Chapter 74: A Chance Encounter
CHAPTER XXXIV
For a long time, the second room coveted the property of the big house, not for a day or two.
Since Lin Baosheng's death to the present, He has always been on guard against the second room, always keeping a vigilant heart, and today's commotion finally taught her to breathe a sigh of relief.
Thinking about today's events, as long as the county lord of Yicheng does not fall, the second room will not dare to use any crooked brains for a while.
After closing the door in the evening, Lin Biluo counted the day's expenses and supervised the maids to clean up and clean up everywhere, and then held a short meeting to point out the shortcomings of the little maids.
Now that there is a daughter-in-law on the stove at home, Ying'er is completely freed from the stove and is directly promoted to the little steward of the store.
She has followed Lin Biluo for so many years, although she is not good at writing, but she also knows a lot of words, plus Lin Biluo's emergency make-up class a while before the opening, and now the cultural classes of these little girls in the store are fully handed over to her to be responsible.
When the little girls were bought by Lin Biluo for training, the first thing was to know all the words on the tea list, and then memorize the price. Also recognize the ten Arabic numerals and learn a little bit of simple math.
The four little girls are named according to their age, the largest is called Spring Willow, followed by Xia Zhi, Qiu Lian, and Dong Mei. Xia Zhi learned a little bit of arithmetic, Lin Biluo only taught her three times, she drew inferences from one another, and quickly understood, so she left her on the first floor to sell candied fruits.
Chunliu is a round-faced girl, with two cute dimples when she laughs, and she is the one who holds the tray to receive posts on the opening day. After the business is opened, she does not have to stand at the door to greet customers, but only ushers in the seat inside, and also pours tea and water.
Qiu Lian was careful, so she stayed in the bar on the second floor and made tea and placed dim sum and fruit according to the order, and Dongmei ran errands on the second floor. As a little steward, Ying'er is a sound brick, where you need to move. No matter the upstairs and downstairs business, except for Lin Biluo, she is the most familiar. Which girl couldn't be busy, so she took a hand.
So on the third day of the official opening, Lin Biluo, the shopkeeper, finally shook back the shopkeeper, moved a stool and sat behind the counter on the second floor, looking at the customers in the store.
She has added another worry in the past two days.
Speaking of which, it's not a new thing, the source of the worry is still Chu Junyue.
On the opening day of the Lin family, he sent someone to send a generous gift. At that time, Lin Biluo was in a hurry, and it was Chu Shiyi who he sent. Chu Shiyi saw the sign in front of the shop that said "Male guests stop", and went directly to the back house to find Twelve Lang.
When Twelve Lang delivered things to Lin Biluo in the evening, she began to have a headache.
- After a busy day, exhausted, and facing a headache of relationship problems, she's just a twelve-year-old Lori, this is completely beyond her consideration, right?
The next day was another busy day.
On the first day of the opening of the Banxian Hall, only relatives and friends were invited to the banquet, and no money was collected, which was regarded as a free tasting. The results were unexpectedly well received. In particular, the drinks and snacks in the store are the most popular.
However, to congratulate the opening of the new store, relatives and friends in the neighborhood did not come empty-handed to eat white food, and each prepared a congratulatory gift, which was just different in thickness.
The first day became famous, and the second day was full, and the half-month snack prepared before the opening was already one-third within two days, and the daughter-in-law on the stove had to hurry up and make it again.
Lin Biluo has personally taught him how to do it, and he has been dragged to be the supervisor, and only when the quality is passed can it be brought to the store.
Another guest proposed to pack some snacks back, Lin Biluo took into account her own low productivity, it is not easy to supply the store alone, if it is a precedent for packaging, I am afraid that the whole family's manpower is not enough to be busy in the kitchen, so he personally said to the visitors Daoqian, only the snacks in the store are freshly made, only enough to supply the guests, just pack it, and welcome her to come again next time. Only candied fruits are take-out.
The woman saw that her body was round and her clothes were decent, and she thought that her family had extra money and had tasted the candied fruits of the Lin family, so she bought some of them and went back, saying that she would bring her little granddaughter another day.
