After the New Year's dinner, Xu Qinyu and Wen also returned to Laixi Lane.

Ning Jie'er's Linglong Pavilion was closed a few days ago, so haven't been back with them for the past few days.

As soon as she arrived at Xixiang, Xu Qinyu knocked on the door, and someone opened it. She thought she would see Ning Jie'er or her grandmother, but she never thought it was the fourth brother.

He should also have just returned, and he looks like a mess.

Xu Qinyu was overjoyed and said happily, "Fourth brother, are you back?"

She really misses her fourth brother. Since the last time her fourth brother brought back 5,000 taels of silver, she left Yuanbao Town and went out in two days, and has not returned until now.

Although the relationship between the two planned to go with the flow, but before the experience, Raozhou City slept together on the same bed, and the two were considered to be in love, but the fourth brother was busy, and she was also busy. Skip falling in love directly, it's a bit short for parents to live.

However, she has not told her family about her fourth brother yet.

Pei Weixuan took back 5,000 taels of silver from Huo Ye, and later helped to run a dart before the New Year and sold a batch of glazed utensils, and then returned to Yuanbao Town on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

Wen Shi looked at her son and daughter-in-law with a smile, how could she not see it, Yu Niang looked at her son differently.

"Come on, let's go first."

Xu Qinyu followed the fourth brother into the door, and subconsciously took his arm, "Fourth brother, have you eaten?"

Pei Weixuan said: "I have eaten with my grandmother, the kitchen is heating hot water, and after a while Yu Niang..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Qinyu hurriedly said, "Fourth brother washes first."

She knew that the remaining half of the fourth brother's sentence must be for her to wash first.

There is only one stove in the kitchen, and the water is usually boiled in a pot. Now it is cold, so need a lot of hot water for washing.

When she saw the appearance of the fourth brother, she must have returned to Yuanbao Town immediately after guarding the darts. She had never stopped on the road, and she was exhausted by boat and car. Naturally, it was better for the fourth brother to wash up first.

Pei Weixuan didn't refuse, but brought hot water and went back to the room to wash.

The kitchen has also boiled water, and it is Xu Qinyu and Wen Shi.

Sister Ning and the others have already washed up.

It also snowed a little in the southwest this year. The snow stopped in the past few days, but it was a little cold. Xu Qinyu did not go out to dry his hair in the wooden pavilion on the patio after washing up. This way, wet hair in the ice and snow would cause a headache from freezing.

Not long after she finished washing, she heard a knock on the door, knew it was the fourth brother, and went to open the door.

Pei Weixuan said, "Come here and help Yu Niang wipe her hair."

Otherwise, her hair is so thick that it can't be wiped dry, and she falls asleep with her hair half-wet, and she should have a headache the next day.

Xu Qinyu was also used to it, and turned sideways to let the fourth brother come in.

Pei Weixuan took a thick velvet towel after entering the house and helped her wipe her wet hair. Xu Qinyu kept her mouth open, and kept asking the fourth brother how he was going out this time, whether he was in danger, worried that he would meet what a danger.

In fact, this trip out or encountered a wave of bandits.

Even in a prosperous world, mountain bandits and water bandits are indispensable. Now the world is still a little chaotic, and there are more mountain bandits and water bandits.

Liuli is expensive, and many people began to inquire about it, wanting to know who made it and want to intercept the goods.

This time met a bandit from Boshan, who only wanted money without life, but every time the Liuli was transported by the black armored guards with the strongest martial arts.

The black-armored guards themselves are all people with extremely strong martial arts, and they are the most powerful people in the selection. Naturally, they are not afraid of these mountain bandits. Except for a few black-armored guards who were slightly injured, everything else is fine.

Afraid that Yu Niang was worried, Pei Weixuan paused and said slowly, "I didn't encounter anything this time."

Xu Qinyu looked back at the fourth brother, his face was calm, and he was wiping her hair with half-drooping eyes.

The fourth brother always looks like this no matter what he says or does, and he doesn't know whether what he said is true or not.

Xu Qinyu naturally couldn't help nagging him a few words, so that he should not hide anything from himself and his family, everyone would worry about him.

Pei Weixuan also just gave a soft sound of gratitude.

Wait until the hair has been wiped for more than half an hour.

Pei Weixuan also planned to go back to his room and let Yu Niang rest earlier.

