Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 158 The Opening of the Restaurant

On February 29, the restaurant officially opened.The invitations from the Xu family had already been sent to the homes of some famous people in the county. Because of the face of the Lu family, many people came to join them.

Lu Shaoqian personally brought his family over, and asked the housekeeper to help Zhixin receive the guests.After all, Zhixin and the others have only been here for a short time, and many of them have never seen each other before.But the manager of the Lu family is different. He is the son of the Lu family, and he has reached his current position step by step. He knows most of the famous people in the county.

Zhixin and the steward of the Lu family stood at the door, followed by Guoxing, Guoqiang, Ankang and Anshun, who greeted the guests who came to congratulate them.With the guidance of the Lu family's steward, Zhixin was able to accurately call out the person's name or identity, so the visitors were also very enthusiastic.Generally, people who come to congratulate will bring some gifts. Guoxing and the others are responsible for guiding the guests inside and receiving the gifts from the guests.

Wenhan, Zixuan, and Pengcheng were also not idle, and they were responsible for registering the gifts sent by the guests.These are the basis of human relations. In the future, when other people's family has something to do, the Xu family will have to come forward.

In the back kitchen, Mrs. Zhu and Jinghan helped change the knife and so on.These apprentices are not good at learning, and they are not good at washing and picking vegetables. If you want to change the knife, they are not good enough.On the contrary, it was Jinghan who followed Zhu Shi and Xue Shi these years, and practiced good knife skills, so the two mothers helped in the kitchen.

"Hey, Second Miss, your cut of meat is really good." Chef Qian was about to cook a dish, when he looked back at Jing Han's cut of meat, he couldn't help admiring.

"Master Qian made a joke. I also learned a little bit from my third aunt. Today is too busy, and you are too busy, or I can't be ashamed of myself here." Jinghan said, the knife in her hand But it didn't stop.

"Come on, you monkey bastards, come over and see how the second lady cuts the meat, and think about what you usually cut. Learn from me. When you have the level of the second lady, you will be regarded as graduates." It's gone." Another master, surnamed Gao, called all the apprentices over after seeing Jing Han's cut meat.

"Okay, I'm a master of craftsmen. If you want to see it, you have to look at my third aunt's craftsmanship. That's the best." Jinghan smiled a little embarrassedly.

"Hehe, I dare say you can't find many of our third wife's knife skills in this county. Let them monkey cubs see it, and they won't know how to learn it. They can reach the second lady's level, already It's really good." Master Gao admired Zhu's knife skills.One day, these two masters had a competition with Mrs. Zhu, but they lost to Mrs. Zhu.Since then, these two masters have really admired Mrs. Zhu.

Mrs. Zhu was working there, and when she heard this, she laughed. "Okay, two masters. I'm just good at cutting vegetables, but I can't compare to you in cooking. Let's work quickly. There are quite a lot of people here today. This is the name of our restaurant. It’s a great opportunity, you must seize this opportunity.”

"Just look at it." When the two masters heard Zhu Shi's words, they all cheered up, wishing to use all their seeing skills.For a moment, the kitchen was really full of fragrance, which made people's index fingers move.

Zhixin and the others were talking to several shopkeepers at the door, and from a distance they saw several sedan chairs coming in front of them, and the people behind them were all wearing clothes from the county government.The steward of the Lu family saw it, and hurriedly pulled Zhixin to greet him, "That's the county magistrate with a group of officials from the county government, please treat him well, with them here, no one in your restaurant will dare Do not care."

Zhixin's expression froze, and he hurried to the sedan chair, "I don't know if it's your lord who came, but the grass-roots came late to welcome you, and I hope you will forgive me." As he spoke, he was about to lift his clothes and kneel down.

A voice came from inside the sedan chair, "Brother Xu, don't be too polite. Brother Zhixiang and I took the Juren examination at the same time, so it can be regarded as the same year." Before the words finished, a person came out of the sedan chair.This person is less than thirty years old, fair-skinned and handsome, gentle and refined. "Zhixiang's elder brother is just like my elder brother. I have met my elder brother before." As he spoke, the man cupped his hands and saluted Zhi Xin.

Zhixin was so frightened that he kept saying he didn't dare. "My lord is the parent of a county, and the grassroots are not worthy of my lord's gift."

The county magistrate's surname is Wu, and he met Zhixiang and Lu Binghao when he took the provincial examination.Later, when they went to Beijing to rush for the exam, the three of them met again and had a very happy chat, so they can be regarded as some kind of friendship.Later, Zhixiang failed, but this person was No. 80 in the top three exams and entered the Imperial Academy.Lu Binghao's family had already opened up the joints, and he was directly released to become the county magistrate.Last fall, the emperor suddenly selected many people from the Imperial Academy and sent them to various places, presumably to train them.The county magistrate happened to come here and became the county magistrate.

