The manager just smiled but didn't dare to answer, because if he didn't answer well, it would be bad to offend Mr. Chai from the capital, and it would be even worse to offend Mr. Meng Ruhu, the head of Meng!
Chai Yan walked up to the four waiters at Zhongyilou, pointed at the food boxes in their hands and asked, "What kind of dishes are they?"
The steward immediately ran over, opened the lid of a food box, and introduced: "Master Chai, please look, these are the specialties of our Zhongyi Restaurant. This is the Pearl Jade White Jade Soup, this is the three fresh crispy shreds, and this is
Dried chicken marrow and bamboo shoots......"
Listening to the steward's eloquent introduction, Chai Yan took a quick look and found that the dishes were indeed good in color, flavor, and flavor, and the combination of meat and vegetables was also very reasonable.
Chai Yan motioned to the steward so that he did not need to continue the introduction and said: "I can see that you, Chief Meng, are quite sincere!"
"Yes, yes, Master Chai, Chief Meng Li is indeed very sincere. He sent people to prepare these ingredients before dawn, and they are all cooked by our most skilled cooks!" the steward explained enthusiastically.
"Well, since that's the case, let's send it in!" Chai Yan nodded.
The steward was ecstatic for a moment, thinking to himself that the master of the capital had finally accepted the dish, and that Mr. Meng Li would be able to do business!
"Why are you standing there? Why don't you send it in quickly!" the steward urged the waiter urgently.
Immediately, a waiter from the inn came out to lead the way, leading the four waiters from Zhongyi Building to the private room.
"In this case, the shopkeeper, let me inform the chefs and stop being busy." Chai Yan said to the shopkeeper.
"Yes, yes..." The shopkeeper quickly nodded in agreement and asked the waiter to inform him.
In fact, the shopkeeper secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because he knew very well how good his chef's skills were. Although they were not bad, they were incomparable to those of Zhongyilou's chefs. If he failed to cook any dish, Chai Yan and his party would have to ask him.
If a person is unhappy, wouldn’t that cause big trouble? So, it’s better to eat the dishes from Zhongyilou!
After a while, the four waiters who went in came out carrying empty food boxes.
The steward was very happy that all the dishes were served on the table, so he carefully observed Chai Yan's expression and asked tentatively: "Master Chai, what about Mengli Chang..."
Chai Yan immediately understood what the steward meant. He wanted to ask himself if he wanted to meet Meng Ruhu himself.
"Tell Meng Ruhu if anything happens, wait until we finish eating!"
After saying these words, Chai Yan turned around and walked to the private room.
The innkeeper looked at the people in Zhongyi Building, and then followed Chai Yan's footsteps without hesitation.
The steward stood there and thought for a moment, then led the four waiters out of the inn.
Outside the Gaopeng Inn, Meng Ruhu and two servants were waiting eagerly. When they saw the steward and the guys coming out, the three of them immediately hurried forward to greet them.
Meng Ruhu asked urgently: "How's it going?"
The steward said: "Chief, Mr. Chai nodded, and all the dishes you prepared have been accepted!"
"Really!" Meng Ruhu's face suddenly became happy, and then he asked: "Did Mr. Chai say anything?"
The steward understood what he meant, and immediately replied in a solemn tone: "Chief, Mr. Chai asked me to tell you that no matter what happens, we will talk about it after dinner!"
Meng Ruhu was extremely happy. His frown disappeared and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, this is easy to handle, easy to handle..."
Then, Meng Ruhu took out a small piece of broken silver and handed it to the steward. How dare the steward accept the money, so he quickly declined.
"Take it! You must accept this money! Otherwise you will look down on me, Meng Ruhu!" Meng Ruhu was unhappy.
The manager was afraid that Meng Ruhu would be really angry, so he had no choice but to accept the money obediently, thank the clerks in unison and leave.
Then, Meng Ruhu and two servants stood in front of the inn and waited, completely ignoring the looks and expressions of passers-by.
A servant felt a little awkward, so he whispered: "Master, why don't we go in and wait, there are many people on the road..."
"Shut up!" Meng Ruhu shouted at the servant, then glanced sideways and whispered: "What the hell do you know? This is called sincerity!"
Upon hearing this, the two servants stopped talking and stood behind Meng Ruhu honestly, waiting.
In the private room.
The large round table has been filled with dishes from Zhongyilou, and the aroma of the dishes has filled the entire room.
"What are you looking at? Use your chopsticks and eat while it's hot!" Chai Yan greeted.
Hang Baiqiu said: "You are the biggest in this room. If you don't move the chopsticks, who dares to move first?"
When Chai Yan saw that it was like this, he immediately picked up a chopstick of vegetables and put it in a bowl, saying: "That's enough, let's all eat!"
At this time, everyone started eating, and the atmosphere in the room gradually became lively.
After eating for a while, Hang Baiqiu asked Chai Yan: "What did Meng Ruhu say just now? Isn't that just the food?"
Chai Yan chewed the food and replied: "I didn't see anyone, I guess they are still waiting outside at the moment..."
Next, Chai Yan briefly explained what happened just now.
Hang Baiqiu frowned slightly and said: "Meng Ruhu chased you here to show your courtesy, and he is still waiting outside. He will definitely have to give you something good at that time. What are your plans?"
"What do you plan to do?" Chai Yan put another mouthful of vegetables into his mouth and said while chewing: "What else can I plan to do? Just take it as ordered! I don't want it if I have money. Am I stupid?"
"No!" Hang Baiqiu shouted.
Chai Yan was puzzled: "Why?"
Hang Baiqiu said loudly: "Have you forgotten Zhong Shida? If you accepted Meng Ruhu's money, wouldn't you be just like Zhong Shida?"
Her voice was so loud that the people at the table immediately stopped talking and eating, and all turned to look over.
"Hey, what's the same? We all have to spend money along the way, okay? We have to make some income..." With that, Chai Yan put down his chopsticks.
Hang Baiqiu said righteously: "Don't forget that you are an official of the Wude Department. Accepting Meng Ruhu's money is accepting bribes. Do you have to leave a clue for others to sue you?"
Chai Yan couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are overthinking. Meng just wants to buy peace of mind..."
"That's not possible!" Hang Baiqiu said: "In short, as long as I am here, you can't accept his money!"
After the words fell, the entire private room was quiet. No one knew what to say. Even Erwa and Sanmei were looking at Hang Baiqiu blankly.
Suddenly, Guan Maochun raised his hand and whispered: "Sir, why don't you accept it? Think about it, Meng Ruhu's money must have come from poor people. If you accept it,
Silver, if he turns around and looks back, doesn’t he still have to go scrape those common people?”
"Yes, you're right!" Hang Baiqiu greatly agreed with Guan Maochun's words.
Chai Yan tilted his head and muttered: "What you said seems to make sense..."
Then, Chai Yan decided: "Well, I won't accept it! But Sir Hang, what do you think of the food on this table? It can be regarded as accepting a bribe, right?"
Hang Baiqiu immediately said: "Of course not! Yesterday Meng Ruhu's son was disrespectful to us, this table is just for apology!"
"That makes sense!" Chai Yan cast an appreciative look at Hang Baiqiu.