Chapter 41: The Suffering of the Commoners

"Quick, follow them and see what's delicious?" Vivien, who was high in nature, immediately said to Yu Wuming.

Yu Wuming looked in the direction the children ran over, and the relative position of the alley and the hotel, and then said to Vivian, "Are you sure?

"Of course, go see what the kids are eating!" Vivien insisted at once.

"Well, I hope you don't regret it. With his experience of watching all kinds of romantic dramas and funny nonsensical soap operas, Yu Wuming should run to the back kitchen of the hotel, where it should be time to throw away leftovers.

She was directly depressed and ran to the back alley. They entered the back alley, Vivien's brow was furrowed, not to mention the narrowness of the place, the road was potholed, and it was full of stinking water, Vivien had to walk on tiptoe, if it weren't for the excited screams of the children in front of her, she would have quit.

The two walked in a few dozen meters, and finally saw the children's backs, although they couldn't see clearly, but from the light through the open door of the hotel's back kitchen, they could vaguely come out, there were seven or eight children, the oldest was only eight or nine years old, and the youngest was only four or five years old.

"What's so good here?" Vivien asked, frowning, the excitement she had just gone.

"Leftovers, leftovers!" Yu Wusheng's footsteps didn't stop, he was still walking inside, Vivian wanted to stop, but seeing that Yu Wuming was still walking, she unconsciously followed.

"What? They eat leftovers, leftovers?" Vivien was surprised, weren't those meant to be thrown away?

At this moment, a kitchen worker came out with a large bucket, and he directly poured the leftovers from the bucket into the swill bucket on the side, where there were more than a dozen swill buckets, but at this point in time, it was the time to pour a bucket of swill.

Seven or eight children immediately gathered around, the older ones went straight into the swill bucket to fish, and the younger ones waited behind with a basin for their older siblings to put the good things in their own basins.

"Behold, little brother, there is a cake that has not been touched!" a girl of seven or eight years old picked up a piece of cake from the swill bucket, turned and brought it to the mouth of a little boy of four or five years old behind her, the little boy opened his mouth wide and took a bite, the little boy looked satisfied, finished eating, cracked his mouth without front teeth and laughed, he said, "Sister, you eat too, the cake is delicious!"

Several children around looked at the two sisters and brothers enviously, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva, they turned around sharply, turning the swill bucket harder, picking up the leftovers that could be eaten. Another female cook came out, she not only pulled a bucket of swill, but also carried a plate, the dishes on the plate did not move at all, she came out, divided the dishes on the plate equally among the children, and then said with a happy face: "Children, there is a table of guests who have not eaten this plate, all for you, don't rob it, everyone has a share!"

"Vomit ~ vomit ~ " retched twice, which made Yu Wusheng, who was shocked on the spot, wake up, he had realized that he would see this scene, but when he really faced it, he was still shocked.

He turned his head to look over, Vivien was retching against the wall, she was almost throwing up the dinner she had eaten today, she didn't expect that those leftovers were actually this child's delicacies.

It took a long time for her to recover a little, and she said to Yu Wuming, "How are they ...... How can you throw away the whole plate of untouched dishes? And the kids, they ...... Why are they so happy to see leftovers? They pick up the garbage, especially when it's untouched...... Why is there a happy glow on their little faces?"

Vivien had tears in her eyes, and she was shocked by the plight of the people at the bottom: "In particular, there are even drunk people who vomit on that garbage...... ...... vomit"

Fortunately, she only retched a few times, and the food that came up was forced back by her, otherwise today's dinner would have been in vain.

"Why, in order to survive!" said Yu Wulife, "these things were produced by their fathers, but they have no right to enjoy them." ”

"How is that possible?"

"How could it be?" Yu Wuming pointed to the swill bucket and said, "Do you see a lobster that just poured in? It was a completely untouched one!"

This time, Vivien didn't wait for Yu Wuming to walk up, she walked over first, and she saw a whole lobster being grabbed by two small dirty hands at the same time.

"I got it first!"

"No! I got it first!" the two little boys scuffled together, but the lobster was clutched by them, and neither of them would let go.

The one who came out to pour the swill, but didn't say anything, just smiled, and went back to the back kitchen, and the children, except for the two who were fighting, everyone else looked at Vivien timidly.

"Uncle and aunt, are you here to find food?" The eldest girl mustered up the courage to come out and said to Vivian and Yu Wuming, "Please be sure to leave us a little, Dad and Mom have worked for a day, I want them to eat something good!"

