Chapter 50: Timely Rain in Chang'an (Please Read)
The Wei family's restaurant does not have very good business.

According to the shopkeeper, the owner of the house felt that since the business was not doing well, he was going to sell it off.

The head of the family he was referring to was Wei Daijia's father, Wei Ting.

To be honest, there is some truth to Wei Ting's words. During the Wude period, he was friendly with Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, while during the Zhenguan period, he was friendly with Prince of Wei Li Tai.

These two people... uh...

In short, this restaurant is also very cheap, and it can be bought for only 1,200 strings of cash.

Li Xiang took the lead and gave 1,250 strings of cash, saying that he did it for Wei Daijia's sake.

The shopkeeper was naturally grateful, and Wei Daijia looked as if he was willing to hold the whip and stirrup for his brother.

Anyway, the money belongs to Li Tai, so use Li Tai's money to buy the heart of Li Xin's younger brother...

Li Xiang always felt guilty.

However, the housing prices are really not cheap. No wonder Bai Juyi lamented that it was not easy to live in the capital.

They had already purchased the ingredients on the way, and amid everyone's puzzled gazes, they ran to the pharmacy and bought a bunch of medicinal herbs.

Yes, these days, many spices used in later generations are still just medicinal herbs...

Fubao took his men to the kitchen to prepare the food. After almost half an hour, when the playboys were getting impatient, he brought out the prepared dishes.

“This fragrance——?!”

Cheng Chubi was a rather unrestrained person, and when he smelled the scent, he stood up subconsciously.

He is really hungry.

The dishes served were so delicious that Xiao Cheng was itching to try them.

The method of stir-frying did not become popular until the Song Dynasty. Today's techniques are traditional methods such as steaming and stewing.

It’s not that the dishes cooked in this way are not delicious, it’s just that the overall level is not that good in this era.

Now that Li Xiang has brought so many new cooking methods to the Tang Dynasty, it can be described as a dimensionality reduction attack.

"What are you waiting for? Bring it up quickly!" Cheng Chubi knocked on the table in front of him and shouted impatiently.

Due to the hasty preparation, Fubao only prepared four dishes, namely braised lamb chops, braised pork slices, grilled pork strips and stir-fried kohlrabi.

After all, he was born into a noble family, so even if he was greedy, he still maintained some etiquette. Cheng Chubi let Li Jingren, who was in the lead, taste it first, and then picked up a piece of fat and tender lamb chops and couldn't wait to put it into his mouth.

The first feeling was that it smelled good, damn good. Then it burned his mouth, but even if it burned him to the point of tears, Cheng Chubi couldn't bear to spit it out, but instead inhaled and sucked it in his mouth, fiddled with it back and forth.

After finally swallowing the lamb chop, Cheng Chubi praised, "It smells good, Mom, it smells so good!"

Li Jingren also threw aside his usual big brother demeanor, picking up chopsticks and snatching the lamb chops from his brothers.

If you keep being reserved, it will be snatched away!

I was enjoying the food and when I reached out to grab some, the food was already gone. Even the kohlrabi on the plate had been eaten up.

"How is it, brothers?" Li Xiang smiled and crossed his legs, showing his masterly demeanor. "My long-servant, is his cooking skill acceptable to you?"

"More than worthy of being admitted!" Cheng Chubi shouted immediately, with a circle of reddish-brown sauce still on his mouth that had not been wiped off, "He is truly worthy of being the descendant of the God of Cooking. His cooking skills alone are far better than those of the imperial chefs in the palace!" Li Jingren, Yuchi Xunyu and others nearby also nodded frantically. Wei Daijia stared at the plate with a dull look, still thinking about his braised lamb chops.

Li Xiang laughed and said, "In that case, may I ask all the brothers, can this restaurant be opened?"

Everyone looked at each other, slapped their thighs and said, "Open it, open it! Of course it's open!"

Li Xin was smacking her lips, still savoring the flavors of those dishes.

Li Xiang pushed him and asked with a smile: "Xindi, what do you think?"

Li Xin finally came back to his senses. He didn't pay attention to what Li Xiang had just said. He just bowed and said, "Brother, your opinion is great!"

"Okay, in that case, we brothers should settle accounts clearly." Li Xiang slammed the table and said, "For this restaurant, I will provide the technology and take three-part share; Brother Xin provided the money and also take three-part share; the remaining 40% will be divided equally among the brothers!"

Li Xin opened his mouth. Even a mentally retarded person could know how profitable this restaurant would be in the future. Now the eldest brother actually gave him three shares. This was like helping him pick up money...

"This... How can we accept this reward without merit?" Li Jingren jumped up in shock and quickly shook his hands, saying, "The inheritance of the God of Cooking must be the only one in Chang'an City. The daily profit must be so high that we dare not even think about it. How can we dare to accept these four shares? This is absolutely not possible!"

"Take it!"

Li Xiang said without letting anyone refuse: "At home, you rely on your parents; outside, you rely on your friends. I am usually in the palace, and this restaurant is not able to take care of things, so I need your help. So you are not taking this money for nothing, you have to contribute. Moreover, you call me brother and treat me as your friend, so I, Li Xiang, will not treat any of your brothers unfairly."

"Brother..."

Li Jingren's eyes became moist.

Cheng Chubi immediately clasped his fists and said, "Brother, you are so generous and righteous! If you don't abandon me, I am willing to hold the whip and stirrup for you!"

"Me too!" Yuchi Xunyu also saluted.

Seeing that the atmosphere had become so tense, Li Xin also clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to follow you, big brother!"

With three people in front of them, the playboys of the Wei Wang Mansion no longer had any psychological burden, and the rest of the people immediately said, "We are willing to go through fire and water for our brother, and we will do anything for him!"

At the end, Li Jingren also said with emotion: "Brother is really a timely rain for Chang'an..."

Li Xiang: …

I'm not black either...

"It's timely rain! It really is timely rain!" All the playboys immediately spoke out in unison.

After paying respects to his elder brother and expressing his loyalty, Cheng Chubi immediately came up to him with a drooling face and said, "Brother, look at that red... what red mutton..."

"Hahaha, how could I not know you?" Li Xiang smiled and pointed his finger at Cheng Chubi: "Don't worry, I have already told Fu Bao that everyone should take two copies home, not only for yourselves, but also for your fathers and brothers to taste."

"Since you are working with me, you should let your parents know that you are now doing your job properly. Don't let them look at you with the same eyes as before and worry about you. Do you understand?"

These soothing words moved the young people present deeply.

My brother is really... so kind to us! He not only thinks about us, but also thinks about my parents at home...

What's more, when they were at home, they were often disliked for being too idle and not doing their jobs properly. Now that this elder brother had even thought of changing their family's views, how could they not be completely devoted to him?

Brother Gaoyi, how can we not serve you wholeheartedly? !
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(End of this chapter)