The Culinary Tycoon

This afternoon, Yu Qingze was in the shop watching the master mason whitewash the dry stove. Halfway through the painting, he suddenly heard the beating of gongs outside, and the sound gradually faded away after a while.

The two walked to the door and saw nothing, but found that people on the street were discussing excitedly.

Yu Qingze listened for a while, and learned that it turned out that the rankings were released in the township examination, Jiang Tianrui, the second young master of the Jiang family in the south of the city, won the No.6 - Yakui, and this is the good news from the announcer.

The master mason sighed after hearing this: "Boss Liu is so elated, my brother-in-law has won the Juren!"

Yu Qingze was very happy when he heard the words, and said: "Yes, I will go to congratulate him later!"

The two were talking, and suddenly another gong sounded.

The master mason poked his head out to look, and asked doubtfully, "Is there anyone else?"

After a while, the news came from the crossroads.

It turned out that Cai Chenxi, the young master of the Cai Mansion, won the title of Xie Yuan, and the person who announced the good news had announced the good news in Yunzhou, but Cai Chenxi has been in Tongshan City recently and has not returned, so Cai Chenxi invited the person who announced the good news Go to the Cai Mansion in Tongshan City and report again.

"I won the first place! Boss Yu, did you hear that, the young master of the Cai family is really good. Back then, his father, Mr. Cai, won the first place, Xie Yuan!" The master mason looked very excited.

"Really?" Yu Qingze asked in surprise.

The master mason nodded, and went into the room to talk to Yu Qingze while continuing to work, saying: "That's right. Mr. Cai was a man of the hour in Tongshan City back then. He was the youngest in their batch of rural examinations. I remember, it seems He was seventeen or eighteen years old at that time. Later, because his grandfather passed away, he had to keep his filial piety, so he didn't go to the capital to take the Chunwei exam in the second year. Then two years later, his youngest passed away again, and it was delayed for a few years, alas , It's a pity, otherwise, he might be the youngest number one scholar."

After hearing this, Yu Qingze sighed, "Is there still such a thing?" Mr. Cai, his luck was really unlucky when he was young.

The mason master nodded, picked up the shovel and said while plastering: "Fortunately, he still passed the exam and was sent back to Tongshan City to be an official. I heard that he could stay in the capital, but I don't know why he came back."

Yu Qingze didn't answer this question, the officialdom was very complicated.

"By the way, Boss Yu, after the stove is painted, the windows in the room need to be opened to ventilate the room. The smell of lime is not very pleasant. It can be used after it dries up. After a period of time, the smell will dissipate. "The master mason said to Yu Qingze again.

"Okay, sorry to bother you."

It didn't take long for the master mason to finish the dusting. He packed his tools and saw that there was still a little slurry left in the bucket, so he said to Yu Qingze, "Boss Yu, I see that a large piece of the wall in your backyard has fallen off. Wall dust, there is a little left here, how about I paint that piece for you?"

Yu Qingze's eyes lit up, a piece of the outer wall of the storage room was peeled off, it was very ugly, and he said, "Okay, thank you."

The two moved to the backyard again, and the master mason scraped the surface again, primed it, and began to paint the dust.

After the master finished and left, Yu Qingze took another good look at the prepared stove.

This stove is L-shaped and divided into two parts. The inside is the stove for the stove, which is used to keep food warm; the side facing the guests is a platform with a width of [-] cm. The overall height of the stove is about ten centimeters; and the middle is separated by a low wall ten centimeters high.

Looking at the white countertop, Yu Qingze felt that the color was not very good-looking, and it was easy to get dirty and difficult to clean. He thought that when he got home, he could ask his grandfather to weave some bamboo mats and put them on the outside countertop, so that it would not be so easy to get dirty.

After thinking about it, he tidied up, opened all the windows facing the yard, locked the door and went back to the food stall.

Both Jiang Tianrui and Cai Chenxi won Juren, so they had to prepare some gifts to congratulate them.

It's such a big happy event, it's not good to always give snacks or something, after talking to Brother Le, Yu Qingze went out to buy gifts.

After shopping for gifts, Yu Qingze went to Liu Ji.

