"Yuan Bao, what were you doing with Xiaoli just now?" At this time, a girl came to the side of the sister and brother, and the girl pointed at Yuan Bao and said with a face full of disbelief.

"I'll help Xiaoli blow the sand." Yuan Bao looked at the girl and said very calmly.

"Blowing sand? I've seen it all, it's obvious that you're kissing her. "The girl doesn't give up.

"Luo Yijie, don't talk nonsense, I was obviously helping Xiaoli blow sand just now." Yuan Bao looked at Luo Yijie and said confidently.

"Hmph, Sister Yuan Bao, don't believe him, he is obviously kissing Xiaoli, I saw it just now." Luo Yijie turned his head to look at Yuan Qingdao.

Yuan Qinggang's heart suddenly lifted, and she turned her head to look at Yuan Bao.

"Sister, Luo Yijie is lying, I was obviously helping Xiaoli blow sand just now, she said she saw it, was she the one who saw me kissing Xiaoli?" As he spoke, the boy glared at the girl fiercely.

"What were you doing when you were so close? Not only did I see it, but my cousin saw it too. Saying this, Luo Yijie smiled proudly and turned her head to look at the man not far away.

The man stood aside and watched the arguing of the men.

"You didn't see it in front of me and Xiaoli in person, how do you know that I am kissing Xiaoli? I'm obviously just helping Xiaoli blow sand, or I'm looking for Xiaoli to come out and make it clear. Yuan Bao is not to be outdone, maybe he is used to going toe-to-toe with Luo Yijie in the academy, and he is not afraid of her at this time.

"Okay, Yijie, go home." The cold words came from the mouth of the man not far away, with a little majesty, and the girl reluctantly glanced at the boy fiercely, and then turned away.

Yuan Qing was made big by them. He said, "Go home." After speaking, the two greeted the sunset and walked back slowly, and along the way, neither of them spoke.

Yuan Qing thought about how to educate her little brother, and Xiaobao thought about how to explain to his sister that he was helping Xiaoli blow sand instead of kissing her.

There was no word all the way, and when I walked to the restaurant, the sun had completely set.

The next day, Yuan Qing sent Yuan Bao to school and came to the school, Yuan Qing was not in a hurry to go back, she found Yuan Bao's homeroom teacher, who was the master in charge of Yuan Bao's class, and asked him about Yuan Bao's situation in the school, of course, more about Yuan Bao's relationship with girls.

Yuan Bao is a good student, very good in learning, and has a good relationship with his classmates, except that he fought with Luo Yijie every day when he first came, but the two of them also reconciled, about that aspect? That is to say, Yuan Bao "likes" Mu Xiaoli more. (Note that it's in quotation marks, after all, they're all children.) ）

Yuan Qing had a general understanding.

Childhood sweethearts are actually not bad, but when childhood sweethearts are about to get married, they seem to be intervened by others......

Well, think too much. The sound of books in the school is loud, but it is also very quiet, with the sound of books and the autumn wind falling leaves, Yuan Qing slowly walked out of the school.

It was late autumn, and the autumn wind was very cold, so Yuan Qing tightened his clothes and walked away.

Today is the first day of October, and it should also be the day of rent payment at Yuehu Restaurant.

It has been almost a month since Yuan Qing took over the Moon Lake Restaurant, and in the past month, the restaurant has made more money than before, there is no doubt that doing business is to make money.

The guys of the Moon Lake Restaurant, the monthly salary of each person in the running hall is three taels of silver, the chef is four taels of silver, the miscellaneous is two taels of silver and fifty yuan, the thug is three taels of silver, and the housekeeper of the account is eight taels of silver.

Pay rent and pay 400 taels of silver every year, expensive ~~~ If the restaurant is normally profitable, it can earn at least 200 taels of silver every month, in addition to paying wages to buy ingredients, the money that the shopkeeper can get is more than 150 taels of silver, which is not bad.

In the account room of the Moon Lake Restaurant.

"Shopkeeper, this is the account of this month's restaurant, you can see it." Ge Yu said.

"Okay." Yuan Qing answered and looked at the accounts seriously.

This account was made when she became the shopkeeper, there is no previous income and expenditure of the restaurant, the content is clear at a glance, this month the restaurant earned five hundred taels of silver, in addition to the cost of buying things, there are four hundred taels of silver.

"En," Yuan Qing nodded for a long time and said, "By the way, Uncle Lian, have you paid the rent?" ”

"Not yet, shopkeeper, in fact, our rent has been raised." Ge Yu said.

"Closed?" Yuan Qing frowned.

"Yes, our rent was three hundred taels a year, but they raised it by one hundred." Ge Yu said.

"You mean, we will pay a hundred taels of silver for nothing?" Yuan Qingdao.

"Yes, this is the last prince's rule, no one dares to say anything, now that he is gone, now this prince may not know that there is this regulation." Ge Yu said. Li Chen was assigned to Qiuzhou last year, so the prince before he came died of illness, so he came to take his place. Yuehu Restaurant originally only needed to pay 300 taels of silver a year, but it was raised to 400 taels of silver by the previous prince. The shopkeeper of Moon Lake Restaurant dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so he could only pay the rent silently.

