Chapter 8 Fangfei Pavilion
Early in the morning, Mu Zhongqing got up early, put the snacks made by his wife and daughters yesterday in the carriage, and drove the carriage to the restaurant alone.
When he left, Cai Wei hadn't woken up yet, and Mu Zhongqing specially instructed the whole family to be quiet, so that her daughter could have a good rest.
These days, my daughter is tired of opening a store, and she looks at other people's daughters who are pampered, but his daughter is like a man, working hard for the family's livelihood, especially seeing his daughter tired, how can he not feel distressed as a father?
Although Wei'er always says that she is not tired, but a person's physical strength is limited, and she has long carried a burden that exceeds her capacity, so how can she not be tired? If you are not tired, you will not wake up by midnight.
Now, he has a basic understanding of the operation and management of the restaurant, and even if Wei'er doesn't go, he can handle it alone. Therefore, he made up his mind to let his daughter run into the restaurant as little as possible in the future, and it would be enough for the restaurant to be supported by him alone!
When he arrived at the restaurant, he first unloaded boxes of dim sum and put them on the counter, then locked the door and went to the market to buy groceries.
Today, these things are done by himself, he must do a good job, only when he does it well, can he stay at home with peace of mind and be a pampered girl.
When he buys vegetables, he picks them carefully, the greens must be the most tender, the seafood must be alive, and the meat must be still hot before he is willing to buy, because only the meat that is still hot can prove that the animal has just been slaughtered......
When he paid, he gave up the elegance of being a scholar, learned from his daughter's tone of bargaining, and bought the dishes at what he thought was reasonable.
It can be said that he took this shopping for vegetables as seriously as he did when he took the exam, until he thought that he couldn't find fault with the vegetables he bought, so he drove the carriage back to the restaurant with peace of mind.
Not surprisingly, before I waited for the door of the restaurant, I saw a long line from a distance, and I must have come to line up to buy my own dim sum.
Mu Zhongqing smiled, happily drove the carriage to the front of the restaurant, stopped, got off the car and entered the store to call someone to move the vegetables.
As soon as I entered the restaurant, I found that my daughter was actually there, standing at the counter, weighing snacks for customers with a small scale, and the Chaoyun girl with a black birthmark on her face was helping her collect money.
Seeing him come back, Cai Wei smiled and said, "Dad, it's early!" ”
"Sir, morning."
Chaoyun also greeted him loudly.
As for the origin of this Chaoyun girl, her daughter told them that she picked it up in the town, and she saw Chaoyun wandering around alone without relatives and for no reason, which was strange and pitiful, so she couldn't bear it for a while and took her in.
Mu Zhongqing agreed with his daughter's kindness, and he found that this Chaoyun girl was not simple, not at all like an ordinary girl's squirming and pinching little family, she was neither humble nor arrogant when she received people and things, and talked eloquently; When she kept accounts, she was fast and accurate, and she was exactly the same; She rarely speaks, but every word she says is very weighty, and she is never full of nonsense like the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law in the family; Moreover, she also has an arrogant and lonely charm on her body, not at all like a homeless wandering woman, but like a down-and-out daughter.
However, no matter what kind of person she is, such a person can be taken in by his daughter for his own use, and he is happy to see it!
"Morning!"
Mu Zhongqing greeted the two girls and complained to her daughter: "Wei'er, you're tired these days, why don't you rest at home more, Dad didn't ask you to come over, just to let you sleep more, look at you, you've been tired and thin lately......"
Cai Wei smiled and pointed to the five big boxes under her feet, and said with a wry smile: "I want to rest at home, but if I made an appointment with Jiang Zhongren today, how can I lose my trust with others?" ”
Mu Zhongqing suddenly remembered, today is the day to buy Zhuangzi and pay silver.
He looked at the big boxes at his daughter's feet with apprehension, and he couldn't imagine that they were filled with white silver!
Who is my daughter's master? Nuoda borrowed a sum of silver, said to borrow, and after borrowing, he didn't even show his face, and even when he gave the silver, it was quiet, and even he didn't know when he sent the silver!
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The guys moved all the dishes Mu Zhongqing bought to the back kitchen and began to prepare for it.
At this time, Uncle Zhang's family, Sister-in-law Liu, Chunliu, the three hired mothers-in-law, a few small servants in the family, and a few hired guys went into battle together, washing vegetables, cutting meat, and skewers, and cooperating very tacitly.
