"Of course. Only people with unique tastes like our top scholar can tolerate things like pig offal."
Ouyang Zishi smiled and nodded, with a standard mocking smile still on his lips, mocking Zhu Ping'an's peasant background.
In fact, in this respect, Zhu Ping'an's experience is somewhat similar to that of Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period.
Although Liu Bei claimed that he was a relative of the Han royal family and a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, his family had fallen into poverty long ago. By Liu Bei's generation, the only title left was the worthless title of nobility. Liu Bei's daily living expenses depended on weaving straw sandals and mats with his mother and selling them at the market.
Therefore, this experience also led to Liu Bei being often scolded as a "mat weaver and shoe seller" during his entrepreneurial process.
For example, when Yuan Shu heard that Liu Bei had submitted a petition to take over his territory, he slammed the table and cursed Liu Bei as a mat weaver and shoe seller.
There is also Lu Ji of Eastern Wu. When Zhuge Liang was ordered by Liu Bei to negotiate an alliance with Eastern Wu to fight against Cao Cao, Lu Ji insulted Liu Bei by saying that although Cao Cao used the emperor to control the princes, he was a descendant of Prime Minister Cao Shen. You, Liu Bei, claim to be the Emperor's Uncle Liu, but there is no trace of you. All we see is a mat weaver and shoe seller. How can you fight against Cao Cao
There is also Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao said when they were drinking wine and talking about heroes that the only two people in the world who could be called heroes were you, Liu Bei and I, Cao Cao, but when he heard that Liu Bei had declared himself King of Hanzhong, he revealed his true feelings and cursed Liu Bei, saying how dare a mat weaver and shoe seller claim to be king, and he would definitely destroy you, Xiao Liu.
Zhu Ping'an, who came from a peasant family in Xiahe Village, was in a similar situation. There were many people like Ouyang Zishi who mocked Zhu Ping'an for his humble background.
"Haha, that's great. Let's go and see the first pig offal shop in Ming Dynasty, which is unique to Zhuangyuanlang."
Ma Huating also had a smile on his face. When he thought of the poor business of Zhu Ping'an's shop, he couldn't help but feel very good. The depression he felt when he ate at Zhu Ping'an's house during the last lecture was swept away.
"Master Ma, please."
"please."
The two men bowed to each other, smiled at each other, and walked hand in hand to Zhu’s Fast Food Restaurant.
They just heard that the pig offal shop opened by Zhu Ping'an was on this street, said to be near a pier, but the exact location was not very clear. However, this street is not very long, not to mention the pier as a reference. Haha, if there are two or three places on this street with the pier, then plus the standard of a new store with poor business, as long as you pass by the street, you should be able to see it at a glance.
The two men walked forward while chatting and laughing about the embarrassing incident of Prince Yu asking for the benefits of a County Prince three times but failing to get them. Their eyes kept glancing at the shops on the street, their emotions brewing in their hearts, ready to laugh at them at any time.
They also saw several shops on the way, including a shoe store called "Zhu Ji Shoe Store". Business was very bad. Ma Huating even laughed and joked about it, saying that just by looking at the name, he would have thought that this shoe store was opened by our top scholar.
“Haha, if this shoe store belonged to the top scholar, he would definitely wake up laughing in his sleep. Although the business of this shoe store is not very good, it is definitely better than the business of pig offal. Pig offal, haha, with a unique taste like the top scholar’s, I estimate that there are no more than a handful of them in our Ming Dynasty.” Ouyang Zishi curled the corners of his mouth.
Ouyang Zishi had seen pig offal before. When he was a child, he was playful. Once when he followed his housekeeper to a farm to collect rent, he met a family slaughtering a pig on the way. The pig offal, including pig intestines, was dumped into the ditch on the side of the road. Even from a long distance away, he could smell the foul odor.
People in the countryside dump pig intestines and other things into the ditch. In Beijing, is there anyone who eats pig offal?!
Selling pigs to the water?!
hehe
Zhu Ping'an must have a pig sitting on his head. Ouyang Zishi secretly complained and mocked Zhu Ping'an in his heart.
"Hey, it smells so good. Sir Ma, I don't know if you can smell it. I smelled the aroma of meat just now at Qihua Gate. Now that we have walked into this street, the aroma of meat is even stronger. And the further we go, the stronger the aroma of meat becomes."
