Chapter 110: Restaurant
The Longfu Temple will live up to its name and be very lively. All kinds of stalls selling snacks, local specialties, handicrafts, daily necessities, rouge gouache, silk and satin, needles and threads, New Year's goods, as well as juggling, opera, flower drums, monkeys, cockfighting...... And in order to attract customers, each shop specially held a variety of singing and dancing celebrations in front of the door, there are everything.
Qin Hanzhen and his party struggled to squeeze out a way in the crowd, walking from the street to the end of the street, but they only saw half of the scenery, and the other half had not been appreciated. But when they were asked to go back into the crowd and see the bustle on the other half of the street, they didn't have the courage.
Qin Jinrong tightly pulled the sleeve of the lobby brother Qin Jian, walked in the forefront, and was so lively that she wanted to break through the encirclement of the two-layer servant guards several times, and ran to the stall outside to buy things nearby and look strange, if it weren't for Qin Jian firmly holding her, and the maid and the guards were in the way, maybe she would have disappeared in the crowd a long time ago, but at this moment she was like a wilted little cabbage, pulling her cousin's sleeve and saying aggrievedly: "I'm so tired, I can't walk." Big brother, shall we find a place to rest?"
Qin Jian also wanted to find a place to rest, at least to restrain this little cousin's feet. For her, he didn't even care about his sister-in-law, and he felt very guilty. Hearing Qin Jinrong say that he wanted to find a place to rest, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "You should have found a place to rest a long time ago, you are all making trouble to go shopping!" called a guard and ordered him to go to Longfu Temple to say hello and ask for a quiet room. He had planned to find a nearby restaurant for lunch, but seeing the crowd of people, he had to admit that he was too naΓ―ve. It's almost time for dinner, which restaurant still has a private room? He can't take his sisters to eat in the hall, right?
Zhao Mo, who was walking at the end, raised his voice slightly, and said: "Longfu Temple is full of pilgrims, what quiet room can be left at this hour? Even if there is, it is not much better." Besides, there are still many roads to Longfu Temple, so is it difficult to squeeze back into the crowd? I booked a private room in the backyard at Qianweiju in front of me, which is the most quiet, and the place is large enough to accommodate many of us, isn't it better to go back to Longfu Temple?"
Qianweiju is some distance away from Longfu Temple, at this time has not been flooded by the crowd, and it itself is a three-way quadrangle, it is a famous restaurant in the village, and it is deeply loved by dignitaries and nobles. It is indeed decent and thoughtful to be able to charter a whole courtyard there, and there is even more than one private room for the ladies to take a rest. Zhao Mo was able to prepare well in advance, which really surprised Qin Jian, and he didn't care about asking Zhao Mo why he hadn't told him in advance, and hurriedly led everyone to the direction of Qianwei Residence.
On the way, Qin Jian also sent someone back to the teahouse where the carriage was parked in front to deliver the letter, and ordered two coachmen to take a detour to drive the carriage to Qianweiju. When you go home in a while, you can start directly from Senweiju, and you don't have to go back again.
Qianweiju was not far away, and they arrived at the place in a few moments. Seeing that there were guards, maids, and female dependents in their line, he immediately sent a neatly dressed female fellow to lead them into the door and turn into the side courtyard, and avoided everyone along the aisle there, and went straight into a small courtyard at the back. In addition to the color shed in the middle of the courtyard, there are three main rooms, two rooms on the left and right, and two south rooms, but it is a small tea room and a clean room, there are men and women waiting in the main room, and there is a little girl, a small guy in the wing room to listen to the orders, the two tables under the color shed, but they are prepared for the servants and guards, etc., it is really quiet, and can avoid people, it is really thoughtful.
There is a circle of tables and chairs in the main house of the main house, and there is also a circle in the east and west secondary rooms, and there is a kang under the window in the second room, and there is a table on the kang, and it is a circle. This three-room main room is actually a place that can hold small banquets, and it is also convenient for men and women to share seats. Zhao Mo asked the guards who came with him to occupy an east wing, and Qin Jian ordered his servants to stay in the outer shed, and only their own family and Zhao Mo were left in the main room.
Qin Jinrong immediately ran into the east room, climbed onto the kang and sat down, and breathed a long sigh of comfort. A delicate and clever little girl had already poured tea and put it on the kang table next to her. She glanced at it, didn't touch it, only shouted to her own girl: "Xiaojing, make tea!
The little girl who poured the tea pursed her lips and smiled and withdrew, without saying anything. The guests of their Qianweiju have all kinds of habits, but they think that the tea leaves in their restaurant are not good enough, and they are only willing to make the tea brought by their own family, which is just a trivial matter.
Qin Hanzhen, Qin Jinhua, and Lu Yueniang all sat down at the round table opposite the big kang, and after walking for a long time, their legs were almost gone, and they finally had a place to rest, and they were all relieved. Qin Hanzhen also smiled: "I usually walk around the garden or my yard at home, I feel that I have exercised, but I didn't expect that I only walked around for less than half a day today, and I couldn't hold on, and I still can't be lazy in the future, I have to continue to strengthen my exercise." β
Qin Jinhua looked at her a little confused, thought about it, and finally guessed what she meant, and said with a smile: "I remember that the third sister has been weak since she was a child, and she once had a serious illness and hurt her vitality. But today, where do you look sick and weak? Your legs and feet are clearly much stronger than mine, and if you hadn't been supporting me, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to walk. β
Lu Yueniang also pursed her lips and said lightly with a smile: "Fang Cai is really tired, and I also relied on the support of the girl to survive." It's just that after returning home, I'm afraid I'll have to rest for two days. β
Lu Chuliang smiled and leaned on the round light mask between the main room and the east room, and teased a few sisters and cousins: "You are just too squeamish, if you are all like me, running and jumping all day long, where do you care about this little road? Isn't it just a Dongsi North Street? I have visited several streets nearby on weekdays, and I won't shout tired!"
