The people from the chamber of commerce suggested: "Boss Qiu, why don't we go to Zuixianlou to eat, just after eating evening food, we can also go to Liyuan to listen to operas, how about it? And I heard that Zuixianlou has invited a group of people from other races. Dancer, the dance music is very good, just go to see it."

Elder Qiu smiled and said, "Why don't you go to Zuixianlou to enjoy the dancers' dancers another day? To tell you the truth, Mrs. Lu invited my daughter-in-law to eat there, and when my daughter-in-law came back, she brought back a dish of crispy suckling pig." , that’s a delicacy, otherwise I wouldn’t miss it. I’ve eaten in this restaurant for half my life, and you all know how tricky my taste is. I think the crispy suckling pig is a real delicacy, and I can’t pick a little bit of it. No mistake. I asked my family boy to come to visit yesterday, and I made a special reservation, and I can eat dinner tonight. There is also a place to live over there. I heard that it is more unique, just stay for two nights. You two believe me once, if it wasn't really good, I wouldn't ask you two to try it."

"Success, then listen to Mr. Qiu's family, but if the taste is not good, the place to eat and drink in the future will have to listen to us."

When the two members of the chamber of commerce heard about it, they laughed and joked.

Mr. Qiu replied yes with a smile.

The three of them left the city in a carriage and headed towards Xu Ji Restaurant all the way.

Mrs. Qiu also got into another carriage with her sister, Mrs. Jin, and followed behind her son.

When they arrived at the entrance of Xuji Restaurant and saw the big rock, the people from the chamber of commerce couldn't help but said: "It's quite wild to look at."

The other person sniffed and couldn't help saying, "It smells so good, could it be the smell of the food made at the restaurant? It's still some distance away, and the smell is coming out."

Elder Qiu also swallowed his saliva, and said: "This is the scent of that crispy suckling pig. It's not only rich in scent, it's really delicious. Once you taste it, you will know that it will definitely make you linger."

The two owners of the chamber of commerce didn't expect much at first, but they didn't appreciate Mr. Qiu's kindness. Now that they smelled the strong fragrance, they finally started to look forward to it.

The two carriages soon arrived at the restaurant.

Xu Qinyu was also waiting by the side early, and when everyone came down, she smiled and said: "Guest officials, please, the food is ready."

She knew that Mrs. Qiu was Yu's mother-in-law a few days ago.

The two old ladies were specially invited to the private room on the second floor, and Mr. Qiu went to the private room on the third floor with the people from the chamber of commerce.

After the guests on both sides sat down, they first served a pot of hawthorn drink, and the waiter who came later carried a big wooden tray with crispy suckling pig on it.

In addition to crispy suckling pig, there are also Longjing shrimp, eight-treasure rabbit, polygonatum lily quail soup, sweet and sour river lotus root and almond tofu.

For the staple food, everyone can't eat rice and pasta, so Xu Qinyu served it with brown sugar yin rice porridge.

The two old ladies over there, in addition to crispy suckling pig, Longjing shrimp, and almond tofu, which is brown sugar Yin rice porridge, there is no Babao rabbit, Polygonatum lily quail soup, sweet and sour river lotus root, otherwise I am afraid that the two old ladies My wife eats too much and my stomach can't bear it, so it's just right now.

The most eye-catching thing is of course the whole crispy suckling pig.

Waiting for Xu Qinyu to help chop them into pieces, they served the two old ladies with sugar and dipping sauce.

Elder Qiu's side was served by waiters.

Master Qiu himself has eaten it once, but this time it was still amazing.

The other two had never eaten before, and they were startled at the first bite. No wonder Elder Qiu was so worried about it, and he insisted on letting them come over. It was really not wrong.

The two of them didn't speak, and just ate with their heads buried. After eating a few yuan, they let out a long breath and said to Mr. Qiu, "Master Qiu's family really didn't lie to us. We are narrow-minded. It’s so delicious.” In comparison, the food they had eaten in the most famous restaurants in other cities was nothing more than that. Compared with Xu Jiyi, it’s really nothing.

I thought this crispy suckling pig tasted the best for six taels of silver.

But after trying the remaining dishes, was a little stunned, because none of the dishes were bad, and all the dishes were amazing enough.

