"Forget it." Su Muxian covered her face and shook her head, sighed, and couldn't bear to look at it again.

Several bowls of charred black paste were placed on the long table, emitting an eerie smell. The smell was so subtle that it was like a piece of salted meat soaked in swill for a few days and nights, and then exposed to the sun for a few days and nights.

Jiang Yuan sat at the table with Erlang's legs crossed, playing with the pair of chopsticks handed to him by Hu Xiaodie, and after a while, he stretched out his hand and slowly grabbed a piece of something that could not be seen in its original shape and threw it into his mouth.

Hu Xiaodie looked at him expectantly: "How is it?" ”

Jiang Yuan chewed twice with an expressionless face, but in the end he still couldn't help it, his expression changed, and he jumped up from the stool and rushed to the kitchen.

"The water on the stove is just boiling, be careful!" Su Muxian shouted from behind.

He ran as fast as a wisp of the wind, and in the blink of an eye he disappeared behind the door, and I don't know if I heard it.

Su Muxian leaned back on the table and shook his head helplessly, and said, "So, why do you have to try this kind of thing that can't be eaten at first glance." ”

"Is it really that unpalatable?"

Hu Xiaodie expressed disbelief, as a fiancée, she still had some confidence in Tang Yuyi, and unconvinced, she took a piece and tasted it-

"Phew!"

She spit out directly and stabbed Tang Yu in the stomach with her elbow.

"Is this something for people to eat?"

Tang Yu lay on the chair in a large shape, didn't even bother to hum in the face of the domestic violence from Hu Xiaodie, spread his hands, and said, "I didn't know it at all, I didn't know it earlier, I didn't know it, you forced me to do it." It's enough for our Tang Sect to make drugs, where do we have to learn to cook. ”

"If you want to marry my daughter of the Hu family, you must know."

"It's not like I want to marry you."

"Tang Yuyi, you!"

Seeing that the two were arguing and arguing and were about to fight, Su Muxian hurriedly pulled one of each of his left and right hands to separate them.

"If you have something to say, say it well, don't hurt the peace. It doesn't matter if you hurt yourself, what if you smash my inn. ”

"What is there to say to this violent woman." Tang Yu glanced around, and just happened to see Xiao Er walking out of the kitchen leisurely with a water bowl. As if noticing his gaze, he raised his head and slowly bared his teeth into a kind smile.

“……！”

Tang Yu felt a chill on his back, as if he was being targeted by a prey by an excellent hunter, and the hairs behind him stood up one by one.

was in a trance for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he heard Su Muxian's decisive clapping sound.

“…… That's it, anyway, Chef Wang left because of the two of you, if you don't find me a chef back, you can do it yourself. ”

He looked down at the recruitment book that was slapped on the table by Su Muxian, and couldn't help but be a little strange: "Our store does not have five insurances and one housing fund, and I am responsible for my personal safety...... Wait, what are these five insurances and one housing fund? And what security conceit, and what kind of mess? ”

Su Muxian coughed lightly twice with his fist against his lips, crumpled the piece of paper into a ball and threw it away, took out another letter of employment from his pocket, and said, "Cough, I'm sorry for the mistake, it was written before, and this is new." ”

"So what are we going to do?" Hu Xiaodie took the paper and asked.

Su Muxian smiled kindly: "It's very simple, first ask the two of you to copy a hundred copies of each of the employment letters, and then post them in various conspicuous places in the city to recruit chefs to work in our restaurant." ”

"In addition, during the period when the store cannot operate, you are responsible for the loss of the inn, is there anything you don't understand, Miss Hu?"

She looked at Hu Xiaodie, except for Tang Yuyi, this girl was weak and knowledgeable with everyone, and nodded meekly when she heard the words.

"No problem, Shopkeeper Su."

……

I thought it would take several days to recruit a cook, but unexpectedly, Hu Xiaodie and Tang Yuyi brought one back on the second day.

The man was in his early thirties, dressed in a brown robe, shoehorn boots, and had a stumbling black curly hair like a bird's nest. If it weren't for the fact that his appearance was too unkempt and covered up his skin, he would still be a little handsome.

Such a person should be a prodigal son or a chivalrous man, rather than a cook with firewood, rice, oil and salt.

Su Muxian looked at him, and his gaze fell on his hand from top to bottom. It was a pair of extremely rough hands, the tiger's mouth was covered with calluses, and the palms were full of transverse palm prints, as if they had experienced wind and rain, and they had a sense of vicissitudes. For some reason, Su Muxian felt that there should be a knife in these hands, a knife for blowing hair and breaking hair. Even if a man looks honest, he doesn't look like a man in the rivers and lakes.

She looked at the two people standing behind the man, her eyes involuntarily glancing back and forth between them, and asked, "What are you guys doing here?" ”

The man scratched his head and said, "Shopkeeper Su, I'm here to apply." ”

"He said he could cook, and he was looking for an errand, so we brought him." Hu Xiaodie said.

She and Tang Yu were about to go back to the inn to rest after posting the letter of appointment everywhere, but they were stopped by this person halfway and asked if they were recruiting a cook. The two of them were worried that no one would accept the letter of appointment, so they brought people back directly.

