Abduct a general to farm

Mo Ran hugged the earthen pot wrapped in a layer of cloth, and sat on the rickety ox cart, the scenery around him changed at a certain speed.

The bullock cart is made of several pieces of wood, and the wooden boards on both sides are erected to act as fences. A big buffalo in front of the cart is pulling the cart, and it walks quickly under the urging of Uncle Li.

Mo Ran was not the only person on the car, there were three people who also went to the town to buy things or sell some of their own things. They were a woman and two men.

Uncle Li is a widower. He lives alone and earns a living by pulling people to the town in a bullock cart every day.

There are always two or three people going to the town every day, so Uncle Li relies on the money to support himself and the cow.

Rural people get up early in the morning, and go to the town's market even earlier, so usually Uncle Li's first trip in the morning will be when Mao Shi is approaching Chen Shi, which is about seven o'clock.

The ancients knew when and what time it was by looking at the sky, and estimated that they would get up again at about the same time, but Mo Ran, a modern person, didn’t know. He was thinking about selling the newly made chili sauce, so Mo Ran got up from the bed early. It was also on, and when he arrived at Uncle Li's house with his things in his arms, other people arrived one after another, so he knew it was about the same time.

The village has not been repaired for a long time, and there is a section of the road that is bumpy and bad. When the bullock cart passed by, Mo Ran was hurt by his buttocks that were bumped from side to side.

It would take an hour to reach the town at the speed of the bullock cart, during which he could only stare at the changing scenery along the way in a daze, holding his earthen pot tightly in his hands.

Another woman sat next to him, maybe because she was bored, or because she was more curious about him, the woman broke the silence among several people:

"Miss Mo, are you planning to sell this thing in the town?"

The women seemed curious about Mo Ran's stuff.

Mo Ran has some impressions of her, because she is the second daughter-in-law of the neighbor Aunt Jiang, she is a bit plump, and she is quite hardworking.

He nodded and glanced at the earthen jar: "It contains chili sauce, and I'm going to sell it in the restaurant."

After saying this, the other two people were also a little curious. They looked at the tightly covered earthen jar, and a man asked: "What is chili sauce? I don't seem to have heard of this. Is it for food?" ?”

On the contrary, the second daughter-in-law of Jiang looked thoughtful: "I saw some new trees were planted in Miss Mo's yard. Is that a tree on the back mountain with choking fruit? Is it called pepper?"

The courtyard wall of Mo Ran's house is just a decoration, so it's not surprising that Jiang's second daughter-in-law can see it.

Mo Ran also said it openly: "Yes, the fruit grown from those trees is called chili pepper, which actually tastes delicious, but it is not a staple food, it can be used as a seasoning to enhance the flavor, and its nature is similar to that of ginger, onion, garlic, etc. almost."

A man with a scar on his face questioned: "How delicious can this thing be if it is so choking? Could it be that the spicy food is choking?"

Mo Ran took the opportunity to promote: "If you want to try the taste of chili sauce, you can go to my house to buy some to try when you have time. You can try it first, and bring some food, even rice is fine. To collect money."

Jiang Er's daughter-in-law giggled: "You're pretty good at business, well, I'll go to your house to try the taste when I get home, and I'll buy it if it tastes good."

Being able to attract the first guest, Mo Ran thanked obediently: "Thank you sister."

"Small mouth is pretty sweet too, so let me call you sister." The woman smiled more happily, and felt that Mo Ran was not as indifferent as she imagined, maybe it was just that he had little contact with him before, so he had preconceived it because he didn't know much about it.

When the ox cart arrived in the town, everyone agreed on the time and place to gather and go home, and then dispersed.

The prosperity of the market in the town is dazzling. Both sides of the road are filled with stalls by hawkers. There are all kinds of weird gadgets, and most of them are selling hot food, with a strong aroma.

Pedestrians come and go, and every time they see a pedestrian hawker, they always introduce their products tirelessly, and they are so happy from ear to ear every time they sell a copy.

It was the first time Mo Ran came into contact with the ancient people's bazaar. Unlike the cold introduction and illustrations in the book, the people around him were all alive.

He couldn't help strolling all the way in wonder, and always stopped to look at things he hadn't seen before. He wanted to buy a tactile pocket but had no money, so he could only walk away regretfully.

When he was almost done shopping, he remembered his purpose, and hurriedly looked for a restaurant where he could buy his things.

Walking forward for a while, he was attracted by a shop next to the door with the four characters "Nine Heavens Restaurant" written on the plaque at the entrance.

The decoration of this store is still very new, and the area is much larger than the one next door. There is a second floor above it, and it looks very grand from the outside.

He likes the style of the house.

So he decided to go in and have a look.

At this time, inside the Nine Heavens Restaurant.

A shopkeeper was sitting by the counter, fiddling with the abacus with a sad face, and muttering something in his mouth.

The empty lobby was filled with neat tables and chairs, and a man dressed as a waiter was still holding a clean tablecloth in his hand, but he was lying on the table and fell asleep.

There seemed to be no one else in the restaurant except for the two of them, which made people feel extremely bleak as if they were closing.

