This is the second pair of chopsticks that Xuan Qing broke. It was also when talking about Jiang Li's "marriage", but except for Jiang Li, no one knew why he broke the chopsticks with trembling hands.
Uncle Cai was a little drunk at first, but when Xuan Qing glanced at him with cool eyes, his whole body was jolted up, and his mind instantly sobered up. He touched his arm subconsciously, feeling a chill.
Sitting next to Xuan Qing, Jiang Li looked at Xuan Qing's serious expression of trembling hands, and cursed "Men Sao" in his heart, reached out and took a new pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder, and handed them to him: "Little master, lighten up!" Don't shake your hands and break all the chopsticks in our house."
There was banter in his words, Xuan Qing raised her eyelids slightly, met the smile in his eyes, paused, and reached out to take the chopsticks in his hand.
"Thank you."
Interrupted by Xuan Qing, the topic just now was naturally broken, and turned to the new opening of the inn.
Everything in the store is ready, the old walls on the first floor have been renovated, and the tables and chairs have been replaced with new ones.
At the checkout counter on the first floor, Jiang Li had someone build a wine cabinet with a novel and beautiful shape. In addition, the plaque of "Jiang's Inn" outside the door was also replaced with "Jiang's Inn" "Restaurant", inscribed by Jiang Li himself, and engraved by the best craftsman in the town.
Compared with the warm decoration before the inn, the store now looks more atmospheric overall. Of course, the level of consumption has also increased compared to before. After all, the initial investment is not a small amount.
In short, everything is just waiting for the opening time to come.
Jiang's father asked someone to watch the day, and five days later would be a good day for opening.
A few days before the opening, Jiang Li drew a brochure and hired people to promote his restaurant in the town. In the three days before the opening, apart from a special storyteller telling stories in the restaurant, there are cakes for every meal at the restaurant. In addition to pastries, each table will be given a pot of good tea, and the first 50 tables that enter the store for consumption on the same day can be drawn for one time. The prizes include tea, wine, pastries, couplets, rouge, etc.
The storyteller was paid by Jiang Li, and the scripts are some stories in "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" written by him silently.
This world belongs to an overhead world. The culture here is different from the culture of the era he lived in. There are no four great classics. He wrote some silently and handed them to the storyteller for him to familiarize himself with.
Mr. Storyteller is a little old man in his fifties. Apart from being addicted to alcohol, his favorite thing is story books. After he started reading the script that Jiang Li handed him, he fell into a state of amazement. He couldn't put it down in his hand, and even after reading it several times, he still couldn't get enough of it.
He asked if this was Jiang Li's own script, but Jiang Li naturally denied it and told him that it was a story he had the honor to read by chance.
Before the restaurant opened, it spent a lot of money on manpower and decoration. At first, Jiang's father was worried that it would not be worth it if he lost money.
Jiang Li said that the main purpose of a restaurant in the early stage of opening is to gain fame. These arrangements are just to attract new customers to come. After the guests come to the door and taste the food of their own restaurant, they will naturally come back for the second time.
Father Jiang thought what he said was reasonable, so he didn't object.
In ancient times, there were no communication tools such as televisions and mobile phones, and publicity relied on one's mouth. Jiang Li found a few young men with sharp lips but a little culture to make publicity, accompanied by carefully drawn restaurant leaflets, one pass ten, ten pass One hundred, one hundred and one thousand.
In this era, no one distributed leaflets to make a name for the opening of their own restaurant. Jiang Li was the first one, and it quickly aroused repercussions.
The promotional pictures were hand-painted by Jiang Li. There are no copiers in this world, and everything can only be done by yourself. Although Qingshui Town is not big, it has a large population, so we need a lot of leaflets. There are currently seven people in the restaurant, including Jiang Li. Jiang’s father is not very literate and can’t draw, so he can’t help with the leaflets. Busy, let alone Uncle Cai and Xiaodouzi, they are all illiterate.
Fortunately, Xuan Qing was still there. After Jiang Li drew some, Xuan Qing would copy the rest, which saved him a lot of time.
In addition to the introduction of the restaurant's opening activities, the front of the leaflet also drew some exquisite and beautiful pastries, dishes and tea sets, and the back side drew a simple outline of the restaurant.
