Red apricots make spring

Chapter 172 Restaurant Experience
The prosperity of Yunzhou City was a bit beyond the two's expectations. As the sun was approaching dusk, the streets and alleys here were still crowded with pedestrians of all kinds. Except for the stalls of head flowers, embroidered polyester threads, fragrant cakes and sweat towels, the rest of the stalls mostly sell food and fruit snacks. Very lively.

"Isn't this place worse than Kyoto." Rourou came all the way to eat and buy, compared the prices, and felt that the prosperity of Yunzhou was no less than that of Taihe City, but the prices were a little cheaper, just like the eel buns she ate just now, but here they are only for sale Twelve Wen a piece, if you get it in Taihe City, you have to sell it for fifteen Wen a piece.

"There is a restaurant in front, do you want to try it?" Ye Yu weighed the five taels of silver in his pocket, reckoning that it would be enough money for a meal in the restaurant.

This money is the monthly money that Wenrou gave him, and he has been reluctant to spend it all the time. He has accumulated it. If he used to be in a good family, he would not pay attention to these few taels of silver at all, but now it is different. A little money can be regarded as all his belongings.Thinking of this, his eyes were somewhat dimmed.

At first, he liked gentleness, and there was an element of repaying her kindness. He only thought that he could help her with a little work, and didn't think too much about other things. After Wenrou got married, he pretended to die and left. Along the way, he saw Lu Ce helping her. He was really ashamed of everything he had done, and after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that if he really wanted to marry her, he had to give her a stable life, solve most of her troubles for her, and make her feel dependable. Otherwise, why would Gentle marry?He couldn't start a family either, and let his wife show up outside to make a living.

Calculating with his fingers, he is already full this year. At his age, his father had already started from scratch with the little money saved by his ancestors. He ran a clothing appraisal shop and two silk and satin shops by himself, and even married a wife. He himself has not achieved anything until now. Although he has read a few books, can write a neat handwriting, is proficient in gardening, and has learned fur skills, but other than that, he seems to have achieved nothing. My own father can't...

"What are you thinking about?" Ruan Rou followed Ye Yu into the restaurant, ordered hemp rotten chicken skin, scallion-splashed rabbit, steamed lychee kidneys, roasted pork skin, hand-washed crab and quail soup, and waited for the waiter to bring the wine and dishes, looked up Seeing Ye Yu's pensive look, he tapped on the table and asked a question.

Ye Yu's thoughts were interrupted, and he didn't want Wen Rou to see through the secrets in his heart, so he just covered up and said, "It's nothing, did you order?"

"I ordered six dishes." Gentlely smiled, "The two of us may not be able to finish them all, but the waiter is quite good at talking, always saying that hand-washing crab and roasted pork skin are their specialty dishes, I just want to try it." Taste it."

The two of them hadn't spoken a few words, and the waiter had already brought up a bottle of wine and two scalded wine glasses, with a flattering smile on his face, he said, "This guest said he wants a lighter wine, and this plum wine is good for you." It tastes a little sweet and sour, and the taste of wine is also light, I wonder if it suits you?"

"That's it." Wenrou seldom drinks and is not very picky.

"Then let the poor sister-in-law warm the wine for the two of you." The waiter was very courteous, so Wen Rou couldn't help but nodded, and smiled at Ye Yu after he left: "If you want to open a restaurant, It may be necessary to find two clever waiters."

As she spoke, she poked her eyes around the restaurant, and saw that besides the dregs of hot wine, there were many hawkers carrying baskets walking among the guests at each table, soliciting business. Unlike modern restaurants, except for diners, The situation of Mo Jin, an outsider, is completely different, and he can't help but think of the time when he first arrived in Taihe City, he often asked his staff to carry zongzi to sell in restaurants.

One of the dried fruit vendors happened to meet gentle eyes, and immediately came over with a smile, and while showing her the contents of the basket, he said, "The newly launched spin-fried ginkgo, would you like a portion?"

Rourou looked at it and said, "How much is it?"

"It's not expensive, just ten Wen." The peddler said, he took a plate from the basket and put it on the table, reached out and grabbed a handful of fried ginkgo, put it on the plate, pushed it in front of Wen Rou, and smiled Said: "Why don't you try two first?"

