Chapter 53,
Su Guoer smiled at this and quickly said, "The restaurant is too small and we can't afford to hire delivery staff for the time being, so we don't have any plans to do so. Sorry."
She really hadn't planned on this.
The delivery guy's salary is the same as that of the store's employees, but you can't keep an eye on him since he's often not in the store. Also...if he hires someone with bad intentions who tamper with the food, it will ruin the reputation of your store.
Not to mention that she is not recruiting now, she also has no plans to recruit in the future.
The servant also expressed his understanding, paid the silver and left, then got on the carriage as usual. The carriage started moving and slowly headed towards the palace gate.
It seems that this person is really someone from the palace. It would be great if I could make friends with him.
Alas, it’s a pity that she doesn’t have the ability, and the dishes she makes are unable to capture the heart of a foodie for the time being.
As she was thinking, the pancakes were baked. Su Guoer used tongs to pick up the pancakes one by one. Someone had been waiting on the side. When he saw the pancakes coming out of the pan, he picked up one and put it on his plate without caring about the heat.
In the blink of an eye, a batch of sesame cakes was divided up. This time, Su Guoer didn't even stay for a while and had to continue diligently making the next batch of sesame cakes.
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Xuanyue Gate, the palace gate.
Lord Liao's carriage slowly passed through the palace gate and headed towards the next Zhengyue Gate. When he arrived at the next palace gate, he would get off and walk, so he had to finish his breakfast before that.
The carriage continued to move slowly forward. Lord Liao bit into the crispy and soft pancake and praised it, "This young lady's cooking skills are really good. She can open a restaurant without any problem. It's a pity for her to hide behind that restaurant and be a small cook."
Wu Qingli: "Then, sir, would you like to help her open a restaurant? I can go talk to her about it. As for the profits, how about a 50-50 split?"
You have to know that the paperwork and personnel relationships behind opening a big restaurant must be very complicated. In other words, without connections and relationships, it would be a pipe dream to open a big restaurant like Qianweilou and Pinxiangge in Bianjing.
But it’s different with his family’s adults around.
Keep the young lady's restaurant standing.
Lord Liao: "Let's go, let's not get involved in these things"
"The Emperor has been worried about the Qi family's affairs lately, desperate to find that sum of money to fill the shortfall in the national treasury. But how could that old man from the Qi family willingly hand over that sum of money? If he doesn't let go, there's no way to find him guilty. I'm afraid if we delay for another two days, the Imperial City Administration will be forced to release him... It will be difficult to arrest him again in the future."
Lord Liao ordered twice on the table, and Wu Qingli quickly put out a lotus leaf-wrapped pot sticker and spread it in front of him, with a bottle of sauce on the side.
"What is this?" he asked.
Wu Qingli: "This is the sauce that the young lady made herself. She said it would be even better with the mutton potstickers. Would you like to try it, sir?"
Upon hearing this, Lord Liao picked up a pot sticker with chopsticks, dipped it in the sauce, and then put it in his mouth.
The tongue paused.
He chewed again, and Lord Liao frowned and said, "I just said the wrong thing. This young lady really has some skills."
"But how can such a little girl make such delicious food? And she's proficient in both northern and southern cuisine?"
He pondered, feeling that something was wrong.
Naturally wary, he looked at the pot stickers on the table and said directly, "Let's go to her shop tomorrow and see if this young lady is as proficient in both northern and southern cuisine as she claims. If so..."
"What if she is?" Wu Qingli asked, "Could it be that she's a spy? That's not our responsibility, is it?"
"This matter is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial City Department, but if Pei Yuanqi really can't find out, we can take this opportunity to report him."
"I have followed you for many years, but in this Bianjing City, I have never seen anyone as arrogant as him at such a young age. How dare he go against you, my lord? Too arrogant!"
Lord Liao: "That's not the case. This boy is very thoughtful and not as simple as he appears. His arrogance is just a cover-up."
Wu Qingli: "Your Excellency said he was pretending? But I think his casual demeanor doesn't seem like he's pretending. He teases cats and dogs, bullies bullies, and acts like a dandy boy. He's not afraid of offending people..."
Lord Liao: "He has the government behind him, who is he afraid of offending? He is just the first flag after the government takes office. If he uses it well, he will have the merit of following the dragon. If he uses it badly, this little kid will fall harder than anyone else."
"Hmph, just wait and see, he can't beat the imperial concubine, I said..."
Wu Qingli bowed his head: "Your Excellency is wise."
Suddenly, he felt a hand rubbing his waist from behind. What the hell? Was this happening in broad daylight?
Wu Qingli was so frightened that he fell to the side.
There were only three people in the carriage, a coachman, him, and an adult. The coachman was driving outside, so how could he have touched his waist?
"Ah!" He shouted, but the adult just looked at him suspiciously. Before he could ask, someone came in, lifting the curtain of the carriage. The man was wearing a dark robe with bright lines, which made his little face look even more rosy and white. He leaned against the carriage with a bright smile on his face.
He was unpacking a lotus leaf paper package in his hand.
"I didn't expect that the dignified Left Prime Minister also has a habit of gossiping about others? Why does it sound like he's talking about me? What are you talking about me about? Do you dare to tell me?"
He picked up a pot sticker and was about to throw it into his mouth, but he inexplicably felt that the thing in his hand was somewhat familiar. He looked at it blankly and threw it into his mouth as if nothing had happened.
"What? You don't dare anymore?" he said after eating a pot sticker.
Liao Xiang: "..."
"What are you doing here?"
He didn't think there was any friendship between them.
Pei Yuanqi continued with a smile, "Nothing, I just wanted to let you know. Yesterday when I was interrogating Master Qi, I got some incredible news. Would you like to hear it?"
Wu Qingli: "What? Don't you dare to scare our masters!"
Pei Yuanqi tutted in disdain, thinking this kid was hopeless: "Do you think your parents can be intimidated by me?"
He was half buried in the ground. How could an old fox who had lived for decades be scared by him?
He is not that capable.
Liao Xiang: "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't beat around the bush. Also, remember to pay for the 15 wen pot stickers you have."
Pei Yuanqi just swallowed the pot stickers: "..."
"Haha, Prime Minister Liao is such a joker. Then I'll tell you the truth. Lord Qi gave me an account book yesterday. It says that on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month of the Zhenwu year, a box of silver totaling 110,000 taels was secretly delivered to Chenzhou, the hometown of the Left Prime Minister. The signatory is Wu Zhang."
Wu Qingli's eyes widened. "Hey you! Slander, pure slander!"
This man is his elder brother.
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