The Culinary Tycoon

"Dahe, are you back? Why have you been away for so long this time?" Xiaoshu was selling cured meat at the door, saw Dahe dragging a cart back, and went over to help him push it.

Dahe wiped the sweat from his brow, dragged the cart to the door, and said to Xiaoshu: "It's a long story. Xiaoshu, help me get those two wooden barrels down first, I won't be able to put them down. "

There were two large buckets on the cart, which were seven or eight percent full of water. He dragged it carefully to prevent the water from splashing out and getting on the sacks at the back. The journey from the wharf to Jufulou was not too far. , but he was sweating profusely in this winter.

"Okay." Xiao Shu said and wanted to hug it, but found that it was too heavy for him to hold. He looked at it, frowned and said, "What is this, a shell? It's so heavy!"

He quickly called Dasong to come over and help him lift it down together.

"It's called a nine-hole snail. It should be a pretty good thing. When Big Brother Yu comes back, let him have a look. Anyway, it's quite expensive over there." Da He waited for them to unload all the things on the cart, and then Put down the handle of the cart, picked up the big bag and entered the store.

"Hey, Xiaoshu, this big bag can't see the water, which one is the door of the storage room? Open it." Dahe walked to the back, there were two rooms, he didn't know which one to enter?

When he left last time, Jufulou was not open yet, and this was his first visit.When he arrived at the snack bar just now, the villagers he knew there told him that Yu Qingze and Le Geer were both living in the restaurant now, and he came here only after he inquired about the address.

Xiaoshu and Dasong came in carrying a big wooden bucket, and said, "This room is near the hall, the door is unlocked, you just go in. The other room is the room of Boss Yu and Brother Le."

"Oh." Dahe took a look, then walked to the door of the storage room, stretched out his hand and pushed them away to enter.

"Hey, Dahe, where do we put this wooden barrel? In the kitchen or in the backyard? Or in the storage room?" Xiaoshu asked.

Da He put down the sack, came out, and said, "Let's put it in the kitchen first, it's too cold outside. Aren't Big Brother Yu and Brother Le in the shop? Why are there no customers?"

Xiaoshu and Dasong carried the wooden barrel in, and then replied: "Boss Yu took Master Cai and two adults from the capital back to the village, and should be back in the afternoon. Brother Le went to Dr. Xue's house for treatment. Will be back by noon."

"Brother Le is sick?" Da He asked with a frown when he heard that Brother Le was going to be treated.

Xiaoshu came out, and explained in a low voice with some embarrassment: "No, he is not sick. What, isn't Brother Le's pregnancy mole very light in color? There is a doctor who came back from the capital and said that he specializes in treating it. Regulate Le Geer's body, if he is cured, Le Geer will be able to give birth like other brothers."

"It turned out to be like this." Da He relaxed his brows and said with relief, "This is a good thing."

They may have been married for a long time, and it is time to consider this.

Dahe looked at the restaurant on the two floors in front of him. The decoration was beautiful, and the cured meat outside was also selling well. He asked Xiaoshu, "Is the restaurant business good?"

Xiaoshu replied: "It's great. Guests come to occupy seats before noon every day. The private rooms on the second floor have to be booked several days in advance. We are very busy every day. But before Something happened a few days ago, and the door hasn't been opened much these days."

"What happened?" Dahe asked.

Xiaoshu then told Dahe about Xiangmanlou.Da He was a little surprised after hearing this, and someone drugged the restaurant, it's too bad!

While talking, the two moved another large wooden barrel outside into the kitchen. This wooden barrel was covered by a lid, leaving only two air holes, and the sound of splashing water inside could be heard from time to time.

"What's in here? Why is it still covered?" Xiaoshu asked.

"Hey, a fish you haven't seen before." Da He laughed.

Xiaoshu became curious, and wanted to lift the lid to take a look, but was held down by Dahe, and said, "I will climb out, and I will take a look when Brother Yu comes back. Xiaoshu, I have to go to the pier, where there is still a bucket of dead , I’ll drag it back, and wait for Big Brother Yu to come back and let him see if he can still eat it?”

"Do you want me to help?" Xiaoshu asked.

"No, just one barrel."

When Dahe came back again, Brother Le and the others happened to be back too.

Brother Le was very happy to see Dahe, and chatted with him for a while, but then he was really tired, so he went to rest.

Jia Bao consciously took brother-in-law's medicine bag and went to make medicine for him.If the eldest brother is not here, he will take good care of his brother-in-law for the eldest brother.

In the middle of the afternoon, Yu Qingze and the others came back.

A group of two carriages, Mr. Luo and the county magistrate also went together.Dinner is naturally eaten at Jufulou.

When Yu Qingze got out of the car and saw Dahe coming back, his eyes lit up, "Dahe? You're back."

Da He touched the back of his head and called out, "Brother Yu."

Yu Qingze asked Jiabao to invite the adults to sit in the private room, and then walked into the room with Dahe and asked Dahe, "Why did you go so long this time?" Since I left in mid-July, it's now late November.

Dahe explained: "Hey, it's a toss up this time. We went to the north. After unloading, I just wanted to find some crops I hadn't seen before. Our ship owner received an urgent order. A company shipped The boat suddenly leaked, and the cargo over there was urgently given to us. We immediately loaded up again and went to the south.”

