The next morning, the sky was slightly bright, Xia Chunchao really got up half an hour earlier than usual, looked at the hour, and saw Lu Chengyong sleeping soundly without waking up, so he got out of bed with his clothes on, and walked outside.

The two girls got up early in the morning, Zhu'er made a stove under the porch with her head unkempt, and Bao'er went out to scoop water. As soon as she came out, Zhu'er smiled and said, "Grandma got up early today, presumably because she was thinking about cooking with the young master, so why don't you get up early?" Xia Chunchao smiled and said, "The young master is going to go to the yamen when he gets up in the morning, and I have to go out too." Don't just talk and be nimble. Delay the business, watch me peel your skin. ”

As she was talking, Bao'er scooped up the water and came back, waiting for Xia Chunchao to finish grooming, and the two girls went to comb their hair and make up, and the three masters and servants had nothing else to say.

Xia Chunchao really relied on Lu Chengyong's actions last night, and used a small stove under the corridor to beat the eggs thoroughly with salt and wine to make the chicken fat cooked. took advantage of last night's pheasant bamboo shoot soup and ordered a basket of noodles. After everything stopped, Lu Chengyong had already gotten up, dressed and washed, and the two girls put the food on the kang table in the room.

Lu Chengyong saw that the stewed egg was white and tender, like a sunflower, and the oil was fragrant, he didn't feel that his index finger moved, and he didn't wait for anyone, so he picked up the chopsticks and copied a piece, put it in his mouth, and praised it repeatedly: "Sure enough, it's still the same taste, I've thought about it for three years, and now I finally eat it again." Xia Chunchao walked over, knocked the chopsticks on his wrist, and scolded: "What is this like, before I said that I would start eating, I ate it first!" As he spoke, he also sat cross-legged across from him, and said with a smile: "I didn't mention it last night, and you didn't say anything and thought about it for three years, but you only knew how to coax me by saying these nice things." Lu Chengyong smiled and said: "Since I came back, I have been facing my lady every day, I am happy in my heart, and I have never remembered this." As they spoke, the couple ate together without mentioning it.

When breakfast was about to be finished, Bao'er came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Zhu'er came up to pour tea.

Lu Chengyong ate half a bowl of morning tea, suddenly remembered something, and said to Xia Chunchao: "I had something to tell you yesterday, but I forgot it." Brother He set up wine in his concubine's residence this evening to invite a few of our friends, which can also be regarded as congratulating him on his joy. I won't come back for dinner in the evening, so I'll tell you first. Xia Chunchao nodded in response, and said: "This He Gongzi is really ridiculous, and he will accept the concubine, and it is not a glorious thing to eat secretly outside the family behind his back, but he is embarrassed to put wine and treat guests, and everyone in the place knows it." Lu Chengyong smiled: "He has been like this, and we are all used to it." Since he's so interested, we're just going to have fun. Xia Chunchao glanced at him and said, "If you eat wine, you will eat wine, but you are not allowed to learn from your brother." Let me find out, I don't follow. Lu Chengyong said: "The lady is strict, how dare you not obey it." ”

The two were entangled for a while, and seeing that it was not early, Lu Chengyong got up and put on his official clothes and hat, and went out.

Xia Chunchao sent Lu Chengyong out of the house, and instructed Bao'er to take out the clothes she had picked out last night and put them on, and Zhu'er came to report that "the carriage has been set, and I called for the two of them to follow the car." When Xia Chunchao heard this, he gave Bao'er a few words, and then took Zhu'er out of the house.

Walked to the second gate and bumped into the Liu family head-on. Xia Chunchao retreated to the side of the road, blessed his body, and said to his mother. Liu Shi looked her up and down, snorted in his nose, and asked, "Are you going out?" Xia Chun bowed his head and said: "My daughter-in-law has some trivial matters, and she has to go out to cook." Liu snorted: "This Yong brother just went to the Yamen, and you went out in a panic, is there any trick to betray people?" Women's families, you should keep to yourself, not to mention that you are still a woman. What do you say when you go out every day and show your head? Let the outsiders know that it was Brother Yong'er's face that was lost...... "She chattered for a long time, and suddenly saw Xia Chunchao turn around and go out, and hurriedly raised her voice: "Where are you going?!" Which family's daughter-in-law doesn't know the rules like this, and her mother-in-law didn't finish her words, so she turned around and left?! Sure enough, ...... from an inferior family."

At this time, Sister Lu Hong passed by here, and when she saw this, she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I'm going to say a word to my mother, it turns out that my mother is angry with her sister-in-law here." I got up early in the morning, just like this, and on this road, I was not afraid of being laughed at by my family. Why don't you go back with me! As he spoke, he said, "Chun Tao, come up and help your wife." As soon as the words landed, he pushed and shoved and rubbed Liu's away. The Liu clan cursed in his mouth, and when he walked out of Xu Yuan, he could still hear the complaints.

Zhu'er followed Xia Chunchao out of the second gate, heard the movement behind her, turned her head to look, clapped her hands and smiled: "Thanks to the girl for coming over and getting my wife away." This wife is really a temper wrench, and she has nothing good to say when she sees her every time. As he spoke, he turned back to Xia Chunchao and said, "Grandma doesn't have to be angry, my wife has always been like this." Xia Chunchao said lightly: "Since I know that she has always been like this, why should I be angry with her?" She said her, let's do it. If you don't like it, you will be a crazy woman. Now I just respect her as the young master's mother, so I can save this little face, otherwise what if I ignore her? As he spoke, the master and servant had already gone out of the gate, and sure enough, they saw the Lu family's carriage parked outside the door.

