Two days later, Guo Jin's reply was sent to Xiangru, telling Xiangru that the shopkeeper and the cook would not end their old work and report to her until after the lunar month, but Guo Jin would personally bring the shop guys and kitchen workers to report to Xiangru on her next rest day.

So taking advantage of these days, Xiangru asked the osmanthus 'flower' to clean the front, and in the morning of the appointed day, they had breakfast, the big tiger and the little tiger went out from the backyard to the front 'door', opened the padlock and took off the two rows of 'doors', Xiangru took three small servants to sit in the store and wait for Guo Jin's arrival.

Guo Jin brought four old guys in their twenties and thirties, all of whom had more than ten years of experience, they had worked in the 'medicine' restaurant, and they knew a little bit about the 'medicine' diet, and what to eat in what season, these four people came when they opened their mouths, and Xiangru secretly praised Xiang Fei in his heart for being reliable.

After the test of common sense, Xiangru tested their kung fu again, the guys who ran the hall, serving dishes is the basic skill, Xiangru had already prepared a few large trays, one person took one, and put a sea bowl soup basin filled with eight points full on the tray, and then put the water bowl that also filled eight points full at the four corners, so that these four guys set off from the kitchen with one hand upstairs and downstairs three times in a row, who sprinkled the least water and who was the foreman to manage the guys, and the monthly salary was given three more cents of silver.

After more than a quarter of an hour, the four came back one after another, put down the tray to check the results, and the last guy named Lu Er won the game and became the foreman.

"Good. I think you already know the characteristics of my 'medicine' restaurant, and the menu changes every half a month. ”

Lu Er and the four nodded, "Yes, the second owner, we all listened to Uncle Guo." ”

Xiangru's expression remained unchanged, and with a smile, she took out a roll of paper from her sleeve with the new title of the second owner, unfolded it and divided it into four sheets to be handed over to Lu Er and distributed.

"Since you know, then I won't talk much nonsense, this is the menu of the 'spring' solar term, you go back to familiarize yourself, and if you recommend inappropriate dishes to the guests, I will have to deduct my salary."

Lu Er and the four hurriedly glanced at the menu a few times, and they all felt eye-opening, "Second owner, your menu changes every half a month, do you need to 'get' so many dishes?" It's likely that I haven't finished ordering it in half a month. ”

"It's okay, if the guests don't eat us, you just have to memorize it. In addition, my 'medicine' restaurant mainly relies on selling vegetables and not selling wine, and when the guests come to order wine, you first declare to the guests that there are only two taels per person, and there are no more. If the guest accepts the best, if he does not accept, he would rather let the guest go to another house to eat, the guest will make trouble and let the shopkeeper deal with it first, and if the shopkeeper can't handle it, then go to the back kitchen to find me. ”

"Yes, the second owner, we have all written it down."

"Okay, you guys rest, the little workers will follow me to the kitchen, it's your turn."

A group of people came to the kitchen, and there were vegetables bought by Erni Dahu this morning by the well, and Xiangru asked the workers to wash and cut all the dishes, mainly to see their knife skills, and then also selected a foreman with the best skills to be the foreman of this group of people, and gave some more per month.

After reading the skills of these workers, the time was not early, Xiangru paid for Dahu Xiaohu to take everyone to a nearby restaurant for lunch, and she and the girls cooked and ate by themselves.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and after entering the wax moon, Xiangru gradually stopped her errands for medical visits, went through the resignation procedures with Xie Jiayi's 'Spring' Hall, regained her status as a free person, and devoted herself to the soon-to-be-opened 'medicine' restaurant.

The shopkeeper and the cooks have not finished this year's work, but they still coordinated a day to meet Xiangru under the leadership of Guo Jin, and added some things one after another according to their suggestions, and the shopkeeper also introduced a large winery, the 'medicine' restaurant needs different wines throughout the year, and the winery has good quality.

After Xiangru went to investigate, she felt that what the shopkeeper said was true, and immediately ordered a year's wine with the owner of the winery.

After meeting the shopkeeper and the cooks, Xiang Fei finally sent someone to send the signboard of the 'medicine' restaurant and the big 'door' couplet, the high-grade wood, the words on it are written by Xiang Fei himself, and the text content is naturally from Xiangru.

Xiangru asked people to move to her study and put it properly, and then hang it on the big 'door' the day before the opening.

Along with the signboard couplet there is also a list of guests, Xiang Fei means to "get" a tasting meeting before the year, when it is the last shouting before the opening, once the guests are satisfied, the opening after the year will be like a cloud.

Xiangru accepted Xiang Fei's suggestion and wrote to him to discuss the time of the tasting party, and attached a list of some guests she had drawn up herself, the names listed on it were all Xiangru's related households, no matter whether these noble guests came or not, the invitation card on the ceremony was indispensable.

Xiang Fei and Xiangru agreed to hold two tastings, and negotiated with Xiangru a few main dishes for Xiangru to take charge of herself, and then took the guest list drawn up by the two for people to prepare invitations and send them out.

After the invitation was sent, the news of the tasting party spread in the circle of invited guests, and soon even the people in the market knew about it.

Xiangru Xiang Fei and the two invited their own relatives to appreciate their faces, and naturally there were two tasting meetings, and the dignitaries and nobles disdained to sit in the same room with the common people to eat.

