Chapter 15 The Turmoil in the Braised Vegetable Shop
Although it had only been long since she had eaten, Gu Mingzhen still unconsciously felt that she was hungry as she walked all the way and smelled the fragrance, but thinking that she didn't have much money in the first place, and she had eaten for a short time, she could endure it.
A few adults could bear it, but Gu Mingyu, the youngest, couldn't bear it, so she secretly pulled Gu Mingzhen to the end, and pointed to a shop selling lo-mei in front of her and refused to leave.
The business of this shop is very good in the whole food court, the owner is a young woman in her early twenties, and there is only a boy of five or six years old helping in the store, but there is already a long queue of about a dozen people outside the store.
Gu Mingzhen took a closer look, the varieties of this braised vegetable shop are quite complete, and there is a sign hanging at the door that reads the prices of all kinds of dishes, the most expensive is braised beef, which costs twelve wen and one tael, Gu Mingzhen thought that even if it is a cow raised by herself, it cannot be slaughtered privately, and the killing of cattle must be approved by the government, so she feels that the price of nearly two hundred wen a pound is not expensive.
The second most expensive is the pig ears, pig heads, pork elbows, the price ranges from 30 to 40 wen a catty, and then there are chicken feet and duck paws, 25 to 30 wen, vegetarian dishes are much cheaper, and the most expensive is only 15 wen a catty.
The two sisters looked outside the store for a while, and most of them bought vegetarian dishes, and the rest were all buying pork and chicken, but they didn't see any beef.
The three people in front saw that there was no movement behind them as they walked, so they all turned back and found the sisters at the door of the braised vegetable shop.
Gu Mingyu jumped three feet high, her eyes kept looking at the brand, thinking about what she was going to eat for a while.
The dishes sold in this store are marinated in advance, as long as the customer reports the name of the dish and the catty, the shopkeeper inside will weigh it, and the speed is quite fast, and soon it will arrive at Gu Huai, Gu Mingyu is still looking at the brand, although Gu Huai paid for it, but she has been educated very well from below, and after dinner, her stomach is not hungry, there are so many dishes in it, it is impossible to taste everything, and it is extremely difficult to choose.
The proprietress at the counter wiped her hands and said with a smile: "I really can't think of what to eat, I might as well cut a little of each one and taste it." โ
What she said is a little cut, which naturally means literally, a little bit of everything, and it is not too proportionate, Gu Mingyu was overjoyed when she heard it, but Liu Hongying said: "Is that too troublesome?"
The proprietress waved her hand: "Open the door to do business, where can I use the word trouble, a few guest officials can come to take care of the shop, the little woman is already very grateful." โ
The proprietress made a clear statement, Gu Huai was no longer polite, skimming off a few people who didn't eat, and everything else came a little, the kitchen knife in the boss's hand quickly chopped off, and the meat dishes were neatly placed on the plate.
Although it was a little bit of the same, it didn't sound much, but in the end, they also made three plates, although Gu Huai and Liu Hongying had never eaten this family's dishes, but the food street was obviously not the first time to come, and the familiar ones paid, and led the little girls to find a corner near the braised vegetable shop and sat down with the plates.
Although Gu Mingzhen was a native of Jiangnan in her last life, because of some external factors, she loved spicy food since she was a child, and she belonged to the type of no spicy and unhappy, and she has been here for several days, and her food has always been relatively light, not to mention the light taste in her mouth, and her appetite is also supported by the amount of food, but these braised vegetables are different, Gu Mingzhen not only eats numb in these dishes, but also eats a slight spicy taste.
Because there were no chili peppers in ancient China, when she was learning cooking skills in her last life, she had studied these, peppercorns and ginger were all necessary for the spicy taste in the past, but for various reasons, although Gu Mingzhen had studied it, she had never really acted, and at this time she couldn't help but be a little excited when she tasted the long-lost spiciness, although this spicy taste was completely different from the spicy taste in her memory.
The others couldn't understand her thoughts at all, and they were only excited when it was the first time she had eaten such a delicious lo-mei.
There were fewer and fewer people at the door of the braised vegetable shop, and after Gu Mingzhen had killed two plates of dishes in a short period of time by herself, there was finally no one at the door of the store.
The rather beautiful proprietress led the boy to Gu Mingzhen's table with a small plate of dishes.
"Seeing that these guests are very raw, I think it is the first time to visit the small shop, and this dish is an extra gift from the little woman. โ
Liu Hongying smiled: "Sanniang is so polite, I'm embarrassed to call my younger sisters." โ
Someone at the table next to him laughed: "I'm so embarrassed, who doesn't know that Li Sanniang in this food street loves to send some side dishes to people to eat when she sees the one who closes her eyes, and I think our brothers will come to eat every three or five days, and I haven't seen Li Sanniang send a dish, but I don't know which of you has her eyes." โ
Someone started to talk, and the people sitting and eating around began to talk, Li Sanniang smiled and didn't answer, and led the boy back to the store.
