Yuanhang lay in bed and didn't want to get up, it had been ten days, and Liqiu came to sleep with Qinghe after dinner, completely ignoring his existence. A notice has been posted in front of the Jingzhou Yamen, and a national trial examination is scheduled to be held on the 28th of the lunar month to select the talents of the country's pillars. Yuanhang was very reluctant to sign up. The New Year is approaching, and the restaurant business is getting more and more money. Qinghe didn't let him sail to the restaurant, and only told him to prepare for the exam in the house with peace of mind.

"Young Master, are you in the house?" An old, strong voice came from outside the door.

"Please come in." Yuanhang got up and sat up when he heard this. Although I didn't see anyone, I already heard that it was Daddy Chen who came.

The door was pushed open, and Daddy Chen walked in.

"Ouch, it's the old man, please come in." Yuanhang hurriedly stood up and greeted him and said, "Don't call me young master, just call me Yuanhang." ”

"Hehe, okay, then I'll let you sail away." Daddy Chen smiled innocently and sat down in the chair.

"Voyage, that's right. Every day I stay in the house, my old bones are going to be scattered. I'm going to talk to your aunt about starting a small business as well. What do you think? Father Chen asked a little embarrassed, as if he was afraid that Yuanhang would talk about him.

"Okay, I don't know what kind of business Daddy Chen wants to do?" Yuanhang frowned and laughed after hearing this, it really keeps pace with the times, even Father Chen has to do business.

"I'm not afraid of you laughing, I don't have much ability. When I was in Chenjiawan, I would fry melon seeds and make sweets. I saw that the Chinese New Year was coming, and I wanted to take advantage of this time to rent a shop, and it didn't matter if I didn't make money, so I didn't have anything to do every day. Daddy Chen said.

"Yes, uncle. Is there anything I need to do? Yuanhang sat next to Father Chen and asked softly.

"This ...... It's a bit of a mouthful. Father Chen rubbed his hands awkwardly and said embarrassedly.

"Uncle Dan said it's okay, why be polite with the little nephew." Yuanhang said.

"It's just that I don't have any money on hand to rent a shop, can I borrow some from you temporarily." Father Chen said with a red face. After all, he has already eaten and lived here, and now he opens his mouth to borrow silver taels, and he really can't say it.

"What did the old man say?" Yuanhang chuckled and said: "What about borrowing words, I will rent your shop for you, and you don't need to be careful." Seeing Daddy Chen's expression like this, Yuanhang hurriedly pretended to be relaxed, so as not to make Daddy Chen's heart uneasy.

"How does this work?" Father Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"Haha, uncle, if you think it's inappropriate, then I'll eat your melon seeds for free in the future, how about it?" Yuanhang laughed and teased Daddy Chen.

"Hehe, you kid, always take care of me everywhere, how can I thank you." Father Chen also said with a smile.

"Don't be polite to me when you're old, if the restaurant doesn't leave the autumn, then it will close early. You go back and rest first, and I'll go out and find you a shop." After Yuanhang finished speaking, he got up and sent Daddy Chen away, and went to wash up before going out of the house.

After walking around East Street, there was no suitable shop to rent, so I turned around and walked towards West Street. West Street is less bustling than East Street, and it just so happens that there is a grocery store that is about to be rented. Now Yuanhang is not short of silver, and it is rented without much bargaining, and it is agreed to come back to the money store tomorrow.

Walking back to East Street, Yuanhang decided to go to the restaurant. There was still some distance, and I saw that the vicinity of my restaurant was already full of people, and I didn't know what was going on, so I hurriedly ran over.

Pushing aside the crowd, I saw Liqiu guarding the door of the restaurant with a few men, and there were four or five men shouting there.

"The wine and food in this restaurant are not clean, and I don't admit it when I eat it, and everyone evaluates it." The man pointed to the restaurant and turned to shout to the onlookers.

"That is, I ate at noon yesterday, and I went to the toilet eight times before I went to sleep." A man on the side chimed in, for fear that the people would not hear clearly, so he shouted with enough strength to eat.

"Call the boss out and apologize."

These people shouted loudly at each other's words.

Li Qiuqi's little face turned red, and he pointed at those people and shouted: "There has never been such a thing in our restaurant since it opened, and all the ingredients have been cleaned several times, how can you eat bad stomach, you are scoundrels." ”

"Look, they're justified. Is it because we have nothing to do? A guy was inciting on the sidelines.

