Chapter 4: Chance Encounters
Yuelai Restaurant is located by a small river with a unique scenery. Outside the gate is an east-west traffic artery. People come and go, it is very lively, and their meals are the most reputable in the local area.
Yang Xiaoshan had money, so he took Su Qiaomei into the city to play at noon the next day, saying that he would improve the food. They walked and walked to this Yuelai restaurant.
"That's it, it's clean and bright, and it looks like the food is not bad. You smell a lot of incense, you can't be wrong. Yang Xiaoshan pulled Su Qiaomei and prepared to go in.
"Brother Xiaoshan, why did you bring me here? How expensive it is here! Su Qiaomei was clubbed and refused to enter.
"Don't be afraid of expensive, taste it. Don't be afraid, brother has money today. Yang Xiaoshan didn't care at all, and pulled Qiao Mei in.
Entering the door was a large vermilion counter, behind which stood a chubby shopkeeper. Behind the shopkeeper is a huge cabinet that looks a bit old, with lots of small bottles of soju on it. There are also two large jars of wine next to the counter, which are sealed with red cloths. There are many square tables and stools in the hall. There are many diners here, including merchants from other places and wealthy local families. The crowd is already a bit noisy, especially some drinkers, a few glasses of soju in their stomachs, and all kinds of yelling are not strange.
"Second master, please inside." The enthusiastic guy saw that someone was at the door and hurriedly greeted. Such a big store, there are many people you see, and there is some world. Although Yang Xiaoshan was dressed very simply, not like rich people, the guys did not despise slacking.
"It's too noisy here, is there a private room?" Yang Xiaoshan frowned when he saw a few drunken individual guests in the hall.
"Yes, yes, but the two 。。。。。。" The guy is a little strange, it's not that he's afraid that Yang Xiaoshan won't have money, and it's not for nothing that someone who wears such coarse cloth clothes to drink, but he hasn't seen it before he wears like this and wants to go to the private room.
"Brother Xiaoshan... Qiao Mei pulled Xiaoshan's sleeve, the private room was simply a luxury place in her mind, and she never dared to eat in such a high-end place.
"You don't care about anything today, go with my brother." Yang Xiaoshan took out five copper plates from his waist and threw them to the guy, "Reward you!" ”
"Okay, the two masters are magnificent!" The guy neatly took the copper coin, stuffed it into his arms, and smiled brighter, "The two masters are upstairs, please, upstairs is bright." ”
Yang Xiaoshan and Su Qiaomei followed the guy upstairs, and there were twelve private rooms upstairs. Four sets on the left: Splendid Future, Pengcheng Wanli, Spring Breeze Proud, Horse to Success, four sets in the middle: Buyunxuan, Hexiangju, Liubi Garden, Bamboo Yun Pavilion, four sets on the right: Wanshou Pavilion, Zhuguang Pavilion, Jinyu Pavilion, Taifu Pavilion.
"Just the first one in the middle, Bu Yunxuan." Yang Xiaoshan felt that the names of the rooms on both sides were a bit cheesy, since it was a private room, he was subordinate to the elegant one.
"Okay, two masters, please inside!" The guy was secretly surprised, he couldn't imagine that the master in front of him was still literate, and he should not be underestimated.
Entering the step Yunxuan, the environment is indeed much better than the scattered seats on the first floor. The man pushed open the window, and a fresh breeze greeted him, and he suddenly felt a little cool. The row of weeping willows by the river, with their branches hanging down, was like girls washing their long hair by the water's edge.
In the middle of the elegant room, there is a set of tables and chairs with yellow pears, and there is a painting on the wall, on which is the poetry of the Tang Dynasty poet He Zhizhang, "Jasper is made into a tree high, and ten thousand weeping willows are green silk." "The environment is really elegant.
"Two masters, what do you want to eat?" The man bent down and wiped the table again with the long strip of cloth on his shoulder.
"You can order first." Yang Xiaoshan looked at Qiao Mei.
"I'll just eat a bowl of rice noodles... Qiao Mei didn't know what to order, she had never eaten such a high-end restaurant before, and she thought the rice noodles were very good.
"Dude, what's your signature dish here?" Yang Xiaoshan is not embarrassed by Qiaomei, but he doesn't know what dishes are in the restaurants at the end of the Qing Dynasty, so let the guy report it.
"We have a lot of signature dishes here, such as white-cut local chicken, Lipu taro button pork, flavored beef offal, paper-wrapped chicken, red mushroom soup, and tofu fish head soup. So, what do you want to order? "The guy fluently reported the name of the dish.
"Let's have one of the signature dishes, and two bowls of rice noodles." Yang Xiaoshan felt delicious when he heard the names of these dishes, and his stomach was indeed hungry, he was getting taller these days, he was about the same height as Qiao Mei, and now Qiao Mei could only reach her eyebrows. And no matter how much Xiaoshan ate, it didn't take long for his stomach to be hungry again, and his body was like a dry sponge put into water, absorbing every trace of nutrients wantonly.
