"Brother Wang Qi, you're tired of walking, why don't we go to the teahouse in front to rest, and I can also drink a cup of tea to moisten my throat." Su Daya suggested.

Wang Ran realized that he had followed Su Daya to Yaqian Street again, and saw that the tea shop pointed to by Su Daya was quite simple, the consumption should not be very high, and he should still be able to pay for tea, so he nodded and agreed.

The two entered the tea house, Su Daya should be a regular customer of this shop, and when he entered the store, he shouted two bowls of tea on Wang Daju, and invited Wang Ran to sit down on a table against the wall.

After a while, I saw the shopkeeper who had just been napping on the counter personally carrying the teapot over, put down the two tea bowls and filled them, and then continued to go back to nap, Wang Ran found that there was no Xiao Er in this store.

"What are the seven brothers Wang good at? What kind of job are you looking for? Su Daya took a sip of the tea bowl, and then said.

Wang Ran thought for a while and said: "I have no other strengths, only my hands and feet are quite neat, I just want to be a runner in the big restaurant on this Yaqian Street, I think Huajin Lou is good." "Huajinlou has a prosperous business and a large number of customers, which is most suitable for increasing knowledge and inquiring about news, and most of the people who come and go are dignitaries in brocade clothes and luxurious clothes, maybe Qi Yuanzhen will also patronize.

"Huajin Lou is not easy to enter, it is the number one restaurant in the entire Jinguan City, recruiting people has always been strict, as long as you have at least one year of experience in running the hall, Wang Qi brothers might as well consider other smaller restaurants and teahouses, and accumulate some experience first." It seems that he is greedy for the prosperity of this place, so he wants to work in the shop on this Yaqian Street, which is what I mean, this future life looks quite ignorant, look at how I Su Daya slowly introduced him into the urn with a three-inch tongue.

"The Xiaofan Building and Yuchun Building next to it are also fine." Although it looks smaller and lower grade than Hua Jin Lou, the business is also good.

"Xiaofan Building, Yuchun Lou is not a good place to go, although it is not big, but there are many things, in that when the running hall is busy every day, and go there to drink and have fun, customers are drunk and drunk and crazy a lot, the running hall that accompanies the wine is not beaten or scolded, the owner will not care, in fact, the restaurant is more so, I think the Wang Qi brothers speak quite righteously, in that place I am afraid that it is easy to be angry, it is better to consider the tea shop and the like, the customers are elegant, and there are not many things." It's just that the money is less, but what I said is reasonable, this kid should take the bait, right?

"I'm not afraid of being angry, I just want to gain more knowledge." A place like a tea shop, Qi Yuanzhen, and someone of his or her own would probably not come.

"Why should Brother Wang Qi wronged himself, it is good for young people to be more willing to endure hardships, but if they are frustrated, it is a loss, I see that you are extraordinary, and you will definitely be able to achieve something in the future, why not temporarily live in this tea shop where most of the exchanges are literati and elegant guests, edification and precipitation, maybe you can have a different encounter in the future?" This kid is a little tough, my old Su only has nonsense.

Don't literati and elegant guests prefer to visit flower houses? There seemed to be a conspiracy in Su Daya's words, Wang Ran said firmly: "I still want to..."

"No, you don't want to." Su Daya hurriedly said, why did the tigress come back again, wasn't she in the store just now? No, I have to hurry up and take this offspring, otherwise looking at the posture of the tigress, I will not be easily let go today" Brother Wang, you don't know, most of the restaurants are not covered, you are afraid that you don't have a place to live here when you first come here, the rent in Chengdu is not cheap, it is better to find a shelter, and you can also save an expense. "It's only a little bit of coaxing ignorance, fairness and integrity are very important, but tigress is even more scary.

"Is there anything to recommend about Su Da Economy?" What Su Daya said is indeed reasonable, you need a place to live before you can consider the next problems.

Finally introduced the topic, Su Daya wiped the sweat on his head, signaled the tigress to be restless, and then said to Wang Ran: "What do you think of this tea house?" It is also on Yaqian Street, surrounded by the owner, and the environment is also elegant. ”

It turned out that this Su Daya had been premeditated, Wang Ran carefully looked at this tea shop, the shop is not small, supporting more than ten tables, but at this time, in addition to himself and Su Daya's table, there are only two people on the table, this is not called Qingya, it is obviously deserted, and the overcrowded restaurant and tea shop next to it are simply like mud, giving people a feeling that they are going to close down soon, but it is not unacceptable, it's just...

"But..."

Su Daya saw that the tigress already showed an impatient expression on her face, so she simply took a step back, just wanting to return the favor. "As long as you are willing to work in this shop, I won't take you the usual money, how about it? The Seven Brothers? Su Daya said as he motioned to the tigress to give herself some more time.

