After being crossed, I have reached the pinnacle of my life

Jiang Zhou drew up the charter.

Each of them paid 150 taels of silver to buy the teahouse, and the cost of opening the shop was shared equally between them. Jiang Zhou was responsible for the innovation of the hot pot restaurant, and Lu Dalang was in charge of the daily operation.

On the way, Jiang Zhou mentioned one thing: "There are several kinds of soup bases in this hot pot restaurant, one is chicken soup base, the other is big bone, the third is river prawn, there are wolf peach pot bottom and clear soup bottom, and there is Spicy hot pot, but now my chili production is not enough, and the variety is not complete, and it will take some delay to produce pure spicy hot pot bottom.”

Lu Dalang nodded: "Actually, there's no need to worry, our decoration will take time, and it will be almost done after the decoration is completed."

Jiang Zhou estimated it, and it seems that it is indeed the same.

Lu Dalang said again: "I can provide raw materials for most of the meat. I also have acquainted merchants like river prawns, as long as I can get in touch with those vegetables."

Jiang Zhou thought for a while, and it seemed that his father-in-law Wen Yuanxing also had acquaintances there. Wen Yuanxing used to be a merchant, and he traveled around here and there, and met many people, among whom there should be vegetable merchants, so he and Lu Dalang mentioned it.

It turned out that when Jiang Zhou opened the shop by himself, he didn't have to explain so much, he was in charge after all.These are all necessary to cooperate with Lu Dalang.

Lu Dalang naturally knew, he hesitated and asked: "If you open a hot pot restaurant, what will happen to your shop?"

Jiang Zhou doesn't have the ability to separate himself. If he wants to take care of the hot pot restaurant, the small shop will definitely not be able to take care of it. He can't use a cook for both sides, right?

It is necessary to recruit two new cooks.

"The dishes in restaurants are updated every day, relying on new ideas, but hot pot restaurants are not. There are fixed pot bottoms on the left and right, and the taste is the same. It only needs two cooks to fix it. I these days They will all be in the restaurants, and let the new cooks learn with me before they can take up the post."

Jiang Zhou drank his saliva and continued: "In addition, we need some cooks or cooks who are good at knives, a dish washer, a butcher - you should have butchers, mainly chicken slaughterers, and waiters and shopkeepers. of."

He wrote it all down, and a large sheet of paper was covered with black ink.

Lu Dalang said: "Then shall we go to the dentist later?"

"Well, I have to go to your place."

The two had a meal together, and Jiang Zhou went to the restaurant to check the situation. Seeing that the business was still booming, he left it alone.

The dental shop is on West Street, and there are hired workers who sign contracts of work, and there are also workers who sign contracts of sale.

Lu Dalang called Ren Yazi to come out to choose, and they stood all over the yard.

Jiang Zhou took a look and stopped Lu Dalang from thinking of buying those who signed the death contract.

He is a pure ancient man, and he never felt that there was anything wrong with such an approach.However, in the memory brought to him by the traveler, everyone was equal in that era, and buying and selling people was illegal-he was not completely affected, but he also felt that buying people was a bit awkward.

"Among you, someone who can cook will stand up."

A bunch of people underneath looked at each other without saying a word.

Jiang Zhou repeated again: "No?"

After a while, a middle-aged man came out from the inside, with a non-local accent: "I know a little bit."

Jiang Zhou glanced at him. He was a square-faced man. Compared with other skinny people, his face was a bit fleshy.

Ren Yazi next to him leaned forward: "This is from outside the Guan, and he lives next to the west gate outside. He was indeed a cook at first, and he worked in Sihe Restaurant, but later his mother got sick and had to take care of him, so he resigned." , Later, his mother recovered, but Sihe Restaurant found a new cook, so we don't want him."

Jiang Zhou of Sihe Restaurant knew that there was a famous restaurant in this town, and it was also the largest restaurant. Among the people who followed Liu Buping that day was the young owner of Sihe Restaurant.

He nodded: "That's him."

The cook's name was Xu Chang, and he was hired for two taels of silver a month—it was originally one tael of silver, but he said that he could work two shifts by himself, so he didn't need to hire new ones, so it became two taels of silver.

Moreover, he also provided a helper: "My son has been learning to cook from me since he was a child. He dare not say it when he goes to the stove, but he is good at knife skills since he was a child. Do you accept it?"

Jiang Zhou thought for a while, those mutton slices don't have a machine planer, so he still needs to find a good knifeman, so he said: "Go back and try the knifemanship at my place, if it's really good, use it."

He hired three more cooks, and Lu Dalang recommended another couple. The wife was in charge of washing dishes and cleaning, and the husband was in charge of killing chickens.

There were also a few ladies who seemed to be working neatly and neatly in order to serve the plates and pots.

They all agreed to start working in two months.

Jiang Zhou and Lu Dalang took Xu Chang to Yanghe Village, and ran into Lao Yutou. Jiang Zhou was afraid that Wen Yan would be bored at home alone, so he asked Lao Yutou to go to Yanghe Village to find himself.

Almost every household in Yanghe Village is raising chickens, ducks, and pigs, and the poultry is basically rounded.

