Although the opening ceremony of Wangtianlou is very lively, but to be honest, this kind of ceremony is not bad, and it can be seen from time to time.
On the contrary, it is the smashing of the noodles for the sky, but it is really fresh. In particular, a face-pulling teacher is unheard of.
And that face-pulling teacher is still a beauty, one of a kind!
Although the combination of the beauty and the dough is strange, but in the hands of the beauty, it is as flexible as a living thing, and it is so pleasing that people can't take it away.
There were more and more spectators at the entrance of Shiweitian, and Chu Manrong made more and more faces.
Although her face was blank, she was very embarrassed in her heart.
On the night of the performance, she boasted in front of everyone, saying that she would never regret no matter what she was forced to do, and turned to Gu Yin and asked her to do kitchen-related work.
Chu Manrong said at the time that he had never cooked before, for fear that he might not be able to do the job well.
Gu Yin was still smiling, saying that you will definitely be able to do the errand I'm looking for for you!
Then Chu Manrong came to eat for heaven's sake.
She felt humiliated, and at first she was slack at work, deliberately tearing her face off.
Gu Yin was not angry, she just said to her: "I advise you to have a good talk, or you will regret it."
It was the first time that Chu Manrong met such an unpredictable person, and when she saw her smile, she felt chills behind her back, but she still insisted: "My concubine is really not good at this."
Gu Yin corrected her again, saying that she would call herself "I" in the future, and then asked the back chef to supervise her contact, while she was busy with other things.
After the first day of practice, Chu Manrong couldn't lift his arms as if they were filled with lead.
When it was time for the evening meal, Gu Yin let her eat the noodles that she had torn up by herself, saying that she should not waste food, and said: "Your Majesty is also born in poverty, and it is most shameful to see people wasting food, Miss Chu came out of the palace, You must know this too?"
This is really true.
When Chu Manrong entered the palace, the mistress of Jifang told them some precautions, one of which was that they should not be extravagant and wasteful even if they entered the palace.
Afterwards, every time they had meals, Mammy would supervise them.
But the people in the kibble have always been careful about eating, and everyone asked for half of their appetite, so there was no such thing as a taboo.
The torn white noodles were made into clear water noodles with no taste at all, and all of them entered Chu Manrong's stomach.
At first, she didn't think there was anything, but as the days passed, she could not bear to eat clear water noodles since she was a child, especially when she was smelling the fragrant hot pot and hot pot in the restaurant every day. Barbecue flavor, eyes glow green when I see meat!
When people are hungry, their brains tend to become dull. After a few days like this, Chu Manrong no longer dared to deliberately mess up.
She could see that although the general's wife was born in the countryside, she was very cunning.
After further tossing, she was afraid that after she didn't have to think about anything at all, she would explain it here now.
So she officially took office and became a new noodle-pulling teacher who is food for the sky.
Not long after, Mrs. Wen Er and her best friend group came one after another.
When they arrived at the door, they were also stunned by the skill of tearing the face. The round-faced young woman before smiled and said, "How does Mrs. Gu have such a head, there are so many good ideas. Today I heard people say you My light food bar and Wangtianlou opened on the same day, and I was worried that your home would be robbed of the limelight by the other party, so come to join us early. I didn’t expect that Mrs. Gu had already figured out how to deal with it.”
Gu Yin smiled without saying a word.
It's really not what I thought about it, it's just a coincidence.
It's just not to mention, people who can dance are flexible, and the ribbon dance and face-pulling are even more similar, so Chu Manrong got started after a few days of practice. It was a surprise. In just a short while, it was enough to sell a few dozen noodles, enough for Chu Manrong to tease for a while.
Later, she asked the ladies to move to the third floor.
Gu Yin posted a few days ago, so the ladies not only came by themselves, but also brought other handkerchiefs that had never been here before.
But Mrs. Wen Er didn't have any other friends, so she just came over by herself. She was about to apologize when Gu Yin stepped forward and put her arm on her, and said with a smile, "You're finally here. I'm still waiting for your opinion."
Mrs. Wen Er smiled and patted the back of her hand, and turned left to the stairs after entering the door. The two went upstairs while talking.
The first and second floors have not changed, but the stairs on the third floor are different. Many flower baskets have been placed, and the carpets have changed from bright red to smog blue.
