"How about you take off the mask on your face first?" Chen Xiaomu said with a smile.
"No, you have to tell me where they are now first?" Wei Yu said stubbornly.
Chen Xiaomu smiled and said: "Far away in the horizon, close in front of you, but now you are wearing this leather mask and acting like this ghost. How do you want me to take you to see them? Are you planning to scare them away?"
Wei Yu thought for a while, reached out and took off the leather mask on his face, revealing the beautiful face under the mask, and said: "Okay, I promise you, please take me to see them two!"
Chen Xiaomu looked at him carefully for a long time, until he saw Wei Yuxin blushing suddenly and rolling his eyes at him, then he nodded and said with a smile: "It's not bad, but when we meet, we must not cry or wipe away tears." Yes, I am a tearful person. It would be outrageous for us all to cry together!"
Wei Yuxin glared at Chen Xiaomu and said angrily: "A man, you are so long-winded, do you bother me?"
"Okay, okay, let's go see Master Taishan now!" Chen Xiaomu said with a smile.
Although there are no restrictions on men taking wives and concubines in today's society, Chen Xiaomu still has some scruples about Su Xingran. After all, Su Xingran is the princess of the dynasty, and the royal family's face still has to be taken into consideration. Moreover, Wei Yuxin has been in the world all year round. Walking around, if the two of them have a slight disagreement, they will really have trouble walking around!
After careful consideration, Chen Xiaomu decided to let Wei Yuxin, Wei Wen, and Wei Yushang find a private place in the restaurant to meet alone and get to know each other first, just to be on the safe side.
Chen Xiaomu was thinking about how to find another place in the restaurant for the Wei family and his daughter to meet while he and Wei Yuxin were walking into the restaurant one after another. Suddenly a waiter came out of the restaurant and stopped in front of him, making mistakes on him. He said: "Uncle, according to your instructions, I have arranged several young ladies in the nice private rooms in our Dewei Building. Can I take you there now?"
Chen Xiaomu waved his hand and said, "Go and arrange another private room for me. It's better to have a more private room."
"Arrange another private room?" The waiter asked in surprise: "Uncle, the best private rooms in our restaurant are quite big. You guys can't even sit there. Isn't it a waste to arrange another private room?" The waiter was kind. remind him.
"It's okay. I have a lot of money." Chen Xiaomu reached out and patted his chest and continued: "When you pay the bill later, I will give you a tip of two taels of silver." "
"Hey, I'll thank you here first!" The waiter was so happy that he almost jumped up and hurriedly made another note for Chen Xiaomu. After excluding the five taels from the counter and the two taels of silver as a tip, he had the rest Two or five cents is almost equal to his monthly salary. How can he be unhappy? He thought, I am lucky enough to meet a noble man today. I want to serve this noble man comfortably.
The waiter immediately bowed and let Chen Xiaomu and Wei Yuxin into the restaurant, and then led the two of them through the restaurant in a familiar way. As the three of them were walking, the waiter who was leading the way was suddenly stopped by someone, "Hu Qian, go to the market and inform Shopkeeper Zhou and ask him to send over one hundred live chickens and one hundred live geese each."
Hearing the sound, the waiter hurriedly took two steps forward, nodded and bowed and said: "Shopkeeper Wu, what a coincidence, I met distinguished guests today. They want to book two premium private rooms. I am leading them there. Look... ?”
"Oh." Following the words, a short fat man walked out of a room next to him. Chen Xiaomu recognized him at a glance as the man who asked Wei Yushang to cook upstairs because the fat man was busy trying to please Wei Yu upstairs. Shang didn't notice Chen Xiaomu present, so he didn't know him.
The fat man took a look at Chen Xiaomu and Wei Yuxin, and saw that they were better dressed than the beggar, and they only catered for two people. They actually wanted to book two high-class private rooms. This was not cheating on food and drinks! "
The fat man couldn't help but glared at the waiter, and cursed angrily: "Do you have eyes to vent your anger on?" Why are you bringing everyone to the restaurant? "
The shopkeeper was so confused by the fat man's scolding that he couldn't help shouting: "Shopkeeper Wu, you can't look at people through the cracks in the door. These two people today are indeed noble people. I checked them at the door."
