"What, you don't want to invite people to dinner?" Pu Xiaoxiang suddenly became crying.

"Don't cry!" Jiang Shuiyuan was most afraid that the girl would lose Doudou, and he didn't know how to comfort him, "I just think that at this point, the blessing building should not be open yet, right?"

Pu Xiaoxiang immediately turned cloudy and sunny: "It's okay! The blessing building will open at half past ten, and we will estimate the right time now." According to my many years of experience in eating and drinking in the Blessing Building, when the door opens at 10:30 in the morning, there are the least customers, and the chefs are also just starting work at that time, and the mood is happy, and time permits, the dishes are usually more delicate and delicious, so I usually go to this point......"

I didn't expect Pu Xiaoxiang to be a foodie, and she also had experience. Jiang Shuiyuan said: "I don't have much money on me, and the Blessing Building is so expensive, if you don't have enough money later, don't blame me for putting you there as a waiter!"

"As long as you are willing!" replied Pu Xiaoxiang with a pout.

Even if Jiang Shuiyuan is reluctant, I'm afraid that the old man of their family will not be reluctant. With the posture of raising a private lawyer at home and sending a platoon of soldiers to stand guard and clean up at every turn, there should be few shops that dare to use such a young lady. For the sake of his own net worth and life, Jiang Shuiyuan can only hope that Miss Pu's stomach will be smaller.

There is a bus passing through the blessing building at the entrance of Huai'an Fuzhong.

When the two of them slowly swayed to the Shifu Building, almost just in time to open the door, Pu Xiaoxiang opened the curtain and broke in directly. This girl was indeed a regular customer, and as soon as she entered, she heard the guy inside greet her: "Miss Pu, you are here? We have just opened! Or is it the old practice, a tea dumpling, a Pingqiao tofu, and a crystal shrimp?"

Look! Not only do they know what her last name is, when they come, but they also know what she eats every time she comes.

Pu Xiaoxiang said with a smile: "Make an exception today! Because I caught the big head to pay for me, I decided to order a fried eel paste, a Qingong meat ball, a balsamic vinegar stewed square meat, a boiled dried shredded, Pingqiao tofu and a tea dumpling. But you have to look forward to this host. If you don't have any money, let him stay here and help you wash the dishes, and don't let him eat the overlord meal!"

Sure enough, he was a pure foodie, and he didn't even need to look at the menu to report the name of the dish.

Jiang Shuiyuan endured the pain all over his body, and said to the shopkeeper with a smile: "I'm the one who wronged! But are you sure you want me to wash the dishes? When I'm at home, no one dares to let me touch the dishes, because at best, it's a dog's tooth, and at worst, oh." There is no worst case, the normal ones are broken into seventy or eighty petals, and they are thrown directly into the garbage basket, and the people of the rivers and lakes give them the nickname 'Broken Porcelain Venerable'. You think someone like me can wash dishes, right?"

Pu Xiaoxiang's eyes were bent like a crescent moon: "Shifulou likes not to be afraid of things the most! What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and ask your shopkeeper to bring his favorite Kangxi official kiln blue and white Yingluo pattern cardi pot to him to pass over, and you won't have to wash dishes in the future!"

Jiang Shuiyuan secretly slandered himself, but he still didn't give any forgiveness: "The owner of the shop has a good business, so he will not make such an unwise move." Compared to me, a clumsy dishwasher, let you, a beautiful woman with good eyes and fortune, stay as a waitress. Wouldn't it be the most profitable and faster to return on investment?"

"In my opinion, it's best for the two of you to stay together!" the shopkeeper joked, and then shouted loudly: "Two distinguished guests in the No. 1 elegant seat of Gumei Hall, please-!"

Jiang Shuiyuan had also come to Shifu Building with his family to eat a few times before, and he had the impression that there was no place called Gumei Hall at all. When he followed Pu Xiaoxiang through the narrow corridor, and then bypassed the shadow wall that was not eye-catching, and came to an antiquely decorated courtyard, he knew that there had always been an ancient plum hall in the Shifu Building. It's just that ordinary people don't have a chance to know.

The No. 1 seat is indeed elegant enough, at least not comparable to the seat that Jiang Shuiyuan has been to before. For example, the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. All of them are authentic masterpieces of famous artists since the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the seemingly unpretentious tables and chairs are also authentic Hainan Huanghuali. But Jiang Shuiyuan saw the Qianlong blue and white dragon pattern celestial ball bottle placed on the Bogu shelf in the corner of the wall, and once again had the urge to slap himself:

Thank you, thank you, why do you say invite someone to dinner? Now, let's dig a pit and bury yourself in it, right? Wait for someone to wash the dishes!

