Even though the weather is not kind and it rains occasionally, the business of Qujia Restaurant during dinner time is still quite good.
"Butou, please send some wine upstairs quickly. We can't even refill it. The guests are still waiting for it!"
"Xiao Wu, go to the back and ask Mr. Wu why his food hasn't come out yet..."
"Hey? Why is there no sign of Zhao Er again? This little bastard is probably hiding somewhere to be lazy? I'll see if I don't deal with him in a while!"
Qu Raner went upstairs and downstairs for a while. Not only did he have to greet the guests at each table, but he also had to instruct and direct the clerks to do this and that. He was so busy that he was sweating profusely, but he didn't even have time to stop and wipe it off.
After being busy for a while, Qu Raner sent away two tables of drinkers. Just as Qu Raner was about to go back to the counter to rest, another customer came in from the door.
As soon as Qu Ran'er saw a guest coming in, he immediately raised his smile and stepped forward to greet him warmly: "Welcome, please come in..."
The guest only glanced at Qu Ran'er for a moment, then walked straight to an empty table and sat down.
Qu Ran'er originally wanted to ask the waiter to greet this guest, but turned around and saw that the waiters in the hall on the first floor were all busy, so he went over to greet him personally: "What does the guest want to order?"
"Wine, let's bring the jar of wine first!" the guest said.
As soon as Qu Raner heard this tone, she knew that the guest must be in a bad mood, and she didn't know what trouble she had encountered.
Qu Ran'er smiled and said: "Sir, the weather has been cold recently. Just drinking alcohol will hurt your health. Why don't you have some hot food in the bar?"
The guest did not refuse, but urged: "Whatever! Just hurry up..."
"Come right away!" Qu Ran'er responded immediately, turned around and left.
After a while, a waiter brought a jar of wine and a plate of salted beans.
"Sir, please eat this dish of salted beans with wine first. The hot dishes will be here shortly." The waiter put down the wine jar, bowl and beans and left.
This guest was none other than Cheng Jiu. Ge Hong's words touched him, so he felt very depressed. Later, he left the county office and wandered the streets alone to relax. As he walked, he arrived in front of the Qujia Restaurant.
Maybe I saw that this restaurant was doing well, so I decided to come in and have some drinks to relieve my worries.
Cheng Jiu was drinking while thinking about what his eldest brother had said. He knew very well that his eldest brother's words were correct. Let's not talk about Situ Magistrate, let's just say that Situ Jing is fine...
Situ Jing still doesn't know her true situation. If she finds out one day in the future, will she dislike her, despise herself, think that she has deceived her, and never see her again?
"well!"
Thinking of this, Cheng Jiu couldn't help but sigh, raised his head and drank heavily.
As a result, before the hot dishes were served, Cheng Jiu drank all the wine in his hand.
"Brother, bring the wine!" Cheng Jiu turned his head and shouted loudly.
Soon, Qu Ran'er personally delivered a jar of wine to Cheng Jiu's table.
Cheng Jiu took the wine jar, opened the seal and started drinking. The wine bowl had become a decoration at this time.
Upon seeing this, Qu Ran'er said: "Sir, please slow down, you will easily get drunk if you drink too much!"
Cheng Jiu put down the wine jar, wiped his mouth and said: "It's better to be drunk, and you don't have to worry about it!"
When Qu Raner saw that Cheng Jiu was here to get drunk, he asked cautiously: "Sir, may I ask, where do you live?"
Qu Ran'er was thinking that if Cheng Jiuwan was drunk and couldn't walk, he could ask the waiter to help him back and ask his family for some reward money.
Cheng Jiugang grabbed the wine jar and was about to pour wine. He stopped when he heard Qu Ran'er ask this question and wondered: "Why are you asking this?"
Qu Raner smiled and said: "Please don't misunderstand me, sir. I just thought that in case you get drunk, I can let the guys take you back in a while."
Cheng Jiu was relieved and waved his hand: "Don't worry, I can't get drunk no matter how many jars of wine you have!"
After saying that, Cheng Jiu ignored Qu Raner and continued to drink.
Cheng Jiu drank the wine very quickly. When the hot dishes were just served on the table, there were already three empty wine jars on the table.
Cheng Jiu then said to the waiter who delivered the food: "Go and bring me a few more jars..."
The waiter heard some drunkenness in Cheng Jiu's tone, and immediately nodded in agreement, then quickly returned to the counter and said to Qu Ran'er: "Master, that guest wants more wine..."
"If the guest wants wine, just give it to him!" Qu Ran'er said.
The waiter came closer and whispered: "Master, what I mean is that we have to keep an eye on the customer. We can't wait for him to get drunk before paying the bill..."
"Nonsense, does this old lady need you to teach me? Go and serve the guests drinks!" Qu Ran'er glanced at the waiter angrily, and the waiter hurriedly followed the instructions.
By the time Cheng Jiu finished the plate of food and drinks, there were already six or seven empty wine jars on his table. It looked like a large area, but in fact they were all small jars of wine. Considering Cheng Jiu's drinking capacity, it was still
No problem.
Qu Ran'er had been paying attention secretly. Seeing that the time was almost up, he waved to a waiter and said: "Datou, go find that person to pay the bill. He said we are closing soon, go..."
Datou followed the boss's instructions and came to Cheng Jiu's table. He smiled politely and said, "Sir, we are going to close soon. Could you please settle the bill first?"
Cheng Jiu was very unhappy, thinking that he hadn't finished the wine yet, so why did he come here to pay the bill?
"What are you doing? Are you afraid that I won't have money to give you and will eat and drink your food for free?" Cheng Jiu's tone was unusual, and his eyes that were red from drinking were staring at his head fiercely.
Datou was immediately frightened, and said bravely: "Sir, please don't misunderstand... We, we are really about to close..."
Although Cheng Jiu drank a little too much, his mind was still clear. Thinking about his elder brother telling him not to cause trouble anymore, he had to pay the bill and complained: "As for you, I will never come here again!"
The clerk thought to himself, it’s up to you to come or not in the future. Anyway, let’s settle the bill in front of us first!
"How much?" Cheng Jiu asked.
The big head immediately smiled and said: "My guest Chenghui, the total is one, two, five, and the change has been wiped off for you..."
"One or two and a half dollars?" Cheng Jiu was stunned and asked in shock: "Why is it so expensive? Did you make a miscalculation?"
Just as Datou was about to explain, Qu Raner walked over to the table.
Qu Ran'er gently waved the waiter away, then looked at Cheng Jiu with a smile on his face and said: "My guest, you drank ten jars in total. One jar in our store is about half a dou, and there is only abundance and no shortage, so ten jars are five dou.
If one dou is three coins of silver, five dou is one, two or five coins of silver. As for this dish, we treat it as a gift from our restaurant to our guest... Guest, look at this account, what's wrong with it?
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Cheng Jiu glanced at the table and saw that there were indeed ten empty wine jars. The calculation was indeed correct!
Cheng Jiu was speechless and had to take out all the silver and copper coins in his pocket and put them on the table.
Qu Raner immediately winked at Datou, who quickly grabbed the coins and started counting them. He quickly raised his head and said, "My boss, there is still one penny left..."
Qu Raner smiled and said: "My guest, you gave me one penny less."
"I'll give you one penny on credit and I'll send it to you early tomorrow morning!" Cheng Jiu said.
Cheng Jiu felt a little embarrassed because he had already spent all his money, but he didn't know it was not enough.
But Qu Raner shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, sir, our store does not accept credit!"