Xu Qinyu was about to say to the fourth brother to rest early. Looking at the fourth brother who was wearing a silk dress, with handsome features, wide shoulders and long legs, her heartbeat was a little fast, and she couldn't help but say, "Fourth brother, come over here."

Pei Weixuan glanced at Yu Niang, saw her eyes dodge, thought she wanted to say something, and leaned over, "Yu Niang has something to say."

Seeing his handsome face leaning in, Xu Qinyu raised her toes and quickly pecked the corner of his lips.

After pecking at the corner of fourth brother's lips, her heart beat faster and her cheeks were a little hot.

Pei Weixuan was stunned for a moment, and his eyes darkened. He had endured it for a long time. When he was with Yuniang a few days ago, he also saw that Yuniang was willing to accept him, but he thought that Yuniang would not be with him for two years. Picking up the relationship and marrying him, she never thought that Yu Niang would kiss her.

At this moment, his self-control also collapsed instantly.

Holding Yu Niang's wrist, he lowered his head and kissed it.

Before Xu Qinyu recovered, a somewhat cold lip fell on her lips, followed by a fiery kiss from the fourth brother.

Then she was a little breathless.

At some point, when the two separated, Xu Qinyu felt a little dizzy, and she heard fourth brother say in a hoarse voice, "Mother Yu, rest early."

Xu Qinyu dazed her head and groaned, and saw the fourth brother strode away, his footsteps a little messy and a little weird.

Xu Qinyu looked down at her clothes again, hurriedly closed them, blushed and ran to the bunk of the bunk bed, covered herself with the quilt, and covered herself tightly with the quilt, even covering her head. Lying there motionless.

...

Early the next morning, Xu Qinyu woke up.

Last night, she had a dream, dreaming that she and her fourth brother were married at church, and the dream after that was a little vague.

When she woke up now, she always thought of the picture of her marrying her fourth brother in a red wedding dress.

Last night, she was thinking that she was 18 years old, and she couldn't do anything else to fall in love, so let's kiss the assembly.

But didn't expect the fourth brother to be a little out of control.

Of course she won't regret it.

It just feels good to be in love.

She froze for a while, then got dressed and got up.

Today is thirty, the New Year.

Xu Qinyu plans to make roast suckling pig today.

When she cooked roast suckling pig for the corrupt official at the Zhujia Restaurant in Raozhou City, she was a little greedy and wanted to eat roast suckling pig. After she came back, she was always busy. How could she have time to do it? Baked for the whole family to try.

Just got up and went to the kitchen. Everyone was already busy in the kitchen. Chaoshi must have cooked something to eat, and the New Year's dinner in the evening was the highlight.

On weekdays, the New Year's dinner is either noon or afternoon, and this year's New Year's meal is the evening meal.

When went to the kitchen and saw the fourth brother, Xu Qinyu was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look at the fourth brother.

Pei Weixuan's ears were also a little red.

The subtle atmosphere between the two also made Wen shi aware.

But she didn't say anything. She never interfered with her son's affairs with Yu Niang.

Chao Shi ate something casually, and Mr. Wen and Mr. Zhu cooked some pasta.

After resting for two hours, the family started busy with the New Year's dinner in the evening.

The ingredients have been bought two days ago, and even the brick oven for roasting suckling pig has been prepared.

Xu Qinyu mainly cooks roast suckling pigs, while others help with washing and cutting vegetables, preparing ingredients and burning fire.

The fourth brother had already lit the charcoal fire, while Xu Qinyu had marinated the suckling pig and began to brush the crispy syrup. After brushing the crispy syrup, when the skin was dry, he brought it over and started to bake it.

After half an hour, the fragrance has become stronger and stronger.

Neighbors around the neighborhood have become accustomed to it, knowing that it must be Mrs. Xu's home cooking the New Year's meal. They didn't forget the fragrance of the New Year's meal that Mrs. Xu made last year. They thought that the fragrance of last year was already the limit, but this year's taste is not inferior to last year's.

Last year's fragrance was delicious, that's called a fresh, this year it's a rich and strange meat fragrance, all of which have one characteristic, they keep secreting their saliva.

"Shoushou, every year I smell the New Year's Eve dinner made by Mrs. Xu. With such a fragrance, my family's annual New Year's Eve dinner is boring."

