The shopkeeper looked surprised, glanced at the steward, and asked in a deep voice: "Please forgive a certain family for talking too much, these dishes are all good, with your craftsmanship, you can open a restaurant, if you sell it like this, wouldn't it be a pity?" If you have any intentions, I don't know if you can tell us below. “

"To me, these dishes are just home-cooked dishes, and they are not very expensive, and they are not worth it for me to hide them for my own use." Xia Hongsheng smiled: "Besides, I'm a scholar!" The real students of Luanzhou Academy are not cooks. ”

"A certain family is disrespectful, please forgive a certain family for having no eyes and speculating on the son with a cook." The shopkeeper's advance and retreat are measured, neither humble nor arrogant, but not rude, and he confesses his guilt. The identity of the scholar is respected, and it is normal for this shopkeeper to do so.

"Shopkeeper, let's talk about this table of dishes first, how much are you willing to buy? From a certain point of view, if you Yixiangju launches these new dishes, I am afraid that this Luoyang City will never be able to surpass your Yixiangju restaurant. Haha, this is your chance to live in Yixiangju! The middle-aged man who had previously praised Xia Hongsheng's inscription opened his mouth at this time, but he was speaking for Xia Hongsheng.

But seeing that the shopkeeper frowned slightly, after thinking about it, he made a decision in the blink of an eye: "If it is the secret recipe for these dishes, the son is willing to teach it, and a certain family will not ask for instructions, so he will dare to be the master!" Yixiangju should be a son of five hundred times! ”

Five hundred yuan, looking at the present, is definitely a lot, and it is not a pit man of this shopkeeper. There are still many ways to make money by himself, and this 500 yuan is not very attractive to Xia Hongsheng. If my sister-in-law's snacks develop, the income must be far more than the five hundred yuan.

The shopkeeper quoted the price he was willing to offer, and then stared at Xia Hongsheng, but saw Xia Hongsheng smiling lightly and not making a sound.

"If Your Excellency is too little, it may be better for a certain family to take out a portion of their own money and give an additional 100 yuan to the son, how about it?" The shopkeeper saw that Xia Hongsheng didn't speak, and said that Xia Hongsheng was too little, so he opened his mouth and added another hundred times.

saw Xia Hongsheng smile and said to the shopkeeper: "I can teach these dishes to the chef of Yixiangju, and even the seasoning ingredients, I can also give them to you." With my spices, your old dishes will also taste a lot. The secret recipe for this spice alone is much more expensive than these dishes. Shopkeeper, you know the importance of seasoning, how many six hundred guan can this bring you? ”

"That'...... Please make it clear to the child, let's make a price! The shopkeeper sat up straight and said.

Xia Hongsheng smiled: "Although these things are precious to you, they are not worth hiding for me. These things, including spices, I will provide them to you, don't want Yixiangju to pay a penny. What I want today is not money, but a promise! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the shopkeeper was stunned, then immediately stood up, took a step back, bowed down and bowed respectfully, and asked, "Son, please speak!" ”

Xia Hongsheng also stood up and said: "Yu's family was poor since he was a child, and his father and brother died in the war. My sister-in-law has the grace of nurturing me, and now my sister-in-law is alone on the street, and I also need to sit down in the academy to listen to the study, and I have no time to take care of it. The sister-in-law is a woman, and she is weak, but now that the business is getting better, there will be people who are greedy. I will provide you with all these dishes and seasonings today, but please take more care of your sister-in-law, Yixiangju can be bigger, there must be a background, sister-in-law in front of your door, nothing to do, if anyone is embarrassed, I want you Yixiangju to come forward to maintain the sister-in-law as soon as possible. You don't need to be embarrassed, your sister-in-law runs a small business, keeps to herself, and has some difficulties, but it's just a scoundrel. ”

"The woman on the other side turned out to be the son-in-law and sister-in-law?" The shopkeeper was surprised: "Then her snacks ......"

"Naturally, I taught it." Xia Hongsheng nodded.

The shopkeeper looked at Xia Hongsheng, then looked at the table of dishes, tidied up his clothes, bent down solemnly, and said: "Xia Gongzi is young, he knows how to be grateful, and his heart of benevolence and filial piety is admired by a certain family. Anyway, a certain family will promise this, but if anyone dares to embarrass the Xia family's lady, a certain family will bring someone to discount his leg! ”

"Good! A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, and it is not easy to make this promise! Xia Hongsheng took a step back and said solemnly to the shopkeeper.

"It's not easy to make this promise." The shopkeeper repeated, and the two straightened up, walked over the table, stretched out their hands and high-fived, and the agreement was made.

The ancients paid attention to promises and agreements, and paid attention to it to a point that was unimaginable to later generations. Once the agreement is made, it must be kept until the day the agreement is completed. It's like swapping clothes with a friend's child in order to fulfill his promise to protect his friend's son, and letting the officers and soldiers capture and kill his own child, while protecting his friend's child is not a joke, it's a real thing, and the world will not laugh at him for being stupid, but will praise him for his high righteousness. In this era when the moral system occupies absolute power, reputation is important, conventions are important, beliefs are important, as if life is not important. For the sake of fame, for the sake of the agreement, for the belief that you hold onto, you can abandon your life. If the two agree to get rich, they don't have to make a note, high-five as an oath, and draw lots to determine the priority, first help one person get rich, and after that person gets rich, he must support another person to become rich, and never dare to break the agreement, otherwise he will be spurned by the world, his ancestors will be disgraced, and he will no longer have the face to meet people, and his future will be ruined.

