5. Delicious Buddha jumps over the wall. Lin's old house
ps: Some book friends pointed out an error. Regarding the "Hongzhi Period" mentioned at the beginning of this volume, it should be the "Wanli Period".
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After a long journey, I arrived in Fuzhou City today. I saw that the city was covered with greenery and it was very comfortable to walk on the streets. The prosperity was no less than that of Wuchang. The southern accents hawked by the vendors along the street were particularly pleasant, as if I had stepped into a costume drama.
At that moment, I was free from rein and walked around the street for a while. Suddenly, I smelled a rich and fresh fragrance in my nose. I turned around and saw a restaurant nearby, from which the fresh fragrance came.
This restaurant is called Mingui House. It is neither big nor small, but the decoration is extremely exquisite. The waiter spoke the local dialect and greeted him with a smile. After asking that Liu Meng was single, he led him to the second floor.
Window position.
It was lunch time, but the occupancy rate of this restaurant was not high. Liu Meng argued carefully and saw that the aroma of the fresh soup came from the vat on the table, so he also asked the waiter to come and serve it.
share.
With a smile on his face, the waiter said: "Your Majesty, you are very discerning, but this soup is my family's signature dish. It's just that it's not easy to make, so the price is a little more expensive." The implication is that although this soup is
It's beautiful, but it's expensive. If it's a bit too small for your wallet, you'd better order something else.
Is Liu Meng the master who is short of silver? He immediately took out an ingot of five taels of silver and said, "Is this enough?"
, the clerk made an estimate and still remained silent.
At this time, sarcastic laughter came from the table next to him, "What kind of country bumpkin is there to see through this? He doesn't even know the rules of Mingui Tower's twenty taels of silver." As soon as the words were spoken, several people at the table
They all laughed out loud.
The starting price is twenty taels of silver? Liu Meng frowned and thought for a moment. The monthly salary he offered to Chef Sun was already the highest in Wuchang Prefecture, but it was only fifteen taels a month. The starting price of this restaurant was twenty taels.
Is he really capable of running a black shop?
At this moment, he looked at the waiter again, and the sarcasm flashed through his eyes that he had previously ignored. However, his face was still respectful. The guests at the few tables upstairs also turned their heads and watched, each whispering and laughing at Liu Meng's ignorance.
Shaking his head, Liu Meng, although he was young, was too old to be angry with such a villain. He immediately took out a banknote, put it on the table, and asked in a deep voice: "Is this enough?
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A banknote with a denomination of five hundred taels was certainly enough. The clerk took it in his hand and turned it over to verify its authenticity. After confirming it, he smiled and said, "What else do you want to use? Just order it. As long as Fuzhou City has it, I have all of it."
have."
Liu Meng hummed, thinking how do I know what delicious food there is here, and said: "Apart from the soup, just add a few good dishes to go with wine, and a pot of good wine, there is no need for anything else."
The waiter agreed, put away the banknotes, and shouted: "There are five hundred taels of distinguished guests, we are ready!" He turned around and went to sing the dishes. However, several people at the table next to him looked surprised, whispering around them, and showing their eyes from time to time.
He glanced at me fiercely, obviously he didn't have a good idea.
He speaks with a foreign accent, is dressed luxuriously and generously, is fair and handsome, and is alone. It gives the impression that he is a rich man from some family who is out to play alone. Such fat sheep are the easiest to slaughter. Wouldn't it be a big sin to let them go?
Liu Meng didn't care. He picked up the teacup and took a sip, but he felt the fragrance was alluring, and then he realized that there were actually fine jasmine tablets inside.
This restaurant is a bit interesting.
The starting price for serving food is twenty taels of silver, and the tea on the table is made of high-quality jasmine tablets. It seems that it must be a first-class luxury place in Fuzhou. I stumbled in here by mistake, so I really wanted to taste it.
After waiting for a while, two waiters brought a black wine jar. After opening it, the meat was fragrant and delicious. Liu Meng took a deep sniff and immediately moved his index finger. He scooped up a bowl and saw chicken, duck, mutton,
There are many flavors such as beef and dog meat, and there are also fish lips, shark fins, sea cucumbers, fresh scallops, abalone and other delicacies. I couldn't help but look at it and thought to myself: What kind of soup is this delicious? It turns out to be a famous Fujian dish.
"Buddha jumps over the wall"!
Liu Meng had not tasted such a famous dish for a long time. He immediately wiped it clean with a pot of Zhuangyuanhong and a small jar full of Buddha jumping over the wall, eating and drinking.
Finally, he called the waiter who was hiding aside and pointing at him, and said: "This Buddha is really good at jumping over the wall. Can you please invite this master to come out and see him?" As he said that, he casually put the two ingots of silver that he had placed on the table.
Throw it over.
The waiter was so happy that his mouth burst into tears, he agreed repeatedly, turned around and trotted all the way, and in a moment a chef came out.
He was in his mid-thirties, tall and thin, with slender and strong hands, and an expressionless face. He looked at Liu Meng coldly, looking more like a killer than a chef.
The waiter introduced: "This is my master stone master. He has an injury to his throat and cannot answer. Please forgive me, distinguished guest."
Liu Meng nodded, subconsciously touched the tip of his nose, pointed to the chair next to the table and said: "Please sit down." The chef surnamed Shi hesitated for a moment, and slowly sat on half of the chair, but his eyes were fixed on Liu Meng for a moment, as if
If you are not careful, the opponent will suddenly draw your sword and attack.
Taking a look at the opponent's stable lower body and steady right hand, Liu Meng smiled slightly and said casually: "Your sword skills should be good. You have worked hard for more than ten years?"
