This girl named Lianhua is the female bodyguard at the Jinxiu Garden. Her name should be a delicate and lovely girl, but in fact, Lianhua seems to be only around 18 this year, about the same age as Xu Qinyu. Qin Yu estimated that he was about 1.78 meters. He had good martial arts skills, but he was rather dull, and he didn't like to talk much. He could do whatever he wanted. .

The fourth brother found twenty guards for her.

The ten in Jinxiu Garden were all women, and the ten in Zizhu Garden were strong men with strong martial arts skills.

In addition, there is a common feature, edible, extremely edible!

Especially the food made by Xu Qinyu, they eat more, and their food intake is much larger than that of ordinary guys. It is also possible that they are martial arts practitioners, and their food intake is much larger than that of normal people.

Fortunately, Xu Qinyu can also afford it, and will not deduct their food, and eat enough every day.

Because he knew that Lotus was highly skilled in martial arts, Mrs Wen was not worried.

When recruiting people at that time, it was also very smooth. In just one day, these twenty guards were selected, and they also performed martial arts in front of Xu Qinyu. Everyone has internal strength, and it is no problem to fly over the eaves and walls. This is Xu Qin Yu had only seen things on TV and novels, her eyes lit up, and her face was full of yearning.

If it wasn't for the fourth brother who said that her bones were already open and she was not suitable for practicing martial arts, she would have wanted to learn it.

However, the fourth brother taught her some self-defense tactics.

Xu Qinyu took Lotus and Dong Qian to Raozhou City.

The three went directly to the Bafang Inn.

Xu Qinyu's idea was actually quite simple. It was nothing more than to attract customers, as long as the people in Raozhou City knew how delicious the food in her restaurant was, and the guests were willing to come to the door just for the food.

At the Bafang Inn, Xu Qinyu saw the shopkeeper Zhou.

Shopkeeper Zhou was also very happy to see her. Shopkeeper Zhou smiled and said, "If it weren't for the busyness in the inn, Daqing and I would both want to go to Miss Xu's restaurant for a few days."

Xu Qinyu naturally knew how busy they were opening the inn, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I came to the Bafang Inn today for some reason."

Shopkeeper Zhou hurriedly said, "Miss Xu, please tell me, and if there is anything I can help you, feel free to speak up."

Xu Qinyu said: "It's still because of some things about the restaurant, the restaurant has been open for half a month, but except for a few regular customers, no customers have come to the door. When I came to Raozhou City, I found out that it was the Zuixianlou who invited the dancer, so I thought Now, borrow it from the shopkeeper's inn, and cook for a few days to attract customers."

Shopkeeper Zhou immediately said, "There's nothing wrong with this, it's just unbelievable. I did hear that Zuixianlou invited some dancers from other places, but I didn't expect it to have such a big impact on the little lady's restaurant." A few days ago, I could hear the diners at the inn still talking about the dancers in Zuixianlou, how colorful their dances were and how graceful they were, but the shopkeeper Zhou hadn’t thought that it would affect Xu Ji Restaurant.

It seems that Zuixianlou is also worried that its business will be affected. Some of the methods that I came up with are just to cover the limelight of Xuji Restaurant's opening, so that other people forget to visit Xuji and taste it.

This is also understandable. In business, there must be competition, as long as it is not malicious competition.

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Zhou, for giving us two rooms, just an ordinary Chase shop."

She and Lianhua lived in one room, and Dongqian lived in another.

The Chase shop that Xu Qinyu wanted, she and her fourth brother came to stay at the inn on weekdays, but the shopkeeper Zhou was always reluctant to accept the money, and every time he arranged a room with the name of Tianzi, she was a little embarrassed.

But shopkeeper Zhou still arranged two heavenly rooms for the three of them.

The shopkeeper Zhou not only regarded Xu Qinyu as the benefactor of the Zhou family, but also regarded her as his son's master. If it weren't for the food Xu Xiaoniang taught his son to cook, how could there be today's business in the inn, which is priceless.

"Little lady Xu, don't worry, she lives here with peace of mind. Tell me what ingredients you need, and I'll ask someone to buy them."

Xu Qinyu didn't plan to do anything else, just make the crispy suckling pig. This alone is enough to attract people. The main thing is that this fragrance is the strongest and can carry fragrance far and far.

