The Culinary Tycoon

Seeing the red fruit, Yu Qingze immediately walked over and squatted down, leaned over and smelled it, the smell of tomato branches and leaves was stuffy, he held up a bunch of tomatoes the size of four children's fists with his hand and smelled it, and immediately smelled it Arrived at that fragrant taste.

"Dahe, you just said that you would give this to us...to repel mosquitoes?" Yu Qingze asked somewhat at a loss for words.

Dahe nodded, and said: "This thing is very effective in repelling mosquitoes. Just put a pot in the room, and the mosquitoes will be reduced by half. We also heard from the doctor who saw the boss, and then we bought it and put it in the room." In the cabin, the mosquitoes were really less. Later, we went to buy a pot for each of us and prepared to return home. There are too many mosquitoes in summer, and we can’t sleep well at night. Moreover, the fruit is red and pretty. But no one dares to eat it for fear of being poisonous, so local people raise it like flowers.”

Yu Qingze: ... Well, no one dared to eat it before, it was indeed used as an ornamental plant.It's just that I didn't expect it to be developed into a mosquito repellent plant.

"You said you each bought a pot? You and the other guys on the boat?" Yu Qingze asked hastily.

Da He nodded and said, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"I want to buy them all." Yu Qingze's eyes lit up, and he asked Dahe again: "How many guys do you have in total?"

Dahe froze for a moment, scratched his head, and said, "There are more than a dozen. No, Brother Yu, what are you doing with so many of these? Do you want to put them in the store to repel mosquitoes? Isn't the store not open at night?"

Yu Qingze smiled and said, "Dahe, these tomatoes are edible. I want to buy all the tomatoes you brought back, save the seeds, and then we will grow them ourselves."

Dahe was stunned, and said in a daze, "Can this be eaten? It's so red, isn't it afraid of being poisonous?" The fruit is so bright red, and the smell of the branches and leaves is so bad that even mosquitoes don't get close, are you sure you can eat it?

Yu Qingze shook his head, reached out and picked the ripest tomato, washed it clean, and opened his mouth to bite.Brother Le saw him, rushed up and grabbed Yu Qingze's wrist.

"What's the matter? Do you want to eat?" Yu Qingze asked.

Le Geer shook his head and gestured: No one has eaten it, so don't eat it.

Feeling warm in Yu Qingze's heart, he found an excuse and said, "Don't worry, my master has eaten it before, and he gave me a taste."

Le Geer was still very worried.

Yu Qingze held Brother Le's hand and said, "Trust me, it's fine."

Seeing that there was no panic in Yu Qingze's eyes and he was determined, Brother Le couldn't help but nodded.They used to say that the white fungus was poisonous and should not be eaten, but Yu Qingze later confirmed that the white fungus is edible.Maybe it's just that they don't know about this?

Yu Qingze waited until Brother Le nodded before taking a bite.Today is really a good day. I can eat durian, tomato and guava.

Da He looked at the two of them, sighed secretly in his heart, but couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

Compared with Big Brother Yu, I am really inferior in every aspect. No wonder Brother Le likes him.

I heard that they are going to open a restaurant again soon. The business of this snack bar is so good, the business of the restaurant will definitely be very good too.

After coming back these two times, seeing the smile on Le Geer's face getting better day by day, Dahe finally had to admit in his heart that it was right for Le Geer to marry Brother Yu.Following him is a hundred times happier than following yourself.

When he frankly admitted this point in his heart, Dahe felt that a stone blocked in his heart was loosened a little bit, and he always felt that he could catch his breath and relax a little bit.

Yu Qingze took two bites, looked at Le Ge'er's worried expression, and simply passed the tomato in his hand to his mouth, saying: "Otherwise, you can try it too? If you want to be poisoned, we will be poisoned together?"

Le Geer glared at him, and then bit his hand hard!

"How is it?" Yu Qingze asked, while reaching out to wipe a drop of tomato juice from the corner of Brother Le's mouth.Bite too hard!

