Go back to the Song Dynasty as a broker

"I have silver taels!"

Xiao Tong almost didn't jump up, did she hear correctly?Si Qinghu meant that she thought about it, and wanted to use her savings to invest in her opera?

Blinded by money, she didn't notice Si Qinghu's blushing cheeks, she just grinned and dragged Si Qinghu into the study for a detailed discussion.

Ling'er and Jia Luo were left scratching their heads in confusion.

Looking at the back of Si Qinghu being dragged away by Xiao Tong, Ling'er felt like her young lady had been kidnapped, and she wanted to cry without tears: "Miss, have you forgotten that we will open a shop in two years' time?"

"boom!"

The sound of closing the door cut off Linger's words.

Xiao Tong pulled Si Qinghu to sit on the couch, sitting a few tables away from her.

"Qinghu, why did you suddenly figure it out?"

"I..." Si Qinghu felt a little guilty.

Xiao Tong's ignorant look made her a little annoyed and a little lucky.

Annoyed that Xiao Tong went to the brothel to ask a confidante regardless of her feelings, but fortunately Xiao Tong could not smell her jealousy, and did not know that she liked her.

"Since you are willing to invest, then I don't need to go to the brothel." Xiao Tong said again.

She is not worried that Si Qinghu will lose all his money, even if "Mulan" really loses money, with Si Qinghu's reputation, he can still make money back!That being the case, why not take it out and invest boldly, and make money to make money?

With Xiao Tong's words, Si Qinghu's annoyance gradually dissipated, and he returned to the business.

In fact, the purpose of her investment is not entirely to prevent Xiao Tong from going to the brothel.

Earlier, she had read the script of "Mulan" and thought about it, she thought, such a novel opera and wonderful plot, based on her years of performance experience on stage, this opera can make money !

She is still hesitating, and it is not clear whether Xiao Tong needs investment.

Just now, when she heard that Xiao Tong was going to meet her confidante in the brothel, she was so angry that she put all her worries behind her and brought it up.

Si Qinghu said: "Didn't I save a few hundred taels last time? I think "Mulan" is indeed a opera worth investing money in. Since you need it, then count me in!"

Xiao Tong smiled, "Okay! We know each other so well, besides, this is an early stage investment, so you can naturally take up a larger share. How about sharing [-]% of the money you earn?"

The risk of the initial investment is greater, and it is not an exaggeration to give Si Qinghu a [-]% share.

A few hundred taels can get [-]% of the income of an opera, Xiao Silang is really generous to her.Si Qinghu agreed without thinking too much.

This "Mulan", if she doesn't miss it, she can play it for at least a month.

Xiao Tong immediately drew up and signed a contract with Si Qinghu. In addition to getting a share of the investment, Si Qinghu also got her performance fee as an actress in "Mulan".

With this amount of silver, Xiao Tong paid the deposit to Liulifang as scheduled, and soon Liulifang arranged for a geisha to spare time to rehearse at Xiao's House.

Xiao Tong handed over the rehearsal to Xiao Yi, and when encountering martial arts rehearsal, Xiao Yi could also be a martial arts instructor on the spot.

As for the tabloids, with the release of each issue, "Mulan" has more and more book fans. Both the tooth store and the bookstore have received many letters from readers, all of which are for the author Xiao Zhen to communicate with. For the discussion, Xiao Zhen picked out a few replies every day, and then went back to writing.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

It was rare for Xiao Tong to spare time, thinking that he hadn't talked with grandma for a long time, so he went back to Xiao's mansion from the tooth shop that afternoon.

The Xiao family ancestral hall is located in the northeast corner of the Xiao family mansion, the door is half closed, and the inside of the hall is dark and unclear.

The altar enshrines the spiritual tablets of several generations of the Xiao family, a few sticks of incense are burning in the incense burner, and a few wisps of light smoke rise up, wafting a light sandalwood fragrance.

Jiang knelt on the mat piously, clasped his hands, closed his eyes, and muttered something, not knowing what he was praying for.

Xiao Tong went straight to Jiang's side, and waited for a while before saying, "Grandma!"

Jiang shi slowly opened his eyes, propped himself up kindly, and Xiao Tong hurriedly supported him.

"I heard that grandma has been chanting scriptures in the ancestral hall every day these days. Is there something bothering you?" Xiao Tong looked slightly worried.

