"Of course, you can."
The servant in front of the Song Residence didn't know why this person was so respectful to He Xiuyuan, but he agreed readily at the moment.
Seeing the other party agree, Zhong Mingcheng turned to leave with some reluctance.
He had originally wanted to meet this extraordinary person today, but since he hadn't, he could only wait until tomorrow.
Thinking of this, he could only turn and leave.
.......
Chunxi Restaurant.
After writing down the wine recipe last night, Manager Qian arrived at the restaurant first thing this morning.
He wanted to test whether the wine recipe he had written down last night was real or fake.
According to the wine recipe known from last night's dream, the initial brewing method had no mistakes; it was just that something needed to be added when the wine was finished.
And this something was the most crucial ingredient.
Manager Qian, with a mix of excitement and nervousness, carefully poured the last bit of wine starter into the wine vat, then waited quietly.
According to his father, after adding this, he only needed to wait for an hour, and the wine would be ready.
An hour, if it were in the past, would have been easy to wait, but today, because he was waiting to verify whether the wine recipe was real or fake, it felt like an eternity.
To avoid being disturbed, Manager Qian had already given instructions after arriving at the restaurant today: the restaurant would temporarily not open for business.
As for the waiters in the restaurant, they were currently outside, politely explaining to some customers who had come to the restaurant for a meal.
"What's going on with your Chunxi Restaurant? What time is it?! And you're still not open? I brought friends from out of town to eat here! I even told them that your restaurant's wine is a must-try, an absolute marvel of Chang'an!"
"Now I've brought them here, and I've already spoken highly of you, and you're just leaving people waiting outside like this?"
Outside Chunxi Restaurant, a customer angrily questioned them.
He had brought his friends here and had been waiting for a long time.
Normally, the restaurant would have opened by now, but he had brought his friends here, waited so long, and the restaurant still wasn't open. How could this be?
Thinking of this, he naturally couldn't help but question them.
The other customers nearby, hearing this, also chimed in.
"Exactly, we came all this way because we heard that your Chunxi Restaurant's one day spring is a fine wine of Chang'an. We wanted to have a taste, but you're good, you're not opening and blocking customers outside. Is this appropriate?"
"If Chunxi Restaurant has this attitude, I'm afraid not many people will come to drink here in the future!"
Everyone at this moment spoke with angry expressions.
By now, the crowd gathered outside the restaurant was growing larger and larger.
The waiter inwardly groaned at this sight.
The Manager had told him to block these distinguished guests outside, but hadn't said for how long. If this continued, he felt like he would be torn apart by these distinguished guests!
Thinking of this, the waiter's face turned bitter, and he quickly explained.
"Everyone, everyone, may I offer an explanation?"
The waiter's posture was very humble.
In Chang'an City, anyone you threw a brick at could potentially be royalty or nobility.
As a mere waiter, he had to treat everyone who came with utmost respect.
Hearing this, everyone present snorted coldly, "Then tell us, what exactly is going on? Why is the restaurant still not open? Even if there's something going on, it wouldn't hurt to bring out some of the wine from inside for us to buy, right?"
"Exactly, it's not like we're not paying!"
The others, hearing this, also quickly nodded in agreement.
The waiter wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately said, "You are certainly not the type to eat for free, but early this morning, after the Manager arrived, he said that we would temporarily not open for business because he was working on a new one day spring."
"He said that if it succeeds, the one day spring you drink in the future will definitely be even more delicious than before, and it will then become the finest wine in Chang'an, without exception."
The waiter no longer dared to hide anything and directly relayed what he had heard earlier.
Everyone present frowned upon hearing this. "This Manager speaks with such arrogance. To make one day spring the only fine wine in Chang'an, does he not know that there are other famous restaurants in Chang'an?"
"Exactly, although this one day spring is excellent, compared to other fine wines, it's merely on par. Hearing this tone, he actually wants to replace them, which is a bit too presumptuous."
Everyone shook their heads upon hearing this.
They all felt that the Manager's words were a bit too arrogant.
Making one day spring the only fine wine in Chang'an was not an easy feat.
"Your Manager Qian really isn't afraid of talking big. Distinguished guests, if Manager Qian doesn't want to open for business, why don't you let my Zuixiang Restaurant try? The fine wines in my Zuixiang Restaurant are also famous in Chang'an!"
At this moment, a waiter from the nearby Zuixiang Restaurant also came out and started attracting customers.
Since the Manager of Chunxi Restaurant didn't want to open for business, he could help draw these customers over.
The waiter from Chunxi Restaurant immediately became angry. "If your Zuixiang Restaurant can't get repeat customers, don't come here to steal ours!"
"Hmph, what a joke. It has nothing to do with us if you yourselves don't open to receive customers."
The Zuixiang Restaurant waiter scoffed, completely indifferent to the other party's anger.
"Forget it, since Manager Qian isn't willing to open for business, we don't want to wait. Let's go."
The customers nearby, after looking at the tightly shut restaurant door, thought for a moment and turned to leave.
There were many famous fine wines in Chang'an; it wasn't as if they couldn't do without this one day spring.
Thinking this, they immediately decided to switch restaurants.
The other customers, hearing this, also nodded in agreement.
Then everyone turned and was about to walk towards the Zuixiang Restaurant. The Zuixiang Restaurant's attendant's face was full of triumph as he winked at them.
However, just as everyone was turning to leave, a rich aroma of wine suddenly wafted out from Chunxi Restaurant.
As soon as the wine aroma wafted past their noses, everyone stood rooted to the spot, unable to move.
"This is...?"
Everyone stopped at this moment, turning their heads to look towards Chunxi Restaurant. Just now, they had smelled an extremely rich wine aroma.
And the scent of this wine truly made one's mouth water uncontrollably.
This wine... it smells so good!!