The restaurant was full of diners, shopkeepers, and waiters: "...Huh?"
Lu Xu thought to himself: "Didn't I write to use hind shank meat? You are fooling people! Also, the fish flavor sauce is not prepared properly. There is too much vinegar. Are the people in the capital more jealous?"
"And this Doubanjiang. We in Guanyang use it because there is no particularly good sauce. You just steal the recipe, why don't you know how to change it? There are so many shops selling condiments in Tonghuifang , there are so many good sauces..."
Before Lu Xu could finish speaking, the shopkeeper hurriedly asked Lu Xu, who was running around the restaurant and finding faults everywhere, to leave.
It's just that he invited Lu Xu away, but forgot about Lu Zhou who was still sitting in his seat obediently.
The money bag was on Lu Xu. Lu Zhou had no money to pay and was unwilling to eat the Overlord meal, so he had to wait quietly at his seat for his brother to come back.
The guests who had just heard the beginning and hadn't figured out what was going on immediately caught him.
Isn’t it immoral to only talk about the beginning of gossip? !
Fortunately, there is Lu Zhou.
The diners in the store asked curiously: "Young man, are you together? That was you...your brother just now, right?"
Lu Zhou was very honest. When people asked him politely, he immediately responded politely: "It's my brother."
"The accent sounds like you are not from the capital, where did you come from?"
Lu Zhou: "Guanyang County, Guanyang County, Longxing County."
When everyone heard this, they watched the sun? ! This is a keyword that all gourmets have heard over the years! "The Guanyang pot?"
Lu Zhou: "Exactly."
"Then no wonder you know how to cook!"
"Is it because stir-fry became popular from you?"
"Your brother just said that he wrote the recipe?"
"What's going on?"
The diners started asking questions.
Lu Zhou answered everything.
There is nothing to hide. Let alone everyone in Guanyang, everyone in Longxing County and nearby counties knows about it as long as they are engaged in food business.
His brother has also been promoting stir-fry dishes. For restaurants and food shops on the commercial road that have not been able to obtain cooperation qualifications, he has researched new dishes and invited Lu Xu to try them and discuss them with Lu Xu.
No matter whether it's a big shop or a small shop, or even if it's an ordinary people's home thinking about a new dish, as long as Lu Xu is invited, as long as Lu Xu is free, he will definitely go there to try it, help others with ideas, and think about how to improve it. If it is delicious, he will also Will help spread the word everywhere.
There is a family in Dengzhou who is good at making rabbit meat. Because of Lu Xu's promotion, they have now opened a food shop on the commercial road.
By the time the shopkeeper of Ruixianglou found out that a person had been left behind and found him again, Lu Zhou had already told everything that others were curious about.
He has a gentle appearance and a quiet and calm temperament. He doesn't like to add any extraneous words when speaking, and his attitude is very sincere. When others ask him something that he doesn't know whether he can say, he will answer honestly, "I don't know about this." "This is family business, I can't." "Say", so what he can say seems particularly credible.
Since what Lu Zhou said is credible, it's obvious who is not credible.
Look at the anxious look of the shopkeeper of Ruixianglou, oh, what Lu Zhou said is even more believable!
Therefore, before Lu Xu and Ruixianglou could figure out where they got the recipe, half of Nancheng knew that Ruixianglou's cooking recipes were stolen from Guanyang people.
Those restaurants that were outnumbered by Ruixianglou angrily condemned: "It's just buying money from outside, why are you bragging about your own originality!"
"Just buy it and you won't pay for it!"
"What was Ruixianglou like in the past? But they made their fortune by cooking. They asked for a 3% share, but he didn't even give it!"
"That's right! They say their cooks are better than ours, and compared with us in cooking, my uncle can't beat his cooks, but all my dishes are made by my uncle himself! It's shameless for everyone to judge! "
"What kind of shame do you want? If I hadn't read out the recipe, I wouldn't have acknowledged it!"
Some people are curious, "Did you really read out the recipe?"
"No!" the gossips murmured in a low voice, "Ruixianglou didn't believe me when they told me to write down the recipe and show it to their shopkeeper. He thought he was eating Bawang's meal because of something, but he read it out on the spot and said that his family's food was delicious. It’s not done authentically!”
