The road to the emperor begins with farming

After that incident, Luo Yu tried his best to avoid his brother, because it was too embarrassing.Luo Zhan was the same as usual, and he only reprimanded Luo Yu casually for drinking, and sent him to the school after the Chinese New Year.

Luo Zhan has only inquired about the academy during this time, and recently he finally has some clues.It’s true that a 14-year-old kid like Luo Yu hasn’t even opened a school, and no academy is willing to accept him, even if Luo Zhan promised to give Shu Xiu more.

Fortunately, Luo Zhan finally found a school that was willing to accept Luo Yu.That gentleman already has the reputation of a scholar, and his own knowledge is not bad, but his ideas are a bit weird.He is somewhat dissatisfied with the current imperial examination system, and feels that the subjects should not be so single, but all aspects of skills should be learned.Therefore, the book teaching is not very attentive, and it depends more on the self-consciousness of the students.

There are not many students under his school, and most of them are young children who have just started.However, Luo Zhan felt that it was suitable for his younger brother. He didn't expect Luo Yu to be successful in the exam, but he couldn't let him hang around in the market all day to learn badly.

The two brothers have their own thoughts, but life is peaceful.

Luo Yu felt that although he had great ambitions, he couldn't make full use of them because he didn't have much money.In the end, I had to rent a small shop on the market street, decorated it briefly, hung up the signboard of "Dingwei Braised Vegetables", and asked a carpenter to build a counter on the side facing the street, and placed several pots of braised vegetables.

The shop was empty and wasteful, so a few tables were set up for dine-in.Knowing that some people like to serve wine with stewed vegetables, I went to the wine shop to buy a lot of wine for storage. If I want to drink, I don’t need to make a special trip.

Yueniang mother and son stayed at home and continued to make stewed vegetables. Luo Yu cut the stewed vegetables for dine-in or packed for take-out in the shop alone, so he was a little too busy, so he hired another waiter named Zhang Xiaozhu as a waiter.In this way, the restaurant will be opened.

It didn't take long, Yueniang finally made the stewed goose after several attempts.Luo Yu admired while eating, looked at Awang who was drooling with greed, and gave him one goose leg, kept the other goose leg for his brother, and put the rest into his stomach.

After Yueniang marinated several more, Luo Yu hung the braised geese in the shop, claiming that it was the shop's signature.

The price of a whole braised goose is not cheap, so not many people buy it, and the overall consumption level of the street where he is located is not high, only a few wealthy households send their servants to buy it here and there.Later Luo Yu cut the stewed goose into four parts, divided into those with goose wings and goose legs, so that the price came down, and more people bought it. Can't stop, always thinking about it.

After the stewed vegetable stall has a store, it can be eaten in and taken away, and the business is much better than before.It's just that the rent of the shop and the employees are added, and the net income is not much more. This is far from the daily income that Luo Yu envisioned.

On this day, there were snowflakes floating outside, and there were many fewer pedestrians on the street.In Linjiang, the south is not the south, and the north is not the north. It is still a bit cold in winter.

At this time, there was no one in the shop, so Luo Yu leaned against the counter, calculating when he could earn enough money, so that when those wealthy households often go to Qingjiang Street to open a western restaurant, they would be able to make a lot of money every day.It's better than the current situation, the daily turnover is only a few taels of silver, and the net profit is even less.Although it is better than at the beginning, people's desires are constantly growing.

Suddenly hearing the sound of horseshoes on the street, Luo Yu squinted his eyes and looked out of the store. A carriage passed by from a distance, and he knew it belonged to He Weixi at a glance.

Sure enough, He Weixi came in with his servant He Shan.Luo Yu greeted in a lazy voice, "What would Mr. He want to eat today?"

He Weixi looked at the braised vegetables on the counter, "Isn't that the only thing you sell, so let me choose?"

Luo Yu gave him a disdainful look, "It's just these few things, you come here to eat every two days."

After Luo Yu opened this restaurant, He Weixi frequented it frequently, and the two became more and more familiar with each other.Coupled with the fact that he had the revolutionary feeling of prostitution together, he didn't have any scruples about speaking.After a few words of bickering, Luo Yu heated up some of He Weixi's favorite dishes in the marinade, put them on a plate and brought them to him.

He Weixi looked at a plate of quartered braised goose with wings, a plate of pig ears, two pairs of chicken wings, a sliced ​​marinated egg, and a small plate of kelp on the table. He nodded in satisfaction, and took the lead. Putting the stewed goose with chopsticks in his mouth, he let out a sudden sigh, "You cook the stewed goose really well. I have eaten a lot of good things, but I have never eaten better than yours."

Luo Yu was very proud, "Of course, my stewed goose is an exclusive secret recipe."

He Weixi took out his own fine wine from his arms again, and said with a smile: "The wine I brought today is from Beijing. It's really good. Since you're fine, why don't you have a drink with me?"

"I advise you to drink less." Luo Yu picked up the wine and put it aside, "You are not very old, so don't let your body be drained by alcohol."

This He Weixi is only two years older than him, not to mention that he broke up early, and spends his days drinking and drinking, not doing his job properly, he is really a playboy.

He Weixi curled her lips, "What can I do? Daddy married a bride, so naturally he sent my son who lost his mother far away, so as not to affect their family reunion."

Luo Yu rolled his eyes when he heard that, although he didn't know the situation of the He family, it was by no means as miserable as he said.If a father does not wait for his son to send him back to his hometown after he marries a bride, then he will certainly not care about his son's life, and how his son's life is also related to whether the bride's heart is completely black.