Cai Wei took the time to go to the back kitchen to take a look, and saw that everyone was busy and rushed to work, and no one was afraid of the heavy, so she fully affirmed everyone's positive enthusiasm for work, and said that at the end of the month, she would give everyone benefits to reward everyone.
Uncle Zhang's family and Liu's sister-in-law Chunliu and others have long been surprised by Cai Wei's behavior, but Cai Wei's newly hired three buddies and three mothers-in-law are quite surprised and a little flattered.
"Miss, you have given us a lot of wages, and now I don't know how many people envy us for working in Bafu Restaurant? We really dare not receive the gift of the eldest lady again, lest we break our food in vain. ”
Cai Wei smiled: "This is what everyone deserves for their hard work, you don't need to shirk it, if you cheat and cheat in my restaurant, not to mention welfare, even the salary you deserve, you will be deducted by me." Therefore, everyone just accept it with peace of mind, continue to work hard and earnestly, and you will have your own benefits in the future! ”
Everyone was overjoyed and said in unison: "Don't worry, Miss, you are considerate of us and treat us generously and kindly, how can we not do our best to serve the restaurant?" If we don't do anything at all, I'm afraid that even God won't be able to tolerate us, and we will be thundered by the sky......"
Cai Wei said with a smile: "You are serious, if everyone can work together for the restaurant, why don't our restaurant be thriving, I am afraid that it will be so prosperous that it will have to expand or open a branch in the near future." ”
When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, this restaurant has only been open for two or three days, and the eldest lady plans to open another one, this, this speed is too fast......
Cai Wei ignored everyone's demented expressions, and turned around and left after speaking.
That's right, she came up with the idea of opening a branch, the family's kebab business is too prosperous, and there are customers who can't eat it every day.
After making up her mind, she walked outside and saw that her father and Chaoyun were still busy selling snacks, one of them weighed and packaged for customers, and the other collected and looked for money, and they were very busy.
While Mu Zhongqing was selling, he also glanced at the dim sum that his wife prepared yesterday, and found that more than half of it had been sold, and he was both happy and distressed.
I am glad that my dim sum is popular, can be sold in a big way, and makes a lot of money; The distress is that the dim sum made at home is always not enough to sell, and this has not yet opened a dim sum shop, if the dim sum shop is opened again in the future, the idea made by the lady's daughter is afraid that it will not last even an hour, and it will be robbed.
Cai Wei walked over, looked at the painful and happy father, and said with a smile: "You old man, let's rest, find someone to replace you for a while, you should follow me to the village for a walk!" ”
As soon as Mu Zhongqing heard that it was a big deal to buy Zhuangzi, he was so busy that he called out a small servant named Maoquan in the back kitchen and asked him to replace him, while he went to the inner room to wash his hands.
When I came back, I saw the five brothers of Zhang Darttou walking in from the outside, clasping their fists at Cai Wei and saying, "Miss, when I went out, I met two groups of people fighting on the street and blocked the carriage, so I came a little late, and I hope that the eldest lady will forgive me!" ”
Cai Wei looked at the sky and said, "It's okay, it's just right now, let's go." ”
Hearing this, Brother Zhang Darttou walked to Cai Wei's side, leaned down, and each of them consciously picked up a box and walked out of the door.
Mu Zhongqing looked at the five brothers in surprise, each holding a big wooden box weighing 300 catties, but their faces did not change and their hearts did not beat, they walked steadily, not in a hurry, and did not secretly smack their tongues.
Sure enough, he was born as a dart master, so much strength?
For Zhang Dart's family to go to Cai Wei, Cai Wei's explanation to her father and mother was that after Zhang Dart's brothers were killed, she had asked someone to send a letter to Huo Yuan, begging him to plead with Li County's order to give Zhang Darttou brothers intercession, so they were saved from imprisonment, and these brothers were grateful to her, so they swore to follow her!
Regarding their daughter's explanation, Mu Zhongqing and his wife are convinced that there is nothing else that can make such an iron-clad man willing to serve his life except kindness!
Outside the door of the Bafu Restaurant, there were two cars parked on the side, both of which were dart cars used by the Zhang brothers when they used to walk darts, and the Zhang dart head brothers put the big wooden boxes on the two cars respectively, and said to Cai Wei: "Miss, please get in the car, let's go!" ”
Cai Wei grabbed Mu Zhongqing and sat in the first car, Zhang Darttou personally drove the car, raised his whip, shouted, and walked to the suburbs.