She asked the shopkeeper Zhou to help buy a few suckling pigs. To kill them, they did not need to be divided into pieces. They brought them back as a whole. In addition, there were other seasonings, such as soybean paste and fermented bean curd. She brought them all with her. It tastes even better if you make it yourself.

Shopkeeper Zhou immediately made a trip in person.

Xu Qinyu couldn't rest either, so he went to see Zhou Daqing in the back kitchen.

Zhou Daqing was busy in the back kitchen and was very happy to see her here. Xu Qinyu asked him and Dong Qian to help and built a place for roasting suckling pigs with bricks and tiles, which would be convenient for roasting in a while.

Because it was Dongqian who brought her over in a carriage, in addition to the seasoning, she even brought a few iron forks from the restaurant, so that she would have to go to the iron shop for a while.

When Xu Qinyu and Chef Zhou built the roasting pit in the back kitchen, Chef Zhou had already returned.

It was still early, Xu Qinyu prepared all the ingredients and seasonings before going to the upstairs room to rest.

Lianhua followed her every step of the way, and didn't talk much. When she let her work, she would work, and she was very diligent.

Xu Qinyu didn't know much about Lotus's life experience, but vaguely knew that these guards seemed to be lonely, with no relatives alive, so they went to learn martial arts and run the arena.

Just after noon, Xu Qinyu went to the backyard to get busy.

It takes about an hour to roast suckling pig. When the roast is finished and it is time for the evening meal, the fragrance will still attract a lot of customers.

In addition to the crispy suckling pig, Xu Qinyu planned to marinate the fat intestines, and also asked the shopkeeper Zhou to buy a few pairs of fat intestines in the morning. This is also full of marinated flavor, which is very attractive to diners.

Crispy suckling pig is expensive, even if it is sold in ten parts, it costs 500 cents for one piece. The taste of braised fat intestines is just as good. Compared with the crispy suckling pig, the price is worlds apart. Most diners can afford it. , so have to make some food with lower prices.

Zhou Daqing had already cleaned all the fat intestines in the back kitchen. Xu Qinyu prepared the brine and spices, and then put the fat intestines on the brine first.

When stewing the fat sausage, she prepared the crispy water again. She had marinated the suckling pig before, but now she brushed the crispy water. After the crispy water was dry, she could start roasting.

In fact, the process of crispy suckling pig is cumbersome, but for Xu Qinyu, there is nothing cumbersome, practice makes perfect.

After the crispy water is dry, it starts to bake.

She has two grills on her own, and she can grill two at a time, and Dong Qian can almost control two to grill, because there is no need to keep turning it, pay attention to the heat, and turn it from time to time.

Or the roasting pit is a little small, otherwise she can test a few more at a time.

To bake four at a time like this, Xu Qinyu planned to bake twice, and the eight baked today are about the same. If they can't sell out, they and the inn clerk will keep it for themselves.

After two quarters of an hour passed, the fragrance of the crispy suckling pig gradually spread.

When shopkeeper Zhou and Chef Zhou smelled this fragrance for the first time, they couldn't help but say, "It smells so good."

Sure enough, Mrs. Xu tasted delicious no matter what she did. This kind of fragrance would definitely attract many diners to come over in a while.

When the guys in the inn passed by the back kitchen, they glanced at the oven from time to time and swallowed.

This fragrance naturally attracts many diners and passers-by.

Many people couldn't help but stop, sniffing hard and asking, "What does this smell? It smells so good?"

"Indeed, is it the smell of food in a nearby restaurant or inn?"

"I live near here, and I don't have this scent on weekdays."

It was the shopkeeper Zhou who was standing at the door and happily told everyone, "This is our new food from Bafang Inn, the crispy suckling pig, and the braised fat sausage. Not only does it taste delicious, but it tastes even more delicious. It's not delicious, keep it safe and you still want to eat it, but now this crispy suckling pig is not ready, it will be ready in a while, everyone can come and try it."

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Crispy suckling pig? What kind of food is this? I don't seem to have heard of it before. As for the stewed fat sausage you said, the pig is delicious when boiled in water?"

"However, this crispy suckling pig sounds a little familiar."

