Chapter 41 The Question of Meals
It's almost noon, and it should be the time when the tavern restaurant is doing good business, and I didn't expect that the 'one-pot guan' in the middle of the cross street would be closed. Even the pennant that was hung high in the wind on weekdays and with the four big characters of 'one pot as a pass' written on it was collected and hung wilted at the door.
In fact, the most prosperous restaurant area in this area is basically not open, only one or two are half-open, so that familiar customers can sit down for a while, or order a few dishes to take away with food boxes.
"The shareholders of this 'one-pot gate' should have people from the government, right?" Feng Shiqian understood a little.
"Of course." Yurong said with a smile: "If you can do business here, how can you do it without a backstage?" ”
The people of Suzhou are fierce, and doing business is by no means a harmonious way to make money, but to grasp the business with one hand, grasp the background with the other hand, and both hands must be hard in order to gain a firm foothold.
"Now that the victims are gathered in Yanzhou, I am afraid that Yanzhou will not be able to support it for a few days, and in three or two days, a large number of disaster victims will come, and those who are slightly aware will naturally hide." Feng Shiqian explained.
It's not a good time to eat and drink.
Robbing the rich and helping the poor is not the patent of the heroes. In a year like this, if the victims do not handle it well, it will be a disaster. For officials, it is the root cause of class, how dare you be careless? Of course, the gentry under their jurisdiction must contribute money with money, food from those with grain, and powerful contributions.
Otherwise, could it be that the officials and lords could solve the problems of thousands of victims with two official words?
A shop that takes the high-end route like a pot dangguan, at such a juncture, of course, is closed and pretends to be poor. What's more, even if the restaurant is not closed, no one dares to come to eat? Whoever eats means who has the money, and you are embarrassed to spend lavishly on your own money, and not hand over the money for disaster relief?
Being so little by Feng Shiqian, Yurong reacted in hindsight: "Yes, not only have the restaurants closed a lot, it seems that there are many jewelry shops and silk villages that are closed, I thought it was a little strange before, how can I rest today." ”
In fact, the atmosphere in Suzhou City is quite tense, and the market is also very depressed. After walking around the carriage for a long time, he couldn't find a decent place to stop to eat and rest, and finally Feng Shiqian pointed to a noodle shop and said, "Why don't you just go here, since you are here to watch the people's livelihood, you have to put down your body." You see so many people here, it tastes good. ”
This noodle shop is at the corner of the street, and there are three or four restaurants near the left, some of which resemble food stalls, but here there are many more customers than others.
Xia Xiaodong got out of the carriage and immediately understood the source of Feng Shiqian and Lu Yunzhi's strange looks - the little guy sitting next to the coachman was wearing clothes that were clearly similar to those of the Xia family sisters.
The little guy before was blocked by the coachman and couldn't see clearly. Now that I got out of the car, several people were in one place, and they were all Feng Shiqian's followers.
Xia Xiaodong almost laughed. It seems that Suzhou Chengyan zhòng can't keep up with the trend, and the goods that Mrs. Zhuang took out are similar to those worn by the sons of the capital, and they can almost be used as a joke when they go out.
The little guy was very clever, and when he saw that he had hit his shirt, he immediately lifted the placket of his robe and tucked it into his belt—so that it seemed to make an immediate difference, and it was much easier to move, and he turned around and went to the back of the carriage to get something, and when he came out again, he added a short cloth shirt to his upper body, and it was even more different.
A few people entered the noodle shop and looked at the people in the noodle shop in a daze.
These people are extraordinary, neatly dressed, and look from head to toe, how they don't look like people who should be here. This is because everyone deliberately kept it simple, and Lu Yunzhi also wore a hat, otherwise, it is estimated that he would be able to see a lot of fainting.
The only two runners didn't dare to come over at all, and in the end, the short and fat man who looked like the shopkeeper behind the counter hurriedly greeted him and placed a few people on a table in the corner.
The accompanying guy was obviously quite experienced, and he quickly took out a ...... Tablecloth, spread on an elm table. Then, as if playing a trick, he took out the ...... A white porcelain teapot and several white porcelain teacups.
Xia Xiaodong looked down at the suitcase in the little girl's hand, and deeply felt that there are smart people who are also smart.
"Well," the little servant handed several large bowls and deep saucers to the shopkeeper, "with these, I will reward you all when I turn around." The best ones just come up. By the way, let the spoon and the food be served with their hands washed. ”
The head of the shopkeeper almost touched the ground, and even claimed that it was, and couldn't help but overturn with joy, just these dishes are worth a lot of silver, and people use them once outside and dislike them, and they can make a lot of money this time. At the moment, there was a loud bang for people to bring hot water -- it was obvious that the coarse tea leaves in the store would not be used.
Naturally, this table was given priority, and a large bowl of noodles and a few dishes were served in a blink of an eye.
Lu Yunzhi separated the light yarn in front of the hat, looked at the mutton noodles in front of him, and said with a smile: "It smells very fragrant, Brother Feng Qi's choice of place is good." ”
Outside the city is mountainous, making it a good place to herd sheep, and mutton is more common than pork. The marinated lamb is cut into large thin slices and accompanied by green shallots and coriander.
Xia Xiaodong tasted it, the noodles here are also quite special, not white noodles - it is a serious luxury, but I can't see what kind of coarse grain is grinding, the color is light yellow, with a strong grain fragrance, the entrance is full of tendons, slightly sour and spicy, I can't stop eating it, I don't feel sweat on my forehead, and I actually ate the whole bowl.
I don't know who kicked him lightly or heavily on his leg, Xia Xiaodong raised his head and found that he ...... Why is everyone so ...... Sven? The girls are just that, even Feng Shiqian only ate most of the bowl - is this to pretend to be in front of Lu Yunzhi?
The corners of Zhang Wenjuan's mouth twitched down, revealing obvious contempt, took out a delicate light cyan silk handkerchief, wiped her mouth gently, pushed the noodle bowl that had only eaten a little, and said with a smile: "The taste is really good." However, I greedily ate a few bites of cloud leg shrimp golden silk noodles this morning, but now I can't eat them. ”
Cloud Leg ...... ...... the shrimp, Xia Xiaodong looked down at the noodle bowl where he only had a little soup left, and barely remembered that there were only two or three slices of mutton in it.
It's really incomparable.
It seems that Zhang Wenjuan's ability has improved, and she has actually learned to turn around and sarcastically mock herself for not eating good things.
Yurong's face elongated. Governor Zhang's mansion was released only after a term of Beijing officials, and he learned to eat a set of food in the capital, and he came to Suzhou since he called, bringing a burst of food.
But now when Lu Yunzhi and Feng Shiqian are slapped in the face, showing off that her family's breakfast is exquisite and delicious, it makes people feel bad. Yurong picked up the noodle bowl angrily, and simply ate two more bites!
"Huh-" Zhang Wenjuan couldn't help laughing out loud.
Are these two sisters rice buckets? In this Riba people's noodle shop, can you eat so delicious?
Feng Shiqian's face was pale. The tall restaurants were closed, and he had no choice but to choose this one. Zhang Wenjuan's move was actually mocking the Xia family sisters, but why wasn't she belittling this place?
What's more, the Xia family sisters are the guests he invited, or in the name of Lu Yunzhi, Zhang Wenjuan embarrassed the guests, where did he put the people who invited the guests?
But without waiting for Feng Shiqian to say anything, Lu Yunzhi spoke first.
"Sister Wenjuan, it's wrong for you to do this."