Dali Temple Small Dining Room 2

Chapter 386 Chicken Porridge Brown Sugar Pie ([-])

The issue of making money is not only on the mind of A Bing, but also by Wen Mingtang. Compared with Tangyuan and A Bing, Wen Mingtang is alone from beginning to end, and there is no way out for him to rely on.It was because she was thinking about it when the takeaway stall was obstructed by Concubine Jing who didn't know the sufferings of the world.

When she first came out of the palace, she thought about opening a restaurant by herself, but she just came out of the cage at that time, and she was not familiar with the world outside the cage.

It's just that it's hard to do all the trivial and noisy things like restaurants and houses, but you still have to deal with troubles in the dark.What should I do if someone is jealous and looks for others to find fault?

Therefore, for Wen Mingtang, who was alone at that time when he needed money but had no money, no one else, and was alone, it was the best choice to be a stable private chef who could enter the public kitchen and yamen, have food and housing.

Afterwards, with Ji Caimai's help, Wen Mingtang set up the public kitchen's takeaway stall again.

Although opening a restaurant by yourself is definitely the most profitable, but buying ingredients by yourself, making arrangements for the location of the restaurant, and dealing with all kinds of people who find fault, etc., in fact, there are many things to solve.

Wen Mingtang originally thought that he would just stay in the public kitchen of Dali Temple like this, and set up the takeaway stalls well. It would be nice to get a commission and be a hands-off shopkeeper with peace of mind.

Until the end of the year was approaching, Concubine Jing jumped out and messed up everyone's original plans.

Thinking of this, Wen Mingtang sighed quietly: The old troubles left by Wen Xuance need to be resolved, but similarly, the matter of making money is equally important.

Concubine Jing, who doesn't know the sufferings of the world, slapped her hard, forcing her to withdraw from her stability and think about whether it is really feasible to open a restaurant if one day the public chef really can't stay. ?
She didn't have much savings in the palace for a few years. After all, she was just a criminal official, and she had to deal with all kinds of troubles. In the next few years, Zhao Sishan would take care of her, so she wouldn't be able to make ends meet. Food relief to survive.

After leaving the palace, Wen Mingtang came to the official cook of Dali Temple, and Wen Mingtang really saved a lot of money.

After all, she has no preference for "burning money". On weekdays, she doesn't buy silk, satin, jewellery, let alone appreciate famous paintings, jades and the like. Apart from buying a book or two to relieve boredom and purchasing some ingredients , there is almost no place to spend money.

Wen Mingtang closed the door and counted his savings: with the savings on hand, it would not be a problem for him to find a shop with an average location in Chang'an City and rent it for a year or so.But being a restaurant is not just about having a shop, you need money to fiddle with the shop; if you start a business, you need money from people; let alone buying ingredients, the most troublesome thing is to deal with the troubles in the market up.

A single tree can't make a forest, it's really difficult for her to do this by herself, but Tangyuan and A Bing are added, let alone after Zhao Sishan leaves the palace!

Therefore, what needs to be considered now is the troubles in the marketplace and her own troubles.

These are not things that can be solved with money. Someone needs to help.

As soon as this thought came out, Lin Fei's face popped into Wen Mingtang's mind, but she threw it out as soon as it came out: Lin Fei just came over for a meal on weekdays. , there is Wen Xuance's matter, so don't think about it.

The idea of ​​opening a restaurant is good, but it is a bit difficult to actually do it.

However, Wen Mingtang did not discuss this with A Bing in detail for the time being. He only praised him for being "responsible", and then said, "This matter needs to be fully planned. After Zhao Sishan leaves the palace, I will discuss it later."

This is not a refusal, after all, not long after the Shangyuan Festival, Zhao Sishan will leave the palace. After thinking about it, it will not take more than a month at most. A Bing nodded in agreement, and then took her hand. The work in the house began to tidy up the kitchen.

Wen Mingtang didn't compete with him to do these small things, he just washed his hands and walked out of the kitchen yard, but he didn't immediately go to the mourning hall to find glutinous rice balls, but after he left the yard, he stopped and leaned against the wall to think of this matter thing.

Opening a restaurant is naturally troublesome, but no matter how troublesome it is, there is no way out, just solve it one by one.

What Wen Mingtang really struggled with in his heart was human feelings other than things.

When she first left the palace, the chef of Dali Temple gave her a place to stay, and she got along well with the officials and servants of Dali Temple this year.

If there was no matter about Concubine Jing, she would not have planned to leave.

Right now, if he was really planning to leave, he would definitely leave with Tang Yuan and A Bing. If all the cooks in the public kitchen left at once, it would be like leaving Ji Caimai with a thorny mess.

The yamen of Dali Temple is not a leisurely yamen, and the servants and officials in the yamen have worked hard. Wen Mingtang couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of the first time he saw the crowd when they came to the public kitchen with their faces full of dishes.

Although I know that my job as a public chef is just an errand, I can just do my own job well, and don't worry about other things.

But the friendship they have gotten along with in the past year is true.

The yamen of various ministries in Darong have daily on-duty hours, and the Dali Temple yamen is no exception, and has its own set off-duty hours.Ordinarily, when it's time to be on duty, everyone can leave, why bother staying up all night to find the murderer of the case?

Without him, money is an important thing, but some things are more important than money.

After standing in place for a long time without weighing the pros and cons, Wen Mingtang laughed at himself twice for his indecision, and put the matter to the back of his mind for the time being: It is useless to think about it at this time, until Zhao Sishan leaves the palace, Concubine Jing When there is progress in that matter, let's talk about it then!
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Ah Bing didn't hide the fact that he had a falling out with his family, he left Tang Yuan that night, and when he came back, he was carrying two bundles on his back, and it was obvious that he had "run away from home".

In this way, there is another "night watch" besides Zhao You.

Wen Mingtang and Tang Yuan cleared out a room full of clutter, and let the two of them sleep together.

Flash forward to the fourth day, Wen Mingtang and others, together with the Dali Temple people who came over, sent Lao Yuan off for the last time.

There were quite a few people who came on the fourth day of the lunar new year, not only Lin Fei but also Zhao Mengzhuo, Wen Mingtang and the others were a little surprised, but they were not too surprised: Although the Minister of Dali Temple, Mr. Zhao, was about to retire in two years, Wanting to return to his hometown safely and become a rich man, he is no longer in charge of things, and he is also very tactful.But after staying in the yamen of Dali Temple for twenty years, he is actually a very affectionate person in his bones.

Back then, it was so cold and freezing that the joints of the hands and feet would still be sore in the winter.

Wen Mingtang expressed emotion to Zhao Mengzhuo who was wearing two thick jackets at the front and came to see off Lao Yuan, but he didn't expect that it would be like that when he saw Zhao Mengzhuo again.

(End of this chapter)