When Xu Qinyu and his party went to the door of the restaurant, the three women running the hall had just arrived.

The three said hello to Xu Qinyu, and they all looked very excited.

Xu Qinyu looked at the signboard that was still covered with red cloth, stepped forward and tore off the red cloth, revealing the big characters 'Xu Ji Restaurant'.

Wen's, Ning Jie'er and Cheng's brother Gong'er were so excited that their faces were a little red, but Xu Qinyu couldn't see anything on her face, but her heart was full of emotion, she stepped forward to open the door of Xu Ji's restaurant, inside The tables, chairs and benches are clean and neatly arranged.

Xu Qinyu turned around and said with a smile: "The restaurant is officially open today, everyone should go to work first."

The three runners had nothing to do for the time being, so they went to the backyard to help.

Xu Qinyu has to be busy with a lot of things, even if Brother Cheng can help, Xu Qinyu needs to do the kneading by himself, that is, how much water should be put in for a simple kneading and kneading. , the strength of kneading, these will affect the taste of the final pasta.

Brother Cheng also washes and chops vegetables.

There are not many other people who can help. They help to boil the water, then do the sweeping, help to fetch the water, and help Xu Qinyu put the wrapped food in the big steamer.

They don't need their help for the other time to take care of the steamer. Xu Qinyu just smells the food and knows when it's best to turn off the fire.

All are very motivated.

Time passed unknowingly.

Restaurants and restaurants are almost the first to open at the market, but no one will come to eat at this time.

The other shops opened their doors one after another until three quarters of the hour, waiting for customers.

Ordinary rouge gouache cloth jewelry stores are open at three o'clock every hour, but when all the guests have eaten the morning food, they can relax and start to go to the market and buy things.

So even though all the shops and small traders in the market have come, there are still not many customers.

Fan Cuifang, the female shopkeeper of the rouge gouache shop next to Xu Ji Restaurant, came over slowly at three o'clock.

She is the shopkeeper of the rouge gouache shop. She usually has a salary of two or three taels. She is a widow who fled the famine and came to the southwest ten years ago. All her family and children died in the famine. She was lucky and got a wife rescue.

Later, she stayed by the side of Mrs. Wai to help.

Mrs. Wai has a rouge gouache shop, and she has the ability to make perfume. These rouge and gouache are added with incense made by her, which is more popular with customers. Mrs. Wai is also very good, and she pays her to help with perfume.

Later, Mrs. Yuanwai's business became bigger and bigger, so she moved to Raozhou City and opened a rouge gouache shop, but the shop in Yuanbao Town was still open, so she continued to stay here as the shopkeeper.

She works as a shopkeeper in a shop. She earns three taels of silver every month, plus her perfumery skills, and she also has a red seal every month. It depends on how much the rouge gouache shop can sell each month. There are also a lot of red seals. When you have more, you have four or five taels of silver, and when you have less, you have two or three taels.

Because not every rouge gouache is suitable for adding her fragrance.

She can earn almost seventy taels of silver a year.

I bought a second-class house and a little girl. The little girl was only seven or eight years old when she bought it. She said that her daughter was about the same age. Now she is eleven or twelve years old. The maids depend on each other.

Fan Cuifang was considered a wealthy person in Yuanbao Town, so she usually ate outside for morning meals, and occasionally took her little maid out for evening meals.

After opening the shop, Fan Cuifang went to clean and sprinkle the water, but smelled a very strong aroma, mixed with milk, meat, and noodles. It should be a nearby restaurant or snack stall that was cooking for breakfast.

"Strange, how come today's morning food is so delicious?"

Fan Cuifang was a little strange, it was so fragrant, he had never smelled such a fragrant morning meal.

Could it be that which company made the new food?

Just thinking like this, Fan Cuifang suddenly thought that there seemed to be a newly opened restaurant next door, and it was opened by a young cook in her teens. She vaguely remembered that it should have opened in the past few days. Could it be that the restaurant next door opened? Is this scent coming from next door?

Fan Cuifang went out to take a look, and found that the door of the restaurant next door had just been pushed open from the inside. It was a woman who looked older than her, with a gentle face and beautiful features. When she saw her, He also gave her a slight nod.

