After the gourmet up dressed as a spoiled man

For a moment, Li Yu suspected that this was a trick set up by the shop owner, and there would be a reversal in a while, in order to

For a moment, Li Yu suspected that this was a trick set up by the shop owner, and there would be a reversal in a while, in order to increase the rent.

Just when he wanted to wait and see what happened, the woman who spoke had already walked towards him.

"I can tell you that his shop is cursed, and no one who rents it will end well. It's so small that the business is not good, and it's so big that it's life-threatening!"

The woman glared at the shop owner from time to time, and stood in front of Li Yu at the door with her hips crossed. Her figure was rich and her clothes were thick in winter, which made her chubby. The small eyes are wide open, and the eyeballs are red, like an old hen guarding its cubs.

Before Li Yu could speak, the shop owner yelled, "You stinky bitch is here to make trouble again, let me tell you, even if my shop is rotten in your hands, I won't rent it to you, you should give up on it! "

The woman who was scolded was not convinced, she turned her head and pointed a fat finger at the shop owner, "Okay, then let's see who can afford it!"

She said in a strange way: "Oh, anyway, my store's business is booming, and your rice and grain store will not be able to open for a long time!"

The owner of the shop was thin, and looked at him momentarily while holding his abacus while clenching his molars. His chest heaved violently, as if he was out of breath from her anger.

After a while, people from the neighbors came to watch the excitement, an old woman shook her head and sighed, "This tricky woman is here to make trouble again, but it has made the shop owner miserable."

Li Yu listened for a while, isn't it a trick they set up?

"You don't know, this woman runs a tavern not far away, she has a hot temper and beats and scolds the shop assistants, a few of them couldn't keep up and just happened to come to work in this rice grain shop.

She didn't expect to be discovered by this woman and said that he was digging the wall, and she didn't know which fortune teller said that this shop had good geomantic omen, so she started to think about it, and made enemies every time she came and went, and made trouble whenever anyone came. "

Hearing this, Li Yu also understood. When ordinary people see this situation, they will inevitably mutter in their hearts. If someone comes to make trouble when they open their own shop, it will not be worth the loss.

But as soon as he came here, he felt that this place was really good, with a wide frontage and a good location, right in the middle of the street, with simple furnishings inside and easy decoration.

This is not right!

"What do you think, Xianggong?" Li Yu approached Lin Shiyou and asked in his ear: "I like this shop very much, but the trouble is that woman."

"Wait a minute, I'll talk about it later."

The shop owner and the woman are still chattering, and she doesn't care about the people around her pointing and pointing. Hey, dare to fight with me, so you can't eat, so go around!

The shop owner was quarreling, but she couldn't be bothered by her every time the business was done, so he could only watch the customers leave. He glanced behind him casually, but he didn't expect Li Yu and Lin Shiyou to still be there.

As soon as his eyes lit up, he heard Lin Shiyou ask: "We want to rent this shop, how much is the rent?"

It was rare that someone was not scared away, the shop owner rushed to meet him, not caring about the woman behind him swearing and jumping.

"To tell you the truth, I am also in a hurry to leave. The price is 30 taels a year!" Afraid that the two of them would find it too expensive, he decided to say, "I have a wing room in the backyard. I will send you off together. There are everything in it if you can live there. No need to pay extra, how about it? Just sign the contract."

Li Yu and Lin Shi met eyes, the price was indeed affordable, so it was decided.

Lin Shiyou also nodded and was about to enter the house to book a lease, when the woman behind her yelled, twisting her fat body and blocking the door of the store, "My mother gave you 50 taels and you didn't rent it, your head is flooded! And No matter which onion you are, you dare to grab the territory with me!"

Another shrew came, Li Yu thought to himself, why are there so many unreasonable people?

"I signed a lease with the owner of the shop, so I have the final say on this shop. If you make trouble again, I can report to the official, and you just said that your business is good. Since you can come here to hinder us, so can we." Go to your place to stir up trouble, and then don't blame us for the impact on business." Lin Shiyou said unhurriedly: "Look at who among us consumes more energy?"

There were a few sneers suddenly from the crowd, to deal with this kind of person, she had to use her method, to deal with him in his own way.

The woman's face froze and her eyes widened and stared at him, as if they had done something heinous, "Okay, you... you guys used this method!"