"Where do you get so many flowers this season?" Mrs. Wen Er said and took a closer look, only to find that these flowers were made of cloth, not real flowers, she couldn't help but admire: "What an exquisite craftsmanship, I'm just a few steps away. I didn't find it. These flowers alone are expensive, right?"
Gu Yin explained with a smile: "It really doesn't cost much money, it's all made by my embroidery mother."
Their family are all people who don't pay much attention to enjoyment. They are not like the masters of the palace in the past, who have to make several new clothes every month.
The last time the embroidered ladies were busy, it was before Gu Yin and Mrs Wang entered the palace for a banquet.
Afterwards, each person made four or five seasonal clothes, and the embroiderers were free.
Of course, being idle is not bad, but the Wang family just drove away twenty or thirty people in front, and then dismissed some other servants.
Although those who are dismissed later will be paid additional settlement fees, but after staying in the mansion for all these years, who would want to move their nests outside
Especially Xiu Niang also eats youth food. They are not very young anymore. After going out to work for a few years, their eyes may not be a problem.
It's better to be in the mansion, to work for the masters, not to worry so much, not to worry about so many things.
So when Gu Yin told them that she wanted to set up the third floor to entertain female guests, and asked them what advice they had, the embroidered girls showed their skills in housekeeping.
This cloth flower is just one of them.
Passing through the colorful fabrics and flowers, Mrs. Wen Er went up to the third floor.
A cold cedar aroma lingers on the tip of the nose.
This scent is not particularly strong, but it is very refreshing, completely covering the smell of other food that drifted upstairs.
This is the second thing that the servants in the house think about.
But don't underestimate the craftsmanship of making incense. In many families, spices are like family secrets. The hand-made craftsmanship passed down from mother to daughter from generation to generation will not be humane to the outside world.
That is, in a place like the original palace, there will be big maids who know how to make incense.
They formulated this cedar fragrance according to Gu Yin's needs, which not only covered the smell, but also smelled very good.
Entering the third floor, there is a large beautiful screen in front of the eyes. You don't need to think about the screen. It was bought by Wang from the storeroom at home.
Going around the screen, the carved small round tables are neatly arranged, with light plain tablecloths, and next to them are smog powder or azure fabric sofas. The atmosphere alone makes people very relaxed.
There are more than 20 small round tables around the small stage. The place by the window is a long sofa and a larger table, separated by a delicate and small screen. There are dozens of such larger tables. There are also small vases with cloth flowers on each table.
The small vase is not expensive, but it is also a simple and elegant light color. There are also patterns on the vase, whether it is flying birds, fish and insects, or plums, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums. Each table is different.
Mrs. Wen Er and Gu Yin sat down at the small table for two, sank into the bulging sofa filled with goose down, and immediately let out a comfortable sigh.
As soon as the two sat down, a waiter in overalls immediately brought the menu.
The waiter on the third floor was the help of Da Sun's new recruit. There were eight people in total, all of them were young women with delicate features.
The menu is also in scroll style, with pictures and texts, drawn by Wu An, but the material and style are completely different from those used on the first and second floors, making it more elegant and stylish.
After reading it, Mrs. Wen said with a smile, "Everything I see is novel, and I don't know what to order. You can make up your mind."
Gu Yin nodded and instructed the waiter, and after a while, all kinds of food were brought up.
Two exquisite small ceramic cups were brought up first, one was milk tea with pearls, and the other was fruit tea with dried fruit.
Mrs. Wen Er has been paying great attention to her body shape recently, so naturally she brought fruit tea to drink.
There is very little sugar in the fruit tea, but it is fruity and slightly sour. In this winter when fresh vegetables and fruits are not available, it is very comfortable to drink a cup.
Other snacks were also brought up later, made into knuckle-sized mung bean cake, jujube cake, lotus seed cake, milk cake, etc., as well as bean paste buns, custard buns, crystal plum blossom buns, etc. in the shape of bunny and piglet. All of them are exquisite, the size is moderate, and you don't have to worry about getting mouth fat.
The plates used to decorate the desserts are all in the shape of petals. Only two or three small snacks can be placed on a small plate. Together, they look like a blooming flower.
The dim sum that opened today was made by Gu Yin herself. Mrs. Wen picked up a few and ate them, and praised again: "Although I have always known that your craftsmanship is good, and I have tasted your craftsmanship many times, but every time It’s still strange to eat, how can you have so many things at your age?”
Just as they were talking, two of Mrs. Wen Er's friends had already sat by the window and greeted her to sit together.
