CHAPTER XXXIX
I've heard of such arguments before, but Feng Ge has other ideas, that is, "sneaking" is also very delicious, watching his father go straight to the Danfeng Hall every time he comes down from the court, and rushes into the small kitchen, it's as if he has been hungry for a few days and hasn't eaten, where is the emperor, and it is even more tragic than the victims.
"What did you think of and smile so happily?" asked Gao Zhenbei.
"My Father...... Sometimes I wake up hungry at night, and I don't have anything to eat at home, so I will sneak outside, well, to get some fish, or some chicken, it's really not good, it's good to roast a potato, and when he eats those things, the whole person seems to glow. It's very interesting. Feng Ge couldn't help but laugh again when he thought of his father's appearance.
Gao Zhenbei had some doubts in his heart: "If I remember correctly, isn't your family quite rich?
"Actually, it's not that there is really nothing to eat at home, it's just that if you want to eat, you need to notify the people in the kitchen, and you need to cook on the fire, and you have to deal with those ingredients, and no one works in the kitchen at night, if he calls once in the middle of the night, the people in the kitchen will worry that he will call in the future, so he has to leave someone there to work the night shift, my father doesn't want to toss others, so he has to get it himself. ”
Feng Ge held his face, his eyes smiled crookedly, remembering that his father, as the king of a country, was standing in the kitchen while cooking, while comforting himself: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh." "And then I also pay special attention to a plating, sometimes I can catch up with my father to eat secretly, and when he has not set the plate, he will steal some of the dishes, and the father who has obsessive-compulsive disorder must find something else to make up for it.
"It seems that you have a really good relationship with your family. Gao Zhenbei raised the wine jar, poured a full bowl into the coarse porcelain bowl, and drank it dry with his head up.
Feng Ge smiled: "Of course, a family." ”
"Are you an only child at home?"
"Of course not, I have a lot of younger siblings, I am the eldest in the family, and they all have to listen to me. Feng Ge raised his head proudly.
Gao Zhenbei poured himself another bowl of wine, but this time he didn't drink it, just held the wine bowl with both hands, lowered his head, and shook the bowl of wine, the wine here is not a good wine, drink it in one sip, there is a violent alcohol stimulation, just to add a little temperature to the guests here in this cold Gobi night.
Somehow, Feng Ge felt that this man looked a little melancholy, and this very big man played with melancholy, which made Feng Ge can't help but think of the lone wolf he had seen in the mountains, his eyes were cold, squatting on the high mountain, and he didn't care about everything around him at all.
Feng Ge cautiously asked, "Are you unhappy?"
"No, it's just ...... I ate too much and was a little bit supportive. Gao Zhenbei got up, "I ran for a day today, and I have to run for a day tomorrow, I'll go back first, girl, you can rest early." ”
Feng Ge nodded and responded.
She sat there and looked at Guan Linsen's front of only a few yellow-colored steamed buns, the size of a fist, and there were not even pickles for dinner.
At this time, there were fewer people in the hall, only Guan Linsen, Feng Ge, and the one who leaned against the corner of the wall and hid his whole face in the shadows who didn't know whether it was a man or a woman.
Feng Ge deliberately sat next to Guan Linsen: "This brother, why do you eat so simply, where can you eat dry steamed buns, why don't you eat some food?"
Guan Linsen was stuffing steamed buns in his mouth, unable to speak, and pointed to the wall, Feng Ge noticed that the price of the dish was written on the water bill on the wall:
steamed bread with one hundred wen and one for forty wen;
Yellow stewed chicken for 2,000 yuan,
Feng Ge gasped when he looked at it, this is almost two taels of silver, and Guan Linsen's monthly salary is only one or two halves.
Looking down further, the crispy fish is 100 wen, and the price of three steamed buns is nothing.
Crispy fish with sauce for 5,000 yuan a piece.
Feng Ge almost didn't mention the price in one breath, just now she also said that the taste of this sauce mixed with crispy fish is really good, it is better to have another one, now look at it, forget it, a sauce, the same as Jin Huang's monthly money. Jin Huang is at least a little useful, this sauce, after eating, can he be promoted to immortal?
