As soon as he entered Tanggu, Ma Yingjie led the team of Habayashi guards and Xiaocao and the others parted ways. After all, he was leading an errand, and everything was still more important than business.
It was noon, and Yu Xiaocao led a group of tired and hungry boys and girls to the door of Zhenxiu Restaurant. Zhenxiu Restaurant has already opened several branches in Beijing, and this group of young masters and ladies from Beijing, naturally know that if they do not make a reservation a few days in advance, they will never try the delicious food of Zhenxiu Restaurant.
Although they really wanted to sit down at the Zhenxiu Restaurant and have a delicious meal, but the young masters and ladies knew very well that this was just their wish. Smelling the strong aroma of roast duck wafting from the restaurant, a group of people felt that their hunger was even more unbearable.
Ning Donghuan held his grumbling stomach protesting to eat, and made a pitiful expression to Yu Xiaocao: "I said Xiaocao, knowing that we are starving, but deliberately greedy us. Can we have a good time together? Are you playing? You wouldn’t naively think that Zhenxiu Restaurant still has vacant seats for us at this time, right?”
Shi Donglin, the younger brother of Princess Minglan, looked at the guests coming and going at the gate of the Zhenxiu Building, and said in frustration: "I took a look, and the hall inside was overcrowded. It was useless to ask us in the past. Didn't there be a 'blessing' just now?" Is Linmen’s restaurant? It seems to be a time-honored restaurant, why don’t we eat something there first?”
The only person present who knew the relationship between Zhenxiu Restaurant and Yu Xiaocao was Yuan Xueyan. She also listened to what her grandfather Yuan Dalu said. Xiaocao can be regarded as the half-owner of Zhenxiu Restaurant, and you never need to make a reservation to dine there!
Yu Xiaocao gave a playful smile to Shi Donglin, who was about the same age as her younger brother, and said, "It's okay, maybe we're lucky, and we can meet a temporary cancellation? You guys wait here for a while, I'll go in and ask , it won't take much time!"
Ning Donghuan wanted to say something, but was held back by his gentle second brother. He asked puzzledly: "Second Brother, why are you stopping me? Are you just watching Xiaocao run into trouble like this? The goatee just came out with a disappointed face. Obviously, there are no tables!"
Ning Donglan looked at the back of Xiaocao entering the delicacy building, shook his head at his mindless third brother, and said, "When did you see Xiaocao fighting an unprepared battle? Although she just said she was going to try her luck, But he has a confident expression. Don't worry about it, just wait to go in and have a good meal."
Inside Zhenxiu Building, Qian Xiaoduo, who was busy greeting guests, saw Yu Xiaocao coming in from the outside, with an even warmer smile on his face, he greeted him and said, "Miss Yu, this is... just came back from the capital? Hurry up." Lou, you little one will send you a basin of water to wash away the wind and dust!"
Yu Xiaocao took a strange look at the beard growing under Qian Xiaoduo's chin, and asked curiously: "Master Qian, why did you suddenly grow a beard? He looks a little older for no reason."
Qian Xiaoduo stroked the three-inch long beard that had just grown, and said with a smile: "People say that there is no hair on the mouth, so you can't do things well. I don't want to make myself look dignified!"
After finishing speaking, he glanced outside, and then said: "Those outside are your friends from Beijing? Are you here to play on the beach? Well, let the young masters and ladies in Beijing see our new port in Tanggu, There are also big boats coming and going! Erzhuzi, go and invite the guests outside to the third floor, Miss Yu, would you please invite them first?"
Yu Xiaocao waved her hand at him and said, "They're all from my own family, so you're welcome. I'll invite them myself. I brought the spring tea I made myself, and you can ask someone to make a pot of it for you!"
Indus took out a can of tea from his bag. Qian Xiaoduo's eyes lit up suddenly, and he quickly took it with both hands, as if he wanted to hold a treasure, he went to the tea room to find someone who is best at making tea. Who doesn't know that the wild camellia fried by Ms. Yu tastes more fragrant and mellow than the top-grade Yunwu tea.
After the current old head of the Zhou family tasted it, every time he went back to the old house in Tang Dynasty, he would miss this mouthful. After serving Miss Yu's friends, there must be a lot of tea left in this can of tea. Ms. Yu is a generous person, and she will definitely not ask for the rest. It seemed that this time, I was going to take Miss Yu's honor again and show my face in front of the old man!
Yu Xiaocao didn't care about the small things in Shopkeeper Qian's heart, turned back out of the gate of Zhenxiu Restaurant, waved at the friends, and showed a sly smile: "It seems that our luck is really good today, there is an empty room on the third floor. between."
Ning Donghuan let out a strange cry, with an inconceivable expression on his face: "Really? You can find a place as soon as you ask. I just saw that several groups of people came out disappointed. Oh... I see, is it you?" You have booked an elegant room in Zhenxiu Restaurant for a long time, so that you can eat the delicious food of Zhenxiu Restaurant anytime, anywhere?"
Yu Xiaocao gave him a contemptuous look, and said: "If I want to make a bag, I will also make a bag at the Zhenxiu Restaurant in the capital. The number of times I go back to Tanggu every year in the past two years is limited, so the bag is always empty, and I can't use it twice a year. How much money did I burn?"
