25. Cooperation

When Qin Lan walked back from the back kitchen, he held a plate of braised four-leaf pills in his hand like a trick and put it in front of several people.

The aroma of steaming overflowed, drilling straight into the noses of several people, Ye Xiaoxiao took a sip of chopsticks first, I haven't seen Qin Lan cook a big dish for so long.

Just took a bite, Ye Xiaoxiao's beautiful eyes froze, and he stood there motionless, like a stone statue.

Li Chong and the cook next to him looked puzzled, and they also moved their chopsticks, after all, no matter how unpalatable it was, they wouldn't react so much

Braised four-leaf balls, as the name suggests, are made with four spices and braised meat, and the aroma of herbs mixed with meat lingers between the lips and teeth for a long time.

Being able to be a master chef in the back kitchen of the Li Family Restaurant, the chef thinks that his cooking skills are impeccable in Tianji City, even though the Li family's business is not as good as before, he has always been proud of himself.

But all this was changed by the piece of meat that was now put into his mouth, although the braised four-leaf pills he made himself and Qin Lan's ones looked similar in appearance, but after just one bite, the cook knew that he had lost, and he had lost very completely.

In the traditional braised four-leaf balls, the four herbs are mixed with the lean meat, but in Qin Lan's dish, the four herbs are mixed in pairs and then returned to mix with all the ingredients, and the aroma of spices and lean meat burst out in the mouth, and the texture and taste are something that the chef has never experienced.

"Qin Lan...... How can you make this kind of dish......"

Ye Xiaoxiao looked at the dishes on the table blankly and asked.

"I always will, I'm just too lazy to do it"

Qin Lan said casually, it's just a slightly difficult dish, and it's not worth it if it's delicious.

After all, the library of Fengyun Pavilion is not only full of exercise cheats, strange skills, all kinds of things, everything.

In addition, Qin Lan survived in the wild when she was young, so she could only learn to cook and eat for herself, and after a long time, her skills came up.

Different from the skills of a serious cook, Qin Lan's dishes are more wanton and free to grow like weeds

The cook is still immersed in his own world, unable to extricate himself, and repeats the taste of the food in his mouth.

At this time, the cook seemed to remember something, the horizontal flesh on his face sometimes stretched and sometimes wrinkled, his eyebrows were twisted into a rope, and finally his expression was relieved, and he gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground.

"Before, it was a big mouth with eyes that didn't know Mount Tai, offended the adult, the big mouth is willing to gamble and lose, I hope the adult will not care about me and others!"

A hint of discoloration flashed in Qin Lan's eyes, this cook is also a man, bright and straightforward, simply neat!

"Get up, I didn't come here on purpose to find trouble, I have something to find your Li family master, can you introduce me to me?"

Big mouth got up and patted Li Chong, Li Chong reacted from the pleasure brought by the food, and replied: "I can, but I don't know what the son wants to discuss with the head of my family?" ”

He is not a cook, so he will not have any admiration and admiration for Qin Lan like a big mouth, in Li Chong's eyes, now that Qin Lan is dead, he is just a prisoner who cooks better, and whether he should take him to see the head of the family depends on what Qin Lan is talking about.

"I can give the recipe of today's dish to the Li family for free, just as my meeting gift to your family master, help me convey it to your family master, I have a business in my hand that I want to talk to the Li family, wait here for half a day, if the Li family wants to talk about it within half a day, I will come to it if you want to talk about it within half a day, and after this time, I will regard you as giving up on your own initiative."

Qin Lan's expression was calm, and her eyebrows were calm, as if she had no consciousness of her identity at all.

"Then please wait here for a while."

Li Chong's eyes signaled to take care of Qin Lan and the two of them with a big mouth, and left

Although he didn't believe in his heart that Qin Lan really had any ability to convince the head of the family, his professionalism and intuition over the years still conveyed Qin Lan's wishes to the head of the family.

After Li Chong left, Big Mouth pulled Qin Lan to talk about some cooking skills, and Big Mouth with a meaty face was like a child who had just learned at this time, constantly asking Qin Lan all kinds of questions, and Qin Lan's every answer was imaginative, in Dazui's opinion, it was like opening the door to a new world, and it was full of novelty.

The more he chatted on his big mouth, the more excited he became, and in the end, he almost kowtowed to Qin Lan again, and Ye Xiaoxiao next to him listened to the conversation between the two in a fog, and he knew one thing the whole way.

Qin Lan is very good at cooking!

I have to pester him to cook two more dishes for myself when I go back

Just as Ye Xiaoxiao was thinking so, outside the restaurant, a carriage stopped, and Li Chong and a middle-aged man in a white robe with an elegant temperament walked over.

"Head of the House"

Dazui no longer discussed with Qin Lan, got up and bowed his hand, looking respectful.

Back then, when he was at his most depressed, the Li family took him in and gave him a job to eat, so even if the Li family's business is not as good as before, the Du family sent people to hire him three times and twice, but he was unmoved.

Li Han had a smile in his eyes, patted the shoulder of the big mouth, and quipped:

"I heard you lost a bet with someone? How's it going, are you convinced? ”

Big Mouth scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a sneer: "Isn't this a no-brainer, family master, Qin Lan's craftsmanship is quite good." ”

"Oh?"