"Let's keep it." Rourou stretched out her hand to pick up a ginkgo, looked up at the peddler carefully, felt that this person's cleverness was no less than that of the waiter just now, so she couldn't help feeling a little bit chatty, and asked him: "What are you doing now?" How much money can you make a day selling wine and fruit here?"

"Hey, guest, let's not mention the money-making. I can't spend two dollars if I wander around here for a day. It's just a barely enough to make a living. I can't die or be hungry!" Business, the smile on the face is more attentive, but there is a little bit of exhaustion brought about by the poor life in the eyes.

"You can always earn one or two hundred dollars a day, right?" You asked with a gentle smile.

"One or two hundred renminbi?" The peddler said cheerfully, "When the business is good, you may be able to make money. If the business is not good, you can't even afford fifty renminbi."

Ruan was silent after hearing this, and the peddler saw that she had nothing else to say, so he was going to solicit business from customers at other tables. Who would have thought that as soon as he turned around, he heard Ruan asking him from behind: "What's your name? Are they all selling wine and fruit here?"

"My name is Zhu Gui, and I often make a living in the restaurants in this area. Not only do I sell wine and fruit, but sometimes I also sell some snacks. If the guests have any errands to hire someone, teach me to do it." Hawker He bowed his waist and smiled: "It's not a small brag. There is no place in Yunzhou City that I am not familiar with. If you want to invite someone, just say a name, and the young one will invite you."

Genuine nodded, and saw him yelling to another table with a basket in his hand, and before turning his eyes away, he was startled, and saw that the waiter was like a juggler, with two bowls in his left hand and his right arm He raised it flat, from his hands to his shoulders, stacked more than a dozen dishes, with a bowl on top of his head, and yelled all the way over.

"Mafu chicken skin, steamed lychee kidneys!" The waiter reported the name of the dish while bringing the dish to Wen Wen and Ye Yu, and said with a smile: "The guests eat first, and the rest of the dishes will come immediately!" After finishing speaking, he turned Turned around and left.

Rourou has never been to restaurants. When he was in Kyoto, he took Xiaohuan and the others to the restaurant twice. He felt that the food served in the waiter was considered refined, and they were served in two or three plates. He had never seen such a posture before. Dazed, he watched the waiter bring the dishes piled up on his body to the guest's table one by one, and entered the kitchen empty-handed, then turned to ask Ye Yu, "Do all the waiters in this restaurant know how to juggle?" ?”

"Acrobatics?" Ye Yu shook his head and smiled uncontrollably, "That's not the case. I'm afraid this one just worked in restaurants for many years before he developed this ability. Ordinary waiters don't have this ability."

This is more or less the same, or the waiter has become a technical job.Wen Rou nodded when she heard the words, and lowered her eyes to study the rotten chicken skin.Mofu is also available in modern times. She has eaten sea cucumbers with mojito before, but this is the first time she has eaten chicken skin. She thinks the taste is not bad, and the aroma of sesame paste is also strong.

Ye Yu picked up the chopsticks, tasted the taste and said: "I used to go to many restaurants with my father, and I heard that some customers who are particular about food and drink like to see the behavior of the waiter first, so you can tell whether it is a restaurant or not." Recently opened."

"Then we have to go to another restaurant to dig out two waiters?" Rourou stopped the chopsticks.

Ye Yu shook his head and said, "As long as the food tastes good, it doesn't matter, but if someone wants to entertain guests, they will probably choose a place that has been open for a long time."

Rourou listened to this while silently remembering this in her heart, and then the hot wine was brought up, pouring a glass for each of them, and Ye Yu gave her a few pennies for the hot wine as usual.In addition, there was a woman who sang ditty songs, she stood up at their table and sang two songs in a row. They were too embarrassed to listen to it for nothing, so naturally they had to put down more than a dozen coins as a reward.

After waiting for a while, the other four dishes ordered by Gentle were served one after another. In ancient times, there were deep mountains and dense forests, and many hunters made a living by hunting. Wild game such as rabbits and quails can be seen everywhere in the market, and the price will not be higher than domestic ones. The poultry and livestock are expensive, and the two dishes of scallion-splashed rabbit and quail soup made Ruan very satisfied, but what she was looking forward to most were the specialty dishes of this restaurant, the roasted pork skin and hand-washed crab.
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