Shopkeeper Zhou smiled and said, "This crispy suckling pig and braised fat sausage are all made by my master in Daqing. As for this braised fat sausage, to tell you the truth, it is also very fragrant. Have you smelled another smell of braised pork? That is the fragrance of the braised fat sausages. After a while, you can buy some and try them out. You can eat these two dishes in a pack of oil paper. You can eat them. One hundred cents of money is charged at 80% of the price, and it only takes a few days, and after a few days, the original price has to be restored."

When the people around heard it, they were surprised and said: "Master Zhou, the marinated fat sausage is fifteen yuan a piece, and this pig is only a penny a catty, and no one buys it. How dare you sell it for fifteen yuan a piece? This crispy-skinned suckling pig should be made of pork, what kind of meat is made of pork, dare to sell it for five hundred yuan a piece?"

Shopkeeper Zhou still looked cheerful, "To tell you the truth, this crispy-skinned suckling pig was originally sold as a whole, and a piece of six taels of silver, only about ten to twenty catties, was worried that everyone would not be able to eat it." It's over, so now it's sold by portion, the price is indeed a bit expensive, but the signature dish of Zuixianlou, doesn't it also cost two or three taels of silver?"

Someone sneered and said: "You also said that it is Zuixianlou, how can your small inn compare with other people's Zuixianlou? What's more, this is not two or three taels of silver, you can sell it for six taels of silver, which is better than other people's Zuixianlou. The building is more expensive."

Shopkeeper Zhou said after hearing the words: "You can't say that, of course it is because the taste is good and the price is expensive. Crispy suckling pig, the name, you must have never even heard of it, this is the first time See. Also, the price of pork offal is cheap, but it tastes good and tastes good. You still want to eat it after eating and keeping it. You can’t sell it for fifteen yuan a piece. You say it smells good or not. It’s still not baked, but when it’s baked, it’ll taste even better.”

Someone suddenly said: "I don't have a good impression of you talking about crispy suckling pigs, but when you said six taels of silver, I suddenly thought that someone issued a list in the city a few days ago, and it said something about Xu Ji outside Raozhou City. The restaurant opened, and all the food in it is six taels of silver a dish. No one in Raozhou City dares to sell six taels of silver a dish, so I am quite impressed. What else is Fushouquan, fifty taels of silver a can? My Lord, I dare to sell a jar of fifty taels of silver for anything I eat here."

"Yes, when you said that, I also remembered it. It said that the crispy suckling pig was six taels of silver."

Only then did everyone react.

Shopkeeper Zhou smiled and said: "Yes, it is the owner of Xuji Restaurant, this owner is the master of our family Daqing, and the few specialties that Daqing cooks are taught by his master, and my family Daqing also made seven or eight points. If his master made it, it would taste, hey, really delicious."

"Shopkeeper Zhou, can you tell if it's true or not? Is it really so delicious?"

Shopkeeper Zhou said cheerfully: "If you don't believe me, you can buy a piece and try it for yourself in a while, let alone the crispy suckling pig, if you think it's too expensive, you can buy a piece of stewed fat sausage and eat it."

"But this taste is really delicious, shopkeeper Zhou, when will this be baked?"

"No, we still have to wait for half an hour to bake."

Everyone can only wait, but have to say, still want to taste what this crispy suckling pig, which costs six taels of silver, tastes like.

After the shopkeeper Zhou finished speaking, he was about to go back to the back kitchen, but saw Liang Yiliang Qianhu coming.

This Liang Qianhu is a Qianhu in the military camp, and he is also a regular customer of the Bafang Inn.

When he first came to Raozhou City because of Mrs. Xu, he lived in the Bafang Inn and used the kitchen of the inn to sell food. Liang Qianhu ate the food Mrs. Xu made for those two days. Liang Qianhu came to the inn every now and then to eat after the lady cooked the same food, but occasionally she would feel emotional, saying that she was still thinking about Miss Xu's cooking.

Liang Yi did follow the smell. When he walked to Bafang Inn, he already had a premonition in his heart. Seeing Shopkeeper Zhou standing at the door, he couldn't help asking, "Shopkeeper Zhou, but Miss Xu is cooking in there?" This fragrance should be some kind of fresh food, Zhou Daqing can't make such a taste at all, so he is very sure that the person in the back kitchen should be Miss Xu.