Some of those who mocked Ruixianglou turned to a new topic.
Several small restaurant owners gathered together and said, "If you contribute 3%, you can get ten recipes every year?"
"That's what his brother said."
"How about asking someone to find out?"
"I have an acquaintance with the fur traders in Nancheng. I heard that some people happened to be coming from the east in the past two days. The goods were obtained from Longxing County."
"Inquire about it?"
"Walk!"
Inquiries have begun outside, and Lu Xu is still arguing with Ruixianglou.
Lu Xu: "Since you said that you were deceived by the chef, and it was the chef who said that these were his original creations, you call the chef and ask him to tell me which restaurant he worked in before."
Shopkeeper: "This..."
Lu Xu: "Can't tell? It doesn't matter. No matter where he learned it from, after all these years they have been cooking for you and making money for you. I don't care whether you were deceived or did it on purpose. You used my method. Son, you must compensate me."
Shopkeeper: "What compensation do you want?"
Lu Xu: "First share the money with me for the first five years, and then sign a document with me and give me money every year, but not 3%, I want 5%."
"Five percent?" The shopkeeper was amused and said to himself, "Do you know how much our restaurant's 5% bonus is? How dare you open your mouth."
Lu Xu: "I didn't ask for much. That was what we agreed upon when we drafted the document. In addition to you having to compensate me, you also have to tell me which company leaked the recipe. I want to remove him."
The shopkeeper laughed loudly: "Guanyang is Guanyang, and this is the capital."
Lu Xu also smiled: "Oh, is it possible that Daqi's laws are not applicable in the capital?"
The shopkeeper's smile froze. He didn't expect that a boy from the countryside who didn't speak authentic Mandarin was quite brave.
"Let's do this. I'll compensate you one hundred taels of silver, and that'll be the end of it."
"One hundred taels?" Lu Xuzhi said happily, "No need, you just need to hand over the cook."
"What will happen if I don't hand you over?"
"Report to the official."
The shopkeeper laughed loudly. He thought Lu Xu had such an extraordinary background. He was actually a reporting official! A foreigner reporting to the officials in Beijing?
The shopkeeper became more and more confident, "Then just go ahead!"
He didn’t even want to give him one hundred taels of silver!
The reporting officer also had to be trustworthy. He didn't believe that Lu Xu would bring those contract documents with him. Even if he did, as long as they didn't hand over the cook, Lu Xu didn't know who broke the contract, so where could he sue?
If he goes to file a complaint, will the capital's Yamen go to their Ruixiang Building to arrest someone on his behalf?
Seeing that all the shopkeepers and waiters at Ruixianglou looked triumphant, Lu Xu didn't say much, paid for lunch and led Lu Zhou away.
Lu Zhou said worriedly: "Brother, do we want to report to the official?"
Lu Xu: "Report! But we can't report now. We have to find out who is behind them first."
To be so confident, he must have some background. If there is a relative of the emperor behind them, Lu Xu will have to think about what to do so as not to suffer a loss.
Who knows, Jun Qi will still be involved in officialdom in the future. He doesn't want to accidentally get into trouble with someone he can't afford to offend just for a little money.
Lu Xu raised his head and looked at the sky, "We'll talk about this later. Let's go pick up your brother Junqi first!"
Making money is not as important as taking Jun Qi home!
Lu Zhou also immediately changed his mood: "Yeah!"
Daqi's general examination takes three subjects over five days, with entrance on the first day, exit on the last day, and the exams in the middle three days.
When entering on the first day, your identity will be checked to see if there is any cheating involved. When you enter on the last day, you will still have to do it all over again.
It is said that there was once a cheating expert who did not show any signs of cheating for the first four days. On the last day, he was careless when he came out. He was caught with a cheat sheet hidden in his clothes and lost his qualification as a candidate.
Also because of this dear friend, the exit inspection that was originally just a formality has become as strict as the entrance inspection the day before.
Before going on stage, officers and soldiers will check all their used pens, inks, papers, inkstones, and bedding.
By the time everyone was checked and released, it was already afternoon.
