Chapter 191 Letter of Recommendation

Chapter 191 Letter of Recommendation

Manager Ji led Chu Yichen into the yard and personally poured him a glass of wine.

Chu Yichen greeted Qianhuan's parents, and then prepared to direct the guys to move the jars of soy sauce.

"Brother Lin'an, just have the servants pull the carriages into the yard. My yard is large enough to accommodate more than a dozen carriages. This way it will be more convenient and faster to move."

"it is good."

The coachmen pulled the carriages in and parked them in the yard, and the crowd who came to watch the fun stood at the gate of the yard, sticking their heads out to look inside.

"Dear fellow villagers, the soy sauce in our workshop has been brewed successfully. Now we have a distinguished guest coming to our house to get the soy sauce, so we will not entertain you today." After saying that, Qianhuan closed the gate of the courtyard.

Chu Yichen gave orders to the servants: "All of you carry the soy sauce jars to the carriage. Remember to handle them with care and don't break them."

"Yes, Young Master's family."

Then the servants carefully carried the sealed jars onto the carriage one by one. An hour later, all 2 kilograms of goods were loaded onto the carriage.

Chu Yichen paid seven thousand taels for the goods, then stood up and said goodbye, "Uncle and aunt, then Chu will take his leave first."

"Master Chu, would you like to have lunch before leaving?" Liu politely invited him to stay for lunch.

"Thank you, auntie. There are a lot of things going on in the building today. Let's do it next time." Chu Yichen politely rejected Liu's kindness.

Qianhuan opened the door, and the servants led out the carriage. The crowd watching the excitement outside had already dispersed.

Qianhuan and her parents escorted them out of the yard.

"Qianhuan, uncle and aunt, please stay. I hope we can have pleasant cooperation in the future." Chu Yichen said goodbye to them with a fist salute and got on the carriage.

Only after the carriage disappeared from sight did Qianhuan and her parents return to the yard.

Qianhua took a small bamboo tube and filled it with dozens of soy sauces, and gave a small tube of soy sauce to each villager who came to help her home. "Thank you for your hard work these days. In addition to your wages, this small half pound of soy sauce is for your family to eat."

"Qianhuan, thank you so much." The helpers were very happy and grateful to Qianhuan.

After the other helpers left with their small bamboo tubes of soy sauce, Qianhua called out to Liang Wenyong, who was about to leave with everyone else, "Cousin Wenyong, don't leave yet."

Qianhuan quickly asked Yinhua to bring a small jar over, "Cousin Wenyong, I packed this jar of soy sauce for you and sister-in-law, and congratulations on becoming a father. This small silver bracelet is a gift for my nephew."

"Qianhuan, thank you so much. If it weren't for your help, I don't know how difficult our life would be for your sister-in-law and I." Wen Yong took the things, feeling very grateful.

"You're welcome. Go home and accompany your sister-in-law."

"Ah."

Qianhuan has always had a clear distinction between love and hate. Although she doesn't like Boss Liang, Mrs. Zhu and Wenzhi, she knows in her heart that this cousin is a good person.

After everyone left, Liu couldn't wait to ask Qianhuan, "Qianhuan, did our soy sauce really sell out? Is mother dreaming?"

"Mom, you are not dreaming. Our soy sauce has really been sold. When Zuixianju uses our soy sauce to make delicious dishes, our soy sauce will be famous, and other restaurants will definitely rush to buy our soy sauce."

"Great."

The young couple couldn't help but be happy. They had been busy for half a year. Although they trusted their daughter very much, after all, they had invested so much money and energy to accompany their daughter to make this soy sauce. They were still a little worried that no one would want it. Now the soy sauce is not only sold, but also at such a good price. Naturally, they are very happy.

With the addition of soy sauce as a condiment, the taste of Zuixianju's dishes has been elevated to a higher level. Qianhuan also told Chu Yichen how to make soy sauce fried rice. Zuixianju's business is now packed every day.

Other restaurants and small hotels also began to come to Qianhuan's house to purchase soy sauce.

In less than a month, almost all the soy sauce produced in the workshop was sold out. Qianhuan only kept a few tens of thousands of kilograms of soy sauce for further drying, and then started to make the next batch of soy sauce with her people.

Qianhuan earned more than 200,000 taels of silver. Add to that the share given by Zuixianju in the past six months and the income from all the teahouses in Lingzhou City. Qianhuan can now really be considered a rich woman.

