Now that he knows that Zhang Yulang is the husband of Mrs. Chen's family, the next thing will be easy.

The lady of the Chen family lived on Xianggui Street as long as she was married, but Zhang Yulang seldom went out, it is said that he stayed at home to study hard, if not for today's re-examination, it would be really rare for him to see him.

"Second Master Wen!" Zhang Erlang saluted Wen Yun generously, and smiled lightly: "I don't know why Second Master Wen is looking for Zhang."

Wen Yun looked at Zhang Erlang's similar face to Wen Xuan, heheed, and also smiled: "It's nothing, I just came to see you."

Wen Yun is not stupid.

This Zhang Erlang looked calm, as if he didn't know his own appearance, and he really pretended to be like him.

So, he really doesn't plan to be Wen Xuan again?

"A few years ago at Yongchang Marquis Residence, we bought some New Year's goods from Chen's Restaurant. Seeing that the handwriting on it was quite elegant, like the handwriting of an old friend, we wanted to get acquainted." Wen Yun also pretended not to be very concerned.He asked with interest: "I don't know, can Mr. Zhang write some poems and Fu for me?"

"Young Master Wen, you're being polite." Zhang Erlang understood what Wen Yun meant, "The brush and ink of the Chen Family Restaurant was imitated by me by imitating the calligraphy of Master Wang in the early years, and it was only used for the various foods in the Chen Family Restaurant.I write poems and fus in Master Wang's font, and Zhang has not copied it to such an extent."

"That's right." Chen Nianguan nodded, remembering that Zhang Erlang was asked to design the signboard of Chenjiajiang Jerky for the first time, and asked him to write the most beautiful font.

"Heh!" Wen Yun sighed softly and smiled: "If so, that would be a pity!"

Originally, he was worried that Zhang Yulang would run back to Yongchang Marquis Residence one day and spoil his affairs, but now that he is a candidate who came to the Tribute Academy to take part in the re-examination, it meant that Zhang Yulang's identity was completely confirmed.

After registering at the Ministry of Rites and being approved by the officials of the Ministry of Rites as Zhang Yulang, if he wants to impersonate Wen Xuan in the future, he must first consider the heinous crime of impersonation.

Besides?????, he checked Zhang Yulang's biography, and his rankings in each exam.

Zhang Erlang didn't want to talk too much with Wen Jun, so he bowed his hands and got into the carriage with Chen Nianguan.

"Husband?"

That Second Young Master Wen smiled so meaningfully that it made Chen Nianguan feel uneasy.

"It's okay!" Zhang Erlang comforted his wife, "Mr. Wen Er is just arty, just a whim."

"real?"

Chen Nianguan is not stupid either.

Seeing the words written by the husband on the oil paper bag for the new year, the second son of the Wen family chased him to the shop. Now that Zhang Erlang is retesting, he is still squatting in front of the tribute courtyard, saying that it is all right, who will believe it?

"Wan Wan!" Zhang Erlang thought for a while, there are some things that the lady should know, right?

Yes, will try it soon...

"Wan Wan, I will confess to you after I have passed the exam, or after I am admitted to the top prize, is that okay?"

Chen Nianguan thought for a while, and asked Zhang Yulang to hide something from him for so long. It is not impossible to let him hide it for a while, so he nodded.

Guan Guanshi, who came with Second Young Master Wen, saw Zhang Erlang's face, what did he not understand?After being shocked for a while, he murmured: "Like, it's so similar!"

How could there be someone so similar to Shizi in the world?

After Guan Guan came back to his senses, he looked at Second Young Master Wen with suspicion: How did Second Young Master know that Young Master Zhang is so similar to Shi Zi?

Just, just by...

Guan Guan thought of the New Year's goods bought at the Chen's restaurant, and the fact that the oil paper bags were all replaced by the second son, and he was told not to let Mrs. Hou's mansion see the old lady, and, just now, the second son said, this piece of paperThe young master's calligraphy looks like an old friend?

Could it be that... the old man is referring to?

Guan Guanshi didn't know, and Wen Er noticed all of his panicked face: "Guan Guanshi?"

"Hey? Hey!" Guan Guan came back to his senses, wiped off his cold sweat, nodded and bowed frequently, "Yes, the servant is here, what orders does Second Young Master have?"

