The morning food Xu Qinyu prepared for Yang Zhizhi was shrimp dumplings made of multigrain noodles. Even with multigrain noodles, she could still roll out the dough as thin as cicada wings. Although it was not as crystal clear as white noodles, she could still see the beautiful inside. There is no difference in the color and taste of the shrimp, because it is a multi-grain noodles, and the noodles taste a little firm.

In addition to the shrimp dumplings, there is also a bowl of milk. There is naturally no sugar added in the milk. The added almonds taste mellow and mellow, with a hint of sweetness, which is the sweetness of milk.

The greens are cold shredded celery, which tastes sour, spicy and crisp.

The multi-grain noodles and shrimp dumplings can be eaten very full without any problem, so Yang Zhizhi also opened his appetite to eat.

Others can eat anything of course.

Wei ordered the custard buns, and she never forgot the last time she ate at Pei's house. Today, she ordered two cages, two more shrimp dumplings, and a cup of milk tea.

Wei's eldest daughter-in-law also followed. However, the two sons in the family did not come. They also brought food boxes, and they went back to bring some morning food for their family members.

As for the Xu family, except for Xu Kongmu who went to Shangya, everyone else, including Xu Yunlan's brother-in-law and nephew, came.

They all know Xu Qinyu's craftsmanship, unlike other guests, who not only ordered their own food, but even paid for the food they wanted to bring back.

And other guests who haven't tried Xu Qinyu's craftsmanship are still grinding in front of the counter, "Why is it so expensive?"

"I actually used the water to make the morning meal, and I paid ten pennies? Why don't you go grab it?"

"You dare to sell a piece of fish sliced ​​porridge for eight cents, but Donglaiju's meat porridge sells for only twelve cents, and the meat is in it. How dare you sell something as cheap as a fish for eight cents?"

"That's right, the price of this restaurant's morning food is similar to that of the previous Jinyuan Restaurant, but the portion is sufficient. Look at this morning food, there are only two in one serving."

Jinyuan Restaurant is a small restaurant in front of the market. There are many customers on weekdays, and many customers are regular customers of Jinyuan Restaurant.

"The portion is indeed a little less..."

The customers thought it was expensive, but the smell was delicious. In addition, the customers in the store were all eating and not talking, so finally decided to try it.

Then, like all the guests, he didn't speak, he just ate with his head full, and from time to time he would say, "Delicious!"

Wait until the guests behind are still muttering disgust.

Mrs. Chen shouted, "Treasurer, there is not much leftover food left in the back kitchen, and they are almost sold out. There are five more shrimp dumplings, three custard buns, five shaomai, some milk steamed buns, and nothing else. But there are still sashimi porridge and oil-splashed noodles, these are all freshly cooked meals.”

When the guests heard it, many of them were gone.

Don't care about other things, and start to eat.

In the end, there are raw fish porridge and oil-splashed noodles.

Because it was the first day, Xu Qinyu didn't quite know how much the guests wanted for the raw fish porridge. She would be able to cook the fish porridge five times in advance by tomorrow, so that the guests could also cook the fish porridge. Eat faster.

It was gone by the end of the morning meal.

The guests who came later heard that there were only fish fillet porridge and oil-splashed noodles. Some were willing to stay and try what fish fillet porridge would sell for eight cents, while some thought it was expensive and left.

However, all the diners who stayed to eat fish fillet porridge and oil-splashed noodles were full of praise for these two.

After Chen Shi Yuan Shi three cleaned the pots and pans and the sweeper in the front living room, they could go to the back to rest.

Xu Qinyu has basically nothing to do. The fish balls to be cooked in the afternoon have already been cleaned up by Cheng Ge'er, and they can be cooked directly at that time.

In the evening, when it is almost evening, the aroma of braised fish with fish balls attracts many people.

Even the neighbors on the Osmanthus Lane used to come to line up early before the evening meal, for fear that they would not be able to buy fish for a while.

The shopkeepers and owners of the surrounding shops could all be dumbfounded.

"Hey, why is the business of this new restaurant so good? There are people queuing up? Isn't there a place inside? Why don't you go in and eat."

"That's right. Could it be a gimmick made by the boss? Could it be that someone was hired? It's the first time I've seen it."

The neighbors who lined up immediately turned around and said, "Don't talk nonsense, the owner of the restaurant didn't ask us to fool you. It's because the owner is kind. He started selling fish balls, braised fish and fish heads a few months ago. The food is cheap and delicious for us. Now that the owner has opened a restaurant, he still sells it to us at the same price. The small braised fish is five yuan a piece, the big one is eight yuan a piece, the fish ball is five yuan a piece, and the fish ball is five yuan a piece. Tofu stew also depends on the portion, there are five yuan, ten yuan and fifteen yuan, all of which are cheap and delicious.”