Qianhuan only deposited a small portion of the money she earned in the bank, and she hid the majority under her bed.

Yin Hua was very strong, so Qian Huan asked her to dig a very large and deep pit under the bed. Then she changed most of the silver into gold bars and hid them at the bottom of the pit. She buried a layer of soil on top to compact it, and then placed a box filled with silver on top.

In case of any special circumstances in the future, even if others discovered the secret under the bed, they could only dig out the top layer of silver. She didn't like putting all her eggs in one basket.

Mr. Fan's mother was originally only expected to live for two or three months. With Qianhuan's feeding of all kinds of delicious food, she lived for nearly half a year longer, but still did not survive the summer.

Mr. Fan prepared to return to Beijing after handling his mother's funeral. He handed a letter to Qianhuan, "Shanbo, I am about to return to Beijing. This letter of recommendation is prepared for Wenjie. Wenjie is still young and has a funeral. He is unable to take the exam for the time being. I suggest that he go to Beijing to study. With this letter of recommendation, he can enter the Imperial College."

Qianhuan was shocked. Although she had always known that Mr. Fan was not an ordinary person, she had never expected that Mr. Fan could get Wenjie into the Imperial Academy with just a letter of recommendation. She judged that Mr. Fan was at least a fifth-rank official in the capital.

Qianhuan quickly took the recommendation letter from Mr. Fan with both hands, and then she said gratefully: "Thank you for your thoughtful consideration for Wenjie. Don't worry, I will take my brother to the capital to study in the Imperial Academy after I have arranged the family affairs."

Qianhuan then said to Wenjie, "Wenjie, you and your brother should kowtow to the teacher together. Being able to study in the Imperial Academy is a blessing you have earned in several lifetimes."

Wenjie and Qianhuan kowtowed to Mr. Fan and said, "Thank you for your cultivation. I wish you a safe journey back to Beijing. Wenjie will study hard and live up to your teachings."

"Well, good boy, get up."

After bidding farewell to Mr. Fan, Qianhuan hurried to arrange matters at home.

The Chu family also received a letter from Du Shaoqing sent from the capital. The letter talked about two things. The first one was Chu Laner's marriage.

The man that Du Shaoqing's mother arranged for Chu Lan'er was called Song Zhe, the chief clerk of the Honglu Temple in the capital, and an eighth-rank official in the capital. Although he was only a minor official, for a merchant's daughter like Chu Lan'er, marrying a capital official as his principal wife was a great blessing.

Du Shaoqing wrote to say that he had sent someone to carefully investigate the other party's background. Song Zhe was 22 years old, humble, and had a clean private life. He didn't even have a maid. His family was originally from the countryside, so the family situation was very simple. There were only his parents and a 10-year-old sister at home. After Song Zhe passed the imperial examination, he worked hard and slowly climbed to his current position.

Mrs. Chu was overjoyed when she heard the news. Now she could finally marry her daughter to the capital with peace of mind.

Mr. Chu was also very happy to have a son-in-law who was an official in the capital. Even though he was only a minor official, it would help the development of their Chu family business in the capital.

The second thing mentioned in the letter was that Chu Yichen had previously asked Du Shaoqing to open a restaurant in Beijing.

Du Shaoqing said in the letter, "Yi Chen, last time you said you wanted to open a restaurant in the capital, and the shop you asked me to find has been found. The price and location are very suitable. I have already bought the shop for you. Please see when you are free to go to the capital to open the restaurant."

More than half a year ago, when Du Shaoqing came to Qingxi County for a visit, Chu Yichen mentioned this matter to his cousin. After such a long time, he thought there was no hope, but he didn't expect that Du Shaoqing actually took it to heart and even bought the restaurant for him.

Chu Yichen immediately said to his father, "Dad, my cousin has brought us great news this time. The restaurant in the capital has been bought. I plan to go to the capital after I take care of the family affairs."

"Okay, our Chu family's business has finally been able to expand in the capital, so you must pay more attention."

"Yes, the child knows."

"Yi Chen, bring your sister to the capital. Your sister has already turned 15. Your father and I can't go far. Tell your aunt to pick a date to marry your sister to the Song family. You can also escort Lan'er's dowry over."

"Yes, mother, I understand."