Lin Shiyou's expression was indifferent, he curled his lips indifferently and looked at the woman in front of him harmlessly, as if he had just learned this from you.

Seeing her distraught look, the people behind her laughed even more wantonly, even the shop owner felt angry, and looked at Lin Shiyou with some admiration in his eyes.

There was a stalemate for a while, but no one paid any attention to her. The woman gave the people here a hard look with reluctance and said, "Wait for me!" She waved her hands and walked away in despair.

Li Yu only glanced at it and then looked away. Seeing the commotion, he was sure that the store was indeed all right. After talking for a while, they signed and pressed their fingerprints, and the store was finally found.

The shop owner said: "My wing room is in the backyard, you can live in it anytime, I don't worry if I leave the shop to you!"

After leaving the shop, Li Yu couldn't help sighing, "My husband and I are really lucky, and we picked up another bargain."

"Yeah, that's a good sign."

The streets are crowded with people, bustling with people, and pedestrians pick and choose in front of the small stalls and bargain with the hawkers. People are all dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the colorful clothes set off smiling faces, which is also full of vitality in winter.

There are all kinds of stalls on both sides of the wide road. The capital city is indeed bustling and lively. There are restaurants, medicine shops, cloth village taverns and all kinds of shops on this street alone.

Today, the weather is warmer and Li Yu is not afraid of the cold anymore, so he strolled slowly on the street for a long time, Lin Shiyou bought him a lot of strange gadgets, and unknowingly walked to the door of a bookstore.

"Xiao Yu, let's go in and see if there is any recipe for you." Lin Shiyou also wanted to see how the book was selling in the capital.

"Let's go, let's go." Li Yu slapped his forehead and remembered, he had been thinking about going to see it himself before, but this time it happened.

After entering the door, I realized that there were quite a lot of people in the house. Some bought pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and some bought scripts. Li Yu's recipes were placed in the middle, with instructions hanging beside them.

Seeing the two of them staring at the cookbook, the clerk immediately greeted them, "Both of you, buy one too. This cookbook is the most popular in the store. There are only the last few copies left. Our boss has ordered a few more. The batch hasn't arrived yet!"

Li Yu's eyes lit up, his eyelashes flickered a few times, and he asked in surprise, "Is this book really so popular?"

"Oh, I can still lie to you!" The waiter raised his eyebrows and spoke quickly, "If you don't believe me, you can go to other places and ask, they are guaranteed to be out of stock, our boss ordered a lot and only have these few copies left, I will tell you I said you must get a copy. The people who published the book are amazing. The dishes in it are all new styles. They opened a shop in a small town and made a fortune from these dishes. If you don’t believe me, take a look at the content. Can you see it?"

Fearing that the two of them would not believe it, Xiao Er opened the menu and asked them to take a closer look, selling it with vigor and enthusiasm, as if an insider knew a lot!

Lin Shiyou listened to the corners of his mouth and suppressed a smile. This guy must be right.

"Let's go buy some paper and ink first, and you can keep these few copies and sell them to others."

Li Yu couldn't hold back his laughter after listening to it for a while, but he didn't expect his book to be so popular.

He dragged Lin Shiyou to the other side of the book shop, and the clerk curled his lips behind them, "If you don't buy it, it will be gone. I don't need to introduce this book, everyone has already snatched it up!"

Lin Shiyou picked out some paper and pens and left the bookstore when he heard Li Yu's lazily voice, "I know how to publicize the store, so let everyone know that we have come to the capital to open a store by taking advantage of the popularity of that cookbook."

"You mean to publicize it. I think it's okay. Let's find some little beggars and yell in the street and everyone will know." Lin Shiyou nodded in agreement, "I will order tables and chairs in a while and decorate the shop first. The heat of the past few days will open soon.”

Ok, deal!

Lin Shiyou is very efficient in handling affairs. In the past few days, people have shouted on the street, "Li Linji's cookbook publisher is going to open a shop in Xichao Street, and it will open in three days!"

Quite a few curious people stopped and asked, "The one who wrote the recipe is coming to open the shop? Cook those dishes in the recipe?"

"You are right, the shop is being renovated, and it will open in a few days! Hot pot will be sold on the first day!"

More and more people know about it. The store has been cleaned up the day before the opening, and the plaque is covered with a red cloth. The passers-by have watched the excitement for a while, and they are clamoring to try it tomorrow!

