Yu Xiaocao took his pulse seriously and said, "Fifth Master, you have a slight cold symptom. You don't have to take the pills, I wonder if you brought Tong Ren Tang's cough syrup out? ”

The Emperor's eyes widened, like copper bells, strange and scary: "Master and the people around him are adults, why are you bringing that thing?" Isn't syrup for small children? ”

Yu Xiaocao explained: "Most of the syrups are made with milder medicines, which have no side effects, and have obvious effects on mild colds and coughs. Fifth master, you have a good foundation, you can recover quickly by drinking syrup, why bother to eat bitter pills and ruin your appetite? ”

Emperor Zhu Huaiyong thought about it, the little girl said very reasonably, don't care what medicine you take, as long as the effect is fast, don't delay him to enjoy the food!

After Zhu Huaiyong took a sip of the syrup, he washed the sweetness in his mouth with warm boiled water, and couldn't wait to say: "Girl, quickly cut some pig's head meat and pig ears for you." Dequan, let you bring out the imperial wine you brought. Drinking a little wine and eating cold pork head meat, the taste is ...... Race over the living immortals! ”

Dequan looked at Yu Xiaocao with a straight face, and asked, "Miss Xiaocao, our master's illness, can you eat greasy things and drink alcohol?" ”

Without waiting for Yu Xiaocao to answer, Zhu Huaiyong glared at the bull's eye and said loudly: "Why can't you?" It's just a small cold, and I've drunk ginger soup and taken medicine. Didn't the little grass girl say it too? The illness will be cured soon! Dequan, don't grind, go get the wine!! ”

Dequan's feet didn't move at all, and his eyes were still focused on Xiaocao's body. Yu Xiaocao smiled at him and said, "Meat can be eaten, but wine can't be drunk no matter what!" ”

Seeing that the emperor had something to say, she continued: "The most taboo thing to drink during illness, if the illness is serious, I am afraid that even meat will be avoided in the future, and it is ...... to eat lightly."

When Zhu Huaiyong heard this, he was busy thinking about drinking. He doesn't want to be a white rabbit at every meal under the supervision of Dequan - vegetarian!

At this time, it was almost lunch time, Yu Xiaocao cut a small plate of thin and fat pig's head meat for the emperor, mixed it with minced garlic, and drizzled it with sesame oil. I also adjusted a plate of red oil ear shreds and cut half of the roast chicken as requested. I fried a few vegetarian dishes with my own hands and set up a kang table.

Zhu Huaiyong complained a few words about the pig's head meat being too thin, but he was very bold in his hand with a steamed bun and ate it in a big gulp. He ate all the meat dishes on the table, and drank a big bowl of soup, but the vegetarian dishes didn't move much. After eating, rubbing his stomach contentedly, he lay on the kang and stared.

Yu Xiaocao prepared another table of sumptuous meals for the general manager of Dequan and a few plainclothes imperial guards, most of the dishes were braised vegetables in the store, plus a few small stir-fried. Her craftsmanship makes everyone satisfied. Originally, it was hard work for La Yuetian to go out with his master, but the guards knew that the master was going to Dongshan Village, and they almost broke their heads in private for the quota of the entourage. There is no one who has eaten the meal cooked by Yu Xiaocao that he does not remember.

In the soup that Emperor Taishang drank, Yu Xiaocao was boiled in spirit stone water. Therefore, after Zhu Huaiyong woke up from sleep, he felt extremely comfortable and refreshed, and the fatigue caused by the rush was also swept away.

Zhu Huaiyong, who had eaten and slept enough, called Yu Xiaocao to him and discussed with her: "Girl, your braised vegetable shop in Fucheng has a good business!" Do you have any plans to open a branch? ”

Yu Xiaocao thought for a while and said seriously: "I have a serious shortage of manpower here, and a store is still too busy!" How can you have the energy to work on a second store? ”

Zhu Huaiyong's bull's eyes opened, slapped the table and said, "Hands? Yes!! Otherwise, if you see that this will work, I will provide manpower to pave the funds, and you will provide the technology, and we will cooperate to open an authentic braised vegetable shop in the capital. You don't care about anything, as long as you teach the chef who can make braised pig's head that tastes exactly like you, you don't even use it in the store. The profits are all yours, and you don't take a penny!! ”

What the? Are you stupid? Or is there so much money burned that there is nowhere to put it? Contribute money, people, and efforts to the store, and give all the money you earn to others, and you don't take a penny yourself? Such a pie in the sky really happened to her?

Yu Xiaocao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Fifth Master, didn't the recipe for the braised vegetables be written to you?" The imperial chefs in the palace have also learned how to make braised pig's heads, why do you still want to get such a shop? ”

As soon as he talked about those uncompetitive imperial chefs and cooks, Zhu Huaiyong became angry: "Don't mention it, when you are here, the braised dishes made by the imperial chefs in the palace can barely be eaten, as soon as you leave the palace, no one is staring at them, and the craftsmanship will come down immediately!" He also quibbled that it was done according to the recipe you gave. Do you say that people are angry? ”

"Uh...... Perhaps they are accustomed to fine and elegant food, and they have some contempt and resistance for such crude food as braised pig's head and sewage. Mentality determines craftsmanship, so you can't meet your requirements, right? Yu Xiaocao knew the reason very well, but she had to rack her brains to make excuses for the imperial chefs.

