Chapter 15 Returning with a Load (Part 2)
Chen Wanrong was in a good mood and ate this meal very well. In a short while, a large bowl of mutton soaked in Hu cakes was put down. He put down the bowl very comfortably and burped slightly, which was really satisfying.
The Hu boy brought two and a half cups of hot water on a wooden tray, one cup in front of Chen Wanrong and Chen Zairong, and a small bowl. Chen Wanrong was confused, so he saw Chen Zairong picked up half a cup of hot water, took a mouthful and rinsed it in an empty bowl. Suddenly, he realized that the Tang Dynasty had no napkins to wipe his mouth. Using a silk scarf was too expensive for such a small restaurant, so he rinsed his mouth with a cup of hot water, which was convenient and suitable. He admired the care of Hu Renguan in his heart.
This kind of meticulous thoughts and thoughtful service is the treatment of a hotel. Chen Wanrong can't help but not sigh that a country restaurant has such a service attitude.
After a quick look at the shop, the diners who had finished their meal rinsed their mouths with hot water before leaving. They spit out the mouthwash in the bowl instead of spitting them everywhere, and they did not throw away the leftover food. Instead, they piled them neatly on the table. Although there are many people in the shop, they are very clean and refreshing. Chen Wanrong has seen some rural shops like modern society, where the ground is full of garbage, as if it is a garbage dump. How can they be compared with the Hu Renguan?
The Tang people had good living habits, unlike us now spitting, throwing cigarette butts and peelings everywhere. Chen Wanrong unexpectedly discovered another virtue of the Tang people.
After rinsing his mouth, Chen Wanrong finally left the store. The Hu boy kept delivering it to the door and said enthusiastically, "Customer, please leave! Please come often!"
Such thoughtful service and enthusiastic attitude would not be enough to come often. Chen Wanrong turned his head to look at the Hu Renguan, and felt a sense of reluctance in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of the allusion of "the orange in the south, the tangerine in the north".
In the south where the water and soil are suitable, the sweet and delicious oranges are sweet and delicious, but in the north where the water and soil are not suitable, the bitter bitter tangerines are bitter. The Hu people have always been regarded as "not educating and not understanding etiquette" and were denounced as barbarians. In the Tang Dynasty, they ate our meals, spoke Chinese language, practiced Chinese etiquette, wore Chinese clothes, were polite and enthusiastic, which was really amazing.
Perhaps, this is the extraordinary aspect of the education of a great country, civilization of a great country, and etiquette of a great country. Barbarians can become gentlemen!
No wonder Western scholars exclaimed: The Chinese have the magic weapon to assimilate the conqueror! All the alien races that conquered the Central Plains were eventually assimilated, because Chinese civilization has a long history, profoundness, and brilliant glory!
Although it was a little snack, not a delicacy, Chen Wanrong was in a good mood. The meal was extremely comfortable and more comfortable than the delicious food. He had sweaty sweat and was warm, as if he was carrying a stove, and the cold wind was blowing on his body was not cold at all.
Chen Zairong beside him was as satisfied as him, and he kept exhaling gently, as if he was eager to expel too much heat.
There was a "Zhong's Lime Shop" in front of it. Chen Wanrong walked over with a brisk step. Before he could reach the shop, he smelled a strong smell of lime. Chen Wanrong couldn't help but twitch his nose and entered the shop.
The shop is filled with mountain-like lime, blocky quicklime, and ripe lime that absorbs moisture in the air and produces chemical reactions. It is as loose as flour and scattered in the corners.
Many people are buying lime. The shop owner is a middle-aged man in his forties and is busy greeting customers. Under his command, the two friends are busy helping the customer move lime and loading lime. The white lime dust is covered with dust, which is comparable to the Hu man who makes Hu cakes.
Lime is a convenient and suitable building material. Lime, like cement, is a major event in the history of architecture. It is precisely because of lime that our living environment is more comfortable, dry, and has good ventilation conditions, which is suitable for home furnishings.
Our ancestors used lime in the seventh century BC, and we are still using it until now, which is one of the precious treasures left to us by our ancestors.
Lime is very common in daily life and cannot attract our attention, but its color is white and is very popular among literati. Yu Qian, a great politician in the Ming Dynasty, wrote a famous poem "Lime Song". In his poem, he wrote, "Thousands of hammers and thousands of chisels out of the deep mountains, and burns them like a fire. Don't be afraid of being crushed to pieces, but you must keep your innocence in the world."
Yu Qian used poetry to show his ambitions. Even if he burned his body with fire, he would keep his innocence in the world. He did it.
Unlike Yu Qian, the Tang Dynasty monk Shi Shaotan's "Lime Poem" describes the function of lime. "The furnace and horns are very hard and despair when they are trained. The palace of Kongwang inherits the canal strength and combines water and mud to make it." This poem well reveals the great role of lime in our daily lives.
"You little brother, do you want lime?" The shop owner came up and greeted him with a smile on his face. He did not forget to promote himself: "The lime here is very useful, they are all excellent goods. If you are not good, you can return it if you are not good. The villagers will get the cesspool and build houses from me."
