Xia Chunchao went out to board the car and told the coachman to go to Donghua Tower.

The car is very fast, all the way through the streets and alleys, to the front of Tung Wah Building. The girl Zhu'er got out of the car first, and together with the daughter-in-law of Laixing, she helped Xia Chunchao out of the car.

Xia Chunchao got off the car, looked up and saw a two-story small building standing in front of him, in front of the building hung a red sandalwood carving, the plaque inscribed by Yan Xibei, a great calligrapher in front of the building. The four corners of this plaque are smoothed, the brilliance is lost, and it is very old. Xia Chunchao knew that this plaque was hung in front of the building since a hundred years ago, and after a hundred years of wind and frost, it has become a signboard that the Donghua Building will not change. The ancestor of the owner of Donghua Lou is rumored to be the imperial chef in the palace, who fled from the palace during the war, and has been displaced among the people for decades, and finally returned to the capital. This person is a skilled cook, and he has learned many folk recipes while traveling. After returning to Beijing, he gathered the strengths of hundreds of schools, created the Dongjia cuisine, and built this Donghua Building. Because of its own cuisine and many self-created dishes, it is the only one in Beijing. Therefore, from the top of Beijing to the dignitaries and dignitaries, down to the common people, they all love to patronize. Up to now, this Donghua Building has become the largest restaurant in Beijing, with four seasons and eight sections of water in a year. If you want to hold a private room for a banquet, you must make a reservation three days in advance, and you may not be available. In the summer and spring dynasties, whenever there were important merchants to discuss, they would definitely come here for a banquet. Today, Shen Changyu invited her to talk about things, and she also chose this place.

Xia Chunchao stepped into the store, and the running hall in the store recognized her, and greeted her with a smile: "Mrs. Lu is here, and Shen Gongzi has been waiting on it for a long time." As he spoke, he led the way in front of the head and led Xia Chunchao upstairs.

Xia Chunchao followed the shopkeeper, walked up the stairs, and walked straight to a double partition door and stopped. The guy knocked on the door and said respectfully inside, "Young Master Shen, Mrs. Lu has arrived." After finishing speaking, he made a gesture to Xia Chunchao and went down.

Xia Chunchao saw a sign hanging by the door, with the word "Mei Yun" written on it, and he felt a slight feeling in his heart.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened inward, and Shen Changyu stood in the door.

Xia Chunchao was caught off guard, slightly stunned, and said a good fortune in a dignified manner.

Shen Changyu didn't speak, only looked her up and down.

Xia Chunchao came today, and there was no elaborate makeup, only a thin grease powder on the face, a green silk polished black, a round bun, warm and moist lying behind the head, a carved plum blossom white hosta on the bun, and there was no ornament. She was wearing a long green plain gown and a duck-yellow water ripple pleated skirt underneath, and she was particularly dignified and calm.

However, this outfit fell in Shen Changyu's eyes, but it had a unique charm. He took a closer look, the smile on his lips deepened, he bowed down and welcomed Xia Chunchao in.

Xia Chunchao stepped into the door and saw that the room was elegantly furnished, among which there was a mahogany inlay stone surface Eight Immortals Luodian table, and four mahogany crutches on the side of the table. There are red plum pictures in the snow hanging on the four walls, green smoke curls in a gilded incense burner in the corner of the wall, and there is a bottle of red plum on an elevated shelf in the southwest corner, and the flowers are blooming. When Xia Chunchao saw this, he was not surprised. The house is exquisite, but it is expensive, but the red plum is not a seasonal flower, where did this shop get it?

She felt strange in her heart, stepped forward, stretched out her hand and touched it lightly, but she smiled dumbly: it turned out that this was actually a red plum grass made of red velvet. It's just that the craftsmanship of the craftsman is really wonderful, the horizontal and oblique state of the plum branches, the fine texture of the petals, and even the stamens of the heart of the flower are all lifelike, even if you put it in front of you, it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity. Xia Chunchao looked at this bottle of plum blossoms, and then looked at the furnishings in this room, and knew it in his heart, nodded to Shen Changyu and sighed: "It's hard for you to bother, but I came here today to discuss business with you." You really can't afford to spend this amount of effort. Shen Changyu didn't answer this, and said with a faint smile: "I remember that when my sister was in the boudoir in the past, she loved red plums very much. When my sister was six years old, it was cold early in the winter, and it snowed, and my pond froze. My sister came to play and saw a red plum blossom on the edge of the pool, so she had to pick it. I stepped on the ice and folded it for my sister, but the ice under my feet didn't freeze and cracked, so I fell into the ice pool. That time, I burned all day and night, and fell asleep talking nonsense. When I woke up, I saw my sister standing at the head of the bed, crying profusely, and her little face was red and bright. At that time, I thought that if I could let my sister shed tears for me, even if I was asked to suffer more, I would be willing. ”

Xia Chunchao heard him mention the old things in the past, he was slightly gloomy, and paused before saying: "It's all stories from the old days, and what do you mention about him." Shen Changyu didn't say anything, and then said: "That time, I remember that my sister promised me one thing, and I have always kept it in my heart, but unfortunately my sister is afraid that she has forgotten it." Xia Chunchao was silent, Shen Changyu looked at her and said softly: "My sister promised me at that time, and I will definitely be my bride when I grow up." I took it seriously, and when my sister left the door of my Shen family, she didn't remember it at all. Xia Chunchao smiled lightly, bowed his head and said, "Yes, just because of this joke, I was scolded by my mother when I went back." The cold weather made me kneel on the horizon for two hours. It was also at that time that I realized that my father had already promised me to the Lu family, and I would be the daughter-in-law of the Lu family sooner or later. ”

Shen Changyu's eyes darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "If it was ...... at the beginning" Before he finished speaking, Xia Chunchao interrupted: "However, there is nothing at the beginning, such childhood jokes, it is difficult for Shen Gongzi to remember it so clearly." I came here today to discuss business with Shen Gongzi. If the son only needs to catch up with the past, then please another day. ”

Shen Changyu saw that her expression was slightly angry, so he stopped talking and said: "It's just that I saw the scenery and remembered some of the past events, so I said a few words." My sister doesn't want to gossip, so she blames me for talking too much. As he spoke, he invited Xia Chunchao to take a seat, while instructing the little guy guarding the door outside to deliver the food.

