Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 92 Punish the bully
With a straight face, Li Ce pulled Yu Xian'er behind him. He looked at the three of them, shook his head and sneered. Looking at the three of them, he knew they were local hooligans.

"Who are you, go away!" Seeing that Li Ce was protecting Yu Xian'er, the three of them cursed at him, and the villain in the head slammed the table, ready to make trouble.He was about to yell, but found that his right hand was pressed on the table and he couldn't lift it up.

When the villain slapped the table just now, Li Ce reached out and held him down.

The villain couldn't help being furious. He tried hard, but he couldn't pull it out. He tried again and it still didn't move. The hand seemed to be locked by an iron hoop. With a loud roar, he clenched his left hand and punched Li Ce.

Li Ce snorted coldly, and exerted force with his right hand, only to hear a few crisp "clicks", and then saw Li Ce's fist getting smaller and smaller, the evil man hurriedly withdrew his left fist that was hitting Li Ce , Li Ce exerted his strength again, and the villain let out a howl like a pig in pain, and hurriedly begged for mercy.

As soon as the other two vicious men saw that their companion was restrained, they opened the stool and started beating him.As soon as Li Ce let go, the restrained villain hurriedly withdrew his right hand, which was even more shocking to see, his right hand is now twisted like a twist, it is already twisted out of shape!The pain made him sweat.The other two couldn't help but gasped. The guy who was restrained was their head. They didn't expect to lose one hand before the beating started. This young man in front of him is not easy to mess with!

Li Ce was so angry just now that he crushed the bones of his right hand. Even if he could keep his hand, it would be useless.He was annoyed that this villain dared to attack Xian'er, and after hearing what Yu Xian'er said just now, it was not the first time these people came here to make trouble, so he took the initiative to teach him a lesson.

The injured man clutched his right hand and wailed endlessly. The sweat dripped from his face continuously. The other two were stunned by Li Ce for a moment, and they didn't dare to move. It's okay for these hooligans to bully ordinary people on weekdays. They will be discouraged when they meet people who are more ruthless than them.

The two villains supported the injured companion, looked at each other, and said to Li Ce: "Your Excellency, you don't remember the villain's mistakes, I'll leave now." After speaking, they walked away.

But Li Ce reached out to stop them and said, "Don't rush away, the bill hasn't been settled yet."

The two were embarrassed. They didn't bring any money when they came. In fact, they didn't intend to pay at all. They just came to find trouble. They just didn't expect to encounter some difficulties and stumbled.One person smiled and said, "I'm in a hurry to go out today, and I will definitely deliver it another day." After speaking, he started to move again.

Li Ce sneered and said, "Since you don't have any money, you should leave something behind." The two were shocked, their faces turned pale, and one of them cried and said, "Master, please spare the little one. I dare not."

Li Ce said with a stern face: "Then tell me who sent you here." These ruffians were obviously ordered by others, and he wanted to find out who was behind the scenes.

"Master, I was the one who was blind, and no one sent us here." The man argued.

"Hmph, don't cry when you don't see the coffin, do you want the right hand or the left hand?" Li Ce said deliberately pretending to be fierce, while deliberately looking at their right hands.

"Ah... this... this..." The other person was frightened when he saw Li Ce's anger, and then saw his companion's pain. The horse shopkeeper..."

It turned out to be a business competition, Li Ce suddenly realized.

The other diners nearby looked sideways at this scene. Li Ce was afraid of disturbing the others, so he waved his hand and said to the three of them, "Go away."

"Yes yes yes..." The three fled in panic.

"It's that Ma Fucai again!" Yu Xian'er said angrily with a frosty face.

"What? It's him!" Li Ce was surprised.

"The Baifan Building is not far from the opposite side. It is Ma Fucai's property. Ever since my mother and I moved to Fenglou, Ma Fucai has bought the Baifan Building and specifically opposed us. A while ago, he even threatened diners not to come to us. It's extremely hateful to send local ruffians to make trouble for the meal these two days!" Yu Xian'er was rarely really angry, her pretty face was flushed with anger.She already hated Ma Fucai to the extreme, but now that she knew he was the one who was causing trouble, she remembered that he had kidnapped her and angered her father to death, and she couldn't help but wish she could kill him to relieve her hatred.

"If you don't die by beating a snake, there will be endless troubles." Li Ce frowned and said to himself. The Ma family and his son are like a dog's skin plaster. No matter if it is modern or ancient, there is always such a type of people. Domineering and domineering.

From the very beginning, Ma Wencheng had a hard time with him, and almost killed him. Last time he dealt with him severely, he still didn't regret it, but because he was afraid of his own identity, he didn't dare to take revenge openly, so he turned to secretly embarrass Xian'er, mother and son. .

Now that Xian'er's father has passed away, they are left as orphans and widowed mothers. He is the only man she can rely on, and she must never let her beloved woman suffer any more harm!Li Ce swore secretly.

"The number of diners in the store has been decreasing day by day, and it seems that we will be unable to make ends meet," Yu Xian'er said sadly.

"Why can't he compete with Alum Building?" Li Ce asked.

"The Alum Building hired the best cook on Yong'an Street, and Ma Fucai deliberately suppressed our Feng Building and secretly prevented diners from coming to eat. Here, look at these three rogues today. Plus Ma Wencheng has a group of friends who are scholars, and they got together To build momentum to praise Baifanlou, but not forgetting to belittle us, so that fewer and fewer people come to us, but his business in Baifanlou is booming day by day." Yu Xian'er said with some helplessness, just now She has been calculating the accounts, that is, calculating how much she has lost in the past few days.

