Chapter 132 Miser
At this time, Zhou Kui was instructing the servants to serve the dishes. Even for these ordinary dishes, Zhou Kui wanted to make an article from this.
Seeing Liufu coming, Zhou Kui was even more angry: "Liufu, where is he dead? Get out of here, hurry up."
Liufu got five copper coins and ran to Zhou Kui with a slight gaze, shouting with a smile: "Master, Master."
Zhou Kui grabbed him by his side with no moral character. He is a father-in-law, and it is really an inappropriate thing to treat a servant so close to him.
However, Zhou Kui didn't care about this anymore. He grabbed Liu Fu's clothes and hid in a corner where no one was. He opened his eyes and whispered: "Who asked you to hire so many chefs? How much does it cost?"
Liu Fu was a little confused: "Master, there are more than a hundred guests on the table. If there are not so many chefs, how can you do it? This is your birthday. If you can't serve the food at that time, you will be useless even if you cut off the villain's head."
"Who told you!" Zhou Kui's angry voice increased eight degrees. He looked at the busy people in the yard. Fortunately, no one paid attention to him. He let go of Liufu and lowered his voice and said hatefully: "Who asked you to go to the chefs of restaurants such as Heming Tower, Zuixian Tower, Gubu Tower, Laibinju, and Chongzeyuan. Isn't it the same if you go to find some small restaurants and restaurants? Isn't it the same for me to be frugal on my birthday, and I'm not a precious dish. I'm looking for such a expensive chef!"
The names of restaurants such as "Heming", "Drunk Immortal", "Euping", "Playing Belly", "Guest", "Chongze" and other restaurants in Beijing City are all very atmospheric and imaginative, and these are all famous chefs.
Zhou's mansion really spent a lot of money to invite these chefs. Zhou Kui was worried about this, but Liu Fu felt aggrieved: "Master, these dishes are really common. If we don't invite some smart chefs, the dishes we make are not delicious, wouldn't we be ridiculed? It's said that our mansion is stingy, but your father-in-law is fooling people on your 60th birthday, and he will not insult your identity."
Liu Fu's words probably hit Zhou Kui's weakness. I think many people have said that he is stingy and stingy.
Zhou Kui pondered for a moment: "Well, okay. But we can't serve this dish like this, and we can't serve this wine."
Liufu was stunned: "Best-in-law, how should I get on?"
"Put the tea first and let the guests drink enough. Anyway, boiling water is not expensive, and the wine will be less when the tea is drunk. Vegetarian dishes are served first. If you eat too much vegetarian dishes, you will eat less meat. For example, roast duck doesn't need a table, and two roast duck slices are divided into three plates. For example, steamed carp can be split into two halves and divided into two plates. Kill the deer legs with your hands and put more scallions under the plate. These high-ranking officials and nobles have large brains and intestines, and they won't eat too much. For example, those who are in the bank cloth houses and iron utensils, they will serve more vegetarian dishes on the tables of all kinds of religions, so that people will not eat enough. Go ahead, just do as I said."
Liu Fu looked full of admiration and gave his thumbs up: "The father-in-law is mighty."
"Grandpa, you're so stingy. My dad said you're a miser, how can you divide this carp into two tables? Two roast ducks are divided into three plates, and only two duck heads are divided into two?"
Zhou Kui turned around in shock and saw a five or six-year-old child standing behind him. He was Zhou Chenggu, the eldest son of Zhou Kui.
Zhou Kui was furious: "Gu'er, don't talk nonsense!"
Tong Yan Wuji, a five or six-year-old child knew so much. Zhou Chenggu held a candied haw in his hand and shouted loudly: "The grandson didn't talk nonsense. I heard it. Grandpa was what you said to tear the deer legs with your hands. Put more scallions under the plate, and two roast duck slices were divided into three plates. The carp split into two halves into plates, which is what you said, Grandpa, you are a stingy guy."
This is so embarrassing. The servants in the yard could hear it clearly.
Zhou Kui was furious and grabbed his grandson and fucked him twice: "Let you talk nonsense, let you talk nonsense."
Zhou Chenggu cried loudly, and broke free from Zhou Kui's arms with candied haws, crying and shouting: "I didn't talk nonsense, I didn't talk nonsense, you are just a stingy man, grandpa is bad, grandpa Huai!"
This was really embarrassing. Zhou Kui's face turned pale and the servants didn't dare to laugh, so they had to lower their heads desperately.
Liufu said: "Children are talking nonsense. Everyone knows what kind of people are our father-in-law and the master. This is also for the sake of thrift. His Royal Highness said that when the country is in trouble, everything should be simple."
"Ruofu, you guy, are talking bad things about me behind my back. Now I'm caught by me, grandpa, beat him to death."
It was just like this that Liufu wanted to use Zhu Cilang to shield him. As a result, Zhu Cilang came at this time with secret guard Meng Fanchao and the eunuch Sun Wangcai.
It's over, why are you so unlucky? You'll be here when you say Cao Cao. Liufu was so scared that he trembled and knelt down on the ground with a thud: "Your Highness, you should die a villain."
"Okay, get out of here. Everything is simple when the country is in trouble. I said that you did it right, get up." Of course, Zhu Cilang didn't really want to cause trouble for him. He came to see how the Zhou Mansion was preparing.
The entire Zhou Mansion is completely refreshed, with bright glass, which looks so fresh and refined in this relatively backward era. The mansion is full of red lanterns, and wedding couplets are posted on the door. Everything is just for the birthday of Zhou Kui, the old birthday boy of the country, tomorrow.
Zhu Cilang was very satisfied: "Good grandpa, mainly the guests from the capital came and saw this spotless glass with bright and clean windows. I didn't believe that they were not moved."
Zhou Kui stroked his beard and felt proud: "That's natural, Prince, I have come up with an idea. When the guests come to celebrate the birthday of my husband tomorrow, we will pull him a few trucks of glass and put it in this yard. Anyone who wants to buy it can complete the transaction on the spot."
Zhu Cixuan was stunned: "Is this okay?"
"Okay, of course, good, the prince, don't worry, I've done this."
Crackling and firecrackers sounded. The Ming Dynasty gunpowder had long been used in fireworks, and there was a joy in front of the Zhou Mansion Gate.
Officials of all sizes and big cities in Beijing, whether riding horses or sitting in sedan chairs, all brought gifts to the Zhou Mansion. The father-in-law's birthday had already spread invitations all over the capital.
Anyway, you are well-known. As long as you have some influence in the capital, or even some wealthy businessmen who have no intersection with Zhou Kui, have received invitations.
Those people were naturally overjoyed. It was a blessing for those who could make friends with their father-in-law in the past few lives. But when everyone arrived at the Zhou Mansion, they realized that the stranger invited by the father-in-law was not just him. Many wealthy businessmen and great merchants also came to celebrate the birthday of the father-in-law.
Chapter completed!