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254、Seeing him banqueting guests
Luo Xiaocui's turn of face and denial made Chen Youcai feel a little bit sad while being amused.
Early the next morning, when the small restaurant in Chenjiacun opened for business as usual, Chen Dazhuang and Aunt Xu were surprised to find that Luo Xiaocui hadn't come to work.
They called to inquire, but what they got was a system notification that the line had been busy... The two of them didn't understand, so they thought something happened to Luo Xiaocui, and they wanted Chen Youcai to go and see her face to face.
"Nothing happened, it's just that she found a better job and didn't want to do it anymore."
After all, they have been with each other day and night for more than ten times. Even if they have a cat or dog, they probably have some feelings for each other.
Chen Youcai didn't want to make his father and Aunt Xu sad, so he put the matter aside. The two sighed and didn't ask any more questions.
As usual, he stayed in the hospital until evening. After dinner, Chen Youcai took Zhao Xiaolin to the Zhangjia Town food court.
Before they approached, they heard the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers from a long distance away. I saw a group of people crowded around the entrance of Longji diagonally opposite to my shop, and it was as lively as New Year's Eve.
Long Kee is finally open!
Chen Youcai and Zhao Xiaolin looked at each other, then Qiqi quickened his pace, squeezed behind the crowd and looked towards Longji, which was decorated with lanterns and festoons.
"The new store is open, big bargain for three days, all dishes are [-]% off!"
The big red banner hanging at the door was quite eye-catching. Chen Youcai twitched his lips, but without saying anything, he dragged the aggrieved Zhao Xiaolin into his shop.
"Luo Xiaocui, you bloody traitor! She must have given Long Ji the recipe for the secret sauce!"
Zhao Xiaolin gritted her teeth angrily, and glared at Chen Youcai several times.
At the store entrance just now, both of them saw Luo Xiaocui in the lobby of the store, who was dressed up beautifully, welcoming customers, and introduced himself as the store manager of Long Kee when they met...
"It's all your fault, you have to trust her, it's all right now!"
Zhao Xiaolin sat in the corner angrily, and Aunt Zhang and Zhang Dagui also surrounded her, looking at Chen Youcai worriedly.
"You are talented, Luo Xiaocui won't really leak the formula, will she?"
"Then what should we do? Long Ji has made it clear that he wants to compete with us for business!"
Chen Youcai glanced at the bustling scene of Longji diagonally opposite the shop, shook his head with a smile and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"..."
Zhang Dagui and Aunt Zhang looked at each other in blank dismay, the matter had already happened, so they could only nod silently with a sad face.
The business of the night was not greatly affected by the opening of Long Kee, after all, the seats were all reserved.
But on the second day, diners called to cancel the order. Zhang Dagui and Aunt Zhang sighed and discussed with Chen Youcai.
Zhao Xiaolin continued to ridicule Chen Youcai, saying that he was deceived by lard, and now that he made a mistake, he would be hated forever...
And Chen Youcai, who "misstepped", didn't say much, but just told everyone not to be impatient, and those who were willing to unsubscribe would do so. Anyway, there were enough customers, and those few were not bad.
The seriousness of the situation continued to rise. On the third day of the opening of Delongji, Zhang Ji received more and more unsubscribe calls. For the first time, there were only half of the empty tables in the lobby that was full of seats.
Many regular customers secretly told Zhang Dagui and Aunt Zhang that the chefs that Longji had dug out from no one knew where, and the things they made were exactly the same as Zhangji's.
The point is, their price is only [-]% off Zhang Ji's!
Seeing that her family's business was about to fail, Aunt Zhang was a little annoyed. Regardless of Zhang Dagui's dissuasion, she went to Longji's shop alone to make a scene.
As a result, Luo Xiaocui was eating melon seeds while waving for someone to report the crime, almost getting Aunt Zhang into the police station.
After such a fuss, Aunt Zhang didn't dare to go to Longji to make a fuss, and instead took her anger out on Chen Youcai, complaining whenever she had nothing to do.
