By chance, Huang Zhongyu had also cooked. She also ordered some famous dishes from the nearby Louwailou and had them delivered as well.

The gentleman pushed the cards to the middle of the table and said:

"No fighting, let's have a drink."

After saying that, he turned around and went to the kitchen to take out a jar of aged rice wine and said to the three disciples:

"Think about it first, why can't you play cards? Let's not talk while eating!"

The remaining three people looked at each other in confusion, none of them knew why. One of them was poor poker skills and bad luck.

"Don't listen to his nagging. What's the point of playing mahjong? Seven points of anger and three points of skill. Come on... If you dare to clear the table quickly, there are all good dishes today." Huang Zhongyu glared at He Qing and put the newly cooked dishes.

It was brought up slowly.

"Wow, the dinner dishes are very rich." As the dishes were served, several people were amazed.

Dishes cooked by the senior sister include braised spring bamboo shoots, diced broad beans, water shield tofu soup, stir-fried baby greens, and Longjing shrimps.

There are five famous dishes served from the building outside the building, namely West Lake Vinegar Fish, Beggar's Chicken, Dongpo Braised Pork, Sister Song's Fish Soup, and Eight Treasures Full of Fragrance.

There are ten dishes in total, which is called perfect.

"Okay, let's not talk about mahjong, let's talk about Louwailou, which makes West Lake vinegar fish. Does anyone know the origin of its name and where the founder is from?"

While Mr. Heqing was ladling wine for everyone, he asked another question.

"I heard my father say that the name of Louwailou under Gushan Mountain in West Lake is taken from the three characters Louwailou in the sentence of the Southern Song Dynasty poet - Qingshan Beyond the Mountain, Louwailou. This restaurant was founded in the Daoguang period. It should be a few years ago.

It's been ten years, and the founder is an authentic Shaoxing native." Liu Yufang knew something, and she gave the general idea.

Chen Qimei and Li Shuzhen knew nothing about it, but Chen Tianhua went to Louwailou for dinner in later generations and only remembered a famous dish called West Lake Fish with Sour Vinegar, but he really didn't know anything else.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Mr. He Qing said with a smile:

"Wenxiong learned some things from her father. He is probably right, but not comprehensive. Let me tell you."

The owner of this building is a fallen scholar from Donghu, Shaoxing Prefecture, named Hong Ruitang.

More than fifty years ago, after his parents died, he and his wife Tao Xiuying moved their family from Shaoxing to Qiantang County, Hangzhou Prefecture, and later settled by the Xiling Bridge at the foot of Gushan Mountain in West Lake.

Arriving at the Xiling Bridge, the couple made a living by boating and fishing in the West Lake.

Tao Xiuying is good at cooking, especially in cooking fresh fish and shrimps. She cooked the fresh fish and shrimps that her husband Hong Ruitang could not sell all that day and sold them. She never thought that the business would be good.

It occurred to me that there were no restaurants in the Xilingqiao area, and after my family had some savings, they opened a small restaurant. It was just a bungalow at first.

Later, the business gradually became prosperous, and West Lake Vinegar Fish became famous, so they built a building next to Liuyi Spring and turned it into a restaurant.

Then the restaurant needed a resounding name, so Hong Ruitang went to Yulou to ask Mr. Qu Yuan to name it. Mr. Qu Yuan readily agreed and said:

Since your restaurant is outside my Yulou, let’s call it ‘louwailou’, borrowing Lin Sheng’s famous saying from the Southern Song Dynasty: ‘The green mountain outside the mountain is outside the building’!

Since then, the brand name Louwailou has been passed down and has become more and more famous.

"Thank you sir for your teaching. Hua Zhi finally understood the origin of the building outside the building, which added a lot of knowledge." After hearing Cai Heqing's detailed explanation, Chen Tianhua stood up and thanked him first.

Chen Qimei, Liu Yufang, and Li Shuzhen also praised her.