"Meet Mr. Zhang today?" Wen Yun cast a contemptuous glance at Guan Guan.

"Your maidservant is right, she doesn't know anything, Second Young Master don't worry."

Guan Guanshi knew clearly in his heart that no matter how this young master looked like the prince, everyone knew about the prince's death, what's more, what he said and did just now had nothing to do with the Hou Fu.

As for the second son, if there is no accident this year, Lord Hou will invite him to be the son of the prince, and that is the future master of the Hou family. Why would he bother to offend his future master for a mere Mr. Zhang whose origin is unknown?

Guan Guan immediately said that he would keep silent and show his loyalty to his future master.

Wen Yun snorted coldly, and led the people away from the Gongyuan.

Wen Yun thought that if he didn't talk about it, the manager didn't talk about it, and the little guy around him kept his mouth shut, then the story about Zhang Yulang would be overturned.

Unexpectedly, on Suchuan Road, the words "Chen's Restaurant" were hung big and wide, and all the customers who came in and out of the Chen's Restaurant could see it.

On this day, Wen Ning, the Eldest Young Lady of Yongchang Marquis Residence, accompanied her best friend Princess Yun Xin, and came to the Chen Family Restaurant in a carriage.

"Princess, it's rare that you want to come to Chen's restaurant!" Wen Ning asked with a smile, but it was not surprising.

Now which female family member in Capital City wants to go to Chen's restaurant to try something new without opening their mouths?

We all know that Chen’s restaurant not only has a wide variety of dim sum, but also steams them in a small steamer with ingenuity, and specially hires a female waiter to push a wooden cart to deliver them, and there is no need to order in advance, just take what you like when it is deliveredup.

Wen Ning had heard of it a long time ago, but he never had the chance to come and taste it.

However, Princess Yun Xin caught cold at the palace banquet on the Shangyuan Festival, and got wind and cold, and was ill all the time.The cook opened it, and remembered the tube of coconut milk he had tasted, so he asked Wen Ning to go to Suchuan Road to have a look.

"It's just to see if the Chen family restaurant is so well-known under its prestige!"

Princess Yun Xin snorted coldly.

The two got off the horse one after another, Wen Ning raised his head slightly with a smile, and went to see the newly renovated Chen's restaurant. Seeing those four words, the smile on his face disappeared, and he stared in awe, dazed.

"Ning Ning?"

Princess Yun Xin saw that Wen Ning was distracted and looked at her expression, so she followed the line of sight and saw the word Chen's restaurant, and her expression changed immediately.

"Why is this word so similar to Cousin Xuan's strokes?"

"Princess, the third brother's handwriting has been copied from Master Wang's copybooks since he was a child. If other people also copied Master Wang's copybooks, why is it so strange that the characters are similar?" Wen Ning came back to his senses and smiled.He said, but he remembered the incident of meeting the young master who was similar to the third brother in the Grand Buddhist Temple.

Not to mention words, even people have similarities!

In comparison, it is not surprising that the handwriting is similar.

Wen Ning and Princess Yun Xin put aside their confusion and walked into the Chen family restaurant.

The two were led all the way to the second floor by the stewardess in the welcome area.

"Recently, wives like to dine in the lobby. I wonder if the two girls want to choose the lobby or the private room?"

"I've come here, of course I want to try some kind of cart service." Princess Yun Xin snorted coldly.

"Since you choose to dine in the lobby, should you choose the second floor or the third floor?"

"Is there a difference?"

"Of course there are. The third floor is higher than the second floor, but if you can see the scenery, the price will be more expensive. Recently, our boss invited the famous Izumo troupe from Capital City to sing an opera. The girls can listen to the opera while watching the opera.Have a snack."

"Which one of the plays by the Izumo team has the princess not heard of?" Princess Yun Xin snorted coldly, "Let's just go to the second floor! The princess came here for food, what kind of noise does it look like?"

The stewardess was startled when she heard Princess Yun Xin's claim, and looked at her again, her face was a little apprehensive, but she quickly recovered her composure, "Then, princess, this way please."

Going around through the screen is the remodeled secondary lobby, where eight tables are filled with ten round tables for guests.The girls and wives who are eating in the lobby without any scruples, want to see who are the same sex who come to Chen's restaurant?

Those who are lucky enough to meet people who are acquainted with each other simply remove the screen and shout out from the air, very free!

