Chapter 100: The City
Sun was not ungrateful to his mother's family, and the secret letter he wrote back was sprinkled with nearly ten pages, and the thick one was almost impossible to hold up the envelope. Although she has a grudge against her mother's family and inherits the cold-bloodedness of her mother's family, after all, she is a person who has grown up together since childhood, and she still has a little bit of unbearability in her heart.
And if you don't talk too much, it's easy to reveal flaws, and the reason why you write so long is a warning in itself. Who can believe that the girl who went back to her parents' house and received a cold reception in every way would turn around and help her mother's family with all her heart and lungs?
Normal people would suspect something, but the Sun family believed it!
First, because of the inertia of the Sun family, they habitually calculate everyone. In their opinion, the Shen family has been defeated, and the Sun family only relies on the mother's family, whether they want it or not, they have to obediently please them; The second is that because the warm pot banquet in the Dongshan Courtyard was pitted too badly by Shen Jinshan in front of him, and under the heavy losses, the Sun family was eager to make up for it, and they didn't have so many scruples in their actions.
The two phases combined, and they were naturally convinced of Sun's secret letter.
The merchants who followed the Hu family naturally would not be so eager, but most of the merchants who followed the Shen family were a little poor, which would make them completely think of going with the Sun family.
A shop that has problems on the open side or strange in the dark comes out of the mouth of the master of ceremonies, and immediately becomes the object of scramble among these people.
"What's going on?"
On the second floor, in the compartment facing the high platform, Hu Jiuling, who had been glancing upstairs worriedly, endured several endurances before rushing up impulsively, and snatched his beloved daughter from the wolf cub, was also a step slower to react.
"Master, it is the Sun family and the Qian family who were familiar with the Shen family before that they are competing for the shop, I heard that it seems that Mrs. Shen reported to her mother's family, but they are competing for the shop, it seems that you were not very optimistic about it before."
This is interesting, his brows gradually loosened, and Hu Jiuling almost reacted.
"Isn't it boring for them to fight? Let's ...... too. No, I didn't dare to rob them as soon as I shouted. Hu Gui, you go outside and send the Zhao family, the Wang family and a few other households to shout twice. ”
Hu Gui was stunned for a moment, then understood, and hugged his fists and said: "The old man is wise." ”
With that, he pushed open the door and quietly walked to the nearest compartment on the left.
Yunlailou sits in the north and faces south, counting from the direction of Hu Jiuling, the left compartment faces east, and the right compartment faces west. Although there is no difference between the left and right symmetry on the bright side, people who have been there for a long time know that the east side is sunny, the west side is cloudy in the morning, and the west side is strict in the afternoon.
The auction banquet was arranged by Ah Yao herself, mixed with selfishness, and she naturally arranged the businessmen who were close to the Hu family in a better location in the east.
This was convenient for Hu Gui, and after walking a few steps to the east after leaving the private room, he had already notified a few families. The Zhao family, the Wang family, and others are almost all merchants who have been following the Hu family, although the Shen family has gained power in recent years, and occasionally they have been shaken, but the friendship of several lifetimes is there, and this bit of affection was quickly suppressed. In the past few months, seeing that the Shen family has fallen apart rapidly from the peak of prosperity to the present, they have strengthened their hearts to follow the Hu family.
The same is true for this auction banquet, Master Hu will not bid, we will resolutely not bid!
But Master Hu asked us to come out? That must be drawn!
So, after Hu Gui finished his order, the east compartment that had been quietly watching the cross-eyed fight between the west compartment also heard the sound of quotations.
Originally, after a few rounds of quotations, the merchants who followed the Shen family in the west compartment on weekdays calmed down - they were fighting here, why was there no movement on the other side?
No, stop and wait and see.
As soon as this thought came to mind, the next shop, after the Sun family made an offer, someone in the east shouted for the first time.
What's going on?
Although there is a distance between the east and west sides, Hu Gui's whereabouts still can't be hidden from them. After inquiring, the Sun family and others came to their senses. What are the merchants on the east side for? After following the Hu family for several lifetimes, Master Hu didn't say anything, they dared to grab things casually? As soon as Hu Gui left, they made a bid, it must have been something that Master Hu had ordered.
