Chapter 81: Birthday Greetings
Hearing her father's words, Cai Wei's heart skipped a beat, in her space, the most common flower is the green vine, since the green vine is expensive and rare, if she plants it in a large area, and then sells it, she will definitely be able to sell it at a good price, which is much more valuable than her growing food!
Thinking of this, she opened her inner look to check the space, and found that many vegetables in the space were ripe, she couldn't help but be overjoyed, and then asked Changmei to put away those ripe vegetables and plant green vines. Music-Text
The crops in the space grow ten times faster than the outside, and the green vines bloom once every three years outside, while in the space, they can bloom once every three months, so that every three months, she will have a lot of extra income!
The mother did not complain to her father because she spent fifty taels of silver to buy a box of rouge, but said: "Poor children, rich daughters, daughters should be rich in the first place, but they shouldn't just buy one box, they should buy a box for Wei'er." β
Mu Zhongqing was afraid that Cai Wei would be wronged, so he hurriedly explained: "I originally wanted to buy two boxes, but this kind of emollient cream is not easy, it takes a few days to make a box, and today it happens to be only this box. β
After speaking, as if he was afraid that Cai Wei would not believe it, he showed Cai Wei the receipt of the ten taels of silver he was scheduled to deliver.
Cai Wei knew that her father had always doted on them, so how could she not believe it?
Therefore, he pushed the receipt back with a smile and said, "My daughter naturally believes in her father, and my father doesn't have to worry about it." β
Mu Zhongqing smiled, folded the receipt, and put it back in his pocket.
After dinner, she went back to the room early, flashed into the space as soon as she entered the house, and went into her boudoir to sleep, she ran all night on a white-haired tiger last night, and she had to clean up Du Yuheng's scum tonight, so she had to hurry up and make up for a good night's sleep.
The time in the space is different from the time outside, and one hour outside is equivalent to three hours in the space, so Cai Wei slept in the space for six hours, and it was only two hours outside.
After sleeping enough, she came out of the space and looked at the sky outside, it was almost time, at this time, the family had already slept, and the whole Zhuangzi was quiet and silent. She sneaked into the yard, quietly rode on the white-haired tiger, and went straight to the Anguo Mansion.
In advance, Brother Parrot had found out that Du Yuheng was staying in the study tonight, so Cai Wei easily found him.
Wet window paper, Cai Wei saw Du Yuheng was with a white-skinned little guy in the 'paste cake', in the dark night, two lumps of smooth white flesh undulating and moving, constantly moving, like two white maggots in a dung heap, Cai Wei was disgusting to see.
"Long eyebrows, go, pinch him!"
Cai Wei turned away and stopped looking at the disgusting scene in the house. Since Du Yuheng's entire mind is on the lower body, he will destroy his descendants and see how he will harm people in the future.
Changmei flashed into the room quickly, and after a while, Du Yuheng's hoarse voice came from the room, Changmei ran out and quickly returned to the space, while Cai Wei took advantage of the fact that the exclusive person had not yet rushed over, jumped onto the white-haired tiger, and left quickly......
Early the next morning, Cai Wei had breakfast, followed her father and Fei'er to the city by car, she planned to go to 'Mu Ji Shenxing,' to receive her own participation, and then go to 'Mi Fang Zhai' to inquire about the price of green vines, if the price is reasonable, she is going to plant green vines on a large scale, and sell them to 'Mi Fang Zhai'.
When it came to the 'Mu Ji Participation', Huo Yuan was not there, Cai Wei explained to the shopkeeper of Situ, and asked him to send someone to invite Huo Yuan to come over, and he went to Mifangzhai to do things first, so as not to wait here to delay time.
Mi Fang Zhai is not far from Mu Ji Shen Xing, only one street away, Cai Wei walks, fifteen minutes can be reached, passing through an alley, she also deliberately turned in to stay for a while, when she came out, there was an extra basket in her hand, the basket was buckled with a lid, I don't know what it contained, but it was very fragrant, causing passers-by to inhale and be intoxicated.
