Chapter 19: Gossip
"Grandpa the village chief, I said that I would invite you to dinner, why can you only eat cabbage and radish, besides, my father-in-law is a person who has no meat and is not happy, if there is no meat, he can't eat. By the way, the village chief's grandfather, Brother Xiaowu, you can eat spicy, Xianggong almost ordered all the spicy ones just now, otherwise let's have two more light ones? ”
Zhao Jijiao remembered that the dishes Li Ruchang ordered just now were all spicy, and she had no problem, because she also loved spicy, but after all, she was inviting people to eat, if people didn't eat spicy, then what kind of treat would it be!
"No need, we all eat spicy, we all eat spicy."
Village Chief Zhao hurriedly spoke in front of Zhao Xiaowu. Just kidding, there are so many dishes, and almost all of them are meat dishes, how can you kick your nose in the face! It's just that it's not wrong to be able to eat spicy, almost everyone in Mannan Town can eat spicy, and everyone in a little place has planted some chili peppers. After all, this chili pepper can not only be eaten as a dish, but also a medicinal herb, who has a headache and brain fever, eat a chili pepper, and sweat all over.
"That's okay, that's okay."
It was still early at noon, and there was no one else in the restaurant except for Zhao Jijiao and them, no one spoke, looking a little embarrassed, Zhao Jijiao wanted to break the embarrassment but didn't know what to say.
"By the way, Brother Xiaowu, does your master have any preferences?"
Zhao Jijiao couldn't find a topic, so she could only start with Master Zhao Xiaowu, and she was waiting for the time to pass the time.
"Preferences? Does alcohol addiction count? My master didn't like anything, so he liked to drink two sips a day, but unfortunately the master was not in good health a few years ago, and the doctor asked him to drink less, and his wife also strictly forbade the master to drink. ”
Come on, Zhao Xiaowu said the same as he didn't say.
"Then how many sons does your master have, have they all been out of school?"
"My master only has one palm pearl, and he is already eighteen, because the master only wants to recruit a son-in-law for his senior sister, so his senior sister has not been allowed to marry until now. I heard other senior brothers say that in fact, senior sister and senior brother are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, but the master doesn't look down on senior brother, so he kicked out early. ”
After Zhao Xiaowu finished talking about his master's heirs, he didn't forget to gossip about the rumors he heard with Zhao Xiaowu.
"Hey, didn't you say that your senior brother has learned all your master's crafts? is also better than the blue, and has become a famous craftsman in the field. ”
Zhao Jiaojiao is a little confused now, isn't it the best match for senior brothers and sisters, and they are childhood sweethearts, why did this craftsman break them up? Don't you still want to recruit a son-in-law, and you are not satisfied with the ready-made ones, so you have to keep your daughter as an old girl and be laughed at?
Although, in modern times, eighteen years old is still a flower girl, but in the ancient times when she was fifteen years old, eighteen years old was already an old girl, and generally men were married at the age of fifteen or sixteen.
"I don't know, I heard it all when the brothers were chatting."
Zhao Jijiao's gossip heart was provoked, but the dish was just delivered. The ancients paid attention to food and silence, and Zhao Jijiao could only suppress her curiosity.
"The dish is coming, guest officer, this is what you ordered, please use it slowly. If you don't have enough food, you can add more. ”
The portion of the dish was very large, and the rice was also served in a large wooden barrel.
Smelling the fragrance of the vegetables, Zhao Jiaojiao knew that the taste would not be bad, and put a piece of fish meat in her mouth, um~ The entrance is spicy, and then the fish is tender, without the slightest fishy smell, the tongue is a little numb, but I can't stop my mouth, Zhao Jijiao sandwiched a few chopsticks and fish, and sandwiched other dishes.
Other dishes are not as delicious as spicy fish, but they are also delicious, the chili scrambled eggs are not well controlled, the eggs are fried old, the shredded potatoes are fried with shredded potatoes and shredded potatoes are late, and there are some raw, the sauce beef is OK, that is, this beef is afraid of old beef, the chewiness is not so strong, and the seasonal dish is a dish of lettuce, it may be too hot, and the fried is a little rotten.
In this way, it was eaten all at once, except for the signature dish made by the chef, the others are estimated to be made by apprentices, especially the lettuce, which may still be a newcomer who has just learned for two days.
Zhao Jijiao silently scored the dishes in her heart, and then concentrated on eating spicy fish, and occasionally put down two pieces of other dishes.
Village Chief Zhao and Zhao Xiaowu originally wanted to pretend to be polite, but when the dishes came up, they were all reserved and left behind, and they were reluctant to put oil when they cooked on weekdays. Village Chief Zhao is okay, after all, he is already in his fifties, and his eating appearance is quite normal, but Zhao Xiaowu is a fifteen-year-old hairy boy, and it is rare to open meat once on weekdays.
Seeing Zhao Xiaowu's eating appearance, this made Village Chief Zhao's old face so red, and quietly stepped on Zhao Xiaowu under the table, and his eyes reminded Zhao Xiaowu to obey the rules, Zhao Xiaowu slowed down the speed of eating a little, but only a little.
Look at Li Ruchang again, he eats normally, but his speed is not slower than Zhao Xiaowu, and he can still clip fish meat and remove fish bones for Zhao Jijiao from time to time.
After Zhao Jijiao finished eating two bowls of rice, she didn't serve any more rice, but put a bowl of chicken soup and drank it slowly, the chicken soup stewed very deliciously, and there were no oil stains floating on the soup, which shows that the person who stewed this chicken soup is also careful.
Li Ruchang glanced at Zhao Jijiao, understood that she was full, and no longer added fish and meat to her, but accelerated to finish her own meal, and after eating, she also followed Zhao Jijiao, filled a bowl of chicken soup, drank it one bite at a time, and waited quietly for Village Chief Zhao and Zhao Xiaowu to finish eating.
After everyone had finished eating, the shopkeeper came up, took away the plates that were almost clean and unwashed, and poured a cup of tea for everyone.
"Guest officer, a total of twenty or twenty dollars."
The shopkeeper stood beside Li Ruchang with eyes and quoted the expenses.
"Give, twenty or twenty cents, you can see it clearly, don't say that we are less of your money."
Like a rich woman, Zhao Jijiao took out two taels of silver and ten cents from her sleeve, which made the shopkeeper who thought it was Li Ruchang who paid for it for a second, but fortunately, it was not the first time he was the shopkeeper, and the speed turned to Zhao Jijiao's side, weighed the weight of the broken silver, and said a pleasing word, and sent Zhao Jijiao and the four people out of the restaurant before handing over the meal money to the shopkeeper.
"The shopkeeper, the four people just now, turned out to be a female doll to pay, it's really strange."
The shopkeeper did not forget to share the scene he had just seen with the shopkeeper.
"What's weird, go and do things, don't be lazy for me, be careful that I deduct your wages."
The shopkeeper weighed the broken silver again, and after the weight was two taels, he drove the shopkeeper away, who paid him was not interested, he was only interested in money.