Chapter Seventy-Two: An Unexpected Visitor
Later, Li Jicai took the initiative to explain his life experience, saying that he was a foreigner, and he specially went to the capital to beg for a living, and was taken care of by everyone and his younger brother, and then he had today.
In this way, most people can accept her words.
After all, some people in Nancheng District have still seen Li Jicai begging for food on the street.
"Runze, have you eaten today's roast suckling pig? Does it taste good? Li Jicai didn't know when he walked to Niu Runze, who was arranging the table and chairs, and then patted him lightly on the shoulder.
Niu Runze was shocked, then slowly raised his body, smiled at Li Jicai, who was sweating profusely, and then nodded again.
"I haven't eaten it yet, but it smells good, and the boss's craftsmanship is naturally fine."
"Come on, come on, don't be busy, let's sit down and eat a little together, and we'll see it's almost over." Li Jicai looked around the lobby and found that many of the hot dishes they had prepared had already been eaten, and the hour was not early.
Some people got up and patted their butts and left, some people threw away some gift money, and some people sent their own food from simple and simple people.
Actually, Li Jicai doesn't care, even if he doesn't give a penny, it doesn't matter.
Originally, these three days were just to build momentum for Li Jiye.
"Okay, then I'll finish the rest."
"Well, you'll come to the front desk in a minute, I'll have some extra drinks and side dishes."
"Yes."
After Li Jicai went to call Niu Runze, he walked to Xiao Shunzi's side again, and then said the same thing to them, saying that they could rest.
Obviously, today's three roast suckling pigs are the focus of the audience, the dishes are almost eaten, and there are a few people around the suckling pigs, reluctant to leave.
In line with the principle that one person can only take one plate, Xiao Shunzi is determined not to let those who want to be greedy for more than they can succeed.
Li Jicai stood by the counter and waited for a while, seeing that some people still refused to leave, and after thinking about it, he simply pulled out a gong and drum from under the counter, and then began to beat the gong.
This is the rule of closing with the fate of the house, and no one can break the rules of her shop.
Originally, a few guests who wanted to make a fuss about roast suckling pig saw it, so they had to give up, went back for a night, and then went out, thinking that the next time they came back, they would talk to the boss again, and make a roast suckling pig again, and they bought one separately.
This roast suckling pig is golden in color, fragrant in smell, melts in the mouth, it should be roasted with what fruit charcoal, it has a very strange fragrance, and the outside is charred and tender, the juice is full, and it does not feel greasy at all, and the fishy smell is heavy.
She must have brushed a layer of sauce on the outside after she finished baking, otherwise why would there be a sweet feeling?
In fact, the reason why Li Jicai cherishes these three suckling pigs so much is because she spent a lot of money to buy that expensive honey, so one person can only eat one plate.
And if you eat too much, you will feel a little greasy, and the next time you look back, it may not be so good.
You can't overdo anything, Li Jicai knows this well.
Li Jicai struck the gong and drove people away, and Niu Runze and they could withdraw from the hall and return to the counter.
Although it still looks like a mess of cups and plates, they have been busy all night, so they take a break, eat something, replenish some energy, and then do the finishing touches.
"Come on, this is my stewed lily and lotus seed soup, hurry up and try it, isn't it too sweet? I felt bitter when I ate it, so I put more sugar in it. ”
"Ah, boss, my teeth haven't been very good lately, can I not eat soup?" Their boss's skills are really good, but it's not delicious to make soup at all, upholding her weird taste, even the taste of the soup is weird, Xiao Shunzi has always been unaccustomed to drinking, so he subconsciously wrinkled his face and wanted to refuse.
"Drink it, drink it, why talk so much? Drink! ”
"Yes......"
Niu Runze and Sanshi watched and snickered on the side, in this shop, the boss and Xiao Shunzi often talked and teased, and they felt strange and funny when they listened to it.
Niu Runze took a bite of cold salad with chopsticks and was about to put it in his mouth, but out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of two men walking in at the door of the store.
"I'm sorry, guest, we ......" closed. Before he could say the next words, the other party waved his hand first.
