Chapter 487: Yaoxiang Restaurant
Early February.
Jiang Fubao's clinic is in the final stages of completion.
Once you have purchased everything, you can start your business.
After much deliberation, Jiang Fubao decided to change the name of the clinic that had been originally decided.
A signboard with the words "Yao Xiang Shan Ge" was hung above the door of the clinic.
The four big characters can be seen from a long distance.
People who are not in the know may wonder how medicine and food can be related when they see the sign when passing by.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Jinlan specially asked someone to calculate the date.
At noon, the clinic opened.
Zhang Jinlan and his wife, and Jiang Siyin and his wife all help out in the clinic, while the Jiang family snack shop is left to the eldest and second oldest families to manage.
Jiang Fubao even held a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The long red cloth was held up on both sides by two maids.
Jiang Fubao stood in the middle, with her godfather, godmother and Meng Bujiu on her right, and her grandmother and parents on her left, each holding a pair of scissors in their hands.
The door, which seemed quite spacious, now seemed a bit crowded.
Youzhi County came to show its support, and Qingdai Lane was crowded with people. All the important people in the town came.
"Crackle, crackle--" firecrackers rang out, and Jiang Fubao took the lead in cutting the red cloth.
The moment she dropped the scissors, the others started cutting as well.
The red cloth broke into countless pieces.
The firecrackers have all been set off.
Everyone put down their hands that were covering their ears and began to congratulate.
"This is the first time I've seen a nine-year-old shopkeeper. She is worthy of being the goddaughter of the county magistrate. She will become a great person in the future."
"Your daughter is proficient in medicine. She is the same age as my son, but she is so amazing. It is rare to see such a skill in the world. I admire her."
"The county magistrate's daughter is as elegant as an orchid. At only nine years old, one can already see her future beauty. She is also a good doctor. If anyone is lucky enough to marry her, it would be a great honor for the ancestors."
"......"
Jiang Fubao was almost drowned in praise.
Unfortunately, there are some things she doesn't like to hear, and the same goes for Meng Zhili.
When others praised Jiang Fubao, he smiled, but when they mentioned Jiang Fubao's marriage, his face immediately turned cold.
Everyone present here is a smart person, and everyone's eyes are on the county magistrate's face.
So no one dared to mention this matter again.
They praised Jiang Fubao as if he were a man.
In their eyes, for a woman to be on par with men is the greatest compliment to her, but Jiang Fubao found this a little irritating.
"Well, if anyone feels unwell, please go see my daughter. There are medicinal foods on the second floor of the clinic. I'm sure everyone who went to the Jiang family's banquet should know about this, so I won't explain it. Fubao, I'll leave this to you. Madam, let's go up first."
Dong Wei and Meng Zhili took Dong Qingyi upstairs.
Zhang Jinlan and Jiang Shoujia also followed.
Zhang Yanzi and Jiang Siyin stayed to help their daughter.
Meng Bujiu stayed on the first floor with him.
In the kitchen in the backyard, Jiang Ruyi, wearing an apron, would occasionally stick her head out and look ahead. She was anxiously pacing back and forth in the yard.
On the first day of opening, she had to cook the medicinal food.
Otherwise it would ruin the shop’s reputation.
So she was very nervous.
"Second Miss, the prescription is here. This lady has a cold body and weak qi, so Miss prescribed her a soup made from four ingredients: pork stomach and chicken." The maid Dan'er handed the medicinal recipe to Jiang Ruyi.
Jiang Ruyi took it and took a look.
"One ounce each of angelica root, white peony root, cooked rehmannia root, and chuanxiong, a whole chicken, two pieces of pork stomach, and six slices of dried ginger. Huh? This is the first time I've made this dish. I do have black chicken, but why not make four-ingredient black chicken soup?"
"That lady's menstruation is normal, and she is not anemic, but her hands and feet are always cold. The young lady said that there is no need to use black chicken, and that dried ginger must be added, otherwise the fishy smell will be too strong." Dan'er conveyed Jiang Fubao's words to her.
"Okay, I understand. I'll do it now."
Jiang Ruyi didn't ask any more questions.
She took the recipe into the kitchen and started cooking.
As a result, Daner came three times just as the water in the pot was heating up.
"All three of you want the Ten-fold Tonic Soup?" Jiang Ruyi was a little shocked.
"Yes, these people are all regular customers of the snack shop. They all came to the house for the birthday banquet that day. I guess they have eaten the tonic soup made by the second young lady, so they specifically asked for it today."
Daner nodded.
"Okay, I understand. Yun'er, take some firewood out of the stove. The fire is too big." Jiang Ruyi hurriedly told the maid who was lighting the stove to turn down the fire.
Fortunately, there were three maids to help in the kitchen.
Someone was in charge of gathering herbs and chopping ginger. After the chicken was boiled, she scooped it out and put it into a clay pot. She added herbs and seasonings and simmered it on low heat. She told the maid to take care of it while she started to prepare the tonic soup.
As the name suggests, the Ten-fold Tonic refers to ten kinds of food and medicinal materials.
Grab them one by one, wash them, throw them into the pot, and start boiling.
What you need are all the same kind, so just throw them into the same pot and cook without separating them.
Just as she was wiping her hands, Dan'er came in again: "Second Miss, here's the recipe for the medicinal diet for you."
Jiang Ruyi used a spatula in her right hand to skim off the foam, and took the recipe with her left hand: "Lily and chrysanthemum soup? Okay, I'll make it now."
Having undertaken banquets before, she didn't feel busy at all.
This is just the beginning.
"Xin'er, wash the clay pot, light the charcoal stove, and put half a pot of water to boil. Qian'er, come and watch the pot and skim off the foam. I'll go get the herbs." Handing the spatula to the maid, Jiang Ruyi turned and went to the medicine cabinet on the right.
One wall is filled with medicine cabinets that are exactly the same as the ones at the front of the clinic, or more like smaller versions.
Originally, there was nothing on this wall. Before the business opened, Jiang Fubao felt that if his second sister always came to the front to get medicine, it would interfere with the patients, so he simply hired a carpenter to build a cabinet on the entire wall.
Duplicate the medicine cabinet in front.
Although you can't put too much medicinal materials in it, it is enough for two or three days.
Just fill it up after closing the shop every night.
The bone-chilling temperature formed a sharp contrast with the heat in the kitchen.
The maids working inside were all sweating profusely.
Like a sauna.
Especially Jiang Ruyi, she simply put a sweat towel around her neck and wiped it from time to time.
To prevent sweat from falling into the pot.
"The food is served." With a shout, the servant outside the kitchen came in.
There is no waiter in the hospital.
The servants were responsible for serving food and cleaning, while the maids were responsible for receiving guests and delivering messages, running back and forth between the front and backyards.
"This dish is four-ingredient pork belly and chicken soup." Just say the name of the dish and the servant will know where to send it.
Because there is a wooden board hanging at the front door with the customer's last name, where he sits, how many dishes there are and what they are.
Each dish will be crossed out to avoid missing any.
The owner of this pork belly and chicken soup is Mrs. Qian who is sitting on the second floor.
Written on the wooden board were the words: Second Floor, Three Seats, Money, One, Four Foods, Pork Stomach, Chicken Soup.
"Okay!" the servant Daqian replied loudly.
He bought it last year.
The Jiang family already had enough staff. Before Jiang Fubao opened the clinic, he gathered them at home and asked who was willing to work in the clinic.
They would give one or two taels of silver every month, as long as they had two boys and two girls.