After the Fairy Disappeared

  Chapter 89 There is wine and meat, there is something to say

  Roast duck should be fat, sauce duck should be lean, and salted duck should be neither fat nor thin.

   It is said that the ducks exclusively for his family grow up eating snails and duckweed, and eat osmanthus flowers for three days before slaughtering, so that the meat quality after being served on the table still has the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

  He Lingchuan has been here several times and admits that the duck here is delicious, but he has not tasted the sweet-scented osmanthus. But it doesn't matter, if there is a gimmick, there is a style, and if there is a style, there is a grade.

  If there is a grade, it can be sold at a high price.

   What's more, the local traditional meat in Heishui City is mainly cattle, sheep, chickens and dogs. Ducks grow in places with plenty of water. In the past, everyone seldom ate them. Xiangsilou came here to engage in differentiated operations, and it has attracted a lot of fans.

   As soon as He Lingchuan arrived at Xiangsi Building, he was welcomed into the innermost box by Liu Baobao.

  In this season, it is difficult to book boxes in the Heishuicheng Restaurant, but Liu Baobao couldn't help it.

   Before Zeng Feixiong arrived, Liu Baobao looked outside: "Did the Second Young Master come?"

   "He's only fourteen, he can't drink!"

  Liu Baobao coughed lightly: "Master, actually I entertained two tables of guests in the Acacia Building, it was my father who told me before he left Heishui City..."

  He didn't want to be negligent, but the other dinners for tonight had already been arranged, and He Lingchuan was the unexpected guest.

   "It's okay." Today's He Lingchuan is surprisingly easy to talk, "I'll let you go in a while."

  Before the boy in the private room came over, he grabbed the jug, filled it with his own hands, and toasted Liu Baobao.

   Liu Baobao was overwhelmed by the flattery, and quickly drank it before asking, "Why are you so polite?"

   "I'm usually rude?"

  Liu Baobao laughed out loud.

  If this young master had been polite, he wouldn't even know how to write the word thick-skinned.

  He Lingchuan raised his hand and pushed the boy who was waiting in the box out: "I have something to ask you. Do you still remember that my old man met your old man a few days ago?"

  Liu Baobao nodded.

  His father, Liu Yang, is the helm of the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce. He was summoned by the Sheriff Menghe a few days ago, and went to Hongyan Tower for dinner with other political and business leaders that night.

   "What were they talking about?"

Liu Baobao thought for a while: "It's nothing important. Sheriff He said that the contract period of Bailu Forest Farm has come. The original contractor, the Lin family, plans to move out. The management has not been successful in the past few years. Too much felling and too little replanting. Sheriff He said Ask us if we're interested in taking over - of course we are!"

  Bailu Forest Farm is an official property, not a private land. There are many official businesses like this, including mines, forest farms, and even large tracts of official land, which are contracted by the brother-in-law of the local official in the inland area, but He Chunhua has always entrusted them with bidding.

  He has long seen clearly how inefficient and inefficient it would be if it were handed over to the government to manage by itself, and oil and water would be stuck in the crevices of the stones, and the books that were taken out were all old bad debts.

   Needless to say, this is all a fat job. Which round did you get the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce in the past? "anything else?"

Liu Baobao was not very old, but he learned business from his father when he was young, and he knew how to deal with officials. At this moment, he said: "There is nothing to hide. My father went to the capital to do business. Governor He asked him to Send a message to Du Feng, Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple—it is said that this is an old acquaintance of the He family—and tell him to pay a visit to the ancestor of the Du residence, that is, Du Shaoqing's grandmother, and tell her what happened in the Panlong Desert."

  The old lady of the Du Mansion? He Lingchuan didn't know why. "that's it?"

   "That's it, it's gone." Liu Baobao didn't want to know why He Lingchuan asked about his own father's actions, "Simple and aboveboard."

  Then the two of them drank for a while, and Liu Baobao's personal maid came over and gave him winks.

   "Okay, let's go greet other guests." He Lingchuan was busy gnawing on the duck head, which is also a must in this restaurant. It is marinated before roasting, especially suitable for drinking, but the supply is limited, because not everyone can touch the duck head.

  He Lingchuan loved to gnaw in another world, and eating it at this time is really full of memories.

  Liu Baobao smiled and said goodbye.

  He Lingchuan asked someone to remove the leftovers, clear the table, and replace the tableware before pouring a glass of good wine and waiting while drinking.

   About half an hour later, Zeng Feixiong arrived.

  He made a quick confession as soon as he arrived, there was a fight in the camp and it took him a while to deal with it, so he was late.

  Of course He Lingchuan didn't care, he asked the waiter to report the names of the dishes, and quickly ordered ten dishes.

   Zeng Feixiong said: "Enough is enough, how can I eat so much?"

  He Lingchuan didn't take it seriously: "Liu Baobao paid for it, do you feel sorry for him?" He ordered two more jugs of fine wine.

   Soon, the delicacies were served on the table like flowing water.

Although Zeng Feixiong received generous rewards for his trip to Panlong City, he is used to being frugal. He even hesitated for a few days to buy a small piece of fat meat to wipe the pot before the New Year. The drinks and shochu were also changed from the original garlic and peanuts to sauced pigtails, mixed fish and other meat points.

  Acacia Tower is a place he has always wanted to come to but never dared to come.

  In the desert, the age difference between the two was small, and they were in the same camp. Zeng Feixiong and He Lingchuan got along very well; but after returning to Heishui City, the difference in identities between the two parties invisibly distanced the relationship, making Zeng Feixiong a little cautious.

   But this is easy to solve. After eating a dozen cups of yellow soup, chatting about interesting things in the desert, and most importantly, scolding Nian Songyu, that vicious little bastard, the atmosphere in the box became harmonious.

  By the time Zeng Feixiong killed a whole skinned duck with half a jug of wine, the two had already become brothers and chatted happily. If it weren't for the good sound insulation of the box, the laughter could be transmitted downstairs.

   "Here, try this." He Lingchuan personally carried two drum prawns for him with serving chopsticks.

  The series of main dishes of Xiangsilou always try their best to get in touch with ducks. This plate of prawns is made by frying the freshest and sweetest local drum prawns in a frying pan, and then wrapping the prawns with the salted duck egg yolk that has boiled out of red oil.

  Usually, Zeng Feixiong would be modest and say "Excuse me, young master", which is the minimum official etiquette. But now his cheeks are flushed, and he eats it deliciously, without saying much at all.

   In contrast, He Lingchuan is still clear-headed.

  Yuan could drink so much, it was convenient for him to ask questions later.

  He diverted the topic from Nian Songyu to Sun Fuping, and the two scolded Sun Fuping for his vicious schemes.

  Under the blessing of alcohol, Zeng Feixiong blushed and his neck was thick with scolding, but in the end he still grabbed He Lingchuan to express his gratitude to his father and son, otherwise this trip would be buried in yellow sand, and he would not have the chance to give his father a pension.

  So He Lingchuan naturally asked one thing:

  Sun Fuping's dying scene.

   As a resident of the southeast coast, today I have to go out and buy more food and daily necessities to store up for emergencies.

  (end of this chapter)