The interior of the shop is more ornately decorated than the small shops in the town. The counters at the entrance are all made of mahogany tables, with jade cabbage on the table and a jade pendant given by Boss Qian. There are twelve tables in the lobby, and landscape paintings on the walls. Calligraphy and painting, vanilla and red lanterns were hung at the four corners, and Li Yu bought four more antique vases to decorate with a wave of his hand.

The store is spacious, clean and bright, which can attract customers in itself.

On the opening day, a large group of customers lined up at the entrance. The menu board at the entrance stated that the main course hot pot snacks include small crispy meat and brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, and a free drink of sour plum soup.When people saw that this was indeed the dish written in the recipe, they must try it, and soon there was a long queue at the door.

People in the room put a copper pot on each table, and the fragrant and spicy red oil pot was steaming. Several people sat around and boiled sliced ​​meat and vegetables. After being scalded, they drank a bowl of sour plum soup to relieve the spicy, "Whoa! Eat it in winter." This one is so comfortable! This store opened just in time! I'm just worried that those restaurants don't have any new tricks!"

A young woman at the side swallowed a mouthful of sliced ​​meat, and kept fanning her mouth like a fan, "I also bought that cookbook, and I can only make a few simple ones, and I can't make any difficult ones. It seems that if you want to eat authentic ones, you have to come to the store!"

"Yes, yes, serve me another plate of crispy pork!"

"I want a plate too, and a pot of sour plum soup!"

Li Yu has been busy in the back kitchen. Small crispy pork is a must for hot pot. First, cut the top-quality pork tenderloin into finger-thick strips, add salt, rice wine and soy sauce and other seasonings to marinate for a while, and then adjust the egg flour according to the proportion. Paste, wrap the meat in the batter and throw it into the oil pan to fry until golden. After the water vapor inside evaporates, the meat becomes crispy and crispy. Sprinkle with chili powder and cumin powder, and a small plate of crispy meat is ready.

There were many customers ordering food, and Li Yu fried it in a few pots before it was sold out.Brother Dong also learned how to do it, and the two of them cooperated to pay for it.

Li Yu thought about hiring another cook, and asked Zhou Mingting to recommend a reliable cook.

There were only two people at a table in the corner of the lobby, quietly eating hot pot.The young man grabbed a piece of crispy meat and spoke first, "My lord, what do you think of the taste?"

He lowered his head slightly, with an undisguised respect in his tone, and the older man on the opposite side chewed a few mouthfuls of praise: "The taste is really good."

The shell of the crispy meat is neither burnt nor mushy, and is evenly stained with seasonings. The crispy yellow shell is wrapped with fresh and tender pork. It only takes a bite of delicious juice to flow to the tip of the tongue to wake up the taste buds.When frying in the pot, the water vapor has almost dissipated. At this time, the internal juice is firmly locked by the shell. The skin is fresh and spicy, and the inside is soft and tender. The meat becomes more delicious with each bite. Did not stop.

The middle-aged man who was called an adult nodded again and again, his face softened a lot, and he said affirmatively: "You really know how to choose. The dishes made by this restaurant have never been eaten before, and they are not bad."

"As long as Mr. Wu is satisfied, come more in the future!"

Master Wu nodded slightly, the two continued to indulge in the delicious food, and their voices gradually faded away.

Until the afternoon, the line of customers was full, and regardless of the cold weather outside, seeing the steaming hot people in the store was even more anxious, and I couldn't help swallowing dryly.

Li Yu was busy in the back kitchen, and Lin Shiyou had to cooperate back and forth. Just as he had time to stand in front of the counter for a while, he saw a young man coming in from the door.

"Congratulations! Brother Lin has opened such a big store after leaving Beijing for so long, and the business is still booming. I admire you!"

Lin Shiyou was stunned for a moment, and vainly looked at the person in front of him, isn't this Sun An!

Sun An is not tall, wearing a black coat, he looks like he just got off the carriage, his ears are not cold and his skin tone is still there, he smiled, slowly raised his eyelids, narrowed his long and narrow eyes slightly, There was a gleam in his eyes.

Although he looks young, but a closer look reveals that his eyes are blue, and there is a hint of cunning hidden in the fine lines on the corners of his eyes and brows.