Mi Fang Zhai is a century-old rouge gouache shop, the production of rouge gouache has an excellent reputation, very famous in the Great Jin Kingdom, almost all the ladies and ladies of the official eunuchs, are here to buy rouge, some middle and lower class girls, would rather wear less bright clothes, but also save some money, buy a box of rouge rub of Mi Fang Zhai, so, the price of rouge here is very expensive, but the business has been prosperous, enduring!
Cai Wei walked in with the basket, but saw that it was bustling inside, many young ladies with hats and curtains shuttled among them, choosing their favorite rouge, and some noble ladies, with maids, frantically sweeping the shelves. Cai Wei was standing on the side and watching, a woman looking for Fangzhai came forward, quickly glanced at Cai Wei, quickly estimated her spending power according to her clothes, and greeted with a smile: "What does the girl want to buy?" Can a little woman introduce you to it? β
Cai Wei looked around at the shop of Mi Fangzhai, and saw that the decoration inside was antique, and the shelves of rows of sour branches and woods were full of all kinds of rouge gouache, porcelain boxes, cloisonnΓ© enamel of jade bottles, and even silver bowls.
She retracted her gaze and said with a smile: "Sister Lao, I want to see your host, please let my sister report on my behalf." β
The woman glanced at Cai Wei, who was wearing a long brocade gown with dark patterns of pea blue and roses, and a moon-white pleated skirt with rose pink edges, embroidered with delicate multicolored butterflies on the edge of the skirt, and the skirt swayed with the pace, and the butterflies loomed, as if they could fly out of the folds.
The head was simply combed with a meniscus bun, and a jasper plum blossom tassel hairpin was inserted obliquely on it, and a few scattered sapphire beads were dotted on the lower head.
This dress is simple and elegant, but it is not noble, the woman looked at Caiwei, her footsteps did not move, only maintained a warm smile, and said: "The little woman dares to ask why the girl wants to see our host?" β
The woman obviously looked at the dishes and saw that Cai Wei was not dressed up luxuriously, and thought that Cai Wei was a woman from a small family, so she didn't take her seriously, and asked the reason for Cai Wei for the owner.
Cai Wei didn't want to worry about it with a guy, so she gently lifted the lid of the basket in the crook of her arm, and said, "I have a lot of cranberry seeds, I want to ask your owner if you accept it, if not, I only ask someone else?" β
When the woman saw the basket full of vines, her eyes straightened, and her attitude took a 180-degree turn, and she respectfully invited Cai Wei to the inner room to have tea, and she went up to the second floor and asked the owner about the matter.
Cai Wei sat in the inner room, drinking tea slowly, and after a while, she heard footsteps coming down the stairs. She turned around and saw an elegant man in his thirties slowly walking down the stairs.
The man's face was elegant, and after he came down, he politely arched his hand to Cai Wei and said, "May I ask the girl, do you have a cranberry?" β
Cai Wei nodded, pointed to the basket on the table, and said, "I still have many flowers like this." β
The man was slightly stunned for a moment, then leaned forward slightly, lifted the basket on the table, but saw that the basket full of vines was blooming, purple and red flowers, strong and gorgeous, and there were crystal dewdrops hanging on them, the flowers were big and fragrant, and they were many times better than the green vines planted in their flower garden!
He held a golden vine flower, looked at it in amazement for a while, and then turned to Cai Wei: "The contemptible surname is Wen, please ask the girl to respect the surname Fang?" β
Cai Wei said: "Don't dare, little girl Mu Caiwei, please say hello to Shopkeeper Wen." β
Shopkeeper Wen said: "Can you take the liberty of asking, where did Miss Mu's cranberry seeds be cultivated?" Who planted and cultivated it? β
In the business field, it is a taboo to probe the business partner without authorization, Xu is the shopkeeper Wen sees Cai Wei young, or it may be that those cranberries are too tempting, so he can't even care about the taboos in the business field, and he opened his mouth to ask.
