On this day, the weather was fine, and the sky, which had been gloomy for a few days, suddenly cleared, and although the sun was not as warm as the other three seasons, it was bright enough to make people's hearts rejoice.

On the most prosperous commercial street in Tongcheng, as usual, people come and go, it is very lively, the shopkeepers and men of each shop smile from ear to ear, very busy, but in the interval of greeting guests, they will also trot out, look at the teahouse on the street, and then smell the tempting aroma in the air, and run back to mutter.

Some guests were curious, so they pulled the shopkeeper to inquire, and the shopkeeper did not hide it, and said a few words with a smile, and the guest opened his mouth in shock, "Really, where did you hear the news from the shopkeeper?" ”

The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows, "Naturally it's true, the young man in our shop is from the same village as the guy in the teahouse, how can the news he heard when he was on his way home be fake?" ”

"Oh, this is a lot of fun," the guest suddenly narrowed with joy, "If this woman is really Miss Qianjin, the Zhao family is afraid that they will regret their intestines." ”

The shopkeeper shook his head, "Not necessarily, the Zhao family is the best at abacus, and Miss Wu is not bad." However, the old man admires this Miss Annanhou, and opened a teahouse in three or five days, and I heard that the food to be sold in that building is very novel, and it is known as the only one in the entire martial arts. ”

"I can't miss this excitement, when the teahouse opens, I will definitely go and sit down."

"I heard it's tomorrow."

Such jokes and conversations were heard from time to time throughout the shopping street, so the teahouse had not yet opened, just as Ruixue expected, and quickly became the hottest topic in the city.

In the back stove of the teahouse, several cooks gathered in front of the board, staring at the colorful clouds and the moon with good eyes, and the white and tender hands of the sisters flew up and down flexibly, but in the blink of an eye, they wrapped a small dumpling like an ingot, or a white and round eighteen-fold bun, and the women praised it with envy, "It's really a clever thought, a good craftsmanship." ”

The two daughters-in-law of the shopkeeper Mo, the Han family and the Zhu family, also followed their father-in-law's instructions to come to help, so they smiled and said, "Our teahouse has the craft of Caiyun Caiyue girl, I'm afraid it's difficult not to be prosperous." ”

Caiyun Caiyue blushed from praise, but still said, "These foods were passed down to the two of us by our wife, and our lady is the real ingenuity." ”

Everyone looked admiring, after all, they had also heard of the identity of the owner, a lady who was a beautiful girl, and it was really rare to have such craftsmanship.

"Okay, let's try it, let's try it, enough for a cage of drawers to go to the pot and steam, Mrs. ordered, after steaming, give it to everyone to taste, don't know how to be delicious in your family, how to introduce it to the guests when the time comes."

Everyone couldn't believe it when they heard this, the filling was right in front of them, except for the minced meat and pork ribs, and even the whole shrimp with the shell peeled, everything was good, and this was actually going to be shared with them?

Caiyue saw that everyone was not moving, so she said, "Sister-in-law, hurry up, there are ten kinds of dim sum, we are very busy today." ”

"Hey, yes, yes." Everyone hurriedly started to learn, and suddenly felt that they had stayed to serve the new owner, and maybe they were really right.

In front of the teahouse, Desheng is taking a few guys to pedal the ladder, and hung the plaque he just retrieved on the lintel, made of nanmu and gold on a black background, "sweet and bitter teahouse".

The seven sufferings of life, birth, old age, sickness and death, resentment and hatred, injury and parting, and I can't ask for it.

The four happy events in life, the long drought meets the nectar, the old acquaintance in another country, the candle night in the cave room, and the title of the gold list.

Desheng looked at the plaque and was speechless for a long time, a teahouse, saying that the world is full of joys and sorrows! Isn't her own lady mocking, her sweets and bitternesses have become interesting things between others?

A few guys picked up the ladder and waited for the position, and when they saw that the big steward was in a daze, they couldn't help but push one forward and asked, "Steward, this plaque is hung like this, is it done?" ”

Desheng woke up, nodded and said, "Yes, I will wipe it every few days in the future, our teahouse will be the first in Tongcheng in the future, the plaque is dirty, but it is a shame." ”

A few guys laughed, and some of them said lively, "That's, that's, don't look at what food our teahouse sells, I haven't seen other teahouses at all." ”

Everyone had a smile on their faces, the main family's business is good, and they will naturally follow suit.

"Have you memorized the food list and the price?"

"Don't worry, the steward has already memorized the melons," Mo Mingyan, the youngest son of the shopkeeper, Mo Mingyan, has become a parent and has no children, has a lively temperament, likes to speak, and listens to Desheng's question, so he replied.

Desheng nodded, and led everyone into the hall, Caiyun Caiyue brought the women out with steaming steamers, and the young men rushed forward in a hurry, all wanting to see what delicious food their teahouse was going to sell, and only smelling the aroma for a while, it caused the greedy worms in their stomachs to protest.

Sure enough, the delicate food that caught the eye made them cheer, Desheng had already eaten it yesterday, so he was naturally not in a hurry, so he said, "While everyone is here, I will say a few words."

