"Hmph!" Hearing this, Chef Zhang shook his sleeves angrily, and hid in the small kitchen alone.
"Shouzheng, are you back?" Although Chef Tang didn't like it in his heart, he still greeted Wen Shouzheng with a smile when he saw Wen Shouzheng, master and apprentice, enter the door.
"Chef Tang, Chef Zheng, Brother Yuanzi, Brother Ergou, and Brother Xiaowu, today we are going to cook in Fan's Mansion. Young Master Fan is generous and rewarded us with a lot of money. My father said that we will invite everyone to drink later! "As soon as Rourou entered the door, she opened it with excitement.
"Okay! There just happened to be a restaurant next door. When work is over today, let's save face! Hahahaha!" Hearing that someone wanted to buy a drink, Chef Tang immediately forgot the unhappiness in his heart just now, and his face was full of joy. bloomed.
"When did I say I'm having a drink..." Wen Shouzheng grimaced, and touched the bulging, warm money in his arms again.
"Father, if you have money, let's make money, and if you have wine, let's drink! At worst, I'll just make a few more abalones for Mr. Fan!" Seeing Wen Shouzheng's stinginess, she whispered softly.
When the few young apprentices heard this, they also winked with excitement.
"Little Wu! Get over here! Have you cut all the vegetables you're asked to cut? When will you learn to be lazy!" In the small kitchen, Chef Zhang's voice was roaring.
Xiao Wu stuck out his tongue pitifully, and went to the small kitchen dejectedly.
well! They are also masters and apprentices. Others' masters lead their apprentices in awe all day long, while my own master is still the same, basically talking by roaring, and basically not smiling.
"Hey, let me tell you, all of you are here!" The back kitchen was talking lively when shopkeeper Li came in with a sigh.
"What's the matter, Shopkeeper Li?" Wen Shouzheng asked with concern.
"Ah!" Seeing shopkeeper Li sighing, Chef Tang and Chef Zheng put away the smiles they had just had so hard to do just now, and sighed frequently.
"I said. What's the matter? I've only been away for half a day, why am I so listless? Could it be that there are too many guests at noon and I'm tired?" Wen Shouzheng was surprised.
"Father. Look." Rourou gently tugged on Wen Shouzheng's sleeve, and tapped his chin closer.
I saw it in the back kitchen. The prepared ingredients were basically left untouched, even the stove was clean, without any oily star, it didn't seem like the rhythm of working all day at noon.
"If you're really tired, you won't be so decadent, you're really useless!" Chef Zheng has never been good at words. At this moment, he was also outspoken.
"Chef Wen, after you left, only Mr. Songtao and Mr. Ren came here for dinner, and the rest were just a few sparse guests. You can count them on ten fingers!" Shopkeeper Li sighed again.
"What's going on? Our Zuixian Tower has never been short of guests!" Wen Shouzheng immediately felt that something was different.
Wenrou was also guessing wildly, could it be Fan Jian again
"Chef Wen, you don't know something. An old soup restaurant opened next door, and I don't know what it is! It's a sign. Each meal only sells one bowl of soup per person, and there is unlimited supply of sesame seed cakes. No, it opened on the first day , it attracted countless guests!" At this moment, the pillar also lifted the door curtain and came in.
"Oh? Only sell a bowl of soup? And only sesame seed cakes? Such a simple food. How can you snatch away the guests from our Zuixian Tower?" Wen Rou couldn't believe it.
"That's right! Sister Rou'er, you didn't see that the old soup restaurant opened today, and its signboard actually said that its soup is from three generations of ancestors who have not ceased fire! Bah, thanks to it, it can also blow it out!" Zhuzi said angrily.
"Oh? There hasn't been a ceasefire for three generations? No wonder it's called the Old Soup Restaurant! How much does it sell for a bowl of soup? Where are the pancakes?" Rourou was curious.
"It's not expensive, you can eat and drink! A bowl of soup costs ten pennies, and a sesame seed cake costs one penny." Zhu Zi glanced at his mouth.
"Treasurer Li, brother Zhuzi, don't worry too much, maybe it's because it just opened, the customers are looking for something fresh, and it's sold cheaply, attracting customers! Besides, just after the new year, everyone's stomach The oil and water are big, and it’s so light, our Zuixianlou is genuine, so we’re not afraid of its flowers and flowers. In a few days, the freshness will wear off, and the guests will come back!" Gentle looked at the deserted Zuixian Lou, from the channel.
"Alas... Now, I can only hope that its fresh hair will pass, and the Zuixianlou will be on the right track!" After all, shopkeeper Li sighed, and slowly went to the account room, perhaps to calculate how much he lost today. Silver.
Just after dinner time, all restaurants and wine shops opened their doors.
Standing outside the gate of Zuixianlou, Zhuzi picked up the towel on his shoulders, whipped it loudly, and kept yelling: "Hey, take a look! The time-honored Zuixianlou, First-class ingredients, first-class chef! Don’t miss it when you pass by... ”
While yelling, he kept looking around at the old soup restaurant next door.
"Brother Zhuzi, what are you doing?" Rourou listened seriously in the back kitchen, she couldn't bear to hear it anymore, and just ran out in a hurry.
"I'm calling for business!" Zhu Zi looked serious.
"Brother Zhuzi, what is the identity of our Zuixianlou, we use genuine materials! If you keep shouting like this, Zuixianlou will really lose its status and become a roadside snack shop!" Rourou tugged at Zhuzi. sleeves.
