() "After drinking the sugar water, it's time to go to school, it's time to go home." Seeing that it was a group of naughty children, Du Mei raised his hand to signal the guys who ran the hall.

"We're here to eat, don't treat us like children!" When the fat boy saw Du Mei like this, he suddenly felt that he was being underestimated, and immediately said a little unhappily.

"And what do you eat?" As soon as Du Mei looked at what they were wearing, he knew that they were children from wealthy families who were spoiled by the family.

"This, this, yes!" The fat boy pointed to the name of the dish in the tabloid newspaper and shouted.

"You've got this there, why don't I serve you some food." Du Mei quickly wrote on the menu.

"There must be an eight-treasure duck, what is written on it is simply hungry!" The fat boy swallowed and said.

"Okay, then replace it." Du Mei crossed out the spicy duck pieces on the paper and replaced them with eight-treasure duck.

"But I want to eat this too!" Seeing this, the fat boy said anxiously.

"Today's dishes are enough, if you eat well, you can try it next time, Mei Ji launches a new dish every ten years, there are always those you haven't eaten." Du Mei said with a smile.

"Then we'll have the study room upstairs." The boy stretched out his chubby fingers and pointed upstairs.

"That's no problem, Lin Dai, you can lead them there." Du Mei turned to the boy at the counter and said.

"Bh. Come with me, a few of you. Lin Dai, who was wearing a sky-blue robe, led the way.

"You're so small, you're actually the bookkeeper here?"

"The bookkeeper in my shop is a slender old man, every time I report to my father, I look at it and am afraid, if it was like him, I would have learned to manage the shop."

"What books have you read? Is the handwriting beautiful? Is the abacus playing well? ”

"You're dumb, why don't you speak?"

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A few children asked gossipily, Lin Dai was about the same age as them, but his temperament was more stable than them, and he didn't get annoyed when they chattered endlessly, he only smiled and half-bowed to lead the way, but didn't say a word.

Du Mei looked up at them going up, and thought to herself, Dong Chang was right, Lin Dai's temperament was too restrained, it was okay to be a bookkeeper, and it would take time to hone his face and mouth before he became a shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, bring me a jar of wine!" A burly and rugged old monk walked in, and before anyone arrived, he heard the sound first, full of anger.

"Master, I'll prepare food for you." Du Mei turned around and hurriedly folded his hands and saluted the monk.

"Wine and meat have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha has left in his heart! The Sprinkle family has traveled in the world for half their lives, and they are not confined to this, you only choose the good dishes in the restaurant and quickly fill a table. The monk didn't care and laughed.

"Master, please take a seat, do you want a table of dishes by yourself? Isn't it more? Du Mei led him to the table and asked with a smile.

"You just have to call the kitchen to serve the food, don't worry, someone will come in a while, and you can't waste anything!" The man brought the wine, the old monk carried the jar, poured a bowl, drank it in one gulp, and said, "Tsk, mellow and sweet, just right to quench your thirst!" ”

"Old bald donkey, farewell to Beijing, it's been more than ten years, I thought you were dead!" Outside the door, an old man with white hair and fairy wind suddenly came, and he saw the old monk sitting in the hall and said in surprise.

"If it is as you wish, I ascend to Bliss alone, leaving you, an old man with a bull's nose, without an opponent in the mortal dust, wouldn't it be too lonely!" The old monk seemed to have expected him to come, and without raising his eyebrows, he placed dishes and chopsticks on the opposite side of the table.

"Girl, I came according to the taste, your salted duck, hot and sour duck four treasures, pick simple and easy-to-cook dishes, hurry up and serve a few first!" Lao Dao was not polite, sat down with a roar, waved at Du Mei, and drank the wine.

"Wait a minute, you two, I'll go to the kitchen and have a look." Du Mei bowed. There are no surprises in this world, and it is a great thing to meet two monks who are not afraid of meat.

"Wine and food, how can we be without our brothers!" As soon as Du Mei turned around, he saw two extremely thin men, similar in appearance, wearing white and black robes, standing beside the table, they walked silently, like ghosts.

Du Mei barely saw how they had come in, as if a gust of wind had blown, and he had already pulled out his stool and sat down to drink.

Looking up at the daylight outside the door, dazzling brightly, Du Mei wondered: "On the first day of opening today, why did these strange people come?" ”

At the end of the day, the restaurant was filled with a large number of guests, and soon the seats were full, including people with swords and swords, as well as wealthy merchants and wealthy merchants in silk and satin, who naturally sat separately, but their tastes were surprisingly consistent, and almost all the duck dishes were ordered at each table.

Song Jiu, Ye Dan and Du Mei stood together and looked at these diners, only to feel that the scene was very weird, but they didn't know what was wrong.

In the evening, the restaurant was full of guests, and several groups of people were late, so they had to leave regretfully, in addition to these diners like the chivalrous and rich people at noon, Ye Dan also received three familiar officials.

They are Qian Yi, the head of the household department, Zhang Min, the envoy of the capital water supervisor, and Wang Guan, the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, the three of them are the same year, and they are all protégés of Song Ping, and they have a lot of help from the Song family in their careers, and they have a very close relationship with Song Shaohuai in private, and Ye Dan naturally knows each other.

They brought their friends who had fun to Mei Ji for dinner, the wine and food were good, everyone drank to the head, the three of them said that they would take turns to entertain guests, and everyone naturally agreed in a loud voice.

