After drinking the second bowl, he could no longer put down the spoon, and it was not until he drank the bowl of soup that he came to his senses and quickly knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

Shopkeeper Xue waved his hand: "Get up, this soup is so delicious, it's normal to have such a reaction." After speaking, he ignored the entourage, looked at Fu Lu and said, "Ah Lu Gongzi, how do you plan to cooperate with us?" ”

Fu Lu smiled and stretched out a finger: "Ten taels of silver for a bottle." ”

This is also the price that everyone negotiated when they were at home before.

"Ten taels of silver for a bottle, it still depends on the preferential price given by the shopkeeper Xue." Fu Lu saw that Shopkeeper Xue's expression was a little sluggish, and added with a smile.

Since he knew the profit of Shopkeeper Liu's sale of fairy porridge, Fu Lu calculated it. Green vegetables are not only small in quantity, but also eye-catching. The price of 300 wen a pound is already sky-high for green vegetables, but for him, he is tired and half dead, but the income is not big, and the trouble is not small.

And MSG is the opposite. Such a small bottle of monosodium glutamate, which only contains half a tael of fishmeal, can be sold for ten taels of silver or even higher, and no one else knows what kind of powder is contained in this bottle. It took a few days to make dozens of bottles, which took little effort but made a lot of money. You must know that according to the modern price of rice, ten taels of silver at this time is equivalent to four or five thousand yuan in modern times

Although the price is a bit scary, Fu Lu feels that the sales are not worrying at all. Just look at the current Weixiangju to know.

It only has fairy porridge there, and it has robbed a lot of customers from Fulin Building. If every dish is so delicious, it is estimated that Fu Lin Lou will have to close. To paraphrase an advertising slogan. It's called "MSG in hand, invincible all over the world", this kind of good thing. There's no restaurant that doesn't rush to ask for it.

Shopkeeper Xue has been in business all his life, and he naturally understands the truth. However, Fu Lu was able to figure out these at a young age, and he could still have the courage to offer such a staggering price, which surprised Shopkeeper Xue.

He looked at Fu Lu and smiled, "We are willing to spend five thousand taels of silver to buy your secret recipe, what do you think?" After speaking, he didn't wait for Fu Lu to speak. He added, "I think you have to pay for this thing."

"You probably need to sell a thousand bottles to make five thousand taels of silver, right? And Pingzhou, how easy is it to sell a thousand bottles? Instead of going to the door to see other people's faces and sell things. It is better to take the five thousand taels of silver to buy some fields, buy two more shops, and live comfortably. Ah Lu Gongzi, do you think what the old man said makes sense? ”

Fu Lu laughed. Shaking his head: "I won't sell the secret recipe." If Shopkeeper Xue wants some MSG. I can sell it to you. If Shopkeeper Xue has no intention, I still have something to do, so I won't talk much and leave. So saying, he stood up.

Shopkeeper Xue sat there, not moving, and the expression on his face was unfathomable. Still smiling, he bowed his hand politely, and took a step downstairs.

Fu Lu went downstairs unhurriedly. Going out from the gate, I walked in the direction of Pingqiao Village.

"Ah Lu Gongzi. Ah Lu Gongzi ......" came from behind the shouting.

Fu Lu stopped, turned around, and saw Uncle Wu, the entourage of the shopkeeper Xue, panting from behind, and said, "Uncle Wu, what else is the matter?" ”

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Zhang Fugui came in and smiled at the old man: "A total of eight taels of silver, thank you." ”

"What?" Green Bamboo was taken aback and looked at the old man.

Zhang Fugui hurriedly explained: "Although our tavern is not big, it has been open for more than ten years. I have never dared to deceive customers, but I dare not ask for more money. Because this spirit rhinoceros is extremely precious and rare, it has always been sold for two taels of silver. The green bamboo girl didn't believe it, so she went to the street to inquire. ”

"That's the price." The old man nodded. Then he took out a pile of broken silver and copper coins in his arms, and handed them to Luzhu, "I'm impatient to count this thing, you can give it." ”

Eight taels ...... It seems that the old man told her that day that he only had twenty taels of silver left. Now, just four fish, it cost eight taels? Luzhu finally knew why the old man had spent eighty taels of silver two days ago. It's normal to eat ten or twenty of such delicious things at once.

