Chapter 56: The Restaurant Owner
Meng Hao complained in his heart, but he still had to explain his big apprentice who was too serious in a serious way, in case he accidentally drilled the tip of the horns, "It doesn't matter whether your eyelids are deep or shallow, you just have too many hard days, so you are so reluctant to eat and drink." ”
As she spoke, she beckoned to Guo Yang and motioned for him to help her carry the prey she had brought back to the carriage.
The three of them were busy for a while, and then Su Shen threw the simple raft they had dragged their prey down the mountain into the yard.
Although this thing is only a disposable item, the branches and rattan tied into the raft can be used to cook rice and boil water after drying.
The three of them drove the carriage to the Jufu Restaurant in the town, and after the old shopkeeper of the restaurant inspected the goods, the folds on his face were a few more because of the smile being too strong.
He stroked his beard and laughed, "A few little friends are really amazing! This matsutake mushroom is in good condition, and the old man will give you 280 wen a catty. The old man of the roe deer will give you one hundred and twenty wen a catty, and the wild sheep will give you forty wen a catty, and the wild boar, pheasant, and hare will be at the same price. What do you think about a few friends? ”
Meng Hao had no opinion, "Yes, you can always let people come to the scales." ”
The matsutake mushrooms are fifty-six catties and seven taels in total, and Meng Zhen and they served all the matsutake mushrooms that have grown in that large pine forest, so even if Meng Zhen keeps a small part, the ones they sell to Jufu Restaurant are still a large batch.
There were fifty-two catties of roe deer, one hundred and ninety-seven catties of wild goats, five hundred and seventy-six catties of two big wild boars, forty-nine catties of pheasants and hares, and seventy-two catties of dead.
"Matsutake mushrooms are fifteen taels and eight hundred and seventy-six texts, and the other prey ones are thirty-six taels and thirty-eight texts, adding up to a total of fifty-one taels and nine hundred and fourteen texts. Counting the odds that were erased when the scales were weighed before, the old man will give you fifty-two taels. ”
Meng Zhen bowed slightly, "Thank you to the old shopkeeper." ”
The old shopkeeper stroked his beard and was about to take Meng Hao to the counter to get the money in person, when a voice came from the position between the front hall and the backyard of the restaurant, "I heard that someone sent matsutake mushrooms and roe deer?" Where? Why don't you hurry up and take it to the young master? ”
"Isn't this the kid who holds ink?" The old shopkeeper's hand stroking his beard paused slightly, "A few little friends ......"
He originally wanted to tell Meng Hao and the others to let them follow the guy to get the money, so that he could free up his life to greet his young master.
It's just that before he could finish speaking, the little guy named Zhumo had already slipped into the backyard of the restaurant.
This boy was dressed in a blue muslin robe, and his chubby face looked like he was not short of good food.
Eyes glanced at the old shopkeeper, this kid ran over quickly, "Grandpa, the young master is here, saying that he wants to see the newly harvested matsutake mushrooms and roe deer, if it is good, let you pack some and bring them back to the house." ”
The old shopkeeper knocked on his grandson's head, "You don't serve the young master well, why are you going to run in?" ”
Holding Mo touched his wide head, "Isn't this the young master saying that he wants to come over and have a look, then I can't help you pass on a word......"
The fat boy looked aggrieved, and there seemed to be a few drops of suspicious crystalline liquid swirling back and forth in his small eyes, which were already only a narrow slit.
The old shopkeeper was amused and helpless, "What about the young master?" ”
"I'm going to a private room. When the young master went out, he met the second lady. Holding Mo said as he pouted his lips thinking that he was not in a trace.
The old shopkeeper slapped his grandson in the head again, "You kid will give me a little restraint!" ”
No matter how unpleasant the second lady is, she is also the daughter of their master, where is it the turn to get this kid to be a little servant to dislike it.
Zhumo couldn't avoid his grandfather's slap, and his little eyes suddenly became more and more aggrieved, if it weren't for the fact that there were still others around his grandfather, this kid would have cried directly to the old shopkeeper.
The old shopkeeper was reminded by his curious eyes, and he bowed to Meng Hao and the others with an apologetic face, "Three little friends, little old man has to go and greet my young master, and I will let Erzhu give you the silver." For the faux pas, please also ask the three little friends to do a lot of Haihan. ”
Su Shen replied to him with a bow, "The old shopkeeper is polite." You're busy, but it's almost time for us to go home. ”
The old shopkeeper hurriedly beckoned the young man named Erzhu and asked him to lead Meng Zhen and the others to get the silver.
Zhumo looked at Meng Hao and the others with a curious expression, "Grandpa, who are they?" What are you looking for? ”
The old shopkeeper stumbled at his feet, and he was angry, "You stinky boy! ”
- Haven't you seen anyone who hasn't gone far? What is this stinky boy asking about!
Meng Zhen and the three of them pretended not to hear the gossip about holding ink, and the three of them followed Erzhu to get the silver, and after receiving it, they left the restaurant directly and went back to the village.
On the contrary, the little guy who finally asked for the news from his grandfather picked up the ink, and was shocked to rush into the private room before his grandfather.
"Young Master! Master! It's amazing! Let me tell you, it was actually three and a half years old who hit the roe deer! ”
"And, besides, in addition to the roe deer, they actually hit two large wild boars and a wild goat! The wild boar is two or three hundred pounds in size, and the boss is the boss, and it is piled up there like a hill! ”
Before the old shopkeeper's mouth opened, his bear child had already finished telling everything that his young master wanted to know and didn't want to know.
The old shopkeeper is helpless, but his young master just likes to hold the ink, and in front of his own young master, the old shopkeeper is not good at scolding his grandson for this.
"Young master, young lady." finally waited until his bear child was finished, and the old shopkeeper hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
The owner of Jufu Restaurant is surnamed Shen, because he has only had a son and a daughter so far, so he has always loved his daughter Shen Qin very much.
Because the Shen family is a merchant family and does not pay much attention to the rules, Shen Qin often follows his brother Shen Feng to inspect his own property.
Of course, from the bottom of his heart, Shen Feng was reluctant to take her, after all, she was both brainless and extremely squeamish, but Shen Feng was only fourteen or fifteen years old this year, and he had no confidence to resist at the request of his parents.
Rao is no longer willing, every time Shen Qin wants to follow, he still has to pinch his nose and take her out of the house together.
The words of the ink made Shen Feng a little less depressed, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he smiled and tapped the forehead of the ink with a folding fan, "Where did you have the confidence to say that others are half-grown children?" ”
"Young master, they are really still half-grown children, and the youngest one I think is eleven or twelve years old."
Although Toumo is a short, fat man with a tender face, his real age is on par with Guo Yang, so in his eyes, Su Shen and Meng Zhen are about equal to half an adult.
As for Guo Yang, when he counted the number of people, he remembered to count him in it, and when he was calculating his age, the little fat man deliberately ignored this black boy who did not have a strong sense of existence - who made this black boy too old and prevented him from expressing his surprise.