"Oh, this weather, wind and snow, the two of you don't stay at home, why do you still come out? You see that the snow is so heavy, it is difficult to walk, and how nice it is to have a warm charcoal fire at home! ”

Tang Lao'er, who was clearing the snow at the door of the restaurant, saw Chong Yu and Qi Benji coming together, and stopped and shouted loudly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the two arrived, Qi Benji said with a smile: "This heavy snow is an infinite scenery!" The two of us were about to go to Longmen Mountain to enjoy the snow, so we bought some wine and food at the host's house and took them up the mountain. ”

"Okay, okay, come with me." Tang Lao'er hurriedly put down the tools in his hand and talked endlessly while leading the way. "Didn't the petty officials mention Zhang Shishilang's liquor in the city a few days ago? Later, the two of us thought about it, and this was not a bad way. It is on the southbound avenue, and there are many merchants coming and going, and there are many people who do coolies to carry goods, so aren't they just the ones who want to enjoy those drinks and food? I deliberately went into the city to discuss with Zhang Shishilang, Shishilang is a good person, and he does not insult Zhang Xianggong's face, so he agrees to it. It's just that he can't be the master of selling wine, and it's thanks to my eldest sister that this matter has been settled. ”

Qi Benji asked, "How can Sister Tang help with this?" ”

"Speaking of which, this is all destined by God, fate has arrived, and it can be as smooth as you like no matter what. Before the eldest sister returned to Longmen, she sold the house in the pottery workshop in the city. Coincidental or not, you say? The one who bought that house was the little lady of the current Ducao official! We were also forced to have no choice, so we asked the eldest sister to come to the door and say, but I didn't expect the little lady to agree! ”

Qi Benji said: "He is a good person for the little lady." ”

"Isn't it! I heard that this little lady used to be the daughter of a poor family, and she had been with the Ducao officials since she was a child, and then she was accepted as an outer room. When the officials went to Lingnan to be officials, the little lady went to the land of smoke for six years, and had a very deep friendship with the officials, and the officials obeyed everything they said. No, not long after that, the Sansi shop sent someone to say, in the future, we can send as many spirits as we want here, or five days, or ten days, and send them to the door! ”

Qi Benji was taken aback: "My husband is good luck to have such a good thing!" It's Zhang Shishilang's place, I heard that I have to go to the shop to pull it myself, why do you still send it here? ”

Tang Lao'er waved his hand again and again: "Don't misunderstand, Dalang, it's not for us." Originally, Sansi Shop was going to send wine to the nearby forbidden army camp, and he brought it to us by the way. ”

"That's a great creation! With this business, my husband is careful and careful, and it may not be a financial road. ”

Entering the door, Tang Lao'er let Chong Xu and Qi Benji sit down, and went to order the wine, and said: "But isn't it, we bought this restaurant at the beginning of the year, and we didn't get half a cent of interest for a year, thinking that we would repay the official money at the end of the year, so I didn't do it anymore, and went back to the city to plant flowers." Now there is one more way to come, and see how the business is at the end of the year, and then make a decision. ”

Chong Xu and Qi Benji knocked off the snowflakes on their bodies, sat down in their seats, and watched Tang Lao'er busy coming and going.

Qi Benji said with a smile: "With a way out, this old man is like a different person, busy non-stop." ”

"That's nature, if there is no way, who wants to abandon the family business?" By the way, it's not a way for you to do nothing every day now, have you ever thought about finding something to do? ”

Qi Benji shook his head: "It's useless to be a scholar, I have no power to tie the chicken, I can't carry it on my shoulders, what can I do?" ”

"Two days ago, my father sent a letter from Bishui County, saying that in the next year, the transfer department would recruit some scholars and let the people from the third division teach arithmetic and bookkeeping. My father specially told me not to treat this matter as idleness, and now there are many such people in the affairs that the officials are doing on Jingxi Road. The meaning of the letter, after learning this, it will be an iron rice bowl for a lifetime, which is more reliable than eating the food of the official family. You and I are scholars, going to be a public servant hinders face, and I can't let go of my body, but this path is just right. ”

Qi Benji said: "Lingzun is going to let you learn." ”

Chong Yu nodded: "Exactly, and it is impossible to argue, the people of the Third Division will have to learn as soon as they arrive in Luoyang after the year." ”

Qi Benji lowered his head and thought about it, and then said after a while: "Great quality, with all due respect, what's the use of learning this." To be a bookkeeper? Then you might as well become a public servant! What is the mystery, can you reveal a thing or two? ”

Chong Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My father just said so in the letter, I'm still confused here!" He said that I would not do anything about it, so I would learn this skill, and I would be able to live in peace and support my family. ”

Since he was a son-in-law, Qi Benji lived a fairy-like life, eating and drinking without worry, every day is to travel the mountains and rivers, visit relatives and friends, and don't care about anything. When it comes to what to learn and what to do, I don't want to do it. People who are used to being lazy suddenly go to that kind of tense day for no reason, and no one can make a decision at once.

Seeing that Tang Lao'er came over with wine, Qi Benji said: "Let's not talk about these things first, when the time comes, the quality will have eyebrows, and then talk about me, it will not be too late to make a decision at that time." It's snowy outside today, so don't talk about these disturbing words. ”

What else can be said about the seeds? He didn't want to go himself, but his father's order was hard to disobey. What I yearn for is the god-like life planted by my ancestors, proudly roaring in the mountains and forests, hungry for wild fruits, thirsty for mountain springs, and always with heaven and earth. However, as the eldest son in the family, he must help his father take on the responsibilities of the family. In the past, I was able to be free when I was a teenager, but now that I am an adult and have many brothers in my family, I can't live that kind of life anymore.

Tang Lao'er put down the plate he was holding and said to the two: "I heard that this strong wine has a different taste when it is hot, especially in ice and snow weather, and it warms the stomach after drinking." The two of you have a pot to drink, and when your bodies are warm, let's go enjoy the snow. ”

"That's the best, thank you!" Qi Benji said, lifting the flask and pouring it full.

Tang Lao'er pointed to a few braised vegetables on the table and said, "This is what I learned from Zhang Shilang, and it is said that it was passed down from the family of the Ducao officials." Zhongmu Baisha and their restaurant have been selling this, and they are famous for several state armies nearby! ”

Those are all kinds of lo-mei sold by Xu Ping's own restaurant in Baisha in order to sell liquor, and they are made according to the impression of his previous life, which are nothing more than braised tofu, chicken feet, pig ears, sheep's feet, and all kinds of animals in the water. In this era, there are also people who eat these, but they are not common, and only in a few big places, such as Kaifeng Mansion, do people do these things. It's just that the taste they make is light, unlike Xu Ping's heavy salt and sauce, which is suitable for the people at the bottom to eat.

Xu Ping's craftsmanship is average, that is, to make such a meaning, anyway, there is no comparison, everyone will just eat. After so many years, after the improvement of many people in this era, it is no longer the rough appearance that Xu Ping did back then.