Chapter 24: Green Ants and Dog Meat Hot Pot
In the past few months, when Lin Qinghuan has nothing to do, in addition to drinking and bragging with the handymen, he also likes to wander around and familiarize himself with the terrain and local customs.
I brought some gifts to visit Qi Fugui, after all, it can be regarded as a gift of charcoal in the snow, and I now have a small two hundred taels of silver, so it is reasonable to pay a return visit.
Qi Fugui's house is not big, three courtyards, but there are caves inside, especially Qi Xuan's small courtyard, a cluster of plantains, all kinds of flowers and plants, a small pool, exquisite layout, quite a Suzhou garden feeling.
Qi Fugui's business in Dianzhou City, the main business is the red sleeve country's specialty Yunwu tea, as a big tea boss, what he took out to entertain Lin Qinghuan was the unique local snow of Yunshui country.
This tea is produced in Yunshui country through the cloud peak Tianchi, Tianchi every time it snows, can be picked once, when the snowflakes fall and hang on the tea tree, directly pick the tea leaves stained with snowflakes, it is the best.
This is the first batch of tea this year, and the output is quite a lot, but this small pot of less than a pound cost 3,000 taels of silver. It can be seen that Qi Fugui attaches great importance to Lin Qinghuan.
At this time, Lin Qinghuan spent forty taels of silver to buy the calligraphy and paintings of other scholars, which looked a little shabby.
After tasting tea, there was a burst of polite greetings, of course, the little girl Qi Xuan in colorful clothes was indispensable, of course, the ultimate goal was to pester Lin Qinghuan to promise to tell her a story.
The girl's mind is always full of curiosity about the unknown.
When you have someone you like, maybe you will start to be interested in rouge gouache.
It may be because of the aura, most of the women in this world are naturally beautiful, and the rouge gouache thing, even if it is wiped on the face, it can't add much color.
When Lin Qinghuan was studying economics, he saw an interesting story that if the sales of dresses and cosmetics in a region increased, it meant that the economic situation of that region was growing.
If you have money, you will have more resources to fall in love, and there will be more romance, and women who are in a good mood will naturally consume more cosmetics and dresses.
Women are pleasing to themselves, rouge gouache is more of a mood for women!
Of course, such as Lin Qinghuan's Twilight Spring Pavilion, the cost of rouge gouache will not be less.
Similarly, the more rouge gouache purchased in the Dusk Spring Pavilion, it means that the better the business, the better the business of this Fengyue place, it means that people have more disposable income, and they have money to spend their time, and the prosperity of a Duchun Pavilion is the prosperity of the entire Dianzhou City, of course, if there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor, the prosperity of the capital is naturally a bubble-like illusion, dazzling in the sun, colorful, and likeable, but it is broken at the touch of a touch, and it cannot withstand the wind and frost.
This Dianzhou City, is extremely extravagant, the emperor of Yunshui country, every year to go up to the cloud peak, in the Tianchi incense to worship the ancestors, this year is the 60th birthday of the emperor of the Yunshui country, in order to show the way to govern the country, will be in the cloud peak to seal the Zen, at the same time a big banquet, to promote their own achievements in creating a prosperous world.
In addition, Qi Fugui also revealed a few pieces of gossip, it is said that not only invited a few Oiran of the Duchun Pavilion, but at that time, on the Tianchi at the top of the Cloud Peak, someone will ask the sword The white-clothed little sword fairy sword white, who is known as the first swordsmanship in Dianzhou City.
Therefore, there are also many people in the rivers and lakes who want to observe this kendo battle up close.
The entire Yunshui country, that is, they want to drill into it with their heads sharpened, in such a prosperous world, they are all people with heads and faces, and being able to have a place at the banquet is originally a proof of their identity.
Qi Fugui is a businessman who is very rich, rich, but his status is not very high, this kind of grand event is an excellent opportunity to make friends with princes and nobles, of course, he will not miss it, he spent nearly 50,000 taels of silver before and after, before and after he bought a table of wine and food, and he could bring five people into the venue.
When Qi Fugui intentionally or unintentionally revealed that he could take Lin Qinghuan with him, Lin Qinghuan was a little surprised, could it be that this person really looked at his talent?
It stands to reason that Qi Fugui, a huge wealth, will have no shortage of strange people under his hands, even if he intends to recruit talents, he will definitely not get this treatment.
The first time they met, they brought themselves into Dianzhou City, maybe in the eyes of Qi Fugui, it was just a charity for a down-and-out scholar. What's more, businessmen attach great importance to returns, and they are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver.
In order to be cautious, Lin Qinghuan pretended not to understand the meaning of his words, he had a short mouth and a short hand, he had received a favor once, and if he came again, he would not be able to repay the favor of 10,000 taels of silver in the future.
Qi Xuan, a girl in colorful clothes who doesn't read romance novels, looks more agile and lively, when Lin Qinghuan was led into the door by the housekeeper of Qi Mansion, she entered the courtyard in the second time, and saw her practicing swords, dressed in colorful clothes, and the ribbon of her hair was also colorful。
Qi Xuan, the girl in colorful clothes at that time, realized that Lin Qinghuan had come nearby, and put the sword into the sheath in one go, the sword qi dissipated, and the dragonfly came to Lin Qinghuan's side.