Cai Wei didn't answer his question, but smiled meaningfully and said, "If I ask Shopkeeper Wen about the method of rouge preparation in your store, will Shopkeeper Wen tell me?" β
The smile on the shopkeeper Wen's face froze for a moment, but he didn't expect this little girl to be quite shrewd, so he laughed embarrassedly, and said: "I don't know how many cranberry seeds Miss Mu has, and I plan to buy them all, sixty taels of silver per catty, spot silver, I don't know what the girl wants?" β
The price he gave was definitely not low, and before Cai Wei came here, the psychological price he set was fifty taels, so hearing the price of sixty taels made her feel a burst of surprise.
However, she couldn't agree, before coming here, she had planned to come here regularly to sell flowers, but seeing that Mi Fangzhai's business was so prosperous, she had the idea of buying shares, so she said with a smile: "No money!" β
"Don't want money?"
Shopkeeper Wen was stunned, "Then what does Miss Mu want?" β
"Stake!"
Cai Wei replied very simply, "After three months, I can provide 100 catties of cranberry seeds for Mi Fang Zhai every month, but Mi Fang Zhai will belong to me!" β
Afraid of the refusal of the shopkeeper Wen, Cai Wei threw out a tempting condition, I still have a few strange flowers in my hand that the Great Jin Kingdom does not have, if the shopkeeper Wen is willing to cooperate with me, I am willing to give those flowers to the shopkeeper Wen to cultivate, maybe the shopkeeper Wen can make a fortune with them!
Shopkeeper Wen didn't answer her immediately, he touched his chin and thought for a long time before he said: "Mi Fang Zhai is my family's ancestral shop, after hundreds of years, I have worn it for four generations, how can I share the ancestral business with others for a few flowers?" β
Cai Wei smiled: "Since this is the case, I will find another family to cooperate, I believe that with my 100 catties of cranberry seeds per month, I can account for at least 30% of the shares in other families!" β
As she spoke, she picked up the basket on the table and bent her knees to say goodbye to Shopkeeper Wen.
Shopkeeper Wen is extremely contradictory!
Cranberry is the best raw material for making rouge, who can get a large number of cranberry seeds, who can easily control the rouge market, now, although Mi Fang Zhai is the most famous fat powder shop in the capital, but many of the rising rouge shops are staring at them, there is a great sense of equal distribution, a little careless, Mi Fang Zhai, the first name of the Great Jin Kingdom will change hands, if this little girl takes these cranberry to other homes, the name of the first in the Great Jin Dynasty will definitely not be able to keep; Moreover, the little girl said that she still has a few strange flowers in her hand that the Great Jin Kingdom does not have, and if she adds these strange flowers as a gimmick, she will definitely be able to completely suppress his shop!
Cai Wei moved the lotus step lightly, and when she was about to walk to the door, the shopkeeper Wen suddenly said: "Okay, I promise you!" β
YiqiΔ was all expected by Cai Wei, she was not surprised, she turned around and smiled, "Shopkeeper Wen, I will let you know what a wise decision you made......"
After negotiating the cooperation with the shopkeeper Wen, Cai Wei gave a basket of cranberry seeds to her partner, left Mifangzhai lightly, went out to find a carriage, and went straight to Mu Ji in the car!
When he arrived at the bank, Huo Yuan hadn't come back yet, Cai Wei was suddenly depressed, and asked the shopkeeper of Situ: "Early in the morning, where did your boss go?" Why haven't you come back for so long? β
The shopkeeper said: "Today is our host's birthday, and I don't know if I was dragged to eat and drink!" β
Today is Huo Yuan's birthday!
Cai Wei didn't feel embarrassed, she didn't know about it, so she didn't prepare any birthday greetings for him, she quickly opened her inner vision, and walked around the space, trying to find something that could be used as a greeting ceremony, but unfortunately, most of the things in the space were robbed at the house of the law stallion and Li Zhixian's house, most of them were things for women, and there were also a few antique calligraphy and paintings, a few antique vases or something, but she was empty, and all the guys looked at it. At this time, if she suddenly conjures up a calligraphy painting or a large vase, it would be strange if she didn't scare people!
At this time, she suddenly saw the purse of the koi play lotus that Fei'er gave her yesterday, and her heart moved at the moment, and she silently took out the purse from the space and hid it in her sleeve.
Huo Yuan is a rich and noble person, what good things have he not seen? He won't be surprised to give him anything, only this kind of do-it-yourself thing can show the giver's heart, cough, although, it's not her hands...... Done....
