After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 299
Lu Xingzhi said calmly, "Madam is kind and has spared Zhian, but this maid has evil intentions and has already resented the Lu family. I don't want to see her appear in front of the Lu family again and cause trouble."

Chongxi understood immediately, "I know what to do now."

"Ah."

At the back door, Aunt Rong and two maids escorted Zhian out.

"Miss Zhian, I hope you will be a good person in the future and stop doing such immoral things." Aunt Rong said unhappily, then threw her bag at her feet and closed the small door.

Looking at the closed door, Zhian's face was full of resentment.

After a long time, she picked up the bag on the ground and took a last look at the Lu Mansion in the night.

She won't just let it go.

The humiliation she suffered today, she will repay them a hundredfold in the future.

Especially Qiao Jingjing.

The next day, the snow stopped.

Looking at the thick snow in the yard, Qiao Jingjing suddenly had an idea and started making a snowman with a few maids.

In her previous life, she was from the south and had always lived in the south. She had never seen such thick snow, let alone having snowball fights or building snowmen.

Lu Shuangshuang came over and saw them having fun, so she quickly joined in.

"Sister-in-law, why didn't you call me when you were playing in the snow?"

Qiao Jingjing smiled and said, "It was a spur-of-the-moment idea." As she spoke, she rolled up a snowball and threw it at her.

Lu Shuangshuang was hit on the head and face. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly leaned over, grabbed a handful of snow, rolled it up, and threw it at Qiao Jingjing.

Qiao Jingjing was prepared and quickly hid behind the snowman.

"Snapped!"

The snowball hit the snowman and immediately broke into snow foam.

It was at this time that Lu Shuangshuang noticed that there was a snowman in the yard.

"Did you build this snowman? It looks pretty good."

"It was Madam who put it together." Qing Yuan said with a smile.

"I want to build one too." Lu Shuangshuang gave up the snowball fight and was excited to build a snowman.

After Qiao Jingjing played with her for a while, a servant came to report, "Manager Lin from Qingfeng Tower is here."

Qingfeng Tower is the Lu family’s restaurant in the capital.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Jingjing gave Lu Shuangshuang a few instructions and followed the servants to the side hall in the front yard.

In the side hall, Manager Lin saw Qiao Jingjing coming in and immediately stood up, "My humble servant greets the Madam."

"Are you Manager Lin from Qingfeng Tower?" Qiao Jingjing sat down at the first seat and asked.

"It's me," Manager Lin said respectfully, feeling somewhat nervous.

Ever since he took over Qingfeng Tower, it has not been making any profit. It has been open for many years and has always been in a state of loss. It is only because the owner is very wealthy, otherwise it would have closed down long ago.

This time, the lady suddenly called him over, and I wonder if it was because of this matter?

Manager Lin felt very embarrassed, fearing that his wife would be unhappy and blame him.

Unexpectedly, the lady did not blame him, but just asked about some things in the restaurant.

After learning about some matters about Qingfeng Tower, Qiao Jingjing pondered for a moment and decided to go to Qingfeng Tower in person.

Since Qingfenglou is located in a good location, the environment is also good, and the management is fine, the problem lies with the dishes.

The dishes are simple and nothing new. With restaurants like Zuixianlou doing good business, it's no surprise that the Lu family's restaurant has no business.

After arriving at Qingfeng Tower and inspecting the place from top to bottom, Qiao Jingjing already had an idea in mind.

It would be a shame to close the restaurant. After all, it has such a good location and the decoration inside is also nice. However, such a large restaurant that has not been profitable will be a burden to the Lu family.

She pondered for a moment and decided to turn this restaurant into a roast duck restaurant. She knew that in this era, there were smoked ducks, roast geese, and fried chickens, but she had never seen a roast duck restaurant.

Thinking of modern Peking duck, she felt excited and had the confidence to revive the restaurant.

Whether a restaurant has business or not, in addition to the environment and service, it must have special dishes, also known as signature dishes.

A restaurant like Zuixianlou has such a booming business and attracts a constant stream of customers because of its specialty dishes such as boiled live fish that people have never eaten before.

So she decided to turn Qingfenglou into a roast duck restaurant.

After thinking for a moment, she called Manager Lin and the cook to discuss the matter.

After hearing her plan, Manager Lin and the cook were both surprised.

Especially the cook, looking at the young lady of the host family, he hesitated for a moment and expressed his concerns, "To be honest, madam, I have tried roasting a duck before, and the taste of the roast duck was average, not very good. Madam wants to change the restaurant into a store specializing in selling roast duck, but I am afraid it is not feasible."

Qiao Jingjing didn't get annoyed when she heard that, and asked patiently, "I wonder how Master Li roasted that duck?"

"Just roast it directly on the fire." Master Li said bluntly.

Qiao Jingjing shook her head. "A duck roasted like this won't taste good."

Master Li was stunned. "Besides baking it this way, how else can it be baked?"

Qiao Jingjing thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any slaughtered ducks in the kitchen?"

"Yes." Master Li said immediately.

Qiao Jingjing heard this and stood up and said, "Master Li, follow me."

Master Li didn't understand what she was going to do, but followed her anyway.

After arriving at the kitchen, Qiao Jingjing checked the slaughtered duck and gave it to Chef Li. "I have a recipe for roast duck. Do as I say."

It was impossible for her to roast the duck herself, and when the business grew, she would not be able to handle it all by herself, so she still had to train a chef and let her subordinates do the roasting.

Of course, since she dared to tell the method of roasting duck, she naturally had a way to prevent the chef from revealing it.

Let him sign a deed in a moment.

Qiao Jingjing was confident.

Master Li didn't know what she was thinking. He was just surprised that such a noble lady like his wife actually knew how to roast duck?
But on second thought, how could a lady like Madam know how to cook? The recipe she mentioned was probably just something she came up with on a whim.

But since his wife was in the mood, he naturally didn't want to spoil her fun, so he could only cooperate.

After seeing him take the duck, Qiao Jingjing continued, "Put the duck in the basin, and then pour boiling water over it. Remember, make sure to pour boiling water all over it, and pour it repeatedly, at least four times."

At that moment, Master Li started the first step of roasting the duck as she said. He was still curious about why he had to do this.

But when Qiao Jingjing told him the second and third steps, he finally perked up. It seemed that his wife really knew how to roast a duck.

In the afternoon, a rich aroma wafted from the kitchen.

The first duck is roasted.

Looking at the roast duck in his hand, Chef Li was filled with mixed emotions.

He thought he was a good cook and could cook many dishes, but this was the first time he had roasted such a complicated duck.

But this duck smells really good.

It was completely different from what he had baked before.

Just by smelling the scent, Master Li couldn't help swallowing.

"Madam is still waiting. Once it's ready, send it over right away." Manager Lin had been urging him on the side. Seeing that he was still in a daze, he urged him.

Master Li then went to the private room with the roast duck, as well as the pancakes, chopped green onions and sweet noodle sauce made according to Qiao Jingjing's instructions.

After Qiao Jingjing finished teaching Master Li how to roast duck, she sat in the private room and waited.

At this moment, when she saw him coming in with a steaming, fragrant roast duck, her eyes immediately lit up.

How long has it been since she last had roast duck?