Chapter 10: The First Friendship
The servants bowed their heads, just in time for her to meet the guests who were talking.
The one who spoke ill of him was a handsome boy with outstanding appearance, with red lips and white teeth, fair complexion, and a slender figure. The outfit on his body is bright and gorgeous, with a compelling brilliance, and the long hair at the back of his head is black and smooth. is about twenty years old, in his youth, between his eyebrows, there is still some childishness, but that look and demeanor does reveal nobility, extraordinary,
Looking at the table again, the porcelain dishes and dishes laid out on it are all novel and chic, not to mention the delicacies on the plate, delicacies from the mountains and seas, hot and cold meat dishes, all of which are prepared.
Is that delicate and delicious dish a rotten dish? I'm afraid that the eldest young master has never seen real glutinous rice and rotten dishes.
"Pull it down and restart the table." The eldest young master gave the command, and the servants beside him quickly took action, removing the dishes and changing the tablecloths.
A man in his fifties who looked like a housekeeper comforted the man on the side and said, "Young master, don't be angry, the old slave just let them go to the table again." ”
The eldest young master snorted, his handsome face was full of disgust, so he simply didn't say anything, and sat down with his arms crossed.
Rare for a moment of tranquility in her ears, Ruoxin looked sideways out the window. Outside the window is a river that runs through Wanchun County more than ten zhang wide, today's weather is sunny, the sun is abundant, a few leaves of the river are walking slowly on the water, a few people who play sit on it leisurely, enjoy the two scenery. The green water is light, and the scenery is also picturesque.
The warm sun shone obliquely in, making people drowsy, if there was no angry shout from the eldest young master in their ears.
"Change again." When plates of steaming dishes were served, the huge second floor resounded with the disgusted voice of the eldest young master.
"Young Master Guan, this is already the third table, the master of the small shop has tried his best to make the best dishes, if you are still dissatisfied, you can bring it up, and the small shop can be improved." The shopkeeper kept wiping his sweat and bent down to smile.
The eldest young master sneered, "This is the dish you tried your best to make?" Then the reputation of Fuminglou is not more than Erer. ”
The housekeeper on the side of "Young Master......" also felt a little helpless.
The eldest young master raised his voice again and said, "Don't you understand what this young master says?" Young Master Ben said change-"
The surname is Guan?
There is only one family surnamed Guan in this Wanchun County.
Ruoxin yawned.
It turned out that he was the eldest young master of the Guan family who moved from the capital, Guan Jingtian, if he was really famous, it was better to meet, and it was better to meet than to be famous, and the rumors that he was arrogant and arrogant were still a little bit worse.
After waiting for a while, looking at the hour, the time agreed with Guo Haoxuan was approaching, and Ruoxin asked Xiao Er to serve the food. Fu Ming Lou is extremely efficient, and after a while, the dishes ordered by Ruoxin were delivered.
The white and tender eight-treasure tofu soup, the fragrant and soft glutinous steamed pork, the thick and fragrant eight treasures of the mushroom, and the light and refreshing winter melon soup. It really deserves to be the most prestigious restaurant in Wanchun County, just looking at these dishes, it has already made people appetizing.
Over there, the eldest young master was still picky, and he was still not satisfied with the wine and food that had been removed from a few tables, but the shopkeeper had no complaints, and he was running around and fully committed.
The time was calculated very accurately, and when a few dishes were delivered, Guo Haoxuan also appeared.
A confident and bold laugh came, "Bai girl, the old man is here." With the words, the chair next to him was pulled apart, and a man with a beard and a coarse cloth robe sat down, it was the uncle Guo Haoxuan, he was burly and tall, and his movements were not only not sluggish but very flexible. It's just that he is only forty years old, but he always likes to put on a seniority and call himself an "old man".
After sitting down, a pair of mouse eyes looked left and right on Ruoxin's slightly pale face, touched his beard, and nodded, "Fortunately, it seems that you won't be able to die in half a year." ”
Ruoxin smiled and shook her head, she knew that he was just talking ugly, in fact, he had been looking for life-prolonging herbs for her with his wife for several years.
Guo Haoxuan took out a red cloth bag from his waist pocket, threw it to Ruoxin, took a large mouthful of tamales and stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely: "This is the fiery red mandala, which was found by your aunt, but it is too poisonous, don't use it unless you have to." ”
Inside the sack was a fiery red plant with wet soil at its roots. Ruoxin was grateful, put the cloth bag carefully, raised her head, and before she could speak, Guo Haoxuan shouted: "Don't say thank you, the old man will have a rash when he hears it." ”
After speaking, he looked at the other dishes on the table, sucked his saliva, and praised again and again: "Tsk, the color, flavor, and taste are all afraid, and the old man is about to eat his tongue." ”
After that, I didn't say anything and ate with my head down.
Over there, Guan Jingtian still frowned at the fifth table of wine and food on the table, holding chopsticks, picking left and right on several dishes on the table, and finally sandwiched a piece of crystal meat, dipped in the dipping sauce mixed with ginger shreds and balsamic vinegar, and sent it to his mouth.
