach Blossom."
Tong Huaqiong was dragged by Gu Dashu to pass by Sushiyuan. A customer who came to Taohua Dessert to buy pastries but made a wasted trip saw Tong Huaqiong and his group and shouted excitedly.
"Aunt Tong, do you have any more date cakes?"
"I want green bean cakes."
A lot of people gathered around Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong smiled from ear to ear, waved her hand and said, "I didn't set up the stall today. Mr. Huang's mother was having a birthday party, so I went to the Huang family to make cakes and didn't set up the stall. If you want to eat, come tomorrow."
After hearing this, everyone felt a little disappointed.
Some people even came from the next town to check in.
Tong Huaqiong bowed to everyone and said, "Thank you all for your support of our Taohua Desserts. I will definitely open the stall early tomorrow morning to ensure that everyone can enjoy it."
Everyone laughed, and someone asked, "I heard Aunt Tong wants to turn Peach Blossom Dessert into a pastry shop?"
Tong Huaqiong nodded and said, "Yes, when we find a shop, we'll ask everyone to come and support us."
Someone else asked: "Will the prices be higher if we open a shop?"
Tong Huaqiong said cheerfully: "We have cakes of all prices, you can choose whatever you want. However, no matter what the price, free tasting will continue."
Everyone praised Tong Huaqiong, saying that she was honest in her business and that she pioneered food tasting.
The movement at the entrance of Sushi Garden attracted the attention of people on the second floor of Sushi Garden.
Shopkeeper Feng stood beside the bed on the second floor with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Taohua Desserts was not open for business today, and he thought Widow Tong was afraid of Sushiyuan.
But when news came from Mr. Huang's family that Widow Tong was invited to the Huang family to make cakes for Old Lady Huang's birthday banquet.
In the past, this business was always handled by Sushiyuan.
Widow Tong not only took over Sushiyuan's territory, but also took over Sushiyuan's birthday banquet business. This is simply a face-to-face attack.
He can't bear it!
What made him even more unbearable was that, according to people who attended Mr. Huang's birthday party, the novel pastries made by Widow Tong were the center of attention, such as lotus cakes with koi, lifelike birthday peaches, and some birthday cake that had never been seen before.
He was amazed how an old widow from the countryside could come up with so many novel ideas.
He really didn't take this widow seriously at first.
A few days ago, he sent his shop assistant to buy all the pastries from Taohua Dessert, and he and the pastry chef tasted them personally.
Apart from the shape, he couldn't see any difference in the ingredients between the pastries and those from Sushiyuan, but the taste was just better than that of Sushiyuan.
He even invited a retired master craftsman to come out and imitate the taste of the peach blossom dessert, but he still couldn't.
He has been keeping his troops on hold these past few days, just thinking of a countermeasure.
But the less he understood, the more successful Taohua Dessert became. Not only did it gain a good reputation among wealthy families through Mrs. Huang's birthday banquet, but it was also said that it was planning to transform its roadside stall into a shop.
He would never allow the existence of a second pastry shop in Yanguan Town.
Do you have what it takes to fight Sushiyuan?
Manager Feng was able to help his boss build Sushiyuan into the number one pastry shop in Yanguan Town, and he was no pushover.
Don't be fooled by his usual smiling face, that's necessary for welcoming customers. When it comes to grabbing market share and squeezing out others, he is ruthless.
He must make Widow Tong suffer a little, and it would be best if she leaves the Yanguan Town Pastry Market.
He has already figured out Tong Huaqiong's background.
The widow of a poor family in Qinghewan had a lot of burdens. Her youngest son passed the imperial examination but had no money to continue his studies. Her second son was lazy and had no future. Her eldest son was a stepson who could never get ahead. Her biological daughter sold cakes with her. The only one who had some future was her stepdaughter, who married into the Nie family, a porcelain merchant, as a second wife. However, she, the widow Tong, had always been at odds with him, so the Nie family probably wouldn't help her.
