Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Summer rain, baby's face.

The next morning, it began to rain outside, lightly and continuously. The drizzle made An Qiao, who couldn't get up to begin with, even more lazy. Perhaps because of the rain, there weren't as many people coming and going as usual. An Qiao was thinking about making some sauces and pickled side dishes today, but she also thought that if she expanded the scale, she still wouldn't have enough manpower.

After the morning market, I went to the dental shop again. This time I bought a family of four. Except for the youngest girl who couldn't work, the other three were already able to work.

An Qiao thought that buying a family would make them stick together, and they wouldn't have one person leave today and then make a fuss tomorrow.

The four of them followed An Qiao back to the restaurant. They had originally planned to reserve a room in the backyard to make some sauces and marinate meat, but it was now full. Fortunately, no one was using the main room, so it was fine to leave it there for the time being. No one was picky about it.

It was Qi Tao, who was speechless when he saw the young lady buy another family, including a baby. Others buy people based on their labor force, but their young lady was good, and specifically bought those who were not very capable of working.

An Qiao settled the family of four in the larger room on the right side of the backyard, and instructed Qi Tao to prepare breakfast with the newly bought couple, Tong Shan and Aunt Tong starting tomorrow. Jinli took Tong Shan's eldest son Tong Yiyi out to buy groceries.

An Qiao began to think about opening the store mainly for late meals and selling midnight snacks. At this time, the store also hired people. It was no problem for them to take care of breakfast, and she would take care of late meals and midnight snacks. She didn't have to get up early, and it could also be a night market. In addition, this road and her store were very similar to the taverns that would be opened in the alleys in the future, so An Qiao became even more excited. Isn't this a re-realization of her previous habits and preferences?

At that time, we will set up an ancient version of the late-night diner.

What a great gimmick! An Qiao can already imagine the joy of money coming from all directions.

Thinking of this, An Qiao simply asked Jinli and Yi Yi to go out and buy some wine and fruit. She decided to make some wine.

Outside Zhou's house, Gu Qingyun and Zhao Huaiqing stood at the door, but were again turned away.

"Shaoqing, I'm afraid the gate of Zhou Mansion cannot be opened. Even you can't do anything about it." Zhao Huaiqing's face was full of black lines.

"Let's go and find evidence to prove that this matter has something to do with Miss Zhou, so that we can open the Zhou Mansion." In fact, Gu Qingyun was also speechless, but in front of his subordinates, he still chose face.

The two then went to the residences of two merchant masters, who were cousins, one with the surname Jia and the other with the surname Gu.

Inside the Jia Mansion, Gu Qingyun and Zhao Huaiqing were invited into the house. The maid served tea and then retreated to the outside. Except for the occasional bird calls, the room seemed to be still. Gu Qingyun and Zhao Huaiqing looked at each other.

After sitting for about half an hour, the mistress of the Jia family finally arrived. She was wearing a light red dress and a lot of gold and silver on her body. Her head, hands, and neck were all golden.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen. My master is not at home. I don't know why you are here." Although he had already left the two of them alone for half an hour, his voice was still neither hurried nor awkward, and he seemed to be very confident.

"We need to confirm the matter of the Qin Mansion with Mr. Jia again." Gu Qingyun deliberately slowed down his voice, sounding unhurried.

"Oh, the officials came to ask about this a few days ago. Why is this matter so confusing?" Mrs. Jia remained calm, as if she was practicing Tai Chi.

"It was from Jingzhao Prefecture before. Now the case has been transferred to the Dali Temple. We need to re-investigate it." He didn't care whether Madam Jia wanted to reply or not, and continued, "Many people saw Master Jia and his cousin Master Gu flirting with Miss Zhou in the hall that day. I'm afraid this is a bit inappropriate. There is no concubine in the Jia Mansion. Madam Jia, has Master Jia mentioned taking a concubine to you?"

Mrs. Jia chuckled after hearing this, as if she had heard a big joke. "Sir, whether or not we take a concubine is probably a family matter. What does it have to do with you? Besides, our master is humorous and may like to joke around a little, but what does this have to do with Miss Qin's death? He was obviously teasing Miss Zhou."

"Please cooperate with the investigation, Madam. We will come again when Master Jia returns home." Zhao Huaiqing was a little impatient and stood up to leave. Gu Qingyun also stood up and said, "Madam Jia, your family is rich, so Master Jia naturally doesn't dare to take a concubine. But before the New Year, your niece was clamoring to marry Master Jia. Everyone in the village knew about it. Later, I heard that the young lady got married after the New Year without crying or making a fuss. Madam, you are really a thundering person."

After he finished speaking, he took Zhao Huaiqing away. Zhao Huaiqing was so angry along the way that his teeth were itching. Why was this matter being passed around? The more they passed the buck, the more wrong it felt.

Afterwards, the two went to Gu Mansion again. This one was even more unusual. They didn't have to wait long this time, but it was the mistress who came again, and Master Gu said he wasn't at home. Madam Gu looked sick and coughed for a long time after saying a word. After a few words, the maids and nurses knelt on the ground, making it impossible for the two to sit still, so they left in a hurry.

"My Lord Shaoqing, this matter is very strange. They keep pushing it back and forth like this. This play starts with the white part and then the black part. This is not a pure stage." Zhao Huaiqing sat in the carriage with his chin in his hand. The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier. Gu Qingyun's eyelids kept twitching. He always felt that this matter would never end.

Sure enough, as soon as I returned to the Dali Temple, I heard a burst of compassionate crying coming from the outer courtyard, so miserable.

"Master Shaoqing, you are finally back. Another young lady of the Qin family has died. The third young lady, who had not yet reached the age of marriage, suddenly collapsed and died this morning, just like the eldest young lady Qin." Xin Hai came up to them as soon as he saw the two of them enter the room.

All the members of the Qin family, old and young, knelt in the Dali Temple and cried non-stop.

"When did it happen?" Gu Qingyun knew that eyelid twitching was not a good thing.

Xin Hai quickly replied, "Not long after you and Huai Qing left this morning, and before many adults arrived, the third daughter of the Qin family suddenly passed away. Her death was exactly the same as her elder sister's. At about 9:30, the whole family came and cried all day."

Gu Qingyun's eyelids twitched again and again, "Where's the body?"

"The Qin family wants to bury the two young ladies and won't let us see them." As soon as Xin Hai finished speaking, Gu Qingyun walked up to him and said, "Please accept my condolences. We will investigate the case as soon as possible. The deaths of the two young ladies are strange. Please ask Master Qin to let the Dali Temple take a look at the bodies. Maybe they can find out something."

Master Qin said slowly, "Look, if you can't see anything, how can you compensate me, my two virgin girls?"

"There must be something. The corpse will tell you what the deceased experienced during his lifetime." Gu Qingyun's voice was also a little low. At this moment, his heart seemed to be pressed by a mountain. He looked at the old lady in front of him who was crying out of breath and suddenly thought of his grandmother.