Just as he was thinking about it, Huo Yuan's unique warm voice suddenly came from the door.
"Cai Wei!"
Cai Wei heard the prestige, but at the door of the trip, he saw the figure of Huo Yuanzhilan Yushu, he was wearing a purple brocade robe, with a white jade hollow crown on his head, and the jade crown was inlaid with a crystal sapphire.
Cai Wei stood up with a smile and said, "It turned out that the birthday star was coming, but I didn't greet it from afar, please forgive me for the sin of neglect!" β
Huo Yuan also laughed, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and his voice was low. "I know that I am a birthday star, but I don't know that Shopkeeper Mu can prepare a birthday gift?"
Cai Wei took out the purse of the koi play lotus from her sleeve, handed it over, and said, "A little thing, I hope the birthday star will not dislike the simple one!" β
Huo Yuan's eyes lit up the moment he saw the purse, he took the purse, carefully looked at the delicate patterns on it, and blurted out praise: "Sister Wei'er is really good, the embroidered purse is better than the embroidery in the palace, and the fish seems to be alive, saying, inadvertently touching the purse." β
Cai Wei's old face turned red, and she smiled curtly: "Hehe, if you like it, if you like it, it's good to ......."
Huo Yuan untied the purse of a Pisces that he was wearing on his body, handed it to Suixi, and then calmly tied the purse that Cai Wei gave her, and looked at Cai Wei with a smile.
"Sister Caiwei, is this a birthday gift for me?"
Cai Wei nodded, "Yes!" β
As they spoke, they walked to the inside of the line, and when they walked to the inside, they each sat down at a mahogany table. There is a set of purple sand tea sets on the table, the teapot is filled with curling mist, and the elegant fragrance of the snow top is faintly wafting over, which is very good.
Huo Yuan poured tea for her while looking at Cai Wei with a smile.
"I remember someone promised me to embroider something for me as a thank you gift for me to prepare for her trip, but how did this thing become a birthday ceremony again?"
The cautious man, Cai Wei rolled her eyes in her heart, pulled the corners of her mouth in embarrassment, and said, "I didn't know that today was Brother Huo's birthday, so I ......"
"So you didn't prepare a congratulatory ceremony, so you want to treat me as a thank-you gift? Let me think.... β
Huo Yuan touched his chin and looked at her seriously: "No, in this case, wouldn't it be cheaper for you?" β
Cai Wei lowered her face and looked at him pitifully: "Brother Huo, Huo Gongzi, you are the richest man in the Great Jin Kingdom, just a gift, don't worry about a little girl with me, okay?" β
Huo Yuan shook his head and said: "No, no, the reason why a wealthy businessman is a wealthy businessman is because he is calculating, and he will never give up half of the profits." If Huo is not the person who cares about catties, if he meets a woman today, he will give half a point first, and tomorrow he will meet an old man who wants to give half a point, and there will be no way to start business, my sister said, isn't it? β
Cai Wei saw that he didn't let go, looking at the appearance that he had to ask for one more gift before he was willing to give up, her heart was depressed, and she stared at him for a long time, and finally saw the smile under his trembling thick eyelashes, only to realize that she was teased by him, and unconsciously held her breath, she "snapped" the table, and stood up "ho", "Okay, isn't it just a gift?" I'll buy it for you! β
After saying that, he really pulled out his legs and walked out.
Seeing that she was really leaving, Huo Yuan hurriedly got up and walked a few steps quickly, stopped in front of her, and said with a smile: "That's it, there is still business to do, it's just a gift, it's not too late to talk about it tomorrow." β
Cai Wei was full of faces: "No, I must buy a gift for Brother Huo today, otherwise I won't be happy!" β
After speaking, bypassing Huo Yuan, he was going to go out to buy gifts.
Huo Yuan was helpless, reached out and grabbed her arm and said, "No need to buy it, if you really don't want to go, invite me to have a meal at noon later!" β
Cai Weiwan smiled and said, "Okay, eat at the most famous Jufu under your Huo family's name!" β
Invite Huo Yuan to dinner in the restaurant opened by the Huo family, does this not know if you want to eat the overlord meal?
