After several people sat down and put their luggage aside, Yao Sanzhu said to the waiter: "Four people, a mix of meat and vegetables, two plates of snacks, a pot of shochu, and four bowls of rice. What's the price? It's not more than one."

two."

After saying that, he looked at the waiter like an uncle.

Not to mention the three of them, he himself had eaten at a banquet worth one tael of silver many years ago when he was sitting outside with Yao Yao. Today, he finally had this opportunity, so he took his wife and children to experience it.

The table in the restaurant.

But I saw the waiter standing there with some embarrassment and said: "Sir, if you don't bring wine, it's no problem. If you want to bring wine, the cheapest Huadiao wine here is 600 yuan a pot. Then this dish

——”

Yao Sanzhu almost choked on his own saliva.

When Mrs. Bao heard this, she glared at him fiercely: "Drink whatever you want, I'll drink you to death."

A meal actually cost one tael of silver, and Mrs. Bao's heart was trembling.

Guo'er: "Dad, after dinner, we have to buy rice and noodles for the family later. It's hard to look at so many things. What if you drink too much? If you really want to drink, why not buy some outside later?

If you bring back a pound of loose wine, my father and the others can have a few sips."

The bulk wine sold in grocery stores outside is very cheap, and you can buy a bottle for one hundred cents. When Yao Sanzhu heard his daughter's reminder, he quickly got off the road and stopped asking for wine, and the waiter went down to prepare it.

"By the way, how did you meet that noble young man just now? They even said they would give us a 20% discount. This restaurant is owned by his family?"

Yao Sanzhu remembered what happened just now and asked Bao.

Mrs. Bao told the story of meeting the seventh young master of her employer at the embroidery building, and finally clucked her tongue: "My God, such a grand restaurant belongs to the seventh young master's family. My dear, how rich is this family?"

Yao Sanzhu was stunned for a long time after hearing this. The Zhang family, a prominent family in Huyang? Is that the real official family? Why does it sound so mysterious?

After a while, the waiter came over to serve the dishes. There were eight plates in total. It was indeed a combination of meat and vegetables: stir-fried mutton, Sixi meatballs, scrambled eggs with chives, braised chicken, plus two plates of seasonal stir-fries, and two plates were served.

Snacks include a plate of fried small yellow croakers and a plate of pumpkin cake dipped in sugar.

Then four bowls of fragrant white rice were served, which whetted appetites just by looking at them. The four of them ate them while they were hot and satisfied.

After they had finished eating and drinking, the waiter reported the account in a nonchalant voice: "For the guests, the total is 1,100 fen, and with the 20% discount, the total is 880 fen."

When several people heard that they spent so much money, their hearts skipped a beat. Later, when they saw that they actually got a 20% discount, they thought it was a good deal.

Yao Sanzhu asked the waiter to wrap the uneaten pieces of pumpkin cake and fried small yellow croaker in oil paper and stuff them into his arms, and then he led his family out of the restaurant.

Guo'er's plan is to buy more rice, flour and meat for the family this time. Autumn harvest is a very hard work. Only when the family eats well can they have the strength to work, right?

"We have already carried so much stuff, how can we get it back if we want to buy rice and noodles?" Yao Sanzhu frowned.

"Dad, when we get to the grain store, they must have a truck to transport grain. Can't we just pay a few more cents and let them help transport it to the outside of the city and find an ox cart?" Guo'er reminded.

Yes! Yao Sanzhu's eyes lit up: "Let's go to the grain store."

When he arrived at the grain store, Guoer bought fifty catties of white flour, fifty catties of black flour, twenty catties of millet, and finally thirty catties of rice.

In all the time she has been here, she has never eaten rice at home. The food she had at the restaurant just now was so good that all the gluttons in her stomach were aroused.

The rapeseed oil in this store is good. Guoer bought two kilograms of rapeseed oil to prepare for cooking.

"Why did you buy that thing? It's so expensive. Just be careful when you go back and scold you! Why don't you buy more suet at home and cook it yourself? You can also get some oil to make dumplings."

Yao Sanzhu thought of the cabbage dumplings mixed with fried spinach he had eaten during the Chinese New Year, and his mouth watered again.

At this time, rapeseed oil was a precious commodity. Probably because the pressing technology was not up to standard and the oil yield was low, a pound of rapeseed oil was actually several cents more expensive than pork. Ordinary people were reluctant to buy rapeseed oil.

I buy suet from the pork shop and cook it myself at home.

"I'll just buy two kilograms. If the baby scolds me when I get home, dad will help me with it." Guo'er said deliberately coquettishly.

Yao Sanzhu felt proud when he heard his daughter talking to him like this. He gritted his teeth and said, "Come on, I bought everything. When the time comes, I will say that I am filial to your father and your mother."

"Guo'er, do you still want to buy the meat?"

At this moment, Mrs. Bao felt that her hands and feet were trembling and her brain was a little weak, so she had to ask Guo'er to make up her mind.

"purchase!"

Guo'er saw that Mrs. Bao and Yao Sanzhu were both a little slow, so she took over the decision. She ran to the butcher shop next door and weighed five kilograms of pork belly and two kilograms of pork suet.

Carrying the meat, Guo'er suddenly remembered the seasonings for making meat. His eyes lit up and he looked around. There was a pharmacy not far away. Guo'er handed the meat to Mr. Bao and turned around and ran towards the pharmacy.