The best shrimps to make Longjing shrimps are river shrimps. Xu Qinyu chooses the largest river shrimps. The shrimps are tender and sweet, with the fragrance of tea leaves in the freshness and mellow aftertaste. eating one by one.

Babao rabbit diced spicy appetizer.

Sweet and sour river lotus root, crisp and tender, moderately sweet and sour.

Almond tofu, white and smooth, moist and sweet, melts in the mouth, it is a dessert.

Finally, drink a bowl of Polygonatum Polygonatum Lily and Quail Soup, a soup that nourishes and strengthens muscles and bones.

There is also the brown sugar yin rice porridge, which is soft, glutinous and thick, with a light jujube aroma and a slight sweetness of brown sugar.

The three of them couldn't hold back and ate all the dishes.

However, the dishes and soup that Xu Qinyu served them were just right, the soup was only two small bowls for one person, and so was the porridge, but after eating them all, they must still be overwhelmed.

The three of them struggled a bit in the end, and they were not in a hurry to go to the Purple Bamboo Garden to rest. They just sat in the private room, watching the breeze and the setting sun slowly set outside the large open window.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Old Man Qiu said with a smile, "What do you two think?"

The two laughed and said, "That's right, I didn't expect that not only the food is delicious, but the scenery is also pleasant."

It is indeed more comfortable than going to listen to opera after eating and drinking in a restaurant on weekdays. At this moment, this feeling is more comfortable, and even those dancers from other places are forgotten.

The main thing is that the food is really delicious.

The two even plan to be free in the future, and they can bring their family over for a few days every month.

In this way, the whole person can relax and cultivate their morality, which is really good.

The three couldn't help chatting.

"The taste of this six taels of silver crispy suckling pig is as good as before. I heard that there are two taels of silver a cup of jelly in clear soup, and fifty taels of silver in a can of Fushouquan. How delicious should these two be?"

Mr. Qiu said with a smile: "The clear soup and jelly dishes can be made only after ten cups are filled. I heard that you have to make an order five days in advance, because it takes five days to prepare this dish. As for this dish of Fushouquan, it needs to be prepared even more." I have been waiting for a long time. It seems that the ingredients are hard to find. I need 30 or 40 ingredients, which have to be shipped from the south. Do you want to try it? If you want to try it, I will make an appointment with Mr. Xu, but it may have to wait A month or two."

He actually wanted to try it. Even the crispy suckling pig that cost six taels of silver amazed him, how delicious this Fushouquan dish that cost fifty taels of silver would be.

Fifty taels of silver are worth a few years for ordinary people, but for wealthy businessmen like them, it is nothing at all.

The two shopkeepers of the Chamber of Commerce nodded, "Okay, then make a reservation."

In fact, there are not only these, but also Wensi tofu, some traditional Laohuo soups, and the price is basically between one and two taels of silver.

Xu Ji's new menus are all quite distinctive, even the simplest vegetarian dishes are hard to fault.

On the other side, Mrs. Qiu and Mrs. Jin also ate comfortably and contentedly.

Xu Qinyu waited by the side the whole time, and introduced the general recipe and taste of these dishes to the two old ladies with a smile.

The old lady Qiu couldn't help but ask, "Is this food made by you, little lady?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said: "Yes, because there are not many customers now, so I cook all the food for the guests in the back kitchen."

The old lady Qiu couldn't help but praised: "Ms. Xu's craftsmanship is really amazing."

She didn't believe what her daughter-in-law said before, but she came here in person, and after eating these delicious meals, there is nothing bad. Every dish is very delicious.

After eating, Mrs. Qiu and Mrs. Jin first went to Jinxiu Garden to rest.

The two old ladies were not as restrained as the younger girls and daughter-in-laws. They went directly to the hot spring pool to soak in the hot spring. After returning, the old lady lit incense, applied cream, and called the two young ladies to rub it for them. Squeeze your muscles.

Two old ladies live in one room and can still talk.

Several guests stayed here in the garden and played for three full days.

Mr. Qiu still has business dealings with the shopkeepers of the two chambers of commerce, and he cannot continue to live.

