Fireworks in April, willow catkins are like smoke and clear rivers and picturesque, and evening beauty in Yangzhou.

The warm wind slowly brings spring, and the streets are full of red men and green women, all of whom are distracted.

There is a poem that describes just the right thing, "The world has three parts of the glorious scenery, and two parts of the rogue is Yangzhou", which shows the domineering nature of the beautiful scenery of Yangzhou.

Xiangmanlou, located in the middle of Yangzhou City, is known as the first floor in the world. It has two unique features: one is the signature osmanthus wine and the fragrance of gold osmanthus. The other is the rice dumpling.

If the fragrance of osmanthus wine spread throughout Yangzhou, then his rice dumplings will definitely be famous all over the world. Even the emperor, who ate all over the world, praised them after eating them, and then gave them the holy name Golden Leaf Osmanthus rice dumplings.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, people who come here are constantly trying to taste the world's number one zongzi, and those who are queuing up have to go to the outskirts of the city. Of course, it is not as simple as you can buy it by queuing up. You have to book in advance, ranging from more than five or six months to a year or even longer, otherwise you will return empty-handed when you come.

It’s not that Xiangmanlou’s dishes are not delicious, but that compared with his rice dumplings, it’s a bit like competing with Ri.

The Dragon Boat Festival is about to come again. A young man wearing a brocade dress and jade belt walked into Xiangmanlou in a swaying manner, holding a heavy package in his hand, and a luxurious sachet tied around his waist, which was particularly conspicuous. When you look closely, you will know that it must be given by a daughter from a daughter in a family, because the embroidered gold thread is not something that ordinary women can give it.

"Waiter, give me a pot of your best osmanthus wine and stir-fry a few of your best side dishes!" The young man shouted loudly, then threw the bag on the table and sat in the upper seat, putting one foot on the chair, looking like a romantic young man.

"Okay, please wait, good wine and good food will come soon!" The waiter was very quick and shouted in the kitchen and repeated the young man's words and went to entertain others.

Nian's relatives looked at the plaque of gold gifts hanging in the front hall and couldn't help but sigh. This Manxiang Tower is the first floor in the world. Even if they just sit here and smell the fragrance of osmanthus wine, they feel a little drunk.

After a while, the waiter came out with the food.

"Customer, if you have something to do with your wine and food, please tell me, I'll go down first."

The young man who didn't care about speaking waved his hand to the waiter, quickly picked up the wine and poured himself a glass of wine and sniffed it under his nose. A faint fragrance of osmanthus lingered in the tip of his nose. The young man showed joy on his face and then couldn't wait to drink it all.

"Good wine!" The young man exclaimed loudly. After entering his mouth, the fresh aroma of osmanthus flowers spreads, and it was warm and soft when it entered his throat. A little coolness made people feel more aftertaste. He quickly poured himself another cup and savored it carefully.

After three rounds of wine, the small pot of wine soon came to his mouth and reluctantly sent the last drop from the jade pot into his mouth.

In fact, young people really want to come and have another pot, but Manxianglou has his rules. People who come here can only drink one pot of wine every day, and no more drops can be done. At first, when the young people come, they beg Sui Lao Kuo to come and have another pot, but the stubborn Sui Lao Kuo didn't do it. The two almost broke up because of this, so the young people gave him the name "Old Kuo".

In fact, the old Sui was not targeting anyone. Even the emperor stayed in Xiangmanlou and gave up after only drinking a pot of wine. Young people who came here two times became accustomed to it. It is said that a gentleman’s friendship is as light as water, and when they come to Manxianglou, they have to hold this mentality to drink.

"Waiter!"

The young man slapped the table.

When the waiter heard someone calling him, he hurried over.

"Customer, please give me some advice if you have something to do."

"Tell your boss, I will pick up the twenty zongzi I have reserved on time next month on the fifth day of next month. You will prepare it in advance, and the thirty-year-old osmanthus wine he promised me to be prepared for me in advance." After saying that, the young man slowly picked up the bag with his hands - all white silver ingots were placed inside! He saw that it would have to be at least four or five hundred taels!

