187, rent a shop
187, rent a shop
“Ahem—”
The pungent smell forced Zhao Lang to escape from the pavilion and run outside to cough.
Even the housekeeper outside the pavilion couldn't help but run a little further, ran to their prince's side, and asked with concern: "Prince, are you okay?"
"Over there, Master Lu..." The butler began to suspect that Master Lu inside was roasting something poisonous.
I don’t know what Mr. Lu sprinkled in there, it was so choking. The butler coughed twice and raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes. The thing made him cry, it was so horrible!
"Hey, why did you all run away? It's time to eat, do you want to eat?" After Lu Mingfei finished grilling the skewers in his hand, he found that Zhao Lang had run outside. He took a skewer, blew on it, and took a bite.
Mmm, this is the taste! Delicious!
"What a delicacy!" Lu Mingfei squinted his eyes, savoring the taste in his mouth. He had been here for over ten years, and this was the first time he had eaten skewers grilled with chili peppers. Barbecue without chili peppers was like losing its soul, and now he had found it!
Seeing that Zhao Lang refused to come into the pavilion, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to come out with the skewers and handed one to Zhao Lang. "Want to eat?"
“Try it, it’s really delicious.”
“…” Zhao Lang took it with half belief and half doubt, looked at the barbecue in his hand, and did not put it into his mouth immediately.
The butler next to him saw their prince accept the barbecue handed over by Mr. Lu and hesitated to let him try it, fearing that it might be poisonous. But seeing that Mr. Lu was eating the barbecue skewers with relish, he had no choice but to take the food back.
"It's really delicious. I'm not lying to you. Once you've had it, I guarantee you'll want to eat it again." Lu Mingfei's face was filled with the words "Trust me, I won't lie to you." But seeing Zhao Lang's expression, he found it very funny. It was the first time he saw this young master with such a doubtful expression on his face, and he found it inexplicably funny.
Zhao Lang hesitated for a moment, then brought the skewer of barbecue to his mouth. He took a bite, and the barbecue had a slight burnt aroma. But the next second...
!!!
Zhao Lang stuffed the barbecue skewers in his hand into Lu Mingfei's hand and rushed into the pavilion to get some water.
"No way? Is it so spicy? It tastes okay to me. Come on, drink some water to rinse your mouth and spit it out, don't drink it into your stomach." Lu Mingfei saw that Zhao Lang's face turned red all of a sudden. He followed Zhao Lang into the pavilion and took a bite of the skewers that Zhao Lang had just eaten with a little disbelief. It was also this spicy.
He sprinkled the chili powder quite evenly, and no one skewer had more than the other.
"puff--"
After Zhao Lang rinsed his mouth, he still felt a tingling sensation in his mouth.
"What's wrong with you, Young Master?" The housekeeper followed and saw that the Young Master's face was red as he drank the water fiercely. He thought that this thing was really poisonous, so he turned around and shouted to the people outside, "Quickly, go get a doctor!"
“No need!”
"No need to go."
Two voices sounded at the same time.
Zhao Lang glanced at Lu Mingfei and said to the housekeeper and the people outside, "I'm fine."
"He was just spicy, not food poisoning." Lu Mingfei's face was filled with innocence as he met the housekeeper's suspicious gaze. He really hadn't poisoned Zhao Lang. To prove his innocence, he took another bite of the skewer in his hand, eating a mouthful of meat to prove it to the housekeeper and Zhao Lang.
You see, I really didn't poison the food.
"Why don't you try it too? It's really delicious, except a little spicy. If you can handle spicy food, I really recommend you try it." Lu Mingfei gave the butler one of the skewers he hadn't eaten, and also gave some to the guards who came later. To prove that the skewers in his hand were not poisonous, he ate a lot of them in front of the group.
The butler looked at the barbecue skewers that were stuffed into his hands and smelled quite fragrant. However, seeing the look on their prince's face just now, he hesitated again.
The guards who came later got the skewers.
Someone hesitated for a moment and took a bite of the kebab in his hand. After only taking the first bite, the guard who had first tried the spicy kebab lit up his eyes and took a second bite. Delicious!
When the other guards saw their companions eating, some of them hesitated, but also took a bite of the skewers in their hands.
"tasty!"
“Xia!”
Several different voices sounded at the same time. Some people had the same reaction as their young master had just after eating the spicy skewers, but some people did not have any big reaction after eating the spicy skewers and just felt that they were delicious.
"I've already told you, it's really not poisonous. It's just a seasoning. It feels spicy because the chili peppers irritate our... mouths and make us feel pain." When Lu Mingfei spoke, he changed the phrase "tingling nerves" into more understandable words, otherwise he would have to explain to Zhao Lang what "nerves" were after he finished speaking.
