jdhmnovel Chapter 44 Restaurant Buffet Banquet
Chapter 44 Restaurant Buffet Banquet
The voting results are out, and the one with the highest number of votes is indeed the poetry gathering. Compared with the other activities, the poetry gathering does have more activities to play, such as flying flowers, matching couplets, guessing riddles, and writing poems...
In short, whether it was the voting inside the restaurant or the voting at the restaurant door, this poetry reading won the first place.
An Qiao originally thought of a la carte system, where each table could order a few vegetarian and a few meat dishes. But she felt that this might be too messy and not very interactive, so she simply introduced a buffet.
A variety of meals are prepared in the restaurant, and all the food and drinks are available. You can eat as much as you can as long as you don't waste food or take it away.
On July 1st, An Qiao posted the notice and the way to participate on the door. The top three winners of the poetry competition would receive rewards. In addition to meal coupons from Kyoto restaurants, there were also rewards given to An Qiao by several ladies in the palace when he was in the palace. The first prize was a jade ruyi, the second prize was a purple pottery ornament, and the third prize was an ox horn comb that An Qiao bought on the street.
The registration fee is 20 cents before July 3rd, and the admission fee is 35 cents on the day.
Although it was not a lavish gift, the first and second place winners were given rewards from the palace, and even an ox horn comb was an uncommon item. Moreover, everyone only had to spend twenty cents and could get good food, so more and more people signed up.
Why spend thirty-five cents on something that can be solved with twenty cents?
Even the young lady Li Qing from the Shangshu Mansion, the minister, the general, and the deputy general, there are many people who have signed up for the residence. An Qiao also understands that most of them are young masters and young ladies who want to go out and play, and they will be arranged to the second floor at that time, or they can stay on the first floor if they want.
There were even quite a few lay Buddhists who didn't write their names. An Qiao only thought it was interesting that she only collected money and issued receipts. She didn't care who came when the time came, as long as she could produce the receipt.
Starting from July 2nd, everyone in Kyoto's restaurants has been busy non-stop, deciding on menus, buying vegetables and meat, preparing braised food in advance, and even using so much ice jelly that their fingerprints are almost worn off.
An Qiao even made snacks such as shrimp chips, buckwheat shreds, and silver thread rolls, and even boiled several large pots of sugar water.
He also bought a lot of paper, pens, and ink overnight, and placed them everywhere. Even the tea was carefully selected. This was the first time that Kyoto Restaurant had such a big business, so they were naturally very careful. If it went well this time, Kyoto Restaurant's reputation would only get bigger, and then they would have the money to expand the restaurant.
Anqiao works hard while striving to enjoy the future.
Finally, after several days of hard work by all members, the day of the poetry reading arrived.
The restaurants in Kyoto are already filled with food, including all kinds of desserts, vegetarian and meat dishes. Even syrups, juices, and canned food are arranged in different categories, so you can take as much as you want.
Qi Tao stood at the door and collected the receipts that had been issued before. Those with receipts could enter, and those without receipts could also buy on the spot. Because there were many people queuing and the sun was strong outside, An Qiao was considerate enough to bring a large bucket of sour plum soup to the people waiting outside to cool down.
More and more people came, and the place became more and more lively.
In addition to the main activity, writing poems and voting to determine the ranking, everyone was now playing flying flowers while eating and drinking. There were even props for passing the flower by beating the drum. An Qiaoquan placed a lot of props on each table, and everyone just chose the one they wanted to play.
The main activity is writing poems. Students write their own poems with pen and paper, and Anqiao will copy them and post them. Everyone can use their admission ticket to cast a vote, which can be for themselves or others. The votes will be counted at the end of the activity in the evening, and the announcement and manuscript will be posted the next day. The winners can go to the restaurant to collect their rewards.
In addition to the top three, Anqiao also set up excellence awards, participation awards, etc., and rewarded some meal coupons to everyone.
Before long, An Qiao received more than ten poems.
Some of them were doggerel, some were very interesting, and some were well written. An Qiao copied them all and posted them on the notice board.
"Red, tender, soft and fragrant,
As beautiful as flowers and as charming as jade.
The upper and lower ends have different tastes.
Frankly speaking, a bowl of pork meat can relieve a thousand intestines. "
When An Qiao first copied down the poem, she found it funny and interestingly written. After she posted it, she heard a young lady reading it and couldn't help laughing again.
"Young lady, who wrote this poem? It's so interesting." The little girl looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old, delicate and graceful. The pink dress made her look like a porcelain doll.
"Keep it a secret." An Qiao smiled, resisted the urge to go up and touch her head, and went down the stairs.
The little girl smiled cutely again, "Then I'll vote for him."
An Qiao was surprised, "You don't plan to check on the others? This is just the beginning."
The little girl pointed at the man standing at the stairs in embarrassment and said, "My brother said he would leave after eating, and I was afraid I would not see anyone else."
When An Qiao turned around, she saw a handsome and cool young man nodding slightly at her.
However, although…
Although the man deliberately changed into plain clothes, An Qiao saw the jade pendant on his waist at a glance. It was not a simple object. This jade pendant was a pair, one on Princess Mingyue in the palace, and the other on her cousin Prince Qinyuan.
When Princess Mingyue was just born, she was in poor health. An Qiao was a good cook, so she went to Princess Mingyue and cooked for her several times. She was fortunate enough to meet the little princess.
The child, who was less than three years old, could hardly walk steadily and was sick all the time. The imperial concubine was so anxious that she looked everywhere for someone to treat him.
An old Taoist priest said that the princess' fate was too weak and she was prone to premature death, so she had to find a token, a blood relative with a strong fate to help the princess avoid disaster. Finally, after searching for a long time, they found a suitable horoscope from a legitimate son of the imperial concubine's mother's family.
This jade pendant was then given to the legitimate son. I don't know if it was because the princess was less likely to get sick as she grew older, or if it really had the effect of warding off disasters.
In short, the father of the legitimate son was later conferred a title, and the legitimate son became the crown prince, which could be passed down from generation to generation, which was also a good thing. Even the princess might marry him in the future.
The emperor loved his eldest princess and spent a lot of time thinking about her. His greatest wish in this life was for the princess to stay by his side. Now that the country was strong and there was no need for a marriage alliance, it was a foregone conclusion that the princess would choose a husband she liked and who could protect her from disasters.
Before An Qiao left the palace, the little princess was no longer sick all the time. But it had been three or four years since he last saw Princess Mingyue, the emperor's first princess.
An Qiao immediately retracted her gaze and helped the little girl hang up the ballot. She didn't know whether the little girl in front of her was a little princess or not. These royal children were all so delicate and beautiful that it was really hard to tell them apart.
Since you can't tell the difference, just pretend you don't know and treat him as an ordinary person to avoid any trouble.