In view of the fact that Xiang Fei is a man, and the shopkeeper and the chef and the cooks all call Xiangru the second owner, so they simply gave a tasting meeting to Xiang Fei, and Xiangru's guests were arranged three days later.

Two days before the tasting meeting, all the workers were in place to 'exercise', Xiangru 'handed over' the menu and recipes to the kitchen, everyone practiced together, and the finished dishes fell into their own stomachs, and Xiangru's cooking skills were unanimously recognized by everyone.

On the day of a tasting meeting, Xiang Fei took Bai An, Guo Jin and other five of his subordinates to the 'medicine' restaurant early, inspected upstairs and downstairs, and instructed the guys to wipe the table over and over again.

Xiangru arranged the work in the kitchen, and brought the little servant to the front with hot tea and snacks to the front for everyone to eat, just saw Xiang Fei walking around on the first floor, and said that there were stains on the ground and asked the guy to sweep it, and then said that there was dust on the windowsill for the guy to wipe, and his relatives invited him to sit down a few times, but Xiang Fei sat down and stood up and walked back and forth after a while.

"I said, Xiang Fei Xiang Sanshao Xiang Sanye, what's the matter with the nails on the chair, you can't sit for a while? What kind of stubble are you looking for? I've been sweeping inside and out countless times these days, and even the table has been turned over and wiped a few times, could it be that there are serious hygienists among your guests? Would you like a snack? I got up early in the morning to do it. ”

Xiang Fei came to the table and picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake and threw it into his mouth, and didn't forget to refute a few words for himself, "This shows that I attach great importance to today's tasting meeting." ”

Xiangru lowered her head and poured tea, and complained and teased by the way, "I think you are overly nervous, so you are restless." I didn't expect Xiang Sanshao to be nervous too. ”

"Have you never opened a 'medicine' restaurant, nervous and not ashamed, nervousness shows that I pay attention to it, you know?" Xiang Fei generously admitted his emotions at this time.

"Hey, you're offending people by saying this, as if I don't take it seriously." Xiangru rolled her eyes, and a cup of tea rested heavily in front of Xiang Fei.

"Hey, I didn't mean that, it's none of my business if you think so." Xiang Fei stuffed snacks into his mouth while blinking and pretending to be innocent.

"Hey~ It's too much, I won't give it to you." Xiangru was in a hurry, so she went to grab Xiang Fei's plate, but Xiang Fei moved faster, and took the plate in her hand and begged for mercy.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault, it's my gaffe first, the second owner is angry, don't talk about it with me? It's not early, the guests are coming, or the owner goes back to the kitchen to see how the situation is? ”

"I have only been out for less than a pillar of incense, and the big owner is going to drive me out, or do you want to change the big owner to go to the kitchen to have a look? The big proprietor has experience in the kitchen, and he won't 'get the salt and cornstarch' wrong, so I'll just take a break outside for a breath. Xiangru smiled and replied.

"Uh, that's right, the second owner has only been out for a while, presumably there will be nothing wrong with the kitchen in such a short time, then the second owner will rest again, and it will be hard for the second owner to go back and wait for the guests to come." The pampered brother firmly adheres to the belief of a gentleman who is far away from cooking, and he just had one last time.

Xiangru continued to smile, "The big boss is polite, the tasting meeting in three days will depend on the big boss to help entertain." ”

Xiang Fei smiled even more happily, "It should be, the second owner is too polite, the second owner, don't stand all the time, sit down and sit down, take advantage of the moment to sit down and rest for a while, and turn around so that you have the strength to cook for everyone." ”

Xiangru sat down opposite Xiang Fei with a big grin, "Don't worry, it's hard to say whether all the guests will come, I hope they can all come, in the kitchen, I stew Codonopsis Angelica 'milk' pigeon soup, nourishing qi and blood, a table and a casserole, what they don't come is their own loss." The 'meat' is stewed badly, you don't need to use a knife, you use chopsticks to hold the pigeon's 'legs' and pull it gently, and the 'meat' and bones are immediately separated. ”

Xiang Fei remembered the tender taste of the 'milky' pigeon, and 'licked' and 'licked' the corners of his mouth, "Second owner, don't be greedy for me, I know that I won't be able to eat a few bites today." ”

"Huh? Are the big owners going to leave after the tasting? I also want to see off the guests and close the door to eat together. Since Dadong's family is busy, then I will 'hand' over to the kitchen and don't prepare Dadong's meals. "Xiangru definitely did it on purpose.

Xiang Fei gritted his teeth secretly, "When did I say this, I just said that I can't eat at the banquet, how could I arrange something else for such an important tasting meeting." ”

"Oh, the big boss made it clear. That's for sure, will you try it, of course, the guests are the priority, and you have to collect the feedback of the guests afterwards, you can imagine how hard the big owner will be later, it's really hard for you. In this way, after the guests leave, I will give the big proprietor a pot of 'milk' pigeon soup, and make up for it, one pigeon top nine 'chicken'. Xiangru smiled and pretended to be stupid, and didn't forget to slap a little fart.

"Okay, I'm going to try your 'milk' pigeon soup today and what's different from others."

"Big bosses are welcome to advise."

Entering the 'Door'