Chapter 65 Getting People Drunk (Two in One)
Seeing that the father and daughter were about to go off topic, Gu Ping'an hurriedly explained: "The banknote is real! But it costs 20 copper coins to exchange it for silver. Dad is worried about the copper coins!"
Gu Tang: …Scare her! She thought the banknote was fake!
"It's only twenty copper coins, not too much. I'll take you for a walk in the mountains later, and the copper coins will be returned to you."
This consolation is not sincere at all.
Gu Lianshan didn't want to pay attention to her words, and handed over the money bag, "Here is twenty taels of silver, all in loose silver coins, a bit scattered, but suitable for us to use."
"I know, I know. Loose silver is more convenient to use. If I were given silver ingots, I might not be able to find the change when I spend them at the market."
Gu Tang took it with a grin, stuffed it into her sleeve, grabbed her father's sleeve and walked east.
"There's a restaurant in front. I think it looks quite impressive! Let's go to the restaurant today and have a good meal. Don't you like wine? Let's have a bottle of green wine for 100 coins today!"
Gu Lianshan hadn't drunk alcohol for several days. It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it. As soon as he mentioned it, the alcohol bug in his stomach instantly came up and his mind was full of alcohol!
The unhappiness just now disappeared at this moment, and his legs moved faster than anyone else!
When they arrived at the restaurant, Gu Lianshan looked up at the restaurant's facade. Well, his daughter was right, it was indeed very grand!
In such restaurants, there is generally no such thing as looking down on others. The waiters greeting guests at the door are specially picked. They are about thirteen or fourteen years old, with round faces and heads. They have very lovable smiles and their words are sweeter than each other.
No matter whether the guests were dressed in silk or linen, the servants treated them all equally.
Therefore, when they saw the three members of the Gu family walking towards them, the boys raised their little faces and greeted them very skillfully.
Faced with the boy's enthusiasm, except Gu Tang who was watching with great interest, Gu Lianshan and his son Gu Pingan felt very uncomfortable.
After they entered the lobby and chose a table to sit down, the tense expressions of the father and son finally relaxed.
As soon as I sat down, a waiter came over with a long-spouted kettle to pour tea.
The teacup on the table was empty without any tea leaves, so Gu Tang thought it was just water.
But when the water in the kettle flowed into the bowl, she found that it was actually yellow tea soup with some black residue in the middle, which must be broken tea leaves.
After the waiter left, Gu Tang quietly asked her father, "Isn't the tea in this restaurant freshly brewed?"
"Pre-brew? How do you brew it?" Gu Lianshan looked at her in surprise. "Didn't Dad tell you before that tea should be brewed over high heat? Where did you hear that?"
Gu Tang: ...So the tea here needs to be brewed over high heat.
She restrained her expression and shook her head: "I forgot where I heard it from, I guess it was just nonsense. When we were making tea at home, the grandmother always chased us away, and I had never seen it, so I believed what the person said."
Gu Lianshan snorted coldly and cursed in a low voice: "She herself is a bad person, so she thinks everyone is bad. Not only is she on guard against you, she is also on guard against your uncle!"
Um?
Gu Tang's eyes widened with curiosity: "Why is my grandma on guard against my uncle?"
"Your grandma..." He was about to say two words when he saw a waiter coming towards him from the corner of his eye. Gu Lianshan hurriedly stopped talking and changed the subject, "I'll tell you in detail when we get back!"
After he finished speaking, he sat up straight, with a serious face, waiting for the shop assistant to come over.
"My three guests, what would you like to order? The names and prices of the dishes are on the wall behind the counter. If you are too lazy to look at them, just tell me what you want to eat and I will read you the menu."
Gu Lianshan stiffened. He had never been to school and had never eaten any decent meals. If you asked him to explain it now, he would not be able to say a single word.
Gu Tang at the side came to the rescue: "My father is very picky about food. He only likes to drink and eat meat. Tell us a few of your signature meat dishes. We will listen to them. If there are any you like, you can write them down."
Just as she was about to finish, she remembered something and quickly added, "No pork! We are not used to that kind of meat."
The waiter smiled and responded, then listed a series of dishes: "Steamed lamb with wine, lamb trotters with bamboo shoots, roast goose, roast chicken, steamed salted duck, roasted pigeon, roasted venison..."
After announcing the names of the dishes, the waiter started to announce the names of the wines: "We have green wine, yellow wine, rice wine, and fermented wine..."
There were also quite a few types of liquor, and the shop assistant listed more than ten at a time.
Gu Lianshan had only ever drunk green wine, yellow wine and rice wine. The former was bought by his daughter as a gift to him, and the latter two were what he drank when he was drinking with others outside.
Especially rice wine, he drinks it often, just because it is cheap, he can't bear to buy expensive ones.
