The He Family Brother of Farming

It is impossible for people to block people at the gate of the city. There are still a lot of people waiting to enter the city. Ye Cheng and the others stopped staying and drove the ox cart into the city.

Once inside, the street is paved with cobblestones, and there are shops on the right. The most conspicuous ones are the two grain stores on the right. It is still early in the morning, but there are already baskets of grain outside the store, and the young shopkeepers are working diligently. cleaning.

But the busiest one is on the left side, from the city gate to the street corner, which forms a market.On the outside are farmers who came in the morning, and some of them have quickly occupied a favorable position. Inside are some fixed stalls, most of which sell meat, and those near the city wall sell livestock. Things are a bit messy, and the sounds of various animals are mixed together. , no wonder it was so lively.

Ye Chenghe and Er discussed it, and planned to take two barrels of fish to the outside of the staff to have a look, and find a place in the market to sell the rest. After looking around, they took a place under a banyan tree. The other buckets were unloaded, and the younger ones expressed their willingness to stay and watch the fish, and let the two fathers take the two buckets of fish to try their luck.

After asking someone about Wang Yuanwai's residence, old man Zhang walked slowly in the bullock cart.After all, it is already in the town. Although the cow is not faster than the horse, it is not easy to drive too fast. The street that turns into the East District is where the rich people in the town are. They still can't go wrong if they are careful.

After walking along the street for about a quarter of an hour, I saw the house with the words Wang's house hanging on it. Of course, the people on the bullock cart didn't know those words, and they found them by counting the people they asked.

There was a young man who looked like a servant outside the gate and was there sweeping the floor, Ye Cheng hurried up to ask.

"Brother, please inquire with you, is this Wang Yuan's family?"

The servant looked Ye Cheng up and down, then looked at the ox cart parked under the steps, then nodded, and answered in a non-enthusiastic way: "This is, you?"

In the past two days, the master is going to invite a banquet, and he probably found poor relatives from somewhere. The housekeeper mentioned it before, don't let everyone in, so as not to embarrass the master's family.

Thinking of this, the servant's face became vigilant. When Ye Cheng met him, he only regarded him as a man with strict rules, and continued with his smile unchanged: "Didn't you hear that Wang Yuanwai is going to have a banquet? Our brothers caught some money this morning." Yu, I wonder if the family needs it?"

"It turned out to be a fish seller." The servant looked at the other party again, his face changed again, and he scolded contemptuously, "Go, go, this is the Wang's house, not a place where cats and dogs come. We will find someone to buy fish ourselves. Don't use us to mess around, just go and go."

As he was waving his stick to drive people away, Ye Cheng didn't realize it for a moment, and was almost swept away, so he staggered a bit before he stabilized his body.

"Why are you like this? If you don't buy it, you don't buy it. Why do you do it?" He Er jumped out of the car and ran over to support Ye Cheng, asking the servant angrily.

The servant leaned on a stick with one hand, and with the other on his hips, raised his head and said in disdain: "I'll do it, what's the matter? This is not a place for you people to run wild, get out before I call someone!"

"Let's go." He Er pulled Ye Cheng over, said nothing and returned to the ox cart with a sullen face.

"It's really a guy who looks down on people with dog's eyes!" He Er was still a little angry.

Ye Cheng patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, we can't force it if they don't want it. There are a lot of people in this town who buy it. Let's go, let's go to Piaoxiang Restaurant. I know the shopkeeper there better."

It's true, most of the wild animals he hunted in the past were sold to restaurants, and after many times, the shopkeeper of that restaurant has indeed become familiar.

However, Piaoxiang Restaurant is located on North Street, not very far from here. It takes a while to turn around. It is the only big restaurant in the town, although it is half smaller than the largest Kelai restaurant. , but because the price of food is relatively low, ordinary people can still accept it. In this small town where the majority of the poor, the business is not bad at all, so it is not uncommon for customers to come to the restaurant to suppress it.

However, it is said that the owner of this restaurant also has some background, so it can always stand tall in this town, and there is a lot of competition between the two.

Shopkeeper Liu of Piaoxiang Restaurant is a kind-looking fat uncle who is always smiling and easy to talk to everyone, but no one in the town dares to underestimate him.

Several people drove the bullock cart and continued to move forward, leaving behind the servant who was still there scolding, perhaps his voice was a little louder, and a middle-aged man in his 40s came out from the gate, wearing a long gown, standing still at the gate. Then he stopped the servant in a deep voice.