Just because the guests who enter the store can get two fruit candies to sweeten their mouths, and they are free of charge and do not charge money. Fruit candy is a rarity in the region, and it is not only loved by young girls, but also by women.
Lin Biluo's various candies are not sold, only as small gifts, and anyone who enters the store to drink tea and eat snacks can taste it.
Therefore, when everything went smoothly in the store and got on the track, Lin Biluo was able to sit down, he really began to worry.
She originally thought that she would take advantage of him by poaching people from him, and when Chu Junyue went back and figured out her mercenary nature, she would be discouraged when she thought about it. As for the Twelve Langs, after all, they are people's personal guards, but they are borrowed for the time being. It's the deed of sale, and it's just annoying that Twelve Lang was used as a microphone and a tool for revenge.
What can really convince people's hearts is not a paper deed. Lin Biluo, who came from Shijie, who was more civilized and focused on human rights, didn't think that she could really subdue Shiro and use it for her.
Along with Chu Junyue's heavy gift, there was also a post inviting her to go horseback riding in the West Mountain outside the city in half a month.
She, a person who has only ridden in a carriage since she was a child, where can she ride a horse again?
But this invitation also really appealed to her. Who doesn't love the feeling of speeding
Chu Junyue's further expression made Lin Biluo feel that if the two of them continued to interact like this, she didn't dare to guarantee that sooner or later her heart would be shaken......
After thinking about it again, she didn't know what to do, so she called Twelve Lang to ask if she could return the heavy gift given by Chu Junyue when she opened?
Twelve Lang looked at her like an idiot: "It's understandable that the golden arrow was sent back." Third sister, you had no intention of my young general, but when you gave a gift when it opened, even the neighbors did not return it, and you just returned the gift of my young general, didn't you slap him in the face? β
Lin Biluo was even more embarrassed, "But ......" didn't go back, and she felt even more uneasy.
Twelve Lang added a fire: "The young general of my family is also a figure with a head and a face, that is, ordinary friends come and go, and it is normal to give gifts for openings." You look at the preciousness of this gift, it is only because...... "Your family is too poor," this gift is placed in the favor that the major general sends to his friends on weekdays, which is the most simple. The thin ones are a little shabby, and Eleven Lang said that he was afraid that you would dislike the simple ones. β
This is like in modern times, when you meet a local tyrant friend, the things that people send out casually are really expensive gifts for people who are not from good families, but on the local tyrant, it is really nothing, not as serious as she imagined.
Lin Biluo comforted herself like this, and finally felt a little better in her heart.
But if you accept a gift, you can't say anything if you don't return the gift.
So on the fourth day, Lin Biluo wrapped some of the various snacks and fructose in the store, and sent Twelve Lang to send back the gift, and by the way, he refused Chu Junyue's invitation.
Who would have thought that within two days, Mrs. Chu was recruited.
Mrs. Chu came this time, still with Mother Du.
The carriage drove downstairs to the Banxian Hall, and saw that the guests were women, and there was a sign at the door that the male guests stopped, so they smiled with Du's mother: "I didn't expect this child to be a clever person." β
Chunliu welcomed the two in, and Mrs. Chu secretly praised in her heart as she walked, this store is really clean and elegant, and there is a faint fruity fragrance in the air in the store, there are some fresh fruits on the candied fruit counter, tables, chairs and stairs, all of which show the careful thinking of the owner's daughter.
When I got to the second floor, I saw Yaqiao's intentions.
Chunliu led Mrs. Chu to the second floor and handed it over to Dongmei. Dongmei led Mrs. Chu to a seat by the window, and handed over the tea list.
The tea list is a piece of haode wood polished and planed by Li Fugui specially used, the four corners are carved into a cloud head, the front side is written with tea, and the reverse side is written with snacks, which is written by Lin Biluo himself, and the varnish is on, and he is not afraid of burrs piercing the hands of the guests.
Dongmei pointed to the tea list and introduced the drinks and snacks in the store. This is specially prepared in case there are female customers who are illiterate.