For this reason, Zhang Dagui quarreled with her a lot, and Zhao Xiaolin also felt that everything was Chen Youcai's fault, so she pissed off and ignored him for several days.
"Young Master Lu, this is the secret seasoning I got from Chen Youcai. Don't tell me, if you put this stuff in any dish, it will be so fragrant that you can swallow your tongue!"
Long Ji ushered in a good start, and Fatty Long was naturally very happy. On the night of the third day of opening, he couldn't wait to tell Lu Yichen the good news.
On the other end of the video call, I saw Lu Yichen frowned slightly, and asked lately, "Have you checked it? It's not like you secretly added poppy shell powder to it..."
"Don't worry, Young Master Lu, there are no other messy things. The formula is clearly written. The main ingredients are just some expensive Chinese medicinal materials!"
Fatty Long cheerfully sent the recipe picture to Lu Yichen, his face flushed with excitement.
"Young Master Lu, if things go on like this, as long as we continue to use this condiment, it won't take long. Apart from crushing Zhang Ji, we can also open branches everywhere!"
"Okay, good job. Recently, the old man has lost his appetite because of my fourth sister. It's just a good time to try this thing."
Lu Yichen nodded in satisfaction, and said: "If you can expand the scale and start the chain model, you will be the general manager in the future."
"Thank you Young Master Lu, thank you Young Master Lu for your cultivation!"
Fatty Long was so excited that he nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice. Lu Yichen gave him a few more simple instructions and hung up the video call.
"Wu Ma, go find someone to arrange these things according to this recipe."
Lu Yichen called the old lady who was in charge of her own meals, and handed her the picture of the formula on the screen of the mobile phone. The latter looked at it a few times, and said in surprise, "Third young master, these are all Chinese medicinal materials, are you planning to give the old man some medicine? "
"Well, it's a kind of medicinal diet. Hurry up. I have to taste it myself before I can give it to the old man... Remember, don't show the prescription to others. The medicine should be taken separately, not in a pharmacy."
Lu Yichen solemnly urged, Mama Wu didn't dare to disobey, she took her mobile phone and hurried out the door.
After she left and returned, she prepared the seasoning in the kitchen, and Lu Yichen asked her to cook a simple home-cooked dish, and then sprinkled some seasoning on it.
"Wow, third young master, what kind of seasoning is this, it's so fragrant!"
What was originally an ordinary dish of braised tofu in soy sauce now exudes a strong aroma, which permeates the entire kitchen and lingers for a long time.
Lu Yichen was also secretly startled, the secret recipe seasoning was also made by that country bumpkin Chen Youcai...and then think of the colorful secret recipe that can mutate chickens and ducks.
This guy, how can he come up with these good things?
He looked complicated, and he didn't know whether it was jealousy or annoyance, so he picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of tofu into his mouth.
"...!"
With just one mouthful, Lu Yichen suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if he had seen a ghost.
Think about it, as the third young master of the Lu family, he has eaten almost all the delicacies in the world, but he has never had this piece of braised tofu in his mouth that is tempting.
"Third Young Master, I, can I have a taste too?"
Seeing Lu Yichen's face was sombre and he didn't say a word, but his chopsticks were flying like flying, Wu Ma almost drooled as she watched from the side, and finally couldn't help but ask.
"...If you want to eat, just make a plate yourself."
Subconsciously stretching out his chopsticks again, unexpectedly there was nothing left, Lu Yichen stared down in a daze, only to find that a plate of homemade braised tofu had been eaten clean by him.
Facing Mama Wu's slightly weird gaze, Lu Yichen was slightly ashamed, glanced coldly, immediately dropped his chopsticks, and left with the bottle of secret recipe.
He completely ignored the resentful eyes of Wu Ma behind him.
Thank you, Chen Youcai, although you are not worthy to be my friend Lu Yichen, I will carry forward the good things you have created for you one by one...
Thinking silently in his heart, Lu Yichen, who walked out of the kitchen, clenched the seasoning jar in his hand, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.