Chapter 508: Arrogant at the front and respectful at the back
With that said, the couple left the tea room to talk.
"You seem to be quite enthusiastic today!" Zhou Yao couldn't hear the sound before leaving the tea room. Su Ziji was startled and asked Ye Buhui.
She wears a bun and a headdress, and has a slim figure. She has grown up unconsciously.
"Or maybe you were also moved by the sound of her piano?" Ye Buhui smiled and narrowed his eyes into crescent moons: "You used to be neither cold nor indifferent."
"Am I that snobbish?" Su Ziji said, feeling a little ashamed when he recalled it, and just smiled: "You can have more contact with her in the future."
Just as he was talking, a hurried figure came in from outside with an excited face. As soon as he saw Su Ziji, he immediately saluted: "Your Majesty!"
Seeing him like this, Su Ziji knew that he was afraid that he would let his experimental method succeed.
Su Ziji did not talk to him on the steps, but motioned the wild Taoist to the corridor. At this time, the wild Taoist also saw someone in the courtyard, restrained his excitement, and when he reached the corridor, he whispered to Su Ziji: "Your Majesty, use the bellows.
Injecting gas can indeed delay the transportation of seafood for several days!"
"Some species of sea fish I brought back are dead, but most of them are still alive. They have been sent to restaurants. The newly opened Mengyuan Restaurant is open for trial business today, and customers are already enjoying it."
"According to what the Lord said, a flyer was also distributed to the students of Taixue. When the official opening comes, they can use the flyer to get half the price on that day. Now some Taixue students are coming to try it. If they are satisfied, they will definitely be able to eat it on the opening day.
Lots of guests coming!”
This is what Su Ziji told the wild Taoist on the way to Zhili that night.
The official opening requires a good and auspicious day, and you can do a "trial opening" without choosing a fixed day. It can be done when the wild people come back with seafood.
As for the flyers, the title of Number One Scholar is still very attractive to Tai students, and Tai students are basically the children of officials above the fifth rank. When they come, as long as the quality is good, are they afraid that they will not be famous in the capital?
"Today Mengyuan Building is open for trial operation. Is there any room on the third floor?" Su Ziji asked.
The wild Taoist smiled and said: "I guessed that the Lord might go back, so someone has reserved a place. One is a completely enclosed private room, and the other is a corner separated by a screen. The Lord can choose any place."
"Have someone prepare the car. I want to take my wife out for a trip." Su Ziji said to Zhao Zhu who was not far away.
Zhao Zhu took the order and went down. Su Ziji said to the Taoist Taoist again: "Just choose a place across the screen where there are no outsiders. You can also go together. If you can successfully handle this matter this time, I will mark your first contribution."
The wild Taoist said hurriedly: "It's all your idea, my lord. I just followed it. How can I dare to take credit for it?"
Su Ziji smiled: "If you can execute it well, it is a meritorious service. Okay, go back and change your clothes and follow us later. I have to see it with my own eyes."
The wild Taoist subconsciously smelled the smell on his body. Although his clothes were relatively clean, because he had brought seafood along the way, his clothes were inevitably stained with a fishy smell.
"No wonder someone looked at me just now, I'm going to change my clothes right now!" The old man blushed, and the wild Taoist hurriedly left and went to his room to change clothes.
Su Ziji returned to the flower hall and said to Ye Buhui and Zhou Yao: "I have opened a new restaurant and it will be open for trial today. The seafood that was just shipped are all live animals and the taste is very delicious. You can all go there soon."
Try it and see if it’s different from what you get elsewhere.”
"Live fish?"
Zhou Yao was slightly surprised. As the daughter of an official family, Zhou Yao naturally knew the price of seafood in the capital, and why the price was so high. When she heard that it was brought back live fish, she was really curious.
In addition, Ye Buhui also extended a warm invitation, so Zhou Yao hesitated for a moment before agreeing.
So, after the wild Taoist changed his clothes, Su Ziji also changed his clothes, and then he took the two girls onto the bullock cart and headed to the newly opened restaurant.
Outside Mengyuan Building, a waiter was soliciting customers. When Su Ziji arrived, he happened to see a few Tai students going in together. The sounds coming from inside proved that the first day of trial operation of this new restaurant was quite lively.
The main target is to recruit Tai students, naturally because Su Ziji himself was once a Tai student, and he knows that people who go to school are mostly second-generation students. If this advertisement can be successful, it will be equivalent to laying a foundation.
"Go in through the side door." Su Ziji looked at the scene at the door and said to the wild Taoist and the two women.
Generally, restaurants have at least several doors. The front door is for guests to enter and exit, the side door can go directly to the second floor without going through the lobby on the first floor, and the back door is usually where the chef and waiters enter and exit.
Go up from the side door and go directly to the third floor. You don't have to go through the lobby in the middle, but go straight up the stairs from the small door. As expected, you will see six private seats on the third floor, separated by screens, so that they don't disturb each other.
Arriving at the table prepared by the wild Taoist for Su Ziji, several people sat down one after another.
The waiter was in charge. Su Ziji asked the two girls to order dishes, and he also ordered one, and then left it all to Ye Dao Ren. Ye Dao Ren was the person in charge of the tasting of this new restaurant, and he had no idea what dishes were the signature dishes.
I know what kind of wine tastes good but not overpowering, so I ordered a jar of low-alcohol fruit wine for this table.
There are female guests at this table. Madam and her guests are not suitable for drinking anything else. Everyone can have a glass of fruit wine.
While waiting for the food, through the gap in the screen, I could see seven or eight people sitting at the opposite table. It looked like they were all Taipei students. Some were drinking heavily, some were drunk and looked up in trance, and some were shaking their heads and reciting poems and lyrics.
And the fragrance is permeating, and just smelling it is quite tempting.
"This fish is really fresh! I didn't expect to be able to eat such fresh fish in a restaurant in Beijing. It's not that the location is wrong, I even thought I was at the beach!"
The guest who said this had a loud voice, and everyone who heard it agreed with him.
"It's really delicious, especially the word "fresh", which is rare! It's not like I've never eaten seafood from Tianguanglou, but the seafood there is still not as fresh as this one. I heard that the fish in this restaurant are all shipped alive.
When we get to the capital, I don’t know what kind of means we can use to allow Haiyu to enter the capital alive!”
"That's right! With this seafood alone, after Mengyuanlou officially opened, I would only come here to invite people to eat. In winter, I can only eat some stale food, and even the seafood is not fresh.
What’s the point of that!”
“I didn’t have a choice before, but now that I have a better choice, I naturally have to choose here.”
"In my opinion, this antique soup is more delicious than these dishes. You all should try it. I have also traveled all over the country and eaten some good things. But this soup is so delicious. It seems to be the broth that adds flavor, but I can't eat it.
The chicken tastes better and the price is lower, is there a secret to it?"
"Who knows, eat first and talk while eating!"
Then there were the sounds of pouring wine, sipping, and endless laughter. A leaf could tell the autumn, and most of the comments were praise. Su Ziji listened, and the smile on his face became thicker.