"Master, you killed someone, why don't we run away?" Ah Fu said as he followed Qin Hao tremblingly.
Qin Hao shook his head indifferently. If it were two years ago, he would definitely run away.
Although Yuan Shikai will be infamy for generations to come, we have to admit that he still did a lot of practical things during his time, such as establishing the earliest police system in the mainland and greatly improving social security.
But since Yuan Shikai's death two years ago, the civil war between the Beiyang warlords has almost destroyed the entire social order. There are strong men and domineering soldiers everywhere, and social security has deteriorated greatly. No one has collected the body of such a heinous beggar leader after his death.
Who is willing to care whether it is dead or alive?
Even if the police came to arrest him, Qin Hao was confident of escaping. He really couldn't go south. There was a war with the Beiyang warlords over there. How dare the Beiyang police go to the south to arrest people?
The most important thing now is to fill your stomach first.
"Boss, please bring two kilograms of mutton, six steamed buns, and two bowls of mutton soup."
When the street shop owner heard this, he thought he was a big customer, and was about to prepare the mutton. But when he turned around, he found two beggars, one old and one young, and he was immediately upset.
"Come on, there's nothing left for you here. Go and squat in front of the big restaurant to beg for food."
Before the boss finished speaking, Qin Hao picked up a silver dollar and threw it directly.
"Hey, Yuan Datou, please take a break, you two, come right now!"
Ah Fu felt extremely distressed when he saw that Qin Hao was like a piece of cake as soon as he made a move. Just when he was about to persuade him to save some money, the shop owner had already served hot steamed buns, each of which was as big as a bowl.
The aroma went straight from his nostrils to the Tianling Gai. At this moment, Ah Fu didn't even bother to dissuade him. He just started, picked up a steamed bun and started to chew it.
Qin Hao picked up a steamed bun with chopsticks and ate it in big mouthfuls. This is what people eat.
"Two guests, please eat your mutton soup and mutton first. If you don't have enough, call me and I'll give you change later." Seeing the two of them devouring their food, the shop owner had no time to talk to him, so he wisely stepped aside.
Qin Hao picked up a piece of mutton and stuffed it into his mouth. The taste was a bit bland and smelled of mutton. To be honest, it wasn't very good, but he was so hungry that he didn't care whether it tasted good or not. He wanted to replenish some energy first.
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Just when he was eating vigorously, he found that Ah Fu was only eating the steamed buns and occasionally taking a sip of the mutton soup, but he didn't eat a piece of the mutton. He couldn't help but ask.
"Eat, here is mutton."
Ah Fu swallowed his saliva obviously, but said in denial: "Master, you can just eat it. I can't bear to eat it."
"Stop talking nonsense to me. There's no one who can't get used to eating meat. Just eat it if you're told to. Doesn't it mean that my words don't work now?" Qin Hao said with a straight face.
Sure enough, Ah Fu still tried the same thing. He picked up a piece of mutton with fear, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it carefully. Those who didn't know what he looked like thought he was tasting some delicacies from the mountains and seas.
"Eat, eat more to have the strength to live."
Qin Hao's words made Ah Fu shed tears. Ever since he fled with his master's family, he had never had a peaceful life. There were soldiers and bandits on the road. Let alone eating meat, he almost lost his life. Especially
After the death of the old man and his wife, he and the young master were even more frightened, fearing that if he didn't catch his attention, the young master would be killed by the hungry and red-eyed victims...
"Okay, why are you crying, grown man? If you have something to eat from me, you won't be hungry." Qin Hao patted Ah Fu on the shoulder. Although he only used a small amount of force, the other person still shook his shoulder.
I almost fell down, my body was so weak.
"Boss, give me another one like this!"
"okay."
The shop owner looked on in shock, even though he was an adult, the child actually ate more than the adult. Twelve buns, an adult working hard would only eat four on weekdays, not to mention four kilograms.
What about mutton?
"You two have eaten, here is the change for you."
Ah Fu took the copper plate handed over by the shop owner, counted it several times, and muttered: "I ate half an ocean in one meal. Master, we can't eat like this in the future."
When Ah Fu was counting the copper plates, Qin Hao also counted them. There were sixty-two in total, which meant that one silver dollar was equivalent to about one hundred and twenty copper plates. It was indeed not cheap.
But it's normal. Meat is originally a luxury product for ordinary people these days.
"Let's go, find a place to buy some clothes and take a shower."
After eating and drinking, Qin Hao could no longer bear the strange smell of clothes on his body. He went to the clothing store under the leadership of Ah Fu. As a beggar, Ah Fu knew something about Jinmen. Where there are restaurants and restaurants, there are high-ranking officials.
No matter how noble people come and go, they are always clear.