"Okay, twenty copper plates for each dish, ten copper plates for two bowls of rice noodles, a total of one hundred and thirty copper plates. Two masters, do you need wine? The man quickly reported the account and continued to ask.
"No, let's have two cups and a pot of green tea." Yang Xiaoshan had a hunch that after Yang Xiuqing heard his words, he would take action, so he didn't dare to miss a big deal, and besides, Qiao Mei didn't know how to drink a girl.
"A pot of green tea and a copper plate, I'll ask the shopkeeper if I can give it to you. Okay, wait a minute, the food will be delivered immediately. "The guy knew it was a big customer, and he flattered.
After a while, the dishes were on the table in the same way, and the table was full. Qiao Mei looked at this and looked at that one, her eyes were straight, and she didn't know which one to eat. "This is too rich, Brother Xiaoshan, where did you get so much money?"
"You just have to eat well, it's not expensive, that's all, we can come and eat three meals." Yang Xiaoshan also drooled when he saw so many dishes.
"Brother Xiaoshan, you can't do anything bad." Su Qiaomei said worriedly.
"How is it possible, this is your brother's ability." Yang Xiaoshan said as he went up and grabbed a chicken leg with chopsticks and put it in Qiaomei's bowl, and then grabbed another chicken leg and nibbled on it.
"Brother Xiaoshan, you are really capable." Su Qiaomei adored, her eyes full of joy.
"Don't say it, eat it, you're too thin, eat more." Yang Xiaoshan sandwiched a large piece of button meat for Qiao Mei.
The two of them feasted, and the meal was really enjoyable. Su Qiaomei is a girl after all, and she will be full after eating for a while. Yang Xiaoshan ate for a while, and then for a while, and then rested, and after a wheel war, Haisai actually ate all the dishes on the table.
"Sister Qiao, wait a minute, brother go check out."
Yang Xiaoshan ate too much, and went downstairs in one step.
When I looked up, I saw a person at the counter arguing with the fat shopkeeper again.
"I'm sorry, our store has a thin margin, and we don't take credit." The fat shopkeeper pointed to the sign "no credit" on the back cabinet.
"I'm Shi Dakai from your county, but it's only fifty copper plates, so you can be accommodating, and I'll let people send the money when I turn around." It was a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, tall and strong, and heroic. With a pair of bright eyes and a big and straight nose, he looks like a bold person.
"Shi Dakai!" Yang Xiaoshan was excited when he heard it, this is the famous Wing King in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a famous legend who once defeated the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan.
Shi Dakai is a master who is not bad for money, but at this moment, it is really difficult for a penny to defeat a hero. Usually he doesn't bring much money when he goes out, because he has a wide range of contacts and is familiar with people, even if he doesn't have enough money to buy something and go to the next restaurant, everyone will give him credit, knowing that he will not default on the bill. Today, it was no coincidence that I borrowed money from my body in the morning and gave it to a friend in need. At noon, a friend invited him to dinner, he was a face-saving person, and he would not let his friend give money, so he found an excuse to come out to settle the bill, but because he drank two more glasses, he was short of fifty copper plates, so he froze here.
"This master, I know that you are not bad for money, but it is really the rules of this store." The fat shopkeeper is also embarrassed, he is not the owner after all, and he can't just break the rules.
"Shopkeeper, I gave the fifty copper plates he sent." Yang Xiaoshan took over the conversation and slapped more than 100 copper plates on the table.
"Who is this little brother?" Shi Dakai looked at Yang Xiaoshan suspiciously, strange that someone he didn't know would help him settle the bill.
"In Xia Yang Xiaoshan." Yang Xiaoshan arched his hand at Shi Dakai.
"We know each other?" Shi Dakai asked again, he didn't have the name Yang Xiaoshan in his memory.
"I don't know, the rivers and lakes are just in emergency, and everyone has money when they don't get together." Yang Xiaoshan thought to himself, you don't know me, I know you, fifty copper plates to buy your personal favor, it's too worthwhile.
"Happy, Shi didn't shirk it. Where do you live in the house, I'll have someone send you the money when I go back. Shi Dakai would have thought of Yang Xiaoshan's careful thoughts.
"No need, I'm worshipping God, and we're destined to see you again." Yang Xiaoshan must let Shi Dakai owe this favor.
"Worship God? You smashed the Ganwang Temple, you are all heroes. Shi Dakai has a wide range of contacts, and he has also heard people say about worshipping God, "Okay, I won't be polite here." Brother Yang, I have made up your friend, I am Shi Dakai from Gui County, if something comes to me, Shi will not refuse. ”
Bidding farewell to Shi Dakai, Yang Xiaoshan took Su Qiaomei back to Ganwang Temple. As soon as he came back, Niu Er came out of breath, "Xiaoshan, where have you been?" Brother Yang has something to ask us for a meeting, so he specially asked me to bring you. ”
"Where? Let's go, let's go together. Yang Xiaoshan thought to himself, the time to come is indeed here.