The word "nerve" does not exist nowadays.
So now he is more careful about what he says and won't use words or phrases that are not in this era. Otherwise, he will just casually know some strange things and say it's just a coincidence once or twice, but if he says it too many times, it will make others suspicious.
"But if you can eat spicy food, it will taste delicious. Especially when the weather gets cold, eating a spicy hot pot and working up a sweat is very comfortable." Thinking of the taste of spicy hot pot, Lu Mingfei now wants to try it.
The butler nodded after hearing this. It tasted quite fragrant, and it was true that the mouth felt a tingling sensation, but after taking the first bite, one would want to take a second bite, and a third bite...
However, Zhao Lang was somewhat reluctant to eat this thing and didn't want to eat it a second time.
Seeing that Zhao Lang refused to eat, Lu Mingfei distributed the remaining grilled skewers sprinkled with chili powder to others and kept two for himself.
That night he stayed at Prince Ding's mansion until very late before returning home with the guards who were escorting him.
As for the remaining peeled pepper skins and seeds, he took them home.
The skins of the peppers can be eaten, and the seeds can be saved for planting. Lu Mingfei plans to discuss with his father about planting them on their own land next spring. If they succeed, he will give some of the seeds to Zhao Lang and some to the villagers to plant. After two or three years of planting, there will be a lot of peppers and a lot of seeds.
Once they develop a way to eat peppers and everyone knows that they are good things, many people will definitely follow them in growing peppers.
Chili peppers are so delicious. They can be used to make spicy hot pot, spicy fish, spicy chicken, spicy stews, and spicy hot pot...
Lying in his familiar bed at night, Lu Mingfei's mind was full of dishes made with chili peppers. The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sleep!
At this time, Zhao Lang was sitting in the bathtub taking a bath, squinting his eyes and leaning his head against the wall of the tub.
***
Having returned home too late last night, Lu Mingfei slept in very late the next day. However, when he woke up, the house was quiet. The children must have been taken to the escort agency to practice martial arts.
The private school also has a ten-day holiday, and the three children at home have the same holiday time as him.
However, during holidays, the three boys would rather go to the escort agency to practice martial arts with their master than stay at home.
However, Lu Mingfei had a suspicion that the three boys had gone to the escort agency to practice martial arts during their ten-day break. Perhaps they were afraid of being checked on their lessons, so they all ran away before he got up. After all, the monks could escape, but the temple could not. The three boys would definitely come back for lunch at noon.
The Imperial College and the Imperial Academy were both closed today, so he told Zhang Qi and Ruchun that they didn't need to set up stalls in front of the Imperial College to sell things during their ten-day holiday. They should be helping out at the stall on South Street now.
As for his mother and the rest of the family, they must be working at the stall right now. His father and adoptive father were going to the workshop today and had probably left town long ago. He was the last one in the family to get up.
However, Lu Mingfei had nothing to feel embarrassed about. He didn't sleep so late every day. It was only once or twice occasionally, which was normal.
But compared to him who could occasionally sleep in, his father and mother had been getting up early to work for decades.
Thinking of his parents who had worked hard for most of their lives, he couldn't help but sigh.
After getting up and washing up, he went into the kitchen, opened the lid and saw buns in the steamer. He took out two and ate them.
After having a simple meal at home, Lu Mingfei closed the door to the yard, locked it, and walked towards South Street. Seeing his mother busy at the stall, he called out, "Mother."
"Have you eaten?" Liu Sanniang asked with a smile when she saw her eldest son coming.
"I've eaten at home." Not seeing Zhang Qi here, Lu Mingfei asked, "Where's Qi?"
"He's working in the shop we rented. Do you want to go over and take a look?" Liu Sanniang pointed in the direction of the shop they rented and told her eldest son, "It's a little further over. There's a craftsman working inside. You'll see him when you walk over."
"Oh, okay, I'll go over and take a look. Mother, do you want to go with me?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Liu Sanniang asked someone to look after the business at the stall, then she walked around the table and came out, bringing her eldest son to the shop they rented.
The shop they rented is just a few steps away from where they set up their stall now.
When they walked to the door of the store, they saw the master working inside.
Lu Mingfei estimated with his eyes that the entire store was probably less than 50 square meters, which didn't seem to be a very big place.
However, he also knew how expensive the shops on South Street were. For his family to rent such a small shop, the annual rent would cost several hundred taels of silver. The rent here was paid annually, meaning they had to pay a full year's rent in one lump sum.
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