Along the way, most of the people Qin Hao saw were low wooden houses or loess houses. All the people passing by on the street were skinny and skinny. There were almost no fat people, and most of the people gave Qin Hao a very unpleasant feeling.
Okay, everyone's eyes are straight, how to describe it? It's like they have lost hope in life, like a walking corpse.
As we walked to the street where we could see the small western-style buildings in the distance, the pedestrians on the road gradually became more diverse. There were rickshaw drivers pulling rickshaws all over the street, and rich people with big bellies and fat stomachs who swaggered through the city with their voluptuous figures in their arms. Naturally, there were also indispensable ones.
The hawkers speak various dialects.
"Master, let's go to this store. It's cheap, the materials are good, and it's durable."
"Well, this is the one."
Qin Hao doesn't have any choice, as long as he can change out of his dirty clothes.
"Alas, if you are a bit discerning, go to the restaurant if you are begging. We don't have anything to eat here." The waiter at the clothing store shouted impatiently when he saw a pair of beggars, one big and one young, trying to break in.
Qin Hao didn't take it seriously, after all, they didn't look like they could afford clothes, so he winked at Ah Fu.
Ah Fu understood the idea, straightened his waist and took out a silver dollar from the belt around his waist. However, he was reluctant to throw the silver dollar directly to the waiter like Qin Hao, so he just weighed it in his hands.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The boy looked at the two of them suspiciously: "Is this silver dollar real?"
Ah Fu argued: "How can this be false?"
"You can't say for sure, there are a lot of fake Yuan Datou these days."
"Here, let's see if it's true."
The clerk picked it up and blew it, and there was a clear and crisp sound. He immediately became more respectful: "Hey, you two are in trouble, please come in."
"Humph." Ah Fu took back the silver dollar from the clerk's hand dissatisfied, and followed Qin Hao into the clothing store.
"Master, look at all the clothes here that are suitable for you." The waiter introduced them eagerly.
Qin Hao secretly laughed. Co-author of the Republic of China also knew that children's business is easy to do, and ready-made clothing stores have special children's clothing sections.
"Just take these three sets first. Ah Fu, you can also get three sets, and I will help you choose."
After saying that, Qin Hao didn't give Ah Fu a chance to refuse, and went straight to the men's clothing area. But to be honest, these clothes were older in terms of style and color. They looked gray, and there was nothing to choose from. He chose three at random.
Set, when I checked out, it turned out to be quite expensive. One ocean was not enough, so I added more than 40 copper coins.
When he walked out of the clothing store, Ah Fu kept mumbling: It's so wasteful, I won't dare to spend like this in the future.
As a result, the next moment, Qin Hao found an inn, bought a room, and spent more than twenty coppers, which made Ah Fu feel so distressed that he almost shed tears.
"Afu, go buy some lime and ask the store to boil some hot water."
"Oh." Ah Fu didn't know why, but he still followed Qin Hao's request and bought lime.
After returning to the room, Ah Fu saw Qin Hao pouring hot water into the bath bucket, and then poured some cold water. He also tried it with his hands, and then began to pour lime into the bath bucket.
After the lime gradually melted away, Qin Hao stripped naked and jumped in, sinking his whole body into the bucket. It took him a while to get up.
"Master, what are you doing?"
Qin Hao closed his eyes and said slowly: "Expelling insects."
As a modern person, Qin Hao can't stand lice. Fleas are crawling in his hair and body, so deworming is a must.
Conditions were limited, and there was no ready-made anthelmintic, so we had to use lime water instead. Although it would cause some damage to the skin, it was still better than carrying a head of lice running around.
Qin Hao soaked for half an hour. When he came out, there was a layer of black dots floating on the water in the tub.
After that, Qin Hao asked Ah Fu to get some hot water, and Meimei took a hot bath before putting on the clothes he just bought.
"You go in and take a bubble too."
"Master, I don't need it..."
Qin Hao said angrily: "I finally got these bugs off my body. Do you want to pass them on to me?"
"I...Young Master..." Ah Fu couldn't argue.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry in, remember to follow me from now on, and take a shower at least once every three days."
"oh."
After Ah Fu soaked and washed, Qin Hao checked again and found that there were indeed no bugs, so he asked him to put on new clothes.
"Master, we can't just sit there and eat nothing. We have to do something to make a living. We can't afford to make money like this."
During dinner, Ah Fu persuaded me earnestly.
Qin Hao nodded. The money he robbed was spent quickly. Two oceans were gone in a day. The remaining three oceans really couldn't be spent like this.
"Well, you saw the mutton soup shop today, right? If we can make mutton that tastes ten times better than that, do you think we can make money?"
When Ah Fu thought about the taste of the mutton, his mouth watered. Is it ten times better than that mutton soup restaurant? He couldn't imagine how delicious it was, so he nodded subconsciously, and then said blankly.
