Chapter 10: Ah IV
Su Xiujin returned to Tianxianglou, Su Xiuyuan had already closed Tianxianglou, and let out a rumor to the outside world, saying that he would wait for another day or two to open the door to do business, and at that time, all new and old customers who entered the door would have a small dish from Tianxianglou, and each table would also give a pot of wine. This time, there are many people looking forward to it.
"Jin'er, what are you going to do?" Su Xiuyuan asked, "Ming'er will reopen, if it is the way it used to be, it will definitely not attract people." ”
Su Xiujin asked the shopkeeper directly: "Is there a cabinet?" Can someone deliver fresh vegetables? Will you be able to order enough beef, mutton and pork tomorrow morning? ”
The shopkeeper was busy: "There are free single-sided cabinets in the big kitchen, and vegetables will be sent in the afternoon to be not easy to spoil, and a batch of fresh ones will be sent tomorrow morning. ”
"Vegetables and beef and mutton are bought at twice as much as usual, the single-sided cabinets are carried to the hall and put up, the second floor is vacant, and all the tables are placed on the first floor, which are all compact, and there are two more tables, chairs and benches that can be placed."
The shopkeeper hurriedly said yes, and only asked suspiciously: "The back is no problem, but if you can't sell this meaty vegetable, I'm afraid that you will lose a lot of money, six girls, this-"
"You just do what she does, make sure you don't lose anything, you still have to earn." **** Chu, who had been following Su Xiujin, interjected at this time, "Don't say that you can buy it by pressing twice, even if you buy it by three times or four times." ”
Su Xiuyuan naturally recognized **** Chu and said in surprise: "Cousin Jin Chu, why are you here?" ”
Chu smiled and said, "Passing by." ”
Su Xiujin ignored him, and then said: "Prepare more dishes and chopsticks, write more lists, write all the ingredients, it is best to write clearly, and mark the price later." ”
Most of the customers are merchants, and they all know some words, so they don't have to worry about someone not being able to read them.
Su Xiuyuan was puzzled: "What is this going to do?" ”
Su Xiujin didn't answer, only asked: "The big fat Li in the mouth of the fourth sister can make noodles?" ”
Su Xiuyuan nodded: "He knows how to eat Suzhou noodles." And the craftsmanship is a must. ”
"Fourth sister, can you ask him to promise one thing?"
Su Xiuyuan asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Su Xiujin leaned in Su Xiuyuan's ear and commanded, the expression on Su Xiuyuan's face was like a shadow puppet play, unpredictable, Su Xiujin finished speaking, she still asked hesitantly: "Is this really feasible?" ”
Su Xiujin nodded: "Dead horses are regarded as live horse doctors, if you don't give it a try, you won't have a chance at all." ”
This remark attracted **** Chu's sideways eyes, Su Xiuyuan nodded firmly, and hurriedly went to find Big Fat Li.
Chu Miao stepped forward and asked, "What did you say to your fourth cousin?" ”
Su Xiujin glanced at him, and took the menu of dishes presented by the shopkeeper: "What's the matter with you?" ”
Chu was choked again, touched his nose and stopped talking.
Su Xiujin ordered to go down, the beef, sheep and pork were cut into slices and divided into small plates, the vegetables were all skewered and carefully stacked, and as for the cabinets, they were neatly placed along the wall, and the dishes were neatly placed on it.
The menu of dishes needed to be copied in 500 copies, and the shopkeeper and a few juniors who could write well were too busy, so Su Xiujin took a stack and helped transcribe it.
Chu saw that everyone was so busy that they couldn't stop, and they were a little tired of talking to Cuizhu, and the little maid only blushed and couldn't say a complete sentence at all.
Chu leaned over to look at it, Juanxiu's hairpin Xiaokai, but there was a hint of sharpness and freedom between the strokes, originally Xiaokai only looked at the neat handwriting, comfortable throughout, Su Xiujin's words obviously lacked the charm of those women, but he didn't feel a sense of disobedience.
Chu couldn't help but praise: "Not bad." ”
Su Xiujin stopped writing, in her previous life, she was the eldest daughter of the Liang family of Xiangguo Mansion, she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the tea ceremony embroidery was not bad, but for women, without the favor of men, it was not. In the past three years, in the impression of the entire Xing'an people, it is not Liang Jinxiu who is beautiful and talented, but the enchantress of the country and the eldest daughter of the Liang family!
Seeing that Su Xiujin didn't answer, **** Chu was also bored, and sat aside with the paper to help quietly.
I haven't listened to **** Chu muttering for a long time, Su Xiujin looked up and saw **** Chu sitting opposite her, holding the pen elegantly, naturally there was a sense of scholarly anger, because he was dressed extravagantly, and he brought an extra piece of nobility from the children of the family, such **** Chu is good-looking, no wonder the matchmaker almost broke through the threshold before the crown. If you think about it carefully, **** Chu still has the name of a showman, the more "sought-after" it is.
The soybean-sized lights flickered non-stop, and the warm yellow light shrouded the two of them who were immersed in writing.
Early the next morning, fresh beef, mutton and pork were delivered in one load at a time, and Su Xiuyuan hurriedly greeted the remaining five guys: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Slices of meat, slices of meat, slices of bamboo skewers, don't be lazy for me, if business is good today, everyone will be rewarded! ”
The guys shouted, "Good! "It was very busy for a while.
"Eh, I'm talking about you! It's you! Su Xiuyuan frowned tightly and asked the handsome young man standing in the corner, "Why are you standing here grinding and chirping, and you don't do it!" ”
That young man was the original chef, Ah Si.
Ah Si rolled up his sleeves, leaking out his slender and white wrist, and only after hesitating for a while did he take a knife and sharpen a bamboo stick.
The suppressed laughter of the guys around him was heard.
"I still think I'm the person that the eldest lady values, and I twist and pinch like a girl."
"Who knows what the relationship is, just because he looks good, the eldest girl handed him the position of the boss, and he hasn't even touched the kitchen knife a few times."
"I heard that it used to be Tianxianglou to wash vegetables, but the eldest girl didn't let him wash the vegetables after she took care of it."
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"Enough! What do you say! Ah Si threw the knife in his hand to the ground; Believe it or not, I'll tell you to go home! ”
The bamboo sticks scattered to the ground, and the back kitchen suddenly fell silent.
Ah Si smiled proudly: "The eldest girl has to come back sooner or later, even the fourth girl has to honestly call her eldest sister!" And what kind of six girls, I've never heard of her in Tianxianglou for so long, hum, I don't know where she came from! ”
The guys in the back kitchen looked at each other, so quiet that they could hear a pin fall clearly.
"My biological mother is the fourth aunt of the Su family, ranked sixth, not a young lady from where you say she came from." Su Xiujin said unhurriedly. I just wanted to go into the kitchen to see how many skewers were made, when I heard this Ah Si talking.
Ah Si was trembling, and when he turned around, he saw Su Xiujin standing quietly at the door, holding a menu of dishes in his hand.
"Six girls forgive their sins, six girls atone for their sins!" The shopkeeper hurriedly said on the side, "Ah Si doesn't understand the rules and talks nonsense." ”
Su Xiujin looked at Ah Si, the young man only moved, and looked straight at Su Xiujin, not afraid of her appearance at all.
Su Xiujin smiled slightly: "It's no wonder that he is not a slave of the Su family, but he has also worked in Tianxianglou for so long, and he doesn't understand the rules at all, I really don't understand how the eldest sister recruited such a person in the first place!" ”