Chapter 21: The Restaurant
Qiao's restaurant was rented to people from other provinces to open a southern restaurant, which is a very famous restaurant on East Street, He asked Yue Wenqin to catch the car, and she personally took them to East Street to see the restaurant.
He took them into East Street, left the car in the inn on the corner, and took Yue Wenqin and Qingqing, who was still wearing men's clothes, as if they were shopping, and slowly walked to the restaurant.
Qingqing looked up and saw that the two-story wooden structure of the small building, under the eaves, the dragon and the phoenix danced with the three big characters of "Fenglai Building". Qingqing also understands that this word is good and bad, but she doesn't like this name. Fenglai Building, it feels like a flower building.
She hasn't been here either, and the shopkeeper won't know that this is the second grandmother of the Qiao family, and the lease of the restaurant has not expired, and the business is still doing. But obviously, the shopkeeper and the guy didn't have any heart, no one greeted outside the door, and the guy in the door also coped so-so, and the shopkeeper pestled in the counter to fight flies. saw the three of them enter the store, but no one came to greet them.
"Shopkeeper!" He screamed impatiently.
A young man looked left and right, and rushed out, "This lady is please, do you want to drink tea or eat?" ”
"Do you have a private room? We want to take a break. Yue Wenqin didn't let He say any more, and he smiled and bowed his hand.
"Upstairs please, our Fenglai Building is in a good location, on the second floor, you can see the imperial city, if you come in the evening, you can see the beautiful scenery of the sunset in the imperial city, it is really beautiful." The young man put the white towel on his shoulder and beckoned them upstairs with a smile.
Upstairs in the north-facing corner of the elegant seat, sure enough, you can see a corner of the imperial city, and the view is really good.
"What's your name?" Qingqing nodded to the young man who beckoned them to sit down and asked softly.
"Little ...... Ye is really polite, the small one is called Xiaodouzi, what do you need, just say hello. Little Douzi paused, obviously, he had already seen that Qingqing was a girl, but he immediately smiled back, wiped the table, and poured them hot tea.
"Pick two of your best dishes and add one soup, I just saw that there is a soup dumpling on the water card, and I will also serve it. Tea changed to before the rain! Yue Wenqin pushed the teacup away, looked at the environment, and nodded.
"Today's frost has fallen, the cabbage after the frost is very fresh and sweet, look at the little Xianggong is only afraid of losing his appetite, a vinegared cabbage, a stir-fried beef with garlic, and a ten brocade vegetarian soup? The staple food is soup dumplings. The young man looked at Qingqing and smiled at Yue Wenqin.
"Very proper!" Yue Wenqin nodded.
The young man smiled and took a step back: "Ten brocades of vegetarian soup, garlic beef, vinegared cabbage, and a crystal soup bun!" ”
"That's a good guy." He's family also runs a small restaurant, and there are guys at home, although it is not as big as here, but they are also knowledgeable.
"The store is about to change owners, and it's normal for people's hearts to fluctuate." Yue Wenqin nodded, got up and opened the curtain at the door to look outside, and then turned around to look at the furnishings in the private room, "Will these things be demolished by the original owner?" ”
"Dare!" He Shi rolled his eyes, saw Qingqing glaring at him, and hurriedly touched her gently, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, our family doesn't dare to bully others, if it weren't for the surname Qiao here, how could it be so stable." ”
"Dad is in charge of public security, and he doesn't charge protection money, and he is inside and outside." Qingqing understands that the Qiao family is the head snake of the land, and everyone must give some face. This is the Qiao family's industry, no one dares to make trouble, as long as the original owner still wants to do business in Kaifeng, he will not do anything wrong.
"That's a good thing." Yue Wenqin obviously didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and nodded deeply and felt that this was a necessary condition for opening a restaurant.
The food here is very fast, soon two dishes and one soup are served, He and Qingqing did not move their chopsticks, Qingqing just ate wontons at home, and He himself does not understand, so naturally he wants to let Xiao Yue try it.
Yue Wenqin motioned for Xiaodouzi to help him fill a bowl of soup, and tasted it himself, so he asked him to serve it to He Shi and Qingqing, he just dipped the chopsticks in a little cabbage juice and put it on the tip of his tongue, noncommittal, and glanced at the beef again, not even clipping.
"Take down the beef and let the master redo it, and make it old. The color is not right! ”
Qingqing looked down and shook her head, "It's not that it's old, it's that the beef is not fresh, and the beef doesn't want it." Let the master master steam a fish, and the fish will live. ”
Xiaodouzi's face changed, and he didn't argue, and went down with the beef in both hands.
Soon, the shopkeeper personally took a pot of tea and sent it over, with a smile on his face: "This is before the rain this year, please use it for the three guest officers." ”
"Business is not good, and there is a surplus of beef, which is understandable." Yue Wenqin waved his hand, looking disapproving, "Don't worry, the old shopkeeper, we won't go out and talk nonsense." ”
"The guest officer is really, and the store never dares to be shoddy. This time, it must have been a lack of attention to the purchase, but it made the guest officer misunderstand. What else do you want to use? The little one immediately ordered someone to prepare! The old shopkeeper was smiling, but he didn't give an inch of land, and he couldn't let people say that they were selling leftover meat from the previous day, which was a matter of principle.
"I heard that Fenglailou is going to change places, I don't know if it's true or not, every time I come to Beijing, Fenglailou's soup dumplings are necessary to eat, and your master won't change it, right?" Yue Wenqin's foreign accent is also becoming more and more obvious.
"Yes, it's a little small here, although the place is good, but Fenglai Lou has a good reputation, and I don't care much about the place, the owner has found a bigger back street location, and plans to open a new one. If the guest officer can wait, he will be able to share the same bunk on the back street here in less than a month. But it doesn't matter, this place will only be withdrawn when it can open that day, the owners are very talkative, and you don't have to worry about running out of food. The old shopkeeper smiled like a flower.
"It's not a back street, it's also a good place, the owner is really rich!" Yue Wenqin smiled and bowed his hand to the old shopkeeper.
"The flow of people is still worse!" The old shopkeeper still couldn't help but sigh lightly, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not good to say this here, so he gave them up and withdrew himself.
Xiaodouzi quickly sent the soup dumplings, waiting for so long, it should be freshly steamed, the crystal soup dumplings are also particular, the soup dumplings are pulled up and do not disperse, you can see the soup dangling in the thin skin, put the soup dumplings into the spoon, pour a little ginger vinegar into it, first absorb the soup from above, and then slowly eat it with the belt filling.
"Well done!" Yue Wenqin nodded to Xiaodouzi, "Master's skill in jelly meat is really amazing!" ”
Qingqing also sandwiched one, which is consistent with Yue Wenqin's technique, but, obviously, she also knows how to eat, not from Yue Wenqin.
He saw that both of them had eaten, and when he picked up the soup dumplings by himself, the soup dumplings were pulled apart by the wrong strength, and the soup flowed all over the cage. Qingqing smiled at her, helped her make the previous set, and then handed the spoon directly to He.
He was not hypocritical, and sucked the soup on the bun like them, and sure enough, the soup with ginger vinegar was hot and fresh, without a greasy taste. When you eat the minced meat again, the minced meat is also firm and delicious, and there is some sweetness of the roe in it.
"Delicious!" Ho smiled.