I open a restaurant in Xiujie

Back in the kitchen, Yu Xiaotan flipped through the golden pages in the sea of ​​consciousness, closed his eyes and held his breath, concentrating on a large piece of golden aura in his hand.

A spirit beast that looked like a chicken but not a chicken, and a bird but not a bird gradually took shape under his palm, with sun-colored red feathers all over its body.Beads of sweat gradually ooze from Yu Xiaotan's forehead, and the spiritual power in his body flows away like a wave. His chest gradually rose and fell, like a shallow and gentle breath.

The moment the aura in Yu Xiaotan's hand suddenly disappeared, Chiji suddenly opened his eyes!

Those were a pair of azure blue pupils, transparent and clear, like a sunny sky with no clouds in the sky, and a vast expanse of land was shining brightly in the pupils, with birds and animals whizzing past in groups.

But the eyes were only open for a moment.

After Yu Xiaotan let go, Chiji closed his eyes again, and his chest no longer heaved - Yu Xiaotan's spiritual power was not yet sufficient enough to support him to manifest a living creature.

Raising his hand to stroke the soft feathers of the red chicken for a moment, Yu Xiaotan fetched a basin of hot water, scalded the chicken carefully, and removed the feathers.

At this time, the kitchen door was pushed open, and Bai Junda walked in yawning.He had just finished serving a few dishes in the lobby, and he was full and satisfied in the morning, but now he still felt itchy when he smelled the dishes, and was thinking of going around the kitchen to see if he could get something to satisfy his hunger ——It happened that Yu Xiaotan collected the beautiful red feathers to one side, leaving only white, tender and bright whole chickens in the basin.

"Wow Xiaotan, is this lunch?"

Looking at the white, tender and smooth chicken, Bai Junda had already imagined the mellow taste of the chicken when it came out of the pan.What Yu Xiaotan used to scald the hair was not boiling water, but spiritual water at about [-] or [-] degrees, which could remove the hair without damaging the tenderness and firmness of the chicken and skin.

"What are you going to do, spicy stir-fried, salivating chicken?" Bai Junda leaned aside, his eyes lit up and chattered, "I kind of want to drink the chicken soup you stewed earlier, can you cut off the chicken wings and drumsticks and braise them in soy sauce? Eat a pair of chicken , hahaha cool..."

Yu Xiaotan poured all the seasonings such as soy sauce, salt, sugar, cooking wine and pepper into a large porcelain bowl, and stirred them evenly with chopsticks: "Don't think about it, this is for entertaining guests."

Bai Junda suddenly felt lost, his brows drooping and his eyes drooping, he muttered, shouting "you have to give me something anyway" or something like that.

Yu Xiaotan raised his foot, as if to kick him: "Go out, don't disturb me, I'm annoying."

"No way, Yu Xiaotan," Bai Junda raised his brows in surprise, "Is there anything that can be difficult for you?"

He put away those gags, stood aside and observed carefully for a while, and really found that Yu Xiaotan's state was different from before.

When cooking in the past, Yu Xiaotan always looked very relaxed, and sometimes hummed a few out-of-key modern pop songs when he was in high spirits, but this time, the boy's expression fell into Bai Junda's eyes, almost serious.

Bai Junda even felt that he was hesitating.After the thick sauce was sprinkled in the basin, Yu Xiaotan stood beside the stove for a long time as he watched the snow-white chicken being submerged in the sauce little by little.

The slightly long black hair floated down from the forehead, and it was fragmented in front of the eyes.

"Xiaobai, I have a question for you." He said suddenly.

Bai Junda: "Huh?"

Yu Xiaotan curled his fingers and tapped on the pot lightly: "If you didn't become a monk, what would you like to do?"

Bai Junda's expression became very strange when he said this, as if recalling some terrible past events: "I failed to become a monk...I'll go, don't tell me, I really thought about this."

"Not only did I think about it, before I met you, I thought about it every day, nothing more than inheriting my father's property, opening a few more shops, spreading the business all over Luo Town, and spreading out as much as possible, but... ..."

After a pause, he sighed again: "Hey, Yu Xiaotan, do you know how difficult it is to do business in this world? It is simply impossible for a family to expand their business without the support of a few immortal masters in the family. , I will suppress you if you say it is suppressed."

"With my father's great business ability, he has been hanging around in Luo Town for so many years. Could it be that he doesn't have the ability to expand? Really not, he is just afraid that if his business grows bigger, he will offend some immortal master outside. People came to the door and took away our old Bai's family in one pot - there was really no place to cry."

Yu Xiaotan nodded thoughtfully.

"That's why my father was so happy when Bai Xiuyue showed his talent in cultivation." Bai Junda sighed even more depressed, "My family really needs such a person, it's like a protective umbrella behind the family, without this umbrella, No matter how capable you are, you have to shrink back obediently."

Yu Xiaotan: "...I understand."

In fact, it is very similar to the earth. It is always easier for the powerful to get what they want, but it is much more difficult for the grassroots to come out. It requires not only talent and hard work, but also opportunities.

It's just that in the Qixia world, this unfair confrontation is even more obvious. Yu Xiaotan recalled the spirit chef assessment back then. Those spirit chefs who showed their talents were invited by Guanghuazhai Wang Zirong, and few refused; and those who explicitly refused, Unlike their own system, with the help of Brother Ji, Qiongqing and others, what are the chances of them starting their own restaurant?

While thinking, Yu Xiaotan dipped his hands into the sauce and kneaded the chicken evenly.