This is not what the family thinks so, almost everyone who lives in Laixi Lane thinks so.

It's that Xu Ji doesn't have a New Year's Eve dinner on weekdays, otherwise they would definitely not be willing to cook the New Year's dinner by themselves, so they went to Xu Ji to make a reservation.

But no matter how greedy they are, they can only endure it.

When the roast suckling pig is completely cooked, the aroma is already too fragrant.

Last year, when Mrs. Zhu was dying, she did Buddha Jump over the Wall, and this year it was roast suckling pig.

Chinese New Year is a day to reunite with her family. She also pays more attention to it. She wants to have a good meal with her family during the Chinese New Year every year.

When the roast suckling pig is ready, other ingredients are also ready.

Others are a few kinds of home-cooked dishes, and there are more appetizers to relieve tiredness.

When it was time for Shen Shi, everyone got together to have a New Year's Eve dinner, and the highlight was naturally the roast suckling pig.

After helping to distribute the quick roast suckling pig to everyone in the family, Xu Qinyu took a piece by herself, and she squinted her eyes with satisfaction. The roast suckling pig made by the later generations of Jade is even more delicious.

The taste of this roast suckling pig is stronger and better than the last roast for corrupt officials in Raozhou City, because several of the seasonings were made by Xu Qinyu himself. Cured bean curd and soy sauce of marinated suckling pig. Moreover, the pork here is fed with wild vegetables or bran from the mountains. Unlike later generations, the pork is all fed with feed, and the pork is very fast. The pigs here grow slowly, but the meat is fragrant and tastes very different.

"Sister-in-law Four, this is delicious." Sister Ning's eyes lit up as she ate.

It's really fragrant. The fat under the pork skin has been roasted a lot, not only the pork skin is crispy, but even the fat under the crispy skin is a little burnt, but to this extent, The skin should be overcooked, but the suckling pig roasted by Sisao did not. The skin was crispy and the inside was a little burnt. Although it was a little oily, it was not greasy. The next layer was lean meat. It's not woody, it's also very tender, tender and fragrant. When you take a bite, the crispy skin is attached to a bit of crispy fat, plus the tender lean meat. It's so delicious that Ning Jie'er wants to be with the fourth sister-in-law for the rest of her life. Living together, she will not marry in the future, and all the money she earns will be given to the fourth sister-in-law.

It was really delicious, and Xu Qinyu was also very satisfied.

The restaurant and Xu Ji will definitely add this roast suckling pig and Buddha jumps over the wall in the future.

Buddha Jumps over the Wall needs to be booked at least several days in advance. This roast suckling pig is not needed, just book one day in advance.

A roast suckling pig weighing about 20 pounds, the whole family ate it cleanly, and the other dishes were almost the same.

After Xu Qinyu finished eating, she didn't plan to go shopping at the night market.

It's been a busy year and just want to take a break.

The family was roasting charcoal fire in the main room, chatting gossip, guarding the New Year, warm and happy.

...

On the fourth day of the new year, Xu Ji opened for business. As soon as the business opened, he felt that everyone was motivated and contented, and the top and bottom were united. There was occasionally a little friction on weekdays, but after the new year, it was basically gone.

It has been three or four months since it merged with Donglaiju. The original chefs and assistant chefs of Donglaiju have learned the same way from her, and Xu Qinyu can also let them go.

The fourth brother did not leave until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so he followed her to Raozhou City to have a look.

The two did not enter the city this time, and went directly to the construction site.

The place where the restaurant is built is next to a large village called Pingxing Village.

In addition to the many craftsmen that Mrs. Lu helped to find, most of the small workers were from Yuanbao Town, and there were also people from Raozhou City and Pingxing Village.

Originally, Pingxing Village knew that a restaurant was going to be built nearby, but it was a little unhappy, and it was still xenophobic.

But the family has the official deed of the house in Raozhou City, and the villagers are not good at making trouble. When they know that this house has an attic and needs to find craftsmen and small workers, even the small workers have 30 pennies a day. The dissatisfaction in the head immediately dissipated, and they all hurried to answer the call.

As long as they are diligent, Brother Gong'er and Tao Qi both want them.

It was also agreed in advance that if they were found to be lazy and did not work hard, they would not be paid a penny, and they would be thrown away directly.

