Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 1199 1188. Qian Qian is the best in the world
Enter the mortal dwelling.

The smile on Master Xu's face gradually faded, replaced by a heart full of emotion.

Touch the screen wall at the entrance.

He sighed, "Newly made?"

Luo Yihang nodded. "The old one can't be found anymore, so I made a new one based on the old photo. Does it look like it to you?"

"Like, like..." Master Xu murmured.

Fanrenju has a very old-fashioned traditional restaurant layout, with a wooden screen wall at the entrance.

The four corners are carved with spring orchid, summer lotus, autumn chrysanthemum and winter plum, symbolizing the changing of the four seasons. The edges are carved with auspicious patterns such as bats (blessing), longevity peaches (longevity) and carp (wealth).

In the middle, a poem was written in large gold-painted characters.

Xin Qiji's "Qing Ping Yue"

【The thatched eaves are low and small, and the grass is green on the stream. When I was drunk, I heard the charming Wu accent. Whose white-haired old man and old woman are they? The eldest son is hoeing beans on the east side of the stream, and the middle son is weaving a chicken coop. I like the youngest son the most, lying at the stream head and peeling lotus pods.】

It reflects the name of Fanrenju.

It is said that this is the old shopkeeper's favorite poem, and it also symbolizes that the old shopkeeper has not forgotten his original intention.

He is also a farmer's son and calls himself an ordinary person.

Unfortunately, the original intention was lost later.

Restaurants are becoming more and more high-end and ordinary people can’t afford them.

In the end, the screen wall was dismantled by his son and sold as scrap, and was never recovered.

After passing the screen wall, you have entered the lobby.

Fanrenju is an old restaurant, but not a century-old one.

Therefore, there were no gatehouses, couplets, auspicious beasts, no Mingtang, and no "mountain surrounding water" feng shui layout.

The old shopkeeper doesn't understand either.

So when you enter the lobby, there is a counter on the left and a cold buffet on the right, which also sells snacks and main dishes.

There are tables and chairs in the middle.

Tables for four, six and small round tables for eight.

There is a small table at the innermost part, which is used for wedding banquets.

Master Xu touched the square tables, round stools and high-back chairs along the way.

Finally, he smiled, "This is still the original one."

"Only a part of it was recovered. Some on the edge were newly made in the same way as the original ones. You can see it if you get close." Luo Yihang explained.

These old-fashioned solid wood tables, chairs and benches had naturally all been sold before, and there was no place to put them if they weren't sold.

But these things are hard to find again after they are sold. After all the hard work, I can only find less than half of them.

The rest can only be redone as it was.

Li Axe, the old carpenter in Hutou Village who was missing three fingers, had a great summer. He was busy all day and earned more money than he had made in the previous two or three years.

"It's okay, it's okay." Master Xu smiled and waved his hands.

Then he sighed faintly: "It's still better this way..."

This was the umpteenth time he had sighed since he entered the room today.

The mortal residence has been renovated.

The old shopkeeper's son had demolished all the Instagram style, light luxury style, LED light strips, glass walls, and internet celebrity check-in spots that he had originally created.

It returned to its original appearance.

It's a bit old-fashioned and traditional, lacking in decoration, with only some antique decorations and screens as embellishments.

But Master Xu vaguely felt that the aroma of food that had permeated the walls, the ground, the tables, chairs and benches had returned.
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"Let's go to the kitchen and take a look." Luo Yihang extended his hand to invite.

Master Xu subconsciously quickened his pace and returned to his kitchen with familiarity.

The kitchen of the mortal residence is behind the small table. You have to enter from the right side. There is a secret door.

On the left is the food delivery port.

The kitchen was also renovated, unlike the outside which was restored to its original state.

The kitchen has undergone a major transformation.

The operating table has been replaced with a new one with a more reasonable layout.

The water station, food preparation station and cooking station are arranged in a concave shape.

The range hood and stove were also replaced.

Many new devices have also been added.

Only the huge double-door refrigerator that Master Xu usually uses is still the same model.

But it changed from one to six, and the empty side was now filled to the brim.

There is a small door next to it, which leads to the warehouse.

Master Xu looked at the new kitchen, searching for his previous memories, and couldn't get enough of it.

In the end, he only said, "The kitchen has been enlarged."

"We squeezed out some space from the front and back. The original kitchen is gone, and pre-prepared meals don't require such a large area." Luo Yihang explained briefly.

Then he introduced: "When we renovated, we replaced the water supply and drainage. The original one was too old, the drainage was easily blocked, and the water supply pressure was not enough."

"By the way, we also changed the electricity and gas, and re-made the waterproof and heat-insulating layers for safety reasons."

"The exhaust and central air conditioning have also been renovated to the highest standards. This place will definitely not feel like a steamer in the summer."

"By the way, the outside has also been renovated. The floor heating and central air conditioning are all new, and the private rooms have also been re-soundproofed. The outside looks the same, but the inside is completely different."

"Can you please see if there is anything else you need or want to change?"

Master Xu looked around again, smiled and waved his hand, "That's thoughtful, very good, much better than before."

After saying that, Master Xu looked at Luo Yihang and said, "Tell me, what are the rules? Is it still the same as the original Mortal Residence?"

Luo Yihang shook his head.

Pull two chairs over and ask Master Xu to sit down.

Then he expressed his ideas or plans.

"It's definitely not possible to only accept high-profit wedding banquets and business banquets like Fanrenju did before. Do you still remember that during the last period of Fanrenju, only the private room on the third floor was occupied, and the lobby was basically empty. It was all supported by you cooking big dishes every day. How many people can afford to eat hundreds or thousands of dollars? Besides, you are not young anymore. How many years can you last with all the effort?"

Master Xu smiled bitterly and said nothing.

How could he not know?

Living conditions were getting worse year by year, and in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency, the old shopkeeper fired most of the waiters and kitchen helpers.

There are fewer and fewer affordable dishes that cost around a hundred yuan.

This way you can purchase less goods.

Let Master Xu specialize in making big dishes, as big dishes have high profits.

One dish is worth twenty ordinary dishes.

As a result, business is getting worse and worse.

His craftsmanship is good, but as Luo Yihang said, Tianhan is a small town and there are only a few rich people there.

No matter how delicious the food at Fanrenju is, you can’t eat it every day.

"So what are you going to do?" Master Xu asked again.

"I plan to make all kinds of dishes, including breakfast in the morning, home-cooked dishes at noon, and you can show off your skills in making big dishes in the evening." After Luo Yihang finished speaking, he continued earnestly, "You are not young anymore, so just keep an eye on the daily life. When making big dishes, you only need to be responsible for the key steps."

Master Xu felt warm in his heart and said with a smile, "It's not cheap to do this."

Luo Yihang waved his hand and said, "We are not short of money. You can recruit people and prepare materials. I will assign a group of professional managers to you. If you need anything, just tell me. Anyway, everything is up to you."

This is said with confidence.

Master Xu smiled again and shook his head, saying, "You know my requirements, old man. I always use the best of everything, so don't feel bad when you spend money."

Luo Yihang also smiled and emphasized again: "We want the best. There is no upper limit to your budget. Even if you want something but can't get it, tell me and I will find someone to do it for you."

"But, there is one thing." Luo Yihang pushed further and put forward a new request, "Since we are doing this, it is not too much to make Fanrenju the best in the world..."

(End of this chapter)