During the Northern Song Dynasty, the land south of the Yangtze River was mostly barren, and the anointed land was concentrated in Suzhou and Hangzhou, as well as the Jinling area (that is, Jiangning Mansion and Jiangnan East Road Governance Office were located).

In Jinling City, the chief secretary of the Yamen of Jiangning Mansion is a gentleman surnamed Zhang. This Mr. Zhang, named Xipu, failed to gain fame in his early years, and was forced to make a living and get a job in Yamen. Decades later, Zhang Xipu finally survived to the main book, in addition to his wife, there are three daughters, although the family is not rich, but it is also a well-off family.

In the summer of 1018 A.D., it was still so hot. But for Zhang Xipu's family, who live in the west of the city, they don't feel a trace of warmth. Because, as the pillar of the family, Zhang Xipu resigned due to illness, leaving his wife and three daughters, lonely and helpless.

In ancient times, it was not easy for women to support their families, they were good at husbands and children, but they lacked the ability to make ends meet. Fortunately, Zhang Xipu had a small deposit before his death, and the old love of Lord Fuyi gave him a subsidy, and the remaining orphans and widows were not hungry for the time being.

Zhang Xipu's three daughters are all young, the eldest daughter is named Zhang Rougang is eight years old, and the other two Zhang Qian and Zhang Lan are six years old and five years old. Zhang was only in his early thirties at this time, which was not too young in ancient times when the average age was low. When she thought that she was in charge of the house and that she would have to raise three daughters in the future, a sense of powerlessness suddenly struck, and she washed her face with tears all day long.

Sudden upheaval, darkness.

The eldest daughter, Zhang Rou, looked at her haggard mother and two younger sisters who were still careless, and finally made up her mind to stand up and support the family.

"Mother, Daddy is gone, you have to take care, you still have us, our family must live well, I will work to support you and my sister, don't worry." Zhang Rou comforted Zhang.

Originally, in this world, I have a father and a mother, and two younger sisters, and the family is happy and happy. Over the years, Zhang Rou has slowly accepted this era, although there is no prosperity in later generations, but there is more tranquility. Except in the dead of night, I will think of him and worry about whether he is safe or not, and everything else is fine. In her previous life, God owed her all the money, she was no longer an orphan, she had her father and mother's love, she thought she could live her life like this, but she didn't expect God to play a joke on her again.

Zhang Rou is Zhang Xiaowei, who traveled through the same era as Zhang Zhengqi at the same time, but she is not as good as him. She is very sad about her father's death, but she is not worried about her future life, how to say that she is also a top student in the 21st century, and this problem can still be solved.

It didn't take much effort for Zhang Rou to make a decision, that is, to open a restaurant. She believes that with her cooking skills, she must be unique and outstanding in this era, and she will not worry about sales.

After some tossing, Zhang Xipu was finally buried smoothly, and the family cleaned up their grief and had to continue to live.

"Mother, although our family still has some savings, but a large family can't sit and eat, my daughter is the eldest in the family, and she will support this family, you can rest assured!" Zhang Rou comforted her mother softly.

It's okay not to say this, as soon as he said it, Zhang's tears broke down again, and he whimpered: "My poor daughter, your father is so early, you are still young, your father and mother are sorry for you!" ”

"Mother, don't worry, everything will be fine, trust your daughter!" Zhang Rou said strongly. "My daughter plans to use some savings to open a restaurant, and you will be the shopkeeper."

Zhang said suspiciously, "Open a restaurant? But you're still young, and your mother can't be busy alone! And you have to find a chef, which is not easy! ”

"Mother, you don't have to worry about this, I will tell you quietly, your daughter and I are a natural cook, and I have eaten those dishes made outside, but they are not as delicious as those I cooked!" Zhang Rou said with an oath.

Zhang's is even more puzzled, the daughter that the old lady has raised for so many years can cook? Why don't you know?

Zhang Rou looked at Zhang's expression and knew what she was thinking, but it didn't matter, as soon as the coquettish ** came out, the color of the world changed. What's more, women in this era subconsciously have a kind of meaning of marrying their husbands and obeying their husbands, and their husbands dying from their children.

"Mother, don't worry, leave it to your daughter." Zhang Rou took Zhang's hand, shook it, and shook people's thoughts.

"My daughter plans to open a different restaurant, which is to make a kind of fast food to satisfy those who dare to have time. We make the dish first, keep it warm, and scoop whatever kind of food the guests want when they come. Cooking several different dishes every day also reduces the workload a lot, and we can also be busy. Mother, you can take me to the city tomorrow to see, we have found the place, and we are looking for someone to decorate, okay! ”

Zhang nodded subconsciously.

"Then it's decided, my daughter will go back to the house and plan it." Zhang Rou prayed and turned to enter the boudoir.

The Song Dynasty can be said to have begun to germinate in terms of food development, which is also because the country is relatively prosperous, and the people will pursue material life. In this era, the Song Dynasty was a well-deserved world economic hegemon, accounting for nearly 10% of the world's GDP, and this data cannot be said not to be scary.