I chewed, spit out, and commented, "It's too hard." ”
He changed a pair of chopsticks from the servant's hand, poked at the steamed grouper fish on the other side, skillfully picked on it, removed the fish meat, picked out the fish liver inside, and tasted it, and then wrinkled a pair of delicate eyebrows, and spit it out, "This fishy smell is so heavy, raised in the pit since childhood?" ”
Throwing away the chopsticks, the eldest young master was furious, "Are these dishes boiled by rancid water from the stinky gutter?" Is it for people? Throw it to the pig, and the pig won't want to take a bite. ”
Guo Haoxuan didn't pay attention to what happened over there, and said while eating: "It's really delicious in the world!" It's not easy to have a meal at this Fu Ming Building, and thanks to my reservation here a few days earlier, I only have a seat today. It's a terrible thing to let a pig taste it."
The housekeeper over there didn't know if he heard Guo Haoxuan's loud words, so he nodded involuntarily and said, "Yes, young master, this is already the best restaurant in this county." ”
The eldest young master glared in the direction of Ruoxin's table, and yelled at the housekeeper: "I don't care, you can invite or tie up, and get a few chefs for this young master that I am satisfied with." ”
"Young Master." The butler said tremblingly, "Miss Mo Mo is about to arrive. ”
It's okay not to mention it, but if you mention it, Guan Sedum is even more angry, pounding the hard mahogany table, "I know that Mo Mo is coming, why don't you hurry up and prepare?" If she comes and is not satisfied with the food here, do you want Young Master Ben to lose face in front of her again? She already looked down on me, and she always looked down on the young master in front of me, so would the young master be worse than the young master of hers? ”
It turned out that the love scene was not going well, and he took his temper out on outsiders.
Ruoxin slowly scooped a spoonful of soup, blew it, and put it in her mouth.
It's very fragrant, and it tastes good when you think about it.
The housekeeper looked very embarrassed, thinking that this young master was used to acting fiercely on weekdays, pinched his cuffs, and said cautiously: "Young master, Miss Mo Mo doesn't care about these things to eat and drink......"
"I can't afford anything to go wrong." Guan Jingtian clenched his fists, "Young Master Ben doesn't believe that he will be able to compare to that poor sour ghost." ”
The surrounding minions were silent, unresponsive.
Ruoxin chewed the delicacies in her mouth, and felt that this eldest young master was a little funny.
I'm afraid it's really not as good as that person.
"Why don't you go soon?" The silence of the subordinate made the eldest young master angry, and he shouted at the butler, and kicked out at the same time. The old butler did not notice, could not dodge, and fell to the ground.
Ruoxin frowned, looking at the young master's every move in her eyes, and added a little disgust to her heart.
That Guan Sedum was also stunned for a while, stood in place, looked at the housekeeper angrily, and said in a rough voice: "Are you okay?" ”
The servant helped the housekeeper to get up, and the housekeeper hurriedly waved his hand and comforted his young master: "It's okay, it's okay, the old slave's body is very strong." Young master, don't worry. ”
Seeing that the housekeeper was fine, Guan Jingtian "snorted" again and said in a low voice: "If you react so slowly, you will be kicked by Young Master Ben." ”
The butler replied, "Yes, yes." After a pause, he sighed, and gently persuaded Guan Jingtian, "Young Master, Miss Mo Mo won't care about this, let's hurry up and prepare the meal and wait for her, otherwise when Miss Mo Mo comes, let her sit and wait, I'm afraid it will be even worse." ”
I don't know if Guan Jingtian really listened to it, or because of Fang Cai's actions, he felt a little guilty, and responded roughly, "Got it, then you go and prepare." ”
"Yes, yes." Ruoxin sighed when she saw the housekeeper and the shopkeeper at the same time, and then hurried downstairs to prepare to go.
Guan Jingtian sat back in the chair, raised his head, his gaze just stopped on Ruoxin's face, the eldest young master paused, his nose exhaled, and he "hummed" again.
Ruoxin knew that the expression on her face was unsuppressed disdain and disgust.
After Guan Jingtian glanced at her a few times, he hooked his hand, asked a servant to step forward, and whispered a few words, and the servant took out a stack of silver tickets from his pocket. Guan Jingtian glanced in Ruoxin's direction, raised his chin, and said in a rather uncomfortable tone: "Give these to them, let them give up all the seats on the second floor." lest the indifference come, and see that there are outsiders, and the mood will be ruined. ”
The servant answered, and walked out, persuading the remaining guests on the second floor to leave.
The eldest young master is wealthy, and the family has dealings with the Beijing officials, and in the face of such a behavior, although others are panicked, they can only knock out their teeth and swallow blood. Soft-tempered, he took the silver ticket and went downstairs, and the arrogant one left directly.
Now the second floor is empty, except for the central table, only Ruoxin's table remains.
Ruoxin always smiled at those who came to persuade her to leave, but she never left her seat.
She agreed to change her seat before, but she didn't like to embarrass people, everyone has difficulties, so why take a step back.
It's just that at this moment, she doesn't want to retreat.
Guan Jingtian saw that his subordinates were persuading Ruoxin for a long time, but it was still useless, so he got up directly and walked over, his chin raised, "Give you twice as many silver tickets as them, and you give up your seat." ”
Ruoxin lowered her eyes and slowly and methodically took the vegetables into her mouth.
No one responded.
Guan Jingtian looked a little embarrassed, and said loudly: "You rude woman, are your ears deaf?" Didn't you hear what Young Master Ben said? ”
"Girl." Xiao Er on the side kept smiling with difficulty, and called out in a trembling voice, "Girl, Young Master Guan is calling you." ”
Ruoxin finally looked up, but she looked at Xiao Er and smiled very kindly, "Oh? I thought it was a dog barking. ”