She heard from Nanny Li that from half a month ago, Jiang started going to the ancestral hall to chant scriptures with his eyes closed after breakfast every day, and his heart was full of worries.So Xiao Tong specially came to talk to her when he had free time.

Jiang said: "It's not because I'm worried about you. I heard that you are currently rehearsing "Mulan" and there are martial arts scenes. Grandma has been feeling uneasy, but there is nothing she can do to help. The only thing I can do is come to my ancestors to beg. They can keep you safe."

Xiao Tong finally understood, it turned out that Jiang was worried that something would happen in the martial arts drama, and he would repeat the same mistakes.

Half a year ago, Xiao's line was ruined because of the unexplained death of a geisha in Goulan. Jiang's shadow is still there, so how can she not be worried?

Xiao Tong smiled, and comforted him with kind words: "Grandma, don't worry. We will try our best to complete the martial arts movements on the ground."

This is a stage play and not a TV drama or movie, so if you can't do the post-production, it will lose the beauty of Diao Weiya.Even though Si Qinghu knows martial arts, for the sake of personal safety, it is better not to do too many stunts.

Jiang smiled helplessly, and nodded her forehead, "You, you are more and more like your father, both of you are equally courageous!"

When mentioning her father, Jiang suddenly became heavy again, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost.

"Hey, if your father was less timid and younger, he would cause less disputes, and why would he form a relationship with Bai's teeth and lead to death!"

"Grandma, it's all about the rotten millet, so let's not mention it. Bai's Dental Clinic has long seen that we are not going well, and will attack us sooner or later. I only regret that they haven't found evidence to frame the Xiao family yet."

Xiao Tong knew very well that grandma was regretting that she didn't stop her father back then. In order to grab a performance, her father killed Bai Shiya's former head of the family in anger on the spot.

But how could it be her father's fault? The former head of the family was obviously old and had a disease, but he lost his temper after a few quarrels.

Xiao Tong changed the topic so that Jiang would not be sad to continue talking about her father.

Jiang understood her good intentions, and gently patted the back of Xiao Tong's hand with wrinkled hands, signaling her to feel relieved, and said: "Grandma knows that this opera is your painstaking effort, so I made a divination for it today, don't tell me Good fortune, but it is not a bad sign, so you should be careful about this matter."

Xiao Tong followed Jiang's gaze to look at the spiritual tablet, but was attracted by the Bolou in the sieve in front of the spiritual tablet.

Bolou, that is, the popcorn they later called.

In the Song Dynasty, popcorn was not a common snack for ordinary people. It was only used for divination during sacrificial offerings.

Just now, the Jiang family used this popcorn for divination.

Her eyes were fixed on the plate of popcorn. The white grains looked crunchy and crunchy, but they were not big enough to be made from corn. It's a pity that corn hasn't been introduced in this era.

When supporting Jiang Shi to turn around and leave, Xiao Tong quietly grabbed a small handful of popcorn and put it in his mouth, and looked reverently at the spirit tablets of the ancestors, begging them not to be offended.

She chewed on the popcorn, which was tasteless, like chewing wax. She didn't know how it would taste with some caramel.

She thought of the audience in Bianjing Goulan, except for the audience at the table who had wine and food.Those who buy cheap tickets seem to have not realized that they bring some food to pass the time.

If popcorn with caramel tastes good, she can open small shops outside the major bars, specializing in popcorn cakes and other snacks.

After leaving Jiang's courtyard, Xiao Tong immediately put his ideas into action, took his maid, Xiao Lizhi, to the kitchen, asked the cook for a bag of rice and brown sugar, and sent away everyone who was in the way, leaving only Under the small litchi.

Xiao Tong rolled up his sleeves, poured some oil into the cauldron, covered the cauldron, and said, "Little Lizhi, light a fire!"

Little Lizhi was obedient, and squatted down in front of the stove hole to skillfully light a fire.

She was born in a poor family. Xiao Tong's father bought her back to be Xiao Tong's personal maid. After signing the contract of sale, Xiao Tong's father took her home. I bought an iced lychee paste and saw that she was eating happily, so I changed her name to Xiao Lizhi.

She hadn't been in the kitchen much since she came to Xiao's house, but she had learned things like lighting a fire in her original family.

After the oil boiled, Xiao Tong put the rice into the kettle and stirred it with chopsticks.After closing the lid, it didn't take long for the inside of the kettle to crackle and crackle. Just by listening to the sound, one can imagine the scene of rice popping and bouncing on the lid of the kettle, which sounds happy.