It's really the restaurant next door that opened.

Just smelling the scent, she was so greedy, could it be that the little cook found the chef?

That's not right. I saw a notice for recruiting a chef at the entrance of the restaurant. There is no chef at all. Could it be that there is a chef at all?

She really didn't believe that a young cook of fifteen or sixteen years old could cook such a delicious dish.

Just by smelling the fragrance, she can't wait to go in and taste what kind of food it is, it's so tempting.

It's not that Fan Cuifang thinks so, the owners of other shops around have the same idea.

Almost the entire market knew that a new restaurant was about to open, but they didn’t think much about it, thinking that this new restaurant would be closed within a few months, as the food business was not good after all. It's easy to make, unlike food stalls, the cost is low, and it's not terrible to lose money.

The restaurants and small restaurants in this market still joked that the location was unlucky and they couldn't make a living by eating.

I thought the restaurant would be the same this time, and I was still looking forward to when it would open and when it would close. Some even bet that the new restaurant could close in a few months, and even placed a bet.

I heard that the bet was made in a small casino nearby.

A lot of people really went to gamble.

Naturally, Xu Qinyu didn't know this. After working for more than an hour, she finally put all the steamed food in the basket.

This is because she is quick at work, and there are many stoves and kitchen utensils on the stove. When she cooks fatty sausages, she can also marinate fatty sausages and sauced meat on another stove, and adjust the stuffing of shrimp dumplings and siu mai by the way, so it can take more than an hour. I'm done.

The rest is sashimi porridge and fried noodles.

The fish fillets have been processed and marinated, and the noodles have been rolled out and cut. Everything is ready. As long as there are customers ordering, they can be made fresh.

Xu Qinyu then went to show Wen Shi the door of the restaurant, and it officially opened!

It's probably almost nine o'clock now.

There have been some customers in the market one after another, but they are all here to eat the morning food.

There are many rich merchants on West Street, and although some of them are also working, their wages are not bad, so they often come out to eat some court food.

When these guests came to the market, they smelled a scent, including noodle, meat and milk, which was especially tempting for gluttons.

The smell was different from what they had tasted before, and they couldn't help but look around.

"What does it smell like? It smells so good."

"Is there a restaurant or a small restaurant that has Xinchao food?"

"Go, go and look for it."

Fan Cuifang also saw the woman open the door of the restaurant, so she couldn't help but went over and asked, "This, is this restaurant opened?"

She looked up at the sign again, Xu Ji Restaurant.

Although the plaque was hung yesterday, it was covered with a red cloth, and the name of the restaurant is not clear. Looking at it today, the reputation of this restaurant is quite impressive.

Wen said with a smile: "Xu Ji Restaurant just opened today, and in the first three days, no matter if you eat morning food or evening food, you only need to pay 80% of the price."

Yu Niang said that this is called a discount, and it can also attract customers.

Fan Cuifang's rouge shop is too close to the restaurant, and he can't stand the smell.

She walked over and smiled and said, "Then can I order some food and help me deliver it to the rouge gouache shop next door?"

She was the only one in the shop, and she couldn't get out. The door was still open. She was afraid that if she went in to eat, the contents of the shop would be stolen.

Wen Shi nodded lightly, "Of course you can."

Fan Cuifang followed the woman into the restaurant, which was clean and bright, all renovated, and the environment alone made people feel comfortable.

Everyone likes a clean and bright place to eat.

Wen Shi led the guests to the counter, and pointed to the left side of the counter with a smile, "This is the dining area, our dining area includes custard buns, milk steamed buns, pork buns with sauce, glutinous rice sausages, shrimp dumplings, siu mai, raw Rolled fish porridge and oil-splashed noodles, in addition to drinks, soy milk and milk tea, the prices are also marked below.”

Fan Cuifang first looked at the dining area on the left, and there were indeed only a few of them, but there were many small wooden signs hanging on the wall on the right, with the names of dishes on them, which should be the evening food area.

She looked back to the left again, and the price was marked under each wooden sign.

