Edo Traveler

Chapter 26: There is also a lover

   A practitioner named Yingying Yanyan came to serve tea and hand over wine, but it was a pity that Chungemon directly blocked him. Eating breakfast is a good breakfast, and the female music is driven away, how can you still accept the accompaniment.

   Seeing that the two of them were really "no oil and salt", all the shops sneered in heart. The young man is so polite that he doesn't believe there are cats that don't steal fishery these days. If you can stay here for breakfast today, you can listen to the small tunes here tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, even if you don't hug the geisha, screaming and drinking, staying overnight.

   "My adults have to wait at the Mabujeon after dinner, and they can't drink alcohol!" Seeing the maid moving in the tandoor, Chungemon subconsciously thought it was going to be hot wine.

   "The little one understands, and the little one understands that this charcoal stove is for grilling yellowtail fish (and the name Hatahata, which is Japanese fork tooth fish)." Nachokata introduced.

   "Isn't that a catch only in Toyama." Heizo seems to have heard of it.

   "Yes, now the catfish in Toyama is holding its eggs. After charcoal grilling, it only needs a little bit of salt to make it delicious."

   "The official salary is meager, I'm afraid I can't afford such a thing."

   Even if it is winter, seafood is caught from Toyama Bay in Vietnam, and it can be sent to Edo all the way on ice. But even so, it cannot change the fact that eating catfish is a difficult and expensive consumption.

Ping San said that his salary can't afford the fish and he didn't lie at all. With his salary of 50 shi meters a year, it is only a dozen taels. The monthly living expenses cannot exceed one tael, and he has to save money. . Compared with the 20-dollar soba noodles outside, the food in Yoshiwara is too luxurious.

   "The adults are here for business, it's just a simple meal, nothing." Na Tingfang took it all, meaning he came to invite this meal.

   The subordinate invites the boss to eat, which is really not unusual. Although the boss usually takes care of his subordinates, he invites his subordinates to eat and drink.

   "It's not cold yellowtail!" The two were talking, two small servants came in from the outside, and they came in with a whole big fish, an expensive existence even known to unseen people like Chungemon.

   "Good foresight! It's cold yellowtail!"

   The so-called cold yellowtail is a yellowtail caught from the Sea of ​​Japan. They returned from spawning in the Hokkaido region. They had to fight the violent waves of the Sea of ​​Japan, and the meat was firm. At the same time, to withstand the cold, the fish had accumulated a lot of fat. This season's yellowtail is of extremely high quality, the meat is exceptionally sweet, the fat is plump, and the oil content is very high, so it is called "cold yellowtail."

   "It's just plain food, it's so..." Heizo and Chuemon were really speechless. The life of the rich is really unimaginable.

It should be known that the price of amberjack is almost twice as expensive as that of ordinary yellowtail. A whole tail of amberjack is sent from the fishing grounds along the Sea of ​​Japan to Edo. Although it is not worth more than a thousand gold, it is more expensive than ten gold. There is also. Especially the cold yellowtail in front of me is more than one meter long, and the chilled yellowtail is extremely well preserved. It is a rare treasure.

   "Please use it, please use it." A crowd came up to persuade them to enter.

At this time, Heizo and Chungemon knew why so many Kakimoto and Yu family tried every means to seek public office. As long as they could find a vacancy, even the small subordinate officials under the Kanto prefectures could be in When Xiacun inspected the harvest of the year, he ate special food in the village, took a bath with mandarin ducks, and slept with the eldest daughter.

   This Edo congregation like Heizo, no wonder Kanemaru Yoshitaka recently said that it would be beneficial. This is not accepted even if it is a gift, as long as a better jurisdiction is allocated, then you can enjoy it just by eating it.

   If you eat it in your belly, there will never be any evidence left!

  Tadaemon glanced at Heizo, and the two exchanged quick glances. People made it clear that they came to "corrupt" you, and I'm afraid there will be no such shop after passing this village. Heizo, the concentric crowd, still don't know which town to send to, the opportunity in front of them is rare.

   I have also given in falsely, and now everyone has everything in front of me, and I feel a little pretentious if I don't eat it anymore. Heizo first brought up the miso soup made from fish bones. The soup was not tofu, but oily tofu. Don't think oily tofu seems to be very cheap. In this year, things that can use a large pot of oil are not so common people's food.

  Isn’t it even speculated in later generations that the rich people in ancient times may have a mouthful of tooth decay because they ate a lot of carbohydrates and fats. A tooth may be completely decayed in his teens or 20s. This statement is somewhat credible.

   Because I didn't drink alcohol, this meal was eaten very quickly and there were many dishes, but I didn't change the table. I changed the plate immediately after eating. The service consciousness of the service industry this year really has nothing to say, absolutely qualified and smooth.

After breakfast, I watched the maid picking up the famous geisha labels hanging on the corridor one by one, and the whole shop was filled with a sorrowful atmosphere~www.NovelMTL.com~A geisha came to take away every famous brand. In the past, if the name tag was taken off, it would mean that it was opened today and a day’s livelihood would be found again. Now that the famous brand has been taken down, it means that no business is allowed for a month.

   The benefactors who stayed overnight in the shop also left one after another under the guidance of the maid. There were old and young, rich middle-aged, and young people with deep eye bags. There were even a few people who showed unwilling expressions, making them look reluctant, not knowing whether it was true or not.

  Tadaemon was preparing to leave Heizo, and a young man smelling like fish ran outside the door. About a few years older than the two of them, in twenties, wearing a headscarf, and wearing a fisherman's bunt.

   Is the income of fishermen so high now?

   Is it high enough to spend in a nightclub?

   The fisherman searched for a while among the geisha who saw off the guests at the door, and seemed to have finally found the target. Line up the crowd and greet the geisha. The geisha had just sent away a wealthy boss who was in his forties and combed his tea sang, and when he saw the young fisherman in front of him, he whispered.

   There is some drama in this story. Chuemon is quite interested. After all, the heart of gossip is the inherent character of the petty citizens like Chuemon. Could there be any bloody, love-hate story in it? At present, there is a lack of entertainment activities, so eating melons and watching dramas are also good.

   "That Kenji is so obsessed with Chiko!" The two geishas next to him were discussing in a low voice.

   "Unfortunately, he is just the son of a fish shop in Nihonbashi, how can he compare with others."

   "Isn't that, Tomoko is already twenty years old, and finally got a big man's fancy, I am afraid that the only chance to leave Yoshihara is this time."

   "Hey, when can I meet a rich man and take me away."

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