Lu Yueniang said angrily: "Who wants to compare with you, a monkey?" Qin Jinrong smiled and nodded vigorously: "That's right!
Lu Chu glanced at them and returned to the table. Qin Jian and Zhao Mo had already discussed, and after ordering the dishes with the female partner, only their own maid and mother-in-law were left to wait, and the people in the restaurant respectfully retreated, and greeted everyone in the courtyard and the east wing.
Qin Jian could finally relax, and he was still a little apprehensive: "It's over." It's not like I haven't been to a temple fair before, so why didn't I find it as difficult as I am today?" he showed an indescribable expression, glanced at the little cousin on the kang in the east time, and couldn't help but sigh again.
Zhao Mo smiled: "I finally came out safely, are you still having fun?" After a while, we will eat more good food, take a break, and happily ride back. β
He was obviously very happy, with a smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and a very gentle tone of his voice. Seeing him like this, Qin Jian could only say that his little cousin was self-inflicted, carelessly forgetting the etiquette, otherwise how could he receive Zhao Mo's cold face? He is clearly an extremely gentle and very good talker.
Qin Jinrong heard Zhao Mo's words in the room, but he was about to twist up, and raised his voice and said: "I didn't have a good time! I only watched the excitement today, but I didn't buy anything! I originally saw those jugglers who were interesting and wanted to go closer to see them, but I was also stopped by my eldest brother. If I wasn't too tired, I wouldn't want to leave. I've eaten in a while, I've taken a break, and I'm going to go shopping again. Big brother with me! β
Qin Jian paused, and his face showed a look of sadness.
Zhao Mo smiled at him, and said with his mouth: "See if you will take her next time?" and then said loudly: "Everyone has come all the way here today, what do you like? Send two capable servants to buy things back, and save everyone from going back and squeezing again." You have also seen that scene just now, it is really a sea of people! I don't think Brother Jian may have the patience to go shopping again. β
Qin Jian hurriedly said: "Naturally, I don't want to squeeze with people anymore, just send people to buy things." So he got up and went to his sister to discuss, to see what the sisters wanted to buy, and wrote a list and the location of the stall in his memory, so that people could find it all the way. The only thing to worry about is that starting from Qianweiju and shopping along the way they came, I am afraid that I will have to go against the flow of people, and the difficulties are better than before, thinking about it makes people's scalps tingle, and maybe they will have to let people go back to the teahouse where they parked earlier, and walk again along the road they came.
Qin Hanzhen was busy discussing with her sisters what to buy, originally she was going to take out her small notebook to offer paper and pencils, but suddenly remembered that the original small notebook and eyebrow pencil were still in Zhao Mo's place, but what she got was a gift from Zhao Mo, and she was a little reluctant to take it out, so she tore the paper on it and gave it to others. She asked the little girl waiting in the restaurant for a pen and paper, but she hid the new book and pencil in her sleeve more densely.
Qin Jinrong was still angry that her cousin didn't listen to her, but listening to Qin Hanzhen's lively discussion, even Lu Yueniang got a share, so she couldn't sit still, and climbed down from the kang and said in a chatter: "I want that bamboo root digging boat, and that noodle man, I want Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang, and then a beauty, I also want sugar painting, dragon, and big rooster." By the way, don't forget that Tianjin clay figure stall!" She also regretted, "If only I could go in person, wouldn't it be good to let the people in the stall be a noodle person like me, and then be a cousin like Lu?"
Lu Yueniang pursed her lips and said with a smile: "This is easy, where can't you find a noodle stall or a clay figure stall? β
Qin Jinrong sighed: "Cousin Lu, how do you know, if it weren't for the big temple fair during the Chinese New Year, these craftsmen might not have come to the capital, and they were just walking around between villages and towns in ten miles and eight townships on weekdays." You have to pay taxes when you go into the city. β
Qin Hanzhen covered his mouth and smiled: "It's really amazing, it turns out that the fifth sister still knows that the people outside the city have to pay taxes when they enter the city?"
Qin Jinrong glanced at her: "How could I not know? I usually go out of the city with my cousins and cousins of the Min family to hunt and play, and I have encountered many of them when I entered the city. Do you really think I'm a dirt girl in the courtyard of the deep house who doesn't know anything?"
Qin Jinhua also smiled when he heard it: "How can it be? The fifth sister knows astronomy and geography, and she has a wide range of knowledge." β
Qin Jinrong snorted lightly, and immediately raised his proud little chin, seeing that Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jinhua both laughed secretly.
The sisters spoke softly, Zhao Mo listened attentively, and talked to Qin Jian and the Lu family brothers without a match, but a guy outside came to report to Zhao Mo: "A young master from the Xiangwang Mansion heard that the distinguished guest is here, and he specially invited the distinguished guest to meet him." β
Zhao Mo suddenly perked up and said with a smile: "Such a coincidence? It seems that I met a friend." He said to Qin Jian, "I'll come when I go." β
Qin Jian originally wanted to go with him, but he couldn't leave his sisters alone, so he could only go by himself and told him to be more careful.
Qin Hanzhen walked to the window and watched Zhao Mo come out of the courtyard, feeling a little puzzled.
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