Gu Yin asked people to send all the food over.
The round-faced young woman smiled and said, "Ms. Gu came just in time, tell me what to order. I just saw a thing called Guiling paste on it. What is this?"
The light food bar is newly opened, Gu Yin must think about some new food, and this Guiling paste is one of them.
Put the tortoise shell and tortoise shell in cold water, put in ginger slices to remove the fishy smell, blanch for a quarter of an hour, remove the supercooled water, wash off the grease on the top in cold water, then put it into the bread kiln to bake for half a day, and dry the water thoroughly.
The turtle shell, tortoise shell and tuckahoe are put into the pot and boiled for four hours. During this time, the medicinal materials such as dandelion, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, licorice, and angelica are washed and filtered to remove impurities, and then the pot is boiled for another hour or two.
Wait until the soup of the medicinal herbs is boiled, filter the impurities with gauze, put it out and let it cool.
After four hours, the turtle soup is ready. After filtering to remove impurities, mix it with the medicinal soup in front of it, put some rice noodles, and keep stirring until it becomes thick.
Finally, put the thick soup into a small stewing pot and let it cool and solidify naturally.
Gu Yin first asked whether the other party was in the letter period, and when she learned that she was not, she smiled and said, "This is a new product in our store. If Madam is interested, I will give you a copy."
After a while, the waiter brought a small cup, which was naturally cut into small pieces of black turtle ointment, although it was drizzled with honey and milk. But it's still a little scary.
The round-faced woman frowned when she saw the appearance, but Gu Yin's craftsmanship was beyond doubt, it was also given to her by the other party, and she could only taste a piece with a small spoon.
Guiling paste is bitter and has a medicinal taste, and it didn't taste very delicious at first.
But after taking the second and third bites, the clear and special taste is not so unacceptable.
Gu Yin added: "This Guiling ointment nourishes yin and moisturises dryness, reduces fire and eliminates irritability. I saw that my wife had a sore on her lips, so I recommend it to you. This thing is slightly cold, so I just started Asked if the lady is still on the letter."
"It turned out to be medicinal, no wonder I smelled a herbal smell."
The round-faced woman originally thought that this dessert tasted average, but if it has medicinal value, then this thing has to be compared with soup and medicine, and the taste is definitely very good!
When Mrs. Wen Er heard this, her eyes lit up immediately, and she asked, "If you finish eating the roasted meat and hot pot, and eat another cup of this, won't you get acne?"
Gu Yin nodded with a smile, but still said: "This thing is cold, you can eat it when it's hot, and you can't eat it all at once."
Mrs. Wen Er immediately asked for a cup, and another woman also asked for a cup.
She is not curious about the taste of this black thing, nor does she want to relieve the heat of the hot pot, but she herself is easy to get angry in winter. The most common symptom is that the bowel movement is not smooth. Gotta get the decoction under fire.
So just wanted to try.
After the introduction of the food, the performance on the small stage also began.
Yuan Xiaoyuan sat on the side of the stage and played the qin accompaniment, and the other four first praised a group dance.
Their makeup is light, their eyes are clear, and everyone is so good-looking. Their dances are not for flirting, but the kind of scratching their heads, twisting their waists and topping their hips, which are very elegant and classical dances.
Of course, the dance clothes are not very revealing, but they are more close-fitting than ordinary dresses, and they embellish the beautiful figure of the trickster.
As Gu Yin thought, Mrs. Wen Er and others raised admiring eyes when they saw the tricksters.
Mrs. Wen Er couldn't help but whispered: "In the past, these songs and dances were danced for those stinky men, and now it's our turn to enjoy!"
Others echoed: "That's right, I liked to watch these before. My husband said that there are no women who like to watch this. I think it's strange to say that, I wonder if I am an outlier?"
There are also people who think in their hearts that she actually learned these things when she was not married, but she married someone later, and her lustful husband raised Kabuki people. Nian didn't dance again, but if you don't want it to be just an elegant dance, it is indeed suitable for everyone to appreciate.
At the end of the singing and dancing, Mrs. Wen Er and others all patted their hands and praised.
Later, Mrs. Wen Er asked Gu Yin again: "I see that those men will give some money after watching the song and dance. Are we..."
Gu Yin pointed at the flower arrangement on the table, "Madam can buy this, a ten-cent piece of money can be given to your favorite trickster, and this silver will be directly converted into a trickster's performance bonus."
