Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 23
Running the restaurant with Cao Xiaozhong might just be Li Fei's whim. He knows that it is impossible to rely on this to achieve the goal of turning customers into the main, but at least with a fixed income, Lin Siming can't despise him even more. Not restricted by the Lin family.

To run a restaurant, signature dishes are very important.

Although the Tang Dynasty did not have peppers, tomatoes, and many seasonings that were only available in later generations, many dishes could not be prepared, but Chinese cuisine is extensive and profound, with ten famous dishes and countless ways, there are many dishes that can be prepared.

Not to mention, braised pork, braised fish, etc. are one of Li Fei's specialty dishes, and there is absolutely no problem in using them as signature dishes.

Although it is just the most basic home cooking of later generations, it has gradually evolved over thousands of years. At least in this Tang Dynasty, it is absolutely unheard of. It's too advanced.

Generally, the signature dishes don’t need too many. Two or three kinds can support a restaurant. It’s more about the management, environment, service, etc., but Li Fei is too lazy to take care of these, let Cao Xiaozhong handle it himself, whether it can be done or not , It also depends on Cao Xiaozhong's ability.

Although he only planned to cook three signature dishes, it was the first time for his wife to taste them. In the end, Li Fei cooked eight dishes and one soup, and set them up for a whole table.

Looking at such a table of incomparably sumptuous dishes, complete in color, fragrance and taste, Lin Shiyue's eyes widened, she was so pleasantly surprised.

Faced with such a table of sumptuous dishes, Lin Shiyue has never been so full.

"My lady, what do you think?" Seeing Lin Shiyue eating so much at once, Li Fei was instantly filled with a sense of accomplishment and was very happy.

"My husband's culinary skills are much better than the cooks in the mansion. Yue Yue has never eaten so much at one time." Lin Shiyue was a little embarrassed, but she was more surprised. She thought Li Fei could only cook. But I didn't expect Li Fei to do so well.

"It's as long as the lady likes it. As long as the lady wants to eat, I will make it for the lady every day." Li Fei laughed.

"Husband, you are so kind to Yueyue." Lin Shiyue was very touched, with beautiful eyes, everyone said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, except for those who have family cooking skills and open restaurants, other men rarely enter the kitchen, let alone know how to do it. Cooked, and cooked so well.

"Miss, you are my wife, of course I want to treat you well." Li Fei was sitting next to Lin Shiyue, and stretched out his hand to hook Lin Shiyue into his arms. How could he waste such a good mood and atmosphere.

Next, Li Fei compensated Lin Shiyue for a walk to digest food, told her jokes, etc., constantly enhancing the relationship between the two.

Just after evening, before it was completely dark, Li Fei couldn't wait to urge Lin Shiyue to bed.

It wasn't that Li Fei was in a hurry, but that he was too young and bloody, and he endured it for eight days. Although he successfully consummated the room last night, it was the first time after all. He must make it up tonight.
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For the next ten days, Li Fei soaked in Lin Shiyue's gentle hometown again, hardly going anywhere.

The life in the gentle village is really comfortable and comfortable. If it wasn't for the imminent collapse of the Great Tang Dynasty, he would have to think about the future. He wished that it would be like this for the rest of his life. It wouldn't be a bad thing if the son-in-law could live comfortably.

Cao Xiaozhong's action was also very fast, and there was already news that the restaurant would be repaired soon.

"Yo, Cao Xiaozhong made it very quickly." Li Fei didn't pay much attention to it, and he participated in it on a whim, but he had already written out a few signature dishes, er, the recipes, and ordered Zeng A Niu to inform Cao Xiaopang to come Pick.

Looking at the brand-new Jiupinxuan, Cao Xiaozhong was very proud. It seemed that he was determined to go into business.

Cao Xiaozhong didn't pay much attention to Li Fei's so-called signature dishes at first, he wished that Li Fei would only take the shares and not care about anything else.

"Damn it, is this the signature dish you prepared for Jiupinxuan?" Cao Xiaozhong only took a bite, and quickly emptied several dishes like a storm.