However, at this time, she looked at the pile of broken silver and copper coins, and then looked at the various spices that she estimated to have spent a lot of money on the desk, and she was reluctant to return the two fish that had not yet been eaten to Dongzi.

After converting the pile of silver and copper coins clearly, he handed the money to Zhang Fugui, and Lu Zhu handed the remaining ten taels of silver to the old man, and explained uneasily: "Master, you can save some money on this money." As for the ingredients in the cooking...... Originally, it was supposed to be in vain to go to Zhang Luo by himself, but Luzhu doesn't have the ability now, just tell me the taste, usage, and attention to the various ingredients. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will slowly practice it. ”

The old man nodded indifferently and waved his hand: "Okay, I know." It's not early, so let's go back quickly. ”

However, when Luzhu came the next day, the kitchen was full of various ingredients, including sea cucumbers, pig's trotter tendons, red dates, fish bones, fish skin, chestnuts, shiitake mushrooms, hoof tendons, etc. The old man greeted with a smile: "Come on, apprentice, today Master taught you to be a Buddha and jump over the wall." ”

It takes more than ten days to make a Buddha jump over the wall, boil the chicken juice alone, and then cook the chicken juice and various ingredients slowly and meticulously several times. During this period, the master and apprentice made the soup in addition to the soup, and also made the fish and various vegetables in turn.

So Dongzi stood in the yard and could often hear the old man yelling in the kitchen: "Look at what kind of silk you cut?" Some are big and some are small, some are fine and some are thick. When it is to be fried, the fine ones have been fried, and the coarse ones are not yet cooked. ”

"I haven't practiced knife skills, where can I cut out the silk you said? That's already pretty good. Or, Master, come and show me! Green Bamboo replied loudly.

"Enlightenment, enlightenment! Do you understand? We are the first faction in the world, only preaching, not teaching. How much you learn depends on your understanding. Hurry up, cut it again......"

Then I heard the sound of chopping vegetables. After a while, the old man shouted again: "This thing has not been handled properly. Redo. I told you that bird's nest is hairy, and sea cucumber is muddy. Shark fin to sand, deer tendon to sand to sand to. The meat has tendon petals, and it is crispy when it is picked; Ducks have kidneys, and if they are cut, they will be ......"

Dongzi shook his head and smiled bitterly. This old and young man have been cooking for eight or nine days, and they almost didn't lift the roof of the kitchen.

Old man Nalin. The most impatient, only say each dish once, and let the green bamboo girl do it. As soon as she made it, she wanted her to make the best taste she had ever tasted. If you talk about the method once, you can make that taste. The green bamboo girl is not a human, but a fairy. The green bamboo girl has a kind of toughness, although she is not convinced, she still takes the trouble to do it over and over again. Until the old man is satisfied.

Although Dongzi has no knowledge. But he had also seen the cook in the restaurant where his cousin stayed and his apprentice. In two or three months, I only cut shredded radish, practiced the knife skills, and then practiced the spoon skills, identified the ingredients, and learned the side dishes. At least a year later, you can go to the stove. After a few years of hard work, I can't make good dishes at all.

But this old man doesn't teach knife skills and spoon skills. Tell me only about the taste of the dish and the ingredients used. Let the green bamboo girl practice by herself, and call it "understanding", and if she is not satisfied, she will shout loudly here.

In Dongzi's view, this is purely playing at home. However, these two people quarrel every day, but they quarrel cordially, and the green bamboo girl is not called the master anymore, but directly called the "old man".

"Old man, how much silver do we have left?" A dish made by the green bamboo in the house finally passed, and while the old man was drinking water, he quickly asked a question that he had been thinking about.

With so many precious ingredients, the silver flowed out of the house. But it's been almost ten days, and the old man's men haven't found this place, which can't help but make Luzhu worried.

The old man took out his pocket, took out a few copper coins, took a look, and then was dumbfounded, stared at the green bamboo with wide eyes, and said, "There are still sixteen copper plates left." ”

Green bamboo is not at all surprised. The bird's nest shark fin these days, which one is not expensive and expensive? These twenty taels of silver can last for nine days, which is beyond her expectations.

