63. A windfall
After the dishes came up, Song Lingxue was a little disappointed, the names were varied, it seemed that these dishes looked stewed, the eggplant box and the button meat were a little greasy, the crispy chicken was not so crispy, and the taste was okay, but these dishes looked like they were made by the same master, and they were very distinctive, if Liu studied for ten days and half a month, he would be much stronger than this.
However, Shi Yu and Shi Lan naturally have never eaten a more delicious dish than this, both of them eat very fragrantly, Song Lingxue's body is not her before after all, and it is not so precious, she complains in her heart but is very honest, just these few dishes are pulling rice, and it will not take much effort to eat enough, and look at the dish again, there is still a lot left.
Song Lingxue saw that the two daughters were still eating, so she explained a few words to Shi Lan and asked her to take care of her sister, and she called Xiao Er.
"What does this aunt command?" Xiao Er is a teenager of thirteen or fourteen, thin and dark, and he laughs very relatablely.
Song Lingxue whispered to him, "May I ask if your shopkeeper is there?" I have something to look for him. ”
The little second looked embarrassed, but after looking at Song Lingxue's kind village woman, he gritted his teeth and smiled at her: "Then you wait first, I'll ask, if he doesn't have time to see you, I can't help it." ”
Song Lingxue nodded with a smile and said thank you to him.
Let's say that the little two hurriedly went upstairs, stopped at a place called Fugui Hall, knocked on the door carefully, and then heard a voice inside, and then the door was opened, revealing the shopkeeper's somewhat dissatisfied expression: "Didn't you say that there are distinguished guests coming today, don't let people disturb?" ”
Xiao Er has been waiting in the hall downstairs, and I really didn't know that there was a distinguished guest here today, and I was a little annoyed that I shouldn't come after listening to the shopkeeper's words, and I was afraid that I would be punished because I was punished, so I was so frightened that I shrank my neck and didn't dare to speak.
"There must be something to do, why should Li Bo be angry." A warm and jade-like man's voice sounded inside, thinking that it must be the nobleman, Xiao Er saw that the shopkeeper listened to the nobleman's words, and he was not angry, but calmly asked him what was wrong.
Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief and quickly told what had just happened.
"Why is a peasant woman looking for me, she doesn't want to come over and be a dishwasher, you go and tell her that we don't have a shortage of people here." The shopkeeper didn't take it seriously and said it directly.
It's just that before Xiao Er could speak, a female voice sounded at the top of the stairs: "Shopkeeper, I'm not looking for you to be a cook, but I have a deal to talk to you about." ”
The person who came was Song Lingxue, she just saw Xiao Er leave, she felt that she would not be able to see the shopkeeper just by saying two words from Xiao Er, just like when she went out to talk about business, if she made an appointment with the little sister at the front desk, she would not be able to see the boss nine times out of ten, so she still had to be bold and cheeky and go straight over.
"What business do you have to talk to me about a country woman?" The shopkeeper Li didn't look like much on the surface, but his tone was a little unpleasant.
Song Lingxue didn't care, she just said, "Why don't we go in and talk?" You won't be disappointed. ”
Shopkeeper Li was about to scold that there was a noble person inside, who she could see casually as a village woman, but the voice inside rang out again, saying that he would take this woman in.
After Song Lingxue followed the somewhat reluctant shopkeeper Li into the private room, she saw clearly that the man inside was quite young, wearing a white brocade shirt and a white jade hair crown, about twenty-one or two years old, he looked okay, his eyebrows were clear and handsome, and he also felt like a spring breeze when he spoke, he was a gentle and humble gentleman.
"What business does this lady have to do with us?"
Song Lingxue saw that the shopkeeper Li was very respectful of this man, as if this was the main master, so she no longer paid attention to the shopkeeper Li, but faced the man: "You are the owner here?" ”
The man didn't answer, just smiled and took a sip of tea, and the shopkeeper Li on the side hurriedly introduced: "This is the eldest son of the young owner of my family, the Li Yuanwai family in Huishui County." ”
Song Lingxue just thought that this Li Gongzi was a little good, and he didn't have any shelf, but now he felt that he was a little pretending, isn't he just a son of a foreign family, as for holding it like this?
Song Lingxue was not happy to stay with them any longer, and said directly: "Li Gongzi, I met a cook from the capital earlier, and he learned a few dishes, which we absolutely don't have here, I don't know if you are interested." ”
"Oh?" Li Gongzi was obviously interested, put down the teacup, tilted his head and looked at Song Lingxue: "Let's hear it." ”
"I see that our menu here is a little less varied, and most of them are repetitive stews, and there are no fresh fish dishes." Song Lingxue continued.
"We don't have big rivers and seas here, they are all fresh fish in the river, and the smell of the earth is very strong, how can it be delicious, and it can't be on the table at all." Shopkeeper Li interjected on the side.
"That's what your chef won't do, I have three fresh fish dishes here, and another recipe for kung pao chicken and roast meat in a clay pot, if you want it, I will sell it to you directly, if not, I will go to the county seat in two days." Song Lingxue said directly, as for what to do in the county seat, they also know that there is only one restaurant in the town, but there are many in the county, after all, Huishui is a big county.
In fact, this time it was really a blind cat that met a dead mouse, so that Song Lingxue ran into it, this Li Gongzi is not only a good young owner again, but also a young owner of a good restaurant in the county, but in recent years, several restaurants have risen in the county, among which Tianxianglou and Chunfeng Lou are very strong opponents, he has been going back and forth with various branches recently just to see the situation, and found that they are all the same and not very optimistic.
But this time it's not without harvest, if what this peasant woman said is reliable, then they will have a few more chips than the other two restaurants when they come back.
So he changed his contemptuous attitude just now and asked about Song Lingxue's specific matter.
Song Lingxue naturally didn't say the specific method, but just described the general method of a few dishes and the color, flavor and shape of the dishes, she didn't prepare to go to the kitchen to make them to taste, it was originally a hammer deal, and she also knew the importance of a recipe in this era.
Li Gongzi is also insightful, after listening to Song Lingxue's description, he also heard the value of several dishes, and took the deal very neatly, saying that he was willing to buy a few dishes she said at the price of ten taels of silver per menu.
Song Lingxue didn't know the market, but seeing that this Li Gongzi was neat, he didn't sit on the ground and started the price, and made a deal directly, and then asked the shopkeeper Li to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Song Lingxue dictated the writing of the shopkeeper Li, and it didn't take much effort to write down the detailed process of the five dishes.
Song Lingxue roughly read it, and after confirming that it was correct, then Li Gongzi asked him to write a contract, roughly asking Song Lingxue to guarantee that this menu would not be sold to others again, Song Lingxue felt that this was also reasonable, so he signed his name and pressed his handprint.
So a deal was made so quickly and simply, Song Lingxue pinched the five silver tickets with a denomination of ten taels and handed them over, and for a while she felt like she had made a windfall, and she didn't expect it to be so smooth.
Just in case, she hurriedly said goodbye and went downstairs, and after settling the meal money, she pulled Shi Yu and Shi Lan and left the restaurant in a hurry.