When asked, the waiter did not answer immediately. He scratched his head in embarrassment. As a shrewd Shanghainese, Tang Chizhou certainly knew what to do. He quietly stuffed a few silver coins into the waiter. The waiter pretended to be embarrassed and gave in. : "Oh, Mr. Tang, you have already taken care of the little guy enough in the store these days. There is no need for this. As the saying goes, no reward comes without reward...".

Tang Chizhou forced it into his hand: "We don't have much money. Just buy a bag of tea and drink it. We live here and you have to take care of us. Just accept it for your kindness."

After a few pushbacks, the waiter accepted it with a charming smile. Of course, this kid was also smart and knew that the money was not free. So, he looked around with a sly look and found that no one was there. Then he lowered his voice and said to Tang Chizhou with a mysterious face: "I'll tell you the truth, Mr. Tang. Our shopkeeper, the immortal, has repeatedly told me not to tell others about this, because this is the magic weapon for our store to make money. Don't Our shop also wants to make this kind of dish. But they don’t have the supply. We only have one. So we can buy it as expensive as we want. Every year, rich people from the surrounding area come to our shop just to eat it. This kind of dish.

Because this kind of dish is recorded in our county annals. It is said that as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, some people collected this kind of dish from the mountains and sold it. What is even more strange is that some people call this kind of dish 'Shi Huang Cuisine'. Because It is said that at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there was a man who collected this medicine and sold it. He looked very much like Qin Shihuang. At that time, when people first tasted this dish, they felt that it was extremely delicious and that it was a "wonder". '. Why is it called 'strange'? Because this kind of leaf has an extremely delicious meaty flavor. The meaty flavor is as delicious as mutton, as mellow as beef, and as rich as pork. But it is not smelly or greasy at all. .So, since this kind of dish appeared, it has been very expensive and rare. Of course, those who can afford it are only rich people.

There were quite a few soldiers in the Qin army in our area, and some even served as eunuchs in the Qin palace. It happened to be the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, so many people had seen Qin Shihuang himself.

One day, an official of the Qin Dynasty who had been an official in the Qin Dynasty and later returned to his hometown heard that this 'wonderful grass' was extremely delicious. So he came to the site where this kind of grass was sold and planned to buy some to eat. And he also wanted to find out where this kind of leaves came from. If he could know, he could send people to collect it himself. Wouldn't it be a big fortune?

He pushed aside the crowd and prepared to have a good chat with the medicine seller inside. But when he finally squeezed in and saw the medicine seller, his knees went weak and he knelt in front of the man. Because the medicine seller The Medicine Man made him feel extremely shocked. He looked so much like the First Emperor. His appearance, figure, and the temperament in every move made him feel like the First Emperor was reborn. Although he knew intellectually that this young man could not be the First Emperor, but because the First Emperor was in his presence The majesty in my mind was really too powerful. So even though I knew it wasn't true, I still couldn't control my legs.

Gradually, the officials of the Han Dynasty also heard about this matter. There was a man who looked very much like the previous emperor, and he was selling strange "vegetable leaves" whose origins no one knew. This was by no means a good sign. So I thought about arresting the vegetable seller. Later, I don’t know why, but before the official could implement this plan, the vegetable seller who looked like Qin Shihuang mysteriously disappeared and never appeared again.

With the disappearance of the mysterious vegetable seller, various rumors started to spread. Some said that it was the reincarnation of Qin Shihuang. Some said that he was the son of Qin Shihuang, and he would overthrow the newly established Han Dynasty and restore the Qin Dynasty."

After listening to the waiter's words, Tang Chizhou felt more and more mysterious about this plant. But although the waiter said so much, he still didn't mention where the mysterious plant they were eating now came from. That was the question. The essential.

"Then who collected the vegetables you are using now?" Tang Chizhou asked closely. As he asked, he put his hands into the pockets of his trousers. It seemed to be an inadvertent habitual action. In fact, he was tightly I grabbed a few silver dollars in my pocket and thought, if the waiter doesn't tell me, then I'll take out the remaining silver coins and give them to the waiter.

Fortunately, the waiter in the shop was talking in excitement. When Tang Chizhou asked, he explained without hesitation: "Actually, in our area, the only person who can get herbal medicine is a blind man. No one knows. Where does that blind man come from? Who is he? He only sells it three or four times a year at most. The sellers are all the top local merchants. And in recent decades, no one has seen this blind man selling it again. Some people speculate that he is dead. Others say that he has wandered to other places. Therefore, this dish has disappeared in our area for decades.

