Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 144 The Scholar
The Luo family officially gave Liu Tu's house a coat of arms, money and silk worth [-] renminbi, and eight gold and silver jewelry worth [-] renminbi. It can be said that the ceremonies of the Luo family are already among ordinary households in Changbai Township. It's top notch.

Liu Tu was not polite, he would accept as much as he gave.

This can be regarded as a characteristic of this era. Pingli has long been asked by a matchmaker to ask the woman, and then agree on the quantity.And the woman received these gifts, but not all of them went into her own pocket, they had to prepare a dowry for their daughter.A woman without a dowry has no status in her husband's family after marriage.

And the dowry came in, but the law clearly stated that it belonged to the bride’s private property, and neither the husband nor the in-law’s family had the right to dispose of it. Even in case the woman died later, if there were no children, the dowry could even be returned to her natal family , the husband's family has no right to dispose of it.

It is said that women had high status during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and one of the key reasons is this. Women have dowry, money, and economy, so they naturally have status.

Liu Tu received a generous dowry, so he was not polite. First, he used the money to make an appointment for one of his sons, Xia Ping, and then went to Zhangqiu County to open a restaurant.

After all, there is a prospective son-in-law who is the leader of the strong team in the county government, how could Liu Tu let go of such a resource.

The new restaurant opened in Zhangqiu City West Market, where there is a row of noodle shops, restaurants and restaurants, which can be regarded as the dining center of Zhangqiu City. Although the shops are generally small, there is no other place to treat guests.

With Luo Cunxiao's presence, the city magistrate gave a lot of attention, took over an old shop, cleaned it up briefly, put some stuff back, and chose an auspicious day to open it.

Liu's family came to the county to open a store, and there are still advantages. First, there are people in the county government, and second, Liu Tu is a butcher. He kills pigs and sheep, and the materials are more convenient.

And it is said that Liu Sanniang can not only move two five-jin butcher knives in a dance, drag a pig with one hand, and even cook.

Luo Cunxiao even took the newly made iron pots from Luo's blacksmith shop to Liu's shop as if they were treasures, and also told Liu Sanniang some of Luo Cheng's usual recipes.

When the new store opened, Luo Cheng, a relative, naturally came to join him.

So I brought my brothers over for dinner.

The store is actually not big, the layout is scattered seats in the lobby on the first floor, and private rooms on the second floor.The business is also relatively complicated, selling breakfast, lunch and meals, not only pasta and snacks, but also cooked food and roast chicken, and even wine.

In short, the Liu family's business fully embodies the business philosophy of small local merchants in this era, doing everything.Anyway, it is a restaurant, but as long as you want to eat, here can find a way to provide satisfaction.

However, Luo Cheng feels that the level needs to be verified, at least the service level in this store does not seem to be good.I don't know where they invited a few women and men to serve the food in the store. After asking, Luo Cunxiao said that it was Liu Sanniang's brothers, sisters-in-law and younger brothers and sisters.

The Liu family is also well-populated, and maybe the butcher's family makes more oily snacks, so they are all big and three rough.

Their family opened a shop and did not hire outsiders at all.

Even Liu Tu would come over to play the role of waiter after selling the meat.

Liu Sanniang is the chef and shopkeeper of the store.

There are some wooden signs on the wall of the entrance hall, on which someone wrote some menu cards. Luo Cheng looked familiar with those words, but after asking, he realized that Luo Cunxiao asked his father to write them.

After scanning it again, I found that they were all simple pasta with wine and vegetables, and there was nothing special about them.

"Have a big plate of cold shredded pork ears, another plate of cold cut pork head, another plate of fried pork liver, and another plate of stewed pig's trotters." As soon as the third child sat down, he ordered several meat dishes in one go. You are welcome."

The eldest brother-in-law Zhou Dewei ordered another grilled lamb chop.

The second brother-in-law Wang Ziming said to Luo Cheng with a smile, "I heard that the fourth brother also got some beef, we can also stew some beef."

The fourth child reported the name of the dish to the future mother-in-law at the counter over there, and said with a bitter face, "You guys are too good at eating, all of these are expensive, so you can't order a few vegetarian ones."

"Who's picky about vegetables when you go to restaurants?" Third brother-in-law Zhao Gui also said.

"Get a fish." Luo Cheng said with a smile.

"There are fish, what kind of fish do you want to eat, carp or crucian carp or something, boiled or stewed?"

The ancients also liked to eat sashimi when they ate fish, which is called fish meat.

But Luo Cheng was worried, what if he ate parasites on this freshwater fish?It is said that there was a general in the Han Dynasty who died of illness after eating fish.

"To cook a big carp, you need to kill the live fish. Then get some fresh river prawns, add some flour and fry them in oil."

"Still the fifth one can eat." Luo Si said, "Little Six, what do you eat?"

"Fifth brother, I want steamed cakes." Xiao Liu was serious.

The fourth brother-in-law, Zhou Xin, asked, "Is there any wild game?"

"No." The fourth child said stingily.

"Don't be stingy, get some venison, rabbits and pigeons."

"Not really."

Luo Cheng directly took out a small piece of gold leaf from his purse, "Don't worry, it won't be for nothing. We are here to cheer, not to spoil the place."

When the fourth child saw Jin Zi, he immediately smiled and put away the gold leaves, "I remembered, there are some, there are some, the deer just sent by the Orion in the morning, they were caught by traps, and they are still alive. There are a few more There are also pigeons and rabbits."

Everyone at the table suddenly laughed.

"This fourth child has not yet welcomed Liu Sanniang into the door, but he has already turned his heart to the Liu family."

Everyone was talking and laughing, when three people walked in from the outside.

The first person is a young scholar, dressed in a white Confucian robe, followed by two people, one looks like a long-term follower, and the other looks like a coachman.

Come in and have a look.

The handsome young man called out, "Man, is the box still available?"

"Yes, upstairs box, please."

But the scholar said, "No need, I think the downstairs is very lively, let's arrange a table for us upstairs."

Liu Sanniang's eldest brother led the three of them to an empty table next to Luo Cheng.

"What do you three want to eat? Our store has all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, including those that fly in the sky and swim on the ground, and we also have stir-fried vegetables in our store, which is unique."

"There is also beef." Boss Liu added another sentence when he saw that the three of them didn't look like people who were short of money.

"The beef jerky from outside the Great Wall?" asked the scholar.

"How is it possible? What's there to eat in beef jerky? It's the same as firewood. I'm talking about fresh beef that has just been slaughtered."

"Fresh beef? Can you still get fresh beef in the store? Could it be slaughtered privately? Isn't it against the law?"

"You will have to ask more questions about how to get it, but it is guaranteed to be fresh!"

The young scholar smiled slightly, "Really, let's have some beef."

"Our store has boiled beef, stewed beef brisket with radish, stir-fried beef, stewed beef bone soup, boiled beef balls, and fried steak...guaranteed to be delicious!"

"Let's have one of the same!" The scholar still smiled slightly.

Meeting such a bold customer, Boss Liu smiled all over his face and shouted loudly, "Come on, please wait a moment, guest officer, we will arrange it now!"

(Recommend a novel in the late Ming Dynasty, "Carrying an AK into Ming Dynasty", you can tell it is a cool article by looking at the name, if you are interested, you can bookmark it and watch it.)
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