"Mom, don't worry, the business in the store is not bad, you don't have to worry too much...... Well, I bought all the dishes myself, and they were all picked up, so there would be no problem...... Okay, I see, that, I'm busy right now, I'll call you later......"

Lin Yi hung up the phone in a hurry, looking at the empty storefront, but sighed.

The snack bar is not big, the door of one is relatively deep, about 30 square meters, eight tables are placed along the walls on both sides, the middle is a narrow aisle, and the innermost side is a small cashier, behind the cashier is the kitchen separated by glass.

Don't look at the small store, when it was originally put down, it cost seventy or eighty thousand, including half a year's rent, and the rest was the transfer fee of the original store. Although the price is a bit high, the original shopkeeper does not let him give a cent, who makes this place do good business? It is located in a small alley, but next to it is next to two office buildings and a large shopping mall, and the restaurants in this alley are overcrowded at noon every day, and the business is very good. According to the original owner, it was here that he made money and was ready to open a big hotel in another place, so he thought about transferring.

So Lin Yicai took out the savings of two years of part-time work, as well as the bride price that his parents had saved for him to marry his daughter-in-law in the future, and borrowed 20,000 or 30,000 yuan from relatives and friends, and took over the store with a patchwork of all kinds.

At the beginning, the business was really hot, and in the first month, in addition to the rent, water and electricity, plus the salary of a cooker and two waiters, the net profit was eight or nine thousand. But suddenly, the interior of the big shopping mall next to it was renovated, and a food street came out, and several restaurants in this alley suddenly became full of people from being leaky, and they couldn't sell a few bowls of rice every day, not to mention the rent, and the water and electricity bills couldn't be earned. And the helpers in Lin Yi's shop were also embarrassed not to work on white-collar wages, and they all took the initiative to resign, and even only Lin Yi's boss was left......

But how can I tell my mother about this situation? I can't let her worry about it, in case something happens in a hurry......

Raising his eyes to look at the quartz watch on the wall, it was already a little closer, and the meal was almost over, but his shop was stunned that it hadn't opened yet! Lin Yi, who was full of anxiety, lit a cigarette, looked at the door of the small shop, and finally saw an old man walk in.

Lin Yi didn't say a word and snuffed out the cigarette butts, but he was reluctant to throw away most of the remaining cigarettes, put them under the cash register, got up and greeted the old man: "Hello uncle, what to eat?"

"Opening a restaurant is also called diligence, but the young man is diligent in his eyes and mouth. The old man smiled and looked at the shop.

Lin Yi laughed dryly, but said in his heart that this old man was so strange, first of all, the gray goatee was rare in the city now. Wearing a white Tang suit, with a pair of old cloth shoes with a thousand layers of soles under his feet, at first glance it is a handmade product, so dressed, if it is early in the morning walking birds in the park, it is reasonable, but this noon appearance next to the bustling business district, it is really a bit nondescript......

"You're the chef, what are you best at?" the old man's gaze turned back to Lin Yi's face.

"There's a menu on the wall, and I'm good at it. Lin Yi said with a smile.

Just like most snack bars, there is also a huge spray-painted menu on the wall of Lin Yi's store, which is nothing more than all kinds of rice noodles, all kinds of rice bowls, all kinds of soup noodles, and a few kinds of small stir-fried takeaways, the price is not expensive, most of them are a few pieces, a dozen pieces.

"Hey, the kid has a good tone, hehe. The old man grinned, "Well, then bring me a fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl." ”

Lin Yi immediately calculated in his heart, his store is small, the price is low, a fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl only costs 12 yuan, excluding the cost of ingredients, oil, salt and gas is 4 yuan, and there can be a gross profit of 8 yuan, the problem is that this is not counting rent and labor......

Well, it's open today, Lin Yi responded calmly: "Okay, you can sit down for a while......"

