Chapter 56

In view of the introduction of various modern policies, Ye Lan feels that even if there is a master in this northern land, everyone's life should not change too much, as long as this seventh prince is not a brain-dead and brutal person, he should not care too much about this northern land with no oil and water, so whether he comes or not has nothing to do with himself.

Thinking like this, Ye Lan threw the so-called Seven Princes to the back of her mind, Juxian Building was very soon there, the building was still that building, and the signboard was still that signboard, but Ye Lan found that in just a few days, opposite Juxian Building, there was one more restaurant, and the name was quite domineering: Dragon and Phoenix Shop.

The doors of the two restaurants are opposite, and the shopkeeper in the counter can see the situation of the restaurant opposite as soon as he looks up.

"Little Two ......"

Ye Lan stopped the carriage at the door and walked into the Juxian Building, there was no one inside, the little second brother was bored and played with his nails on the table, and he didn't even notice that someone came in, and Ye Lan had to take the initiative to speak.

"Yo, Miss Qiao is here, welcome." There are few beautiful little girls in the northern land, speaking with a small Beijing accent, Xiao Er is deeply impressed by Ye Lan and Qiao Zi, and they can recognize it at a glance after a long time, and when they see Ye Lan, they smile so brightly,

"What do you want to eat today, are you alone?"

"I haven't been in the city for a few days, little second brother, when did the dragon and phoenix store next door open? I didn't open it last time I came. Ye Lan looked at Xiao Er with a smile and asked.

"It only opened the day before yesterday, and the eldest lady of the Beigong family deliberately fought against our young master to steal business." Xiao Er snorted coldly with dissatisfaction, he was really full and had nothing to do.

Ye Lan had no intention of inquiring about others**, and she was not interested in the eldest lady of the Beigong family and the owner of Juxian Building, but it was a little strange to see that the passenger flow on both sides was completely opposite.

"Juxian Lou is also an old restaurant in Northern City, even if a restaurant is opened opposite, the business should not be robbed all at once."

"Miss Qiao doesn't know ......"

Xiao Er was filled with indignation, Ye Lan knew why the business difference between the two restaurants was so big, to say that the eldest lady of the Beigong family was also a character in Beijing City, not only the first beauty in Beijing City, but also the only daughter of the head of the Beigong Mansion, the Beigong Lord was in deep love for his wife, and the Beigong Lady was weak and sickly, and it was not suitable for childbirth, so the two only had this only daughter, the Beigong Lord had been fond of his daughter since she was a child, and she also cultivated this Beigong Miss as an heir, so this Beigong Miss is not only beautiful but also very capable, It is said that she began to take over the business of the Beigong family at the age of fifteen.

The resources of the northern city are limited, and there are many people who want to take a share, Beigong Lan and the owner of Juxian Lou have a lot of ways to fight for business, but the owner of Juxian Lou is a foreigner, and the Beigong family has been hovering in the north for many years, and the foundation has long been stable, so the two sides fight, and the owner of Juxian Lou is slightly inferior.

However, as an admirer of the owner, Xiao Er will never admit that his owner is not as good as others, only saying that the Beigong family's methods are very despicable, and he will deliberately open a restaurant opposite the Juxian Building, Beigong Lan not only used his title of the first beauty, but also set up a stage in his own restaurant to invite beautiful women to perform, and then made a series of preferential activities, too much before the opening of the Juxian Lou chef poached away, this time, the Juxian Lou business was robbed all of a sudden.

In order to show the charm of her boss, at the end, Xiao Er also told Ye Lan a gossip, saying that Beigong Lan did it so ruthlessly, in fact, because she confessed to her boss and was rejected and became angry.

“……”

"Alas, I'm really sorry, Miss Qiao, I was too proud when I was young, you are still a child, you shouldn't listen to these little gossip." Seeing Ye Lan's speechless appearance, Xiao Er was suddenly embarrassed, and then remembered that she was still a little girl, and she shouldn't have said these words to her.