He lowered his head and asked his daughter: "Do you want Huangjiu?" The price is a little more expensive than rice wine, and it is most suitable to drink here.
But Gu Tang disagreed: "I've already said it just now, today I'll let you drink as much green wine as you want!"
After calming her father down, Gu Tang began to order dishes: "Steamed lamb with wine, roast goose, roast chicken, roast pigeon, and three bowls of rice. As for the wine, bring up three catties of green wine first. If it's not enough, we can add more!"
"Okay! Please wait! The food and drinks will be served soon!"
The shop assistant bowed repeatedly with a smile on his face, then turned and went to the kitchen in the back.
When Gu Tang ordered the first dish, Gu Lianshan almost jumped up!
As Gu Tang ordered several "hard dishes" in succession and asked for three kilograms of green wine, he became more and more disappointed.
How much money does this meal cost? !
After the waiter walked away, he could no longer hold back and shouted in a low voice: "Silly girl! There are only three of us! The food and wine you ordered are too expensive even for a landlord! How much money will this cost?!"
"Don't worry, I calculated it, it's just over one ounce, less than two ounces."
Gu Lianshan was stunned: "Don't fool me! The waiter only told me the name of the dish, but didn't quote the price! How did you calculate it?"
Gu Tang pointed to the wall behind the counter and said, "The master who taught me how to pick herbs also went to school for a few years. He taught me for a few years and didn't let me tell anyone else. Now, I can recognize words and do math!"
It was not easy! The characters here were traditional Chinese characters. She guessed and finally learned about 50% to 60% of them, but she just couldn't write them.
My daughter can actually read?!
This surprised Gu Lianshan more than the extra 100 taels of rice money.
Thinking of his daughter's master, Gu Lianshan sighed, this master is better than him, her biological father!
"Your master is a good man. When we visit his grave at the end of the year, we must burn some paper money for him..."
"Of course! This year I'm going to burn piles of paper money for him!"
This cheap master whom she had never met had secretly taken countless blames for her. If the paper money was not burned properly, she was afraid that the old man would come to her in her dreams at night and scold her.
Seeing that his father's attention was diverted by his second sister, Gu Ping'an frowned in confusion, not knowing whether he should remind his father that their meal would cost more than one or two taels of silver!
He himself was scared just by looking at the way his second sister spent her money.
Fortunately, he didn't have to worry for long, and the food and drinks they ordered were soon served one by one.
Seeing the table full of food and wine, Gu Lianshan slapped his forehead and remembered the quarrel just now.
He pointed at Gu Tang and yelled again in a low voice: "You almost fooled me! Just for this meal, we spent more than one tael of silver! Even the county magistrate's family can't eat like this."
"Of course the county magistrate's family doesn't eat like this! They don't even look down on these things. They eat bird's nests, bear paws, venison and other things that every family has, so they don't care about them!"
This was a bit of an argument. Gu Lianshan was speechless and choked.
Gu Tang ignored his nagging and distributed chopsticks and spoons to them. Then he picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of green wine for her father and passed it to him.
"It's cold! The food will soon get cold after it's out of the pot, and then it won't taste good. If you keep on nagging, Ping An and I won't wait for you to start eating."
As he spoke, Gu Tang had already picked up the chopsticks in his hand and was testing the roast pigeon.
Gu Lianshan immediately shut up, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a chopstick full of steamed mutton and stuffed it into his mouth.
Gu Tang was not very interested in mutton. She picked up a roasted pigeon in her hand and couldn't wait to put it to her mouth and take a bite.
The caramelized and slightly salty meat is okay to chew in the mouth. The flavors are not that layered, but there is no fishy smell either.
In short, it tastes better than what she makes herself!
Gu Ping'an didn't know what to eat, so he just followed Gu Tang's example and picked up a roasted pigeon.
After finishing a roasted pigeon, Gu Tang’s empty stomach was half full and he was almost full.
The father and son next to them were still eating heartily.
The way he ate it was exactly the same as the rabbit meat she cooked. Gu Tang couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "How does it taste?"
"Good, good! This is the taste!" Gu Lianshan gave a greasy thumbs up!
Gu Ping'an also did the same thing, but he had too much meat stuffed in his mouth, so he couldn't speak for a while and could only nod continuously.
Gu Tang put down his chopsticks, called the waiter to bring a pot of hot tea, and poured a cup of hot tea for Gu Ping'an and placed it in front of him.
"Eat slowly and don't choke. If you like, I'll bring you here often as long as you listen to me in the future."
Yeah yeah!
Gu Pingan continued to nod!
He listens to his second sister! He listens to his second sister all his life!
Gu Ping'an's reaction made Gu Tang very satisfied. He raised his hand, tore off a chicken leg and put it in his bowl.
