Chapter 359

The back door of Mo mansion.

Merton surreptitiously poked out his head and was relieved to see that the back door was empty.

He took a bulging package in his hand, slipped out of the back door, turned a corner and saw a four-wheel carriage. Pound was standing there smiling. Then he walked over.

"Here! This is the spinach picked this time!" Merton reluctantly handed the package to pound.

Since Merton last presented spinach as auspicious luck to Li Shimin, Merton's history of picking spinach alone has long gone. Merton had to give Li Shimin a share every time.

Pound took the package, bumped the weight, and frowned, "so little?"

Merton said reluctantly, "you can't pick any more. If you pick spinach again, you'll be bald. It's strange that big Si Nong doesn't look for me at that time."

According to the character of big Si Nong, let alone a leaf, he was distressed by anyone who touched these spinach. Merton was able to see the opportunity only when he saw that big Si Nong was away.

Pound looked at Merton with a smile and said, "well, I don't believe you didn't intercept one in private."

"How could this be possible? Spinach has only a few leaves, and the number of leaves that can be picked each time is limited." Merton immediately felt wronged and dissatisfied.

"Well, why don't we count the leaves?" pound said with a smile.

Merton glared at pound, reluctantly turned back and went to the back door of the Mohist house, took out a small packet of spinach leaves and handed them to pound.

Pound opened it and saw the green and fresh spinach leaves. He nodded with satisfaction.

Merton said angrily, "next time, wait until after January. It can't be earlier!"

Pound raised his eyebrows and looked at Merton puzzled.

Merton helplessly explained: "winter has come. Although spinach can grow in winter, it grows very slowly. It is the limit after a month. If it comes to 39 days, it can't be picked anyway."

"But don't worry, as long as this year, when this batch of spinach blooms and seeds, I won't worry about vegetables in Datang winter."

Pound nodded slowly and accepted Merton's explanation.

"Take good care of this thing, and your majesty will naturally reward you for your achievements in the future. Pound rarely smiled when he looked at the spinach in his hand.

Looking at pound's departure in a carriage, Merton swept away his grievances just now, sneaked back to the back door of the Mo mansion and took out a small packet of spinach again.

"You have your Zhang Liangji, I have my wall ladder." Merton proudly threw away the spinach in his hand.

Suddenly, a loud cry came from the ink house.

"Merton, you black sheep." Su Lingnong's angry voice came all the way from the ink house.

Merton quickly ran away with his head in his arms. The reason why he was able to pick so many vegetable leaves this time was that he picked two leaves of many large spinach plants. No wonder Su Lingnong was so angry.

Merton jumped into the carriage briskly and hurriedly said to tie an, "come on, go to the fish champion building."

When winter comes, it is cold and freezing. This is the best season to eat hot pot. Since the launch of hot pot, the business of yuzhuangyuan building has been booming. It has put pressure on other restaurants in Chang'an City and won the whole Chang'an city.

Merton made an appointment with Qin Huaiyu to eat hot pot this morning. How can he get less green vegetables.

In the Tianzi No. 1 private room, Merton happily opened the door and proudly showed off: "brothers, look what I brought?"

Before Morton stepped into the box, he saw Qin Huaiyu standing aside dejected, and a bad feeling rushed to his heart.

Merton's careful probe, suddenly a pair of thick hands slipped Merton and pulled him into the box.

As soon as Merton looked up, he suddenly saw Cheng Yaojin's big plank teeth.

Cheng Yaojin grabbed the spinach from Merton and said with a smile: what grandpa Pang said is true. Merton is hiding it.

Merton was surprised and suddenly turned his head. In the box, Li Shimin was sitting in the main seat, and pound, who left first than Merton, was serving behind the serious Li Shimin.

"Didn't you go back to the palace?" Merton said when he saw that pound had been cheated.

Pound said expressionless, "I don't need to go there in person to deliver vegetables."

Merton suddenly realized that no wonder pound could assert that he must have green vegetables. It turned out that he had already learned that he was going to have hot pot with Qin Huaiyu today, but he didn't expose himself at that time and was waiting for him at this time!

Merton looked left and right. He didn't see Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde.

"Don't look. They are on duty in the palace. Today it's just Cheng Aiqing and me." Li Shimin said angrily.

Merton felt a sigh in his heart. It seemed that he didn't read the Yellow calendar today, but it fell into their hands.

Merton glared at Chumo with hatred. It is conceivable that Chumo must have leaked the secret when Cheng Yaojin learned the news.

Cheng lowered his head deeper at Merton.

"I'll say you're so slippery. You dare to hide such delicious vegetables." Cheng Yaojin took out a spinach leaf and bit it into his mouth in three or two while accusing Merton of eating alone.

Merton quickly smiled and said, "uncle is a hero in the world. Naturally, he drinks and eats meat. How can a little green vegetables come into your old man's eyes.

"I haven't eaten green vegetables for two months. Now I want to eat green vegetables." Cheng Yaojin swallowed spinach in two or three times.

Chumo felt so ashamed that he blushed with shame and almost put his head under the table.

"Well, don't complain. You can't live without food today." Li Shimin is most annoyed by Cheng Yaojin's crying for poverty, and the old man is still used to this move.

Cheng Yaojin suddenly changed his face and said with a smile, "hot pot is famous in Chang'an City recently! I've heard of it for a long time!"

"Someone serve!" Merton shouted.

Soon, uncle Yu brought up the copper hot pot himself. In the central stove of the copper hot pot, the charcoal fire was booming. After a while, it was already sizzling and emitting an attractive fragrance.

Then a plate of fresh ingredients came up, especially one of the cleaned spinach.

The way of eating hot pot has long been heard in Chang'an city. Although Li Shimin met for the first time, there was no misunderstanding like Li Chengqian.

Six people sat down and opened the disposable dishes and chopsticks in front of them. Looking at the boiling soup, they immediately moved their forefingers.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "although I haven't tasted the delicacy of hot pot yet, it's worth the trip to eat green vegetables today."

Merton suddenly got up and said, "Your Majesty, wait a minute! To eat hot pot, green vegetables are valuable, but one ingredient is also essential."

"Oh! Tell me!" Li Shimin said with great interest.

"Beef!" Merton said as if on a pilgrimage.