Everyone looked at each other: What else do you have to say?

The most expensive dish is five cents, which is ...... This is......

What does the Zhang family want to do? Attract students from all over the world?

As soon as Huaizi saw everyone's expressions, he knew that they had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "Don't look at this dish as cheap, it's a small plate." If you want to eat more, you need more. This is also convenient for everyone, they can choose more dishes, and it is also for the sake of the poor: only order two plates of vegetables, ask for a few tortillas, and you can also eat one meal. ”

While instructing the guys to bring out some dishes for everyone to take a closer look.

The man rushed to the back, and in a moment he pulled out a wooden plate with several small porcelain round plates, only one circle larger than the mouth of the teacup, containing dried bamboo shoots, dried fish, and spicy chicken feet cut into small pieces.

Huaizi pointed to these dishes and smiled: "This is a dish for a penny." The other dishes are served on such large plates, but the bowl for the soup is deeper, about the size of a teacup. ”

Everyone is still a little confused: even so, this dish is frighteningly cheap, they all passed through Xiatangji, they have also been to Jishang Restaurant, and they have eaten in a small restaurant with a shy bag, how have they ever seen this?

For example, the spicy chicken feet, if you make five servings and make one serving, it will only cost five yuan, and the five dollars on the set will definitely not be able to buy so many chicken feet.

Zhou Fuzi pondered for a moment and asked the doubts in everyone's hearts: "Huaizi, isn't it a loss to sell like this?" ”

Huaizi smiled and said, "Sir, how can you lose money!" ”

He motioned to Chestnut to take an abacus, and asked someone to bring a small scale, and then said to everyone: "For example, this chicken foot, we have calculated, about eight dishes is half a catty." That is, eight cents, and one pound is sixteen cents. ”

After speaking, let the guy get eight dishes of chicken feet and come over, and said it to Zhou Fuzi and others.

He continued: "Laixi's shop sells twenty-two yuan a catty, which is six yuan more expensive than mine. Restaurants are even more expensive. But Mr. thought, we spend manpower and material resources every day to deliver goods to the market, and we also have to share the profits to the consignment of Laixi. It's very complicated, how can it be compared to selling it at the doorstep? Besides, this chicken is also my own home, I don't dare to raise more miles because I am afraid that the chicken will not sell well, and now I can feed more. ”

Old man Huang and the others nodded again and again after hearing this.

Huaizi then said about green vegetables: "A pound of amaranth can be sold for two cents a pound on the market." But Xiatangji is so big, and there are many people who sell vegetables, and sometimes it is common to pay three dollars and two catties. No matter how much it is, it may not sell. A pound of amaranth can fry a large plate, and when it is divided into this small plate, it can hold five plates......"

Before he finished speaking, a scholar shouted as if he had caught the handle: "This is too black-hearted? I thought it was cheap! ”

Huaizi was stunned when she heard this!

Chestnut cracked a mouthful of white teeth, and said to the scholar with a grin: "This master." Even if this amaranth is a penny a catty, a catty is fried and put into five dishes, and it costs two and a half pennies, and we earn one and a half pennies. However, the stir-fry has to be put aside for oil, salt, firewood, and the wages of the cook and the men have to be shared, and this restaurant occupies ten acres of land. The rent also has to be apportioned into the cost, so we don't make much money, which is equivalent to selling the vegetables we grow in a different way. ”

When everyone heard that the little boy counted half a penny a dish so carefully, they couldn't help but be speechless, and looked at the scholar funny. Xindao makes such a little money, and you still scold others for being black-hearted, should people give you food for nothing, unless you are someone's uncle.

The scholar didn't make a careful calculation, he only heard that amaranth was cheap, and blurted out what he said, and now he regrets it, and his face is flushed.

Huaizi was busy playing the round: "This old man has never experienced farming and trading, so naturally he didn't make a careful calculation." We are always happy to be able to sell more of what we grow, and we can't compare with real merchants. ”

Everyone nodded, feeling that even if this dish was not divided into small plates, it would be at least three to four percent cheaper than the Jishang tavern, so the disgust towards Zhang Zheng and the two families in their hearts was reduced by half, but they still thought that it was inappropriate to open a restaurant near this academy.

Huaizi gave an example of a few dishes, and everyone was convinced.

In short, these things are produced by the Zhang family and the Zheng family themselves, and there is no need to purchase and ship, so it is very trouble-free, and the price is cheaper. The second is that the Zhang family, in line with respect for scholars, is unwilling to set high profits.

Old Man Huang was straight-hearted, and couldn't help but say, "In this way, this meal is only cheaper than the academy, why don't you just contract the academy's meal?" ”

Huaizi hurriedly shook his hand and said, "The academy has its own rules, how can we mix them?" Besides, all students are studying in the college, and their hearts are naturally useless, so how can they disturb their hearts with food? If you want to relax and relax after studying, or gather with friends to discuss and talk about learning, you can come to this Tianshang restaurant. Isn't it great to sit here, relax, add a cup of tea, ask for a few side dishes, look at the scenery of the fields, and appreciate the hardships of the farmers? Or if you feel that it is too boring in the academy, it is okay to bring your books out, and if you are hungry, you can simply eat something nearby. ”

Chestnut smiled and added, "Under the willow trees by the lake, we have planted many tree stumps, just for people to sit on." If the gentlemen think it's good, let's build a few simple pergolas, so that we can stay by the lake on rainy days. When it rains, the field is misty and rainy, but it is beautiful! ”

The more you listen, the brighter your eyes become: yes! If you sit here in the evening, watch the sunset of Xiaoqingshan, and the scene of the farmer returning home, the smoke curling in the village, and listen to the local sound of the rooster and the dog barking, I am afraid that it can make people's hearts calm like water! At this time, reading will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Master Zhou twisted his short beard and looked at Huaizi with satisfaction, this half of the disciple really did not disappoint him.

