The official thought he had tasted countless strange dishes, but just hearing the ingredients used in this dish made him feel incredible.
Li Qi nodded and said, "Yes, it's just a dish."
"Then how to make this dish?" Zuo Boqing asked with curiosity on his face.
Li Qi smiled and said: "To put it simply, take the essence and discard the dross."
The official rolled his eyes, didn't this mean he didn't say anything?
But after Zuo Boqing heard this, he kept repeating these words. Although it was only eight simple words, it was really not easy to do this. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of a reason.
Come on, he was about to ask, but when he saw Li Qi's cunning eyes, he knew in his heart that if he continued to ask, he wouldn't be able to find out what was going on.
"Then the price of this dish must not be cheap," the official asked.
"Well...I can't say it's not cheap."
Li Qi sighed softly and said, "Actually, the price written on that wooden board is the word 'priceless'."
"priceless?"
The official raised his eyebrows and said: "Since it is priceless, why do you want to hang it on it? You are clearly deceiving the guests."
Li Qi said sarcastically: "It's not a lie. My grandfather also told my father that this dish can only be made for one person."
"who?"
Li Qi said slyly: "In this three-thirds of an acre of land, whoever is the biggest will do it for him."
Zuo Boqing's face tightened and he glanced at the senior official anxiously.
The senior official raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean---the Emperor?"
"good."
Li Qi nodded hurriedly. He thought to himself that it was really tiring to make up this lie. But there was nothing he could do about it. His existence itself was a lie, so he could only tell countless lies to cover up his big mistake.
lie.
As for bringing it out to the emperor, it was a helpless move. If the emperor wanted to eat this dish, who would dare to say anything wrong. Who would dare to say that he was deceiving others.
The senior official was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing, stood up, and walked toward the door, shouting: "Interesting, interesting."
Zuo Boqing also gave Li Qi a meaningful look. Then he cupped his hands and followed the official downstairs.
Li Qi had long been accustomed to the way the senior official left. He sat on the table and sighed. After the senior official left, he asked someone to hang up the two couplets.
As soon as these two couplets came out, the whole Zuixianju immediately fell into a state of madness. Suddenly, someone made two couplets in succession. How can this not be exciting? Everyone pointed at the two couplets. The words are good, the couplets are good.
Even better. Compared to this, those meals seem to pale in comparison.
When Li Qi saw it, he smiled helplessly and wondered in his mind: Should I wait for that day and change a few more couplets to see if your mother is more powerful or I am more powerful?
Then Li Qi asked someone to take down the two wooden boards, tear off the red cloth, and hang them together with the boiled water song leaves.
Everyone gathered around again.
The writing is still very ugly.
The price is even ridiculously high.
The name of the dish is still so strange.
The key is the word "priceless" under the Wuxiang dish. It makes everyone lose the courage to even ask what kind of dish it is.
Originally, after Youshi, the business of the restaurant should have started to decline. However, under the impact of these two second couplets, Zui Xianju ushered in the biggest event today. Many young masters, talents, and scholars came after hearing the news.
, almost overcrowding Zuixianju.
At the same time, Li Qi was forced into the kitchen by this new wave of guests and started to get busy.
It wasn't until after the third watch that the last table of guests left.
Li Qi was so tired that he almost rolled his eyes. He came to the front hall, found a table and sat down, and drank three cups of tea in a row.
"Brother Li."
Li Qi turned around and saw that it was Xiaoyu and Chen Anan who were back. He smiled and said, "You are back."
Xiaoyu nodded and said: "Brother Li, I have already chosen the person."
md, I finally have something to be happy about.
"That's good. I'll take the time to go over and have a look tomorrow."
Li Qi smiled and said to Chen Anan: "Anan, you should follow Xiaoyu and learn Braille by the way. Don't idle around all day and have no future."
When Chen Anan heard that he was about to read, he nodded perfunctorily and hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way, Brother Li, why are there two people kneeling outside our door?"
Xiaoyu also nodded with lingering fear. When she came just now, she was frightened. In the middle of the night, she suddenly saw two people kneeling at the door. How could it not be scary?
"Don't worry about this."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "You are also tired today. Hurry up and ask Liu Zi and the others to prepare some side dishes for you while they haven't rested yet. After eating, go to bed early."
Seeing that Li Qi looked unhappy, Chen Anan and Xiaoyu didn't dare to say anything, so they agreed and walked to the kitchen.
Li Qi thought of the two beauties of Yangzhou and felt a headache. He pinched the bridge of his nose and struggled for a while. He got up and came to the door. He looked around and saw the two people kneeling under a corner on the left.
Hey! You also know how to kneel in an inconspicuous place, which is good.
Li Qi smiled, walked over, and said, "You'd better go, I won't accept you as my disciple."
When Na Maqiao saw Li Qi coming, his anger doubled and he said: "You kid, don't offend Jin Chi. I, Ma Qiao, have never knelt down in my life except to become a disciple. If it weren't for my junior sister, I would have thrown you into the river."
Go inside."
When Li Qi heard what he said, he felt lingering fear, md. It would be safer to go back and call a few more people.
