331: Shameless Deal

"That's what the letter says, and it shouldn't be wrong." The man was not too surprised, let go of the arm that was holding the woman, and stepped forward and knocked tentatively on the door.

The woman stood behind her, holding the cotton bag on her shoulders with both hands, looking faintly excited and expectant.

The man knocked patiently for a while before he heard movement from behind the door.

"Who's this early in the morning, can't you wait until you finish breakfast to come over if you're in a hurry?"

The voice was that of a woman, apparently mindful of being disturbed early in the morning, and her tone was not very good.

The woman outside the door suddenly became excited.

"You really live here...... We were right! She looked at the man and said.

The man smiled slightly and nodded, looking very suave.

Zhuang Shi, who had just gotten up and put on his clothes, had not even had time to wash his face, opened the door from the inside.

"Squeak-"

"Aunt Zhuang!"

Zhuang Shi, who had just opened the door, only saw a deep smoke red in front of him, and before he had time to take a closer look, he crashed into a warm body in his arms, and faintly distinguished who the familiar voice of "Aunt Zhuang" was, and hurriedly helped the person's shoulders and pushed the person up from his arms.

What caught my eye was a cheek flushed from overjoy, round like a big apple.

Zhuang Shi was stunned for a moment, and only after a moment did he shout in surprise: "Ah! It's the spring moon! ”

"Hmm!" The woman nodded heavily, her eyes narrowing into a slit with joy. shouted happily again, "Aunt Zhuang!" ”

“…… A few days ago, I was talking to Sister Sakura about why you haven't arrived yet! Zhuang said and looked at Song Chunyue and Zhou Jingping behind her with disgust and said, "You guys are really right! I didn't write in advance when I was about to arrive, so I didn't have any preparation at home! ”

"Jing Ping originally said that he was going to write a letter, but I didn't let him write it-I want to surprise you!" Song Chunyue said with a smile.

"What a surprise!" Zhuang shook his head helplessly and smiled: "Today is the day when Yijiangchun reopens, and I will be busy later!" I'm still surprised, I'm afraid I won't even have time to cook a meal for you at that time! ”

Song Chunyue: "Ah! sighed, but it was a "surprise" look, and said: "I accidentally hit and caught up with the opening day!" Isn't this dare to be affectionate! ”

I haven't seen her for more than a year, and Song Chunyue seems to have come out of the grief of her mother's death and returned to her previous cheerful appearance.

It can also be seen from this that Zhou Jingping has done a lot of ideological work.

Zhou Jingping, who had been smiling and watching Song Chunyue talk to Zhuang's family. At this moment, Wen Yan also smiled and said, "It's really a coincidence."

"What's there to ask for about this coincidence. By then, it's not as busy as headless flies! When you can't take care of you, you won't be coincidental! Zhuang said and took Song Chunyue's hand and said, "Let's go in and talk about it, it's too cold outside early in the morning."

"My brother lives here, too?"

Song Chunyue asked Zhuang as she walked into the courtyard.

"Spring breeze? He doesn't live here. He lives in the Fangjia medicine store. Occasionally, I will come back for a day or two when I have free time. Zhuang smiled and said, "I have also persuaded him a few times to move back in." I didn't listen, saying that it was uncomfortable and inconvenient to live—"

"Is he uncomfortable living in such a big yard?" As soon as Song Chunfeng was mentioned, Song Chunyue's old mistake was committed again. frowned and sneered: "I don't have a lot of skills, but I have a lot of problems."

"That's not right!" Zhuang said with a smile: "Now the spring breeze is capable, not as good as before, one person can take care of the Fang family's big medicine store in a decent way, it's not easy!"

Song Chunyue pursed her lips, looking disapproving, "Aunt Zhuang, don't praise him so much, if he hears this, he can't go up to the sky?" ”

"It's not me complimenting him! Well, I won't say it's useless, and you'll know when you see it! ”

Song Chunyue really didn't believe it at all, but when what was said in the letter was Song Chunyue, even if it was true, it must be an exaggeration.

Some stereotypes, once they are formed, are deeply ingrained......

So Song Chunyue didn't mention this matter anymore, and only asked about Jiang Ying and Liang Wenqing's situation again.

The Zhuang family said that everything was fine, and said that Jiang Ying had just officially entered the Kong family tree a few days ago.