"This is the money for zongzi, but it's ready for me in advance. I'll come and get it on time."

It doesn't matter if this dew is revealed. When you see a lot of silver on the table, you will startle four people. Although the price of the Xiangmanlou rice dumplings was a bit outrageous by the profiteer outside, it is only ten taels per person, but the young man can beat him five hundred taels per person with just a swing of his hand. This is a generous move!

Wealthy and powerful!

The guest officers in the room sighed secretly, but the waiter looked at the silver on the table but had no change. He looked at the young man with a look of dismay: "Master, you are late and we have sold out all the rice dumplings in our house."

"Sold out!" The young man was shocked and exclaimed.

"Yes." The waiter answered truthfully.

"What about my thirty-year-old osmanthus wine?"

“Sold out too.”

The young man was furious after hearing this. Last year, he greeted Sui Laoxiao, the boss of Xiangmanlou, who agreed readily. Seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival was about to come, Sui Laoxiao turned his word. It was because he was usually in his shop, but Sui Laoxiao became a dishonest person first. Thinking of the young man's anger, he was furious.

"Call your boss out for me. I want to talk to Mr. Sui, where is he playing with me?" After that, the young man shouted at the back of the waiter: "Mr. Sui, Mr. Sui, Mr. Sui! Get out of you, an old bastard!"

When the waiter heard the other party scolding his shopkeeper without restraint, he burst into cold sweats on his head and hurriedly stopped the young man.

"Master, please stop scolding. Even if you scold Potian, our shopkeeper won't hear it. He and our boss went back to the countryside and went to his parents' home for a month. He just left yesterday!"

As soon as the waiter finished his words, a guest officer threw about twenty taels of silver on the table after dinner. The momentum was even greater than that of the young man who had thrown several hundred taels of rice. He said loudly: "Woman checked out, I will come to get the rice dumplings and wine for next month on time."

Before leaving, he turned around and looked at the young man with a sarcastic look and smiled sarcastically.

"Okay! Master, please walk slowly!" The waiter ran over and put away the money without thinking.

Seeing this, the young man was even more confused. How could anyone buy it? But he just paid a few hundred taels and didn't sell it. So he asked: "Hey, waiter, where are you singing? I paid more than twenty times the money he paid, but you don't sell it. You Xiangmanlou do business like this?"

Seeing that the young man was a little anxious, the waiter stopped hiding and pretended to be sincere and said, "Customer, since this is the case, I will no longer hide it from you. Everyone in our store sells rice dumplings, but they can't sell them to you."

"This is what Sui Laoxiao told you?" The young man knew that a waiter didn't dare to say such things to the guest. Someone must have instructed him to do this. He wondered in his heart if he had offended Sui Laoxiao again.

The waiter nodded slightly. When the young man saw that the waiter was not angry, he smiled and continued to ask.

"How do you know that I am the person Sui Laokao said?"

This time it was the waiter who smiled and showed a row of yellow teeth, pointed to the little bit of Zhu Mo between the young man's eyebrows, and smiled without thinking: "Because our shopkeeper said that the man had three eyes."

After hearing this, the young man suddenly realized and smiled bitterly. He touched the cinnabar mole on his forehead innocently, raised his eyebrows and sighed: "This is the first time I hate my third eye so much."

After saying that, he waved his sleeves and turned around and walked out of Xiangmanlou. He didn't even bother to collect the silver on the table. He left so simply.

Seeing that the young man was about to walk out of the door, the waiter couldn't sit still after he thought of his words and said, looking at his back, he shouted anxiously: "Customer! The rice dumplings in our store were bought by the Guangling Prince Mansion for a banquet next month. You can go there to see! There is still a good daughter Hong waiting for you! It's been seventy years!"
Chapter completed!