Among the people who participated in the banquet, there were also people who liked the taste of duck food, and it happened that they needed to have a treat, so they also booked a few tables, so when Du Mei settled the bill for them, he took the deposit for the next few days.

Du Mei was busy with her feet on the ground, but she was happy in her heart, most of these people came for duck dishes, which made Du Mei unexpected, she also thought of several ways to promote yesterday, but now she can't use it.

When it got dark, the first wave of people dispersed, and more than a dozen well-dressed men came in with an old man in their arms, and in their words and demeanors, it was obvious at a glance that they were from the court.

Ye Dan happened to be waiting in front of the door, and said with a smile: "Lord Gu Saijiu, you are rare today, how can Yaxing bring the adults of Guozixue to dine outside?" ”

"In the morning, King Yan heard that I was coughing badly, sympathetic to my old age and frailty, and specially recommended Mei Ji old duck soup. The people in our Guozi School, teaching the inmates all day long, I don't know how much I have to say, I work hard, let's just try it together. Gu Zhen covered his lips and coughed lightly.

"You're really coming to the right place, our old duck soup in Mei Ji clears heat and moistens the lungs, it is the most nourishing, Babao duck has a thick taste, thick juice and fresh flavor, it must be suitable for all adults." Ye Dan hurriedly introduced.

"Since this is Shopkeeper Ye's shopkeeper, then I bother you to order us some suitable dishes." Gu Chen closed the menu and said.

"Ordering, this is simple, it's just that Mei Kee Restaurant is not mine, most of the dishes here are from the hands of the big shopkeeper, and she is the owner of Mei Kee Deli, I am with her

Old acquaintances, now the restaurant has just opened, and I help take care of one or two. Ye Dan corrected with a smile.

"Is that the girl from just now? It's really terrifying, it's terrifying! Gu Zhen praised and sighed again and again.

"That's right, her cooking skills are very exquisite, and the dishes she makes are unique, you will know if you taste them today." Ye Dan buried himself in writing the menu, reported it again, everyone was satisfied, and he went downstairs to send the menu to the kitchen.

On the second and third days, the number of diners continued unabated, and the ten tables in the antechamber were turned over. The elegant rooms on the second and third floors were booked out in advance, and such an extremely hot spot made everyone unbelievable for a while.

Song Jiu runs three or four restaurants and restaurants in Huizhou, and the business is good, with three or four hundred taels a day, while Mei Ji Restaurant usually only has five hundred taels in half a day, according to Song Jiu's words, this is almost catching up with the century-old drunken fairy building.

Ye Dan runs Luomei Xuan in Jiangling City, which is a smash hit shop, and dolls, underwear, and pillows are sought after by thousands of people, but these have one or a few pieces, which is like a banquet in a restaurant, and after eating one meal, he is still thinking about the next meal.

The staff in the restaurant was really busy, Du Mei went to the dock to invite Lin Zheng and the three brothers, the three of them had already been ordered by their fathers, and they didn't say a word, so they should go, two days later, they resigned from work with the steward on the dock, packed their luggage, and went directly to the restaurant to be a buddy.

They are accustomed to working as coolies on weekdays, and it is not difficult to serve seven or eight bowls of dishes on a large tray at a time, and they follow the guys in the restaurant to learn to sing the names of the dishes, and they can run by themselves in three or five days.

Half a month later, the summer grain generally began to be harvested, and seeing that the purchase was imminent, Song Jiu saw that the business in the restaurant was booming, and the cook and his buddies got along well with Du Mei, so he proposed to go back.

Du Mei knew more or less about his family, and it was inconvenient to keep him, so he hired a carriage for him to take him back.

Summer is coming, the underwear business is gradually increasing, although Ye Dan entrusts these rights to the Deng family, but he has to stay in Luomei Xuan every day to take care of it, and he can't get out, the restaurant has Du Mei to take care of, and it is getting better and better, so he will come less.

This booming business lasted for more than two months, and Du Mei finally discovered the anomaly one day.

Zhang Min, the envoy of the Dushui Supervisor, had just given his youngest son a full moon wine in the restaurant half a month ago, and on this day he sent a housekeeper to order ten tables of noodles, saying that it was for the children to celebrate a hundred days.

Du Mei has always had a good memory, she flipped through the booklet of the banquet, saw the days written on it, and asked the housekeeper with some doubts: "How many young men are there in your house?" ”

"My lord only has this son, very precious." The housekeeper only treated Du Mei as polite and said with a smile.

"When the banquet is set, the little boy will come back, right? Mr. Zhang is also a regular guest of mine, so I should always express it. Du Mei tried to recall the last time the child and his mother did not seem to come.

"That's natural, just let the shopkeeper Du break the bank, my master will never be willing." The butler shook his head and said.

"Giving back to old customers is what you should do, and you don't have to shirk it." Du Mei said with a smile as he wrote down the scheduled date in the book.

"I received your heart on behalf of the master, but don't do anything else, otherwise, I won't be able to make a difference." The housekeeper's face was difficult.

"I see." Du Mei's doubts were even heavier, but she didn't show it on her face, she accepted the deposit and readily agreed.

As soon as the housekeeper left, Du Mei called Lin Zheng and asked him to quickly inquire about what was going on with Zhang Min's child.