Li Jicai also looked up, and was stunned for a moment.
It's him?!
It was not him who spoke first, but a man standing next to him in a blue shirt, polite, smiling, and holding a paper fan.
What kind of fan do you need to use in this cool autumn? It's nothing more than a vassal elegance, and the smile on this face is also a pretentious look, and there is a bit of prodigality when you look at it.
"Boss, who's the boss here?"
"I'm sorry, officer, but I am." Li Jicai looked at it, but he still smiled and arched his hand at the others and replied.
"Let's clean up a table of good dishes, by the way, this roast suckling pig will cut a plate for me alone." The boy in the green shirt ordered as he should.
It seems that I didn't see Li Jicai and a group of people eating by the counter at all, and it was time to close.
Niu Runze just wanted to speak, but was stopped by Li Jicai.
"I don't know what flavors this guest officer usually likes to eat, and what are his taboos?" Li Jicai's words were said to the boy in the green shirt, but the attention of the corner of his eyes was on the "he" in black next to him.
"Qingchu, what do you want to eat? Do you drink alcohol? The boy in the green shirt took the initiative to ask the man who stood next to him without saying a word and with a cold expression.
Sunny beginning? Qingchu?? Could it be Qi Qingchu? People from the Qi family?
Those eyes, that face, she had only seen it hazy once, and it would never be forgotten again.
Li Jicai felt that the blood in his body was clotted and hot, and the roots of his ears began to heat up unconsciously.
She licked her lips unconsciously, nervous, her eyes staring in the direction under the counter, and her attention was on the doorway directly in front of her.
"Both." Qi Qingchu's voice was a little low, which made Li Jicai feel a little like the feeling between warm and cool when the murmuring mountain spring passed through the mountains in winter, which made her skin tremble.
"Well, I heard it, since it's a casual residence, let's follow the fate, anyway, I just came today to smell the smell of three pigs in this hall, and I think it should be pretty good." The man in the green shirt hesitated a little when he talked about the pig, because the three suckling pigs in the hall had almost been eaten, and there was only a shelf left.
"Today's roast suckling pig is gone, the son will come back on a later day, as for other dishes, the villain can prepare a portion for the guest officer, I don't know what the guest officer wants?"
The man in the green shirt seemed to take this into account, nodded indifferently, and then began to look at the scene in the store, thinking of finding a clean and unoccupied place.
"Upstairs, please, Runze, take the guests up."
Niu Runze was also a little surprised, in the past, if he encountered such a scene, Li Jicai would not hesitate to drive people out, saying that he was never willing to break his own rules, so why did he break his own rules today?
"Yes...... Guest, upstairs please. ”
The man in green shirt and Qi Qingchu followed Niu Runze upstairs without hurry.
And after Li Jicai couldn't see them, he turned around coldly and plunged into the back kitchen.
Half of the food was eaten on the counter, and she wasn't in the mood to eat any more.
I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, is today her lucky day?
It's been three years, three years, my mom! In the past three years, she has wanted to enter the Qi Mansion countless times, but she has never found a suitable reason.
In addition, I have to make a living, big and small things, busy, and I don't touch the ground all year round.
Now that he has finally settled down, that person has appeared so unexpectedly.
Li Jicai didn't know whether he should be excited, nervous or how?
She was even thinking about whether she should take the initiative to talk to him, saying that she was taken care of by his Qi Mansion back then, and only then did she pick up a small life, and the other party had a life-saving grace for her, and she had nothing to repay, so she could only remember it.
However, how will the other party answer?
If Qi Qingchu just nodded coldly, or simply ignored her, how embarrassed would she be?
Or maybe people just forgot about it?
So, is there any need for her to say hello?
Just between this hesitation, a few dishes under his hand were fried again, and Li Jicai served them all in a daze.
The dinner was over, and all that was left was scraps, and they came too late.
Even so, Li Jicai still picked and chose from the vegetable pile, choosing the ones that looked slightly better to cook. After arranging the dishes, she brought a few jars of new good wine from the store.
Li Jicai didn't know what to do, so he put down his things and tiptoed downstairs.
