() "Go and prepare. I believe in Xiaoli, he is very eager to earn this money. Du Mei watched those children disappear from view, turned his head and said with great confidence, "This is an unprecedented way of doing business, Gangneung City is so big, I think, there will always be someone willing to try one or two." ”

"Okay, I'll go." Lin Dai didn't say anything anymore and hurried to the kitchen.

"Ice drinks and herbal teas can be made first and chilled in ice buckets." Du Mei followed after him and chased after him again.

Everyone in the restaurant was looking forward to it, even more than the first day of opening, and when it was almost over, Xiaoli finally brought the only order at noon, which only selected braised duck pieces, stir-fried duck intestines and a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup.

Lin Dai looked at the menu, a little deflated, there was a set of duck dishes prepared in the kitchen!

"Lin Zheng will go to set the car, and I will personally deliver the first order!" Du Mei didn't mind, and packed three dishes in a food box, a big bowl of rice, and a bowl of herbal tea for free.

Lin Dai frowned, thinking to himself, such a continuous purchase and delivery, plus the money for the carriage and horses, this transaction has no profit at all, if you count the labor, it is simply a money upside down.

Du Mei seemed to see his thoughts, and said with a smile: "People only order these three things, but also recognize the taste of our restaurant, today is just a temptation, if we really send it, it will be a long-term customer in the future, if we don't want to earn less, too lazy to run, people are big enough to eat a little less, the money is still in people's pockets, but I'm afraid I won't believe in our takeaway anymore." ”

"I see." Hearing Du Mei say this, Lin Dai's face turned red all of a sudden, and his vision should be more long-term.

At this time, it was noon, the street was very hot, as soon as he left the restaurant, the sweat on his body came down like water, Du Mei found the person who ordered the meal according to the address given by Xiaoli, it was a quiet house, outside the courtyard wall, a big elm tree covered half of the shady land, and the simple Wu house plaque was hung on the door.

Lin Zheng parked the carriage under the shade of the tree, stepped up the steps in three or two steps, gently patted the old and smooth door knocker, and Du Mei stood behind him with a food box.

"Who?" An old servant opened the door, poked out half of his head, and asked suspiciously.

"I'm from Mei Kee Restaurant, and your family ordered our takeout before." Du Mei smiled and pointed to the food box.

"What takeaway, we didn't order it in the house!" The old servant couldn't understand, and he was so panicked by the scorching sun that he wanted to close the door impatiently.

"Uncle, please go in and say goodbye, maybe your master is waiting for dinner." Seeing this, Du Mei stepped forward and said with some unwillingness.

"Most of my young masters don't eat at home, so how can they order any dishes!" The old servant was so hot that the sweat on his forehead rolled down, and he didn't listen to Du Mei at all, and closed the door with a "clang".

"This ......, the owner, is Xiaoli mistaken?" After eating the closed door, Lin Zheng wiped the sweat from his head and looked at the white sunlight outside the shade of the trees.

At this time, the heat wave on the street was rolling, like a big steamer on the stove, the heat was steaming, Du Mei was already sweating, and the fine beads of sweat on his forehead were dripping out.

"There shouldn't be a mistake, Xiao Li has been begging and selling newspapers on the street for a long time, and they are all familiar." Du Mei looked around, it was indeed the place where Xiao Li said.

"Let's go back, just run for nothing, although we take these dishes, we can't let you suffer the heat anymore!" Lin Zheng lifted his coat to wipe his sweat, and saw that Du Mei's face was hot and red.

In such a summer, men can wear armless gowns, but women have to wear two or three inside and out, Lin Zheng is only afraid that Du Mei will not be able to stand the hot fumigation.

"Wait a little longer, maybe you'll remember it when you eat inside." Du Mei stood in the shade of a tree and wiped his sweat with a cotton handkerchief.

"How can there be such a confused person, who has clearly ordered food, how can he not want it!" Lin Zheng said with some annoyance.

"It's not easy for us to make the first transaction, and when people buy it for the first time, they may forget it, which is also common." Du Mei was patient and stood quietly.

"I'll see again!" After a while, Lin Zheng couldn't help but knock on the knocker again.

"Why haven't you left yet?" The old servant asked with some surprise.

"Is your master having dinner now?" Lin Zheng asked kindly.

"I'm an old man who guards the door, how can I know about the inner courtyard!" Although the old servant was impatient, he did not close the door as he had just done.

"For the sake of waiting for so long on such a hot day in our shopkeeper, please go inside and say goodbye." Lin Zheng clasped his fists and saluted.

"Wait." The old servant glanced at Du Mei, closed the door, and staggered away.

"Oops, it's really delivered!" After a while, a young and surprised voice came from far and near.

The door opened widely, and a young man in gorgeous clothes with a smile on his face came out, and the old servant followed nervously.

"It turned out to be Wu Gongzi." Du Mei recognized the person in front of him as the young man who often went to the restaurant to eat alone.

"When I came back today, there happened to be a child holding the menu in front of the door, saying what I ordered you to send, I was curious to order a few, which Cheng thought, and bothered the big shopkeeper to send it personally! Come in, please come in. Wu Gongzi said with a smile.