Looking at this classmate He Weixi again, he is well-clothed and well-fed, and there are crowds of people. He has never been short of money, and his life is so nourishing. It is better than him, who Chen Feng claims to be rich all his life, but the fact is that he has to work hard to make money. too much.Luo Yu didn't believe that his stepmother had a kind heart. If she had been kind, she wouldn't have sent him back to his hometown, so it was due to his own father.

However, since Father He cares so much about his son, he still allows his son to mess around here instead of taking him back for discipline.The game played by the fairy a few days ago may be the product of Zhaidouxia, so there are many right and wrong among big families.

Luo Yu glanced at He Weixi, seeing his second-year face of wanting to retaliate against the society in order to attract the attention of his parents, he wanted to laugh a little.But in order to save the young man who lost his footing, it is necessary to persuade him a few words, lest the child go into a corner and do something that he regrets.

"Since you feel that you are not valued by your father, why don't you make a career to impress him, and let him know that your eldest son is much better than the son of the woman he married later."

Analyzing his father's difficulties earnestly may not be useful to the two-year-old boy, but it is not as good as an aggressive general.

There was a glimmer of hope in He Weixi's eyes, but it disappeared quickly, and then he said angrily: "But my father only has the son born to him by that woman, and he has never seen me in the future for so many years, let alone take me back .Even if I make a career out of it, it won't change anything."

"You are so decadent now, it is even more impossible for your father to look at you more. He will only think that he has raised a useless son, and he will be ashamed to admit your father-son relationship." Luo Yu tapped on the desktop and added "If you continue, you can only wait until your father and son sever ties. Is this what you want? Your huge family fortune will also belong to your cheap brother. How can you be worthy of your dead mother?"

He Weixi's eyes widened, his lips murmured for a long time, his eyes were flushed, and he seemed to be so wronged that he was about to cry.He rubbed his eyes and snorted, "If you break it, you can break it, I don't care."

Luo Yu rolled his eyes at him, "Since it's not rare, why are you crying?"

"I... I didn't cry." He Weixi stopped talking, and said after a while, "It's not as simple as you think, I'm afraid my stepmother might not agree to what I want to do. In fact, I don't like that If I want to make progress, I will probably do it for her to see, otherwise I'm afraid she won't tolerate me even more."

"Could it be that she can tolerate you like this?" Luo Yu looked at him with hatred, "Don't forget that fairy's game, marry an ugly woman and live a mediocre life, and you will be controlled by her for the rest of your life." heart!"

He Weixi drooped his head, but his heart exploded.That's right, even according to what she thought, she was willing to degenerate, fighting cocks and running dogs every day, and lingering in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, isn't she still satisfied, and she even thought about stuffing such an ugly woman to him.Even if he escaped this time and secretly sold that family away from a distance, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no next time.It is difficult to guard against house thieves by day and night, if he does not stand up, his life will be ruined.

And his father, he also understands that there are difficulties.He's not stupid, even though he's been blinded by anger and unwillingness for so many years, every time in the dead of night, when he thinks of his father's hesitating eyes, he can still make a good guess.His father might not be willing to marry such a woman.

Luo Yu ignored him and let him think clearly.It happened that Ngawang brought him lunch.

Luo Yu couldn't stand eating stewed vegetables every day, so he had to go back for lunch or ask Awang to bring it over.Seeing that the weather was not good, Yueniang asked Ngawang to bring him over early so that he would not have to go back.Awang was afraid that the food would be cold, so he trotted all the way over, and was still panting after entering the door.

Luo Yu poked Awang on the forehead, and reprimanded him: "Your body is not recovered yet, so don't run like this again next time, or you will get sick again and feel uncomfortable."

After Luo Yu said a few words, Awang just nodded with a smile, and he didn't seem to listen to him.

Luo Yu had no choice but to share some of the food in the food box with the waiters, and sat down at another table to eat.

He Weixi, who was thinking about life, suddenly smelled the tempting aroma of the food, and looked up to see Luo Yu eating deliciously at the next table, so he forgot about the messy things in his house, and held the chopsticks in Luo Yu's mouth. Sitting down opposite, he condemned: "Why do you eat alone? It's not interesting."

He looked at the dishes on the table, beef brisket with radish, spicy chicken, another stir-fried lettuce and a small can of milky crucian carp soup.

He Weixi first took a piece of beef brisket and put it in his mouth.The beef brisket has been stewed to a crisp, with a hint of sweetness of white radish in the thick meaty aroma. The two ingredients are perfectly blended, and it is indescribably delicious.He couldn't help but praise: "Your cook's craftsmanship is so good, why don't you sell it to me, and you make a price."

Before Luo Yu opened his mouth, he saw Awang looking at him nervously, fearing that he really betrayed his mother.

Luo Yu rubbed Awang's hair reassuringly, and glared at He Weixi, "I won't sell it, and I won't sell it for any price. Even if Yueniang doesn't want to cook at my house, I will let their mother and child be good. Where will she go?" And she has the final say."

In other words, He Weixi didn't force it, and ate the dishes on the table by himself.

Luo Yu was afraid that these dishes would not be enough, so he asked Ah Wang to bring a few plates of stewed vegetables from He Weixi's table and eat them together.

He Weixi ate the dishes on the table, and remembered what Luo Yu told him about steaks and hamburgers. He didn't know what it was like.Then he asked, "When will your steak shop open?"

"No money." Luo Yu put a chopstick of beef into his mouth, feeling that Yueniang's cooking skills can catch up with a five-star chef, and took the time to answer He Weixi, "I have already spent all my money in opening this restaurant." Let’s wait and earn some money.”