"But, sister Rou'er, look, I can't keep up with the speed of people coming in from the next door with my yelling. If I don't yell again, I'm afraid there won't even be a single guest for the whole night!" He murmured and murmured next door.
I saw a small flag slantingly planted next door, with three pictographic characters "Old Tang Restaurant" on it, and a sign erected in front of the door, reading "Three generations of Lao Tang, never cease fire!"
"What a big tone!" Wen Rou said to herself.
I saw that in front of the small soup restaurant, there was a bustling crowd, and the guests coming in and out all looked excited and eager to taste.
"Is it really that delicious? Isn't it just a bowl of soup with some biscuits?" Gentle murmured, full of disbelief.
"Why are you standing here, girl?" A familiar voice said.
"Mr. Songtao, are you here?" Rourou raised a smiling face, and greeted Shui Mo, Sheng Bo, and of course Ren Yue who was walking slowly at the end one by one.
"Hey, it's this hour, and there are still no guests? It's even colder than noon!" Mr. Songtao looked around when he entered the door, but no one was seated, so he didn't even need to go to the private room on the second floor. The lobby on this floor is just fine! Quiet, spacious and bright!
"Hey, they were all snatched away by the old soup restaurant! I think you can last for a few days!" Gentle pointed to the opposite side resentfully.
"There are mountains beyond mountains. There are people beyond people, and each family's craftsmanship. Each has its own strengths, girl, if you want to achieve great things, you must have the heart to achieve great things, haha!" Mr. Songtao stroked his beard and smiled. It was the first time he had seen How gentle and bulging! Very cute.
"Sir, you are right! But the white money just flows away like this..." Rourou glanced outside the door. Some regret.
"Didn't I bring you money here? Come on, order!" Mr. Songtao cleared his throat and sat upright.
"Sir, do you want to order expensive dishes today?" Zhuzi was surprised and delighted.
"I don't have that kind of spare money, old man! Simple tea and light meals, delicious. Just eat as much as you want! Hehe." Mr. Songtao took the menu with a calm expression.
"Alas..." Zhuzi exhaled lightly.
If it is Mr. Ruan who is a widowed doctor, even the emperor's teacher is the same!
"Doesn't Miss Wen have wine? Can you bring me a few more jugs today?" Ren Yue asked in a clear voice.
It was obvious that Mr. Ren San was going to take care of the business of the restaurant.
"Uh... Do you want to try abalone?" Rourou suddenly remembered the "abalone" cooked at Fan's house at noon.
"No need, turnips and cabbages are safe!" Mr. Songtao waved his hands repeatedly when he heard it was "abalone". But there were words in his mouth, which made Shui Mo and Uncle Sheng swallow several times in disappointment.
"Hehe, okay, next time I have a chance, I'll treat my husband to eat abalone!" He smiled softly.
one day. past...
Two days passed...
On to the third day.
"Girl, there is still no business?" Mr. Song Tao led Ren Yue and the others to sit in the empty front hall again.
"Yeah! Didn't you see all of this?" Rourou rested her cheeks, sitting bored at the table in the front hall, playing with an empty teacup.
"What a stupid girl! Where is the ingenuity in cooking? You don't know the truth of knowing yourself, knowing your enemy, and winning every battle? Why don't you try it next door?" Ren Yue witnessed the bustling drunkenness in the past for three consecutive days. Xianlou, how depressed it is today, can't help but come up with an idea.
"That's right, you guys go to the next door and have a taste, and see what he sells! I don't believe it, just a bowl of soup and a piece of biscuit can keep the stomachs of customers!" Shopkeeper Li heard that Ren Yue With a word, Mao Sai suddenly understood, waved Yuanzi, Ergou, and Xiaowu three times, and went to the next door to undercover.
After waiting for a long time, the three little apprentices came back with happy faces.
"Why does it take so long to drink the soup!" Shopkeeper Li asked angrily.
"queue!"
"Many people!"
"Wait!"
"How is it?" Mr. Songtao asked curiously.
"Absolutely! I've never had such a delicious soup! Milky white thick soup, warming the heart and stomach, served with freshly baked sesame seed cakes, that's so good!" Several young apprentices kept licking their lips as they talked, as if Still unfinished.
"Oh? What soup? So delicious?" Chef Tang and others were also attracted.
"Like mutton soup..." Yuanzi smacked his lips a few times.
"Anyway, it's delicious! It's said to be an old soup that hasn't ceased fire for three generations! No wonder it's so delicious!" Xiao Wu rubbed his belly.
"Listen to it blowing!" Gentle and disbelieving.
"What about the biscuits?" Chef Zheng continued to ask.
"It's just ordinary biscuits, nothing special." Ergou thought about it carefully.
"Then why are so many people going to eat?" Shopkeeper Li started to have a headache again.
"Shopkeeper Li, don't worry, why don't you go out and taste it yourself, and you will definitely find something strange in it!" Wen Shouzheng couldn't sit still any longer, and pulled two chefs, Tang and Zheng, to see what was wrong. A glance at Chef Zhang.
"Is it okay? I'm afraid my colleagues will be recognized by others!" Shopkeeper Li looked troubled.
"Don't be afraid, since it dares to open next to Zuixianlou, don't be afraid that we will try it! Let's go!" Wen Shouzheng waved his hand, and even Chef Zhang followed.