Jiang Zhou and Lu Dalang said that they wanted him to taste the chicken soup base first, and Lu Dalang took him to pick the chicken, preparing to try a meal first, and also meant to inspect Xuchang.

Jiang Zhou picked out a big fat rooster weighing fifteen catties, which weighed thirty catties after removing the hair and viscera, and chopped it into chicken nuggets.

He originally sent some peppers and spices to Lu Dalang's family. Lu Dalang ate spicy food but ate very little, and he didn't know what to do with it. The peppers were consumed very slowly, and there were still a lot left.

Jiang Zhou took Xu Chang into the kitchen.

Guided step by step.

"First of all, use a high fire." Jiang Zhou added a piece of firewood: "The chicken cooked on a slow fire is easy to get old, and it is enough to fry the chicken quickly on a high fire."

"The main point of eating chicken hot pot is whether its meat is enough to taste or not. It is fried quickly on high heat, and then the special soup is added. After it is served on the table, it is slightly heated with a charcoal stove to put the soup in the soup. The aroma is boiled in, and the meat is cooked before cooking, and the final taste is the strongest."

As he talked, he swung the whole pot and stirred it up.

Xu Chang's eyes widened, and he was a little surprised: "You still know how to overturn pots?" He looked at Jiang Zhouwenwen's weak appearance, and thought he couldn't do anything, but he swung such a heavy iron pot.

Jiang Zhou smiled. It turned out that he was indeed lacking in strength. He was stimulated by Lu Xiangxi who easily picked up the Kanto cooking pot that day. He has been exercising the strength of his arms, and he has been using the pot in the restaurant some time ago. Teacher Zitong learned some skills.

The tongue of fire licked the bottom of the pot, and the original pure white chicken was covered with seasoning and slowly turned yellow, and then it was fried red again. The spicy smell spread throughout the house, seducing everyone's gluttons.

When the chicken was cooked, Jiang Zhou spread bean sprouts and bean curd sticks on the bottom of another pot, poured the chicken on top, and poured a spoonful of soup on top.

Xu Chang went out with the pot.

Wen Yan helped Jiang Zhou take off the clothes that covered the oily smoke, and suddenly said: "I think you seem to know a lot of things that I don't know."

Since opening the restaurant, those menus that are updated daily are all Wen Yan has never heard of and seen, and Jiang Zhou has become a little unpredictable in his eyes.

He suddenly felt a little flustered.

Although Jiang Zhou had already explained to him that he was not himself that year, and he had learned a lot from the memory of the traverser, but what he said was just talk, and Wen Yan had no specific concept.

However, looking at Jiang Zhou now, he inevitably felt a sense of panic.

The current Jiang Zhou is the Jiang Zhou he is familiar with, but his proficient skills and novel ideas made Wen Yan feel a little strange.

At the beginning, this kind of thought was not obvious, but as time went by, this feeling accumulated more and more, Wen Yan's heart was full of strange feelings.

In the past, the two grew up together and knew each other's every move and every look. Suddenly one day he couldn't figure out what Jiang Zhou was thinking, and he didn't know what Jiang Zhou was going to do next.

He has no sense of security.

Jiang Zhou clearly felt Wen Yan's anxiety.

Taking advantage of no one around, he held Wen Yan's face and made him look up at him: "Why do you think so much?"

Wen Yan's eyes were already a little wet.

Jiang Zhou stared into his eyes: "Tell me, what are you thinking about? Huh?"

Wen Yan wanted to turn his head away, but Jiang Zhou grabbed him again and forced him to face him: "Tell me, what are you thinking?"

He didn't have much strength, and Wen Yan could easily break free, but he didn't move, he just pushed himself and Jiang Zhou closer: "I feel like we are strangers than before."

"Why do you think so?" Jiang Zhou touched his head and kissed him on the forehead, "I have always been your brother Zhou."

Wen Yan didn't speak.

Jiang Zhou looked straight into his eyes so that he could see himself clearly: "Is it because I've been too busy to accompany you recently, making you feel insecure?"

He reflected on himself, and it seems that he really spends less time with Wen Yan now. More than a year ago, no matter how busy Jiang Zhou was, he must have packed up everything to be with Wen Yan after dark every night, even if the two of them were separated. When talking, he was by Wen Yan's side.

But now, he has business to do. During the day, he is either in the restaurant or collecting materials everywhere. At night, he goes back when it gets dark, and he has to prepare things for the next day. Often, the moon can’t see the shadow in the sky. Only when it's pitch black can I have time to say a few words with Wen Yan.

Most of the time, Wen Yan doesn't bother him, just accompany him quietly, find something to do by himself, and lie down to rest when he's tired.

It's true that they haven't talked properly for a long time.

No wonder Wen Yan thought so much.

Jiang Zhou touched his face and hugged him: "Ayan, don't think so much, okay? I will always be with you, you will always be my favorite person."

He thought about it again, and said: "When the hot pot restaurant is on the right track, I'll find a little apprentice and teach him to cook, and I will accompany you well in the future, okay?"

Wen Yan was held in his arms, smelling the familiar smell on his body, and closed his eyes: "Okay."

The author has something to say: I'm numb. I found out that I set the wrong time yesterday when I put this manuscript in. I thought I updated it last night (.) I cried, not on purpose!

Compensation chapter tomorrow qwq