It's just lying on the counter now, holding his cheeks and looking at the direction of the stairs, not knowing what he is thinking?
The other people in the casual curie looked strange, and after Xiao Shunzi ate two bites of food, he rubbed to Li Jicai's side and said in a low voice: "Boss? Do you have a crush on someone? It's so. ”
"......" Li Jicai didn't pay attention to him, he still just looked at it dryly, but what he remembered in his mind was the appearance of the man in green shirt talking to Qi Qingchu.
What will they say? Official?
I knew that I would have looked at him a few more times, but now I can't find any reason to see him, hey.
This man in green shirt is Qi Qingchu's colleague and the youngest son of Prince Yong, named Xi Meng, the word Zien.
Pingsu always looks like a swinger, which makes it hard to believe that he can get very close to Qi Qingchu, who is the most difficult in the court.
Tonight, Xi Zien personally pulled Qi Qingchu out for a walk, saying that he had been busy with state affairs recently, and Qi Qingchu had not had a chance to rest after working hard for a long time, so he specially took him out to relax.
"Look, how is this store?"
"......" Qi Qingchu raised his eyes and glanced at him, a little uncertain.
"Hehe, I know you've been staring at this store for a long time, tell me, what's so special about this store?"
"Will the prince let you inquire about the gossip when he is fine?"
"Hey, let me tell you, it really wasn't my dad who asked me to do it, or I found it out in private."
"What if you find out?"
"Then you say, you send people over from time to time to check on them, why do you take care of their business? And as far as I know, you haven't been taking care of it for a while, and I look at this woman's appearance. ”
"Eventful." Qi Qingchu's thin lips spit out two words lightly, the expression on his face was already very unhappy, Xi Zien paid attention to his movements in private, and even interfered in his affairs, which was inevitably a little overstepping.
"Seriously, what the hell are you hiding from me?" Xi Zien knew that the younger brother of the boss of Suiyuanju was in high school, and he had a big banquet for three days, and the pomp and circumstance were very sensational.
Qi Qingchu, who had been paying attention to this store secretly, did not make any moves, which made Xi Zien a little unpredictable.
I couldn't hold it back after thinking about it at home, but I still forced Qi Qingchu to pull it out.
He found that Qi Qingchu had not been paying attention to this store for a long time, but he didn't know why he felt that this matter was not simple.
The desire to explore in his body, the tormented Xi Zien can't eat or sleep well, if he doesn't figure out the reason, he thinks he will really suffocate to death.
Qi Qingchu has always had no beginning or end in his work, and it is difficult to figure out his routines, and interacting with him is like playing charade, if you can guess it, you will feel extraordinary, so over time, Xi Zien has developed such a habit.
"This matter has nothing to do with you, it is useless to talk too much, put away your curiosity, you can't listen to everything every time." Qi Qingchu's voice was unprecedentedly serious, and the expression on his face was a little condensed.
Seeing this, Xi Zien couldn't help but be stunned, and then fidgeted a little, and moved his ass to Qi Qingchu's side.
"You know that I'm a person, I won't stop until I reach my goal, but I grabbed your little tail again, if you don't tell me, won't you itch me to death?"
"......" Qi Qingchu frowned slightly, he has always been cautious in doing things, and this matter is even more important, where did Xi Zien get the news from?
Or is there something wrong with the people around him?
"Let me say first, I didn't follow you, you have always seen the dragon and not the end, and I didn't have a chance to follow you, but you have been in contact with this store for a while, as if you are in contact with this store, I am also a frequent customer of this store, the owner of this store has always been undisciplined in cooking, most of them do what they want, how can there be contact with completely irrelevant people? This doesn't make sense. Xi Zien lied without changing his face and heartbeat, in fact, he didn't know about this store at all.
"Do you have to guess when you go to a random restaurant to eat? If you have time like this, you might as well read more books and put away your boring thoughts. ”
"Good! Good! Xi Zien slapped the table, and then said arrogantly: "You don't tell me, do you?!" Then I'm going to find out! I still don't believe it, there are secrets in this capital that I can't dig up. ”