On Longmen Mountain, it is still in that position, Lu Xiaoxian and the Di family father and son stand hand in hand.

"Sir, do you think it's troublesome to build a house? How many days does it take? ”

The first thing Lu Xiaoxian planned was to build a house first, and the scenery of this place he looked at was absolutely nothing to say. Building a house now is not as cumbersome as in later generations, and you have to build a house before you want to open a restaurant.

"How many are you going to build?" Di Renjie asked.

"Let me do the math, four larger ones should be free seats, two smaller ones should be private rooms, and there should be a kitchen, a storeroom, and two living rooms. Ten in total! Lu Xiaoxian pinched his fingers and counted.

"Ten rooms, so many, at least a month!"

"Huh? So long? Lu Xiaoxian's face was full of surprise.

"That's already the fastest!"

"It takes a month to build ten huts? No, it's too slow! Lu Xiaoxian muttered to himself.

A month later, Li Qianli arrived in Luoyang, what is the use of building a house.

"Wait, what do you say? Thatched cottage? Di Renjie asked suddenly.

"Yes, hut, what's wrong!"

"Why didn't you say it earlier? I thought it was a brick house! Thatched huts are much easier, ten huts can be built in three days! Di Renjie laughed.

"Really? That's great, you can help me calculate how much silver I need! Lu Xiaoxian was very happy to hear this.

"Ah, this ......" Di Renjie didn't know the price of building a thatched house, so he had to say nonsense, "It probably costs ten taels of silver!" ”

"Ten taels of silver! Not expensive, not expensive! Sir, you should advance this silver first! After speaking, Lu Xiaoxian took out something from his arms and handed it to Di Renjie, "This is the drawing, and the matter of building a thatched hut will be handed over to you!" I'll come to the acceptance in three days! ”

"Ahh Leave it to me! This ......"

Di Renjie was stunned, and Lu Xiaoxian became the shopkeeper in a blink of an eye.

Di Renjie was about to excuse himself, but he caught a glimpse of Di Guangyuan's face and was about to have a seizure, so he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Okay, I promise to deliver the work in three days!" ”

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For several days in a row, many people were busy working in the open space of Longmen Mountain.

Di Renjie quietly pulled Di Guangyuan aside: "Guangyuan, is it done?" ”

"Father, it's done, but do you know how much money it spent?" Di Guangyuan's face was full of displeasure.

"How much?"

"Fifty taels!"

"Huh? So much? It seems that the ten taels of silver I said are not reliable! Di Renjie patted his head self-deprecatingly.

"Ten taels of silver can also be built, but it's too bad!"

Di Renjie shook his head: "That's not possible, Lu Gongzi said, it's better than an ordinary thatched house!" ”

Three days later, the hut was officially completed.

According to Lu Xiaoxian's drawings, the ten thatched houses are scattered, surrounded by wooden fences, and two red lanterns are hung in front of the wooden door at the door. Tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans and other items needed for the restaurant are all available.

Looking at the thatched hut in front of him, Lu Xiaoxian's heart was inexplicably excited, and he turned to Di Renjie and said, "Old man, thank you for your hard work!" ”

"No thanks, no thanks, this is what I should do!" Di Renjie also smiled on his face.

Di Guangyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly on the side: I paid for the silver, I found the people, and I personally supervised the construction of the hut.

As long as his father is happy, Di Guangyuan is too lazy to worry about Lu Xiaoxian.

"Master Lu, why don't you build a brick house, it's really not good to build a wooden house, but you want to build a thatched house?" Di Renjie asked strangely.

"Then you don't need to ask, the brick house is too expensive, and the thatched house is of course much cheaper!" Di Guangyuan interjected on the side.

"No, no! It's not that simple, Lu Gongzi must have his thoughts! Di Renjie shook his head and said.

"Haha, the old gentleman who knows me is also!" Lu Xiaoxian stretched out a thumbs up to Di Renjie.

Di Renjie stroked his beard proudly, waiting for Lu Xiaoxian's next step.

"Sir, what did you say this restaurant was for?" Lu Xiaoxian asked with a smile.

"To earn money!"

"Then tell me more, is it that the people in Luoyang City have more money or the people in the suburban villages have more money?"

"Of course, the people in Luoyang City have a lot of money!"

"Isn't this over, the thatched hut is built to earn the silver of those people in Luoyang City."

"What does this hut have to do with those people in Luoyang City?" Di Guang was far from puzzled.

"Scarcity is expensive, you know? If you build a brick house, no matter how good it is, it can't compare to the mansions of those rich people in Luoyang City. They have long been tired of living in brick houses every day, and it is not uncommon at all. The thatched hut is different, it is a rarity in the eyes of the rich, and if it is a rarity, it will be tried, do you understand? ”

"I seem to understand something!" Di Guangyuan asked tentatively: "It's like a person who is tired of eating big fish and meat, and wants to eat some wild vegetables!" ”

"That's true, but that's not the main thing!" Lu Xiaoxian said meaningfully.

"Anything else?" Di Renjie also felt strange.

"No matter who you are, even if you have a lot of money, you want to have a paradise in your heart. Those people in Luoyang City come to our restaurant, they can stay away from the noise, return to nature, and experience the coveted lifestyle of "opening a noodle garden, talking about wine and mulberry hemp" and "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan". Once they are relaxed and happy, will they be reluctant to spend money? ”

After listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Di Renjie and Di Guangyuan were completely speechless.

Especially Di Renjie, his heart is even more strange: he can compose poems, write inscriptions, create bookkeeping methods and sentence reading symbols, and even know how to do business, how many things does he know?

"Old man, Di Gongzi, I will treat you today!" Lu Xiaoxian is rare to be generous.

Lu Xiaoxian took Di Renjie and Di Guangyuan to the top of the mountain and picked mushrooms, bamboo sunflowers, oyster mushrooms, mushrooms, pine nuts, chestnuts, citron, ginkgo, walnuts, bamboo shoots and other mountain goods.

Back at the hut, Lu Xiaoxian instructed the Di family and his son to wash the mountain goods, and then boiled a large pot of boiling water.

Lu Xiaoxian put these mountain goods into the pot with a reasonable combination, and explained: "The heat control of boiling water is particular, it is not good if it is long, it is not good if it is short, it is too soft if it is long, and it is too hard if it is short." ”

"Di Gongzi, it's okay, get out of the pot!" Lu Xiaoxian gave an order.

Di Guangyuan scooped up the scalded ingredients in the pot and put them into the basin that had been prepared. I saw that these mountain delicacies were steaming, the color was bright, tender as meat puree, and the soup was fragrant.

"Sir, divide them evenly into two plates!" Lu Xiaoxian ordered again.

Di Renjie did as he was told.

Lu Xiaoxian sprinkled some salt, cucumber shreds, green coriander leaves, and thin sesame paste on one of the plates, and stirred them evenly, making people feel like their appetite was moving.

Then Lu Xiaoxian personally used a large spoon of boiling pot, adding soy sauce, chopped green onions, minced garlic, minced ginger, and noodle sauce to boil the seasoning into a thick and unthick juice and pour it on another plate.

The fragrance dispersed, and a large amount of saliva leached out of Di Renjie and Di Guangyuan's mouths, while at the same time, a painful contraction occurred under the ears of the cheekbones.

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