Zhang Zhiji glanced at Zhu Youzhen and said, "Fifth brother, the things here are delicious at a glance, you can eat more in a while, I'm not very hungry." ”

Jinxiu also blinked a pair of resentful eyes and said, "Childe, why don't we change places?" ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Shopkeeper Xu, and said with some embarrassment: "It seems that Shopkeeper Xu still has a vision, let's sit and rest for a while, and then go back to Tianxianglou to eat." ”

At this time, someone at a table next to a few people shouted, "Shopkeeper, check out." ”

The shopkeeper didn't look up, still pulling the noodles hard, but replied, "A bowl of noodles costs six yuan." ”

When the man listened to the shopkeeper's words, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's only been three days since it rose by another penny, and the market is really getting better and better." After saying that, the man put six copper coins on the table, and then left with a little song in his mouth.

Although it was a trivial matter of eating noodles and paying for them, they saw that Zhu Youzhen, Zhang Zhiji and Jinxiu were confused for a while, why was this person so happy when he heard that the price of noodles had risen?

After a while, the store came out with a bowl of noodles and sent it to the table next to a few people, and by the way, he collected the noodles paid by the previous person.

Zhu Youzhen took advantage of the store's time to ask: "Shopkeeper, why are these people so happy to hear that the face price has risen?" Isn't it right to be angry when you spend too much money on food? ”

The shopkeeper looked at Zhu Youzhen and a few people, and said, "Listening to the guest official's accent, it shouldn't be from Suzhou Mansion, right?" These are all regular customers, and they all know that the small shop never increases the price indiscriminately, and if the price rises one day, it must be the price of wheat that is high. ”

Zhang Zhi was puzzled and said: "Is there any difference between the price of wheat and the price of noodles?" In short, the price of food has risen. ”

"The guest officer doesn't know, these people have a lot of coupons in their hands, the price of wheat has risen, and the price of coupons in their hands has naturally risen, this bowl of noodles has only risen by a penny, but the wheat coupons for one stone have risen to five coins of silver, do you say they can still be unhappy? Oops, patronizing and talking, the noodles in the pot are going to be boiled and confused. After saying that, the shopkeeper ran quickly towards the cauldron.

Zhang Zhiji frowned and didn't understand, "It's a coupon again, what is this coupon?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "If you go to Suzhou City for a day today, you will understand what a coupon is. ”

While a few people were talking, the shopkeeper used a wooden tray to bring up the three bowls of noodles ordered by Zhu Youjian, and after the noodles were put on the table, the shopkeeper shouted, "The leek leaf noodles of the three, please use them slowly." ”

Looking at the noodles in front of them, several people couldn't help but glance at the shopkeeper's hands, and couldn't help but think of the scene where the shopkeeper kneaded the noodles, and then looked at the black nails of the shop, and the three of them had no idea of eating noodles anymore.

At this time, a few more noodle eaters came to the restaurant, and they shouted to the store, "A bowl of ramen." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the new guest who was about to sit at an empty table next to him, and greeted: "A few brothers, we have a lot of noodles here, if a few don't dislike it, why don't you come to our table to eat, rest assured, we haven't touched it yet, and we won't charge money." ”

When those people came, Dianjiang had just brought the noodles to the table, and they naturally knew that a few people had indeed not started to eat yet, and then looked at the clothes of a few people, and they didn't look like some scumbags who cheated, so they said: "This, it's not good." ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "You're welcome, I also have something to ask for advice here." ”

Several people glanced at each other, and then one of them said: "Since there are too many people, it is really a waste to pour, so we will help you dispose of it." ”

"That's it, it's been a lot of hard work."

The man got up and walked towards Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen sat on a square table and four benches, just one of the four sat on one side, Zhu Youzhen beckoned to the opposite Jinxiu, "Sit on my side." ", and then said to Zhang Zhiji: "You and the shopkeeper Xu squeezed it." ”

After the man at the next table came over, he picked up a bowl of noodles and said, "Little brother, if you have any questions, just ask, what to ask or not." ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Brother Tai doesn't have to move the table, it's better to call those two brothers over to eat together, these three bowls of noodles are just enough for each of the three brothers, and you can talk while eating us." ”

When the man heard this, he was puzzled and said, "Little brother, the four of you ordered a total of three bowls of noodles, and then there were three more bowls?" ”

"Brother Tai misunderstood, we had already eaten some when we went out today, and some of them couldn't eat at this time."

No matter how Zhu Youzhen explained, that person couldn't understand it, since he couldn't eat it, why did he still order it? The man put down the bowl in his hand and said, "You don't have any money, do you?" ”

"Naturally not, we sincerely invite a few people to eat noodles." After speaking, Zhu Youzhen took out some broken silver and beckoned the shopkeeper: "Check out." ”

The shopkeeper came over to collect the money, and the shopkeeper also heard what Zhu Youzhen said before, "This side is not in line with the customer's appetite?" ”

"No, no, I really can't eat it."

