Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

Erya kept introducing it: "Our spicy prawns are also famous for their delicious taste. They are completely different from those sold outside."

On another round plate, there are a dozen or so large shrimps neatly arranged, all with their shells peeled, so there is no need to worry about eating them ungracefully. There are also golden and crispy potato strips underneath.

The county magistrate's wife raised her chopsticks, hesitated for a moment between the prawns and potatoes, and then picked up a piece of prawns.

As soon as the prawns entered her mouth, the county magistrate’s wife was stunned.

The skin is crispy and spicy, while the inside is tender and smooth, with the unique fragrance of shrimp.

Is this really shrimp? It doesn't smell fishy at all.

Without saying a word, he picked up another piece and ate it.

There were five people at the table, and there were only thirteen prawns in total. The two younger people sitting next to them could only eat one less piece in silence.

The next few people tried the braised duck tongue and braised beef, and their deliciousness was beyond words.

When several plates were almost empty, the people at the table remembered that there were still two pots of liquor left.

The glass pot was filled with amber-colored wine, which was clear and transparent when poured into the cup, unlike the turbid wine they usually drank.

Because of the problem of production technique, even the best wine on the market will be turbid. I have never seen such clear and transparent wine.

The county magistrate's wife couldn't help but take a sip and sighed repeatedly, "We never drank liquor before, but I didn't expect her wine to taste even better than the fruit wines out there. It's hard to imagine how good their fruit wine will be if they make it in the future."

Madam Yang smiled and sighed, "After drinking their food today, I feel that the food I drank outside before was just hard to swallow."

Mrs. Lin also nodded repeatedly.

Such delicious side dishes, paired with such delicious wine, it is naturally not enough to have just one portion each.

Add more food!

Serve the wine!

When they finished eating, Wenyuan calmly reported the bill: "The ladies had a serving of Huadiao drunken chicken, five plates of braised beef, three plates of pork head, a serving of braised duck tongue, five pots of shochu, and two servings of spicy prawns. The total cost was twenty-six taels of silver."

Madam Yang was silent for a moment, and she suddenly felt that her master's bill of more than ten taels was not unacceptable. A few women like them could spend twenty taels on a meal.

The county magistrate's wife was also silent.

She wanted to go back and ask the master who had invited him to dinner two days ago.

To spend so much money on a meal, they must be close friends.

"Ahem, since it's three days before the opening, I'll give you a 20% discount on top of that, so it's 20.8 taels of silver. Our boss just said that he has a connection with you ladies, so I'll cut off the change and charge you 20 taels of silver. You can come and patronize us more often in the future."

"Would you like to pay now or keep it on account?"

The county magistrate's wife smiled back, suppressing her pain: "Just record it in the account and go to the county magistrate's house to pick it up later."

Who would understand? When she went out to eat today, she heard the master say that this restaurant was very expensive, so she even brought fifteen taels of silver with her.

Thinking that I already have a woman, no matter how much I eat, it can't cost more than ten taels of silver, right?

But how can this be enough?

"Okay!" Wenyuan handed over the bill with an impeccable attitude.

At this time, nearly half of the tables in the lobby downstairs were already occupied.

Those who want to come and get close to us, if they have time, can stay for dinner, and if they don’t have time, they can just get a VIP card and leave. In short, as long as they establish a good relationship, it will be fine.

Also, after a closer look, there was someone I knew.

One was Lu Yunfeng sitting alone at a table with his younger brother, and the other was Manager Xu and his family.

There was also a burly man who looked familiar but I couldn't remember where I had seen him. He was concentrating on eating noodles and seemed a little out of place with the other guests.

The other group is a few old men that these ladies are very familiar with.

County Magistrate Wang and County Lieutenant Lin looked at each other, their eyes filled with the gleam of swords and sabers.

County Magistrate Wang thought unwillingly in his heart: I should have not come here today if I had known this. I didn’t expect to meet Brother Lin here. He treated me to dinner yesterday, so doesn’t that mean I have to pay for it today?

Ugh!

County Magistrate Lin made up his mind: Since he happened to meet Brother Wang today, he couldn't pay for it himself. His wife had a hard time explaining the meal he had yesterday. If he asked her to pay again today, he didn't know how he would explain it when he got home.

Just then, the county magistrate's wife and others walked down the stairs led by Erya.

"Ladies, please watch your step and don't trip." It was rare for ladies to come into the tavern, so Erya was very attentive.

The county magistrate's wife and others did not listen to her words, but all looked quietly at a corner of the hall.

County Magistrate Wang had just taken a sip of his wonton noodles when he suddenly felt that the atmosphere seemed a little off and subconsciously looked up.

When he saw this, he shook his chopsticks and a long section of noodles fell back into the bowl.

I don't know how the delicious soup was made, but it just appeared on County Magistrate Wang's clean and neatly combed beard.

It's over. My wife will scold me when I get home. Why does this damn beard always hold me back?

County Magistrate Wang was feeling annoyed as usual, but suddenly realized that there was nothing to be annoyed about since he had been caught on the spot.

"Ahem, Madam, you also come to this tavern to eat. How is it? Is the food delicious?" County Magistrate Wang had no choice but to speak first to break the awkward silence.

The county magistrate's wife walked over leisurely, a smile on her face: "It's true, the master left the court so early today, and he actually had time to come here for a drink."

They spent twenty taels of silver on this meal, and this old man actually dared to come.

Could it be that someone is hosting again today?

The county magistrate's wife looked at the other two people.

She knew both the county magistrate's advisor and County Magistrate Lin.

The two of them returned the gift despite the pressure, and the county magistrate's wife responded with a slight smile and quickly glanced at the other tables.

Lu Yunfeng was also at the other table.

But they are all colleagues in the same government office, yet they have to eat at two tables?

But the next second, the county magistrate's wife figured it out: "After all, the food and wine here are a bit expensive, and no one wants to be the host every day."

Thinking of this, the county magistrate's wife felt heartbroken because she had spent twenty taels of silver on her meal today.

It's right to treat guests, but it really hurts...

County Magistrate Lin looked up and saw his wife standing beside him. He felt a little guilty: "Madam is here to drink too. What a coincidence that she is traveling with the County Magistrate's wife."

It seems that the lady has seen the bill of more than ten taels, and she came here today to find out the truth.

Since the lady was also drinking here, it meant that she approved of the food. Thinking of this, County Lieutenant Lin felt that the food was not bad and could not help but straighten his back.

Not afraid.

Under the gazes of the ladies, County Magistrate Wang could only laugh dryly: "We've almost finished eating. Waiter, please settle the bill for this table."

As he spoke, he immediately picked up the last piece of braised beef on the table and put it into his mouth in a flash.

It is impossible to waste it. Such an expensive plate of beef only has a dozen slices, and each slice costs nearly dozens of coins.

Wenyuan came over as usual and quoted the price: "Sir, how do you pay here? Or do you keep the account as usual?"

"Accounting!"

County Magistrate Wang waved his hand with great pride.

"Take care, sir. Welcome to come again next time."

Come again?

Will definitely come again.

The county magistrate's wife rolled her eyes. She had been running the entire mansion for so many years. At her age, didn't she just want to live a comfortable life? What's wrong with eating some delicious food?