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In the second year of Baoyuan, Shuzhou, Yunlailou.

On this day, as in the past, the business of Yunlai Building is booming, and customers come like clouds.

In the back kitchen, two young girls are in charge of the cooking.At this moment, they are all holding a shovel in one hand and a plate in the other.The ingredients rolled from the plate and fell into the pot, and the shovel followed immediately, and the stir-fry was fragrant.The sound of urging the dishes was endless, so the movements of his hands did not dare to stop.

As the saying goes, I'm too busy.

"Miss Luo, Miss Feng, my boss told you to wait and find her!" Suddenly, such a sentence was mixed into the sound of urging food.

"Hey—" One of the girls responded, but she didn't even bother to raise her head.

Seeing this situation, the person who sent the message was afraid that she would not take it seriously, so he said again: "Don't forget! My master has something to tell you!"

The two nodded, not knowing whether the other party saw it or not.

After finally getting through the meal, the people in the Yunlai building gradually thinned out, and the two chefs had time to find their hosts.

One of them called Luo Qingqiu said to the other named Feng Siyu: "Sisi, tell me, what is Sister Nan looking for us for?"

Feng Siyu shook his head: "I don't know. Maybe you want us to serve new dishes again?"

"No way..." Luo Qingqiu frowned, "Didn't we just researched 'Yunlai Meat' last month? The freshness of diners hasn't passed yet! If new dishes come out so frequently, the tricks we know There are so many, we will be exhausted soon! No, I have to tell Sister Nan, we are human beings, we can’t be pushed so hard, we have to be given time to create, at most one new dish in half a year!”

The so-called "Yunlai Meat" was named after it was created by Yunlailou.Born out of cooking pork, the method is not complicated. There is a poem saying, "Clean the pan, save water, and the firewood can not afford to smoke. Don't urge him when he is cooked by himself. He will be beautiful when the heat is enough." its practice.

But at this time, the person who wrote this "Ode to Pork" is also the real inventor of "Yun Lai Meat", and he will not be born in nine years.

As for "Yunlai Meat", there is actually another name passed down by later generations - "Dongpo Meat".

Why do delicious foods decades later appear at this time?It's not just the delicacies decades later, Luo Qingqiu and Feng Siyu, even the delicacies that are thousands of years later, such as cola potato chips, have never eaten less.It's just a pity that the time is too far away, the raw materials are hard to obtain, and the recipe is more complicated, so it is difficult to restore, so we have to start with the delicacies of this dynasty and this generation.

That's right, when words like "Coke" and "Potato Chips" are mentioned, the identities of Luo Qingqiu and Feng Siyu are beyond doubt—they come from the future and are travelers across time and space.

In other words, "traveler" is not suitable, because although Luo Qingqiu hopes to travel to Tokyo Menghua one day, Feng Siyu has never thought about it.Even if they had all expected it, it was not their own request to come here, but an accident.

Half a year ago, or one day after a thousand years, the elevator in the shopping mall suddenly lost control and fell.There were only the two of them in the elevator, both of them closed their eyes out of fear, and when they opened their eyes again, it was a completely different scene.From realizing that I have timetraveled, from being confused and helpless to being calm, to pawning what I have in order to survive, and finally finding a job that can support me and settling down, there are all kinds of difficulties that people can imagine.Modern mandarin is very different from ancient Chinese, and they can't communicate at all. Luo Qingqiu can barely communicate because Luo Qingqiu knows traditional characters but can't write; Attracting people's attention in this unfamiliar place, groping here vaguely; no relatives, only the two of them can trust and rely on each other in this big world, and no one can ask for help...

Luo Qingqiu was fine, ever since she knew that this was the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was during the reign of Renzong, she had faith in her heart to support her.This is also the reason why she had longed to come to the Northern Song Dynasty.She wanted to meet someone here, someone who didn't know if she really existed.She wants to see if the hero who is said to be just a legend exists in the long river of history. If he exists, she wants to see if he is as she knows, with picturesque eyes, a smile like a spring breeze, a three-foot green sword in his hand, and a shocking... One side is blue sky.It was also because she had this obsession, maybe she simply wanted to know everything about him, or it was really to prepare for one day that she might get what she wanted, so she knew something about this era.Although it is only a superficial understanding, it cannot be compared with any college student who studies history, but compared with ordinary high school students or even adults with other majors, it is beyond the reach of others.And she herself is also interested in these traditional cultures and history, and she has accumulated some experience. Although she is not as good as Song Dynasty, she can recognize traditional Chinese characters at least at this age, which is better than her peers.So she changed her environment to live here. Compared with other traversers, at least Feng Siyu, it was somewhat easier.

Feng Siyu is different, she was brought here purely inexplicably, and inexplicably wants to leave the protection of her parents, leave her hometown and even die to start a life.Although she has Luo Qingqiu's help, but she still can't take care of herself, how much better can Feng Siyu be?She has a very different temperament from Luo Qingqiu.Luo Qingqiu is a person who expresses joy and anger, especially in front of friends. He sheds tears when he is sad and giggles when he is happy. Although his temper is noisy, but when he cries and laughs, his heart becomes brighter.She is relatively introverted, even in front of Luo Qingqiu - who used to be her best friend and is now her only reliance - she will not cry or laugh, at most she will frown or smile for a long time But the heart is not smooth.In the face of such a huge change, she was unable to vent, and her heart was actually more at a loss and flustered.Besides, she didn't have the spiritual support like Luo Qingqiu, and she didn't know what to do, and the pain in her heart was even deeper.

They were lucky, they didn't have any difficulties for a long time, and they encountered a restaurant that had just opened to recruit people.Because they just opened the business and there is a shortage of manpower, and as modern people, they have a skill that is very valuable in this era, but everyone knows it in modern times-cooking.