Shopkeeper Zhou smiled and said: "Yes, it is indeed Miss Xu. She is making crispy suckling pigs. Maybe Liang Qianhu doesn't know that Miss Xu runs a restaurant outside the city."

Liang Yi's eyes widened, "You said that the restaurant outside the city was opened by Mrs. Xu?"

He knew that there was a restaurant built outside the city, some distance away from the military camp. When eating late a few days ago, the smell of meat always wafted over there. The smell was different from ordinary meat. The soldiers all wailed a little. After all, what was the food and how could it be so fragrant? They all floated into the barracks with the wind.

He had also smelled it, but he didn't expect that it was Miss Xu who did it.

Originally, he was taking a rest today, but he came out to buy things and came here only after smelling the fragrance.

Liang Yi immediately said: "Success, save some for me that night, I'll come and pick it up after I finish shopping."

After he asked the price, he asked for half.

A portion is about two taels a catty, and he ordered half one directly. The price of the half one is a little cheaper by tens of pennies, two and a half silver, and the half one is almost a few catties larger, but it is actually enough for him. People eat it, but there are wives and daughters at home, so he plans to take it home to eat with his wife and daughter.

For the food cooked by Miss Xu, he never doubted the taste.

Liang Yi paid more than two taels of silver, and went shopping first.

Many people also recognize Liang Yi, knowing that he is Liang Qianhu in the military camp, he likes to eat, and he is more righteous and generous.

Everyone saw that he bought half of them without hesitation. Some regular customers often ate Zhou Daqing's food. They learned that the two dishes were made by Zhou Daqing's master in the evening. Yes, will also buy a crispy suckling pig, while others are still on the sidelines.

Shopkeeper Zhou wrote down the account and went to the back kitchen to stay for a while.

In the backyard, Xu Qinyu was still roasting crispy suckling pig.

The fat sausage is almost marinated, but it needs to be soaked in the marinated pot for about an hour to make it more delicious.

As time goes by, the aroma of crispy suckling pig becomes stronger and stronger.

Many people have come to the inn to ask because of the scent.

Shopkeeper Zhou took the trouble to tell the diners what kind of food this is, who made it, and there are restaurants outside the city, so everyone should remember Xu Ji's name in their hearts.

Just because of this fragrance, many people ordered some with Shopkeeper Zhou.

The first wave of crispy suckling pig finally came out of the oven.

Xu Qinyu asked Lianhua, Dongqian and other staff in the inn to help, and fanned the freshly baked crispy suckling pig with a big fan.

This can quickly dissipate the heat from the skin of the crispy suckling pig, making the skin more crispy.

For the roasted suckling pig, let shopkeeper Zhou directly carry the food table to the door of the inn, let the passers-by and diners around have a look, they have seen this kind of food before.

Even the stewed fatty sausages from the big pot were lifted out, fished out from the big pot, placed on the chopping board and cut into pieces.

Liang Yi also came over quickly, seeing Miss Xu smiled and congratulated: "Xu Dong's family, long time no see. I heard that the restaurant outside the city is still owned by Xu Dong's family. In the future, I will finally be able to eat food made by Xu Dong's family. I hope Xu Dong's family Happy opening and good fortune.”

Xu Qinyu smiled and said: "Thank you Liang Qianhu, I haven't seen Liang Qianhu for a long time, I'll help you pack the food first."

He ordered half of it, and Xu Qinyu cut up half of it directly, put it in a big food box and handed it to Liang Yi, and asked him to send the food box back another day, not only that, but also cut up two catties of fat sausage and gave it to Liang Yi give him.

The other diners couldn't help but said, "Why don't you just give this Lord Qianhu, and give us some if you don't?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Okay, everyone has a share, buy a piece of crispy suckling pig, and get a piece of stewed fat sausage."

Liang Qianhu couldn't wait to smell the scent. When Xu Qinyu put his crispy suckling pig in the food box, he didn't think it was too hot, so he directly stuffed a piece into his mouth, and the mouth clicked , crispy, crispy and meaty, Liang Qianhu stared wide-eyed, and immediately said: "Xu Dong's family, wait, wait, give me another half! I want the other half too, I want the whole one."

