However, how could Zhou Zixu take advantage of his friend? He insisted: "No! Our Zhenxiu Restaurant has already taken advantage of Xiaocao you a lot! How can you use your recipe for nothing? If you don't want the money, our Zhenxiu Restaurant will never give you the braised pig's head and ears. Introduce these two dishes!"
Yu Xiaocao just earned three hundred taels and a valuable jade pendant, and she is in a good mood! It's hard to be generous, but people don't appreciate it! ! After a few words of persuasion, Shao Niu became angry on Wednesday, but he just disagreed.
Seeing the stalemate between the two, the shopkeeper of Zhenxiu Restaurant at the side knew the temper of his young master, so he helped persuade Yu Xiaocao: "Miss Yu, don't feel embarrassed for charging us three hundred taels. After all, we are in business Yes, our Zhenxiu Restaurant will probably earn two 300 taels, three or even more 300 taels soon after using your recipe. If you don’t charge this money, it will be a loss for Zhenxiu Restaurant..."
Seeing Young Master Zhou's firm attitude, Yu Xiaocao thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, then I will give you another prescription! Two prescriptions, you can give five hundred taels! In the future, maybe I will give you another prescription." Figure out more recipes, if Zhenxiulou needs it... "
"I need it, I need it, of course I need it!!" Young Master Wednesday said impatiently before the shopkeeper.
Zhou Zhou has no doubts about Yu Xiaocao's cooking skills. Since she can use pig's head and pig offal that no one else eats as ingredients to make such delicious stewed vegetables, it must be better than stewed pig's head with ordinary or high-quality ingredients. Pig offal is more delicious.
At the beginning of Zhenxiu Restaurant's opening, Fulinmen colluded with several medium-sized restaurants to exclude and suppress them. At that time, the time-honored restaurants already had a regular source of customers in Tanggu Town, and their Zhenxiu Restaurant could be said to be struggling to survive.
The Zhou family also regards getting into the catering business as a test for Mr. Zhou. When Zhenxiu Restaurant faced pressure from its peers, it did not intend to intervene. This made Fulinmen even more arrogant! One can imagine the difficulty.
It is the emergence of Yu Xiaocao and the introduction of oyster sauce dishes that make Zhenxiu Restaurant stand out among many time-honored brands and attract a group of regular customers—that is, the current regular customers. Zhenxiu Restaurant has gained a firm foothold in Tang Ancient Town, and is working hard towards a first-class restaurant.
Zhou Zhou firmly believed that with Yu Xiaocao's stewed vegetables and that unknown recipe, Zhenxiu Restaurant would definitely become an unsurpassed existence in Tanggu Restaurant. In the future, what blessings come to the door, don't pay attention at all.
Zhou Zixu's vision is not only on Tang Gu's three-acre land, he has a wider world in his heart. The delicacy restaurant in Beijing is already under construction. If you want to open up a market in Beijing, a place where there are many famous buildings, only oyster sauce dishes are not enough. In addition to the prescription given by Yu Xiaocao today, it may be a bit mysterious! Therefore, to befriend Yu Xiaocao, a talented chef, is naturally what he wishes for! !
"Don't get excited!! Calm down, calm down!!" Yu Xiaocao looked at him with a smile, making Zhou Zixu feel like a kid. And the one who made him feel this way turned out to be a girl who was less than nine years old!
Yu Xiaocao stood on tiptoe, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry! With the relationship between the two of us, if we have a prescription in the future, why not think of you? Hurry up and get a pen and paper, finish writing the prescription, I still have something to do!"
After Mr. Zhou prepared the pen and paper, Yu Xiaocao dictated the production method and ingredients of "Fuliji Roasted Chicken" in detail. Zhou Zixu remembered very seriously, not letting go of every detail.
After finishing, Yu Xiaocao smiled: "The appearance of this dish is oily and shiny, the meat is white, delicious, rich in aroma, the meat is rotten and boneless, fat but not greasy. Chewing the bones, there is a lingering fragrance. Pick up the chicken legs while they are hot and shake them lightly. The chicken can fall off completely, which is the top grade in the dish, and can be served hot or cold."
"Hearing what you said, my saliva is about to flow out!" Zhou Zixu smacked his lips and showed a surprised expression, "I didn't expect you, Xiaocao, to be able to speak well!"
"Hehe!" Yu Xiaocao laughed dryly, and said, "I'm just following the scriptures! To tell you the truth, I just accidentally picked up a scrap of a recipe and learned a few dishes from it!"
"You! You are full of horses, and you don't know which is true and which is false! No matter where you learned it from, I hope Zhenxiu Restaurant is your only partner!" Zhou Zixujun smiled, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy , already has the potential of a superb handsome guy.
"Wrong!" Yu Xiaocao said with a sly smile, "It should be said that you, Young Master Zhou, are my only reliable partner, Yu Xiaocao!!"
"Okay!! I, Zhou Zixu, will live up to you in this life!!" Zhou Zixu vowed.
Yu Xiaocao let out a chuckle: "What you said seems like you're going to elope with someone..."
"Caoer!!" Yu Hai felt powerless towards this little girl. Could this be something a girl should say? When I go back, I have to ask her mother to teach her well! !
