() "This time, I finally saw the secret of Tantra!" Du Mei's face changed slightly when he saw him.

"Amei, you...... What do you mean? A hint of surprise flashed in Murong Xi's eyes.

"You deliberately let Xiao Qi stay in the shop, didn't you just want her to report to Chu Lin? How can you be so sure that he will definitely come and play this scene with you! Du Mei gritted his teeth and said hatefully.

"It's just right that he's here, and if he doesn't, I'll have other means. In short, your delicatessen has spread rapidly in Gangneung City, so as long as the food sells well, why bother with what method it uses? Murong Xi sat at the table in his robe and looked at her leisurely.

"If you think something is bad, why provoke him!" Du Mei twisted his eyebrows and said resentfully.

"I don't think he'd come, so you'll be more grateful to me today, and maybe we'll be different from before. It's a pity that ......, it's always me who misses his affection for you. A sadness slipped through Murong Xi's peach blossom eyes, and he couldn't ask for the most hurtful thing.

He heard Du Mei's tired voice last night, he didn't know well, Du Mei's temperament is stubborn, she will never get back together with the current Chu Lin, but her emotions are strong, she rejected Chu Lin, and also closed herself, now, no matter what Murong Xi does, it can't be replaced, this kind of hopeless heart-wrenching pain, he endures it very hard.

"Murong Xi!" Du Mei raised his voice to stop it, and immediately, he felt that he was a little out of order, so he slowed down his voice and said, "Murong Xi, you are my friend, and you can only be a friend, do you understand?" ”

"Yes." Murong Xi smiled, if he dared not agree, Du Mei would break off his friendship with him, and he would be reluctant after all!

"I'm in a hurry to boil the brine, are you okay today?" After making the previous matter clear, Du Mei closed the counter, and seeing that Murong Xi had no intention of leaving, she turned around and went back to the back kitchen.

"What can I do, why don't I make a fire for you?" Murong Xi followed behind her and volunteered.

"Come on, Xiao Qi almost set the kitchen on fire last time, and I don't think you're much better." Du Mei waved his hand repeatedly.

When Murong Xi heard this, he had to sit at the dinner table and talk to the busy Du Mei without a match, until Lin Yong and his wife sent the duck embryo, he said goodbye and left.

After noon, Hua Yan suddenly sat on a small sedan chair, accompanied by the woman in the morning, seeing Du Mei, she was surprised and happy for a while, took her hand, and said for a long time, they have not seen each other since the last time they made underwear.

"How did you get your shop here? Nowadays, the limelight of your snacks is no less than the dolls of the original singing and selling party, and even more so soon! Speaking of this, Hua Yan was a little excited, and said with a red face.

"The rent here is cheap and there are a lot of diners, and if it weren't for the coolies on the docks who don't like to eat snacks, I wouldn't have thought of selling them in the downtown area." Du Mei smiled faintly.

"To be honest, you are indeed a little far away from here, some people are lazy to go out, so they don't come, you might as well open a branch on the royal street, I'm afraid that the business will be better, and it will be convenient for me to eat then." Hua Yan blinked her smart eyes and said coquettishly.

"It's a good idea, it's hard to find a room on the street, I'm afraid it's not something that can be done in a while." Du Mei listened to her proposal and shook his head with a smile.

"Hey, I'm not a businessman, and I can't think as far-reaching as you, but it's no harm if you think about what I said." It's getting late, so follow

The woman had been urged seven or eight times, and Hua Yan had to reluctantly leave.

In the evening, Du Mei was busy boiling, and fifty ducks were going to be boiled in two pots, and Ye Dan came in a hurry at this time.

"What's wrong?" Du Mei made him a cup of tea and asked with some concern.

"It's okay, I'm just here to ask you, the restaurant has been renovated, is it time to open now?" Ye Dan waved his hand.

"I made an appointment with Song Jiu, he Xiaoman brought the cook before and after, there is still some time here, you might as well slowly set up the tables, chairs, benches, and the guys in the back kitchen, and when they come, I ask Uncle Scrap to choose a good day, and we will open, what do you think?" Du Mei sat in the stove, her face flushed with the light of the fire.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, I still need a few ornaments in the private room, I have to go to the Treasure Pavilion to shop." Ye Dan is naturally whatever Du Mei says, and there is no objection.

Of course, there are antiques in Luomei Xuan, but most of them are unique treasures, even if Ye Dan is willing to take them out, Du Mei will not agree to use them, so he has the foresight not to mention them.

"You can do this, let's do it yourself, it's just that we run a restaurant, and the objects are beautiful and convenient." Du Mei didn't forget to tell her, she was only afraid that Ye Dan would bring Luo Meixuan's antiques over, if the diners were drunk and bumped, she really couldn't afford it.

"Got it." Ye Dan nodded.

"The saltwater duck is about to be cooked, you sit down for a while, and bring one back later, and give Uncle Lin's family, Aunt Xia and Peach Willow Green to taste." Du Mei removed the heat and let the pot simmer, and the aroma of salted duck was already floating in the corners of the kitchen with the water vapor.

"They miss you a lot, you have to go and see them, these days, I look at the tabloids in the capital, every day I say your snacks, I want to come to business is good." Ye Dan took a sip of tea.