The store also thinks about it, these people haven't even touched the chopsticks, so naturally it won't be because of the taste.

Another guest was relieved when he saw that Zhu Youzhen had even paid the silver, so he said to the shopkeeper: "This is for the little brother to ask us to help eat noodles, and we don't need the noodles we just wanted." ”

The shopkeeper just nodded and turned back to the restaurant.

After the store left, the man called the two people who came with him to come over, and the three of them sat down and were not polite, they picked up the quick food and ate it, today's luck is really good, not only do they not have to wait for a noodle, but there are also people who pay for them.

The man who came first asked while eating, "What does the little brother want to ask?" Although we are helping you dispose of this side, it is always you who spend money, and we naturally can't eat it in vain, but whatever we know, we must know everything. ”

Zhu Youzhen stretched his neck forward and approached the man, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Tai, are there any coupons for sale?" ”

The man took a bite and sucked a noodle into his mouth, because it was too close, the noodle soup collapsed Zhu Youzhen's face, and he ate the noodles, and the man also moved closer to Zhu Youzhen, and also said in a low voice: "What coupon does the little brother want?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the big face of the person in front of him, as if he was selling discs in Zhongguancun, and he only thought about others, how could he look like himself, he said: "Any coupon is fine, as long as I have it." ”

The man's eyes purred, and he said, "I don't have much on me now, only a cloth coupon, a wheat coupon and a rice coupon, if the son wants, I can transfer them to you, but this price?" As soon as he heard that Zhu Youzhen wanted any coupons, this person even changed the title from a little brother to a son.

"The price is okay, naturally you can't let Brother Tai lose money, Brother Tai is even if he offers a price."

"Childe is refreshing." As he spoke, the man put down his chopsticks, took out three coupons from his arms, put them on the table, and said: "This cloth coupon will be counted as eight taels of silver for the son, one stone of wheat coupons will be counted as four taels of silver, and one stone of rice coupons will be counted as six taels of silver, and the son will give ten taels and five cents." ”

Zhu Youzhen took out an ingot of ten taels of silver, and was about to hand it to the man with the five coins of silver recovered by the store before, but was stopped by the shopkeeper Xu, who looked at the man: "Little brother, the price is a bit high, right?" ”

The man: "How so? Listening to your accent, you are from other places, you probably don't know the price of the coupon in Suzhou, just take the rice coupon, it is really a price a day, maybe the price of the rice coupon will be doubled in three or five days. ”

Shopkeeper Xu was about to open his mouth to argue, but Zhu Youzhen patted his arm and said, "Shopkeeper Xu is too worried, I think the price of this brother is fair." As he spoke, he handed the man the money, and then took his three coupons.

Zhang Zhiji and Jinxiu each took a coupon from Zhu Youzhen's hand and looked at it, this was the first time they had seen a coupon from Suzhou Mansion.

These three coupons are all made of high-quality thick rattan paper, different sizes, the largest rice coupon has the size of a palm, the smallest wheat coupon is just the size of a baby's small feet, three coupons are in the middle from top to bottom with the block book "with the ticket to shell the new rice a stone", "with the ticket to exchange for the red Su fine silk a zhang", "with the ticket to the shelled wheat a stone", the upper left corner is the name of the three firms, respectively, two Lishu, a seal book, the color is different, the lower right corner is the private seal of the shopkeeper of the three firms, and the back is a series of numbers, It is also stamped with the red private seals of the three shopkeepers.

Zhu Youzhen said: "I still want to collect more coupons, but I don't know where it is easier to collect coupons?" ”

The man who sold the three coupons hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I don't know how much Childe is going to charge?" ”

"The more the merrier."

The man said: "If you want to be more convenient, it is naturally faster to go to the money bank, pawnshop, and printing bureau, but the price is relatively higher." When it came to the high price, he immediately stopped.

Zhu Youzhen saw that this person was talking and suddenly stopped talking, and couldn't help urging: "Is there any other way?" ”

"In addition to these places, that is, to collect it from ordinary people's hands, but this has to be collected from door to door, and some people may not necessarily sell it, which will be a lot more troublesome."

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "Thank you." ”

The two people who came with the person who sold the coupons before saw that the man sold the coupons for a sky-high price, and they earned two taels of silver in the blink of an eye, and they took out the coupons in their arms, and said: "We also have a few here, if the son still wants it, I still have it at home, and the son will go to the house to get it later." ”

Although Zhu Youzhen didn't let the shopkeeper Xu worry about the man, just looking at the three people's discontented appearance, the shopkeeper Xu glared at them and said in Suzhou dialect: "Bai Chengzai sails on a boat, and it smells worse than fir wood." This is a proverb in Suzhou, which means that if you get the benefits of people, you not only don't know how to be grateful, but also have to be insatiable.