You can stay in our teahouse that day, to be honest, it is in the pit, last night the owner told me that in the future, each of your wages will be increased by 30%, two sets of clothes per quarter, and there are benefits during the New Year's holidays. ”

As soon as they heard about the increase in wages and the distribution of clothes, everyone cheered, you must know that even if the original owner is generous, it is only two sets of clothes a year, but the new owner actually said that there are four seasons, which is a quadruple increase, how can everyone not be happy.

The little dog was the most clever, so he shouted, "Steward, what is welfare?" ”

Desheng heard the master talk about this word last night, and he didn't understand, and then asked Caiyun Caiyue to know, but this did not delay him from learning and selling, so he smiled and said, "The welfare is to send meat and food every festival, and when the New Year is over, you will also take out one percent of the annual profits of the teahouse and give you red envelopes." I don't dare to say more, but it's still easy to divide three or five taels per person. ”

Where did everyone think that welfare was such a good thing, everyone was so happy that their faces turned red, and they suddenly shouted, "Xie Dong's family is rewarded, Xie Dong's family is rewarded!" ”

The sound was so loud that it almost overturned the teahouse, and the passers-by outside the door were also so frightened that they stopped, looked in a few times, and then shook their heads and left.

Desheng waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down, but accepted the smiling face just now, and said, "With such good benefits, if you don't do your job well, or have other thoughts, don't blame me for being ruthless!" ”

Everyone hurriedly bowed, "Don't worry, the chief steward, we will definitely do things with our hearts." ”

"That's good, the dim sum is going to be cold, let's try it everyone." Desheng and Enwei gave it together, completely won everyone's hearts, and greeted and ate snacks.

With the joy before, even eating leaves should be sweet for three points, not to mention, this food is originally delicious, everyone is immediately full of confidence in the future business of the teahouse, naturally their purses should also be filled with bulging, which is the most joyful...

On the second day, the sky is beautiful, better than the previous day, as soon as the hour arrives, a string of firecrackers hanging on the eaves of the second floor of the teahouse is ignited, the deafening bang bang sounds, Desheng and Mo shopkeepers both grabbed the copper coins in the dustpan and scattered them out to ask for good luck, countless beggars and naughty children, passers-by, all went to fight, more lively.

When the crowd dispersed, the shopkeepers of all the shops on a street stepped forward to say some auspicious words with a smile, and were welcomed into the lobby to sit down, as well as the friends that Shopkeeper Mo had made over the years, they also came to cheer, plus the spectators who came to hear the news, but the lobby was also crowded.

The young man wore flowers and butterflies, smiling and running between the seats, handing the thin woodcut list to the guests, the wooden board was not painted, only brushed with a thin layer of clear oil, maintaining the original color of the oak wood, looking at a kind of back-to-basics atmosphere, carved around a few cloud and water lines, around the middle is a novel food name.

A guest pointed to the first dish and asked, "Man, what kind of food is this shrimp dumpling king?" ”

"Oh, guest officer, you asked as soon as you opened your mouth that our shop is the most famous food, this snack dough is transparent, guest officer, you can see the filling inside on a clip, and put the whole prawns, that taste, yesterday's small Meng Dongjia rewarded, I was fortunate to eat one, so fragrant that I didn't sleep at night, no, now I still have dark circles under my eyes." This young man has been serving in the teahouse for two or three years, and his mouth is neat, and his words are funny and funny, which makes the guests at the table laugh.

The guest looked at the friends next to him with a curious face, and said, "Let's try two plates first, and what is the first pack in the world?" ”

"Haha, guest officer, you ask this bun, it's even more right, the small one sells a pass, don't say anything first, guest officer, you can order, if you eat it in your mouth at that time, you don't shout three times, this tea, the small one please."

"Yo, this guy is really boasting, okay, another drawer." The guest was also excited, no matter how he wanted to taste this bun, he could make the guy so proud.

"Guest officer, there is only one in a drawer of this bun, I'm afraid you need to order a few more."

"Oh, that's right," said the guest, "then come five drawers, one for each of us." ”

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute." The young man answered with a loud voice, and ran to the back kitchen.

At this time, each table also finished eating, everyone drank tea and gossiped slowly, Mo Shopkeeper and Desheng walked between the tables, and exchanged a few simple greetings.

Soon, the young men came out of the stove with a cigarette to eat, and the young man who had spoken before dragged a white disk in the shape of a leaf with one hand, and went straight to the table of the five guests, and put his hands down carefully, and in the porcelain plate, a row of small shrimp dumplings appeared in front of the guests, and several people widened their eyes in surprise.

I saw that the shrimp dumplings were only two inches in size, and the dough did not know how to concoct, but it was as delicate and transparent as a very thin mutton fat white jade, and it was cleverly pinched into the shape of an ingot, faintly revealing the filling inside, the green onion flowers, the red was the meat filling, and of course, the most attractive thing was the shrimp tail that was slightly upturned at the tail of the dumpling, which was red and shiny, and it was mouth-watering.