Huo Yuan smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, thank you so much!" β
The two went through the handover procedures of the bank, counted the goods, and Situ Changge, the shopkeeper of the bank, came to visit the new owner with a few guys and miscellaneous workers.
Cai Wei rewarded the shopkeeper Situ and the guys with a few gold bills, and encouraged them a few words, seeing that it was almost noon, she went out to eat with Huo Yuan.
However, Cai Wei didn't go to the Jufu Restaurant she said, she offended the Queen Mother's niece and grandson in Jufu yesterday, and it was easy to escape, and now she is stupidly crashing into it, isn't it self-defeating?
Therefore, she specially instructed the driver to drive the car to the Bafu Restaurant and go to her house to eat.
For Huo Yuan, it didn't matter what he ate, as long as he could be with her, so he smiled and didn't say a word the whole time, letting her toss.
The car stopped at the Bafu Restaurant, Cai Wei took Huo Yuan into the restaurant, Mu Zhongqing saw Cai Wei and Huo Yuan coming back together, and didn't say anything, just beckoned them to go inside to eat.
He and his wife Du Shi had already taken a fancy to Huo Yuan, and I wished that Cai Wei could turn a corner and accept Huo Yuan!
Cai Wei settled Huo Yuan in a more gorgeous private room, and went to the kitchen by herself, planning to show her hand and personally cook him a boiled fish to eat.
Huo Yuan didn't care about the appetite, but when he heard Cai Wei say that he wanted to cook food for him personally, he readily agreed, and sat at the table full of anticipation......
Farm in the farm
Aunt Bi took her personal maid and smoothly entered the backyard where Cai Fei was learning female red.
Since the last time Fei'er picked up the bag of jewelry she lost, Aunt Bi often came to talk to her, give her some gifts or something, although Fei'er doesn't like to be disturbed by outsiders, but she doesn't stretch out her hand and don't hit the smiling face, not to mention that people still come to repay the favor, so she is only faint on her face, and it is not good to ignore her.
It's a pity that Aunt Bi didn't seem to notice that Fei'er didn't want to see her, and she still ran to Fei'er happily, sending a pot of chicken soup today, and Ming'er sending a piece of jewelry, the enthusiastic Cheng DΓΉ is comparable to a slave who respects his master.
Today, she came and brought a women's Xiangfei bamboo pipa head folding fan to Fei'er, and when she saw Fei'er, she said with a smile: "My sister is here to disturb my sister again, my sister is not allowed to bother me." β
After speaking, he handed over the pipa head folding fan of Xiangfei Bamboo, and said: "It's getting hotter and hotter day by day, this fan sister keeps the fan cool!" β
Fei'er took the fan, and saw that there were dark red spots on the fan bone, which was the best among the Xiangfei bamboos, and the workmanship of the fan was very fine, and the fan bone was also engraved with pictures of rich flowers and birds.
After staying by Mama's side for a while, she can be regarded as having gained some knowledge, knowing that this Hongxiang Concubine bamboo fan is a strange commodity to live in, and this fan alone is worth three or four hundred taels of silver.
She thought that the relationship with this lady was not good enough to be this kind of Cheng dΓΉ, she could accept her chicken soup or worthless small jewelry, but she could not accept the expensive gift of three or four hundred taels of silver, so she pushed the unauthorized fan back and said: "Mrs. Huo, there is no merit, Fei'er does not dare to accept such a valuable gift, so please ask Mrs. Huo to take it back!" β
Aunt Bi said "Hi", and stuffed the fan into Fei'er's arms again, and said: "This thing is originally an object, if you value it, it will be heavy, you will see it light, it will be light, for my sister, it is just a fan of the wind, I didn't take it that seriously, you take it very seriously." β
Fei'er smiled: "Yes, I do take it very seriously, so I don't dare to accept it, and please Mrs. Huo don't embarrass me, take back the gift!" β
Aunt Bi was willing to take it back, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, my sister also gave my sister something, so that my sister's heart will be balanced, oh, by the way, I will give my sister the purse of the koi play lotus that my sister saw last time, that purse is really beautiful, and my sister is still thinking about it!" β
Fei'er said: "Unfortunately, the purse was given away by me, Mrs. Huo should take the fan back......
