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

As expected, before noon, many people chose to take it home to eat.

After all, in a restaurant, although the food is delicious and lively, there are not enough people to serve. If there are more people at home, there will be no room for seats.

However, there are also people who are unwilling to go home to eat.

Like Qi Ningan's family, there are a total of three people in the family. For an ordinary family of this status, there are usually seven or eight maids serving by their side.

There were three times as many standing slaves and maids as sitting ones, which made the master's family seem even more cramped.

Usually when there are fewer people in a restaurant, people are willing to stay in the restaurant and chat and laugh with others, which makes it more interesting.

Shen Ran is staying with Gu Qingyun's family this year. Their family is even more interesting. Although there are quite a few people in the family, they like to hang out in lively places. Qi Ning'an simply arranged for them to stay in the backyard, which is more relaxing.

In addition, there was another person's request to reserve a table, which scared Qi Ning'an.

After hearing the news, Eunuch Wei rushed out of the palace and said that the Emperor also wanted it and wondered if he could jump the queue and order a table.

Originally they could only eat in restaurants, and the emperor regretted it for a long time. After all, New Year is a very important festival, and it is impossible for the emperor to abandon all the civil and military officials in the court and everyone in the harem to eat in a restaurant.

Now it's good, I can book a table. Although it's limited to one, it's enough to invite a few close ministers and favorite princesses and princes, plus two concubines and a queen.

Qi Ning'an was a little embarrassed. After all, this was a big table and the food was going to be eaten by the emperor. After hesitating for a long time, he smiled and said.

"Eunuch Wei, I won't hide it from you. For a big banquet like this, we usually prepare a lot of flavors and ingredients in advance, but we cook it right away. Although the ingredients are fresh, it's impossible to cook a table of lighter flavors. Basically, it's a flavor that suits the taste of the general public, except for those who like spicy food. I can give them a few more dipping sauces. Although the general flavor is medium to light, it's still stronger than what I cook in the palace. If it really doesn't work, after the New Year's Eve dinner is over, I'll go to the palace and cook a separate table for the emperor. What do you think?"

Qi Ning'an spoke with moderation and did not annoy Eunuch Wei. After thinking it over again and again, Eunuch Wei said, "Princess Zhaoping, let's book a table. We will have lunch at this table. Even if there are any problems, it is not a dinner party after all."

In fact, the date the emperor had originally wanted to schedule was noon. Every year on New Year’s Eve, a big banquet would be held in the palace. As long as you wanted to go and held an official position, you could go.

If you don't want to go, don't force it.

The emperors of the Dayan Dynasty were still very humane in this regard, and there was a key reason. The previous dynasty was particularly fond of giving away dishes and eating and drinking together on New Year's Eve.

I don’t know how many lives were lost, but this did not help to unite the people.

Therefore, during the Dayan Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties simply cancelled this practice to avoid such a thankless task.

Qi Ning'an knew from Eunuch Wei's tone that the deal had to be made, so he registered the information as usual. Eunuch Wei also had a meal in the restaurant as usual.

The Emperor has gotten used to it now. Every time he asks Eunuch Wei to go find the Marquis or go to a restaurant, he will have a big meal before coming back, so he has no objection if he comes back late.

……

This was the first time Qi Ning'an tried this method, so when he arrived at the restaurant kitchen, everyone was already busy.

Fortunately, flower buns and pastries can be made in advance, otherwise I don’t know how busy I would be.

Everyone was busy until noon. Fortunately, there were not many people at noon, and many people who did not get dinner at the beginning booked it for noon, so the atmosphere at noon was more comfortable.

When people saw Qi Ning'an, they still called her "young lady" out of habit, and praised her for looking better these days.

Soon, the table was filled with food.

Shrimp and tofu, braised mandarin fish, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, garlic chicken wings, boiled shrimp...

There are many traditional dishes, but there are also many novel dishes, such as fried chicken, black plum cherry tomatoes, soy sauce chicken...

Suddenly, the aroma of the restaurant spread throughout the alley. The governor of Kyoto, who hadn't been here for a long time, also came. He finally gave up his dream lover and seemed to be obsessed with "reading and learning to read" recently.

Now I act weird every day. Whenever I see people, I ask them to let me see your palm or your face.

Gu Qingyun said that he finally found his own "simplicity".

The Kyoto governor laughed and said, "I won't chat with you mortals who know nothing."

There was a joyful atmosphere in the restaurant. Princess Sissi also booked a table. She was now making poison for the army. Originally, she wanted to do her old job, but she felt that the job was thankless and had no dignity, so she chose to make some snacks.

Everything went smoothly at the beginning, but the more time went on, the more I felt that this was not something that ordinary people could do.

Although there were many customers who came and went and bought some snacks, they were not long-term customers. She was even often teased because she was too pretty.

She had originally thought about whether she could go to a restaurant in Kyoto to get a meal, even though she had only been in Kyoto for two months.

But when people are in unfamiliar environments, they will pay attention to people they know. Ever since she knew that Gu Qingyun was staying in that restaurant and didn't want to leave, she also often went to the restaurant to eat. She really liked the atmosphere of this restaurant, but she really didn't mean to morally blackmail Miss Qi, so she decided to find another way to make a living.

Finally, with the introduction of others, he started to prepare poisons and antidotes for the army. Although he didn't make much money, at least his life became stable.

Moreover, the work she did made the court of Dayan Dynasty feel more at ease with her, which was good for everyone.

“Steamed silver carp!”

The sound of food being served came from inside, and Qi Ningan walked up to Princess Ceci with the food in his hand. "Happy New Year, this is your steamed silver carp."

Princess Ceci smiled and said, "Miss Qi, long time no see, happy new year!"

It didn't matter what they said, the tables around heard it and started talking about it one after another.

"Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

……

It seemed that everyone felt the happiness and rare kindness in the shouts of "Happy New Year". Soon the whole restaurant was filled with a warm atmosphere and everyone felt relaxed and comfortable.

Qi Ning'an greeted people with a smile while passing the dishes around, feeling extremely satisfied.

Qi Ningliang stood at the door and looked at Qi Ningan, and couldn't help but smile.

I used to worry that my sister wouldn't be able to be self-sufficient, but now... I've really been overthinking it.