Chapter 152 (1/2)

Chapter 152: Dishes with Liquor

“Beauty, are you a teacher of ancient Chinese prose?” Dong Dong asked, being reluctant to accept the truth.

“Do you recite poems whenever you have nothing to do?” Guang Wei said with a quite frustrated tone.

“You finished all the good liquor. Do you take a collection of poems along wherever you go?” Wei Hua likewise felt rather helpless.

“I’m sorry. As I had never heard of the bamboo liquor before, I did some preparations before I came in the afternoon. So…. But anyway, thank you for your good liquor,” with a gentle smile on her face, Zheng Xian thanked them sincerely.

“Boss Yuan, is she your younger sister? Such a scammer,” Chen Wei blurted that out.

“I have no younger sister?” Yuan Zhou’s serious answer directly made Chen Wei choke.

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Delicious dishes relied on the reputation gained from the foodies while good liquor naturally depended on the publicity of drunkards.

The information that Yuan Zhou provided extremely good bamboo liquor that wouldn’t cause hangovers soon went spread among the drunkards. This was followed by a sudden sharp rise in drinking visitors. The 50 draws of lottery every day were quickly used up.

“Boss Yuan, this is absolutely not rational. How can you sell the liquor like that?” A drinker that Chen Wei introduced here said discontentedly.

“The bamboo liquor is limited, so I have to ration it,” Yuan Zhou pointed to the rules written on the price list and then said.

“That wouldn’t work. Let’s not mention the fact you only sell this liquor. You don’t even let us drink our fill for this single one. Do you mean to tempt us? No, no way,” the drinker was still reluctant to give up and hence continued to question him.

“This is the rule. If you obey, you can drink; if you don’t, please leave the restaurant. The business hours are not done yet,” Yuan Zhou remained serious and just disregarded his complaint.

“Boss Yuan, look at you. I’m just speaking casually. Don’t take it so seriously. However, those who had drawn the red ball are not a secret, right?” With his lifeblood having been grasped, the drinker was like a cat that was scratched on the neck and thus became quite obedient.

“You’re right. It’s not a secret. But I don’t know,” as soon as Yuan Zhou finished speaking, he turned around and started to prepare the dishes ordered by the customers.

“Er….” the drinker instantly choked.

“Remember what I said? This way doesn’t work at all.” Another person beside him dragged him walking away out of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.

“I asked that way mainly because Boss Yuan is easy to talk with during the opening hours,” still being not convinced, the drinker said.

“You talked as if you could see Boss Yuan outside the opening hours.” His friend attacked him mercilessly.

“Sigh. Boss Yuan not only cooks delicious dishes but also makes good liquor. He’s truly admirable,” the drinker heaved a sigh and said helplessly.

“That’s true. It’s just that the liquor is too little.” While speaking, his friend swallowed saliva as if he recalled of the delicate taste of the bamboo liquor.

Of course it deserved its reputation. The liquor was naturally not easy to be preserved and easily deteriorated. Even so, the big foodie Yuan Mei in Qing Dynasty still drank the deteriorated bamboo liquor 7 times.

We all know the emphasis a senior foodie such as Yuan Mei placed on food. Even with the deteriorated bamboo liquor, he drank it 7 times. One can easily judge from that how attractive the bamboo liquor was to him.

Such reaction of these drunkards was considered to be rather normal already.

As for now, the drinkers used to enjoy good liquor from a Fang Family Pub which provided the liquor made with a very traditional method. It was located in the opposite direction of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant to the south of the street. Although the business of the pub was still as good as before but the several regular customers had been quite strange recently.

For example, Chen Wei, or the several people who were talking to him now.

“Boss, please serve me some dishes with liquor and pack them.”

“Ok, what do you like to eat, you guys?” the waiter asked politely.

“One serving of Vinegar Peanut, one kilogram of Stewed Beef, two servings of Marinated Duck Tongue and also a serving of Dried Seaweed, that’s all,” they ordered their dishes deftly and then just waited there.

“Ok, one moment, please. They’ll be soon served,” the waiter took notes of the dishes while speaking of that.