Lin Shiyou hooked his lips and greeted warmly: "Brother Sun, why come here when you have time, but it's been a long time since I've seen you."

Seeing that there was nothing unusual in Lin Shiyou's expression, Sun An put away his secretly scrutinizing eyes, and put on a smile on his face, "Of course I have to join you when you return to Beijing. At that time, when Brother Lin left, I was so anxious that I was sick. I was lying at home. After a long time, I didn’t ask Brother Zhou. Later, I heard that you went to Mount Lutai. I felt sad and wondered when we would see each other again. I didn’t expect that Lin would come back in less than a year. , can still do business, it looks like this is making money outside?"

He said these words in one breath, and every sentence was about asking and probing, but Lin Shiyou didn't hear the sign of concern.

When he and Zhou Mingting were together in the capital, Sun An always came to join in the fun. He seems warm and easy-going. After getting in touch with him, you can find out that he is hypocritical, and he likes to play tricks behind his back. Everyone is a man, so naturally he disdains What he did was to avoid him even more, just ignore him.

Who would have thought that he was still thick-skinned, like a piece of dog skin plaster that couldn't be torn off, Zhou Mingting complained to him a lot, and said in the letter that day that Sun An immediately changed his mind after he left, not only did he not go to the house again I've been looking for him, but I didn't say hello when I met him, so where did I sing this effort?

Lin Shiyou saw that his hands were empty, and since it was a congratulation, he didn't bring a gift, so he couldn't help but sneered in his heart. Sun An's visit to cheer for him was fake, and it was true to inquire about the truth.

He didn't care about simply replying generously, "Our Lin family is an exile, so we don't have a chance to make a fortune. It's just selling some food and earning some money to make ends meet."

Sun An smiled sheepishly, "Brother Lin, don't fool me, such a big store can't be rented with a little money, I'm afraid there is some way to get rich that you don't want to tell me, that's all, I won't ask, come on Here is congratulations, and by the way, brother Lin's parents and family are all right?"

He kept rubbing his cuff with one hand, rolled his Adam's apple and stared at Lin Shiyou closely, as if he was expecting the other party's answer.

Lin Shiyou said slowly: "The elders are in good health, please worry about Brother Sun."

He seemed to be polite and polite and answered him word by word seriously, but in fact his tone was perfunctory, with a businesslike indifference, a faint smile hung on the corner of his lips, and his expression did not change.

After Lin Shiyou finished speaking, Sun An's lips trembled slightly. He seemed to realize the frivolity in his words, coughed a few times in embarrassment, and said in a somewhat unnatural tone: "That's good, that's good, I don't worry about that." "Brother Lin's shop opened today at a busy time, and I came here in a hurry without a gift, so I will host a banquet for Brother Lin to drink at Yipinxiang the next day."

"You are Welcome."

Sun An didn't want to delay any longer, and couldn't hear any useful news. There were so many people in the shop that he turned around and left.

Lin Shiyou looked at his back in a hurry, and inadvertently raised the corner of his mouth.

After Sun An walked out of the shop and walked a few steps, he got into an unremarkable carriage, and when he lifted the curtain, the person inside immediately greeted him, "How about it, what news did you hear?"

"Don't mention it, that kid used to be shrewd. After leaving Beijing for a while, he came back and felt that he was a lot deeper. Don't you know that his eyes are like awls. I didn't dare to look at him for fear that he would notice. Our intention."

He finished speaking in one breath, recalling the indifferent and deep eyes at this time, a complicated feeling surged in his heart, and he couldn't help shivering, "I think Lin Shi's return to Beijing is not just for doing business, they just go out How long did it take to earn all this money, it can't be for the Lin family!"

Seeing that he was taller than him, the people next to him seemed timid. After hearing this, their shoulders shrank and they whispered: "Then we are not using his fame for nothing? I can't use it anymore!"

"We can do something with him outside. We have to be careful what we do when he comes back. That Zhou Mingting is not a vegetarian either. They are in the same group. We have to be careful!"

Sun An didn't like Zhang Mingping's obedient attitude, a big man was as courageous as a rat, he didn't dare to make decisions about anything.

Zhang Mingping sighed, "Listen to you, if we don't think about his fame, this matter has been suppressed for more than half a year and has not been completed, and the people in the Ministry of Rites are not reliable!"

