Chapter 60: The Opening of Hot Pot City (2)

Three days later, Li Ziyu had breakfast early and hurried to Shiyan Town.

For breakfast, she boiled rice porridge, baked more than a dozen white flour cakes, and there were a lot of pheasant and cabbage stewed yesterday, and she didn't eat breakfast, just at noon, they ate it.

In these three days, Li Ziyu stepped up the production of bamboo darts and finally completed the production. When she has time, she has to take her younger siblings to train in the mountains, and she can't practice darts in the yard.

She also used the cheesecloth left over from the kang quilt to make two clamp curtains, and she was reluctant to use the cotton, so she made a clip, and finally replaced the grass curtains.

Some of the first vegetables are ripe, and some are close to maturity. Maybe Li Ziyu increased the fertility, and the vegetables grew well in the later period, but the color was lighter. Although the cabbage and radish are not fully ripe, they have grown to about 20 centimeters, just like leeks, spinach, and green onions, and are completely edible.

Today, Li Ziyu picked all the leeks, spinach, radish vegetables, and cabbage before leaving, leaving only a small part of each vegetable at home, cleaning them all, wrapping them in a bamboo basket with a curtain, and covering them with a cotton mat made of cheesecloth to prevent the vegetables from freezing on the road.

She is going to push out her family's dishes in the private room today, and only the guests in the private room can eat the green vegetables that are rare in winter. This is also her small contribution as one of the shareholders.

Li Ziyu hurried all the way, and the usual half-hour journey was only forty minutes today.

When Li Ziyu arrived, the juniors in the restaurant were preparing in an orderly manner.

Between the gate and the street, there are several red firecrackers, and guests on both sides of the door have begun to arrive one after another.

The two well-trained little two put the carriage in the parking space and tied the horse to the tethered stone.

Wu Fan stood at the gate with a smile on his face to greet the arrival of the VIPs.

Li Ziyu said hello to Wu Fan, and hurriedly walked to the back kitchen with the bamboo basket on his back.

The kitchen is at the back of the restaurant, with five large bungalows, and the south side is inlaid with lattice windows, but the windows are covered with clear paper. At this time, each window is opened, and the hot air emanates from the window with a strong aroma.

In addition to the south, the east, west, and north sides are all marble consoles, and more than a dozen male chefs are busy in an orderly manner, and the two male chefs are directing the chefs to carefully cook the soup base on the stove on the east and west sides.

There is also a wide marble worktop in the middle of the house, and the 20-odd cooks, both men and women, are cutting all kinds of meat, washing vegetables, and slaughtering live fish on the counter, busy but not chaotic.

Li Ziyu stood quietly at the kitchen door for a moment and then walked into the kitchen.

Sister-in-law Zhang, who was slaughtering fathead fish, looked up and saw Li Ziyu, and hurriedly exclaimed, "Little girl, why did you come in?" No outsiders are allowed here. As he spoke, he stopped in front of Li Ziyu.

Sister-in-law Zhang's voice alarmed everyone, only to hear a high-ranking door shouting loudly: "Don't you know what day it is today?" Sister-in-law Zhang, get her away! ”

Why is Li Ziyu so familiar with this voice? Looking closer to the west, it turned out to be Wu Fatzi.

"Uncle Wu, don't you know me anymore?" Li Ziyu shouted.

Sister-in-law Zhang, who was about to catch up, hesitated when she heard that she knew Chef Wu, and turned her head to look at Chef Wu.

Chef Wu was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that it was Li Ziyu, he laughed loudly: "Oh, I said who has such courage, it turned out to be Xiaoyu, come on, come on, I heard that this is your idea?" You say you're a little man, what's the head of? ”

"Of course it's better than your fat pig's head!" It was a yin and yang voice that interjected.

As soon as Li Ziyu heard it, he knew that it was Zhao Zichang, the head of Zhao, so he called "Uncle Zhao" to the east.

At this time, she understood why the bottom of the pot was so aligned, and it turned out that these two were in charge, so it was no wonder.

One is the chef of Hunan cuisine for many years, and the other is a former imperial chef who is proficient in various cooking skills such as Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, and Beijing cuisine. These two are a perfect match.