Gao Xuanwu and Feng Ge actually didn't eat much, and the yellow stewed chicken was only sandwiched with two chopsticks, and the royal habit was to remove the dishes that the emperor and queen had eaten a few chopsticks as a reward, so Feng Ge said: "Then why don't you try the signature dish of yellow stewed chicken here?" The taste is indeed good, except that it is expensive, there are no shortcomings. ”
The person sitting in the shadows seemed to let out a sneer, Feng Ge wasn't sure if he was coming for him, what if, people just had an uncomfortable throat and just hummed casually? So, Feng Ge didn't pay attention to it, and just brought the plate of chicken on the table, as well as the rest of the wine that Gao Zhenbei had drunk just now.
The wine and food were placed in front of Guan Linsen, and Feng Ge asked: "Where are you going, brother, you look like a person from Dahengguo, and so am I, why don't we go all the way?"
This was agreed with Guan Linsen in advance, this journey is too long, and there is a Gao Zhenbei by his side, if Guan Linsen is always protecting in the dark as a secret guard, and wants to hide from Gao Zhenbei, it is too difficult.
So, Feng Ge decided to stay in the first place, and accosted Guan Linsen under the pretext of an excuse, and then pretended to recognize his fellow countrymen, and then talked and talked, and they could go together, it was logical, it was a matter of course, even if it was Gao Zhenbei, he couldn't say anything.
Feng Ge loves to be a person, and sets up Guan Linsen as an ancestral dealer in the arms business, and in order to improve the quality of sales, he will think of going to Xixia to find someone to cooperate.
Although there is no one in the hall now, the boss is still there, if Gao Zhenbei wants to ask the boss when and how these two people hooked up, this boss who is sitting behind the counter and is actually secretly observing everything will naturally tell him.
Feng Ge thought about everything, but he didn't count this person in the shadows.
Seeing Feng Ge just leaning over like this, he let out another sneer, this time Feng Ge heard it so clearly, yes, it must have been for herself, she couldn't help but look in that direction: "May I ask if this brother wants to publish any lofty opinions?"
"You people from Dahengguo, are you really stingy and stingy, taking the leftover dishes you eat and giving them away to make friends?" The man's voice was full of mockery, and Feng Ge only remembered at this time, yes, the beggar he saw on the road seemed to be holding a broken bowl like this, and then someone would pour some leftover food into his bowl.
Growing up in the palace since childhood, I have always felt that the food that has not moved a few chopsticks is the supreme honor of the rewardee, and ordinary people, who would want to get them, it seems that their own concept has to be changed, and they can't always contact the outside world with royal standards.
Feng Ge just wanted to ask the boss to make a new yellow stewed chicken, isn't it just two taels of silver, I'll give it!
Guan Linsen shook his head: "No need." ”
The man sitting in the shadows teased: "Look, if you want to build a relationship, you will offend others." ”
Again and again, being interjected by this person, Guan Linsen responded coldly: "This girl is also kind, the price of the food here is indeed very expensive, it is not something I can afford, the matter between me and this girl, please don't meddle in my brother." ”
"Hehe, this little brother is really interesting, I am speaking for you below, but you don't appreciate it, don't you look at the girl's young and beautiful, and you are moved?" The man's tone was really annoying, he was not finished, and then said: "A knife on the head of the ancient word, little brother, can you see the Beiyan man sitting next to this girl just now? I can advise you, don't fight this girl's idea, lest the corpse be thrown in the desert, I don't know what's going on." ”
The more he said it, the more unpleasant it became, Feng Ge frowned, wanting to stand up and see what this open-mouthed bastard looked like, but he saw the look in Guan Linsen's eyes and signaled her not to make any more extraneous branches.
The man saw that Feng Ge and Guan Linsen were ignoring her, and he was also quite bored leaning against the corner, dangling a small wine bottle in his hand, and humming a small song in his mouth leisurely.
