When Zhu Ji starts cooking, the whole city is filled with the aroma of braised meat.
Qihuamen Wharf is not far from Zhuji, and they are the first to smell the aroma of the braised meat.
At first, only people with sharp noses like Erniu and Erlangzi could smell the mouth-watering meat aroma. Gradually, as the aroma of the braised meat became stronger and stronger, all the porters on the dock could smell it.
Although the greedy people are drooling, the stimulation of the meaty aroma makes all the cells in the body excited, as if a martial arts master has opened up their Ren and Du meridians, and the whole body is filled with strength.
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Coming and going
Sweating
The foreman didn't need any encouragement or motivation; the porters quickly moved all the porcelain on the ship.
For each box of porcelain carried by the porters, they would receive a bamboo stick, and in the end the foreman would settle their wages based on the number of bamboo sticks.
After the steward accompanying the cargo ship confirmed that none of the porcelain was damaged, he readily gave all the wages to the foreman named Liu.
"Don't crowd, come one by one."
Foreman Liu stood on a brick pile at the dock, maintaining order and distributing the morning's wages to the porters according to the bamboo sticks in their hands.
"Okay, I've distributed all the drinks. You guys did a great job, and I'm a man of my words. Let's go to Sihai Restaurant. I'll treat you to some drinks. Drink as much as you can. I'll be responsible for any amount you drink."
After receiving the wages, foreman Liu jumped down from the brick pile, patted his chest and shouted to everyone.
"Great! Liutou is generous."
"Liutou is still bright."
"Liu Tou Ju is angry..."
The crowd cheered and applauded.
After working for a whole morning and sweating a lot, we went to Sihai Restaurant together, ordered two dishes and drank two bowls of wine. It was simply wonderful.
During this long moment, the tempting aroma of meat floating in the air above the dock stimulated their taste buds to the extreme. If they didn't satisfy their stomachs with something delicious, the gluttony in their stomachs would tear them apart.
Although Sihai Restaurant is extremely expensive, there are so many people here. Seven or eight people at the table pooled their money to order five or six dishes, which comes out to about 20 or 30 cents per person, which is within an acceptable range.
Although Sihai Restaurant is sometimes discriminatory and the dishes are sometimes too salty or too bland, the dishes cooked by the chef are much more delicious than those cooked by my wife at home. At least the chef is willing to use more oil, unlike the wife at home, who never makes a single dish smell of oil.
The key point is that the wine is free, the foreman pays for it all.
If you work hard, who wouldn’t like to have a few drinks
But I usually don’t bear to drink.
A table of seven or eight people would need at least two dou of wine, one dou of wine cost three or four hundred coins, and two dou of wine would cost six or seven hundred coins. If the foreman didn't pay for the drinks, then everyone would have to pay nearly a hundred coins.
That's true.
Liquor was not cheap in ancient times, as can be seen from the poems of poets.
Li Bai: "A cup of fine wine in a golden cup costs ten thousand, and delicacies on a jade plate cost ten thousand"; Wang Wei: "A cup of fine wine from Xinfeng costs ten thousand, and the knight-errant of Xianyang has been there for many years"; Bai Juyi: "A total of ten thousand is spent on a cup of wine, and we have been seeing each other for seventy years, and we owe each other three years."
A dou of wine costs ten thousand... ... Of course, it is also possible that Li Bai, Wang Wei, and Bai Juyi were all rich and handsome people in ancient times, with high consumption levels, and the wine they drank was good wine.
Compared with them, Du Fu, who wrote "In August, the wind howled, blowing away the three layers of thatch on my roof", could be considered a proletarian, and his life was closest to that of the general public. Du Fu wrote a poem called "Bi Ce Xing Zeng Bi Si Yao", in which he wrote: "The price of wine on the street is always bitter and expensive, and the drinkers outside the temple rarely get drunk and sleep. Let's drink a bucket of wine quickly, and I have exactly three hundred bronze coins."
A dou of wine costs three hundred coins, which is about the same price as the cheapest liquor in restaurants all over the world. It shows that wine was very expensive in ancient times.
That's why everyone was so excited when the foreman Liu invited us to drink.
"Haha, let's go to Sihai Restaurant." The foreman named Liu smiled heartily and took the lead to walk towards Sihai Restaurant.
"Walk."
"Let's go. The twice-cooked pork at Sihai Restaurant tasted great last time. We must order another plate today."
Everyone echoed.
However, at this moment, a discordant voice rang out.
"Ahem, Liutou, um, um... I won't go to Sihai Restaurant this time..."
The voice was not loud, but it was unusually obvious amid the chorus of voices.
Who is it
If someone invites you to drink and you don't go, are you stupid?! If you don't take advantage of a 100-cent discount, are you crazy?!
Everyone turned to look at the person who spoke, curious to see who this idiot was who was not going.
Swish swish swish
Dozens of eyes were focused on the person who made the sound.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the fat and big-eared fool stretched out his big hand like a palm-leaf fan and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, and the flesh on his fat face trembled.
"Idiot?!"
"Am I dazzled? The person who just spoke was actually a fool?"
"You're not sick, are you?"
When everyone saw the person who made the noise, they cried out in surprise. This idiot was the greediest person on earth. You could tell from his size that he was always taking advantage of others, and he was more addicted to alcohol than anyone else. On weekdays, let alone inviting him to drink, whenever there was a wedding or funeral in the neighborhood, this idiot would shamelessly go uninvited and eat and drink.
But today, Liu Tou invited him to drink, and this idiot didn't go? !
Could it be that the sun is rising from the west? Everyone was stunned, their mouths hanging open for a long time.
"Ahem, well, Liu Tou, I won't be going to Sihai Restaurant today."
When everyone was surprised that Erlangzi did not go to Sihai Restaurant, a muffled voice was heard.
Well
Another one?!
What happened today? Everyone looked towards the source of the sound in surprise again. Their eyes and mouths opened wider.
Iron pillar?!
Tiezhu didn't go either. This can't be true. Tiezhu is a bachelor. One man's food can feed the whole family. Tiezhu doesn't like prostitution or gambling. He is willing to work and is very strong. He can do the work of two others. But his pockets are always cleaner than his face because he spends all his money on eating meat and drinking.
But, today, Liu Tou invited everyone to go to Sihai Restaurant for a drink, but Tiezhu didn't go? ! He had never missed a meal before!!!
"Ahem, I'm not going either."
"And me."
"Me too."
... ...
When Tiezhu was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked, everyone heard four or five voices expressing their unwillingness to go.
All right!
Everyone was already numb with shock.
What happened today
Usually when Liu Tou invites people to drink, everyone is very enthusiastic and no one is left out. But today, six or seven people didn't go?!