You still have the face to say, if your father hadn't been reluctant to spend money, you would have been an official a long time ago!

Sun An rolled his eyes at him angrily, "If this road doesn't work, then donate the silver. You see, Zheng Mingyang has already become an official. Even though he is a sixth rank, he is a hundred times stronger than you are now."

Zheng Mingyang was just lucky, and he happened to be the next small official to step up.

It is easy for Sun An to say, spending money is one aspect, and opportunity is another aspect, even if his father is willing to spend money to donate to the government, how can there be a suitable person to make a fuss for them, and now people in the court are cautious, and they can't do it It's too much to leave too many handles, it's not just waiting!

No matter how dissatisfied Zhang Mingping was, he didn't dare to express it. He could only complain in his heart. He was inspired by Sun An when he thought of Lin Shi's fame. I don't know what I'm thinking when I close the curtain of the carriage.

He shivered for no reason, quickly shook his head and looked away, this man looked at He Shan's family is also a wealthy family, and his relatives are officials in the court, he is obviously a young master but he has been following behind Lin Shiyou and Zhou Mingting , smiling and making enough gestures all day long, but he has seen those two people refuse to talk to him from the beginning to the end, insisting on sticking their hot faces to other people's cold asses.

But behind his back, he was full of bad ideas and made his idea on Lin Shiyou. He took advantage of the opportunity of the change of other people's official positions to quietly suppress his fame. happy?

If his uncle had some rights in the Ministry of Rites and could still ask him to do things in the future, Zhang Mingping was also afraid that he would not dare to associate with him too deeply. Perhaps Sun An also looked down on him, knowing that he did not dare to talk nonsense, and he did those bad things On the contrary, he didn't defend himself, and he knew a thing or two about the details.

Zhang Mingping tilted his head and asked cautiously: "The fame and fame are let go first?"

Sun An let out a cold snort in his nasal cavity and kept silent, Zhang Mingping also withdrew his thoughts and sat obediently aside, the carriage was walking unsteadily on the road, the driver outside the door asked: "Where does the young master want to go?"

"Go to uncle's house."

On the first day of opening, we were busy until Youshi, and there were still a few tables of guests who came late and wanted to wait for a while. Li Yu smiled and persuaded everyone to leave, and gave them some snacks to let them come early tomorrow.

Several people walked away cheerfully, sighing as they walked that this young boss is good at doing business, so he must come to cheer him on.

Li Yu thumped his arms, thumped his legs, and hung his arms on Lin Shiyou's body, acting like a spoiled child, "My husband is so tired after working all day, Brother Dong and I can't rest, let's hire another cook, and we have to find another handyman." As a servant, I can help with the cooking when I am busy, and I can wash the pots and pans when I am free, otherwise the few of us would really not be able to finish these tasks."

Lin Shiyou looked gently at him and raised the corners of his lips to hug him and sit down: "Ask Zhou Mingting or brother Liu tomorrow, they will definitely find a suitable one." While talking, he squeezed Li Yu's shoulders and legs, Everyone knew that the two shopkeepers had a good relationship, and it was not surprising that they had some intimate actions for a long time.

Brother Dong was excited about learning a new dish today. He wrote on the paper while eating pastries, and Lin Shiyou began to settle accounts after a short rest.

Member Liu opened the door and came in with a few boxes of gifts in his hand, "It's a happy opening. You can tell by the appearance of the big guy that today's business is good."

"Brother Liu, please come in quickly. I just need your help." Lin Shiyou said loudly, "Xiaoyu wants to recruit two assistants, a cook and a handyman. Do you have any suitable candidates?"

Yuanwai Liu winked at Brother Dong first, and Brother Dong pursed his lips into a smile before he looked away, "It's easy to handle, I'll ask the cooks in my house when I go back more often."

The matter was settled, and several people had dinner. Li Yu specially made a small plate of crispy meat for Liu Yuanwai, and enlarged the plate. He wrapped it in oiled paper and stuffed it into Brother Dong's arms, feeling very happy go home.

In a house in the east of the city, Sun An was discussing matters with his uncle Sun Zhengping, "You said he wanted to investigate this matter when he came back?"

Sun An said: "If someone finds out, then this move will be useless."

Sun Zhengping took a sip of tea with a serious expression, "Look at the situation, wait and see what happens, as long as the matter of donating officials is not exposed."

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