Brother Gong and the others definitely didn't know how these people behaved. When they started working, there were still a few people who were lazy. Give.

Naturally, these people also want to make trouble. They feel that their own local snakes cannot be suppressed by strong dragons, so they begin to cheat.

Brother Gong and Tao Qi are even more powerful, they don't even want the troublemaker's same village.

This is related to their own interests, and the wages of thirty cents a day.

The person in charge also said that as long as he did not ask for leave in the middle of a month, he would give a tael of silver at the end of the month.

One tael of silver a month, such a high salary, how can the big guys be willing to do so, if they don't work hard, they will come forward, and these people will scold a few people working in the same village for stealing and cheating.

Brother Gong also told everyone, "Our owner builds a restaurant and a house for diners to rest. In the future, we will definitely recruit people. At that time, both male and female workers will be required, because there are both male and female customers. , so the big guys work hard, and in the future, let your son, daughter, daughter-in-law, or wife come to work in the restaurant, our boss said that the monthly salary is no less than 800 pennies."

"Eight hundred wages?" Everyone was a little unconvinced.

Brother Gong said, "What are you doing to deceive you? Our boss is the boss of Xu Ji in Yuanbao Town. Our Xu Ji's running hall has 800 pennies a month. If you work for a long time in the future, the wages will increase."

"Xu Ji? I seem to have heard that my family has relatives in Yuanbao Town. I heard that the food they cook is very delicious. The wages of the staff seem to be quite high, and the owner's family is also very good."

As soon as these words came out, the big guy believed it half a point in his heart, but he faintly felt that this restaurant was built outside the city, can there really be guests? If there are no guests, it is useless to recruit so many guys.

But now the owner promises that as long as they work hard and there are suitable candidates in the family in the future, they can work as clerks in the restaurant, and they will naturally work hard.

On the fourth day of the lunar year, Xu Qinyu came to see that the restaurant's progress had improved a lot compared to half a month ago.

Because everyone is still rushing to work even during the New Year, Xu Qinyu asked Gong Ge'er to double the wages for the craftsmen and small workers on the construction site. Can not go home, but also willing.

The attic on the side of the restaurant, the house where she lived on both sides, and the house where she and her family lived were all rushing to work at the same time, and they would be almost finished when the spring started.

Even the hot spring halfway up the mountain has begun to start construction.

However, the hot springs are not in a hurry to dig. First, get the bamboo pipes and get the pipes from the mountain to the bottom. It will not be too late to dig the hot springs when the house is covered.

It’s hard to buy a lot of iron, so can’t get an iron pipe to pass the hot spring water down the mountain. can only cut the thicker bamboo on the mountain. After the core is passed through and connected well, it can also be used, but iron is easier. Rust is not an option.

When came over to see the progress of the construction site, as well as Brother Gong and Tao Qi, several supervisors lost a lot of weight, Xu Qinyu was still very grateful to them.

During the Chinese New Year, she not only left a red seal of ten taels of silver for Brother Gong, but even Tao Qi and the three of them were kept by Xu Qinyu. She planned to wait for the completion of the project, and then they would receive a red seal along with their wages. And the reward she gave, they will all be given to them.

She came here this time, and she also planned to recruit people, recruiting the restaurant staff and the guys in the houses on both sides.

It just so happens that the fourth brother has some insight into people's hearts, and can filter out most of the people who cheat and cheat. When Xu Qinyu recruited people, he wanted the fourth brother to help check it out, so as not to know people's hearts and cause troubles in the future.

Xu Qinyu's recruitment was also simple. He built an oil shed in front of the construction site, with a square table and two stools, one for her to sit on, and the other for her fourth brother.

The restaurant here and the man in the house are tentatively paid for 800 pennies a month.

The guys at the restaurant and the women's family can ask for older women, even those in their thirties, but they must be clean and tidy. As long as they look sloppy and don't need the help of the fourth brother to identify them, Xu Qinyu will directly rule them out.

The female guest and the male guest must be separated from each other. The female family only needs the female employee, and the male guest only needs the male employee.

The restaurant run hall is tentatively scheduled for about 30 people.

For the female and male guests, there are tentatively thirty people on each side. Basically, there will be two or three people guarding each yard.

It is equivalent to recruiting 90 people this time.