As soon as he said these words, the chef surnamed Shi's eyes suddenly changed, and his body suddenly jumped up, and he was about to attack. But Liu Meng raised his right hand slightly, and a pair of chopsticks were pointed at his throat. No matter how many times he dodged, he still couldn't.
Keep a half-foot distance.
The other party's skills were much higher than his own. The chef named Shi's face was pale, beads of sweat rolled out of his forehead, his expression changed several times, and he sat down again slumpedly. He dipped his fingers in the tea and wrote a few words on the table.
"I don't know anything. If you want to kill, just kill."
Liu Meng was stunned. He just wanted to see if it was possible to poach this chef, and how it would involve the grievances in the world. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "Who is Master Shi? I don't know you, and I don't know.
What do you mean? Is there a misunderstanding?"
When the chef surnamed Shi heard what the other party said, he was also stunned. When he heard the other party's foreign accent, his face suddenly turned red, he uttered a hoarse voice, and stretched out his finger to write on the table: "I'm sorry for the offense, sir."
At this moment, several people at the table next to them stood up and gathered around. The leader, a muscular man with a round waist, laughed and said: "Stone mule, I thought you were hiding in a hole and couldn't come out. Why, have you thought about it?"
?Hand over the house deed as soon as possible, otherwise don’t blame the men for not being comrades!"
The chef surnamed Shi stood up suddenly again, glared angrily at the people gathered around him, clenched his hands tightly, and looked like he was going to fight for his life.
The strong man chuckled strangely: "I know you are good at martial arts, come on! Beat me! As long as you dare to touch even a hair on my head, your beautiful wife will suffer." After saying that, he clicked his tongue.
After a few sounds, he looked like a hungry ghost in a state of salivation.
Another big man took out a dagger from his arms, threw it on the table, and yelled: "Shi Fengnan, you are also a protector after all, please show some courage and don't embarrass our Qinglong Gang!"
The chef's name is Shi Fengnan, a protector of the Qinglong Gang. His mother-in-law was taken hostage by the gang, forcing him to hand over some house deeds. But these people are his fellow gang members, and now they are persecuting him.
Based on the clamors of these people, Liu Meng roughly understood the reason. A thought came to his mind: Shi Fengnan's cooking skills are good. If he settles this matter for him, can he be grateful and agree to follow him?
He raised his eyes and glanced around. The Qinglong Gang members surrounding them all had some brute strength. Even Shi Fengnan could beat them to pieces on the ground. But he didn't hold back and didn't dare to take action.
, seems to care very much about his wife.
The strong man in the lead persuaded softly: "I tell you, Mr. Stone Protector Shi, the old house in Xiangyang Lane is not your family's property. You can dedicate the land deed to the gang leader. When the gang leader is happy, he might let you go."
Despite the serious crime of disobedience, we are still good brothers in peace and harmony. You can live a happy life with your mother-in-law. How wonderful is this?"
After swallowing dryly, the strong man picked up the teapot, drank some air, and then advised: "Look now, except for this Mingui Building, you can't go anywhere. Is it worth it for other people's property?"
?Why bother?!”
Xiangyang Lane, old house?
Liu Meng's heart was agitated. He came to Fuzhou just for the evil sword manual of the Lin family's old house in Xiangyang Lane! Could it be that something happened in the meantime?
He immediately clapped his hands and said to Shi Fengnan: "Master Shi, I am very impressed by your cooking skills and would like to invite you to work in my house. I wonder if Master Shi is interested?"
Seeing Shi Fengnan looking at him in confusion, Liu Meng smiled and said: "The treatment in this house is not bad. With your skills, how about twenty taels of silver per month? If you have family members, you can bring them with you, and you can also give me an elegant house as a gift."
What are the conditions for you to settle down and make sure no random people disturb you?"
This makes it very clear. As long as Shi Fengnan agrees to work in the other party's house, the salary of twenty taels of silver per month will be paid, and his family will be guaranteed to be safe, which will avoid Shi Fengnan's current predicament.
The strong man from the Qinglong Gang was stunned for a moment, thinking about what the rich man meant. He couldn't help but get angry and cursed: "Where did you come from, you brat, how dare you interfere in the Qinglong Gang's business!"
Liu Meng pretended that the arrogant Qinglong Gang didn't exist, and looked at Shi Fengnan with a smile, waiting for him to make a decision.
After hesitating for a moment, Shi Fengnan's throat moved, and he suddenly nodded decisively, clasped his hands into fists, and gave Liu Meng a deep salute.
Okay! Liu Meng laughed, and quickly took out the chopsticks in his hand. He only heard a few consecutive chichi sounds, and everyone in the Qinglong Gang who was surrounding was knocked down. Annoyed by the strong man's rude words, he flicked the chopsticks, and poof!
He penetrated the strong man's face, and with all his strength, he inserted the chopsticks into the floor and nailed the strong man to the ground.
Ignoring the horrified looks of the diners and waiters in the restaurant, Liu Meng slowly stood up and motioned to Shi Fengnan: "Let's go, take me to see the leader of the Qinglong Gang."
Shi Fengnan nodded heavily, stretched out his fingers and wrote on the table: "Shi Qinglong lives outside the city, and there are many masters around him." Liu Meng smiled nonchalantly: "You can rest assured, by the way, where is your mother-in-law being imprisoned?
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With an excited face, Shi Fengnan made several loud noises, appearing very anxious, and wrote on the table: "My mother-in-law was imprisoned in the Lin family's old house in Xiangyang Lane. They want me to hand over the land deed before noon tomorrow, otherwise they will sell my mother-in-law to