If there is a faction that is not on the right road, it doesn't matter, just change to a farther location, block the screen, or simply change to the third floor!

Therefore, since the Chen Family Restaurant opened for so long, there has never been any conflict between the ladies and diners, and they are quite friendly.

The female foreman and two entourages of the special incident handling team are useless for the time being, and only do some ordinary work of adding water and delivering hot drinks.

As soon as Princess Yun Xin and Wen Ning entered, they saw the sound of laughter and chatting inside, as well as the rumored carts. It turned out to be two wooden carts, which were made into three floors, and each floor was full of goods.The dim sum, especially the top layer, is stacked high and low, isn't it the small steamer I saw at Suzhai on the Lantern Festival?

Princess Yun Xin inexplicably felt a little excited in her heart, and when she realized it, tsk, she looked forward to seeing a small steamer inexplicably, what the hell?

Chen Nianguan is in charge of entertaining Mrs. Han who brought the wives over for tea!

Since the Shangyuan Festival, Mrs. Han's family, under Han Jinqian's insistence and Han Jinji's secret push, reluctantly came to the Chen Family Restaurant for dinner, and was immediately persuaded by Jiu Dagui, who heard that there were special refreshments.For the cart service on the first floor, Han Jinqian, who works in the private room, immediately widened her eyes and shouted to Mrs. Han that she would come to have breakfast tomorrow.

Mrs. Han was also curious. On the second day, Chen'er brought the two sisters over. Then, of course, she became a loyal fan of the Chen Family Restaurant, and contributed a lot to the word-of-mouth fermentation of the Chen Family Restaurant——There was a mention in the madam's circle that when socializing with sisters and sisters, when going out shopping, they would specially go to the Chen's restaurant to rest, so one took two, two took three, three took four, five and six, not all in JingzhaoyinHas Madam's circle of friends popularized the reputation of Chen Family Restaurant?

If Mrs. Han is like this, then the Han sisters also contributed a lot!

Han Jinfei also took into account the face of the official lady, and secretly asked three or five confidantes to go out. She always used the excuse that the Chen's restaurant was nearby, and reluctantly came here based on the principle of proximity.

But Han Jinqian made a big effort.

From how delicious the seafood feast on the passenger ship returning to Beijing is, to how spicy the dim sum in Chen’s restaurant is, how delicious it is, the children who are familiar with the words are sucking and swallowing, looking for their mothers when they turn backAt that time, clamored to go to Chen's restaurant.

It is impossible to go by boat.

Even by boat, it is impossible to meet sister Chen who is such a good cook!

But Chen's Restaurant is in Capital City, and they also want to see if the dim sum served in Chen's Restaurant is really spicy and delicious!

Well, after the wives of the family took them to Chen's restaurant for a meal, the small steamer, the handy cart, and the beautiful bamboo sticks immediately opened their eyes.

Try it again, mmm mmm!

The dim sum in Chen's restaurant is really spicy and delicious, so it attracts many small diners!

Of course, at the same time, also developed father and mother into regular customers of Chen's Restaurant!

Chen Nianguan just exchanged greetings with Mrs. Han, and saw that the stewardess brought Princess Yun Xin and another girl who didn't know whose family they were, she smiled and immediately greeted them, and immediately saluted: "YunPrincess Xin! Are you free to come to Chen Family Restaurant for tea today?"

"Naturally! Since your words are so nice, if I, Princess Yunxin, don't come to take a look, how can I tell the truth from the fake?" Princess Yun Xin said proudly.

"Since that's the case?????, the princess and this..."

"Wen Eldest Young Lady!" Princess Yun Xin introduced.

"Wen Eldest Young Lady, this way please, this way please." Chen Nianguan smiled, and was taken aback in his heart. His surname was Wen, and he looked familiar with Princess Yun Xin. This Wen Eldest Young LadyIt should be of extraordinary status, probably a girl from some Hou family.

She remembered that Yongchang Marquis Residence seems to be named Wen, right?

When Princess Yun Xin and Wen Ning sat down, and when Dr. Tea came up to serve tea, Princess Yun Xin asked: "Your plaque is well done, who did you ask to write it?"

I'm really afraid of what's coming, why is someone holding onto the handwriting of the Chen's restaurant and questioning my husband again?

