The British Empire under the rule of Li Lu, whether it is socio-economic or other aspects have made great progress, especially as the capital of the empire, Broken Leaf City, located at the throat of the Silk Road, there are many merchants, coupled with the British Empire has always implemented a mercantile policy, so this Broken Leaf City is more prosperous and rich, countless young people with dreams, come to Broken Leaf to do "Jing Piao", their hard wages, hard work, in order to achieve the life they want in the Broken Leaf City with unlimited opportunities.Among them, there is a person named Wang Renfu, he was originally a native of Luzhou, Hedong, and later followed his relatives to move west into the British Empire, settled in Gaochang, and then he went to the Broken Leaf Mansion in Kyoto of the Empire alone to do broken drift, in order to make a living, Wang Renfu was first introduced by a fellow countryman, and went to the Broken Gourd Hotel in the meat market on Qianmen Street as an apprentice.After more than three years of apprenticeship, he learned the skills of entertaining customers, tidying up the shop and making side dishes.He is warm and diligent, and the guests who come to the hotel to drink love to let him serve wine.Although this Wang Renfu did a good job, he earned very little wages.In order to fend for himself, after the three-year apprenticeship, he quit his job at the Broken Gourd Hotel and, with the help of relatives and friends, set up a tent at the mouth of Xianyukou on the east side of Qianmen Street.Three or five oil tables, a few benches, a self-made stove, plus wine and meat on credit, hung a wine gourd on the street, and the word "Wang Ji" was written on it.Perhaps it is the wish of the people, after the opening of the hotel, every day there are many customers, the seats are full, and the business is becoming more and more prosperous.Because the hotel is good in business and has a good reputation, the winery, noodle shop, and oil and salt shop are willing to give him things on credit, and Wang Ji Hotel made money within a few years of opening.With the money, Wang Renfu, as the shopkeeper, planned to build a house, so he built a two-story building with only one façade, except for two private seats, the small building was full of scattered seats.At that time, the varieties of business included boiled small peanuts, rose dates, horse-linked pork, dried meat and other side dishes, although the trade was small, but it was becoming more and more prosperous.Among these small dishes, the most famous is the horse-linked meat, speaking of this horse-related meat, there is a legendary story, when Wang Renfu was an apprentice, he learned to learn the craft of cooking.By chance, the lotus grass that wrapped the zongzi fell into the pot where the meat was cooked, and the meat was cooked out of the pot.So, on this basis, Wang Renfu readjusted the seasoning, and the famous horsetail meat was formed.Just as the trade was booming, Wang Renfu fell seriously ill and died soon after.Leaving Wang Renfu's widow to live with a son and a daughter, the business was transferred to Li Jixiang, the senior brother of Wang's shopkeeper, to operate, so Xiangji Restaurant became Li Ji Restaurant.Under the management of Li Jixiang, the hotel still maintains a good style of opening early and closing late, warm hospitality, and real good style of wine and food, so the business is getting better and better.Later, due to various reasons, the business was not as good as it used to be.Especially in the wax moon, production is even more deserted.In fact, this is a traditional concept, broken leaves and the Central Plains, have the same New Year customs, as long as the moon enters, those nobles, bureaucrats and rich families in the imperial capital of broken leaves, they began to buy New Year goods, generally before the Chinese New Year's Eve, all purchased, waiting for the New Year.At this time, the government also sealed it, the theater also sealed the stage, and most people didn't go out.Therefore, hotels and restaurants have long been out of business, especially in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and they don't even sit during the day.According to the old people, at this time, there were only two kinds of trading masters, one was a bathhouse and the other was a pawnshop.There was a folk song in Broken Leaves that twenty-seven washed guilt and twenty-eight washed sloppy......
By the thirtieth night, the bathing people were continuous.The pawnshop is supposed to only open in the morning and evening, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, it stays open all night in order to wait for those who "jump into the fire pit"."