Xu Qinyu plans to recruit more than 40 people in Raozhou City, and more than 40 people near Yuanbao Town.

Knowing that the little lady under the oil shed is the owner of this restaurant, the big guys are very strange. They can't help but look at the oil shed. They are a little amazed that this little lady is so good. She is so young, but she has already opened a restaurant. Now they have to open a restaurant outside the city.

In the evening, made a special trip home to talk to family.

So the next day, many wives and daughters-in-law came to answer the call.

As long as the clothes are not clean, the hair is greasy, and the seams of the nails are not clean, Xu Qinyu doesn't want all of them.

But most people either have dirty clothes or greasy hair, and some have clean clothes and hair, but their nails are not clean.

Therefore, the previous ten consecutively, Xu Qinyu just glanced at it and decided not to.

A woman couldn't help but say, "You little lady, aren't you fooling people? We've all gone over ten people, you don't want any of them, didn't you say you want to recruit forty people?"

Xu Qinyu said warmly, "I'm here to greet distinguished guests, and I'm doing food for a living. Look at yourselves, you don't even pay attention to your appearance, and there is mud in your fingernails. If you show it to your guests, who will pay attention? Are you willing to come to eat and play for the second time? So don't blame me, my aunt, I'm looking for people who really love cleanliness."

The woman's tone softened when she saw her good-natured announcement, but she couldn't help but mutter: "What's the matter with this cleanliness? I still have to do farm work at home, how clean can I be? Should you be so careful?"

Xu Qinyu nodded, "Yes, you must really love cleanliness, otherwise, even if you are hired, you will still be fired when you start working and find that the hygiene is not good enough."

Seeing Xu Qinyu being polite, the woman wanted to say a few more words to her, but the handsome man beside her looked as cold as frost, and just glanced at her lightly, she seemed to be immersed in ice, no longer dared to casually look at the beauty in front of her. The little lady made a rude remark and left in a panic.

Fortunately, a few people were recruited on the first day, two women, three little ladies and two little daughters-in-law, and three teenage brothers.

They are all from the nearby Pingxing Village.

More people came the next day, and even some ordinary women, wives, daughters-in-law, and brothers from ordinary families in Raozhou City also came to respond.

In the next few days, they recruited all the people.

Xu Qinyu had to teach them to knead their muscles and bones to dredge their meridians.

She didn't understand these, so she asked the fourth brother.

After going back to the inn at night, the fourth brother will teach her step by step, let her lie on the bed, knead the meridian muscles and bones on her back with her fingers, and tell her what meridians these are, how to knead them, and how hard they are size etc.

There will be some pain in some places, but the fourth brother said that this is just a phenomenon of a little blockage of the meridians, and it needs to be kneaded slowly, and the force does not need to be strong.

When the fourth brother helped her to open her meridians, there was a burst of warmth on her body. It was indeed very comfortable, making Xu Qinyu feel a little drowsy.

The fourth brother taught her once, and she started kneading for the fourth brother, and the fourth brother would remind him if he did something wrong.

When kneading the muscles and bones of the fourth brother, the shoulders, back and waist of the fourth brother are hard, which makes her a little distracted.

In addition to teaching her, the fourth brother also taught Brother Gong, and Brother Gong had to teach the other guys who took care of the male customers.

In addition to recruiting people these few days, Xu Qinyu is busy learning this from fourth brother, and brother Gong also comes to the inn every day to learn.

In addition to these, Xu Qinyu also plans to recruit some assistant cooks and chefs, and also find apprentices. The restaurant is larger than the restaurant in Yuanbao Town, and she only tentatively has about 30 people. When the business improves in the future, she will not be too busy. Come and make other plans.

Because the restaurant is relatively large, there are not enough assistant cooks and cooks, so we have to recruit them all.

In the next half month, Xu Qinyu was busy recruiting people and learning how to knead his muscles and bones from his fourth brother.

She and her fourth brother are temporarily living in Raozhou City, and they also recruited three helpers and a chef. In addition, they have to recruit guards who are skilled in martial arts. The restaurant is outside the city, so they must also recruit some guards to ensure the safety of the guests.

Huo Jiang and a dozen other black-armored guards came among them.

This is also the person Pei Weixuan selected, and they are all relatively strong in martial arts among the black-armored guards.