"How delicious can fish be?"

The neighbors said: "Can't you smell this scent? Can the scent be faked? If it's not delicious, we people still buy it every day?"

"Then why don't you go in and eat?"

"With such cheap food, the owner said that he can only buy it home and not stay in the restaurant. If he stays in the restaurant to eat, how can the owner receive other customers? You can't die, the owner is kind, and we can't It broke the owner's heart."

Soon, the fish heads, fish balls, and braised fish were brought out, and Brother Cheng and Brother Gong were buying fish at the door.

Xu Qinyu was preparing the evening meal in the back.

There are about thirty kinds of dishes for her evening meal.

The signature dishes are fat sausage fish, charcoal-grilled lamb chops, shredded eel in oil, fried shrimp, bald butter noodles and rice. Bald butter made from Qinyu.

There are also pea sprouts in the soup. There are already peas here. The pea sprouts were planted by Xu Qinyu in advance with peas in a clean and oil-free wooden pot. The portion is relatively small, and the price goes without saying. It costs eighty-eight Wen.

The signature dish is escargot with Dao Lao juice.

The largest snails are specially selected for snails. No one eats snails here, so some snails are very large, about the same size as flower snails, and they are also delicious for making juice.

Among these signature dishes, charcoal-grilled lamb chops are the most expensive, and a three-jin charcoal-grilled lamb chops costs half a penny, which is five hundred Wen.

The other is the bald butter noodles. A bowl of noodles or rice accompanied by bald butter costs 200 yuan.

Shopkeeper Fan of the Rouge Gouache shop is looking forward to the evening meal at Xuji Restaurant after eating morning meals.

When it was time for Mu Shi, she came over immediately, "Hi shopkeeper, I'll order two Mu Shi dishes, just like Chao Shi, and I'll deliver them to the rouge gouache shop next door."

There are so many dishes in Mushi, shopkeeper Fan is dazzled by looking at them. She knows all the ingredients of these dishes, but she has basically never heard of how to eat them.

Finally, after hesitating for a while, shopkeeper Fan ordered the signature oil-fried shredded eel and stir-fried shredded bamboo shoots.

She originally wanted to order soup bean sprouts with green vegetables. After all, she had never heard of bean sprouts. This was the only ingredient she didn’t know. It turned out that it cost eighty-eight yuan. A vegetable was so expensive. She was a little bit reluctant, so she ordered it Stir-fried shredded spring bamboo shoots.

The price of shredded eel in oil is 120 Wen.

Fat sausage fish is also the price.

Stir-fried shredded bamboo shoots cost fifteen cents.

Except for the more expensive signature dishes, the prices of other vegetarian dishes are mostly around ten yuan, and the prices of other meat dishes are also tens of yuan.

Xu Qinyu is cooking snails in the back kitchen. It is almost May now, although the weather is not hot yet, but she has already changed into thin clothes and can eat some refreshing dishes.

The snails have vomited sand for two days, their shells have been brushed clean, and the tip of their tails has been knocked off.

It is not difficult to fish the snails in juice. The large snails are boiled in boiling water with ginger slices, Huadiao wine, and scallions for a quarter of an hour.

While cooking the snails, she began to adjust the sauce, sauce vinegar and sugar, then added ginger juice, a little minced garlic, five-spice powder, and her dried mushroom powder.

This mushroom powder is the 'monosodium glutamate' made by several wild mushrooms that she specially found in the mountain, which enhances the freshness and flavor.

She didn't plan to cook wild mushroom dishes in the restaurant, but she was afraid that someone would follow suit and go to the mountains to dig wild mushrooms and cook them at home.

Because only she herself can distinguish between poisonous and non-toxic wild bacteria, even if the same wild bacteria sometimes grow in different environments and places, they may be poisonous and non-toxic. The people are even more unable to tell the difference. If they really want to take the risk and lose it, they will dig it back and eat it. It is very easy to die if they are poisoned.

Unlike modern society, where medical skills are developed, most of them can be rescued even if they are poisoned by wild mushrooms.

Even in modern times, not everyone can be rescued from eating wild mushroom poisoning.

So these wild mushrooms, she went to collect them from her family to eat when she had time.

Later, when opened a restaurant, purposely dried and ground the wild mushrooms into powder and used them as seasonings.

Add the prepared gravy to the cool white, and finally pour the boiled snails in, sprinkle with a handful of chopped coriander and green onions, and add the coriander, which is also coriander, and marinate for two quarters of an hour on the side to eat.

