Chapter 836 The top-notch scheming stepsister (22)

 Tall spice trees are planted next to the north wall of the backyard, which can serve as a barrier without affecting the lighting in the yard.

 She marked out three best locations for planting trees along the courtyard wall, and planned to plant three kinds of spices: peppercorns, nutmeg, and osmanthus.

 Except for Zanthoxylum bungeanum, which is a deciduous tree, osmanthus and nutmeg are both evergreen trees and are very suitable as landscape trees.

 Sandalwood and star anise, intended to be made into bonsai.

If you plant a tree, sandalwood is too tall and takes up a lot of space. Moreover, it is a companion tree and you have to plant some vines around it. It is not suitable for planting in the courtyard.

　　When I was digging through the system warehouse, I found a few relatively good-quality small-leaf red sandalwood saplings, which I thought would be good to make into bonsai.

 The same goes for octagonal saplings. The mature plant is tall and leafy, but the bonsai made of octagonal saplings is more unique.

Thinking of this, she searched online for bonsai pot sellers and found a merchant with a good reputation and reputation. She spent two nights selecting a batch of bonsai pots with different materials and styles.

Because she wanted to carve some poems or draw some flowers on some of the more distinctive bonsai pots, which were custom-made. She would definitely not have time to ship them before the year, and it would be mid-March at the earliest.

 Fortunately, she is not in a hurry. She has not yet submitted the application for her second major and minor.

“Dad, let me make you some more laozhi. When the weather gets hot next year, there should be good business in making laozhi seafood.”

 While thinking about the spices, Xu Yin saw a recipe for gravy, which she used to think about the dishes.

 Xu’s father’s hometown is not close to the sea. When he opened this restaurant, he did not include seafood on the menu.

But in recent years, more and more people like to eat seafood, and the status of seafood in the restaurant world is getting higher and higher. Many people like to add one or two seafood dishes when they go to restaurants, so Father Xu followed the trend and added it to the menu. A few seafood dishes.

  But compared with grilled fish, seafood is not his specialty.

 Most of the diners who come to the restaurant come for the grilled fish, and not many order seafood. Of course, the main reason is that the cooking techniques are ordinary, either braised in braised sauce, fried in sauce, or steamed with scallion oil.

He himself has never tasted the "Seafood in Fish Sauce" suggested by his daughter.

 “Is it delicious?”

“It’s delicious. I’ll make it for you to try during the Chinese New Year.”

“Why wait for the Chinese New Year? Tomorrow when dad goes to get food, bring back some seafood you like.”

Although seafood is expensive, my daughter has been very busy these days, and she also works part-time as a rider to help the store deliver food. It is really hard, and Father Xu has long wanted to reward her.

 The next day, he got up earlier than usual. Before going to the wholesale market to buy food, he first went to the largest seafood market in the city and picked some fresh seafood suitable for making sauce.

Xu Yin also came to the store in advance, soaked the required spices, and made the juice first.

 By noon, takeout orders began to increase, and the father and daughter had no time to cook for themselves.

 When Dad Xu came back from the food, she started making seafood in sauce.

 She asked Dad Xu to buy small seafood, including clams, razor clams, shrimps, small abalone, mussels, and small octopus.

 This type of seafood is relatively cheap compared to scallops, razor clams, lobsters, giant squid, etc., but it is freshly selected, well-cooked, and tastes equally delicious.

It’s not yet business hours. Xu’s father is wrapped in a big cotton-padded jacket and taking a nap in the small room separated from the back kitchen. Xu Yin is quietly making soup outside.

 The phone vibrated a few times.

 She picked it up and saw that it was from He Shi.

  [Is your restaurant open for business yet? I have a few classmates who want to get together. Is it convenient for you to reserve the venue at noon? ]

Xu Yin raised her eyebrows and said, "I don't have a private room at home. If you think it's safe, we'll definitely have convenience." ]

He Shi: [That’s settled. As for the dishes, look at it, there are six of us. ]

 After a few seconds, another message was sent: [High school classmates, we have gone our separate ways in college, so we only have time to get together during the Chinese New Year. ]

 Xu Yin: [Then your relationship is quite good. ]

Like the original person, her classmates who got along well with her in high school gradually fell apart after going to college. However, Xu Yin was glad that she didn't have friends who were good enough to hang out with all day long, otherwise she would have been worried about whether she had exposed her secrets.

Dad Xu woke up from a nap and heard from his daughter that He Shi was going to bring a few classmates to the family store for a dinner, so he went to the kitchen to get busy.

 Dine-in is reserved, but takeout is not affected.

 Xu’s father is responsible for the grilled fish and chicken stew for the dine-in meal, and Xu Yin is responsible for the stir-fry.

As the New Year is getting closer and the snow on the road is getting thicker, Xu’s father originally wanted to stop the takeout, but Xu Yin took the initiative, saying that the dine-in business is relatively light, and with the blessing of takeout, the store seems to be lively. Anyway, there were only two meals at noon and evening. She had been bored all day, so she might as well go out for a run.

After thinking about it, Dad Xu said that it would be fine to open it, but the delivery distance is limited to within 500 meters.

 Xu Yin: “…”

 Five hundred meters? Isn't this for the office workers working in the business buildings across the road?

 It's just across the street, so there's no need to ride an electric donkey.

 But Xu’s father would rather give up the takeout business if he didn’t agree to this request.

 The father and daughter considered each other and finally reached an agreement on a five-hundred-meter delivery service.

Some of the customers five hundred meters away wanted to order a small stir-fried yellow beef with white rice, while others missed the duck intestine skewers and lemon chicken feet they had last time. They picked up their rice and took out their mobile phones to place an order, and suddenly found the order address. It was beyond the delivery range and I was immediately dumbfounded.

Find the business phone number and dialed it:

“Hey! Boss! I’m from Cuiwan Community, less than one kilometer away from your store. We don’t deliver at this distance, right?”

“Boss, I’m from Guanghua Optical Shop, which is just two blocks away from your store. Why can’t we deliver takeout? I just ordered it a few days ago…”

"boss-"

Father Xu explained kindly: "I'm sorry, little brother, the Chinese New Year is almost here, and there are no riders to take the orders. My daughter delivers them all herself. The journey is too far and I don't worry."

　　　…”

Your boss has said this, what else can you do?

 “Will it recover after the New Year?”

“The rider has returned after the New Year and will definitely recover.”

"Oh well."

The other party hung up the phone reluctantly, and at the end he did not forget to praise: "Your food is really delicious, especially the snacks you gave me at the beginning. I really want to eat them again, but I changed them to duck intestines and chicken feet." Not bad."

Dad Xu laughed: "My grilled fish is more delicious, but it's a pity that delivery is not convenient. Whenever you come to the store to eat, I will give you a discount."

"Is this what you said? How about today, I call a few friends to go to your restaurant for dinner."

 “Oops, not today.” Father Xu said hurriedly, “The store is booked today.”

　　　…”

 Is business so good?

The customer was still a little confused after hanging up the phone.

He thought it was just an ordinary home-cooked restaurant, but now it seems that it is more popular than he imagined.

Similarly, there are many people. The less they can eat, the more they feel itchy. They list Xujia Restaurant as the first restaurant they want to patronize after the spring flowers bloom.

 (End of this chapter)