"Oh, what did you check on them?" Shopkeeper Wu asked doubtfully.
"This..." The clerk couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw the stack of banknotes that Chen Xiaomu took out.
"Do you think this money is enough to spend in your restaurant?" Chen Xiaomu took out the banknote again and waved it in front of shopkeeper Wu.
Shopkeeper Wu's eyes suddenly lit up. He was much more knowledgeable than the store clerk. With just a flash of his eye, Chen Xiaomu saw clearly that the face value of the bank note was one thousand taels of silver. A smile appeared on his fat face immediately. He bowed and saluted: "Master, please forgive me for my blindness. I will take you to a private room in our restaurant."
''Hey, Shopkeeper Wu, this is the noble person I brought! "Seeing that the good thing he was about to get was cut off by shopkeeper Wu, the shopkeeper immediately became anxious and quickly reminded him.
"Go to the market to find Shopkeeper Zhou and ask him to deliver all the chickens and geese needed for the restaurant within an hour!" Shopkeeper Wu ordered without looking back.
Seeing the displeasure of the shopkeeper, Chen Xiaomu said to the fat man: "Shopkeeper Wu, let this shopkeeper lead me to the private room. He has already arranged a private room for me before. How about not bothering the two masters?"
Shopkeeper Wu paused when he heard this, and the smile on his face became a little stiff. He pondered for a moment, then forced a smile and said: "That's fine, but Master, Hu Qian is a bit rough in his work. When the time comes..."
"It's okay, you can go and do your work." Before shopkeeper Wu could finish speaking, Chen Xiaomu waved his hand impatiently.
"Okay, since the young master is so insistent, then please do it!" Shopkeeper Wu shook his head helplessly, moved his fat body to the side, and made way for an aisle in front of him.
When they were some distance away from Shopkeeper Wu, Chen Xiaomu saw the sad look on the shopkeeper's face and couldn't help but ask: "I saw you smiling happily just now. Why did you look so sad after meeting you, Shopkeeper Wu?"
''well! "The waiter sighed: "Sir, you don't know something. Our Deweilou is now ranked number one in the new capital city. Usually the people who come here are dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital city, and he can't offend him. Come on, if it is not easy to meet you today, a patron who seems to have no background and has money, how can he let you go without getting some money from you! "
"Oh, this is strange. The money is in my hand, and I just came in for a meal. How much money can he get from me?" Chen Xiaomu said disapprovingly.
The waiter smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, you don't know something. Shopkeeper Wu is a ruthless man. There once was a wealthy businessman from other places. In order to save face, he invited guests to dinner at our Dewei Restaurant. You guessed that this meal was always cheated by Shopkeeper Wu?" How much did it cost?"
''A whole thousand taels of silver! " Before Chen Xiaomu could say anything, the waiter raised a finger and waved it in front of Chen Xiaomu's eyes.
"So much!" Even Chen Xiaomu was surprised. You must know that in today's world, one tael of silver is equal to one pennies, and one pennies is one thousand cash. The purchasing power of one penny is equivalent to about seventy cents of RMB in later generations. For example, today's full meat His big meat buns were worth three cents, which is two yuan and two dozen cents in later generations. A pound of fine white flour cost three cents. Calculated in this way, if the meal eaten by this wealthy businessman is calculated according to the price of RMB in later generations, it would cost about seven cents. More than 100,000 yuan is equivalent to eating a BMW 730 mid-range sedan in future generations.
''Haha, sir, you don't know that just for a plate of goose soup, shopkeeper Wu charged me 200 taels of silver, saying that it contained the secret health recipe passed down from his family for eighteen generations, which would at least make you healthy after eating it. Live another three to five years! "
"Pfft" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help laughing, and Wei Xinyu quickly covered his mouth with his hands and shrugged his shoulders a few times.