Mrs. Wen Er doesn't understand what performance bonuses are, but she still understands that this can be directly calculated as money to the other party.
A piece of ten pen money is not expensive, so Mrs. Wen said directly: "Then I will give each of them two."
The other women also complied.
Gu Yin had prepared these for a long time, and soon had someone prepare the combined number of cloth flowers.
These flowers were not sent directly to the trickster, but were placed in front of a sign on the side of the stage.
The billboard is composed of small billboards, each person's small image is pasted on the small board, and the lower part is made into a movable number board. The number is the number of cloth flowers that each person receives that day.
According to the number of rewards from Fang Cai and others, different numbers of cloth flowers were placed in front of the statues of Yuan Xiaoyuan and others, and their rankings also changed.
Unexpectedly, she was the one who received the most rewards, and the small sign next to her portrait was also moved to the front.
After the group dance, it was the part of individual talent. She helped the waiter to move the guqin away, and then came back with the pipa.
When she came back and saw the changed sign, she was so excited that she trotted to Gu Yin and asked in a trembling voice, "Master, that sign... is the sign wrong?"
Gu Yin reached out and pulled a strand of hair from her forehead behind her ear, and said, "That's right, the ladies like you!"
"Thank you boss, thank you ladies!" Yuan Xiaoyuan blushed.
In fact, her skills are no worse than that of the first-class tricksters in the trick shop. When she was younger, she was selected to enter the palace because of her talent, but it was already several years ago, and she almost forgot to be recognized and appreciated by others. feel it!
Gu Yin thought that she was not ugly before, but she was fat and round, and she was very cute.
Sure enough, Mrs. Wen Er also despised her when she saw her, she reached out and squeezed her chubby little hand, and praised: "What a good boy with a blessed appearance! Does he still play the pipa? Play it well, and I will send you flowers. !"
Yuan Xiaoyuan gave a crisp "hey" and sat back on the stage with her pipa in her arms.
Although she was excited, Yuan Xiaoyuan took her first performance as a lesson this time, and quickly adjusted her state.
Her chubby fingers started to play in an orderly manner, and a melodious song "Spring River, Flowers and Moon Night" flowed out from her fingertips.
In this soft tune, Mrs. Wen Er and others gave her more than a dozen flowers, and Gu Yin also took advantage of the situation to show them what she had prepared.
She asked people to prepare a few pairs of silver-printed playing cards and simple board games like Monopoly. The only difference from modern times was that the money in Monopoly had turned into small silver tickets.
Mrs. Wen Er and the others just played leaf cards and horse hangings in their spare time, but they had never played these.
Through Professor Gu Yin, everyone quickly started to play.
With this play, it was soon time for lunch.
Lunch on the third floor has various salads, sandwiches, etc. Of course, other dishes can also be ordered.
Everyone ordered what they wanted to eat, or ate while playing, or ate while watching a performance.
In the evening, the sky suddenly darkened, and instead of oil lamps, candles were lit in the house.
The candle was slender than usual, and it was carved with patterns. It was inserted into a silver candlestick, and then covered with a light gauze hood painted with a beauty, which made the atmosphere on the third floor more elegant.
There is a saying that looking at beauty under the lamp, the more you look at it, the more charming you are.
The tricksters on the stage are all beautiful beauties with beautiful appearance, and this candle light is one point, and the complexion of seven or eight points has become ten.
In the evening meal, Gu Yin prepared some wines suitable for women to drink, including plum wine, sweet-scented osmanthus wine, fruit wine, rice wine... everything was available. But these are not sold during the day, and only in the evening will there be a separate drink menu.
As in modern times, these drinks are not sold by the jug, but by the glass, and customers can order according to their own tastes.
Mrs. Wen Er and others came to try it, and all of them were full of praise.
When I was a little drunk, some people took the initiative to ask to perform on stage - they were all women, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
That woman is good at playing the guzheng. Of course, her skills cannot be compared with those from the palace, but she is also very skilled.
After playing the song, everyone applauded again.
The woman was impulsive when she first came to power, and later regretted it, but when she saw her friends applauding for her, and the smiles on the faces of Gu Yin and Jiren were all sincere, she no longer felt that there was anything wrong with her. What, generously gather up the skirt and half-blessed body, and return the gift to everyone.
After someone took the lead, naturally others followed suit. Even Mrs. Wen Er came to the stage and sang a segment for everyone.
