Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 98
Gu Qi and a group of people behind him went to Yanfu in the west of the city.

"Master, here we are."

After the group arrived, Zheng Yang whispered outside the carriage.

Gu Qi got off the carriage, and the servant Zhengyang stood beside him. Gu Qi put his hands behind his back and looked at the house in front of him.

But after a while, the door of the Yan Mansion was opened from the inside, and someone walked out: "Is it Master Qi?"

Gu Qi glanced at Zheng Yang, took out a token from his waist, Zheng Yang held the token, stepped forward and showed it in front of the man.

The man rushed up to meet Gu Qi, stood in front of Gu Qi, and bowed: "Master Qi, I am the steward of the Yan Mansion. I know what I say and do. Master has studied the news. Let you treat you well, please come in."

After finishing speaking, the butler stretched out his right hand and pointed to the gate. Gu Qi nodded to him: "Thank you." He entered first.

Behind him, Zheng Yang greeted the butler Yan: "Please ask the butler Yan to settle the carriage properly."

Butler Yan nodded: "Naturally." After speaking, he walked towards the coachman: "Big fellow, come with me, enter through the side door, and lead the carriage in."

After Gu Qi entered the gate of the Yan Mansion, a servant led him to the side courtyard that had been disturbed already.

Pushing open the door, Gu Qi looked around and was amazed in his heart. Unexpectedly, his brother had secretly accumulated so much power over the years.

Looking at the furnishings and the structure of the garden in the mansion, it is not difficult to imagine that apart from the owner's thoughtfulness, it also needs financial resources to support it.

However, Gu Qi did not forget the important business that his elder brother told him. After he and his brothers settled down, he had to ask Steward Yan about the situation in Liangcheng.

In the Laifu Inn where Zhao Min is now, there is only one employee of the shopkeeper in the whole store. Oh, yes, Zhao Min is also added now.

Through these few days of observation and chatting, Zhao Min also learned something about the inn from the shopkeeper.

The name of the shopkeeper is Hou Wenyong. The son of the shopkeeper was conscripted by the government to serve as a soldier a few years ago. He has been there for five or six years, and he has not returned home. Only one person waiting for the shopkeeper was left to run the inn.

Since the house in this inn is his own, although the monthly profit is not much, it can still meet the daily expenses of the shopkeeper.

Apart from her daily work, Zhao Min thought about ways to make money, and finally she came up with a way, and she had a prototype in her heart.

"The shopkeeper! The shopkeeper!"

This morning just after dawn, Zhao Min came down from the second floor to call for shopkeeper Hou, eager to tell him what was in his heart.

The waiter watched her bluffing, and asked, "What happened in the morning, what a fuss."

"I'll be in charge of the kitchen from now on!" Zhao Min winked at the shopkeeper and patted his chest, "I will definitely improve the business of our inn!"

The shopkeeper waited a suspicious look at her: "You, can you cook?"

Zhao Minsheng was afraid that he would not believe it, so he nodded vigorously: "Of course, my cooking skills are not covered, and you have never tasted them before!"

Shopkeeper Waiting was dubious about what Zhao Min said. Seeing that he didn't believe him, Zhao Min patted his leg: "Oh, Shopkeeper Waiting, don't hesitate. I'll let you know if it works or not?"

"You sit here." Zhao Min pushed the shopkeeper to sit on a stool in front of the table, picked up the teapot on the table, poured him a cup, and handed it to him: "You first take a sip of tea , let me cook a few dishes, do you try them?"

Zhao Min looked at the shopkeeper expectantly, but saw that the shopkeeper slowly pushed the tea in front of her to her: "This is overnight tea."

Zhao Min sneered twice, and stuck out his tongue: "Shopkeeper, just rest here, wait for me for a while, I'll make it right away." After speaking, Zhao Min ran towards the kitchen,

Standing at the door of the kitchen, Zhao Min crossed his hips, looked around the kitchen environment, and after looking at the ingredients in the kitchen, he probably had to think about what he needed to cook before starting to start.

Hou Wenyong was in front of the lobby, and after brewing another pot of hot tea himself, he drank the tea leisurely.

Listening to the movement in the kitchen, Hou Wenyong smiled, if this girl's cooking skills can really be on the table, he can also take a rest in the future.

To be honest, I am really old. When cooking and holding the pot, I will vaguely feel a little strenuous.

Within an hour, Zhao Min served five or six dishes one after another.

Looking at these dishes in front of him, doubts flashed in Hou Wenyong's eyes, he had never seen these dishes before!

After washing his hands from the backyard, Zhao Min came forward and stood beside the waiter: "Waiting shopkeeper, let me introduce you, this is sweet and sour pork ribs, this is flavored eggplant, this is minced meat vermicelli, this is Soup with Pepper…"

Shopkeeper Zhao listened to Zhao Min introducing the dishes, smelled the aroma of the dishes, and swallowed unconsciously.

After Zhao Min finished speaking, he handed the chopsticks to the shopkeeper waiting: "Shopkeeper, would you like to try it?"

Hou Wenyong took the chopsticks from Zhao Min's hand, first picked up a piece of black ribs, and frowned, the color seemed to be blurred.

Seeing the hopeful gaze in Zhao Min's eyes, the shopkeeper Hou took a tentative bite, but couldn't help but nodded, and looked at Zhao Min with admiring eyes.

The ribs are sour and sweet, sweet and sour, the taste is very novel.

After tasting the dishes one by one, Zhao Min handed him the spoon again. Hou Wenyong scooped up a spoonful of Hu spicy soup in Zhao Min's mouth. After taking a sip, he felt hot in his mouth. After taking a sip, he felt warm in his stomach. It was hot, and after a while, my body also became hot.

"Although spring has begun, the weather is still very cold. Just imagine, after a hard day's work, drinking a bowl of soup like this will make your body warm. Wouldn't it be refreshing?"

Listening to Zhao Min's words, shopkeeper Hou stroked his beard and nodded continuously: "Very good, very good, I didn't expect you to have such a skill."

Zhao Min was very happy when she saw that her craftsmanship was approved by the shopkeeper waiting: "How about it, shopkeeper waiting, can my skills be the cook of our inn?"

Shopkeeper Hou already had some answers in his mind, but seeing Zhao Min's expectant eyes, he stroked his beard slowly and shook his head gently.

Seeing him shaking his head, Zhao Min couldn't help but twitched in his heart: "Waiting for the shopkeeper, but what are you not satisfied with?" Zhao Min's tone was already a little anxious.

Seeing that she was in such a hurry, the waiter didn't want to tease her anymore: "Of course, you can."

Zhao Min jumped up on the spot: "yeah!" The joy in his heart was beyond words.

The shopkeeper Hou looked at Zhao Min who was so energetic, and felt that it would be nice to have some noise in such a dreary inn.

(End of this chapter)