"What? You still don't want to? Hearing Lin Zu's refusal, Old Yang's temper suddenly came up and scolded Lin Zu angrily. You don't look at what you look like now, it's good that people are willing to accept you, and you still pick and choose. ”

"No, Master, I, I'm not disgusted..."

Old Yang Tou didn't listen to Lin Zu at all, "Then what do you mean?" Don't want to do this anymore? ”

"It's not, I..." Lin Zu paused and didn't know how to continue, Shopkeeper Qi grabbed the fried old Yang's head, nodded at him, and asked him to continue. I just wanted to start over, I just took myself too seriously before, so... That's why it's like that. ”

As soon as Shopkeeper Qi heard this, he understood why Lin Zu refused. "Start over! It's not that starting from the basics, your ability is already very good, and then doing those is overkill, it is better to start again in the right position. It's good for you, for your parents, and for everyone. ”

"But I..." Lin Zu wanted to say something, but Shopkeeper Qi stretched out his hand to stop him.

"You see, I've put so much effort into trying to get you to the prayer tower. Your master is old, and his hands are prone to shaking..."

Old Yang Tou was not happy to hear this, and stretched out his hand to show the shopkeeper Qi. "Hey! Whoever you say has a shaky hand, do you look at me shaking? Shake? ”

"I'm serious! Don't interrupt. ”

"I'm serious." Lao Yang raised his chin and looked at the shopkeeper Qi, snorted coldly and said to Lin Zu: "Lao Qi is having a hard time now, instead of helping others, you should help your own benefactor." You don't have to worry about your lack of ability, so do me! I'll check it for you. You pack up and go to the prayer building tomorrow! That's it! ”

"This..."Lin Zu still wanted to say something, but he lowered his head and hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, thank you Master, thank you Shopkeeper Qi." ”

"Okay, I don't want you to thank you, as long as you don't do this again in the future."

"Definitely not, I assure you."

"Okay, it's been a day, and my old bones are about to fall apart, so we'll go back first. Tomorrow remember to come to the prayer building. ”

"Yes!" Lin Zu sent Old Yang Tou and Shopkeeper Qi out of the door, staring at their backs for a long time.

Walking out of the Lin family, Shopkeeper Qi couldn't help but sigh: "It's finally a big deal!" ”

"You're too early to rejoice, this is just the beginning."

"It's a good start, and it won't be difficult after that."

"That's how you believe the recipes that the young man gave?"

"These dishes are simple, but they are rare, and what you don't have is sure to catch the eye. And I think the young man has more than just these dishes. ”

"How do you know? Could it be that someone told you? ”

"Didn't I sneak in to see them before?"

"Hmm!"

"It's just that the things they sell at their stalls are all unique, and you say that they want to cooperate with us, whether you have to show sincerity, then the dish is bound to be better."

"You really are! I asked Azu to come to the prayer building tomorrow, why don't you call the young man and his wife to the prayer building and discuss it well! ”

"Naturally, I hope that the prayer building can really come back to life this time." Shopkeeper Qi looked into the distance and sighed softly.

"Absolutely."

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the two old bodies, and although it was approaching night, the morning was not far away.

The next morning, Lin Zu came to the prayer building, and after tidying up all the utensils in the stove room, he practiced under the guidance of Lao Yang Tou to see if his skills were sparse.

Lao Yang asked Lin Zu to make the three freshness on the recipe written by Chun Tao that day, tasted it and said, "It's not bad, although it's a little rustier than before, but the taste is okay." ”

Shopkeeper Qi also tasted it and nodded approvingly. "Yes, at least it tastes better than your master's cooking, don't you know..."

"Ahem!" Lao Yang put down his chopsticks and coughed a few times.

"Then you practice first, find out how you feel, and I'll go to the front and have a look." Shopkeeper Qi didn't want to face the white eyes of Lao Yang Tou and fled from the stove room.

Shortly after lunchtime, Zhou Kuiruo and the other four came to the prayer building.

"Shopkeeper, long time no see." Zhou Kuiruo and Shopkeeper Qi and others greeted each other one by one, and the three of Chuntao also greeted each other.

