Datang Live Room

"Dad, this is the menu given by Mr. Yan. The ingredients used and the taste are clearly written on it."

Zhou Tong handed the order in his hand to Master Zhou with a proud look on his face.

He didn't expect Mr. Zhou to come to his room last night. He hummed for a long time. Although he only said a few words, Zhou Tong understood.

I apologized to myself, saying I had wronged myself, and then hoped that I would invite Mr. Yan’s aunt and cousin to give Grandma a birthday banquet.

He was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night.

This morning, I even ran to Yan Kai's house early in the morning and told Yan Kai what had been decided.

Ask Yan Kai to give him a menu and let him decide what to cook when he gets home so that he can prepare the ingredients in advance.

"Yeah!" Mr. Zhou took the menu with a sullen face.

Fish head with chopped peppers, this is good. When the time comes, all the dishes will be replaced with red chopped peppers. It is red and fiery and looks festive. This is a must have.

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but lick his lips.

And this jubilant dish is Shacha mutton. Anyway, the name is worth it.

Moreover, the dishes at this banquet cannot all be heavy. This dish is lighter and suitable.

Good luck awaits you, you must have it, you must have it!

Mr. Zhou looked at them one by one. Many of these dishes had such auspicious names that he couldn’t order them even if he didn’t want to.

After a lot of sketching, I finally circled eighteen dishes.

Then he handed the menu to Zhou Tong: "This time, I will leave all the dishes in the main hall to you. If you want any money, go to the accounting room and get it."

Master Zhou gave Zhou Tong the power to do something alone. This was the first time. He shouted excitedly: "Dad, don't worry!"

Then he ran out in a hurry, planning to discuss it with Yan Kai quickly.

Mr. Zhou shook his head: "You bastard, you are not stable at all."

Zhou Tong took a car to the Yankai construction site and jumped out of the car before it stopped.

Then find Yan Kai and give him the menu.

After Yan Kai looked at it, he asked how many guests there would be in the main hall at that time.

At this time, it was a meal-sharing system, and he had to calculate how much to make based on the number of people.

Then he listed the materials that the Zhou family had calculated and needed to buy separately for him.

Finally, he calculated the seasonings and some dishes that were not available in the Tang Dynasty, etc., and said to Zhou Tong: "The raw materials I produce here, plus the wages from the house, the total... I'll give you a zero. How about your twenty strings?"

"No problem!" Zhou Tong agreed, patting his chest without thinking.

It turns out that the restaurant is responsible for the meals in the main hall. They provide all the ingredients themselves and charge twenty guan.

Although some of the raw materials here in Yankai were bought by the Zhou family, there are also many seasonings that only Yankai has.

He felt that he only accepted [-] yuan because Yan Kai looked at Zhou Tong's face, so how could he still negotiate the price.

But don't look at Zhou Tong's quick agreement, which makes you feel that twenty strings are too little.

In the Tang Dynasty, one penny had the purchasing power of about five yuan of Chinese national currency. Meat was expensive because there were few people who could eat meat at this time.

For example, the price of salt was only 10 cents per dou in the early Tang Dynasty. It was not until the first year of the Qianyuan year of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty that the salt and iron envoy Wu Qi set up a salt law, and the price of salt soared to 110 cents per dou.

If you really have to calculate these twenty strings, it would be almost [-], which is definitely a lot.

Zhou Tong took the list Yan Kai gave him and hurried home again.

If it had been in the past, who would have let him run back and forth like this, he would have been mad.

But this time, I don't know why, but I feel like I have endless strength.

As soon as I arrived at my door, I found several people waiting outside my home.

When he saw himself, he came up to him.

"Is it Mr. Zhou?"

"Who are you?" Zhou Tong asked curiously.

"We are from Xihe House. It turns out that the main hall of your mansion's old lady's banquet invited us, but... why did ours get returned today?"

The manager of Xihelou is also facing a lawsuit. It was originally agreed that the deposit would be given, but today Mr. Zhou sent someone to say no, and the Zhou family did not want the deposit either.

But is this a matter of deposit? Xihelou is the largest restaurant in Luoyang. If the host cancels the banquet that was agreed upon, it would be a slap in the face.

It’s impossible not to host a banquet for the old lady of the Zhou family, right?

Then there is only one possibility, that is, they were intercepted.

So Xihelou sent people to Zhou's house to find out what happened.

Mr. Zhou, on the other hand, just talked about him, and after saying a few words, he sent a few people out with good words, but they didn't get any useful information.

At this time, I saw Zhou Tong, whom I had met once before, so I came up to him.

"Xi Helou?" Zhou Tong glanced at them without thinking, "What you cook is not as delicious as the Yan family's!"

After saying that, he took the list and returned to his house.

When Xihelou's manager heard this, he asked, "Yan family?"

Never heard of it!

When he saw Zhou Tong's horseman, he took advantage of it. He went over and stuffed some copper coins into his hand and asked, "I wonder where Master Zhou came from just now."

The groom looked around and saw that there was no one from the Zhou family nearby, so he whispered: "Yangping Town."

Steward Xihelou nodded and led the people towards Yangping Town.

After asking around in the town, there was no restaurant owned by the Yan family.

At this time, a young man passed by and heard them asking about Yan's restaurant. He pointed at the entrance of the town and said, "Isn't that under construction? That's Brother Yan's restaurant."

The steward never expected that Xihelou would lose to a restaurant that had not yet opened, a restaurant that he had never heard of or even had a name.

Why?

He led people to the front of the construction site, and saw two old men and a young man sitting at the door, with a sign behind them asking for medical consultation.

Is this a wrong move? Don't you mean a restaurant?

After looking at the three-story building inside, he asked carefully: "Is this the Yan family's restaurant?"

"Yes, what's the matter with you?"

"it's okay no problem!"

The steward took a look inside and quickly went back.

"You said that a restaurant that has not yet been repaired, and you only know the shopkeeper's surname Yan, took away the business of our Xihe Building?"

When I came back and told him, Shopkeeper Xi and Lou didn't believe it.

If it were a well-known restaurant in other places, it would still be possible. How could it be possible for a restaurant that had not been repaired?

"This is what Mr. Zhou said personally. He also said..."

"What else did he say?"

"He said he chose Yan's restaurant because the food at Xihe Restaurant is not as delicious as theirs!"

"What?" Shopkeeper Xihelou was anxious.

Can you say this? If word gets out, will Xihelou still be able to do business in the future?

"Humph, in that case, call all our cooks, and I want to see how delicious the food cooked by the Yan family is."

"Also, invite some of the regular patrons from Luoyang City. We have to let them know that it is really not our Xihe Building's fault that the Zhou family has withdrawn from our Xihe Building."