It seems that my husband does hide a lot of things from her!

Chen Nianguan laughed: "I made the princess laugh, it was my husband who copied Mr. Wang's calligraphy and wrote it carelessly. Why, isn't the writing bad?"

A trace of disappointment flashed across Princess Yun Xin's eyes, she glanced at Wen Ning, and said coldly: "It's so so!"

"I also think it's so-so." Chen Nianguan smiled, and introduced them to the dim sum and sugar water in the shop as usual, and let them do as they please.

The two of them didn't stay down for a long time, and they were immediately attracted by the cart coming over.

When you open the lid of the steamer to look at the delicate and small snacks, how can you care about the plaque?They were all busy picking out the snacks they were interested in.

Princess Yun Xin was exaggerating, and almost moved the entire floor of the steamer to the desk.

"Princess, is this too much?" Wen Ning asked worriedly.

"It's okay." Princess Yun Xin raised her hand and called the steward, "I want to drink that coconut milk, is there any?"

"Yes, princess, we not only have coconut milk, but also a lot of syrups of the same style, especially the newly launched double skin milk and Dongriyao, which are very popular syrups in this shop. Do you want to try them too?How about a taste?"

"Then get two of them!"

"Hole, princess, Wen Eldest Young Lady, please wait a moment, we will bring you two right away!"

Chen Nianguan walked around the banquet and extended cordial greetings to all the female guests. Of course, during the greetings, the identities of the customers who contributed money must also be grasped.In today's society, it is natural to be more careful and considerate when greeting these distinguished female diners.

After appeasing the diners on the second floor one by one, Chen Nianguan led Si Ya through the corridor to the third floor.

Because of the expansion of this building later, I don’t know whether it will be the Zhuangyuan building or the Jinshi building in the future. Shi Cunqi invited six more waiters. Originally, there were three for each gentleman and lady, but later he saw that most of the guests were female, so he changed three.The man came down to do the rough work of passing the dim sum, and asked three thirteen or fourteen-year-old gentlemen to stand on top of him, so that the female guests who came to the banquet would not complain.

Especially when saw that the business was booming, and after earning a lot of money in the first month, went to the dental shop and bought six more ladies. Naturally, specially selected those who had worked in wealthy families, so they knew a lot and taught them quickly.get started.

And at the moment on the third floor, saw an old lady pointing at the desk and talking angrily, while the female steward and the two gentlemen on the third floor were standing aside, listening attentively.

When Chen Nianguan walked over, he recognized that it was the old lady of Peng Shangshu's family who made the attack, and the food she was pointing at turned out to be a roast duck.

"Don't talk nonsense with me, call me the roast duck cook from your Chen's restaurant. I'll know if he's a slave of our Peng family."

"What happened to Mrs. Peng?"

In Funing County, Mr. Peng’s family was my partner. Besides, when I was in Prefecture City, I did not seldom raise the banner of Peng Shangshu’s family. Therefore, I have some respect for Peng Shangshu’s family, Chen Nianguan.of.

Every time the female family members of their family come over, they tell the steward and the guys to greet them well.

Seeing that Mrs. Peng was angry at this time, she naturally wanted to ask for clarification.

It turns out that Mrs. Peng came to Chen's restaurant today, and it was the first time she tasted the taste of Chen's roast duck, and then she said that it was made by a fugitive slave of her Peng family, and asked if Chen's restaurant sheltered their servants, Master Zhengxing asked the crime!

"Master Chen, it's not that we are saying that your restaurant is not good, but not only the roast duck, but also the taste of your restaurant's roast meat, which is exactly the same as the cook in our house. These two dishes are eaten by our Peng family cook.The ancestral secret technique has never been passed on.”

The woman sitting next to Mrs. Peng was Mrs. Peng Shangshu. When she said this, there was someone who was familiar with Peng's mansion at the desk next to her and nodded her head frequently.

Who doesn't know, last year Peng Fu found a highly skilled cook from somewhere, with this unique way of making duck and roasted pork, it became very popular among the women in Capital City.

If you want to eat these two delicacies, you have to pay a special visit to get them. Seeing that they are profitable, many people have bad intentions and send people to the back kitchen of Peng's house to secretly learn the method of roasting duck and char siew.