"You're scoundrels." Li Qiu Xing's eyes widened angrily, and she was already extremely angry. With one hand on his waist, he pointed to the others and said, "What can prove that you have eaten a bad stomach?" ”

"Oh, am I going to bring you filth? Ha ha. The guy burst out laughing, and the crowd laughed.

"You ......" Liqiu was about to cry.

"Everyone, don't be impatient." Yuanhang walked out of the crowd and stood between Liqiu and the others.

"-These guests were able to eat in the restaurant yesterday?" Yuanhang looked at Liqiu and asked lightly.

"I've never seen it." When those guys saw the arrival of the voyage, they had a little confidence in their hearts, and shook their heads and said.

"Oh." Yuanhang turned back to those people and asked, "A few guest officers, I don't know what you were waiting for in the restaurant yesterday that made your stomach bad?" ”

"Hot pot." One guy replied without thinking.

"Yes, just eat hot pot." The rest chimed in.

"Oh, hot pot. How many people do you want to ask, is the hot pot in this restaurant white or black? Yuanhang asked, staring at the man who replied.

"It's a white hot pot." The man hesitated and looked up in reply.

"White, is there a white hot pot in the store?" Yuanhang smiled and turned around and asked Xiang Liqiu.

"Nonsense, none of the hot pots in our restaurant are white." Liqiu pouted and said.

"I see that you have run too much in the toilet, and it is obviously a black hot pot, but you say white." The other guy hurriedly interjected.

"Oh yes, I had an upset stomach yesterday, and I didn't pay attention to the color of the hot pot, but now I think it's black." The guy reacted and hurriedly changed his words.

"Oh, black hot pot. Then please ask again, the firewood used to heat the hot pot is on both sides of the hot pot, or below. Yuanhang continued to ask.

"Of course, the firewood is placed underneath." The guy replied.

"Nonsense." Yuanhang flicked his sleeves and shouted: "You have never eaten hot pot." First, the hot pot in our restaurant is made of bronze, and there is no white and black at all. Second, charcoal is used to heat hot pots, and if it is firewood, won't the restaurant be burned? These carving insect skills also come here to spread wild. Yuanhang turned around and said loudly to Liqiu: "Liqiu, what about the gift you gave me?" ”

"Here." After Li Qiu finished speaking, he went into the house and picked up the flat pole and rushed out, and waved it at those guys.

The crowd suddenly dispersed, and those guys didn't care about distinguishing where they were, so they had to turn around and run, only hating their father and mother for missing two legs.

"Haha, I'm back from autumn." Yuanhang stood in the street laughing and shouted. secretly said in his heart: With this girl here, it is better than ten guys.

"Humph! Cheaper for a couple of guys. Liqiu crossed his waist with one hand and erected the flat pole on the ground with the other.

The crowd applauded Yuanhang, and Yuanhang hugged his fists and saluted back: "Thank you to all the fathers and fellow villagers, our store has the most important business reputation, and there will never be a bad stomach, everyone is welcome to taste." "There were quite a few people in the crowd who cheered.

"Brother Ye, it's fortunate that you arrived in time, otherwise I would have had to fight with them." Back in the restaurant, Liqiu was still indignant.

"Leave the autumn, don't be reckless in the future. Only by using wisdom and then by force can we defeat the enemy. "The voyage teaches Liqiu.

"Long-winded, in the future, you will use wisdom, and I will use force." After Liqiu finished speaking, he got up and left, leaving Yuanhang to look at her back in amazement, shaking his head helplessly.

Wanyue didn't know where to get a lot of books for the voyage, and they were stacked up to a meter high. and sent Tang Ling to accompany him on the voyage to study, and he was not allowed to leave the house. Yuanhang flipped through a book, read it for a while, and then threw the book aside.

"Young master, you have to study hard, there will be ten days before the exam, how can you do well in the exam if you don't study." Tang Ling saw that he had flipped through a book on a long voyage in the morning, and he had only read it for a moment, and said with some anxiety.

"Hey, I want to see it too, but I don't even know a few words, let alone the meaning of the sentence." Yuanhang shook his head and said, "Forget it, if you go out for a walk with me, you will suffocate to death." ”

"That's not good, if Miss knows, she will punish me again." After hearing this, Tang Ling shook his head like a drum.

