Chapter 14 Getting on the right track
After about two cups of tea, Nangong Hai copied four or five copies according to Nangong Xue's request.
"I'm done, can you take a look?" Nangong Hai handed the transcription to Nangong Xue and said.
Nangong Xue took it, nodded again, smiled at Nangong Feng, and thanked with satisfaction: "Well, it's good, thank you, big brother!" Then I'll go back, you can rest early, I won't bother much. ”
As he spoke, he put away the pieces of paper that Nangong Hai had written, and walked out of Nangong Hai's room with a smile.
"The advertising words are also available, and the rest is to clean up the restaurant, and then it will be up to Kong Fatzi to make all the recipes. Mother, you must bless the child in heaven. Nangong Xue said as she put her hands together, raised her head and bowed to the sky.
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The next day, in the afternoon.
"A few of you propagandists, write down the words on it, and then go out to make a publicity, and these people who stay in the restaurant will clean up the restaurant and clean it up." Nangong Xue gave Xu Zhong a few of the propaganda words, and then continued, "What did you do with what Kong Haoyu told you yesterday?" If you don't understand, just ask me, and I'll help you. ”
"There are a lot of problems, some things don't know how to get out, I'll talk to you when we get to the kitchen later." Kong Haoyu said.
"Well, okay, do you have any problems with Zhao Bi in terms of cleaning?" Nangong Xue asked.
"We don't have a problem anymore." Zhao Bi turned his head to look at Zhao Jie and the others, and after seeing that they shook their heads, they replied.
"By the way, Xiaoxue, is the name of our restaurant still called the current Juxian Residence?" Xu Zhong looked at the propaganda statement in his hand, and saw that the name of the restaurant was not mentioned on it, so he asked.
"Juxianju, well......," Nangong Xue thought for a moment, and then asked, "I think if you should change it to Tanghui Restaurant, what do you think?" ”
"Tang has the meaning of the Central Plains, Hui is convergence, the Central Plains converge here, well, good name, I agree to call it Tanghui Restaurant." Zhao Zhe muttered and said.
"The Central Plains are gathered here, this is refreshing to hear, and I have no opinion." "What do you think?" ”
"It's called this Tanghui Restaurant!" The crowd chimed in.
"Now that the name has been decided, then let the He family father and son do the matter of this plaque, and now the silver taels spent for the restaurant will be recorded in the account, and when the restaurant opens, the money spent will be reimbursed." Nangong Xue said, "I think I'll let Uncle He keep the accounts." None of us have ever touched the ledger, so we don't know much about bookkeeping. Do you think it's okay, Uncle He? ”
"Okay, what do you say I do, I'll do it clearly. Please rest assured," He Xingpeng said.
"Hmm." Nangong Xue smiled and nodded, "Then is there any problem with the big guy now?" If there is no problem, let's go our separate ways. We strive to open as soon as possible. ”
"No problem." Humane.
"Let's work together." Nangong Xue cheered up.
"Good!"
After that, everyone went to do what they had to do.
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"Fatty, let's go to the kitchen." Nangong Xue said as she walked towards the kitchen.
After the two came to the kitchen, Nangong Xue saw eight cooks standing in a neat row in front of them.
"Hmm." Nangong Xue smiled and nodded.
"These eight people were all brought by me from home, and they were all selected according to your instructions, plus Uncle He, there are nine cooks in total." Kong Haoyu said, and then introduced from left to right, "This is Zhang Bing, this is Liu Hao, and this is ......." ”
Kong Haoyu introduced while Nangong Xue saluted each cook.
"Then it's up to you, Xiaoxue is here to thank you." After Kong Haoyu finished his introduction, Nangong Xue bowed deeply and said.
"Thanks to Miss Young Master, we will do our best." Humane.
"Uh-huh." Nangong Xue smiled and nodded.
"By the way, fat man, what do you say you don't understand?" Nangong Xue turned her head and asked.
"Well, this is it," Kong Haoyu said as he took out a recipe from his bag and said, "I haven't heard of this seasoning, how do I get it?" ”
Nangong Xue looked at it, Kong Haoyu didn't quite understand how to get these seasonings mentioned above, what chicken essence pulling, oil consumption pulling, these, Nangong Xue said: "Wait, I'll take a look," Nangong knew early on that there would definitely be a problem with the seasoning. In the evening, I found out the combination of seasonings and the books I made, and then carefully checked them.
"Yes," after a while, Nangong Xue pointed to the introduction in the book and said, "Fatty, you can just refer to this to match, and you should be able to get those seasonings." ”
Kong Haoyu came over and looked at it, and then said, "Then I understand, Xiaoxue, can you lend me this book?" ”
"It's okay, what to borrow or not, I originally wanted to give it to you, but I forgot about it yesterday." Nangong Xue handed the book to Kong Haoyu and said.
"Remember that books can only be read by you." Nangong Xue reminded in a low voice.
Kong Haoyu took the book, nodded, and promised: "No problem, don't worry, I won't let others see it." ”
"Hmm." Nangong Xue nodded, and then asked, "Then what else do you not understand?" ”
"There's one more thing I want to tell you," Kong Haoyu said.
"What do you say?" Nangong Xue smiled.
"Do you have to make so many recipes for me? I looked at it yesterday, and there were a lot of them, and I spent a lot of time copying these recipes. As he spoke, Kong Haoyu couldn't help but yawn and continued, "Do you think it's ......?" ”
"You can look at how much you cook, just don't have too few recipes." Nangong Xue said, "I'm waiting for the opening, and I'm learning new recipes." This cooking aspect you look at. ”
"Then I'll do my best." Kong Haoyu nodded and said.