At this moment, Lin Qinghuan had a clear understanding of his martial arts cultivation.
I don't know what kind of demeanor the chief guest of the Duchun Pavilion, the white-clothed little sword immortal who is known as the number one swordsman in Dianzhou City, and the white-clothed sword immortal who dared to enter the palace of a country with one person and one sword twenty years ago!
And Zhuang Zhou, who came from the same earth as himself thousands of years ago, created a Taoist line in this world with his own strength, which has been passed down and developed to this day, and can be said to be spread all over the three continents, which is really a fairy-like character!
In the winter of Yunshui Country, although there is no rain or snow, but after a few days of haze, the cold is really cold, the cool breeze blows, ignoring the flesh and clothing, and directly piercing people's bone marrow, which is very similar to southern China on the earth.
It is also very similar to the cool breeze that taught Lin Qinghuan internal skills, no matter how you defend, it is useless, it directly pierces people's hearts and souls.
After drinking tea and chatting, Qi Xuan looked at Lin Qinghuan with a blank eye, Lin Qinghuan had no choice but to tell this little girl in colorful clothes a few martial arts stories dressed in romance, such as Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu.
Qi Fugui listened beside him, and pointed out some disadvantages of walking the rivers and lakes from time to time, probably because he was afraid that his only daughter Qi Xuan would be "abducted" by Lin Qinghuan to walk the rivers and lakes.
Qi Fugui has a good way of doing business, and raising children is simple, he should be beaten, he should be scolded, anyway, it is right to raise a poor.
I put a lot of thought into raising a daughter, but I really can't find the way, I can't beat it, I can't scold it, and I have to be afraid of all kinds of unknown dangers that may occur. After all, they are a lot of age, maybe they will go one day, and the future still depends on their sister and brother to face it by themselves.
Although he relied on his family wealth and invited a swordsman to teach Qi Xuan kendo, it was only for self-defense, and he had martial arts in his body, just in case. If he could, Qi Fugui even hoped that Qi Xuan would never draw his sword and point at people.
Fortunately, Qi Xuan, a girl in colorful clothes who has just passed the rebellious period, is also talented and intelligent, everything is decent, although she loves to read novels, she has never caused trouble, and she has no grudges and hatreds with anyone, which makes Qi Fugui feel a lot more at ease, and there is basically no restriction on Qi Xuan, as long as she doesn't do stupid things, she will go to what she likes to watch and play.
I just want to find a wishful gentleman who I can also see as soon as possible, and entrust my life to it, so that I can no longer be so hard and scared. But then again, it is not easy for each son-in-law who can make his father-in-law look good, after all, in the eyes of his father-in-law, every shortcoming is undoubtedly revealed.
After listening to the story, the belly is empty, the position of the two suns is getting closer and closer, and in another half a month, according to the astronomical calendar, after half a month, it will coincide, and the midwinter has arrived.
In such a season, the sales of tea are not good, but the business of wine is good.
So Qi Fugui took Qi Xuan and Lin Qinghuan to eat the famous dog meat hot pot, and of course went to the most famous restaurant in the city.
Lin Qinghuan remembered that the prawns, who claimed to be heroes, had mentioned it.
In such weather, eating a dog meat hot pot is an excellent enjoyment, there are many princes and nobles who come here, and Lin Qinghuan and a few people were turned away because they did not make an appointment.
Of course, Qi Fugui has been in business for many years, and he has money but no power, but there are still many things that can be settled with money.
So the restaurant temporarily added a private room.
This made Lin Qinghuan, who was about to settle the bill and invite the father and daughter who were kind to him once, quietly dispelled his thoughts and walked through the back door, his little two hundred taels of silver, I don't know if it is enough.
I can only eat it again with a cheeky face!
As soon as he entered the door, the aroma of dog meat came to his nose, Lin Qinghuan's stomach gurgled, and after Qi Xuan grinned, he hurriedly covered his mouth.
The private room on the second floor is particularly exquisite, and Qi Xuan's demeanor has a natural richness, which is not like a habit developed after deliberately learning the rules, which makes Lin Qinghuan, who is mixed with the miscellaneous servants of the Dusk Spring Pavilion and is used to eating and drinking lavishly, a little uncomfortable.
However, his identity is a down-and-out scholar, and his words and deeds are too elegant, which is not good.
The dog meat hot pot was not served, but a small stove of warm wine was served first, with a strong wine aroma, and the taste was not as fragrant and elegant as the good wine in the Twilight Spring Pavilion.
Qi Fugui introduced: "Wang Er Xiaoyou's wine is called green ants, produced in Liangzhou in the northwest, not expensive, compared to the fragrance of the southern wine, this wine is quite strong, a mouthful into the throat, like a fire, it is said that the Tianchi event, I specially invited this restaurant, when the time comes, the snow is flying, eating dog meat hot pot, and then drinking such a pot of green ants, it is really an excellent taste......"
Lin Qinghuan remembered a poem, "Green ants make new wine, red clay small stove, and when you want snow in the evening, you can drink a cup of nothing." ”