Chapter 64 Fulfilling the Promise
Chapter 64
Lu Songli had promised Qin Sheng a good meal that day, so she naturally had to keep her promise. After asking him which restaurant was the busiest recently, she finally booked a table at Hongsheng Restaurant and asked him to invite Liu Erxi, Chen Jinshui, and others.
Before leaving, Lu Mingzhi came to find me.
"Second sister, are you going out?"
"Yeah, I have something to do. I need to go out for a while. What's the matter with you coming here?"
Lu Mingzhi smiled. "Nothing. I just need to go out for a while, so I wanted to ask if you have anything to bring?"
"I'm going to Hongsheng Restaurant to meet some friends. What are you doing out there?" Lu Songli asked casually. Hongsheng Restaurant had been unusually busy lately, and she wanted to check it out, so she booked her table there.
Now it was Lu Mingzhi's turn to be surprised. He quickly said, "Second sister, are you going to Hongsheng Restaurant? Me too."
Hmm? Lu Songli raised an eyebrow. "Did someone invite you to Hongsheng Restaurant?"
"Yes, it's a senior from the academy. He was a very outstanding student at our Bailu Academy. He passed the archery test more than two years ago and was about to be appointed as an official. Unfortunately, his mother passed away unexpectedly, and he went back to mourn. He is now in Chang'an City. We met by chance yesterday, and he asked me out."
"Your senior brother sounds very good. What's his name?"
"He is indeed very good, right? His last name is Fan, and his given name is Quan."
Lu Songli's mind raced with thoughts. Was this such a coincidence? Her brother had just returned from Ba County, and he was a tech geek himself. He had only been out once since returning. This Fan Quan was quite well-informed.
Thinking about Fan Quan's resume again, Lu Songli smiled playfully. After his parents passed away, he had been in mourning for three years. Now was the time for him to prepare to make a comeback and seek an official position.
"Second sister, since we're going to Hongsheng Restaurant together, do you want to go together?"
Lu Songli shook her head. "Let's go our separate ways. After all, we might not all be back at the same time, so it's more convenient to go our separate ways." She also had a suspicion that if she followed them, wouldn't that disrupt their plans? She was also at the Hongsheng Restaurant, so if anything happened, she could provide immediate support. If nothing unexpected happened, she could just ask her brother about what they were planning to do.
So not long after, the brother and sister set off one after the other.
After getting off the carriage, Lu Songli took her people to the pre-booked box.
The private room was on the second floor. Not long after she arrived, Qin Sheng also arrived. This was the first time they had seen each other since returning from the Tian family in Ping'an Town. It had been two or three days since they last saw each other.
After they came back from Ping'an Town, they received the results of the horoscope matching sent by the Qin family that night. The results said that one of their horoscopes had a compatible official destiny, while the other had both official and financial status. The horoscopes of the two of them were compatible, which was a match made in heaven. They would be able to support each other and live in wealth and honor in the future.
Lu Songli came from later generations and didn't quite believe this, but it was also a happy thing that the two people's horoscopes combined to produce such a good result.
Along with the results of the eight characters came a handwritten letter from Qin Heng, stating that the Qin family was already aware of Zhao Bin's affairs. Although the Qin family had not come in person, they were willing to stand together with the Lu family and would let them know if they needed any help.
Her father held Qin Heng's handwritten letter and lamented to her that the Qin family's attitude was a manifestation of mutual support between in-laws.
Her father didn't mind at all that no one from the Qin family came to visit in person. They were all very pragmatic people. The meat of the bun was not in the folds. It was more convenient, flexible and advantageous for the Qin family to hide in the dark.
Lu Songli was a little amused and helpless. Her father specifically told her this, obviously he had a lot of resentment towards the Xie family.
"Look, is there anything you want to eat?" While pouring tea for the two of them, Lu Songli gestured for him to look at the menu hanging on the wall.
Qin Sheng looked at her speechlessly. Didn’t she think that she went to the appointment just because she really wanted to have this meal?
"I like eating fish. Actually, I like pork, chicken, duck and mutton as long as they are cooked well. But my favorite is still fish, and pork ribs. I never get tired of eating them." Lu Songli took the initiative to talk about her preferences.
Qin Sheng listened silently, his eyes thoughtful. "Fish?" She emphasized the word "fish" twice. It seemed she really liked eating it.
Lu Songli asked him, "Hey, I suddenly feel like I'm pretty easy to keep. How about you? What do you like to eat?"