Mrs. Qiu is also willing to spend money, not only eats well every day, but also light incense and ointment every day to loosen muscles and bones.

In this way, after three days passed, Master Qiu came over and called the old mother to go back, but the old lady Qiu was not willing to go back and told her son, "Boss, if you still have something to do, you should go back to the city first, and Aunt Jin and I plan to stay for a while. After you go back, tell your daughter-in-law that she has been working hard at home during this time. I will go back in a few days. If she wants to come out to play, she will continue to play for a while."

Because her daughter-in-law found such a good place for her this time, Mrs. Qiu also planned to be gentle with her daughter-in-law in the future.

It can be regarded as her thoughts these days. She is almost at the age of entering the soil. Why don't she enjoy doing the household chores all day long? The household chores at home, as well as the daughter-in-law and son, she is too lazy to get involved now. She is also a person who wants to be a mistress, and she can't always reprimand her daughter-in-law like that in the future, and she will not care about the family affairs in the future.

Master Qiu smiled and said, "Okay, mother, you and Aunt Jin have a good time here."

When Master Qiu and the two shopkeepers of the Chamber of Commerce left, he gave Xu Qinyu some advice.

"The hot spring is good, but it would be nice if there was a place where the opera troupe could listen to books. After soaking in the hot springs on weekdays to loosen up muscles and bones, go to listen to operas and listen to books."

They are not people who love fishing, they just love watching movies and listening to books.

Xu Qinyu thought about it for a while, the troupe is a bit difficult, but storytelling is simple, just write some scripts and hire a storyteller.

As for the story of the book, she can write it.

There are dozens of types of novels in later generations, all kinds, and a hundred flowers bloom, as wonderful as they are, and it happens that she also has a few brain holes, and she can try to write.

She remembered that among the brothers in the weather, he seemed to like to read some book of words, so he would ask him later to see if he would like to write and play.

When Mr. Qiu and the others left, Mrs. Lu also brought the box and cage, and planned to stay at the restaurant for ten days and midnight. This time, she did not bring anyone, she came alone. He and Yu are both the mistresses of the house. , There are a lot of household chores at home, it is definitely not as good as she is alone, and she can play whenever she wants.

In addition to Mrs. Lu, Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan also came to Xuji Restaurant together.

Xu Qinyu was also very happy to see them, "Why are you here?"

Yang Zhizhi smiled until her eyes were curled up, and hugged Xu Qinyu in the past, she couldn't help jumping, and said happily, "Qinyu, it's great to see you, we haven't seen you for a long time, I know you When the restaurant opened, I begged my parents for a long time before they were willing to let me come.”

Yang Zhizhi was the most precious daughter of the county magistrate and his wife, so she naturally worried that she would come to Raozhou alone.

Later, Xu Yunlan also wanted to come to the restaurant for a few days, so he made an appointment with Yang Zhizhi.

The county magistrate only sent two people over.

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "What do you want to eat, I'll prepare it later."

Yang Zhizhi said, "Crispy suckling pig!"

At Xuji in Yuanbao Town, there are many fresh dishes in sync with the restaurant. This crispy suckling pig is the most popular. Even if it is expensive, many people eat it every day because it is roasted. When was in 2000, the scent could spread for several streets, and no one could stand such a scent.

But Xu Ji Restaurant can only produce about ten crispy suckling pigs every day, and they all have to be booked in advance.

Even if Yang Zhizhi is greedy, she can't do anything about it. The crispy suckling pig on Xu Ji's side is reserved for ten days.

Xu Yunlan smiled and said, "Qinyu, you don't know how difficult it is to eat this crispy suckling pig at Xu Ji Restaurant."

In fact, she was also greedy, but it was too difficult to book.

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "It's simple, I'll bake it for you in the evening. Now that the restaurant has just opened, there are still no customers."

Yang Zhizhi said, "Don't worry, Qinyu, there will definitely be more and more guests."

The two were so assured of the good sisters' cooking skills, knowing that Xu Ji would not worry about guests in the future, as long as they came to eat, they would definitely become Xu Ji's repeat customers.

Although their fathers are both officials of the county government, and their mother also owns a shop, they are still economical on weekdays.

