Chapter 673 Heavy Rain


Chapter 673 Heavy Rain

"Yes, yes, sir, please sit down first and drink some hot tea. I will tell the kitchen to cook now."

The restaurant manager nodded and bowed, with a flattering smile on his face.

Xia Zihan said, "Make more meat. These are old men who like to eat meat. We need to move faster. We still have to hurry."

"Yes, yes, please wait a moment, madam, the food will be here soon."

The shopkeeper said, wiped off the cold sweat, and hurried to the kitchen.

His restaurant is small, and the spare dishes in the kitchen are limited. Even if he cooks them all, it won't be enough to feed the hundreds of people.

He had to quickly ask someone to go buy vegetables and buy more meat. Fortunately, it was noon, not night, and there were still vegetables to buy in the market.

What Xia Zihan didn't know was that because of her words, the shopkeeper ordered the waiter to go to the market and buy half a fan of pork, a few pieces of pig offal, and more than ten big roosters.

He also hurriedly ordered a helper in the kitchen to go to his house and call his wife, daughter-in-law and sisters to come over to help wash and cut vegetables.

Because the escorts were on their way and couldn't wait any longer, the shopkeeper also ordered the waiter to set up two more large pots in the yard and cook two large pots of rice.

Because there were so many people working, the food came out quickly.

There are not many dishes on each table, five dishes and one soup, all served in pots, a large pot of braised pork, a large pot of dried green pepper roasted pork offal, a large pot of mushroom stewed chicken, a large pot of fried meat with three shreds, one There is a large bowl of vegetables and a large bowl of pork ribs and radish soup.

The large basin holding vegetables was larger than a human head, and a table of five dishes and one soup was enough to feed the escorts.

As for Xia Zihan's table, all the dishes are served on plates. In addition to these five dishes, there is also a plate of braised fish, a plate of dry-roasted prawns, and a plate of steamed duck. There are eight dishes and one soup for five people. eat.

Xia Zihan was happy when she saw that there were more than ten kinds of vegetables on the vegetable plate, including beans, potatoes, eggplants, celery, onions, and green peppers.

This shopkeeper is a very shrewd person.

There were many of them and they were pressed for time. Moreover, they arrived suddenly. Every dish in the restaurant was prepared for two or three plates, and none could make ten plates. Therefore, the shopkeeper cooked all the vegetables in one pot. Put directly in a large pot.

Really smart.

Moreover, this little idea is just right.

They don't have to waste much time, and they can cook all the vegetables in the kitchen at once, killing two birds with one stone.

Well, it tastes good too.

Xia Zihan was very satisfied after eating it.

When checking out, there was a total of eleven taels of silver, plus two strings of copper coins. Xia Zihan gave eleven taels of silver and waved his hand, "No need to look for it."

There are eight hundred copper coins left, which is not much, but it is a month's pocket money for ordinary people's families.

The shopkeeper smiled happily and personally escorted them to the door of the restaurant.

After getting on the carriage, the convoy left the town in a mighty manner.

From this day on, Li Sangwu became familiar with Xia Zihan and Chu Jingqi.

Every time I had a meal in town, it was either Zheng Wenting's invitation or Xia Zihan's invitation. These two people were both wealthy owners. They had one hundred and eighty taels of silver, so I didn't take it to heart at all. But this move, But the escorts were so moved that they became more conscious of protecting their belongings.

On the fourth day, it started to rain lightly. The icy cold rain poured on my body, and when blown by the cold wind, it was so cold that I shivered. Hearing the sound of raindrops on the carriage, Xia Zihan opened the curtain and saw that the sky outside was gloomy and the rain was getting heavier. She said, "Aqi, let the escorts find a place to hide." Well, we are not in a hurry anyway. We can arrive in the capital a few days later, but we cannot let the escorts get sick in the rain.”

Not bad, not in a hurry.

Ever since she knew that the business in the shop had slowed down, she had stopped thinking about rushing back to the capital as soon as possible. As for the batch of medium-sized gemstones, she was not in a hurry. The day before she left to return to the capital, she received a letter from Qi Lan.

The letter said that two months ago, shortly after the emperor posted the notice, Qi Lan sent Nuan Xiang and his wife to Jiangnan.

Because the Japanese state was invaded by Dasheng and became a vassal state of Dasheng, the maritime transport between the Japanese state and Dasheng, which had been suspended due to the war, has now begun to resume.

Moreover, the Japanese country is now lower than Dasheng, and the price of gems shipped from there is several percent lower than before, even lower than the price of Sun City.

This time, the shipping was in the hands of the Second Prince. Because of Qinghui's relationship, Qi Lan was the first to get the news. The next day, he ordered Nuan Xiang and his wife to go to Jiangnan and buy back a large number of medium-sized goods. gem.

When Qi Lan wrote the letter, those gems had been turned into a batch of medium-grade jewelry in Jiangnan shops.

Counting the time, it has now been delivered to dozens of shops and is being sold.

Since the shop already has medium-grade jewelry for sale, it won't be too late to send the batch of gems she has to the shop after the new year.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, dripping on my face, and I could hardly open my eyes. The escorts put on their own raincoats and didn't do much.

Seeing that the team was struggling, Chu Jingqi told Li Sangwu to find a place to take shelter from the rain.

"There is a ruined temple five hundred meters ahead. Let's walk faster and go there to take shelter from the rain." Li Sangwu said.

Chu Jingqi nodded.

Five hundred meters and a full tea time later, we finally saw the ruined temple.

Shengdi muttered outside, "Master, mistress, do you want to come down and take shelter from the rain?"

In fact, when it comes to shelter from the rain, this ruined temple is leaky and dirty everywhere. There are swarms of rats and spiders running rampant. How can it be comfortable to take shelter from the rain on the master's carriage.

The carriage was well-crafted. Not to mention the heavy rain, the carriage could withstand fist-sized hailstones, and it was well-sheltered from the wind.

Chu Jingqi also thought of this and didn't want Xia Zihan to go out, "Ayu, if you go out, you'll have to get wet, so we'll just stay on the carriage."

It was so nice to be in the carriage, nestled in the small bed, warm and quiet, and without Zheng Wenting to show his attentiveness to his wife.

Xia Zihan lowered the curtains and then a thick cotton curtain to block the wind and rain outside. Then, she lazily leaned into his arms and hummed.

Recently, for some reason, she felt particularly lazy and sleepy at times. She checked her pulse, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

I guess he injured his bones before and hasn't recovered yet, right?

"What, you're sleepy again?" Chu Jingqi frowned, with a hint of worry in her eyes, "Lie on the bed, cover yourself with a quilt, don't catch a cold."

He lifted the quilt, carried her to the crib, covered her with the quilt, and tucked her in. Then, he stared at her face with worried eyes.

Outside, heavy rain hit the carport, making a crackling sound, but in this noisy environment, Xia Zihan fell asleep after a while.

(End of chapter)

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