"Oh, that's how it is." Li Ce raised the corner of his mouth and already had an idea.In terms of publicity planning and marketing, even your entire alumni building combined is not as good as the young master and me. Since we want to fight, then I will fight against you.

Seeing Li Ce's confident smile, Yu Xian'er was overjoyed and said, "Why do you have an idea?" Invisibly, she has regarded Li Ce as the person she can rely on the most, and it seems that no matter what happens to him, there will always be a solution The way, just like the last time he was in such a difficult situation, he could rush to rescue him in time, as long as he was there, he would have nothing to be afraid of.

Li Ce smiled mysteriously and said, "Come on, accompany me to the kitchen." Although Yu Xian'er didn't know what he was going to do in the kitchen, she believed in her heart that he would always have a way, so she happily dragged him to the back kitchen go.

When he arrived at the back kitchen, he greeted the chef, and Li Ce began to carefully look at the things in the kitchen.It was the first time for him to visit Da Song's kitchen. He had to see what was there before talking about it. If he said that he was in the previous life, he was also a good cook.

Well, there are things like rice, wheat, and soybeans, as well as ready-made steamed buns and cakes. On the other side are vegetables, including cabbage, cucumbers, winter melons, spinach, green onions, ginger, and garlic. Well, pork and mutton There are all kinds of fish and meat, heh, the ingredients are quite rich.

The raw materials are all ready, the most important thing is to look at the condiments, the black thing in the large bowl next to it, Li Ce smells it is sauce, and the other small jar, he knows it is vinegar without looking, the sour smell can be tasted from a long distance Smell, there is sesame oil next to it, and there is a large pot of bone broth.Then there are some seasonings such as red dates, cinnamon bark, tangerine peel, and peppercorns, and some powdered seasoning powders that should be ground by myself.

Li Cezai took a closer look and found that two extremely important things were missing. One was soy sauce and the other was chili pepper. He knew that chili pepper was not a local product, but he didn't know when it was introduced to China. Looking at it like this, it should be still available at this time. No chilli, so what about soy sauce?Could it be that bowl of sauce?Soy sauce is an indispensable condiment, especially Shandong cuisine.

Li Ce briefly communicated with the cook, and confirmed that the bowl of sauce was also made of soybeans, which had the same effect as soy sauce, but Li Ce tasted it and found that the effect of the two was far worse.He then asked the cook to briefly introduce the recipes for each dish and meat, and he mentioned the names of a few dishes from time to time, briefly described the recipe, and asked the cook if he had heard of it before. After more than half an hour, Li Ce finally got a general idea of ​​the catering situation in Da Song. He smiled in satisfaction, and thought: It seems that I still have a lot of room for my talents.

"Simply there is no one in the store now, you tell the guys to close the door for a day and start work tomorrow." Li Cela said with confidence.

After being disturbed by those hooligans just now, the few remaining diners left after eating in a hurry, but now they are really deserted.

Yu Xian'er smiled happily when she saw that he was so confident in her words, and ordered to go down and close the door for rectification.

Yu Xian'er called everyone together, there were four people in the restaurant, the chef's surname was Yang, who had been cooking in Fenglou for more than ten years; two kitchen handymen, Xiao Li and Xiao Zhou.There is a waiter, surnamed Chen, but because he is the second child in his family, everyone calls him Chen Er. Including Li Ce and Yu Xian'er, there are only six people in total.

"Everyone has also seen that our business has been a bit deserted recently. This business is not good, and everyone's wages are less. This is like eating. Only when there is more in the pot, everyone will scoop more into the bowl, so I I hope that everyone can work together to run the restaurant well, and I promise that as long as you do what I say, our business will definitely be booming! By then, everyone’s wages will be doubled, and the few of you can save your wife.” Li After talking about it, Ce pointed to the three young people in the store and smiled. He knew that this relaxed and humorous way of talking could quickly bring the relationship between superiors and subordinates closer, making subordinates more willing to get close to him.

Sure enough, the three young men all grinned when they heard this, and Chen Erwei was the most vigilant person, and he hurriedly said, "I will do everything according to your orders." He is very amiable, so he has the courage to call him uncle.

Yu Xian'er blushed, and just about to reprimand Chen Er, Li Ce hurriedly pulled her away, haha ​​smiled at Chen Er: "Okay, when the time comes, recruit a few more waiters, and I will promote you as an official." Thank you all the time.

Lao Yang is over forty years old, he is a person who has experienced ups and downs, honors and disgraces, he has some doubts about Li Ce's optimism, the most important thing for a restaurant to do well is to make delicious food, so that people will come to him continuously. .I have been cooking all my life, and this is the level. I don’t say it’s great, but it’s not bad. If you want to improve your business, you can’t do it unless you can show off new skills. But people with skills like cooking have always been It can't be kept secret, even if the master teaches the disciples, it's hidden. Even if you go to learn it yourself, no one will teach it.

Li Ce saw that several young people were encouraged by him, but the chef Lao Yang was a little depressed. He guessed that he didn't have confidence in him, so let's show them first.He has already asked clearly just now, many cuisines have not yet appeared at this time, such as braised pork, which was invented by Su Dongpo, and mutton, there are many ways to fry mutton nowadays, but there is no boiled mutton. , that is to say, hot pot has never appeared at all (in fact, it began to appear in the Yuan Dynasty), and there is no mutton soup. It's not that everyone doesn't know that mutton can be eaten in this way.

However, Li Ce knew that the reason why no one ate the boiled mutton at this time was because there was a lack of seasoning—"five-spice powder" or "pepper powder"!Thinking back to the mutton restaurants everywhere in the future, the main dish is soup dishes, a bowl of mutton soup, add a spoonful of pepper, oh, it is so refreshing!
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