"It's so early in the morning, what are you yelling at in front of the gate! Don't hurry up, there will be distinguished guests coming to the door later, why are you doing this?"

The servant was so frightened that he almost fell to his knees, turned around in a hurry, and couldn't help complaining: "Butler Wang, it's not that you are lazy, it's that a few poor countrymen came to look for the master just now, and they were looking for an excuse to sell fish. It's not because I'm afraid of disturbing the distinguished guests, I'm driving them away."

Wang Steward heard it, then looked at the back of the broken ox cart, and said nothing.I think it's because the old man held a big banquet these two days because of the young master's affairs, and all the relatives in those lumps came to the door, which made the old man very annoying. He also got the old man's words before, and asked people to keep those people out of the door .

"Well, pay more attention next time, don't make such a noise, or the master will blame you, and you will have to walk around if you can't eat."

"Yes, yes! Don't worry, we will be optimistic about it!"

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When Ye Cheng and the others drove over, shopkeeper Liu was sipping morning tea at the stone table in the backyard, and the guys in the building were busy cleaning the tables and chairs and sweeping the floor. There was a boy cleaning the doors and windows at the door, and he saw the ox carts coming from the street with sharp eyes. , hurriedly trotted into the backyard to report: "The shopkeeper, Master Ye is here."

"Could it be that you have hunted something good again?" Shopkeeper Liu put down his teacup, put his clothes on and got up, and said anxiously, "According to the days, I should have finished my work in the fields by this time, so I should come, let's go, and take a look ahead. You can't neglect people."

The cooks in their family are good, and relying on the wild animals sent by Ye Cheng, they can cook a lot of delicacies and make a lot of money. Although there are many people hunting here, there are not many who are really capable, and those who hunt good things are rare. Not many, and some are still alive.

So it was said that in the future, the prey sent by Ye Cheng would be sold to their restaurant first.

It took him a lot of effort to establish a relationship with people. There is more to eat here, and the live prey is much more popular when sent to Fucheng than here, and it is not a loss at all.

So when Ye Cheng and his ox cart arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, they saw the fat shopkeeper Liu waiting at the bottom of the steps.

"Oh, Brother Ye, I'm looking forward to it." Before the bullock cart stopped, the shopkeeper Liu laughed loudly and said, "Hurry up, please, please, please have a cup of hot tea, hurry up, ask someone to prepare some food."

"Okay, the shopkeeper and Mr. Ye take a seat inside first, and I will go to the kitchen to have a look, and I will be here soon." A clever waiter hurriedly invited people to sit down, and at the same time trotted down to urge them.

Shopkeeper Liu personally took people to the backyard, but Ye Cheng politely refused, so he found a table in the lobby and sat down. It was the first time for He Er to enter this kind of big restaurant, and he seemed very reserved. Ye Cheng didn't talk to him.

"Sorry, I'm here to bother shopkeeper Liu again." Ye Chengcheng, who is more familiar with him, had nothing to say, and his words were quite casual, "This is He Er from our village. We came here today to ask whether you accept fish or shrimp. Fresh."

Shopkeeper Liu still smiled when he heard it, "Little brother Ye, of course Liu believed it, and the fish, of course he also accepted it, but it's a matter of business, so you have to see it to make a conclusion."

Fish and shrimp are different from other creatures, and they die easily. There is no river in Dashan Town, but large-scale fishing is not enough. Not to mention whether there are so many fish in the river, even if they are caught, it is not easy to store them, so the fish and shrimp in the town They sell less, and it is not easy for ordinary people to deal with them. Unlike restaurants or big families who have their own secret recipes, there are much fewer people who eat them.

However, there are many people who like to eat, so they should not worry about selling their fish.

"Of course, we can't just bluff people. The car is outside, why don't you go and see for yourself?"

"It's not like the Wang Yuanwai in the town is going to hold a banquet these two days, why don't you go over there and have a look?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the two men in front of him showing embarrassment. Ye Chenghe smiled bitterly and said: "To tell you the truth, we just came from there and said we have made a reservation."

Was this kicked out?Butler Wang is really confused, anyway, if the good ones are really cheaper than his own, it is estimated that their restaurants did not buy many good ones in the market.