In order to save money, the two deliberately lived in a wing room.

In addition to the discounts from the restaurant’s activities, Xu Qinyu also gave them a lot of money. In fact, she didn’t want to accept money from the two of them. She moved to Yuanbao Town at the beginning because of the help of Xu Kongmu and County Magistrate Yang. It took a lot of trouble to open the restaurant smoothly.

After eating the crispy suckling pig that he had been thinking about, Yang Zhizhi almost cried, "Wow, it's really delicious."

She weighs just over a hundred now, not a very thin body, just right, a little round and jade-like, and her skin is white and tender. don’t know how many housewives like Yang Zhizhi and want to be married to the Yang family, but the county Grandfather and Wei are not in a hurry to betroth their children, they plan to talk about their marriage slowly, not to mention a high family background to Zhizhi, but they must have good character, mother-in-law must also be gentle, and they must pay attention to everything.

Yang Zhizhi, Xu Yunlan and Xu Qinyu, the three of them are about the same age, only one year apart. Xu Yunlan has also started talking about marriage recently, but Xu Kongmu and Xiang Shi are also in no hurry.

Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan stayed at Xu Ji's side for six or seven days, and the county magistrate sent someone to pick them up.

The two of them were still reluctant when they went back. It was really fun here. After eating Chaoshi every day, they wandered around the restaurant, went to the lake to see the lotus leaves and flowers, and went fishing again.

On the other side of the lake, the lotus leaves also began to grow wildly, almost every day, and the lotus flowers also showed tiny buds. In the past half a month, these lotus leaves will grow taller, and the lotus flowers will also bloom. Once it blooms, it gradually withers, and you can eat lotus rice.

Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan also like fishing very much.

There were no guests in the restaurant, so Xu Qinyu went fishing with them to the lake to see the scenery during the day.

The old lady Qiu followed the old sisters and also liked to come to the lake to enjoy the scenery during the day, watching the little girls fishing, and the two old ladies also tried it.

On the edge of the lake here, Xu Qinyu also specially built a lot of wooden pavilions, surrounded by curtains, sitting inside enjoying flowers and drinking tea is not to mention very pleasant.

Xu Qinyu likes to come here on weekdays, stay inside to eat tea, enjoy the scenery, write and draw.

It just so happened that she started writing a storybook these days.

Write a story about cultivating immortals, a story about a brother from an ordinary family who went through thousands of hardships and finally became a fairy. There are setbacks, golden fingers, adventures, and love and hatred. just wrote a beginning and showed it to Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan. They both said it was beautiful and wanted to know the follow-up development.

Xu Qinyu planned to hire a storyteller when the first volume was written, and he usually told stories like this in the restaurant.

After Yang Zhizhi and Mrs. Qiu left, only Mrs. Lu was left at the restaurant.

In this way, the restaurant has been open for less than half a month, and there are only a few waves of customers.

Xu Qinyu couldn't help but feel a little suspicious in her heart, because something really didn't look right.

The people who come to Xuji are just a few regular customers, and the first one in the city has never been here. It stands to reason that there should be some people who are curious about the origin of the restaurant and whether the food is good. Come and try it. If it is not worth the price, It didn't make a lot of noise, or they won't come in the future, but now it's almost half a month since it opened, and there hasn't been a single curious guest.

Xu Qinyu explained to Chef Wang and Dong Qian that she wanted to go around the city.

Because there are not many customers on weekdays, it is the staff meals of the employees in the restaurant, and the purchase of some ingredients is delivered to the door, and there are not many purchases and deliveries, because some poultry, eggs, duck eggs, and vegetables are eaten on weekdays. , They are all harvested in nearby villages, which are cheaper than in the city, and they are raised by feeding worms and wild vegetables on the mountain by themselves. The taste of the ingredients themselves is nothing to say.

Even these roast suckling pigs were harvested from nearby villages.

Xu Qinyu accepted it at the price of 30 Wen a catty.

Because even if a pig is raised until the end of the year, a pig is only a hundred catties, and the butcher collects the whole pig at a price of eight to ten renminbi, which is only a tael or so. But the owner of Xuji Restaurant came to collect the suckling pigs of about 20 catties. According to the price of 30 yuan, they didn't need them to feed them all year round. More than 20 catties, such a small suckling pig can be sold for six to seven hundred yuan, which is much more cost-effective than raising a big pig.

