Chapter 080: Gathering Friends
Dongcheng is a place where inns, teahouses, and wine shops stand up, there is everything to eat, drink and have fun, and sometimes pass by a colorful building, which comes with a very strong smell of rouge gouache, Lin Xia looked up and saw three big characters on the plaque: Drunken Flower Building.
Lei Biao saw Lin Xia standing in front of the door of the Drunken Flower Building for a long time, hooked his lips and smiled deeply: "What, Madame wants to go in?" β
Lin Xia only felt that three black lines slipped down his mind, and he glanced at him, "I'll go?" This place is obviously where the husband goes! Saying that, Lin Xia said solemnly, "I'll tell you, you can't find flowers and willows for me in this place, if you give me a look, I'll divorce you!" β
Lei Biao frowned slightly and asked, "Divorce?" Is it the meaning of harmony? β
Lin Xia didn't think that he was quick to speak for a while, and said all the modern words, so he had to say stiffly, "Yes!" That's right! It's the meaning of harmony! β
Unexpectedly, Lin Xia spoke too loudly, and the passers-by heard it clearly, and they all cast a strange look at these two people.
When Lin Xia saw someone looking at her, she panicked, hugged Xiao Chen'er and hurriedly lowered her head and walked away.
With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Lei Biao shook his head slightly, and strode to follow, "Sometimes when dealing with some dignitaries, it is indispensable to go to these fireworks places. β
"It's okay to talk about business, but it's not okay if you stay overnight in the Qinglou or bring the woman home."
Lin Xia is quite open about this matter, this is a way to talk about business with modern people, they are all drinking, chatting, calling a few women to hug left and right, and when they see what they like, they will come all night, and the next day the business will be negotiated, but there are also unspoken rules in this modern world, ancient people are mainly men in charge, and there are no unspoken rules, they all call the top card to accompany them all night, or directly send a beautiful woman to be a concubine.
Lei Biao frowned slightly, turned his head sideways and glanced at Lin Xia. If these words are placed in the eyes of ordinary men, this is already a violation of the seven rules, jealousy; Generally speaking, many women are reluctant to ask their husbands to find flowers and willows and take concubines home, but in order to gain a good reputation, they will take the initiative to give their husbands concubines without complaint.
can look at Lin Xia's performance, it seems to be ordinary and casual, and she is not worried about losing a jealous reputation, and she is not afraid that Lei Biao will divorce her because of this.
Is this because he loves it, so he is unscrupulous?
Lei Biao thought in his heart, and shook his head helplessly, this was really a defeat to her.
And Lin Xia obviously didn't realize that this was ancient times, and directly applied the modern mode of thinking, in ancient times, concubines were common, and men who did not take concubines not only did not have a good reputation for men but also women.
Lin Xia saw that Lei Biao had not spoken for a long time, snorted, and said arrogantly: "If you marry me and me with the Qinglou woman, I will go to find Xiaoqi to entangle with them!" β
Lin Xia's words were not shocking, Lei Biao was really stunned when he heard it for a while, and then his expression suddenly sank, "Madam, don't talk nonsense." β
A deep voice came into her ears, and Lin Xia felt a chill all over her body, this was the first time she was provoked by Lei Biao's indifferent words, and a cold sweat broke out behind her. raised his head timidly, and saw Lei Biao's cold and frightening face, and hurriedly smiled: "I'm just joking, husband, don't take it seriously......"
Lei Biao stared at it and said slowly, "Don't say this again in the future." β
Lin Xia nodded again and again, like a chicken pecking rice, and hurriedly agreed.
Now she finally understood why some people were stunned when they saw Lei Biao's eyes, and even more, there was sweat on their foreheads, thinking that they were too weak, or were frightened by Lei Biao's tall and mighty image, but now that she thinks about it, she is really still too naΓ―ve, her eyes or something, aura or something, she can really calm a person.
Fortunately, Lei Biao didn't get angry all the time, and soon turned into his usual appearance, almost making Lin Xia think that Lei Biao just now was just a hallucination that the weather was too hot.
After wandering around, I arrived at the agreed restaurant and gathered at the Friends Pavilion. This look is a high-end consumption of the dining place, dignified faΓ§ade, elegant environment, especially a pair of couplets on both sides of the door, written is the dragon flying phoenix dance, the upper couplet is: the south of the world, friends from afar; The next couplet is: spring, summer, autumn and winter, friends gather in the pavilion.
"It's really well written." Lin Xia praised from the bottom of his heart.
Xiao Er, who was standing next to the door, heard Lin Xia's praise, and saw that she was a woman who was still literate and dressed like an ordinary person, so she hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and greeted: "This lady, the couplet in my store was inscribed by the dean of the Beijing Juxian College himself, so come to our Yaohai City to live in our Jupeng Pavilion and try the signature dishes of our Jupeng Pavilion!" β
Lin Xia raised his eyebrows slightly, surprised in his heart, he didn't expect this Jupeng Pavilion to be so big, if he opened a restaurant here, he would inevitably be suppressed by Jupeng Pavilion.
"I've booked room number three." Lei Biao said to Xiao Er.
"Okay, I'll take you two up, someone has already arrived in the room." As he spoke, Xiao Er bent down and hurriedly invited them upstairs and led them to the private room in room No. 3.
When you enter the private room, the furnishings are elaborate and elegant, and the open window can still overlook a blue ocean outside.