As soon as I heard that this person was speaking authentic Suzhou dialect, and he was sarcastic about the three people, the three of them suddenly couldn't sit still, at first they thought that these four people were not locals, so they deliberately quoted a sky-high price, as long as they were from Suzhou, even the old lady who sold vegetables also knew what the price of the daily coupon was.

The man said with a little weakness: "Why don't we give Childe a cheaper price?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Don't be cheap, if it's cheap, I don't like it, my son only buys expensive things, not the right ones." But when you go back to get it, I'm afraid you can't wait, if the three of you have the intention to sell coupons, it is better to leave your name and surname, but you can go home and get the coupons, and go to the Fengxing Courtyard to find me later, I will inform the concierge of your name and surname, you only need to report your name and say that you are looking for Zhu Gongzi. ”

When the three of them heard this, they hurriedly reported: "In Xia Liu Youtian." ”

"Little Fan Mancang."

"The villain is in the water."

Zhu Youzhen nodded to indicate that he had written it down, took out the silver and accepted all the coupons of several people.

The three of them got the silver, and they didn't even bother to eat the noodles, so they hurriedly got up and went home to get the coupons.

The people eating next to him had already heard the movement here, and after the three of them left, they came over one after another and said, "Do you still want this coupon for Childe?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Yes, no matter how many books are collected, if there are still at home or relatives and friends, you can also take them together, and go to the Fengxing Courtyard to find me." ”

The originally peaceful fly restaurant suddenly became lively because of Zhu Youzhen, and even the store owner of this restaurant knew that Zhu Youzhen collected coupons at a high price, so he stopped his work and quickly took out all the coupons and sold them to Zhu Youzhen.

Zhang Zhiji and Jinxiu watched quietly as Zhu Youzhen paid and collected the coupons one by one, not knowing what he was going to do.

It wasn't until the coupons in the hands of the people who ate in this restaurant were collected that Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and the shopkeeper Xu said puzzledly: "Gongzi even thinks that one or two silver of Tianxianglou is too expensive, but now he is throwing a lot of money here, why is this?" I did a rough calculation, and Childe had already lost more than a hundred taels of silver in less than a moment. ”

When Zhang Zhiji heard the words of the shopkeeper Xu, he grew his mouth and said, "What? In order to save a tael of silver, he lost more than a hundred taels? And I haven't even eaten for half a day. ”

Zhu Youzhen was dissatisfied and said to Zhang Zhiji: "You are quiet, are you still too much to lose?" ”

Zhang Zhiji rolled his eyes and glared at him and said, "Are you still afraid of being embarrassed?" After a while, you will work hard to get in more than 100 taels, and your ability to scatter wealth is on par with Fang Dashao. No wonder your account book is in such a situation, it turns out that these shopkeepers are learning from you to do business, buy high and sell low, only buy expensive, not the right one. Fifth brother, it's not me who strikes you, you are not the material for trading, you can't start to deceive yourself because you earned more than two million taels at that time, you have a talent for business, that is what you earned from gambling, it is not much different from Ming robbery, if you continue like this, you will lose all your money sooner or later, or go back to the capital to be your king of the five yamas with peace of mind. ”

"When did you nag like that?"

After speaking, Zhu Youjian got up and said to Jinxiu: "Xiu'er, let's go to Tianxianglou to eat, let him continue to chant here." ”

"Okay." , Jinxiu happily got up and followed Zhu Youzhen, she had never doubted Zhu Youzhen's ability, even if she lost more than 100 taels today, she also lost it by her ability.

"Hey, hey, you wait for me, I haven't eaten ...... yet", Zhang Zhiji and Xu Shopkeeper hurriedly got up and followed.

Although the ramen restaurant and Tianxianglou are only a few dozen steps apart, Zhang Zhiji is also chattering all the way from this point.

In front of the door of Tianxianglou, seeing Zhu Youzhen and a few people coming, the little two not only did not get angry because a few people left because of a tael of silver before, but looked more earnest, and the smile seemed to have only one word to describe, that is, "fake", and his face was about to wrinkle into a chrysanthemum.

Several people entered the hall and found a table to sit down, and Zhang Zhiji commanded loudly to Xiao Er: "Pick your best morning meal, he has a treat today." Zhang Zhiji pointed to Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting opposite.

Zhu Youzhen said with a look of contempt: "I said so indignantly, as if I had been wronged, it was I who lost the money, and I didn't take out your purse, and you paid the silver for dinner on weekdays." ”

Saying this, Zhang Zhiji suddenly lost his voice, he was speechless to Zhu Youzhen, and only put the depression on the side of Xiao Er, seeing that Xiao Er was still standing there after ordering the meal, Zhang Zhiji scolded: "What are you doing in a daze?" Why don't you hurry up and get ready? ”

The little two said with a smile on his face: "Our shopkeeper said that today's son and young lady can use it casually, and they don't need to settle the bill, they are all counted on our shopkeeper." ”