Zhu Huaiyong thought about it, isn't this the reason! was so angry that he scolded the cooks who thought highly of themselves again.

Yu Xiaocao smiled and said, "Fifth Master, didn't you suspect that I didn't give you the real recipe, or did I leave a hand?" ”

Zhu Huaiyong glanced at her and said categorically: "No!" You girl, you are less daring than an ant, and you don't have the courage to play with your master. Besides, you taught those guys in the palace hand in hand, and under your guidance, you can obviously make authentic braised pig's head. As soon as you leave, the taste is wrong, it must be those old guys who are lazy!! No, girl, you must cooperate with the master to build a braised vegetable shop! Otherwise, when you want to eat authentic braised pig's head, you have to run to Fucheng or Dongshan Village!! My lord is old and can't afford to toss ......"

Gotcha, the strategies for mourning have been taken out! Emperor Taishang, this is not a battlefield, there is no place for you!

"Since you have said so, Fifth Master, I can't ignore lifting, right? Then let's say it, site selection, decoration, picking, management, procurement...... I don't even ask. I'm only in charge of the training of the back kitchen! However, I am not greedy, and the profits will be divided fifty-fifty when the time comes! Yu Xiaocao thought that the emperor's proposal was good, but she was not sure, and she pulled the emperor to take a boat, and no one in this store would dare to stumble.

"Okay! Ye really didn't see the wrong person, you girl is a benevolent and righteous person! Ye Ming'er will go back to arrange it, and strive to open in the moon......"

Emperor, you're too anxious, aren't you? It's the tenth day of the first month of the month, and when you arrive in the capital, you can choose a site and decorate something, where can it be completed in two or three months?

Yu Xiaocao never expected that the emperor was not temporary, he had already taken a good look at the shop, it was a time-honored pastry shop, he used a shop with a better terrain and a higher price, and forced him to change it with people, and also compensated people for a lot of silver as lost work expenses.

By the twentieth day of the lunar month, when Yu Xiaocao was taken to the capital, the shop had been slightly modified and had already reached the standard of opening. In addition to the oven, six stoves have been added to the kitchen, all kinds of kitchen utensils are readily available, and the personnel are already in place, just waiting for her, the "chef", to come!

Yu Xiaocao came to Beijing this time, not only brought Yang Liu, a maid who is obsessed with cooking, but also brought her sister Yu Xiaolian. Yu Xiaolian has learned the craft of braised vegetables, and the braised vegetables made are more authentic than Xiaocao. Such a free helper, no need to use in vain.

Yu Xiaocao walked around the back kitchen, went to see the well in the backyard, and asked Xiao Zhutian Stone to convert the water in it into spirit stone water, and he didn't let go of the water in a few large vats. She arranged for Yu Xiaolian to guide a few cooks sent by the Emperor Taishang to make braised vegetables, the ratio of seasonings, Xiaolian strictly controlled the proportion, and she also stared at the heat.

Xiaocao took Yang Liu and taught her how to make roast chicken and roast duck, salted duck, smoked duck and other dishes, and taught other cooks, anyway, the emperor assured her that these cooks were trustworthy, and the recipe would never be passed on from them. In order not to fight with Zhen Yu Lou, she specially asked for the same or similar dishes as Zhen Yu Lou to be sold in limited quantities.

After two days of busy work, the braised vegetable shop that the Emperor Taishang personally opened for the first time. Originally, he was going to set off a string of firecrackers in a low-key manner and unveil the plaque, even if it was opened. Who would have thought that when he first changed shops with a pastry shop, he would be targeted by many people. The news that the Emperor Taishang had nothing to do and wanted to get a shop to pass the time quickly spread among the upper circles in Beijing. Every move before the opening of the braised vegetable shop has countless eyes staring in the dark.

On the day of the opening, the important ministers and high-ranking officials of the court, the nobles of the family, and many old ministers who told the old came one after another. With a straight face, the general manager of Dequan greeted waves of congratulatory guests for the emperor. Fortunately, these people, except for those old ministers who have made great contributions to the emperor, are very acquainted, and they left automatically after leaving the congratulatory gifts.

From morning to noon, the people who came to congratulate did not stop, and the chief manager of Dequan and a few of his little eunuchs received gifts softly. Even the one in the palace also wrote a piece of writing, framed it, and asked Su Ran to send it over, saying that it was hanging in the store to put up face for the imperial grandfather. The calligraphy and painting of the royal pen himself, others must think it is quite face-saving, but the emperor dislikes his grandson for being stingy, so many valuable things are not sent, so he sent a ghost painting talisman!

Everything outside is not accessible to Yu Xiaocao, a little peasant girl, she honestly teaches cooking skills in the back kitchen, and strives to let those cooks take charge as soon as possible, so that she can go back to celebrate the New Year with her family!

Fortunately, these chefs are not stupid, and they have a solid foundation. Three days after opening, most of the chefs have been able to do it on their own. The Yu sisters stared at the kitchen for a few more days, and felt that they could let go completely, and even the emperor was so picky with his tongue that he felt that these cooks could be mastered, so they let the sisters go.

Before leaving, the sisters, accompanied and protected by two guards, walked around the capital, bought a lot of good things that Fucheng and Tanggu could not buy, and prepared gifts for everyone in the family. On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, he returned to Dongshan Village. The family was very surprised to see the sisters, thinking that they would not be able to come back in time for the Chinese New Year!