() Two days later, when the sun was gradually turning west, Du Zhong sent Du Ying over, and Du Mei prepared dinner in advance and left him to eat with him.

"Listen to your mother, are you going to open a branch? You don't have much time to come to Jiangling City, this time, it is a delicatessen and a restaurant, of course the scenery is lively, but Uncle Zhong is old, his courage is getting smaller and smaller, and he has no vision, just tell you an old saying, the tree is big and the wind shakes the tree, and people are tired of being famous.

You are here, the foundation is still shallow, not like in Qinghe County, not like in Dujiagou, if there is a good one, I am afraid that this old bone can not be protected, you are very careful, don't make mistakes, how much to care about your mother and sisters. Du Zhong ate with his head bored, and after a while, he couldn't help it, and said angrily.

"I know." Du Mei was stunned for a moment, and then agreed, feeling sour for a while.

Her friends, whether it is Song Jiu or Ye Dan, or even Murong Xi and Hua Yan, they all did their best to provide all kinds of help for her business, urging her to keep moving forward all the way, but no one gave her a scoop of cold water like Du Zhong in a serious manner, making her alert to the dangers of the world, and at the same time like an old father, afraid that he would not be able to protect the child who grew up day by day and went out.

If her father were alive, it would be nothing more than that. Du Mei lowered his head to eat, and his eyes were wet all of a sudden.

"The more than 1,000 ducks you raised before have been fattened one after another, I plan to pick up the fat first and send it to 20 or so, these ducks have not stumbled, the meat is fat and the skeleton is tender, not as good as those shipped by Song Gongzi, the later supplement food, the raising time is long, when you marinate, it is better to do it separately." Du Zhong chewed a piece of saltwater duck and said.

"Well, the ducklings on the cottage can keep up, right?" Du Mei turned around and served him a bowl of fish soup.

"I can keep up, there are three or four batches of ducks on this villa, Niu Er sent all the rice bran and wheat bran in the grain store, and sent a few carts of rice, and the wheat in the field is about to be harvested, so don't worry about food." Du Zhong took a sip of fish soup, which was unusually delicious, and couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"Speaking of the harvest in the field, the summer grain will start immediately, I really can't leave here, Du Ying was called by me again, I'm afraid that the family and the villa will have to bother you and Brother Shu more." Du Mei put down her chopsticks and said with some concern.

"Don't worry about this, the Lin family thinks hello, do things steadfastly and do your best, harvesting summer grain is a trivial matter, raising seedlings and planting seedlings don't have to worry about, and you will go to the villages to help the grain shop buy wheat and rape, in short, it will be busy for a while, but the ducks will definitely be sent to you every day, and you can't make a mistake." Du Zhong thought for a while and said, the work in the field is habitual, but fortunately, now he is much more proficient in killing ducks than before, and he gets up early every day, but he does not delay.

"In the future, the deli shop owner on the royal street sells snacks, and now there are more ducks killed, don't send the heart, liver and sausage gizzards to the restaurant in Qinghe County, I also want some here." Du Mei thought about the snack platter and spoke.

"I'm also worried about this, the shopkeeper Dong said today that he can't use fifty ducks to go into the water, saying that he can't sell more than he can't bid, I don't understand his Tao, if you can come here evenly, everyone will be happy." Du Zhong frowned and said.

"I know what he means, Ming'er asked Uncle Yong to send thirty pairs to me, and give him the rest." Du Mei said with a knowing smile.

"That's it, seeing that it's not early, I'll hurry back to the villa while it's still dark." Du Zhong was full and glanced outside, and the sunset dyed the river red

It's glamorous, and it's beautiful.

"Well, at this time of year, the mountains and forests are lush and shady, but I am afraid that it will be dark and difficult to walk in the evening, so you bring a lamp to illuminate it." Du Mei took out the lantern, filled it with oil, and hung it on the wheel.

The Du Mei sisters and Xiao Qi stood at the door of the delicatessen and watched Du Zhong drive away.

Du Ying's room, Du Mei cleaned up early in the morning, sat in the carriage for most of the day, and it was uncomfortable, Du Mei didn't want her to do things, just sent her to rest early and clean up the kitchen by herself.

The next day, there were a lot of people who came to buy lo-mei, and there was still a long queue, Du Ying was capable, seeing that Du Mei had done a few businesses, she could do it herself, and with her help, Du Mei was more relaxed.

The food was quickly sold out, Du Mei closed the counter, went to the back kitchen to clean up the duck, from frying the marinade to boiling the brine, and then to cooking the duck at night, she slowly taught Du Ying little by little.

Du Ying was originally quick with her hands and feet and was used to housework, but at this time she thought that she could help her eldest sister earlier, so she studied very carefully, asked questions while doing, and mastered the essentials in a while.

Three days later, Du Mei handed over the kitchen to Du Ying, she stood aside and watched her sister from pickling to marinating, completely making the brine duck, she tasted the taste, and it was the same as what she made.

"Sakurako, you can be on your own in the future." Du Mei said with a smile.

"Sister, you just have to get busy, just leave it to me here!" Du Ying was complimented, and her eyes narrowed with a smile.

"I don't know if Shopkeeper Ye has negotiated the store, I'll ask tomorrow." Du Mei frowned.

