Antique food: The general dotes on his lucky wife

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Guo immediately pulled Chen Xi to sit down: "You want your uncle to do business with us?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "Let uncle open a shop and do business alone!"

Mrs. Guo frowned: "Let them also sell steamed buns?"

"No."

"Do you want them to sell hot pot?"

"No! I want them to open a restaurant and sell food!"

Chen Xi didn't think of this idea just now, but it came to his mind immediately after he heard that Guo Yuchang was retaliated by the Zhang family and left the bookstore.

But she didn't say it out loud at Guo's house because she had only been here for a short time, had relatively few contacts with Guo Yuchang, and didn't quite understand his character.

Guo Yuchang has been working in bookstores all his life, and he has acquired the habits of a scholar.

Nowadays, it is believed that "everything is of inferior quality, only education is high", especially "scholars, farmers, industry and merchants", and merchants have the lowest status.

Although bookstores are technically merchants, they buy and sell books, which is different from other merchants.

But if she opens a restaurant, she will be a "smelly businessman". Chen Xi doesn't know whether Guo Yuchang can accept it, so she plans to discuss it with Guo first when she comes back.

"Actually, I have a lot of meal recipes in my hand, similar to the braised pork with potatoes, sweet and sour pork ribs, and others such as sweet and sour fish, steamed fish, spicy chicken, spicy rabbit, whatever you want. Any combination can be made delicious! My uncle's house is near Qingshui Academy. I have gone there a few times and it seems that there are restaurants and restaurants there. They must be for the students of the academy to improve their lives, so if my uncle also opens a restaurant , as long as the food is delicious

, don’t worry about no business! "

Mrs. Guo thought thoughtfully after hearing her daughter's words: "What you said makes sense."

"I thought about it today, but I didn't tell my uncle because I didn't know if he would be willing. I see that my uncle is already a scholar. Will he be unhappy if he is asked to open a shop and do business now?"

Mr. Guo frowned when he heard this, and after being silent for a while, he said: "I'll ask him tomorrow! If he is willing to do business, then I will tell him what you said. If he is not willing, then find other ways! The worst will happen in the future. Our family should help your uncle more. Your uncle always helped us in the past, and now it’s right for us to help him!”

Guo entered the city early the next morning, and Chen Xi stayed at home to help Chen Sanhe collect vegetables and eggs, waiting for Guo to come back and tell her the results of Guo Yuchang's consideration.

As a result, the Guo Yuchang Qin family and Guo Xingyuan's family of three followed the Guo family to the Chen family.

Chen Xi looked at the smiles on Guo's and Guo Yuchang's faces. He already knew what was going on and couldn't help but smile.

When Mrs. Qin saw Chen Xi, she burst into laughter. She held her hand and said softly: "Xiao Xi, you are such a considerate child. Oh, I really envy your mother. Why is there such a capable person like you?" Daughter, why don’t I have such a good life!”

Guo laughed when she heard this, but she couldn't hide the pride on her face.

Guo Yuchang also looked at Chen Xi with a smile on his face: "Xiao Xi, you have such a good idea and have such thoughtful plans for us. Why didn't you tell us yesterday? Why did you ask your mother to make a special trip today! You can help us come up with ideas. We don’t want to do business, but where can we find it?

unwilling! "

Guo Xingyuan put his arms around Chen Qi's shoulders and said cheerfully: "Brother, we will have a good time in the future!"

Chen Qi didn't know what was going on, and looked confused. Guo Xingyuan explained: "Sister Xiao Xi said she would help my parents open a restaurant. Then we will have delicious food every day!"

Guo Yuchang laughed and scolded: "You kid, you just think about eating!"

"Food is the most important thing for people! I just don't know what we should have for lunch today?"

Mrs. Qin hurriedly spoke before Chen Xi: "I will cook at noon today! In fact, I also have a special skill. The braised lion head I make is excellent. Xiao Xi, let's see if we can do it after we open the store. Will it become a signature dish of our restaurant?"

Naturally, Chen Xi would not dampen Qin's enthusiasm, "Okay, then I will help you today and try the braised lion's head made by you. How does it taste?"

Chen Xi can also cook braised lion head, but since Mrs. Qin wants to show off her skills today, let her take the lead. She can also see the difference between local cooking and her cooking!

After all, she had no reference in the past. No one in the Chen family, whether Guo or anyone else, was good at cooking. And looking at Qin's cooking skills yesterday, it can be seen that she has some cooking skills.

Peel and chop the three-fat and seven-thin front leg meat into small pieces, but don’t chop it too finely, and it should have some graininess.

Chop the onion and ginger into foam and soak in water. Add salt and other seasonings to the meat. Add the onion and ginger water several times and stir until all the water is absorbed by the meat.

Prepare a section of lotus root in advance, wash it, peel it, chop it and pour it into the meat, then add some starch, stir and beat, and finally knead it into a ball.

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Heat the oil until it is [-]% hot, then fry the meatballs until golden brown and take them out. The original shape of a lion's head has begun to appear.

Pour the oil again and add the green onions, ginger and aniseed. Fry until fragrant, add salt and other seasonings, add water, put the lion head in the water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat.

Finally, take out the lion's head, remove the aniseed residue from the soup, thicken the sauce into juice, pour the sauce over the lion's head, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and braise the lion's head!

It can be seen that Mrs. Qin is very skilled in making this dish, and she has a good grasp of the heat and time.

In the meantime, I cooked a few more home-cooked dishes. After they were served, everyone couldn't help but praise Qin's cooking skills. The braised lion's head was delicious and delicious.

Mrs. Qin was very excited when she heard the praise, "Xiao Xi, come and try how it tastes!"

Chen Xi asked everyone to use chopsticks together, then picked up a lion's head and put it into the bowl.

"Well, it's delicious. It will definitely become a restaurant's signature!"

"Hehehe, I feel relieved when I hear you say that, Xiaoxi, but I know it in my heart. Xiaoxi, please take a look and help me improve!"

Chen Xi smiled and said nothing.

The guests and hosts had a great time enjoying this meal. After the meal, it was time to discuss the business of opening a store.

Guo Yuchang was the first to speak: "Xiao Xi, after hearing what your mother said today, I have seriously considered it. If we want to open a restaurant, we will use our own house! My house has three big houses facing the street. I will change it to one when the time comes. If we turn it into a storefront, we can save a lot of rent, what do you think?"

Chen Xi immediately clapped his hands in agreement: "Of course! It couldn't be better!"

"Haha, I heard that the shop on Pier Street was designed by you, Xiao Xi, so I'm going to trouble you this time. Then you can make whatever changes you want.

Change it, your sister-in-law and I will listen to you! "

When Mrs. Qin heard this, she immediately nodded: "Yes, your uncle and I have discussed it at home and also told your mother that this time we will open a restaurant. It will be a partnership between our two families. We will provide the shop and people. Xiaoxi, you Just guide us with recipes and business, and we will split the profit [-]-[-] by then!"

Chen Xi immediately widened his eyes: "Uncle, concubine, I don't..."

Before she could finish speaking, Guo Yuchang's face darkened and he said directly: "This matter has been decided. Your mother has already agreed. If you don't agree, Xiaoxi, then I will not open this restaurant!"