Chapter 268: Wenqu Building
Wenqu Lou comes from Wenqu Xingzhi, and the owner fantasizes that the people who live in this inn will one day be able to be in the top three in high school, and his Wenqu Lou will also become famous.
Yangzhou is the land of fish and rice, and it is also a gathering place for salt merchants, and the smell of copper is everywhere. In such a large environment, Chinese Qulou can be described as proudly independent.
There were two shopkeepers standing in front of the door, and one of them recognized it as the big cow who had just come to book a room, so he stepped forward attentively.
"Brother Niu, you're here, and our shopkeeper is still waiting."
Da Niu smiled: "Trouble the second brother, our young master and young lady are back, it seems that we have to book a few more rooms." ”
The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "Brother Da Niu is polite?" If it hadn't been for Brother Da Niu that day, I'm afraid the little one would have broken his leg. In the future, you will call me Ershun, don't be a little second brother, don't be a little second brother, have more points. ”
"Haha, okay, Ershun, let's take our horses to the backyard first." The bull patted him on the shoulder.
"Howler!" Saying that, the second helped lead the horse by the way.
Nie Shuyao and the others also got out of the car, carrying their small boxes, and looked at Wenqu Building, and there was really an air of elegance. It was different from the other inns on the road, which were all decorated to show their wealth, but this one was low-key.
"Well, that's good." Nie Shuyao nodded and praised, this inn won her heart.
At this moment, the shopkeeper walked out, with a smile on his face. He wore a long shirt in green clothes and three long beards, like a teacher.
When he came out, he arched his hand at Nie Shuyao and the others: "The arrival of a few people really makes our Wenqu Building shine, welcome, welcome!" Inside please! ”
Another shopkeeper helped them carry things, and the group came to the lobby with a hula.
Da Niu smiled: "Shopkeeper Wu, please give them a few more rooms, as for what room I have to ask them." ”
Shopkeeper Wu still smiled: "Da Niu, let me do this, after all, I am the shopkeeper here, right?" ”
As he spoke, he took down a bunch of keys from the counter and said, "Everyone, please come with me." I'll take you to see which room we want to live in. ”
Nie Tianxi was the first person to follow behind him, and when he heard this, he said, "Shopkeeper, this inn won't be just a few of us, right?" ”
But everyone who lives in a restaurant or eats has a herd mentality, if you see a store full of guests, you also want to go up and have a look; If the door is full of birds, then the mind of going in will be light.
Shopkeeper Wu is a smart person, and as soon as Nie Tianxi finished speaking, he understood, and explained: "What this little young master said is right. You are the first batch of customers since the opening of the store, what a good luck, the room is arbitrary, whether it is a superior room or a medium room, you will be charged according to the room. ”
"Oh." Nie Tianxi hesitated for a moment, and turned his head to look at Nie Shuyao.
Nie Shuyao said: "Shopkeeper, I don't know that the owner of your store is a scholar?" ”
Shopkeeper Wu said: "The girl didn't guess right, our owner doesn't know a few big characters, but he respects the reader the most." He said that he had made a lot of money, but he still didn't remember a few big characters, so he thought of opening an inn where scholars could live comfortably. ”
Da Niu said with a smile on the side: "Shopkeeper Wu, our family Tianxi is a showman." ”
"Oh? Seriously? Shopkeeper Wu turned around and shouted, looking at Nie Tianxi who was pushed out by the big bull.
At this time, they had gone up to the second floor, and the second child of their own shop stepped forward to take people to see the house.
The second floor is just ordinary rooms, a few are medium, and the others are inferior. But the old man did not think that he was qualified to live in a good room, so he consciously went with him to see the house.
The others wanted to be called by Nie Shuyao, but she felt that the rest of the people were her own people, and it was more convenient for her own people to live on the same floor.
Nie Tianxi stepped forward and said, "It's just a fluke." ”
Shopkeeper Wu looked at Nie Tianxi differently at this time, and praised him: "I heard that you are from Xuzhou Mansion, and this is in the north." At the age of Young Master Nie, there are not many people who can show off their talents, even in our southern land. Haha, it's a promising future, please! ”
Then, without saying anything, he directly took Nie Tianxi to the best room upstairs, which looked ordinary on the outside, but when it was opened, it was different.
It's a bit like a modern presidential suite, with a study, a bedroom and a bedroom. Just by looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, you can see that the owner has put in a lot of effort.
Nie Tianxi liked it as soon as he came in, the screen here is bamboo, he has liked bamboo since he was a child, because the integrity of bamboo is as straight and clean as a gentleman.
Then, he glanced at Nie Shuyao and really wanted to live here.
Nie Shuyao smiled: "If you like it, stay there." We have been in Yangzhou for a long time, and we have to find a comfortable place to live for ourselves. ”
Shopkeeper Wu nodded again and again, "The girl said it well." Nie Gongzi will stay here, he can still read books here if he has nothing to do on weekdays, and the books in the study are all collected by my master, although he doesn't know a few words. But I still hope that the scholars who live in this house can be in the top three in high school, and then I will ask my son to give us a word in this room. ”
Nie Tianxi was in a good mood by him, and nodded and said, "If you can, I will agree." ”
Nie Shuyao's room is one room away from him, and it is also a big suite, so it is no problem to accommodate four or five people. In this way, Wu Niang, Yuqin, and Gui Yuan live with Jiang Wan'er and Shui Lan.
