Imperial Exam Daily

Normally, work would be off at Youshi, but today at [-]:[-] Shenshi, Manager Huang came to tell Yang Ye that he could leave first.

Yang Ye asked: "It's late autumn, has the work time been adjusted?"

Manager Huang shook his head: "The start and end times will only be adjusted when winter comes. There are few customers today, so it's fine for you to sit here. I know you have to go back to the village, so I let you go first."

Yang Ye also noticed that the business of the restaurant in the past two days was not as good as before. He heard Xiao Er said that there was a new restaurant on the street. On the street, with a suitable location, the business of Fengxianglou will be greatly impacted.

He watched Pang Zhanzhong rushing back and forth from the counter, probably worried about the new restaurant, even Huang Jin was also worried.

Yang Ye poured a cup of tea for Huang Jin: "Fengxianglou has been open for so many years, the name is here, and the scale is large, so why worry about a small restaurant."

"Hey, if that's the case, it's fine. It's just that you don't know that the restaurant is a branch restaurant of a time-honored brand in the capital. Although our restaurant is big, it can't stand up to the time-honored brand in Kyoto."

Yang Ye also knew the twists and turns, since it was fresh from the capital, and it was a time-honored branch, it was inevitable that those with a reputation in the county would want to curry favor with them. Diners want to taste what the dishes in the capital are like, just like eating like a person at the feet of the emperor.

In this way, Fengxianglou's business is really a headache.

But it's none of his business. Even if Fengxianglou's business gets worse, the accountant has to be called in. There are only two people in the restaurant to settle the accounts. No matter what, they won't be dismissed. The higher-ups should worry about it Don't worry about these little guys.

His mood was not affected, and he said, "Then I'll go back to the village first."

"Row."

He left work two quarters of an hour early, and Yang Ye couldn't return to the village for a while. Master Zhou's daily return time was set, and occasionally he would postpone his departure, but he would never return early.

It was still early, so he simply went to buy some household items.

There was always a shortage of food at home. Although it was not a shortage of food, it was not much, so he went to the rice shop first.

The shop owner welcomed him very warmly, saying that he had seen him in Fengxiang Tower, but he had no impression.

There are three kinds of rice in the rice shop, one is brown rice, one is polished rice, and the other is a mixture of the two.

The so-called brown rice is actually a mixture of crushed corn, sorghum and broken rice. There is not much rice in it, and there are a lot of bran husks. It gets stuck in the throat after eating. The taste is really bad. It is nothing but filling the stomach. advantage.

Most people in the village eat this kind of brown rice. It costs three Wen a catty, and it can be cheaper to buy forty or fifty catties, which is quite reliable.

The owner of the rice shop is also a discerning person. Knowing that Yang Ye is the accountant of Fengxiang Building, he doesn't sell brown rice at all. It’s all about eating this rice, if it’s not good, just take it and give it back to me.”

Yang Ye saw that the polished rice was not mixed with other crops, it was pure rice, but some rice husks could still be seen. In ancient times, it was impossible to expect to see completely white rice, but it was much better than brown rice.

"How much is a pound?"

"This one sells Liuwen, and our rice shop sells it in good conscience, not asking for high prices, unlike other rice shops who are shouting at seven or eight."

Absolutely part of the accounts of Fengxianglou have been passed from him, and he has counted the prices of all kinds of meat, vegetables, rice, and grains. Every time the restaurant buys rice, it is bought for hundreds of catties, which is five and a half cents per catty. , selling Liuwen here is really not asking for a high price.

Yang Ye thought that the rice shop owner was also shrewd. He guessed that he calculated the price of Fengxianglou, and knew that he would not buy it if he shouted. Instead of driving away a customer, it is better to make a friend.

"Then give me ten catties."

In addition to polished rice, he also bought some rice between brown rice and polished rice. It cost four fen a catty, and he also bought ten catties. He always couldn't bear the first rice, so he needed some other rice to balance it out. .

In addition, he bought flour, so it would be good to make some noodles once in a while.

He spent almost two hundred Wen just once he came in. The boss was afraid that he would not be able to get rice grains, so he specially lent him a back basket.

Carrying the basket on his back, he went to a seasoning shop and bought a jar of bean paste and soy sauce. These two things were very expensive, and it cost forty yuan for two jars of such a small size.

Xiaoer felt that he was a master who could spend money, so he kept selling seasonings like ginger, garlic and pepper, but he didn't buy them either. Wu Yonglan had some grown in the field, and he brought a lot of them just two days ago.

The meat market was not far away, so he stopped by and bought five catties of fat from the belly of pigs, and took them back to cook in oil. The price of meat was high, and the prices of pork in different locations were different, and the fat of pigs cost fifteen yuan per catty.

Although it is expensive, if you don’t eat meat for a long time and don’t get oily, your body won’t be able to handle it.

When he was going out after buying the meat, he met Xu Qiuhe's husband Xing Huai. Orion set up a small stall surrounded by many people, and the business seemed to be doing well.