Mrs. Chu ordered a taste of orange tea today, ordered a red date longan tea for Du's mother, and joked with Du's mother: "I have already eaten and tasted the snacks in this store, and the taste is really good." I haven't tasted the drink yet, but my mother has tried it too. β
Mother Du thanked her master and sat on half a stool, "Thanks to Mrs. To, let the old slave taste this fresh food." β
Chu Junyue's invitation was rejected, and it was not what he expected. However, I received snacks from the Lin family's shop, and I heard Twelve Lang add fuel and vinegar to say that these snacks are in short supply every day because they are very popular and not taken out.
Chu Junyue, who was inverted, had an idea, and divided half of it and took it to honor Mrs. Chu. Just fresh food bought from outside.
After Mrs. Chu tasted it, she felt that it tasted really good, and she had the idea of buying some to give to her nieces as snacks, and then she heard a news from her son's mouth: These are all snacks that are not taken out in the Lin family's shop.
Mrs. Chu: "......"
Mrs. Chu, who was put on a match by her son, remembered that since she came back from this evil obstacle, she shed all kinds of tears, both soft and hard, racking her brains, she couldn't teach him to marry well, and now she has learned to put her mother together.
Ginger is old and spicy in the end.
She turned her head and instructed Du's mother: "Go and bring the long box I put in the box and give it to San Lang." β
Chu Junyue also touched A-Niang with her filial piety, and watched Du's mother go to the inner room, opened the box and took out the things, and handed them to him.
"This ...... How could this be here with A-Niang? β
He didn't send the wrong thing, huh?
Mrs. Chu admired her son's long-standing facial paralysis expression and finally cracked, surprised and lost her soul, for some reason, it suddenly gave her a feeling of winning back a game.
So the smile on her face was even more kind: "This is what the third lady entrusted me to transfer to you." A-Niang is old, sometimes her memory is not good, isn't it that you mentioned Sanniangzi today, I just remembered it. He pretended not to know, and carried forward the spirit of breaking the casserole and asked the bottom of the question: "I see that this arrow is good, could it be that the third lady specially cast it to send Ah Yue?" She can think of giving this gift, what a good child. β
Seeing that her son's complexion had become unprecedentedly shocked, Mrs. Chu only had two words to give to her son: he deserved it!
She spent so much time and energy to choose a daughter-in-law, and he didn't know how many girls had a secret heart for him, but he just fell in love with a merchant girl who had no intention of him. Although this truth hit her a little, Mrs. Chu admired the third lady a little more than the pleasure of having the opportunity to appreciate the fission of her son's expression.
-- Mrs. Chu has always been worried about the fact that the little fat bag who can cry, laugh, and loves to play and make trouble has turned into a young man who does not smile.
However, the third lady sat behind the counter, and when she saw Mrs. Chu, her heart suddenly felt empty.
She has already said that she will no longer interact with Chu Junyue, but now it is good, she just sent a bag of food over, and she was chased by her mother, how is this good?
I had to bite the bullet.
After Qiu Lian finished making tea, she saw the shopkeeper turn out from behind the counter and personally served tea and snacks. Dongmei and Qiulian bit their ears: "What is the origin of this lady?" Why did the shopkeeper personally deliver tea? β
On the day of the opening, the lord of Yicheng came and poured tea by the shopkeeper.
These girls have only been bought for a short time, and they were originally only masters who are good-looking little girls, but they didn't know that they later found out that she still had the final say on the major affairs of the Lin family.
Later, when I entered the store, I saw all her wonderful ideas, and I didn't dare to treat her as an ordinary little girl. They are about the same age as Lin Biluo. At the same age, Lin Biluo couldn't think of anything that they could do when they broke their heads, and they knew which was higher and which was lower at a glance, and they unconsciously had a sense of respect for this little master.
"I don't know, but I think my status is not low, right?"
Otherwise, why would the shopkeeper of her house laugh at that knowledge of free humility?
In fact, this is really resentful of Lin Biluo.
Let the mother chase her to the door, she still has to beg for food in this area, and the half-idle hall will continue to operate, so her reputation must not be damaged a little. Otherwise, whose little girl and daughter-in-law would dare to enter her door?