Song Chunyue became more and more happy, and her steps also accelerated, and she couldn't wait to see these two good girlfriends who had been separated for more than a year immediately.

Zhou Jingping followed behind her with his luggage, and his originally calm expression suddenly showed a touch of surprise when he heard the Zhuang family mention that Jiang Ying had entered the Kong family tree.

Along the way, he didn't hear the news that Mr. Kong had received a goddaughter.

But in any case, he didn't expect that it would be the little girl who was good friends with his wife.

He had seen the little girl twice, and she was not particularly outstanding, so she was not too impressed.

The only thing I know is through Song Chunyue's frequent chattering - she has excellent cooking skills......

But this can't be the reason for Mr. Kong's favor, right?

It is said that the ancestors were still in business.

Even she opened a restaurant in Suzhou City at a young age, and her business and reputation seem to be good.

Zhou Jingping couldn't help but secretly ponder.

He was not usually a man who liked to pay too much attention to the private affairs of others, let alone such a detailed analysis, but it was a matter related to Confuge - so in a way, it became the business of all the people who read the world......

For example, Song Chunyue does not know much, and although she has reverence for Confucius, it is far less important than Zhou Jingping, a scholar.

In their circle, the Kong clan, especially Kong Fu, is almost a god-like existence.

Besides, he hadn't heard Song Chunyue mention it to him.

So, after thinking about it for a while, Zhou Jingping could only come up with the ...... The Mr. Kong he knows and the Mr. Kong in Zhuang's mouth should be two people.

……

Jiang Ying had just gotten up to wash. Changed into a set of madder dresses that were ready to hang on the bedside last night, and sat in front of the mirror and pulled her hair.

"Bang bang—"

The door was slammed, and Zhuang's shout: "Sister Sakura? Are you up? ”

"It's up, the door is not bolted." Jiang Ying answered and continued to look in the mirror and pull her hair.

Today is the day of the reopening of the restaurant, and she, as the shopkeeper, naturally has to go there in person, so she got up two quarters of an hour earlier than usual to freshen up and prepare.

"The nurse has come in—" Zhuang Shi outside the door said, with an inexplicable smile in her voice, Jiang Ying didn't pay much attention to it, and lowered her head and picked out two plum blossom hairpins from a small box.

However, it was just about to be hairpinned to the side of the bun. But suddenly someone snatched him from behind.

"Haha!" The other party laughed triumphantly.

Jiang Ying was just about to turn around. But through the extremely bright mirror in front of him, in addition to the nurse, he also saw a familiar but long-lost figure.

"Spring Moon!"

Jiang Ying was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly, and looked at Song Chunyue in front of her in surprise.

"I haven't seen you in over a year. You haven't grown at all—" Song Chunyue smiled and compared her hands.

Jiang Ying wasn't too happy.

How could anyone start with such a topic?

Will it be reminiscent......!

Jiang Ying didn't want to admit that she had been stepped on in the sore spot. Nowadays, anyone who says that she is not very tall. She couldn't help but think of ...... Some of the other parts have not changed at all.

"You haven't grown long." Jiang Ying said with a 'revenge' mentality: "And I've gained such a big circle, and my neck is almost gone!" ”

Zhuang laughed on the side.

However, when she saw Song Chunyue's blushing face, she whispered, "I'm not fat......"

"It's not like I don't have a long ......," Jiang Ying muttered, "It's just that the length isn't obvious." ”

"I am. I am...... Pregnant. ”

"What?"

"I'm pregnant!"

Jiang Ying and Zhuang said in unison, their faces shocked.

"Yes...... Song Chunyue's face turned even redder, and said, "It's been more than five months...... The clothes they wore were loose and covered their bodies, so that they could not be seen. When I first came out, the doctor said that I was too thin and weak, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to raise, so he gave me some tonic prescriptions, and Jingping coaxed me to eat this and that all day long...... After a few months, this is what it looks like. ”

"Good...... Good! Zhuang said two good words in a row, and reached out to touch Song Chunyue's belly with joy, separated by a thick layer of clothing, but his movements were still cautious, and he explained: "This is pregnant, you have to pay attention to it everywhere in the future, and you can't be the same as before——"

After that, he said a little reproachfully: "Why don't you say a word in the letter...... You said that you two are really, this pregnant person still dares to travel like this! In case something goes wrong...... Phew, crow's mouth! ”

Song Chunyue didn't mind at all and said: "Let's pay attention, we only get on the road after the most important three months, if we delay it any longer, it will be even more difficult to rush later, and it will be difficult to wait for the child to be born and come back......"

