To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 128 Coincidence

  The lightning and thunder in Mrs. Shangshu's heart became more violent, and they hit the apex of her heart one after another.

  One click, twenty taels; one click, thirty taels...

  Mrs. Shang Shu looked at her man with admiration at this moment.

   With such an expensive food and drink, someone treats you for two consecutive days?

   I didn't expect the master to be so popular.

  Kuer saw Mrs. Shangshu was silent for a while, and said very considerately: "Our orange wine is cheaper than shochu, only twenty taels of silver per pot."

   Mrs. Shangshu suddenly came back to her senses.

   She didn't want to lose this old face when she heard that the price was silent during the treat.

   "Then serve a side dish each, and then a jug of orange wine, and Spanish mackerel dumplings at the end." Mrs. Shangshu's heart was bleeding, and her face was calm.

"okay."

  Keer went to deliver the dishes, and the female shopkeeper stayed behind to serve.

   Not long after, a girl in plain clothes walked in through the curtain, holding a tray in her hand.

  The smile froze at the corner of Madam Jijiu's mouth.

   Isn’t this Miss Luo, she is so impressive!

  Luo Sheng walked closer, put down the small dishes one by one, and said with a smile: "This is a small dish as a gift, some guests can try it."

  As she spoke, she nodded to Xu Fang as a greeting.

  There are many elders around, so Xu Fang didn't want to say much, so she bowed slightly and returned the salute.

   "Then I would like to thank Miss Luo." Mrs. Shang Shu said flatly.

  For such an expensive food and drink, it is normal to have side dishes as a gift.

   Seeing Luo Sheng standing still after putting down the side dishes, Mrs. Shang Shu coughed lightly: "It is enough for us to have the care of the shopkeeper, and it will not delay Miss Luo's busy work."

   "Those guest officials eat slowly." Luo Sheng is not interested in people who are not in the target, and the reason why he personally delivered the side dishes is because of Xu Fang.

   When the nephew comes, there will be free food, and the niece will naturally also have free food.

   What's more, compared with the Lin family, the situation in the Changchun Hou Mansion is more complicated, and the two children left by the elder sister need her to worry more.

  Xu Fang ate this meal today, maybe someday she will bring Xu Qi to eat.

  Luo Sheng nodded slightly to Xu Fang, turned and left.

   Mrs. Shangshu and the others raised their chopsticks and stretched out towards the side dishes.

  The green bamboo shoots in red oil are refreshing, the fennel beans are crispy, the purple potato jelly is sweet but not greasy, and the crystal shrimp is even more delicious.

  The ladies swept away the side dishes with restraint, and couldn't help being tolerant of the price of the wine and food.

  The free side dishes are so delicious, I think the stewed beef with a plate of twenty taels of silver will be worth the money.

   Mrs. Shangshu recalled the wonderful taste of crystal shrimp, and asked the female shopkeeper: "Can I buy additional side dishes as a gift?"

  The female shopkeeper smiled apologetically: "Sorry, the side dishes are only given away, not for sale."

   Just at this time, Kerr and Red Bean came in with the dishes.

  Hong Dou said quickly: "Small dishes are not given to every table."

   "Isn't it a gift for every table?" Several ladies became curious.

   "That's right, King Kaiyang has been here to eat for two days, and he didn't give anything away." Hongdou said in a tone that you have made a lot of money.

   Mrs. Shangshu and the others felt inexplicably profitable.

   After all, King Kaiyang didn’t even give away side dishes when he came to eat. Doesn’t it mean that their faces are bigger than King Kaiyang.

  Ahem, this is so refreshing.

  For a while, even the wife of Jijiu felt a slight liking for Luo Sheng who had just brought in some side dishes.

   As long as Miss Luo doesn't covet her grandson, it's fine.

   "Young chicken in oil, Melaleuca venetiana, braised beef, duck tongue in sauce, a few guests take it easy."

   Mrs. Shangshu and the others first went to see the oil-dried chicken dish with the most solid portion.

  On the white porcelain plate is a whole chicken with golden skin and full of fragrance.