The two of them are divided into guests and hosts, and they are seated opposite each other. Shen Changyu held the pot in his own hand, poured a cup of tea for her, and said with a smile: "This is the rock tea brought by the merchants in my store from Wuyi Mountain, can my sister try it?" Xia Chunchao had something in his heart, picked up the cup, seemed to take a sip, and couldn't taste anything, but only said in a general way: "It is indeed good tea." He asked again: "It turns out that there are still merchants from Wuyi Mountain in Shen Gongzi's shop." Shen Changyu smiled and said: "Some dim sum in my store must be stuffed with tea leaves from that place." Xia Chunchao smiled lightly: "Hexiangzhuang's business really runs through the north and south, in this case, how did the son fall in love with the trumpet?" Shen Changyu smiled and said: "My sister used to be decisive and neat, and she was quite decisive when talking about business, why did she come to me and shrink up like this?" My sister also said in the past that since ancient times, merchants have not been enemies with buying and selling. My shop is full of business, and there are a lot of ingredients for daily needs, so if I have one more merchant, I will have one more way to come, so why insist on pushing it out? What's more, the world is impermanent, and this merchant may not be sure. He came this year, but he won't come next year? And how do you know when he will be able to do this business? It's better to be prepared. ”

Xia Chunchao heard this, but he also felt reasonable, and nodded: "What Childe said is good, but the trumpet has had an accident recently, and the goods supplied to the customer's store have insects and mildew. I'm worried about the return of the money. Isn't Childe worried about the bad reputation of the trumpet? ”

Shen Changyu had a big smile on his face, and nodded: "I have known Sister Xia since childhood, and I trust my sister as a person. Also, I've heard about your goods store. Another shop has such a thing, since the goods have arrived in the customer's store, and they are inspected in person, and they were parked for two or three days before the accident, they can be prevaricated. My sister actually took it on her shoulders, not only willing to return the goods, but also to compensate their families for their losses. Such a character reputation is really not exchanged. Doing business with my sister, I feel at peace in my heart. ”

Xia Chunchao listened to what he said, and he didn't have half a sentence because of the old feelings, but he was also useful in his heart, and said: "Since Shen Gongzi said this, then if I want to shirk the blame, I don't know what to do." It is a great honor to be such a customer as Hexiangzhuang. However, there is one thing I have to explain in advance, because it is not the season to stock, and there is an accident in the store, and there is no stock in my warehouse now. If Shen Gongzi is in a hurry to wait for the goods, then he has to say forgiveness. Shen Changyu said: "I naturally know that I have already prepared the ingredients for this season in my store." If you want to buy it again, it's also a matter of the autumn. At that time, I only hope that my sister will set aside thirty or fifty catties of fine pine nuts, dried abalone, dried scallops and so on with me, then I will be grateful. ”

Xia Chunchao was upset by the loss of customers in the store, and Shen Changyu naturally had no reason to refuse. What's more, Hexiangzhuang's business is big, and with such a customer, there will be no worries about inventory sales in the future. A stone fell to the ground in her heart, and she was relieved a lot, and even smiled and urged Shen Changyu to sign the contract documents.

Shen Changyu naturally couldn't ask for it, so he wrote down the contract immediately, and the two of them signed and drew it, in duplicate, and put it away separately.

After the business was negotiated, the shopkeeper also passed the dishes in. Xia Chunchao was in a hurry to go home, he didn't know the taste of food, and after a few bites in a hurry, he wanted to leave. That Shen Changyu refused to let him go, and kept persuading wine and vegetables.

After finishing the meal, Xia Chunchao got up and said goodbye. Shen Changyu saw that he couldn't keep her, so he personally sent her to the door downstairs. Seeing her board the car and leave, Fang Cai shook his head and sighed: "It's still so ruthless, the business is negotiated, so I don't even want to say a word." As he spoke, where the Lu family's carriage stopped, there was a thing falling underground, shining under the sun.

Shen Changyu didn't know what it was, so he leaned over to pick it up, only to see that it was a bean-green sachet with a butterfly peony pattern embroidered on it, and there were silver three things under the sachet. It is the sun that hits these three things that dazzles.

Shen Changyu pinched the purse in the palm of his hand, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it gently, only to feel a sweet fragrance of lilies in his heart. At that moment, he smiled lightly, hid his purse in his arms, and turned away.

At that time, it happened that Aunt Zhang was out on the street to buy noodles, and when she walked here, she happened to meet Shen Changyu to send Xia Chunchao out. She hid behind a grocery stall and took a look. After the two left, they came out and secretly thought to themselves: This slut used to pretend to be serious, and it was clean and just fake. It turns out that he also hooked up with people behind his back. Since this matter is in my hands, we will have our own words in the future! I thought about it for a while, but I didn't buy noodles, so I turned around and hurried home.