"Invitation to the Moon Tower"

Hearing this, Li Xiangyue's eyes flashed with surprise.

Even the poems on the side were expressions, and their eyes flickered at this shopkeeper Li.

"Master Su, this ...... Something is wrong. Li Xiangyue thought for a while and said.

Zhang Cheng smiled at the corner of his mouth, he knew what Li Xiangyue meant, so although he looked at her brother, he explained to her: "I just wanted to see it today, but my brother was more hospitable, and used a unique method to invite us to dine. ”

"Oh, by the way, I don't know what Brother Ling's name is?" Suddenly I thought of something, and asked again.

I heard my sister say the deeds of the new owner just now, and now the owner asked his name, and hurriedly said: "Hui Gongzi, the villain's name is Li Chengde." ”

"Okay, that's the case, then I'll introduce it to you, I won't say it, this is Shishi, the fiancée below!" Zhang Cheng introduced to the siblings.

When Shishi heard Zhang Cheng's introduction, her heart was sweet, her pretty face was crimson, and she gave a slight salute to her sister and brother.

After the sisters and brothers returned the salute, Zhang Cheng beckoned everyone to sit down and said, "At present, if the restaurant continues to operate like this, I am afraid it will be difficult to maintain." After thinking about it, he said, "Does Shopkeeper Li have any money left in his account at present?" ”

Seeing that the new owner asked about the account, Li Xiangyue's expression was a little strange, and after thinking about it before and after, she said truthfully: "Zhang Gongzi, when the previous owner left, he had taken all the money with him, so there was nothing left!" ”

"Oh, so how does the restaurant run now?" Zhang Cheng was very curious when he heard this.

After the sister and brother glanced at each other, they nodded to him, and his brother Li Chengde said: "Don't hide it from the owner, now the expenses of the restaurant are all the dowry of the elder sister." ”

looked at his sister, plucked up his courage and said, "Now my sister's dowry has long been used up, and she has long been unable to make ends meet." If it weren't for the proprietor coming here today, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to open tomorrow. ”

Zhang Cheng was very surprised after hearing this, turned around and asked Xiang Shishi, "Shishi, how many silver taels do we have?" ”

"Xianggong, this time I came and went, except for some expenses, the whole silver is three thousand taels, and the rest is dozens of broken silver." Shishi looked at it and replied to it.

"In this way, Shishi took two thousand taels of silver tickets and gave them to Shopkeeper Li." Zhang Cheng said after thinking about it.

Hearing this, he got up and handed it to Li Xiangyue. After Li Xiangyue took the silver ticket, her eyes flickered, and then she said to Zhang Cheng: "Childe, so many silver taels, aren't you afraid that Xiangyue will take it away and leave?" ”

Zhang Cheng smiled, "If that's the case, let's be an old man with a dizzy eye." After thinking about it, he said, "Shopkeeper Li, convert it yourself, how much the dowry is, and deduct it from the two thousand taels by yourself." ”

Seeing that Zhang Cheng trusted him so much, and even gave him his own money, Li Xiangyue's heart suddenly felt a warm current, and the eyes that looked at Zhang Cheng had a trace of respect and inexplicable joy in addition to worship.

"Well, the money matter has been settled. Next, let's discuss the future operation of the restaurant. Zhang Cheng Zhengse.

Seeing Zhang Cheng's serious expression, the sisters and brothers were extremely upright and listened attentively.

Zhang Cheng tapped his fingers on the table and said: "Chengde, I see that you have a quick mind and can speak, from tomorrow, you will be the shopkeeper of this restaurant for the time being." ”

Li Chengde was stunned when he heard this, his face was full of incredulity, "This is the shopkeeper?" ”

I wanted to say something, but I was interrupted by the new owner.

Zhang Cheng said again: "Shopkeeper Li, you will follow me in the past few days, and I will teach you some new dishes and methods." After a pause, he said, "Recruit some guys tomorrow, be honest, if you have some acquaintances who know the roots, remember, those vain heads must not be recruited!" In the future, all the affairs of the restaurant will be fully responsible for you, including the chef, the assistant chef, the guy, and so on. ”

Standing up, pacing back and forth a few steps, thinking about how to add new highlights to the restaurant to attract popularity. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he stroked his palm with one hand, "How did I forget this." ”

"Xiang Yue, tomorrow you go to buy some pork and beef and come back, as well as soybeans and flour." Zhang Cheng said to him.

After thinking about it, he said, "If you can, you can buy soybeans and flour today, and after you buy them, soak them overnight, and the flour will be reconciled." ”

The new owner called his name without taboo, Li Xiangyue's face turned red for no reason, but seeing that his expression was not like teasing, after hearing this, he looked at him unnaturally and nodded.

After the explanation was completed, Zhang Cheng asked if the restaurant had a place to live and rest, and Li Xiangyue took him to the backyard of the restaurant. I saw that there was a cave behind the restaurant, similar to the Beijing Courtyard House, and it was particularly spacious.

Early in the morning, Zhang Cheng was concerned about the restaurant, so he got up early, and when he came to the kitchen, he found that Li Xiangyue had already done what he had asked him to buy yesterday.