Le Geer took a sip and nodded in surprise.Sweet and sour, very refreshing taste.

The two ate the tomato one bite at a time. After a while, there was no adverse reaction, and Dahe heaved a sigh of relief. "It's really edible."

Yu Qingze nodded, and said, "It can be eaten. So, Dahe, can you help me and tell them how much they paid for it, and I will double it? Do you think they can sell it to me?"

Da He shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about this, I'll ask."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. If they don't want to sell it, you can see if you can pick the ripe fruit back. By the way, don't tell them that you can eat it. When the time comes, they will eat it all and there will be no seeds. "

"Okay, I remember."

Yu Qingze thanked him, and then put the pot of tomatoes in a place where it can bask in the sun. The remaining tomatoes cannot be eaten for the time being, and the seeds must be harvested.

It's not even August yet, and in his memory, some people plant tomatoes in the open air in autumn.The climate in Tongshan City is not bad, and the temperature is still high now, and the winter here is not long, nor is it very cold, so it should be possible to plant a crop.

After deciding on this matter, Yu Qingze remembered that Dahe said he had brought back vegetable seeds, so he hurriedly asked, "Dahe, what kind of vegetable are you talking about?"

Da He walked to the wall, took his own baggage from the chair, took out a big cloth bag from inside, opened it, and there were three small bags of seeds inside.

"The one wrapped in green cloth is cauliflower; the one wrapped in white cloth is called lotus beans?"

"Snow peas?"

"That's right, it's called snow peas. And the calico ones are called cabbage. It's said to be rolled into a ball, just like cabbage, with the middle rolled up."

"Well, cauliflower, snow peas and cabbage. Dahe, it's so good! We'll have more vegetables to eat in the future!" Yu Qingze said happily, patting Dahe on the shoulder.

These three kinds of vegetables are all autumn and winter vegetables, and they should be ready to sow and raise seedlings now. Da He really came back in time!In winter, you don’t have to eat radish, cabbage and pickled vegetables all the time.

After packing up the seeds, Yu Qingze began to think about how to sell these boxes of fruits.

He asked the price of Dahe guava and durian, because he went directly to other people's homes to pick them, and if he bought more, it was cheaper.Guava is bought for four coins a catty, and durian is bought for thirteen coins a catty.

He told Dahe that tomorrow the price of guava will be [-] cents a catty, durian will be priced at [-] cents a catty with shell, and [-] cents a catty for the flesh.

Dahe was surprised, it was so expensive!

Yu Qingze nodded, and said: "Things are rare and expensive, and those brought back from the south must be more expensive."

He sent people to Zhao Mansion and Cai Mansion to deliver letters, saying that he got two fresh fruits from the south, and invited husbands from the two mansions to come and try them tomorrow morning.

Then he called Brother Chang and another guy, and explained to them about the fruit sales tomorrow morning.

When the stall closed in the evening, Yu Qingze gave each of the guys a guava to try. Since there were not many durians, each person could only taste a few mouthfuls with a spoon.

In the evening, Brother Chang was asked to accompany Brother Le to guard the store. Yu Qingze brought back two durians and some guavas for Grandpa and Chang Hao to taste, and also brought back three packets of vegetable seeds for Grandpa to let him plant.

The next morning, Brother Chang and the others set up a table at the gate of Yu Ji and started beating gongs and shouting.

On the table, a guava was cut into small pieces.Durian also opened one, and took out a lot of spoons, which can be tasted with spoons.

Old Fulang Cai and Fulang Zhao also arrived. In the backyard, Yu Qingze entertained them personally, invited them to taste something new, and then told them the efficacy of these two fruits.In the end, they gave each of them two durians and seven or eight guavas, which were packed in baskets and baskets.

At the beginning, some people tried it at the entrance of the store, but there were fewer people who bought it, especially durian, which was really expensive, so they were reluctant to part with it.

