I'm not really the protagonist? [Transmigration Book]

Four or five days have passed, and the shopkeeper of Tianxianglou is sitting in front of the counter with a sad face. Although there are diners in the building, they can be counted on one hand, and most of them are because they are in a hurry and have no time to go to the opposite Qingjianglou to wait for a vacant seat. diners.

The letter sent to the owner came back, saying to wait, the diners are just looking at the freshness of Qingjianglou's dishes, and they will get tired of eating after a few days, and the diners will come back.

But the shopkeeper doesn’t think so. He heard from Xiaoer that not only the dishes of Qingjiang Restaurant are delicious, but also the interior decoration is beautiful and interesting. He got a message that new dishes would be added to Qingjianglou's menu. Generally speaking, he felt that Tianxianglou was dangerous.

The shopkeeper was pacing left and right when he suddenly thought of an idea. He recruited someone and whispered a few words in his ear.

Half a month later, Qingjiang Tower completely overwhelmed Tianxiang Tower, and it was overcrowded every day, earning a lot of money, but on this day, after shopkeeper Lu came back from Lu's mansion, he saw that the opposite Tianxiang Tower had changed It was deserted but full of people.

Although there are quite a few diners in my building, it is still much worse than in the past. The waiter at the door saw shopkeeper Lu with an anxious face, hurried over and said, "Shopkeeper, something happened."

Seeing the waiter's frown, shopkeeper Lu hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"The Tianxiang Building across the street has a new dish. I heard from the diners..." The waiter looked hesitant, and after seeing the cold face of the shopkeeper, he added in a low voice: "I heard from the diners that the two new dishes The dishes are very similar to our Qingjianglou's 'sauce lotus root' and 'spicy chicken diced'."

Shopkeeper Lu suppressed the conjecture in his heart and asked a newly recruited waiter to go to Tianxianglou to pack their two new signature dishes, one called 'spicy fried chicken' and the other called 'signature lotus root'.

After taking a sip, shopkeeper Lu's chest heaved violently, and he walked towards the back kitchen with a sullen face, stopped halfway, and turned back to the lobby. There are still guests in the building now, so let's find out the thief when it closes.

He asked someone to send a letter to Mr. Su and the young master. They still need some advice on this matter.

At night, in the private room on the third floor of Qingjiang Tower.

Su Jiabao and Lu Dayou were sitting, and there were three master chefs standing in front of them. Although the shopkeeper Lu wanted to stay, but the night market was busy and there were still businesses in the building, so he just brought people along and left.

Downstairs was full of voices, and the private room was extremely quiet, no one dared to speak.

Su Jiabao sat on the chair, holding a teacup and drinking slowly, without looking at the three of them.

In fact, he had already prepared for this matter, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly. I think the price offered by Tianxianglou is not low.

Su Jiabao was calm, Lu Dayou couldn't do it, his face was full of anger, seeing Su Jiabao only lowered his head to drink tea, he thought Su Jiabao was being pissed off, he stood up immediately, and slammed the table down.

"Who is it between you? Hurry up and stand up, or I will do something." Lu Dayou pressed his fist, threatening.

The three people standing looked at me and I looked at you, all of them looked wronged.

Su Jiabao glanced at the person standing on the far right out of the corner of his eye, seeing that he also had an innocent face, Su Jiabao's eyes turned cold.

The three of them told one by one about Tianxianglou's people buying them, but they didn't agree, and they didn't say a word about the dishes.

Lu Dayou sneered, and planned to go forward and beat up the three of them, "You don't tell the truth, well, then taste the fist of the young master first, the young master will definitely beat the thief."

Su Jiabao put down his teacup and called out: "Dayou".

Lu Dayou turned his head and saw Su Jiabao's cold eyes, and sat back holding back his anger.

"I'll give it another chance," Su Jiabao said lightly, "Stand up by yourself, or I'll see you at the government."

There are all seniors and juniors, and if this is a trouble in the government, who will dare to invite them to cook in the future? All three of them are blue-faced. The man on the far right slid his throat up and down a few times, his hands trembling slightly, But still holding a trace of luck.

"The contract signed by Qingjiang Tower with you is very superior in this business. Not only that, but also teach you skills. Unexpectedly, there are such dissatisfied people among you." Su Jiabao's voice was cold, and his eyes were fixed. Keep your eyes on the guy on the far right.

