Chapter 75: Fat Crabs in Golden Autumn
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the manager of the farm sent several baskets of extremely plump crabs, saying that they were produced in the lake above the farm.
The Prince An's Mansion and Princess Yi'an's Mansion also sent crabs, which looked very fresh.
Zhou looked at the crabs and hadn't figured out how to eat them yet, when the empress dowager had crabs delivered from the palace.
Those were the hairy crabs that had just been offered as tribute from the south of the Yangtze River. Each one was huge and looked very fat.
Zhou thought about it and decided to hold a banquet.
Now is the time to appreciate chrysanthemums and taste crabs. Our mansion has brewed some chrysanthemum wine, which is perfect for preparing a banquet.
After knowing this, Shen Huazheng also agreed, as she loved eating crabs the most.
In her previous life, every year around the Mid-Autumn Festival, she would always enjoy a few delicious meals of hairy crabs.
"Mom, this is not difficult. Leave it to me."
"But," Zhou hesitated, "don't you still have to take care of business?"
Every day, Chen Huazheng either went to the restaurant, or thought about dishes at home, or discussed things with Zhou Ying and Princess Le Jia.
Zhou was worried that she would have to help with the banquet and take care of business matters at the same time, and that she would be exhausted.
"Mom, it's okay." Chen Huazheng knew what Zhou was worried about. "I have already told them what to do, and they will do it accordingly."
The restaurant's management team has been trained, so she won't have to work so hard from now on.
"That's good."
Shen Huazheng picked up a pair of chopsticks and tapped the crab shell.
Steamed hairy crabs must be prepared, but they cannot just be steamed.
Since we are going to have a banquet and there are so many crabs, we might as well have a crab banquet.
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Jiang Yirou sat down next to Xiao Han obediently, "Mom, I asked someone to queue up and buy this for me early in the morning. Please try it."
Xiao Han looked at the table full of exquisite food and hummed softly.
She smiled, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a shrimp dumpling and took a bite.
Under Jiang Yirou's inquiring gaze, Xiao Han swallowed the food in her mouth, her eyes full of surprise.
"Rou'er, what is this?"
Xiao Han had lived for decades and had never eaten such delicious food.
Jiang Yirou said calmly, "This is the shrimp dumpling from Yipinlou. The other dishes were also bought from Yipinlou."
Xiao Han's eyes changed, "Yipinlou, the restaurant that Jiang Yining owns?"
Yipin Lou was personally presented with a plaque by Emperor Jingning, and its opening was celebrated with such a grand fanfare that Xiao Han and the others naturally heard about it.
There is no shortage of rich and powerful people in the capital. Almost every famous restaurant has a powerful backer, and some even have royal influence.
But Yipinlou is unique in having His Majesty as its backer.
Jiang Yirou nodded, "Yes, it's the restaurant opened by my sister, Shen Huazheng, and Zhou Ying."
These days she specially found an opportunity to go to Yipinlou to take a look. There were people queuing up there waiting for its opening early every morning.
The private rooms and private rooms were booked out in no time. If you were a little slower, you wouldn't even be able to find a seat on the first floor. It was really hard to get a table.
When Princess Lejia was mentioned, Xiao Han suddenly lost her appetite.
"We haven't settled the score with Jiang Yining for having someone beat Xiao Ran last time." Xiao Han put down her chopsticks, a fierce look in her eyes.
"She relies on the eldest princess's favor and flaunts herself in front of you and your brother all day long. Now she's out in the open to do business, and she's hanging around with idiots and abandoned women. No wonder your father and your two brothers love her so much."
Jiang Ran was beaten into a pig's head. After he came back, he had to see a doctor and rest in bed. It took more than half a month before he could go out and see people.
Xiao Han was both distressed and angry, and Jiang Jinrong was so angry that he almost rushed to the Princess's Mansion to teach Princess Lejia a lesson.
Or maybe something unexpected happened in Jiang Jinrong's promotion, and he was so flustered that the matter came to nothing.
Jiang Yirou reminded gently, "Mom, just say this in front of your daughter. You must not mention it in front of others."
Not to mention that Jiang Yining and the other two are not easy to mess with. Even the plaque of Yipin Building was bestowed by Emperor Jingning himself. How could others have any say in that?
Xiao Han knew that she had said something wrong, "Mother knows, and she will definitely not mention it in front of others."
Jiang Yirou: "Mom, didn't you say last time that the two rouge shops were not very profitable? I was thinking, how about we close the rouge shops and open a restaurant?"
Jiang Yining can run the restaurant so well, so they can definitely do it too.
Xiao Han pondered for a moment, "Why open one yourself? Didn't Jiang Yining open a restaurant?"
They have no experience and don't know if they can run a restaurant well.
It’s better to have something ready-made.
No matter how much effort Jiang Yining put into that restaurant, in the end he was making wedding dresses for her and her daughter.
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