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That's what I'm waiting for. Li Qiqiang held back a smile and said sternly: "It's useless to just say it, so let's test your basic understanding of chefs first." ”

The more Li Qi said this, the more Wu Xiaoliu felt that he was not perfunctory, and said happily: "Okay, just ask." ”

Li Qi deliberately pretended to be thinking, and after a while, he said, "By the way, can you write?" ”

Wu Xiaoliu nodded and said, "I used to study with my uncle for a few years, and I can write a little." ”

Li Qi nodded and said: "That's good, so be it, I'll give you a day, you go to some restaurants outside, and collect the favorite dishes of our Bianliang people for me, remember, the more detailed, the better." ”

"That's all --- this?"

Wu Xiaoliu's eyes widened and said. He thought that Li Qi would ask him some knowledge about cooking, but he didn't expect to ask him to run errands, and he was confused and depressed.

Li Qi glanced at him and said, "What?" Do you think it's simple? Did you know that understanding the tastes of your guests is a must-have for a chef, unless you learn to cook, just to make it for yourself? ”

When Wu Xiaoliu heard this, he felt that what Li Qi said was very reasonable, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "I understand, I'll go early tomorrow morning." ”

"Hmm!"

Li Qi was very satisfied with Wu Xiaoliu's attitude, nodded, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way, Liuzi, is the key to the kitchen in your hand?" ”

"Yes, Brother Li, do you want to use the kitchen?"

"Well, I'd like to borrow it for a few days."

"No problem, no one uses it now anyway, you wait, I'll give it to you now." Wu Xiaoliu was worried that he didn't have a chance to pat himself, and when he heard Li Qi say this, he hurriedly took out a copper key from the wardrobe and handed it to Li Qi.

Li Qi took the key and threw it in his hand, his eyes flashing, an almost perfect plan to seize the Drunken Immortal Residence had been born in his heart.

In fact, Li Qi instructed Wu Xiaoliu to do the so-called "market research", since he has decided to show his strength in Bianliang, Tokyo, then market research is of course indispensable, although he has lived in this land, but time has changed, then people's tastes will definitely be different, so he must re-understand people's tastes now.

This move seems simple, but for Li Qi, it is the most important thing, and there is no room for any mistakes, he originally wanted to go by himself, but due to the urgency of time and the lack of manpower, it was handed over to Wu Xiaoliu.

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Early the next morning, Wu Xiaoliu got up from the bed, said hello to Li Qi, and hurriedly went out. This was the first task given to him by Li Qi, and he naturally did not dare to slack off.

Li Qi was not idle, Wu Xiaoliu had left less than a cup of tea, and he also went out with the silver.

There are more than 70 large and small restaurants in the Northern Song Dynasty, and if you want to investigate door to door, it will take at least ten days, which is too time-consuming, so Li Qi only asked Wu Xiaoliu to focus on investigating a few restaurants with relatively large traffic.

But even so, Wu Xiaoliu was tired enough, and when he came back, it was already evening.

Knock knock!

"Brother Li, Brother Li--- huh? Not in the house. Wu Xiaoliu knocked on the door in front of Li Qi's door for a long time, and when he saw that there was no movement in the house, he scratched his head and said to himself: "Haven't you come back yet?" It's impossible, it's so late, and I should be back, isn't it --- in the kitchen? ”

Wu Xiaoliu suddenly remembered that Li Qi said yesterday that he would borrow the kitchen for a few days, so he hurriedly ran towards the kitchen.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw Li Qi standing alone in the kitchen, holding a rag in one hand, and carefully wiping the four large urns that could fit into an adult.

"Liuzi, you're back." Li Qi saw Wu Xiaoliu coming, put down the work in his hand, and said with a smile.

Wu Xiaoliu nodded, pointed to the four big urns, and said suspiciously: "Brother Li, you got this?" ”

"Hmm!"

Li Qi nodded and asked, "How was your harvest today?" ”

"Oh, yes."

Wu Xiaoliu was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted, took out a piece of rice paper from his arms, handed it to Li Qi, and said excitedly: "Brother Li, you see, this is the news I inquired about today, and all the things written on it are the vegetables and snacks that the people of Bianjing love to eat." ”

Li Qi took it and looked at it, the dishes on it were basically mutton and beef, followed by fish, and there was very little pork, and the taste was more salty and sweet, and the spicy taste was less.