Shopkeeper Liu pondered for a while and said, "That's fine, just go and have a look. If it's good, don't worry, Master Ye, Liu won't break his promise."

Ye Chenghe was overjoyed, with a smile on his face, he hurriedly got up and asked people to go out, he kept talking, trying to ensure that the fish and shrimp in his home were still fresh.

The old man Zhang and his grandson stayed in the bullock cart all the time. Seeing that the two of them came out after a while after entering, he couldn't help but worry again on his face. In front of him, while people were not paying attention, he secretly grabbed He Er and asked in a low voice: "How is it?"

He had also seen the fish in the bucket before, and in his opinion, these things were wasted if they could not be sold.

He Er looked at Ye Cheng and shopkeeper Liu into the car to look at the fish, and seemed to have no time to pay attention to this side, so he quietly replied: "I said I need to see first."

"Oh, that's it. It shouldn't be wrong. Don't worry."

"Well, let's not talk about it, I will help."

The two men on this side whispered to each other, while Ye Cheng on the other side had already stepped into the bullock cart, lifted a bucket down, and put it on the ground so that shopkeeper Liu could see the fish.

He Er came over to help, and the bucket was placed at Shopkeeper Liu's feet, and he could see it clearly without bending over when he lowered his head.

The inadvertent and caring behavior of the two made shopkeeper Liu even more satisfied.

"Before we entered the city, we just changed the water once, and the fish were basically alive." Ye Cheng knelt down and fished a fish out of the bucket with his hands to show the other party.

Shopkeeper Liu saw that the fish didn't look very energetic, but the fish's gills were indeed still moving, and its tail was still wagging a little, probably because of the long and bumpy road.

"that……"

He Er, people in these rich and powerful towns, always feel a little uncomfortable and afraid unconsciously, but thinking of the words that he and his youngest son on the road last night, he and Cheng Zi also tried to exchange for those fish. Drinking clear water has reduced the turbulence, and it is true that all the fish in the town did not die, so I have believed a lot in my youngest son's words.

"Is there a bigger basin or something? Pour the fish into it, and the shopkeeper can see it clearly."

After hearing what he said, Ye Cheng also remembered, nodded quickly and said, "That's right, shopkeeper Liu, do you have a big basin or bucket here, and it will be more convenient for you to see when we pour the fish out, look?"

Shopkeeper Liu caressed his fleshy chin, his eyes narrowed with a smile, and he laughed and told the guy behind him, "You heard me, go and have a look at the back, and let someone prepare a big basin for it to come out."

"Come on, I'll go now, little one." The buddy led the words and rushed into the building to find a basin.

After ordering the servants, shopkeeper Liu turned around and said to Ye Cheng and the two of them with a smile: "Hehe - good job, let's go, let's talk inside, we haven't eaten so early, go, go in and eat with my brother some."

"But these fish..." He Er was a little worried.

Old man Zhang patted him on the back, "Don't worry, go in, I'm an old man here to show you."

Shopkeeper Liu listened to their words, and hurriedly took the words, "I will ask people to move in the fish, let's go in and have dinner together, the old man is also welcome." Then he called a few guys and asked them to move the two buckets of fish go in.

Ye Cheng and the others followed and went back to the restaurant. Old man Zhang was more nervous and restrained than He Er before, holding his grandson so tightly that he almost couldn't walk.

After working hard all his life, when will he have the chance to enter these big restaurants!

Pulling his grandson half-sitting on the stool cautiously, looking at the clean and beautiful tables and chairs that can almost reflect people's shadows, he was really afraid that he would dirty other people's things by sitting on them. He Er had an experience before, this time Although he was not so nervous anymore, he still felt uncomfortable. When the waiter brought the food to the table, except for Ye Cheng, the few people almost gasped.

The dishes are familiar to them, even if they are served on a beautiful plate, the frying looks much better, and people don't know how to use the chopsticks.

After all, Ye Cheng has been here and eaten a few times, so seeing the three of them holding up their chopsticks, they didn't move. Before the owner could speak, he greeted them with a smile, "Eat, you can see that flowers can't fill your stomach, right?" .”

"That's right, that's right, eat while it's hot, don't be polite." Shopkeeper Liu also persuaded with a smile, and then saw that the few people were really stiff, so he got up and said, "Eat first, and Liu will ask someone to add another vegetable."

"You're busy first." The others stood up and replied one after another. He Er was relieved and relaxed a little when they left.