Candidates go out according to their numbers, starting from the character A closest to the gate and ending with the character Gui at the deepest point, coming one row at a time.
No one knows which dormitory they are in before the candidates enter. When it comes time to exit, the family members waiting outside do not know when they will be able to come out. Starting from noon, the carriages and horses outside the Gongyuan have been jammed, and it is even more overcrowded in the afternoon.
Yan Junqi lined up at the No. 5 house. When they came out, the sun was setting. Lu Xu and Lu Zhou waited outside for a long time and finally saw him.
The crowd at the exit was crowded, and people everywhere were shouting "Young Master", "Master" and "Young Master". Lu Xu saw Yan Junqi, who was still looking around for him.
"Jun Qi!" Lu Xu jumped up and shouted loudly, wanting to climb onto the tree nearby.
Yan Junqi shouldn't have been able to hear him from so far away, but when Lu Xu shouted, he happened to look over here.
Yan Junqi squeezed into the crowd with his big cloak in his arms, and approached Lu Xu, who was also squeezing towards him. When there was another person far away, Yan Junqi stretched out his hand, and Lu Xu grabbed him tightly, pulling him like a carrot out of the crowd. Close, hold tightly.
"Got you!"
"Um!"
The two of them giggled in the crowd and were pushed back and forth by others.
"Let's go!" Lu Xu held Yan Junqi's shoulders and pushed aside, feeling that they were like sardines in a school of fish.
When it was squeezed out, my bones hurt.
"No one is taking care of this. What if there is a stampede accident?!" Lu Xu cursed. Aren't you afraid of trampling the future No. 1 pick to death?
Yan Junqi's clothes were squeezed askew, and he said helplessly: "There are too many people, how can we manage them!"
It's not that no one is in charge, but there are too many carriages and horses in Beijing that don't obey the orders. Those powerful people want to squeeze in front and park their carriages at the door. They can't get out at this moment.
"Ignore them, let's go home!" Lu Xu led him and ran to meet Lu Zhou. They hadn't seen each other for five days. He just wanted to go home and hold Yan Junqi and be intimate with him.
When Lu Zhou saw them, he quickly turned the mule cart around. When the mule cart turned towards the outbound direction, Lu Zhou was about to call Brother Jun Qi to get on the car, but he found that his eldest brother and Brother Jun Qi had already gotten on board at some point.
Lu Zhou was at a loss. No wonder the car felt a little heavy just now.
He looked in through the crack in the window and saw that his brother was already busy talking to Brother Junqi.
Lu Zhou held the reins and was silent for a moment before driving back by himself.
He can also drive, but his skills are a little less advanced, and the mule moves a little slower, so he doesn't have to call his brother out.
It was nearly an hour later when Lu Zhou passed by many horse-drawn carriages and mules without any danger, and walked through the streets and alleys back to their residence.
Lu Xusheng jumped out of the car with great energy, helped Yan Jun down, and then ran to the kitchen to boil water like a whirlwind——
Jun Qi just said he wanted to take a shower.
Lu Xu had prepared a lot of ingredients in the morning and was waiting for Yan Junqi to go home and order. It turned out that Yan Junqi wanted to eat hot pot.
During the five days of the exam, Gongyuan only provided steamed buns, pancakes and water. For the poor candidates, the white flour steamed buns and white flour pancakes were better than what they usually eat. However, Yan Junqi was used to being fed by Lu Xu, and he was particularly poor at eating. Having suffered some grievance, he ate steamed buns and pancakes for five days. He no longer wanted to eat staple food, but wanted to eat vegetables.
While he was taking a shower, Lu Xuli prepared the dishes neatly.
By the time Yan Junqi came out of the shower, Lu Xu had moved the stove he had used for heating a while ago to the yard, and was using a casserole to heat up the bone soup he had made in the morning. The vegetables and meat had been cut and plated, and a full table was placed.
The three of them were eating hot pot in the yard around the stove.
The peach blossoms in the yard have fallen in April, and the green leaves are full of life.
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Shopkeeper: Drag that kid away quickly and stop him from talking!
So Zhouzhou, who stayed where he was and said everything he knew, said more.
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