Su Ruotong hadn't seen Jiang Mingming for about a year.

It's hard to say how much people can change in a year's time. But from a thin man of one hundred and twenty or thirty pounds to a big fat man weighing twice his weight, for most people, it is not difficult at all. Jiang Ming is like this.

He is fat, and he looks a lot calmer, and even the shrewdness he used to have is secretly difficult to find on himself, but after seeing Su Ruotong, he instantly changed from a big boss to a small mouse.

"Su ...... Miss Su ...... "He couldn't even speak, and his eyes were full of nervousness.

The only word Tao Xian can think of now is about bad luck.

Su Ruotong was in a bad mood, he found a good restaurant, and wanted to please Su Ruotong, who knew that it was Jiang Mingming.

Looking at the surrounding decorations, Tao Xian probably had some ideas, to engage in this exquisite retro set, the best person he has ever seen is not Jiang Mingming, but Li Hongxing, I can't say, Jiang Mingming This is the inspiration he got from his master, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon here in the capital, without the help of the master, it is also possible to find someone else.

It's no wonder that he clearly looked a little familiar with several dishes on the table, but he didn't expect that they would be served after a casual change from the recipe of Su's Restaurant.

What Jiang Mingming held in his hand was a cup of haggis soup that smelled very fragrant, milky white in color, and there should be some medicinal herbs added to it, which smelled plain and filled with a little fragrance, even if people who don't like mutton, they won't feel fishy. Originally, Jiang Mingming was very proud of this soup, which was made by his newly invited Cantonese chef with a high salary, but now that the object of the dish is Su Ruotong, Jiang Mingming feels that he is a head shorter, and he always feels that the dish in front of him is a problem here and there.

"Check out. Su Ruotong said to Tao Xian.

"Miss Su, please stay. Jiang Mingming gritted his teeth, glanced at the waiter beside him, pulled a stool, and sat opposite Su Ruotong: "I have something to say to you." ”

Su Ruotong glanced at Jiang Mingming quietly, and Jiang Mingming was panicked, but he still had to hold on to the root of his teeth, and said, "Miss Su, when I was going to leave Su's Restaurant, it was indeed wrong for me to do it, and now I regret it." I want to go back again, this restaurant can be given to Su's Restaurant as a property of Su's Restaurant. ”、

"Hehe! Tao Xian glanced at Jiang Mingming obliquely, his face full of disdain: "Do you want this store to be a franchise store of Su's Restaurant? ”

Jiang Mingming is still a little thoughtful, and directly said that this will become the industry of Su's Restaurant, not the dazzling dishes of Su's Restaurant, and the frequent menu updates, I can't say that I can rub the decoration concept of his original master Li Hongxing for free, as well as Chef Charlie's service concept, so that the rest of the money can be made a lot. What did he pay for himself? The store of this restaurant must be rented, at most it is some decoration costs and upfront investment costs.

In the capital, all kinds of new restaurants with a little characteristics, as long as they really have enough strengths to be humane, they will definitely be popular, but if you want to continue to be popular, what you need is hard power, such as the Beijing branch of Su's Restaurant. Like this family, according to Tao Xian's experience, there will only be half a year of prosperity, and then it will be forgotten by fickle people.

Jiang Mingming saw that his purpose was exposed, his face was red and white for a while, and he stretched out his hand and slapped himself in the mouth: "Miss Su, Mr. Tao, look at what you said, I don't have such a big face." What I mean is to give all this shop to Su's Restaurant, you give me a face, let me go and follow Brother Kai, and give him a hand, how about it?"

"No, I can't. When Su Ruotong heard his request, she didn't bother to talk to him. She understood Jiang Mingming's thoughts very well. The Beijing branch of Su's Restaurant is now famous, and any chef takes it out, it is all well-known, that is, the second chef below, and there is no mediocrity, and it is okay to be the pillar of half of the restaurant - such as this Ming.

What Jiang Mingming wanted, it was nothing more than that he took a fancy to Su Changqing as a kind and righteous and soft-eared person, took Ming as a stepping stone, re-entered the Su family, mixed around, and said some good things in front of Su Changqing, eighty percent can come back to be Ming's supervisor, it is really similar to a franchise store, Su's salary is high, and the turnover does not have to worry about himself, a supervisor makes a lot more money than being the boss himself, it is simply a profitable business.

This Jiang is obviously shrewd, but he is really shrewd.

Seeing Su Ruotong and Tao Xian leaving the door of the hotel, unmoved by their proposal, a trace of resentment flashed in Jiang Mingming's eyes.

Obviously, Su Ruotong asked him and Zhao Fakai from the capital at the beginning, if it weren't for Su Ruotong, now he must still be safe and stable in Xinhai to learn art with his master, eighty percent has become a chef, according to the salary standard of the chef of Su's restaurant, buying a house and a car is not a problem, his parents must have introduced him to a good object, and the child may have children, look at him now, he owes a lot of debt, and finally opened a restaurant, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return to his capital, and he was played by Jin Bixin like a dog before......

Under the roots of the capital, he is not as good as a stray dog! Everything, blame Su Ruotong!

