Chapter 305: Winter Solstice
Before you know it, it's the winter solstice again.
On this year's winter solstice, Wen Wan is in the capital. In Dayong, the winter solstice is an extremely important festival, and it can even be said that it can be compared with the New Year.
However, whether in the eyes of Rong Bai or Wen Wan, the winter solstice is just that day. Therefore, when Hengqing brought Wei Xuan's words to the two of them, the reactions of the two were quite flat.
Rong Bai doesn't care, she can only be idle now except for going to the hot pot restaurant to cut meat. Isn't it just to go back to eat, it's no problem to cook!
Wen Wan thought about it a lot.
Now Wen Wan, wherever she goes, she will take the account book with her, and she is thinking about how to enter the business circle of the capital every day. Most of the business districts in the capital are controlled by the aristocracy.
The officials themselves can't run a business, but the lady of the back house can. There are so many big officials in the capital, and the ladies and concubines in the back house, who doesn't have a few shops in their hands? In this way, it occupies most of the good areas in the capital.
And in these areas, Wen Wan is bold, and she doesn't dare to use the hedging mode to deal with other places to crush the other party. Who knows, a small shop, what kind of big guy is sitting in the back.
"I'll leave Lin Xiaosi here tomorrow, and if something happens, let him go to Wuhou Mansion to find me." Wen Wan thought about it for a long time, and finally reluctantly dropped her job: "This stall in the capital is too difficult to enter." ”
Rong Bai was able to successfully open a hot pot restaurant in the capital, which used a lot of connections. Although the shop had already been bought, on the day of its opening, if it weren't for the crown prince, princess, and marquis to support the scene, how could the business be so good, and no one dared to come to the door to find trouble.
In terms of business, Hengqing and Wen Wan's time to learn is neither long nor short. It's a pity that he doesn't have much business vision, so he can only watch them worry.
"If it really doesn't work, then hang those shops under Xiaobai's name."
This is the best way Hengqing can think of, anyway, now, Wen Wan is looking for trustworthy people everywhere to diversify her investment, and Rong Bai is obviously the most suitable investment target.
This suggestion is indeed feasible, it just so happens that Rong Bai is not famous in the capital, not to mention, she is the righteous daughter of the Marquis of Wu, and the Marquis of Wu is a military marquis, and it is not impossible to have some money.
After making up her mind, Wen Wan relaxed a lot, and there was still time to go to a meal.
Early the next morning, after drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge, the three of them took a child and got into the carriage sent by Marquis Wei.
In fact, Wei Houye, who has lived on the battlefield for most of his life, is a person who likes to be lively. However, Wei Xuan is not a person who likes to join in the fun, and even the masters in the mansion have no one else except for them.
In the past, when Rong Bai was still there, Wei Hou Ye could occasionally chat with Rong Bai. Now that Rong Bai has run away with Hengqing, Wei Hou Ye is almost idle at home.
No, there is finally an opportunity to call someone back, why doesn't Wei Hou Ye call it.
"Xiaobai!"
Before everyone got out of the car, Wei Houye shouted: "Let's not eat anything today, just eat your hot pot, and I will let people get the base from your hot pot restaurant." ”
Rong Bai looked at Hou Ye Wei with a confused expression.
You said that if you want to eat hot pot, how good it is to go to a hot pot restaurant, it is convenient and atmospheric. At this point, it takes time to adjust the base material and re-prepare the material, is it necessary?
As soon as Rong Bai entered the Hou Mansion, he was taken to the kitchen by Wu Hou Ye. Hengqing was pushed by Wen Wan and went in a little late.
As soon as I entered the kitchen, I saw Wei Xuan standing next to the cutting board with a kitchen knife in his hand. If Rong Bai's knife work is a master, then Wei Xuan's knife work is artistic.
Rong Bai can cut the meat into thin slices, so Wei Xuan can cut the meat according to its texture, one by one, and arrange it extremely neatly.
Rong Bai washed his hands, took a kitchen knife in his hand, and with the other hand, took a piece of meat and began to slice the meat.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you cut meat, why is it still that habit?" Rong Bai opened his mouth while cutting the meat.
Wei Xuan did not answer.
Rong Bai stopped. Keep your head down and cut the meat in your hand into very thin slices.
From the moment Hou Ye entered the room in Rong Bai, he was mysterious, and after a while, he got a huge piece of meat. After being a thief and looking around, after they were all his own people, he put the piece of meat next to Rong Bai.
Rong Bai shrugged his nose, and even Wei Xuan, who was seriously "dissecting" next to him, frowned.
"Where did you come from?" Rong Bai was stunned.
"I tell you, don't say it. This is what I bought. "Hou Ye Wei is still mysterious.
Hengqing and Wen Wan were a little confused, it was just a piece of meat, and the atmosphere had changed.
"What you bought was live, and what you brought was a piece of meat." Wei Xuan put down the thin blade in his hand, stretched out his hand, and took the meat from Rong Bai's side: "Look at the quality of this meat, it's still a calf." ”
Now, the remaining two people understood.
However, the reaction was all the same, Wen Wan swallowed his saliva, and Heng Qing's eyes widened.
Wei Hou Ye scratched his hair: "Didn't I listen to Xiaobai say that beef is delicious." Besides, I didn't buy those cattle that can plough the land, just a calf, let's winter solstice, some beef shabu, it must be delicious enough. ”
Wei Xuan sighed and put the beef on the cutting board. The knife in his hand turned in a circle in the palm of his hand and began to "dissect" the beef. "This kind of thing can't be done in the future. Now Dayong is still an agrarian society, don't have the idea of plowing cattle. ”
After Wei Xuan said this, he glared at Rong Bai again: "Don't say that you have eaten beef in the future." ”
Rong Bai pouted: "We couldn't do anything that time, we bought dozens of cows, and then the wolf stole two calves, and when I chased them, the calves had already been bitten to death." ”
For the rest, Rong Bai doesn't need to explain. According to Rong Bai's daily living habits, not to mention the meat taken from the wolf's mouth, even wolf meat, she will not let it go.
"Dayong eats beef, but it's illegal." Wei Xuan reminded.
Then he glanced at Hengqing, who was sitting at the door: "You are a scholar, you shouldn't be familiar with the law, why don't you remind them?" ”
"Just beef." Hengqing smiled gently: "Why can't you eat the beef that Xiaobai bought with his ability." After speaking, he turned his wheelchair and looked outside: "If so, if you have enough power, who dares to blame Xiaobai for eating cattle." You see, King Chen, with so many lives in his hands, isn't it also good to prepare to gather military power at the border? ”
Wei Xuan finally understood why this man was so concerned about King Chen. What do you say to make a stupid woman angry, so it seems that he is planning to use this opportunity to climb up!
"I really underestimate you, let me see, even if you get the top prize, what's the use!"
What Wei Xuan said was not wrong at all. In the more than 100 years since the founding of Dayong, there has never been a cripple who can enter the court as an official.