"How did Madame have time to come over today?" She put the tea and snacks on the table one by one, and personally poured half a cup of orange tea for Mrs. Chu, "This tea is made of kumquat, this tea can regulate qi and relieve depression, can Mrs. taste it and return it to the mouth?" If you don't like the taste, I'll give it to Madame. β
Mrs. Chu took a sip, only to feel that the entrance was fragrant and sweet, with the unique fruity aroma of kumquat, so she waved her hand: "The taste is okay, there is no need to change it." He pointed to the seat opposite: "Three ladies sit." β
Lin Biluo sat down as she said, laughing at herself in her heart, even when she saw her in-laws, she was not so worried, she was really getting more and more useless! What's more, the woman opposite is not her in-laws.
Mrs. Chu looked at her and felt that she was very kind.
The second time they met, not only did she not hate it, but she liked the girl in front of her a little. It's a pity that she was born in a merchant family, otherwise she would be an excellent candidate for a good daughter-in-law.
However, according to her family's temperament, I'm afraid this matter can't be helped.
"I'm here today......"
Before she finished speaking, Lin Biluo was already panicked: "Madame, please calm your anger!" I know that the last time I parted with my wife, I should have kept my distance from the major general, and I should not have any more contact with him. But ...... "digging up his personal guards seems to be ...... You've broken your promise, right?
"You kid, which eye saw me angry?"
Hey?
Lin Biluo's eyes widened: It turns out that she didn't come to the door to ask for guilt?
She usually smiled, but her eyes widened at the moment, and she didn't have a stupid feeling, and Mrs. Chu, who was looking backwards, smiled.
I still thought that she was a scheming market girl, she was good-looking, and she was more sober, so she didn't know that there were times when she was stupid.
Even Mother Du couldn't help laughing, and comforted again and again: "Don't be afraid, Sanniang, my wife is not here to settle accounts with you." β
Is that...... What for?
Mrs. Chu glanced at Du's mother, and Du's mother said: "It's not two days ago that San Lang sent a bag of snacks to Mrs. , Mrs. ate well, so she thought about sending some to her nephews, and asked San Lang where to buy it, San Lang said that the snack is produced by your shop, but it is not taken out, only supplied to the store." Madame heard that you had opened a new shop, so she decided to take a look.
Lin Biluo's relieved appearance fell in the eyes of the two, which caused Mrs. Chu to laugh, and she couldn't help but reach out and pat the girl's hand holding the lacquer plate: "You don't have to be afraid. My Ah Yue has always been a stubborn character, even in front of the saint, he has already said that marriage should be chosen. It's just that I thought more about being a mother, so I worried about him a few more times, and the child who provoked me was even more resistant to marriage. Now, I just ask him to marry a family smoothly, marry him, and continue the incense for the Chu family, so it's a matter of heart. β
This is...... Got parental approval?
The development of things is far beyond Lin Biluo's imagination, she sits there and walks and does not stay, if she is shy, it seems that she can't talk about it, but she is a little embarrassed, Zuihou gritted her teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "...... The young general will definitely be able to find a good little lady and tie the knot! Don't worry, ma'am! β
After saying that, he fled directly into the wilderness.
Even if the second sister inserts a hairpin, she probably hasn't been so embarrassed.
What is she?
Lin Biluo felt that she was even more worried!
She really wanted to find an opportunity to knock on Chu Junyue's brain and see what was in this pedophile's head.
A month after opening, Lin Biluo finally had the opportunity to knock on Chu Junyue's brain.
Not only are the food and drinks in Banxiantang very popular, but even the knick-knacks in the store are also sought after by women and young ladies, and even the sales of candied fruits have skyrocketed.
In view of the popularity of the ornaments, it will be settled with Li Fugui at the end of the month. She went to Li Fugui's courtyard at the end of May. When she didn't want to go, it happened that Chu Junyue was also there.
This time, it's not the fault of Megaphone Twelve.
It is said that Major General Chu carried the deed signed by Lin Biluo and Li Fugui, and kept in mind that there was a clause on the deed: the monthly dividend will be settled at the end of the month.
At the end of the month, the third lady should come to give Master Li silver.
It's not difficult to create a chance encounter or something, as long as he sends someone to guard the intersection two or three days before the end of the month, and when he sees the third lady coming from a distance, he will go directly from Qin Yu's courtyard to the courtyard where Li Fugui lives, creating the illusion that he is one step ahead of her.
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