Chapter Twenty-Three: The Day of the Competition
Before the proprietress Linghua could speak, the cook who was standing aside and said heartily: "Girl, our proprietress picks up the kitchen knife, which is incomparable!" Xinghualou's first-class dishes, full of ten dishes, are the craftsmanship of ten generations, and the ancestors of Xinghualou have cooked for the emperor before. ”
"What are you bragging about! Hurry up and do your job! The proprietress Linghua glanced at the talking cook, threw a cabbage to him, and told him to cut it.
According to Linghua's explanation, notices were posted at the door of the store early, and everyone was talking, all waiting for the day after tomorrow to find out.
In the afternoon, Han Jingxuan went to the store, swaggered on the pear chair next to the counter, and muttered to the proprietress next to him, Linghua: "What if you lose this game, Yanzi is not going to be taken away by the people of Fuhongju, that boss is not a good thing." ”
Saying that, Han Jingxuan also beckoned for a fairy grass jelly, and looked around after eating it, but he was just looking for a swallow.
I saw the proprietress Linghua chuckling: "Since I dare to play this game with Fuhongju, I am naturally sure of winning, don't look at the scene of Fuhongju now, in fact, it has long been an empty shell, there are few accounts, the boss's wife is almost running away with others now, a good business, all lost in the hands of the boss, and all the money earned before was taken away by others." ”
Yanzi came down from the second floor, saw this side, and also walked over to listen to the gossip of the proprietress Linghua.
The three of them formed a group, tea was prepared, and melon seeds were also arranged.
"This boss smokes marijuana, and the money earned by this restaurant has been harmed by him, you are young, and you are not often here, you don't know, their family has long been out of shape, these days no longer Fu Hongju is looking for his wife again, two days ago I heard that he ran away with a businessman, and took away with the child." The proprietress Linghua knocked on the melon seeds, and when she spoke, she also skimmed the opposite Fuhongju.
"It's true that Boss Ren smokes marijuana, just look at his appearance, don't say that his mouth is full of yellow teeth, it's quite unusual for his wife to steal people, and there has never been such a scandal in Jinhua Town." Han Jingxuan propped his hands behind his head, pursed the last mouthful of fairy grass jelly on his lips, and snorted coldly.
The proprietress Linghua nodded straightly: "Fuhongju is almost out of cooks now, even if he has a family background again, he can't estimate the dishes he makes, and a few days ago he dragged other people's guest officials to pay them and didn't give them, and he was cheated!" ”
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Yanzi only listened to the two of them, that is, he already knew a lot of things, and the character of Boss Ren was really not much, and then he thought about the last time he was in the teahouse, he felt afraid.
For a long time, Yanzi subconsciously turned his head to look at Han Jingxuan, if he hadn't solved the siege without him last time, he didn't know what the result would be.
"Look at what! Am I so good-looking? Han Jingxuan chuckled, raised his hand and shook it in front of Yanzi's eyes.
The swallow came back to her senses and pouted: "It's much better looking than you!" Narcissistic...", got up and took the teapot to change the tea.
"More? Jinhua Town doesn't look better than me! Don't believe it! Han Jingxuan got up and patted the corner of his clothes, raising his eyebrows and shouting loudly.
The proprietress Linghua sat there, looking at the two of them, her eyes were full of joy, and she said to herself: "It's good to be young, how good!" ”
In one day, everyone in Jinhua Town knew that the two major restaurants of Xinghualou and Fuhongju were going to compete and compete against each other. From the elderly in their eighties and nineties to the babies and children of five or six months old, they all come to watch the excitement and take a bite to eat.
There are many people, the proprietress Linghua arranged early, on the day of the game, Xinghualou is open for free, ten people a table, a table of ten dishes. However, you have to taste it first and give an evaluation before you can enter the gate of Xinghualou.
On the day of the competition, Chang'an Street, where Xinghualou and Fuhongju are located, was very lively, and the shops and stalls around were gone, and they gathered on both sides of the street, crowded with people.
I saw a circular ring on the street between the two shops, with Zhang Feiyang red flags planted on both sides, one side wrote Xinghualou, and the other side wrote Fuhongju, and the back two sides beat drums and vibrated power, the wind blew, the red flag fluttered, and the drums followed up.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the day of the competition between our two major restaurants of Xinghualou and Fuhongju, in order to benefit the people and make our dishes better, we specially invite the people of Jinhua Town to come and taste them, and see whose dishes are better!" Standing in the middle of the ring was the shopkeeper of the Library Pavilion, and he was the best at this kind of presiding over the scene, and he came over early yesterday morning to stop this matter.
After that, I saw another person appear in the ring, holding a large cardboard box in his hand, and I don't know what it contained.
"There are too many people in our Jinhua Town, in order to compete for a fair match, the people who draw the red paper will sit down at our hundred round table, and you will vote for the two families, and the rest of the people who have not drawn votes can choose one and taste it at will."
The shopkeeper Zhang said, the following was already boiling, everyone was talking, and the two shopkeepers were maintaining order below, organizing them to line up and be uniform.
In a moment, the people who had drawn a hundred pieces of red paper sat down early, and waited for the food to be served, when they heard only a gong and drum sound.
"First course, out!" The shopkeeper raised his voice.
Two children on either side of the ring served their first dishes.
Shopkeeper Zhang immediately reported: "Xinghualou, the first dish of pearl tofu!" The first dish of Fuhongju, sweet and sour lotus root! ”
When the food was served, the two restaurants were all crowded with people, and the children in the store were even more busy, but the two bosses were standing in the ring, watching the situation here.
"Linghua, it's not necessarily you who wins today, I'll get Yanzi and future business back!" Boss Ren snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and whispered to Linghua who was standing beside him.
I saw Linghua raise her head and glance angrily: "Boss Ren, don't talk too much, what the result is today is not certain!" ”
"Okay, then you can take a look today, see how the swallows get into our Fuhongju!" Boss Ren said, raising his eyes to look at the swallow sitting under the ring, and the corners of his mouth were smiling.
The first course, the second course, came up one after another, and the hundred men and women, old and young, of all ages, were drawn out, which was quite fair.
"Your mother and your brother have been arranged by me, sitting in the most powerful place on the third floor, and I also specially arranged a fairy grass jelly for your brother!" Han Jingxuan strode over and sat down next to the swallow, grinning.
"Okay, thank you for that!" Yanzi said, and continued to look at Boss Ren in the ring.
accidentally bumped into the eyes, which immediately made the swallow shiver all over, a spirit.
"Boss Ren really thinks we don't know anything! Look at his appearance of being a villain right away, I don't know who will go wrong for a while! Yanzi chuckled lightly and whispered to Han Jingxuan beside him.