She took out the eighty copper coins in her arms and stuffed them into the old man's hand: "This money is not much, but it can still support some days when you buy rice and vegetables, you take it first." Don't buy any more ingredients, just tell me about the recipe and taste of those dishes, and then I will practice slowly when I have the opportunity. ”

Although this is not the money she sells herself, it is also the foundation of one-third of her family property, which will be the foundation for her future life.

In the past, she was never willing to take it out and give it to the old man Lin, who regarded money as dung and spent lavishly. But during this time, the old man not only confiscated half of her tuition, but also spent money to buy countless ingredients, and carefully taught her cooking, which made her very guilty.

Most importantly, in his loud reprimand, she felt a heartfelt love. Now, she has regarded the old man as her grandfather in this life from the bottom of her heart. If necessary, not to say a third of the family property, it is all of it, and she will not be stingy. In the future, she will be free, and she will definitely do her best to repay the old man.

The old man looked at the handful of copper coins in his hand, shiny and shiny, and with body temperature, obviously he had been carried by someone, his eyes flashed, and he didn't shirk it, he put it away with his big palm, and said, "Okay." He glared at Luzhu with big eyes again, "But don't you want to be lazy, how can you just talk about it without practicing?" Ingredients, that's a must buy. ”

"It's not that you want to be lazy." Luzhu made a bitter face, "I really don't have any money." In addition to these, I still have 190 yuan of money to sell my body, and that money cannot be moved. If your family doesn't come again, we still have to live, and we have to hire someone to report to your house. No matter what you do, you will need money at every turn! ”

The old man blew his beard and glared, "What did you say at the beginning?" ”

"What did I say?" Green Bamboo looked at him inexplicably.

The old man knocked her on the head: "Didn't you say that everyone can eat more food under limited conditions?" Now we have so many secret recipes in our hands, and we can use it for money if we sell one casually, how can there be any reason to guard Baoshan to beg for food? ”

Lu Zhu blinked: "Sell secret recipes?" It's not like she hasn't thought about it. It's just that the secret recipe belongs to the old man, and it is already a great favor to teach her, how dare she take the initiative to say that she will sell them. Besides, isn't this the point of exhaustion?

"Let's go, let's stop cooking today, let's go to the restaurant and talk to the shopkeeper." The old man stood up.

Going to the restaurant? Luzhu became excited and followed the old man out of the door. But after thinking about it, I still called Dongzi. Dongzi is a local, and if he encounters something unreasonable and unreasonable, it is better to paste a mud in the middle and calm the conflict. Otherwise, with the old man's fiery temper and unique personality in the world, Luzhu was afraid that he would cause unnecessary trouble.

The old man went not to the original tavern, but the largest restaurant in the east of the town, Zuifu Building. The restaurant is gorgeously decorated, and it looks like business is good, but it took a while to get to the restaurant, and there were already three tables of guests downstairs.

"Guest officer, you are here, please inside, please inside." Xiao Er saw that although the old man was wearing a common coarse cloth clothes, he was high-spirited and extraordinary, followed by a girl and a little girl, but he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Where's the shopkeeper? I'm looking for your shopkeeper. The old man didn't look at him, glanced at the building, and didn't find the shopkeeper, so he glanced at Xiao Er with his spare eyes.

"Shopkeeper ......" Xiao Er glanced at the old man without a trace, thinking about his intentions, and still smiled very happily on his face, "I don't know what this master is looking for my shopkeeper?" ”

"You call him out, of course, you know." The old man was impatient to talk to Xiao Er, so he found a table and sat down.

It doesn't look like someone who came to trouble their own house. Xiao Er didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he hurriedly called the shopkeeper downstairs.

"This guest officer, I don't know what to eat?" The shopkeeper was a chubby old man in his fifties, his eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled, and he looked like a Maitreya Buddha.

The old man raised his head and glanced at him: "You have also eaten the food here, but it is really not good." So I'm here today, not to eat, but to make a deal with you. ”

"Oh? I wonder what kind of deal this guest officer is going to make next? The smile on the shopkeeper's face faded. There were still guests sitting in the building, but the old man in a coarse cloth green coat opened his mouth and said that the food was not good, which was tantamount to slapping the door in the face, which was quite unpleasant.

"I'll sell you a recipe for no less than two hundred taels of silver." The old man stroked his beard and said proudly. (To be continued.) )