"No problem." Ye Lan shook her head, looking at the comparison between the two businesses, she had some thoughts in her heart, "Your chef has been poached, so who is the chef now?" ”

"Hey, hey, it's small." Xiao Er looked at Ye Lan embarrassedly.

"Oh?"

"The opposite side suddenly poached our cooks, and it takes time for the owner to invite people, I will fry a few dishes, and the shopkeeper will let me take the position of the chef, and wait for the owner to invite people back."

Ye Lan nodded, "Then you can bring me two dishes that you specialize in." ”

"Okay, Miss Qiao, wait a minute." Xiao Er nodded, he was very happy about Ye Lan's face, and made up his mind to behave well, very, a plate of boiled cabbage, and a plate of sweet and sour cabbage were served.

"Is this what you're good at?" Looking at the two cabbages on the table, the corners of Ye Lan's mouth twitched unconsciously.

"Miss Qiao, don't be surprised, the small family is poor, this Chinese cabbage is the only more popular sparse dish in the north, I just grew up eating Chinese cabbage, so this specialty dish is inseparable from Chinese cabbage." Xiao Er saw the corners of Ye Lan's mouth twitch, thinking of Ye Lan's mother and daughter's generosity, he immediately blushed, although this Chinese cabbage is an ordinary sparse vegetable in the north, but because it is popular, in the eyes of some rich people, this is the poor eating vegetables, and most of the conditions are average when they come to the restaurant, and the really rich people will never order Chinese cabbage when they come to the restaurant.

Ye Lan didn't look down on Chinese cabbage, she just saw the two dishes on the table, she didn't have confidence in the little second-hand art, she tasted two bites, sure enough, boiled Chinese cabbage, there was no taste, at first glance, it was boiled in water, and it was served up, as for the sweet and sour Chinese cabbage, the sugar taste was not enough, and the sour taste was not enough, so it was not worthy of its name at all.

Because of her own conditions in her previous life, Ye Lan is not a picky person, but this does not mean that she can't taste it, and she can't tell the difference between good and bad taste.

Putting down the chopsticks, Ye Lan looked at Xiao Er, "Xiao Er, after your chef Juxian Lou was dug up by the restaurant opposite, are you still the head chef?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Er nodded, otherwise the chef would not have passed, the same position, the treatment was several times better, of course he had to go.

"So the taste of the dragon and phoenix shop opposite is the taste I used to eat here." Ye Lan asked thoughtfully.

"Yes."

"That's going to be easy." Ye Lan's eyes flashed when she heard this, that chef's skills can only be regarded as average, and it is really not as delicious as she makes, not to mention compared with real celebrity chefs.

"Ahh Xiao Er looked at Ye Lan inexplicably, not knowing what she meant by saying this.

"Little second brother, where is your shopkeeper, I have something I want to discuss with him, can you let me see him?"

"Let's rest in the backyard of the shopkeeper, Miss Qiao, wait a minute, I'll go and ask." Considering Ye Lan's extraordinary temperament, Xiao Er decided to disturb the rest shopkeeper.

"Okay, if he asks about something, you can say it's about the customer, and I have a way to get the customer back." Ye Lan Xiaoer was surprised, and said calmly in her eyes.

"Yes, Miss Joe." Although he couldn't believe Ye Lan's confidence, Xiao Er still went to the shopkeeper.

Ye Lan sat in the position, and the shopkeeper ran out of the backyard, with a round figure like a ball, "Who said that I can gather the guests of Xianlou back?" ”

Ye Lan was the only one in the hall, although the round shopkeeper wanted to ignore her, but there was really only such a little girl as Ye Lan in this hall, and Xiao Er had already pointed at Ye Lan behind him and said that she was looking for someone else.

"Are you sure it's her?" The shopkeeper glared at his little two, that was a little girl.

"It's really that Miss Qiao, she is from the capital, and she only came to our northern city not long ago." Xiao Er whispered in the shopkeeper's ear.

