First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 244 I'm a bit rude

"You don't know, this is well-known in Mangcheng for its delicious taste. It's hard to queue up, and it sells for one tael of silver per portion." Qian Feng said to Zhao Xiuwan attentively, "Look at his ability, how much does this chicken soup sell for in our store? He can sell it for one tael of silver per portion! That's several times ours!" He brought a bowl and filled it for Zhao Xiuwan and placed it in front of her, "Hurry up and try it, I rushed back specially because I was afraid it would be cold and not tasty."

Listening to Qian Feng's rambling, Zhao Xiuwan's initial interest was wiped out, and she inexplicably felt a bit irritated.

"What do you want to do? To elevate others and belittle me?" Zhao Xiuwan frowned and said to Qian Feng unhappily, "Yes! They are capable and can sell chicken soup for one or two silver coins per serving, so you can go with them! Why are you hanging around me here!"

After hearing what Zhao Xiuwan said, Qian Feng's smile immediately froze at the corner of his lips.

Seeing this, Yao Xin quickly bowed and retreated. The couple was arguing, and he was just asking for trouble by standing here.

Qian Feng frowned slightly. He didn't know how he had touched Zhao Xiuwan's sore spot.

He waited for Zhao Xiuwan to finish her temper before taking a deep breath. "I just brought some for you to try. I didn't think too much about it, and I didn't mean it in the way you said." His voice was a little low when he said it, and he looked up at Zhao Xiuwan secretly after he finished speaking. "Madam, don't be angry. You will only hurt yourself. If you really don't like it, I will just pour out the soup."

He waited for a moment, and when he saw that Zhao Xiuwan still turned her head away and was unwilling to look at him, his heart sank.

Forget it, forget it. He is the dumbest one who doesn’t know how to talk. He knows that his wife also opened a restaurant, but he still insists on using other people’s things to criticize her.

I am really short-sighted...

He put the bowl away in a somewhat dejected manner, and just as he was about to pour the chicken soup in the bowl back into the earthenware pot, he saw Zhao Xiuwan turning around. "What are you doing?"

"Madam... don't you dislike it? I'll go pour it..." Qian Feng would unconsciously feel a little short of breath and timid when facing Zhao Xiuwan.

He was very afraid that Zhao Xiuwan would be angry, and even more afraid that Zhao Xiuwan would ignore him.

He really didn't know what to do to make Zhao Xiuwan treat him better...

"Put it down!" Zhao Xiuwan glared, "Has your military salary increased? How many servings of chicken soup can you buy with your monthly military salary at one tael of silver? You can sell such an expensive thing so easily, you must be very rich!"

Qian Feng was even more at a loss after hearing this. After she bought it, her words were unpleasant and she didn't like it. Now that she wanted it, it was indeed as painful as Zhao Xiuwan said.

"Then...what should we do?" Qian Feng looked at Zhao Xiuwan helplessly, like a child who had done something wrong.

"Drank it! What else can I do!" Zhao Xiuwan's voice became louder. "Is it really going to fall? I bought it with real money! Don't do such boring things in the future! If I want to drink it, I will buy it myself. Besides, there are chefs in this store who can cook it!"

Hearing that Zhao Xiuwan was willing to drink it, Qian Feng immediately felt relieved, "Thank you, ma'am! Please enjoy it!" He hurriedly brought the bowl of soup back.

After Zhao Xiuwan took a sip, the disdain in her heart instantly disappeared, and her eyes lit up. It was really delicious!

Even when I was a Zhaoyi in the palace, I had never tasted such delicious chicken soup!

She quickly brought the clay pot over and took a look. In the chicken soup, there were only chicken meat, ordinary dried mushrooms, and two thin slices of ginger, and nothing else.

Is it possible to make such delicious chicken soup just like this?

Zhao Xiuwan drank another bowl, then called Yao Xin and the chef in the store over and asked them to taste some.

"How is it done? Can we do it?" Zhao Xiuwan asked anxiously, looking at the people lined up in front of her.

Yao Xin also looked at the two chefs in the store.

The two chefs looked at each other and shook their heads. "Master, we can make chicken soup pretty well, but we can't stand this taste!" Yao Xin bowed and said, "Master, why don't you give us a few days and let Master Gao and Master Chen give it a try."

"That's fine!" Zhao Xiuwan nodded, "Then I'll trouble you two to study it more!"

Yao Xin led the two chefs out of the private room and asked, "Are you sure you can make it?"

The two chefs shook their heads. "The chicken soup we cook in our store is made with real ingredients and tastes good, but it's still a far cry from this! Let's go back and think about it. If it doesn't work, how about we go and check out their kitchen?"

Yao Xin clapped his hands, "That's right, I'll go see if there's any way to get a few of the chefs at Caidiexuan out to ask them. They all work for the boss, if they can get the answer for a little money, why bother? Anyway, the boss is willing to pay for it!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The two masters nodded quickly. "That's why the boss appreciates you! You became the shopkeeper at such a young age! Your brain is more flexible than ours."

Yao Xin was very happy to hear this. He sent the two masters back to work and trotted to the back door.

He had been a waiter for many years, and there were usually a lot of leftovers in the store. He would secretly hide some and give them to the beggars who gathered in the back alley.

After so many years, he has gained some prestige among beggars.

Those beggars were also willing to run errands for him, so he was able to find out a lot of things that others would find difficult to find out.

He took some white flour buns to the back alley, distributed them to a few little beggars, and asked them to go to Caidiexuan to inquire about the news.

Su Jixiang rarely shows up in Caidiexuan. She usually hides in the small kitchen in the backyard with Hua Rui.

This small kitchen was built according to Su Jixiang's requirements, and it also has an oven to make it convenient for Su Jixiang to cook, grill, and bake food.

Huarui also uses this small kitchen to make some cold dishes and snacks.

As for Qu Wanning, she was in control of the overall situation in a room on the second floor. Her personal maids Jinjue and Chengxiang were responsible for passing messages and running errands.

So outsiders only know that the waiters and waitresses of Caidiexuan are all women, but they don’t know that even the shopkeeper and the owner are women.

Xie Yingfeng was afraid that since Caidiexuan was full of women, some of them would come and cause trouble, so on the third day after Caidiexuan opened, he recruited four retired veterans to work as cleaners.

These retired veterans were all injured on the battlefield. Although they are no longer suitable for participating in combat, they can still deal with hooligans and thugs one by one.

Besides, people who have been to the battlefield are naturally murderous. With these four people cleaning the store, anyone who wants to cause trouble would have to think carefully about their own weight.