Just as he was about to go back to the store, he suddenly heard Lu Meimei shouting: "Maqiao, I said, this is my business and you don't need to worry about it." Then he said hurriedly to Li Qi: "Master Li, why don't you
Are you willing to accept me as your disciple? Is it because I am a woman?"
Please, I don't think of you as a woman at all.
Li Qi pouted and said: "I never look at people based on their gender. Whether you are a woman or not is not important to me. I don't accept you as my disciples because I don't like you, that's all.
, you’d better leave quickly.”
"Is it because I challenged you just now?" Lu Meimei asked hurriedly.
"There are reasons for this, but that's only a small part. The main reason is that I have no plans to accept apprentices. Now my three apprentices have made me bigger than me. You really don't need to kneel down anymore. In short
, just give up on this idea." Li Qi waved his hand and said impatiently.
Lu Meimei said: "Then what do you need to do before you are willing to accept me as your disciple?"
Woah!
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "Can't you understand what I'm saying? I told you that I will never accept you as my disciple."
"Master Li, as long as you are willing to accept me as your disciple, I am willing to do anything." Lu Meimei continued to play a chicken-and-duck game with Li Qi.
"How can that be done? If, uh, I mean, if this guy has evil intentions, then junior sister--I won't agree to it anyway." Ma Qiao shook his head.
Damn it! You think too highly of me, my taste is not that heavy yet.
Li Qi was so made by these two people that he wanted to die. He thought that if I didn't give you the strong medicine, you wouldn't be afraid. He smiled evilly and said, "Are you really willing to do anything?"
"Um."
"I don't want to."
Li Qi was depressed, spread his hands and said, "What on earth do you mean?"
"This is my business, of course I have the final say."
After Lu Meimei finished speaking, she immediately glared at Ma Qiao.
When Ma Qiao was about to speak, Lu Meimei glared back and glanced at Li Qi with a warning tone.
Li Qi glanced at him disdainfully, then suddenly pointed towards the river and said: "Jump down."
Ma Qiao was stunned, jumped up, and said in shock: "What? How dare you ask your junior sister to jump into the river."
"Master Li, you absolutely cannot do this."
Wu Furong suddenly walked out of it. He whispered with a worried look on his face: "Master Li, please don't kill anyone."
Li Qi tilted his head and whispered: "Don't worry, it's okay."
"If I jump, will you really accept me as your disciple?" Lu Meimei hesitated for a while, then raised her head and looked directly at Li Qidao.
Li Qi shook his head and said: "I will give you a chance, but if I accept you as my disciple, I dare not give you a guarantee."
"Well."
Lu Meimei stood up as she spoke. Suddenly her feet went numb and she almost fell. Fortunately, Ma Qiao held her.
"Junior sister, are you okay?" Ma Qiao asked with concern on his face.
Lu Meimei stood up straight, waved and said: "Thank you, senior brother, I'm fine, but I hope you won't interfere in this matter."
Ma Qiao opened his eyes wide and said, "Junior sister, you don't plan to really jump, do you?"
Lu Meimei ignored him and said to Li Qi: "I hope you will keep your word."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "Of course. But I have to remind you, it's so late, don't joke with your life. If something happens, I won't be responsible."
Without saying a word, Lu Meimei turned around and walked quickly towards the river.
Ma Qiao glanced at Li Qi coldly and said, "What if something happens to my junior sister? I, Ma Qiao, will never let you have an easy time." After saying that, he chased after him, "---junior sister, please don't jump.
"
The look in Ma Qiao's eyes just now made Li Qi feel a little chilled. Even when he faced Cai Jing, he didn't feel this way.
"Mr. Li, you see that woman is really jumping. You--stop her quickly." Wu Furong glanced at Lu Meimei, who had almost reached the river, and said anxiously.
Li Qi was slightly startled, without even looking, and said angrily: "Don't worry, she's not a fool. She's just blind. If she jumps, there's no way she's going to survive. Even if I want to take her in,
I can’t even find him as a disciple---.”
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard Ma Qiao shouting hysterically: "Oh, junior sister, I don't want it.----Ah, I can't swim."
Then I heard two muffled sounds of "plop" and "plop".
Li Qi was dumbfounded.
Is this woman crazy? She actually jumped into a river to learn how to cook? Oh my God, what is going on in this world?
He quickly rushed to the river embankment, lowered his head and looked down. It was pitch black, and there was no trace of a human figure anywhere. Li Qi felt regretful in his intestines now. He really overestimated the IQ of these two people.
He shouted loudly: "Lu Meimei, Maqiao."
Wu Furong also shouted.
But after calling for a long time, no one answered.
Li Qi anxiously said to Wu Furong: "Uncle Wu, hurry up and call for help."
Just as Wu Furong nodded, he suddenly heard Ma Qiao's voice coming from the river, "Junior sister, hold me tight, I'm about to drown. Oops, hold me tighter."
Li Qi and Wu Furong looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. I really don’t know if they are talented people who are brave, or if they are stupid people who are stupid. (To be continued)
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