Chapter 18: The Swallow Tower's Good Start

The servant motioned for her to set aside the table, still standing.

Qin Liu's eyes widened in disbelief as he watched the young officer finish all the food.

This man looks heroic and does not lose Sven, but he has a shocking huge stomach.

However, she didn't say anything, and when the man finished eating, she quietly put the tray away.

When she came out of the kitchen again, she found the servant sitting on his ass and eating quickly, and the young officer flipping through the books on the bookshelf beside him.

The figure in a military uniform is heroic and straight, and he looks elegant and elegant when he reads books. Against the backdrop of the oil lamp, the shadow of the saber on the waist is reflected on the bookshelf, which makes it look more and more heroic and extraordinary, which makes people feel a sense of admiration.

The young officer glanced at her and asked lightly, "Where did these books come from?" ”

Qin Liu replied respectfully: "This is a copy of the folk woman herself in her spare time, and she sells it in the store by the way." If you like something, you can bring a few with you. ”

The main reason is that the owner of the grocery store can't sell so many books, and she is idle, copying books when she has time, and it is also convenient to sell them in her own store.

The corners of the young officer's lips hooked up a sneer: "Your shop is wonderful." It is named Swallow Building, but it is a restaurant and also sells books. Nondescript. ”

Qin Liu was slightly unhappy in his heart, but he looked humbly asking for advice on his face: "What's wrong with naming Yanzilou?" Please give me advice. ”

The young officer raised his eyebrows: "You don't even know the famous Maiko Guan Panpan of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Qin Liu's eyes widened and waited for him to follow.

The young officer sneered and said, "After her husband died, Guan Panpan moved to Swallow Tower to observe the festival for her husband. Bai Juyi also wrote poems for her, which was rumored to be a good story for the ages. ”

As soon as the words fell, the young officer's complexion changed slightly, and a pair of dark and deep eyes stared at Qin Liu.

Qin Liu was furious by him, and his eyes were a little evasive.

She complained even more in her heart: "Tang Dynasty's Guan Panpan is about my? There are very few swallows in this ghost place, I just hope that the swallows can come here to build a nest, help me bring good fortune and good luck, and wish me a prosperous business! ”

After a while, someone outside the store said, "My lord, it's time to go!" ”

Only then did the young officer withdraw his inquiring gaze and glance at the servant.

The servant took out a silver ingot and put it in Qin Liu's hand: "This is the rice money." ”

Qin Liu estimated that the silver ingots had to weigh five taels, and hurriedly said, "My lord, this, this is too much!" You can't use this money for a meal! ”

This meal is just over 200 yuan, and he gives too much.

The young officer was busy putting on his helmet and ignored her.

Qin Liu explained again: "If you don't have change, you can give it next time." Forget it this time. ”

The young officer was neatly draped and pointed to the books on the shelves next to him: "In addition to the money for food, the money for these books is also counted." ”

Qin Liu saw that they went out without taking the books, and hurriedly chased them out: "What about those books?" ”

The young officer had already turned over and got on his horse, and his movements were neat and clean: "Come and get it when the next loop passes!" ”

Qin Liu watched the backs of the two disappear in the heavy snow, his mood became a little better, and he went back to the store.

Books have always been expensive, and those books on the shelves are not worth five taels of silver, so she can just copy a few more to make up for it.

She flipped out a scale and weighed it, and this ingot silver ingot was really five taels!

The first order since the opening of this swallow building is so generous, it can be regarded as a good start.

This rich man's business is just good to do!

As long as there are four or five such customers a month, her business in this swallow building will surpass that of the dumpling shop!

You don't have to work as hard as a dumpling shop, it's an excellent livelihood.

The man's advice was also pertinent. The name of the shop is indeed a bit unusual, and the door is deserted and there is not a single customer, so no one comes to eat.

Qin Liu lowered his head and thought about ways to improve the business of Swallow Tower, and only when he looked up coldly did he find that Ma Ang was coming.

Qin Liu smiled awkwardly and said, "Brother Ma, you're here." ”

Ma Ang's face was not happy, his whole body was covered with gloomy atmosphere, he found a chair to sit down, bowed his head for a long time and did not speak.

Qin Liu didn't say much, so he cooked a bowl of noodles for Ma Ang, and stacked the noodles with large slices of sauced beef.

Maang finished his noodles without saying a word.

Qin Liu lamented that his painstaking efforts in cooking in modern society were not in vain.

It takes a lot of skill to make this sauce beef soft and flavorful and cut into thin slices, and she tried it many times before she succeeded, quite like the posture of writing a doctoral dissertation in chemistry experiments back then.

Qin Liu saw that he was eating happily, so he pretended to be proud and said, "This noodle tastes good, right?" I put pepper in the soup. I thought that it was snowing heavily, and if rich people were passing by, they would probably want to eat some hot soup. This side looks light, but the flavor is rich. After eating noodles and drinking soup, my whole body was warm, and I was comfortable to continue my journey. ”

After a pause, Qin Liu said again: "If you put the whole copper pot on it, shabu with thinly cut mutton, dipped in sesame sauce, it will be delicious in the world." ”

A flash of inspiration flashed through her mind. Can copper pot shabu be added to the recipe of Swallow House?

In her previous life, she had eaten a lot of old Beijing copper pot shabu-shabu, boiled meat in clear water, delicious and sweet, with endless aftertaste, and now she thinks about it on the side of her tongue.

Qin Liu came back to his senses, but heard Ma Ang speak, and his voice was a little low: "Sister-in-law Li, I will send the matchmaker to Master Zhang's house to propose marriage in a while." After a while, I may need to borrow your storefront for a wedding party......"

Qin Liu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly nodded: "This is natural, we neighbors, it should be to help each other." ”

When it was said that when the house was built, the swallow building occupied all the positions facing the street, and the Li family and the Ma family each occupied half of the land behind the swallow building. There is also a large empty section in the middle of the fence to make it easier for the two families to move back and forth between each other.

Ma Ang left after eating the noodles, and Qin Liu didn't dare to ask for details when he saw that he looked depressed.

It stands to reason that Lord Qianhu Zhang is also the biggest official in the town, and it is not a bad thing to be able to get close to the boss of the boss, why does Ma Ang look so depressed?

However, after all, this is a private matter, and she doesn't want to ask too much.

In the next few days, there was still no guest at the Swallow Tower. Qin Liu's many ideas for the recipe failed to be implemented.

She had to think about how to attract customers to her door.

She stood across the street and observed for a long time, and found that when the guests on horseback passed by, they would look at the swallow building with puzzled eyes, and finally went to the front post station to rest and eat.

Some of those who couldn't enter the post house continued to walk forward, looking for other restaurants with people coming and going at the door.

She looked at the long line at the door not far away, and the ragged guests were drinking porridge in the snow in the snow at the entrance of the dumpling shop, and slowly had some ideas in her heart.