Chapter Seventy-Seven: Not Worthy of the Name
After dealing with Quzhou affairs, Su Jiudong, who had been away from home for more than two months, returned to Qishan County with Wen Yiheng, and accidentally found that there were more medicinal restaurants in the county.
However, these medicinal restaurants are not new stores, they were originally restaurants, but now they have added the name "medicinal food" to their signboards.
Su Jiudong felt fresh, and deliberately chose a Lin Sheng restaurant near the county government, planning to go in and try their medicinal food.
Su Jiudong and his entourage traveled day and night, driving in a hurry, and it was inconvenient to wash along the way, so several people were a little discouraged.
In addition, the shop guys who greeted a few people in Lin Sheng's restaurant were newly recruited recently, so they couldn't recognize the identities of Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng, the two owners of Jonway Medicinal Restaurant.
"A few guest officers have just stopped on the road? It's been a hard journey all the way, let's see what to eat? The shop guy served tea and menus, and greeted a few people warmly.
Su Jiudong took the menu and browsed it carefully.
Barley porridge, carp soup, winter melon porridge, black chicken soup, lamb ribs, medicinal pot...... The meals in the medicinal diet column on the menu are almost identical to those in the Jonway Medicinal Restaurant.
The price of some dishes positioned for ordinary people is about the same as that of Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant, but the price of high-quality medicinal food sold to dignitaries is much more expensive.
The price of a few of them is even more than the most expensive dish in the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant, which is almost twenty taels of silver.
Although Su Jiudong was a little puzzled, from ancient times to the present, there were probably only a few nourishing medicinal dishes back and forth, so Su Jiudong didn't think much about it, and beckoned the shop guy to push the dishes and order: "Which is the best medicinal food sold in your restaurant?" What kind of medicinal diet is recommended by the master? ”
"The best sellers are barley porridge and green tea eggs, and ordinary people love to eat these, which are delicious and cheap."
The shop guy was a little disdainful when he talked about the cheaper dishes, but when it came to the next few dishes, he highly recommended: "If you want to say that the chef and some officials and ladies in the store love to eat, there are many things that the chef and some officials and ladies love to eat, such as black-bone chicken, lamb short ribs and medicinal pig's trotters, which are often eaten and nourished the most." ”
Wen Yiheng was really hungry in his stomach, and he was a little interested in what to eat, so he just wanted to eat and go back to rest.
The guy at the store didn't know the situation, and mistakenly thought that Wen Yiheng was not interested in these dishes, and planned to use a killer move: "This guest officer, if you think these dishes are too ordinary, you might as well try Yuangong Sihe Soup." ”
The shopkeeper deliberately lowered his voice, put on a look of "I don't tell ordinary people", and pretended to whisper: "Some time ago, the minister of the Qin mission inspected our Qishan County and suddenly fell ill. The other doctors were helpless, and at the critical moment, Dr. Su served this Yuangong Sihe soup, and the minister of the Qin Mission ate this medicinal food. ”
Hearing others mention himself, and he appeared in a fabricated story, Su Jiudong's eyelids jumped, and he immediately sat up straight, and asked the guy in the shop: "The doctor you are talking about is Dr. Su in the Jonway Medicinal Restaurant?" ”
Wen Yiheng and a few others also came to the spirit, sat up straight, supported their faces with their hands to listen to the shopkeepers, and all showed gossip expressions that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
"Yo? Have you heard of Dr. Su's reputation? The little one is talking about her. Some time ago, she cured the illness of the minister of Qincha and became famous in the entire Qishan County......"
The shopkeeper pretended to lower his voice mysteriously and said, "The owner of our restaurant and Dr. Su are friends, so Dr. Su is willing to give us the recipe for this Yuangong Sihe soup." ”
Su Jiudong smiled after hearing this, and specially ordered the Yuangong Sihe soup and a few other dishes that were "cured" by the minister.
Su Jiudong didn't remember that he knew a friend who opened a Lin Sheng restaurant, and he had never given Chu Lufeng any Yuan Gong Sihe soup, but he was afraid that this Lin Sheng restaurant was cheating in his own name.
Su Jiudong's face was slightly angry, he couldn't bear it, his eyes were angry, and he looked at this Lin Sheng restaurant again with a brand new environment and furniture.
There were also a lot of people sitting in the restaurant, Su Jiudong sent someone to ask, and after asking, he learned that most of the diners present came for the "Yuangong Sihe Soup" that Dr. Su gave to the minister.
Su Jiudong was even more furious after hearing this, staring at the "Yuangong Sihe Soup" menu hanging in the store, his eyes hateful.
Seeing Su Jiudong's embarrassed and annoyed look on his face at this time, Wen Yiheng hid his face and smiled: "This store dares to blatantly use your name as a gimmick, isn't it just because you haven't returned to Qishan County yet?" ”
"By virtue of my absence? Aren't they afraid that I will expose them when I return? Su Jiudong slapped his thighs angrily, his whole body was bulging, and he couldn't help frowning and pouting.
Wen Yiheng shook his head and laughed at her innocence: "When you come back, the reputation of this Yuangong Sihe Tang has also been hit, ordinary people will only think that you have cooperated with this Lin Sheng restaurant, and no one will believe you no matter how you defend it." ”
"Then what if I sue the owner of this deceitful medicinal food and restaurant to the county government?" Su Jiudong thought that it was the most fair for the Yamen to ask the government to uphold justice.