Put the marinated snails in the mouth, suck the juice from the snails, and finally roll and suck the tongue, the snail meat falls into the mouth, and the snail shell is spit out.

If there is other seafood, it will taste even better if it is used to make small seafood.

It's a pity that this is not the seaside, so naturally you can't eat fresh seafood.

Shopkeeper Fan ordered another bowl of japonica rice.

Japonica rice is two cents a bowl.

In less than a quarter of an hour, two dishes and a bowl of rice were delivered to the rouge gouache shop.

Shopkeeper Fan first took a chopstick and squeaked the oily eel silk. The eel silk was tender and delicious. After eating, her lips and teeth were fragrant. She couldn't help but take another chopstick. After several mouthfuls, Shopkeeper Fan stopped. Before the fragrance in her mouth dissipated, she murmured, "How can it be so delicious."

She tasted the fried spring bamboo shoots again.

Even an ordinary stir-fried spring bamboo shoots are full of umami, as well as the sweet and crisp taste of spring bamboo shoots.

You can eat the most original taste of spring bamboo shoots, and the salt is not much, the taste is light, but it also makes people unable to stop eating.

No astringency at all.

Even the japonica rice in Xuji Restaurant is particularly fragrant, with distinct and full grains, and the aroma of rice is rich and chewy, and the aroma of rice bursts out in the mouth.

"How can even a bowl of japonica rice be so delicious."

Shopkeeper Fan wanted to cry a little bit, because it was so delicious, she was afraid that she would want to stay in Xuji Restaurant every day to eat in the morning and evening.

Morning food is fine, at most twenty or thirty pennies can be enough to eat, but evening food costs almost two hundred pennies.

She hadn't ordered the charcoal-grilled lamb chops, but the shopkeeper said that there were only three servings of charcoal-grilled lamb chops, and they were all sold out.

But for five hundred cents a serving, she was not willing to eat it.

Every day at the Xuji restaurant, it costs more than 200 cents to eat. Even if the food is cheaper in the evening, it will cost a few dozen cents. Every month, it will cost three taels of silver upwards. Still don't eat the signature dishes, if you want to eat the signature dishes, you get six taels of silver a month.

Shopkeeper Fan couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Finally, after thinking about it, plan to open it at Xu Ji Restaurant for the first month, and then will occasionally go to satisfy cravings.

In the Xu Ji restaurant, as soon as the evening meal time arrived, many guests came one after another.

Needless to say, they all came here in the morning to eat the morning food. After eating the morning food, they were very satisfied, so definitely have to come and try the evening food.

When they came, there were already customers in the restaurant.

It is the Xia family, the Yang family and the Xu family.

They also ordered the only three charcoal-grilled finger lamb chops in the restaurant.

The reason why there are only three charcoal-grilled lamb chops is because these three orders were ordered by the Xia family, the Yang family, and the Xu family before the opening.

Although there are several stoves that can cook several dishes at the same time, Xu Qinyu can't be distracted from grilling lamb chops.

So the lamb chops are roasted in advance.

When she grilled lamb chops, she also taught Brother Cheng how to grill them.

Xia Jialian Xia Yuanzhi saw that there was not much business in the shop, so he closed the door early and came over for dinner.

The Yang family and the Xu family, because Xu Kongmu and the county magistrate Yang did not go to the government office and did not come over, so they left half of the lamb chops for them, and the rest of the lamb chops were eaten by the family first.

Yang Zhizhi's lamb chops are marinated individually by Xu Qinyu.

I chose the thinnest lamb chops, and the seasonings are different when marinating. The taste is mainly lighter, but can't eat too much, so prepared two.

Because Yang Zhizhi never forgets the shrimp dumplings made with rice noodles in the morning, he asked Xu Qinyu if he could eat them at night, and Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Of course I can." So at night, Yang Zhizhi was given two cages of shrimp dumplings alone, plus a Bean sprouts in soup on a bowl.

The way Yang Zhizhi eats the bean sprouts in soup is different from others.

The soup base of the bean sprouts in the soup that others eat is made from tube bones, and the fish bones used by Yang Zhizhi.

The bean sprouts in the broth boiled with the soup base made from the bones are fragrant, while those made from the fish bones are fresh.

When other diners came to the door and smelled the strange aroma, they couldn't help but ask, "Shopkeeper, what kind of food smell is this? It's too overbearing."

Wen said with a smile: "This is charcoal-grilled lamb chops. There are only three servings. It was ordered by customers before the opening, so there is no such dish today. If customers want to eat it, they have to order it in advance tomorrow. A charcoal-grilled hand-caught lamb chop is three catties, half a silver."