This man is called Zhao Daqi, and he was the owner of a small inn before he was approached by Qingjianglou, and his craftsmanship is passable.

Seeing this, the other two people immediately understood, Qiqi took a step aside, Su Jiabao told them to go back to rest today, and come back to work tomorrow morning.

After the two left, the man started to panic, Su Jiabao asked Wu Yan: "Has anyone from the government office come?"

Hearing this, the man knelt down on his knees with a "bang", and begged for mercy: "Young master, son, please forgive the young one, there are old and young, and the young can't... "

Facing this man's begging for mercy, Su Jiabao and Lu Dayou did not soften their hearts at all. After a while, two officials from the government took Zhao Daqi away from the back door.

Hearing that the matter was settled, the old shopkeeper found time to enter the private room, just in time to hear his young master ask how he knew it was the man who sold the restaurant.

Su Jiabao asked Wu Yan to open a pipe in the corner of the private room, and the air-conditioning from the ice cellar instantly made the private room much cooler.After taking another sip of herbal tea to reduce the fire, Su Jiabao said in a calm manner: "The intention of inviting three masters is to prevent this from happening."

Then, Su Jiabao briefly explained the reason.

At the beginning, Xia Wen made four dishes to convince them, but when learning dishes, Xia Wen listened to Su Jiabao's suggestion and only asked them to choose two dishes to learn, and they could not ask each other about the other two dishes. Later, when Xia Wen taught them, everyone's dishes were somewhat different, for example, garlic was put first or last in the spicy chicken, and ginger was added or not in the Qingtian lotus leaf pot.

The garlic put in first will turn slightly black or burnt yellow, while the garlic put in later will remain porcelain white. The ginger in the Qingtian lotus leaf pot is also processed. If you don’t taste it carefully, you won’t be able to taste the difference, but that’s right For diners, and for master cooks, it is natural to taste ginger or not in one bite.

Before Su Jiabao came, he took Xia Wen to Tianxianglou and ordered those two dishes. Xia Wen could taste the difference in one bite, and the insider was naturally targeted.

Hearing this, Lu Dayou and the shopkeeper all opened their mouths wide open, as if they were just like that.Behind Su Jiabao, Wu Yan's eyes were full of admiration.

Seeing this, Su Jiabao smiled slightly, stood up and stretched, waved his hands and said, "Uncle Xia, stay in the building to help tonight, I'll go back first."

Talking and walking out of the private room, Lu Dayou and the shopkeeper came to their senses and just wanted to send them off, when Su Jiabao turned around and said: "The man who was escorted into the government office, the shopkeeper, you go and explain the situation, remember not Mention my name."

Seeing the shopkeeper nodding, Su Jiabao turned around and walked forward again, Lu Dayou and the shopkeeper followed up together, and after taking two steps, the man in front stopped again, and asked with a smile on his face: " When will the money for my three-tier shares be delivered?"

The shopkeeper thought that the young master was going to tell him something, but when he heard this straightforward begging for money, the shopkeeper smiled and said that the Lu family planned to settle the money once a year.

"No way," Su Jiabao shook his head and objected, "Let's pay it once every three months, but this month, I'll pay it off on a monthly basis."

It's not that Su Jiabao is afraid of the Lu family's bad debts, it's just that he doesn't have any money in his hands now, he can't do anything, and he feels unhappy.

The shopkeeper said that he wanted to talk to the master, but Lu Dayou, who was next to him, was not happy when he heard the words: "Jie, I can tie it up as my brother says, now this Qingjiang Tower is mine, listen to me, and tie it up."

"Yes, master." The old shopkeeper said.

Hearing this, Su Jiabao gave Lu Dayou a "good job" wink, and Lu Dayou immediately grinned again, with a silly smile on his face.

Su Jiabao turned around and continued walking, suddenly remembered something, turned around again, and made the old shopkeeper almost laugh out loud: "Young master, why don't we go back to the private room and finish talking at once."

Su Jiabao waved his hand calmly: "The last thing, leave after finishing talking."

"You say."

"My Uncle Xia, you can't let him do things for nothing."

After hearing this, the old shopkeeper took it for granted and said: "Young master, I don't need to say that, I can't treat Master Xia badly when I treat anyone badly in Qingjiang Tower."

Naturally, the old shopkeeper didn't say the latter sentence.

