Since the arrival of a new chef at Qiaoyuan Restaurant, the business of Yan's Restaurant has been declining day by day. Although Yan Langqing was in a hurry to develop new dishes, he was no match for the chef's craftsmanship. They have just released a new dish here, and before they can get word of mouth, there is also a new dish over there. The ingredients are similar, but the cooking techniques are extremely sophisticated, which quickly overshadowed their limelight.
Lin Lao Er was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot these days, and a bunch of blisters appeared at the corners of his mouth. Since Yan Langqing entered the palace and became the royal chef, the Yan family trembled and used various means to take away the other 30% of Old Lin's second-hand shares. Now he only owns 20% of the stock in the store, but he still has to be the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper. He needs to take care of all the chores up and down. He is tired like a dog, but he gets less than one-tenth of the original money. .
He still has to support a large family. Because he was spoiled by Lin Baotian before, the family needs the best of everything. They need to live in a luxury house, eat delicious food from mountains and seas, and wear silk and satin for one month. Ordinary people live a prosperous year. At that time, he was still the owner of the Yan family restaurant, and all the profits were spent by him. Lin Baotian didn't ask about it at all, and occasionally helped one or two, and his life was really nourishing. But what about now? He took the monthly money from the shopkeeper but had to support a noble family. How did he live
After ten years, his savings had already been spent, and he had to rely on pawn property to survive. If Yan's restaurant makes more money, he will have more money on hand. If Yan's restaurant's business is bleak, he will also live a bleak life, so Qiaoyuan Restaurant has risen, and he is more anxious than anyone else. Occasionally, when he thinks of the past, he will regret it too much, but what is the use of regret? The wolves have been brought into the house, how can they be driven out!
Seeing that today was another busy day, Mr. Lin said with a stern face, "Go to Qiaoyuan Restaurant to see if they have introduced a new dish to fight with us."
The shop assistant hurried off after agreeing, and turned around after a while, with a surprised tone: "Sure enough, a new dish has come out, it's called fairy boneless fish, the whole fish has no bones, and it is stewed in a creamy white and creamy soup. Thick, fresh and sweet, it melts in your mouth. I saw the old lady of Yongding Hou's mansion brought her eldest grandson there. The eldest grandson never eats fish. He kept shouting for another one. The business in the store was booming, the diners inside were reluctant to come out, and the diners outside were waiting in long queues. I invited storytellers to tell stories at the street corner, eating inside and laughing outside, but it was very lively. I managed to squeeze in with great difficulty, and I lost one of my shoes.”
Having said that, the second shopkeeper raised his foot to let the second child look at his bare left foot, and hesitantly said, "Shopkeeper, will you give me a new pair of shoes?"
"Sorry, get out of here!" Lin Lao Er blushed and shouted loudly, only to feel that his lungs were about to explode with anger. We make black ginseng, and you also make black ginseng; we make meatballs, and you also make meatballs; we cook boneless fish, and you cook boneless fish, and you cook better than us time and time again. The signature of the restaurant! Yan Langqing is also a waste, but the dignified royal chef can't even compare with a folk chef. Have you eaten dry rice all these years
The second child Lin was so anxious that he could not wait to take a knife and slaughter the new cook of the Qiaoyuan Restaurant.
At this moment, Yan Shouye walked in with a birdcage in one hand and a bong in the other, and saw that there were no diners in the hall, his face darkened. Lin Lao Er hurriedly told him about the arena between Qiaoyuan Restaurant and his own restaurant, and he immediately sneered, "Being against my Yan family, I'm impatient to live! Is it right to be in the arena? Well, there are no signature dishes, I think What are they going to use to fight me in the arena!" Hua Luo took off a token from his waist, took out ten silver notes, and asked Chang Sui to go to the palace gate to find someone.
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On the other end, because the fairy boneless fish is very popular among diners, Lin Dan made an exception and made ten tables of dishes. At this moment, the old shopkeeper led a white-faced and beardless young man in, with an expression like a mourning concubine.
As soon as he saw the young man, the smile on Chef Qiu's face quickly disappeared, and anger loomed in his eyes.
The young man said with a shrill voice, "Congratulations to Chef Qiu, your family's golden lionfish, black ginseng stuffed with sauce, rich balls, and fairy boneless fish have all been favored by the imperial kitchen and are going to be presented to the emperor and included in the royal recipe. This is a reward, thank you." The words fell and handed over a jade Ruyi.
The jade Ruyi is only the size of a palm, and the water head is not enough, and the color is not even bright. If it is not engraved with the word "ordered", no one will want it if it is really thrown on the street. But with these two words alone, Chef Qiu had to kneel and kowtow to thank him, and he couldn't say a single "no" no matter how humiliated he was.
Lin Dan knelt down with him, but a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Since Yan Langqing became the royal chef, he has often searched for folk delicacies for the emperor. Whose restaurant's dishes are delicious and have a good reputation, she recommended the dishes of this restaurant to the emperor, and then entered the royal recipe.
