beauty heart thorn

Chapter 17

When the two went to Dongcheng Alley, they closed the gate and locked it tightly. After asking the neighbors, it turned out that Guan Da had left relatives and would not be back until tomorrow.

The two had no choice but to give up.

At night, I received a letter from Flying Pigeon in early autumn.

The letter described in detail the background of Yue Yan.

Yueyan, whose full name is Huang Yueyan, is the former daughter of the magistrate of the rich county. His father enriched himself, framed his colleagues, and was sentenced to death. His children, the male was sent to Lingnan, and the female served as official prostitutes.

Yueyan joined the teaching workshop at the age of 14, met Wu Yue at the age of 15, and became a steward under his hands.

Life experience is quite rough.

Gu Mingzhu burned the letter.

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

The middle-aged man in his 40s is getting fatter, and he is fetching water with a bucket.

"Is this closed to everyone?" Gu Mingzhu asked through the fence wall.

The middle-aged man turned his head and said, "I'm Guan Da, what's the matter?"

Ah San said: "We are from Xiangbei, and I want to ask you about the situation of Gu's Restaurant."

"Gu's restaurant?" Ah San's face darkened, "Are you two here to seek my misfortune?"

"Of course not." Gu Mingzhu stepped 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? It's just a nest of snakes and rats!"

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

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

Guan Da looked suspiciously at Gu Mingzhu: "Miss Gu? Are you from Gusu?"

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

Guan Da gave her a coveted look: "Of course I've heard that the Gu family in Gusu has only one son and one daughter, but the first son is both civil and military but is away all year round, and the first daughter is extremely intelligent, everyone says so."

"Since Uncle Guan has heard of me, he should also know that I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know right from wrong."

Calling uncle, Guan Da's face softened, he sat down at the stone table in the courtyard, and said, "Since it's the eldest lady who came to ask, then of course I have something to say."

"I have worked in Gu's Restaurant for these years, relying on my craftsmanship. Later, when the restaurant's business improved, the back kitchen recruited two more chefs, one specializing in dim sum and the other serving as the cook on the first floor."

"The chef on the first floor? What does this mean?" Ah San asked at the right time.

"The restaurant is divided into the first and second floors. The first floor is for ordinary people, and the second floor is for rich people. The prices are very different."

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

Guan Daedao: "That's right. Because of the eleven signature dishes, the restaurant has created another business model, and its income has gradually increased. Later, the shopkeeper took a fancy to it and asked me to teach Fang Dequan eleven dishes on the excuse that I was too tired alone. The signature dishes, the shopkeeper's words, I naturally taught them all, I wrote the recipes of eleven signature dishes in a booklet, and gave them to Fang Dequan to learn, but the next day, they poured dirty water on me, accusing me Molested Hong Sanniang, beat me up, 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 with you."

Xu Shi finally vomited out the bitterness in his stomach, and Guan Da felt much more at ease, and said, "Miss, do you want to try my handicraft?"

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "I want to try, what kind of craftsmanship is it? Four dishes can be worth more than 30 taels."

Wanting to prove himself, Guan Da stood up and said, "It's easy, I'll go shopping right away, I just need to trouble Missy to wait for a while."

Gu Mingzhu nodded and smiled.

Ah San followed Guan Da to buy ingredients.

In front of the Guanda courtyard is a river, two feet wide, and on the steps across the river, a woman and a child are washing clothes.

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

Someone set up a swing under the big tree, Gu Mingzhu was just bored, so she just set up a swing.

This waited until noon.

Guan Da cooked a total of four dishes.

"This first dish is called abalone meat and lotus leaf stew." Guan Da lifted the pottery cover: "Miss, try it."

The lotus leaves are fragrant.

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

As soon as he put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up immediately. The faint fragrance of lotus leaves is fresh and thick. I don’t know what food was added to the abalone stew. It looks like crushed lotus root or horseshoe...

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

"What is Siquan?"

"Take some chicken, duck and fish meat, mince them and marinate them together with the bamboo shoots. When the taste is good, pick out the bamboo shoots, stir-fry in a hot pan for a while, put them in a clay pot, and simmer the broth for half an hour."

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

The entrance is soft and smooth, and the bamboo shoots are mixed with fresh soup, which makes people want to stop.

"The third dish is stir-fried jade mushroom meat."

Gu Mingzhu frowned.

Guan Da knew what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "Miss must be thinking, why such an ordinary dish can become the restaurant's signature dish, why don't you try it first and then talk about it."

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

Guan Da was praised by her, satisfied, and pointed to the fourth dish: "The last dish is honeydew melon balls stuffed with shrimp, the head and tail of the shrimp are removed, soaked in Huadiao wine for a while, chop the shrimp meat, add a little scallion white, separate the water Steam for a while, take half a honeydew melon, divide it into two, chop half of it and mix it with the shrimp meat, add two spoonfuls of flour, knead it into a ball, put it into the pan with oil, remove it immediately, and put it on a plate."

There is a flower carved from honeydew melon under the round balls.

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

Seeing that her expression was wrong, Guan Da was taken aback: "Miss, what's wrong with this dish?"

Gu Mingzhu said with a smile: "Very good, the sweetness of honeydew melon and shrimp are perfectly blended together, which is endless aftertaste. It's just that I don't like green onions by nature, so I don't like this taste."

Don't worry about it.

"It seems that the restaurant got the recipe, but only learned the shape but not the essence, so the business of the restaurant plummeted, and it even reached the point where it could not make ends meet."

"Miss, do you believe me?"

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

"Miss thinks it's expensive?"

Gu Mingzhu waved her hand, and Ah San immediately stepped back knowingly.

Gu Mingzhu looked at Guan Da and said, "It's not expensive, it's cheap. In my opinion, these four dishes should sell for 400 taels."

"What?" Guan Da thought he heard it wrong: "400 taels?"

Gu Mingzhu Mingming is not very old, but sitting there, she has a natural stability. She smiled slightly, and the stability faded a little, and she had a girlish air: "I want to ask Uncle Guan to help me cook."

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

Guan Dayi listened to Missy's request.

"Of course I would!"

"Since this is the case, then I am truly your eldest lady now, and I will recover your grievances for you!"

Ever since Guan Dakong was kicked out of the restaurant, other restaurants did not dare to use him again. He never imagined that one day he would be able to be a chef again. After thousands of words, there was only one dry sentence on his lips: "Thank you, Miss!"

"Okay, now we can eat."

(End of this chapter)