Du Mei rode to Luomei Xuan on the second day, and when he was halfway down the road, he met Ye Dan's carriage, so the two of them changed their route to see the small façade together.

The shop is really not big, about half a room, but the market is good, located on the intersection of people coming and going, not far from Mei Ji Restaurant.

"I heard from the manager of the dental store that this façade has done a lot of business, and most of it can't be opened because of the small local area. The main family has also changed several terms, this time from the beginning of the year to the present, half a year, there is no income, the main family hates, anxious to get rid of it at a low price, I am only afraid that you are too small, did not dare to make the decision for you, only told him to rent for a year, therefore, the mouth grinds back and forth, delaying and delaying time. Ye Dan explained after Du Mei.

"This shop is really small, and it doesn't match the shops on both sides, so it's enough to make snacks, I don't have any cash now, so let's rent it for the time being." Du Mei turned around and looked around.

"There are still some materials left over from the decoration of the small building, and I will find a few people to come and clean it up as soon as possible." Ye Dan touched the wall, there had been no one living here for a long time, and there was some dust.

"Just clean and bright." Du Mei wanted to use it as soon as possible, after all, the storefronts on the royal street were expensive, and if they were idle for a day, they would spend a lot of money in vain.

"Don't worry, the day after tomorrow at the latest, you can open the stall." Ye Dan said firmly.

"Okay, I'll tell my customers tomorrow that I don't have to work hard to come to the dock to buy it in the future." Du Mei nodded, she paused, and then continued, "Since we are here, let's go and see Xiaolou by the way." ”

"That's exactly what I mean." Ye Dan led the way, and the two turned around the corner, and they arrived not far away.

The first floor of the small building is decorated very festively, the door face of the corridor pillar is all red vermilion, step into the small building, the ground is paved with a water of blue bricks, the whole lobby is opened, the lights are bright, ten tables can be opened at the same time, three or five individual guests eat

Rice, seven or eight people get together to drink, it's not a problem.

Follow the steps to the second floor, the style is elegant, the pine and bamboo orchid three elegant rooms, hanging three painting scrolls, the scenery in the painting corresponds to the name of the room, the private room is very spacious, covered with the carpet of smoke magnolia, there are antique carved eight immortal tables and chairs, and there is another tea table, on the Bogu shelf, there are some small jade tricks.

Du Mei looked at it intently, she didn't understand much, but she thought that stone was better than porcelain, so she didn't say anything.

The two turned to the third floor, there are three piano, chess and books, elegant and revealing the luxury of not showing the mountains and waters, the three rooms are covered with dark red long-staple rich peony blankets on the ground, stepping on it, soft and silent, as if walking on the clouds, all the tables and chairs in the elegant room are calm black sour branch wood, all with a faint halo.

There is a shiny guqin in the piano room, if the guests are interested, they can burn incense and clean their hands to stroke a song, or you can let the people in the restaurant find Youling to play and sing on your behalf.

In the chess room, there are jade carved chess pieces, arranged in the shape of an endgame, and if there are diners who are proficient in chess, they can solve it, and of course, they can also fight a game by themselves.

As for the study room, there are large bookshelves, from the Four Books and Five Classics to poems and songs, and there is a big case, rice paper, lake pens, and inkstones, whether it is singing and answering before the banquet or poetry after drinking, you can splash ink here.

Du Mei had carefully looked at every place, and she was very satisfied, she turned her head to look at Ye Dan and said, "Sister Wenlan really knows how to do it. ”

"She used to do this at home, and she has some foundations, and in addition, she has been an Oiran for more than half a year, and she has almost all of the famous restaurants and restaurants in Gangneung City, and she has always been more insightful than me in this matter." Ye Dan nodded.

"It's really bothering her." Du Mei knew that Wenlan was in a quagmire and couldn't help herself, but it was really rare to be able to do this for her.

"She always said that you are kind to her, and you only take this as a return, so naturally you pay more attention." Ye Dan remembered Wen Lan's gentle and feminine appearance, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily raised.

"Let's go and have a look." Du Mei said, turning and going downstairs.

"This is a wing room, where ingredients and seasonings can be placed, there is an old well there, and the room next to it is ready for the cook." Ye Dan led Du Mei and showed her one by one.

"Are you ready for everything in the back kitchen?" Du Mei asked after him.

"Pots and pans, cutting boards, kitchen knives are almost all ready, look at it again, what are the shortcomings?" Ye Dan pushed open a house and said.

Du Mei walked in, only to see that the dishes, pots and saucers and even the spoons were all fine white porcelain, with ink lotus flowers outlined on them, stacked neatly on the desk, exuding an elegant halo.

"I also need some large shallow pots to make braised dishes, these pots and plates are just afraid that they are not suitable, this one is too small, and that one is too deep." Du Mei picked up a plate and said.

"Anything else? I buy them every other day. Ye Dan wrote it down with charcoal, looked up and asked again.

"Buy some more sand bowls, summer is coming, and duck soup will be popular." Du Mei spun around.

"In this way, I also have to buy a few more small tandoors for stewed soup." Ye Dan thought about it and wrote down another item.

"I see that everything here is almost ready, Song Jiu estimates that there are still seven or eight days before he comes, so I might as well start first." Du Mei looked at the new and bright kitchen, and couldn't help but itch for a moment.