Leaving this hotel called Ming, Tao Xian looked at Su Ruotong apologetically: "I'm sorry, Tongtong, I didn't know that this store was opened by Jiang Mingming." ”

"I don't know. Su Ruotong looked at the ground: "I just don't understand why their family can get the invitation to the preliminary round." ”

Judging from the dishes served on the table just now, this restaurant called Ming is far from the competition standard, and this year's competition, is there no shady scene?

"Don't worry, I'll go back to Grandpa and ask. Tao Xian comforted Su Ruotong, and a cloud rose in his heart.

Although Huaxia is a big culinary country, and the name of Chinese cuisine spreads all over the world, almost every year in the global food competition, regardless of the group, Huaxia does not win the first place, and it is extremely rare to even enter the top three. Part of the reason is that most of the people in charge of the competition committee are Westerners, but a larger part of the reason is the Chinese themselves.

Judging from the annual selection competition in Huaxia alone, there are many shady scenes, and those players who get the invitation letter basically must have a store in the capital, which turns away many good players. In most years, where the players are competing, the competition is just going through the motions, and finally it is the people from the competition committee of the Huaxia division who are just sharing the cake.

"Could it be that Jiang Mingming has found some backer. Tao Xian muttered in his heart, but he didn't say it for a while.

Su Ruotong didn't eat enough at noon, and made snacks at home in the afternoon. It was now late spring and early summer, and a lot of fresh fruits had come out, so Su Ruotong picked up a few and made a chowder roast.

Pink peaches, washed and cleaned, broken in half along the seams, pitted, buttered and baked in the oven, at the same time placed in the baking tray, there are a layer of honey coated with small tomatoes, orange and yellow small cherries, cucumbers cut into small piers, sprinkled with a little vanilla, and thin potato slices together at the bottom, after a while, the juice of peaches, cherries and tomatoes slowly invaded the potatoes and cucumbers, and the sweet smell filled the whole room.

Tao Xian tasted two bites, he never thought that fruit could be eaten like this. The sweetness of the roasted fruit becomes lighter, but the fruitiness becomes clearer and clearer, and the taste is wonderful, and the vanilla potato chips and cucumber mounds underneath are also extremely rich.

After a shallow taste, Tao Xian resisted the urge to eat all the fruits and vegetables at once, and said, "I have to go back to my grandfather's side, otherwise it will be too late." ”

He was also thinking about telling his grandfather that the invitation letter from Su's Restaurant would be sent directly to Xinhai, and by the way, what kind of new backer Jiang Mingming had found.

In the mountains on the outskirts of Beijing, Tao Xian drove over, but found that the door of the Tao family's old house was locked from the inside.

The villa area where the Tao family's old house is located is a private villa group with very fixed personnel, and the relationship between the neighbors is still relatively close.

Tapped the door hard, but no one responded inside, Tao Xian frowned and called the home assistant.

The aunt over there picked up the phone, and Tao Xian asked, "I'm at the door of the house, why is the door locked at home, and I don't see anyone." ”

The aunt was stunned: "There is no one at home, your grandfather and grandmother are out on vacation now, and I have also gone out." ”

"No, the door is locked. Tao Xian said.

Because this house is an old house, although it was repaired later, the older generation does not like to use the access control card, so it still uses a big iron lock, locked on the outside and locked inside, which can be seen at a glance.

"Could it be that your parents are going back? Auntie said suspiciously.

There are not many people in the house, except for Grandpa Tao, Grandma Tao and her, even Tao Xian's parents have a set, and the rest of the people, including Tao Xian, do not have it.

Tao Xian heard that it was Tao Aimin and they might be in the old mansion, and his hands stiffened: "Then I'll leave, when will my grandfather and grandmother come back?"

"It's going to take half a month. The aunt on the other end said.

Tao Xian sighed, it seems that Su Ruotong's affairs have to be entrusted to others. In the competition committee in the capital, there are not many people he knows, and it is very simple to do things.

After hanging up the phone, Tao Xian just wanted to get back into the car, when he heard a greeting from the window on the second floor of the house: "Tao Xian, you stop, I'll go downstairs and open the door for you." ”

Tao Xian's back stiffened.

The person who spoke was his mother Liu Hongjiao.

In fact, compared with Tao Aimin, Tao Xian has always had a good relationship with Liu Hongjiao, even if his relationship with his parents was very stiff because of the gluttonous group in the past, Liu Hongjiao still reluctantly took care of his accounts in front of his agent.

But after Tu Jiao's incident, Liu Hongjiao seemed to be really annoyed with this son and never contacted him again. Tao Xian still knows Liu Hongjiao and Tao Aimin well, Liu Hongjiao looks hard-wristed, but she is actually a woman, and when facing her son, she is inevitably a little motherly. But Tao Aimin has a lot of emotions, if a man didn't lick his child at the beginning, it would be even more choking later.

Looking at Liu Hongjiao, whose face was tense above, Tao Xian's steps to leave were stuck to the ground. Perhaps, this is a good opportunity to ease the relationship between him and his family a little.