Li Han turned his head to look at Qin Lan, a strange color flashed in his eyes, as early as on the way here, Li Chong explained the situation here to him, I heard that the other party was here to discuss business, although Li Han did not have unnecessary fluctuations on his face, but there was no trace of slackness in his actual actions

Because he knows that there are only a handful of people in this Tianji City who can surpass the big mouth in cooking!

"Little brother, what do you mainly want to talk to me about?"

Li Han moved the stool and sat opposite Qin Lan, with a warm smile on his face, making it difficult for people to be malicious towards him.

Seeing this, Qin Lan nodded secretly, this head of the Li family really has a bit of a mind, so this business is much easier to talk about.

After thinking for a while, Qin Lan opened his mouth and said, "I wonder if the head of the family has ever heard of "Travels in the Garden"? ”

Li Han shook his head suspiciously, his expression was a little confused, but the big mouth next to him became excited and replied, "I know!" The Suiyuan Travelogue written by Yuan Gong in the former dynasty sounds like I don't know what it is written, but it is actually a cookbook! Many of the dishes in it are now lost, and no one will make them anymore. ”

After listening to Dazui's explanation, Li Han's expression was shocked, and he asked seriously: "Listening to Qin Gongzi, you mean that you now know the whereabouts of this book?" ”

"I know all of the above, and I can write it down and give it to you right now."

Li Han's pupils trembled at this time, and he felt that his throat was a little dry, Rao was such a self-cultivation, and it was difficult to remain calm when he heard Qin Lan's words.

Because he knew that if what Qin Lan said was true, the commercial value would be immeasurable!

Suddenly, Li Han seemed to see pies in the sky falling down and smashing on his face.

"Does Qin Gongzi have any requirements?"

After Li Han calmed down a little, he brought to the point.

Qin Lan smiled slightly, and couldn't help but praise: "Talking to smart people is to save energy!" ”

"I can write something to you, but with the current operation of the Li family, I'm afraid it won't be much accomplished just by relying on a cookbook, so I suggest you develop into a street stall, and if you can accept it, we can continue to talk."

Li Han frowned, his face was thoughtful, the Li family has always focused on high-end catering, but in the past two years, with the increase in the foreign population of Tianji City, it is indeed more and more difficult to do business, but if he is asked to transform the Li family's business, it will be difficult to accept it for a while.

It's like a rich man who has become an ordinary person overnight, and the change of identity is too great.

Qin Lan also knew that this choice was not easy to make, so she just drank tea quietly and did not make a sound, giving Li Han time to fully consider it.

After a long time, Li Han exhaled a mouthful of turbid air heavily, and his expression became firm.

"My Li family took over this business!"

In the eyes of outsiders, the Li family is still beautiful, but only Li Han knows in his heart that the current Li family is like a horse in the abyss, and if he is not careful, he will fall into the valley and die!

"I want you to do more than that"

Feeling that the foreshadowing was almost done in the early stage, Qin Lan sorted out the language and said the ultimate purpose of this trip

"After the Li family's business gradually improves, I ask you to enter the inn business, combine the restaurant and the inn, and crush the proportion of the Du family's market until they are completely defeated!"

Boom!

The chair fell to the ground, and Li Hanteng stood up suddenly, his momentum changed suddenly, and his eyes stared at Qin Lan, trying to confirm something in his eyes.

Qin Lan just looked at Li Han calmly, and there was no color on his face.

After confirming that what Qin Lan said was serious, Li Han suddenly realized his gaffe, and his eyes were still shocked after silently holding up the chair.

Qin Lan's words just now were like a thunderbolt, and until now, Li Han's ears still echoed, shaking him dizzy, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

As the head of the Li family, why didn't he want to defeat the other two and monopolize the entire market of Tianji City?

Calming down a little, Li Han's eyes flickered, and he was constantly weighing the pros and cons in his heart, and asked Qin Lan in a deep voice:

"Having said so much, Qin Gongzi hasn't asked Li for any benefits yet, don't tell me that you are doing charity."

Qin Lan smiled dumbly: "Of course there are conditions, with the Tianji Monument quota election in ten days as the deadline, I will give you half of the garden travel record first, and within ten days, let me see the results before I can give you the second half"

"After the Li family becomes bigger and stronger, I also want five percent of your assets."

Li Han's face changed, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said, "Gongzi Qin really has a big appetite. ”

Qin Lan shrugged, smiled indifferently, and said, "Compared to annexing the Du family, it is not much to make the Li family look new. ”

Qin Lan took Li Li's pen and paper, and pushed Li Han after writing a few pages.

"Expanding the market and annexing the Du family, especially the latter, must be done."

Li Han took the recipe and looked at Big Mouth, who looked at it carefully for a while, nodded vigorously, and Li Han's heart was half relieved.

"Why do you have to destroy the Du family?"

Li Han also understood Qin Lan's intentions by now, and asked the last concern in his heart.

"Because they me off, for no particular reason"

Qin Lan replied casually, her expression naturally as if she was saying another innocuous trivial matter.

Li Han was stunned for a moment, and then laughed happily

"Hahahaha, there's no reason for it, Qin Gongzi is really a young man and a man of temperament!"

Qin Lan stood up, stretched out a hand to Li Han with a smile, and said, "Then I will wait for the good news of the Li family master."

Li Han's hand shook heavily with Qin Lan, and said in a loud voice:

"Good!"