At this time, the steel plate above the head sounded again, and the footsteps of two people echoed in the long staircase, one was naturally the shopkeeper who went out to welcome customers, and the other must be the guest who lived here tonight.
Behind the shopkeeper was a young man, dressed luxuriously, but alone, not even a companion, he carried a burden in one hand, a sword in the other, and asked the shopkeeper if he had gone to the room, and the shopkeeper glanced at Feng Ge: "Oh, the last room is for this girl." ”
"How many vacancies are there in the Chase Shop, do you want to?"
The young man's face was embarrassed, obviously, he also knew that the Chase Shop was not a good place to live, and he asked a little embarrassedly: "Then, is there a room with a little less people, at least, the bed is one for one person." ”
"There's a quadruple room, and there's only two men living in it right now, do you want to?"
Although a four-person room is not as comfortable as a single house in the upper room, it is much better than a long bed with more than two dozen men rolling at the same time.
The young man asked the shopkeeper again, "Who are my two roommates?
The shopkeeper raised his chin, pointed his chin at the person in the shadows, turned his head again, and pointed at Guan Linsen with the tip of his chin: "Oh, just these two, do you think you can get along with yourself?"
Unexpectedly, Guan Linsen actually lived in a room with this outrageous kid today, the two of them didn't fight in the middle of the night, Feng Ge looked at him: "You must be calm." ”
Guan Linsen swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth, but his expression did not change: "Even if it is Jin Huang, she will not shoot casually, am I not as good as her?"
Feng Ge smiled and said, "Of course you are stronger than her, you know a lot more than her." ”
But I thought in my heart that if Jin Huang heard this, I was afraid that she would blow up on the spot, and she would be guilty.
The shopkeeper asked the guy, "This is the last group of guests today?"
The guy nodded: "The sun has been going down outside for a long time, and the earthy smell in the wind is getting stronger and stronger, but I'm afraid that tonight's black storm will be bigger than usual, and I can't go out again." ”
The shopkeeper completed the check-in procedures for the young man, and received a large handful of copper plates, and then gave the young man the wooden sign used to enter the room.
The young man came out quickly, it seemed that he didn't clean it up, he simply threw things in the room, and the expression on his face was not very good-looking, Feng Ge saw different emotions such as "contempt", "spit", "disdain", "forget it, bear with it" and so on.
I can't help but feel funny, I guess I just reacted like this.
"Boss, is there anything else to eat?" asked the young man.
"The water list is on the wall, look at it yourself, and order whatever you want. ”
The young man just glanced at it with great interest, and then gasped, this reaction was exactly the same as Feng Ge, Guan Linsen smiled slightly, and did not speak again.
"It's too expensive, why does a steamed bun sell for forty wen. The young man shouted, "In Feng County, ten steamed buns are only five yuan." ”
The shopkeeper's face was "love to eat or not, don't eat and get away", even ignored him, and the guy who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on the table smiled and said: "The guest officer said this badly, if it is not here can not be compared to Feng County, all the food here has to be transported from Feng County, and the situation on the border has been tight recently, even if it is these food, our boss spent a lot of money to buy it back, if it is an ordinary hotel, I am afraid that the money will not be paid." ”
From Fengxian to here, Feng Ge is also a good horse, and he has been running for a day, if he transports so many melons, vegetables, rice and noodles, in this kind of place where ghosts don't lay eggs, it is indeed priceless, and it is a few points more valuable than the gold from Kunlun Mountain.
After all, gold is inedible.
The young man snorted his teeth in pain: "Hiss...... Can you sell half a serving?"
"Not for sale. ”
The monopoly business is so domineering, looking at the young man's heartache, Feng Ge smiled: "Why don't you sit down and eat together?" We still have some dishes here, how to move it, if you throw it away, it would be a pity." ”
The man sitting in the corner of the wall laughed and said, "You sell these two bowls of vegetables to one household, and you want to sell one household, and you are better at doing business than the shopkeeper." I said, shopkeeper, you might as well accept her as the proprietress of the shop, I think, with her, the scale of your store can at least double the size. ”
"Presumptuous!" Feng Ge was furious, slapped the table and stood up, and the shopkeeper commanded very calmly: "Two, wait." ”
Feng Ge didn't know what he was going to do, so he saw that guy Fang Cai, like a wind under his feet, quickly put away all the cups, dishes, chopsticks and dishes on the table, and turned the stools upside down on the table one by one with extremely quick movements, and pushed the table to the side and leaned against the wall.