She wiped her hands, quietly replaced the wine cup in front of her father with a large bowl, picked up the wine pot, and poured a full bowl of wine.
"Dad, don't just focus on eating. You have to drink the wine too! It's three pounds of wine. Even if you can't finish it, they won't give it back."
Hearing his daughter's words of urging him to drink, Gu Lianshan hurriedly picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
Just as he was about to put down his bowl, Gu Tang refilled it for him.
She patiently counted how many mouthfuls of meat her father ate, and then started to urge him to drink again.
Gu Lianshan was extremely happy at this time. After living for decades, this was the first time he could eat meat and drink wine to his heart's content!
Therefore, he accepted all the drinks and drank whatever Gu Tang offered him.
Soon, half of the three pounds of green wine was gone.
The alcohol content of the wine here is not high, so there is no need to worry about alcohol poisoning. Gu Tang stared at her father for a while, and seeing that he was a little drunk, she slowed down the speed of pouring the wine.
Gu Ping'an saw all of this, stopped gnawing on the chicken leg, and lightly touched Gu Tang's foot with his foot under the table.
Gu Tang noticed the movement and turned to glance at him.
Gu Ping'an pointed at his father secretly, then at the wine pot, and asked her with his mouth: What are you doing? Are you deliberately forcing Dad to drink?
Gu Tang raised his finger to his mouth, signaling him not to reveal this.
Gu Ping'an was puzzled. Why did he force his father to drink for no reason?
Gu Tang didn't have time to explain to him, so he tore off the other chicken leg and handed it to him, telling him to continue chewing on it and not to ask any other questions.
After Gu Lianshan finished chewing the last piece of sheep bone, Gu Tang also smiled and poured him the last bowl of wine.
After drinking this bowl of wine, it should be enough to make her father sleep for a day.
So I can’t look at houses or do anything today. I can only go back to the inn to rest and talk about it tomorrow.
Good, she gained another day.
You can continue to sign in at the bank tomorrow!
Gu Lianshan was already drunk and a little confused. Seeing that the wine bowl in front of him was full again, he subconsciously picked it up and drank it all in one gulp.
Then he lay down on the table and didn't make any noise.
Gu Ping'an looked at this scene in dumbfoundedness, and the chicken leg in his hand fell.
Gu Tang shook the wine jug, and there was very little wine left in it.
Her dad can drink a lot!
Glancing at Gu Pingan, Gu Tang asked him, "Are you full?"
“…I’m full.”
It's good to be full.
Gu Tang waved to the waiter in the distance and asked him to come over to settle the bill.
The waiter came forward and took a quick look. Seeing that there were no new dishes or drinks, he gave a figure: "The total is one and a half taels of silver. The money for three bowls of rice has been paid for."
"Okay!" Gu Tang took out a silver coin and handed it over, asking the waiter to take it for weighing.
The shop assistant took the silver with both hands and called another waiter over before leaving.
Gu Tang didn't understand what was going on, she just heard the waiter ask her with a smile: "Sir, do you want to pack up the food and drinks on the table and take them away, or do you want us to clear them away?"
Oh? You have take-out service?
Gu Tang became interested and wanted to see how they packed it, so he said, "Pack it up and take it away. Also, go find a car. My dad is drunk and needs someone to take him back."
"Do you think a donkey cart would work?"
"It doesn't matter what car it is." Gu Tang took out a string of copper coins and handed it over. "This is the fare. The extra is for you."
The waiter was surprised and bowed repeatedly to Gu Tang to express his gratitude. He turned around and called two waiters to help.
One of the guys went out to look for the car, and the other went to the back to get something.
Not long after, the guy who went to the back to get something came back quickly with a few yellowed papers and a rough little wine bottle in his hands.
Gu Tang was curious about those pieces of paper. She reached out and touched them and they were greasy.
"This is oil paper, used to wrap these dishes. Food wrapped in oil paper will prevent the soup in the dishes from leaking out." Seeing that Gu Tang was curious, the waiter explained.
"No wonder you said you could wrap it up, it turns out you can use wax paper, what a good idea!"
Gu Tang sighed, who said the ancients were stupid, they were not stupid at all!
The two waiters were very efficient. They packed the food quickly and placed it in front of Gu Tang.
The wine in the jug was not forgotten either, and the small wine bottle that the waiter brought came in handy, and all the remaining wine in the jug was poured into it.
The small wine bottle has a wooden cork and a tied rope. After putting the cork in, you can walk away holding the rope.
After the food and wine were packed, the guy who had gone to weigh the items earlier came trotting over and handed the change to Gu Tang.
The silver coins that Gu Tang gave weighed two taels, and he got back just five hundred copper coins.
After collecting the copper coins, the donkey cart arrived at the entrance of the restaurant.
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