So Xia Hongsheng is not worried about the breach of contract of the shopkeeper, there are so many people here today, and it will spread to each other after going out, if his shopkeeper really wants to ruin the reputation of Yixiangju, he can try to break the contract.

Xia Hongsheng completed the agreement with the shopkeeper, and made an appointment to teach the chef of Yixiangju those dishes, and the shopkeeper was busy. Xia Hongsheng was also ready to leave Yixiangju and go to his sister-in-law to help.

"Xia Gongzi stays." Just when Xia Hongsheng was about to go out of Yixiangju, a voice came from behind him, Xia Hongsheng looked back, but it was the middle-aged man who spoke for him just now. Seeing him chase him out, Xia Hongsheng greeted him from afar: "What's the matter, sir?" I haven't thanked Mr. Fang Cai for his help. ”

"Where, I'll wait for a delicious meal for nothing, and I can witness this good story with my own eyes, Xia Gongzi is polite." The middle-aged scribe waved his hand, and asked again: "Master Xia, I just mentioned that I want to listen to the study under the seat of Master Yan in Luanzhou Academy, let me ask a question, Master Yan in the mouth of Master Xia, but Master Yan Guyan?!" ”

"Are you ......" Xia Hongsheng didn't answer, just looked at the middle-aged scribe in surprise.

The middle-aged scribe saluted Xia Hongsheng and stretched out his arm to the side: "Young Master Xia, please take a step to speak." ”

Xia Hongsheng followed the middle-aged scribe to the side and walked a few steps, and when he reached a place where there were fewer people, the middle-aged scribe stopped, turned to Xia Hongsheng and said: "From Chang'an to Luoyang, I looked for the Yan family all the way, and when I arrived in Luoyang, I inquired in many ways, and only then did I learn that the Yan family may be living in seclusion in this Luanzhou city, but it is not accurate. I can't do it, I can only come to explore, and I heard Xia Gongzi call Yan Shi, I don't know if it's Yan Shi Gu Yan? ! There are important things in the following, and please ask the son to be high-minded, make it clear that you are below, and you are grateful for it! ”

"It's not that the kid doesn't tell Your Excellency, it's really that the kid doesn't know what Master Yan's identity is, but he has always called Master Yan, but he doesn't know Master Yan's name, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Your Excellency." Xia Hongsheng rolled his eyes and gave an ambiguous answer. Who knows what is going on with this person, but it doesn't look like a villain, there should be something wrong, but I don't know if Master Yan is willing to see them, so I have to answer like this, Xia Hongsheng thought in his heart.

The middle-aged scribe listened to Xia Hongsheng's words, his eyes narrowed, and he said with a smile: "Then, please tell me where this Luanzhou Academy is, and I have to go and look for it." ”

Xia Hongsheng also laughed: "Luanzhou Academy, naturally in this Luanzhou City. If you go, you go, if you don't go, you won't go, what does it have to do with me? I have to help my sister-in-law collect the stall next, so I'm leaving! ”

"Haha, yes! Yes, extremely! I found it myself, and it has nothing to do with Childe. With that, the man saluted Xia Hongsheng, and then turned away. Xia Hongsheng smiled, and then turned around and walked towards his sister-in-law's food stall. There was still a wave of guests before the stall was closed, and this wave of guests was sent away, so that the stall could be closed quickly, and Wuhou rushed home before the curfew began, and the time was very tight.

Although Xia Hongsheng's sister-in-law is busy and can see the tired look on her face, her excitement has not decreased, and her smile comes from the heart, and she no longer has the reluctance to beat her smile when she laughed before. On the way home, he told Xia Hongsheng all the way, how much money he made these days, said that many people praised the delicious and affordable things, and said that if it goes on like this, how long will it take to save enough money to build a new house, and at that time, he will pull out the dilapidated and leaky thatched house at home, and then save some, and then ask the matchmaker to find a good woman for Xia Hongsheng to marry......

Although Xia Hongsheng was very unimpressed with the matter of matchmaking, but seeing that his sister-in-law was very interested, he did not refute it, but just smiled and listened quietly.

When she returned home, the woman said that after smelling the oil and gas for a day, she had to eat something light to remove the oil and gas, so she went to the stove again to cook porridge. Xia Hongsheng followed to the stove and wanted to help, but was driven out by her sister-in-law.

"If you're idle, you might as well go and use that bucket of salty water, it's been soaking for days. Really, the good salt soil has to be poured into the water, and it will all melt away, and it will be a waste of raw things! Xia Hongsheng's sister-in-law said as she pushed Xia Hongsheng out of the stove.

It's all clean? As soon as Xia Hongsheng heard it, it would be true, there were too many impurities in the salt mine, and if you want to dissolve them all into the water, it will not work at all if the time is short.