But I heard from the elders that before this blind man sold this kind of dish, this kind of dish had never appeared since the Qin and Han Dynasties. People in our area only know that there are legends about this kind of dish for generations, and it is in the county annals. There are records in it, but no one has seen it or tasted it with their own eyes. It was not until the blind man appeared that he got this dish from nowhere. And the appearance and taste of this dish are the same as those recorded in the county annals. Almost exactly the same. Only then did people realize that the dish that had disappeared for two thousand years had magically appeared again.

After the blind man stopped selling this dish, people thought that this dish would disappear again. But about two years ago, a strange thing happened. Speaking of which, I still feel that this thing is really true. It's so weird. I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still don't understand it.

But I think this can happen because our store is so famous. Within hundreds of miles around, our store is considered the most famous. The various dishes and banquets alone cannot be compared to other stores. Because we The owner of the shop has been a cook for generations. I heard that there were imperial chefs in the previous generations. So the skills passed down from ancestors are very good. Later, they gradually started cooking. Therefore, whenever we entertain prominent figures in our area, we can order banquets, etc. Almost all of them choose our store. The mysterious "food delivery man" I'm about to talk about may be because of this reason that he decided to sell this extremely precious vegetable to our store.

I still remember that it was an afternoon in early summer. It was already very hot. There were very few people that day. I was taking a nap on the counter. Suddenly I heard someone calling me. I thought they were staying in a hotel or coming to eat. When I looked up, I realized that they were here. The man was dressed very strangely. He was probably wearing a Taoist robe, but his face was still covered with something, and he was still wearing a big bamboo hat. Only his eyes were exposed. It looked quite scary. Fortunately, it was during the day. If only At night, that outfit can really scare people to death.

Although there were not many people eating in the restaurant at that time, they all stopped using their chopsticks and looked at the strangely dressed Taoist priest. The Taoist priest also noticed that everyone was looking at him. He seemed a little uncomfortable, so he whispered to me, "It's important." You want to tell me something. Can you go to the back room and talk alone? Although I was very surprised at the time: Why did such a weirdo suddenly appear and want to talk to me, but I still took him to the back room. Look. Seeing that there was no one else in the room, he took out a package from his arms. After opening it layer by layer, there were several leaves as big as lotus leaves. He might think that I didn't understand, so he didn't say anything else. He just asked the cautious Take out a leaf and let me show it to our shop owner. He said this is an ingredient that our shop owner only dreams of getting.

I didn't know much about this vegetable at the time, so I was skeptical about what the Taoist priest said. But I saw that he spoke in a very organized manner. Although he was dressed a bit strangely, his behavior was very decent. The Taoist priest may have felt that his dress made me feel that he It was a bit abnormal. So, he quickly explained that the reason why he was dressed like this was because he was burned when he was a child, leaving ugly scars. He was afraid of scaring others, so he was wrapped so tightly.

When he said this, I felt even more trustworthy in what he said, so I took a leaf like that and showed it to my boss."

When Tang Chizhou heard this, he thought to himself: "What the waiter said is quite high-sounding. The reason why I showed the leaves to the shop owner is probably not because I think what the Taoist said is credible. It is most likely because the Taoist priest gave him a lot of money." ”.

The waiter continued with spittle: "When I showed that leaf to the boss, I was really worried that the boss would scold me and call me stupid. I would believe everything I said. I didn't expect that when the boss saw that leaf, he would be stunned. He stopped. Even the teacup in his hand unconsciously fell to the ground and broke. He quickly took the leaf and observed it for a long time. Then he remembered to ask me where this leaf came from. After telling him, he He couldn't wait for me to take the Taoist priest to see him. I don't know what they talked about in the room after they met. But since then, the Taoist priest has delivered goods to our store several times a year, but never I heard that he also gave it to other people. Maybe he had agreed with our boss to give it to our family.

Speaking of which, this dish can make a lot of money for our store. Moreover, the secret recipe for cooking this dish was figured out by our store owner himself. He made a unique ingredient and added it every time he cooked it. Put that kind of ingredients in to make this dish more delicious. Every year, many rich people come from hundreds or even thousands of miles away to taste this dish. The supply exceeds the demand. Grandma's. How much do you think this is? I have a share of the credit. But our stingy shop owner never gave me a penny. His grandma is really evil."

After hearing these words from the waiter, Tang Chizhou couldn't help but become extremely excited. Because the strangely dressed Taoist priest mentioned by the waiter was most likely the Taoist they were looking for this time. He had heard the Jews say more than once that there were all kinds of strange things about Taoist priests. Judging from the waiter's description, many signs and characteristics are very consistent with that Taoist priest. If it is really that Taoist priest, and if he actually delivers goods to this store, then as long as he stays in this store, he will definitely be able to see him.
Chapter completed!