Pu Xiaoxiang didn't realize that something was wrong with the water source of the river, and was still telling him the glorious history of every artifact in this house. Jiang Shuiyuan's mind is all on the price of vegetables. How can you listen to Pu Xiaoxiang's explanation elegantly, but just fool around a few words without a match. A room of utensils was only half explained, and I saw a white-haired old man holding the vegetable case into the room, and Pu Xiaoxiang, who was explaining the head of the house, hurriedly came over to take the vegetable case, and asked respectfully: "Master." What's wrong with your old man?"

"I heard that you brought a young man over for dinner, so I came over to take a look!" The old man glanced up and down at Jiang Shuiyuan, "The young man is energetic enough! In terms of appearance and temperament alone, he is not inferior to Pu Yatou!"

Is this a compliment? Why does it sound a little harsh? Jiang Shuiyuan felt that this old man definitely had something to say.

"Master, is he as handsome as you were when you were young?" Pu Xiaoxiang teased, "His name is Jiang Shuiyuan, and he is my classmate in junior high school and high school. Don't look at his outstanding appearance, in fact, he is also very good at reading, that is, he often wins the first prize in his grade and wins the first prize in national competitions. It is said that he can also memorize the "Thirteen Classics" and "Twenty-four History", how about the master, isn't it very powerful?"

When I was young, I used to call it this way in order to chase your master, but now I don't even know which books the "Thirteen Classics" are. The old man said leisurely, "Jiang Xiaoyou, my name is Luo Youping, and I don't have much success in my life, but I have been the head chef in Shifu Building for thirty or forty years. Pu Yatou learned a few dishes from me, and called me 'master', in fact, what master is not a master, I am a craftsman who cooks!"

"Hello Master Luo!" Although Luo Youping always had a taste of hidden needles when he spoke, Jiang Shuiyuan was still very respectful to him, "Although there are thousands of skills in the world, there is no difference between small and big, because they all contain great avenues." Although the kitchen is a skill, the country is people-oriented, and the people take food as the sky. For example, Yi Yin, who is revered as the saint of cooking, is not only a generation of celebrity chefs who know the depth of heat and the harmony of five flavors, but also a generation of virtuous ministers who are responsible for the five flavors of the five flavors and the governance of the Son of Heaven. The so-called skill refinement is close to the Tao, and that's probably what you say, right?"

"The young man is very good at talking, he is said to be a Pu girl, and I am all overjoyed by you, and the old man is full of joy and joy!" Luo Youping is still as subtle as ever, "But you are very right, although you have a skill in cooking, you have the right way to reason! For example, this Pingqiao tofu I made sells for 5 yuan in a small restaurant, and the next bowl of rice can fill your stomach, and it sells for 50 yuan in the Shifu Building, which is also the next bowl of rice to fill your stomach." Why is there such a huge disparity in price? Quite simply, people eat not only to fill their stomachs, nor only to enjoy their appetites, but also to cultivate a higher level of temperament and cultural edification.

"In the Blessing Building, 5 yuan is to buy Pingqiao tofu, 10 yuan is to invite a famous chef to take charge of the spoon, and the remaining 35 yuan is a matter of opinion. If you are a rude nouveau riche, you may be buying face, and for a literati, the 35 yuan may be an eye-opening visual feast. It's like this couplet that you can see when you enter the door, what do you think, young man?"

"Pu Xiaoxiang introduced to me just now, saying that this is the work of the famous calligrapher He Shaoji in the Qing Dynasty in his middle age. Jiang Shuiyuan's memory has never disappointed, "I don't know much about calligraphy, but I think this couplet is very interesting." ”

"What's an interesting method?" Luo Youping asked.

Jiang Shuiyuan replied: "This couplet 'I bring a wine and look at thousands of miles of people', it seems to be completely from the Tang Dynasty Sikong Shu's "Send Zheng Mingfu to Depreciation Lingnan" 'A total of one wine, look at thousands of miles of people', but it is just a slight change, I don't know and even think that He Shaoji remembered one or two words wrong. In fact, this couplet is actually a collection of sentences, the upper couplet is from the Tang Dynasty Li Bai's "Alone on the Qingxi River Stone, Sending the Right to Zhaoyi", "I carry a bottle of wine, alone on the Jiangzu Stone", or the Tang Dynasty Gao Shi's "Song Zhong Sent Nephew Shiyan" "I bring a wine, full of wine and talk about persuasion"; the next sentence is from the Tang Dynasty Sikong Shu's "Send Zheng Mingfu to Depreciation Lingnan" "A total of one wine, look at thousands of miles of people". The allegorical sentence is invisible, so it's very interesting.

Of course, what is more interesting is that the book hanging on it has a plaque with the words 'Tuitan Fuyuan', which is not only like a horizontal batch of couplets, but also points out the characteristics of Shifu Lou as a hotel. Ordinary people may feel inexplicable and inexplicable, but those who know will smile. Maybe that's where the 35 dollars landed?" (To be continued......