After breakfast, Yang Muyun had to walk around the restaurant as usual. When the guys in the restaurant saw the arrival of the shopkeeper, they worked harder, scrubbing and wiping, and they couldn't wait to wipe off the patent leather on the pillars of the seats. Yang Muyun walked into the courtyard behind him again, walking and walking, and suddenly heard a noisy chirping of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, and knew that it was not far from the back kitchen, and the back kitchen specially encircled a large courtyard to feed animals.

He walked through a narrow corridor, turned the wall and saw a large courtyard, and at the same time, a strong fishy smell came to his nose. Here, chickens fly and dogs jump, goose feathers fly all over the sky, and the sound of bleating sheep is endless.

The sheep's cry is miserable and sharp, look closely, this is not tight, at a glance, the end can be frightened. I saw that the flesh and blood on the mouths of those sheep were blurred, and a piece of flesh had been cut off from their upper lips, screaming and scurrying around. A man with a large waist and a white apron around his waist instructed two of his cooks, one to press a sheep, and the other to carefully shave the sheep's lips with a shiny knife, no more, no less. The sheep struggled in pain, but still couldn't get rid of the blade in the man's hand.

"Shopkeeper." When the man in the white apron and the two guys saw Yang Muyun, they let go of the sheep and bowed.

"What are you doing here?" Yang Muyun asked. He knew that the man in the white apron was Chef Xing, the first chef of Fei Hongju.

"Back to the shopkeeper," Master Xing said respectfully: "This lamb lip is used to cook, charcoal roasted lamb lip is a famous dish in our restaurant, and many dignitaries and dignitaries have come to order it." ”

"Did anyone order it so early?"

"The foreign envoy who lives in our restaurant sent a message early that he would eat this charcoal-roasted lamb lip at noon." Master Xing wiped his hands on his apron and said.

"Oh?" Yang Muyun glanced at the screaming sheep and said, "How many lamb lips do you need for this dish?" ”

"About a hundred and ten," Master Xing said with a deep sigh, "This sheep is also edible on its lips, and the rest are smelly, and it is not enough to take it." ”

Yang Muyun was taken aback and said, "Then how can these hundred and ten sheep be disposed of after they cut their lips?" ”

"If this sheep has cut its lips, it will not live long, if the guests need it, they can be slaughtered and make a whole sheep feast, if no one wants it, they can only be thrown away." Master Xing said.

"Wouldn't that be a waste?" Yang Muyun exclaimed: "Sacrifice a whole sheep for a lip? ”

"But the customer pays for a whole sheep, and you have to pay as many sheep as there are lamb lips in the dish," Chef Xing said with a smile. ”

"And how many taels of silver does this dish cost?" Yang Muyun asked.

"One hundred taels." Master Xing said.

"One dish is one hundred taels, and if you put together a few famous dishes, the banquet of five hundred taels will be completed." Yang Muyun sighed in his heart, listening to the miserable cry of the sheep in his ears, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and he couldn't stand it anymore. "It's too cruel to make this dish," Yang Muyun said secretly in his heart: "Why did the concubine of the Luchuan Kingdom order this dish?" No, this 'Yang' and 'sheep' are homophonic, she didn't kill me last night, wouldn't it be a special dish to vent her anger? ”

"Shopkeeper," Master Xing smiled and brought an oiled paper bag, "This is a small one dedicated to honoring you, and please accept it with a smile." ”

"What is this?" Yang Muyun smelled a smell of meat mixed with the fragrance of oil, and opened the oil paper bag to see that it was a pack of fried golden goose paws.

"This is also a signature dish of our restaurant, 'Crispy Goose Paw'." Master Xing said with a smile on his face: "Set up an oil pot by the pool where the goose swims, and after the oil boils, grab the goose in the pond and let the goose paws soak in the boiling oil, soak it and throw the goose back into the pool." After a while, grab the goose again and put the goose paws back into the boiling oil...... Five or six times like this, the goose is still alive, and the goose's paws are already crispy. Chop it up and eat it, it tastes very good, and many diners ordered today's crispy goose paw yesterday. This crispy goose paw is the first pot out of today, and the small one is brought to you, how can you taste it? ”

Yang Muyun only felt his scalp tingle when he heard this, and it seemed that such a scene appeared in front of him, hundreds of big white geese were suffering unimaginably and rolling and struggling in the pool water in grief. There was a churn in my stomach, and I looked like I wanted to gag.