"It's been a few days, a lot of people come to buy, and some people come every day." Du Mei patted the crumbs on the apron and said with a smile, "Just now, Sister Huayan also said that let me open a branch on the royal street." ”

"That's a great idea." Ye Dan propped his hands on his knees and said with a smile.

She just said casually, why do you think it's good, what is the price of the house on the royal street? If I open two places, how can I manage it! Du Mei lifted the lid of the pot and blew the smoke, and the fat duck lay quietly in the brine.

"You mentioned the house, I remembered, before I looked at the house, noticed that there is a spare place on the royal street, but the façade is very small, and it doesn't last long, yesterday I met the manager of the dental shop, he said, now this house is still vacant, no one buys and no one rents, the main family is in a hurry, if you want to open a branch, the price can be pressed to the lowest at this time." Ye Dan said with some excitement.

"How can there be such a coincidence in the world?" Du Mei's eyes widened in disbelief.

"This kind of thing is hard to come by, you are just lucky, you have an opportunity, God has mercy, don't let go." Ye Dan helped Du Mei put the salted duck in the pot together.

"It's not that I don't want to open a branch to make money, but lo-mei is the most time-consuming work, and you have to do it carefully by yourself." Du Mei lamented for a moment that he lacked skills.

"Sakurako is thirteen years old, not too young, when you were as old as her, you came out to carry the family life. Now it's much better than you were then, I see that your lo-mei is all with good spices, as long as you grasp the heat, and then you run at both ends, and the stew will not go wrong. Ye Dan thought for a while and said.

"Allow me

Come to think of it, you can help me negotiate the rent. Du Mei said with some emotion.

"Don't worry, the dental manager earned our Xiaolou's commission last time, this time, I solved the problem for him, and he is afraid that he will have to thank me." Ye Dan clapped his hands and put the salted duck in the tray on the long table in front of the window to cool in turn.

After a cup of tea, the saltwater duck was cold, and Du Mei wrapped one and gave it to Ye Dan who left.

On the second day, Du Mei got up early and instructed Xiao Qi to sell salted duck and snacks in the shop, and she rode back to Dujiagou by herself.

Because the ducks were sent to the villa to raise, the crops in the field were not yet ripe, and there was not much work at home, when Du Mei came back in the afternoon, Xu was leading his three daughters to embroider silk handkerchiefs under the porch, and Xiao Song was obediently sitting aside to play nine rings.

"Mother!" Du Mei hasn't come back for a few days, and at this time, when she shouted her mother, her nose was inexplicably sour.

"Plum is back!" Xu dropped his needle and thread and walked a few steps to open the door.

"In the shop...... It's all still ...... Well, why didn't Xiao Qi come? Xu Shi grabbed Du Mei, looked behind her, and asked cautiously with some hesitation.

"Xiao Qi looks at the shop, the business has been very good these days, so I came home and wanted to discuss with my mother to see if I should open a branch." Du Mei helped Xu into the kitchen.

"How many days have you been there, and you toss the branch, can you live reliably?" Xu Shi was used to being cautious, and asked a little uneasily.

"I cook fifty ducks a day now, and they are sold out in one morning, and many high-ranking families have specially asked their servants to rush to the dock to buy them, and I thought that it would be better to open a small shop on the royal street, and not to have a back kitchen, just sell ready-made." Along the way, Du Mei thought about the branch again, and then talked to Xu's with clear thinking and proper arrangement.

"It's too hard for you to do this, besides, you're the only one in the total, the dock and the royal street, how can you take care of it?" Xu felt sorry for his daughter and didn't approve of it very much.

"So I want my mother to agree to Du Ying to help me, so that we sisters can take care of both together." Du Mei took Xu's hand and shook it coquettishly.

"Sister, I'm very happy to go." When Du Ying heard this, her eyebrows immediately fluttered.

"Sakurako is going to help you, it's naturally good, it's just that where will she do your business, don't help more and more when the time comes, it's good to be messed up." Xu Shi twisted his eyebrows.

"Mother~" Du Ying dragged out her voice and said coquettishly.

"Mother, don't worry, Sakurako went, I always have to teach him by hand, she is smart, she will meet in three or five days at most." Du Mei pulled Du Ying and said with a smile.

"Sister, I want to help you too!" Du Tao looked at Du Mei with blank eyes.

"You're still young, besides, the duck seedlings at home also have to be served by one person, if you do this, you are helping your sister." Du Mei freed his hand and rubbed her hair.

"Okay, I'll listen to my sister." Du Tao said with some embarrassment.

"Sister, when are you going to take Komatsu?" Komatsu was not yet table-high, and he tried to put his feet on his feet, stretching out his curious face to join in the fun.

"You're still early, I don't even have a turn." Du Gui lowered his head and grimaced at him, causing Komatsu to chuckle.

Du Mei had to go back to cook the salted duck in the evening, and after speaking, she was going to ride away, while Du Ying waited for tomorrow to pack up her things and go in a carriage. Xu Shi was reluctant to do anything, but he couldn't, so he had to pour all the steamed white flour steamed buns at home into a cloth bag, and packed some other dishes at home and brought her back to Jiangling City to eat.