Over the years, Zhixiang and the county magistrate of Wu have been exchanging letters.In addition, there is also a relationship with the Lu family, so Wu Zhixian was very enthusiastic when he saw Zhixin. "Elder brother, there is no need to meet outsiders. My younger brother is here for the first time, and there are still many things I don't understand about the folk customs of this place. I will have to ask my elder brother to explain more to me later."

"Whatever your lord wants to know, the grass-roots must know everything, and you can talk endlessly. Please go upstairs first, let's talk about it later." Zhixin didn't hear Zhixiang mention this lord's matter, presumably it was Zhixiang When Xiang and the others came back for the Chinese New Year, they didn't know about Mr. Wu's visit to the local area.

The magistrate led the people behind him, and You Guoxing led them to a private room upstairs.It happened that Lu Shaoqian was also there, and everyone sat and chatted together.

At the beginning of noon, almost all the guests who came to congratulate him were here. Zhiming looked at it and said, "Brother, it's almost time, let's set off firecrackers." That's all.

Wenhan and Pengcheng each held up a long pole with a firecracker on it. When their father said it was time to light it, they took the firecracker and lit the firecracker.Amidst the sound of firecrackers, the restaurant was officially opened.

Zhixin had already reached the second floor, he stood in the middle of the second floor, and clasped his fists at the people around him, "Everyone here is a well-known senior expert in this county. Looking for a meal in the county town. Today is the opening of Xu’s restaurant. Xu is very grateful to all the seniors who can come to support. Xu will not say nice words. You are kind and allow me to repay you in the future. Today, you can enjoy it Drink freely, don't get drunk and don't return."

The table was already filled with wine and dishes, and the tempting aroma filled the entire restaurant.

After Zhixin finished speaking, someone shouted, "Okay, just for Brother Xu's words, let's have a good drink today. I said Brother Xu, don't just stand there, come on!" Come, let's have a drink first." The speaker, surnamed Mo, owns a pawnshop and a bank in the county, and in this county town, he is also a very effective speaker.

Those present here were all surprised when they saw that the county magistrate had come.Mr. Wu just came to the local area not long ago. I haven’t heard of any merchants who have a relationship with the county magistrate. I didn’t expect that a small restaurant in Xu’s family invited the magistrate. With admiration.

As soon as the man finished speaking, someone next to him echoed, "That's right, brother Xu should come over and have a drink with us. Today is a day of great joy, but you just have to drink with us properly."

Zhixin took the wine glass from Guoxing, "Seniors, Mr. Xu doesn't drink too much and doesn't dare to drink too much. I would like to offer you three glasses of wine here to express the gratitude in Mrs. Xu's heart." He drank three glasses of wine in one breath.

"Okay, refreshing enough." Everyone applauded.

The atmosphere in the whole restaurant immediately became lively. After toasting three glasses of wine, Zhixin asked Zhiming to drink with everyone outside, and Zhixin entered the private room where the magistrate was.

The people in the private room can be said to be the people with the highest status and status in the entire county.County Magistrate Wu, County Chancellor Han, Master Sun, and Li Butou are all here, as well as Lu Shaoqian and his second brother Lu Shaocheng, and a few others are also famous, and of course that one is indispensable. Master Qin.

At the time when we were making invitations, everyone had a dispute over whether to invite Master Qin, but later we decided to send invitations to the Qin family.This is related to the face of the Qin family. If the whole county is invited and only the Qin family is left behind, I am afraid that someone with a heart will use this to make a fuss.Besides, there is no serious conflict between the Xu family and the Qin family now, at least the Qin family has not made it clear that they want to deal with the Xu family.In this case, it is better to maintain the relationship for the purpose.What happened yesterday, there is no evidence to show that Master Qin sent someone here, is there?

"Brother, come and sit down, this afternoon is enough for you to be tired." Wu Zhixian said with a smile.

Which one of the people here is not a human being?Hearing that the county magistrate called Zhixin like that, he couldn't help feeling a little puzzled, "When did the Xu family get involved with the county magistrate? It's really unusual for the county magistrate to call him his elder brother. Every one of them He was secretly vigilant in his heart, he had to inquire about the background of the Xu family when he went back, and he had to be more careful in the future, so as not to offend the Xu family.

Everyone talked and laughed together, and the atmosphere was very good.Wu Zhixian asked some questions from time to time, and everyone rushed to answer them.In this way, from official career and economics, to farming and harvesting, Zhixin didn't know anything about other Zhixins, so he didn't dare to say more, but when it came to farming, Zhixin couldn't help but talk a little bit.Everyone listened to his eloquent talk and nodded in praise.

"That day in the capital, Zhixiang once said that his eldest brother is a good hand in the crop field and is proficient in all kinds of farm work. Now it seems that it is true. In the future, when the elder brother is free, he must give it to him. Let me tell you about farming." Wu Zhixian said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)