Chapter 12 Profiteers!
After Ouyang Bian and Xu Fu finished discussing, Xu Fu said goodbye and left.
Ouyang Bian looked up at the simple study room, rubbed his face with his hands, showed a cute smile, and ran to the study room with jumping and jumping.
Ouyang Xiu was writing on the lame desk. He didn't look up when he saw his son coming in. Ouyang Bian waited for a long time but still couldn't see Ouyang Xiu repair him.
Ouyang Bian's eyes turned and he stretched out his legs to kick off the bricks on the desk.
"Ouch!" The table suddenly fell, which scared Ouyang Xiu. The ink stained all the copybooks he had almost wanted to write.
Ouyang Xiu said angrily: "Do you have any reason?"
Ouyang Bian lowered his head and choked his voice: "My father is a court official, but his family can only live in a humble alley.
My eldest brother is about to become an adult, and then he will study, socialize, get married and have children, and that will not require money, and the same will be true for the second and third brothers;
My mother is worried about expenses every day, but the wife of a dignified court official can only buy vegetables, cook and wash clothes by herself. I feel distressed.
Every day, I have white porridge and pickles, and my brothers have some dishes. As a member of the Ouyang family, I see it in my eyes and hurt in my heart..."
"Stop! What you mean is that you took everything alone, right?" Ouyang Xiu's face was unkind.
"Wow!" Ouyang Bian burst into tears.
Ouyang Xiu's face changed drastically. He was about to cross the table to cover his youngest's mouth, but the roar of the Lion in Hedong had already come: "You old drunkard, you don't go to work but mess with my youngest here. Are you tired of living a good life!"
Ouyang Xiu's face suddenly turned cloudy and sunny. A bright smile appeared on his old face. He looked at his mother with a affectionate look at the door with her waist on her waist... Oh, no, my wife.
"When I was about to go out, the monk's friend came over and I would help me receive it. The monk was not crying. He was touching the scene and I was comforting him, haha."
Xue glared at Ouyang Xiu fiercely and picked up Ouyang Bian with heartache. Ouyang Bian wrapped his hand around his mother's neck.
Ouyang Xiu saw that his youngest eyes were dry and there was no crying at all. When he saw him making a face when he looked at him, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but shake his head. He was such a loving mother who was defeated.
Xue's eyebrows raised: "Why, what do you mean?"
Ouyang Xiu waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, oh, I'm going to be late. I'm going to work. I'll talk about it tonight if I have something to do."
As he said that, he lifted up his robe and smoke was released under his feet, and there was no one in an instant.
Ouyang Bian grinned.
Xue pointed his youngest forehead with a giggle and laughed: "Don't do serious things every day, it will make your father angry. If this continues, the one who will be the one who will suck you will be your mother and me."
Ouyang Bian hugged Xue's head, kissed Xue's face with a loud voice, and said in a tingling voice: "I don't know how to do it."
Xue's best move was the best, and the smile on her face could not be concealed. She immediately forgot the words of scolding her.
But Ouyang Xiu ran outside and was not at ease to think about it, so he simply walked towards the Zhang family restaurant as a car. He wanted to ask Zhang Qi about the situation before he felt relieved.
It was just dinner time, and the Zhang family restaurant was filled with guests, and the prosperous atmosphere came to Ouyang Xiu, which surprised him. When they were having a party at Xue Zhongru, Zhang Qi said that the Zhang family restaurant was getting worse day by day, but now the prosperous scene is not worse than the business of the Baxianlou that his colleagues invited him to.
Zhang Qi was a little flattered when he heard the waiter report Ouyang Xiu’s visit. Ouyang Xiu was selfless. This time, the mochuang was extremely strict under his auspices. Many officials who were impeached and dismissed by him. Moreover, he not only did not accept the mercy, but also avoided the ordinary food invitation, let alone come to his merchant house.
Zhang Qi hurried down and led Ouyang Xiu upstairs.