"Let's not go to the restaurant, go to West Street. It's been a few days since Daddy Chen's place opened, let's go and take a look, as long as we don't go to the restaurant, Miss won't know. Yuanhang looked at Tang Ling and said as if pleading.

"Don't go to the young master, let's study, there are still a few days to ......" Tang Ling was still persuading him to sail away.

"Okay, okay, long-winded, I said I'll go." After Yuanhang finished speaking, he raised his leg and walked out the door.

"Wait for me to get off the young master, then let's go early and come back early, we can't delay your study." Tang Ling saw that he couldn't stop it, so he had to follow Yuanhang and walk out.

There are also a lot of pedestrians on West Street, and as the New Year approaches, everyone comes out to buy New Year's goods. When he walked to Daddy Chen's shop, he saw Daddy Chen sitting in the shop looking at the street without incident, and it seemed that business was not good.

"Uncle Chen, I'll come to see you." Yuanhang walked into the store with a smile.

"Ouch, the voyage is coming, come in, it's cold outside." Father Chen hurriedly got up and brought a stool for Yuanhang.

"Taste the melon seeds, see the fragrance?" Daddy Chen grabbed a handful of melon seeds and handed them to Yuanhang.

"Well, it's very fragrant, the uncle's craftsmanship is good, hehe, how is the business, uncle?" Yuanhang chatted with Daddy Chen while eating melon seeds.

"Hey, it's been three days, and I've only sold a few melon seeds, so it seems that I'm not suitable for business." Father Chen grabbed Tang Ling again, shook his head and sighed.

"No, your melon seeds are indeed very fragrant." Yuanhang said after tasting it carefully.

"The shop opposite is also selling melon seeds, and his business is very good there, but I can't do it here." Father Chen pointed to the other side and said.

"Oh? There is also on the opposite side. Yuanhang stood up and looked at the opposite side, and sure enough, business was very good, and many people were already queuing up to buy melon seeds.

"Tang Ling, you go and buy some melon seeds on the other side." Yuanhang turned and commanded.

"Yes, young master." Tang Ling walked out in response.

Yuanhang felt that he was sorry for Daddy Chen, why didn't he look carefully when choosing a store at that time. Putting Daddy Chen's new store so close to other people's old stores is not a stone to shoot yourself in the foot.

After chatting with Daddy Chen for a while, Tang Ling came back with the melon seeds he bought, and he tasted the fragrance of melon seeds that didn't feel like Daddy Chen.

"Uncle, his melon seeds are not as fragrant as yours. The reason why it sells well is because he has been in business for many years, and customers have become accustomed to going to him. Yuanhang said to Daddy Chen.

"Really? I thought it was due to my lack of craftsmanship. Father Chen said with a little understanding.

"Don't worry, uncle, I'll tell you a way." Yuanhang suddenly remembered the modern melon seeds, and said: "Uncle, when you fry the melon seeds, add salt to the pot, so that the fried melon seeds have both fragrant and salty taste." After thinking about it, he said, "No, it will only take a few days for others to copy your approach." ”

got up and walked back and forth in the store a few times, and suddenly had an idea and said, "Yes, uncle, I will teach you a new method." Yuanhang found a pen and paper to write down a few ingredients. Then he said to Daddy Chen: "This kind of melon seeds are called spiced melon seeds, first put the melon seeds in the pot and boil, and add salt and these ingredients to the pot. After the melon seeds are cooked, they are dried again. ”

"This is the ingredient, uncle, you will tear these up after memorizing them, and no one will make spiced melon seeds." Yuanhang handed the paper with the ingredients written on it to Daddy Chen.

"Fennel, peppercorns, cinnamon......" Father Chen read it a few times and handed the paper back and said, "I've written it all down, so I'm going to buy the ingredients." ”

"Don't worry, uncle." Yuanhang said: "I'll teach you how to make a peanut candy again." This is very simple, just put the peanuts in the syrup and smash them hard. The peanut candy produced is sweet and delicious, and will definitely be in short supply. ”

Yuanhang told Daddy Chen everything he knew, after all, it was his own store location that did not choose well that caused trouble to Daddy Chen, hoping that his whim could turn things around.