There are many people nearby, and they bought a lot of piglets to raise, and plan to supply them to the restaurant in the future.

So these days, Xu Qinyu felt that it was a bit strange that the restaurant hadn't come to customers, so he planned to go to the city to have a look.

Xu Qinyu went to the city.

Turning around in the city, she also knew the reason.

It turned out to be the cause of the Zuixianlou.

Zuixianlou is about the same grade as Xu Ji Restaurant, and the guests it receives are all wealthy businessmen in the city or some dignitaries from aristocratic families.

Since the opening of Xuji, Zuixianlou also knew that Xuji Restaurant would definitely steal some of its own customers, and naturally he was not happy.

So Zuixianlou also got a wave of activities.

On Xu Ji's side, because Xu Qinyu opened for business, all the dishes were 20% off, and Zuixianlou was paid 30% off. Not only that, the tea was free, and she invited a dancer to dance in the Zuixianlou, so she naturally took the price off. The guests were all attracted, so no one came to make a note.

After Xu Qinyu knew the reason, she was a little helpless, but this was a normal fight.

In order to attract business, many hotels in later generations offer discounts on dishes and various recharge activities, which are normal.

Xu Qinyu must also think of ways to deal with it.

After knowing the reason, she went back to the restaurant.

At this moment, the restaurant is very quiet, and everyone is so leisurely in the restaurant to rest.

When Dong Qian and Chef Wang saw Xu Qinyu coming back, they hurriedly gathered around and asked, "Master, what do you see?"

Chef Wang also followed Dong Qian to call Xu Qinyu the master. He was not at all embarrassed, because he really admired Xu Qinyu's cooking skills, and he really regarded Xu Qinyu as his master.

Xu Qinyu told the two about the Zuixianlou.

The two of them couldn't help frowning after hearing this. They had all opened restaurants or worked as chefs in large restaurants. They knew that this kind of thing was very common, and it was just a common fight between restaurants and restaurants.

The Zuixianlou is also right.

Dongqian asked, "Master, what should we do? Are we still waiting for the guests to come?"

In fact, they all know very well that as long as guests come to the restaurant to eat, they will come often in the future, but now there are no guests coming, this is the most important thing, not to mention so many people in Xu, the monthly food bills cost several hundred Two silvers, and the gardening of all kinds of flowers and plants also cost two or three hundred taels.

In addition, the monthly money for all the guys, the chefs, and the guards is almost a thousand taels.

Monthly light is these fixed and necessary expenses, and it costs more than 2,000 taels to go out.

Even with the support of Xu Ji Restaurant in Yuanbao Town, it is impossible for the restaurant here to continue to lose money like this. If you don't see customers, you will have a bad reputation for the restaurant in the future. You will say that Xu Ji has no customers at all, and it must be bad food. If you insist on it for at most half a year, the restaurant will have to close down.

Zuixianlou is also very clear in his heart that if he does not have any business for two or three months, he knows that Xu Ji will last for about half a year at most.

If Zuixianlou has been doing some activities in the past six months, or if he thinks about new ideas and makes some new dishes, and can keep the guests for a month or two, then Xu Ji will really be finished.

Xu Qinyu shook his head, "Of course it won't work, we can't wait for the guests to come, Zuixianlou won't give us this chance, so we have to think of other ways."

The way to deal with it is actually very simple. The restaurant is out of business now because the guests don’t know how delicious the dishes are, so just let them know.

Xu Qinyu, Dongqian and Chef Wang whispered a few words before packing up and preparing to take Dongqian to Raozhou City.

When Mrs. Wen learned that Yuniang was going to stay in Raozhou City for a few days, she was not at ease and wanted to go together. Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother, there will be Dongqian with you, nothing will happen, you have to take care of the restaurant. here."

Mr. Wen is now the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and he has to stay with the restaurant on weekdays.

Mrs. Wen must still be worried. Xu Qinyu finally brought a girl named Lianhua from the Jinxiu Garden with her, and Mrs. Wen was relieved to let her go to Raozhou City.