Chapter 18: The Banquet
Leave from the cottage.
It was about five o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhang Feng carried the two bear paws in a large cowhide bag and returned to Liangcheng.
The rest of the belongings were left to the big bosses.
And now.
By the city gates.
Zhang Feng lowered the brim of his hat, thought about it, and did not go back to the store first, but went to the street to the west of the cloth store, ready to deal with the bear's paw.
If you want to eat well for a while, of course, you have to find a skilled chef.
Also in the east of the city, there is a braised dish that is the most famous.
The shopkeeper of Sun who burns fish and sells wine.
Among them, he not only sells his braised fish, but also takes on some cooking work such as donkey meat and venison.
For example, whoever hunts a rare prey, can't do it, doesn't know how to get fishy and smelly, will take it to Shopkeeper Sun.
All it takes is some material money and effort money.
Shopkeeper Sun guarantees that he is not inferior to the chefs in various restaurants in Liangcheng.
Zhang Feng thought about it, and prepared to go to Sun's shopkeeper's store.
For a time, it was accompanied by pedestrians and hawkers on the street.
Occasionally, children scurry by.
Zhang Feng carried the bag through the crowd and finally stopped next to a shop selling grilled fish.
At the same time, it is more than ten meters in front of the storefront.
A stout middle-aged man was standing at the counter, chopping the sauce-colored braised pork on the board.
The middle-aged man is the person he is looking for, 'Sun Shopkeeper'.
He not only makes braised meat, but also braised pork.
Whoever doesn't know how to do it, they all use the color of his house.
It's just that he has guests now, so wait for now.
Zhang Feng knew that his reputation was too big, and it was not good to scare people.
"According to what you said, it's all cut into pieces~"
After the shopkeeper Sun cut the braised pork, he took out a paper bag from the side, flicked his fingers, opened the door, swept it on the table, and the meat was all packed in.
"Take it." Shopkeeper Sun smiled kindly and handed it to the customer in front of him.
The customer took the bag with a smile, smelled the fragrance, sniffed greedily, and finally endured the idea of eating on the street and turned away.
Zhang Feng saw the guests in front of him leaving, so he stepped forward and put the cowhide bag and Dayang on the counter in front of the board.
"Braise one first, and serve it as a snack. The other is to store the shopkeeper in your cellar first. ”
"There's a lot of money.."
Shopkeeper Sun just wanted to answer the call and find money, but as he looked up, he saw that it was Zhang Feng from the cloth shop in the south.
For a while, he was stunned for a moment, looked left and right, and instead of answering the ocean on the table, he turned around and came to the front of the big wine vat, lifted the lid, took down a clean wine jar from the shelf by the wall, and took a scoop to fill a jar of soju.
"Brother Zhang killed well!"
He put the wine jar on the counter, closed it, and gave a thumbs up: "I have this wine!" Braised bear's paws, wait an hour or so, I'll ask my apprentice to send it to you! ”
"Shopkeeper Sun, where is this?" Zhang Feng took the wine jar with a smile, nodded at the ocean on the table, and joked: "Don't look for it, count the wine money." If it's not enough, don't chase me. ”
The words fell.
Zhang Feng carried the wine jar and walked in the direction of the cloth shop.
At night.
It's a hearty meal.
Because bears often dig bees and bee nests, and then add honey when frying, this taste is naturally self-evident.
Also eat and drink enough on this night.
Zhang Feng practiced martial arts and boxing in the backyard as usual, honing his physique.
Unconsciously.
Time passed quietly.
But also on the twelfth day of Zhang Feng's return.
At noon on this day.
The cloth shop is two miles away.
In the kitchen courtyard of the Lin family restaurant.
Boss Lin was watching a few little apprentices practice with a spatula.
Young Master Lin came out of the restaurant in front of him, approached, and whispered,
"Dad, it's all arranged for the evening.."
What Young Master Lin said was that today's 'shopkeeper Zhao' in the Liangcheng Chamber of Commerce invited a well-known troupe in the outer city, and invited all the shopkeepers of the Liangcheng Chamber of Commerce to gather in the Lin Family Restaurant to listen to the play.
Including President Zheng also came to listen to this Qin dialect, "Changban Slope"
And there are many kinds of dramas this year.
Some people can't afford to smash pots and sell iron.
Some opera troupes are small workshops, and they can sing when they eat.
There are also big opera troupes that heard that they were invited by big people, but they didn't need money at all, but brought their own dry food.
But this time, the Liangcheng Chamber of Commerce and the troupe have the same reputation on each site, that is, 'please'.
One party pays the money, the other party sings, and the two are not in arrears.
"Don't worry, Dad!" Young Master Lin is still playing a guarantee, "Since this pomp and circumstance is placed in our Lin family today, then I will definitely do a good job!" You won't lose face! ”
"Hmm.." Boss Lin nodded and asked the apprentices to practice first, but when he turned around and took Young Master Lin to a room in the courtyard, he suddenly turned around and said with a straight face: "Are you embarrassed or lost?" ”
"Daddy.." Young Master Lin smiled awkwardly, and changed the topic again, "According to the president's orders, the shopkeeper in the east of the city should send us an invitation... But.. But.. Shopkeeper Lee.."
"What's wrong with Shopkeeper Li?" Boss Lin sat at the table next to him, "They are all the same door of the Chamber of Commerce, and they are on the same street, and they don't look up and see each other." Are you still going to hide from their family for the rest of your life?
If you want me to say, you go and invite Brother Zhang and Shopkeeper Li in person. ”
"It's not. Father! When Young Master Lin heard that his father asked him to invite Zhang Feng, he suddenly cried with embarrassment.