Liang Qianhu felt that he was lucky to taste it, and it was really delicious.

He eats a lot, and if he really wants to take half of it back, it’s not enough for him to eat. It’s better to eat it all at once, and the price is cheaper now. You can buy a whole one for four taels of silver. two silver.

Buy the whole one back, he can eat it to his heart's content, and his wife and daughter can also be full.

Xu Qinyu smiled and said: "Succeed, give this whole one to Mr. Liang, shopkeeper Zhou, please bring a double-layer food box."

After packing the crispy suckling pig, Xu Qinyu handed the food box to Liang Qianhu, Liang Qianhu couldn't help asking, "Is Miss Xu still here tomorrow?"

Xu Qinyu nodded, "I'll be staying at the Bafang Inn for the next few days. In addition to this crispy suckling pig tomorrow, there will also be crispy fat intestines, which are also delicious."

Liang Qianhu immediately said: "Then I'll come back tomorrow."

The crispy fat sausage sounds delicious, too. He plans to come back to see it tomorrow. Maybe he hasn't had enough of it today, and he might still want to eat crispy suckling pig.

But think the crispy suckling pig is really expensive, but then think about it, such a big crispy suckling pig is only six taels of silver, it is really sold according to a portion, the price is not the same as a dish of Zuixianlou Well? And it tastes so good.

Only then did Liang Qianhu want to open it, but it was a bit of a pain in the end. He left with a big double-layer food box and two catties of stewed sausage.

This trip cost him more than four taels of silver, and his monthly salary is actually only six or seven taels. Liang Qianhu plans to go to the mountains after eating evening food, and go back to hunt some game to subsidize the family, otherwise the monthly salary will not be enough. he eats.

Others basically just buy a portion, so there is no such thing as Liang Qianhu.

Seeing this, the others couldn't help but say, "Isn't this really a babysitter? Buy a whole one at a time, can you finish it?"

Someone sneered and said: "What care, this is Mr. Liang, Liang Qianhu in the barracks eats much more than ordinary people, and they are very good at eating. Unpleasant food can't enter Mr. Liang's eyes at all. Mr. Liang tastes it. If you want a whole piece, it only shows that this crispy suckling pig is really delicious."

Immediately after finishing speaking, he said, "Boss, give me a copy too."

Soon, all four roasted suckling pigs were sold, and the stewed fat sausages were basically given away. Anyone who bought a piece of crispy suckling pig would get a free stewed fat sausage. The amount of money is two or three taels.

As soon as some people got their hands, they couldn't help but taste a piece of crispy suckling pig, and immediately said: "Shopkeeper, give me another crispy suckling pig, it's delicious, it's really delicious."

Shopkeeper Zhou can only say, "The previous few were sold out. If you want to continue buying, you have to wait an hour, and it will take another hour to bake them. There are only three. If you sell these three today, there will be no more." gone."

Mrs. Xu said that she will keep one for later so that everyone can taste it.

Shopkeeper Zhou must be too greedy after smelling the fragrance for so long, and wants to taste it too.

An hour later, the second batch of roasted suckling pigs was finished, and one was left for my own use. The remaining three were sold out within a short while after going out. All the diners from the first wave came back to buy again, and some tasted it on the spot. I ordered it again, and some of them were brought back to eat, and then came back to buy.

Someone, like Liang Qianhu, ordered one directly for the second time.

Others are bought in half or several copies.

Many of the first batch of diners came back to buy, but they were all gone. They regretted not buying more, and asked if they would still sell it tomorrow, so they just made reservations for tomorrow.

Xu Qinyu was actually not surprised. This time the restaurant had no customers because it opened outside the city. If it opened in the city, even if Zuixianlou invites more dancers, it will not have any impact on the restaurant. Just relying on these scents It will attract customers.

In the evening, in addition to the roast suckling pig, Xu Qinyu made a smoked fish.

It happened that there were fish in the inn, because the few dishes that Zhou Daqing learned from her before were all related to fish.

Smoked fish is not cured fish.

Instead, fresh fish is made with more than ten kinds of seasonings.

This smoked fish dish is also on the menu of Xu Ji Restaurant. It tastes sweet and sour, crispy and refreshing.