36. The restaurant opened
Ning Xi was taken aback by her: "You want to live here?" β
"That's right, didn't my mother tell you yet, I want to worship you as a teacher?"
"Even if you worship me as a teacher, you don't need to live, you just come here every day! Anyway, the Anguo Mansion is not too far from here. β
"Then how to do it, apprenticeship must have the attitude of apprenticeship, I really want to learn cooking skills wholeheartedly." An Mingyue turned her head and glanced at the servant who was carrying the luggage over there, "Hey, what about you, that box is not placed over there, but in the room over here." β
"But Miss An, I only have two rooms here, how can you live here after you move here?"
"That's right, one for me, one for the two of you, you see, I've rearranged both rooms, I threw away all the tattered things in your original room, and replaced them all with new ones, don't thank me!"
"What did you throw at me?" Meng Shuangshuang was in a hurry, and hurriedly ran into the room to check.
Ning Xi said: "Miss An, if you have to stay, it's not impossible, but you have to follow our rules here." β
"What rules?"
"In my place, everyone is the same, there is no eldest lady, so you are not allowed to bring maids, everything has to be done by yourself, and also, we don't raise people who eat white food here, you have to go to the store to help, so let's do it, since you want to learn to cook, then start with an apprentice in the kitchen!"
An Mingyue herself is a fun-loving person, and she didn't feel anything after listening to these two items, so she casually agreed: "Okay, no problem." β
"Then these people ......" Ning Xi looked at the crowd of people in the courtyard who were messing up and giving her a headache.
An Mingyue clapped her hands and said loudly: "Okay, you can all go back if you put your things together, and don't come over casually if you don't have anything to do in the future." β
The people were gathered in the courtyard, a girl who looked like a big girl stood in front of everyone and gave a few words, and a group of people retreated in turn, and the maid walked to An Mingyue's side: "Miss, everything is arranged according to your instructions, I don't know if Miss wants to go back to the room to rest now?" β
"Dangui, you go back too."
"Huh?" Dangui was so frightened that she knelt down, "I don't know what the slave did wrong, why did the young lady drive the slave back?" β
An Mingyue said impatiently: "If you are told to go back, go back, what are you talking about, I am good here, and I don't need to be served." β
"But before the lady went out, she told the slave maid to take good care of the young lady, and the slave and maid did not dare to leave without permission." Dangui continued to kowtow.
"Miss Ning has said it, you don't want a maid to serve here, you can tell Mrs. directly when you go back, if Miss Ning refuses to be my master, then I will ask for you." An Mingyue kicked her casually, "Hurry up!" β
Dangui had no choice but to bow his head and retreat: "The slave will leave first." By the way, Miss, do you need the slave to send someone to pick up Miss's change of clothes every day? β
Ning Xi coughed, and An Mingyue hurriedly said: "Hurry up, hurry up, how can there be so much verbosity!" β
Dangui had no choice but to cover the door and go out, An Mingyue took the initiative to close the door, clapped her palms and said, "Okay, what is the master's instructions next?" β
"The last time I taught you how to do knife work, how did you learn?"
An Mingyue immediately said with a bitter face: "Master, can I succeed if I don't learn this?" Anyway, I don't need to cut it myself when I cook in the future, someone will cut it for me. β
Ning Xi waved his hand casually: "Okay, if you don't learn, forget it, stay wherever you like!" β
"Don't, master, don't leave me alone, okay, I'll learn, how to learn?"
"You go to the kitchen and ask Master Rong what kind of food you plan to cook for us at noon today, and go and help him chop vegetables."
Rong Daquan rarely saw Miss An ask herself with low eyebrows, and happily gave her a big basket of potatoes: "Make potato beef stew at noon, you peel these potatoes and cut them into large pieces." β
"So much?" An Mingyue shouted.
"Do you want to cut it?" Rong Daquan asked with a smile.
"Cut, of course." An Mingyue snorted angrily and picked up a potato and peeled it drastically.
The primary apprentice who was originally in charge of peeling and cutting vegetables couldn't see it: "Miss An, this potato is not cut like this, according to your cutting method, less than half of a potato is left in the end, what a waste." β
An Mingyue glared at him: "I just love to cut like this, what's wrong with the waste?" β
"But, but this is all about spending money to buy, counting, counting the cost, hanging on the account of the restaurant, and linked to our bonus." The elementary school apprentice stammered and said that it was related to his monthly income, and this opinion could not be left unmentioned!
"It's okay, you let her do it." Meng Shuangshuang walked over and said, "Ning Xi said, Mrs. An said that all the expenses that Miss An has with us can go to the Anguo Mansion to report the accounts, and these wasted potatoes will be directly recorded in Miss An's account." β
"Yes, thank you, Miss Meng." Only then did the apprentice be lazy and lazy.
An Mingyue pretended not to hear, Miss Ben didn't bother with you hillbillies who had never seen silver!
