Chapter 169: Don't be stingy
Jiang Yu'er followed behind without saying a word, glanced at the prince's empty waist, and said secretly in his heart,
"The prince really doesn't know that firewood and rice are expensive, and there is a bag of golden beans in the money bag, which is enough to go to Jiuzhen Building to eat ten times......"
Fortunately, the good prince only looks down on the Xia family's young lady, and he is not afraid to spend so much money in pursuit of a beautiful woman, if he learns from the Liang family, he sees one and loves one, and thinks that the harem is three thousand, and no matter how many belongings he has, he will be ruined!
The prince of the ruined family didn't realize that he was squandering, and on the second day, he dressed up happily, and asked Jiang Yuer to prepare a bag of golden beans, with all kinds of plans in his head, thinking about how to take advantage of the two of them to get along, and tell his sweetheart what he said, but he was grinning all day long, seeing that Liang Shao, a lonely man, even if he had golden beans in his hand, he was also sour in his heart, so he simply changed places with people, insisting that he wanted to break with this forgetful man for a day, Zhu Youjun laughed and didn't care, and sat alone for a day.
Xia Xiaomei's side, even if Han Qi didn't go, she was ready to go to the appointment alone, only a lonely man and a widow, and she was afraid that a blue shirt from Chengsheng Academy would be too eye-catching outside, so she took a time to let the girl next to her, Qingyan, go out and let the leper and others at the door buy two sets of men's shirts and come back.
When she got out of school, Xia Xiaomei went to Li Mang's yard to change her clothes, and when she broke through the courtyard gate, she had already changed from a pretty girl to a handsome young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes!
Her little girl Qingyan dressed up as a little girl and followed behind, Xia Xiaomei came out and stood still at the entrance of the alley, suddenly frowned and reached out to stroke her chest,
"This ......"
She tugged at her placket a little uncomfortably,
"Qing Yan, is this strip of cloth wrapped too tightly?"
The little girl Qingyan responded,
"Nope!"
looked down at his chest, then at his own young lady's chest, and replied,
"Miss, bear with me, who made your place much bigger than the slave, how can you cover your daughter's body if you don't wrap it tightly?"
Xia Xiaomei took a few breaths, bared her teeth and grinned,
"That's it! For the sake of Jiuzhen Louben, Miss Louben endured it! ”
When the two arrived at the gate of the academy, seeing that Zhu Youjun was already waiting there, Xia Xiaomei smiled and stepped forward and saluted,
"Brother Zhu, you've been waiting for a long time!"
Zhu Houzhao was very happy to see people coming,
"Soon! Soon...... Summer...... Brother Xia, please get in the car! ”
Xia Xiaomei swaggered and learned from a man to take off her robe and get into the car, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly followed up, but Qingyan and Jiang Yu'er sat in front, and the carriage swayed towards the Jiuzhen Building.
Jiuzhen Lou because of the early passage of Wei Wu, but it was specially reserved for them to leave a private room, to the door of the building, there are two of them to greet each other, seeing that there are only two people in and reported to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper came out and said,
"The two of them are regular customers of our Jiuzhen Building, and there is an uninvited invitation in this place, and I hope that the two of them will tolerate it!"
Zhu Hou replied,
"The shopkeeper doesn't have to be polite, please tell me if you have something!"
The shopkeeper's way,
"I thought that there were a lot of people coming today, so I reserved a large private room for you, and left another small private room for the guests next to me, it happened that only the two of you came here today, and the other guest was a lot more, so the old man wanted to ask the two to show down, but would you like to change the private room?"
Zhu Xia and the two glanced at each other, and Xia Xiaomei smiled,
"Brother Zhu, only the two of us eat wine on the left and right, it's useless if the private room is big, it's convenient for others and yourself, just change it!"
Zhu Houzhao nodded,
"What Brother Xia said is very true, so let's change it!"
The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he heard this, and he personally led the two upstairs and sat in a small private room, the layout of this small private room is also very elegant, there is a table of eight immortals by the window, the two went to the window to sit down and ordered, Zhu Houzhao said to Xia Xiaomei,
"Brother Xia, it's just you and me today, Brother Xia just orders your favorite dishes......"
Xia Xiaomei nodded and smiled,
"I don't have any taboos, as long as it's delicious, I like it......"
Zhu Houzhao said happily,
"I have the same as Brother Xia, but you can't miss any food!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, and they felt more like each other, no wonder they could sympathize with each other!
So there is no need to order food, Zhu Houzhao is still a person who really regards money as dung, and said to Xiao Er,
"Little Er, just count all the signature dishes you have here!"
If you can't finish eating, you can just throw it away, and you must not be stingy at this time!
Xia Xiaomei hurriedly reached out and pulled his sleeve,
"There is no shortage of silver, but it should not be too lavish......
Zhu Youjun naturally listened to her, nodded hurriedly,
"What Brother Xia said is extremely true!"
Immediately instructed Xiao Erdao,
"There are only two of us, and your signature dishes are picked up and some are served!"
Xiao Er agreed, Zhu Houzhao poured the tea on the table, but Xia Xiaomei looked down at the crowded street, and said to Zhu Houzhao with a smile,
"This Jiuzhen Building is located in a prosperous and very good location, no wonder the business is so good!"
Zhu Houzhao said with a smile,
"If it's just a good location, it can't become such a climate, and it must be the chef's outstanding skills to have such a business......"
