Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 241 The Difficult Guest

"How, what do you think?" In the tea shed in front, Mrs. Chu Guo looked expectantly at the fourth niece next to her.

Chu Hong put down the empty teacup, nodded and said, "It tastes good, cool and refreshing, very suitable for drinking in summer. But [-] Wen is still a bit expensive."

She shook her head in disapproval, "I don't know what Wen Shu thinks about setting such a high price. Except for rich people who are curious and have spare money, who would buy it! No, she will come back later, I have to persuade her to lower the price."

Mrs. Zhao listened and nodded inwardly.Right, she also thinks it's expensive, but the boss doesn't listen to the persuasion.

"Is there nothing else?" Chu Guo asked.

"Others?" Fourth Miss Chu was puzzled at first, and then suddenly said: "Oh, yes, but this thirsty water is quite beautiful. If you count the tea-sharing skills, it is acceptable to sell it for fifty yuan." As he spoke, he shook his head again, "However, only those with spare money can enjoy it. The location of this teahouse is a bit out of the way. It might be better if it were opened in the city."

Hearing that she didn't mention the eyes for a long time, Chu Guo frowned slightly.

Is she really thinking too much?
Mrs. Zhao, who had just finished feeding the steamed buns to Goudan, looked up and saw Mrs. Chu Guo's expression, her heart skipped a beat, and she thought, this lady thinks it too expensive.

She just said, if it is so expensive, the customers will definitely make trouble.

The reason why Mrs. Chu endured the trouble must be because she knew her boss, so she couldn't speak directly, but she must also think it was expensive in her heart, and she didn't look good after seeing this.

Hey, seeing that the business has finally picked up, what if the customers are driven away because of the sky-high prices.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhao just felt very sad.

While he was depressed, he suddenly heard the sound of mules and horses coming from outside. When he looked again, he saw three donkey carts turning from the official road and stopping in front of the tea shed.

Here comes the guest!

Mrs. Zhao's spirit was shaken, and she hurriedly let the full-fledged Goudan play while she wiped her hands and raised a smiling face to greet the few people who entered the door.

"Several guest officers are sitting inside. This shop provides tea soup, thirsty water, and steamed buns. What would the guest officers want?"

Walking in the front was a middle-aged couple, both of whom were helping an old woman with gray hair, and behind them were two little girls of eleven or twelve years old.

"If you don't order anything, you won't be able to come in." As soon as Mrs. Zhao finished speaking, she heard the old woman ask in a shrill voice.

Mrs. Zhao's expression froze, she smiled and said, "Of course, please sit down."

Only then was the old woman satisfied, and her son and daughter-in-law swaggered into the tea shed.The three of them picked up the table in the middle and sat down, while the two little girls stood beside them.

The old woman looked around and complained to the middle-aged man beside her, "I'm about to go to Beijing soon, why waste time here."

The middle-aged man laughed together, "Mother, there are still twenty miles away from the city gate. In this hot day, let's come down and thirst for some tea to moisten our throats and let our mules and horses rest."

The old woman glanced around, curled her lips and said, "Even if you want to rest your feet, you should find a better place. There is nothing you want in such a small dilapidated tea shop. How can you sit comfortably in a big restaurant in the city. I say you just do your best." , I am not too tired as an old woman, but you are the first to feel tired."

"Yes, yes, what mother said is right, but now that we have come down, let's drink some tea and rest before leaving." Seeing that the old woman wanted to say more, the man hurriedly said: "This is also what my second brother told me to say yes. It doesn’t matter if you slow down on the road, but you must let your mother sit comfortably and happily, you see”

"The second child is filial." After hearing the middle-aged man's words, the woman's gloomy expression became much better. She nodded slightly, and said to Mrs. Zhao behind the stove: "Then have three cups of tea soup."

Mrs. Zhao had just experienced the difficulty of this old woman, so she asked cautiously: "Xiaosi tea soup has Erchen soup and black plum soup, and the thirsty water has cherry thirsty water and red bayberry thirsty water. I don't know which kind the old lady wants?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the man say: "I see that you have a wooden sign outside, and it says the signboard of the store?"