"But..."

"I'll help you get the paper for the record tomorrow, how about it? The Seven Brothers? "You're going to go, I'm going to find Wang Da's teapot to help me with some silver, if this matter is yellow, the tigress will definitely drive me out, how can I borrow money?

"Uh, okay." Wang Ran pretended to be helpless and said, this Su Daya really has a ghost in his heart, and he has made so many concessions with a slight trick. However, there are indeed a lot of benefits, not to mention the exemption of a sum of expenses, the location of this tea shop is actually very good, facing the Yamen of the Bomai Division.

Su Daya breathed a long sigh of relief, then turned his head to the side and said, "It's done, Lin Jiuniang, let's make a deed." ”

Wang Ran turned his head to look at the lady standing next to him who scared Su Daya to the point of panicking, this lady was wearing a dark blue skirt, with a bun on her head, dressed as a woman, with a slender figure, and her eyebrows and eyes were also delicate, but the cold light from her black and white eyes let people know that she was not easy to mess with.

"Is this man safe?" The woman was skeptical.

"Needless to say? I, Su Daya, have been a tooth person in Chengdu Mansion for more than 20 years, and I have seen thousands of people, when... Barely looked away. The only time he walked away was planted in the hands of this tigress, and his heart ached when he thought of Su Daya, so he put away the confident expression on his face, and said cautiously: "Brother Wang Qi is square and smart, and he will not be wrong, and I Su Daya guarantees it with reputation." ”

"Dare to tell me about credibility, are you okay with the scar and forget the pain?" The woman took a small sip of cherries, but Su Daya's vision was still good most of the time, and there was indeed a shortage of people in the store, so she said, "Okay, I'll go get the paper deed." ”

While the woman went to get the paper, Su Daya explained to Wang Ran that in fact, Wang Ran hadn't gone to the government to report, and theoretically he couldn't make a deed, but with his own senior tooth person, of course, it wasn't a problem, and he said that he was afraid that Wang Ran would have no place to sleep tonight, so he thought about Yunyun for him...

Wang Ran explained in his heart that you are more anxious than me, you are afraid that I will regret it!

But in the end, he signed and drew the charge, so Wang Ran became the only runner in this Wang family tea shop.

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"Ahh

"Huh... There were no pedestrians on the street at this time, only a few people in blue shirts with brooms to clean their faces.

The big city is really good, there are special people to do it, Wang Ran sighed in his heart. When he came for the first time that day, he found that the streets were unusually clean, which was completely different from the previous scene of garbage and livestock manure in Hengqu Town, Qingcheng County and other places.

Later, I heard that it was mainly because there was a box army in the city that was responsible for daily cleaning, so the streets could be so clean. Of course, the soldiers only sweep the area inside the sub-city, and the Luo City outside is unmanaged, and the people are not in vain, and the residents and merchants in the sub-city have to pay an extra amount of money every month to them in order to keep their doors clean.

"Ah......" There was a long yawn in his ears, which woke up Wang Ran who was in a daze, looked back at the shopkeeper sitting behind the counter and closed his mouth, and then lay down to take a nap, Wang Ran was speechless for a while, what did this shopkeeper do every night, why didn't he see him energetic for a day, could it be...

"What are you doing, good old king, I'll lie down while I'm away, right?" A loud shout interrupted Wang Ran's thoughts, and the slender Lin Jiuniang suddenly walked out of the inner room, she saw the scene on the counter and walked over quickly, grabbed the shopkeeper's ear with one hand and said, "Get up, give me a starting spirit!" The voice was crisp and tactful, but the momentum was amazing, which made Wang Ran, who was standing on the side, also look uplifted, and he didn't dare to show the slightest tired expression.

Squinted eyes and secretly looked to the side, only to see the shopkeeper who was grabbed by one ear, the sharp-beaked monkey's cheeks full of old folds on his face yawned, and the corners of his godless eyes were full of eye feces, and then looked at Lin Jiuniang, who was angry on his face, but couldn't hide his bright eyes and bright teeth, beautiful and clean, Wang Ran still couldn't accept it in his heart, these two people turned out to be husband and wife? Some people believe that they are grandchildren!

When Su Daya introduced the identities of the two to Wang Ran that day, although Wang Ran was a little surprised, he was not too shocked, did the old man marry a young wife, there are many people with some identities, but the shopkeeper doesn't look like a person with status. But after hearing how the two got married, Wang Ran couldn't let go of it anymore.

Because it turned out that Lin Jiuniang, who was in the prime of his life, took the initiative to marry the forty-year-old shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper was reluctant at first, and in the end it is said that Lin Jiuniang recommended himself to the two of them. In other words, Lin Jiuniang's overlord bowed to the shopkeeper, so there was this marriage, and the Lin family finally married Lin Jiuniang without even asking for a dowry, and it was completely upside down!