After going into the drug store and asking about it, she found that there were indeed star anise, bay leaves, and cinnamon, which were common spices in cooking in later generations. However, there were only a few types, but this already made Guoer very excited. This was something she had never thought of before.

The spices at this time were used for medicine or incense, so they could only be bought in drug stores, and few people would use them in cooking.

Guoer asked the shop assistant to weigh a little of each and wrap them separately. The shop assistant was very skillful, but the expression on his face was full of suspicion. He didn't understand what the little girl wanted so many spices for.

After buying all the things, Guo'er asked the grain store's workers to help them pull up all the things on a cart as they had just discussed. They first went to Jinxiufang to pick up the materials for making silk flowers, and then sent them outside the city gate together.

, chartered a bullock cart, negotiated the price and sent it directly back to Shangyao Village.

A family of four was sitting on a bullock cart. Wu Lin was young and had no mental pressure. At this moment, he looked at the cart full of things, and then looked at Guo'er next to him with admiration in his eyes.

The little guy knew very well that today's good day was due to his sister Guo'er. He hugged Guo'er's arm and said good things all the way. The two siblings were talking and laughing all the way and they were in a good mood.

Mr. Bao and Yao Sanzhu were not so calm anymore. Today's extravagance made these two people still a little confused.

Although this couple is not a frugal person, they have lived a hard life since childhood. When did they spend so much money at once?

After waiting for a long time, Mrs. Bao remembered to take her son and tell her, "Son, don't tell them when you get back. Do you know that we went to a restaurant for a big dinner today?"

Wu Lin was thinking about how to talk to Si Lin, Liu Lin and the others when they went back to brag about what delicious food they had eaten today. Hearing this, he pouted unhappily and said:

"Then can I tell them that today is just like the Chinese New Year, no, is it better than the Chinese New Year?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Bao wanted to give a few words of instruction, but Yao Sanzhu turned around and said:

"Children, how about we finally get back to the city and have something good to eat? You can tell me what you want when you go back. We spent the money we earned, so why don't we hide it? It's okay."

When Wu Lin heard what his father said, he became happy again. Yao Sanzhu was not afraid that anyone would know that they spent money, but he was also afraid that someone would not know.

"Brother, we've arrived. Where do you think the car should be parked?"

When we arrived at the entrance of Shangyao Village, the driver turned around and reminded us.

Only then did Yao Sanzhu come to his senses. He looked up at the sky. At this time, most of the people in the village had just finished their afternoon meal and were going out for a walk.

"Let's go to the village. There are so many things. We must be delivered to our doorstep."

Yao Sanzhu made up his mind.

"Okay, big brother, please point."

The man who drove the cart waved his whip, and the cart swayed into the village.

Sure enough, the villagers who were out for a walk in the village saw Yao Sanzhu's family of four returning in an oxcart with a lot of large and small bags, and they all ran over to ask what was going on.

Yao Sanzhu had regained his usual bluffing energy, loudly directing the oxcart to move forward, while pretending to be nonchalant he said:

"Nothing, nothing. I took my wife and children to the county town and brought some things back home..."

People in the village have recently known that Guoer, the granddaughter of Yao's family, can draw patterns. At first, she sold it to a salesman from the village. Later, Sanzhu's daughter-in-law planned to take her daughter to a tailor shop in the county to sell it. Is it possible that she really called them

Is it done? Is this pattern so valuable?

Thinking that whenever a salesman came to the village recently, Mrs. Bao would show off with her young son and buy this and that from the salesman's stall. The two of them had small snacks in their pockets. It seemed that they really made a lot of money. Otherwise,

Who can see their daughter-in-law wasting money like this and not care?

When Father Yao and his family heard the sound and ran out to see it, even though everyone was somewhat prepared, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them.

After finally moving all the things into the house and sending away the villagers who were watching the fun, the couple's enthusiasm for jumping had not passed yet, and they were busy showing everyone the various items they had bought.

Yao Sanzhu's eyes shone brightly and he shouted:

"Father, mother! These rice, white flour, fat meat, lard, and other things are all bought by us thinking about what our family is lacking right now.

The autumn harvest is just around the corner. We all need to have enough food to work, right? No, thinking that the food at home is already running out, my son bought these for us. Don’t skimp on cooking these days.

I also bought some rice. Look at the quality. This time our family will also have a few good meals of white rice.

By the way, there’s also this pork suet. If you have time, Mom will cook it for us. My son wants to eat the fried dumplings made by Mom.”

Mrs. Bao was also unpacking each bag on the kang and taking out the ready-made clothes:

"Mom, I originally thought about buying fabrics to make my own clothes, but the autumn harvest is coming soon and I won't have any free time, so I just thought about buying ready-made clothes.

Mom, you see these two sets are bought for you and dad. They are made of the same material, fine cotton and linen, so they are very comfortable to wear. Look at the workmanship, wow, they are indeed made by a tailor shop in the city.

, it just looks good;”

Mrs. Bao's men kept taking out clothes from the baggage, and turned around to greet Si Lin and Liu Lin: "Si Lin, Liu Lin, come here, come here. These are the clothes that Third Aunt picked for you two. They are the same as Wu Lin's.

No? Ask your mother to put it on for you and see if it fits..."

Guo'er endured the noise in her ears and silently picked out her things and gave them to Zao'er Ji'er to hold. She held the wooden box full of small decorations in her arms, and the sisters arrived together with the things.
Chapter completed!