Later, Zhang Wulang sat on the wheel to catch the car, and Erlang, San Lang and Shiro walked, like a dart, and marched towards Zhuangzi with great momentum.
Zhuangzi is located in the southern suburbs of the capital, more than 20 miles away from the Bafu Restaurant, the horse foot strength in the dart game is good, and it will arrive in more than half an hour.
The owner of the village was looking forward to it at home, and was very happy to see that Cai Wei really came with the silver, and asked Jiang Zhongren to help measure the silver, handed over the title deed, and wrote down the paperwork to buy the Zhuangzi, and finally, the two sides pressed the handprint, and the transaction was completed!
The moment she got the title deed, Cai Wei took the title deed and the house deed in her hand and looked at it again and again, so happy that she wanted to have her eyebrows and eyes, and the corners of her mouth turned up, she finally had a grange of her own, and next, her life would become colorful!
On the way back, Mu Zhongqing asked, "Wei'er, what are you going to do with this Zhuangzi and make it empty?" Or do you arrange for someone to live in? ”
Cai Wei smiled lightly and knocked on the wall of the car.
Zhang Darttou immediately stopped the carriage and asked respectfully, "What do you want from the eldest lady?" ”
Cai Wei said: "Zhang Darttou, when you go home today, ask your old lady if she is willing to live in the Zhuangzi, if she is willing, this Zhuangzi will be taken care of by your brother for the time being!" ”
When Zhang Dart heard this, his face turned red with excitement, and he stammered: "Yes, eldest lady, the villain is willing, and the old mother is also willing, she has been worried about our brother all her life." The biggest wish is that our brothers will no longer do this kind of bloody business, and can save enough money to buy a Zhuangzi, and then buy a Zhuangzi, and our family will go to live that kind of idyllic life without fighting the world, and the villain's Hun family also thinks so, and so does the child, so the villain is willing!"
Cai Wei smiled: "It seems that I didn't find the wrong person, originally I thought that you brothers were used to wandering outside, and they couldn't stand the quiet and tranquility in Zhuangzi, it turns out that you have long had the intention to escape the world, even so, we can be regarded as having our own place." ”
Zhang Darttou said: "Yes, our five brothers have a good strength, and our children have several grown up, all of them can work in the field, the eldest lady's Zhuangzi no longer employs people, and there is no need to buy people anymore, our family will be able to plant the crops in the field properly, and take care of the Zhuangzi completely and neatly, so as not to let the eldest lady worry a little heart."
Cai Wei smiled and said: "This is very good, Zhang Darthead can say this, I am completely relieved, but this Zhuangzi is close to the royal hunting ground, and there are often wild beasts that run out of the hunting ground, not only hurting people, but also ruining the crops, and the head is not allowed to fight, I don't know how Zhang Darthead plans to deal with it?" ”
In fact, when buying this Zhuangzi, Cai Wei thought of letting Zhang Dangtou's family manage it here.
Zhang Darttou brothers have been running around for many years, and they have suffered a fatal blow, and they must be tired of the complicated world, at this time, Cai Wei can just provide them with a warm and romantic pastoral life, can live such a life, why don't they do their best to Zhuangzi?
Zhang Darttou listened to Cai Wei's question, and said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the eldest lady, we go out all day long, in order to prevent accidents, we often buy some drugs and other things in the hands of some Jianghu Langzhong, and now that I live here, I have to buy more of this medicine, and when I encounter danger, I will temporarily sprinkle a handful, and I can definitely turn the crisis into safety!" ”
Hearing him say this, Cai Wei was relieved.
I also discussed with my father about finding a store to open a dim sum shop, as well as finding a pastry chef.
She has always been suspicious of people and not suspicious people, so she discussed things with her father and did not hide from Zhang Darttou, who was speeding in the car.
Zhang Darttou didn't have the intention to eavesdrop on the conversation of their father and daughter, but most of the people who practiced martial arts were deaf and clear-sighted, and the conversation between the father and daughter of the Mu family got into his ears from time to time.
Now, the Hun family and daughter of the five brothers are staying at home, with nothing to do all day, if they can learn the craft of making dim sum, wouldn't their own family be able to help the eldest lady more? In return for the grace of the eldest lady?
Thinking of this, Zhang Darttou said his plan, but after saying it, his heart kept beating a small drum!
The eldest lady's craftsmanship is a must in the capital, will she be like some craftsmen, who are unwilling to pass on their craftsmanship to others?