Half a penny is a bit expensive.

These diners are hesitant, and some wealthy diners, seeing the lamb chops on the three tables they are eating, look charred on the outside and tender on the inside, they are really appetizing and attractive, so they ordered tomorrow's lamb chops .

Even if it's just a reservation, you have to give 200 Wen in advance, just in case other people make trouble, and order the lamb chops indiscriminately and don't want it at the end.

Other diners thought it was too expensive, so they didn't want it.

These diners, when they eat in the evening, order quietly, and they don't dislike things, don't think the price is expensive, and they don't dislike the cheap ingredients such as fish and sausage.

Those who come to eat evening food at night are basically the guests who have eaten morning food.

When eating in the morning, just feel that the taste is good, but in the evening, these dishes are also new and fresh.

The entire restaurant was full of loud chatter, praising the delicious dishes, the delicious japonica rice, and saying that the morning was too reckless.

"This is too fragrant, how do you make it?"

"The cook should be a famous chef somewhere, this skill is really worth double the price!"

"Chaoshi just thought it tasted a lot better than other restaurants and restaurants, but this night food really has a unique taste."

In short, at the end of the You period, there were not many ingredients left.

Fortunately, there were no diners left in Youshi.

The staff meal cooked by Cheng Geer in the evening.

Wen's and Ning Jie'er, who were used to the food made by Xu Qinyu, were actually not used to the food made by Cheng's brother, but they didn't say anything, and they were reluctant to let Xu Qinyu cook them evening food. Seeing that Xu Qinyu had just left the kitchen and unwrapped the towel wrapped around his head, the hair on his forehead was sticking to his forehead and cheeks with sweat, and his face was flushing red.

In Wen's eyes, it is better to say that she regards Yuniang as her daughter-in-law, rather than she regards Yuniang as her daughter. She knows that Yuniang and her son have no relationship between husband and wife, and they do not live in the same house, and she does not force anything.

It's just that she just treats Yu Niang as her daughter and loves her.

Ning Jie'er also felt uncomfortable.

The two asked Xu Qinyu to go back to Osmanthus Lane to wash up and rest, and she didn't need to care about other things.

Xu Qinyu has been with the Pei family for so long, and of course she knows the temperament of Wen's and Ning Jie'er, and she is relieved to have them guarding her.

In addition, the door of the restaurant was also closed, so when everyone finished eating the evening meal, they could go home after cleaning up their things.

Xu Qinyu nodded and went back first.

Gui's family has already eaten with their two children.

It was Xu Qinyu who fried more when he was cooking, and made a steamed pork with soda water, and put it in the food box for Brother Gong to send back. The two children and the old lady couldn't go hungry.

Back at Osmanthus Lane, Mrs Gui felt a little distressed when she saw Xu Qinyu's appearance, and helped her to wash hot water first.

After washing and changing into clean clothes, Xu Qinyu lay on the bed for another half an hour, but she recovered.

I still have to hire a few help cooks quickly, otherwise it will be quite tiring.

Not much, Ning Jie of Wen Ning, Brother Cheng and Brother Gong also returned.

Chen's three women who were running the hall also went home and slept.

Wen Shi and Ning Jie'er returned with a wooden box in their arms.

They brought the money box back, fearing that it would be stolen from the restaurant. After all, there was no one guarding the restaurant at night.

The wooden box is the sales volume for the whole day today.

Xu Qinyu heard the beautiful sound of silver coins hitting her, and her whole body was not so tired, her brows and eyes curled with laughter.

Wen Shi was a little helpless when she saw Yu Niang's appearance.

The family stayed in the kitchen to calculate how much they made today.

Brother Cheng and Brother Gong returned to Wen's house after they sent them back.

As the shopkeeper, Mr. Wen naturally also made the ledger, which is convenient for monthly reconciliation,

Xu Qinyu counted all the silver coins in the wooden box, almost thirty-five taels of silver.

Wen Shi murmured, "Did you make thirty-five taels of silver in one day today?"

Ning Jie'er hurriedly said, "Mother, how can there be thirty-five taels, you have to get rid of the expenses of ingredients to earn money."

Xu Qinyu did the math, and the ingredients used today cost about 8.9 taels of silver.

But the remaining twenty-six-seven taels are not pure profits, but also gross profits.

Gross profit is minus the cost, then minus the rent, labor costs, and other expenses.

Since Mrs. Wen helped to be the shopkeeper and settled the accounts, Xu Qinyu planned to pay Mrs. Wen five taels of silver every month.

