Chapter 16: The Opening of the Hundred Flavors of Dumplings (Two Chapters in One)
"Time passes and never returns, and the past can only be recalled. Recalling the childhood bamboo horse and green plum, the two little guesses followed each other day and night...... "Qin Feng, who got up early in the morning, hummed a song and walked to the bathroom to wash up quickly, put on a starlight kitchen robe and star-chasing shoes, looked in the mirror, hehe, smiled, Qin Feng felt that he was simply the most handsome day today, brushed his hair in the mirror, made a shape, and came to the kitchen humming a song.
Today is the day of the opening of the restaurant, and Qin Feng plans to launch something new, preparing the restaurant to only sell Baiwei cuisine! Qin Feng took out a blackboard prepared in advance and hung it on the wall of the restaurant, and found some chalk to write a menu!
The name of the menu is called Baiwei Menu, and three major sections are temporarily written: family chapter, love chapter, and treatment chapter!
There are a total of five dishes in the family chapter, namely Baiwei dumplings 108 Huaxia coins, clear soup noodles 88 Huaxia coins, taro dumplings 108 Huaxia coins, Bodhi meat 288 Huaxia coins, and preserved egg and lean pork porridge 58 Huaxia coins!
There is only one dish in the love chapter for the time being, lovesick noodles 888 Huaxia coins!
There are two dishes in the treatment chapter, 188 Huaxia coins for Qi and blood tonifying porridge and 1088 Huaxia coins for Shiquan Great Tonic Soup!
There is also a sentence at the bottom of the blackboard, note: The store will draw ten lucky diners every day to enjoy the benefits of one yuan to buy dishes, which need to be drawn after ordering the dishes! In addition, all the dishes in our store belong to special dishes, so each person can only eat one per day, if you eat too much, it will lead to excessive mood swings, resulting in haggard heart!
Looking at the menu on the blackboard, Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction, touched his chin and added: The beer in our store is free of charge!
didn't care about the menu anymore, Qin Feng walked to the door and opened the door of the store, the sky outside was only slightly bright, and he took out two boxes of fireworks from the cash register and put them in the open space at the door, intending to release them when it opened.
After Qin Feng prepared everything, he ordered a bowl of dumplings for breakfast, of course, he himself would not add emotions to the dishes, which would affect his mood when cooking for others.
"Xiao Qinzi, I'm here! I brought you two big flower baskets, Gao is not happy, I am not happy!" As soon as the day dawned, Liu Yang's voice came in from outside the door, and Liu Yang, who was carrying two flower baskets on his back and putting them at the door, was not polite, and snatched the dumplings in Qin Feng's bowl when he entered the door, which was called Qin Feng to lose weight!
"@#!?@......" Qin Feng looked at Liu Yang a little speechlessly, with black lines in his mind.
"Brother Qin, I'm here to cheer you on!" Liu Yu's somewhat magnetic voice came from outside the door, and a somewhat shy boy walked into the store.
"Hey, Xiaoyu, I haven't seen you for two days, how are you now?" Qin Feng looked at Liu Yu with some surprise, not knowing why he knew that he was opening today.
"Thank you Brother Qin for your concern, I'm much better now, after eating taro dumplings from you last time, I still can't forget it?" Liu Yu touched his nose a little embarrassed and said.
"If you want to eat it, you can have it today!But I don't recommend you to eat it, eating it may make you feel sad!" Qin Feng said to Liu Yu with some seriousness, Liu Yu had a lot of mood swings last time, and now Qin Feng's cooking skills have improved substantially, he is afraid that Liu Yu will not be able to help but collapse after eating.
"Brother Qin, I just want to eat taro dumplings again today!And I can control my emotions!" Liu Yu said with some persistence.
"You can actually try the Baiwei dumplings on the Baiwei menu!, maybe it will bring you a different surprise!" Qin Feng didn't persuade again, and instead planned to divert Liu Yu's attention.
"Hey, Brother Qin, your menu is quite interesting! It's just that the price is a little higher, it seems that I can only save some in the future, otherwise I won't be able to afford to eat taro dumplings!" Liu Yu looked at the menu on the wall with some surprise, but he didn't question Qin Feng's approach, but he just regretted that he couldn't eat taro dumplings often!
"After you've tasted it, maybe you won't dare to try it easily next time!" Qin Feng said with some meaning.
"Big brother...... Yangyang brought her mother to play with you!And your mother asked Yangyang to bring the bowl back to her eldest brother!" Yangyang's innocent and lively voice came from outside, and after a while, I saw Yangyang jumping in with a basket, followed by a woman about thirty years old.