"Shopkeeper, what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well?" Master Xing asked when he saw that his face was wrong.

"Well, it's okay," Yang Muyun waved his hand, "Master Xing, I have received your kindness, but I like vegetarian food.

You should keep this crispy goose paw for yourself! With that, he turned around and hurried away.

"Is this shopkeeper really only a vegetarian?" Master Xing looked at the guys beside him.

The two men shook their heads ignorantly.

"The shopkeeper may not know how delicious this crispy goose paw is," Master Xing shook his head and sighed, "It seems that I can only keep the wine for myself." ”

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Since this time, Yang Muyun rarely went to the back kitchen, and for a few days, the whole restaurant was safe, and the concubine from Luchuan did not come to trouble him again. Ning Zuer and the Mo brothers still live in the backyard, but Mo Buyu never comes to drink with him anymore. There is also the blind son and father and daughter, who still sing in the restaurant all day long, and then return to the firewood room in the backyard to rest at night.

On this day, Yang Muyun was looking through the account book, since he came to this restaurant, he has developed the habit of looking at the account book, how much income and expenditure every day, how much fruits, vegetables and poultry are entered, and how much money is sold after being made into dishes, he must be aware of it.

"Shopkeeper," Ren Yuan, the head of the third floor, ran over and said, "There's a guest upstairs who wants to see you." ”

"Oh," Yang Muyun saw that his face was a little strange, so he asked, "Is there something wrong with the dishes we serve to the guests?" ”

"No," Ren Yuan shook his head, "this guest just wants to talk to you as the shopkeeper." ”

"That's funny," Yang Muyun chuckled, "Let's go, you take me to meet him." ”

......

There was a small private room in the northwest corner of the third floor, and Ren Yuan stopped and bowed to the inside.

Yang Muyun bowed slightly, stepped forward and pushed the door in.

"Guest officer, I'm polite." Yang Muyun entered the door and bowed.

"Shopkeeper Yang, please take a seat." The voice was delicate, and it was a woman.

Yang Muyun was stunned for a moment, raised his head, and in front of him were two women wearing draped gauze hats, covered with tulle, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, but judging from their slender and slender bodies, they should not be evil. One of the women was sitting, and the other was standing beside her.

Yang Muyun hesitated for a moment, then walked over to the two women and sat down.

The woman who was sitting gestured slightly, and the woman who was standing walked over and closed the door.

"Two ......," Yang Muyun didn't know what to call them for a while, "Is there anything going on here?" ”

The seated woman took off her draped hood from her head, revealing a familiar and beautiful face.

"...... Chen" Yang Muyun's eyes widened in surprise, "Mrs. Zhu, you...... What are you doing here? Sitting opposite Yang Muyun was Chen Siyu.

"You...... Are you alright? Chen Siyu stared at him deeply and said.

"I ......" Yang Muyun felt as if he was choking on something, and he didn't know what to say, but he asked rhetorically, "What about you, how are you doing if you marry into the Chengguo Mansion?" ”

"Well," a slight smile appeared on Chen Siyu's face, "My father-in-law and mother-in-law treat me very well." ”

"This means that the prince treats you badly." Yang Muyun said secretly in his heart. He looked at Chen Siyu's reduced jade face, bit his lip and said, "That's good, I'm really worried that the prince will bully you after you get married!" ”

Chen Siyu smiled slightly, changed the topic and said, "The emperor still doesn't mean to use you?" ”

"The emperor has a lot ......of opportunities," Yang Muyun smiled bitterly, "There are so many big things to do, how can you remember such a small person as me?" Afraid that she would be worried, he then shrugged his shoulders, as if he was very relaxed, "I'm not bad now, I am very busy every day to take care of such a large restaurant!" ”

"Do you really think so?" Chen Siyu's clear eyes seemed to be able to directly see his heart, "Just live a mediocre life in this market?" ”

Yang Muyun was silent, he could pretend to be happy, but he couldn't deceive himself. The man is Youzeshi, and when he thinks of an uncertain future, he can't be relaxed.

"If there's an opportunity you need to try, would you take it?" Chen Siyu looked at him and said.

"What chance?" Yang Muyun met her gaze and said, "You went to beg your father-in-law for me?" ”

Chen Siyu didn't care about his words, "In half a month, it will be the autumn exercise of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, and all military personnel who are not in duty in Beijing can participate, and if they perform well in the exercise, they can be ......promoted on the spot."

