Chapter 51: It's Appetizing
Bai Susu sat on the table, eating the spicy tang that Peng Jingqing took from Su Zhai, with relish, a little spicy taste, the soup is very special, these mixed vegetables and meat slices, etc., stewed together, not to mention the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but it is very suitable for the appetite of girls.
"Well, I didn't lie to you, it's delicious!" Peng Jingqing was beside him and said with a smile.
Bai Susu ate quietly, originally she didn't eat much food per meal, but this pot of spicy hot food could withstand her two meals.
But she didn't put down the dishes and chopsticks, and while eating, she was thinking about the question, how did Su Chen make this new dish, and what did those assorted pots, pot-wrapped meat, and yellow stewed chicken taste like?
When she had eaten it all, she took the silk handkerchief handed by Xiaotong and wiped the soup stains on the corner of her mouth, nodded with satisfaction, and had a smile on her face.
"The taste is not bad!" Bai Susu felt that this bowl of spicy tang seemed to be better than other delicacies she had eaten in the past few years, things were one thing, and mood was another.
"Miss, you didn't leave me a little either!" Xiaotong's face was like a bitter gourd, and he said aggrievedly.
Bai Susu forgot about it, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Next time there will be a chance!" β
Peng Jingqing nodded and said, "That's it, next time I'll take you to his house to eat, or, I'll let him do it, and I'll bring it back to eat together!" β
Bai Susu thought for a moment and said, "In the afternoon, I want to go and see him, Qinqing, come with me." β
"Oh, yes, or I'll go back when it's close to dusk, so that I can still have a meal, he said what kind of hot pot he invited me to eat next time." Peng Jingqing replied with a smile.
At this moment, the shopkeeper of Bairun Loukong came to the outside of the building and knocked on the door: "Miss, are you inside?" β
"Comber, come in."
The shopkeeper of this restaurant, Kong Shengji, is about fifty years old, has been in the Bai family for 30 years, and when he was young, he followed the old man Bai to do business, and he has rich experience, and he is responsible for this Bairun Restaurant, and he is also very comfortable.
Since Bai Susu took over the restaurant, Kong Shengji has been advised by Old Man Bai to assist the eldest lady with all his might, and he is also very attentive to the things she explains, and Bai Susu also maintains some respect for him.
After the shopkeeper Kong entered the room, he said: "Miss, Xu Qingwan and a group of talented men came to our restaurant for lunch, it seems to be a pick-up for the scholars from Jinling, when Xu Dacai saw the old man, she asked Miss Bai if you were here, I replied yes, she said that after the banquet, she planned to come to visit the eldest lady, so I came over in advance to inform the eldest lady. β
"Xu Wanqing is here!" After Bai Susu met Xu Wanqing outside the city a few days ago, because of Qu Yuguan's lyrics, she attracted the attention of talented women to "Su Yixuan", and the two talked well in You Chun.
Bai Susu also mentioned to Xu Cainu that if she is not in the house, she usually checks the accounts in the office of Bairun Building, and in the future, talented women can go to Bairun Building if they have a banquet party, not to mention the discount, but also give priority to providing high-grade Accord.
Unexpectedly, only a few days have passed, and Xu Dacai and others have really come to Bairunlou to gather and set up a banquet.
Bai Susu hesitated for a moment, and decided to wait for them to go over halfway through the banquet to say hello and give two dishes, which could be regarded as giving face to the talented woman of Zuxu.
This Xu Qingwan is not just the identity of the first talented woman in Runzhou, the Xu family where she is located, more than ten years ago, but the Xu family, the powerful minister who controlled Yang Wu, and even Li Sheng, the ancestor of the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, are the adopted sons of the Xu family, and they were originally named Xu Zhihe; Later, after the death of Xu Wen, the minister of Wu Guoquan, Xu Zhihe took power, came out of the independent door of the Xu family, restored the surname Li, got rid of dissidents, and finally established the country through Chan.
After the ancestor Li Sheng became the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, although he controlled the power of the Xu family and weakened his strength, he was also grateful for the grace of the Xu family, and did not kill them all, but gave some titles to some children of the Xu family who were not threatened, and Xu Cainu was Xu Wen's great-great-great-granddaughter.
In Runzhou City, the Xu family is also a special noble family.
"I see." Bai Susu nodded, and then arranged: Kong Bo, you go back and tell the guys, pay attention to the etiquette, and don't slack off. β
"Understood, Miss!" After the shopkeeper gave up, he turned around and left.
Peng Jingqing pouted and said: "Those talented and beautiful people, when they get together, they must have recited poems right, so boring." β
Bai Susu smiled and didn't refute, because when the scholars are together, they will definitely talk about poetry and songs, talk about elegant things, quote scriptures and classics at every turn, and drink a drink and make a drinking order; If you are not erudite, it is difficult to answer fluently after reading through the subset of scriptures and histories.
Often a wine order will extract sentences from the Book of Poetry, Tang poems, Han Fu, word cards, etc., and combine them with each other as required.
Although Bai Susu has also read some books, her talent in poetry and writing is very average, and she used to envy those talented women; When I was young and ignorant, I also had a love for the talented people in Runzhou, but as I shouldered the family business mission, my longing for this aspect faded.
Even if you meet a talented and beautiful woman, you just appreciate your talent, and you don't have the excitement of being a girl.
Especially, now that even the fiancΓ© she always thought of has become a lyricist and can write famous articles at will, her pursuit and admiration for poetry have been infinitely lowered.
"Since Sister Xu is here, we are waiting for her to visit here, it is a bit rude, it is better to take the initiative to go over and show up, it is a big deal to say a few words of greeting, and leave as soon as possible."
"Okay then." Peng Jingqing replied helplessly.
Half an hour later, Bai Susu expected that Xu Cainu's banquet was halfway through, and took Qinqing and Xiaotong to the front restaurant, went to the third floor, and walked to the largest Accord.
The shopkeeper Kong followed with two short-term workers who delivered vegetables, each holding a plate of vegetables in their hands, waiting behind him, and when the eldest lady said to add vegetables, he sent them directly to the table inside.
When Bai Susu was about to knock on the door, he heard a talented man inside: "Xu Cainu, is the son of Su Yixuan that you just said really from Jinling, how come you have never heard of this person's name in Jinling." If you think about it, you are not a famous talent in Shilin, otherwise, Brother Zai and Zhao will not know! β
"Miss Xu, isn't she deceived, these days, there are many people who pretend to be talents, maybe they got that song out of nowhere, pretending to be a talent, but in fact, I am not very talented."
"That's right, words like Qu Yuguan are rarely comparable to even Feng Lao's vocabulary, and you can chase the two "Wen Wei" in the words of Huajian. β
"This ...... I also listened to what the white girl said, and when we met again and asked her clearly, it would be clear. Xu Wanqing's beautiful voice came out.
It turned out that in the middle of the banquet, some talented people talked about poetry and Qu Yuguan, Xu Wanqing was very curious about Su Yixuan, a talented man from Jinling who had never met, so he asked the two Jinshi from Jinling if they knew a talented man named Su Yixuan in Jinling, so he had this conversation.
Bai Susu heard that they were slandering "Su Yixuan", his face was a little cold, and he asked the little maid to knock on the door.
There was a young gentleman who opened the door from the inside, with the smell of wine on his face, and when he saw Bai Susu, who was foreign to the door, he was directly dumbfounded, and he was completely stunned on the spot, as if he had lost his soul.