Such leaflets can be seen everywhere in modern times, but they were very rare in ancient times. Although not everyone in the town is literate, they can still understand the patterns on the leaflets. If you really don’t understand them, you can ask others. So in just a few days, almost the entire Qingshui Town knew that the Jiang's Inn had been transformed into a restaurant, and it was about to open.
For the opening of the restaurant, Jiang Li was very busy. In addition to teaching Uncle Cai's cooking skills, he also had to prepare the ingredients that would be used on the day of the opening. One person was almost as good as two people.
On the opening day, there were two rows of large flower baskets on both sides of the door of Jiangjia Restaurant, and the words "Congratulations on the grand opening of Jiangjia Restaurant" were written on the red cloth hanging on the flower baskets.
Needless to say, the custom of placing flower baskets at the entrance of restaurants on the opening day is also based on modern times.
In front of the gate of Jiang’s Restaurant, gongs and drums blared, and firecrackers resounded for several miles, and the lion dance team, which tossed, jumped, and shook their heads and tails, was even more eye-catching.
Although Qingshui Town is small, there are many rich people, and there are also many people who like to join in the fun, so after some publicity arranged by Jiang Li, there are many people around the entrance of the restaurant today, everyone watching the lion dance team The lively performance gave out bursts of applause.
After the lion dance team's performance, the firecrackers sounded again, and the whole scene was very lively.
The sound of firecrackers stopped, and Jiang's father, who was dressed up specially, stood up, cupped his hands and said to everyone in front of him: "Our Jiang's restaurant is open today, and there are many discounts. If you pass by, you might as well come in and have a taste. Give it a try, you guys have the final say on whether this dish is delicious, I, Jiang Shouye, thank you again in advance!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone else applauded and shouted "Okay". Father Jiang saw that the response was good, smiled in satisfaction, and clapped his hands. Uncover it!
Inside the steamer was the freshly steamed soup dumpling this morning. As soon as the lid was opened, a puff of white mist rushed out, followed by the aroma of the soup dumpling scrambling to overflow. The taste is tumbling, and it is extremely stimulating to the palate.
The buns in the steamer look like they have thin skin and lots of stuffing. The whole bun is bulging, showing a crystal clear feeling. If you look closely, you can also see layers of oil on the mouth of the bun.
Xiaodouzi picked up a bowl, picked up one of the steamed buns and put them in the bowl, then poked lightly with the chopsticks, thick soup immediately flowed out from the cracked skin of the steamed bun, and flowed to the bottom of the bowl along the lines of the skin.
This is the soup dumpling that Jiang Li learned in the last world. It looks great and tastes great.
The people present couldn't help swallowing when they saw Xiaodouzi's operation, and someone asked loudly: "Shopkeeper Jiang, what kind of buns are you?! Why does it smell so good!"
Father Jiang laughed and said, "This is a soup dumpling filled with fresh meat. In addition to the meat, there is also a rich and delicious soup inside. I'm not bragging. The steamed stuffed bun in our family not only smells delicious, but also tastes delicious!"
Someone couldn't help smelling the smell of the steamed stuffed bun, and quickly asked, "Why are these steamed stuffed buns sold?! Give me two copies, sir, I'm so hungry!"
"I also want!"
"And I!!"
The others also made noises, their stomachs rumbling from the smell of the soup dumpling. They wished they could go up to snatch the steamed stuffed bun in the little bean bowl and stuff it into their stomachs in one gulp. , Solve the gluttons!
Although there are many bun shops in the town, there has never been a bun shop that can make such a fragrance.
Everyone's reaction was expected by Jiang's father. When he ate the soup dumplings made by Jiang Li himself for the first time a few days ago, the delicious soup and the smooth and slightly soft glutinous skin made him almost lose his temper. I swallowed it with my own tongue!
He waved his hand and said, "Our restaurant doesn't sell buns today!"
"What?! Not for sale? Are you kidding me?!"
"Your restaurant doesn't do business, what kind of restaurant do you still open?!"
"That's right! You're teasing us!"
Seeing that everyone was aggrieved, Father Jiang raised his hand to press it down, signaling everyone to be calm, and then said in a loud voice: "Although we don't sell steamed buns today, we can give them away! All customers who enter the store will get a bowl of soup. Package, while supplies last!"
