When Zhu Ji picked up the pot, the smell of braised pork filled the city.
Qihuamen Pier is not far from Zhu Ji. First comers get closer to the waterfront. They are the first group of people to smell the aroma of braised pork.
At the beginning, it was just Er Niu. People with sharp noses like Er Lunzi smelled the mouth-watering aroma of meat. Slowly, as the aroma of braised meat became stronger and stronger, all the laborers on the dock smelled this mouth-watering aroma.
Meaty aroma.
Although the greedy person's mouth is watering, under the stimulation of this meaty aroma, all the cells in the body are excited, as if a martial arts master has opened up the Ren and Du meridians, and the whole body is full of strength.
one two one
one two one
coming and going
Sweat like rain
Without any encouragement from the foreman, the laborers quickly moved a boat full of porcelain.
Every time the laborers carry a box of porcelain, they will receive a bamboo stick. In the end, the foreman will settle the wages according to the number of bamboo sticks.
After the steward accompanying the cargo ship confirmed that there was no defect in the porcelain, he readily gave the wages to the foreman surnamed Liu.
"Don't crowd, come one by one."
The foreman surnamed Liu stood on a pile of bricks at the dock, maintaining order while distributing the morning's wages to the laborers according to the bamboo sticks in their hands.
"Okay, it's all over. You've done a great job, and I keep my word. Let's go to the Sihai restaurant. I'll treat you to a drink. Drink with your belly open. No matter how much you drink, it's all on me.
"
After the worker surnamed Liu received his payment, he jumped down from the pile of bricks, patted his chest and shouted to everyone.
"Good!!! The Liutou is awesome."
"It's still a bright head."
"Liu Tou is angry"
The crowd cheered and cheered.
After working all morning and sweating out, we went to Sihai Restaurant to order two dishes and drink two bowls of wine. It wasn't too beautiful.
For a long time, the tantalizing scent of human flesh wafting in the air above the pier stimulated their taste buds. If they didn't go to the temple of five internal organs, the gluttons in their stomachs would tear down the temple of five internal organs.
Although Sihai Restaurant is extremely expensive, there are a lot of people at a table. Seven or eight people at a table can pool their money to order five or six dishes. If you divide it evenly, it will cost you about twenty or thirty cents per person, which is within the acceptable range.
Although Sihai Restaurant sometimes looks down upon others and sometimes the dishes they cook are too salty or too bland, no matter what, the dishes cooked by their cooks are much more delicious than those cooked by my mother-in-law at home. At least the chefs are willing to cook them.
Add oil, unlike my mother-in-law at home, there is not even a slight smell of oil in any dish.
The key is, the drinks are free, and the foreman covers all the drinks.
Who doesn’t like to drink a few sips if he works hard?
But I usually don’t want to drink.
A table of seven or eight people would cost at least two buckets of wine, one bucket of wine would cost three to four hundred cash, and two buckets of wine would cost six to seven hundred cash. If the foreman hadn't paid for the drinks, everyone would have to pay one hundred cash less if the foreman hadn't paid for the drinks.
Written.
Indeed.
Liquor in ancient times was not cheap, as can be seen from the poet's poems.
Li Bai: "Ten thousand gold bottles of wine are worth ten thousand yuan, and jade plates of delicacies are worth ten thousand yuan." Wang Wei: "Xinfeng fine wine is worth ten thousand yuan, and how many years have you been a knight in Xianyang?"
Three years owed."
Of course, Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Bai Juyi were all rich and handsome men in ancient times. They had high consumption levels and the wines they drank were all good wines.
Compared with them, Du Fu, who "howled in the high autumn wind in August, rolled up the triple thatch on my house" can be regarded as a proletarian, and is closest to the lives of ordinary people. Du Fu wrote a poem "Forcing Sideways to Give Bi Si Yao", in
This poem says: "The price of wine on the street is often very expensive, and the drunkards outside are often drunk and sleepy. If you are quick, you can drink a bucket, and you will get three hundred bronze coins."
A bucket of wine costs 300 yuan, which is about the same price as the cheapest shochu in restaurants all over the world. This shows that wine in ancient times was expensive.
That's why everyone was so excited when the foreman surnamed Liu invited him to drink.
"Haha, let's go to Sihai Restaurant." The foreman surnamed Liu smiled heartily and took the lead to walk towards Sihai Restaurant.
"Walk."
"Let's go, the twice-cooked pork at Sihai Restaurant was delicious last time. I want to order another plate today."
Everyone agreed.
However, at this moment, a discordant sound sounded.
"Ahem, Liu Tou, um, uh, I won't go to Sihai Restaurant this time."
The voice was not loud, but among the echoes, it was unusually obvious.
Who?
If someone invites you to drink, you won’t go to drink. Are you stupid? You don’t even take advantage of a hundred yuan. Is your head filled with water?
Everyone turned to look at the speaker, curious to see who this idiot who didn't go was.
Swish Swish Swish
Dozens of eyes were all focused on the speaker.
The fat-headed Erluzi saw everyone looking at him, and he felt a little embarrassed and stretched out his big hand like a cattail leaf fan to scratch the back of his head, and the flesh on his fat face trembled.
"You idiot?!"
"Aren't I dazzled? The person who just spoke was actually a fool?"
"Er fool, aren't you sick?"
When everyone saw the speaker, they screamed in surprise. This idiot is usually the most greedy. You can tell by looking at his size, he is easy to take advantage of, and he is more addicted to alcohol than anyone else. Don't even invite him to drink on weekdays. He is a neighbor from eight villages.
When there is a wedding or wedding at any house, these two idiots will shamelessly go to the house without being invited and just eat and drink.
But today Liu Tou invited him for a drink, and this idiot didn’t even go?!
Could it be that the sun has come out in the west? Everyone was stunned, their mouths were open for a long time and they didn't recover.
"Ahem, um, Liu Tou, I won't go to Sihai Restaurant today either."
When everyone was surprised that Er Lengzi didn't go to Sihai Restaurant, they heard a loud sound.
Well?
Another one?!
What happened today? Everyone looked at the source of the sound in surprise again. Their eyes opened wider and their mouths opened wider.
Iron pillar?!
Tie Zhu didn’t even go. Isn’t this true? Tie Zhu is a bachelor. He can eat enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry. Tie Zhu doesn’t like prostitution or gambling. He is also willing to work and has great strength.
Incomparably, one person can work as hard as two others, but his pockets are always cleaner than his face, because he spends all the money he earns on eating meat and drinking wine.
However, Liu Tou invited everyone to have a drink at Sihai Restaurant today, and Tie Zhu didn’t even go?! He had never been left out once before!!!
"Ahem, I'm not going either."
"And I."
"Me too."
When everyone was in a state of shock when Tie Zhu was shocked, they heard four or five more voices expressing their refusal to go.
All right!
Everyone was already numb with shock.
what is it today?
Usually when Liu Tou invites you to drink, everyone is enthusiastic and no one is left behind. But today, six or seven people didn't go?!