"I stayed in the city in the south for a few days. The place is close to the sea, and there are not many crops, but there are a lot of fish in the sea, but the boss received the order and didn't come back and went directly to the north. I think we in Tongshan seem to be selling fish. There were not many dried fishes, so I bought a lot of dried fishes there, look, this is the bag."

Dried seafood?

Hearing this, Yu Qingze immediately regained his spirits, moved the sack out of the yard, opened it and looked at it.

On the top were two bundles of dried fish, which were quite dry in the sun. Yu Qingze smelled it, broke it off and tasted it. There was only the unique salty smell of sea fish, no musty or foul smell, which was very good.

Then, there were several cloth bags inside.Yu Qingze took them all out, opened them one by one, and was pleasantly surprised.

Dried whitebait, dried squid, and scallops. In the last small bag, it turned out to be dried abalone.

"Is this also bought in the south?" Yu Qingze asked, pointing to the small bag of dried abalone.

Dahe glanced at it, and said, "Oh, no, this one was bought in the north. I put it in later. This one is more expensive than the others, and I think it should be very good, but I ran out of money, so I borrowed it from the boss." I bought it for some money. I bought it alive."

"Well, this is a good thing!" Yu Qingze was very happy, tied up all the bags and put them away, and asked, "Where are you talking about living?

"In the kitchen."

The two went to the kitchen again, and Yu Qingze was overjoyed when he saw it.There is half a bucket of live abalone in one bucket, and about twenty squids in the other bucket.

"Some are dead, some have changed and smelled bad, so I threw them away. There are still some that don't smell bad. I brought back the ones that just died yesterday. I wonder if they can still be eaten?" Da He asked.

Yu Qingze sniffed the dead squid and abalone, and the taste changed a little. He said, "Don't eat it, it won't be worth it if you eat it." .

"Then I'll throw it away." Dahe picked up the bucket and walked out.

Yu Qingze said, "Throw it farther away."

"understood."

In the evening, Yu Qingze made Stir-Fried Squid and Steamed Abalone for Master Cai and the others.

Several other adults are not allergic to seafood, so they ate with relish and praised the deliciousness.

Only Master Luo is allergic to seafood and cannot eat it, which is very resentful.However, fortunately, Yu Qingze also cooked his favorite goose meat, so he felt comforted.

That night, Yu Qingze thought for a long time, discussed it with Brother Le, and decided to hold a seafood banquet, and invited Mr. Zhao and Mr. Hu, who had helped them in the price increase and drugging incidents, to thank them on the one hand. , On the other hand, he has an idea and wants to discuss it with a few leaders.

The next day, Yu Qingze asked Jiabao to write several posts, and then asked someone to send them out one by one, and told the counter that three elegant rooms had been set aside.

At the same time, on this day, Jufulou also launched special dishes, such as steamed abalone, braised abalone, stir-fried squid, dried shredded squid, and grilled squid with sauce.

On their publicity board, it is also specifically stated that this is seafood, and people who will have skin reactions after eating seafood cannot eat it.

These few dishes, the price of each dish is very expensive, especially the abalone.

When the guests heard Xiao Er's quotation, they knew that this product must be rare and must taste good, but the price was too expensive, and some customers would not order it if they were not so attached to seafood.However, for those guests who like seafood, this is a rare opportunity.

There is no way, the seafood made at home is not delicious, and the seafood is quite expensive. If you want to eat it, you can only come to this Jufulou, so as not to waste ingredients if you don’t eat well at home.

Therefore, although it is expensive, at noon on the day it was launched, some customers who like seafood ordered it.

Of course, when the dishes were served, the taste was worth their money.

On the second night, Young Master Zhao and Mr. Hu all came over as promised.

In addition to Young Master Zhao and the others, Master Cai and the others were still in Tongshan, and Yu Qingze also invited them, including Master Luo from the county government.

Knowing that Luo Fulang likes to eat seafood, Yu Qingze also invited Luo Fulang and two young masters, Mr. and Mrs. Cai, Cai Yunwei, Zhao Fulang, and Mr. Hu's husband, and they gathered together for a table .

So, the head of the family had a table, the adults had a table, the three members of the Cai family, and the husbands had a table, and it happened that everyone who needed to be thanked was invited.

Seafood banquet, natural seafood is the main focus, in addition to the original seafood, plus abalone and squid newly launched in the past two days, Yu Qingze also made chicken soup with scallops, shiitake mushrooms, fried small fish with leeks, and a few other dishes. Very rich.

In order to take care of Luo Mingda's taste, Yu Qingze made two more dishes that Luo Mingda liked to eat at the adults' table.

After cooking, Yu Qingze went to the second floor to entertain, and the rest of the guests downstairs were handed over to Brother Le and Jiabao.

Yu Qingze went table by table to toast and thank them.

"Xiao Yu's seafood feast is not bad, it's delicious!" said Mrs. Cai.

Zhao Fulang also praised: "Yes, I really like this soup, it is very fresh, and it has more flavor than ordinary chicken soup with mushrooms."

Love Lang really loves seafood, he said with a smile: "In the future, there will be a few more favorite dishes."

Yu Qingze accepted the compliments from the husbands with a smile, then stayed with the adults at the table for a while, and finally sat down at the table of the heads.

He had an idea and wanted to talk to the masters.