When the two went to Dongcheng Alley, the gate was locked, and they asked the neighbors about it, and it turned out that Guan Da had gone to relatives and would not come back until tomorrow.

The two had no choice but to give up.

At night, I received a message from the early autumn flying pigeons.

The letter details the background and origin of Yueyan.

Yueyan, whose full name is Huang Yueyan, is the daughter of the former governor of Fu County, whose father was full of private pockets, framed colleagues, and was sentenced to death.

Yueyan entered the teaching workshop at the age of fourteen, met Wu Yue at the age of fifteen, and became a steward under him.

The life experience is quite bumpy.

Gu Mingzhu burned the letter.

Early the next morning, Gu Mingzhu and Ah San finally met Guan Da.

A middle-aged man in his forties was a little blessed, carrying a bucket and fetching water.

"Is this the business about everyone?" Gu Mingzhu asked across the fence courtyard wall.

The middle-aged man turned his head and said, "I'm Guan Da, is there something wrong with the two of you?" ”

Ah San said: "We are from Xiangbei and want to learn from you about the situation of the Gu family restaurant." ”

"Gu's Restaurant?" Ah San's face darkened: "You asked the two of you to find my bad luck?" ”

"Of course not." Gu Mingzhu walked into the courtyard: "We just want to know the truth." ”

"The truth?" Guan Da snorted coldly and threw down the bucket: "You still care about the truth?" A nest of snakes and rats! ”

Judging from Guan Da's attitude, there is indeed something strange about this matter.

Gu Mingzhu said: "Of course I care about the truth, as Miss Gu Family, and you are the former chef of the restaurant, this matter cannot be concluded based on their one-sided words." ”

Guan Dahu looked at Gu Mingzhu suspiciously: "Miss Gu Family? You're from Gusu? ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled and said, "It seems that you have heard of me." ”

Guan Da glanced at her: "Naturally, I have heard that the Gu family of Gusu has a son and a daughter, but the son-in-law is both civil and military, but he is away all the year round, and the sister-in-law is very smart, everyone says so." ”

"Since Uncle Guan has heard of me, he should also know that I am not the kind of person who does not distinguish between right and wrong."

Uncle made Guan Da's face soften, he sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, and said, "Since it was the eldest lady who came to ask, then I naturally have something to say." ”

"I have been working in Gujia Restaurant for many years, relying on craftsmanship, and after the business of the restaurant improved, the back kitchen recruited two more chefs, one specializing in dim sum, and the other as the first floor chef."

"Chef on the first floor? What does that mean? Ah San asked at the right time.

"The restaurant is divided into one and two floors, the first floor is eaten by ordinary people, and the second floor is eaten by wealthy people, and the price is very different."

Gu Mingzhu said: "Are you in charge of the second floor?" ”

Guan Dadao: "Exactly. The restaurant because of the eleven signature dishes, to create another business model, income gradually growing, and then the shopkeeper got up with the mind, under the pretext that I was too tired alone, let me teach Fang Dequan eleven signature dishes, the shopkeeper's speech, I naturally poured out my money, I wrote the practice of eleven signature dishes in a booklet, and took it to Fang Dequan to learn, but the next day, they splashed me with dirty water, saying that I was molesting Hong Sanniang, beat me, and kicked me out of the restaurant. ”

After listening to Guan Da's words, Gu Mingzhu fell into deep thought, and said for a while: "Uncle Guan, I want to have a meal here with you." ”

Xu is stomach of bitter water finally vomited, Guan Da's heart was much smoother, and said, "The eldest lady wants to try my craft?" ”

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "I want to taste it, what kind of craftsmanship is it, four dishes can be worth more than thirty taels." ”

Guan Da wanted to prove himself, so he stood up and said, "It's simple, I'll go and buy it, but I have to bother the eldest lady to wait for a while." ”

Gu Mingzhu smiled.

Ah San followed Guan Da to buy ingredients.

In front of the courtyard of Guan University is a river, two zhang wide, and on the stairs on the other side of the river, there are women and children washing clothes.

