Chapter 885
One Stroke, Three Gains, and Another Waste of Time
Chapter 885 A Triple Win and Another Stroke of the Tongue
Lu Fengshou did not agree, but instead looked at the two soldiers protecting Si Pei: "Sir?"
The two soldiers said, "Please rest assured, sir, the government troops will not help the students do anything unreasonable."
Me, being unreasonable?!
Si Pei was furious again.
Lu Fengshou still didn't dare to agree immediately, but instead said to Si Pei, "My esteemed guest, how about we draw up a written agreement?"
Bang! Si Pei slammed his fist on the counter angrily: "We need a written agreement? Don't push your luck!"
Si Feng was going crazy and reminded him again, "It's been almost half an hour since we came out, we need to hurry."
A large number of people will faint from hunger.
"Shut up!" Si Pei shouted angrily, feeling that Si Feng was helping outsiders to diminish his prestige.
However, two soldiers rushed into the Lü family inn from outside the street. Upon seeing Si Pei, they shouted, "Young Master Pei, more than twenty people have fainted from hunger at the herbal medicine workshop. Master Qiong said that if you are unable to purchase food, please inform him as soon as possible so that he can send someone else to buy food."
Over twenty people fainted from hunger!
Si Pei was shocked and hurriedly said, "Bring me the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and I will write you a note right away."
He further warned, "Don't think you can rip us off just because we're in a hurry to eat. If you dare to try to overcharge your customers, you can forget about keeping your shop open!"
"..." Lu Fengshou was too lazy to argue with a patient like him. He asked the servant to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and then said to the soldiers, "Sir, our kitchen has ready-made steamed buns, pancakes, boiled eggs and boiled water. We can send them to the students to fill their stomachs now."
He added, "I can taste it on the spot and guarantee it's non-toxic."
After thinking for a moment, the soldiers agreed: "We'll eat a portion too. If it's poisonous, it'll take effect by the time the food reaches the construction site."
The soldiers trusted the Lü Family Inn, but they still decided to try the food first, just to be on the safe side.
"Alright, please follow me to the kitchen in the backyard, sir." Lü Fengshou led his soldiers to the kitchen.
Fifteen minutes later, the men came out pushing three carts full of food and drinks.
Si Pei finished writing the agreement and handed it to Lü Fengshou.
After reading the document, Lü Feng frowned slightly, but signed and pressed his fingerprint on it. He then said to Si Pei, "The minced meat noodles that our esteemed guest requested are being prepared and will be ready within half an hour... these dishes?"
Si Feng: "Send them to the construction site, and I'll show you the way."
He was truly afraid of Si Pei's dawdling and dared not delay any longer.
"Alright, let's go now." Lu Fengshou was also afraid that the young noblemen might starve and their families would take their anger out on the entire Taifeng Town, so he personally brought food and escorted them to the construction site.
At the construction site, the students who had fainted from hunger were given a bowl of sugar water and, after being treated by doctors, have regained consciousness.
But his body was still trembling slightly from hunger.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"Lunch is here! Lunch is here!"
At the entrance of the wooden barricade at the construction site, Ying Zilin and Zhou Rong each led a team back carrying loads of food.
"The food is here!" The students were weak but extremely excited.
At this moment, they finally truly felt the preciousness of food and deeply resented their previous behavior of only eating the belly of fish and using several chickens to make thick soup just to simmer vegetables!
I really wish I could go back in time and slap my extravagant and wasteful self.
"Don't worry, classmates, Rong has bought some food for you. It's from Old Song's Food Shop, which has the best reputation in town. There isn't much food, but if you share a few bites, you'll be able to hold on and not faint from hunger," Zhou Rong said earnestly, with concern and guilt for not having enough food.
He really tried his best.
Old Man Xun was almost moved by his efforts.
but……
"Zhou Rong, have you had someone taste the food you bought? Are you sure it's safe?" Old Man Xun asked.
Uh, Zhou Rong was stunned, and hurriedly said, "This junior will call the servants of the Zhou family to taste it right away."
The students: "..."
The light in his eyes was gone.
Ying Zilin said, "Master, Grandmaster, the food I brought is edible... This is food supplied to the female workers by the new dye workshop. Before returning, I had already eaten with Uncle Qin, Qin Xiaogu, and Jiang Erlang, and so far, there are no adverse reactions." "Kid, not bad, you actually went and robbed the female workers of their food." Old Master Xun said, but without any malice, he thought Ying Zilin was "clever."
Ying Zilin smiled upon hearing this and explained, "The students gave each of the female workers one tael of silver to buy their meals, and they have already used the money to buy cooked food from the stalls outside, so they won't go hungry."
"A triple win, Zilin did a great job," praised the old gentleman.
It ensured that students had safe meals, that female workers earned money without going hungry, and that street vendors also made a profit.
The students looked at Ying Zilin with shining eyes, and they all stood up and bowed to him as peers: "Brother Ying/Brother Ying truly deserves to be the leader of the traveling students. He has solved our urgent problem in one fell swoop. Great kindness, great talent!"
Zhou Rong: "..."
All that work for nothing, I'm going to have a heart attack!
"My fellow students, you flatter me. Let's line up for our meals." Ying Zilin continued, "The food at the workshop is rather simple, but it tastes quite good. Please don't be disgusted by it. Once we get through these few days, things will get better."
"You'll get used to hardship eventually..." Uncle Qin said quietly.
"It would be great if we could have safe food to eat. We wouldn't complain at all. Besides, if Brother Ying has eaten, we can eat too." The students said one after another as they lined up to get their meals.
A large bowl, shaped like a small pot, has two large flatbreads on top, made from kudzu root starch mixed with wheat flour; below is stewed pork slices with green beans.
There were very few slices of meat, about the size of a raw egg, only five slices per bowl.
It was also served with cabbage and egg soup.
I didn't see the egg, but that's what it's called.
This was the worst meal the students had ever eaten; even the most respectable servants in their households ate better food.
But at this moment, the students were enjoying their meal immensely.
"Mmm, this simple food is really delicious, even better than roasted venison!"
"This pancake is delicious, with a soft and chewy texture. I never expected a multigrain pancake to have such a good texture."
"Egg drop soup, it really is egg drop soup, there's a tiny bit of egg white in my bowl!"
This?
Old Qiong wanted to cover his face, not wanting to acknowledge them as his students.
Dangdang Dangdang!
"Lunch is here, classmates, lunch is here!" Si Pei called out cheerfully, hurrying over.
Upon approaching the students, I was stunned.
"You've eaten? Where did the food come from?"
Zhou Rong immediately felt better, thinking that he could try harder next time, after all, he wasn't as miserable as Si Pei.
Yu Chenghao said, "It was bought by Brother Ying and Brother Rong. It tastes very good. Si Pei, have you eaten yet? If not, come and eat with us. There are some left in the car over there for you."
Si Pei's face turned a mixture of red, green, and black; her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.
Fortunately, Si Feng caught him and prevented him from falling to the ground: "Grandmaster, come quickly and save Si Pei, he has fainted!"
Old Man Xun rushed over and treated Si Pei, giving him sugar water and acupuncture. Si Pei then woke up.
Si Pei: "..."
Why did you save me?
What's wrong with letting me be dizzy for a couple of days and hide away?!
Master Xun said, "No."
because……
"Si Peiwa, I heard you ordered more than two hundred servings of minced meat noodles. Go and tell the shopkeeper not to rush to make them, and to save them for dinner."
Upon hearing this, Si Pei almost couldn't catch his breath and was about to faint again.
He really did become withdrawn from it.
Fortunately, after half an hour, he cheered up and said, "I'll go right away."
(End of this chapter)