Shopkeeper Zhang immersed himself in the calculations, and ignored Xiao Liu who was lazy to sleep while cleaning the table. Anyway, no matter how clean the situation was, no guests came in to eat, so it was better to let him go.

"It's been three days, there is no profit at all, and no customer has come to eat for three whole days. Tomorrow is the day when the young master will visit the restaurant. If you let him know that this restaurant is getting worse and worse, it will be closed soon. He will scold me to death. Hey, Lao Zhang has been a restaurant manager for more than [-] years, and he will be killed in this restaurant."

Shopkeeper Zhang sighed, flipped through the empty account books that hadn't been added for three days, and suddenly stood up and slapped the table hard. The people in the restaurant drew back their feet in fright.

Shopkeeper Zhang noticed the person standing at the door, his angry expression immediately changed into a just right smile, and he greeted him: "I'm sorry, is this lady here for dinner?"

He couldn't help but froze when he saw the face of the visitor.

The lady standing at the door was just wearing an ordinary gray sarong, with a belt tied around her waist, outlining her slender waistline. Her long and soft black hair was casually tied behind her head with a hair rope. When she looked up, she The carefully crafted face without makeup hit their nerves.

He has seen many young ladies from rich families, all of them are dressed in silk and satin, covered with makeup and powder, with excellent looks and temperament, but the people at the door are really astonishing, unmatched by humans.

Even if you have an extra crock in your hand, it doesn't matter.

Just as Mo Ran was about to enter the door, he was taken aback by the shopkeeper. Just as he was in a daze, he saw the shopkeeper staring at him blankly. He couldn't help showing a little puzzled expression, not understanding the lethality of his appearance.

Only then did shopkeeper Zhang realize that he was out of line, he looked away and invited people in enthusiastically.

"Ma'am, what would you like to eat? Our restaurant has a lot of dishes, some..." Xiao Liu, who was awake but still a little dazed, was about to come up to serve him, but shopkeeper Zhang pushed him away and asked himself.

After finally a guest came, he couldn't be negligent, no matter what the guest wanted to eat, he would immediately ask Big Fatty to make it.

Mo Ran put the crock pot he was holding on the table, and shook his hands first. It was a bit heavy to hold the crock pot all the way, and then waved his hand to signal the shopkeeper not to prepare food: "I'm not here to eat."

As soon as the words were spoken, shopkeeper Zhang was greatly disappointed, his enthusiasm dropped a lot, and he asked with no hope: "Then may I ask Miss?"

Mo Ran answered irrelevantly, and looked around the lobby: "Aren't you a restaurant? Why don't you have any diners?"

Although it's not time for a formal meal, there should be one or two tables of guests.

There is nothing to say about the poor management of the restaurant, Zhang the shopkeeper simply sat down, poured tea for Mo Ran and himself, took a sip before saying:

"Our name is Jiutian Restaurant, so of course it is for eating. It's just a pity that they don't like to come to our restaurant for dinner recently."

"Why?" Mo Ran asked curiously.

"It has to do with the origin of our restaurant."

Shopkeeper Zhang said sadly: "You see, our restaurant is called Jiutian Restaurant, because the owner of the restaurant is called Jiutian, whose surname is Shu. Do you know the Shu family?"

Shopkeeper Zhang asked mysteriously, seeing that Mo Ran knew nothing, so he continued talking.

"Well, the Shu family is a well-known family in the capital, and most of the Shu family are officials in the imperial court, they are very powerful, and they are the heads of the four major families including Lian, He, Song, including the Shu family.

This young master Shu Jiutian is the third son of the Shu family. The elder of the Shu family wants him to be an official, but the third young master is unwilling and insists on going into business. This year, he took a lot of money from the family and came to our Qingshui Town. I vowed to be a restaurant that is famous all over the world, and then there was this Jiutian Restaurant.

Master Shu was so angry that he was half dead, but he didn't stop him, he just said that if your restaurant doesn't do well within a year, you should hurry back and take the imperial examination.These are the original words of Master Shu.

On the surface, Master Shu said that he would not intervene, but in fact, he secretly put pressure on those cooks with good skills, not allowing them to accept the invitation of Master Jiutian to come here, so in the end, the young master only found a cook who was not very skilled. big fat.

Because the new dishes researched by Big Fatty are nothing new, diners get tired of eating them over time, and now they can no longer keep customers. I was hired by Master Nine Heavens, but the restaurant is like this now, I... Sigh. "

Shopkeeper Zhang sighed several times during the call, and seemed very worried.

"You, how do you know about Master Jiutian so clearly?"

Shopkeeper Zhang said: "Of course the young master told me. The young master will come to inspect the store tomorrow. I haven't explained to him about this restaurant. The young master doesn't live here. He patrols the store every five days. A few days ago, there were some Customer, but business has been really bleak in the past three days, and I have nothing to do."

After hearing this, Mo Ran didn't have much sympathy. Instead, he felt that he had found the right place. This kind of restaurant that is about to close down must be very willing to buy his chili sauce. After all, people are willing to try any method when they are in a desperate situation.

He smiled slightly, patted the non-existent earthen pot on the table, and said, "It's just right, I think you definitely need this thing now."