"Okay, okay, don't praise him. He has a strong sense of hometown sentiment. The building outside the building is owned by Shaoxing people, so he remembers it clearly." Huang Zhongyu also sat up, and everyone drank from one cup to another.

Got rice wine.

"It's normal to have a hometown complex. Everyone hopes that people in their hometown live a good life. There are many celebrities. Uniting with each other will be a force in the future." Cai Heqing took a sip of rice wine and said solemnly:

"Let's talk about where we will go after the New Year, and then how to keep communication open."

After saying this, everyone became serious, but it was Liu Yufang who spoke first, "Yingshi and I are planning to hold a wedding on a date after the first lunar month, and hold a banquet in his hometown in Huzhou. It will also be a combination of Chinese and Western styles."

"Then first, congratulations to Sister Yufang and Brother Yingshi. I wish you a perfect match and all your dreams will come true." Chen Tianhua congratulated them first.

"Hey, senior sister, I want to attend your wedding." Li Shuzhen requested.

"In Huzhou, Yingshi and I will of course welcome you and Hua Zhi, but we won't force you to come, because after we return to Hangzhou from Huzhou, we also have to invite a few tables here to thank some relatives and friends." Liu Yufang said:

"After we are busy with the wedding, we will set off from Hangzhou and take a sea cruise to study abroad in Tokyo, Japan."

"Congratulations to both of you first, but we can't attend your wedding. Five days later, Zhongyu and I will go to Shanghai to prepare for the establishment of the Patriotic Society and the Patriotic Girls' School. We will contact you later with our respective contact addresses.

Everyone please give each other a break." Cai Heqing and Huang Zhongyu looked at each other and said.

It seems that Mr. Cai accepted the invitation from his fellow countryman Mr. Jiang Zhiyou and formally devoted himself to the national awakening movement.

However, Mr. Cai Heqing's patriotic cultural movement in Shanghai will definitely arouse the Qing government's exclusion and attack, and his life will not be comfortable.

"Qianhua and I spent the past six months basically between Hangzhou and Shaoxing, because Qianhua also has an English exam for going abroad. Only after passing it can you apply to go abroad. The church in Hangzhou will arrange the quota for going abroad."

Finally, it was Chen Tianhua and Li Shuzhen's turn to announce the situation. Chen Tianhua glanced at everyone and said:

"I suggest that you use Qianhua here as an information transfer station to make the official residence more reliable and safe. In addition, starting from the second half of the year, I will join forces with Mr. Zongyu, the second uncle of Yingshi, to build a bank in Hangzhou, or directly a bank.

,So, I will spend more time in Hangzhou in the future."

"I think Hua Zhi's suggestion is very good. The three pairs of us, that is, Qianhua's residence is stable, but Zhongyu, Yingshi and Wenxiong and I, the correspondence addresses may often change. If there is any change, we can

Tell Qianhua here." Mr. He Qing said.

Liu Yufang and Chen Qimei nodded in agreement.

"Cheers to our respective futures, destiny and goals."

"cheers!"

"Ha ha...."

When most of the jar of wine was drunk and the delicacies were eaten, Mr. He Qing, as both a teacher and a friend, put down his chopsticks and suddenly looked at the four people in front of him with gentle eyes.

"After we gather together today, we will be separated from each other for quite some time. Before leaving, He Qing would like to give you a few words."

"Sir, please enlighten me!"

"Those who want to do great things should assess the situation and stick to the end! But sometimes you need to be wise and wise in order to achieve great things!" Cai Heqing said.

Although there are only a few sentences and the words are not very gorgeous, they are profound in meaning.

"Remember sir's teachings."

"..."

After drinking and eating, Chen Tianhua, Li Shuzhen, Chen Qimei and Liu Yufang said goodbye to Cai Heqing, Huang Zhongyu and his wife, walked out of the courtyard, boarded the carriages that came to greet them, and left, disappearing into the night.
Chapter completed!