In the early morning, a ray of fish belly white has just emerged in the east.

I, Twitter and Tongtou each took a vegetable basket and stepped on the wet stone road to the south gate of Qizhou City.

Although it was still early, the market was already in full swing: all kinds of carriages, carts, and flatbed carts came and went like water at the gates of all directions, all kinds of short clothes, long shirts, and soap coats, running from the streets to the alleys, countless water tanks, countless vegetable baskets, and countless sacks piled up like a mountain.

The sound of cars and horses, the sound of crashing, the sound of tumbling, the sound of quarrelling, the sound of shouting, the sound of bargaining...... The hustle and bustle spread almost throughout the entire southern city.

Listening to the proprietress said, Nanmenfang City not only supplies vegetable and meat ingredients in Qizhou City, but also is the largest food distribution center in the north of Qizhou Prefecture, due to the existence of the Yangjiang waterway, it can even be trafficked to Yuanzhou and Quzhou in the east.

"Usually you come to buy groceries?" I asked them on Twitter.

"Usually the proprietress comes to buy it, and we just do the hard work." The tweet responded.

"But after so many years of following the proprietress of the proprietress for so many years, I have learned something somewhat." Copperhead hummed, "With us here, you can't afford to lose." ”

In order to practice cooperation, the proprietress and Master Wu have been staying in the back kitchen all day recently; Therefore, the task of purchasing ingredients for the competition naturally fell to the three of us.

Oops, as the saying goes, love grows over time......

"So what are we going to buy?" I asked again.

"Pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, all have a little meat in the water." Tongtou shook a small money bag in his hand, "Then fish, mussels, shrimp, crabs, turtles, take half a catty each, melons, vegetables, bamboo shoots, potatoes, radishes, no one can be missing......"

"This time, the proprietress really made a lot of money." Twitter.

"Yes, three taels of silver." Tongtou said, "The proprietress said that even if you can't get the ranking this time, at least you have to show your face at the food conference, maybe you can attract more customers to the store." ”

"Alas, if it hadn't happened back then, the proprietress would definitely be very good at cooking today." Chirp lamented.

"What happened?" My eyes lit up and I quickly asked.

"It's not just about smashing the signboard." Chirp said casually, "At that time, I had just been picked up by the proprietress ......"

That's right, unlike the grandson of Tongtou, an old man in Yunlailou, Chirp is a child who faints in the back alley and is adopted by the proprietress of hunger.

But they have one thing in common: they have no relatives and no reason, and they take Yunlailou as their home.

It happened nine years ago.

Nine years ago, it can be said that it was the most beautiful day in Yunlailou, and the guests who came to eat every day lined up five streets away.

But also nine years ago, the owner and chef of Yunlai Building, Mr. Shen Yushan Shen, vomited blood and died in the kitchen due to illness due to overwork.

Still nine years ago, Shen Jiaoyan, the only daughter of Old Man Shen, was accused of being 'Kefu' by her in-laws due to her father-in-law's illness and rushed back to her parents' house.

That year, twenty-one-year-old Shen Jiaoyan shouldered the burden of Yunlailou alone.

In August of the same year, Shen Jiaoyan adopted Xiao Jiao.

In September of the same year, there was an incident of a large number of customers vomiting and diarrhea after eating.

In October of the same year, the Yunlai Building signboard was smashed.

In November of the same year, the government fined Yunlailou 3,000 taels of silver and suspended business for half a year.

In December of the same year, Yunlailou dismissed the men, leaving only an elderly handyman, who volunteered to stay in the store to guard.

In June of the following year, Yunlai Building reopened; At this time, the old handyman had passed away, but he left behind a helpless grandson, nicknamed Copperhead......

"When did Master Wu come?" I wondered.

"Three years ago." "Like me," he said, "he slept dead in the back alley - his hands were rotten, bleeding and pus; Without the proprietress of the proprietor, I guess Master Wu won't be able to survive that hurdle. ”

I see......

I have summed it up, cliffs, back alleys, and firewood houses, these are all places with a high probability of miracles.

Of course, there are not many kinds of miracles.

"Are you done talking?" Copperhead dissatisfied.

"It's over, what's the matter?" Twitter.

A hemp bag smashed over, and Chirp quickly caught it.

"I've bought the melons and vegetables, let's go see the living ones next." The copper head said without replying.

What is alive is live birds and river fresh.

Copperhead leaned down and looked very carefully, reaching out to touch the feet and buttocks of those chickens and ducks, or pulling open the gills of the fish to take a closer look, stirring the wooden basin that hit the shrimp......

The degree of seriousness made the vegetable seller unbearable: "Alas? Do you buy it or not? If you don't buy it, don't move around. ”

"How can I buy it if it doesn't move?" Copperhead pulled his neck and said, "Look, this shrimp is dead!" ”

"Is the copper head bigger than you?" Looking at the back of the copper head, I asked in a low voice.

"A few months younger than me." "But he always boasted that he was an old man from Yunlailou, and he stayed in the store longer than the proprietress of the shop." ”

"Really?" I asked.

"Sort of." The boss said, "The proprietress said that Tongtou's grandfather has been working in Yunlai Building for more than ten years, and Tongtou has followed his grandfather to run around in Yunlai Building since he was a child......"

……

After wandering around the market for more than an hour, I finally got all the things I wanted to buy, a full five sacks, and the vegetable basket was also stuffed.

Three taels of silver, and two cents of money remaining.

What does that poem come about?

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road.

If you think about it carefully, at the night banquet in the palace, even a slice of watermelon is more than this price.

Forget it, now is not the time to sigh.

The point is, can you rely on these ordinary ingredients to achieve a ranking in the food competition?

After thinking about it again and again, I made up my mind - let the proprietress practice their skills first, and at the last moment, I will find a random reason to prepare high-end ingredients out of my own pocket to crush those neighborhood chefs in terms of quality!

Carrying a large number of ingredients that I couldn't even see clearly, I laughed and laughed with them all the way back to Yunlai Tower.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw the proprietress and Master Wu standing at the table.

On the table, there are three dishes and a sea bowl, all of which are emitting a trace of smoke.

"Got the menu in mind?" I threw my sack and basket over the chirp and copperhead, and walked over and sat down.

The chirp and the copper head suddenly staggered and fell into pieces.

But they didn't squeak.

Before I knew it, I had become the food master of Yunlailou.

Everyone was waiting for me to taste the food.

What kind of dish is it?

A plate of fried beef slices, a plate of fried shredded radish, and a plate of fried bamboo shoot strips.

A bowl of fish head tofu soup.

"This ...... Simpler, right? I said.

"It's not simple, you only know after eating." Copperhead said in the back.

I nodded, picked up a slice of beef and put it in my mouth.

When I first entered Yunlai Building, Master Wu made two super unpalatable side dishes, namely fried beef slices and fried shredded radish.

I closed my eyes and chewed hard......

(End of chapter)