Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Chapter 300: Peanut Soup Rice Noodles

Anle also smiled, "Brother Zhao, this is wrong. We study to learn to read, be friendly, and be modest. People from small families and the market don't care about these things. No matter how much money we make, it can't compare to the noble character and elegance brought by a poem of ours."

After Anle finished speaking, he took a sip of tea slowly, as if he was very noble.

If it wasn't dinner time, the other people in the restaurant would have overturned his table. His words were really mean.

But there were few people at the moment, and many people could only frown and pretend not to hear such gossip, trying to use Xu Banshan's words to cover up the people at the table.

Unfortunately, they seem to think that what they say is very noble, and often they deliberately amplify their voices.

Every time An Qiao came, she would receive half a full box of complaints about the people at that table.

An Qiao smiled and gave compensation to all the people who had eaten with them. Qiufen didn't understand An Qiao's behavior. If that was the case, why not just post a notice prohibiting them from entering?

Everybody hates them anyway.

An Qiao just smiled and said, "I won't have to hide anymore soon. It doesn't matter if I meet An Le."

Qiufen's face was filled with fear. He had been hiding for almost 10 days, and suddenly he said he didn't want to study anymore. Why?

An Qiao looked at Qiufen's expression and laughed, "Oh, it's very simple. A big tree attracts the wind. They are not even that big yet, but they are talking big everywhere. Dahan told me three days ago that they are going to send their invitations directly to the homes of the princes and nobles. If anyone is willing to accept them as retainers, they will get what they want and won't even have to take the Qiuwei exam anymore."

Qiufen opened her mouth. Although she had never been to the imperial examination hall, she had seen many people of all kinds who came to eat there on weekdays.

There are many academies nearby their restaurant, and these students also like to eat at Kyoto Restaurant on weekdays. The way they speak and act is completely different from these people.

"Is this really possible? Why does it feel like we are pushing ourselves into a fire pit?" Qiufen silently gave a thumbs up. He really didn't know whether these people were overconfident or just really stupid.

An Qiao also smiled and shook her head. She didn't know about other families, but the few people she knew, Li Qing's family, Gu Qingyun's family, and even An Yonghou's family, would most likely not accept such a post.

"They don't think so. They think they are very knowledgeable and well-educated."

An Qiao could finally sit at the counter again. She crossed her legs and thought about the next activity.

It has been almost a month since the last Lotus Festival. I don’t know what I have been busy with during this year, doing all sorts of things.

The restaurant was not as rich as it could be, and An Qiao thought that she had to hold some new activities anyway.

"Young lady, long time no see." Gu Qingyun stood in front of An Qiao again to make his presence felt.

An Qiao was stunned. "Didn't I just meet you in the backyard?"

"Ah... yes, I thought you didn't see me, so I said hello to you." Gu Qingyun said again, pulling the corners of his mouth intentionally or unintentionally.

"I see. You've been busy again recently, haven't you...By the way, tell me what news you want, and I'll see if I have any."

An Qiao always felt something was wrong when she saw Gu Qingyun being so polite. What was the problem? Could it be that Gu Qingyun had some news to buy and didn't dare to say anything nonsense to offend her?

Gu Qingyun's mouth twitched. Although he did have some news to ask...

An Qiao said to herself, "The governor of Kyoto came to me yesterday and asked me about the Yan Gui Pavilion. Do you want to know the same thing?"

Having said that, An Qiao didn't care what he thought. She took out a piece of paper from the drawer and quickly wrote several lines.

It was probably the news about Yangui Pavilion that I heard in the restaurant during this period.

It included how Madam Xiaorong suddenly fell down, the tragic scene when Madam Xiaorong died, some stories about the owner of Yangui Pavilion, and Madam Rong's former glory and sudden disappearance.

Gu Qingyun took a quick look and indeed changed his train of thought. It turned out that there was another way to explain this matter.

Gu Qingyun nodded and said gratefully, "Thank you, young lady. I will come to eat more often in the future."

An Qiao also laughed, and suddenly felt that Gu Qingyun had returned to normal. What happened?

"By the way, I accidentally went to the backyard just now. What was the meaning of your conversation? If you have any trouble, you can come to me. I will definitely not refuse."

An Qiao thought that Gu Qingyun had been distracted by his recent search for clues, so she didn't take it seriously and nodded, "Okay, I'll definitely trouble you if I need anything."

The two looked at each other, and An Qiao said, "In a few days, there may be other activities. If you want to participate, you have to come early to see it, in case you miss it."

In fact, Lian Anqiao didn’t know what activities were going on. She just thought that with so many students staying in Kyoto Prefecture for the past two months, it would be unreasonable not to take advantage of them.

Gu Qingyun nodded. He has been very busy lately and doesn’t know if he can still participate.

However, it’s also good that I can’t attend, because my grandparents are watching me too closely, and it seems that they are always planning to find a young girl for me to marry.

Aren't there always crowds of people around An Qiaoci at any event? If someone asks him to go on a blind date, he won't be able to do anything about it.

An Qiao didn't say much. She was thinking about whether to hold a bigger event during the Mid-Autumn Festival or a fireworks festival in the summer.

An Qiao had been curious about this before.

The Kyoto government only said that if it is the type of fireworks that do not fly into the sky, but fly relatively low, you just need to report it.

However, if a fire occurs, the store will be held responsible.

Not only will they be fined, but they will also be educated, and if they are caught by their opponents, they may even be sent to jail.

An Qiao naturally didn't want to take these risks, so she felt it was troublesome every time she thought about it.

I also thought about organizing a shadow puppet festival, where everyone who participates will have to bring a shadow puppet, and it would be best if they could dress up as other shadow puppets, so that we can have an ancient cosplay competition.

But after thinking about it, I feel that these kinds of entertainment are probably more attractive to young ladies. If I want to earn money from scholars, I may still have to write some literature.

Are we going to hold another poetry reading? Poetry readings every year seem to be a bit boring.

An Qiao was thinking while preparing to try a new dish, rice noodles in peanut soup.

Prepare the bean sprouts, leeks, pea pods, and coriander, rinse them with water, and then heat up the peanut paste that they were just asked to make.

The peanut soup and soy milk are made in the same process, it is not just a simple boil, but is made directly into the appearance of soy milk.

Once the rice noodles are blanched, put them into the peanut soup and add side dishes and condiments.