Left and right met each other, Yang Ye went up to say hello, Xing Huai nodded to him, quickly wrapped a piece of mutton and threw it into the butcher's basket.

The meat on the stall has been sold out, and there is only one wild rabbit left. Some people come to ask the price, but they think it is too expensive. One moment they say it is dead and stale, and another moment they say the rabbit is too thin. Want to keep the price down.

Xing Huai was too lazy to talk to these people, and said: "The stall is closed today."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the rabbit and threw it into Yang Ye's back basket.

"Qiu He always talks about Axi, give him the rabbit to eat."

Yang Ye could feel the weight of the rabbit. This rabbit could sell for at least thirty or forty cents. It's not good to take it for nothing, but he saw that Xing Huai was a man of one word, so he definitely didn't like to shirk things back and forth, otherwise he wouldn't He would dislike the buyer's devious attempts to lower the price, so he had no choice but to say: "Ah Xi also misses her aunt very much, why don't you come to my house for dinner tomorrow night."

Xing Huai raised his eyelids and glanced at Yang Ye, seemingly surprised: "Success."

The two of them didn't say anything, although they didn't invite to go together, but it was time to go back at this point, so they went out together without an appointment.

Back on the street, I passed a pastry shop called Yipinxiang. It seemed that the pastries were newly steamed. You could smell the sweet smell when you passed by the door. Yang Ye saw a few girls and brothers walking in, and he couldn't help but feel moved. If you eat fish sticks, you can't eat spicy food, so you must like sweets very much.

Seeing him going to Yipinxiang, Xing Huai frowned and said, "You still want to buy these things?"

"Axi should like it."

After Yang Ye went in, Xing Huai didn't leave. He stood outside the shop for a while, coughed dryly, and collapsed in a few steps.

The sweet smell in the shop is much stronger than outside, the men smell very boring, but the girls like it very much, he has never been in these places, and he doesn't know what to buy, so he let the little one see what Yang Ye picked up. The second is the same as taking one for yourself.

When paying the bill, Yang Ye smiled and said, "Why do you buy the same one as me?"

Xing Huai felt a little uncomfortable: "I don't know what flavor she likes."

Yang Ye chuckled lightly.

When they went back, they took the same bullock cart. There were many villagers selling dates in the county these days, and Master Zhou's business has improved a lot. Usually, there were not a few people at this point, but now it is full.

Yang Ye didn't want to rub Master Zhou's ox cart anymore, everyone paid before getting on the cart, so he followed suit.

Xing Huai rode fiercely on the cart, the villagers did not dare to brag and gossip, the whole journey was quiet, until Xing Huai got off the cart when he passed the neighboring village, everyone became lively.

"Yang Tongsheng, you bought so many things."

"I heard that you work in a restaurant in the county seat, which restaurant is it?"

Yang Ye walked to the county town every day, and this time he was carrying a basket again, and there was no airtight wall. The villagers found out that he was working as an accountant in the county town. With an errand, everyone's attitude towards him has obviously changed, from turning a blind eye at the beginning to greeting him all the way.

"Just some rice."

"Oh, I also bought Yipinxiang snacks!"

He gave a simple answer, but the villagers were sharp-eyed, and they saw the pastries wrapped in yellow paper at a glance. Yipinxiang's pastries were all yellow paper with a square piece of red paper pasted on it, with the word "Pin" written on it. Everyone in their bakery knows it, but they have never bought it, and they often go to the county town to see others who have bought it.

Unable to be fooled, he just smiled and didn't answer. Fortunately, the ox cart arrived at the entrance of the village soon, and he got out of the cart and left with a basket on his back.

"This scholar is good. He is willing to work hard to find a job and he found it. I am afraid that Yang Ye's salary is not bad. Not to mention a basket of rice and grain, he still has spare money to buy a delicious pastry. The cheapest osmanthus cake in it is Sanwen It's a dollar."

"Hey, spending so much money on reading is naturally better than those of us peasants who are blind and illiterate. It's just that the cakes were bought to cheer up the girl of the Mei family."

"That's right, I haven't seen Yang Ye rushing out of Mei's house for a few days. I thought it was because he got married and forgot about Mei Xiaozhi. I didn't expect him to make a big move in a muffled voice."

"Now that Yang Ye is more promising than before, do you think that girl from the Mei family will soften her heart?"

"That's hard to say. No matter how promising she is, she's already married. Is Mei Xiaozhi willing to be a child? Yang Ye is not an official."

"Hey, if that girl has a heart, Yang Ye has to give up that little stammer to please her."

Ah Xi went to the field to collect work, and heard the commotion at the entrance of the village from a distance. He guessed that Master Zhou's ox cart had returned, and wanted to pick up Yang Ye. Unexpectedly, Yang Ye didn't see him, but he heard the conversation of several women. .

He stopped and didn't continue to go to the main road, but quietly returned to the path in the field.