Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Wei Hesong immediately refused the shopkeeper's request.

In public, he went to someone's restaurant to eat without paying. If those nosy censors knew about it, they would inevitably report him to the emperor.

It's already the end of the year, and he doesn't want anything to go wrong at this critical juncture.

Seeing that Wei Hesong was unwilling to give in, the shopkeeper said, "Sir Wei, doing business is not easy. Please try it. Otherwise, no customers will come and my shop will go bankrupt."

He said it seriously, Wei Hesong felt a little bit reluctant, and said: "I don't have enough money today, please wait a moment, I will bring money tomorrow and then you can eat."

The shopkeeper said: "It cost a lot of money to buy this shop. If we delay for one day, we will be scolded by the boss.

How about this, Lord Wei, I will ask the waiter to bring out a portion of our restaurant dishes later, and you and the others here can try them together, how about that? "

Wei Hesong: “…” That’s fine, just a quick taste. Even if someone wants to impeach him, they can’t start with this matter.

*

Seeing that Wei Hesong's expression relaxed, the shopkeeper immediately gave a look, and in a moment, several waiters came out carrying dishes and a few pairs of chopsticks.

Seeing the presentation of the dishes, the onlookers were eager to try them.

Given their family financial situation, it is difficult for them to eat at this restaurant, so it would be good to take this opportunity to try it.

However, everyone was very well-behaved and knew that the dish was mainly for Wei Hesong, so they did not touch it and waited for Wei Hesong to finish eating before they tasted it.

The order in which the dishes were served to Wei Hesong was random, but Wei Hesong saw the most unique boiled cabbage at first glance.

Pointing at the cabbage carved into a flower, Wei Hesong asked, "What is this?"

The waiter introduced: "Boiled cabbage, would you like to try it, Wei Jijiu?"

Wei Hesong looked at it for a while, then picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of clear soup.

*

The onlookers didn't know the trick and thought that the boiled cabbage was the least delicious.

There is not a single drop of oil in the soup, and the cabbage does look nice, but what’s the point of looking nice? Without meat, it’s just ordinary cabbage.

Everyone kept silent, just waiting for Wei Hesong to give a comment that the food was not tasty.

However, after tasting it, Wei Hesong did not say anything, but went straight to try the next dish.

The next dish is Wensi tofu. The tofu shreds are as thin as hair and taste very delicious.

Wei Hesong stared at the tofu for a while, then switched to the braised lion head.

Today's lion's head is fried. After being simmered in the sauce, the aroma of the sauce is overflowing, and it is crispy and tasty. Take a small bite and the fragrance will linger on your lips and teeth.

After that, they were golden shrimp balls, golden and jade-filled house, tofu stuffed with meat, nine-turn large intestine, sweet and sour pork, steamed glutinous rice chicken wings, and peacock fish.

The shrimp balls are crispy and sweet, the chicken wings are soft and fragrant, the tofu stuffed with meat is delicious, and the pot-fried pork is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside...

Wei Hesong would stop for a while after eating each dish, and it would be a quarter of an hour before he finished eating everything.

Everyone looked at him with burning eyes.

One of the people couldn't help but ask, "Master Wei, how is the food here?"

Wei Hesong slowly put down his chopsticks and said, "Excellent."

"What about cabbage and tofu?" Some people looked at the boiled cabbage and Wensi tofu with strong doubt in their tone.

Wei Hesong said without hesitation, "These two are the best."

It looks plain and simple, but it actually contains a lot of secrets and requires extremely high standards from the chef.

After finishing his review, Wei Hesong said to the shopkeeper, "Please leave a private room for me today."

Although it is expensive, he always brings his family here to taste this kind of food.

*

Next to them, when the people heard that Wei Hesong wanted to eat here, they all looked at the boiled cabbage.

Is this thing really that good?

Could it be that Wei Jijiu took money from this family and said that on purpose?

The shopkeeper saw what the people were thinking and thought that his goal had been achieved, so he didn't waste any more time and asked the waiters to distribute the chopsticks to the onlookers and let them take turns to try the food.

There wasn’t much food, so each person only ate with three chopsticks.

It was very good that he allowed people to taste the food, and the people had no complaints. They each took turns choosing three things to try.

Because there was not much soup in the boiled cabbage, the first few people who came up chose the boiled cabbage that Wei Hesong had praised highly. After tasting it, they found that what Wei Hesong said was true.

"How is it? How does the cabbage taste?" asked the person waiting to taste it.

The person in front smacked his lips and said, "Master Wei is right."

Upon hearing this, the people behind wanted to try it even more, but there was only so much of it, and it was gone by the time it was their turn.

*

In the kitchen, Li Yu listened to the waiter's feedback, hummed, and said, "Let the shopkeeper arrange people to advertise everywhere. Just say that a new Jinyulou restaurant has opened on Changning Street, and Wei Jijiu from the Imperial College said it was good after tasting it."

The guy let out a sigh and trotted out.

*

After all, it was ancient times and the spread of news depended only on people. Therefore, even with Wei Hesong's evaluation, not many people came to the restaurant to eat at noon.

But by the evening, before it got dark, all the private rooms in the store were full of people.

They are all high-ranking officials, celebrities and wealthy businessmen in Beijing.

Jinyulou is different from ordinary restaurants. It has no lobby, only private rooms, and each of the rooms is named after a flower.

Mr. Su also came with his wife Su and Su Yi. Before entering the store, he happened to meet an official who had a good relationship with King Hui. Thinking of what Li Yu said to him about the drama, Mr. Su said in front of the other party that the food in this place was really expensive and he couldn't come here often to eat.

The officials of King Hui's party recognized Su Yi and sneered openly.

This man named Su thought himself noble and refused to accept their invitation, and this is his fate today.

Unlike them, following King Hui, they had no shortage of money.

*

Li Yu was busy in the kitchen until 11:55 am.

Originally they had planned to close at the end of the evening, but today before closing time a few imperial guards came together and said they wanted to eat some food.

Thinking that the commander of the imperial guards was King Hui's uncle, Li Yu asked the shopkeeper to agree to their request.

The few who came did not look like the lowest-ranking imperial guards. They were generous and ordered all the dishes in the restaurant right away.

Li Yu and several cooks cooked for them.

Apart from anything else, the chefs in the restaurant are all hardworking. After returning from the farm, they have been well trained and are now cooking very well. Many of the dishes sold today were made by them, and the feedback from customers has been good.

*

The imperial guards ate slowly, not only eating the food but also drinking wine.

The shopkeeper was afraid that they would eat until midnight, so he let Li Yu go first.

Li Yu thought about it and agreed.

There were still people on the street at this moment, and it would be easier for her to hide her tracks if she went out and blended into the crowd.

Thinking of this, she walked to a corner of the kitchen and moved a jar over there.

There are steps under the tank, which are pitch black.

This is the entrance to the tunnel connecting to the next yard.

Li Yu asked the shopkeeper to arrange the rest of the matters and stepped onto the stairs.

The exit of the tunnel was in the bedroom of the next yard, where a "family of four" lived. After Li Yu came out, he changed into men's clothes in the bedroom and pretended to be the man of the house to go out.