Brother Chang saw many people watching, so he yelled loudly: "There are only a few boxes, and they will be gone when they are sold out! The folks think that the delicious food will be available soon, and if you regret it later, if you want to buy it, you will have to buy it." It's gone. It's not easy for our people to go to the south, and the next time will be next year! It's a once-a-year opportunity, hurry up..."

Later, some of the guests at the snack bar saw the husbands of Cai Mansion and Zhao Mansion carrying guavas, and the servant beside him was carrying a basket with durians in it, and his heart was moved again.

You can only eat it once a year, so the more expensive it is, the more expensive it is.

"Hey, buddy, bring me a durian, that's all." A middle-aged man took Fulang to go shopping, saw that Fulang tasted delicious, gritted his teeth, and wanted to buy some back.

"Okay, wait a moment, let me weigh it, five catties and six taels!" Brother Chang calculated with his abacus, and said, "A total of 220 four coins."

The middle-aged man paid the money, and Brother Chang tied him up with a straw rope, and carried him away.

"Hey, the fruit from the south? How much is it per catty?"

"Guava is twelve cents a catty, durian..." Brother Chang looked up and saw a familiar face. , the simple flesh is eighty cents a catty."

Shi Sheng?Why is he here?Aren't you married yet?Oh, yes, even if you get married, you can go shopping...

Brother Chang suddenly had a bunch of questions in his mind, he didn't expect to meet Shi Sheng, his scalp tensed up, and he pulled himself together, fearing that Shi Sheng would suddenly attack him.After all, before, he and Le Ge'er rejected him and let the people of the Shi family take him back.Before Shi Sheng left, he left some harsh words.

Shi Sheng snorted and said, "It's not cheap. Bring me one of the biggest durians, and six guavas."

Brother Chang agreed, and then quickly picked out a large durian and six guavas for him, and quickly weighed them to calculate the price.

Shi Sheng glanced at Brother Chang with a half-smile, threw him a piece of silver, and said, "What? You don't recognize me?"

Brother Chang gave him some change, and said with a smile: "How can it be, it's a great honor for Mrs. Zeng to come here. Thank you for your visit, please go."

Hearing the word 'Zeng Fulang', Shi Sheng paused, his face darkened for a moment, then he raised his lips and smiled, and said to Brother Chang: "Xiaoer, you called me wrong, I'm not Zeng Fulang. "He said, he asked the boy to pick up the durian and guava, and left.

Brother Chang is a little confused, isn't it Zeng Fulang?Didn't he marry the second young master of the Zeng family?

He looked at Shi Sheng's back and fell into deep surprise.Then, something that surprised him even more happened. Shi Sheng actually walked into the restaurant next door to them, and took the arm of the restaurant owner at the door to enter the restaurant.

Before going in, Brother Chang saw him glance this way, with a rather smug face?

Brother Chang: ...What's going on?Why is Shi Sheng with the owner of the restaurant next door?

He was a little confused, but soon, there were more customers buying fruit, and he didn't care about it anymore, and soon got busy.

There are not many guavas and durians together, and with the support of the customers in the snack bar, they will be almost sold out by noon.

Leaving the other guy to look at the rest, Brother Chang moved the small box containing the money back to Yu Qingze, then went to the kitchen and dragged Brother Le into the room.

"Brother Le, guess who I saw this morning?"

Le Geer shook his head.

Brother Chang whispered, "Shi Sheng."

Brother Le opened his eyes wide. They hadn't seen Shi Sheng since the incident last year, and they didn't even come to the snack bar with the landlord's son Zhao Qin.

He gestured: You saw him passing by?

Brother Chang shook his head and said, "He came to buy durians and guavas. Moreover, he entered the Xiangmanyuan restaurant next door, and he even held the arm of the owner of the restaurant, very affectionate."

Brother Le's shocked face: Isn't he married to the young master of the Zeng family?

Brother Chang shook his head, and said, "I don't know what's going on, anyway, he's following the owner of the restaurant next door, and when he went in, he even glanced at me, with a rather smug expression on his face."