Kerr introduced: "This dish looks like a whole chicken, but in fact it has been cut up one by one, so it is very convenient to eat. The chicken is made of the best broiler chicken, and the sauce that is poured on it is our restaurant's secret recipe. , not to mention how delicious it is..."

   Mrs. Shangshu and the others couldn't listen any longer, they stretched their chopsticks towards the plate one after another, and they picked up a piece of golden and fragrant chicken with ease.

   After eating a mouthful of smooth, tender and fragrant chicken, no one cared about talking, and continued to stretch their chopsticks to pick it up.

  Keer kept talking: "Guests, try the thousand-layer louver, our thousand-layer louver tastes different from ordinary louver."

   There are eight pieces of snacks neatly piled up on another disc, layered on top of each other, and the shadow of the shutters can hardly be seen. If you don’t mention it, you may think it is frozen tofu cubes that have been deep-fried.

   Mrs. Shangshu held up her chopsticks and hesitated for a moment between the chicken and the shutters, and picked up a piece of tofu.

  As soon as the tofu cubes entered the mouth, Mrs. Shangshu was stunned.

   Is this really a blind?

  It has the smell of fennel, but it is too fragrant, like eating steamed pork belly, but it doesn't feel fatty at all.

   Without further ado, grab another piece and eat.

  A table of five people, a total of eight thousand-layer louvers, Mrs. Ning Guogong and Xu Fang silently ate one piece less.

  The stewed beef and sauced duck tongue tasted after that, needless to say, they are delicious.

   A few plates were about to bottom out, and only then did the people at the table think about drinking.

  The glass jug contains amber-like wine, which is clear and translucent without any impurities.

  Because of brewing problems, even the best orange wine on the market is cloudy, and I have never seen such a clean and transparent one.

   Mrs. Shangshu took a sip and sighed again and again: "Compared with this wine, the orange wine I drank in the past has become slop that is hard to swallow."

  The lady offering wine nodded in agreement.

  Such delicious dishes and such delicious wines are naturally not enough.

  Add dishes!

   Serve the wine!

In the end, Kouer reported the bill in a sweet voice: "Four dishes of fried chicken, ten dishes of melaleuca leaves, one serving of stewed beef, one serving of sauced duck tongue, five pots of orange wine, five servings of mackerel dumplings, five hundred and eighty taels of sincerity silver."

  The lady offering wine was silent.

  She suddenly felt that the old man's bill of more than four hundred taels was not unacceptable. The women ate nearly six hundred taels for a meal!

   Madam Shangshu was also silent.

  She went back to ask the master who invited him to drink yesterday and the day before yesterday.

  This, this must be a fateful friendship, right?

"Cough cough, our boss told me that she has a crush on Miss Xu, so today's food and drinks are calculated at half price, and the guest officer only needs to pay two hundred and ninety taels of silver." Kouer smiled and looked at Mrs. Shangshu, "I don't know the guest Is the official settlement now, or is it an account?"

   Mrs. Shangshu endured the heartache and smiled back: "Just keep the accounts."

   Is two hundred and ninety taels a small number?

  She heard the old man say that this restaurant is expensive, so she specially packed a hundred taels of silver bill.

  Which is enough...

   "Okay." Kerr handed over the bill with an impeccable attitude.

  At this moment, there are four tables of drinkers in the lobby downstairs.

  Wei Han was at the table alone, Zhao Shangshu was at the table with his capable subordinate Lin Teng, and Lin Jijiu was at the table with his second grandson Lin Shu.

   There is also a strong man who is burying his head in eating mackerel dumplings, looking a little out of place with other guests.

  Zhao Shangshu and Lin Jijiu looked at each other with swords and swords in their eyes.

   Zhao Shangshu was not convinced and thought: If I had known that Lin Jijiu would come today, I should have left Lin Teng alone for dinner. He is just going up the peak, not a grandfather.

  Lin Jijiu made up his mind: he only cares about the second grandson's food, and the eldest grandson is already on errands, so he must not care about it!

  Do you think it’s easy for him? After eating this meal, he still has a headache, how to explain to his wife yesterday’s bill.

  At this moment, Mrs. Shangshu and others were led down the stairs by the female shopkeeper.

Good morning.

  (end of this chapter)