Except for the milk steamed bread, which is five cents for a small cage, the others are ten cents for a small basket, and the raw fish porridge and oil-splashed noodles are all eight cents.

Those two kinds of drinks are four cents for soy milk and eight cents for milk tea.

Soy milk is often available, because it needs to add sugar, and the price is a bit expensive, but it is usually three cents a bowl outside, and it is actually one cent more expensive here, and what is this milk tea? Want eight cents for a bowl?

Wen Shi said: "These portions are not many. There are about two in one serving, and four shrimp dumplings."

The portion is indeed not much, and the price is upward compared to the restaurants and small restaurants on the West Street side.

But Wen's is confident, because Yu Niang's craftsmanship is worth this price, or even a higher price.

Fan Cuifang found that she had never eaten anything except the sauce meat bun, and couldn't help but ask, "What is this custard bun? How big is one?"

Wen said: "The custard bun is mainly made of milk, eggs and sugar. The filling is delicate and smooth, sweet but not greasy, and the dough is also rich in milky fragrance."

As he spoke, he also compared the size of the custard bun to the guests.

Fan Cuifang was surprised: "So small?"

One is not as big as her fist, so it is a bit expensive. According to the description, it is a bun with sugar filling, and it is not sold without sugar buns outside. A sugar bun is only two cents, but the inside is very soft. few.

And that fat intestine, isn't it a pig into the water? No one buys a pound or two for a pound. How come you can sell it for 10 cents if you add some glutinous rice here? Listening to what the female shopkeeper of the restaurant means, it's only two small pieces.

That shrimp, river shrimp doesn't seem to be expensive...

Sashimi fish porridge, the price of fish is even cheaper...

Fan Cuifang hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help ordering a custard bun and raw fish porridge.

The main reason is that she likes to eat light food, or drink some porridge.

The custard pack is ten cents, the raw fish porridge is eight cents, and the 20% discount is fourteen cents, and the slightest fraction is wiped out.

Wen asked: "It takes two quarters of an hour to roll the fish porridge, but the custard buns can be eaten right now. Do the guests want to send them together, or should they send the custard buns first?"

"Send the custard bag first."

Fan Cuifang can't wait to taste what's different about this sugar bag.

"Guest wait a moment."

After Fan Cuifang returned to the shop, she saw another woman in her thirties, wearing a headscarf, and a small steamer. Customers take it easy, I’ll come over to collect the steamer later.”

After the woman left, Fan Cuifang couldn't wait to look at the custard buns in the small steamer.

Small and exquisite, one is smaller than her fist, the outer skin is milky white, it smells really different from ordinary sugar buns, full of milky fragrance.

She couldn't help but pick one up, and when she bit it, the dough was fluffy, full of milk fragrance, without any fishy smell of milk, as soon as she bit it, the warm, delicate and smooth sugar filling flowed into her mouth, and this sugar The filling is not at all different from ordinary sugar fillings. The aroma of milk yolk and egg yolk is very strong, and the sweetness is just right, not a bit greasy like sugar buns.

Looking again, the stuffing is golden and the color is very beautiful.

There is plenty of stuffing inside.

The sugar buns sold outside have almost one bite of sugar filling, and the filling is eaten in one bite, and the rest are white dough.

Custard buns are so delicious that Fan Cuifang's scalp tingles.

She has eaten all the restaurants and restaurants in Yuanbao Town, and she has never tasted such delicious food.

If this was really the food that the little lady made, she would know why the little lady was so confident back then.

The two custard buns went down quickly.

Fan Cuifang was not full at all, so she couldn't help touching her belly and licking her lips. It was so delicious. She wanted to order all the snacks except the oily noodles, but there was also sashimi congee , If you order all the snacks, you will definitely not be able to eat sashimi porridge.

Well, let's wait until tomorrow.

Order all the snacks tomorrow.

While Fan Cuifang was waiting for the sashimi porridge, diners in the market also came to Xuji Restaurant one after another.

"Xu Ji Restaurant?"

"I just rented this place to open a restaurant a few days ago. I've heard about it."

"Yes, I heard that there are people betting that this restaurant will last for a few months."