Lin Yi poured a cup of gardenia tea for the old man, then turned around and entered the kitchen, the ingredients were cut early, directly open the fire, heat the oil, stir-fry the green onions, ginger and garlic, stir-fry the shredded meat, carrots, and fungus shreds, season, thicken, remove from the pot, and then put the hot rice from the large rice cooker, and pour the dishes evenly on top...... It only took three minutes to serve a fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl, which is definitely a slippery meal.

"You use it slowly. ”

Lin Yi put the rice bowl in front of the old man, but the old man squinted his eyes and sniffed first, then stroked his goatee and said, "It tastes okay." ”

"Hehe, it's good to your liking. Lin Yi said with a smile.

Lin Yi is still more confident in his cooking skills, his grandfather is a famous chef in ten miles and eight towns, whoever has a red and white wedding is invited to take charge of the spoon, Lin Yi can also be regarded as an ancestral craft. After graduating from college, Lin Yi gave up his major and went to a big hotel to work as a handyman for more than a year, but he was tired of the intrigues in the back kitchen, so he ran out and opened this small shop......

The old man didn't start eating, but stroked his beard and said, "But, young man, I see that your business is not very good, and this is the middle of the day, why do you have a table of guests for me?"

"Don't mention it, there is a food court in the mall over there, and the business on this street is stolen all at once, but everyone who opens a restaurant is in a hurry to transfer it. Lin Yi said bitterly.

"Well, I don't think that's the reason. The old man said.

"Hmm, you mean the food I cook doesn't taste good?" Lin Yi frowned, could this old man be here to find fault?

"You don't taste great, but it's not bad, and that's not why. The old man and the old god said.

"Oh, then tell me, what is the reason why my business is not good?" Lin Yi asked casually.

"As the saying goes, three hundred and sixty lines, no ancestors do not stand. The old man said, "I see that you don't have a statue of your ancestor in this shop." ”

"Master Zu, you say that my business is not good because I don't worship Master Zu?" Lin Yi smiled dumbly, "Your old man is really interesting, who still believes in this in these years? ”

"Superstition or not, why not try?" said the old man with a slight smile.

"Try?" Lin Yile said, "Then tell me, who is my ancestor who opened the restaurant?"

"Alas......" the old man sighed and said, "Sure enough, it is the infestation of foreign objects, and the people are confused, and all walks of life don't even know who Master Zu is......"

"It's not that I don't know, I know that the ancestor of the carpenter is Lu Ban, the ancestor of the thief is Shi Qian, well, and the ancestor of winemaking is Du Kang, hehe......" Lin Yi said with a smile.

"It's okay if a few of them don't mention it!" the old man waved his hand and said, "I'll tell you, remember, the chef's ancestor is Yi Ya, a close minister of Duke Huan of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period." ”

"Yi Ya?" Lin Yi scratched his head and said, "Oh, I remember, is it the traitor who cooked his own son for Qi Huan Gong to eat, and finally starved Qi Huan Gong to death?"

"Ahem......" The old man's face was a little embarrassed, and he said, "You don't care what he has done, but his cooking skills are the best in the world, and he is the grandfather of the chef! ”

"It's the same as the truth...... The question is, where is his portrait sold?" Lin Yi smiled, "You should eat quickly, the rice will be cold for a while......"

"I'll just smell it...... "Well," said the old man, "I have a portrait of Yi Ya here, and I'll give it to you." ”

The old man said, reaching under the dining table, and when he lifted it again, there was an extra scroll in his hand.

Lin Yi smiled, but didn't take the scroll handed over by the old man, thinking in his heart what kind of new scam this was?

"This is for you, no money!" The old man seemed to see Lin Yi's concerns, and simply put the scroll on the table.

Lin Yi smiled embarrassedly, then picked up the scroll and unfolded it gently, but saw that it was a vertical scroll painting, two feet wide and four feet long, with an old man in ancient costume, with a thin body, wide robe and large sleeves, carrying a fish in one hand and a sheep in the other......

"Heh, isn't this you?" Lin Yile, although this portrait is freehand in ink painting, but that demeanor and posture will be recognized by anyone at a glance as an old man eating rice bowls.

The old man stroked his beard, and the old god said, "That's right, the old man is ...... Yiya."