"I see." Yuan Qingdao, originally she thought that paying two hundred taels of silver for half a year was not too expensive, but after hearing Ge Yulian say that, she was immediately unhappy, and raised the rent, this is not a matter of more money and less money, but a problem of exploitation.

"Shopkeeper, this rule was set by the previous prince, he died of illness the year before last, the current prince may not know this regulation, if you can convince him to reduce our rent back to the original price, it will be very good for the restaurant." Ge Yu said.

"I'll try as much as I can." Yuan Qing nodded and said slowly, she was not completely sure, after all, now this prince is cold and cold, and it is a question whether he is willing to see her or not......

"That couldn't be better." Ge Yu said that he seemed to be very optimistic that Yuan Qing would be able to persuade the prince to reduce the rent.

But how can I tell him? Yuan Qing was helpless in his heart......

It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, so let's go to the palace now to explore the wind.

So Yuan Qing walked all the way from the Moon Lake Restaurant to the palace, came to the gate of the palace, saw the little guy guarding the door, and said: "This little brother, please go in and report it, and say that there is a person named Yuan Qing who wants to see the prince." ”

"You wait." The little servant said and walked into the palace.

Yuan Qing'an stood quietly by the door, waited for a while, and saw the little maid coming and saying, "Girl, please come in." ”

"Thank you." Saying that, when she walked into the palace, her heart was so smooth? Well, don't delay it, it's better to have a quick decision.

The area of the palace is very large, and the little maid led Yuan Qing to walk for a while, and when he came to a hall, the little maid stopped and said, "Girl, this is it." With that, the little guy retreated.

Bless you, O God! Yuan Qing prayed silently in his heart, raised his feet and went in. There are a few maids in the hall, they stand aside and seem to be serving the master's meal, and in the center is a large table of eight immortals, the table is full of delicious food, and the table is an important person in the palace

Eating, there was the prince, the concubine, and the concubine's sister and her husband, and now it was noon, and they seemed to be having lunch.

Yuan Qing was instantly embarrassed, and said to them: "Yuan Qing is really damned, disturb the concubine, prince, you have dinner." ”

"Oh, Yuan Qing, you're here, come over for dinner." Gu Yijing didn't care at all, and waved her hand to Yuan Qing and said.

"I ...... I'm afraid it's not good. Yuan Qing shook his head, "I'll just wait here." ”

"What's not good, we just ate it too, you come over and everyone eats together." Gu Yijing said. She didn't care about the formidation.

The concubine said so, and she was a little ...... if she didn't go over was hypocritical, Yuan Qing could only nod apologetically to the four people at the table, and then came to the table, and the next person consciously went to get a pair of dishes and chopsticks.

This round table is not big, it is not small, everyone is sitting quietly around the concubine Gu Yi, so with Gu Yijing as the center, she is the prince on her right, and Luo Gu and his wife are on the left. This Eight Immortals table can seat at least eight people, and the four of them occupy half of the table, which means that there is a distance of half a table between the prince and that Luo scholar, and Yuan Qing is standing in front of the table, not knowing where to lean.

"What are you doing? Come and sit. At this time, the prince sitting next to the concubine said lightly.

"Oh." Yuan Qing nodded, and subconsciously walked towards Li Chen's side, and in order to avoid isolation, she sat down beside him.

This action was very coherent, there was no half-minute delay in the middle, Yuan Qing found the position, and the person who brought the dishes and chopsticks knew that he was going to put the dishes and chopsticks there. In fact, if Yuan Qing hadn't sat down, she wouldn't have known where to put the dishes and chopsticks......

Indeed, this is not a good place to sit. Gu Yijing and her sister Gu Yilan sat in the middle, on either side of them were Wang Ye and Luo Shusheng, they occupied half of the table, and Yuan Qing, a latecomer, leaned over there, looking a little abrupt.

Wasn't there a rule in ancient times that men and women should sit separately? Men and women sat separately, although Yuan Qing didn't care about this, but she was eating in the palace......

Two women sat in the middle, and outside were men, alas...... Yuan Qing is a woman, and she feels that it is not harmonious to lean over there. If it weren't for the prince's words, Yuan Qing would definitely still be struggling.

Seeing Yuan Qing sitting down, Gu Yijing smiled and said, "Yuan Qing, it's the first time you have come to the palace to eat!" You're welcome, we're not particular about red tape here. ”

"Thank you for your kindness." Yuan Qing turned his head to Gu Yijing and smiled.

There was a prince between them, and it was not very convenient to speak, so they gossiped a few words, and then began to eat, the dishes on the table were very rich, Yuan Qing didn't eat at noon, and now he is almost hungry, so he will eat it as lunch.

The atmosphere of the meal is still very harmonious, after all, Concubine Gu Yijing is not a person who pays too much attention to cumbersome rules.

Halfway through the meal, Gu Yijing said, "Yuan Qing, I suddenly thought of something. ”

"Oh? Princess, what do you think? Yuan Qingdao said