Wu Gongzi led Du Mei into the courtyard, there are not many houses in this courtyard, the population is also small, the furnishings of the house are elegant and generous, and it looks like a scholarly white family.

The two entered the house, and there were a few plates of simple home-cooked food and a bowl of half-eaten rice on the dining table.

"Today's dishes are freshly made in the morning, the same as eating in the restaurant, you can eat slowly at home at this time, the herbal tea is free of charge from the restaurant, it is too hot this day, it will be better to drink it chilled." Du Mei took out the food in the food box one by one.

"This is really good, can I change the rice to herbal tea in the future?" Wu Gongzi rubbed his hands and asked a little embarrassedly.

"Yes." Du Mei smiled.

Du Mei thought about it, and then understood, like this people, rice is not uncommon at all, but Mei Ji's herbal tea and ice drink are her exclusive secrets, drinking sobering wine to relieve greasy, cool and soothing, guests who come to the restaurant to eat must order in summer, this time it is free to give, anyone wants more.

"How can I pay you back these dishes?" Wu Gongzi asked with some difficulty.

"You just need to ask the next person to put the dishes in the food box and leave them in the gatehouse, and the children will collect them tomorrow morning." Du Mei had thought about this a long time ago, and said with a light smile.

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper hurriedly came in and handed Wu Gongzi a peach blossom note.

"Young master, this is a post sent by the little guy next to Yuan Xiaogongzi." The middle-aged man glanced at Du Mei and the dishes on the table, lowered his head and said.

"I said that I would go to his house tomorrow for a small gathering, why did you send a post seriously?" Wu Gongzi took it apart and looked.

"Well, they've invited me several times, and I'm going to have to ask for it back, but let's

What kind of dishes are cooked by the chefs at home, I don't have to be ashamed! Wu Gongzi slapped the flower note on the dining table and said with some annoyance.

"Before the master left home and took office, he stayed in the kitchen to do things, nothing more than to mention the young master, a porridge and a meal are not easy to think about, half a thread and half a wisp of perseverance and material resources are difficult, the master has good intentions for the young master......" The housekeeper said in a hurry.

"Okay, every time you say this, my ears can hear calluses coming, if I didn't know my father's hard work, I would have driven Lai Da away, where would I have to eat such meals every day, but now, Xiao Yuan Gongzi and their favors must be repaid." Wu Gongzi patiently interrupted the housekeeper's words, and said with a frown.

"Otherwise, let's go to Mei Ji to set up a table, everyone is lively." The butler asked tentatively.

"People are invited to the house as guests, drinking and singing in the water painting boat, that is so free, we don't have a garden painting boat in our house, but also I want to go to the restaurant to hold a banquet, you know, understand that my family does not have a good cook, I don't know, but also when I take the shelf, refuse to be close to people!" Wu Gongzi fiddled with the flower note a little helplessly, and said hatefully.

"Mei Ji has been doing takeaway business recently, if you want to hold a small banquet at home, one or two tables, our chef can also bring vegetables to help, the same as eating in a restaurant." When Du Mei heard this, his mind turned sharply, and he suddenly spoke.

"The big shopkeeper, is this true? It is a great thing to be able to move Mei Ji's back kitchen to the house, and my classmates from Guozixue are not envious to death! Hearing this, Wu Gongzi immediately turned his worries into joy and looked up at Du Mei.

"Most of the dishes, we will make them in the restaurant, and send them directly when the time comes, only some freshly fried dishes, which will be borrowed from your home kitchen, a table of banquets, which is easy to make." Dumay gave him an affirmative answer.

"That's very good, I'll book a banquet for the day after tomorrow, but seven or eight friends and classmates, and I will ask the big shopkeeper to take care of it at that time. Menu, I'll go to the restaurant tomorrow to order it in person. When Wu Gongzi heard this, he was very happy and made a decision on the spot.

"What kind of dishes do you want to use, tomorrow just look for the children on the street carrying Mei Ji packets, they are the takeaway team in the restaurant, and they will send the menu you choose to the restaurant, so that you don't have to run back and forth on a hot day." Du Mei highly recommends the takeaway team, and only when people know and recognize them can Mei Kee's takeaway really continue.

"It's so convenient, too! Steward, you lead the treasurer to the account room to advance a hundred taels of silver. Wu Gongzi said to the middle-aged man.

"Too much, too much, a table of banquets, where can I use a hundred taels." Du Mei waved his hand repeatedly.

"Seeing that the summer is still long, except for the banquet, the rest will be ordered for me to take out meals for a month." Wu Gongzi is a frequent visitor to Mei Ji, and Du Mei has helped him a lot, so he naturally wants to thank him.

"Thank you Wu Gongzi, since you book for a month, I will give you a nine-percent discount, and in the future, you only need to order food every day, we guarantee that it will be delivered on time, if you want other foods that are not on the menu, you can also write it in the blank space, and we will try our best to help you do it together." Du Mei's mind was spinning fast, starting from the takeaway, she suddenly opened up, and suddenly found more business opportunities.

The housekeeper led Du Mei to the account room and paid a hundred taels of silver, and she carefully collected it and came out happily.

"The big shopkeeper is a little old man who is hot and dizzy, and he has neglected you, so don't be like me." The old servant of the doorman waited at the door, and said with sincere fear.