Xia Xiaoniang hurriedly went upstairs, followed by Zhen Bang, Zhen Shuang and Zhen Ling. Only Zhen Jian hesitated, but he couldn't take a step, for fear that he would see an unsightly scene when he went upstairs, and it would be difficult to face the injured Zhen Feng in the future.

Xia Xiaoniang took the lead and rushed into the private room, but her eyes first scanned the table, and then all corners, and she didn't see what she was looking for, and she looked a little lost. Then she noticed that Zhen Feng was sitting at the table and eating wine and food.

Xia Xiaoniang asked unwillingly: "Why did the prince leave so quickly, he didn't leave anything?" ”

Zhen Feng had already changed his clothes back to the original clean, and when he heard this, a sneer flashed, he really thought he was a "façade", and he came in a hurry just to find out if there was any reward. He said lightly, "Stay." ”

"Where?"

"Now, a table of food and drinks. Let me help him eat. ”

Xia Xiaoniang's little hope that had been floating fell again, and she even wondered if it was hidden privately: "Say, did you run away from the emperor's son?" Why didn't you eat food and drinks today? ”

Zhen Feng raised his head and said, "Second brother, third brother, third sister, you are all here, don't stand there, come and eat, don't waste it." Xia Xiaoniang, the prince of the emperor dislikes me for wearing cold clothes and smelling. ”

Xia Xiaoniang really felt that there was a special taste in this private room since she came in. It seems that if you want to climb the high branches, you have to spend some money, add incense to the private room, and the other people rely on clothes and horses to saddle, and dogs with bells to run happily.

"Forget it, Ming'er will find someone to make you a new dress."

Sometimes, you can't be too realistic, too impatient, and too accustomed to it.

A stinky shirt has solved the harassment, and it has been exchanged for silver money and new clothes, even Xia Xiaoniang, who is so bitter and spicy, can still spit out money, it is really the sun coming out of the west.

The golden melon seeds that the gentleman rewarded just now were nothing more than Erer in the eyes of the other party, just for the purpose of rewarding them at the party, but for the people in the businessman's family, who are worse off than the servants, it is a charcoal in the snow. In any case, this is also earned by one's own efforts and intelligence, and there is no reason to abandon it. Don't bend your waist for five buckets of rice, through the experience and introspection of the past few days, it's not something you can do. At the bottom of Maslow's theory of needs, dignity is too luxurious.

Seeing Zhen Feng and a few children eating wine and food around the table in this private room, Xia Xiaoniang couldn't help but swallow her saliva. With such a sumptuous wine table, although she is the proprietress of this restaurant, except for the first day of opening, she has never been so indulgent in feasting, although the taste is average. For her, these are all copper coins, all of which are to fill the hole in the loss of this restaurant, even if it is leftovers, it may be sold if it is returned to the furnace a little. Xia Xiaoniang looked at the little fat man Zhen Bang who was eating happily, and she gritted her teeth: "Okay, okay, it's not over yet?" The exhibition hall, come and clean up! ”

Zhen Jian lowered his head, rubbed his hands back and forth, and was still wandering at the staircase on the first floor. He retracted his feet several times when he wanted to go upstairs, and then he heard Xia Xiaoniang's angry voice, and his heart was even more bottomless.

When everyone went downstairs, except for Zhen Feng, he felt like he was pressing a boulder in his heart, worried that Zhen Feng would find a short-term view. He hurriedly stopped his son Zhen Shuang to the corner and asked privately, secretly relieved in his heart, and then remembered that today's accounts had not been checked.

The business of the restaurant is pitiful, so you have to raise some chickens and ducks in the backyard, which can save a little bit. Some residue feeding, maybe you can exchange for some eggs and duck eggs, and the profit can be doubled when you turn it into a meal, and when the chickens and ducks grow up, they can still be used as dishes, so as not to spend money to buy them.

Zhen Feng, who had just finished being the storefront, was sent to accompany his younger brothers and sisters as chicken and duck breeders during the day, because this was the quietest time of the day in Qinhuaihe, and it was the cold saddle horse in front of the restaurant outside the restaurant.

The quiet restaurant, wrapped in a few fallen leaves, is slightly thin with the autumn breeze. A gust of wind blew, bringing with it a few noises.

"Official, this account has been checked, and the taxes that should be paid by the small shop have also been paid, and there has never been a difference of half a point."

"Shopkeeper, this is a complaint, someone reported you for tax evasion, and a certain family should be carefully inspected and no one will be spoken."

"That's, that's, the official is discerning, and it's a blessing to our people. It's just that this backyard is not in business, but a miscellaneous place for the small shop's home life, which has not polluted the eyes of the official. ”

"It's okay, a certain family has always been fair, and it is natural to do it in place to return your innocence."

A servant strode towards the backyard, and the guys in the store didn't have time to report the news, and the clerk appeared. The chickens and ducks have not yet returned to the cage, and some eggs and duck eggs are still in the haystack.

The official pointed to these chickens and ducks and asked: "Shopkeeper, I remember that the taxes you pay are only bought and sold in the store, and there are no chickens and ducks. It seems that this whistleblower must have made something out of nothing. Tell me, what is the crime of concealing and not reporting? ”

When Zhen Jian heard this, cold sweat was dripping on his forehead, and he was at a loss. Xia Xiaoniang looked at this scene, not only did a lot of copper coins fly away again, but she also had to be charged with a crime. When Xia Xiaoniang heard the word "sin", she couldn't help but show up and stop the official: "Official, these chickens and ducks are all raised by the guys, they work at home on weekdays, and they come to help with the farms, so they brought it." The small shops are all serious businessmen, but they don't dare to evade taxes. ”

"Seeing is believing, hearing is false. In broad daylight, with so many chickens and ducks in front of you, isn't it a concealment? ”

As the saying goes, "The king of Hades is good, but the little ghost is difficult", Xia Xiaoniang reluctantly took out a purse, secretly stuffed it to the official, and said: "The official must be the master of the small people, we dare not hide it." ”

The official's hand weighed a few times in his sleeve, and the coldness on his mouth melted a little at this time, and he turned around and walked to the front hall, saying as he walked: "Hmph, you are a first-time offender, spare this time, and don't hurry up to make up the tax." ”

Zhen Feng looked at this scene, thinking that it was a strange thing that the Southern Tang Dynasty would not destroy the country, it turned out that the strange tax that had been passed down through the ages in his memory - the double yolk egg tax really existed, if it was spring, there would be catkins flying in the backyard and he would have to pay taxes. This tax system has reached the point where everything is used, and the Tang State guards so many fish and rice towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and a good hand of cards is actually treated as a sparse by those in power.

He put down his belongings and followed him out of the antechamber, just in time to see the servant leave with the money, still carrying a jug of wine in his hand. As soon as the front foot of the official left, Xia Xiaoniang exploded: "What are you still doing?" Let me go out to find guests, and I won't earn more money today than I did yesterday, and no one will want to eat. ”