Ning Donghuan pursed his lips and muttered in a low voice: "You just have a lot of money! Beauty parlors, pharmaceutical workshops, and wineries are all businesses that make a lot of money every day. If you count carefully, you, Xiaocao, can be regarded as the top in Beijing. What a little rich woman! What is it to rent an elegant room in a delicacy restaurant?"
Ning Donglan was crying stupidly by his younger brother, so he glared at him and said, "There are so many Zhenxiulou branches in Beijing, which one have you heard of outsourcing private rooms? If that's the case, there are so many wealthy businessmen in Beijing. The private rooms are settled? Think before you speak, okay?"
Ning Donghuan scratched the back of his head in confusion, and asked inexplicably, "Then tell me, how did she get the private room? Did she use a beauty trick... ouch!!"
Ning Donglan took back the fan that knocked on him, and didn't want to talk to him. Ning Donghuan muttered to himself, even though he was sitting in the private room on the third floor, drinking fragrant tea, he still pestered Xiaocao to ask her how she booked such an elegant private room.
It was Yuan Xueyan who reminded him lightly: "Have any of you ever seen the third floor of Zhenxiu Building, which was opened to the outside?"
yes! What Yuan Xueyan said made everyone present suddenly understand. The third floor of Zhenxiu Restaurant has always been relatively mysterious. It is said that it is specially used for entertaining relatives and friends. Could it be...
Ning Donghuan looked at Yu Xiaocao brightly, like a puppy begging for a bone: "Xiaocao, are you the illegitimate daughter of the Zhou family... Oh, second brother, why are you hitting me again?"
Ning Donglan shook his head disappointedly at him, and said: "I asked you to use your brain before speaking. It seems that this requirement is a bit high. Because you don't have a brain at all!!"
Seeing everyone looking over curiously, Yu Xiaocao quickly smiled and said, "I got a dilapidated cookbook by accident, and made a few recipes based on it. The third young master of the Zhou family took a fancy to it, so he bought it at a high price. A few recipes for food. On Wednesday, he was less righteous and treated me like a friend, so he gave me the right to use the private room on the third floor... "
When Yu Wanqing heard this, she looked at Xiaocao with admiration and said, "Sister Yu, you are amazing! You can do anything!!"
Ning Donglan looked deep in thought, and said after a long while: "At first, this Zhenxiu Restaurant was just an ordinary restaurant in Tanggu. Chicken, roast duck...then slowly stood their ground. It is said that these are all prescriptions given to them by a mysterious person. This mysterious person can’t be you, Xiaocao, right?”
Yu Xiaocao didn't expect Ning Donglan to know all these things, but the family history of Zhenxiulou is not a secret, and anyone who is interested can find out by just asking. She said modestly: "It just so happens that there are a few of these recipes in that cookbook. At that time, our family was still in a situation where we didn't have enough food and clothing, so we sold the recipes to improve our lives."
Ning Donghuan beat his chest and stamped his feet: "Oh! What a pity, didn't you sell the chicken that lays the golden eggs? If we catch up with the present, these signature dishes, we will partner up to open a restaurant, which will definitely compare Zhenxiu Restaurant go down!"
The dishes in Yu Xiaocao's hands are numerous and miscellaneous, so it is definitely no problem to open a restaurant. However, in the past two years, she has gained enough limelight in Beijing, and she doesn't want to add to the icing on the cake, so as not to attract people's envy and bring disaster to herself.
The group washed up a little, had a delicious meal at the Zhenxiu Restaurant, and after a short rest, they headed to Dongshan Village. A group of more than a dozen people, and all of them are dressed in brocade clothes, tall horses, and servants like a cloud, made the people of Dongshan Village suspicious for a long time.
Who said that Yu Xiaocao has no foundation in Beijing and can't make a name for himself? Look at the people, those who are traveling with them are either princesses, or young masters of some kind or other, who are the real children of the big family. Those in the town who claim to be the ladies of the big family are far behind in the hands of others!
Regarding the issue of accommodation, Zhu Junyang has already considered it for Xiaocao. The Yu family's old house was built quite grandly, but it could accommodate more than a dozen children of the great family, plus dozens of maidservants, servants and guards, it seemed crowded. Fortunately, the Xishan Bieyuan of Prince Jing's Mansion on the mountainside was vacant, Zhu Junyang begged his mother and concubine to clean up the vacant rooms in the Bieyuan to entertain these ladies and young masters.
The problem of living is solved, and there is no need to worry about food. Eat mountains by the mountains, eat sea by the sea. If you want to eat wild game, go to the mountains to hunt a few and come back; if you want to eat seafood, go to the sea to touch some. With the grass, can they still be hungry
In the next few days, the young masters and ladies who had never been to the seaside almost went crazy. Every morning, I followed Xiaocao into the mountains to lay traps and set traps, and when the tide was low, I followed the half-sized girls in the village to catch shellfish by the sea.
Young masters who feel that they have good swimming skills even borrowed the shark skin swimmers of Father Yu and Brother Yu to swim around in the sea and dive into the shallow sea to touch some small fish and shrimp. Go to the mountain again in the evening, and bring back the pheasants and hares you caught. In the evening, you can eat mountain delicacies and seafood until your stomach is full.
The little girls are sometimes envious of Ning Donghuan and the others being able to experience the fun of Qianhai, but they are not good at swimming, so they can only look at it and sigh. However, they won't, Xiaocao will! He Wanning pestered Xiaocao and taught her how to swim.