And Song Yunfei lived next to her, living with Leng Zi and Song Qing; Feng Wuya lived on the other side of Nie Tianxi, living with Moon Shadow. As for Jiang Yi, he lived on the other side of Nie Shuyao's room to protect them.
In this way, the group is considered to have lived, they all live on the third floor, and most of the third floor is such a suite. Wenqu Building only has the third floor, but it occupies a very large area, even if Nie Shuyao and his party live, it is very empty.
Adjacent to the Wenqu Building is a sprinkle building, named "Jinyuan". With Wenqulou is a master, everyone cleaned up a little, and then went there to have a big meal.
Jinyuan's business is much better than Wenqulou, and it cost nearly a hundred taels of silver to eat, but fortunately, with Song Yunfei, a rich man, everyone is satisfied.
In this way, when Nie Shuyao decided to rest, it was already time, and despite her exhaustion, she still wrote a letter of peace to Song Yan'er who was far away in Qu County.
I don't know if the Jiang steward has returned to Qu County, but since he believes the rumors, he will definitely inform the Jiang family. I hope that this urgent letter can reach Song Yan'er's hands one step earlier, so that she can save her worries.
There are still many things that have not been clarified, such as the shopkeeper of Wenqulou seems to be very familiar with Brother Da Niu, and Brother Da Niu seems to be very familiar with the head catcher in the yamen. But since this is the case, why can the eldest young master of the Xu family bully them like this?
These things have to be clarified as much as possible, but after Nie Shuyao finished writing a letter, her eyelids began to fight, and she got into the quilt in a daze.
She forgot to cover the quilt and put her injured arm outside. She was tired from the day's travel, and she didn't like people to come in and serve her while she was asleep, so she slept until dawn.
Early the next morning, when the sky was still bright, Nie Shuyao was woken up by freezing.
Although this is Yangzhou, the temperature is much higher than that of the north, but at this time it is autumn, and the wind chill at night is still very heavy. As a result, Nie Shuyao began to sneeze, and his left arm also had a faint pain.
Early in the morning, Yuqin came over and saw her snotty, and then she wiped away her tears and complained, "Miss, in the future, the three of us will take turns to be on duty at night." Isn't there a concubine over there? If it weren't for the fact that the young lady didn't cover the quilt, how could she suffer this crime. ”
Gui Yuan and Shui Lan next to her nodded again and again, staring at her with wide eyes, waiting for her to agree.
"Okay, listen to you." Nie Shuyao felt that her whole body was weak, and she might be really sick.
Jiang Wan'er rushed over with her small medical box, and as soon as she came, she scolded her head and face: "How old do you say you are, and you don't know how to cover the quilt at night?" You don't want that arm anymore, do you? If you have a high fever, you're in trouble. ”
In the end, she rummaged through the medical box and found a few black pills, and let her swallow them without distinguishing between red and white.
Nie Shuyao held those black pills the size of a dragon's eye, swallowed and said, "Wan'er, are you sure this thing can be eaten?" ”
Jiang Wan'er glanced at her and said, "What do you mean to be able to eat?" Can't you eat it, I'll do it for you? Do you know how many precious herbs are in it? ”
Nie Shuyao put it under her nose and sniffed, she could barely smell the smell of ginseng and licorice, usually her nose was the most smart, but this would not work.
He sneezed again and said, "Eat it!" You are responsible for eating a bad stomach. ”
"Humph!" Jiang Wan'er ignored her, and went to the small suite with the small medical box.
Wu Niang brought a bowl of warm water and said like a child: "Miss, the medicine is bitter, eat it." ”
Nie Shuyao pursed the corners of her mouth, then eat.
The pill was in her stomach, and the bowl of water was drunk, she leaned on the side of the bed and said, "Yuqin, you go and call Brother Da Niu to come over, I have something to ask him." Don't talk about my illness, I'm afraid they'll all come over at once. ”
After Yuqin left, she dressed and dressed her with the help of Guiyuan and Shuilan.
Nie Shuyao sighed again, this is a good day with maids, no wonder the big families are all groups of maids. Thinking about the days when she followed Nie Shi before, she felt that she was lazy.
On this morning, many people got the news that Nie Shuyao had come to Yangzhou, and the owner of Wenqu Building and the Xu family had different reactions.
The owner of Wenqu Lou was originally a big salt merchant in Yangzhou, and he didn't know what he had done crazy this year, so he stopped all the salt sales business and started other small businesses such as restaurants and inns.
Lu Dewen is the owner of Wenqu Building, don't look at his name to get Sven, but he looks like a big old man; Even the speech is rough and atmospheric, but he married a beautiful official Miss Jiao. His family history began with marrying a beautiful lady.
Shopkeeper Wu came to tell the owner about it early the next morning, and the more Lu Dewen listened, the happier he became, and laughed: "God help me!" If I can get the help of this little lady, why can't I do this business change. ”
"Yes, yes, this is all the blessing of the master." Shopkeeper Wu wiped the sweat on his face, this master is not a good person, and I don't know if the delicate girl Nie is willing to talk about business with this rough man. R1152