It's really lucky. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the practice of cooking was recognized, but very few people knew it.The chefs who know how to cook in Tokyo are all very expensive. In fact, in the Song Dynasty, just because they were girls, the "cooks" were much more valuable than ordinary cooks. Luo Qingqiu and Feng Siyu were eager to settle down and did not ask High salaries, so even though they have poor eyesight and language barriers, they were still kept.

Since then, it's finally on the right track.

Yunlai Building has two floors and a backyard. The first floor is the lobby and the back kitchen. The second floor is an elegant seat and a small separate hall for the owner or others to rest.The backyard is where the cooks and buddies live. The owner also lived here, but after making money, they bought another courtyard and moved out.

This restaurant has only been open for half a year, and it is thriving, but its foundation is not stable.The host is a young woman in her twenties named Jiangnan.She didn't find anyone to cooperate, and she managed the entire Yunlai Building by herself, so she was very considerate. She recruited people, including recruiting Luo Qingqiu and Feng Siyu, all by herself.Now I come here every day to see how the restaurant is doing and how it can be improved or adjusted.

Walking to the small hall, Luo Qingqiu raised his hand and knocked on the door. Hearing the response from the people inside, he pulled Feng Siyu to push the door and entered.

"Sister Nan, do you have something to do with us?" Speaking of which, Luo Qingqiu and Feng Siyu even had a lot of credit for the rise of Yunlailou.If it weren't for their skill that only master chefs in Tokyo know, and occasionally introducing a dish that no one else has seen before, how could a newly opened restaurant gather so many customers and make a fortune in half a year?In my impression, they have researched bean sprouts, deep-fried dough sticks, and Dongpo pork in the past six months.Luo Qingqiu told Feng Siyu that these foods were originally invented in the Song Dynasty, but they are not in the era they are now, and it should be possible technically.So "their" creativity and impressions of the finished product plus the craftsmanship of the master craftsmen, although the finished product is not satisfactory, it also set off a wave in this small city of Shuzhou.Therefore, there is no promise between them and the boss, but they are full of self-confidence.

"Come." Jiang Nan greeted them to sit down, and they were not polite, and sat opposite Jiang Nan.

"I'm busy every day, thank you for your hard work." Jiang Nan said with a smile.

"It's a little hard work," Luo Qingqiu joked, "But with such a high salary, we don't want to be lazy."

Although when the restaurant first opened, Luo Qingqiu and Feng Siyu's monthly bills were not high.But as Yunlailou's reputation became more and more prosperous, they gradually became busy, and their salaries rose little by little.Now, among the cooks in Shuzhou, they are definitely earning a lot of money.

"That's exactly what I'm going to talk about." Jiang Nan straightened his face, "Yunlailou can become the best restaurant in Shuzhou in half a year, most of it is due to your credit. When Yunlailou first opened, I also If you don't have any money, you are still willing to help me here. It is not an exaggeration to say that this restaurant has a share of you. It's just that I opened this restaurant as a dowry, and it is not easy to share with you. But you I am so busy and do my best, and now I feel sorry for the high salary. It just so happens that Liu Yuanwai in the city is going to sell a courtyard recently. It is not small. It has a courtyard, small bridges, flowing water, spring flowers and summer trees. I want to buy it as a gift to you, and express my gratitude, how about you?"

Luo Qingqiu probably knew that in the Song Dynasty, a house was not a cheap thing.Didn't I hear that the prime minister rents a house to live in Kaifeng?Although the house price in Shuzhou is far lower than that in the capital city, but it’s not just buying it, so I subconsciously declined: "Miss Nan, thank you for your kindness. But at the beginning, our situation was also very bad. Our eyesight is not very good. , and do not speak Mandarin, and the dialect of our hometown is completely incomprehensible to others. If we hadn’t found a job with Nan Jie, we don’t know if we would sleep on the street. If we help, we also help each other. In the past six months, we I also gradually learned Mandarin, able to communicate with people, and somewhat adapted to not being able to see things clearly, Yunlailou has also become prosperous, and we already have something for each other, so there is no need to spend so much."

Feng Siyu felt that what Luo Qingqiu said was reasonable, so he nodded along without adding anything.

"But..." Jiang Nan frowned, "It's not what I did for you to learn Mandarin and adapt to eye diseases. How can I express my gratitude. Besides, you are two girls' family after all, and now you are with those It’s always inconvenient for the cooks to live in the same courtyard.”

"No inconvenience. Even if there is, I've gotten used to it after half a year."

"But in the long run, it will also damage your reputation."

"Why do we care what others think?"

If the two argued for many rounds, Feng Siyu was not good at words, and occasionally echoed Luo Qingqiu's words, but they could not come to a conclusion.

To be honest, who doesn't want to have a house and a place to live.It's just that I don't sleep or eat without merit.If they received such a big thank you gift, they would inevitably feel ashamed.After all, cooking is not a great skill for them.

"Then—" Jiang Nan finally changed his words, "It's not as good as this. I have already told Yuanwai Liu that I want to buy his other courtyard, and it's always bad to go back on my word. The salary I pay you is regarded as hiring a cooking cook, and this courtyard is regarded as Thank you for thinking of those fresh dishes that sell well. In the future, you have to come up with some for me from time to time, how about it?"

"...We don't mean that we can think of it as soon as we think of it. It's just that Qian—Jiang's talent is exhausted, probably at least one in half a year." Realizing that it's not good to compare himself to a "Qian donkey", Luo Qingqiu hastily changed his words.

"It's enough, as long as there are new dishes." Seeing Luo Qingqiu let go, Jiang Nan was overjoyed.

Although he still felt guilty, but knowing that there would be no result if he continued to refuse, Luo Qingqiu had no choice but to agree.