Widow Tong was never someone you could mess with in Qinghe Bay. She would throw a tantrum at any time and tear a piece of your flesh off no matter whether you were right or wrong.
This may have given her an illusion that doing business in Yanguan Town and competing with Sushiyuan was like fighting for water and land in the village, and she would have a chance of winning. That was too simple.
Widow Tong must get out of Yanguan Town with her peach blossom desserts.
After greeting the enthusiastic customers, Tong Huaqiong passed by Sushiyuan on a flatbed cart.
Her sixth sense made her feel that the eyes upstairs were staring at her like a knife. She raised her head and saw the window was closed.
Hey, she's not a tigress.
It seems that she has really become a thorn in the side of Sushiyuan, and Sushiyuan will probably take action soon.
She was vaguely excited.
What people fear most is not being targeted, but not even having the capital to get to the table.
This shows that she has already gotten on the board of the pastry industry in Yanguan Town, and if she makes good use of it, it will be a gimmick for the opening of the Peach Blossom Dessert Shop.
Wouldn't a pastry shop that even Yanguan Town's No. 1 Pastry Garden is afraid of be more popular among diners?
I just don’t know how Sushiyuan will deal with her.
Civil or military?
She was not completely ignorant of Sushiyuan, and she also knew the details of Manager Feng.
She did not underestimate Manager Feng, but she did not overestimate him either. She just gave it her all.
Tong Huaqiong arrived at Qinghe Bay before the sun set.
"Mom, you're here." Chen Sufen came forward.
"Is everything going well?" Gu Dahan asked as he just came back from the field carrying a hoe. He saw that Tong Huaqiong was still a little confused about what to do.
"It went very smoothly."
Liu Yue'e was so excited that she was broadcasting in her yard like a loud speaker.
"Not only did my mother make our cakes famous in the Huang family, she also adopted the son of the county magistrate Liu as her godson..."
Gu Taohua and Liu Yue'e sang the same tune and told the story at home about how Tong Huaqiong saved the son of County Magistrate Liu.
Although Tong Huaqiong warned a few bad bamboos not to spread the news that the county magistrate's son called her wet nurse, Liu Yue'e, Dashu and Taohua felt that it was for outsiders and they did not need to follow this rule at home.
As expected, the news that Tong Huaqiong was called dry milk by the son of County Magistrate Liu shocked the Gu family.
Wow, who would have thought that going to the Huang family to make cakes for a birthday would lead to such an adventure.
Tong Huaqiong swept towards a few bad bamboos without being arrogant or impatient, and gave a lecture in a calm and steady manner.
"Don't think that saving the county magistrate's son is such a great thing. It's my luck that I can save the county magistrate's son. Can I really get close to the county magistrate?"
"Be careful, don't even think about it. Let alone saving the county magistrate's son, even if we saved the emperor, our family won't soar to the sky. Just live your life honestly."
"If anyone has such inappropriate thoughts, be careful or I'll break your legs."
Everyone listened to the lecture obediently and made promises to Tong Huaqiong, promising that they would never regard themselves as the county magistrate's benefactor, nor would they spread the news that the county magistrate's son called Tong Huaqiong his wet nurse. Everyone would live an honest life and get rich through hard work.
"What about the oven?"
Tong Huaqiong was quite satisfied with the performance of the group of bad bamboos, so she let them go for the time being and went to the yard to check out the oven.
"It's already been set up. It can be used after it dries for a day. We'll know whether it can satisfy mother after we use it once." Gu Jingzhe said, pointing at the oven.
Gu Jingzhe was responsible for supervision. He and Qin Qingyou discussed it for most of the day and finally completed it before Tong Huaqiong rushed home.
Tong Huaqiong walked around the oven.
It's no secret that Qin Qingyou is quite capable. The oven he built was very well-made and from the outside it looked just like what she wanted.