Even the shop that Master Hu is optimistic about, can there be any mistakes?
Rob! Gotta grab! You have to grab it if you smash the pot and sell iron!
As the little marquis said, Li Ling is dizzy. Although the Sun family and others were afraid of the close relationship between the Hu family and the little marquis, they had already turned red in front of the heavy interests and couldn't care about anything else.
So after the merchants under the Hu family participated, the already fierce competition became completely white-hot. shouted out one after another at a high price, shocking the people who ate melon seeds on the first floor and swallowed them directly by the skin of melon seeds.
In the middle of the box on the second floor, Hu Jiuling, who was planning this qi in person, put down the teacup, listened to the dispute on the left and right sides full of gunpowder, and his face was cold.
The Sun family, the Qian family...... These people used to oppress A-Yao a lot. Since he was in cahoots with the Shen family before, he would have to stick to the end.
Do you want to let the problems of those shops be exposed as soon as possible?
This thought flashed through his heart, and the outcome of several families in the future was completely finalized.
"Master, it's all been notified, and it's time for lunch at this hour......" After notifying a few families, Hu Gui pushed the door and came in to report.
The Shen family has a big business, so many things are placed there, no matter how tightly the auction banquet process is arranged, it takes a long time, and meals must be provided in the middle. The dishes of so many people are a big problem, and under Brother Jing's construction, Ah Yao adopted the method of the army - a big pot of rice, several dishes and a few soups, and take the bowl for yourself if you need it, and take it to your heart.
These can satisfy the common people in the hall on the first floor, but they are really a little rough for these silk merchants on the second floor who want to come and eat fine and fine. According to the meaning of the little marquis, there are so many things, the food is there, and if you like to eat or not, you can pull it down, but A-Yao always wants to do things perfectly. So on this basis, she added another article, if you don't want to use free meals, you can pay out of your own pocket to book a table in Yunlailou.
Hu Gui just wanted to talk about it, and his lord would definitely want a table. Yunlai Lou is already short of manpower, and it can be made as soon as it is booked earlier.
But Hu Jiuling's reaction was completely different, "Lunch? ”
Hearing these two words, his eyes lit up, and he put all the fierce arguments outside behind him, and he got up with a neat movement that was not suitable for his age, and walked towards the door in a daze.
"Tell Ah Yao to come down for a meal."
Sir, are you going upstairs? Hu Gui hurriedly stopped him.
"Master, how can there be a reason to be a father's eyes to invite the girl to dinner. You take a sip of tea and rest, think about what kind of food to eat, and the old slave will go upstairs. ”
That's right, this matter is not good for others to see, and after thinking about it, Hu Jiuling stopped.
"Go and get back."
Hu Gui, who had just finished a run, had not had time to rest, turned around again and walked towards the stairs. Standing on the third floor condescendingly, the little marquis saw this qiē in his eyes.
After this time, Ah Yao also woke up from the shock. Not to mention the grievances of the previous generation, these businessmen did not stumble on the Hu family. They would scramble to jump into the pit, and she couldn't be happy enough to think so much.
After thinking about it, she sorted out the details of the shop repair that she had discussed with Brother Jing below, and then she put her mind back to the auction banquet.
"It's almost lunchtime."
Did the housekeeper of the Hu family come up for this?
Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from the staircase, Lu Jingyuan's mind moved slightly, "Once we are busy, we should also go down to eat." ”
After speaking, he pushed open the door, stood tall by the door in a black robe, and stretched out his hand to make a "please" gesture towards A-Yao. Looking at his handsome and uncast face, Ah Yao's mind went blank for a moment, and she subconsciously walked to his side and went out with him.
When Hu Gui explained his intention to the secret guard at the staircase, and when he took two steps and turned around, he saw the little marquis walking with his own girl.
"I've seen Master Hou," after bowing and saluting, he looked up at Ah Yao, "Girl, seeing that it's about to be lunchtime, the old man ordered the old slave to come over and call you down for dinner." ”
"It just so happened that I was about to go down."
After a pause, thinking of the "we" in Brother Jing's words, she turned her head to look at his side face, and asked with some uncertainty: "Master Hou wants to go down to eat with us?" ”
This girl...... Didn't he just say it clearly!
