The restaurant Zhang Yingqi chose has a chef with good cooking skills.
The small seafood cooked in Tianjin style is also very delicious.
Add fresh crabs and prawns and a bottle of Western wine, and both the host and the guests will enjoy the meal.
When they arrived at the inn in the evening, Martina stayed alone, while Madam Lu and Qingtian stayed in a suite.
After the maid helped Qingtian wash up, Madam Lu placed her on the bed in the inner room.
"Do you really dare to sleep alone?" Madam Lu asked Qingtian again.
"Master Lu, don't worry. I have slept alone before." Qingtian said with certainty.
“Okay, then I’ll tell you a story, and I’ll go out when you fall asleep.
"I live in the outer room. Call me if you need anything at night. Remember?"
"Okay!" Qingtian obediently covered himself with the quilt and waited to listen to Madam Lu's story.
When she was young, Madam Lu traveled to many Western countries and also visited many places in the territory of Da Qi.
So she has also encountered many people and things, and just picking out one from her past experiences is enough to attract people.
It was already before going to bed, so Madam Lu did not tell Qingtian a story with a too intense plot. Instead, she picked a story about how she went out for fun and accidentally walked into a valley and saw a beautiful sea of flowers.
Qingtian listened and soon fell asleep.
Even after falling asleep, there was still a smile on her lips.
His little nose twitched, as if he smelled the fragrance of flowers in his dream.
Qingtian slept very well all night and didn't even get up.
The next morning, before Madam Lu came to wake her up, she woke up because she was holding her breath.
When the maid heard the sound, she hurried in and took Qingtian to the toilet, then washed, changed clothes and combed her hair.
Zhang Yingqi was waiting in the inn lobby early in the morning.
Seeing Madam Lu and Qingtian coming downstairs, he hurried over to greet them and asked, "Madam Lu, what would you like to eat this morning? Has Madam Martina not come down yet? Does she need any special preparations for breakfast?"
"Captain Zhang, don't worry. Martina gets up late, and her breakfast is simple. She can handle it herself.
"As for Sunny and I, we'll just go eat something on the street."
Zhang Yingqi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that he didn't have to worry about Martina. He smiled and said, "That's much more convenient. I'll take you to try our local specialties.
"Our rice crust dishes, pancakes, and fried cakes are all delicious!"
Although it was still early, Ninghe County was already very lively.
There were many vendors walking up and down the street with stalls selling hot water and breakfast.
Various breakfast shops also opened early, with smoke rising and emitting various aromas.
There are many bun shops along the street, with steamers stacked higher than people.
"You have quite a few bun shops here," said Madam Lu. "I've heard that Tianjin's buns are very famous, but I didn't expect Ninghe County to be just as famous."
"That's true, the buns here are indeed quite unique, and the fillings taste different from those in other places.
"It's okay, let's find a place to sit down first, and then ask someone to buy whatever you want to eat."
Zhang Yingqi took Lady Lu and Qingtian straight to the place where he usually had breakfast.
"Hey, Captain Zhang is here." The waiter immediately stepped forward to greet him, "You're a little early today!
"Your seat is reserved for you, please come this way."
The waiter said he was about to take the man upstairs, but then he saw that Madam Lu and Qingtian were following behind him. He immediately said with a smile on his face, "What a good day today is! Captain Zhang even brought his wife and daughter with him."
Zhang Yingqi was surprised by the waiter's words and blushed. He quickly explained, "Don't talk nonsense. This is a distinguished guest from the Honglu Temple in the capital. The county magistrate asked me to be responsible for receiving him."
The clerk quickly slapped himself on the face and said, "Look at me, I'm so shortsighted!
"Please don't treat me like that."
After saying that, the guy didn't dare to say anything more and quickly took his people upstairs.
Zhang Yingqi's fixed seat is next to the window on the second floor. There is no obstruction in front of him, and when the weather is good, he can even see the sea level in the distance.
Zhang Yingqi comes here to eat almost every day unless it is a holiday or there is any urgent task.
Therefore, this table in the restaurant will be reserved for him, and other customers will be allowed to use it only after he finishes eating and leaves.
Zhang Yingqi's daily visits have made this store's business much better than other stores.
Because no thieves ever come here to steal, and no thugs ever come here to cause trouble.
So whether it was the shopkeeper or the old customers, they would greet Zhang Yingqi with a smile when they saw him, and they had no objection to the store reserving a table for him.
As soon as Zhang Yingqi came upstairs, a regular customer greeted him with a smile.
In order to avoid the same embarrassing misunderstanding as before, Zhang Yingqi simply introduced Madam Lu and Qingtian to everyone, and then asked them to take a seat.
The waiter quickly served tea and asked, "What would you like to eat this morning?"
"Give me a bowl of old tofu, two bowls of gabacai, three sets of pancakes, three fried cakes, a plate of five-spice donkey meat, and two side dishes. And please go buy me a tray of vegetarian buns next door."
Zhang Yingqi ordered the dishes very skillfully, and then explained to Madam Lu, "The vegetarian buns are quite unique, you should try them.
"Of course, if you want to eat meat buns, we have them too."
"Vegetarian buns are fine. I can't eat any meat in the morning anyway."
The waiter responded and went downstairs to start serving the dishes. Soon the table was full.
"Go get a few more small bowls," Zhang Yingqi instructed the waiter while speaking to Madam Lu. "You can try each one. If they're delicious, you can order more. If you're not used to them, don't worry. I'll take care of the rest. No waste."
This made Lady Lu's favor towards Zhang Yingqi double.
No wonder he has a good relationship with the Ye family. He is indeed a down-to-earth person.
Qingtian took a bite of the rice crust dish and her little face instantly twisted into a frown.
Guoba dish is made by spreading mung bean milk into pancakes, then cutting it into strips, soaking it in vegetarian sauce, and then adding sesame paste, fermented bean curd juice and other seasonings.
But the food tasted so mushy on sunny days that it was hard to swallow.
Zhang Yingqi quickly poured her a glass of water and asked her to calm down.
Then he directly brought the rice crust dish in front of Qingtian to his side and moved the old tofu over.
The old tofu looks similar to the tofu pudding in Beijing, but the flavor of the marinade is richer when you eat it.
Compared to the rice crust dish, this one is more suitable for sunny days.
But both the pancakes and fried cakes are delicious.
Qingtian has a small mouth, so he has to open it very wide when eating the pancake, and in the end, a circle of sauce still gets stuck on it. At first glance, it looks like he has grown a circle of mustache, which is very funny.
Madam Lu smiled and helped Qingtian wipe his mouth.
At this time, the waiter finally came back with a tray of steaming buns and placed it in front of the three people.
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