Vivien's nose suddenly became sour and she almost cried, just as another assistant chef came out, Vivien exposed her wrist and said to the cook, "Go and call your head chef!"

Vivien's wrist was taken aback one day, he didn't expect a noble lord to be here, he glanced at the children with disgust, in his opinion, it must have been those children who offended these two noble lords.

Soon, the head chef followed the cook, and as soon as he came out, he saw two little boys rolling around on the ground and fighting, two aristocratic young men standing at the door of the back kitchen, and a few children standing on the side looking at the two people timidly.

The head chef was about to rush people away, but was stopped by Yu Wuming, he pointed to the lobster in the hands of the two fighting boys and asked, "How much is this?"

The head chef looked at the two boys' hands suspiciously, and he realized that the two boys were fighting over a lobster, and he immediately said: "This lobster is 100 silver coins in this store, if you want to ask the purchase price, then you have to ask to buy it." The head chef looked at the scene, and it seemed that the questions asked by the two nobles would not be so simple.

"Go and call the buyer. The head chef didn't wait for Yu Wuming to speak, and immediately asked the kitchen worker to call the purchase. And Vivien had already walked over and pulled the two boys away, and the two boys were going to fight, but seeing that it was a noble girl who pulled them away, they hurriedly crawled over, took a few steps back, and looked at Vivien timidly, but the lobster was still clutched by the two people.

The purchase came over quickly, Yu Wuming asked the question just now, and the purchase looked at the shrimp in the hands of the two boys and said, "The purchase price of this shrimp is 10 silver coins." ”

"What? That's too big a gap, isn't it?" said Vivien, surprised.

Yu Wuming continued to ask unhurriedly on the side: "Where is the origin of this shrimp?"

"Port of Hamburg. ”

"How much does it cost in the port of Hamburg?"

"This ...... I've heard from shrimp dealers that it's about 10 copper coins each. ”

"What? So cheap? How is it possible? Then why is this hotel selling for 100 silver coins?" Vivien was really shocked.

Yu Wuming continued to ask, "How many noble leaders do you have to pass along the way?"

"If you go back to my lord, we have to go through more than 10 big cities and 2 or 30 small towns from Hamburg to our town, and we have to take a transit tax ranging from 5% to 20% for each place, so the price has risen to 10 silver coins to us. ”

"Then you don't have to sell for 100 silver coins! 10 times more!" Vivien continued to be surprised.

"Is the owner behind this hotel a nobleman?, are you mainly engaged in the business of nobles?" Yu Wuming continued to ask unhurriedly.

"Yes, our store is a chain, and it is owned by the royal family. After the chef finished speaking, he straightened his waist proudly.

"Huh?!" Vivien blushed, for some reason.

"That's right! The power of the brand is endless! This royal sign is worth 80 silver coins, right? Also, the exclusive one for the nobility is also worth 10 silver coins, right? plus the cost of 10 silver coins, exactly 100 silver coins!" Yu Wuming said, but his eyes were fixed on Vivien, and he didn't understand why her face was red.

"Ahh

"The lord is right, this is such a small place as ours, if it is in a big city, it will be more expensive, and it will cost 500 silver coins. The chef said.

Vivien held her forehead and waved at the cook and the buyer, motioning for them to stop. The two men bowed to Vivien and stood aside, but they were still glaring at the children, and they couldn't let them pick up things in the future.

Vivian said to the head chef: "Head chef, you make a lobster and a cake for each child, uh~, and each person will have a copy of the braised pork, and the money will be counted in my account." Vivien suddenly thought of the slippery but not greasy braised pork.

"Yes!" the head chef didn't expect this noble lady to be so talkative.

Soon, seven or eight portions of packaged dishes were brought out by the head chef, Vivien took two portions and walked up to the two boys, he took off the lobster that they were holding in their hands, the two boys were still a little reluctant, she said to the two: "Two little brothers, my sister has prepared one for each of you here, and we don't want this one! This one is dirty, and it is easy to have diarrhea after eating." ”

The two boys let go, and Vivien said to them again, "You can see that you used to be very good friends, didn't you?" The two boys nodded, and Vivien continued, "Then we can't fight in the future, good friends should be united!" Both boys nodded desperately.

Vivien tossed the dirty lobster back into the swill bucket and wiped the boys' hands with a handkerchief before handing them the packed dishes and saying, "All right, take them home!