Xiao Tong couldn't wait to open the lid of the cauldron, and a pile of white popcorn covered the pot, which looked soft and lovely.

She and Xiao Lizhi both smiled happily and put the popcorn on the plate.

Another ladle of water was poured into the cauldron. As the fire in the stove became more intense, the water in the cauldron roared louder and louder. When the sound subsided, Xiao Tong lifted the lid of the cauldron, and the scalding water gushed Noisy, braving a thick white mist.

Throw a few slices of brown sugar into boiling water, the brown sugar will disperse immediately when heated, Xiao Tong quickly stirs the brown sugar with chopsticks, the more you stir, the more sticky it becomes.

Little Lizhi stared at the brushed caramel with round eyes, curious, "Master, do you need sugar for this explosion?"

Xiao Tong patiently said: "It's delicious with added sugar, I'll let you try it later."

She asked Xiao Lizhi to extinguish the open flame in the cave, leaving behind carbon.

Pour all the popcorn into the caramel and stir-fry for a while until every white popcorn is covered with sticky brown sugar.

The popcorn turned into a pot of golden brown, steaming hot, mixed with the smell of caramel, and the sweet smell immediately rushed into the nose.

"Wow, it smells so good!" Little Lizhi leaned on the pot and smelled it heavily.

She scooped up a dish with a spoon and let Xiao Tong taste it.

The entrance is crunchy, chewy, sweet but not greasy, and has a little milk flavor.

Little Lizhi took a handful and put it into his mouth, as happy as a child, "Oh, it's delicious! It's delicious!"

Then, she ate handful after handful.

Since Xiao Tong fell ill, the Xiao family has strictly controlled her diet. She only has three meals a day, and she can’t eat snacks. She is also very self-disciplined when she goes out. When she sees the snacks sold on the street, no matter how greedy she is, she just licks her mouth and goes there. up.

Now that he tasted the popcorn, his long-lost mouth could no longer be controlled. After eating a handful, he grabbed a few more hands and put it in his mouth.

Really delicious!

Thinking that I am planning to open a popcorn shop, I have to let others try it. If everyone thinks it is delicious, there will be a market!

So Xiao Tong scooped up a plate of popcorn and asked Xiao Lizhi to send it to the tooth shop, so that the geisha could also taste it.

As soon as Xiao Lizhi left, Xiao Zi ran in screaming, with a face full of tears.

"Shiro, so you are here, please save me!"

Xiao Tong ate the popcorn by himself, without looking at his cousin, he said casually, "What happened?"

"Today, my master took the exam. I didn't know how to write an article, so I used painting instead. My mother was so angry that she said that if I couldn't write an article that satisfied her, she wouldn't let me eat. Please help me, I don't want to Reading!"

Xiao Zi was tortured to the point of crying, she shook Xiao Tong's arm and begged endlessly.

Seeing that his two elder sisters have found careers in the tooth shop, he is really not reconciled to reading a pile of boring books every day!

A burst of sweet smell came into his nostrils, Xiao Zi's attention fell on the plate of popcorn in Xiao Tong's hand, and asked doubtfully, "What is this?"

Xiao Tong said: "Bolou, you should try it first!"

Xiao Zi grabbed a handful and put it in his mouth, his eyes seemed to be lit up, he hummed, "Well, it's delicious!"

"You take some back to your aunt, maybe you will be saved!"

Xiao Zi hurriedly scooped a large plate out of the pot and rushed back.Although I don't know why it will be saved, but what Xiao Tong said must be right!

Looking at Xiao Zi's slinking back, Xiao Tong licked the caramel at the corner of his mouth and smiled slyly.

She remembered that her grandma said that her aunt's family was a merchant's family, and her family was well off.Besides, she is a miser, I don't know how much private money she has hidden,

After the Xiao family fell into trouble, grandma and brothers and sisters used their private money to subsidize the family. Now the richest person in the family is her aunt!

If this plate of popcorn suits Chen's appetite, then the issue of funding depends entirely on her!

At night, full of joy, Xiao Tong took off his coat and prepared to go to bed. When he woke up, he went to ask Chen for popcorn feedback.

Suddenly, she felt that her throat was dry and dry, so she poured a glass of water to drink. When the water flowed into her throat, she felt a sharp pain, as if she had been pricked by a needle.

I swallowed again, but it still hurts!

Xiao Tong felt a little uneasy, did he eat too much popcorn today and got tricked?