The three of them were already hungry, smelling the fragrance of the restaurant, and smiled bitterly one by one. Especially Shen Ziyi, where did he suffer such a sin of watching others eat and starve himself? It is Yuan Tianye, although he has been left behind, he has never lacked silver, less than food. The two of them fell into such a predicament all of a sudden, and they had to rely on Lin Xiaozhu to earn money to eat, and they really didn't feel good in their hearts. Yuan Tianye kept raising his head to observe the people eating in the hall, unkindly hoping that one or two guests would suddenly have a sudden attack, so that he could treat him. But after watching it for a long time, all of them were full of red light, and there was no sign of disease at all.

The shopkeeper didn't know if he was deliberately lazy, or if he was really delayed, he didn't come out for a long time, Shen Ziyi sat bored, and asked, "Lin Xiaozhu, what recipes are you going to sell in a while?" ”

Lin Xiaozhu touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "I really don't know what recipes to sell." ”

"Don't know?" Shen Ziyi looked at Lin Xiaozhu strangely, "Why did you come here without a plan?" ”

"Originally, I was selling recipes, but the normal way to do this was to pretend to be a diner, order their signature dishes, and understand the chef's skills and the tastes of the locals before talking about it. But if you look at us, where can we order food first and then talk about business? Lin Xiaozhu said this and smiled bitterly.

Shen Ziyi knocked on his head: "When you go out in the future, you must bring some silver taels by yourself." ”

The two were chatting, but they heard a guest talking over there: "...... According to me, what's the big deal about the cooks in Yizhou City? I haven't eaten the duck made in the most famous Yipinlou there? It's far from the skill of our chef Linfeng Juwu. ”

Someone next to him said: "Chef Wu's craftsmanship, I really don't have to say anything." But if you want to say that the craftsmanship of the chef in Yipinlou is not as good as his, then I don't agree. I guess the time you went to eat, something happened that made them lose their standards. I've been to Yipinlou more than once. The duck it makes there tastes amazing! It is by no means worse than what Chef Yu did. ”

The one in front retorted, "What do you know? This Chef Wu is an imperial chef, and I heard that he used to be in the palace. The best dish is duck. Could it be that the craftsmanship of the chef in that Yipinlou can be compared to that of the imperial chef? This cooking competition, it must be Linfengju to take the first place. ”

A cooking competition? Lin Xiaozhu's eyes lit up.

As soon as Yuan Tianye saw Lin Xiaozhu's expression, he knew that she was interested in this cooking competition. I stood up and walked over. He bowed his hand to the scholars and said, "A few brothers, you are polite." ”

Several scholars saw Yuan Tianye's dignified appearance. Qi Yu was high, and quickly stood up and saluted back: "Be polite and polite." ”

"I heard a few brothers talk about this cooking competition just now, I wonder if I can tell me more about it? I don't have any other hobbies, but I like to eat. ”

"Hehe......" Everyone laughed when they heard Yuan Tianye say this, and said, "It's a coincidence." We also love food, so every year we choose a festival and hold a cooking contest in the prefecture. This year happens to be in August, and Brother Tai also knows that the osmanthus duck in August, this August, is the most suitable for eating duck. Therefore, the county lord prepared to hold a cooking competition in Yizhou County the day after tomorrow. Because the chef of Linfeng Ju did a good job of duck, he was also ready to participate. ”

"Oh, I see." Yuan Tianye nodded with a smile and asked again. "So what's the point of this competition? Is it possible to participate in the competition as long as I register? ”

A scholar shook his head and said, "No, no, no." To participate in this competition, you must be the chef of a restaurant in the county, and you can only participate in the name of the restaurant. ”

Yuan Tianye suddenly said: "I see." He bowed his hand again and exchanged a few words with them. Only then did he return to his original seat and look at Lin Xiaozhu apologetically.

"Heh, I should have imagined that it would be like this." Lin Xiaozhu smiled and shook his head.

"Why?" Shen Ziyi asked strangely.

Yuan Tianye was still a little confused at first, but after thinking about it, he also understood. didn't speak, just looked at Lin Xiaozhu, wondering what she would say.

"If a restaurant wants to participate, it has to spend a lot of money on the registration fee. And this money, in addition to renting venues, inviting judges, and distributing prizes, must have a large amount of money left. After a competition, the county will not only not give money, but will have an income. If you do another black-box operation and artificially determine the ranking, the income will be even worse. In this way, the county magistrate has not only collected money, but also gained political achievements, isn't it a good thing to kill two birds with one stone? And what about restaurants? With these competitions, as long as you have a level and are willing to make money, you can get a ranking and receive a plaque issued by a county. This is a golden signboard, which can make business prosperous and financial resources. The little money spent is nothing compared to what you will earn back in the future. The common people rejoiced, the gourmets got a feast for nothing, and they made a small fortune by doing small business and taking advantage of others. After such a competition, whether it is the county, restaurants or the people, they are all happy. ”

When Shen Ziyi heard this, his mouth opened wide in surprise. Liang Jiufang turned his head and asked Yuan Tianye: "It's just a cooking competition, is it really as Lin Xiaozhu said, can it be used to collect money?" ”

Yuan Tianye nodded: "Lin Xiaozhu's words, in one word, hit the nail on the head. After speaking, he glanced at Lin Xiaozhu deeply. He felt that the more he understood Lin Xiaozhu, the more he couldn't understand her. She was like a blue wave, and at first she thought it was a shallow, narrow little pool, clear but of little use. However, when I had to pounce into it, I found that the water was so vast and so deep that people could not extricate themselves from it.

