Chapter Seventeen, Weird
Not long after, Xu Ze followed the two shopkeepers to the back kitchen, and the big shopkeeper summoned the inn's chef.
"I wonder why the two shopkeepers came to the kitchen?"
The big shopkeeper pointed at Xu Ze and said: "This little brother brought something called monosodium glutamate and said that adding it to the dishes can enhance the umami taste of the dishes, so we brought him to try it."
"Miscellaneous? How come I haven't heard of it?" The chef looked at Xu Ze with suspicion.
Xu Ze smiled and said: "I just invented it yesterday. Of course you haven't heard of it."
"Invented it yourself? My little brother and I are colleagues."
"no."
Xu Ze added: "Don't worry, this thing is non-toxic and harmless. You will know after trying it."
"What do you need to try?"
"Are there any ready-made dishes or soup?"
"Yes, except for some dishes that need to be cooked fresh, most of our dishes and soups are prepared."
"Okay, master, please put the prepared dishes here. Just add some of my seasoning and stir it."
"It's that simple?"
"Yes."
The chef looked at the two shopkeepers, and when the big shopkeeper nodded, he took a few containers with some dishes and soup and put them on the table.
Xu Ze also took out the flavoring from his pocket, then poured some into each bowl, then took the taiko and stirred evenly.
Then he added: "To prove the safety of this flavoring, I will take a taste first. I will stay here in the afternoon, so you don't have to worry about me running away."
Seeing that the two shopkeepers had no objections, Xu Ze picked up a piece of meat and threw it into his mouth, then a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
Since coming to this world, he has never been so hungry for meat.
Thinking about my past life, I had so many opportunities to eat meat but didn't take advantage of it. Now I really regret it.
After swallowing the meat, Xu Ze ate all the other dishes, and finally took a sip of soup, feeling so happy in his heart.
Putting the bowl down quickly, Xu Ze said: "You guys should try it too."
The two shopkeepers looked at each other and then said to the chef: "Master Xiong, try it."
Master Xiong didn't think much and just picked up another pair of tachyons to try.
He also picked up a piece of meat first, threw the meat into his mouth, took a few bites, his eyes lit up, and then started chewing quickly.
Then he tasted the other dishes again, and finally drank a bowl of soup, and then showed a satisfied look.
As soon as I put down the bowl, I looked up and found that the two shopkeepers were looking at me. They sighed and said, "Okay, very good. After adding MSG, the taste is indeed much better."
"But what's good about it, I can't tell you." He looked at Xu Ze again and said, "Little brother, what is this flavor of yours made of?"
Xu Zedao: "This is a business secret, how can you say it casually?"
"Yes, yes, it was Xiong who was abrupt."
Master Xiong looked at the big shopkeeper again and nodded to him.
The big shopkeeper immediately understood what he meant, this flavored vegetable can be collected.
Then he smiled and said to Xu Ze: "Little brother, you were neglectful just now. Let's go to the teahouse and sit for a while?"
Xu Ze shook his head and said: "Don't be anxious, the guests haven't tried it yet. You are all serving the guests, and you must satisfy the guests."
"I still have some MSG here, which I will give you for free today. You can try it on the customers today. If the customers are satisfied, we can discuss the transaction later. What do you think?"
The two shopkeepers looked at each other, a little confused as to what kind of medicine Xu Ze was selling in this gourd.
But it would be a bastard not to take advantage of it, so they agreed to Xu Ze's proposal.
Xu Ze then took out part of his flavoring and added it to the finished dishes.
During this period, he asked to do it himself and refused Master Xiong's help.
The main reason is that the flavor ingredients used this time are too simple. Although he deliberately added some other things to confuse the audience, for a chef, it is still possible to distinguish them.
After everything was settled, the shopkeeper arranged a room for Xu Ze to rest.
At the same time, the shopkeeper is not stupid. He knows that although there are good dishes, if the customers don't know about it, how can they come in to pay for it?
How can we let more people know about the delicious food of Sihailou without paying for it?
Therefore, the big shopkeeper specially found a signboard and wrote "All dishes today are at a 20% discount. Come and taste it, all the folks in the audience", and then asked the waiter to place it at the door.
The effect of this trick is really good, and many people are attracted by the discount.
As the dishes are served to the guests one after another, the two shopkeepers will personally go up to ask the guests whether they are satisfied with the dishes.
The responses received were all very satisfactory, and many people wanted to add more dishes.
Seeing that most of the dishes at Sihailou were praising the deliciousness, the two shopkeepers finally felt relieved.
Unknowingly, the afternoon passed. Xu Ze woke up from his meditation and looked at the sky. It was probably past midnight, which was around four o'clock.
It's time to go back, otherwise you won't be able to go back once it gets dark.
At night, either wild beasts come out to look for food, or demons and ghosts come out. When the time comes, you will definitely light up the latrine - looking for shit.
Then Xu Ze came to the kitchen. At this time, Master Xiong had almost prepared tonight's dishes. Xu Ze added all the flavorings he had to the dishes.
Then he said goodbye to Master Xiong and the big shopkeeper.
At this time, the guests were thinking about the delicious food for lunch and came to Sihai Tower early.
The two shopkeepers were busy, so they just said a few polite words to Xu Ze and asked him to leave.
As soon as Xu Ze came out of Sihai Tower, he didn't dare to delay, so he went straight out of the city and hurried back, trying his best to get back to the village before dark.
Fortunately it is summer and it gets dark late.
Xu Ze quickened his pace all the way and arrived near the ancient tree around You hour.
In other words, we are already halfway home, and we should be home in about half an hour.
But as Xu Ze got closer to the ancient tree, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He felt a cold breath.
As the ancient tree got closer and closer, the cold atmosphere became more and more obvious.
"No way? The sun hasn't completely set yet, and the ghosts came out early? And they were encountered by me?"
"I wish I had thought more about it."
As the ancient tree got closer and closer, Xu Ze suddenly noticed a pair of people resting under the tree.
Everyone was wearing red clothes, which was very festive.
At the same time, there were ceremonial guards in front to clear the way.
There is a sedan chair in the middle, and a person dressed as a matchmaker is standing next to the sedan chair.
There are various gift boxes placed behind the sedan chair, which look like betrothal gifts.
On the surface, this should be a procession to welcome a bride, but how can ordinary people go so late to welcome a bride?
In particular, Xu Ze could feel that the yin energy was coming from them, so he knew there was something strange.
"What a bad luck." Xu Ze sighed in his heart.
At the same time, try to suppress the nervousness in your heart, look forward, act as if you don't see anything, and keep walking forward at an even speed.
For a stretch of more than 20 meters, Xu Ze felt like he had walked for a century, and he felt that time was passing so slowly.
Just when he was about to walk out of the area of the ancient tree and feel a little relieved, suddenly a gloomy voice came from behind.
Chapter completed!