Li Xiangyue was very surprised to see that the new owner got up so early and came to the kitchen, so she greeted Zhang Cheng.

After Zhang Cheng was polite, he said to him: "Xiangyue, I invite you to eat fritters today!" ”

"Churros?"

What is this, Li Xiangyue secretly thought in her heart, seeing that Zhang Cheng didn't explain, she didn't want to ask more.

Zhang Cheng said to Xiang Yue on the side as he moved his hand: "Xiang Yue looks at it carefully." ”

After speaking, Zhang Cheng mixed the alkali and salt in proportion, crushed it and put it into a basin, added warm water to stir and dissolve, into an emulsion, to generate a large amount of foam, and there was a sound, and then added flour and stirred into a snowflake-like, pounded to make it a smooth, soft and tenacious dough, and covered it with a warm cloth or quilt.

After a pillar of incense has passed, it is pounded again, and then the dough is stacked, and it is repeated three to four times.

Li Xiangyue's eyes on the side were full of incredulity, she never thought that this famous Zhang Gongzi in the capital would meet him, as the so-called: "A gentleman is far away from cooking", a scholar and a brother are already surprised when they come to the kitchen, let alone cook in person.

However, seeing that Zhang Cheng's technique is not very skillful, he is a little clumsy. But he still watched intently, only to see Zhang Cheng smearing oil on the board, taking 1/5 of the dough and putting it on the board, dragging it into a long strip, rolling it into a small strip with a small rolling pin, and then chopping it into a finger-wide strip with a knife, stacking the two together, compacting and pressing it from the middle with bamboo chopsticks, gently pinching the two ends with both hands, rotating and pulling it into a long strip of about one arm, putting it into a hot oil pot, and turning it while frying.

After a while, under Li Xiangyue's curious gaze, the blanks in the oil pot bulged, and when they were plump and expanded, they turned golden yellow, and the aroma was overflowing in an instant, and Zhang Cheng was very satisfied.

After the oil stains dried, Zhang Cheng tore a small piece and put it in his mouth, nodding his head again and again while chewing.

After eating a piece, he remembered Li Xiangyue beside him, so he tore a strip from the middle and handed it to Li Xiangyue.

After taking it, Li Xiangyue tried to take a bite, and after chewing a few bites, she opened her mouth slightly and was stunned.

"How?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"Soft and crispy, chew in your mouth, melt in your heart, very delicious!" Li Xiangyue was still in shock, and praised it.

"Come on, you try." Zhang Cheng gave up his place and said to him.

Zhang Cheng witnessed the whole process of Li Xiangyue's production, and was secretly shocked in his heart, the cook would be able to watch it once, and the technique was so old that it was not comparable to Zhang Cheng's half-ass, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This scene can't help but remind Zhang Cheng of the Tang Dynasty, the poet Liu Yuxi described the shape and production process of fritters and also attached a poem to it, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but read: "Slender hands rub the jade to find it, and the green oil is fried out of tender yellow and deep." The night comes to spring without weight, and the beautiful woman is wrapped in gold. ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Xiangyue turned her head and looked at Zhang Cheng in amazement, and after savoring this poem, she praised it: "Zhang Gongzi is really worthy of being quick-witted, and in the blink of an eye, he is a chapter, and the artistic conception is neat and catchy." ”

"Where, just a few nonsense..." Zhang Cheng hurriedly waved his hand and passed perfunctorily.

Li Xiangyue just smiled, and didn't delve into it, but suddenly thought: "Zhang Gongzi, this poem is really good, why don't you write it down and hang it in the hall, so as to attract those curious people?" ”

Zhang Cheng thought that this was a good attention, not only to attract literati and artists, but also to advertise this fritters, so he nodded and readily agreed.

"By the way, have the soybeans you bought yesterday been soaked? If it's soaked, please bring it to me! "With the fritters, this soy milk is indispensable. Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng said urgently.

"What the son ordered, how could the slave family not do it." Li Xiangyue took the soaked soybeans and put them on the table, and when she understood the temperament of the new owner, she not only made fun of Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't care about Li Xiangyue's jokes at all, he just asked if there was a medicine pestle and gauze, Li Xiangyue was full of curiosity, and didn't ask much, and after rummaging through the cabinets in the kitchen, he handed it to Zhang Cheng.

After washing, the soybeans are then ground and then separated with gauze to obtain raw soy milk. The okara, a by-product obtained from squeezing soy milk, is also edible and set aside.

Zhang Cheng also instructed Li Xiangyue to make a fire, and when the fire was ready, add water to boil the raw soybean milk, and after lasting half a column of incense, add some sugar.

Zhang Cheng picked up two porcelain bowls, poured in steaming soybean milk, handed a bowl to Li Xiangyue, and hurriedly took a sip to taste it.

"Well, when I was a child, it tasted so delicious and delicious."

Seeing that the new owner closed her eyes and was full of enjoyment, curiosity prompted her to take a sip, her eyes lit up, she had never found that this small soybean could bring such a surprise to herself. A pair of beautiful eyes looked at Zhang Cheng with feelings that he could also tell, and his heart was like a deer, jumping happily.