The shopkeeper still didn't believe that a little girl could help her, at this moment, Ye Lan's eyes looked over, just like that, the shopkeeper immediately turned pale, and walked towards Ye Lan, unexpectedly polite,

"Dare to ask, but this little friend asked Xiao Lao'er and said that there is a way to help Xiao Lao'er get the source of customers back?"

Xiao Er obviously looked at his shopkeeper and saw that Ye Lan's eyes flashed with disbelief at first glance, and suddenly changed so much, his jaw dropped.

Ye Lan chuckled, "Didn't the shopkeeper see that Ye Lan was young and untrustworthy?" ”

"Xiaoyou is indeed relatively young, however, the eldest lady of the Beigong family began to deal with the business of the Beigong family at the age of fifteen, and the owner of my family began to contact the family business at the age of thirteen, the young master of the main family is a genius, and he has begun to contact the family business at the age of ten, so to see if a person has the ability, he should not care about his age, not to mention, Xiaoyou's eyes are not what an ordinary girl should have." Although the shopkeeper has been staying in this northern city, but the ability to see people is not an ordinary person, just one glance at Ye Lan's eyes, he knew that this little girl could not be pushed by common sense, so his attitude immediately changed.

Ye Lanxi is talking to such a person, although it is easy to be sold if she is not careful with such a person, but she has her own countermeasures, knocking on the two dishes on the table,

"Opposite the dragon and phoenix shop, I already know, a restaurant, the chef is the soul of the people, the guests come to the restaurant, the main purpose is to eat, so, no matter how good the decoration of your restaurant, no matter how big the brand, if there is no good chef, in the end, can only go to perdition, with your small second-hand art, not I said, I'm afraid that when your owner invites the chef back, the opposite dragon and phoenix shop has relied on its own means, has a group of loyal customers, and has a firm foothold, the so-called one mountain does not allow two tigers, the dragon and phoenix store will open the store opposite your Juxian Building, The door is also facing the door, and the shopkeeper will not think that they are trying to show friendliness. ”

was despised Xiao Er bowed his head silently, his skills are really not good, but a little girl said it so openly, it hurts her self-esteem.

A child can say such things, of course, it is not excluded that someone will instruct him later, but looking at Ye Lan's performance, the shopkeeper is willing to believe that these are Ye Lan's own words, so like this, Ye Lan's shopkeeper's eyes are more and more curious, who is this child, so smart at a young age, and his own owner is comparable.

"Then according to Xiaoyou, how should I do this Juxian Building?"

"There is an uncle once said, treat friends, to be as warm as a spring breeze, to treat enemies, to be as cruel and ruthless as a harsh winter, opposite the dragon and phoenix shop clearly to deal with Juxian Lou, so, of course, Juxian Lou does not have to be polite, the dragon and phoenix shop robbed the Juxian Lou cook, robbed the Juxian Lou guests, then Juxian Lou will launch a delicious recipe, the dragon and phoenix shop to snatch the guests back, as long as the dragon and phoenix shop has no business, it is a matter of time before it closes."

"Treat your friends as warm as a spring breeze, and treat your enemies as cruel and merciless as winter...... That's a good thing to say. The shopkeeper carefully recalled Ye Lan's words, patted his thighs and his eyes lit up,

"Presumably able to say such an opinion, it must not be an ordinary person, Xiaoyou's words are completely reasonable, and Xiao Lao'er also understands, but this good cook, it's really hard to find, I was poached from this Juxian Building, and the chef is already a famous chef in this northern city, and now they have all been poached, where can I find a better than him, it is impossible to find it in northern city, but I can find it in other places, so I don't know how long it will take to find it."

"Since I mentioned it, I naturally have a way." Ye Lan smiled.

"Could it be that Xiaoyou knows someone who is skilled in cooking?" The shopkeeper looked at Ye Lan in surprise.

