Chapter 44 Welcome to the Restaurant
"Oh! This has to find the shopkeeper Liang, I am indeed familiar with the shopkeeper Liang. Wait, I'll give you a few explanations in the shop, and I'll go with you to welcome the guests. Gu Chengyu saw that Shopkeeper Zhou and the guy who had just gone in to pass the word, as well as the account room on the counter, explained a few words, and walked towards them.
"You can go, Brother Gu, the ox cart in front of this door is your family? This welcome is at the front of this street, and it would be faster if you went by bullock cart! "At this time, there were not many people on the streets, but the ox carts were able to drive.
"It's ours! The ingredients are on the ox cart, so let's take the ox cart to go! I also wronged the shopkeeper Zhou to go with us in an ox cart. "Daddy Gu knows that Shopkeeper Zhou usually goes out, but he travels in a carriage, when did he take an ox cart?
"If Brother Gu is so polite, I'm going to be angry." Shopkeeper Zhou pretended to be angry and said.
Daddy Gu smiled.
The ox cart stopped in front of the door to welcome guests, Gu Chengyu saw that the door to welcome guests was closed, and then he remembered that this is not the time to eat, presumably the restaurant is usually lively when it is time to have lunch, and it is only half past five in the morning, so the building must not be open yet! However, since Shopkeeper Zhou can bring them here, he must be able to bring them in as well.
"There is no door before welcoming guests at this time, let's go around to the small door in the back kitchen, Brother Gu, you go around the ox cart from here, they usually have the back kitchen open in the morning, and someone wants to send ingredients over." Sure enough, Shopkeeper Zhou had known about this situation for a long time.
The ox cart carried the three of them to the small kitchen door that welcomed the guests, Father Gu parked the ox cart steadily, and Shopkeeper Zhou took the lead in getting down from the ox cart.
At this time, from the back kitchen of the restaurant, a guy came out, preparing to unload the ingredients on a carriage.
"Huh? Shopkeeper Zhou? What is the wind that is blowing you here today? I came to the back kitchen early in the morning. The guy was also taken aback when he saw Shopkeeper Zhou, and then joked with Shopkeeper Zhou.
"You two monkeys, you still make fun of me. What about your shopkeepers? Can you do it now? I have something to look for him, so ask him to come to me! ”
Gu Chengyu saw the familiarity of the two, and knew that Shopkeeper Zhou was a frequent customer to welcome guests, and the guys in this restaurant probably knew Shopkeeper Zhou.
"Hey! I'll call you! "That guy is also a discerning man, seeing that the shopkeeper Zhou brought someone here early in the morning, he must be looking for their shopkeeper to have something right, jokes are jokes, he doesn't dare to delay the business.
Gu Chengyu and the others waited outside for a while, and then they heard a loud voice coming from inside. "Haha! Lao Zhou, what? You came to me early in the morning, did you want to invite me to taste your best Biluochun? ”
Gu Chengyu was a little curious about the owner of this voice, so he stared at the small door. I saw a tall and strong man coming out of the small door, just like the shopkeeper Zhou, who was also dressed in satin. Looking up, I saw that this person was very coarse. That's right, it's coarse mine, thick black eyebrows, eyes as big as bull's eyes, and a somewhat messy beard.
"You old boy, what? Can't come looking for you if you're fine? If I give you a drink, it's a cow chewing peony! The five big and three coarse, I still like to learn others to drink tea, as far as your drinking method is concerned, even a pot of tea is not enough for you to pour. Shopkeeper Zhou was angry when he thought of this, his previous good tea was drunk by this person, and at the end he wiped his mouth, saying that he was so bitter that he panicked. But recently, I don't know what crazy he was smoking, he kept chasing him to drink his good tea, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to come for three days!
"Hey! I said you were early in the morning, and you came to ridicule me? As the shopkeeper Liang spoke, he walked to the Gu family's ox cart.
"I don't have that much to spare. Let me tell you, this is one of my eldest brothers, they have fresh ingredients, they want to sell them to your restaurant, you ask them. Shopkeeper Zhou pointed at Father Gu and said to Shopkeeper Liang.
Gu Chengyu saw that Shopkeeper Zhou and Shopkeeper Liang were friends who often came and went, and Shopkeeper Liang should be able to sell Shopkeeper Zhou's floor and take a look at their things.
"This is the shopkeeper of Liang, right? The little old man's surname is Gu, this is my old son, we bring a fresh ingredient, you see? "Actually, Daddy Gu was also a little worried when he arrived here, would such a big restaurant want their fungus? If this shopkeeper Liang doesn't look down on their fungus, wouldn't it be even a loss of face for the shopkeeper of Zhou? Daddy Gu regretted it a little when he thought about it.
Gu Chengyu saw that his father was a little shrunken, and he knew that Daddy Gu had lost confidence in the fungus. No, it's all here, and they can't back down.
"Oh? What fresh ingredients? Take it out and I'll take a look. Shopkeeper Liang faced Father Gu and them, but he was not as casual as Shopkeeper Zhou, his face turned solemn, as if he was doing business.
Gu Chengyu climbed into the ox cart and took out a cloth bag from the car, which contained more than a pound of dried fungus. "Shopkeeper Liang! This is a fungus that my family found in the mountains, and it is extremely delicious to cook with it! My family also made a taste yesterday, if the shopkeeper Liang wants to try it! Then we would like to ask the shopkeeper Liang to borrow it for the back kitchen. Gu Chengyu can't take care of his little baby at this time, will the speaker be ignored, or tell the matter straight to the point, you can't miss this opportunity without trying, right?
"Oh? You little baby can talk? Show me this thing! Shopkeeper Liang looked at such a small baby and spoke seriously, but he thought it was interesting, and even the lines on his face softened.
"Yes! Oh, yes! Liang shopkeeper! Xiaobao! Give the fungus to the shopkeeper Liang and take a look! Seeing that Gu Chengyu had already spoken, Father Gu had no choice but to bite the bullet and let Gu Chengyu hand over the fungus.
Shopkeeper Liang took the cloth bag and uncovered the mouth of the bag, and at a glance, this thing was black and not slippery, and it had been dried into dry goods, which was indeed not the kind of ingredient he had ever seen. The shopkeeper Zhou next to him also poked his head curiously to look at the fungus in the cloth bag.
In fact, when he gave the cloth bag to the shopkeeper Liang, Gu Chengyu was also bottomless in his heart, he was not sure whether the shopkeeper Liang knew the fungus, if he also heard the rumor that the fungus could eat the dead, then they might all be kicked out by the shopkeeper Liang, after all, this is a restaurant, this is a matter of human life.
Shopkeeper Liang may not listen to their defenses, after all, not everyone believes in him as much as Father Gu. However, looking at the expressions of Shopkeeper Liang and Shopkeeper Zhou, don't they know the fungus, and they haven't heard the rumors of the fungus? Either way, things are getting better.
"It's a novelty, I can lend me this kitchen for you. Come with me! "Shopkeeper Liang is still a little curious about this black thing, and he doesn't know what it tastes like.
"Shopkeeper Liang! This ingredient may need to be paired with other ingredients, and I'm going to use it for two dishes. I don't know ...... other ingredients" Gu Chengyu was relieved to be able to borrow the kitchen, but just one fungus was inevitably too monotonous.
"You can use it!" Shopkeeper Liang waved his hand, asked the guy just now to take the father and son to the kitchen, and beckoned Shopkeeper Zhou to sit with him for a while before leaving.
Shopkeeper Zhou turned around and smiled encouragingly at the Gu family's father and son.