Li Qi looked at it roughly, nodded with satisfaction, and praised Wu Xiaoliu: "You did a good job, this information is very useful to us, but how did you collect this information?" ”

Wu Xiaoliu smiled and said, "Brother Li, do you remember the two taels of silver you gave me this morning?" ”

"Of course I remember, what's wrong?" Li Qi nodded, these two taels of silver can be said to be the errand fee he gave Wu Xiaoliu, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "I know, did you take this silver to buy off those restaurant guys and get this information from their mouths." ”

Wu Xiaoliu grinned and said, "It seems that I can't hide anything from you." ”

This kid is quite clever. Li Qi laughed and said, "Then what if I spend all the money I gave you?" ”

Wu Xiaoliu hurriedly shook his head, stretched out a finger, and said, "There are more than one or two left." ”

"So much left?" Li Qi was surprised.

"Brother Li, you don't know this, their bartenders, aren't they just two or three copper plates to be sent away." Wu Xiaoliu smiled proudly.

"It seems that when you used to be a bartender, you also made a lot of profits." Richie quipped.

Wu Xiaoliu laughed a few times, which was considered a tacit acquiescence, and suddenly pointed to the four big urns, and said curiously: "Brother Li, what are these things for?" ”

Richie laughed, "Oh, they're for amaranth juice." ”

"Amaranth juice?"

Wu Xiaoliu scratched his head and asked, "Brother Li, what is this amaranth juice?" ”

"Do you know amaranth?" Richie asked.

"I know this, some people like to pickle this amaranth at home, and Master Zhou has also made it before." Wu Xiaoliu nodded.

Li Qi laughed: "Amaranth juice is the juice left after the amaranth is pickled. ”

Wu Xiaoliu opened his mouth wide and said in surprise: "Brother Li, the amaranth juice you said is those stinky waters?" ”

Richie nodded.

"Brother Li, what do you want that thing for?" Wu Xiaoliu asked puzzled.

"Don't ask about that, you'll know then." Li Qi smiled deeply, and then asked, "You said that I spent a penny to collect this stinky water, is it enough?" ”

"Of course it's enough, anyway, it's useless for them to keep the stinky water." Wu Xiaoliu said.

"That's okay," Li Qi said and took out three taels of silver and handed it to Wu Xiaoliu, saying, "You take this silver to exchange it for some copper coins, and you can go with me outside the city tomorrow." ”

At this moment, Wu Xiaoliu knew that Li Qi was not joking with himself.

Take the silver to buy "stinky water", what is Brother Li going to do? Wu Xiaoliu thought about it for a long time, but he didn't figure it out, but seeing that Li Qi didn't want to say, he didn't ask more, and he was very much looking forward to it.

Early the next morning, Li Qi asked Wu Xiaoliu to spend money to hire a donkey cart, and then the master and apprentice pulled the donkey cart to some small villages more than ten miles away from the city.

Because spring has arrived, most of the people's pickles at home have eaten almost, and the remaining stubs and juices are also ready to be poured out, because a new round of pickle season is about to begin. This saved Richie a lot of time and effort.

Of course, Li Qi didn't want to see "stinky water", first of all, it had to be amaranth juice or mustard juice, and secondly, he had to smell it, the stronger the smell, the more he liked it, not long after pickling it just now, he didn't want it, which made Wu Xiaoliu on the side even more curious.

In less than a day, the four large urns were all filled.

This is not over, on the second day, Li Qi took Wu Xiaoliu to the market a few times, and bought a large number of bean drums, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots and other side dishes, as well as four jars of fine wine.

He first bought mushrooms, bean drums and other ingredients, a pot, first boiled with a fire, then turned to a simmer, then discarded the residue to take water, after cooling, according to a certain proportion mixed with the wine, poured into the four large urns, and then used a cloth to completely seal the mouth of the urn, and then put the four large urns into the wine cellar of the drunken immortal residence.

This can make Wu Xiaoliu look stupid, you just collect stinky water, and even pour such a good wine into it, it's not such a trick to be rich!

After Li Qi got all the qiē done, Wu Xiaoliu finally couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart and asked, "Brother Li, what are you doing here?" ”

"Interesting, right?" Li Qi smiled mysteriously, patted Wu Xiaoliu's shoulder, and said, "You go and call Uncle Wu tomorrow, just say that I have a friend who is willing to pay for the Drunken Immortal Residence." ”

"What!" Wu Xiaoliu exclaimed.