Yun'er looked at Shen Lie who was secretly happy, and then looked at this shabby little shop that even dogs despised. Her little face was full of doubts, and she couldn't help but touch her little head cutely.
The little maid kept winking at the young master, fearing that the young master would be deceived.
But Shen Lie had his own plan in mind. Although the store was not big, only about thirty square meters, it had its own backyard and kitchen.
It's barely enough to open a small restaurant.
So Shen Lie negotiated the rent with the landlord and spent another morning delivering cash, handling paperwork, signing and depositing...
When it was noon, I saw the landlord off.
Shen Lie stood contentedly in front of the small shop in the depths of the alley, with his hands on his waist, looking at his first shop in this era.
I was secretly happy.
This leak is huge!
What location is this? It's next to Chaoyang Gate, close to the prosperous residential area in the inner city, and a geomantic treasure of Liubu Yamen. There is a lot of traffic.
Although the location is a little off, the environment is a little bad, and the store is a little small, the rent of 12 taels per year is simply free. Compared with the price, all shortcomings can be ignored.
When Shen Lie was feeling proud, a pair of soft, slightly cool hands reached out from behind and touched his forehead.
look back.
Then he saw the suspicion on Yun'er's face and she was looking at him with suspicious eyes.
"Ha ha!"
Shen Lie felt hot in his heart, stretched out his waist, picked up the little maid by her soft legs, and then spun her around a few times.
As the world spun, Yun'er was shy and helpless in broad daylight, but she instinctively hugged Shen Lie's thick waist and shouted in panic: "Master, Master..."
Shen Lie licked his lips, remembering that these days, she often got into his bed at night. Wherever he could hold himself back, she had already made him angry.
So he took her into his own shop in three steps and then kissed her fiercely. In the heat, he stuck out his tongue to open her teeth, and rolled the moist little tongue to give her a gentle kiss. Sipping, the big mouth covered it fiercely, and the little maid's unbearable whimpering like a kitten sounded in the small shop filled with the smell of old vinegar.
"Master... wu wu..."
Just taste it and stop.
Shen Lie looked at the little maid who was about to faint in his arms, gently slapped her pert little buttocks, and pretended to be fierce: "Don't you dare!"
Yun'er closed her eyes tightly and said obediently: "I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore."
As the setting sun in the afternoon shone in from outside the open door, it shone on the face of the pretty maid who had her eyes closed and was trembling slightly, revealing a bright flush in her fair skin.
Afternoon, Goulan Hutong.
Shen family.
After renting the shop, Shen Lie got busy and started knocking on Aunt Li's door first.
Shen Lie took out two taels of silver and asked Aunt Li to help find a few women to clean up the messy shop. Then he called the carpenter and plasterer back and spent five taels of silver to make a simple furnish.
The decoration style is minimalist, with several long tables and a bunch of benches made of hardwood boards...
In fact, it’s just to save money.
So within ten days, the shop had a completely new look.
During this period, Shen Lie began to recruit people again. Counting him, Yun'er, and Aunt Li, Shen Lie also recruited a young boy, a strong woman who worked as a cook and did odd jobs.
Five people are enough to take care of such a small shop.
The sun is shining brightly on this day.
In the newly cleaned shop, the door was open. Shen Lie was sitting upright, holding a brush in his hand and thinking hard. It was time to give the shop a name.
Yun'er, Aunt Li and others looked at him eagerly.
But I saw a bright light flashing in Shen Lie's eyes, and with a stroke of his pen, he thought of a domineering name: "Bianyifang."
In an instant, Yun'er, the only one who could read, stared blankly at the young master, covered her mouth in surprise, and let out a soft cry.
"ah?"
This name made Yun'er stunned.
When other people open restaurants and name their restaurants, they are always like Zuixianju or Yingbin Building, and the slightly worse ones are called Delicious Restaurant.
It's good for our young master, as soon as he picks up a pen, he is a cheap shop.
Looking at this name, Yun'er suddenly became cute, and she thought in her heart, did the young master choose this name because the food here is extremely cheap?
Shen Lie smiled and said firmly: "Yes!"
That’s right!
At this moment, Shen Lie's eyes were shining with wisdom, and he said to Yun'er, Aunt Li: "Think about it, our small business can't compare to Yingbin Building..."
We must take the low-cost route that is close to the people!
"Small profits but quick turnover."
Although Yun'er and Aunt Li didn't understand Shen Lie's explanation, they nodded along unconsciously. It seemed to make sense, but they always felt that something was wrong.
But Shen Lie was determined, so he asked the boy on the spot to take a few taels of silver to customize the signboard, and decided on the name Bianyifang.
Everyone had no choice but to watch Shen Lie pick up the pen again and write two more words.
"Braised."
This seemed to be the name of a dish, but Yun'er was even more confused. After thinking about it in her mind, she had never heard of such a dish in the world.
So Yun'er asked blankly: "Master, what kind of cuisine is this braised pork?"
The corners of Shen Lie's mouth raised slightly, revealing a bright smile, and he thought to himself, you didn't know this, this braised stew will be famous in later generations!
Are there any people in the capital who don’t know how to cook braised pork?
So Shen Lie picked up the pen again and wrote two words.
"Burn on fire."
The left hand is braised and the right hand is roasted, now they are all alive.
Shen Lie was very satisfied. Luzhuhuoshao is a famous local traditional snack in Beijing. It is made by boiling braised and stewed pig intestines and pig lungs together.
For the poor people at the bottom, buying a bowl of staple food, non-staple food and hot soup will provide you with some meaty food.
This stewed and fired dish originated from Nanheng Street in the south of the capital city. It did not exist in this era and did not exist until the Qing Dynasty more than a hundred years later.
This delicacy was originally not called braised pork, but Su Zao Rou. According to legend, during the Qianlong period, the emperor visited the south and stayed at Chen Yuanlong's home in Anlan Garden, Yangzhou.
The dishes cooked by Zhang Dongguan, the chef of the Chen family, were very popular with Qianlong. Later, Zhang Dongguan followed Qianlong to the palace. Knowing that Qianlong liked thick food, he used pork belly with cloves, cinnamon, licorice, Amomum villosum, cinnamon, cocoa kernels, and cinnamon. Wait for the nine spices to cook a meat dish for dinner.
These nine spices are prepared in different quantities according to the different solar terms of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The broth cooked with this kind of prepared spices was called Su Zao soup because Zhang Dongguan was from Suzhou, and the meat was called Su Zao meat.
As the saying goes.
"Su made fat and fresh food to satisfy his craving. He cooked it over a fire and soaked the meat in soup. Even though the gluttonous people said it was greasy, a piece of grease would fill his shirt."
But.
This Su Zao Pork is too expensive and not close to the people. The Su Zao Pork cooked with pork belly is expensive and ordinary people cannot afford it.
So someone came up with a good idea, using cheap pork head meat instead of pork belly, and adding cheaper pig offal to cook it in water.
Unexpectedly, by accident, he got out of hand and created a world-famous delicacy.
Putting down the brush, Shen Lie wiped his hands, recalling the stewed and roasted food he had eaten in his previous life, and he couldn't help but salivate.
There was a scorching heat in his eyes.
At this time, Shen Lie thought about his painful experience as a member of the Beidiao clan. When he first arrived in the capital, he had no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth, so he had to go to a hotel to work as an apprentice.
The busy figure of Shen Lie has been seen in the kitchens of Haiwanju and Quanjude.