"It's so delicious. With these signature dishes as the base, it's hard for our Jiupinxuan not to be popular!" Cao Xiaozhong stared at Li Fei, his eyes almost turned green, and he adored Li Fei even more.

"I didn't expect you to be so good at cooking, brother. If you go to Jiupinxuan to cook, Jiupinxuan will definitely become the number one restaurant in Xunyang County soon, and it is not impossible to even pass on the name of Chang'an."

"Forget it, bro, I don't want to work so hard for that little money." Li Fei gave Cao Xiaozhong a supercilious look, without even thinking about it, buying a stake in the restaurant was at most a wish to support Cao Xiaopang's business, and couldn't bear to look at his restaurant Just open and then fall.

Li Fei handed over a few recipes to Cao Xiaozhong. As for how he would find someone to make them and ensure that the secret recipes would not be leaked out, that was not something he should worry about.Anyway, it is impossible for him to be busy up and down for the restaurant.

Cao Xiaozhong was already extremely excited to get a few recipes of signature dishes, Li Fei didn't care about anything, he could operate in his own way.

"Yueyue, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you so much." After receiving the menu of the signature dish, Cao Xiaozhong was willing to leave, and said such a sentence to Lin Shiyue affectionately with a sad face.

Damn, I can't stand it.

"Cao Xiaopang, you are looking for death, you dare to tease my wife in front of me." Li Fei kicked Cao Xiaozhong with a dark face.
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Li Fei and Cao Xiaozhong thought that at this point, their Jiupinxuan would be able to open smoothly.

It's a pity that they were all wrong, and things were far from that simple.

Not only Lin Siming has been staring at Li Fei's every move, but Zhang Yuanming was suffocated by Li Fei twice, and he didn't want Li Fei and Cao Xiaozhong to have a better life. He had already found out what Li Fei and Cao Xiaozhong were doing recently, and just waited Looking for a chance to destroy it on the opening day.

On the opening day, both Li Fei and Cao Xiaozhong were present.

It's a pity that there are no firecrackers, so it can't be as lively as later generations.

Cao Xiaozhong's eyes are really bright. This restaurant is his first step in starting a business. He even told Li Fei that in the future he will not only build a restaurant, but also open a cloth shop, a rice shop, etc., and become the richest in Tang Dynasty. merchant.

Li Fei didn't know what to say, so he could only smile and praise Cao Xiaozhong's lofty ambition.

In fact, Li Fei felt that in this ancient time, one could only enter the officialdom to become a real master, and no matter how rich a businessman was, he was just a piece of fish on the cutting board of a high-ranking official.Of course, Li Fei didn't tell Cao Xiaozhong what he said to hurt him. Everyone has his own way, and it depends on the individual how he goes. He can't help Cao Xiaozhong.

Just when Li Fei and Cao Xiaozhong announced the opening, they were ready to operate.

A man about 40 years old suddenly came in with a large group of people. Seeing the face of the leading man, Cao Xiaozhong was so frightened that his legs went limp.

"Father, why are you here?" Cao Xiaozhong had a mournful face, the last thing he wanted to see was his father, County Captain Cao.

"You don't study hard. In the future, you will come to do such obscene things in the imperial examination. Are you going to be mad at your father and shame our Cao family ancestors?" Cao Xianwei roared angrily, Li Fei They all doubted that if he was louder, the restaurant would be knocked down.

Seeing Cao Xiaozhong being forcibly taken away by County Captain Cao, Li Fei felt that they had a bad start today, and their original idea was too simple.

Before taking Cao Xiaozhong away, County Captain Cao gave Li Fei a hard look. It seemed that he was dissatisfied with Li Fei, and he might even think that Li Fei had led Cao Xiaozhong away.

"My son-in-law, come back with me too!" Lieutenant Cao had just left when Lin Siming also came, glaring at Li Fei sullenly.

Li Fei was helpless, shook his head and sighed, he knew that at this moment, the restaurant he and Cao Xiaozhong would definitely not be able to open.
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(End of this chapter)