Although I have already figured it out, I want to be good to A-Yao. But Lu Jingyuan is a little marquis after all, no matter his background, appearance or talent, all determine his high status. has long been accustomed to being sought after, and he really can't do things like putting down the shelf in front of everyone for a while.
So this will make him regain a cold look, nod slightly, and said indifferently: "Yes." ”
What a noble identity the little marquis is, it is just in the Hu Mansion, and now in front of so many people in Yunlailou, how can he condescend to come to his Hu house to eat? Hu Gui, who was about to bow down and retreat after he refused, was stunned when he heard this, and changed the direction of his hand and made a "please" action.
"Master Hou, please."
"Let's go."
Nodding slightly to Ah Yao's side, after she reacted, he finally took a step, and the two walked side by side towards the staircase.
Hu Jiuling, who was waiting in the box on the second floor, looked over eagerly after hearing the sound of pushing the door, and when he saw the soap boots under the pair of dark clothes that reached in first, the whole person's face instantly turned cloudy.
"Master Hou, what are you ...... Coming to town? The words of disgust that came to his lips turned a stiff corner.
"Daddy, it's my daughter who invited Master Hou to come over for dinner."
A small head poked out from behind the dark robe, and Ah Yao walked past him to the room, "Did Daddy think of something to order?" Today's dishes are specially prepared by my daughter, the newly planted vegetables of the vegetable farmers on the edge of Qingcheng are newly picked from the field in the morning, and they are sent over immediately after the city gate is opened. ”
Speaking of her carefully arranged auction banquet, Ah Yao talked a lot more.
"And the big pot of rice, a big pot fried together, of course, the taste is not as fine as a small pot. My daughter is also afraid of being unpalatable, so she deliberately changed the method, all the dishes are steamed and then fried, so that it is easy to rot and taste. After the pot came out of the pot yesterday, my daughter tasted it, and the taste was not much worse than that in the small pot, so I can taste it later. ”
After his daughter came in, she kept talking to him, and Hu Jiuling's heart, which was depressed by the arrival of the little marquis, was comforted a little.
"Since it was carefully prepared by Ah Yao, how could Ah Dad not have a reason not to be a party, and eat this big pot of rice at noon. Master Hou, the Hu family's coarse tea and light rice here may not match your appetite. ”
Let's go, hurry up, and go back to the third floor to order your delicacies! Hu Jiuling's mind couldn't be more obvious.
"Steaming and then frying? This method is also novel, and I will try it together. ”
His expression was still indifferent, and when he walked to the table, Lu Jingyuan calmly sat down next to A-Yao. Want to take this little thing away from this? There are no doors!
"Then three bowls...... No, I have to add Uncle Gui, four bowls of rice! "A-Yao clapped!
"Okay."
Hearing that Hu Gui went out, the little marquis had just entered the Hu family's compartment, and this kung fu had already come. After hearing that Hu Gui went to get the big pot of rice, the merchants who were trying to order food in the compartment on the second floor changed their minds one after another.
Jokes, the little marquis is coarse tea and light rice, and they are not allowed to eat the head of the row when they pass it out.
So the Hu family once again led the trend. Ah Yao's intentions were not in vain, the taste of the carefully made zuò pot rice was no worse than the dishes fried alone, and after the auction banquet, Yunlailou deliberately kept this dish. Because of the low cost and the low price of the dishes, many ordinary people came to taste them. Originally, the store was still worried, worried that ordinary people would come to reduce the style of Yunlailou. But not long after, when Ah Yao became famous all over the world, no one dared to question this dish because of her. Over time, Yunlailou, which was originally sunny and snowy, has gradually become a place of elegance and vulgar appreciation, with daily guests and a lot of money.
Of course, this is all a later story, three bowls of rice in a big pot are served, and the dishes are served with rice, and the color of the dishes just out of the pot is just bright, and with the white rice below, it can arouse people's appetite. Picking up the chopsticks, the three of them gulped down, and when they were full, they took a break and the auction restarted.
"The shop below is located in the south of the city, originally sold some handkerchiefs, socks and other loose items, the shop seems to be small, but the sparrows are small and have all the organs......
After swallowing a mouthful of rice, Ah Yao listened outside and just heard this.
Isn't this the shop she pictured?