Chapter 16 The Restaurant Owner
Suddenly, a hand blocked her way, "Girl, do you want lunch?" β
"Lunch?" Bai Lu glanced at the young man dressed as the second boy in the shop, and when he said this, it seemed that he was indeed hungry.
She looked back at the restaurant behind her, three floors, three shops, neither big nor too small, but she didn't know how the dishes were.
Seeing Bai Lu's expression, the shopkeeper was so excited that he hurriedly shouted inside, "One guest, have lunchβ"
"Girl, please inside."
Bai Lu looked at the shopkeeper who was clutching his sleeves and hugging inside, and was a little puzzled, are the people in the capital so hospitable?
At this moment, the restaurant was empty, Bai Lu was led by the shopkeeper to sit down in the private seat near the window on the second floor, she looked left and right, the perspective of this location was not bad. But the empty restaurant made her a little suspicious of the food here.
Sure enough, the shopkeeper didn't even report the name of the dish, and another shopkeeper went upstairs with the food.
Is the speed of serving food an advantage? But what if the food that comes up is not what I want to eat?
Without waiting for Bai Lu to finish slandering in his heart, the shopkeeper who served the dishes was already in a hurry to set out the dishes, a stack of baked cakes, a bowl of jade soup, a plate of sweet and sour fish, a stack of scrambled eggs, and two chicken legs.
Since entering Beijing, it was the first time Bai Lu had seen such a simple meal. She raised her head to look at the two shopkeepers, only to see that the two were looking at her with a look of hope.
Bai Lu understood this look in his heart, so he took a spoon and drank a sip of jade soup.
This jade soup is actually a green vegetable soup, but this entrance Bai Lu knows that the cook is not shallow.
"Well, yes, it's comparable to the imperial meal."
Hearing this, the two laughed, "This guest officer is really discerning, our host's grandfather used to be the imperial chef in the palace!" β
"Oh, the Imperial Chef." When Bai Lu heard this, he waved his chopsticks happily, the sweet and sour fish was delicious, the fish was tender and appetizing, although the eggs were fried, they were very flavorful, and the chicken legs were a must, spicy and fragrant, which was completely Bai Lu's favorite.
"This chicken leg is delicious, pack two more plates and bring it home."
When the shopkeeper who served the food heard this, he went down happily.
"This dish tastes really good, why don't you have any guests here, don't you all go to see the wedding of the eldest prince!"
"The guest officer doesn't know, our young owner loves to gamble, and his family wealth is gone, and this restaurant is also favored by the Yang family's in-laws."
"The Yang family?"
The shopkeeper nodded, "It's the Yang family who became in-laws with the eldest prince today." β
After listening to a lot of this forced selling drama, Bai Lu instantly understood the embarrassment of the restaurant owner, no wonder the shopkeeper was holding on to himself, and the dishes were still the meals of wealthy farmers.
"How much did your owner plan to sell this restaurant?"
"The young owner owes too much gambling debt, and the owner of this restaurant can't sell it if he doesn't want to. But the price given by the other party is too low. Although this shop is in the outer city, it is not as good as the restaurant in the inner city, but the flow of people in the outer city is larger, and a thousand taels of silver are also worth it. And the other party only gave five hundred taels, or treasure money, this is our owner's ancestral property! β
This is a blatant robbery!
"Then you can't do this!"
"Yes, our host is already unable to make ends meet, and he doesn't hide it from the guest officials, it's not that he doesn't let him order, but only these ingredients can be made."
Bai Lu nodded, except for the baked cakes, the rest of the dishes were finished, and she was still a little sad when she thought that she would not be able to eat this spicy and fragrant chicken leg in the future.
"If you don't tell your owner, just say that I will subsidize him with some money, it's a pity that this ancestral business is lost."
Each chef has his own exclusive secret dishes, not to mention the imperial chef, Bai Lu yearns for the imperial chef's private dishes.
"Ahββ,h
The shopkeeper ran away quickly, and Bai Lu was considering whether to pack the baked cakes and bring them back to the palace, but finally decided to give up, it seems that this embarrassed owner should not waste any food now.
After a while, a middle-aged uncle in his forties walked up, "I've seen this guest!" β
"Uncle, you're welcome, I can't help much, but this chicken leg is so delicious, I will come back often in the future." This amount of money is considered to be the meal money paid in advance. β
Bai Lu handed over a purse, which contained a hundred taels of silver tickets, which was secretly given by her mother when she left the house.
The uncle of the owner looked at the purse in his hand, stunned, and held back tears in his eyes.
Bai Lu saw that the uncle was staring at the purse and did not move, it was too light to save the fire. She fumbled around her body, and finally only touched the earrings.
The queen's reward should be very valuable!
"Uncle, you came out in a hurry, you didn't bring too much money, you took these earrings and sold them, they should be worth some silver."
The uncle of the owner looked at the extra earrings in his hand, and suddenly had an idea, and quickly knelt down, "Miss, the old man has a reluctant request, I hope you can agree." β
Bai Lu hurriedly took a step back, wasn't it a good deed and was falsely accused?
"You say!"
"Miss, the old man can't ask for your silver taels for nothing, or you look at how this is, we will split the account of this restaurant, and you will be the owner of this place from now on."
"The owner, pay back fifty-five accounts?" Bai Lu shouted in disbelief, originally thought that doing good deeds would meet someone who would be able to make inches, but he didn't think it was a very principled thing.
This temperament is worthy of being the descendant of the imperial kitchen.
"Yes, we will divide this restaurant equally in the future, if it doesn't work, you can also have six and four of you."
"No, no, no, five or five cents is too much, not to mention that the pair of earrings is not worth four hundred taels of silver at all." Bai Lu was a little frightened, feeling that she was suspected of taking advantage of the fire to rob.
The pair of earrings are too worthwhile, and the uncle of the owner is so excited that his hands are shaking a little, and it seems that the redemption of the ancestral house is still promising.
"That's it, girl, and we'll make a contract at once. On the winter solstice, hurry up to prepare pen, ink, paper, inkstone, Xiaoman, clean up the table, and serve tea to the new owner. β
The uncle hurriedly stood up and carefully put away the earrings.
Bai Lu looked at the three of the vigorous shopkeepers, a little emotional, went out to see the excitement, spent a hundred taels, but did not expect to add a pair of earrings to become the owner.
Tsk, I really didn't expect to become the owner of the restaurant so inexplicably.
"Miss, your surname!"
"My name is Bai Lu!"
"Miss Bai, please sign here, this contract is in triplicate, one is on file with the government, and you and I will each hold one copy."
Miss Bai, this title Bai Lu feels very pleasant, Bai Lu, who was called fifteen by the master and sister, suddenly one day, the old man told you that you are not surnamed Bai, and Bai Lu couldn't accept it at the beginning.
What's even more hateful is that after the old man told him that his surname was not Bai, he threw away the address he had taken from him, and threw himself and his senior sister out of the mountain gate.
The uncle of the owner shook his hand and handed over the brush, as long as this word is signed, then this restaurant can be brought back to life.
While Bai Lu signed, he was still thinking, he couldn't take advantage of others, and he would send some silver money out another day, how to let this restaurant stand up, anyway, those jewelry were still there.
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