After hearing his salesperson saying that he had returned to the modern society to participate in product promotion meetings, Chen Wanrong seemed to be very kind and thought that the sales art was the same everywhere. Our ancestors used it so skillfully in the Tang Dynasty.
Just as Chen Wanrong turned his mind, a thick voice shouted: "Shopkeeper Zhong, this piece of unscrupulous heart is gone, I'll bring it to you." A farmer in his twenties took out a piece of lime weighing four or five kilograms from his backpack. It turned out that the time for burning was not enough, unscrupulous heart is still limestone.
"Okay, Brother Xiao, let it come here." Manager Zhong did not feel embarrassed because he returned the goods in front of so many people, and greeted him enthusiastically.
The farmer named Xiao hesitated and said, "Preface it first, and then change it for me."
"I'm very proud of it, about five kilograms, I'll give you this." Manager Zhong picked up a piece of lime weighing seven or eight kilograms very excitedly and handed it to Xiao Zhuangjiahan.
The farmer named Xiao Zhuang hurriedly refused: "Shopkeeper Zhong, this is not OK. You are afraid that you will not be seven or eight kilograms. If you have a few more kilograms, you are in a disadvantage."
"What a loss or not? You don't have time to move around. I will pay you extra money. That's it." Manager Zhong put the lime in the basket of a farmer named Xiao.
Xiao Zhuangjiahan was stunned for a while before he praised: "Shopkeeper Zhong, you are so nice. I have something to do, so let's go first."
"Okay! Come on! Come often!" Manager Zhong waved his hand enthusiastically.
The man named Xiao Zhuang Jiahan was very moved and waved to Manager Zhong: "Boss Zhong, you are so good, I will take care of your business more." He left with his backpack on his back and walked briskly.
Change it when you say it, without a word. This is called honest management! It is not like a merchant in modern society. When buying things, you will greet them with a smile. If there is a problem, you will have a cold face. If you have any problems with buying a mobile phone, you will have to go to the authoritative department for testing and use the quality report form to change it. Or you are waiting for two weeks to change it, and there will be two weeks in two weeks, and the end of the world will come when the matter is handled.
Chen Wanrong sighed and said, "I want thirty kilograms." According to the law of quality control, ten kilograms of hot alkali, almost ten kilograms of lime is enough. Chen Wanrong admired Manager Zhong's pleasure in his heart, and he requested twenty kilograms more.
"Two ounces of five per pound, thirty pounds are seventy-five pounds. Brother, I think you are the first one to come back, and you will be cooked again and again. In the future, you will take care of my business. If you don't want five per pounds, you can give seventy per pounds." Manager Zhong beat the fractions out in one bite. You can buy one pound of meat for five per pounds, which is quite refreshing.
It is always fun to deal with refreshing people. Chen Wanrong said cheerfully and quickly: "Okay, seventy cents are only seventy cents." He took out the money to hold the account.
When Chen Wanrong finished the meeting, Chen Zairong had already weighed the lime and put it in a basket and carried it on his back. Chen Wanrong hurriedly said, "Zairong, you are injured, let me do it."
Chen Zairong shook his shoulders and didn't care at all: "Brother, what's this?"
He insisted that Chen Wanrong had to let him say goodbye to Manager Zhong, and then bought 30 kilograms of soda ash. Finally, he went to the vegetable market to buy five kilograms of meat, three kilograms of ribs, a red-tailed carp, and a jar of wine before he went home happily.
Chen Wanrong is shrewd and confident, has extensive knowledge, is extraordinary and talks, and is very eye-catching. He is very happy when walking with him on the street. Chen Zairong has never felt this way. He is very happy in his heart, and he takes care of everything. Chen Wanrong, the head of the company, is idle and has nothing to do.
After passing Zhang Deming's blacksmith shop, I saw General Iron locking the door. The door was locked. Chen Wanrong thought that he must have seen his master, Master Ye. Go and come back early, and I am waiting for steel to do chemical engineering. Chen Wanrong secretly reminded Zhang Deming in his heart.
Chen Zairong was very strong, and sixty or seventy kilograms of things were like four kilograms of cotton for him, very relaxed. He trotted a few steps from time to time, jumped a few times, and said happily: "Brother, do you know? This is the first time you have bought so many things to go home! Five kilograms of meat, three kilograms of ribs, a fish, a jar of wine, and lime soda ash, dozens of kilograms, and it must be considered full of loads. My parents know, but I don't know how happy they are."
They are all eating in the same pot, and Chen Zairong doesn't care about how much they are. What he is happy about is the extraordinary significance of these things: Chen Wanrong is already very different, he is able to do it, and he has started to make money for his family!
Who is the younger brother and doesn’t want his brother to be successful? Chen Zairong asked excitedly: “Brother, should you just do hot-sized when you get home?”
Chen Wanrong nodded and said, "Yes!"
Chapter completed!