Chapter 140: The Feast
Zhang Shi looked at the tea and immediately reacted, closed the box and handed it to Ding's mother, "Prepare a gift for going to the county lord's mansion tomorrow." β
Ding's mother was about to go down to prepare, and Zhang said: "Also go and sue SΓΉ Wanning, so as not to say that I didn't take good care of her." β
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Mother Tong said Ding's mother's words, "Mrs. asked Miss to prepare." β
Wan Ning nodded, after the incident of Zou Pozi, Zhang's is better at doing superficial work.
Mother Tong said in a low voice: "Will it be too anxious?" β
"Is there any news from He Danian?" Wan Ning asked.
Tong's mother shook her head, "I haven't said it yet." β
"Let people talk to He Danian, take your time, and let Shopkeeper Jiao not worry, when I have been to the Anyi County Lord's Mansion, our tea shop will open again."
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Zhang held the stove and listened to Ding's mother.
"How much money the Shen family left Wan Ning is a matter of obviousness," Ding's mother said beside her, "When the wife married in, the master had already returned all the things that the Shen family brought over to the Shen family, and the seventh lady went to Taixing and didn't bring anything, if there was money around, it was impossible for the sixth lady not to know, now it seems that the money for the seventh miss to buy tea was given by the fourth master Shen, and the Shen family has not done well in business over the years, otherwise it would not have to sell the shop in Beijing, the fourth master Shen indulged in Miss Seven, and let Miss Seven use the shop to sell tea, If this tea can't be sold, the Shen family will be finished. β
Indulge Wanning, if Wanning can't do a good job in this business, the situation of the Shen family will plummet.
Zhang nodded and instructed Ding's mother, "Call the shopkeeper Qiu in!" "The Zhang family has several silk shops in Beijing. It's always been the autumn shopkeeper who takes care of it.
Shopkeeper Qiu entered the house, and Zhang asked about a few shops of the Shen family.
Shopkeeper Qiu said: "Everyone is waiting for the Shen family to reopen the shop, but ...... If it's really just about selling tea. I'm afraid it's a bit reckless, there is no shortage of tea shops in Beijing, not to mention that the Shen family has so many shops selling tea together...... How good tea must be to have such a market. β
Shopkeeper Qiu paused, "Unless, that tea is extraordinary." β
The outstanding thing is that Yao Wanning has made a new tea that no one has sold before.
Zhang said: "What if there are a few time-honored shops in Beijing that sell the same tea as the Shen family?" β
Shopkeeper Qiu smiled, "Then the Shen family's tea must not be sold, where are the dignitaries in Beijing used to buy things." Light yΓ¬ will not change, just like our silk satin, even if the style is not as good as those new shops. Old customers also come to our house to buy ingredients. β
Zhang picked up the tea on the table and drank it, the tea soup was a little astringent, and there was a strange taste, could such tea still be sold?
Zhang's lips curled coldly. He put the tea bowl back on the low table. Yao Wanning was too self-righteous, when she married into the Yao family, her father gave her two shops as a dowry, and she also handed them over to the big shopkeeper to do, and Mrs. Jingli wanted to pull her to open a jewelry shop, but she didn't agree.
Yao Wanning is young......
No wonder the Shen family will not be as good as before, Shen Jingyuan is soft-eared, and he will believe Wanning.
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In the evening, Jiang Jingyu came to talk to Wanning again, and not long after, the Jiang family came to pick Jiang Jingyu out.
The Jiang family rented a three-entry courtyard. Since the Jiang family is not a serious relative of the Yao family, there is no reason to stay in the Yao family for a long time. Jiang Jingyu took Wanning's hand and said affectionately: "The journey from Yangzhou to Beijing is too long, I have brought a lot of medical books to relieve boredom, and tomorrow I will ask someone to send a few copies to my sister." β
Finally saw her mother's family, Aunt Jiang was very happy, and sent two jars of pickles to Jiang Jingyu, "You can't help but be used to eating the food here when you come to Beijing, this is pickled according to the practice of Yangzhou, you let the family taste it." β
Jiang Jingyu nodded, "Don't worry, Grandma, as long as I have time, I will come over to see Grandma." β
As a concubine, they can't see their family members openly, Jiang Shi unconsciously felt a little sad, and his eyes moistened.
Jiang Jingyu remembered one thing and asked Yahuan to hand over the small porcelain vase to Wan Ning, "Hawthorn and tangerine peel are made of these things, sweet and sour, very delicious." β
Aunt Jiang and Grandma Jiang laughed on the side, "Let Miss Seven laugh, where is there any medicine to give people to eat." β
Jiang Jingyu explained with a smile, "It's not medicine, it's not medicine, it's just refreshing to eat on weekdays, Wanning understands pharmacology, and knows what it means." β
Jiang Jingyu said goodbye to Wanning, and Aunt Jiang sent her niece and granddaughter to the Hanging Flower Gate, and saw Jiang Jingyu get into the carriage before going back.
"Auntie, if you want to see your mother's family, just tell the old lady, if they don't come to the door, you can go over and ......" Mom said in a low voice.
Jiang shook his head, "I want to see it now, it's too late...... "It was already too late when my mother was alive, no matter what happened to the Jiang family in the future, no one would recognize her as a concubine.
"The fifth master has a good future in the future, and he will definitely send his aunt and grandmother out."
I hope so, I don't know when.
