Chapter 351: Taiping Tower
Li Ziyu took out twenty taels of silver from her arms and handed it to Sister-in-law Lin, saying, "You take these silvers first, and after eating, you and Sister-in-law Xue will take Zhao Zheng and a few of them to the street to buy some grain, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, firewood, etc., to maintain the expenses of these few days." ”
Sister-in-law Lin respectfully took the silver and nodded yes.
Li Ziyu gave Zhao Zheng and Sister-in-law Lin the keys on each door, and took everyone into the carriage to go out for dinner.
Before getting into the car, Li Ziyu hugged the youngest Li Yi and the thin Lin Qiu into Xiaoshan's carriage, and asked Sister-in-law Lin, who had not recovered her physical strength after illness, to get into her carriage, but she didn't expect Sister-in-law Lin to shake her head again and again and said, "Miss, I can't help it, this is not in accordance with the rules." Besides, Qiu'er is very grateful to be able to take the carriage to the slave maid, the slave and the maid can go by themselves, don't worry about the slave and maid anymore. ”
When Sister-in-law Lin said that later, tears fell: "The slave maid's family has a good life, and when I met the eldest lady's family, the slave and maid are content." ”
Lin Guotian, Lin Sisi, and Lin Zhu on the side were also full of emotion, and their eyes were also red.
The rest of the people watched this scene in silence, and they all recalled the hardships along the way with empathy, and their faces were slightly moved.
Li Ziyu didn't expect that just letting Lin Qiu take a car, Sister-in-law Lin was moved to cry, so you can imagine how difficult this family was in the past, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, if you don't sit, don't sit, let's go quickly." ”
Sister-in-law Lin hurriedly wiped away her tears, locked the shop, carefully put the key and silver in her arms, and followed everyone towards the restaurant.
Chai Bin's restaurant in Zhangkou Town is facing the street on the north side of Songxi Street, and the restaurant is called Taipinglou. It is a small two-story building with three rooms.
At the beginning, because the opening was relatively hasty, and the location was also a remote place to the west, the residents here were basically ordinary people. Who has nothing to do to eat in a restaurant? Therefore, the restaurant has been in a recession since it opened.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant was sent by Chai Bin from Fan Mansion in the capital to Fan Jingshu, the head of the Fan family, and he also indirectly expressed his loyalty to the master.
Because in the past ten years, although the couple has also taken time to go back to the capital to see their children by the way, almost all the people under their hands have been promoted by Chai Bin. As a subordinate, the most taboo thing is to let the master doubt his loyalty.
Chai Bin is smart, he nips in the bud all factors that may arouse the suspicion of the head of the family. Because of all the shopkeepers, after he found the little lady and the little master. He had already been replaced by someone sent by the head of the house.
As for the names of Li Ziyu's sisters and brothers, they and Li Ziyu reached a consensus in private. In order to avoid suspicion from others, the little lady and the little master were changed to miss and young master. In this way, others will not have more conjectures, and it will be relatively much safer.
When Li Ziyu arrived with people, a shopkeeper in his forties in front of the restaurant greeted him with two young men. said again and again, in all aspects: "The contemptible person is Zhang Wanlin, the shopkeeper of the restaurant." Welcome to the restaurant! Eldest Miss, Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master, Fifth Young Master, Sixth Miss, please among the guest officers! ”
Li Ziyu knew that this must be the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and now he looked at his sister and brother excitedly. must have known their identities, so he nodded and said, "The shopkeeper has worked hard!" We're a little bit overcrowded today. Eat more than anything, especially meat dishes, and have plenty of portions. ”
"Yes, yes, don't worry, Miss, you will be satisfied!" Zhang Wanlin said, excitedly going in to operate.
The two young men led Li Ziyu and the others into the restaurant and placed the rest in the lobby, but Li Ziyu's sister and brother and Ouyang Luo's mother and daughter were taken to a private room on the second floor.
Fu Xiaoshuang's sister and brother wanted to place them in another private room, but Fu Xiaoshuang didn't do it, so she just squeezed into Li Ziyu's private room.
Li Ziyu shook her head at the guy and motioned for the guy to go down and leave it alone. The young man had no choice but to go back to report to the shopkeeper.
Li Ziyu knew that since the shopkeeper knew the identity of their sister and brother, he would definitely come to visit them during dinner.
But today is obviously not a good time, only later. They all live in the same city, and there are not many opportunities, right?
Not long after they sat down, Wang Qiuyue hurriedly walked in, and behind her, Chai Bin greeted Li Ziyu and them with a smile on his face: "Eldest Miss, Second Young Master, Third Young Master, Fourth Young Master"
Li Ziyu waved his hand to stop him from talking any further, and said, "Okay, the false courtesy will be waived." How did you come here? How's the house going? ”
After speaking, he glanced at Wang Qiuyue, it must have been Wang Qiuyue who called Chai Bin over. Wang Qiuyue looked at Li Ziyu and smiled, and sat on an empty chair by the way.
Chai Bin walked to Li Ziyu's side, bowed slightly and said: "Now five courtyards have been built, because of the continuous burning of the kang, the house has been able to live, and now they have basically moved into the house, but there are still two people who don't know how to settle it."
Li Ziyu thought about it, and suddenly remembered the mother and son of Wang Erya in Xiaodonggou who were rescued that day, and said: "Let them live in my house temporarily, and the public will bear all the food first." I'll take a look when I have time and put their mother and son in a proper place. ”
As he spoke, the guys brought up the dishes one after another, and set a table full of them.
These dishes are a combination of meat and vegetables, meat dishes account for the majority, and vegetables account for a relatively small proportion. However, I didn't find any special dishes. The staple food is rice and steamed buns, which are hot and seduce everyone's appetite.
Chai Bin and his wife also naturally joined the table, and everyone finished the meal very happily and ate very happily.
Before leaving, Li Ziyu went to the shopkeeper's room at the back of the building alone, Zhang Wanlin saw Li Ziyu, knelt down and kowtowed very excitedly, and his tone was slightly choked: "The old slave has seen the little miss, the old slave kowtowed to the little miss, the sky has eyes, and the descendants of the young lady are still alive." If the lord saw you, I don't know how happy he would be."
Li Ziyu stretched out her hand to help Zhang Wanlin up, and said, "Grandpa Zhang, how are your grandfather and grandmother?" Uncle and aunt are okay too? You tell them not to worry about us anymore. We're doing well now, and our younger siblings are all fighting, so we'll be doing well. ”
"Hey, the slave will send a message to the master and the lady, the slave has the capital to show off, the slave has seen the little lady and the little master, and the slave is happy!" Zhang Wanlin wiped away his old tears on the side, and his face was full of relief after the vicissitudes of life.
Li Ziyu then inquired about the operation mode of the restaurant and some recipes, and made some suggestions. The main thing is to make some barbecue attempts based on the large number of vegetables on the market in the future.
Li Ziyu wrote him a few recipes, mutton, haggis, seasonal vegetables, chicken offal, chicken, chicken racks, various spices, charcoal, barbecue utensils, etc., all of which were written for him comprehensively.
And wrote some precautions into it, mainly the recipe of the seasoning should not be easily leaked out. If it is leaked, other restaurants will follow suit, and the Taiping Mansion will lose its advantage.
In view of the low consumption in nearby residential areas, barbecue is undoubtedly the best channel to attract residents' consumption. You can taste it fresh, but it doesn't cost a few dollars, and it is estimated that the restaurant will be popular this summer. This idea hopes to increase the consumption power of the restaurant, and it is not in vain for my grandfather's heart to lick the calf for his sister and brother.
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