Laixing and his wife came up to say hello, and Zhu'er helped Xia Chunchao into the car. Xia Chunchao commanded, and the coachman whipped the horse, and the wheels turned around and went to the Liuxiang Pavilion.

In front of the store, Xia Chunchao got out of the carriage and instructed the coachman: "Park the car at the door, just don't miss the guests to come to the door." People come and go, and people must know that it is our family. The coachman obeyed, and Xia Chunchao instructed the Laixing couple to bring gifts, and Zhu'er followed and entered the store.

There are two floors above and below this Liuxiang Pavilion, and there is an apricot wine flag hanging on the door, and the plaque comes from the hands of the famous people of the dynasty. Although the name is not as loud as that Changchun Building, it is also a time-honored brand for many years, and there are many diners. Therefore, when Xia Chun was looking for customers in the past, the first one to find was this one.

It's not a meal at the moment, there are not many customers in the store, just the shopkeepers are busy back and forth, wiping tables and stools, and cleaning the store. As soon as she saw her master and servant come in, the shopkeeper recognized it, hurriedly stepped forward, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Lu has time to come and walk around today, is it for dinner or looking for our shopkeeper?" Xia Chunchao smiled and said: "It's not early or late, who eats at this time." Naturally, I am looking for your shopkeeper to have something to say. ”

The guy hurriedly shouted inside: "Shopkeeper Liu, Mrs. Lu is here, looking for you to have something to say!" ”

At that time, the shopkeeper Liu was writing accounts in the house, and when he heard this, he felt a dilemma: she rarely showed up, and she had always asked Xia Ming to come forward in ordinary business dealings. If you can find it today, it must be for the sake of the scene the day before yesterday. Although we were too ruthless in this matter, Meng Gongzi trusted me early in the morning, and I agreed again. It was difficult to speak to see her again. We have been doing business for the past two years, and there is no disgrace, and we have torn our faces for this matter, which is really ugly. When you don't come out, the guy has already responded, how can you lie again.

After thinking about it, I just didn't have an idea, so I had to say: just go and listen to what she has to say. The decision has been made, and he came out dressed at the moment, with a smile on his face, stepped forward, clasped his fists with both hands, and said: "Mrs. Lu is here, and the small shop is shining, which is rare." Xia Chunchao stood still, only bowed slightly to return the salute, and replied with a smile: "Shopkeeper Liu has always been good, I am busy with family affairs, I can't go out and jump, many times I don't see it, Shopkeeper Liu's spirit is getting stronger and stronger." The shopkeeper Liu smiled and said, "Madame is polite." As soon as he gave way inside, he said, "Although the shop is ugly, there is a private room, and it happens that the lady is sitting and talking." And he led them into the inner chamber.

Xia Chunchao followed him into the house, only to see that the windows here were bright and clean, the furniture was exquisite, and he knew that it was a place for daily guests to talk. The shopkeeper Liu invited her to sit on a Taishi chair again, while shouting to the man for tea.

The guest and the host sat down with greetings, and the shopkeeper Liu spoke first: "I know why Mrs. Lu came today, although Meng Gongzi's words were a little harder that day, it was inevitable that Mrs. Tang, but the reason is good." The most important thing in our restaurant business is the freshness of the ingredients, and the master's craftsmanship is secondary. If the ingredients are on a business trip, and the guests eat well, they will start a lawsuit with us. The loss of money is small, and we have to drink the northwest wind in the whole store after smashing the signboard. Mrs. is also a figure in the business field, and she has always been the most reasonable, knowing the importance of the stakes, and she will not come to the embarrassment. ”

Xia Chunchao heard what he said, and secretly reprimanded in his heart: Old fox, before I could speak, he was full of words. And you use words to squeeze me, am I so easy to pass? At the moment, she didn't talk about it, but said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Liu, thinking that my small shop had only just opened at that time, the business was light, and the monthly turnover was only flat, so I earned some melons and dates, which was not enough to reward money." If it weren't for Shopkeeper Liu's face, and he trusted me, and was willing to hand over the dried fruits of this Liuxiang Pavilion to me, I don't know if my small shop can survive. In the past few years, if it weren't for Shopkeeper Liu's care, how could my shop's business be so prosperous? The kindness of the shopkeeper has always been in my heart. ”

When the shopkeeper saw that she didn't talk about business, she only mentioned favors, and when she mentioned it in her heart, she was humble in her mouth. Xia Chunchao changed the conversation, and said with a smile: "We have been intersecting for all these years, four festivals every year, the dry goods required by your store, regardless of the wind, frost, rain and snow, our store never dares to miss the time." Thinking about the wax moon that year, the canal froze, and your store urgently needed a dried scallop, but there was no one who searched the capital. The shopkeeper personally brought someone to find me, and it was almost the end of the year, and my store was out of stock. I saw that the shopkeeper was not looking good, so I took someone to a merchant who was looking for me twenty miles away, and then I got enough goods for the shopkeeper. In the past few years, not to mention, the price of pù goods in other stores has risen year after year. Because of the kindness of the shopkeeper, I have never risen a single cent. Now I don't ask you for credit from Shopkeeper Liu, but I also ask you Shopkeeper Liu to think about the relationship between you and Shopkeeper Liu in the past few years. Although it is said that business is always the most important thing in buying and selling, this person always has to talk about some affection. ”

The shopkeeper Liu listened to these words, thought about the old days, and felt ashamed in his heart, and his face was ashamed.