The Petite Wife of the First Family

   Chapter 18 Picked up a beggar

  Xu Zhizhi looked at the Zuixiang Building, the largest restaurant in Qingshan Town, with bright decoration and carved beams.

  What is Zuixianglou? The people who come to eat here, at least in the town, are either rich or expensive.

   Ordinary villagers are afraid to go in, for fear that they will not know where to step on their feet. But Xu Zhizhi was not an ordinary person, and walked in generously.

  I just don’t know if it is because it’s not until dinner time, there is only one table of guests in the lobby.

   "The girl is here to sell something?" The shop assistant came up to say hello. Seeing how she was dressed and carrying something in her hand, she didn't come to eat at first glance. They often have farmers and hunters here to sell things. But they all looked around at the door timidly, and would not walk in directly, so they asked politely.

   "Is it selling mountain treasures or what, I'd like to ask the shopkeeper if he accepts it."

  Xu Zhizhi's attitude was very good when she saw the shop's second girl. She didn't get arrogant because she was a village girl in the country, and her affection for Zuixianglou suddenly increased a lot. "Yes, little brother, I'm here to sell bean sprouts. It's a kind of fresh vegetable. Please call your shopkeeper to come and take a look."

   "Okay, girl, wait a moment."

   It didn't take long for shopkeeper Li to come out, "What kind of vegetables is the little girl selling, take it out and see."

   Xiangmanyuan next door has a lot of new dishes. Most of the business in the store has been taken away, and the rest are old friends. He is worried about this!

  Xu Zhizhi stepped forward and lifted the cloth on the back of the basket, revealing the plump, watery bean sprouts inside. Moreover, the watery bean sprouts make people very appetizing, and shopkeeper Li has the urge to eat at a glance.

   He stretched out his hand and picked one up and put it in his mouth, a fresh fragrance that he had never tasted made him refreshed. Then it couldn't stop. I also want to eat one.

   "Manager Li, this is not eaten raw. It needs to be boiled or fried." Xu Zhizhi looked at him and said nervously like eating a cucumber.

   Shopkeeper Li blushed, "We haven't seen this bean sprout in town, is it planted or wild?"

   "We planted it ourselves." Xu Zhizhi said.

   Shopkeeper Li thought that it would be good to grow it. If it sells well, the owner will definitely not punish him, and he can also deliver it to various branches. Then you are a great hero...

   "Little girl, I'll take you to the back kitchen to try it out." Shopkeeper Li said enthusiastically.

   Xu Zhizhi didn’t bring much, so he could only make a piece of boiled pork. It didn't take long to smell the fragrance, I was very appetizing when I smelled it, and I wanted to eat it even more when I saw it.

   "Treasurer Li, try it."

   Shopkeeper Li took a sip, and then another sip. He was speechless for a while, and he ate more than half of it at once.

   Chef Lin also has an assistant cook. The second shop assistant looked at him with eyes wide open and drooled at him. This smell is too delicious.

   Shopkeeper Li was seen, so he could only put down his chopsticks reluctantly, "You all come and try it."

   "Excuse me, what's the girl's name?"

   "My surname is Xu and my name is Zhizhi. I wonder if Shopkeeper Li thinks this bean sprout can be placed on your dining table in Zuixianglou."

   "Yes, absolutely." Shopkeeper Li smiled and held his palms. With this boiled meat slice, he could play in the arena with Xiangmanyuan again for a while.

   Shopkeeper Li smiled, "I don't know how to sell Miss Xu's bean sprouts and how to sell Caifangzi?"

   Hearing that he wanted the recipe, Xu Zhizhi knew it was the result, and directly asked for one hundred taels of silver. Bean sprouts are two copper plates per pound.

   There are no bean sprouts here, so just open two copper plates.

   "This...isn't it too expensive?" Shopkeeper Li frowned. Although this dish is novel, it's not worth so much money.

  Xu Zhizhi was not in a hurry, and took a sip of tea slowly.

"Manager Li, don't be too busy to refuse. My bean sprouts can be used not only for boiled meat slices, but also for boiled fish, boiled beef, and even plain stir-fry. The same recipe can add many specialties to the restaurant. Say more."

  The tea in Zuixianglou is good, even the lobby uses such good tea leaves.

   "Such a big drunk incense building, if it is full of customers, I am afraid that the income per day will be more than 100 taels. My recipe is not too expensive to sell for 100 taels."

   Shopkeeper Li hesitated for a while, thinking about the increasingly bleak business, and he was going to be punished! Thinking about it again, if it is popular, the owner's reward, I agreed with one bite.

   "Okay, the deal is done, but since you sold this recipe to me, you can't sell it to anyone else."

   "Of course I am clear about this rule. Please rest assured, Mr. Li. I will write down the recipe and sign it. We can sell all of our bean sprouts to you. But I can't take care of other people's."

   "Do other people have bean sprouts too?"

   "Not now, it will be difficult to say later."

   Shopkeeper Li is even happier when he hears that there are none now. There is no recipe for bean sprouts, and their Zuixianglou is also unique. What's more, others don't have bean sprouts yet, and it will take a long time to imitate them.

   After writing the recipe down, Shopkeeper Li was also a cheerful person, and immediately paid one hundred taels of silver to Xu Zhizhi.

   "In order to prevent mistakes in experience, when we send bean sprouts in two days, I will do it again. I will arrange for the chef to learn."

   When Mr. Li heard Xu Zhizhi say this, he had no reason not to agree, and was simply overjoyed.

   Xu Zhizhi got up and left after saying that, and the shopkeeper Li sent them off warmly.

   Still went to a corner where no one was around, Xu Zhizhi put the silver in the space, then took out the medicine bought for Xu's father and put it in the back basket.

  I wanted to go directly to the vegetable market, but thinking that Xu Honghua went to Xiu Zhuang, Xu Zhizhi stopped by to have a look. I don't know if the wild boar and bean sprouts are sold out, so if they don't, they will be sent directly to Zuixianglou.

   Thinking of this, Xu Zhizhi was in no rush, and walked slowly to the Xiu Zhuang to ask, and learned that Xu Honghua had just left.

   She just walked and watched, the July day was a bit sultry, few people were walking on the street, the wind blew the long street and the leaves were flying, and suddenly the trousers were pulled by a pair of dirty hands.

Xu Zhizhi looked up along these hands. The tattered clothes were so dirty that the color and fabric could not be seen. It was too torn. There were still many footprints of women on her body. kicked out.

The owner of these hands, although his face is dirty, he can still see that his face is pale, and there are several black earthworm-like lines on his face. It looks extremely ugly at first glance, but if you look closely, the facial features are exquisite, but the black lines affect the sight. , Most people see it and think it's just an ugly beggar.

   But Xu Zhizhi knew that the black pattern was poisoned, and she also saw that the black eyes of the man on the ground were full of sharpness and cruelty, but more of a deep disgust.

   Just didn't know what happened to this beggar, what he was disgusted with, Xu Zhizhi was very interested, so he squatted down and asked, "Why are you holding me, are you hungry?"

   Watching his lips chapped to the point of peeling, how long has it been since he drank water! She took out a water bag from the back basket, which was actually a space, and inside it was the spiritual spring water that she was ready to drink at any time.

   (end of this chapter)