As a boss, he is extremely enthusiastic when he sees customers coming into the store. After introducing them into the restaurant, Zhao Rang chose a seat at the very back, next to the window.
Sitting here, he can observe the situation of the entire restaurant, and if anything happens, he can jump out of the window in time.
Ever since that day when he jumped out of a window with Yuan Mingkong in Xiangtengzhong, Zhao Rang felt that this method was so cool!
Direct and fast!
The restaurant owner only knew a few simple Dawei words. After greeting everyone in a friendly manner, he filled a copper teapot with hot water and placed it on the table. At the same time, he also brought a piece of paper with Dawei characters written on it. menu.
This menu is extremely interesting. The number at the beginning is in Western Regions, and the dish names at the end are in Dawei.
Yuan Kexin said that the boss also had a menu in Western languages. As long as the correct serial number is matched, you can know what they ordered!
Zhao Rang laughed:
"This is a great idea. Businessmen think quickly! If I..."
Before Zhao Rang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ximen Dazhuang and said:
"If I hire a dozen people to serve as translators. When there is no business, I can still gather a few tables of mahjong and play in circles! How interesting!"
Zhao Rang teased:
"You didn't even calculate how much it would cost to hire a dozen translators? A small shop cannot afford such a cost!"
Ximen Dazhuang said very easily:
"What's the point? Wouldn't it be nice to win it back for them when we play mahjong?"
Zhao Rang suddenly remembered that his Ximen family also had pawn and gambling businesses in the city. It's really the left hand that beats the right hand, without missing a penny!
In the past, Zhao Rang had jokingly asked Ximen Dazhuang, saying that his family had already made money from the living, so why didn't they open a coffin shop and make money from the dead? Ximen Dazhuang gave a serious explanation, saying that his father had been reminded by an expert that he could not touch the underworld in this life, otherwise he would be in great trouble!
In contrast, Ximen Dazhuang was not afraid at all. On the contrary, I feel that people have to burn paper money when they die. This shows that the Lord of Hell is also a businessman! As long as there is enough money, huge disasters can be overcome, and there is nothing to be afraid of!
Seeing that he couldn't win over him, Zhao Rang had no choice but to push the menu in front of him and said:
"You have a lot of sense, you order!"
Ximen Dazhuang took the menu and immediately drew a circle on the large plate of chicken and marked a "two" on the circle!
"You want two servings?"
Yuan Kexin asked in surprise.
A large plate of chicken is a whole chicken, which is enough for a girl, but Ximen Dazhuang actually ordered two portions!
"Two portions, one for him and one for us!"
Zhao Rang explained.
Yuan Kexin nodded after hearing this, and took another look at Ximen Dazhuang's body. She felt that it was not an exaggeration for him to eat a chicken.
Ximen Dazhuang ordered several dishes one after another.
In addition to the large plate of chicken, there are also smoked horse intestines, hand-caught mutton, haggis soup, and fried noodles with lungs!
Without exception, all are double portions!
He ate one portion by himself, and Zhao let the three of them eat the other portion.
"What is Mianfeizi?"
Although Yuan Kexin had stayed in Yangguan, she had never eaten noodles. In fact, she rarely even eats mutton. She finds the smell of mutton very choking and can't stand it...
And something like mianfeizi sounds weird. It's both noodles and lungs. I really don't know how these two unrelated things are connected.
Ximen Dazhuang buried his head in ordering, and Zhao Rang explained to Yuan Kexin;
"Generally speaking, mianfeizi is noodles and sheep lungs, a combination of these two things."
Yuan Kexin's eyes widened and she asked:
"How to combine?"
Zhao Rang continued:
"When slaughtering a sheep, take out the sheep's lungs and clean them. Then keep pouring water into the trachea to flush out all the blood inside."
Hearing this, Yuan Kexin waved his hands repeatedly:
"Okay, stop talking, stop talking...it sounds so disgusting...just tell me how the noodles and lungs are combined!"
Zhao Rang smiled and said:
"Mix the gluten from washing the noodles with oil and pour it into the sheep's lungs from the trachea. After filling it, throw it into the pot and cook it. The noodles and lungs are made!"
Yuan Kexin found it novel and decided that she must try this dish when it is served later!
It's just that what Zhao Rang said at the beginning was so graphic... it made her feel a little chilly, and because she was still hungry, she actually shivered.
"Are you OK!"
Zhao Rang asked.
Yuan Kexin shook his head, indicating that he was fine.
Although the two have been friends for a long time, Yuan Kexin is a girl after all, so she is still embarrassed to tell Zhao Rang directly, "I'm hungry"!
The first thing to arrive was the large plate chicken.
A plate the size of a washbasin was placed on the table, filling the table completely.
Among the delicacies of the Western Regions, large plate chicken is considered the most famous and has almost become one of the symbols of the Western Regions. However, there is no unified standard for the cooking method of large plate chicken. Simply put, it is onion, ginger, garlic, dried chili pepper, star anise and Sichuan peppercorns. After sauteing until fragrant, add chicken pieces and stir-fry together. Finally, add water to stew and remove from the pot. Add the money into the potato cubes and serve!
Now, for the sake of good looks, some green and red peppers will be added to add color.