Brother Cheng is still one or two, while Brother Gong does chores every time, such as helping her deliver things, Xu Qinyu gives him 500 pennies a month.

The eight hundred pennies for three trips are more than twenty taels of silver a month.

In addition, the rent is 4 taels a month, and the main thing is that the price of seasonings is not low. Today, almost all seasonings cost 2 taels of silver, and the cost of seasonings costs 60 taels a month, as well as later commercial taxes and other miscellaneous items. cost.

After all, the gross profit she can really get is about twenty taels of silver, and there is a net profit of five or six hundred taels of silver a month.

Still relatively high.

But it's really hard work.

Five or six hundred taels of silver a month is indeed unearthable for ordinary people in a lifetime, but Mrs. Wen only realized how hard it was for her daughter-in-law to earn money. She felt sorry for Yu Niang and learned that Yu Niang planned to pay her five dollars every month. She refused to pay two silver coins, and it was useless for her to ask for silver coins, so she might as well leave it to Yu Niang.

She knew that Yu Niang wanted to open a big restaurant.

After calculating the account and hiding the wooden box under the bed, Xu Qinyu decided to rest.

Bai Yu was lying under the bed at the moment, Xu Qinyu squatted by the bed, patted the wooden box, and told Bai Yu, "Bai Yu, remember to help me keep the money, and if I make more money in the future, let's buy a big house. Son, with a house with that kind of garden, then you will be able to wander around the garden without having to sleep under the bed."

Bai Yu didn't know if he understood, but he stood up and placed it on the wooden box.

Xu Qinyu smiled and touched Bai Yu's bare head.

In fact, Bai Yu is not under the bed every day, it will occasionally go hunting in the mountains.

But he never gave her back.

In the dead of night, the whole family slept.

Xu Qinyu looked at the bright moon outside the window, which was not full, and thought of her fourth brother who had been away from home for three months.

It's been three months, Xu Qinyu sighed, and don't know how the fourth brother ran with the caravan outside. hope the fourth brother is safe and returns soon.

Wen shi lay on the bed and thought of his son too.

She thought, Yu Niang and the family are all well, and hope that Brother Xuan can take care of himself when he is outside.

After wiping his eyes, Wen Shi closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Early in the morning the next day, the family got up and started to work hard for a living.

After such a short and half a month, the reputation of Xu Ji Restaurant has spread more and more on the West Street side.

Also because of Xu Ji Restaurant, the business of two relatively large restaurants and small restaurants on West Street was affected a bit, and it was a lot colder. Most of the diners went to Xu Ji Restaurant to eat.

However, Xu Ji Restaurant has limited food in the morning and evening, and most of the diners can't line up, so they can only go back to other restaurants and small restaurants to eat.

This is indeed the case, but within half a month, the diners of Xu Ji Restaurant who want to eat the morning and evening food here have to follow the neighbors who buy fish and start queuing.

Fortunately, Xu Qinyu still knows how much she eats, and she will let the three running halls tell you where she will be in the line, so there is no need to line up later.

It also caused many diners to complain and ask the cook why he didn't do more.

Mrs. Chen, who was running the hall, could only say, "No wonder our owner, the owner hired helpers before, these helpers heard that our owner was a little lady and ran away. Without a helper, we are the youngest of the family. The lady is busy working alone, and there is only enough food for dozens of people, there is really no way."

There is indeed a sign on the door asking for help.

But in a small town, the chefs have been in charge for at least several years, and there are only a few of them who are idle. have come to ask Xu Qinyu before, and Xu Ji Restaurant has been open for half a month. In fact, these chefs must have heard of it , don’t know if thought it was too much to shake sleeves and leave before, and didn’t feel embarrassed to come to the door again.

Xu Qinyu was thinking that if he couldn't recruit a cook, he could only find a few apprentices to teach from scratch.

Otherwise, Cheng Geer is not enough.

The other two restaurants were actually impatient, feeling that their business had been robbed, but there was nothing they could do about it, because the owners and chefs of the two also bought food from Xu Kee Restaurant and tasted it, and it was indeed delicious. The chefs of the family are all impeccable with this skill, and even told the owner bluntly, "The skill of the chefs of Xuji Restaurant, even if we are in charge of the kitchen for decades, we can't match it. The business of this restaurant, we There is no way to grab it."

If they were not all chefs and just ordinary helpers, they would all want to go to Xuji Restaurant as apprentices.

...

Xu Qinyu's business is going smoothly, but he is thousands of miles away from the sea, above the sea, on a big ship with huge sails, sailing forward against the sea wind.

Several people stood on the plywood, the leader was Pei Weixuan.