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

It was only the first day that Jinyu Tower opened, and no one paid attention to the situation around it, not to mention that Li Yu was dressed as a man with such ordinary looks that no one could remember his appearance.

So she easily blended into the crowd on the street, walked to Taiping Street, and got into her own carriage.

Seeing that she was fine, the guards who had been following her to protect her left.

*

Li Yu was sitting in the car and talking to Han Xiaomei.

Ask Han Xiaomei about the hot pot restaurant, and then tell her about Jinyulou.

After publicity, many people in Beijing knew that a Jinyulou restaurant had opened. In order to taste the latest dishes, all the private rooms in Mingrilou had been booked.

There were officials from the Ministry of Justice, the family of the Minister of Works, and the Third Master Lin, the Second Master Pei, and Jiang Xu from the Imperial College. These three loved to eat, and they would go there every other day after the milk tea shop opened. Now that the private restaurant was open, they would definitely patronize it.

Among them were officials from King Hui's faction, and these people were the focus of the staff in the building.

Unlike the milk tea shop, except for Li Yu, the owner, cooks, and waiters of Jinyulou are all the prince's men. Half of the waiters who serve the dishes are guards trained by the Eastern Palace. When people from King Hui's faction arrive, these people will serve tea and water.

*

The car swayed and soon stopped at the doorstep.

Li Yu jumped out of the car and saw red lanterns hanging in front of the door of the three-story house next door.

"Someone has already moved into the yard next door." Father Fang came over with a lantern to light the way for Li Yu and the others. "Boss Bai came to visit in the afternoon and brought you some tea leaves. I've put them in the kitchen for now."

Knowing that the people next door were his own, Li Yu didn't say much.

After she finished washing up, she carried the tea can into the house, poured out the tea leaves and looked at them.

Sure enough, there was nothing in the tea can today.

I guess Boss Bai didn't trust Fang's father, so he didn't do anything.

He was wary, but it was good to be wary.

After taking back the tea leaves, Li Yu went out to wash his hands, and then returned to bed to rest.

*

The next day, Li Yu started to get busy as soon as he entered the kitchen of Jinyulou.

There are a lot of people here today, so we have to prepare the food early.

A good private restaurant not only has delicious dishes, but also has to have a good grasp of the serving time. It cannot be too slow, otherwise the guests will feel neglected.

The other chefs all focus on Li Yu. They do whatever Li Yu arranges and everything goes in order.

until noon.

The shopkeeper suddenly ran to the back and said, "There is a merchant outside who insists on seeing the chef who makes boiled cabbage and Wensi tofu. He is making trouble if we don't let him see him. We..."

Li Yu paused for a moment while holding the spoon, then looked at Aunt Lu and Aunt Yang who had learned how to make boiled cabbage and Wensi tofu from her, "Who of you wants to go meet the merchant?"

Aunt Lu is in her early thirties and is very serious.

Aunt Yang is in her forties and always smiles when she sees people.

The two looked at each other, and Aunt Yang said, "I'll go. If it's just an ordinary merchant, I can handle it."

Li Yu: "Be careful. If you run into trouble, just follow the shopkeeper's instructions."

Aunt Yang nodded and followed the shopkeeper out.

*

She thought Aunt Yang would take a while to come back, but she came back in less than half a minute.

Li Yu looked at her suspiciously.

The clerk who came back with Aunt Yang said, "The merchant wanted Aunt Yang to work for him in the future, but Aunt Yang refused."

Li Yu: “….”

She had guessed that something like this would happen, but this was only the second day of the store's opening, and the customer was perhaps being too anxious.

But this also shows that what they make is very much to the taste of customers.

It is worth celebrating.

*

Jinyulou would close for an hour in the afternoon. During this hour, some waiters would watch the door while the rest would gather in the kitchen, preparing dishes and reporting on what happened at noon.

The shopkeeper wrote down the useful information in a notebook he carried with him, waiting to report it to Mr. Xiang in the evening, and asked Mr. Xiang to pass it on to the prince.

Li Yu was already considered to be on the prince's side, so no one avoided her.

After everyone has finished talking, they can take a break and wait for work in the evening.

The private rooms for tonight were once again fully booked in advance, and the occupant of one of the rooms was someone Li Yu knew—Ji Shuo.

Because he was the son-in-law of Shangshu Huang, he was judged to be the key surveillance target at night, and the waiter with the highest martial arts skills and the best hearing was responsible for receiving him.

*

night.

Ji Shuo entered Jinyu Tower accompanied by two minor officials.

The two minor officials were also from the Ministry of War. Like Ji Shuo, they were both seventh-rank officials. However, their family backgrounds were neither prominent nor had strong backing. In order to achieve future success, they tried to curry favor with Ji Shuo all day long.

This time they invited Ji Shuo to have dinner at Jinyu Tower.

"Brother Ji, I heard that the dishes here are the best in Beijing, you must try them today."

"Yes, if it weren't for Brother Ji, I wouldn't have been willing to come here to eat once. I am only relying on Brother Ji's help."

Ji Shuo really enjoyed the feeling of being praised. It was unlike when he was in the Minister of Revenue's Mansion, where he had to bow his head and bend over to accept everyone's scolding.

Thinking of Shangshu Huang's family, Ji Shuo's eyes darkened.

That family didn't treat him as a human being. When he became successful in the future, he would definitely trample that family under his feet, especially his father-in-law and Huang Xiangru.

*

"Brother Ji, Brother Ji." The shouting beside him brought Ji Shuo back to his senses. He put away all the emotions in his eyes and smiled, "What's wrong?"

"What dishes do you want to eat?"

Since it was someone else's treat, Ji Shuo didn't hesitate to say anything. He waved his hand and said to the waiter, "I heard that you have a dish of boiled cabbage, which is very popular with customers. Give us one portion as well."

The guy swiped his fingers a few times, "Anything else?"

Ji Shuo pretended to think, and then said, "We finally got here once, so why not choose and serve all your signature dishes."

The guy lowered his head and said yes seriously.

The two minor officials became anxious when they heard Ji Shuo's words.

The dishes at Jinyulou are very expensive. Just the boiled cabbage dish costs five taels of silver. If you order all the signature dishes, ten taels of silver would not be enough.

They didn't have much money, and the money for today's dinner was collected by the two of them, which was only enough for five or six dishes. If they ate all...

They both saw embarrassment in each other's eyes.

Ji Shuo noticed that something was wrong with them, but pretended not to see it.

Since these two people invited him, they must be prepared to spend a lot.

He is not someone who can be moved by small favors. If you want to be his friend, you must be willing to spend money.

*

In the kitchen, Li Yu raised his eyebrows when he heard what was happening in Ji Shuo's private room.

Ji Shuo really knows how to kill people.

To be honest, when she first met Ji Shuo on the day of the Xingbang, she never thought that his character was so bad.

After all, he was the first in the examination at that time, even better than Han Zheng.

We still should not confuse literary quality with personal character.

Li Yu shook his head and instructed people to bring the prepared dishes to Ji Shuo and the others.