Fortunately, the vitality of this group of guys is tenacious enough, Chu Xinyun immediately paid the money happily, and came directly to the Yunjian Restaurant with more than a dozen sacks of locusts.

Hearing that she was coming, the shopkeeper Xu was no longer busy receiving guests, and hurriedly walked out and sent someone to move the locusts on the carriage into the back kitchen.

"Shopkeeper, what new dish are you going to make?"

Shopkeeper Xu recognized that this person was a nearby squire, who often came here to eat, so he smiled and said, "Naturally, there is, Brother Li wants to come and taste it today?" You will be given a free tasting. ”

As soon as he heard that it was free, the man immediately agreed.

And Chu Xinyun, who was busy in the back kitchen at the moment, didn't know that Shopkeeper Xu had already started to warm up in the early stage, and she was still directing the servants to transfer the locusts to the bamboo cage.

"Be careful, don't pinch it to death, save some and I'll show you a hand when the time comes."

The little guys thought it was something new, but when they opened the sack, they were so frightened that their souls flew away.

This... It's a worm!!

Looking at the locusts flying in the sack, some people took a few steps back with a pale face, and subconsciously touched their arms, but they were so frightened that goosebumps rose.

Chu Xinyun looked at them like this, and couldn't help laughing: "This locust only eats crops and doesn't bite people, why are you so afraid?"

One of the little servants looked bitter: "Sister, you dare to touch this thing, this is the descendant of the locust god, if you really eat it, will you be unlucky..."

Before the words fell, he was knocked by Chef Li, who came out of the house, and sang: "If you follow the little lady's instructions today, believe it or not, you will be unlucky today?!"

"Uncle Li? I... I'll go!" The little guy covered his head and saw that it was Chef Li coming, so he didn't dare to squeak immediately, and hurriedly went to clean and deal with the locusts with the other guys.

This amused a few ladies who washed vegetables on the side.

One of the younger ladies asked, "Xiao Yun, why did you suddenly think of eating this locust?"

The other is also curious, everyone hates locusts, but no one has ever thought of eating it, this thing is not in everyone's recipe.

Now that Chu Xinyun's move is a precedent, it's no wonder that everyone is so curious.

Uncle Li, the oldest chef here, has no resistance to cooking like this bug, after all, he is well-informed and well-informed, but he is a little curious about how to do it.

Chu Xinyun said with a smile: "Now that I explain it to you, I guess you may not necessarily understand, and when the time comes, everyone will taste it." ”

She has always been in and out of the back kitchen of Yunjian Restaurant during this time, everyone is very familiar with her, and when they hear that Chu Xinyun is going to cook in person, everyone's eyes are bright.

Soon the locusts that had taken off their wings were cleaned, drained, and placed on the desk, and their hideous appearance looked very unpleasant.

Chu Xinyun shook the locusts in the basket, drank some salt, and then asked Uncle Li to get up the oil pot and prepare for the first fried locusts The locusts went down to the seven-minute hot oil pot, the crackling oil splash was endless, and the rising oil flowers wrapped all the locusts, and they were fished out with half a cup of tea, and then the oil temperature was raised to re-fry to ensure that the surface was crispy.

The locusts are golden after being fried, and you can hear the crunchy sound with a tap of the chopsticks.

The fried locusts that were hot out of the pot were sprinkled with Chu Xinyun's secret salt and pepper grains, and the rich fragrance suddenly came to the nose!

The little guys who were originally uneasy in the yard couldn't help but swallow their saliva when they smelled this rich aroma, and those who didn't know were still thinking that there were shrimp for lunch at noon today?

Chu Xinyun first took one for Xiao Shu, and then tasted another one himself, and the crisp sound of 'clicking' in the mouth, accompanied by the slightly salty and spicy taste of pepper and salt, simply raised the taste of this locust to the extreme.

Chu Xinyun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't stand still, hurry up and taste it, this thing is best to eat while it's hot, and it won't have that taste when it's cold." ”

Uncle Li wiped the water droplets on his hands, picked one up with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, chewed it a little and nodded: "Yes, this taste is much better than ordinary chicken and shrimp." ”

He also didn't expect that this locust would be so delicious as soon as it was fried, crispy in the mouth, and then the more you chewed, the more fragrant it became, if you had a glass of wine at this moment, it would be even more delicious.

This is much more flavorful than peanuts.

Shopkeeper Xu also came to the back kitchen after hearing the movement, and Chu Xinyun also hurriedly beckoned him to taste it together.

After tasting this fried locust, Shopkeeper Xu finally understood what she meant, this thing can be said to be a million profits!

Five catties and two cents, his plate is only half a catty, even if it sells for thirty cents a plate, the pure income of the cost and manpower is twenty wen, which is simply higher than he imagined!

He immediately signed a contract with Chu Xinyun to collect this locust according to three catties and one penny, and he also had to give her two commissions for the performance of this sale.

This condition can be said to be very reasonable, even Chu Xinyun himself didn't expect that Xu Xuejie would be so generous.

Now that the contract has been signed, she has officially started the work of collecting locusts, and the upcoming launch of a new product by Yunjian Restaurant has slowly started the entire Qingshui Town.

"Have you heard, Yunjian Restaurant is going to have a new dish again, and it is said that it is still something we have never seen before."

"What is so strange?"

"Why don't we go and have a look?"

"Okay, let's go!"

