mtl008 Chapter 139 Shen Ran is attracted by the restaurant
Chapter 139 Shen Ran is attracted by the restaurant
Gu Qingyun nodded, and An Qiao thought again, how inconsiderate! Why don’t you ask the person next to you?
But An Qiao still wrote it down: the customer is God, but then she looked at the menu and then at the person in front of her.
Finally, she couldn't help but remind him, "Pork tripe and chicken, spicy hot pot, fried food box, and mint spareribs. People with sensitive stomachs may not dare to eat them." After saying that, she winked at Shen Ran and gestured to Gu Qingyun.
Shen Ran just thought the interaction between the two was very interesting, and Gu Qingyun also understood what he meant, "He wants to eat like this today."
An Qiao: ...
"That's fine, but you have to do it within your ability. Having a stomachache is not something you can deal with for fun." An Qiao didn't know yet that Shen Ran had gained his freedom and would no longer have to go back to that cage. She was just afraid that Gu Qingyun would bring in a hot potato and ruin her big business.
Shen Ran said the first sentence after entering, "Thank you for reminding me, may I ask what this is?"
An Qiao looked in the direction of his finger. Candied Haws? Ah? This kid is so pitiful, he doesn't know about Candied Haws.
"Candied haws. Today we made hawthorn, orange, and strawberry ones." An Qiao said with a smile.
Shen Ran looked at the pillar filled with candied haws with burning eyes, "How do I sell this? Can I sell it?"
An Qiao was stunned, silly boy, she picked up a plate swiftly, picked out a few of each and handed it to Shen Ran.
"This is for you. Do you like sweet food?" An Qiao asked.
In fact, Shen Ran didn’t know what he liked to eat. He just ate whatever others gave him in the palace, and most of the time he couldn’t have his own preferences.
So Shen Ran shook his head honestly, and An Qiao said, "Eat slowly. The person next to you is rich, so he can eat anything."
Gu Qingyun glared at An Qiao, but An Qiao ignored him and said, "Go upstairs. It's quieter upstairs."
"Si Yu, can we sit down here?" Shen Ran asked, and Gu Qingyun nodded.
Only An Qiao laughed rudely, and the sound was quickly retracted, but it did not affect Gu Qingyun who had heard it. He naturally knew what An Qiao was laughing at, but he had no evidence, so he could only say angrily, "I'm hungry, hurry up."
An Qiao returned to the kitchen easily.
Not long after, Qiufen came up with bowls of food that were not very well presented, or even not at all. Gu Qingyun said, "Don't be fooled by the careless presentation. They are all delicious and filling."
Shen Ran smiled and said, "I don't mind. They all look delicious."
The two of them began to eat their food with their heads down. Actually, although they said they were eating their food with their heads down, they still maintained the nobility in their blood. Even though their hands were constantly flying around picking up food, they still looked like humble gentlemen.
Shen Ran bought a house near Gu Qingyun's house. Those houses were not available to ordinary people as the deeds were in the hands of the emperor. Shen Ran took a fancy to a quiet courtyard. Although it was not as big as Gu Qingyun's house, it was not small either, and was about the same size as a restaurant.
The emperor said he would give it to Shen Ran directly, but Shen Ran said no. In the end, the emperor only offered 100 taels of silver, saying that if Shen Ran couldn't afford 100 taels of silver, he shouldn't buy it.
Shen Ran knew the emperor's painstaking efforts. When Shen Ran entered the palace, the emperor was only the third prince, not even the crown prince.
Everyone was studying hard, only Shen Ran was laughing every day. It was the Third Prince who once saw him being naughty in the Imperial Garden and told him that he was already a hostage. What if he had no knowledge and his family gave up on him? What if the royal family didn't support him?
Although they didn't talk much on weekdays, and even just said hello, the Third Prince still regarded Shen Ran as his younger brother, probably because he would not compete with him for the throne, or maybe a hostage is always just a hostage.
In short, their relationship was pretty good. Even until he ascended the throne as emperor, he still treated Shen Ran as his naive younger brother.
It seemed that no matter how much Shen Ran had learned or how much he had mastered, in the emperor's eyes he would always be just the naughty kid in the imperial garden that year.
Shen Ran thanked the emperor and, risking great disrespect, called him "Third Brother."
The emperor did not blame him, but laughed so hard that tears came out, "Xiao Ran'er, you must repair yourself well. I will live with you when I leave the palace in the future."
This seems like a good wish of the emperor, and also like an agreement.
……
"The last dish, fried pork ribs." An Qiao's voice interrupted Shen Ran's thoughts.
Shen Ran then raised his head and looked at the almost empty plates, stunned for a moment.
Then I heard Gu Qingyun say, "Your house is so close, you can ask the door boy to come in and ask Miss An to teach him how to buy takeout, or you can just ask Miss An to deliver the food. She will deliver food to you every day, and you won't get tired of it even after a year."
Shen Ran couldn't sit still any longer. His eyes lit up again and again. "This restaurant also offers takeout."
"Of course. The Shangshu Mansion is so far away, but Li Qing always asks people to buy it. It's so delicious." Gu Qingyun said indifferently.
In fact, many of the restaurant's operations shocked everyone at first, but after a long time, they felt that this was how it should be.
"This pig stomach chicken is so fresh today." Gu Qingyun looked at An Qiao inquiringly.
"It's not stewed by me. I bought a little girl a few days ago. Her name is Jingzhe. She is very good at making soup. Although she is not very good at cooking, the soup is very delicious. I asked her how she made it. She said that soup is so simple, you just need to throw in all the ingredients you want." An Qiao couldn't help but sigh that it's really frustrating to compare yourself with others.
Jingzhe was originally bought to be a waitress and take orders, but who would have thought that this girl, who had never been in the kitchen before, could make such an exceptionally delicious soup.
He can almost become Tang's direct disciple.
Seeing Gu Qingyun and An Qiao so relaxed, Shen Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This restaurant was indeed interesting, and the world outside was indeed interesting.
"Is it delicious?" Gu Qingyun asked.
"It's delicious. The soup is cooked just right. The meat is neither too soft nor too tough. It feels very warm when you drink it. It's a good time to drink some soup in winter. The spicy hot pot is also delicious. I have never had such a spicy flavor before. It's numb and crispy, and it goes really well with rice. I couldn't eat so much in the past. And the ribs and green leaves are nothing but I have never seen them before, but they are so fragrant. The fried food is even better. It turns out that these things taste so good when fried." Shen Ran's face turned rosy, and the exquisite doll that looked like a puppet before seemed to come alive at this moment.
An Qiao served the two of them hawthorn soup, "I'm worried that you might have stomach upset."
...This is really edible.
Gu Qingyun: ...What do you mean, you can scold me with hawthorn soup? I haven't been a regular customer for a few months, and this An Qiao scolding is really advanced.
"Thank you, young lady!" Shen Ran didn't feel it when he was eating, but now he felt a little full and his eyes were curved with a smile.
Gu Qingyun:...You don’t know how good this girl is at scolding people.