When Su Jiabao returned to Su's residence, Xu Yining and Su Wei had already fallen asleep, someone should report to Su Wei about Zhao Daqi tomorrow.

In the next few days, everyone in the streets and alleys knew that Tianxianglou secretly stole two recipes from Qingjianglou in order to regain business. come and go.There are a lot of things on weekdays, and a place where no one wants to eat is so tricky.

The chefs in Tianxianglou cook delicious dishes, but they are always the same, and they don't know how to adapt, and they gradually become a little boring.And the master didn't know if it was because he was reprimanded by the shopkeeper and the owner, the taste of the dishes he cooked in the past few days was not as good as one dish.

Under the divine assistance of the owner of Tianxianglou, Qingjianglou completely overshadowed Tianxianglou. At first, he was worried that those diners were just shopkeeper Lu who had a fresh look for a while, but now he was really relieved, and walked with wind.

As for the person who leaked the secret, he was sentenced to two months in prison. However, after he came out, there should not be any shops looking for him to cook. Su Jiabao heard faintly, and the Lu family put down their words. If anyone dares to give Zhao Daqi a job, then in the future, he will not I want to do business with the Lu family.Those who originally wanted to take some risks because Zhao Daqi knew those two dishes somehow, now completely gave up the idea.

The days flew by, and at the end of the month, the old shopkeeper of the Lu family knocked on the door of the Su Mansion with a pocketful of banknotes.

Seeing the three large banknotes that the old shopkeeper took out, Su Jiabao suppressed the excitement in his heart, 300 taels, this is really not a small amount, you know, in this world, 30 taels is enough for a poor family to live for a year years old.

Su Jiabao thought it was just the opening of Qingjiang Building, which naturally attracted the most money. He only occupied the third-floor shares, and he could get 300 taels of silver this month. I was shocked, but it's right to think about it carefully. After all, Qingzhou is no better than other places. Its geographical location is good, and business travelers traveling all over the world will come here to settle down.

Just as he was thinking about it, the old butler took out another stack of tickets from his pocket, put them on the table and said, "The master asked me to bring them to you, thank you for saving Qingjiang Tower, the master said, I will invite you when you are free." Young Master, go to the Lu Mansion for a gathering." The old shopkeeper said with a smile, "When I mention you now, the master is full of praise."

Su Jiabao roughly glanced at the amount, ten hundred taels of silver bills, a total of 1000 taels of silver, he smiled lightly, pushed the ten bills back, and said seriously: "Help Qingjiang Tower, I also get what I deserve , these silver taels are really unacceptable, you should take them back."

The old shopkeeper looked embarrassed.

Su Jiabao said: "Go back and tell Mr. Lu that I really can't accept the money. You won't get paid for nothing."

Helpless, seeing Su Jiabao's refusal, the old shopkeeper had no choice but to take back the silver taels, but he kept praising Su Jiabao's performance in his heart. The young boy, who is not moved by money, will surely have great promise in the future.

When Shopkeeper Lu went back to explain the situation clearly, Master Lu clapped his hands and laughed, and he felt more favorable towards Su Jiabao in his heart.

Lu Jinquan has traveled all over the world for many years, and he claims to have a sharp eye. He can tell at a glance that Su Jiabao has such wisdom and can stick to his nature.

So, Master Lu personally wrote a letter in front of the shopkeeper and asked him to bring it to Su Jiabao.

When Su Jiabao saw what Master Lu said in the letter, if he had any financial difficulties in the future, he could just go to Lu's mansion, and when he, Lu Jinquan, was determined to help with all his strength, a pleasant smile appeared on his face.

He didn't accept the one thousand taels of silver because he didn't get rewarded for his merits, and he had no other intentions. However, Master Lu caught his eye by accident, and getting this promise was indeed what he wanted.

Because the refugees from the northern border are about to flee.

According to the memory of his previous life, he remembered that shortly after Luo Qingyu was convicted of murder and fled his hometown, his father, the Cheng Luo Tangyuan of Qingzhou County, died in the refugee riots, which became the pain of Luo Qingyu's life After all, he failed to see his father for the last time when he died, and he was charged with murder, which made his father feel uneasy even when he died.

Su Jiabao frowned slightly, desperately thinking about the words of the two colleagues in his previous life, and muttered for a while: "If I remember correctly, a large number of refugees will come from the north in three months at the latest."