Lin Jiuniang, this strange woman, was originally the daughter of a medicine farmer outside the city, although the family is not rich but rich, she is the youngest in the family, with four older brothers, Lin Jiuniang has been lively since she was a child, so she often followed her father and brother into the mountains to collect medicine, and raised a wild horse-like temperament and fiery temper.

Although her parents and elders have a headache, they have always spoiled her, so they let it go, thinking that her temperament may be restrained in a few years, but who knows that this time is four or five years. Later, she somehow met the shopkeeper Wang Sui, and then fell in love at first sight, clamoring to marry Wang Sui, who was single but over forty years old, and her family naturally disagreed, so they locked her in the room and let her reflect.

Who knew that Lin Jiuniang was indeed as firm as swallowing a scale, first went on a hunger strike, forcing her brothers who felt sorry for her to secretly release her, and then came to Wang Sui alone to make a personal promise. Wang Sui was reluctant at first, Lin Jiuniang said that she was running away from home and had nowhere to go, so she asked Wang Sui to take her in to help in the teahouse first and give her a place to live.

But how could the fierce Lin Jiuniang just stop there, so one night she took advantage of the shopkeeper being busy in the store outside, so she secretly ran into Wang Sui's room, Wang Sui returned to the house and saw that Lin Jiuniang had been lying on his bed with his clothes untied, and was so scared that he was about to run, but Lin Jiuniang calmly said that he was now like this, and he would not be able to marry someone else in the future.

After hearing this up-and-down and even unbelievable story from the mouth of Su Daya, who had drunk too much, Wang Ran became more and more in awe of Lin Jiuniang, and at the same time, he couldn't help but be very curious about the shopkeeper who could convince a strange woman like Lin Jiuniang, thinking that maybe he must have something special, but the real person didn't show his face.

But now Wang Ran has been running the Wang family teahouse for a month, through daily observation, he found that the shopkeeper Wang Sui is just an ordinary shopkeeper, if you insist on saying that he has anything outstanding, that is, it can only be that people are very sleepy and talk very little, lying on the counter every day sleepy, too lazy to take care of anyone, as if this teahouse is not his family. Therefore, Su Daya likes to call him Wang Daju, which not only points out his professional intentions, but also implicitly laughs at him for being a stuffy gourd.

Speaking of the tea shop, Wang Ran sighed again in his heart, the reason why he chose to be a runner in the shop on this Yaqian Street was to observe the situation of the Bomai Si Ya on the opposite side and understand Qi Yuanzhen's whereabouts, and secondly, to find out some relevant news as much as possible.

Now the first one has indeed been realized, he can see Qi Yuanzhen's figure almost every day, but he can't do anything, because Qi Yuanzhen travels every day, at least six black-clothed guards are guarded, and there are a number of servants, Qi Yuanzhen himself is sitting in the carriage safely, so tightly guarded that even a worm can hardly get close to him.

So Wang Ran planned to start with the second article, probe Qi Yuanzhen's habits and temperament, and wait for an opportunity to try it, but when he raised his eyes and looked at this empty tea house, Wang Ran couldn't help but feel depressed. The desertion is not enough to describe the situation of this Wang family tea shop, it can almost be described as desolate, when Su Daya brought Wang Ran here for the first time, Wang Ran saw that there were only two or three tables of guests in the tea shop, and he thought that maybe it was just a coincidence, that day was Qixi Festival, and the people might go to the street to watch the lanterns and enjoy the scenery, and they all went to the restaurant to have fun, and naturally no one came to drink tea.

But after Wang Ran stayed here for a month, he realized that it was the largest number of seats in this tea house, and the rest of the time there was not even a wave of guests here for a day. In addition to Lin Jiuniang and the shopkeeper Wang Dahu every day, Wang Ran also has Su Daya, who occasionally comes to Wang Dahu for a drink, and almost no one else can be contacted, so naturally he can't find out the news.

Later, Wang Ran couldn't help but ask Su Daya why the business of this store could be so bad, and Su Daya explained to him. It turns out that this Wang family teahouse was not like this before, although it is not as good as the Huajin Building and Yuchun Building next to it, but it is also much stronger than now, as for why it has plummeted like this now, it is also related to Wang Ran's enemy, Qi Yuanzhen, the new Bo Maiden of Xichuan Road.

After Qi Yuanzhen took office in June, he implemented a tea monopoly on this Xichuan Road, that is, Rong Tea. Since then, tea farmers have only been allowed to sell tea to the government, and tea merchants can only buy tea from the government's tea farms, and the price of tea has been rising.