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Mother Liu took them to the best private room. Before leaving, she glanced at the silent Wu Weian, closed the door and left.
Ji Yunxi walked in and sat down in the main seat.
This private room has a great view, with the windows open facing the stage below.
After a while, these new girls from Yihongyuan will be singing or dancing up there.
The highest bidder for the virginity gets it. If you want to buy someone, you have to ask Mama Liu for the price.
Wu Wei'an sat down next to Ji Yunxi, and his first question was, "Does this private room cost extra?"
Ji Yunxi glanced at Baofu.
Baofu finally spoke, with a sly look on his face: "Tea, wine and food are free if they cost more than one hundred taels."
Wu Wei'an continued to ask in a good manner: "What if it can't be filled?"
Baofu held his hands together in front of his belly, his drooping eyebrows showing his disdain: "If it's not full, you have to add ten taels."
Wu Weian fell into deep thought.
Ji Yunxi looked at him once, then looked at him again, and couldn't help but frown.
Wu Weian also looked at her, his eyes full of sincerity, as if he wanted her to ask something.
As long as she asked, he would find a way to get rid of the meal.
But Ji Yunxi said nothing, quickly stopped smiling, and leaned back in her chair comfortably, playing with her newly painted aqua yellow nails.
Wu Wei'an tapped the table with his fingertips: "It seems a bit expensive..."
Ji Yunxi raised her eyebrows and said softly, "Yes, a little. Thank you, Anlang, for this meal."
Wu Weian: “…”
The door was pushed open, and the waiter from Yihongyuan walked in quickly with a pen and paper. "Miss San, sir, do you two need anything?"
Wu Weian asked casually: "Do you have a menu?"
The guy was stunned and said quickly: "Yes, yes."
He handed over a piece of paper, looked at the third girl sitting at the main seat, and then looked at the adult who was frowning and looking at the menu carefully.
This is the third lady, a familiar figure. The man the third lady is bringing with her is probably the legendary winner of the imperial examination.
This third place winner is indeed a well-behaved scholar, and there is nothing about him that matches their Yihongyuan.
The guy discovered it just now when Mother Liu took them upstairs.
The other men's eyes were fixed on the girls' low necklines and snow-white skin, but this man's eyes were fixed on the wine and food on the table and the gold and jade beside it.
It seems that this young man who had won the third place in the imperial examination had indeed had very little money in his family. The man, who worked as an errand boy in Yihong Courtyard and whose family was also poor, immediately took a liking to this man who was diligent and frugal and who had come with his wife.
Therefore, when the other party asked how much the food and wine cost, the waiters answered patiently.
After all, prices are never listed on Yihongyuan's menu.
If it were any other guest, he wouldn't answer.
You've come to Yihongyuan, and you're still asking how much a serving of wine and food costs?
Since you have no money, why come to Yihongyuan?
After asking and getting a rough idea of the prices of food and wine at Yihongyuan, Wu Wei'an didn't ask Ji Yunxi what she wanted to eat. He just ordered a vegetable dish, a meat dish, and a soup: "Stir-fried mustard greens, shredded pork with fish sauce, tomato egg drop soup, and two bowls of white rice."
The total of the four items is exactly 8.6 taels.
Including the cost of the private room, the final bill was eighteen taels and six cents.
I have to say, the rice and vegetables sold in Yihongyuan are probably made of gold.
Is it so easy to make money?
The waiter ordered these when he met the distinguished guests in the private room for the first time.
He subconsciously looked at Ji Yunxi.
Wu Weian handed the menu back: "Okay, that's all, you can go."
"Wait." Ji Yunxi glanced at the person next to her, lowered her eyes, and said lightly, "Add another pot of Jiannanchun."
Guy: “Okay—”
Wu Weian interrupted the waiter: "Wait a minute."
Then he turned to Ji Yunxi: "Do you want to drink?"
Ji Yunxi: "Well, no?"
Wu Weian said seriously, "I still have some excellent osmanthus wine."
Ji Yunxi: "I just want to drink Jiannanchun."
Wu Weian said, "But considering your alcohol tolerance, aren't you afraid of passing out after just one drink? Then how are you going to look at the girl next time?"
Thinking of herself drunk that night, Ji Yunxi: "..."
Ji Yunxi curled her lips and sneered, "Yes, then I'll have a pot of Mingqian Longjing."
Guy: “Okay—”
"Wait a minute." Wu Weian interrupted the waiter and said to Ji Yunxi, "Don't you have Mingqian Longjing tea? The Mingqian Longjing you have is the most authentic. The Mingqian Longjing sold outside is a bit inferior."
The waiter disagreed: "Sir, the Mingqian Longjing tea from our Yihongyuan is the best—"
Wu Wei'an laughed, "But my wife's Mingqian Longjing was given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Could it be that the Mingqian Longjing from your Yihong Courtyard is better than the Crown Prince's?"
The man dared not say anything. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hurriedly, "No, no, of course His Royal Highness's is much better."
Wu Weian smiled at Ji Yunxi: "Look."
Ji Yunxi's face was cold and unmoved: "Just add a pot of Mingqian Longjing, I want it now."
Wu Wei'an sighed helplessly and stood up. "Well, I'll go get the tea set and tea leaves from the carriage and make them for you myself. Is that okay with you?"
Ji Yunxi looked up at him and opened her red lips slightly: "That's fine."
Wu Weian walked out of the private room and took the waiter away without saying anything.
Baofu was stunned. After seeing her uncle leave, she cried to Ji Yunxi in grievance: "Miss, look at your uncle! He only gave you these things!"
Ji Yunxi sat at the main seat, flicked her nails lightly, and said slowly: "Baofu, go find the waiter and ask him to add two dishes for me. Just--" She thought for a moment, he should have only fifty taels in his hand, "Carp and tofu soup, braised spareribs."
Baofu: "Okay, Miss!!"
*
Wu Weian looked quietly at the crucian carp tofu soup and braised pork ribs in front of him.
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