Sent back to Yun Pavilion by Qiu Ji, Yao Xi was a little anxious, hurriedly said goodbye to Qiu Ji's master and servant, and came to the back kitchen, Lan Xin was busy sweating, noon was the busiest time for Guiyun Pavilion, Lan Xin had been helping Yan in the kitchen.

Yao Xi shouted "Lan Xin", beckoned people to his side, the kitchen was too noisy, Lan Xin followed Yao Xi to the backyard.

Yao Shi said: "You go and find Qiwa, I will let him do something for me." She took out five taels of silver from her cuffs and said, "Take Qiwa and his friends for a meal first, and come back when you're full." Waiting for me in the alley at the back door of Guiyun Pavilion. ”

Lan Xin saw that Yao Xian's expression was serious, and he didn't dare to be sloppy, so he immediately nodded and promised.

"You go to the front door and find a carriage, don't waste time. Yao Yan admonished, and then took the lead to the back door. The family just bought a carriage last month, also for the convenience of the family.

The coachman was chatting with the people on the side of the road at the back door, Yao Yan shouted, he looked back and saw that it was a girl dressed as a man, and knew that it was the second girl of the owner's family, this one was studying in Yangshan Academy, and the coachman felt that this person who was reading, regardless of whether it was a man or a woman, was really very elegant.

He hurriedly smiled and stepped forward and said, "Li Si has seen the second girl, and the second girl wants to go out in a carriage?"

Yao Shi nodded, "Go to Wu Ji Restaurant on Sajin Street." ”

The carriage purred and soon arrived at the Wu Ji Restaurant on Sajin Street, this is the second time Yao Xi has come to Wu Ji Restaurant, calculate the time, the last time he came here was almost half a year ago, the fourth housekeeper of the Wu family, Lin Dao, she only saw it once when Guiyun Pavilion opened, and there has been no contact since.

Yao Xi stood at the door and looked at herself empty-handed, and felt that she was in too much of a hurry, so she should screw something to the door, but the time was limited, and she had to go back to the academy tomorrow, so she couldn't take care of these small details, and immediately entered the gate of Wu Ji Restaurant.

Wu Ji Restaurant is noisy, almost full, on par with Guiyun Pavilion, but it is a three-story building, the scale is much larger than Guiyun Pavilion, Yao Xi walked to the counter while looking around at the pattern of Wu Ji Restaurant.

It wasn't Lin Dao who paid the bill, Yao Shi also knew that he only showed up occasionally, if she was unlucky, she was afraid that she would have to ask Wu Shiwei for help.

"Shopkeeper, I'm Yao Shi, a student of Yangshan Academy, I want to meet you four managers, and if you have something to discuss, please let me know. She slipped a silver ingot, which she had prepared, out of her sleeve.

The shopkeeper had obviously heard of Yao Shi's name, looked at it carefully, his attitude was respectful, he smiled and waved his hand to refuse Yao Shi's silver, Yao Shi was about to invite again, but he had already changed Xiao Er over, and asked Xiao Er to go upstairs to report.

Yao Yan hurriedly thanked him, and after waiting for a while, Xiao Er came down and made a please: "Girl, please upstairs." ”

Yao Yan followed Xiao Er up to the third floor, walked along the corridor to the easternmost room, knocked on the door and said, "Steward Lin, the person has arrived." ”

Lin Dao said "Come in" from the inside, Xiao Er pushed the door open, Yao Yan stepped in, but Xiao Er didn't close the door and left directly.

"Miss Yao hasn't been to this Wu Ji Restaurant for a long time, Guiyun Pavilion's business is thriving now, I'm afraid that it won't be long before my Wu Ji Restaurant can't catch up." Lin Dao said with a smile.

Yao Xian smiled slightly: "Steward Lin is so modest, I don't know what to say, Guiyun Pavilion has only been open in April or May, if it can be easily caught up, I am afraid that the Yao family will already be rich." ”

"Hahaha...... Miss Yao is very funny. Lin Dao handed Yao a cup of tea, and then asked, "Miss Yao has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, this time, but Lin has something to help?"

