Li Qingxi Steamed Bun Shop is a small restaurant that has been open in Lin County for more than ten years. The name of the restaurant does not have any profound meaning. Because the owner's name is Li Qingxi, the steamed bun shop is called Li Qingxi Steamed Bun Shop.
He learned the skill of making buns from his father.
Li Qingxi's father was a bun seller, but he didn't have a store before, just a bun stall. According to Li Qingxi's father, his bun stall has a history of more than 50 years, and the skill of making buns is inherited from his ancestors. Li Qingxi didn't know whether it was really inherited from his ancestors, but he finally scraped together some money to open this bun shop, and it is true that the business is quite good.
Who in Lin County doesn’t know about Li Qingxi’s steamed buns
This was something Li Qingxi was quite proud of on a daily basis. He was an honest man without big ambitions, and he felt happy just living a carefree life.
However, there is one thing that has been worrying Li Qingxi recently - that is the young man who works in his store.
The young man's name was Qin Yiyue.
The name sounded familiar, but Li Qingxi couldn't remember where he had heard it: after all, to him, things like chef competitions and six-star chefs were very distant things, so distant that he didn't even think they were in the same world as himself.
Li Qingxi's bun shop actually doesn't need any outsiders. He can mix the stuffing, make the buns, steam the buns, and buy the buns all by himself. But this young man named Qin Yiyue said that he only wants 800 yuan a month as salary, and Li Qingxi doesn't need to worry about his food and accommodation. Where can he find such a good thing
So Li Qingxi agreed, and there was an assistant in the bun shop. The assistant also called Li Qingxi "boss", which made Li Qingxi very happy. What made him even happier was that although Qin Yiyue didn't like to talk much and was as stiff as a piece of wood, he was very skilled in cutting vegetables and making buns. He could chop a cabbage into stuffing in just a few minutes.
"Qin Yiyue, it seems that you should have a three-star chef certificate, right?" Li Qingxi couldn't help but ask him this once.
"No." Qin Yiyue simply answered Li Qingxi.
Li Qingxi smacked his lips and said, "Don't try to fool me. Although I haven't seen the world, I have been selling steamed buns for more than ten years. Your vegetable cutting skills are amazing. Even if you don't have a chef certificate, as long as you take the exam, I can guarantee that you can get a three-star chef certificate."
Qin Yiyue smiled and didn't answer him.
He felt that what he said was right. Of course, he still didn't know whether Qin Yiyue had a chef certificate or not.
The afternoon of this day seemed no different from any other day for Li Qingxi. After seeing off the last customer who came to eat steamed buns at noon, Li Qingxi began to prepare buns for the evening. Qin Yiyue chopped several kinds of vegetables that might be used into stuffing, and Li Qingxi also poured out some dried vegetables that at first glance looked like weeds from a porcelain jar in the back room of the steamed bun shop.
These dried vegetables are the specialty of Li Qingxi’s steamed bun shop.
In fact, if Li Qingxi felt that there was anything special about his buns, it was that these hay-like vegetables were dried. This was the secret recipe of buns that his father specifically told him to keep secret when he taught him how to make them.
Put these hay-like things into a basin of water, let them soak for half an hour, then cut them into small pieces and mix them into several kinds of vegetable fillings.
At around four or five in the afternoon, Li Qingxi and Qin Yiyue started making dumplings.
Li Qingxi makes dumplings and Qin Yiyue rolls the wrappers. This is another thing that makes Li Qingxi feel amazing. The wrappers rolled by Qin Yiyue are all of uniform size and moderate thickness, as if they were rolled out by a machine, or even better than those made by a machine
Just after wrapping two trays of buns, someone suddenly walked into the restaurant.
This was a young man in a suit and tie. He seemed very dissatisfied with the look inside the restaurant and was holding a handkerchief to cover his nose.
"Want some buns? We'll have to wait another half an hour for the buns." Li Qingxi said hurriedly to the young man.
"I'm not here to eat buns." The young man said with some disgust, and the expression on his face seemed to be asking, how can the buns in this small shop be eaten? His eyes were focused on Qin Yiyue, and his eyes lit up.
Then he hurried to Qin Yiyue’s front: “Hello, Master Qin, I am the owner of a big restaurant in Yanjing, my surname is Fan, and my name is Fan Hong.”
Having said that, Fan Hong hurriedly handed his business card to Qin Yiyue.
Li Qingxi was stunned. The owner of a big hotel in Yanjing came to see Qin Yiyue
Give Qin Yiyue his business card again!
But Qin Yiyue only glanced at Fan Hong's business card lightly, without any intention to connect, and lowered her head to concentrate on rolling her buns: "I have a job now, Mr. Fan, I'm sorry."
"My restaurant is a big one, much better than this small shop. Master Qin, I promise to give you a satisfactory salary." Fan Hong said anxiously.
