Faced with Li Rui's words, Wu Shi Hui and the others really lost their temper. After a few random compliments, they handed the gold to Li Rui. In addition to the gold, everyone gave Li Rui extra money for his daily use. In the Sui Dynasty, gold was like a ten-thousand-yuan note, and it was basically not used.
The camp of the grain guard army was very lax. When the soldier in charge of the camp gate saw Li Rui and the others, he moved away the roadblock without asking.
"How is this a fucking military camp?" Li Rui cursed in his heart. No wonder Emperor Yang's three eastern expeditions ended in failure.
Huaiyuan Town was not big. There was only one restaurant in the town, which was occupied by military officers. Therefore, Wu Shi Yao led the others straight to the suburbs.
When they arrived at the suburbs, Li Rui discovered that there were several roadside stalls here, similar to the food stalls in the later generations. However, there were no big tables or stools, only small tables, and a straw mat behind the tables.
Wu Shi and the others walked straight to a stall called Hu Ji and sat down. They seemed to be regulars and did not bother with the menu. They directly said to the dirty shop assistant who came to greet them,"Let's start with a jar of wine for each person.”
" We don't have enough sheep today," the waiter said, sniffling." There's only half left. How about pork?"”
Lu Huaji raised his eyebrows and kicked him.""Do you know the rules? Do men look like people who eat pork?”
Li Rui was not used to kneeling on the ground, nor was he used to having a small table for each person to eat. Just as he was feeling awkward, he saw Lu Huaji get angry at the waiter and said,"Luhua chicken, are you itching for a fight? Why haven't I seen you so awe-inspiring on the battlefield?”
"He wants to give us pork to eat, doesn't he deserve a beating?" Lu Huaji said angrily.”
"Are you a Hui?" Li Rui asked curiously.
"What Hui people?" Lu Huaji asked.
"If you're not a Hui, why can't you eat pork?”Li Rui said unhappily.
"Pork is for the lowly. We are scholars, how can we eat it?”Lu Huaji said with conviction.
"I'm from a lowly family. Are you looking down on me?" Li Rui sneered.”
"How can I?" Lu Huaji immediately put on a smile and said," You're my brother. If I look down on you, I'm looking down on myself.”
"Since you treat me as your brother, then don't do such meaningless things.”Li Rui waved his hand at the waiter as he spoke." Bring that half of the sheep over. Do whatever you want with the rest."”
After the waiter went down, Li Rui pulled the small table in front of everyone together, then sat on the ground and said,"It's more lively when we sit together."
Cui, Lu, Zheng, and the other two were all from large clans. Even Wu Shi Hui was considered a son of a wealthy family. When had he ever eaten like this? After being stunned for a long time, he suddenly howled and imitated Li Rui to sit at the table that had just been put together.
Li Rui smiled,"Only by drinking and eating like this can it taste good."”
After a while, the wine and sheep were brought up. The six of them did not use cups and directly opened the mud seal on the wine jar. The samurai said,"Yin Sheng!" Li Rui shouted," Cheers." The wine instantly spilled out.
After a mouthful of wine, Li Rui spat it out again and scolded,""Damn it, fake wine."
"Fake wine?" The samurai and the others were all dumbfounded." You didn't take leave!"”
"It's as light as water and has a sour taste. If it's not fake wine, what is it?”Li Rui was also a little confused, because the behavior of the samurai and the others was too strange. Had these guys never drunk before?
Cui Jianren looked at Li Rui and said sympathetically,"Brother Rui, have you ever drunk before?”
"I wanted to ask you guys!" Li Rui said unhappily," Don't tell me all the wine you drank before tasted like this?”
"Don't tell me the wine you drank before didn't taste like this?”Cui Jianren asked.
Li Rui finally understood that the wine of the Sui Dynasty tasted like this. Thinking about it, it made sense. At this time, it was all fermented wine and there was no retorting technology. This kind of wine was still as light as water.
Thinking of this, Li Rui said,"Forget it." I'll make do with it. When I'm free another day, I'll let you taste what wine is.”
The samurai looked at each other, their faces full of doubt. Li Rui was just a country bumpkin, and he actually despised the wine that everyone drank. Who was the real scion of an aristocratic family?
Li Rui put down the wine jar and picked up the copper knife on the table. He cut a piece of mutton and put it into his mouth. With a "pu" sound, he spat it out again. Damn it, he didn't add any chili or cumin. It was so smelly.
The samurai and the others were completely dumbfounded,[This mutton is not bad. Why does Brother Rui dislike it?] Then what did he usually eat?
Cui Jianren leaned over and whispered into the warrior's ear,""Maybe he usually eats coarse food, but when he eats good food, he's not used to it.”
The warrior nodded quickly and said,""It must be!"
When the pork was served, Li Rui's expression became even uglier. Damn it, you know how to roast mutton, but you don't know how to roast pork? Such a big pig shoulder, and he was going to boil it half-cooked? There were still traces of blood inside. Was this something that humans could eat?
"The pork shoulder has been cooked like this since ancient times!”Cui Jianren asked Li Rui in confusion," During the war between Chu and Han, the pig shoulder that King Xiang gave Fan Kuai was like this. Brother Rui, don't you usually eat like this?”
Li Rui really couldn't hold it in anymore. He didn't say anything and ran to the kitchen. He brought over a basin of burning red charcoal, then picked up a copper knife and cut the pork into small cubes of one centimeter square. He also cut a few wooden skewers, skewered the meat, and put it on the fire to roast it. After a while, the fragrance of the pork floated up...
The samurai and the others looked at each other, wondering what this kid's background was.
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