frightfiction Chapter 212: The restaurant is about to reopen, and Guojiazhuang has no criminal record?
Chapter 212: The restaurant is about to reopen, and Guojiazhuang has no criminal record?
Kyoto Prefecture finally came to life as the whole city drank medicine day after day. In late spring, more and more people appeared on the streets, and small vendors gradually appeared in the streets and alleys.
Some people are still wearing masks made by Anqiao, and some are still carrying medicine, but no matter what, the city of Kyoto is gradually regaining its former vitality.
"Young lady! Isn't it time for us to open the business?" Qi Tao stood at the door excitedly watching the people coming and going. After being idle for more than two months, he couldn't help but feel that this was the breath of the world.
An Qiao looked at Qi Tao with a smile, her eyes full of freedom.
"It's about to open, so let's do a thorough cleaning first." After being idle for so long, everyone eats after each other every day, and we don't even know what's in stock.
Qi Tao nodded and said, "After being idle for so long, the tables and chairs in the lobby are probably covered in dust."
The two of them returned to the restaurant from the door. Besides, they had to find a gardener. After all, some of the flowers in the yard had already become withered, so it might not be a good idea to open the restaurant right away.
Everyone was very excited when they heard that the business was about to reopen. They wanted to go out and open the business a long time ago.
An Qiao divided the restaurant into several parts, giving the heavy work to the boys and the cleaning work to the girls.
"Lixia, Lidong, the two of you should go into the kitchen more often. Come with me to the warehouse later to see what else is left. If nothing is rotten, eat it as soon as possible, as we have to do a lot of shopping tomorrow." An Qiao had not assigned any work to Lixia and Lidong, and the two were very surprised.
An Qiao thought about it and realized that in addition to the rice and noodles that they ate every day, there were also vegetables that could not be kept. Some of them had already been made into kimchi, and some had been eaten by several people.
Fortunately, there is a small vegetable patch next door, otherwise An Qiao always felt that if she was locked up here, she would either lack vitamin C or die of thirst.
Everyone took their tools and went to work. An Qiao asked Da Han to light mugwort at the door. Originally, An Qiao lit the mugwort for disinfection, but now she lit the mugwort for both disinfection and removal of the "evil spirits".
Inside the warehouse, several people were stunned as they looked at the warehouse which looked like it had been the scene of a war.
During this period, not to mention other people, even An Qiao often came in to grab some things and leave. In addition, many times, due to insufficient inventory, they had to use other things as a substitute, and it was difficult to find them, so it was a mess.
"My dear, has this place ever been bombed?" Lixia exclaimed sincerely.
"Fortunately, the young lady feeds the cat regularly, otherwise there would be mice in this warehouse." Lidong also thought of something and felt a chill.
"Okay, let's move the food outside first, and see which ones we can use and which ones we can't, and then clean the warehouse. We won't be able to open tomorrow, and we have to replenish a lot of things." An Qiao also had a headache.
Fortunately, it is almost summer now, the weather is not so cold, and the ground is no longer covered with snow. Many dried fruits can be used after drying. Even if they are not sold, they can be eaten by family.
A few people started working immediately and moved things out of the warehouse.
Spices like chili peppers, peppercorns, and star anise just need to be dried in the sun.
As for the remaining tofu skin, day lily, and tribute vegetables, if they don’t look good, just put them aside and eat them yourself. If they look good, take them out and dry them in the sun. They are dried vegetables anyway, so there’s nothing wrong with them.
An Qiao pickled some bacon and salted pork a few years ago. I ate a lot of it while I was locked up in the house, so there was still a lot left.
An Qiao plans to buy some and pickle a batch. Many dishes feel like they lack soul without these ingredients.
I don’t know if there are still piglets on the farm. This plague has really disrupted many of the original plans, and many things have to start all over again.
When An Qiao thought of the fruit trees on her mountain, she almost burst into tears. She wondered how many of the fruit trees survived the winter.
"My dear, all the milk, dried fruits and condiments we bought from merchant Hu are gone." After Lixia finished ordering the condiments, she said to An Qiao who was standing outside sorting them.
"I have a lot of things to buy tomorrow. I wonder if the Hu merchants have stopped doing business because of the plague." An Qiao was not familiar with many Hu merchants. After choosing one, she would often stick with that one and didn't know what they were doing.
While things are busy here, the Dali Temple is also busy.
In just a few days, the archives rooms in the Dali Temple and the Kyoto government office almost became their home.
The little yamen runners in the Kyoto government office couldn't help but ask, "Are you going to take the exam?"
This left the people in the Dali Temple confused. What kind of exam was this?
It was not until everyone else burst into laughter that they realized that the young yamen runner thought that the people from the Dali Temple were looking through the files so diligently because the Dali Temple held some special examination every year to test everyone's familiarity with the case.
But these days of busyness were not in vain, at least I got some dark circles under my eyes.
"This Guojiazhuang is amazing, is there really not a single case?" Zhao Huaiqing had been doubting himself while trying to search for several days.
"That's not a god. I almost turned the Dali Temple and the Kyoto government office upside down but didn't see any words about Guojiazhuang." Xinhai couldn't help complaining.
"Are you looking for Guojiazhuang?" an older yamen runner asked after hearing the conversation between the people.
Gu Qingyun nodded quickly. Looking for files in the government office and the Dali Temple was one method, and asking the elders was the same.
"You won't find it." The bailiff lit a pipe and started smoking it while sitting in the corridor.
Gu Qingyun squatted obediently on the side, "Excuse me, why?"
The yamen runner took a deep breath and said, "You don't often come across Guojiazhuang in the Dali Temple, but thirty years ago, Guojiazhuang was a frequent visitor to our Jingdu government office... However, the children nowadays probably don't know about it."
As he spoke, the bailiff's eyes became cloudy, as if he was lost in memories.
"At that time, I had just become a yamen runner. I was full of vigor and vitality, thinking about what I wanted, doing justice, eliminating evil and promoting good. But my first case was the Guojiazhuang Niutou case.
The case file had long disappeared. At that time, there was a village behind Guojiazhuang. One village had good Ganoderma lucidum, and the other village had excellent cattle breeding.
But as for cattle, no one can kill and eat them casually, except for those guys from the Western Regions.
However, these two villages took a different approach and secretly slaughtered cattle and cooked soup with Ganoderma lucidum, which became the health supplement that shocked everyone at that time, Ox Head Soup.
Rich people have everything, so they just pursue longevity and novelty.
In the upper class circles, many people secretly spend money to buy this extremely expensive ox head soup.
But this matter was soon discovered by a young man who had just passed the imperial examination. At such a young age, he wanted to take over the industry by himself. But this was not something he could change..."