Brother Le frowned, not understanding.

Brother Chang pulled him and said, "Tell me, will he seek revenge on us? He said before that he would not let us go."

Le Geer shook his head, gestured and said: I don't know.In short, he was wrong about that matter, we don't owe him anything, and we are not afraid of him.

Brother Chang looked at it and nodded, and said, "That's right, don't be afraid of him!"

After the two quietly finished talking, they happened to meet Yu Qingze.

Yu Qingze looked at the two people mysteriously and didn't know what secret they were talking about, so he shook his head helplessly, and took his small notebook to the backyard to get busy.

The guava and durian were sold out after noon, and Yu Qingze gave him Dahe's part of the money. He didn't directly buy Dahe's two boxes of fruit as he said before, but sold them for him.

Holding the doubled money, Dahe experienced the feeling of selling goods from south to north to earn the difference, and he was very excited, and he also had a vague plan in his heart.

Two days later, Dahe questioned all the crew members, bought back ten potted tomato plants, and also brought back a basket of ripe tomatoes, which were picked from four or five other fellows who were unwilling to sell potted plants. .

That night, Yu Qingze and Le Geer went home, they left two pots of tomatoes in the store, and dragged the remaining potted tomatoes and tomatoes back.For the tomatoes that have been picked, the seeds inside have to be fermented to grow seedlings, and the rest can be used for cooking.

In the evening, Yu Qingze took out the seeds from the tomatoes and put them in a bowl.Grandpa Chang added some water into it, and then covered it with a plate to let him ferment. When the time comes, half of the seeds will germinate directly, and the other half will be dried in the sun to save the seeds.

For the remaining tomatoes, Yu Qingze made a tomato feast - scrambled eggs with tomatoes, roasted eggplant with tomatoes, tomato and egg soup. Fearing that Grandpa Chang would not like the sweet and sour tomatoes, he made a small stir-fried meat and vegetables.

Chang Hao Jiabao and Le Geer both like the taste of tomatoes, sweet and sour, especially appetizing, especially scrambled eggs with tomatoes, the soup inside is shared by Chang Hao and Jiabao for bibimbap.

Grandpa Chang really wasn't used to this kind of sweet and sour taste, but the tomato egg soup was okay, he drank a bowl.

Da He and his fleet stayed for six days before setting off again.This time it was said that he was going to the north, so Yu Qingze still gave Dahe Yinzi and asked him to search for crops or vegetables and fruits that were not found in Tongshan.

Fast forward to August.

The walls of the new store have been repainted, and now partitions are being made on the second floor; the kitchen is also being remodeled, and the stove is being rebuilt; the required tables, chairs and benches have also been selected and ordered...

The renovation of the store is proceeding in an orderly manner. In terms of personnel, this time it can't be like the snack bar. The restaurant needs more staff, and the requirements are higher.

Snack bars are only open until the evening at most, while the main business of restaurants is lunch and dinner.When the restaurant closes at night and the city gate is closed, everyone won't be able to go back.So, Yu Qingze thought, when the time comes, he will find a house for everyone in the city for everyone to live in. At that time, he and Brother Le will still live in the shop and look after the shop.

Yu Qingze thought about it for a long time, and discussed with Brother Le and Grandpa Chang a few times, and decided that the kitchen staff should all be recruited from the village, and he knew and trusted them; the waiters in the front would choose three from the village, and then they would hire them in the city. Recruit three experienced.Most of the villagers in the village have no experience of working in the city, so they can also let the experienced Xiaoer lead the fellows in the village to set an example for them.

Yu Qingze handed over the selection of people in the village to Grandpa Chang for the primary selection, and then he took the time to go back and meet with them. After talking, he screened again and settled on ten people.At that time, he planned to transfer the three smarter guys from the snack bar to the restaurant, and then make up three people to go to the snack bar.

Here in the city, he wrote a recruitment notice and posted it under the publicity board at the entrance of the snack bar.