Seeing that the time for the banquet was approaching day by day, some of the dishes on the vegetarian table were still undecided. Qiao Yun thought so hard every day that she was almost bald.

If all the ingredients are available, she can come up with a hundred dishes.

But the embarrassing thing is that there are no suitable ingredients at the moment!

She had racked her brains these past few days and had arranged all the eighteen vegetarian dishes, but the number was clearly nineteen, and there was only one cold dish left. She really couldn't think of what to use!

Shopkeeper Peng felt a little emotional when he saw her pacing back and forth in the backyard of the restaurant all day long.

He has also seen the menu she prepared. Indeed, the names of the dishes are so original and the cooking techniques are unheard of. Qiao Yun has taught most of them to the chefs in the restaurant, and shopkeeper Peng is convinced.

"In a usual banquet, there are two hundred guans in a different way. Just pick a large meat dish with a complicated cooking process. The worst is a roasted camel."

Qiao Yun's eyes widened.

“Roasted camel?”

"Yes." Shopkeeper Peng chuckled, "You don't know something. There are a lot of barbarian restaurants in Bei City. The main dish is roasted camel. For ordinary people, you need to make a reservation in advance. For our sake, we can rush to order two.

It’s not impossible for camels to come.”

As soon as this was said, Qiao Yun rejected it.

She put her hands on her hips and shook her head.

"That's not our family's food after all."

What's more, is it necessary to go back to the traditional Tang Dynasty banquet just because a vegetarian meal cannot be perfect?

Then wouldn’t all her hard work over the past ten days be in vain?

In April in Dongdu, when the weather is fine and the sunshine is particularly strong, there is no place in Luo City that is not blooming. The warm breeze carrying the fragrance of flowers makes the whole city drunk, but Qiao Yun is the only one who is upset by the sun.

"Don't be upset, the car has its own way to the front of the mountain!" A boy came out of the kitchen, carrying an ice bowl. Shopkeeper Peng took it and offered it to Qiao Yun in a flattering manner: "Master, have a bowl of cake."

Go to the mountains and get rid of the anger."

Qiao Yun glanced at it.

In the bowl is a pile of shaved ice, specially topped with thick cream, honey-fried flower petals and various preserved fruits.

She pursed her lips, took the ice bowl, scooped a small spoonful of shaved ice and put it into her mouth. Her temples suddenly hurt from the cold.

Hey. Shopkeeper Peng laughed twice in his heart.

After all, he is still a child, and a bowl of dessert can calm him down.

At this time, a young boy stumbled out of the door. His head was covered with sweat, he was out of breath and he was about to rush over: "The shopkeeper, the shopkeeper!"

Shopkeeper Peng quickly stopped him: "My boss is here, be respectful!"

The waiter stopped quickly, glanced at Qiao Yun, and said to Shopkeeper Peng: "Shopkeeper, the letter you wrote to Shopkeeper Dong in Yangzhou has already arrived!"

"It's true!" Shopkeeper Peng was so surprised that he almost jumped up on the spot.

"What did I lie to you about? There are twelve large boxes, packed with a layer of ice chips, a layer of fur, and a layer of silk padding. They were transported overnight through the Grand Canal. They are still fresh now! The goods are at the dock.

Bian, please hurry up and ask someone to move it."

"Hey, this old guy!" Shopkeeper Peng found it funny, complained, and was about to leave immediately.

Qiao Yun quickly stopped: "What kind of carrot? Is it so valuable?"

"Agate radish! From the south!"

Qiao Yun stood up immediately.

Not long after, twelve large boxes with excellent air permeability were transported to Ding Shi Ji.

Inside the box were small radishes as big as a baby's fist. They were bright red, really like agate, and the color was lovely and pleasing.

Qiao Yun's mind was in a mess.

Isn’t this a cherry radish? How can there be cherry radish in this era?

Shopkeeper Peng rubbed his hands and looked at Qiao Yun expectantly: "My boss, these are the radishes I wrote to Yangzhou more than ten days ago and asked them to ship them. The soil and water in the south of the Yangtze River are good and the climate is good. Xie Dadong's family is in the south.

Zhao accidentally discovered it when he was traveling, so he specially kept the seeds and brought them back to Yangzhou to cultivate them."

This radish is very expensive. After several experienced vegetable growers cultivated it for several years, the quantity that can be supplied is only enough for restaurants in the three cities of Suzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou. Every year, a small amount of radish is pinched.

The freshest batch will be given priority to the main branch in Yangzhou, and the branches in Suzhou and Hangzhou will have to use the second batch.