"Didn't this restaurant still recruit assistant cooks before? I know Chef Liu, who used to be a cook in Donglaiju. He also worked for several years, but he didn't learn much, so he stopped working in Donglaiju. When I was resting, I saw here looking for a helper, and said that I could teach the helper to cook. Chef Liu thought he would dare to teach the helper to cook. The chef of the restaurant must be a famous chef, so he followed the notice to find it. , and guess what happened!"

"What's wrong?" Everyone became curious.

The man said: "The person who received Chef Liu was a young lady of fifteen or sixteen. After asking for a long time, Chef Liu respectfully asked who the head chef of the restaurant is, but the young lady actually said that it was herself."

Everyone burst into laughter.

"Is this little lady playing tricks on Chef Liu?"

"That's not clear. Anyway, Chef Liu was very angry when he went back, and he said that he would never come to this restaurant for dinner or be a helper in the future."

Regardless of whether the little lady was playing with Chef Liu or not, everyone became curious about Xu Ji Restaurant, who the chef was, and whether the fragrance was made with special things, or the fragrance from the real ingredients themselves.

No matter what, plan to go in and try it out.

If it doesn't taste good, don't come here in the future.

A group of people entered the restaurant and nodded when they saw the environment, at least they were very satisfied with the environment.

Seeing a guest, Yuan Shi, Chen Shi, and Fang Shi immediately came to receive them.

The three of them are the waiters of the restaurant, so naturally they have to receive customers.

"What do the guests want to eat? You can come here to have a look first, this is the food area."

Some customers couldn't help asking, "Why are the waiter and shopkeeper both women?"

Mrs. Chen is straightforward, and said with a smile: "Our head chef is a young woman, so the waiter is also a woman like us. What do the guests want to eat? Our young lady's cooking skills are really good. I will keep everyone eating. I still want to eat it, it’s absolutely delicious.”

"Well, still an exaggeration."

Some customers were dissatisfied, and felt that this boast was too big. If it was a young lady in her teens, no matter how delicious she made it, she would be full of money. Even if she started cooking at the age of five, she washed and chose vegetables and cut vegetables Then to master the spoon, the time to really be able to master the spoon should only be a few years.

Having been in charge for several years, I am afraid that he is not even as good as a cook in an ordinary restaurant.

Mrs. Chen was a little dissatisfied. They knew how Miss Xu's cooking skills were.

I wanted to talk a little bit, but these are all guests, so I can't turn my face around.

Mrs. Chen had no choice but to say with a smile on her face, "Guests, why don't you order something to eat?"

"Just try it." The guest snorted coldly, "We are all old diners in this market, if it doesn't taste good, your restaurant's reputation will be ruined."

Chen also wanted to snort coldly, but held back, and just laughed.

These customers came to the counter, saw a few dishes, and began to talk again, "What kind of food are these? I have never heard of them. Let's not talk about the steamed buns wrapped in custard at the front, and the glutinous rice fat intestines at the back, pigs. Dare to sell it for ten cents a piece? There are also river prawns and fish, aren’t they all cheap to eat, and let’s talk about the portion, how much is this one?”

Wen said warmly: "One serving contains two, and the shrimp dumpling contains four."

As soon as the portion was very small, the guests became more and more dissatisfied.

"It's really like we are being taken advantage of. Two small sugar bags dare to sell for ten cents, and there are these offal, fish and shrimp that no one wants to eat."

"That's right, why don't we change now?"

"But its fragrance is really strong."

When it is strong, the main reason is that these scents attract them, especially when they enter the restaurant, they can't help but swallow their saliva.

"Forget it, let's have a taste. I want a basket of pork buns with sauce, a basket of siu mai, and a bowl of fried noodles. I've eaten noodles before. What are fried noodles?"

"Then I'll try some, too. I'm a sweet tooth, so let me have a basket of custard buns. I'd like to see what the custard buns are. I'll also have some shrimp dumplings and a piece of fish porridge."

"Then I'll order glutinous rice fat intestines and milk steamed buns. Do the steamed buns have to be served with porridge?"