Lin Dao was very refreshing, Yao Xi had originally prepared some words, but now there was no need to say it, and he suddenly felt that he was thinking too much, so he said bluntly:

"Actually, I just want to inquire about one thing, Wu Ji Restaurant has been open for decades, and it also has a good reputation in Beijing, and many banquets are made here, so I want to ask Lin Steward, these dignitaries and dignitaries in Beijing, how much silver can be spent on a hospitality banquet?"

Lin Dao thought that Yao Shi was only here for Guiyun Pavilion, although Guiyun Pavilion and Wu Ji Restaurant were competitors, but the Wu family was deeply rooted, and it was not a Guiyun Pavilion that could be compared to the past.

He thought for a moment and said, "If it is a banquet here, ten tables will cost fifty taels of gold for the ordinary, eighty gold for the best class, and one hundred and twenty gold for the special class." "The ordinary level of Wu Kee Restaurant is comparable to the special level of other places, so the starting price is also very high.

Although she knew that the price was not low, but hearing this number, Yao Xian's heart still trembled, in other words, these people can eat up half a month's income in Guiyun Pavilion with one meal, she sighed, and asked, "There should be a banquet in the house, right?"

Lin Dao didn't hide it, "The banquet in the house is generally the wedding banquet or birthday banquet with the most flowers, and those who can afford to invite me Wu Ji are also of noble status, and the wedding banquet of thirty tables is not less than three hundred gold, and the birthday banquet is about the same amount." ”

Hearing this, Yao Yan couldn't help but open his mouth, and after a while, it turned into a sigh.

Lin Dao saw her expression, thinking that there was something going on in Guiyun Pavilion, so he chased after her: "What's the matter? Miss Yao inquired about this, but who are you going to give a banquet to?"

Yao Xi raised his head again and said, "In the past two months, which households have held banquets of more than 100 gold?"

"This ....." Lin Dao hesitated for a moment, in fact, these things are not for outsiders, but he knows that Yao Shi and the young owner of the Wu family are classmates, and the young owner family has also been instructed to take care of it, plus Yao Shi and Liao Jingzhao also know each other, as well as the son of the capital Taiwei, with these layers of relationships, Lin Dao is also very polite to Yao Shi.

I thought that Yao Xi was here for the matter of Guiyun Pavilion, but since she asked like this, I am afraid that the real meaning behind this is not simple.

Yao Xi saw his hesitation, and said earnestly: "Please ask Steward Lin for a favor, I will not do anything that harms Wu Ji Restaurant or the Wu family." ”

Lin Dao thought about it again, in fact, this is not a secret, if there are people who want to inquire, they can also inquire outside, as long as they ask which big families have held banquets in the past two months, and who hosted them, you will know, it just takes some effort.

He asked people to bring the account books, and gave the names of the big families who had held the banquet for nearly two months to Yao Shi, including more than a dozen Beijing officials. And each household spends two or three hundred gold.

Yao Xian was grateful, copied a copy of the list by hand, and then got up and said: "Today's great grace, Yao Xian remembers it in his heart, but the time is urgent and inconvenient to stay any longer, and he will come to thank him again next month." ”

"Miss Yao is polite. Lin Dao waved his hand, that is, to provide a list, even if he didn't say it, he knew that Yao Shi had a way to find out, so he asked Xiao Er to send Yao Shi out of Wu Ji Restaurant again.

Leaving Wu Ji Restaurant, Yao Xi hurriedly went to Guiyun Pavilion, in the alley at the back door, Lan Xin was waiting anxiously, seeing Yao Xi appear, he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted "girl", and then pointed to a seven or eight-year-old beggar behind him and said, "This is Qiwa." ”

Yao Shi had never seen Qiwa yet, and Qiwa looked at Yao Shi with a smile and bowed crookedly.

When Yao Xi came back, he had already thought about what he was going to say, and he and Qiwa gave him another five taels of silver.

Qiwa was even happier with the silver, he was a beggar, but he was often taken care of by this young lady, and he was very grateful in his heart, and then said: "Miss don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter properly, and I can't find you if I keep it." ”

The first few times I asked him to do something, he also asked for this, and Qiwa was also clever and knew when to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Yao Xi nodded, and then returned to the Cloud Pavilion with Lan Xin.