Jumping into the fire pit" is those who owe money to others, but can't hide from the debt, and must repay the debt at the end of the year, so they send all the things at home to the pawnshop.Some people even take off their clothes on the spot, in order to make up for the debt.Li Kee Hotel opens and closes every day at a specified time, even if it is not closed when it is not in the Chinese New Year's Eve.It's the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve again, Qianmen Street is dark, the ordinary shops have long been closed, and in the sound of the husband's bang, there are still a few firecrackers from time to time, Chinese New Year's Eve is coming, and even the guys of the various traders have gone back to eat the New Year's dinner.However, the Li Kee Hotel is still lit up in the dim light because it is not yet time to close.At this time, the door curtain was lifted, and two servants with yarn lamps led a middle-aged man with a magnificent instrument into the hotel, and the man led them enthusiastically upstairs, and the three of them sat down and drank wine with side dishes.When the guy saw that these people came late, they looked good, and asked for so many drinks and food, so the hospitality was even more courteous.I saw that middle-aged man, while eating side dishes and drinking, praised the good food, good wine, good service, and said that those famous hotels in the broken leaves of the imperial capital, even if they were Drunken Immortal Building and Zhujun Building, they couldn't compare to the wine and food here."
Xiao Er, bring your most proud food, don't worry, the reward is indispensable for your ......"
The middle-aged man said to the shop guy with a smile while eating Ma Lian meat."
A few guest officers, please ...... later" Hearing that their bounty was indispensable, the shop guy became more attentive, "A few guest officers, don't look at our shop small, but we also have our own unique skills, you can wait a little ......"
After a while, the guy served three baskets of steaming roasted wheat, only to see its lace folds layer upon layer, like exquisite silk flowers.According to him, the process of making siu mai in their shop is different, from blanching, mixing, hammering to steaming, it takes the hands of six to seven masters, a total of 14 processes.All steps are purely manual.The folds on the siu mai can reach up to thirty, and it is said that only two or three masters can make them.The middle-aged man ate a siu mai, his eyes suddenly lit up, the taste of this siu mai is really good, fragrant but not greasy, the aftertaste is endless, it can be called a must.The middle-aged man was extremely happy to eat, and at the end, he asked the guy, what is the name of your little shop?
When the guy heard this, he said, we don't have a name here, so let's call it a Li Kee Restaurant.This person nodded, and said with some emotion, at this time, the hotel that is not closed, I am afraid that there is only one big broken leaf.I'll give you a name for your small hotel, just call it a unique place!
The Chinese New Year's Eve passed quickly, and the events of that night had almost been forgotten.Suddenly, one day, more than a dozen guards lined up and arrived at the Li Ji Hotel, and gave a tiger head plaque with the three big characters of "one place" to the shopkeeper Li Jixiang.At this time, everyone knew that the middle-aged man who came to the hotel to drink on the thirtieth night turned out to be Li Lu of the British Supreme and His Majesty the Emperor, and this plaque was inscribed by Li Lu himself.Li Jixiang was so excited that he shed tears, hung the plaque written by the emperor on the lintel of the store, and covered the Taishi chair that Li Lu had sat on that night with yellow satin, and put it on the loess underneath, and placed it respectfully, stipulating that no one should sit on it again.The news of Li Lu's inscription for Li Ji Hotel swept through Broken Leaf City like a gust of wind, and everyone came to congratulate and watch this tiger head plaque.For a while, the only restaurant was famous, and the business was booming.Li Lu went to the only place to drink, admired the tiger head plaque, set up a throne in the only place, etc., which played a decisive role in the prosperity of the unique place.A must-order dish for a one-of-a-kind guest.Carry forward the tradition of thoughtful and enthusiastic hospitality, fine selection of materials, fine workmanship and good taste, especially the back pot meat, which is very distinctive, and has become a must-order dish for every customer who comes to eat.Later, Li Lu came to the only place again, and wrote a poem to praise this small shop: Beijing is the only place to paging, and Hugh asked if the name is really there.Taste the taste of urn head spring wine, and overwhelm the broken gourd.What they didn't know was that when Li Lu was named, he plagiarized the name of a famous siu mai restaurant under the cheap shop in another time and space, but in fact, this guy didn't innovate at all.,....