She is Yangyang's mother, named Li Zhiyue, as her name suggests, she looks very beautiful, but she looks a little haggard. She said to Qin Feng a little apologetically: "Boss, I'm sorry, Yangyang is still young and ignorant, I'll make up for you how much Bodhi meat is missing, I wasn't in good health two days ago, so I haven't had time to come over to thank you, I heard that you opened today, I will bring Yangyang over to say thank you, and by the way, congratulations!" Li Zhiyue's voice was very good, very gentle and very crisp. But the person appears to be a little thin, which is a sign of some malnutrition.
"No, no, no, Yangyang is lucky! Just look at the menu I wrote!" Qin Feng pointed to the menu on the wall and said to Li Zhiyue.
"Huh! But I still have to thank you, boss! If it weren't for your event, we wouldn't have been able to eat such delicious Bodhi meat!" Li Zhiyue glanced at the menu and was a little surprised to see the price of the dishes, but after seeing the notes below, Li Zhiyue glanced at Qin Feng a little strangely, but then he was relieved, these ten one-yuan places should be for the poor!
Qin Feng just smiled slightly and didn't speak. For Qin Feng now, it doesn't matter if the restaurant makes money or not, he just wants to give others or give himself a place to understand the various states of life, but the cheaper the things, the less worth cherishing, so Qin Feng set such a price, and Qin Feng's dishes are even more than this price!
"Boss, are you looking for a waiter here?" Li Zhiyue felt that the small restaurant was very interesting, although she didn't know how the business was, but the environment was okay, and the boss was enthusiastic, thinking about her current situation, she decided to try if she could stay and work.
"Yes, the salary is three thousand a month, six hours a day, including food, and other benefits are counted separately! Can I go to work today?" Qin Feng pondered for a while and decided to recruit Li Zhiyue, not because she was beautiful, but because the store really needed a waiter, and the boss couldn't do everything himself, so he thought about it and opened a salary level that is now in the middle to upper middle in the county.
"Big brother, my mother will work here in the future, so can Yang Yang eat here? The food made by the big brother is delicious! It is even more delicious than what my mother cooks!" Yang Yang asked Qin Feng with some excitement and some expectation.
"Of course you can! Yang Yang can come over for dinner every day in the future!" Qin Feng smiled and touched Yang Yang's head, he liked this sensible and kind little boy very much, as if he could purify people's hearts.
"Then it's troublesome boss! My name is Li Zhiyue, he takes my surname, his name is Li Yang, just tell me if there is anything!" Li Zhiyue glanced at Qin Feng gratefully, she wanted to try to ask if she could let Yang Yang eat with her, but she didn't expect Qin Feng to agree first, she is more and more satisfied with this restaurant, with such a boss, the business of the restaurant will not be bad!
"Sister Li, it's okay for you to call me Xiao Qin, you don't need to call the boss, it sounds a little awkward. Qin Feng doesn't like others to call him boss, he feels that he doesn't look like a businessman at all, and he still calls him by his name to make him feel comfortable.
"Then I'll call you by your name directly!'s inappropriate name is Xiao Qin!" Li Zhiyue thought for a while and said.
"Brother Qin, I'm here to cheer you on! Xiao Li, bring the flower basket and put it at the door!" Hu Bin's somewhat bold voice came from the door, his complexion was much better today, and he had regained the image of the shrewd and sophisticated domineering president.
"Brother Hu sits inside, the small restaurant is a little smaller, so I can only share the table!" Qin Feng took two steps forward and welcomed Hu Bin in and said.
"It's okay, it's good to know a few friends!" Hu Bin said nonchalantly. This is also where Hu Bin is shrewd, although he doesn't care about anyone else in the whole store except Qin Feng, but he is still very easy-going, which is also the reason for his reputation.
Hu Bin sat down with Liu Yang and Liu Yu without care, chatting very speculatively, Qin Feng saw that the time was almost up, so he said to Liu Yang: "Liu Yang, you go and light the fireworks, you are ready to start busy, you can order whatever you want to eat! But one person can only order one serving, and the beer tube is enough! And don't mix it, otherwise the taste will not be pleasant!"
"Sister Li, if you greet the guests in a while, you must let them read the menu clearly! Especially the following annotation, after choosing the dish you want to experience, there is a lucky box here, and one person can only draw it once! There is also the opening today, Baiwei dumplings are free to taste!" After speaking, Qin Feng entered the kitchen and began to work.
"Chirp...... !!A burst of fireworks sounded outside the store, attracting a lot of early risers to watch, seeing that it turned out to be a small restaurant opened, and a luxury car was parked outside, they suddenly became interested and walked to the store, but most people saw the menu and scolded and left, only a few saw the notes and thought it was a little interesting to stay.
