After entering the wax moon, the flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger. The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival of the year, even if the family is poor, when the New Year comes, some good food will be made for the family to improve.

At the end of the year, it is also the busiest time for Yu Kee braised vegetable shop. After entering the wax moon, the four-eye stove fire in the store is non-stop day and night, and three or four pigs need to be marinated every day, and more than 20 pig heads need to come out. Yu Caifeng and Mei Ziniang couldn't wait to save even the time to sleep. When the pickle shop is not busy, Huang Xiaomei will also come over to help.

In the braised vegetable shop, Liu Junping's brothers and sisters, one called the braised vegetables and the other collected money. Their movements were already very swift, but there was still a long queue in front of the store, and from time to time there were people who were anxious to raise their voices to urge a few times.

Liu Hu, who was originally a shopkeeper in the store, also went back to the countryside to collect pigs. In addition to the remaining breeding pigs, there are only one or two pigs left in the Yujia pig farm in Dongshan Village, which are reserved for their own New Year's Day. The braised meat sold in the store now is all collected from the township.

Liu Hu and Huang Dazhui went into battle together, going out before dawn every day, and rushing back at night with stars and moons, so that they could supply the braised vegetables sold every day. The staff in the store was too busy, so they sent a letter back to Dongshan Village for help.

Yu Xiaocao gave full authority to Cherry about making pills and potions. After getting the news, she and Xiaolian, with Yang Liu, rushed to Fucheng to rescue the emergency, regardless of the severe cold. Yu Xiaocao took over the work of making poultry foods such as roast duck and roast chicken, and Liu Yan'er was able to concentrate on being a "salesperson" in the store. Xiaolian is competent whether she weighs the dishes or collects money, and she is also sent to the store to help.

Liu Junping freed up his hands and was able to run a few more township meat stalls to buy pig heads and pig launches. Although more than ten or twenty sets of pig-headed pigs are now marinated every day, the first ones to be sold out are still these cheap and delicious pig-headed pigs. The number of casual workers hired to clean up the pig's head and put the pig into the water has doubled. Pig-headed pigs are the most difficult to clean up, and these short-term workers are often busy all day.

At the request of the guests, Yu Xiaocao doubled the amount of limited food such as roast chicken and duck, which is still in short supply. In order to be able to buy roast chicken and roast duck to entertain guests during the New Year, some families send their own people to line up in front of the braised vegetable shop before dawn. When Liu Yan'er opened the store in the morning, she was startled when she saw the snowman standing in front of the door.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, close to noon, there was still a long queue in front of the Yujia braised vegetable shop. Most of them were ordinary people dressed in ordinary clothes, and many of them were villagers from nearby villages. Entering the month of Layue, people from nearby villages will come to Fucheng to buy New Year's goods, and now their first choice for New Year's goods is to weigh a few catties of braised vegetables to go back.

Yu Kee's braised vegetables are rich and delicious, and the price is very reasonable. Especially when the pig's head pig is launched, the price is not much more expensive than raw pork, and ordinary people can afford to eat it. In the past, villagers who had a little difficulty at home would grit their teeth and cut half a catty of pork to satisfy their children's hunger during the Chinese New Year.

The limited-edition menu is sold out every day as soon as it opens. This is still a situation where each person can only buy two, if it is released, it is estimated that one person can wrap up the limited dishes in the store. In this way, there are still many people who send several subordinates to line up at a time. People are not short of money, and there are enough manpower, so prepare more roast chicken and roast duck to make a lot of face in front of the guests.

Yu Xiaocao asked Yang Liu to go to the back kitchen to help her aunt, and she also brought the scales of the pickle shop to help weigh the pickled vegetables, which accelerated the sales speed a lot. There was a light snow outside, and the scene of queuing up to buy braised vegetables in the snow made Yu Xiaocao a little moved.

At this moment, a carriage drove by in front of the door. The big man who looked like a guard next to the carriage, with his eyes full of fine light, glanced at the long line in front of the store, and seemed to be a little wary.

"Stop, stop, stop!" A familiar voice came from inside, "It smells so good!" This is the taste of braised pig's head!! This taste is more authentic than the craftsmanship of the imperial chef, and it is clearly the craftsmanship of the Yu family!! Dequan, go and see where the fragrance comes from. ”

Next to the carriage, an old man over fifty years old with a white face and beard rolled over from his horse. The movements were sharper than those of young people. The old man walked past the line and went straight to the door of Yu Kee's braised vegetable shop. The people in the back shouted a little unhappily: "Queue, queue!" From out of town, right? To buy braised vegetables, you have to line up first!! ”

The old man ignored it, glanced up at the sign on the door, and then looked into the shop. His gaze first stayed on Yu Xiaolian, who was collecting the money, and after a moment, he turned to Yu Xiaocao, who was smiling and weighing pig's head meat to an old woman.