After it was introduced to Dawei, cooks in the South added bean paste to it to increase the aroma.
It can be said that there are 10,000 ways of making chicken in 10,000 restaurants.
But what remains the same is its method of frying first and then boiling it, and the “belt noodles” that match it!
People who eat large plates of chicken can be divided into three groups.
Zhao Rang and Ximen Dazhuang both belong to the Mian style.
My favorite is the belt noodles mixed with a large plate of chicken and covered in soup.
However, in addition to noodles, Ximen Dazhuang also especially likes to eat potatoes, so he occupies two factions alone.
"I'm a potato pie too!"
Ye Sanniang said.
The potatoes in the large plate of chicken are so soft and glutinous that you don’t need to chew them in your mouth. Just put your tongue on the roof of your mouth and sip them gently, and they will melt!
Yuan Kexin added the largest piece of potato from the plate and placed it on Ye Sanniang's plate as a thank you to her for taking care of him during the second half of the journey.
Ye Sanniang smiled and said:
"Silly girl! It's so big, but it's not tender until it's tender. Only the smaller ones taste better!"
As he said that, he added another small piece, put it in the air, and ate it happily.
But Yuan Kexin couldn't understand Zhao Rang's strange preference. It was just one dish, but it could be served separately!
Moreover, the key point of the big plate of chicken still lies in the chicken. Of course, you have to eat more chicken to make it worthwhile! As for the noodles and potatoes, they are just side dishes, so how can they take over the main dishes?
Little did she know that when she thought this way, she had already been classified as the third faction.
Ximen Dazhuang finished the large plate of chicken after three strokes and five divided by two.
Then pour the noodles that have just come out of the pot into the plate, stir them together, and start sucking them!
As a result, before the second dish came, both large plates of chicken were eaten to the ground.
“It’s fun to eat when there are many people!”
Ximen Dazhuang wiped his mouth and said with a smile.
"Of course, it's better to eat when there are more people!"
Yuan Kexin didn't care about her appearance at this time. She dug into the chicken claw with one hand and was gnawing hard. Even the hair on the temples was stained with oil droplets.
After finishing the meat and vegetables, Ximen Dazhuang smacked his lips and felt that he still owed some more, so he ordered another large bowl of pimple soup with raw garlic cloves and drank it down.
Yuan Kexin had already put down her chopsticks for a long time.
For half an hour, the three of them were watching Ximen Dazhuang's performance.
"Ah! I'm half full after eating, it's not bad!"
Putting down the soup bowl of pimple soup, Ximen Dazhuang wiped the Hanzi on his forehead and sighed.
Yuan Kexin was secretly shocked... After eating so much, she was only half full! If you want to eat a full meal, you have to have a cow! He was lucky enough to be born into the Ximen family. Otherwise, how could ordinary people afford to eat like this?
This time Ximen Dazhuang did not buy the entire store, but obediently gave Zhao Rang the opportunity to pay the bill.
Before leaving the store, Yuan Kexin asked the boss about the location of Tongbao Bank.
Right now, they are located on the edge of Chagan Tologai, but Tongbao Bank is in the center of the city.
There are many shops there, offering everything you need, even...of course there is no shortage! After all, Dawei people like exotic customs, while people from the Western Regions are greedy for the delicacy of southern women.
The four of them led the horses and walked toward the center of Chagan Tologai in the direction pointed by the boss.
Zhao Rang noticed that Ye Sanniang was not very energetic since she came here. It was fine when she was eating just now, but when she left the restaurant, she saw that there was sadness slowly creeping up on her eyebrows again.
After thinking about it, Zhao Rang decided to ask.
Ye Sanniang is their biggest trump card and their last resort.
"What does the boss lady think?"
Zhao Rang walked to her side, pretending to be casual, and asked casually.
"Don't worry, boss, I'm fine and I won't make any mistakes!"
As soon as Zhao Rang opened his mouth, Ye Sanniang knew what he meant, so she replied with one sentence, but it made Zhao Rang choke so much...
But now that Ye Sanniang said this, Zhao Rang felt relieved.
"Look, brother, it's so lively in front!"
Zhao Rang looked along where Ximen Dazhuang was pointing and saw that there were crowds of people in front of him, and firecrackers and gongs and drums were blasting, as if there was some big happy event!
After walking a few feet further, the crowd had completely blocked the road. Zhao Rang stood here, and soon there were people behind him, making it impossible to advance or retreat.
Ximen Dazhuang stood out among the crowd because of his height. Zhao Rang patted his belly and asked:
"Can you see what's going on in front of you?"
Ximen Dazhuang squinted his eyes for a while and said:
"It looks like there's a parade!"
Zhao Rang was puzzled... Chagan Tologai was a place of trade. And demonstrations often take place in places with strict political laws.
Nowadays, business is smooth and all industries are prosperous. Everyone can benefit from it and have a full stomach. How can there be an inexplicable parade?
"Did you really see it clearly? It's a parade?"
Zhao Rang asked again.
Now Ximen Dazhuang had some self-doubt.
He saw several caravans turning out from the street corner in front. Surrounded by crowds, they were beating gongs and drums. They also set up a pole on the top of the carport and hung a bunch of firecrackers to set off the excitement.
