Chapter 996 No One Knows a Daughter Better Than Her Father
The guys highly recommended the sea bass.
Wen Jiucheng thought of his junior fellow apprentice's shrunken purse and asked cautiously.
"How much does sea bass cost?"
The waiter introduced enthusiastically, "It's winter now, and the price of fresh fish has generally increased a bit, but the price in our store has always been the most reasonable in Shengjing City. Even in such cold weather, a serving of steamed sea bass is only ten taels of silver! How about it? Would you like one? I guarantee you will be satisfied with the taste!"
Wen Jiucheng's expression suddenly became very subtle.
As far as he knew, his junior fellow apprentice's monthly salary was only fifteen taels of silver.
A serving of steamed sea bass is equivalent to half a month's salary for him.
Fortunately, my junior brother joined the Yulin Guard. If he was still performing the stone-breaking trick on the street, the little reward money he earned would not be enough for him to buy a pot of wine here.
Fang Wujiu: "You don't need sea bass. Just a regular grass carp will do. You can braise or stew it."
Grass carp is much cheaper than sea bass.
The guy was a little disappointed, but he didn't say much and was still very enthusiastic: "Okay!"
Fang Wujiu ordered a few of the restaurant's specialties, plus a pot of hot wine.
Wen Jiucheng asked Yimei about some folk customs in the Thousand Islands.
When talking about her country, Yimei immediately became interested and talked a lot. Her originally tense nerves also relaxed a little bit.
By the time the waiter brought the wine and food, Chu Jian finally ran back.
I don’t know where he ran to. His forehead was sweaty and he was breathing heavily.
He took out an exquisite snack box from his arms, handed it to Yimei, and spoke in a somewhat unstable voice.
"This is Su Xiang Tang's red bean paste cake. It's very sweet and delicious. Try it."
Yi Mei looked at the snack box handed to her and was stunned for a moment before she asked, "You suddenly ran out just to buy this?"
Chu Jian: "My senior sister told me that when people are unhappy, they will become happier if they eat something sweet.
She also said that the dim sum at Suxiangtang was the best in Shengjing City.
I suddenly remembered this just now, so I ran to buy a box of red bean paste cake.
The guy at Su Xiang Tang said this red bean paste cake is very sweet and many girls like it. You should like it too."
This speech was too long and complicated, and Chu Jian could not express it in the Qiandao dialect, so he could only use the Dasheng Mandarin.
After he finished speaking, he immediately looked at his two senior brothers with a look for help.
Wen Jiucheng helped him translate those words into the Thousand Islands language.
After listening to this, Yimei felt a warm feeling in her heart.
I didn’t expect that Chu Jian, this kid, looks silly, but sometimes he is unexpectedly considerate.
She reached out to take the snack box and said thank you in a very low voice.
Chu Jian smiled foolishly: "You're welcome."
Yimei hugged the box of snacks tightly in her arms. She felt they were extremely sweet before she even ate them.
Wen Jiucheng picked up the wine pot and asked with a smile: "Big Brother, would you like a drink?"
Fang Wujiu: "Drinking alcohol is harmful to the body, I just drink soup."
Wen Jiucheng was helpless: "What's the point of me drinking alone?"
Fang Wujiu pointed at Chu Jian and Yi Mei and said, "Aren't there still them?"
Wen Jiucheng teased, "With the two of them, they're already dizzy even without drinking. If they drink a little more, who knows how dizzy they'll get."
Fang Wujiu smiled knowingly.
He picked up the bowl of soup and clinked it with Wen Jiucheng's wine glass.
"I'll serve you a bowl of soup instead of wine."
Wen Jiucheng picked up the wine glass and took a sip leisurely.
Even though the two senior brothers were already very frugal, when Chu Jian went to pay the bill, they were still shocked by the amount.
He had heard from his senior sister that the food in this restaurant was delicious, so he happily brought the third princess and his senior brothers here. However, he forgot that his senior sister didn't have to pay for meals when she went out. After all, she had the emperor by her side as her scapegoat, so all she had to do was eat and didn't have to worry about the price at all.
But he is different!
There are no suckers around him, all he has is a heart devastated by poverty.
Chu Jian covered his pitiful little purse and whispered to his senior brother.
"What happens if I don't pay for my meal?"
Fang Wujiu smiled warmly: "You will have the exciting experience of being chased by a dozen big men."
Chu Jian: “…”
Well, then let’s not do that.
He is not worthy of such an exciting thing!
He paid the money reluctantly.
Pinching the shriveled little purse, Chu Jian couldn't help but express a sad realization about life.
"The most unfaithful thing in the world is money. I agreed to go out with it, but it didn't come back with me. It's really a waste of my love for it!"
Fang Wujiu and Wen Jiucheng laughed out loud in a very unkind way.
Yi Mei couldn't understand the Dasheng official language, so she could only look at Chu Jian with a pair of blank eyes, puzzled.
After walking out of the tavern, Chu Jian took a deep breath of cold air and tried hard to suppress the pain in his heart.
He said to his two brothers.
"You go back first. I will take the third princess back to the King of England's palace."
Although Guan Ying has left, the Honglu Temple should be safe, but to be on the safe side, it would be better to let the third princess continue to stay in the Prince of Ying's Palace.
As for what to do next, it depends on the emperor's decision.
After one night.
The streets and alleys in the city were covered with snow.
The eunuchs got up before dawn to sweep the snow.
The orange cat Lao Wang ran across the snow, leaving a trail of paw prints.
It ran to the gate of Yunxiu Palace in one breath and saw Fang Wujiu walking towards it carrying a medicine box.
Lao Wang ran over and skillfully lay down in the middle of the road.
Fang Wujiu took out an oil-paper bag from his sleeve.
The oil paper bag is full of dried fish.
When Lao Wang smelled the scent, he jumped up, grabbed the oil paper bag and ran away for a long distance.
It ran away without looking back, like a scumbag who got away with something he had gained.
Fang Wujiu smiled silently.
He put his hands into his sleeves and continued walking forward.
Xiao Xixi had just finished her breakfast when Qingsong came to report that Doctor Fang had arrived.
After Fang Wujiu came in, Xiao Xixi waved her hand to dismiss the palace maids and eunuchs around them, leaving only Baoqin in the room to serve.
Fang Wujiu took out the pulse pillow and placed it on the table.
Xiao Xixi had already learned about the Thousand Islands delegation from Luo Qinghan.
She placed her right hand on the pulse pillow and asked, "I heard that Guan Ying wrote a letter asking for help. Where is that letter?"
Fang Wujiu held her wrist.
After taking the patient's pulse, he finally answered.
"The letter is in the Emperor's hands."
He withdrew his hand, glanced at Xixi in front of him, and asked suspiciously.
"Why are you asking this?"
Xiao Xixi showed her signature sweet smile: "I'm just curious. I want to see what Guan Ying wrote."
Fang Wujiu knew her too well.
He brought up this girl, and he can be considered half her father.
There is some truth in the saying that no one knows a daughter better than her father.
Fang Wujiu smiled and said, "Aren't you trying to use that letter to figure out where Guan Ying ran off to?"
(End of this chapter)
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