He didn't alarm the people in the shop, turned around and returned to the carriage, bowed over the opposite side, and said in a slightly shrill voice: "Back to the master, you guessed right, it is the shop opened by the little grass girl." Both sisters are busy in the store! ”

"Haha! When did this girl open a shop in Jinwei Mansion? Don't tell the fifth master a word about me. Fortunately, I didn't take the small road, otherwise I would have gone to Dongshan Village in vain. A strong hand stretched out from inside the carriage, with a clear jade wrench on its thumb.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and an old man bent down inside, with a round face, crane hair and a childish face, a long beard under his chin, a gorgeous dress, and an extraordinary bearing.

The white-faced bearded old man held up an oil-paper umbrella on the head of the old man in Chinese clothes. The old man in Chinese clothes walked to the braised vegetable shop and shouted at Xiaocao, who was immersed in serving customers: "Girl, weigh me half a pig's head and a pair of pig ears." Shred the pig's ears and mix them with red oil......"

The people queuing behind saw his extraordinary value, and they didn't yell at him to line up like they did to the white-faced old man just now.

Yu Xiaocao heard a strange voice, and when he looked up, he almost threw away the scale in his hand. God, how did this big Buddha come to the city. She opened her mouth, glanced at the dress of the Emperor Taishang and the people around him, swallowed the title of "Emperor Taishang" hard, squeezed out a smile, and asked, "Five...... Fifth master, why did you leave Beijing at this time? ”

"Alas......" Emperor Taishang sighed, holding his stomach helplessly, and said, "I don't want to run out in the cold!" The gluttonous worms in the stomach are turning upside down, and there is nothing you can do! ”

Dequan beside him reminded in a low voice: "Master, it's cold outside, can you go into the house and then greet the little grass girl?" ”

"Mouthy! My body is good!! Back then, in order to win an ambush battle, the master lay in ambush in the snow for three days, took the enemy by surprise, and won a complete victory - Ah Hey!! Before he finished speaking, the Emperor gave a big sneeze.

Yu Xiaocao hurriedly put down the scale in his hand, came out of the store, and invited the old man into the yard.

"Fifth master, you warm up on the kang in the guest room first, and I'll go cook you a bowl of hot ginger soup." Yu Xiaocao originally wanted to invite people into the living room, but the conditions of this courtyard were limited, and there was no fire wall in the living room, so it was as cold as outside. In desperation, I had to invite someone into the guest room.

The kang in the guest room was hot, and the Emperor took off his shoes and sat down, sighing comfortably. He said to Dequan, who was waiting on the side: "Dequan, let's not accept the old age, there is still a brazier in the carriage, and people will have symptoms of cold." Alas...... Take off your shoes and warm up on the kang. ”

"Slaves don't dare to ......" Dequan is an old eunuch who has served the emperor for decades, and he serves very thoughtfully on weekdays, but he is old-fashioned.

The Emperor Taishang glanced at him with his eyes and said with a smile: "What don't you dare?" Do you have smelly feet, afraid of smoking? ”

Dequan laughed at the emperor's words, and said in a one-by-one voice: "Back to the master, if you have a bad illness and a heavy body odor, you can't enter the palace to serve the master!" ”

"Come on! Decades old man, I still don't know you? Come on, it's an order!! If you are also frostbitten, who will serve you? I'm not used to being served by others!! "After the abdication of the Emperor Taishang, his temperament became more and more free and easy, what kind of dignity and humility is a fart in his eyes!

Dequan was moved in his heart, and after seeing the emperor's firm attitude, he solemnly thanked his master, took off his shoes, and sat down at the end of the kang from a distance. The Emperor threw another quilt over and put him on his lap.

Dequan is too dedicated, he fell into the problem of old cold legs in his early years, and this stubborn old man is unwilling to ride in a carriage with him in the past two days, and the taste of riding a horse in the wind and snow must be uncomfortable.

Putting the quilt on his lap, Dequan once again thanked his master for his kindness. In that year, after the fall of the previous dynasty, he was sent into the palace and waited for an opportunity to assassinate the emperor who was still the emperor at that time. However, the master never treated him as a slave, and always treated him with equal respect, even if he guessed that he had two hearts, he still valued him...... After a long time, even the stones are hot! He turned his back on his former master and followed his master with all his heart for thirty years...... He has never regretted it, and he is even a little glad that he made the choice!

"Ahem, cough, ahem......" The emperor's coughing voice interrupted Dequan's memories, he hurriedly got off the kang, poured a cup of warm water from the teapot, and served the master to drink it.

Dequan looked at his master's face, and said with some concern: "Master, I didn't bring a doctor with me on this trip." The minions went out to inquire and see where the most famous medical hall in Fucheng was! ”

The Emperor waved his hand, shook his head and said, "No! Didn't we bring Tong Ren Tang's pills? Take a cold and cough pill, I'll be fine after taking it! A little wind chill, can you still defeat the master? ”

Yu Xiaocao cooked the ginger soup, dropped a drop of spirit stone liquid, and brought it over. Seeing the pill in Dequan's hand, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Fifth Master, can you let the folk girl help you take the pulse?" It's a medicine that is three parts poisonous, although this pill is good, you can't just eat it! ”

"Haha...... Ahem, cough, cough," the Emperor Taishang coughed again, looked at Yu Xiaocao and smiled, "I almost forgot, there is still Yu Xiaoxiao Divine Doctor here!" ”