Xia Xiaomei nodded and said,
"I heard that the cook of this Jiuzhen Building came out of the palace, and his skills are naturally good......
Saying and sighing,
"I don't know if I think that the imperial chef in the palace must be top-notch, and the dishes made must be very delicious...... Will I have a chance to enter the palace in the future and have a banquet from the emperor! ”
Looking at the direction of the imperial city and thinking about the food, but it is leisurely fascinated, the current women want to enter the palace, either by virtue of their beauty to choose into the palace as a concubine, or to marry a good husband, relying on the husband's ability to seal the shadow of his wife, the wife can enter the palace if she has a decree, and in addition, only the subordinates who serve the palace concubine can enter the palace!
Just being a palace man is not what you want to eat, but you have to be beaten and scolded, but you can't do it!
Zhu Houzhao took the teacup and brought it to her, but when he heard the words, he shook his head and said,
"The skills of the imperial chef in the palace, if you eat too much, it is not as delicious as all kinds of food outside the palace!"
Miss Xia blinked her eyes and asked,
"Do you eat often?"
Otherwise, how do you know that you can't eat too much?
"Uh...... This ......"
Zhu Houzhao knew that he was speechless, so he borrowed the opportunity to drink tea, and his eyes turned around.
"No matter how delicious this thing is, if you eat too much, you will feel ordinary, I guess too!"
Xia Xiaomei didn't doubt him, nodded and said,
"Your cooking skills at home are also excellent, I think you have such an experience!"
Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded,
"That's right!"
The two gossiped a few words, and the dish was brought up by Xiao Er, seeing the dishes with all the colors and aromas, the two immediately stopped talking, rolled up their sleeves, and took the chopsticks to clip, but this chopsticks were all coincidentally given to each other, seeing the dishes in their bowls, the two of them were acquainted with each other and smiled, and they were very tacitly chewing.
I only ate two bites, but I heard the voices of people in the private room next door, and sure enough, there were many people, Miss Xia said,
"When I heard the movement in the room, many people came......
Zhu Houzhao listened with pointed ears, heard the sound of the table and chairs next door pulling, and the sound of everyone humbling to each other, and then called Xiao Er to order food in a row, and the sound of laughter continued, but he was a little disappointed in his ears, and frowned,
"It's like a bunch of scholars, noisy and noisy, where do they look like readers!"
Xia Xiaomei persuaded,
"It's okay, the room is separated from the left and right, they quarrel with them, and it doesn't hinder us from enjoying the food!"
Saying that, he gave another chopstick dish to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao raised his hand and poured a cup of tea for her, and said with a smile,
"Tea is not as good as sake, why don't you call a pot of wine to eat?"
Xia Xiaomei shook her head busily,
"If you want to eat wine, you can order a pot, but I don't dare to use it!"
followed the second brother Xia Wenbin out in front, but he dared to eat and drink, and his parents would not ask if he was protected by his brother on the left and right, but if he returned home from eating and drinking alone, he would be the most spoiled by his own mother-in-law and would change her face!
Although Xia Xiaomei is willful, she is also a very measured person, and she must not do anything out of the ordinary!
Zhu Houzhao saw that she didn't eat, and her own house was not good at drinking, so he turned his head and asked Xiao Er to serve some rice, Xiao Er used a small wooden basin to serve the rice in, and the two of them each served a bowl of rice, and ate with vegetables, because they were good friends who had known each other for a long time, Xia Xiaomei did not pretend, she threw off her cheeks and ate a lot, and in a blink of an eye, a bowl of rice was eaten.
But he went to serve the second bowl again, and looked at Zhu Houzhao, who only went to half a bowl of rice.
"How can you have such a small amount of food, it's not as good as a woman like me!"
"Uh......"
Zhu Houzhao saw her eating a big meal, he was very puzzled, thought about it and asked,
"Isn't there a saying that says that a man eats like a tiger, and a woman eats like a man? How...... How do you ...... Do you have such a good appetite? ”
This means that men eat a lot and women eat a lot! The women he saw in the palace were all Si Swenwen, half a bowl of rice was enough, but his own mother, Queen Zhang, sometimes didn't even need to eat, just a bowl of soup made people withdraw from the table, and she didn't see her crying hungry?
Xia Xiaomei responded,
"My mother said that her daughter's family should have a good body when she has children in the future, and she must not learn from those women who twist and pinch her, eat a meal like feeding a cat, eat a weak and windy appearance, and a gust of wind will blow down, and giving birth to a child is also congenitally weak, which harms the children in vain!"
As he spoke, he suddenly came back to his senses and glared,
"Do you think I'm eating too much? Brother Zhu, this is yours! That is, why should you be so stingy when you have a safe treat? ”
Zhu Houzhao said busily,
"There! There! I...... I'm ...... This is admiring Xia ...... Brother Xia's good appetite! ”
In order to show that he did not dislike it, he hurriedly pulled out the rice in the bowl in three or two bites, and went to fill another bowl himself, seeing Miss Xia nodded with satisfaction, looked at her and smiled, and then both lowered their heads and pulled out the rice.
They had a quiet meal here, but the next door was noisy and very noisy, one moment calling this benevolent brother, another calling that brother, one moment persuading wine, and another clamoring for each to write a poem, but one of them heard a very loud voice, exclaiming,
"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen...... When it comes to composing poetry, it is natural for us to be the disciples of Chengsheng Academy, Guan Chang Feng Shan Chang...... Yang Jun, Yang Dacaizi......"