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The next day, Wanning got up early in the morning, Luo Ying brought a pink jacket, wore an emerald blue passionflower gown, wore a hairpin inlaid with mutton fat jade on her head, and small coral earrings on her ears, which were generous and feminine.
Mother Tong smiled and said, "Miss is so good-looking." β
After changing her clothes, Wan Ning went to Zhang's place, who was dressed very luxuriously, with a silver-red gown and a golden phoenix hairpin on her head.
After everything was packed up, the two of them sat down one after the other and immediately went straight to the Anyi County Lord's Mansion.
There were already a lot of carriages parked in front of the Anyi County Lord's Mansion.
Wan Ning followed Zhang Shi up the corridor when she heard Zhou Ruanru's voice, "Why did you come, didn't you oversleep, we have been talking for a while." β
Zhou Ruan saluted Zhang, and Zhang hurriedly went back.
No matter how the daughter of the general of the Zhenguo family is, it is also a clan.
Zhou Ruanru pulled Yu Qingmei over beside her, "Wanning, this is Qingmei, the eldest daughter of the county lord of An Yi." β
Zhang walked in front, and the laughter of Wan Ning and Zhou Ruan Ruan came from behind, and everyone went to the flower hall lively, and the county lord An Yi was talking to a few ladies. Seeing Wan Ning hurriedly beckoning, "Sit down and ......"
Wan Ning saluted the lady in the house and sat next to Lord An Yi.
An Yi said: "Mrs. Zhongyi Hou still asked about you. I said it's all right, Ru Yin misses you too, embroidered a purse and asked me to bring it to you. β
The beautiful pink purse with colorful tassels underneath is very beautiful.
Lord An Yi smiled and said, "Seeing this, I remembered that we were also sending each other's purses back then," he said and looked at Mrs. Qi Guohou. "I gave you three purses, and you returned one to me."
Mrs. Qi Guohou covered her mouth and smiled, "You remember." β
Lord An Yi said: "I want the purse embroidered with peonies on your body." You just don't understand, but you just returned me a flower and plant. β
Mrs. Qi Guohou sneered, "It turns out that this is the main thing in the county, so it's no wonder that I'm not to blame." My embroidered peony was given to me by Mrs. Yao San. β
Everyone in the house went to see Zhang.
Zhang hadn't spoken yet.
Mrs. Qi Guohou continued: "You don't know that Mrs. Yao San's purse is well done. I begged a few times before I got that one. β
The county lord of An Yi mentioned Miss Yao Qi, and Mrs. Qi Guohou mentioned Miss Yao Qi's stepmother Zhang.
Everyone had faintly heard about the Yao family, and although the Zhang family was smiling, Miss Yao Qi had a timid look on her face when she saw the Zhang family.
Some words sound good, but it may not be like that when you really do it, if the mother and daughter are really good, how can they make people see the estrangement lightly.
Everyone laughed and said nothing.
I talked about it for a while. The county lord of An Yi invited the Chang family class to start the play, and the martial artists on the stage wore short clothes and thin-soled boots. The long and short weapons were used alternately, and the fight was clean and neat, and the ladies in the audience couldn't help shouting and gave a lot of rewards.
Zhou Ruan didn't like to watch the play, so he played chess with Wanning and Qingmei, and waited until someone came to call for a banquet before they went back to the flower hall.
After the feast, everyone was still sitting and talking.
The county lord of An Yi said with a smile, "When I got married, my mother gave me a few shops, and I couldn't support it in less than half a year, so I had to go back to my mother's house for help. β
"Your shop is five hundred taels of rent a year," Mrs. Jane next to her said with a smile, "Who can compare with the county lord." β
"Why not, I don't know how to do it," Lord An Yi looked at Wan Ning, "Miss Yao Qi opened a teahouse when she was in Taixing, and she also brought a lot of tea when she entered Beijing, all of which are categories that have never existed in Beijing, and they will definitely sell well in the future." β
Zhang glanced at Wanning.
Wan Ning sat on the chair, the expression on her face was very peaceful, and she was so calm because she had the county lord of An Yi behind her back.
The county lord of An Yi started with himself, and intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that the relatives in the capital would inevitably do some business, so Wan Ning was not very eye-catching.
"I've heard a few shops in Beijing selling new tea," said Mrs. Jane, "I don't know what kind of tea it is." β
Zhang was silent, and several ladies in the room looked at Wan Ning.
It was still the county lord of An Yi who said: "It's just right, Miss Seven gave me some, and today I will see flowers and offer Buddha." β
The Zhang family knew what Wanning meant, as long as this tea was scattered among the ladies of the dignitaries in Beijing, it would not be sold.
The subordinates of the county lord's mansion brought the brewed tea.
The ladies couldn't help but lift the lid of the tea to see.
Zhang Shi took a look, there was a thick tea soup inside, which looked no different from what she drank at home, her panicked heart suddenly calmed down, now she is not in a hurry, it should be Wanning who is in a hurry.
Mrs. Wei, the daughter of Shang Bao Siqing's family, took a sip of tea first, was stunned for a moment, raised her face and said, "This is the tea that Miss Yao Qi wants to sell?" Haven't sold it before? β
An Yi said, "Have you ever seen it?" β
Mrs. Wei's face was a little strange, "Don't hide it from the county lord, I know that the county lord likes tea, I will bring the tea over today, and the county lord will let people see if it is the same as what Miss Yao Qi sent?" β
The same?
Lord An Yi frowned.
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War without gunpowder.
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