It was still early, and the passers-by were busy vendors and people rushing to the market.

I don't know who built a swing under the big tree, Gu Mingzhu was just bored, so he simply swinged.

I waited until noon.

Guan Da made a total of four dishes.

"This first dish is called abalone and lotus leaf pot." Guan Da unveiled the clay cover: "Miss taste." ”

The lotus leaf is fragrant.

Gu Mingzhu looked at Guan Da, who was full of confidence, and Ah San, who was full of curiosity, took the chopsticks, picked up the outermost lotus leaf, and she took a bite to taste.

As soon as it entered the mouth, the eyes suddenly lit up, the faint lotus leaf fragrance, fresh and thick, I don't know what food was added to the abalone meat to stew, like broken lotus root, and like a horse's hoof......

Seeing her expression, Guan Da quickly pointed to the second dish: "Four bamboo shoots." ”

"What are the four perfections?"

"Take some chicken, duck and fish, chop and marinate with bamboo shoots, pick out the bamboo shoots after the flavor, stir-fry in a hot pot for a while, put it into a clay pot, and simmer the stock over low heat for half an hour."

Gu Mingzhu picked up a piece of bamboo shoots, she ordered this dish yesterday, but the taste was not satisfactory.

The entrance is soft and smooth, and the bamboo shoots are mixed with fresh soup to taste, which makes people a little addicted.

"The third course, stir-fried mushroom meat."

Gu Mingzhu raised his eyebrows.

Guan Da knew what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "The eldest lady must be thinking, why such an ordinary dish can become the signature dish of the restaurant, it is better to try it first." ”

Gu Mingzhu tasted chopsticks, was silent, and said sincerely: "Uncle Guan is really a craftsman." ”

Guan Da praised her, satisfied, and pointed to the fourth dish: "The last course, shrimp stuffed melon balls, shrimp head and tail, soak in Huadiao wine for some time, take the shrimp meat and chop it, add a little green onion, steam it for a while, take half of the melon, divide it into two, half of it is chopped and mixed with the shrimp meat, add two spoons of flour, knead it into a ball, boil the oil in the pot, immediately take it out, and put it on a plate." ”

Underneath the round balls is a flower carved from a honeydew melon.

Gu Mingzhu pinched one, took a bite, and quickly put it down.

Guan Da saw that her expression was wrong, and he was stunned: "Miss, what's wrong with this dish?" ”

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "Very good, the sweetness of the honeydew melon and the shrimp meat are perfectly blended, which is endlessly evocative, but I don't like green onions by nature, and I don't like this taste a little." ”

Guan Da was relieved.

"It seems that the restaurant got the recipes, but only learned the form but not the marrow, and the restaurant's business plummeted, and even reached the point where it couldn't make ends meet."

"Miss, is this believing me?"

Gu Mingzhu smiled: "I only believe what I see." She groaned slightly and said, "But Uncle Guan, the price of these four dishes is still not good." ”

"Miss thinks it's expensive?"

Gu Mingzhu waved his hand, and Ah San immediately retreated away.

Gu Mingzhu looked at Guan Da and said, "It's not expensive, it's cheap, in my opinion, these four dishes should be sold for four hundred taels." ”

"What?" Guan Da thought he had heard it wrong: "Four hundred taels? ”

Gu Mingzhu is not very old next year, but sitting there, she has a natural steadyness, she smiled slightly, her steadiness faded a little, and she had a little girlish attitude: "I want to ask Uncle Guan to help me take charge of the spoon." ”

Gu Mingzhu stood up: "I want to open a restaurant by myself, is Uncle Guan willing to come and take charge?" ”

Guan Da listened to the request of the eldest lady.

"Of course I do!"

"In that case, then I am really your eldest lady now, and I will get your grievances back for you!"

Since Guan Dakong was kicked out of the restaurant, other restaurants didn't dare to use him anymore, and he never thought that one day he would be able to redo the spoon, a thousand words, and there was only one dry sentence on his lips: "Thank you, Miss!" ”

"Alright, now it's time to eat."