Unexpectedly, Cai Wei listened to his words, and was overjoyed, and agreed without thinking about it, and promised to give them ten taels of silver every month as a reward!
Zhang Darttou struggled to refrain at first, but seeing that Cai Wei insisted on doing so, besides, he also knew that the eldest lady was not short of the ten taels of silver, and if they didn't accept it, the eldest lady would not be happy, so he excused himself a few words and agreed.
When she arrived in the city, it was already noon, and Cai Wei took the lead in returning home, planning to show her mother and younger siblings the abandoned house and the title deed, and let them follow her.
When I returned to the Guogong Mansion, entered the West Courtyard, and passed by a small courtyard called Fangfei Pavilion, I suddenly heard a whimpering cry coming from inside, mixed with a man's roar: "If you don't let people live, I'll go to them to judge." ”
Immediately after, the door slammed open, and a man in his twenties limped out, followed by a woman in his forties and a teenage girl.
Seeing this, Cai Wei hurriedly dodged and hid behind a pear tree at the entrance of the Fangfei Pavilion, lest they be bumped into by themselves and cause trouble.
I heard the woman in her forties crying, "Iniquity! Who are you going to? Is this the place to make sense? Don't ignore it, but add a beating, and our future days will be even more difficult. ”
The man roared, "Can it be more sad than now?" I am a good person, crippled by life, unable to get out, and can only squat at home like a girl every day with nothing to do; My mother was sick all over her body by them, and she took medicine every day, and she became a jar of medicine; It's easy for my sister to be thoughtful, I hope my sister can find a good family and live a happy life, but they will be allowed to be a steproom for an old man in his sixties! ”
"My mother always told us to endure and endure, not to provoke them, but we endured it to this day, instead of relenting, they are more and more bitter and persecutive, and we will not give up if we don't force us to die, is it possible that we have really endured it silently like this, let them slaughter, and let my sister marry the old man as a stepmother?"
The woman froze for a moment, and said miserably: "Although your sister is married to an old man in her sixties as a steproom, it is better than the original beautiful girl, and it is good to be promised a partial house for an old man in her seventies. ”
"No, mother, I don't accept my fate!"
The teenage girl cried out: "I won't marry that old beast if I die, if you force me again, I will follow the example of Sister Meiniang, run away privately, or hang my neck with a rope, anyway, I won't marry, whoever is the master of giving me the engagement, let whoever marry, I won't marry if I die"
The woman covered the girl's mouth in a panic and whispered, "Ancestor, you keep quiet, beware of being listened to, and you will cause trouble." Also, it's almost time to rest your part of learning from the beautiful girl, haven't you seen the beauty girl run to those ten years, and Aunt Mei has suffered? Could it be that you want your brother and sister-in-law, nephew, niece, daughter and mother to suffer that pain? ”
When the girl heard this, she cried more and more miserably.
Seeing this, the man became even more angry, and limped out of the yard, and the woman hurriedly let go of the girl, rushed over and grabbed the man desperately, and shouted into the house: "Qingli, come out and help me hold him!" ”
After the shout, the door curtain sounded, and a woman with a sallow face appeared at the door of the house, and when the man saw it, the anger on his body suddenly dispersed, he quickly turned back, and said to the woman: "You are sitting in confinement, how can you come out casually, go back quickly, beware of being blown by the wind......"
As he spoke, he carefully helped the woman and went into the house.
The woman in the courtyard looked at her daughter who was crying like a tearful child, and sighed: "Yueniang, let's go back......"
The two of them also went into the house, Cai Wei turned out from behind the tree, her face was ugly, this lame man must be one of the only two remaining concubines of Grandpa Guo, that girl is his sister, and she is about to be sent to get married, the object of the marriage is still an old man in his sixties, I am disgusted to think about it, that woman must be the concubine of Grandpa Guo.
Cai Wei once heard her grandmother say that the old lady Wang was jealous all her life, and most of the concubines of the grandfather of the country did not die well, but the only two concubines left behind, one was her nurse's daughter, her nurse sister; One is who grew up with her since she was a child, her personal girl.
I don't know who that woman was just now? Looking at the woman's appearance, she was obviously numb from the torture of the old lady Wang, and she had no desire to resist, and attributed all her misfortunes to her own bad life.
Cai Wei disagrees with her cowardice and evasive behavior, being a mother is strong, a mother, unwilling to plan for the future of her children, and persuading her children to accept their fate, what kind of mother is such a mother?
Cai Wei glanced at the small courtyard lightly and left indifferently.