"Okay, stop talking! There are people waiting for us outside!!" Yu Xiaocao knew she had made a slip of the tongue, stuck out her tongue, and said, "If you have any difficulties in making stewed vegetables and roast chicken, just come to me! Ben The chef personally guides, including teaching and training!!"
"Okay!" Zhou Zixu nodded heavily.
"By the way, Young Master San! You have a wide range of contacts. Help me pay attention to whether there is any fertile land around Tanggu Town for sale. We are not short of money now. As long as the price is reasonable, the total price is within 800 taels. consider!"
Since Dad can't go up the mountain, and he doesn't have fishing boats to go to sea, he can only buy more fields. Even if you don't grow it yourself, renting it out to others is still a good income.
Zhou Zixu pondered for a moment, and said, "You bought so much land, can your family grow it all?"
The high-quality fertile fields around Tanggu Town are only eight or nine taels of silver per mu. This winter's snowstorm, now is the time when there is no harvest, naturally there are not a few people selling fields, and the price may be even cheaper. For eight hundred taels of silver, you can buy more than one hundred mu of land alone. As far as he knew, Yu Xiaocao's family was only Yu Hai, a middle-aged laborer, and his leg was injured. Can they grow it
"If you can't grow it, let's rent it out! It's okay to hire tenant farmers to grow it!!" Thinking that her family will soon become a landlord, Xiaocao is very happy.
Zhou Zixu shook his head lightly, as if disapproving, and said: "Buying land and collecting rent, when can I get my money back! Tell me, it's better to buy a shop. Whether it's for your own business or renting it out, it's better than buying it. Tian is much more cost-effective!"
"Buy a shop? Who will sell a shop with a good location in Tanggu Town? The location is not good, and the rent is not high..." Yu Xiaocao also thought about buying a shop, but good shops are hard to come by.
Zhou Zixu showed his face and said: "Who told you to buy the shops in Tanggu Town? I have definite news that the Yamen intends to build the wharf into the largest port in the north. It is said that due to funding problems in the early stage, a batch of shops will be pre-sold. Among them There is room for appreciation, I don't need to tell you, you can understand... "
When Yu Xiaocao heard this, his eyes suddenly burst into dazzling light. Is the government going to develop the wharf? What a godsend opportunity that was! In the early stage of the store, the price will definitely not be very high.
After the port is built, the room for appreciation is absolutely immeasurable. What made the most money at the end of the 20th century? Real estate speculators! ! If it is done well, the price of a shop can at least double! !
"Okay! Just buy a shop..."
Yu Xiaocao was about to make a decision, but was interrupted by his father: "Cao'er! Do you want to go home and discuss with your mother?"
"It was my negligence, I was too excited, and forgot to ask Dad for your opinion! Dad, do you prefer to buy land or a shop?" Yu Xiaocao realized that there was still the head of the family beside her. She was so carried away that she ignored her father.
Yu Hai was silent for a moment, then said: "Cao'er, it stands to reason that you earned the 800 yuan, so there is nothing wrong with how you dispose of it. But you are young after all, and I, as a father, just want to remind you—the docker Is it reliable? After all, it is not a small sum, just in case... "
"Uncle Yu's concerns are very reasonable! However, I am close friends with the young master of County Magistrate Wu. Regarding the construction of the port, County Magistrate Wu assisted the imperial envoys in Beijing to carry out, and the official document has been sent to the county government. So, don't worry, don't worry. I will let your money go to waste!" Zhou Zixu must be very sure since he is so generous.
Yu Xiaocao persuaded her father, "Father, I think it's okay to buy a shop at the dock! The largest port in the north must have more traffic than Tanggu now, so you can't lose money buying a shop! Look, we Doing stewed vegetables business now, it’s so hard every day in the wind and rain. If we have a shop, we can expand the stewed vegetables business. Maybe, in a few years, our stewed vegetables shop will be bigger than San Shao’s delicacy restaurant Famous!!"
"Uncle Yu, what Xiaocao said is true! Even if you don't do the stewed vegetables business, with the future scale of the port, if you resell it, you can earn at least three to five hundred taels. At that time, how much land you want to buy is not up to you. Forget it?" Zhou Zixu still has a certain vision when dealing with business opportunities.
Yu Hai was also moved by what the two said. He punched his fist hard, gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Okay! The eight hundred taels of silver will be used to buy a shop first!! Cao'er, you have to be mentally prepared." Prepare, if you lose money, don't cry!!"
Yu Xiaocao rolled her eyes and said, "If you lose, you will lose! In business, if you win, you will lose. This is a common thing! Besides, if our luck is really bad, let's just pretend that we didn't make a profit today." Eight hundred taels of silver is it!"
Zhou Zixu did not expect that the father and daughter, although born in poverty, have such an affordable attitude towards money. He had a better impression of the Yu family, he said with a chuckle, "I can assure you that I will never lose money! If I really lose money, it will be mine, that's fine!"
"How can it be!" Yu Hai waved his hands repeatedly.
"Oh, Dad! It's getting late, we have to go back and pick vegetables for Butler Yao! Hurry up, don't let people think we've repented!" Yu Xiaocao finally remembered to make an appointment with Butler Yao at the back door of the Zhenxiu Restaurant, Nearly two hours have passed since the interruption, if you don't go back, you will delay the matter!