"But I have never been in the army," Yang Muyun said: "I don't know anything about the army's drills, and I was originally a palace guard, with a five-rank title, so in what capacity will I participate in the drill?" ”

Chen Siyu took out an appointment certificate from his sleeve, which was stamped with the big seal of the Ministry of War.

"This is the appointment certificate of the general flag under the command of the army in the fifth military camp, you can take this and go directly to participate in the drill," Chen Siyu saw that his face was unhappy, so he said: "You were originally a thousand households, and now it is a little aggrieved to let you be a general flag, but you have never led soldiers, and it is not appropriate to be placed in a high position rashly......

"Thank you," Yang Muyun said lightly: "I'm idle at home, even if I want to be an ordinary captain, it's nothing, Cheng Guogong really looks up to me, and actually gave me a real lack of a general flag." It's really hard for him. ”

"Young Master Yang, did you agree?" Chen Siyu's face was happy.

Yang Muyun smiled reluctantly, and pushed the appointment certificate in front of Chen Siyu again, "Mrs. Zhu, thank you for your kindness, but I, Yang someone, have never been trained in the army, and I will be very unaccustomed to entering the barracks suddenly, how can I be worthy of the position of the general flag, and please take him back." ”

"Young Master Yang," Chen Siyu stared at him and said slowly, "I know that you were originally an errand boy by the emperor's side, and you also held a high position in the Jinyi Guard. When you were in Nandu, you were a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, you saved Wang Ji, King Ji, as well as King Yu and the princess, and you also made many meritorious contributions after coming to Beijing......"

"It's all in the past, why do you mention it?" Yang Muyun said with some interest.

"You are the man I admire the most in my heart," Chen Siyu's voice gradually became excited, "In my eyes, no one is stronger than you, and I don't want to see you like this." ”

"But there's nothing wrong with me now," Yang Muyun's face was indifferent, "The money I earn here is higher than the money I earned when I was a fifth-grade official." And there's no risk. ”

"Is that really what you think in your heart?" Chen Siyu stood up, stared at him tightly with a pair of eyes, and suddenly sighed, "Zhu Yi is also preparing to participate in this exercise, and he can sit at home and be a son of a family." Turning around and casting a faint glance at him, "I got this appointment for you, don't ask me how I got it, you can not admit my affection, but you can't let your ambitions be wiped out......" put on a draped veil hat and walked slowly towards the door, and said without looking back: "You can throw this official away, burn it, in short, you can dispose of it." Just like I've never been to you. ”

"Siyu-" Yang Muyun stopped her, she slowly turned sideways, and looked at him quietly with a pair of beautiful eyes.

"Thank you!" Yang Muyun stood up and said something deep to her.

"Hmm." The drape on Chen Siyu's hat moved slightly.

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In the inner hall of the Zhou Mansion, Yang Muyun put the appointment certificate on the table, and Zhou Mengnan and Zi Su were sitting beside him.

"This was given to you by Miss Chen herself?" Zhou Mengnan asked.

Yang Muyun nodded, "I heard that the scale of this autumn drill is very large, and almost all the three major battalions of the Beijing Division have been mobilized to participate. ”

"This opportunity is good," Zi Su glanced at him, "It's just that the official is a little smaller, and it's a general banner, you must know that you were the avant-garde of the government army before the fifth grade with a knife official and the brocade clothes Weibei Town Fu Si Qianhu, this time from the fifth grade to the seventh grade, doesn't the husband feel lost in his heart?" ”

"I'm still the avant-garde of the government army, the five-rank sword officer and the Jinyi Weibei Town, Fu Si Qianhu," Yang Muyun said indifferently: "It's just an empty head with a rank and no position, although the general flag is a seven-grade, but it is a real shortage." ”

"What Xianggong said is," Zhou Mengnan said: "It's rare that Miss Chen has found an opportunity for you to perform, Xianggong must seize it!" ”

"And don't live up to Miss Chen's hard work," Zi Su said with a smile: "Sister Zhou, Miss Chen said peace, and only then did she get a seven-grade real shortage for her husband, which is really not worth it." However, I finally got a real errand, and I heard that the emperor also attaches great importance to this exercise! If the husband performs well, it is not impossible to regain the favor of the emperor. ”