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In the next few days, Nangong Xue was busy inside and outside the store. When Zhao Bi and his party were busy, Nangong Xue would go over to help, after all, it was a three-story restaurant, and it was not easy to clean it. Zhao Jie was busy in the small garden in the restaurant.
The restaurant is concave in shape, facing the street on three sides, and there is a small garden in the middle. There is a rockery, if He Xingpeng has no debts, the business of this restaurant is not bad, and the whole restaurant is also a leisurely place, sitting upstairs to eat and looking down can see the small garden, that mood is good. It's a pleasure to think about. Because of the debt problem, He Xingpeng had no choice but to sell this wine building, but he didn't expect to be favored by those who opened gambling houses, and wanted to take advantage of people's danger and take advantage of it.
In the past few days, there are also people who come to the door to ask for debts, all of them are sent away by Nangong Xue and them, and the people who ask for debts will understand that these people don't dare to make a mistake when they look at their behavior, so they have to leave obediently, Nangong Xue also said to the debtors: The grace period of one month will definitely be repaid with interest, if you don't listen to it. When they heard this, they said no more, and gave them an extra month's grace.
Seeing this situation, Nangong Xue and his party accelerated the pace of opening, Kong Haoyu also stepped up to learn to make new recipes, Nangong Xue also knew that Kong Haoyu was a little too busy, and came over from time to time to help and help him instructively. Two people work on recipes together. Soon, a few things were successfully made, Nangong Xue also tasted it, felt that the taste was wrong, and then took the cooks to start remaking it again. When will it be okay to let Nangong Xue taste it, even if it is a successful step.
During this time, Zhao Zhe also helped write new couplets, and then asked Hua Hua to help carve them out. Hua Hua is also very serious about doing things, how much really has a little master style, usually I can't see how he writes, but in this carving kung fu is like a master, when carving, the handwriting on the couplet is like writing, and Hua Hua is also very serious when he is painted. Zhao Zhe couldn't stop praising it.
The plaque of the restaurant was quickly done, because I didn't want Hua Hua to work too hard, so the plaque was asked to get the craftsman, after the plaque was done, Nangong Xue hung the big red flower of the red silk on the plaque, and then covered it with a red thick cloth, saying that it would be enough to pull the rope next to it on the day of the opening.
Talking about the propaganda situation in the past few days, this can be said to be what Xu Zhong is best at, he relied on his three-inch incorruptible tongue to compile the propaganda words into easy-to-remember ballads, and then teach them to the children, and the children will rap while playing after they learn it. This has attracted a group of ordinary people to know that there is a restaurant called Tanghui in Nancheng that is about to open, and the restaurant brings together many cuisines, which can be said that there is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't eat.
When it was publicized, not only these people, but even those high-ranking officials and nobles also knew that Xu Zhong was the best, and he knew many sons of officials and wealthy businessmen, and he encouraged this group of people to let them all come to Tanghui Restaurant on Baguang Street in Nancheng to eat, and also said that they could eat the most delicious meals in the world here. As soon as these people heard him say this, they all began to look forward to it.
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"Xiaoxue, can you taste it?" Kong Haoyu said with a plate of dishes on the table.
Everyone sat together, everyone smelled the taste of this dish was still very good, and then looked at Nangong Xue again, and then saw Nangong Xue pick up the chopsticks, take a bite of the dish, and put it in his mouth. Chewed for a while.
Everyone looked at Nangong Xue's expressionless face and couldn't help but be a little nervous.
"How's it going? Seventh sister, you are the closest. Zhang Yu asked Zhao Bi in a low voice.
"I know, it's close, but it's not me eating, I don't know." Zhao Bi replied in a low voice.
"I said fatty, how do you feel about what you are doing?" The vast number of bears walked up to Kong Haoyu and asked in his ear.
"I think it's okay, Nangong Xue taught me how to make these dishes, so it should be okay." Kong Haoyu looked at Nangong Xue's expressionless face, and his heart was a little bottomless.
"Hmm. ......" Nangong Xue nodded slightly, then slapped the table with a "snap", and said with a smile, "Yes, this dish will be more flavorful if you do it." We did it. ”
Hearing Nangong Xue say this, everyone couldn't bear it, and they picked up chopsticks and tasted them. Zhao Zhe said while eating: "It's delicious, it's even better than the imperial food I ate in the palace." Say yes. ”
"Uh-huh." Several princes nodded in response.
Being praised by them like this, Kong Haoyu couldn't bear it anymore, and he also picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and then said excitedly: "Xiaoxue, thank you for helping me for so many days, I really didn't expect it to be successful." ”
"I said at the beginning that if it's you, it's fine, you have to believe in yourself. You've got a talent for it, and I'm not doing anything in between, just doing a little thing, and it's all your own work and that of the nine chefs. You have to thank me, I don't dare to be. Nangong Xue said with a smile.
"And when are we going to open?" The broad bear moved his shoulders and said.
"Look, even our blind bear is in a hurry." Zhao Yu said with a smile.
"We can open tomorrow, today we will hang up the plaque, and then we can go home after sweeping the floor, go home early today, come and open at noon tomorrow, and get ready for firecrackers when the time comes." Nangong Xue said again before the opening.
"Don't worry, we're ready for what you're talking about." Xu Zhong said, "Then let's hang up the plaque." ”
After speaking, He Xingpeng stepped on the ladder and hung the plaque.
"Then we'll be here tomorrow at noon." Nangong Xue said, "Everyone will go home early tonight to rest, and they have been working hard for almost half a month." After going back, I will have a good rest and rest, and I will open tomorrow full of energy. ”
"Good!" Everyone said in unison.