After Li Ziyu said hello, he put down the bamboo basket on his back, and then said as if offering treasures: "Uncle Wu, Uncle Zhao, look at what this is?" ”

Wu Fatzi and Zhao Zichang took a closer look, and they both looked at Li Ziyu in disbelief: "Girl, wow, can you do tricks?" Where do you get greens in the winter? You're a god! ”

Li Ziyu pursed her lips and smiled: "Don't care how I got here, let's hurry up and serve the dishes now." I plan to only have a limited supply in private rooms, and I can only serve one plate per table, so I only have so much, and I can't supply more. ”

Saying that, Li Ziyu handed over the dishes to the kitchen, said hello to Wu Fatzi and Zhao Zichang, and walked to the front yard.

Today, Li Ziyu put on a new cotton coat, put on a new cover, and put on the new cotton shoes made for her by Yang Liu on her feet. Such a new dress is the best clothes for Li Ziyu, but in Shiyan Town, it is just the dress of the most ordinary civilian woman, and the maids of large families are better than her.

Li Ziyu stood in the corner of the lobby, listening carefully to the voice of Wu Fan greeting outside, confirming the identity of the person who came.

Actually, it's okay if she doesn't come today, and if the hot pot base is successfully boiled, she won't have anything to do. The opening of the business should be easy for Wu Fan, and it is nothing at all.

The reason why she came here today was to secretly get to know the representatives of the comprehensive strength of all parties in Shiyan Town, so that she knew it in her heart. Ren Xiaohang is the boss behind the Riri Red Restaurant, as long as there are people with a certain foundation in Shiyan Town, I am afraid they will know about it.

As a result, it surprised her.

In the deafening sound of firecrackers, she didn't expect that the first person to come was Fu Yunzhang, the commander of Fuyuan County, Fu Xiaoshuang's father.

Fu Yunzhang is in his thirties, tall and handsome. He was wearing a dark green elastic flower dark pattern brocade suit, exuding a strong bookish atmosphere, and walked over with a smile.

"Boss Wu is overjoyed! Great joy! Happy opening! Fu Yunzhang bowed his hand to Wu Fan and kept saying congratulations.

Wu Fan hurriedly introduced it inside, and said at the same time: "Rejoice and rejoice!" Lord Fu was able to come in his busy schedule, which really made the restaurant flourish, Lord Fu, please. ”

A junior immediately walked out next to him, and politely led Fu Yunzhang to the third floor.

Behind Fu Yunzhang, two of his entourages carried a fortune tree more than one person high and placed it at the door, which was a congratulatory gift to celebrate the opening of the restaurant.

The second person who came was the head snake of Shiyan Town, Sun Weizhong, the owner of Qianzhitang.

Sun Weizhong's face is as white as jade, his lips are red and his teeth are white, and his length is feminine. If you don't know his age, he is in his twenties just by looking at his face, but his actual age is already in his thirties. His appearance was also one of the reasons why Miss Meng was willing to marry back then. At this time, with a gentle smile on his face, he said hello to Wu Fan again and again.

Wu Fan also returned the salute and said "happy and happy".

Xiao Er on the side also led Sun Weizhong to the third floor.

Then, many well-known people in Shiyan Town came one after another, most of them were the heads of their own families, and most of them came with heavy gifts.

After these people, it is the appearance of the shopkeepers of various industries and shops, and for a while, the restaurant is full of guests from the lobby to the second and third floors, which is very lively.

Among the shopkeepers who came to Daoxi, Li Ziyu saw a few acquaintances, they had the Fu shopkeeper of the grocery store in his hometown, the man from the people's grain store who accompanied a shopkeeper surnamed Xiao, the proprietress of Jixiang Buzhuang Xiang's sister-in-law followed her husband Gu Qiuxiang, and the shopkeeper of Yongfutang called "Daqian Doctor" Qian Kaicheng.

Because Li Ziyu was small and hid behind the door, they didn't see Li Ziyu.

The biggest highlight of the restaurant that day is not only the characteristics of the hot pot, the deliciousness of the soup base, the richness of the dishes, but also the fresh vegetables.

It is said that many customers asked for a few more plates, but in the end, the number was limited.

Before Li Ziyu left, he told Wu Fan how to grow vegetables in winter, especially the later management.