"It will be all right."
"You like what I just said?" Lu Songli looked at him with bright eyes, "So you're just like me, easy to raise."
Qin Sheng suddenly felt that the private room was a bit stuffy, so he picked up the tea and took two big gulps. After finishing, he stood up and said, "I'll go downstairs and see why Liu Erxi and the others haven't arrived yet." After saying that, he strode out without waiting for Lu Songli to speak.
With a smile in her eyes, Lu Songli held the teacup in her right hand and drank slowly.
Hongsheng Restaurant is a restaurant that is very popular among poets and scholars in Chang'an City. Most of the people coming in and out are poets and scholars wearing long robes and waving fans, giving people a feeling of "talking and laughing with great scholars, and no unlearned people coming and going".
Liu Erxi and Chen Jinshui brought their two brothers to the door of the restaurant. They looked at the black and gold carved door, which was luxurious and noble in its low-key style. The plaque on the top was majestic and eye-catching. The guests coming in and out were all scholars. The two men felt offended and didn't know what to do.
Fortunately, the future sixth sister-in-law was considerate and sent someone to meet them at the door. They pulled the brothers beside them and hurried to catch up.
Yang Lu and Gao Zhenbo followed Liu Erxi and Chen Jinshui, they were there to eat for free. Ever since the day Liu Erxi and Chen Jinshui followed Sixth Brother out of the city and returned, they had been praising Lu Songli, their future sister-in-law, non-stop, saying she was friendly and humble, and that Sixth Brother and she were a perfect match, etc., until their ears were callused.
The two praised Miss Lü Er so highly that Yang Lu and Gao Zhenbo were very curious about what they had been doing. However, when they asked about it, they were very tight-lipped and could not get any information out of them. When they pressed the issue, they just said they had gone to help Sixth Brother. Later, they stopped asking.
When they went upstairs, they met Qin Sheng who was about to go downstairs to pick them up, and they surrounded him and returned to the box.
"Sixth brother, Miss Lu Er."
"You're welcome, everyone please sit down." Then Lu Songli thanked Liu Erxi and Chen Jinshui again for their help that day.
"Miss Lu Er is too polite. We didn't help much that day. It was Sixth Brother who did the most." At most, they just circulated around.
"I know that." Lu Songli said nothing more, and turned to Qin Sheng and said, "Ah Sheng, these are your brothers. You have to help me take care of them."
Qin Sheng glanced at her, meeting her smiling eyes, and turned to Liu Erxi and the others and said, "We are all here together, so don't be polite today. Just eat and drink well."
"Yes, now you can order."
After Lu Songli and Qin Sheng said this, Liu Erxi and Chen Jinshui relaxed and ordered some dishes.
Gao Zhenbo: "Bring the wine, bring the wine!"
"Yes, yes, this cannot be missing!"
They had all heard that the Baiyuquan wine from Hongsheng Restaurant was famously good, and since they were here, they had to try it. When they heard someone shouting for more wine, they followed suit.
Liu Erxi held Gao Zhenbo down and stopped him from going up, then stole a glance at Lu Songli. He had heard and seen that many wives are quite disgusted with their husbands drinking after they get married. He wondered if his future sister-in-law would allow him to drink?
Lu Songli kept smiling and told the waiter who was waiting beside her, "Bring up the best wine in your store."
If you want to drink, then drink. You guys didn't even know where you were when I was drinking. Besides, the wine here is very different from the fine wines of later generations. First of all, the alcohol content, and then the color and taste.
Later generations of baijiu were distilled liquors, with a concentration of 40-50% or at least 38%. At that time, the liquor was brewed and had not been distilled, so the alcohol content was low, around 45-6%, and the liquor was relatively turbid. Lü Songli had tried it, and the alcohol content was about the same as fruit beer.
Ancient people drank 300 cups in one sitting, while later generations could down a few without feeling drunk, and were considered to have a good alcohol tolerance. In later times, Lv Songli had to entertain social gatherings, so her alcohol tolerance was quite high. But now her body was different, and she didn't know if she could still drink.
The waiter said respectfully, "Sir, our best wine is Baiyuquan wine. How many jars would you like?"
Lü Songli asked them, "Are three jars enough?" A jar of wine here weighs four catties, so three jars would make twelve catties. With five young men drinking, each would get about two and a half catties. If they ordered too much, they wouldn't get drunk, but they'd just drink enough water.
"That's enough."
"Okay, give us three jars of your Baiyuquan wine."
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