"What's wrong with that! Stability is the first priority—"

"Hehe, isn't this good......"

The two of them chatted happily, but Jiang Ying still couldn't recover from this sudden fact, and stared straight at Song Chunyue's stomach.

I didn't pay attention to it, but now that I say it, I can indeed find some 'clues' when I look closely.

"After all, it's still eaten...... You also said that you didn't eat fat. Jiang Ying looked at Song Chunyue's slightly bulging abdomen and said blankly.

Song Chunyue couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth.

After a long time, I held back such a sentence?

But......

"Then where can it be the same......" Song Chunyue said with a more serious face: "I'm not greedy, I'm all for the children." ”

"Okay, okay, whatever you say is what you say......" Jiang Ying looked tolerant of pregnant women.

Song Chunyue pursed her lips and smiled, lowered her head and touched her lower abdomen, and said: "That is, I just gained weight during this period of time, and I was tormented in the first three months, you didn't see it, only bones are left in the thin ones." ”

"It's the same when Mrs. was pregnant with Dalang and Sister Sakura!"

"It's not easy to conceive a child......"

"It's scary when you're born!"

"Isn't it?"

Three women who have never had children discuss this kind of issue.

Zhou Jingping and Liang Ping spoke in the front hall, both of them were literati, Liang Ping was a Xiucai in that year, and Zhou Jingping also achieved a good reputation in the state examination, although he was a junior in front of Liang Ping, but Xiucai met Xiucai, and there was no shortage of topics to talk about.

Song Chunyue accompanied Jiang Ying and Zhuang to prepare a rich breakfast, and the group gathered in the dining room, but Liang Wenqing, who didn't know that Song Chunyue had come to the house, still didn't mean to get up.

"Don't call her, just leave some food for her." Song Chunyue knew Liang Wenqing's bed-lying temperament, and said: "Later, Aunt Yingzhuang, Uncle Liang, you should go to the restaurant to work, just go to the restaurant to work, I want to stay at home and see how long this girl can sleep——"

She has a big belly, so she won't go to make a mess first, there must be a rush from morning to noon, stay in the afternoon, and then follow Liang Wenqing over to take a look.

Zhou Jingping chatted with Liang Ping very energetically, and even a little inseparable, so Liang Ping used the excuse of "Zhou Xian's nephew needs to be familiar with all over the capital when he first arrives in the capital", and "tricked" the newcomer Zhou Jingping out, and inexplicably acted as a running buddy in the restaurant for a morning.

He has seen what it means to be a real gathering of guests.

There are two floors above and below the restaurant, and there are six tables on the left and right of the downstairs lobby, five small and seven large, plus six private rooms upstairs, plus two large round tables in the two large elegant rooms, and the whole restaurant together is only 20 guest tables, which is more than a dozen less than the original Yijiangchun, Rao is full, but it does not seem crowded - such a seating arrangement, in the restaurant in the capital, can only be regarded as medium to few.

But in this situation, the dozen or so guys hired in the restaurant are still busy and their feet do not touch the ground.

On the first day of opening, there was such a hot business, and Jiang Ying and Liang Ping were not surprised at all.

Because among the people sitting here, there must be nine out of ten people who came to praise this scene in front of Mr. Kong's face and taste this freshness.

But how much she can leave after sitting down is up to her.

The cook was hired early and trained by her, and the established dishes were blended with her own characteristics to the Jiang family's ancestral recipes.

“…… I thought it was another one who came out to earn the first few times of silver with the background, but I didn't expect it to be a bit genuine! This dish is well cooked! ”

"The dishes are fresh and exquisite, and the quantity is ...... enough"

The guests who haven't eaten it in their mouths are waiting for the dishes, and they don't forget to look around, from the furnishings and hygiene in the restaurant, to the small guys who are dressed uniformly and refreshed, and can't help but praise them: "Clean and tidy, the meal has not yet been eaten, and the mood is good." ”

For a while, everyone felt that Yijiangchun's momentum was simply the words "conscience of the industry" with a capital letter. (To be continued......)