When Li Qingxi heard Fan Hong call his bun shop a small shop, he immediately felt unhappy, but he didn't say much, because just as Fan Hong said, his bun shop was indeed a small shop... Li Qingxi showed a surprised expression again. The owner of the big hotel actually came to invite Qin Yiyue and gave him a satisfactory salary? What is a satisfactory salary
"Not interested." Qin Yiyue continued with his actions.
"Master Qin, please think it over carefully." Fan Hong continued.
Qin Yiyue raised her head and looked at Fan Hong, with a hint of impatience on her face: "Mr. Fan, would you like some buns?"
"Ah?" Fan Hong was stunned.
"If you don't want to buy buns, please leave here, okay?" Qin Yiyue continued.
Fan Hong: “…”
Fan Hong was obviously very unhappy, but he still kept his composure and nodded, "Okay, give me a tray of buns."
"The buns haven't started steaming yet. You have to wait half an hour if you want to eat them." Li Qingxi said immediately.
"Then I'll wait for him."
Fan Hong sat down at a table in the steamed bun shop somewhat discouraged. He stood up straight and deliberately avoided letting his back touch the back of the chair, as if he was afraid that the dirt on the chair would get on his back.
Li Qingxi put the buns into the steamer and continued to make them. He couldn't help but ask Qin Yiyue in a low voice: "Xiao Qin, what's going on? This person asked you to work in his restaurant? Why didn't you agree?"
"Boss, I'm doing well here, why should I go somewhere else?" Qin Yiyue said with a smile.
"How can my place be the same as those big hotels?" Li Qingxi was a little worried for Qin Yiyue. "It seems that Mr. Fan's hotel must be a big hotel. I guess it must be at least three-star, right?"
Qin Yiyue smiled and didn't answer because he was not interested in these.
Li Qingxi looked at Fan Hong again. Fan Hong was obviously not ready to let it go. His eyes kept rolling around as if he was thinking of something.
At this moment, another guest suddenly walked into the hotel.
Li Qingxi took a look at the new guest and couldn't help but feel surprised: this guest was in his forties, wearing an antique Tang suit, giving off an elegant temperament. Li Qingxi had never seen such a person in the small county of Lin County before.
He also noticed that as the elegant man walked into the restaurant, Fan Hong's expression changed quietly, as if he knew this man.
"What do you want to eat?" Li Qingxi hurried over to greet him.
"I'm not here to eat." The elegant man said to Li Qingxi politely, looking to Qin Yiyue who was rolling noodles. "I heard that Master Qin works in a steamed bun shop. I didn't believe it at first, but now I have to believe it."
Qin Yiyue raised her head and glanced at the elegant man.
The elegant man then introduced himself: "Hello, Master Qin, my name is Gao Yuesheng, and I am the owner of Shenghuayuan in Yanjing."
"Shenghua Garden?" This time, Qin Yiyue's face moved quietly.
"During the Hainan cooking competition, a manager of my hotel originally met you, Master Qin, and wanted to invite you to join my Shenghuayuan, but it ended up in nothing. This time I heard that you were here, so I came to find you in person. How about it, Master Qin, are you willing to give me a favor?"
Gao Yuesheng said this with a smug look on his face, as if he felt that the matter was a done deal after he stepped forward.
Li Qingxi didn't know what kind of hotel Shenghuayuan was, but he thought it must be a very good hotel. The way Gao Yuesheng spoke was not that of an ordinary person.
Li Qingxi also discovered that Fan Hong, who was originally sitting at the table nearby, quietly stood up and slipped towards the entrance of the bun shop with a rather annoyed expression on his face: Fan Hong also came here for Qin Yiyue, but after seeing Gao Yuesheng also coming here, he immediately wanted to leave in shame.
"It seems that Gao Yuesheng's Shenghuayuan Hotel is more upscale than Mr. Fan Hong's hotel. Fan Hong wanted to run away when he saw Gao Yuesheng coming." Li Qingxi thought to himself, and then looked at Qin Yiyue with some reluctance in his eyes, "Xiao Qin is really not an ordinary person. Who knows, he will leave with Gao Yuesheng today..."
"I'm sorry." However, Qin Yiyue rejected Gao Yuesheng.
Fan Hong, who had already slipped to the entrance of the hotel and thought that there was no hope, stopped in his tracks.
Gao Yuesheng said unhappily: "Master Qin, I came to you in person, which is already sincere enough. Please don't embarrass me."
"Shenghuayuan is very good, but I have already promised another person to join his restaurant." Qin Yiyue continued.
"Are you talking about this bun shop?" Gao Yuesheng said with disdain.
"No, it's a restaurant in Yanjing." Qin Yiyue replied.
"Who did you promise? Which restaurant do you want to join?" Gao Yuesheng asked coldly - Li Qingxi could feel that he was very angry now, an anger that was as if his self-esteem had been violated.
Li Qingxi saw that Fan Hong also showed a very interested expression, waiting for Qin Yiyue to give the answer.
Qin Yiyue looked at Gao Yuesheng, then at Fan Hong, and then he said two names.
"Ye Chui, Man Han Building."
For a long time afterwards, Li Qingxi could not forget these two names. (~^~)