"Welcome to our restaurant, our restaurant just opened today, so you can try one of the Baiwei dumplings on the menu for free today! And all the dishes on the menu can only be ordered by each person! After ordering, there is a benefit of drawing one yuan to experience!" Li Zhiyue walked up to the three diners who had just come in and said with a smile.
The three diners were a young girl, an old man and a young man.
"Hello! I want to ask what this emotional dish means?" the girl asked Li Zhiyue with some curiosity, and the old man and the young man did not speak, but they pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
"Emotional dishes can point to the depths of your heart, allowing you to relive the dishes of your feelings, for example, dishes like family affection, not to mention the taste of the dishes themselves, after you finish eating, you can relive your inner regret or happy family affection, so that you seem to go back to that day to find regrets or relive happy times!" Qin Feng came out of the kitchen and explained to the three diners.
"Forehead......" The girl's eyes widened, looking like I don't want to lie to me if I don't read much, and she even wondered if she had met a liar.
"@#......" The young man's mind was full of black lines, he felt as if he was in the wrong place, he was hungry, and he felt that this restaurant was very interesting before he came in, but it turned out to feel so mysterious, he had an urge to get up, but after looking at the old man and the girl, he was embarrassed to go alone.
"Oh! It's kind of interesting! Let's try a Baiwei dumpling first!" the old man was a little surprised, but thoughtfully, he decided to give it a try.
"Okay, old man, wait a minute!" Qin Feng looked at the old man with a smile, he could feel that the old man was unusual, but he didn't care, turned around and went back to the kitchen.
"Give me a copy too!" The girl saw that Qin Feng was leaving, so she shouted.
"I want a copy too!" The young man saw that the other two had ordered, and he couldn't save face when he left, so he also ordered one!
"Okay! Wait a minute!" Qin Feng replied with a smile.
After a while, Qin Feng made three portions of Baiwei dumplings, put them on the window, and motioned for Li Zhiyue to bring two servings, and he personally served one to the old man.
"Old man, please use it slowly!" Qin Feng said with some seriousness, because the old man looked like he was already in his seventies, in fact, it was not appropriate to be happy and sad, but if you eat slowly, there will be no problem, and there are only four dumplings in the trial version.
"Haha, thank you young man for reminding me!, but I'm not that fragile old man!" the old man laughed and picked up a crystal dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth.
The moment he bit the dumpling skin, the old man's eyes lit up, the dumplings were full and juicy, and the fragrance was overflowing, which was the best dumpling he had ever tasted. Suddenly, a strange fluctuation began to erupt from the mouth, the old man seemed to return to his childhood, at that time the family was very poor, there was no food at all, and those who could eat white rice were large families, like them, ordinary families could only eat some wild vegetables and sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger, and there was still some rice at home, if it was used to boil porridge, it could last for a while, but the mother cooked all the rice in order to let herself eat a bowl of white rice on her birthday, so that she could eat a beautiful meal, and she herself only drank a bowl of rice soup that could not see a grain of rice at all, so she ate some wild vegetables。
Because the family had no rice and no money to buy it, my mother could only go up to the mountains every day to dig wild vegetables, and even gave up all the sweet potatoes for herself. It didn't take long for me to survive those dark days, but my mother was not able to survive and collapsed, and at that time, as long as she was sick, it was basically no different from declaring death. I still remember my mother saying to herself: "Son, my mother can't take care of you anymore, the country is liberated, and it will be better in the future, and after my mother dies, you can wrap it in a straw mat and throw it in the mountains!
With tears in her eyes, the mother touched her face with trembling hands, and just left! With the help of the village, the old man dug a grave on the hill and buried his mother's body in the grave with one of the best straw mats in the house.
Thinking of this, the old man burst into tears, and finally remembered his unfulfilled wish in this life, and muttered: "Get ahead, go home and see ......"
The girl was a little surprised to see the old man after eating the dumplings, so she ate one with some curiosity. The taste of dumplings made the girl a little intoxicated, but the ensuing outburst of emotions made the girl a little silent, no one knew what she saw or thought, just saw the girl crying and laughing for a while, and like a coquettish child for a while.
The young man looked at the old man and the girl with some hesitation, but he couldn't help but eat one, chewing the intoxicating taste of the dumplings, and the young man stuffed the remaining three into his mouth. I only saw the young man sometimes smiling happily, sometimes crying heartache, and sometimes a little gentle, as if he was wearing a face.
Liu Yu and Hu Bin next to him knew very well why, because they had experienced it before, Liu Yang was a little surprised, he didn't know what was wrong with them, he could still cry and laugh when he ate dumplings.
Qin Feng didn't speak, just watched quietly, he knew very well the taste, because if he wanted to make an emotional dish, he needed to invest himself emotionally in the dish, so how could he not understand the taste!