Now the space in the middle of the store is vacant.
The shopkeeper said, "You can do it for free, and I don't care who of you lives or dies, but if you break my things, please compensate according to the price." ”
As he spoke, he threw out a long scroll, and the price list included the price of candlesticks, tables and chairs, and how to count broken walls and broken floor tiles, each of which was astronomical.
"There is a black storm tonight, if you want to fight, just fight here, don't go out, go out, you will fly to the sky, and see you in the next life." The shopkeeper took a roll of the ledger that was laid out on the cabinet, held the candlestick, and went away on his own.
There was one candlestick missing, and the light in the hall was much darker, and looking at the quotation just now, no one had the heart to fight, but it was not good to stop like this, so it was so deadlocked.
The young man looked at Feng Ge for a while, and then at that person, and he felt that in order to maintain the stability and unity in the room at night, he had an obligation to persuade the two eldest brothers to give up their hatred for each other, although he had no idea where this inexplicable hatred came from.
"Two, two, listen to me, the things in this store are too expensive, and it's not worth paying so much money for a fight. Feng Ge couldn't help laughing, and then he paid attention to the young man's face, which was not as cold as Guan Linsen, not as gentle as jade as Lin Xiangyu, and not as tall and mighty as Gao Zhenbei, but like an oilman who was used to running the rivers and lakes. You can eat everywhere, but no one will take him as a corner.
Feng Ge smiled: "Well, if you don't fight, there's no need to worry about mad dogs." ”
Then she asked the young man, "Where do you come from and where are you going?"
"I'm from Dongning Kingdom, and I heard that the Xixia Kingdom produces excellent steel here, and if you bring it back, the price can increase hundreds of times, so I came. ”
Dongning is the easternmost country on the entire continent, and its citizens are generally engaged in maritime trade, which is the richest of these countries on the mainland, and it is also the one with the least diplomatic pressure on Dahengguo.
Businessmen who seek wealth, their rules are simple and easy to understand, and they have no capital and ten thousand profits for the top, and one for the middle. And the merchants of Dongning Kingdom are a little more promising, they pay attention to the fact that both buyers and sellers can make a profit: "If the person who sells things has no profit, then he will not sell these things again in the future, and then he will not kill the hen that lays golden eggs?"
"Coming from Dongning, are you going Daheng?" Feng Ge asked curiously.
"No, it was Beiyan who walked and then turned down. ”
Feng Ge was puzzled: "But, that's going to go around in a big circle." ”
The young man also sighed helplessly: "No way, between Dongning and Xixia, although it is said that there is only one Daheng, but in the middle of the road from Dongning to Daheng Kingdom, there is a star worship clan." The Star Worship Clan has its own passage laws, and if you want to go from Daheng, it is equivalent to having to get two passes, which is too troublesome, so you have to go from Beiyan. ”
Feng Ge's understanding of the Star Worship Clan was actually just a name, so she couldn't say anything meaningful, but just nodded silently to show that she heard it.
As he was talking, the young man's stomach made a "gurgling" sound, Guan Linsen raised his eyes and glanced at him, and pushed the steamed bun in front of him in front of him, while Feng Ge pushed the yellow stewed chicken over: "Taste it, it's delicious." ”
In addition to eating and drinking, the young man's mouth has not forgotten its other function, Feng Ge knew that his name was Su Mingze, who was eighteen years old this year, and also knew that he ran away behind his parents' back, in order to get back the steel from Xixia and make a lot of money, so that his parents who looked down on him could look at him differently.
Su Mingze was eating happily when the man who was sitting in the shadows stood up and walked towards them.