As they walked, Ouyang Zishi smelled the tempting aroma of meat in the air and couldn't help but say to Ma Huating who was standing beside him.
"Haha, Ouyang, you smell it too. To be honest, I, Ma, have never heard of such a fragrant meat aroma. 'The purple camel's peak emerges from the green cauldron, and the crystal plate is covered with white scales; the rhinoceros chopsticks have been full for a long time and have not been put down, and the phoenix knife cuts the empty silk; the yellow gate's flying chariot does not stir up dust, and the imperial kitchen sends eight delicacies one after another.' This kind of fragrance can probably be made by top-notch ingredients such as dragon liver, phoenix marrow, camel fetus, carp tail, rat tongue, fish lips, bear paw and crispy cicada. I didn't expect that there is such a top-notch restaurant hidden on this street." Ma Huating moved his nose, sniffed the fragrance in the air, and said with emotion.
"Haha, then we are at the right place today. Master Ma has taken great care of me these days. I hope you will give me a chance today. I will treat you to this delicious dish."
Ouyang Zishi stopped and bowed to Ma Huating to invite him.
"No, no, Ouyang, you're too polite. You and I are both officials in Prince Jing's Mansion. We assist His Royal Highness Prince Jing and take care of each other." Ma Huating smiled and shook his head.
"Sir Ma is too modest. If it weren't for Sir Ma's many suggestions, His Royal Highness Prince Jing would not have valued Zi Shi so much. If Sir Ma doesn't give Zi Shi this opportunity today, how can Zi Shi still have the face to stay in Prince Jing's Mansion?" Ouyang Zi Shi insisted.
"Hey, you..." Ma Huating shook his head and reluctantly accepted Ouyang Zishi's invitation.
"Haha, please come in, Lord Ma." Ouyang Zishi smiled and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.
"please."
The two continued walking along the street. After walking about fifty meters, they saw from a distance that there was a store in front of them that was doing booming business. It seemed that the tables outside the store were full of people. Even so, there were still many people standing outside the store waiting.
"Haha, the business of the store in front is really good. It's crowded with people." Ouyang Zishi said as he walked.
"Yeah, that's true." Ma Huating also noticed, "There are so many guests coming in an endless stream, the store owner is probably too busy to handle it."
"I guess the aroma of meat might be coming from this store?" Ouyang Zishi guessed.
"Well, Ouyang has a point. However, the scale of this store seems a bit small, not as good as the Sihai Restaurant just now." Ma Huating nodded.
"Maybe the restaurant serves exquisite private dishes. Haha, if Zhu Ping'an saw a neighbor with such a booming business in the restaurant, I wonder what he would think? Hahaha..."
Ouyang Zishi started laughing again as he spoke, thinking about how Zhu Ping'an must have been extremely envious and jealous when he saw his neighbor selling hot and spicy pork intestines from his deserted shop. The more Ouyang Zishi thought about it, the happier he felt.
"It's like a bone stuck in the throat, a thorn in the back, maybe that's what it is like..." Ma Huating's mouth corners curled up.
It’s a distance of fifty meters, and it only takes a few minutes to reach the destination.
The closer they got to the store, the more certain they were that the smell of meat was coming from this store.
"Haha, yes, it's this Zhu Ji Fast Food..." Ouyang Zishi came to the front of the store, and he was absolutely sure that the source of the meaty aroma was this store, so while talking to Ma Huating, he looked up at the name of the store.
Zhuji fast food!
Four words suddenly appeared in Ouyang Zishi's field of vision, and Ouyang Zishi read them out fluently.
However
After the four words "Zhu's Fast Food" came out of his mouth, Ouyang Zishi finally reacted belatedly.
etc.
What's the name of this store?!
Zhuji Fast Food? ! !
Ouyang Zishi raised his head and confirmed it again, and then his face suddenly turned earthy gray, as if a basin of cold water had been poured over him from head to toe, chilling him from heart to legs.
Completely defenseless.
There was no preparation at all.
Everything happened so unexpectedly and suddenly.
Well!
It turns out that this shop, which exudes an aroma comparable to that of the Eight Treasures and has extremely hot business, is Zhu Ji Fast Food - Zhu Ping'an's Pig Offal Shop? !
At this moment, Ouyang Zishi felt like a poor piece of paper, ravaged by the rude storm and thrown into the mud.
However, he was not alone. There was a poor piece of paper named Ma Huating next to him, and they were both ravaged by the storm.