He is not an old-fashioned person, and he already understands that the Zhang family's move will not hinder the academy, but it is not necessarily a good thing, because the scholars really need to relax after studying. The environment of the academy is good, but if you live in it for a long time, you will feel normal.

Thinking so, he looked around and asked, "Do you have a high opinion?" If not, we will have to eat in large quantities, and the old man is already hungry. ”

Everyone laughed and couldn't even speak, so they beckoned the guys to order, and the shed was very lively for a while.

I used to think that it was embarrassing to order as much as I wanted, but now that everyone has seen the small plate, there is no need to worry, so I pick the one I like first, and then ask for it after eating, and there will be no leftovers.

The table where the green wheat was served was headed by a young man in a silver gray brocade robe, who was obviously a rich kid, and ordered fried yellow eel in sauce, dry stir-fried loach, five-spiced snails, braised carp, braised dried bamboo shoots, pickled vegetable intestines, fried green peppers with fungus, vegetarian fried amaranth, lotus leaf chicken, lotus leaf duck, and then waved his hand and said: "Eat first, and then order after eating." ”

Qingmai went to serve the food with a smile, and in a blink of an eye, he brought up the loach, snails, dried bamboo shoots, large intestines, lotus leaf chicken, and lotus leaf duck, and brought a few thin bamboo sticks, and said: "There are still a few dishes being cooked, it's fine." This bamboo skewer is used to pick snail meat. ”

Someone asked, "Why are these dishes served so quickly?" ”

Qingmai explained: "These are done first. The rest of the dish should be freshly cooked. ”

Only then did the crowd understand.

After eating a circle, everyone's eyes lit up, and they all flew like flies, and they didn't even have time to speak.

After eating a lot, there was something in the stomach, and everyone stopped chopsticks, so they heard Huang Fuzi ask Zhang Huai suspiciously: "The dishes taste so wonderful, could it be that you also invited a famous chef?" ”

Isn't that more costly?

Huaizi hurriedly shook his head and smiled: "How can there be such a thing." It's all done by the daughter-in-law of the hired family, and it can be regarded as helping them find a job. ”

Of course, Chrysanthemum has specially trained them urgently for this purpose, so I didn't say it, Cherry and Aunt Liu are also here to help, and they have to guide them for a month before they dare to let go.

Seeing that everyone didn't believe him, Huaizi walked to the fence, pointed to the side of the mountain, and said, "That piece of land is my family's land, and now a lot of vegetables are grown; The bamboo garden on the mountain is also my family's, which produces bamboo shoots and chickens in the garden; The pond is also mine, and there are fish in it, and the melons are also grown by the pond; The mountains in front of me belong to my family, and the mountains are planted with fungus, which produce mushrooms and acorns; This large paddy field next to it is also my family's, and loaches and eels are raised. ”

He explains: "All the vegetables used here are freshly picked from the ground, no more than half an hour, tender and fresh, and the taste is naturally different; The other chickens, ducks and fish are also fresh, such as this lotus leaf chicken, lotus leaf duck and rabbit are buried in the ashes, and it is better to eat them and take them out than to send them to the market......"

He smiled and said to everyone: "It is said to be a restaurant, just like cooking at home, the taste is not as rich as the restaurant, but it has another taste." You are accustomed to eating exquisite food, so you naturally think that these farmhouse dishes are novel. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, looking at the dishes on the table, the appearance is very ordinary, not as exquisite as the restaurant in the city, and they feel that this is reasonable. If it is the child of the poor family, he finds the fragrance tempting again.

At this time, more and more people came in, and the guys were so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground, and even chestnuts and gourds brought the older babies in the school to help serve the dishes.

Everyone was very happy to eat, and they had already left the matter of finding fault behind, and they couldn't find any mistakes, and when they saw the appearance of the later people who were finding fault, they were busy telling the truth kindly, so the people who came threw away the matter of finding fault, eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

Huaizi walked around and asked with a smile: "You lords don't have anything to remind you?" If you say it first, it's better than being blamed later. ”

The silver-gray brocade-clothed young man smiled at him and said, "Brother Zhang, isn't this embarrassing for me to wait." Could it be that we are convinced, but Brother Zhang is hesitant and unbelieving? However, if we talk nonsense and pick bones in eggs, won't we lose our scholarly demeanor? In fact, I am really worried: I am afraid that I will send a lot of silver taels to Brother Zhang in the future. Parents may be held accountable when they see that their expenses are increasing. ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

A rough-dressed young man sitting next to him laughed and said, "It's even more bitter down there." Shy in the pocket, in the face of such a good and costless delicacies, can you eat vegetables for a penny and two plates every day? ”

said this, there was no trace of cringe and inferiority on his face, and it was obvious that he was a sunny boy.

Huaizi laughed, and was just about to answer, when he saw the soybeans coming out of nowhere, standing at the table and looking at the brocade-clothed young man, he boasted: "The master is so powerful, I can't understand what he says." ”

"Hahaha......" As soon as everyone stopped, they burst into laughter again.