Gu Mingzhen ate the braised large intestine given by Li Sanniang, and asked casually, "Sister Hongying, do you know each other?"
"There is no intersection, but people in the county have probably heard of Li Sanniang's name. Liu Hongying sandwiched a chopstick to marinate the large intestine.
Gu Mingzhen said curiously: "Why is this?"
This Li Sanniang looked at Wen Wen quietly, no matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like a person with a flower head.
Liu Hongying said slowly: " She was originally a person from Lijiazhuang in the east of the county, six or seven years ago her uncle's family held a happy event, at night this Li Sanniang was worried about the poultry at home, and wanted to go home to see, because the two Zhuangzi were very close, the road was used to walking, and no one stopped it, who knew that there was a problem with this road, and her belly was big in a few months, although the law of the Great Zhou Dynasty is now strict, but there are still some old customs in our rural areas that have not been abolished, and the unmarried pregnancy is to be immersed in the pig cage, Li Sanniang's father has been this girl all his life, and the daughter-in-law died early, and the father and mother pulled the eldest daughter, and invited herself out of the clan for the girl's way of life, and took her to the countyใ โ
Hearing about the pig penn is a completely different feeling than seeing it on TV or in a novel.
Princess Taiping traveled through decades until her death, and the iron laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty were added one after another, although the status of women was greatly improved, but this old feudal thinking was still deeply rooted.
Gu Mingzhen glanced at Li Sanniang, who was bowing her head and talking to the boy, and said, "That's good, the little boy next to her is her son?"
"Well, it is said that after the incident that night, the man left her a sum of money, so that the child could be born and the little shop could be opened. Liu Hongying said with emotion.
Before Gu Mingzhen could continue to say something, there was a commotion from the braised vegetable shop.
Everyone looked over, but it was a young man with a fat head and big ears who was leading a few people to block the counter and make trouble.
"Sanniang, how did you think about what I told you last time? Although this little bastard is not likable, but for your sake, my Qi family is not short of this mouthful of food, you follow me, and you will keep the fragrant and spicy ones in the future, and then you will use hard work to sell this Laoshi Zi lo-mei. โ
It was the fat-headed and big-eared young man in the leader who spoke, and he was not tall, but looking at the flesh on that body, it had to be at least two or three hundred catties.
Gu Mingzhen frowned.
Gu Mingyu said nervously: "Sister, is this the woman who molests a good family in broad daylight that is often written in the book?"
The little girl's voice was very small, only a few people in her own family heard it, Liu Hongying couldn't help laughing, Gu Mingzhen stretched out her hand and reprimanded her sister's head: "I told you not to read these messy books, why don't you listen." โ
Gu Mingyu muttered two sentences and didn't dare to reply.
The fat-headed and big-eared young man over there saw Li Sanniang protecting her son and hiding behind the counter without making a sound, so he commanded a few of his subordinates to slap the counter, and the customers who were talking and laughing and seemed to be very familiar were silent, and the orphans and widows looked like two weeds in the cold wind, and they were in danger of being broken by the strong wind at any time.
Gu Mingzhen lowered her voice and asked, "Who is this dead fat man? Didn't you say that this food street was managed by the county government?
Liu Hongying also lost a smile on her face at this time: "The brother-in-law of the county order, those officials who patrol the streets outside don't help him, he already has a conscience." โ
Gu Mingzhen glanced at the exit, and several officials patrolling the streets were really hanging around, and such a big movement here didn't make them take a look at this side.
Gu Huai frowned and said: "It's not like this matter is one or two times, fortunately, now this Young Master Qi doesn't dare to really do it, and it's okay to shout a few words." โ
"What do you mean?"
Gu Mingzhen didn't know why, so she specially brought someone to make trouble, looking at the fierce and vicious appearance of those subordinates, it didn't look like she was done with just two words.
Gu Huai said: "The officials below the seventh rank of this dynasty are assessed by the imperial court every year, three years for a period, generally nothing major, can be re-elected, and if you can get three consecutive years of the first grade, it is not difficult to return to Beijing to report on the work and promotion, this county Zhao County Ling is only in his twenties this year, just in the prime of life, he has been on the top for three consecutive years, but he didn't get promoted last time for some reason, this is already the sixth year, just wait for this year's assessment results, and the promotion should be a sure thing, how dare this young master Qi hold him back at this critical juncture?"
This explanation surprised Gu Mingzhen again, but it didn't seem to be a secret when she thought about it carefully, but anyone who had read a book for a few years knew these things.
After all, she had just eaten someone else's things, and Li Sanniang was still with a child, Gu Mingzhen couldn't help but sweat for her, hearing Gu Huai say this, her hanging heart finally fell back into her stomach, she took a mouthful of braised vegetables and put it in her mouth, and continued to pay attention to the movement on the counter.
Probably like Gu Huai said, it's not once or twice, although Li Sanniang has a serious face and doesn't speak, but she really doesn't look a little scared.