Chapter 73: Three Hundred Dishes of Mapo Tofu
I can't send it back myself now.
It's somewhat embarrassing.
But speaking of this matter, he was a little absent-minded at first, as he was worried about whether he had enough time on the road.
After traveling for such a long time, Su Yujin's hesitant look when she left kept lingering in my mind.
It was only just now that he remembered that he was in a tight schedule today and had not given Su Yujin any money or anything else as a reward.
Su Yujin was so devoted to him and was very thoughtful in considering the facts. Since he was her master, there was no reason not to praise and reward her.
Only in this way can we work harder in the future.
Xing'an saw that the Second Master did not answer his question and his face was not very good, so he just hurriedly replied, "Yes, I will go right away. Second Master, please go slowly and wait for me."
After saying that, he pulled the reins, turned the horse around and walked back.
He Yanxiu squeezed the horse's belly and walked forward slowly.
When Xing'an brought back the silver, Su Yujin was counting the mugwort she had purchased, preparing to give it to her fellow employees as New Year gifts.
Cloth, rice, flour and other things were piled up so much in the yard that there was almost no room to step.
Xing'an scratched his ear.
Everyone says Miss Su is no longer short of money.
As for the Second Master, although the He family was wealthy and the Second Master also had his own private money, he was a righteous man and generous. He gave out a lot of rewards and even more of them, so the amount of his private money was limited.
The Second Master is so generous to Miss Su and has given her so much money. I'm afraid he will start to feel tight on money after a while.
Su Yujin saw Xing'an off with a smile, and then happily locked the silver note in a small box in her dressing table.
The second master is still very generous.
The twenty-fourth is the folk New Year's Eve.
Qinghe County is located in the north. The Little New Year here is also called Kitchen God Festival.
To worship the Kitchen God, every household eats kitchen candy and dumplings.
There is no custom of eating out on New Year's Eve, so the hotel closed after noon, and Su Ji Food Shop prepared less ingredients than usual today.
Apart from the hired men who needed to go home, Qingkui and Shuangye were in charge of Su's side, while Zheng Mingyuan was in charge of Huibinlou, and they arranged for the men who had sold their indentures to have New Year's Eve dinner.
Although the Little New Year's Eve is not as important as the Chinese New Year, it is also a very grand day. In addition, with Su Yujin's order, the shops on both sides did not skimp on food and just bought some ingredients to make a sumptuous dinner.
Crispy pork in a bowl, four-happiness braised tofu, pot-wrapped pork, vermicelli and meat stew, chrysanthemum fish, pan-fried pork with plum blossom, stir-fried assorted vegetables, crab...
A dazzling array.
The dishes served by Su Yujin, Ai Cao and Liu Mama are equally delicious.
Pearl meatballs, crispy white meat, steamed meat egg rolls, salt and pepper spare ribs, crispy duck with taro paste, fish cake, eight-treasure rice as the staple food, and the soup is shrimp and mushroom soup.
After the Little New Year’s Eve, there are only a few days left until the Chinese New Year.
Especially since this year's twelfth lunar month is a short month, with only twenty-nine days, or at most five days.
The Chinese New Year is a big event. Many people stop working and checking the accounts after the New Year's Eve and start preparing various New Year's goods in preparation for the Chinese New Year.
Qinghe County was extra lively because many people came into the county to buy supplies for the New Year.
Especially the shops selling dried fruits and roasted nuts, pastries and candies, and jewelry and clothing, all welcomed their last business boom before the New Year.
This kind of people come to the county town frequently. After a short stroll, they will be out for most of the day. Naturally, they will be hungry, so finding a restaurant to eat becomes a necessity.
In addition, he had been busy for a year, and since he was in the county town, he was more generous with his money than usual.
Therefore, both Su Ji and Hui Bin Lou were packed with guests these days, and the waiters were so busy that they almost had to kick their feet. Wu Jiantong, a big shopkeeper, seemed a little overwhelmed.
It was the end of the year and the biggest fear in business was going wrong. Su Yujin often came to Huibinlou at noon these days to stroll around, look around, and help Wu Jiantong with some work to share some of the burden.
"The shopkeeper."
The waiter wiped the sweat off his forehead from being busy in the winter, and said, "The guest in the private room upstairs wanted 300 dishes of Mapo Tofu, and he wanted it quick, the faster the better."
Three hundred dishes of mapo tofu?
Su Yujin and Wu Jiantong, who were busy, were both stunned.
"Is this guy here to cause trouble?" Wu Jiantong frowned and said in a deep voice.
"I felt the same way. How could a normal person come here to eat and ask for so much mapo tofu?" the waiter said, "But the man just said that he was willing to eat this dish, and he also said that the price was cheap, so he wanted to eat more."
"That person also said that if we were worried that he couldn't pay, he could settle the bill first, but he had to make the Mapo Tofu. He also warned us that we had to make it and couldn't say it was a special and then not sell it. Otherwise, he would sue us at the government office."
"By the way, he also said that since you run a restaurant, you have to know the proper rules. This time he comes to eat, he can also be regarded as letting Huibinlou learn the rules."
"I don't know what to do, so I hurried to find the shopkeeper to see how to deal with it."
The dishes are cheap and on sale, so you should buy more and warn the host not to play tricks.
More importantly, the word "rules" for opening a restaurant was mentioned.
It was obvious that it was a colleague who came here deliberately to cause trouble.
First of all, these 300 dishes of Mapo Tofu are not very profitable, and they also require purchasing tofu separately, which is time-consuming and laborious.
Secondly, the other party was in a hurry, and it would take some time to make these 300 dishes of Mapo Tofu, so we couldn't make other dishes for other customers. Even if both sides were done at the same time, the dishes for normal business would be served very slowly.
And since this person came here deliberately to cause trouble, he must have been prepared. If he refused to cook, who knows what kind of commotion he would cause in the Huibin Building.
It can be said that it is bound to affect the business of Huibinlou.
And it's so disgusting that it feels like swallowing a fly.
"Could it be that Manager Qian sent them?" Wu Jiantong thought for a moment and then said, "But it's not impossible that they were sent by other restaurants."
Competitors are enemies.
Ever since Huibinlou opened, business has been booming. Restaurants like Fuyunlou, Mingyuxuan, Jun Youlai, etc. have been secretly dissatisfied. There are also many rumors outside that Huibinlou's food is unpalatable, unclean, and causes diarrhea, all thanks to these restaurants.
Many people knew that previously, Manager Qian of Fuyunlou came to Huibinlou with the intention of poaching Zheng Mingyuan's girlfriend. This time, Manager Qian might target Huibinlou, and other people might also want to take advantage of the situation and shift the blame to Fuyunlou.
"Boss, can I go and persuade them to leave?" Wu Jian asked.
"Since you are well prepared, persuasion alone will probably not work."
Su Yujin thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll keep an eye on Huibinlou, and I'll take care of the 300 dishes of Mapo Tofu that this person wants. Shopkeeper Wu, take a few people out to do something."
Suddenly I miss the three-yuan mapo tofu from my grandmother's house in Jiaxing~ (End of this chapter)
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