"Long time no see, how is the little brother lately?"

Zhou Kuiruo heard the meaning of the shopkeeper Qi's words, and he didn't beat around the bush and said it directly. "Shang Ke, I've just been waiting for the news from the shopkeeper, and I'm worried about it."

"Haha! Little brother is really a cheerful person, please take a seat. ”

"Good! You may also be seated. After Zhou Kuiruo and Shopkeeper Qi sat down, the others also sat down. I wonder if the shopkeeper has found a suitable chef? ”

"I've found it, this is." Stretched out his finger and pointed at Lin Zu, Lin Zu nodded slightly. "I came to my little brother today to discuss with you about the cooperation I mentioned last time. I don't know what the little brother is called? ”

"In the next surname Zhou, the name Kuiruo, the word Su. This is Humble Jing, Zhou Zhao. ”

After Zhou Kuiruo finished introducing, Shopkeeper Qi also began to introduce himself. "Under the surname Qi, this is Lao Yangtou, my best friend. Next to him was his apprentice, Lin Zu. ”

After introducing them one by one, Zhou Kuiruo began to talk about cooperation. "Then I'll have the courage to tell Shopkeeper Qi what I think first. Humble Jing and I provided recipes to the Prayer House, not with the intention of selling, but with the intention of sharing dividends. ”

"Dividends?" Shopkeeper Qi couldn't help frowning, and it was a little difficult to accept Zhou Kuiruo's request.

Zhou Kuiruo also expected that Shopkeeper Qi would not agree easily, and continued: "I know that this condition is difficult for Shopkeeper Qi to accept, but we don't just provide it once, we continue to provide it until we can't think of a new recipe. ”

"But there's never been such a rule."

"The rules are yes. If there are no new dishes, I am afraid that it will not be able to attract customers! ”

Shopkeeper Qi was silent, and he also understood what Zhou Kuiruo meant.

Zhou Kuiruo provoked the shopkeeper Qi with words again: "Now it's a turning point for the prayer building, and if you miss it, I'm afraid there will be no more." ”

"And how much do you want?" Shopkeeper Qi thought for a long time and asked.

Zhou Kuiruo compared two fingers and said, "Twenty." ”

"Twenty percent!?" Before the shopkeeper Qi could speak, Lao Yang stood up suddenly, pointed at Zhou Kuiruo and said, "You are a lion with a big mouth!" ”

Shopkeeper Qi pulled Lao Yang to sit down, and said to Zhou Kuiruo: "Twenty percent is indeed too much, you are taking advantage of the fire to rob!" I can only give you one percent. ”

Zhou Kuiruo smiled and said: "There is indeed a suspicion of taking advantage of the fire to rob, I know that the prayer building now needs silver taels to start again, but I also need silver taels." It's better for you and me to take half a step back. One into five, how? ”

"This..."Shopkeeper Qi was still hesitating, but Zhou Kuiruo didn't give him a chance to hesitate.

"If you find it unacceptable, then I will have to find another buyer." Make a gesture to get up and leave.

Shopkeeper Qi hurriedly stopped Zhou Kuiruo, "Okay! Good! Good! One into five is one into five. ”

"These are the five dishes that Clumsy Jing wrote last time, and this one was written by Clumsy Jing this time." Zhou Kuiruo smiled with satisfaction, took out two pieces of paper and handed them to Shopkeeper Qi.

Shopkeeper Qi took a closer look at what Chun Tao wrote this time. "Honey grilled chicken wings, fried eggplant box, fried lotus root cake, money egg, osmanthus glutinous rice lotus."

Shopkeeper Qi handed the paper to Lao Yangtou, who looked at it and handed it to Lin Zu. "The dishes written on this are not bad, but this osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root and fried eggplant box are not new dishes. In this way, you come once in the next half a month, take five dishes each time, and change them again if they are not novel, how about it? ”

Zhou Kuiruo looked at Chun Tao beside him, and Chun Tao shook his head again and again. "What's wrong?"