Aunt Bi rolled her eyes and said, "That purse sister really likes it tightly, so let's do it, no matter when, my sister is free, and I will embroider another one for my sister!" β
Fei'er is still a little girl who doesn't know the world, thin-skinned and short-faced, and she can't let go of this kind of dead-skinned entanglement to refuse, so she agrees embarrassment......
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Caiwei's boiled fish is ready, full of a large pot, there is a layer of red chili peppers floating on it, under the chili pepper is the green vegetables and white tender fish, red red, green green, white and white, it is very good-looking, no need to taste, just smell the taste, you know that this dish must be delicious!
"Come on! Try my unique craftsmanship, it's definitely better than anything you've ever tasted! β
Cai Wei sat down opposite Huo Yuan, with a delicate face and a look of smugness and confidence.
Huo Yuan laughed, raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, I'll try it!" β
After speaking, he stretched out his ivory chopsticks, took a piece of fine white fish meat and tasted it in his mouth.
When he eats, he is very gentle, and he purses his mouth without making a sound at all, which is somewhat similar to Nangong Yi's eating.
Cai Wei held her cheeks and watched him eat slowly, and suddenly thought of the man who was far away in Lingbei, who had not seen him for a few days, and I didn't know how he was now. Leaving Lingbei, the post man he sent said that he had attacked Kashgar in the past two days, Kashgar was just a small city like Yushu County, and the population was very small. As long as he can win every game, coupled with the pressure she exerts on Tuoba Kui, he will not worry about Lingbei not surrendering.
When the time comes, he will be allowed to return to the Great Jin Dynasty in a beautiful manner, the prince is already useless, maybe this battle can make the emperor change his mind and make him the prince. Although she doesn't want to be the queen, but the things in the court are treacherous, take Concubine Jin as an example, if she doesn't assassinate Nangong Yi, she will poison her own family, so, in order to avoid such a thing, she thinks it's better to take the power in her own hands!
"Well, but it's good, no wonder my sister is so confident!"
Here, Huo Yuan had already finished tasting Cai Wei's boiled fish, and praised it without hesitation.
"My sister is really a good craft, if she can open a restaurant specializing in this fish, she will definitely be able to make a lot of money!"
Cai Wei said: "Actually, I still have several projects to invest in, but my time in Beijing is still short, and I don't have competent manpower in my hands, so a lot of ideas to make money have been suppressed, or how many people will Brother Huo recommend for me?" β
Huo Yuan thought for a moment and said, "I have a few reliable people in my hands, if you want to do something, just come to me." β
"No need, those people were easily cultivated by Brother Huo, if they were given to me, wouldn't you have to fight a famine there!"
Although she wanted people, she didn't want to owe Huo Yuan a favor, so she refused without even thinking about it.
Huo Yuan insisted: "A few days ago, thanks to my sister who sent the parrot to report the news, we knew about Concubine Jin's tricks, and also saved Concubine Xian and King Jing from the pain of life and death, our family is grateful to my sister, and I don't know what to use to thank my sister, but it just so happens that my sister begged for me, just a few people, the Huo family is more, my sister just needs to use it with confidence......"
Cai Wei said: "Some little things, why should Brother Huo take it to heart, if you really divide two pounds with me like this, Brother Huo helped me open a bank, how can it be a purse reward?" There is also the jewelry that Brother Huo gave me during the festival, those things are worth seven or eight thousand taels, I didn't even think about it and accepted it, if I really want to be more serious, I don't dare to accept those things! β
Her words made Huo Yuan's mood brighten, and he smiled clearly: "Okay, it's up to you, and we don't have to be so clear in the future." β
While talking, the two moved their chopsticks, on the table, in addition to the boiled fish made by Cai Wei, there are also the characteristics of the Mu family - kebabs, and a few cold dishes, although they are not as good as the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but they have a different taste, they are delicious, Huo Yuan made an exception and ate two bowls of rice, and almost ate the boiled fish made by Cai Wei herself, before putting down the chopsticks!