As a result, the Dongchuang incident happened, and the Peng family killed two servants for this, but there was another servant who got wind of it and escaped, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

Until now, when the Chen Family Restaurant opened, a wife found out, hey, this secret delicacy that can only be eaten in the Peng Mansion is also available in the Chen Family Restaurant!

Gradually, more and more people knew that the Chen Family Restaurant sold delicacy that was regarded as a treasure by Peng's house in Da La La, and this rumor slowly spread into Peng's house.Madam heard it, so it's all right?

Mrs. Shangshu has been here a few times, but she didn't notice it. After all, there are hundreds of dim sums. In addition to the newly-launched sugar water, the roast duck and roast meat that can be eaten at the house every day are not so attractive..

When came to Chen's restaurant again, ordered roasted duck and roasted pork immediately. After a taste, the taste was exactly the same, even better than that of own chef, and the taste was more mellow. How could this be?

It must have been done by the fugitive slave who secretly learned how to cook.

So Mrs. Shangshu immediately brought the old lady to Chen's restaurant to ask for an explanation, and the scene before her came into being.

The wives and girls who were eating snacks at their respective tables stopped their chopsticks and looked towards this side one after another.

Tsk tsk, fugitive slaves in Peng Shangshu's mansion, if this Chen family restaurant really shelters such servants as cooks, it will be a serious crime.

No, runaway slaves are capital crimes, and sheltering runaway slaves is also a felony. If the Chen family restaurant really did such a thing, call the government to investigate, and the restaurant may not be able to open!

This restaurant has only been open for a long time, so it would be a pity not to do so, or else, after Master Chen is taken down, let's quickly tell the family to sell the entire restaurant!

As a result, the spectators had their own thoughts and were all watching jokes!

How could Master Chen let them succeed?

"Did the two ladies make a mistake? I taught the cooks in the restaurant the recipe of roast duck and char siu, and it's not a secret food. When I was in Funing County, I already taught this method.Passed on to many branch chefs who worked with me."

No, speaking of it, Dong Peng's family also handed over money and sent a cook to learn how to make Chen's rice noodles, as well as how to cook the roasted duck and char siu.

"Impossible." The old lady shook her head and said decisively, "The cook, my son Lang worked so hard to find it for me to cook for me. How could it be you who taught him?"

Chen Nianguan understands when he thinks about it.

The roasted duck and char siew would not have the same taste without oyster sauce. If the chef of the Peng family can make the same taste as in the restaurant, it is obvious that the chef also has a channel to buy oyster sauce.

But oyster sauce, even if the first aunt and the fourth aunt have built a sauce shop, oyster sauce is not included in the sauces that they are allowed to sell freely.

Because in order to ensure that the roasted duck and char siew in the Chenjia Pho restaurant must become exclusive products that are only sold in the Chenjia Pho restaurant, so that Chenjia Pho can gain a firm foothold with these three unique foods.

Therefore, oyster sauce is only sold to her Chenjia Restaurant and Pho branches in various places.

Peng Dong’s family sent cooks to learn how to make Chenjia Hor Noodles, roasted duck and char siew, and said they would open a shop in Capital City, but they have been in Capital City for so long, but they have never heard of a Chenjia Hor Noodle restaurant in any corner of Capital City..

She wondered for a long time. The Chenjia pho sold in Yueman Building is famous. If there is a store selling Chenjia pho, no one in Capital City will know about it. But today, she understands why there is no Chenjia pho shop.opened up.

Daringly, the Peng family took great pains to send a cook to the Chenjia Pho restaurant to learn how to cook, not to open any shop, but to send a cook back to the Peng family in Capital City, to honor the old lady!

If it wasn't for her coming to Capital City with her husband, I'm afraid this matter would have been kept secret.

Chen Nianguan felt a little sullen.

Under the banner of opening a store, their feelings are to deceive themselves to get Chenjia Hor Fun, Roast Duck and Barbecued Pork.

Then it was funny.

Mr. Peng's family is also called the shopkeeper of Taoran Tea House, and they give A Niang a sum of money every month, pretending that it is the profit from opening the shop, which is really true.

In this way, he will not be afraid that they will not supply him with oyster sauce.

No, if the supply of oyster sauce is cut off, how can that chef make roast duck and char siew that taste exactly like Chen's restaurant?