Qian Dong, Zhang Cai and others sat down early and waited, Lei Biao and Lin Xia handed over the child in their arms to the nurse and fell into the main seat.
Sitting next to Lin Xia was Cuiyu, who pouted and said coquettishly: "Husband...... No, sister-in-law, you're finally here, and if you don't come again, you'll starve me to death. As soon as he blurted out that he wanted to call Mrs. Lin Xia, fortunately he quickly stopped, and as Li Yunfei called Lei Biao, Lin Xia called him eldest brother and sister-in-law.
"Haha, it's good if you don't order it first, wait for us to do something, are you afraid that we won't settle the bill?"
Lin Xia's thick and moderate red lips were covered with a dizzying smile, and Xiao Er, who was about to hand over the menu, was stunned for a while, and it was the first time he had seen a lady smile so unscrupulously, without any concealment, and it looked like he had never been educated by a big family. Thinking about this, I felt a little disgusted with this group of people in my heart.
Lin Xia took a menu and flipped through it carefully, thinking that he finally came to the beach, but he could order more seafood to eat, but after a long time, there were more fish on both sides, and there were only a few kinds of shrimp, crabs and shellfish.
frowned and asked Xiao Er, "Do you only have so many kinds of seafood?" β
How many of these? Isn't that enough? Xiao Er meditated in his heart, and said with a hot face, "All the seafood we use in Jupeng Pavilion is freshly salvaged, and there is no one in the entire Yaohai City who has the most fresh seafood than our Jupeng Pavilion." β
Lin Xia sighed and shook his head slightly, this menu doesn't look like a menu from a coastal city at all, but this vegetable is like an ordinary coastal city, and it sells more expensive than meat dishes.
Seeing that he was not interested, Lin Xia threw away the menu, "Give me all the seafood on the menu in your store, the soup needs a kelp soup, and the vegetarian dishes are not necessary." β
Many people at the table were eating seafood for the first time, and when they heard that Lin Xia was going to serve all the seafood in the store, they all had a trace of anticipation.
And Zhang Cai, who introduced them to the Gathering Pavilion, saw Lin Xia's obviously disappointed expression, and asked worriedly: "Madam, but the dishes on the menu are not to your liking?" β
"There's so little seafood here, and there's a lot of it that doesn't." Lin Xia's modern city is close to the sea, and the seafood on this menu is really not enough for her to see.
Cuiyu asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, have you ever eaten seafood?" Ever eaten seafood that wasn't on the menu? β
Many people didn't have this in their hearts, because Lin Xia's background was Qingxi Village, Qingxi Village is very far away from the sea, and if the sea is shipped to various places, it is generally dried goods, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford, and then look at the patriarchal family of Old Man Lin, how could he buy such valuable seafood for Lin Xia to eat.
But I never expected that Lin Xiayun said lightly: "I've eaten it." "Maybe I eat more seafood than the emperor.
Lin Xia didn't say the second half of the sentence directly, for fear of attracting the attention of others.
The half sentence that can be said has also attracted everyone's attention, especially Lei Biao, from the first meeting to getting married, to moving to Yaohai City, everything seems to reflect that this woman is not from the Wu Dynasty, the longer they get along, Lei Biao finds that Lin Xia has more and more secrets, which makes him can't help but want to find out.
Lin Xia's head was dull and he didn't realize what he said wrong, but looked at everyone with an inexplicable expression, "What are you so surprised about?" Have you ever eaten seafood? β
Cuiyu nodded again and again, "Sister-in-law, aren't you from Qingxi Village, how can you ever eat seafood?" None of us have ever eaten it. β
When the words fell, everyone nodded their heads, saying that it was their first time eating seafood.
"......" Lin Xia realized what he said wrong at this time, his mind turned around a few times, and he couldn't find a good excuse, so he had to touch his head and smile and said: "I have read ancient books before, and there is an introduction to seafood in ancient books, so I may have eaten it in a dream, haha......"
"......" everyone was silent for a while.
Some people believe in such excuses, and some people don't.
Fortunately, Xiao Er, who knocked on the door, rescued Lin Xia, watching him bring up one dish after another, everyone's eyes were quickly attracted by seafood that they had never seen before, Lin Xia exhaled secretly, thinking of teaching them how to eat seafood, but he didn't dare to say a word now, for fear that he would expose something.
Although some people are not very accustomed to eating this seafood, they are quite satisfied, and it is also a relief for Lin Xia, and the seafood in her heart is finally eaten, especially her favorite boiled shrimp, which tastes excellent with soy sauce, and steamed pike crab, which is big and full of meat, although it is not as tender as hairy crab, but it is still very delicious.
Back home, Lin Xia instructed people to inquire carefully, Lin Xia then knew that although Yaohai City is close to the coast, there are not many types of seafood to eat, and the menu in the Jupeng Pavilion is indeed the most complete, and it mainly relies on foreign goods to drive commerce, especially outsiders, and there are countless beef and mutton transported, compared to seafood, these beef and mutton are more popular, especially the roast whole sheep that is famous outside the Sai.
Lin Xia couldn't help but regret that this seafood was so delicious, it was a pity that the ancient people didn't understand how to enjoy it. Lin Xia hurriedly asked a boat to go out to sea to fish, no matter what was caught, as long as it was caught from the sea, Lin Xia would collect it all, wanting to carry forward the seafood.