Lin Xiaozhu was not thinking about these things at this time, she thought that the chef in Linfeng Ju that those people said just now was the imperial kitchen, looked at Yuan Tianye, and asked: "Lord Wang, is there a big gap between my craftsmanship and the imperial chef in the palace?" ”

Imperial Chef, she compared with them to make dim sum in Shen Yuan, and that time, although she won, she only won in the novelty of eating and the dexterity of her mind. When it comes to the level of making dim sum, those two imperial chefs are experienced, and it is not something that she can catch up with who has only studied cooking for three years. Later, when she entered the palace once, she wanted to taste the craftsmanship of the imperial chefs, but the queen and the queen mother took the opportunity to attack again, and she couldn't sit down and taste a bite of food at all, and she didn't know the level of the imperial chef.

The corners of Yuan Tianye's mouth hooked, and he said, "Don't worry, your skills are stronger than theirs." ”

"Really?" Lin Xiaozhu raised his eyebrows, obviously a little disbelieving.

Yuan Tianye smiled and was about to speak, but he heard someone come over and arch his hand: "Three guest officers, let you wait for a long time." ”

The three of them looked up, but it was a thin old man fifty miles away. And the little second who went in just now also came out and introduced: "This is our shopkeeper Yu." ”

"Shopkeeper Yu." Lin Xiaozhu stood up and gave a salute.

Yuan Tianye and Shen Ziyi sat there steadily, not moving, not smiling or talking, as if they didn't see Shopkeeper Yu coming. In their capacity, in order to count the silver, they stood up and saluted the shopkeeper in a restaurant, and this matter spread out, and they must be laughed at. Besides, the more you hold the shelf, the more you can show your identity, and the easier it may be to talk about selling recipes.

Although the shopkeeper Yu is a businessman, because of the relationship between the restaurant, he has made friends with powerful people, and he has some knowledge. At this time, seeing that Yuan Tianye and Shen Ziyi were handsome, with extraordinary temperament, and their clothes were not ordinary, they sat there with a big face, without lifting their buttocks, and only the little girl who was wearing a cloth dress and was obviously a subordinate stepped forward to salute and talk, and the three people who were not very willing to pay attention to it did not dare to slack off at this time, and arched his hand to Lin Xiaozhu: "I don't know what the girl is looking for the old decay?" ”

The three of them were tired and hungry, Lin Xiaozhu didn't beat around the corner, and said directly: "Shopkeeper Yu, I have studied under famous chefs for many years, and I also have a few novel dishes in my hands that the world has never seen, I wonder if Shopkeeper Yu is interested in buying the method?" ”

"Huh?" Shopkeeper Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Lin Xiaozhu. After looking her up and down for a moment, seeing that she was only fifteen or sixteen years old, she frowned slightly and asked, "Since it is a craft passed down by a famous chef, why does the girl want to sell it?" ”

"Alas, don't hide it from the shopkeeper, yesterday when I was transitioning with my two sons in the Yuxi River, I encountered a violent storm, overturned the boat, lost all my belongings, and walked for a day and a half to this Yanglin Town, and I had no choice but to think about selling recipes." Lin Xiaozhu knew that if he told the truth, this recipe would definitely not sell at a price. But if you don't tell the truth, this shopkeeper probably won't even buy it.

Shopkeeper Yu nodded, and asked again: "I don't know what kind of dishes the girl wants to sell to the old man?" ”

"I heard that your restaurant is going to participate in the osmanthus duck competition in a few days, I wonder if the shopkeeper Yu is interested in the duck practice?"

"Ducks?" Shopkeeper Yu glanced at Lin Xiaozhu, couldn't help laughing, stroked his beard and said, "Don't tell the girl, the reason why our Linfeng Residence is famous is precisely because of the good ducks." We, the chefs, used to serve the emperor. It was only later that the emperor was seriously ill and could not eat ducks, so he begged to be released. Now the girl has come to my Linfeng House to talk about the practice of selling ducks, isn't it ......" and laughed again. It was as if Lin Xiaozhu had just told a very funny joke.

"Banmen get an axe?" Lin Xiaozhu answered.

Shopkeeper Yu was noncommittal, and only arched his hand: "I'm sorry, if the girl's duck is a duck, if the old man buys it, wouldn't he not trust Chef Wu?" We finally invited Chef Wu to this town, and we really couldn't do anything to upset him. ”

This time, not only Shen Ziyi, but also Yuan Tianye couldn't understand why Lin Xiaozhu wanted to sell ducks. Her snacks, if you take out a random one, you can sell them for dozens of taels of silver, enough for everyone to stay here and wait for someone to answer.

(I have a fever, I feel dizzy, and I only have one shift today.) (To be continued)