"Dare to ask, the master who gave away your cook to Mrs. Fan went to Peng Dong's house in Funing County with the original Shilang Fan?" Chen Nianguan asked, adding, "The master Peng who also opened a Taoran Tea House?"

"Why, do you know each other?" Both the old lady and Mrs. Shangshu were stunned.

"Yes, last year, Dong Peng's family sent a chef to my Chenjia Hor Noodle restaurant, saying that he wanted to learn how to cook roasted duck and char siu in our shop, but I didn't know it at the time.The cook gave it to the old lady." Chen Nianguan said with a smile.

Chen Nianguan did not say that Mr. Peng's family deliberately lied to him.

It would be disgraceful to say such things, and it would make Chen's restaurant and Peng's family fight against each other. It would be better to sell favors to Peng's family and cut off the supply of oyster sauce to Peng's family in the future.

"Impossible, if I learned it from you, why????? The cook said it was a secret technique passed down from his family?"

"That's right, ordinary people can't cook these two kinds of food."

Seeing that the old lady and Mrs. Shangshu were dubious.

No, ordinary people can't do it. Isn't this a compliment to her Chen Nianguan?

Chen Nianguan smiled and said, "Excuse me, both of you, invite the cook from your house to come over, so we can confront him face to face?"

The old lady and Mrs. Shangshu saw that Chen Nianguan was sure, but they never dared to ask their cooks to come to Chen's restaurant seriously.

It’s true that the first and second roommate of the family went to Funing County with his brother-in-law, and it’s true that he opened a Taoran Tea House. Since Master Chen knew about these things, he admitted in front of everyone that Niezi had sent someone to learn from her.The cook, in order to send her to cook, is also a filial piety.

If it was actually the cook who exaggerated his cooking skills, and now he is calming down, outsiders would say that the cook is bold, and the old lady was deceived, but she insisted on asking someone to come over to argue, no doubt bringing shame on herself.

So Mrs. Peng and Mrs. Shangshu no longer entangled with this matter, and left in a hurry after finishing their meal, and the diners who planned to watch the fun also dispersed!

After that, Chen Nianguan did not see any follow-up to this matter.

On the contrary, Mrs. Shangshu couldn't bear to part with the many snacks in Chen's restaurant, and she came to help frequently. Chen Nianguan was very knowledgeable, and never asked about the cook again!

At the beginning, she felt strange, how could a son of an official in Dong Peng's family want to open a shop?I also thought he was just playing for fun, how could he guess that he specially called a cook over and sent him back to Capital City Peng's mansion after finishing his studies?

Although Peng Dong's family had good intentions for this matter, their approach was wrong, but Chen Nianwan felt very uncomfortable when she thought that A Niang was still receiving the so-called profit money from the shopkeeper of the teahouse every month, so she went back to tell herZhang Erlang said.

Zhang Erlang smiled.

"If at the beginning, Peng Dong's family said that they asked you to learn it in order to send a cook to the family, would you agree?"

Chen Nianguan said uncertainly: "This assumption is really unreasonable. I don't know how much silver taels he was willing to pay for our Chen's rice noodle shop at that time, but if there is only fifty taels of franchise fee, I am definitely not willing."

"What about the profit share he gave to his mother-in-law later?"

Chen Nianguan thought for a while, then laughed out loud.

This Mr. Peng's family is really interesting, maybe he paid three hundred taels at that time, maybe he was really willing to teach this kind of eating methods to the cooks he sent, and now the money he sent to A Niang is probably more than this amountright?

"Then, what is Wan Wan going to do about this matter?"

"He lied to us, so of course he has to settle the score." Chen Nianguan said, "For the money he sends every month, I don't care too much with him, but I still have to take thisTell Auntie about it!"

After all, it’s better to be kind than evil!

As for the unceasing supply of oyster sauce, let Aniang see how East Peng's family behaves.

However, after this incident, the female relatives of several families in Capital City knew that the chef of the Peng Mansion that they coveted earlier was also taught by Master Chen, and they admired Master Chen more and more.The prestige among the female relatives of the City family has expanded.

Princess Yun Xin and Wen Ning, who had eaten dim sum at Chen's Restaurant that day, were completely overwhelmed by the delicious food, and have since become frequent customers of Chen's Restaurant.

As for their intentions of always subconsciously looking up at the plaque of "Chen's Restaurant" no matter they enter or leave the store, I don't know!