"Haven't you heard, Dad... That Zhang Feng killed more than 20 people in the Lianyan Gang... Forget.. Don't mention that your son still has a grudge against him... In case of.. What if he hasn't gotten angry yet, what if you give your son a blow? ”
"Giving it to you?" When Boss Lin heard this, he suddenly fell into deep thought, feeling that this was indeed possible.
So he thought for a few breaths, nodded and said, "Then I should not have your son." ”
"I.." Young Master Lin suddenly stopped talking, and stood still, expressing his reluctance to go with silence.
Boss Lin glanced at him, saw that he was silent, and asked again, "Do you want to go?" ”
Young Master Lin shook his head resolutely, "If you don't go, you won't go!" If you want to go, let the head of our restaurant go! Others are alive.."
"Please let the next person go about Brother Zhang?" Boss Lin frowned, and gradually raised his big slap.
..
"That said. Is it the shopkeeper of Chengnan Zhao who invites him to dinner, and the president will also go? ”
Zhang Feng sat on the bench in the store and looked at Young Master Lin standing at the door of the store.
He's been here for a while, but he's just standing at the doorway talking, and he doesn't mean to come in.
But Young Master Lin didn't come to smash the scene to find trouble this time.
After he heard Zhang Feng's inquiry at this time, he respectfully held his hand and replied to Shopkeeper Li and Zhang Feng,
"Yes, shopkeeper Li, Brother Zhang, shopkeeper Zhao in the south of the city invited a troupe. Appreciate the face, today it is placed in our Lin family, and I want to feast on the shopkeeper of our Chamber of Commerce. And now the shopkeeper of Chengdong Street is waiting for the two of you. ”
Young Master Lin said magnanimously, and his face was neither humble nor arrogant.
It's just that Zhang Feng suddenly got up.
'Wow'
He was so frightened that he subconsciously took a small step back and exited the door, but after seeing that Zhang Feng did not make a move, but hugged his fists and saluted himself, he laughed a few times and stepped back again.
"Young Master Lin is going to make a special trip." Zhang Fengzheng'er clenched his fists, without the slightest joke about his gaffe just now.
"No trouble.." Young Master Lin smiled and clenched his fists, turned around and left.
But when he came to the door, he breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed in his heart, 'It's really scary to death, it's better to be slapped by my father..'
At the same time, in-store.
Shopkeeper Li saw Young Master Lin leave and looked at Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng picked up the Tang knife next to the bench and hung it diagonally on his waist, "Lin Family Restaurant, listen to the play and eat?" ”
"Brother Zhang, if you don't want to go..." Shopkeeper Li glanced at the Tang knife on Zhang Feng's waist, "I'll talk to the president." ”
"The Lin family is invited, how can you not go?" Zhang Feng said curiously, "They are all fellow members of the same chamber of commerce, and they are close to each other in the street." ”
As he spoke, Zhang Feng looked at the seventh man next to him,
"We still have a bear's paw left some time ago, go to the cellar of Lao Sun's house and take it out and send it to the Lin family restaurant, so that their chef can watch it."
I have also heard of their master Lin for a long time, and the craftsmanship of braised stew is a must. It's just that something happened some time ago, and I'm really embarrassed to go to their house for dinner, for fear that their family will not be upset when they see me.
But tonight there will be a banquet, and the Lin family will also come.
You have to try his family's craftsmanship, compared to the shopkeeper Sun. ”
"The chef of the Lin family is indeed a must.." Shopkeeper Li nodded by default, but looked at Zhang Feng's Tang Dao again, "It's just Little Brother Zhang.."
"Bringing a knife doesn't mean anything else." Zhang Feng patted Tang Dao, "Self-defense." ”
..
Time flies.
Around six o'clock in the afternoon.
Zhang Feng and Shopkeeper Li explained to Lao Qi and the others, and also set off from the cloth shop.
Although the banquet starts at eight o'clock, it is not wrong to go early.
Come out on the street.
Zhang Feng didn't go far, and he also saw a lot of carriages parked on the street in front of him, and two cars couldn't squeeze in, so they stopped on the side of the road.
It can be seen that even if there are still two hours before the banquet starts, all the shopkeepers in the city have come early.
Zhang Feng passed by a car and looked at it, and found that this one belonged to Chairman Zheng.
"Shopkeeper Li is here!"
On the side of the street, the people around saw Zhang Feng and Shopkeeper Li coming, and they were all saying hello.
There were also many people who looked at Zhang Feng and wanted to say hello, but they didn't dare.
"Brother Zhang.." Some shopkeepers have been to the cloth shop, met Zhang Feng, and talked with Zhang Feng for a few words.
At this time, when they saw Zhang Feng coming, they dared to step forward and say hello.
Especially when Zhang Feng returned the gift, they felt that they had a special face!
Look, the No. 1 murderer in Liangcheng knows me!
And when Zhang Feng was talking to them.
They looked left and right, wanting more people to know that they knew Zhang Feng!
Zhang Feng didn't know them very well, but when he saw them greeting him, he felt that they were eighty percent of shopkeeper Li's friends, so he nodded to them.
Bustling conversations of all kinds.
Zhang Feng passed by a few carriages and came to the front of the Lin family restaurant with everyone.
At the same time, several tall people were also standing outside the restaurant.
Behind them, there were more than a dozen people carrying boxes, and there were many shopkeepers around.
There were also many people gathered outside the door, all looking at one of the young people, shouting, "Zhao Yun! ”
It's a martial arts play.
Zhang Feng, Shopkeeper Li and others walked out of the crowd, glanced at them, and then looked forward.
At this time, a guy ran out of the restaurant and sang,
"The stage team has been set up, and the tables and benches have been set up~
beating gongs and drums,
I'm just waiting for you to enter the scene~"