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Shopkeeper Wu kept staring at them with a smile. Zhang Jinyue felt a little uncomfortable. She suppressed the discomfort in her heart and said to Shopkeeper Wu with a smile, "Shopkeeper, please sit down quickly."

Shopkeeper Wu took the opportunity to sit opposite Zhang Jinyue.

At this moment, the waiter came up with freshly brewed tea and tea sets, poured tea for several people, and went down again very discerningly.

Shopkeeper Wu took a sip of tea and said straight to the point, "I heard from the waiter, can you help our restaurant?"

"Yes." Zhang Jinyue nodded, "I just came from Hongsheng Restaurant. There were many guests there, but here it was deserted. Do you know why the shopkeeper is here?"

There was a wry smile on the corner of Shopkeeper Wu's mouth. There were times when Ke Lai Xuan was packed with seats, but later he opened a Hongsheng Restaurant. He said that he hired a chef whose ancestor was an imperial chef, and slowly took away all the customers of Ke Lai Xuan.

He went to Hongsheng Restaurant to spy on the enemy and found out that the cook was really good at it, better than his own cook.

It's not that he hasn't thought about hiring foreign help, but among the cooks he knows, there really is no one who is as skilled as the one whose ancestors were royal chefs.

So I could only watch the business of my restaurant go half-dead day by day.

"A wise man doesn't speak secretly. If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." Shopkeeper Wu said.

"Gui Restaurant is not as good as Hongsheng Restaurant. One is that the dishes are mediocre and uninnovative. Some of your restaurants also have Hongsheng Restaurant, and the craftsmanship is not outstanding." Zhang Jinyue said firmly.

She wasn't just making it up, it was well-founded.

As far as the menu is concerned, Ke Lai Xuan has fallen behind. Not to mention that the dishes are not as rich as the other side. Most of them are specialties from Qingzhou. What he knows, the other side can also do. And the craftsmanship is not as good as the other side, otherwise the guests will not Everyone is attracted to each other. There are always locals who love to eat local food and foreigners who are willing to try special dishes.

Shopkeeper Wu glanced at her once he heard this, "Then what can the girl do?"

If she dares to say something like changing the cook, she will be kicked out!

"Change the cook..." As soon as Zhang Jinyue said these three words, shopkeeper Wu's eyes narrowed.

But before he had time to chase them away, Zhang Jinyue's words had already turned a corner, "...it's not impossible, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a suitable one for a while. After all, my ancestors can be royal chefs, so they still have two brushes in their hands." , I’m afraid it’s a bit difficult to find a chef who can surpass the other party in a short period of time.”

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Wu glanced at Zhang Jinyue in surprise, nodded, and motioned for the other party to continue talking.

Zhang Jinyue didn't know that she was almost kicked out. She smiled and continued, "So the effective strategy in a short period of time is to innovate dishes and introduce new dishes. Coupled with the shopkeeper's vigorous promotion, it will naturally Attract guests to your door.”

"This is the unique signature dish of Hongtai Restaurant. As long as the new dishes taste good enough and customers want to try them, they can only come to your restaurant."

Shopkeeper Wu nodded, then shook his head, "The girl did hit the point, but it's just not that easy to develop new dishes."

"This is why I came to shopkeeper Wu." Zhang Jinyue smiled and said reservedly, "My ancestors have some ancestral recipes that I want to sell to shopkeeper Wu."

Shopkeeper Wu was not surprised when he heard this. After the other party told him such a thing, it was impossible for him to do good deeds every day.

Now that Tu Qiong saw him, he stared at Zhang Jinyue closely, "Although the chefs at Hongtai Restaurant are not as good as Songfeng Restaurant, they are also famous chefs in the Qingzhou area. We are not short of ordinary recipes."

What they lack is uniqueness!

Seeing that the other party still looked calm and composed, shopkeeper Wu praised in his heart a "good attitude" and softened his tone, "If the girl is sure that she wants to sell it, we have to taste it first to see if it tastes good."

"That's natural." Zhang Jinyue expressed understanding that the buyer wanted to inspect the goods before paying.

Shopkeeper Wu waved her hand to a waiter to take her to the kitchen, explaining that she could use all the ingredients and seasonings in the kitchen.

Zhang Jinyue gave Gu Yuncheng a reassuring look and followed the waiter to the kitchen.

There were chickens, ducks, fish, and various seasonal vegetables placed on the kitchen counter. They were all placed there without any knife being used. There was a bucket and a pile of potatoes on the floor.

Zhang Jinyue stepped forward to check and found that the bucket was half filled with eels.

She thought about it and got busy, peeling the potatoes first, and then processing the eel... After working in the kitchen for a long time, Zhang Jinyue finally brought out three dishes, namely spicy and sour shredded potatoes, fish-flavored eggplant stew, and skinned eel. fish.

The hot and sour potato shreds are cheap and plentiful, with a refreshing taste, and are suitable for scholars who are on a tight budget; the fish-flavored eggplant pot is medium-priced, has a strong flavor, and is suitable for those who have a little extra money; the leather eel is exquisitely made and has a delicious taste. It has medicinal value and has the effect of "tonifying the five internal organs and curing deficiency", and is suitable for wealthy people.

Shopkeeper Wu tasted them one by one, nodded while eating, and moved his chopsticks a few more times towards the pimped eel.

This eel was sent by a country man this morning. He said that eating eel in autumn is nourishing. He thought that he had not eaten it for a long time, so he kept it.

I have to say, this tastes really good!

Zhang Jinyue saw this and gave a brief introduction to these dishes, focusing on the pimp eel.

While she was introducing, she glanced at Shopkeeper Lu inadvertently. She saw that the other person's eyes lit up when she mentioned the pimp eel, and she felt reassured.

Sure enough, Shopkeeper Lu was full of praise for the pimped eel dish, so he decided to buy the three recipes and gave Zhang Jinyue fifty taels of silver. The requirement was that she would teach the chef of the restaurant, and the three recipes would be purchased by Songfenglou. It is discontinued and cannot be sold to other restaurants.

Zhang Jinyue agreed. While shopkeeper Wu was signing the deed, she stepped forward and rubbed her hands, saying, "My husband was lucky enough to kill a wolf. Do you want shopkeeper Wu to buy it for the guests to try? This time of year." Wolves are hard to hunt down, and the Songfeng Restaurant next door definitely doesn’t have one.”

After finishing speaking, he saw some hesitation on the face of shopkeeper Wu. He gritted his teeth and said with a look of pain, "I can give the shopkeeper a recipe for wolf meat, and I'm sure it will be delicious."

Shopkeeper Wu immediately beamed with joy, took the waiter to check, praised "good skills", and took out twenty taels of silver from the box and handed it to Zhang Jinyue.

Zhang Jinyue took it with a smile, pointed to the two golden pheasants jumping lively on the ground, and said, "Shopkeeper Wu is very generous. These two golden pheasants will give you tons of chicken soup to replenish your body."

When Shopkeeper Wu saw Zhang Jinyue being so polite, the smile on his face became more sincere, "In that case, I won't refuse. If the girl has any new recipes and ingredients to sell in the future, you can send them to Laixuan."

Zhang Jinyue thanked him, and the host and guest enjoyed themselves happily.

When leaving, shopkeeper Wu had a smile on his face and personally sent the two of them out of the restaurant.