"But, Master, I don't know how to make mutton soup."
"You can't, I can!"
Ah Fu looked at Qin Hao and scratched his head. In his memory, Qin Hao was a child who grew up being held in the palm of his hand. Not to mention the cook, he used to be fed by maids when he ate. Why did he suddenly start fighting again?
Cooking?
"The master and his wife must have spirits in heaven to protect the young master."
After a while, Qin Hao led Ah Fu around to look at the shops. Three yuan was certainly a lot in daily life, but opening a shop was not that simple. The rent, ingredients, and ingredients were all the same.
Not a small expense.
The monthly rent of a good shop is more than three yuan, but Qin Hao doesn't care. He is confident that he can conquer customers with his taste.
Finally, after some haggling, Qin Hao spent an ocean to rent a shop with only about ten square meters. It was at the corner of the street, where there was very little traffic on weekdays. The owner of the shop next door looked at Qin Hao Er as if he were a fool.
people.
Later, Qin Hao bought half a sheep at the vegetable market and some spices.
When I returned to the shop, I set up a large iron pot and started cooking. As the aroma of the mutton gradually spread, it attracted many diners to stop.
"Boss, how do you sell your mutton soup and mutton?"
Ah Fu took the spatula and carefully skimmed off the floating foam on it. Naturally, he completed the task assigned to him by Qin Hao meticulously. Seeing that the customer mistook him for the boss, Ah Fu quickly explained.
"Master, I am the guy here, and my young master is the boss."
The customer took a deep breath and said impatiently: "I don't care which of you is the boss, just tell me how to sell this mutton soup."
"A bowl of mutton soup costs five copper coins, and half a catty of mutton costs thirty copper coins." Qin Hao said calmly.
"Hey, this is a black shop, you sell it so expensively, and other people's prices are only half of yours." The customer almost jumped up on the spot.
Qin Hao said calmly: "I don't care what other people's prices are. This is a secret recipe leaked from the palace. This is the price."
The customer had no doubts. Since the fall of the Qing Dynasty, many secret recipes had been spread to the people. Besides, the fragrance of this mutton soup could be smelled from a long distance away. He was a eater who had eaten all over the country, and he had never encountered anything like this.
The fragrant mutton soup is a bit expensive, but it's not a big deal if you just eat it this time.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay, then give me a bowl of mutton soup and half a catty of mutton first!"
"Wait a minute, it's not done yet. It needs to be simmered for another half hour."
"Okay, then I'll go for a walk first."
"Come early, otherwise I won't be able to leave it for you if it's sold out soon."
The worse Qin Hao's attitude is, the more customers think this mutton soup is unusual.
"Otherwise, I'll give you the money first and you keep it for me."
Seeing someone taking the lead, the customers watching on the sidelines were also aroused. Soon Ah Fu collected a lot of money, and all three tables in the shop were full, waiting for the mutton soup to be boiled.
Half an hour later, the lid of the pot was lifted, and a rich aroma of meat spread out, making the customers who had been waiting for a long time move their index fingers and couldn't sit still anymore.
"Dude, come on!"
"Bring me two bowls of mutton soup."
"I'll have a bowl too."
In just one hour, half the sheep in a large pot of mutton soup was sold out. Some customers could only squat beside them with their bowls to eat, but this did not prevent them from having satisfied smiles on their faces. No matter what time it was, eating would last forever.
It is the happiest thing.
After selling and closing the stall, Ah Fu counted the money excitedly in the temporary rented house that night. He counted the money several times before he could count it clearly.
"Master, we earned five yuan a day today."
Ah Fu was so excited that his originally sallow face turned rosy.
Qin Hao waved his hand indifferently: "Where are you now? There will still be a long time to make money in the future."
"Afu, what do you most want to do after you make money?"
"Well..." Ah Fu thought for a long time, and when Qin Hao pressed him, his face turned red and he finally choked out a sentence.
"Marry a good and productive wife."
Qin Hao was happy, well, he really had enough food and clothing and was thinking about lust. He had just finished eating and started thinking about women.
The business of the mutton soup restaurant is getting better and better day by day. From half a sheep at the beginning, to two sheep a day, it is not enough to sell, attracting many diners who come here.
Of course, it is inevitable to be jealous and cause trouble.
On this day, as soon as Qin Hao and Ah Fu set up their stall, a group of big men surrounded them.
"Boy, when doing business here, have you visited the dock beforehand?"
Ah Fu asked naively: "What do you mean by visiting the pier?"
"Young master, you are trying to show off to me. This is Lord Jin's territory. You have to pay protection fees when you are doing business, do you understand?"
The strong man grabbed Ah Fu's collar fiercely and was about to lift him up, when a hand grabbed the strong man's wrist.