"Congratulations, bro! My brother-in-law is very happy to be promoted!" Yu Qingze congratulated Boss Liu when he saw him.

Boss Liu had already received the news, and he was very happy. He didn't see his usual serious black face at all. When he saw Yu Qingze, he smiled undisguisedly: "Brother Yu, thank you, thank you, too. Tianrui strives for himself! Today is really a good day! Hahaha..."

Yu Qingze handed him the gift, but Boss Liu didn't show politeness to Yu Qingze, he just accepted it, saying it was for Jiang Tianrui.Then the two chatted hahaha together for a while, and then Yu Qingze returned to the food stall.

The next day, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one there in the morning, Yu Qingze went to the Cai Mansion to congratulate her first, and was then detained by Mrs. Cai.

"Xiao Yu, I just happened to be looking for you." Mrs. Cai asked Yu Qingze to sit down, and then said.

Yu Qingze asked: "Old man, what do you need from me?"

Mrs. Cai said: "Isn't it true that Xi'er knows about Yuan? Yesterday, all the families in the city sent congratulatory gifts, all of whom are famous in Tongshan City. I'm going to hold a flower viewing party tomorrow, and invite the husbands of each family Lang came to get together, which can be regarded as a thank you. Originally, Xi'er and his grandmother were supposed to host this matter, but he was in Yunzhou, so I had to come here. So I want to invite you to make some snacks to entertain the guests. "

When Yu Qingze heard about it, he immediately replied: "This is a good thing. What kind of snacks does the old man want to have?"

Old Mrs. Cai thought for a while, and said, "I want some of the salty and sweet ones. Anyway, everyone loves what you cook. Give me an idea. I can make eight or nine kinds of them."

Yu Qingze thought for a while and said, "Okay. How many people are there?"

Mrs. Cai replied: "There are about fifteen or six husbands, maybe they will bring their younger brothers to come with them. We must prepare for 30 to [-] people."

Yu Qingze asked again: "Is it morning?"

Mrs. Cai nodded: "Yes. The flowers bloomed well in the morning."

"Okay old man, I'll bring Brother Le over tomorrow morning." Yu Qingze nodded in agreement.

Hearing that he brought Brother Le over, Mrs. Cai asked, "If Brother Le comes, what will you do with the food stall tomorrow? Will it delay your business?"

"It's okay, someone is taking care of it." Yu Qingze shook his head and said.The headed mothers of various families are here, this is a good opportunity to promote dim sum.

Hearing what he said, Mrs. Cai was relieved, and said: "That's all right, then you and Brother Le will have to work hard."

"It's okay, you're welcome."

"When does your shop open? We'll have to check it out then."

"It will take a few days, about 22 or so."

"Okay, you are sure to send us a letter when the time comes, the old man and I will go and have a look."

"okay."

On the same day, Yu Qingze went to the kitchen to communicate with Uncle Fu again, and asked him to prepare all the materials before going back.

In the evening, they first made three dishes that could be eaten cold, and they would make the rest when they arrived at Cai Mansion.

In the middle of the night, Yu Qingze got up, soaked the white fungus, and before leaving, soaked the lotus seeds, and took them with him.

He was going to roll out the white fungus at Mrs. Cai's flower viewing party and make a soup with white fungus, red dates and lotus seeds.

Early in the morning, just after dawn, he and Le Geer set off.The food stall will let Grandpa Chang go there in the morning, and when they are done with work, Grandpa Chang can just go back.

Let Uncle Fu and the people in the kitchen help, they made all the dim sum before the flower viewing party started, and made more according to Mrs. Cai's instructions, and let those husbands take them back when the time comes.

In the back garden of the Cai Mansion, preparations were also made for this flower viewing party.

All kinds of chrysanthemums are in full bloom, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, purple phalaenopsis is blooming leisurely, red rose and crabapple are in full bloom...

The well-dressed husbands of various aristocratic families arrived one after another. Sure enough, just as Mrs. Cai expected, they also brought many younger brothers, of all ages, and it was very lively.

Cai Chenxi is at the age of marriage and has not yet married. It is estimated that each family has some thoughts.

Mrs. Cai led them to the garden, where tables, chairs and refreshments had already been arranged.

All the husbands talked and laughed, and enjoyed the flowers for a while.