Shopkeeper Xu also put a lot of thought into this new dish of locusts, and secretly sent out a lot of news, saying that although this new dish looks weird, it is very good for the body when eaten, it can strengthen the spleen and eliminate food, and it also has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving cough, which can be eaten by men, women and children.

The news quickly spread throughout Qingshui Town, and on the day the new dish was released, Yunjian Restaurant was facing a full house!

"Little Er, bring me a new dish from your family! I heard that it tastes good, but I'm here to taste it today, so hurry up!"

"Okay, guest officer, please wait!"

"Little Er, why hasn't my new dish come up yet? Hurry up and help me urge!"

"Okay guest officer, I'll help you urge!"

As the fragrant golden fried locusts were served on the table, it caused everyone's exclamation for a while.

"Is this the new dish of Cloud Restaurant? This shape: . It's a locust, isn't it?"

"Don't say it, it smells good, why don't you try one?"

For this fried locust, the reaction of the diners was more or less resistant, just when they were hesitant to return the locust, the shopkeeper Xu prepared on the side of the toss and ate it, while eating, he said: "This thing looks strange, it tastes very good!" Xiao Er will bring me another pot of wine!"

"Good mouth!!"

The impressed diners also lifted their chopsticks one after another, and once they tasted it, they were immediately shocked!

In this way, Yunjian Restaurant became popular again, and Chen Xuejie, who heard the news, was so angry that he almost smashed a bottle of good white jade.

"Go! Go check with me right away, what the hell is this guy picking up tricks!"

After such a simple check, Shopkeeper Chen learned that they were actually selling locusts again, and this vicious thing could still be eaten?!

But when Laifu put the dishes on the table, the pungent aroma surprised him, and after abandoning the disgust and tasting it, the shopkeeper Chen immediately said,

"Go to a nearby village and collect locusts at once! I can't do it, this kind of simple dish, is it just what you Cloud Restaurant can do?!"

Since it was necessary to do it, it had to be done quickly and well, and that night Laifu was summoned by him to go out to collect locusts.

He was also lucky, the villagers happened to have some less than five catties of stock in their homes, and when they heard that this person was collecting locusts at the price of one penny per catty, everyone rushed to sell their locusts.

Carrying a large bag of locusts, Laifu happily returned to Dexing Building, and that night the shopkeeper Chen rewarded him with several taels of silver because he was happy.

And then let those chefs start to figure out how to deal with these locusts, where have these chefs seen these things? As soon as I opened the sack, I was startled.

"This... What kind of thing is this? Is this a bug?"

"It looks like locusts."

"Nonsense, of course I know it's locusts, the key is the shopkeeper, let us do it! What are you going to do with this bug?"

Several people were confused for a moment, but they couldn't bear the order of the shopkeeper Chen, so they had to start dealing with it.

And when they were busy researching this new dish, Chen Xuejie was not idle, he directly discounted the price of Dexinglou's dishes!

On weekdays, because the price here is too high and the diners who are out of reach immediately turn to his door, the shopkeeper Xu who learned of this matter is very angry, the competition between the businessmen, the two sides make a move He can understand, but directly use the price reduction to attract customers, which is completely ruined the business!

Shopkeeper Xu thought about it and told Chu Xinyun, who came to deliver the locusts, the latter said: "What else is there to consider about this matter, you can just go and tell the county master, this is originally breaking the rules of the industry!"

"Will the county master take care of this?" Shopkeeper Xu was a little unconvinced.

"Then it's not impossible for you to sit back and wait here, go to the county master to give some gifts and say something good, compared to others, they will refuse."

The restaurant is under the jurisdiction of the yamen, and it has to pay a lot of taxes every year.

On the first day of Zhao County's appointment, he personally attended and gave gifts, and the relationship between the two was not bad.

That night, he went to visit Zhao Xianling with a gift, and after the two met, they complimented him, and then the shopkeeper Xu explained his intention.

"My lord, in fact, the contemptible man came here this time because he wanted to discuss something with the adult."

Zhao Xian Ling was a lot more relaxed after solving the locust plague, and nodded: "Xu Xuejiao, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"My lord also knows that my Yunjian Restaurant and Dexing Building are in competition...."

As soon as the shopkeeper Xu heard that there was a play, he said about what Dexinglou had done, and Zhao Xianling stroked the tea cup and squinted his eyes and listened carefully for a long time without speaking.

In his impression, this shopkeeper of Dexing Lou Chen is very arrogant, and he only sent a congratulatory gift on the day he took office, but he did not appear in person.

Shopkeeper Zhao nodded slightly after hearing this: "The official also knows the specific matters, and I will invite Shopkeeper Chen to come tomorrow to talk about it."

"Thank you, sir!"

On the second day, Zhao County Ling invited Chen's shopkeeper in his own name, saying that he had something to discuss with him.

Shopkeeper Chen, who was angry at the locust banquet made in the back kitchen, naturally didn't want to go, but Laifu on the side whispered a few words in his ear, and then he restrained his anger and went to the county office.

The meaning of Zhao County's order is very simple, that is, his actions have completely disrupted the restaurant chain in Qingshui Town, after all, people are greedy for cheap to go, so wouldn't it make other restaurants impossible?

Shopkeeper Chen put down the teacup and snorted lightly: "My lord, this opening the door to do business is based on personal ability, since they don't have such strength and can't lower the price, what does it have to do with me?"

"Your Excellency shouldn't have come to me this time?"

Zhao Xianling frowned: "It's not that you won't be allowed to reduce the price, it's just that your price reduction is too unreasonable, so it will also have an impact on other industries..."