"Brother Zhang's business is not as bleak as you said. It is among the top 72 main stores in Bianjing, right?" Ouyang Xiu asked curiously.
Zhang Qi smiled and said, "It's better to ask the little monk for his blessing. If it weren't for his secret recipe for cooking, my shop wouldn't be like this."
Ouyang Xiu was stunned: "Is there anything he has to do?"
Zhang Qiqi said: "Didn't the little monk tell you? He provided me with a secret recipe for cooking. I only felt 20% of my part. I felt very sorry. However, I released 600 jin in the first phase of the Ice Room, which only accounted for 20% of the part, which was considered a reward for my favor."
Zhang Qi smiled and said authentically.
Ouyang Xiu was a little messy. How much did this kid do?
When Zhang Qi saw Ouyang Xiu's face, he was stunned and said, "Brother Ouyang, don't you not know about this, do I think it was your idea?"
Ouyang Xiu smiled bitterly, he didn't understand these things either!
The two looked at each other in surprise.
"Or what ice room should I take me to?"
Ouyang Xiu decided to see what happened like this.
Zhang Qi naturally had no problem. Although it was not far away, he specially arranged a carriage and the two went straight to Daxiangguo Temple.
It was already noon, and I felt the heat waves rolling in my carriage. Ouyang Xiu felt a little difficult to breathe: "The weather is really too hot!"
Zhang Qi was fat and panting in such weather. As soon as the carriage stopped, Zhang Qi hurriedly got out of the car and headed straight for the ice room. Ouyang Xiu steadily lifted the curtain, and a cool air came to his face.
"Is this?" Ouyang Xiu was extremely surprised.
How can indoors be so cool in this hot summer?
I saw Zhang Qi instructing the waiter wearing black straight clothes: "Hurry up and add more ice."
Ouyang Xiu looked around the so-called ice room and there were bamboo planting inside, using bamboo to separate individual spaces.
The table is an elegant wooden table, but the chair has a leather surface, which is completely different from the wooden chairs nowadays. Ouyang Xiu reached out and pressed it, which was soft and comfortable.
A faint mist rose in the corner. When I looked closely, I found that it was a cube of ice that was one meter square, and it was carefully carved into a mountain shape.
After standing for a while, Ouyang Xiu felt that the heat was gone. At this time, a cup of so-called milk tea was brought over. Ouyang Xiu learned to suck it with his mouth. A very refreshing smell bloomed on the tip of his tongue with a sweet smell. When he swallowed it, he felt a cold burst out from the inside of his body. It was much cooler and more comfortable than the watermelon petals soaked in the well water!
Ouyang Xiu breathed comfortably: "How much does this cup cost?"
Zhang Qi smiled and said, "This cup is 500 texts."
"What!" Ouyang Xiu almost fell off his cup, widened his eyes and looked at the paper cup in disbelief, "Just this small cup, it costs 500 yuan?"
A profiteer!
What can 500 essays do?
How many friends can go to the dentistry to have a pretty good meal, and can cut 20 to 30 kilograms of pork, which is enough for a family of three to live for two days. This cup costs 500 yuan?
Who is willing to spend such expensive things?
But Ouyang Xiu looked around and saw that in the small private room surrounded by bamboo, there were many brightly dressed ladies, smiling and whispering. In the huge shop, there were almost not many private rooms empty.
"This, this is too expensive! Are these women so extravagant?" Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but say.
A young lady passed by and heard this and snorted coldly: "Sir, you guys go to a restaurant and brothel, and never spend a dozen or twenty cents of money? We have only 500 ounces of milk tea. This makes you like a raccoon cat with a stomped tail?"
Ouyang Xiu was so angry that he pointed at the woman: "You, you..."
Zhang Qi quickly pressed Ouyang Xiu down: "Don't be impatient after a little peace of mind, don't be impatient after a little peace of mind."
The woman snorted and looked up, shaking her fat buttocks proudly left.
Chapter completed!