Ye Lan smiled and didn't answer, just touched her head, "Shopkeeper, can you borrow the kitchen?" ”

"Yes." The shopkeeper looked at Ye Lan in surprise, but he didn't ask too much, but first promised to lend the kitchen to Ye Lan.

Ye Lan looked at the shopkeeper in his eyes, and felt more and more that this shopkeeper was not simple, such a person, if the cooperation is good, his own benefits will not be less, Juxian Lou is not small, there are two floors in the front yard is a place to eat, and there are many wings in the backyard that are accommodations, followed the shopkeeper and Xiao Er to the kitchen of Juxian Building, this is the first time Ye Lan has come, the kitchen space is unexpectedly large, the tools are complete, and it is not bad.

There were two middle-aged men chatting in the kitchen, and when they saw the shopkeeper coming in, they quickly stood up to say hello.

"There were originally five people in our kitchen, and now there are only two of them left, Longfeng Restaurant poached our chef, and the chef took away his two apprentices, one of these two is to burn fire, and the other is to do chores, probably I don't think it's useful, so I didn't take it away." The shopkeeper introduced the two men.

Ye Lan nodded at the two of them, glanced at the things on the desk, and said to the two, "I want to use the kitchen, I want your help, it's troublesome." ”

These two people saw that Ye Lan's words and deeds were good, but they were so polite to them, they were very unaccustomed to it for a while, and they waved their hands again and again.

"Where, don't dare to be, just let the young lady tell me."

"Round shopkeeper, it's enough to have the two of them in the kitchen, you can busy yourself, I need some time here, I'll call you when I get it ready." Ye Lan turned to the round shopkeeper who matched her figure very well.

The round shopkeeper thought that she might have some secrets that he didn't want him to see, so he nodded knowingly, "Then I'll go to the front first." ”

"Okay."

Watching the round shopkeeper leave with Xiao Er, Ye Lan turned her head and looked at the two middle-aged men who were looking at her with some curiosity, "What do you call the two uncles?" ”

"Don't dare to be, Niu Er, a kitchen handyman, this is my younger brother Niu San, a fire burner."

"Okay, Niu Er, then please do me a favor......"

The kitchen counter of Juxian Building was a little higher for Ye Lan, so she stood aside and instructed the handyman Niu Er to help her choose what she wanted, and then wash it, cut it, and set it aside.

Ye Lan has to do it is actually very simple, that is, to make a pot bottom, the temperature difference between day and night in the northern land is large, and the winter is extremely cold, it is very suitable for eating hot pot, and there is no hot pot in this era, so she plans to set this precedent, she believes that modern times have so many years of history, and they are still loved by everyone.

The ingredients are limited, Ye Lan made a pork rib pot bottom, put down all kinds of spices, let Niu San sa simmer slowly, and she began to prepare the seasonings.

Niu Er stood aside curiously, watching Ye Lan throw a few cut pork ribs into the pot, thinking that she was going to make pork rib soup, but then she put pepper, chili, ginger, garlic and other things, and she put almost all the seasonings in the restaurant, now he understood, Ye Lan is definitely not pork rib soup if she wants to make it, who still puts chili peppers in pork rib soup, but what is it if it is not pork rib soup?

Just curious, Ye Lan asked him to help find a stove and a small pot, this big restaurant is a little good, at least the tools are complete.

Because of curiosity, Niu Er acted very much, Ye Lan noticed that Niu Er was neat and had good knife work, and thought that the work of handymen was more miscellaneous, but many chefs often started as handymen, so she chatted with Niu Er while she had nothing to do.

"Niu Er, do you know how to cook?"

"Miss, I won't." Niu Er was a little embarrassed to speak, "I'm stupid, I don't have a talent for cooking." ”

"Why, I see that your knife skills are good, and you can hold things accurately, you should be talented." Ye Lan looked at Niu Er in surprise.

"I was curious and learned from the master before, but after the master taught me to fry a dish, it turned out to be too unpalatable, and I was scolded by the master, and I didn't dare to take charge of the spoon from then on."

(End of chapter)