Su Mu let out an "ah", looked at Wang Meng and asked, "I don't know this ...... Where did Childe work before? How many years have you been in this business? ”

"Eh, don't you dare to call me a son, in the next mountain and wild mang, just call my name Wang Meng." Wang Meng was very uncomfortable with her politeness, waved his hand again and again, and introduced himself, "I used to be a butcher, but then I quit, and I am interested in cooking, and I have been thinking about it for a few years, and I want to be a cook to make a living." ”

After speaking, he smiled shyly: "Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, I have been short of money recently, so I ......"

"Butcher?"

Before Su Muxian could speak, a clear voice came in. She raised her eyes and saw that Xiao Er was propped up on the table with his chin propped up, and although his posture was lazy, his eyes were surprisingly clear.

"Look at my brother's bearing, it's not like an ordinary person."

He seemed to be laughing, but his brows were slightly locked, Su Muxian looked at his movements, stunned, and couldn't remember when he appeared there for a while.

Wasn't he still at the door just now?

Wang Meng turned around when he heard this, arched his hand at him with a smile, and responded: "My little brother is also a dignified talent. ”

Jiang Yuanzhong is in his early twenties, although he always looks lazy and doesn't seem to wake up, but his eyebrows are handsome and his posture is straight, and he can indeed be called a talent.

Hit a soft nail. Jiang Yuan cut heavily and stopped talking.

Hu Xiaodie tugged at Su Muxian's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Shopkeeper Su, do you think this person is okay?" Otherwise, Tang Yu and I will look for it again and again? ”

Tang Yu stood aside with his arms crossed, and rolled his eyes impatiently: "If you want to go, the master won't go." ”

Su Muxian looked at Wang Meng, then at Xiao Er, who didn't say a word, and finally stared at the account book full of deficits, shook his head and said slowly: "It's okay, it's him." ”

It's a mule or a horse, and you can tell if you stay for two days.

……

Aggressive.

The sound of chopping meat came from the kitchen, Wang Meng scraped the knife the cutting board, wiped the minced meat on the back of the knife into the bowl, and reached for the water cup. A cool breeze suddenly blew in front of him, he squinted slightly, and a few slightly curly strands of broken hair on his forehead swayed gently twice with the wind.

He looked along the trajectory of the wind and saw Jiang Yuanzhong in a gray coat on the other side.

Jiang Yuanzhong's three fingers pinched his water glass, as if he was looking at it carefully. His sense of existence is not high, and it is almost integrated with the background, if he is not sure that he is the intruder just now, Wang Meng even feels that he has been standing here for a long time, but he has not noticed.

Turning a hint of vigilance in his eyes into just the right amount of surprise, Wang Meng changed his usual honest and gentle smile and said, "This little brother, you seem to be very interested in my water glass?" This is an ordinary cup in the inn, and it is not unusual to think of it. ”

Xiao Er didn't answer him, he seemed to be fascinated by this water cup, studied the lines on it, and said without raising his head: "Twelve years ago, there was a swordsman on the rivers and lakes, who was originally unknown, whether it was martial arts or weapons, his name could not be found in all the rankings. But suddenly one day, he became famous overnight in the entire martial arts, do you know why? ”

Wang Meng's smile was still gentle, but his eyes were a little deeper, and he said, "I want to hear it." ”

"Because he slaughtered the Nangong family overnight. Except for the maids, there were fifty-eight people, and the corpses were separated, without exception. Jiang Yuanzhong finally got tired of the cup, threw it away, and the cup returned to its original place steadily. He looked at Wang Meng and said in a light tone, "Because he acted neatly and neatly, and his killing methods were like slaughtering pigs, people in the rivers and lakes called him a butcher." ”

Wang Meng was still smiling, and asked with a relaxed expression: "What happened later?" ”

Two years later, he disappeared and has never been seen since. Now that ten years have passed, I'm afraid there are not many people who remember him. Xiao Er said.

"There are countless disputes in the rivers and lakes, and it is not a bad idea for him to choose to quit early." Wang Meng nodded.

"Indeed, the rivers and lakes are sinister, and it is not bad to retire early. So-" Jiang Yuanzhong's gaze instantly became extremely sharp, like a knife piercing his eyes, "I want to ask you, what is the purpose of coming to this inn to be a cook?" ”

Wang Meng was stunned for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "Then what is the intention of Brother Tai to stay here as a shopkeeper?" ”

Jiang Yuanzhong didn't expect him to ask rhetorically, and said at the moment: "I stayed here just to be a junior." ”

Wang Meng smiled gently: "Naturally, I also want to be a chef when I apply for the job." ”

Jiang Yuan stared at him with a cold face, Wang Meng smiled back disappreciatively, looked at the water cup and said thoughtfully: "I think your technique, little brother, is quite ......."

Before he could finish speaking, a green leaf flew past his face, half-submerging into the wall.

"The shopkeeper asked me to ask you, is the spiced sauce beef that the guest wants ready?"

Wang Meng smiled, picked up the bowl and signaled: "Not yet, please talk to the shopkeeper, little brother, please wait a while." ”