Unexpectedly, Qi Zhixi was still a person who was willing to be ordinary and did not admire wealth. Even Liu Shichu looked at him with admiration. People who can resist temptation must have strong self-control and heart.
Everyone has their own ambitions, and Liu Shichu is not someone who will interfere with others casually. Besides, Qi Zhixi was not poached and stayed in her shop to work. She was the one who benefited, so she had no reason to insist on letting people leave. .
"I'll give you a salary increase, because you do a good job and the guests like you very much." Liu Shichu said generously.
Qi Zhixi's eyes suddenly lit up, and the dimple on the left side of his face became deeper. He said very happily: "Thank you, boss! I will definitely do a good job here!"
He patted his chest and assured, and then said with some embarrassment: "My boss, I want to learn bartending, is that okay? Don't worry, I will definitely keep the recipe for bartending secret and will never leak it out. If you are worried, I can still sign the contract, and if I leak the secret, you can punish me as you like!"
Liu Shichu was a little surprised, but then he thought about it. There was no waiter in the store who didn't want to learn bartending. After all, the salary and status of bartenders had been improved, and their status was much more glamorous than that of waiters.
But because the bartender designs the mixing methods of various cocktails, Liu Shichu naturally needs to find someone he trusts to do it, so the current bartenders in the store are all her servants who have signed a contract of sale.
But now Qi Zhixi suddenly said that he wanted to learn bartending. Liu Shichu couldn't help but think more, looked at him seriously and said: "You know, only those who I trust are qualified to be bartenders. But you didn’t sell yourself to me, and you’re not my servant, so I don’t quite trust you yet.”
When Qi Zhixi heard this, he was a little disappointed, but he still said: "That's because I force others to make things difficult... Although I don't mind being a buddy, I can't sell myself as a slave, otherwise my scholar father's coffin won't be able to hold it down. Living."
His always bright and beautiful eyes immediately dimmed, and the dimples on his cheeks disappeared. His handsome face was full of disappointment, which made him particularly endearing.
Liu Shichu, the face control person, immediately felt pity for him. He was confused and blurted out: "It's not impossible if you want to learn bartending. Just sign the contract as you said. You can't reveal the recipe. Otherwise, you will have to pay a huge sum of money. Also, after you learn how to do it, you have to work in my tavern for five years. After five years, you can go wherever you want."
Qi Zhixi's eyes suddenly burst into intense light, and he asked excitedly: "Really? It's no problem to sign the contract! It's no problem to do it for five years. I will definitely not leak the secret..."
When Liu Shichu saw him so excited, her whole body shone, as if she was glowing. She had just been fascinated by sex and made such a decision, and immediately no longer regretted it, and wrote a contract for Qi Zhixi to sign.
In fact, the recipe for mixing drinks is not difficult to say, nor is it easy to say. It is easy to see what kind of wine or other ingredients are used in the cocktails made by Liu Shichu in the tavern. Even if you can't tell, you can't. You can try them out one by one, and the dosage of the recipe is the same, so it is not very difficult to imitate her cocktails.
Although the taste of the imitation cocktail is not as good as Liu Shichu's authentic cocktail, it can still be imitated 70% to 80%. Some drinkers who are not too picky or want to be cheap will not care about this difference in taste, so other There is also a market for the cocktails produced by Renrenzhai, and the market is even quite large. After all, not everyone has the money to go to Liu Shichu's tavern to drink authentic cocktails.
Liu Shichu also knew this, so she was more tolerant about Qi Zhixi's desire to learn bartending, and wouldn't mind helping him once, because she had the ability to withstand being betrayed by him. At most, the recipe would be leaked, and she could bear the result. .
So Qi Zhixi was upgraded from a waiter to a bartending apprentice. The other waiters were envious, but his previous ability was obvious to all, so everyone was just envious and did nothing else.
After Qi Zhixi became a bartending apprentice, he was very eager to learn. He followed several bartenders all day long and never let go of any time.
It didn't take long for him to learn how to do it well. The tall and handsome man concentrated on mixing various wines and ingredients. Every movement was graceful and neat, making him look chic and handsome. Many girls liked it. Pretending to pass by the bar casually, I just wanted to see how serious he was when he was mixing drinks.
Every time Liu Shichu saw that scene, he couldn't help but sigh that beauty can indeed produce great economic benefits.
In the Liangzhou General's Mansion.
Cui Anhua held the letter in his hand, frowning into the character "Chuan", and walked around the room angrily, his face anxious and helpless.
It turned out that what he was holding was Jiang Wenyue's letter. The letter said that she was approaching the due date of giving birth and her belly was unusually large, and he was not around. She felt panicked and panicked, hoping that he could return to the capital to accompany her during the pregnancy. .
However, Cui Anhua had stayed in the capital for several months before returning to Beijing to report on his duties. He really had no excuse to return to the capital. He could not return to the capital privately without the emperor's edict, otherwise the emperor would not suspect that he wanted to rebel?
Even though Cui Anhua wanted to stay with his beloved woman and wait for her to give birth to the child of their love, he had to consider reality, and reality did not allow him to go back. Therefore, he was anxious and helpless, although he was looking forward to the birth of his child. He was happy, but he was also worried about Jiang Wenyue's health.
Jiang Wenyue is so weak, but she has to give birth to a child alone. How helpless and pitiful is that? When Cui Anhua thought of this, he felt a pain in his heart and felt ashamed of his beloved woman.
However, he did not want to think about it. When his first wife and each of his concubines gave birth to their children, he was not in the capital and could not accompany them during the birth. However, he did not feel there was any problem with this at all, let alone feel ashamed of them.
Now that his true love has given birth to a child, he suddenly knows that giving birth is a difficult and dangerous thing, and he starts to worry and feel guilty... This is really ironic.
Only when a man truly cares about a woman will he care about her difficulties and helplessness when giving birth, and will he feel pain for her. However, if a woman who does not care about her dares to complain about the pain of giving birth, he will definitely Sneering and making a fuss out of a molehill, what woman doesn’t have children? It’s just pretentious!
But no matter how worried Cui Anhua was, he could still only worry in Liangzhou City. At most, he would write letters to the capital to comfort his beloved woman, but the rest could not help at all.
It was only when Wen Rumin brought little Jinrong to see her that Liu Shichu learned that Jiang Wenyue had given birth to three children, two sons and one daughter. It was just that the birth was very difficult and it took a whole day and a night of pain to give birth to the child. , it is said that Jiang Wenyue's screams during labor pains could be heard by the entire Cui Mansion, frightening many unmarried girls.
"I took a look. The baby was as small as a cat. He didn't even cry much. He looked very weak." Wen Ru said with emotion, "The new lady also hurt her body this time. Although having twins is a great blessing, not everyone can bear it.”