Because Yangzhou has a large port, Ding Shi Ji relies on this seaport to transport a lot of foreign marine goods. In order to reduce costs, the governor of Yangzhou is the target of Yangzhou Ding Shi Ji's shopkeeper Dong to please every year.

April in Yangzhou is the season of blooming viburnums, and the governor's office holds a flower-viewing banquet every year. One is to show off one's wealth, and the other is to win over the gentry and merchants.

Therefore, no matter how many of the top batch of agate radishes he sells in the spring, he has to keep a share for the Qionghua Banquet held by the governor's office.

Shopkeeper Peng knew that he had offended Qiao Yun badly at the beginning, so he wanted to send a big gift to apologize. These two hundred and forty-one agate radishes were what he wrote to ask for this time. Once these twelve boxes of radishes were taken away,

This year, the share left for the Yangzhou governor in Yangzhou will be gone!

If you don't want to offend the governor, you can only reduce the share of takeout money one after another.

Although he clearly promised to pay according to the amount, he was still scolded so badly by shopkeeper Dong that he lost his face.

They are all shopkeepers of the main office, and they are equals in front of Jie Dongjia. Why should they sacrifice Yangzhou's interests and let him use it to please others?

He was scolded, but he still delivered the two hundred and forty-one agate radishes.

Shopkeeper Peng cursed in his heart, Lao Dong, he was very good at serving his boss, but he was a bit petty and awkward.

But since he got the carrot, it didn't matter if he got scolded. Anyway, he was thousands of miles away, so he pretended he didn't see the scolding words in the letter.

Qiao Yun glanced at Shopkeeper Peng's flattering smile, and immediately felt relieved and a little grateful.

She naturally knew how difficult it was to transport twelve boxes of agate radishes from the south in ancient times when transportation was inconvenient.

No matter how badly he had offended himself before, this apology was heavy enough.

These round agate radishes really solved her urgent need.

"Thanks a lot."

"It's worth it to me to have such a word from you!" Shopkeeper Peng breathed a sigh of relief and made a long bow.

Time flies like an arrow.

Soon the day was about to set up the banquet. All the dishes had been decided. Wang Jinzhi, Mrs. Cui and Cui Yue also came to taste them, and everyone was full of praise for the dishes. Today, the required ingredients have been shipped in advance.

When I arrived at the Wang family's large kitchen, I lay quietly in the basket, waiting to be served to the dining table tomorrow.

This time it was no longer like a farm wedding banquet. She got up at five o'clock in the morning and was busy again. Qiao Yun simply didn't sleep and planned to stay up all night and do some things in advance.

Anyway, she is young and usually keeps her energy up and is very energetic, so it is not difficult for her to stay up all night.

At this moment, most of the women in the Wang family's kitchen have gone to sleep, leaving only one or two women on night watch outside at the courtyard gate. At this moment, they have set up a table, lit oil lamps, and are playing leaf cards.

Qiao Yun carried an insulated food box from the kitchen to the women on the porch: "You guys have worked hard, come and have some midnight snacks."

"Oh my god, how can I do it?"

"Isn't this something for the eldest lady's birthday party tomorrow? How can we use it to eat!"

Qiao Yun smiled and said, "No, no. I had some leftovers from chopping vegetables. I thought it would be a waste to throw them away, so I simply made something. You guys can try it too and see if it tastes good."

After hearing this, the ladies were willing to take the food box.

There were four bowls of hot soup cakes in the food box. They seemed to have been freshly cooked, and the thick porcelain bowls were a bit hot to the touch.

A woman held the bottom of the bowl against the rim, brought the soup cake to her mouth, blew lightly, took a sip of the soup, and felt refreshed.

“Delicious!”

"It's such a delicious soup, but it's not greasy at all and doesn't taste like meat."

A woman looked at Qiao Yun and asked, "Is this vegetarian soup?"

Qiao Yun smiled and nodded: "Yes, are you okay drinking?"

The mother-in-law smacked her lips, took another sip, and said, "It's more delicious than the vegetarian food at Baima Temple!"

"In my entire life, this is the first time I know that vegetarian food can be so delicious!"

There was also a mother-in-law who even recited Amitabha and called out her sins: "They say those ladies are vegetarians to cultivate their bodies and minds, but this vegetarian soup is so delicious, how can they nourish their bodies?"

Qiao Yun smiled faintly at the side. She looked calm on the surface and said some polite words, but she was already so happy in her heart that she could jump three feet high.

When everything was ready, she was waiting for the banquet to end, counting the money until her hands cramped!

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