The cook she chose was very grateful at first, but later found out that since that dish was made for the emperor to eat, they could no longer sell it, otherwise it would be a crime of disrespect. Chefs often need months or even years of painstaking research to develop new dishes. But with a single word, she deprived others of all their hard work and cut off other people's fortunes, just like a bandit.
Lin Dan knew the virtues of the Yan family, so he was not surprised or angry, stood up and said slowly, "I would like to ask this father-in-law to give Yan Yuchu a message, and he said that Lin Dan is back and wants to compete with her again. But the past. She will understand when she hears it." Then he handed a large silver note.
The young man seemed to be very familiar with Yan Langqing, but he didn't want a bank note, but said with a contemptuous smile: "I have heard her say it personally about you and Yan Yuchu. You were not as good as her back then, but now you two are nothing but clouds and mud. What is the difference, let alone a re-comparison?"
"Then tell her that these four dishes are all my creations and have nothing to do with Qiaoyuan Restaurant. If you want dishes, you can come to Nancheng to find me. If you're afraid, you can just let it go." Lin Dan took back the bank note naturally. , the voice is neither fast nor slow, neither humble nor arrogant.
"You made these four dishes?" The young man also came out of the imperial kitchen. His cooking skills and taste are not bad. He had tasted the four dishes in the front hall just now, so he naturally knew that Lin Dan's cooking skills had reached the level. to what extent. Her knife skills, heat, and seasoning are all at the top level, not bad compared to the chefs in the imperial kitchen. Just now he dared to say the words "the difference between clouds and mud", but now he can't open his mouth.
"Naturally," Lin Dan nodded, "I beg your father-in-law to help Lin with a message."
The young man gave her a deep look and walked away. Chef Qiu came back to his senses and exclaimed, "Master, you really have a grudge against Chef Yan Yu! You tried your best to help Qiaoyuan Restaurant develop new dishes, just to lure her out?"
Lin Dan took off the hood covered with soot, and said with a chuckle, "It's true that there is hatred, but it's not that she did everything she could. She made a move, and I took it, that's all. There are thousands of delicious foods in the world, only four Dish, what is it?"
Chef Qiu took her into the car and said sincerely, "Master, I think you are better than Chef Yan. You are willing to teach others a unique skill, but Chef Yan will only plunder other people's efforts. Whether it is cooking or being a human being. , she's not as good as you."
Lin Dan tapped Chef Qiu on the forehead with his knuckles, and then left with a smile. When he arrived at Nancheng, he saw that the Sanchakou Hutong was full of people, and there was a faint cry from inside, and some onlookers were whispering. Said: "I never expected the owner of this restaurant to be such a deceitful person that he was greedy for the money of the master's coffin!"
"Knowing people, knowing faces, but not hearts, don't look at the little boss who smiles all day long. He doesn't know how vicious he is! Both of them are widowed at a young age. Is this a retribution?"
"Yeah, the young widow can do business like this, I don't know what means. Dirty, really dirty!"
Hearing this, Lin Dan didn't need to ask to know that the Yan family must have repeated their old tricks and ran to the door to make trouble. She quickly pushed the crowd away, and saw that Qi's hair was sitting on the ground in a mess, and there were scratches on her cheeks and neck. She must have touched someone else and was injured. The crock pot placed at the door was smashed, the marinade was spilled on the ground, and the marinade was looted by the crowd watching the fun. The tables and chairs in the store also lack arms and legs. Xiaozhu and Shaoyao are cleaning, and they are all injured.
Ten years later, the Yan family is still as arrogant and loves to push people to a dead end. But Lin Dan is no longer the powerless Lin Dan ten years ago. Ignoring the accusations and contemptuous eyes of everyone, she helped Qi up and closed the door.
"From today onwards, our store will be closed." She said calmly, "Take advantage of this time to walk around and play, and we'll go to Jiangnan when things go wrong."
"When will you leave the capital?" Qi Shi didn't want to stay in the capital for a quarter of an hour, she was afraid of the Yan family.
"Come on, mother, pack your things first." Lin Dan's return to the capital was not to open a store to make money, but to settle the past. The smashing of the storefront will not cause any loss to her, and the smearing of her reputation will not cause her any harm.
"Okay, I'll pack up right away. I told you not to come back, don't come back, but you didn't listen. This time we're gone, we'll never come back, okay?" Mrs Qi asked fearfully. .
"Okay, let's find a place with beautiful scenery to stay." Lin Dan gently comforted Qi. Naturally, she would not tell Qi about the cooking competition, lest she have trouble sleeping or eating. In the eyes of nobles, royal chefs are just servants who serve others, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are an existence that cannot be provoked.
Everyone tidied up the shop and went to sleep, but unexpectedly, the kitchen caught fire in the middle of the night. If Lin Dan was not alert and woke up quickly, everyone would have been burned to death. After extinguishing the flames, Lin Dan found a pile of charred dry wood and a strong smell of kerosene under the wall, and immediately understood that someone deliberately set the fire, and that the murderer could be known without guessing.