"Hey, sir, why are you laughing?" The waiter stared blankly, as if he didn't understand what was going on.
"Your boss doesn't care about him?" Chen Xiaomu asked, holding back a smile.
The waiter looked around and then whispered: "Sir, you don't know something. Our boss is basically the same as Shopkeeper Wu. When I first came here, Mr. Bai once brought a few people over for dinner. , because Mr. Bai's father had just been transferred to the capital by the emperor, shopkeeper Wu didn't know him, so he killed him. He was actually charged 800 taels of silver for an ordinary high-quality banquet. Mr. Bai and shopkeeper Wu had an affair at that time Face, he asked him to quote a price for each dish. As a result, shopkeeper Wu couldn’t quote the price himself. In the end, he even tore up the bill and directly threatened Mr. Bai that if he didn’t quote the eight hundred If you pay two silver coins, Mr. Bai will not be able to get out of the gate of Dewei Tower!"
''and after? Chen Xiaomu asked with interest.
''Humph." The shopkeeper snorted lightly and said disdainfully: "Shopkeeper Wu never imagined that this Mr. Bai turns out to be Mr. Bai, the new prefect of our new capital. That's great! After receiving the report from the person sent by his son, Magistrate Bai was furious. He immediately ordered three squads of officers from the magistrate's office to surround our Deweilou, threatening to arrest the kidnappers who kidnapped his son. Shopkeeper Wu was so frightened that he not only refused to accept a penny, but also asked Mr. Bai to go to his father, Magistrate Bai, to beg for mercy and let him go. Who knows that Mr. Bai is not a vegetarian, so he begged in front of shopkeeper Wu. , he didn't even pay attention to it, and in the end shopkeeper Wu was arrested by Magistrate Bai and jailed for kidnapping! "
Chen Xiaomu chuckled and said: "Then why do you say that your boss and Shopkeeper Wu are on the same team? I don't think this will hinder your boss's business?"
''Sir, please allow me to finish. "The shopkeeper took a breath and said, "It took half a day for shopkeeper Wu to be arrested by Magistrate Bai. Our boss just received the news and hurried to the magistrate's office to ask Magistrate Bai to intercede on behalf of Shopkeeper Wu. But Magistrate Bai didn't do anything for him. Ignoring him, he not only asked the officer to beat him out, but also asked him to tell him that if he begged for mercy again, he would be treated as an accomplice of Shopkeeper Wu! "
"Then what?" Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but asked again.
The waiter quietly rolled his eyes, swallowed, and continued: "My boss was very worried when he came back, but later I heard that through some connections, he ended up as Miss Wei in the Prime Minister's Palace. It is said that Miss Wei is so special. I like to cook, so I sent someone here to find some rare ingredients. In order to catch up with Miss Wei, my boss not only took the trouble to help Miss Wei get those ingredients, but also donated a thousand-year-old ginseng tree that I had collected. I gave it to Miss Wei. Fortunately, Miss Wei sent someone to tell Prefect Bai in time. Otherwise, Prefect Bai would have been preparing to send an officer to take the person because shopkeeper Wu had confessed that the boss had instructed him to defraud the customers of their money. , but because Miss Wei was talking inside, we had no choice but to let Shopkeeper Wu go, and the matter was settled!"
While they were talking, the three of them came to the door of the private room and were about to open the door and go in. Suddenly, a draft blew in from the windows on both sides. The biting cold wind blew on them. Several people shivered in unison, and they were chilled to the bone.
At this time, Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but think that it would be great if there were down jackets from later generations. They were light and warm, and they wouldn't freeze half to death like they do now.
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but have an idea flash in his mind. Yes, there is no cotton in the world today, but the material for making down jackets is everywhere. I just heard that shopkeeper Wu wanted to send a hundred chickens and a hundred geese to this restaurant. These chickens and geese were made into ingredients, but wouldn’t all the feathers plucked from these poultry bodies end up there?
Thinking of this, he grabbed the clerk's arm and shouted urgently: "Little brother, take me to the place where the poultry is slaughtered in your restaurant."