He rubbed it very carefully, carefully rubbing every inch of the chicken's skin in place with a massage-like technique. The sauce penetrated deeply from the several knife cuts cut on the chicken, and the whole chicken gradually exuded a flavor full of spices. fresh fragrance.

Put the chicken aside to marinate, Yu Xiaotan washed his hands, took a sieve, put a few handfuls of yellow mud into it, and shook it gently.

The sifted soil was so fine that it looked like brown flour when grasped. Yu Xiaotan sprinkled a little high-strength white wine on it, and immediately mixed it with water to knead the soil into a dough-like paste.

After preparing the paste, Yu Xiaotan cut the shiitake mushrooms and ginger into small slices, and chopped some onions and chopped green onions.

At this point the chicken is almost cooked.Yu Xiaotan cut open the red chicken's belly, just about to stuff these things in, suddenly his hand paused again, he put down the hen, took out a few potatoes, washed them, and cut them into small pieces.

Carefully stuffing the potatoes in, and blocking the incision of the chicken belly with chopped green onions, Yu Xiaotan took out a few lotus leaves left over from the summer.

The lotus leaves have been dried in the sun, but soaked in hot water, they will become very soft again. Yu Xiaotan broke the leg bones of the chicken, stuffed the chicken feet into the stomach, and pinned the chicken head behind the wings. Carefully wrap the whole chicken with leaves layer by layer.

Bai Junda watched eagerly from the side: "Xiao Tan, beggar chicken?"

"Ah."

Yu Xiaotan covered the soil layer by layer until the chicken and lotus leaves disappeared, leaving only a round earth ball in the pot.

He lightly touched the mud ball in the basin, and said softly: "Xiaobai, have you heard the story of Nuwa creating man?"

Bai Junda's head was stuffed with chicken, and his saliva was gushing out one after another. He was staring at the mud ball with burning eyes, and absent-mindedly said "hmm" a few times: "Of course I have heard of it, girl... what? , Nuwa?"

Yu Xiaotan: "..."

Yu Xiaotan made him laugh angrily: "Nuwa created man, that is to say, the goddess in ancient times picked up mud with wicker sticks and threw it on the ground, so man appeared."

Bai Junda said "hmm" indiscriminately, and his whole head was almost stuck to the ball of mud exuding fragrance.

Yu Xiaotan didn't expect this guy to say anything, he picked up the mud ball and put it in the oven of the earth stove in the corner, ordered the small fire to adjust the temperature, and immediately clapped his hands to wash the mud.

Across the oven separated by formations and made of black jade, the young man quietly looked at the slowly rotating mud ball, with complex expressions in his eyes.

The mud ball was swirling in the raging fire, wrapped extremely well, but the two in the kitchen still faintly smelled a strong, mouth-watering aroma.

……

Guanghuazhai on the east side of Luo Town is decorated with lights and festoons, very lively.

More than half of the assessment period in March has passed. At this time, the Wang family also sent a group of elders to come to Luo Town to inspect the situation, which can be regarded as a phased assessment.Wang Quwen spent a lot of effort to bribe some of the elders, but she couldn't influence the opinions of the elders, she could only let the elders put the first stop of the assessment in her Dongzhai .

At this time, there was a lot of people in the room, and Wang Quwen, who was wearing a red dress with a cloud pattern, was beautiful and heroic. There was a bright flame pattern on her eyebrows, which made her whole person look like a rose lingering in the fire. She stood at the door with a smile on her face. Welcome the elders to the gate.

"During the two months since our Guanghuazhai was established, we have received a total of 510 diners and earned more than [-] spiritual stones..."

While she was introducing the situation, she secretly looked at the elders. When she saw a man in Tsing Yi in the middle of the crowd, her voice froze for a moment.

It was exactly the same as the man she described in the news she received before.

And at this moment, seeing how respectful the other elders are to the person in Tsing Yi, Wang Quwen can conclude that this person must be in a high position in the family, and may even be a key person who can influence the results of this assessment.

Many thoughts flashed through Wang Quwen's mind, her voice remained unchanged, but her smile became sweeter.

Especially when the man in Tsing Yi lazily raised his eyelids, she could definitely turn his eyes away immediately and meet the man's eyes.

Dignified and beautiful, she fully displayed the demeanor of a wise and capable female priest.

But the man in Tsing Yi always seemed to be lacking in interest, playing with a jade token in his palm.Even the chief who took the seat was still frowning and sighing all the time.

Wang Quwen introduced: "Guanghuazhai has completely opened up the situation in Luozhen, and will soon become..."

The man in Tsing Yi interrupted her lightly: "Really?"

"I heard that our restaurant has a very bad reputation among the people nearby."

"..." The smile on Wang Quwen's face couldn't hold back, "Elder, you are joking, we are a restaurant facing the monks, at least we are in the mouth of the monks nearby..."

"That's what the monk said, right?" The man in Tsing Yi threw and caught the jade token in his hand, and said indifferently, "Isn't the best Lingchu restaurant in Luo Town the Yu's restaurant in Tayu? "

Hearing the words "Yu's Restaurant", Wang Quwen's delicate makeup and sweet smile seemed to crack the twisted opening in an instant as if the exquisite porcelain fell on the ground.

The corners of her mouth were stiff, and she smiled dryly: "Well, that was not long after we opened, and we still have a bit of reputation in the hearts of the locals..."

The man in Tsing Yi raised his eyelids: "Oh, didn't you just say that the situation has been completely opened up?"

Wang Quwen: "..."