Two younger brothers saw some snacks on the table, so they talked to them, and went over to eat some snacks.

"Ah, this snack is delicious, let's buy it when we go back, okay?" A little brother said to Ah Mo with a snack in his hand.

Hearing this, the husbands looked at the red bean cake in the hands of the little brother, and found that this snack was not sold in the market.

"Hey, this dim sum, old Mrs. Cai, is this made by Yu Ji?" a husband asked.

Mrs. Cai nodded and said, "Yes, I specially asked him to do it. Everyone, come sit down and try his handicraft."

As soon as they heard that it was made by Yu Ji's boss, everyone became interested, and they sat down and began to taste desserts.

These days, they have tasted several kinds of dim sum from Cai Mansion and Zhao Mansion, all of which taste much better than the dim sum from other dim sum shops in Tongshan City, but Yu Ji’s usually sells them rarely. All can only be made to order.

The man in charge of Zhao's mansion tasted a glutinous rice cake and said: "Boss Yu's craftsmanship is really good. A while ago, the dim sum at our father's birthday banquet was also made by him. The birthday peach bun is really made. It seems like it made our old man very happy."

A husband who had been there replied: "Yes, I also tasted it at the birthday banquet. It not only looks good, but also tastes good."

The husbands discussed the dim sum again.

"Boss Yu also made a new dessert today, called white fungus, red dates and lotus seed soup, everyone should try it too." Mrs. Cai saw that it was almost time, and beckoned Mi Geer to serve the last dessert.

Mi Geer led the people to serve the white fungus soup, and then stepped aside.

Mrs. Cai greeted: "Try it, everyone. Boss Yu said, this dessert is very good for our brother. It can also beautify the skin, nourish the yin and moisten the lungs. Drinking more is good for the body."

Everyone heard the words and drank curiously.

The lotus seeds are soft and glutinous, the red dates are thick and sweet, and the boiled white fungus is soft and tender.

They fell in love instantly.

"It's delicious." "It's not bad."

They have seen lotus seeds, red dates and wolfberries, but they don't know the transparent white fungus inside.

"What is this transparent slippery thing? I don't think I've eaten it before." A husband asked.

Mrs. Cai replied: "Boss Yu said that this is called white fungus, which is white fungus."

"Tremella? Oh, isn't white fungus inedible? I know this thing, it will make your skin itchy after eating it." A man heard that it was white fungus, said immediately, and put down his spoon in a little surprise.

When the others heard this, they put down the spoons in their hands in fright and looked at Mrs. Cai suspiciously.This inedible food, how can old Mrs. Cai take it out for them to eat?

Old God Cai Lao Fulang continued to drink on the ground, took another two sips, and then said: "Don't worry, it's fine. Boss Yu said this thing, eat it immediately after picking it up, and then go to the sun again, it will be like what Huang Fulang said That way, if you soak it in water after drying it, it will be fine. Do you think it’s okay if I eat it?”

When Uncle Fu saw Yu Qingze take out this thing earlier, he recognized it as white fungus.Later, Yu Qingze explained, and after it was done, Brother Le drank it in front of them, and went to bask in the sun for a quarter of an hour, nothing happened.

Seeing that Brother Le was really fine, Uncle Fu felt relieved to tell the old man.

Seeing that they were skeptical, Mrs. Cai smiled and said: "This is a good thing. Don't blame me for not reminding you. When the time comes, don't regret not drinking it. If you want to drink it, you can only go to Boss Yu's shop. Spend money to drink."

Seeing what Mr. Cai said, some of the more courageous ones, like Mr. Mr. Zhao, continued to drink. Mr. Cai drank it all. What are they afraid of? No matter what, Mr. Zhao will not harm himself.

The taste was really good, so Zhao's Fulang asked Cai Laofulang, "Old Fulang, is Boss Yu still here? Can I buy two catties from him and go back and try it."

Mrs. Cai looked at him and nodded, and said with a smile: "You know what to buy. But he said that the quantity is not large, and he doesn't sell white fungus alone. He wants to make desserts in the shop. When his shop opens, go to his shop. drink."

"When will his shop open?"

"It's a few days, maybe a few days on the 22nd."

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