The people of the Song Dynasty have spare money, they will enjoy life, there are all kinds of shops in Jinling City, there are many restaurants, and the crowds on the street are shoulder to shoulder, so it is not lively. However, these restaurants are all in the same tone, the decoration layout is similar, the dishes are few, and the style of the restaurant depends on the chef, which is really boring in Zhang Rou's opinion.

Zhang Rou returned to the room to find pen and paper, and was busy planning her fast food restaurant. She referred to the village foundation of later generations, arranged chairs and potted plants on the first floor, and used the second floor as a private room. The seats near the middle are still in the shape of this era, while the seats along the circumference of the house are designed to look like a bar. A window is made on one side near the door to store vegetables, and the stir-fried dishes are kept warm with steam, so that customers can choose their favorite dishes and pay directly after entering the door. In this way, you can greatly save manpower, cook your own food, your mother will collect the vegetables, and your little sister will help clean up.

At this time, many seasonings from later generations were not yet available, and in order to be able to make delicious dishes, the first task was to find seasonings. Fortunately, this place is located in the area of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the taste is still relatively light, otherwise you can't find the chili pepper, and the chili pepper has not yet been introduced to China at this moment.

Zhang Rou roughly made some spices or substitutes according to the memories of later generations. Soy sauce, tempeh and other condiments are made by themselves, and if there is no chicken essence monosodium glutamate, it is replaced by thick chicken soup, and the commonly used seasonings can be found except for the chili pepper, which is tricky, but it is not popular in the Song Dynasty. After many inquiries, Zhang Rou finally found a substitute for chili peppers, which is the legendary dogwood, which has a certain spicy taste and is barely usable.

I finally got the seasoning almost, and almost a month passed. At this time, the decoration is basically carpenter's work, and the speed is still considerable, and the basic decoration is completed in January, and it is waiting for the opening.

"Crackling......" A burst of firecrackers rang out, gongs and drums were noisy, and the scene was quite lively. The cheerful atmosphere ** out of the unique Chinese noisy problem, strange people flocked to the outside, surrounded the three layers inside and outside. Seeing such a strange restaurant for the first time, Chinese people with excessive curiosity want to find out.

At this time, the door of the restaurant opened, only to see a girl about ** years old leading a woman to the temporary high platform, the little girl announced loudly to everyone with her pleasant voice: "Today is the day of our 'Siqi Building' opening, the little woman thanks all the uncles and aunts, big brothers and sisters came to cheer, the store opened today with a big reward, all dishes are half price, the number is limited, until it is sold out, please forgive me!" Come on, come on, everyone, please! ”

It was time for dinner, and some people who were about to eat, or who wanted to taste something strange, entered the building one after another. As soon as you enter, you will find that the inside is different, the environment is quiet and elegant, the air is clear, the dishes are clear at a glance, each dish has an introduction and price in front, just look at it and increase your appetite. In the face of such a novelty, both color and aroma, all diners can't help but salivate.

The anxious diner shouted: "Boss, serve the food quickly, I'm hungry to death!" ”

Zhang Rou greeted warmly: "Little girl, thank you for your support, don't be impatient." The rules of our restaurant are written at the door, and I would like to explain to you that due to the limited number of people in our restaurant, there is no order for the time being, and the chef only makes the prescribed menu every day, so please forgive me. You can see that there are a lot of dishes behind me, these are all sold, you can order whichever dish you like, it is convenient and fast, the price is transparent, you can eat on demand, and avoid waste. Okay, that's all the little girl has to say, everyone, please dine! ”

On the first day of opening, Zhang Rou made a few specialty dishes, five meats, five vegetables, one soup and one cold dish. Five meat is pork ribs stewed radish, braised pork, plum cabbage button meat, steamed pork, taro chicken and other common dishes in later generations, Song Dynasty cattle belong to the controlled items, beef dishes can not be easily done. Vegetarian dishes are fried with vegetables or something, and cold dishes are made with garlic and beans.

Some simple home-cooked dishes of later generations also became delicacies in this Song Dynasty, where spices were lacking. One by one, diners rushed to order their favorite dishes, for fear that others would run out. A group of people who have never seen delicious soil buns, this piece deeply feels the taste of happiness, this is life!

All kinds of exclamations in the crowd came and went, and passer-by A ate braised pork, and finally kept sighing: "This life is in vain, such delicious meat has only been encountered today!" He didn't get tired of eating too much, and he finished several plates in one go, and he couldn't pretend to be enough to leave.

Many diners were not much better than the performance of passers-by, and they reluctantly left Siqi Building one by one, as if they had dropped gold ingots.

Siqi Lou was very popular on the first day of its opening, and many diners waited until it was sold out, which was a pity. Needless to say, the following days were spread by everyone, and soon the whole city knew that this newly opened restaurant had an elegant environment and delicious dishes.

Especially when they knew that the real owner of this restaurant was actually an eight-year-old child, they were all shocked, and the title of Jinling Wonder Girl spread all over the city.