"Actually, there is no need to make trouble with the government for this trivial matter, we will privately talk to the owner of this restaurant, ask him to withdraw the Yuangong Sihe soup, and then clarify that it is not the medicinal food you prepared, and just apologize to you."
Wen Yiheng didn't agree with Su Jiudong's idea of making a big deal about it.
Lin Sheng Restaurant dares to do the business of medicinal diet, which is actually equivalent to the peer competition of Jonway Medicinal Restaurant. Grave
Su Jiudong is not a complete businessman, and he is not familiar with business, let alone the fierce competition in the catering industry.
If you accidentally offend a large number of peers and be ostracized by others, Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant may be in a position in Qishan County in the future, and it will be difficult.
"They are all from Qishan County, they don't look up and look down, leave a way back for everything, and they don't have to be so decisive."
Su Jiudong nodded helplessly, planning to put this matter on hold in the future, and deal with it later when he was free.
After a while, the ordered medicinal food was delivered, and the other dishes were almost the same, Su Jiudong and Wen Yiheng paid the most attention to the Yuangong Sihe soup.
The four soups of the Motonomiya do not look much different from the regular soups. Su Jiudong only took a sip and tasted what ingredients were contained in it.
It's just an ordinary soup mixed with white flour, sesame seeds, and cumin, and mixed with salt.
Such an ingredient formula has the effect of tonifying the spleen, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and can be used for the symptoms of weak spleen and stomach and loss of appetite, but it cannot treat the plague that Chu Lufeng was infected with at the beginning.
Su Jiudong grabbed the menu, fixed his eyes, and once again confirmed the price of this Yuangong Sihe soup. It's just ordinary white noodles and sesame seeds, and Lin Sheng's restaurant charges one or two dollars a bowl.
Lin Sheng's restaurant is purely deceiving people and collecting money, selling dog meat on the head of a sheep.
Su Jiudong checked several other dishes, all of which were ordinary dishes with a few cordyceps sinensis Chinese medicinal materials, which turned into "medicinal diet", but they were actually "pseudo" medicinal diets.
Su Jiudong put down his chopsticks angrily, he didn't have the heart to eat anymore, and he was already full of anger after Lin Sheng's restaurant finished talking about it.
Seeing this, Wen Yiheng glanced at Chu Lufeng and several other attendants, and several people hurriedly ate a few bites, and finally checked out and left.
Chu Lu bowed goodbye to everyone and returned to Qincha.
Su Jiudong and the others returned to the medicinal food hall, and after listening to the shopkeeper Liu's explanation of the situation, they learned the reason for the opening of several more medicinal food halls in the county.
More than two months ago, Chu Lufeng, the minister of the Qin Mission, contracted the disease, and several of the original prefects and governors were also affected and infected together.
Then Su Jiudong followed Wen Yiheng to Quzhou, because she didn't know that after she left, the news of her treatment of the minister of Qincha spread in Qishan County, and the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant suddenly became famous.
At present, the business of the medicinal restaurant is quite good, and it will be full of people every day, and the amount of income in the account is also very gratifying. Due to the faint trend of being too busy and understaffed in the medicinal restaurant, Shopkeeper Liu hired two more shop mates to help.
When the people of Qishan County learned that Su Jiudong had cured the minister, they were even more impressed by her, a woman from the countryside, so the number of people who came to eat at the medicinal restaurant was even fuller, sometimes even to the point where they needed to make an appointment.
Su Jiudong rushed to Quzhou with Wen Yiheng and Chu Lufeng, and strongly helped the disaster area to control the disease and cure the plague.
Wen Yiheng reported the matter to the imperial court, and Su Jiudong was also praised by the imperial court.
Before Su Jiudong returned to Qishan County, the plaque of "Wonderful Hands Rejuvenation" given by the imperial court and the reward of 10,000 taels of silver had been delivered to the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant.
Shopkeeper Liu hung the plaque in the center of the main hall of the medicinal food hall, and the 10,000 taels of silver were collected by Liu Yunniang, who was the adoptive mother, and took it to the money bank to save it.
With the blessing of the fame of the imperial court and the ministers, the business of Yongyuan Medicinal Diet Hall is thriving, and Su Jiudong's medicinal diet is famous.
Some noble ladies in Hangzhou heard about Su Jiudong's reputation, and even learned that the medicinal diet prepared by her had a remarkable effect on health preservation, and they came to the county town to invite Su Jiudong to come to their homes to prepare food for them.
However, Su Jiudong was still in Quzhou at that time and had not returned, so your lady had to give up and leave a message saying that she would send someone to inform them when Su Jiudong returned, and then visit them again.
Su Jiudong reacted that he was famous, and his reputation even spread to Lin'an Mansion in Hangzhou City, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
Su Jiudong thought that she was just exercising her responsibility, treating diseases and saving people, and doing ordinary things, and never thought that she would become famous one day.
"What's going on with the additional medicinal food halls in the county?" Su Jiudong became famous, and the business of Jonway Medicinal Diet was booming, which is understandable, but it has nothing to do with those restaurants, how could they add a part of medicinal diet?
"It turned out that our house was the only medicinal restaurant in Qishan County, and the business was not as good as it was at the beginning, so the surrounding restaurants did not take our family seriously."
"Now that the owner is famous, the business in the restaurant is booming, and other peers are naturally red-eyed, so follow our family." The competition in the catering industry is fierce, and Shopkeeper Liu is not surprised by this.
As long as they don't use unfair competition methods, they can't say anything, after all, the Medicinal Diet Pavilion is not the patent of their Jonway Medicinal Diet Pavilion.