Mrs. Zhao really wanted to say no, but remembering Wen Shu's words, she could only bite the bullet and say, "Yes, it's two thirsty waters."

"Since it's a signboard, it must be the best in the store, so let's go for that." The middle-aged man was straightforward.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zhao was stunned for a moment, she was slightly surprised, and then asked cautiously: "There are two types above, I don't know which one does your husband want?"

The man waved his hand casually, "Two of each, hurry up, I'm thirsty after traveling for a long time."

"Oh, okay, but only our boss can adjust this thirsty water, so I'll go and ask my boss to come over."

She didn't dare to deal with a cup of thirsty water that cost hundreds of pennies a cup. If it got messed up, it wouldn't be fun.

Although Mrs. Zhao had watched the whole process of Wen Shu's preparation of thirsty water just now, she still didn't dare to act rashly when she thought of the price.

After greeting the guests in the hall, Mrs. Zhao hurried back.

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, and thought: Why is it so troublesome, drinking a cup of thirsty water has to wait for the spot to be adjusted, if I knew it, I would have changed.

"My lord, my lord, someone in front has ordered thirsty water for eyesight and thirsty water for wisdom, waiting for you to adjust it."

Wen Shu had just learned about the new functions of the system when the knock on the door sounded.

Hearing the sound, she hurriedly put away the visual panel, opened the door and went out while responding, "Someone ordered these two thirsty water, who is it?" She is quite discerning.

"The accent is from out of town, but that old lady is not a good talker, I'm worried that when we pay the bill later." Mrs. Zhao looked at Wen Shu hesitantly, "Why don't we lower the price. "

Wen Shu had already made up his mind, and didn't care when he heard the words, "Don't worry, the price has been agreed in advance, and they won't accept it after drinking it, even if they make a fuss with the government, they won't take it for granted."

"But they didn't ask the price at all, and they didn't know whether to read the price on the sign. Don't be the last one."

Wen Shu, who came to the front, paused.So it's not sure yet?I was really happy for nothing, thinking that someone who knows the goods really came.

In a blink of an eye, she had already come to the back door of the tea shed, and as soon as she lifted the curtain and entered, she saw a few new guests sitting in the hall.

Wen Shu first greeted Mrs. Chu Guo and Mrs. Chu Si, and then said to the new guests at the table: "Sister-in-law Zhao said just now that a gentleman ordered our signature thirsty water, so it must be this gentleman." .”

The middle-aged man nodded and urged impatiently: "Hurry up, wait until your mouth is dry, if we knew it would be such a trouble, we would have gone to another house."

Wen Shu smiled nonchalantly, "Thirsty water will be ready soon, but since the sign has just been released, I think it is necessary to explain." She pointed to the sign outside the door, "Our shop has two signs of thirsty water. , "Mighty Eyes and Thirsty Water" can improve eyesight after drinking, and the price is [-] yuan a cup. Another "wisdom thirsty water" can improve wisdom after drinking, [-] yuan a cup. Two?"

"What, five hundred coins a cup, this is a money grab!"

The middle-aged man hadn't spoken yet, but the old woman beside him was already making a fuss. She put the walking stick in her hand on the table, pointed at Wen Shu with her wrinkled right hand and shouted: "A broken tea shop , dare to ask for such an exorbitant price, this is because we came from outside, cheating, do you know who my son is?"

Wen Shu glanced at her lightly, and spread his hands, "I don't know. I just told the price of the drink in the store to a few guest officers. If you can accept it, I will make it. If you can't accept it, you can choose something else. And there is no forced sale, what is the old lady asking her son to do."

"You you..." The old woman was choked by her, unable to refute for a moment, she kept pointing at Wen Shu with her fingers, her triangular eyes were full of anger.

However, at this time, a female voice came from the right, "I drank that thirsty water very well. I drank one cup and felt that I haven't tasted it yet. My lady, please have another cup."

(End of this chapter)