Wen said: "Our milk steamed buns are always served with a bowl of porridge and a plate of pickled vegetables."

Only then did the guest nod in satisfaction, "OK, that's the two things."

Several other guests also ordered, and basically every dish was ordered.

But no one ordered the drink yet.

However, a customer was curious about what milk tea is. After learning about Bawenqian, it tasted rich, mellow, and sweet. The customer likes sweets, so he ordered a bowl of milk tea after thinking about it.

After learning that the money should be paid first, the guests said a few words, and in the end they all paid the money first.

Except for the fish porridge, other morning meals were served quickly.

Seeing the food served in a small steamer and a small steamer, the guests are quite satisfied.

"Don't tell me, this is the first time I've seen this way of eating morning food. I just brought you all the small steamers."

When the guests started to eat, the entrance was shocked, and they couldn't believe it: "This, this taste..."

This taste is completely comparable to its fragrance, it is indeed delicious.

"Is this really made of fat sausage? Why is it so delicious? It's fragrant and glutinous, with a strong meaty aroma, without any fishy smell of offal."

"This is the shrimp dumpling? It's so beautiful, crystal clear, you can clearly see the stuffing inside. It's a whole big river prawn. I'll try it first."

Xu Qinyu's shrimp dumpling also includes spring bamboo shoots. The shrimps are also fresh, and the spring bamboo shoots are also fresh. The collision and combination of the two freshest ingredients, when eaten in the mouth, is so delicious that want to swallow tongue.

"Yes, bring me two baskets of shrimp dumplings! It's so delicious."

"It's really so fresh? Then give me a cage of shrimp dumplings to try."

In the end, almost everyone had a basket of shrimp dumplings.

The removed small steamer was sent back to the kitchen to be cleaned. Xu Qinyu put the shrimp dumplings wrapped before putting them in the bottom of the steamer and started to steam them.

No matter what kind of food it is, it is delicious.

"Even this porridge and side dishes paired with milk steamed buns have a special taste. The milk steamed buns are soft and delicious, with a light milky aroma. After drinking a mouthful of clear porridge, the rice flavor is very strong. The side dishes taste sour and crispy and refreshing. Hey, it was us just now. It's my fault, I shouldn't doubt other people's cooking skills."

"And this milk tea, it's really delicious. It's better than any drink I've ever had before. It's rich and mellow."

"It's more than delicious. It's the most delicious and satisfying meal I've eaten outside for the past ten years."

"That's true. I'm afraid that the imperial food made by the imperial dining room in the palace in the capital is nothing more than this."

Wen Shi heard it and smiled.

Even the cooking skills of the royal chef in the palace can't compare with Yuniang's.

In fact, she couldn't help being a little surprised, Yuniang's culinary skills are really terrible, she is only fifteen or sixteen, how come few people in the capital know about it.

But Brother Xuan told her that everyone has something they are good at, and Yuniang just happens to have an extremely terrifying talent in cooking. She was not famous before because in the capital, the Dechang Hou Mansion is a family and will not let the Hou Mansion The young girl went out to be a cook.

"The price is indeed more expensive than the restaurants and small restaurants outside, but it is really worth the price. I have also eaten in Donglaiju, and the morning food in Donglaiju is more expensive than here. To be honest, Donglaiju's The white case cook is not as good as the white case cook here."

Everyone nodded, they have basically eaten in Donglaiju.

"Is this really what that ten-year-old lady did?"

Everyone still couldn't believe that it was a ten-year-old lady who made such delicious food.

If it wasn't for other diners coming over one after another, they all wanted to wait for the little lady to come out and ask.

The person who knew Chef Liu couldn't help but murmured, "If these morning meals were really made by the fifteen or sixteen young cooks that Chef Liu said, Chef Liu might regret it to death."

The diners followed the aroma one after another.

Xia's sister-in-law also brought brother Shao, Xiaocui and Zhuzi to the restaurant to eat directly.

After a while, she had to help her master bring some to the shop.

Even Xu Yunlan and Yang Zhizhi brought their families over to eat the court food.

Even if Xu Kongmu and County Magistrate Yang didn't come, if these two came, they might alarm many people.