Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 323 I want to buy this small bowl and take it home

At some point, the news that the county magistrate was having dinner at Fengnian Restaurant spread outside the restaurant.

Gradually, more and more guests passing by the door lingered, wanting to see how approachable the county magistrate was.

Lu Zheng stroked his beard with his hand and smiled kindly: "Everyone, eat it while it's hot. It won't taste so good when it gets cold."

Everyone then sat down to eat, each with a look of honor and gratitude on their face. After taking a bite, they couldn't help but praise the meal, saying it was delicious and flavourful.

There was a short and thin young man who took two bites and couldn't help crying.

The people around him advised him: "You silly boy, the county magistrate gave you food, you should be happy, why are you crying?"

The man sobbed and said, "Because I was born short and weak, I was bullied by my brothers since I was a child. They said I would never achieve anything in the future."

"But today, not only did I eat at the same restaurant with the county magistrate, but he also gave me delicious food."

"No matter how promising my brothers are, who has ever eaten in the same restaurant as the county magistrate, or eaten from the same bowl of soup as the county magistrate?"

"Who dares to say that I don't have any breath? I, I..."

The man wiped his tears of emotion with his sleeve and said, "When I leave later, I will buy this bowl from the owner of the store."

"I'm going to take it back. This is the best proof that I have a lot of potential!"

After he said this, others also felt that the small porcelain bowl in front of them, which contained a spoonful of boiled pork slices, suddenly became different.

Yes, this is the small bowl containing the same portion of boiled pork slices that the county magistrate ate. I want to take it back too!

Although the people around him didn't say it out loud, they all made up their minds secretly.

Seeing that everyone had started eating, Lu Zheng sat back in his seat with a happy look on his face.

When he looked up, he saw Yang Chi opposite him looking at him with a smile.

He couldn't help but blush, and whispered: "Yang Laoliu, what are you laughing at? Do you think the people love me and you want to laugh at me?"

Yang Chi shook his head, moved closer to Lu Zheng, and lowered his voice: "Second Brother Lu, I think you have changed."

"In fact, if you take it seriously, you can be a good official."

"Look how good it is now. It's much more meaningful than just messing around here for three years. When you think about it later, won't you feel at ease and proud?"

Yang Chi thought of the entrustment from Mr. Lu, and lost no time in persuading Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng just shared the delicious dishes with everyone just because the people admired and loved him, which made him feel good.

After listening to Yang Chi's analysis, he was stunned and began to think with a frown.

Yang Chi stopped talking, looked at the empty basin that Lu Lang brought back, and smacked his lips with some regret.

I only got to eat a small spoonful of boiled pork slices. It was spicy and numbing, and really delicious. But just as I could taste the flavor, it was gone.

He thought about it and waved to Shen Yu quietly.

Shen Yu had been helping to serve dishes to the tables. When he saw Yang Chi calling him, he quickly walked over.

Yang Chi whispered, "Miss Shen, please make another serving of boiled pork slices. We didn't get to eat the one just now."

Lu Zheng was addicted to being a parent official today, and said with a smile: "Can the boiled pork slices be delivered?"

"This dish is delicious. I want the lawyers, constables, and runners to try it too."

Shen Yu nodded: "It can be delivered. Put it in a food box and send it to you. When you want to eat it, heat it up, sprinkle it with seasonings, and pour hot oil on it. It will taste just as good."

Lu Zheng waved his hand and said, "Then don't make this dish now. I will treat the people in the government office to this boiled pork slices for dinner."

"Girl, make four servings of this soup basin this afternoon. I'll send someone to pick it up at sunset."

"Also, bring some of the stir-fried diced chicken, twice-cooked pork, braised pork, and stir-fried pork with chives from the steamer, and cut the lasagna into two portions."

Shen Yu responded "yes" and turned to get it.

Lu Zheng said to Yang Chi: "Let's go back to the government office tonight and eat boiled pork slices."

"Didn't you just say that you wanted to try every dish, but you were afraid that you would be too full and couldn't eat the boiled pork slices?"

"Now that we've finished the boiled pork slices, we can try these stir-fried dishes."

Yang Chi's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands, and whispered, "Great, Brother Lu, this is a very good arrangement."

"Just now I was looking at the dishes in the steamer and was thinking it was a pity that I couldn't try them all at once. I have to leave again tomorrow, so this is perfect now."

Yang Chi waited for the food to be served with a smile on his face.

After Shen Yu brought four ready-made stir-fried dishes and cut a tray of meat patties and placed them on the table.

Yang Chi couldn't wait to pick up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks.

Braised pork is simpler to prepare than steamed meat in casserole and takes less time. It doesn’t taste as melt-in-your-mouth good, but it has a rich sauce flavor and is fatty but not greasy.

Yang Chi picked up the crispy Thousand Layer Meat Pie and took a bite.

After he swallowed the crispy meat pie, which was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, he sighed with satisfaction and said to Lu Zheng enviously, "Brother Lu, I think you are better at eating now than before."

"I didn't expect that I could eat so many fresh dishes at once during my visit to Anping County."

"You are so lucky. I never had such delicious meat dishes when I was in Ji'an Prefecture."

Lu Zheng looked pleased. Although it was his first time eating these, he acted as if he ate them often and said, "Come to my place if you have time."

"After the Wanshou Festival, it will be winter and there will be less things to do."

Since they were in a restaurant, they only exchanged a few vague words and then buried their heads in eating.

Customers were leaving the restaurant one after another after finishing their meal.

Before they went to pay the bill, they all went to Lu Zheng to pay their respects and said, "Thank you, sir."

Then he left with a look of satisfaction and joy.

Moreover, five or six customers actually bought the small porcelain bowl that had contained the boiled pork slices when they paid the bill and took it away.

He also specifically told Li: "Madam, I will bring my friends to dinner tomorrow, and I will order the dishes that the county magistrate ordered today."

Li responded with a smile, and the guests left one by one.

Shen Yu and the others automatically retreated to the table next to the small door of the shop, waiting to be called by Lu Zheng and the others.

By the time there were fewer customers at noon, Lu Zheng and his friends had finished their meal.

The three of them enjoyed the meal so much that they felt a little full without realizing it.

He sat there lazily, not wanting to move for a moment, with a satisfied look on his face.

Lu Zheng ordered Lu Lang: "Xiao Si, take the twenty taels of silver note and give it to Miss Shen to pay for the meals for the next two days."

Although Shen Yu had prepared several elaborate dishes in the past two days, all the ingredients used were pork and the like.

If you add up all the dishes I made in the past two days, plus the stir-fried dishes I ate in the restaurant today, if you calculate carefully, I won’t be able to spend all the ten taels of silver.