"Winter feast?"
Qin Lian took the list she handed over, with the names of many dishes and cooking methods written on it.
Qin Lian knew Chinese characters well. She glanced over and saw only a few expensive ingredients, and the cooking process was also very responsible.
Nowadays, cyclamen is really famous in Luoxi Town. It is not difficult to purchase these ingredients, but the cooking process...
Although Shi Feng's cooking skills are excellent, besides him, there is also a newly recruited chef in the kitchen, and everyone else is working in the kitchen. The cooking process of these dishes is so complicated that Shi Feng and the two chefs alone cannot handle it.
Thinking of this, Qin Lian handed the order back, "I'm so sorry, I'm afraid we Cyclamen won't be able to take this order."
"What do you mean?"
Rong'er was surprised and thought she heard wrongly, "This is the winter banquet of our Song and Liu mansions. We usually invite chefs from the capital. This year, our lady gave this opportunity to you, Cyclamen. Are you so ignorant?"
"I'm really sorry. We only have two chefs in the restaurant now. I'm afraid we won't be able to handle the dishes on the list."
"Bold! You haven't tried it, how do you know it won't work?!" Ronger forced the order to her, "I don't care how many chefs you have, anyway, you take this order! Our lady is for you, but in the first lady I made a promise in front of you!"
Qin Lian frowned, suspecting that they did it on purpose.
Cyclamen couldn't accept this order at all. If they accepted it forcefully, if something went wrong at the banquet, the Liu family would probably have reason to challenge them.
She really didn't understand. She and Song Xiao didn't know each other. Why did she go to such trouble to embarrass her? Is it because of Liu Yuan's attitude towards her?
"This lady..."
"Stop talking so much, I gave you the order! These are all deposits!"
Rong'er took out her purse and stuffed it into her hand. After returning to Song Xiao, she showed an arrogant look in her eyes, as if to confirm that her plan had succeeded.
"I have other things to be busy with, so I'll leave first."
Once things are done, Song Xiao has no intention of staying here any longer.
When she passed by Qin Lian, she took a special look at Qin Lian. Seeing that she was dressed plainly and gray today, looking exactly like a servant, her eyes flashed with disdain.
"Miss, don't worry, this method will definitely work!"
After coming out of Cyclamen, Rong'er proudly walked to Song Xiao, "I've asked about it a long time ago. There are only two chefs in Cyclamen, and they are both small chefs in the town. Many of the dishes on the list are different from theirs." I'm afraid I haven't even heard of it! If they can't bring out the dishes on the list at the banquet, the master and the eldest lady will definitely not let them go!"
The corners of Song Xiao's lips raised, and her tone became much lighter, "Rong'er, your method is indeed good, but on the day of the banquet, Cyclamen can't bring out the dishes, and my father and aunt will probably blame me. .”
"How is that possible, miss! Both the master and the eldest lady love you so much, and they will definitely not blame you. When the time comes, we can just say that it is the cyclamen that came!"
Ronger quickly thought of an excuse and went over to talk to Song Xiao.
Song Xiao's eyes lit up slightly, and he took out some broken silver from his purse and put it in Ronger's hand, "You're the girl who has the solution! Just use the silver to finish the matter, and the rest will be given to you."
"Thank you, miss!"
At a glance, the silver given by Song Xiao was twenty taels, and the smile on Rong'er's face became even brighter.
"Miss, I'm going to do it now!"
"Okay, come back early."
Looking at Ronger's leaving figure, Song Xiao's eyes flashed with sarcasm. It was so easy for such a little maid to make her work for him wholeheartedly.
In less than half an hour, Ronger came back and told her happily, "Miss, the things you arranged have been completed. I guarantee there will be no mistakes!"
"That's good. Okay, Ronger, it's been cold lately. You must have been cold since you've been out for so long. Come here and have a sip of hot tea first."
"Thank you, miss. Miss, you are so kind to me!"
Ronger walked in quickly, with a smile on her face.
Song Xiao watched from the side and raised her lips.
She will never allow anyone to ruin her plans!
At noon, Qin Lian took care of the things in the store, took the freshly cooked lunch to the Silk Shop, found Su Liuye, and told her about Song Xiao.
Su Liuye was a little surprised, "Liu Mansion's winter banquet?"
"Yes, that's what Ah Liu is!" Qin Lian had been anxious all morning, and now she could finally say it, "This is what a cousin from the Liu family gave it to me, and she said she wanted us to bring out these dishes at the winter banquet. , but only Shi Feng and Father Zhou are busy in the kitchen. I told them, but they didn’t care."
Su Liuye took the order. The dishes above indeed used expensive ingredients and the processes were very complicated. Some of them she had never even heard of.
"Give this list to Cyclamen?"
"Yes, A Liu, don't you think it's strange too? We have so many grievances with the Liu family before, why do they still give us the banquet list? I suspect they want to find an opportunity to embarrass us! But they gave us the deposit All handed in."
Qin Lian took out the bag of money with a sad look on her face. She didn't dare to talk about what happened between herself and Liu Yuan, for fear of making the matter more complicated.
She also thought about returning the money, but Liu's servants didn't help her at all.
"It's okay, Lianlian, since they gave this opportunity to us, we just need to make good use of it!" Su Liuye said with a smile, "The Liu family is the largest family in Luoxi Town, and their winter banquet will definitely entertain many distinguished guests. Our best publicity opportunity.”
"The people who have conflicts with me are Liu Sanshi and Liu Wei. They are just members of the Liu family and cannot represent the entire Liu family. I believe that the Liu family will not use the banquet in their own house as a bargaining chip just to deal with us."
Qin Lian listened and began to understand what was going on, "A Liu, you mean that the Liu family really wants us to prepare a banquet?"
"Maybe that's what it means." Su Liuye returned the list to her, "But whether that's what it means or not, I will change it into this! Don't let such a good publicity opportunity pass!"
"You first take the list back to Shi Feng and the others to see how many of the dishes on it they know. We can discuss the remaining ones that they don't know."
"Okay! I'll go right now!"
After being told this, Qin Lian suddenly felt energetic. After returning to the restaurant, she showed the list to Shi Feng and the others.
Father Zhou frowned when he saw it, "No, no, I don't even know a few of the words on it, let alone the dishes on it."