These people are here today because they have close friends in common, many of whom have never seen each other before, and have only heard each other's names from their close friends' mouths, but they have become familiar with each other today.
Mrs. Wen Er was the happiest, but she liked to be lively and made more than a dozen friends a day, which was a surprise!
Moreover, these friends and the entertainment on the scene, because of the interests and the different acquaintances, are completely because of similar interests and make friends, and it is precious.
It wasn't until the curfew hour, when the women's families came to look for them, and Mr. Wen Er drove over in person, and the whole day's excitement was over.
Seeing his wife's flushed face, Master Wen Er complained: "In the morning, you told me to come to cheer for the sky, I never thought you would stay here all day, and think you are Go elsewhere, but find me well."
Mrs. Wen Er ignored him at all and climbed into the carriage by herself.
Master Wen Er sat in again, and said in pain: "The food is not what it used to be, and the price of food has increased several times. How much money will you spend here for a whole day?"
Mrs. Wen Er didn't take it seriously: "It didn't cost much, just two or three taels of silver."
It really only cost two or three taels to eat, and of course there are also hundreds of dollars for rewarding and sending flowers later.
Facing the iron-rooster-like husband, Mrs. Wen Er was very discerning and didn't mention the reward. Let him know that he is giving things for nothing, he is going crazy!
To tell the truth, their family is really not bad for this amount of money, not to mention the money that Master Wen Er ordered to collect debts, Mrs. Wen Er herself is the owner of a lot of dowry and not bad money!
"Isn't two or three taels silver? This used to be in Hanshan Town..."
He was in pain when suddenly a soft female voice came from outside the carriage.
"Madam, you forgot to take your cloak."
Mrs. Wen Er was lying lazily in the carriage just now, when she heard the words, she immediately sat up, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and smiled halfway, "It's Xiaoyuan, I'm in a hurry, I forgot, I'm sorry to bother you."
Yuan Xiaoyuan handed over Mrs. Wen Er's cloak, sniffed and said, "It's okay, it's just a few steps away."
Mrs. Wen Er saw that her nose was red from the cold, and she said distressedly: "Go back quickly, you can't freeze your beautiful voice. I'll come to see you tomorrow."
Yuan Xiaoyuan gave a sweet "hey", "Then I'll practice the little song from Madam's hometown tonight."
After she finished speaking, she trotted back to the restaurant, and before entering, she did not forget to turn around and wave to Mrs. Wen Er.
Mrs. Wen Er also smiled and waved to her, urging her to hurry in.
When she was completely inside, Mrs. Wen Er put down the curtain of the car, and without even looking at Mr. Wen Er, she closed her eyes and lay back.
Master Wen Er: ? ?
It's weird, why does it feel like a scumbag wife is coming to pick up a romantic husband home
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On the side of Duke Lu's mansion, Feng Tao returned to the mansion with a tired look after Wangtian Tower ended its day's business.
Qin shi had been waiting for him for a long time, and he couldn't say anything when he was tired, but he was so distressed that he had someone serve him hot tea, and then someone pinched his shoulders and beat his legs.
After a short break, Feng Tao started talking about today's opening without waiting for Qin's question.
Qin Shi gave him 30,000 taels, he spent 20,000 taels to buy the restaurant, and there were about 10,000 taels left, so Qin Shi asked him to let go of the expenses.
He worked hard, hired several chefs, and did not hesitate to hurt people. The prices of various dishes were 10% cheaper than Shiweitian.
Coupled with the lively gong and drum team and lion dance team, I thought they would be able to snatch all the business of food for the sky in one fell swoop, but I didn't think that their family made a noodle show, and it was not affected at all.
Qin shi reassured him: "It's alright, that's a noodle show, that is, it's just to be fresh, and it won't be a good one in a few days. What's the matter with the light food that is open to the sky?"
Speaking of this, Feng Tao's expression softened. "My son has been inquired. The third floor is singing and dancing. There are always singing and musical instruments, but they are not open to male guests."
Qin Shi sneered, "Isn't the wife of the Wu family's reckless husband a fool? Since ancient times, she has known that singing and dancing are for men, but she does not do men's business and only entertains women?"
Food is also sexual, if Shiweitian can really attract people's attention with singing and dancing performances, it will naturally attract many men.
But I've never heard of using these to entertain female guests, and I know it won't work!
What is there to look at in the same woman
"My son, relax, since we know that the other party is not good, as long as we don't mess ourselves up, I believe it won't take long before we can compare his family!"