His words made everyone stunned for a moment, and then they realized that this was the gift event that Jiang's restaurant had been promoting for the past few days, and they suddenly became excited again.
Since steamed stuffed buns can be made so well, the other dishes must not be much worse, anyway, where is it not to eat? Have a meal here and get steamed stuffed buns and tea!
There were not a few people who thought this way, so after Father Jiang announced the opening, many people walked into the restaurant one after another.
Of course, some people chose to watch from the outside, and some people turned around and left after watching the fun.
The restaurant was flooded with more than a dozen tables of guests. Xiaodouzi and the other two waiters were so busy that they kept their feet on the ground, and the sound of singing was endless.
All the customers who came in and ordered food were given a plate of soup dumplings. As soon as the steamed buns were served, the guests couldn't wait to pick them up and stuff them into their mouths. Once they took a bite, they were scalded by the soup inside and burst into tears.
Seeing this, Xiaodouzi quickly reminded the other party how to eat the soup dumplings, and asked him to take a small bite first, suck the soup inside, and then eat the stuffing, so as not to burn his mouth.
Many customers were scalded, but it did not affect the deliciousness of the buns.
When the rich soup and delicious meat filling are eaten into the mouth, the extreme aroma and taste seem to spread to every corner of the mouth, creating a sense of satisfaction from the bottom of my heart.
A soup dumpling can be so delicious, everyone can't help looking forward to other dishes.
Some people who were watching outside the door, seeing the people who were feasting inside, finally couldn't help but follow in to try something new.
Garlic steamed pork ribs, glutinous rice-wrapped chicken, fish head with chopped pepper, salted duck in sauce, eggplant choked with bacon, boiled fat beef, fresh mushroom chicken soup... One by one, the dishes were passed to the table by the hands of Xiaoer. While eating, I admired the deliciousness of the food, and in the end, I just buried my head in eating and drinking.
Some of the guests who had finished their meal were not in a hurry to leave. They drank tea and listened to the story told by the storyteller.
And some guests who left the restaurant met their acquaintances on the road, and recommended the dishes of Jiang's Restaurant to them. They were full of praise for the dishes they tasted today, and attracted friends to try them too.
In such a situation of one area, two areas, two areas and three areas, more and more people were curious about Jiang's restaurant food, and soon the first and second floors of the restaurant were full, and many people came to inquire.
On the first day of the restaurant's opening, it achieved unprecedented success and became a new topic in the town.
After closing in the evening, Jiang's father was calculating today's bills. Although he could not read much, he was good at calculating accounts. In order to save money when he opened a restaurant, he even learned how to calculate accounts from the accountant.
He found that although the restaurant opened and sent a lot of things to the guests, there were so many guests today and a lot of money in the account, and at the end of the calculation, his hands trembled a little.
He has opened the inn for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has made so much profit! !
On the other hand, Jiang Li has been busy in the kitchen all day today, and he feels that his body is full of oily smoke, and his wrists are a little sore from exhaustion. After finally being free, he carries a bucket and plans to go to the kitchen to get some hot water for a bath.
Xuan Qing was watching the moon with Jiang Nuomi in the courtyard, and when he saw him coming out with a bucket, he knew that he was going to fetch water for a bath, so he immediately stepped forward to take the wooden bucket in his hand, and said, "I'll help you."
Jiang Li was tired all day, so he didn't argue with him, and waited for him to help him fill the tub with water before saying, "Thank you, little master."
"Don't be polite to me." Xuan Qing said, seeing him frowning and rubbing his shoulders, it was obvious that his shoulders and arms were sore from cooking for a day, so he asked, "Are you tired?"
"A little bit." Jiang Li smiled, and kept repeating the action of cooking. It's impossible not to get tired, but it's acceptable.
Seeing the indistinct tiredness between his brows and eyes, Xuan Qing felt a little distressed, his mouth responded faster than his brain, and blurted out: "I'll press it for you when you take a bath."
As soon as these words came out, both of them froze for a moment.
While taking a bath, Xuan Qing offered to "press" for Jiang Li, which sounded like Jiang Li's idea of helping Xuan Qing take a bath.
The atmosphere was a bit delicate, Xuan Qing realized what he said, and was about to explain, when Jiang Li looked at him meaningfully, and said slowly: "Little master, please respect yourself."
Xuan Qing: "..."
I really didn't mean that! ! !