The last cut out of the potato, the small one is only as thick as a little finger, but the big one is as big as a person's fist, Rao is Rong Daquan's cooking skills, the potato stew made is still miserable, the small one has been stewed badly, and the large one is not cooked enough to be soft and flavorful.
The guys have been raised by delicious food these days, and when they suddenly eat this substandard dish, they can't help but complain: "Who cut this dish?" The dog can't plane to this level! β
The elementary school apprentice who was chopping vegetables hurriedly raised his hand and explained: "It's not me, it's Miss An who cut it." β
Everyone coaxed: "If you can eat the dishes cut by Miss An's own hands, no matter how unpleasant it is, it's worth it." β
An Mingyue was really angry.
In the next two days, An Mingyue continued to help in the kitchen, blackened the freshly painted half of the snow-white wall when she lit the fire, knocked over the basin when she was making noodles, and sprinkled a room full of white flour on her faces, and accidentally smashed twenty-eight bowls, sixteen plates and nine soup basins, and also destroyed the cabinets in the kitchen because of too much force, and now there is hardly any cabinet door that can be closed smoothly.
In the end, everyone in the kitchen was about to cry: "Grandma, we beg you, don't work anymore, okay?" β
"No, if I don't work, Ning Xi will be unhappy." An Mingyue grabbed a chicken from the cage, held a kitchen knife in her hand, and her eyes were shining and she was about to cut off her head.
"No, no, we promise, we will not let Miss Ning know, and help you control the wind, as soon as she comes, you just make a show, okay?"
"Okay, then you can do it!" An Mingyue happily threw the chicken, and the chicken "clucked" and fluttered around, causing chaos in the kitchen.
At first, An Mingyue felt quite comfortable, humming a little tune with her sleeves and hands to wander around, watching others be so busy that people were turning over on their backs, showing her own leisurely ease.
But gradually she felt strange, why are these people so busy? Ning Xi was busy ordering recipes and taking a few chefs to learn how to cook, An Mingyue went over to listen to a few words, and found that their level was too high, and she couldn't understand half of the sentence; Meng Shuangshuang was busy taking charge of the overall situation and dealing with problems that occurred at any time in all aspects; The runners are busy memorizing recipes and practicing the actions of greeting guests; The apprentices in the kitchen were busy practicing knife work, spoon turning, and distinguishing various spices; Even the handymen who did the rough work were scrubbing the already clean and bright shop hall over and over again, not sparing every slight carving on the handrail of the staircase.
An Mingyue felt that she was really a little empty when she had nothing to do!
In An Mingyue's empty resentment, the people of Sungai Restaurant excitedly ushered in the official opening of Sungai Building.
The prince of Qi is very powerful this time, invited the lion dance team, early in the morning at the door of Shuangxi Lou began to beat gongs and drums, Shuangxi Lou high plaque covered with a bright red silk cloth, all kinds of flower baskets lined up at the door of the restaurant, it seems very pompous.
After a while, the whole street was full of lively neighbors, and even some people crowded to the door of the opposite restaurant, Pinxianju, and the second child of Pinxianju greeted while patting flies: "Please come in the guest officer?" β
"Go, go, don't you see what's going on here?" Others waved impatiently.
The little second had a cold face: "Don't stand here if you don't eat, it's blocking our family's business!" β
Ning Xi specially changed into a new dress today, not listening to Meng Shuangshuang's Jianyì wearing those fancy women's clothes, but a clean and neat men's clothes, and her hair was also combed into a man's hairstyle, but her appearance was beautiful and her body was thin, but it made people see at a glance that she was a young girl.
When she first came out, others thought it was the children or relatives of the restaurant owner, who came to join in the fun, but as soon as she came out, the gongs and drums sounded more lively, Ningxi greeted people to light firecrackers, and the whole restaurant was in full swing!
When the smoke cleared, Ning Xi stretched out his hand and pulled, and the red silk cloth fell to the ground, showing the three big words of "Shuangxi Building" with golden light, Ning Xi hugged his fists and said aloud to everyone: "Neighbors, the Shuangxi Building of the people's daughter Ningxi opened today, and you will pay off your care in the future!" Within three days of the opening of the restaurant, all guests who come to the restaurant will be free of charge, all dishes will be discounted by 20%, and a plate of our special appetizers will be given for free, welcome everyone to come in and try it! β
As soon as the words fell, the gongs and drums that had stopped started again, and the lion dance team danced harder, and some people discussed: "This little girl is the head of Sungai Building?" Isn't it a joke? β
"You don't care if she's joking or not, just have something delicious, you haven't eaten the craftsmanship of Sungai Lou, right? I tell you, I came to eat here some time ago before the new building was built, not to mention, the taste is different, especially the meat dishes, there is no one in the whole capital who can do it better than here. β
"Really? Could it be that it will do better than Quanjufu? β
"You're all alone, aren't you? It turns out that the chefs of Quanjufu are now here as chefs, I don't believe you can go in and take a look later, the famous brands are hanging on the wall! β