33. The first step in starting a business
Take a sip of sweet rice wine with a needle, sandwich a small slice of bitter gourd, and the beef will not be touched.
Zhou Xuan took a big bite of beef and said, "Sister Sewing Needle, this yellow beef is very delicious, why don't you eat some?" β
The needle said: "If you eat too much beef, you will gain weight." β
Ah, girls at this time know how to lose weight, doesn't Nantang like to learn from Datang, don't you think plump, fat and white are beautiful?
The needle said: "The women of the Tang Kingdom all take the little Zhou Hou Niangniang as a model, and the mother is about to be slender, so naturally the whole country is slender and slender." β
Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "Well, the king of Chu has a thin waist, and there are many starving people in the palace." β
The needle smiled: "That's not it, the needle doesn't want to starve to death." β
Zhou Xuan looked at the bulging chest under the light cyan shirt of the sewing needle, and said: "Sister sewing needle is well-proportioned, not fat or thin, such a figure looks the best in clothes." β
The sewing needle said shyly and happily: "Yes, when I was in Jingxu Palace before, Princess Qingle liked to cut all kinds of strange clothes, and often let the sewing needle try it on, and the sewing needle also learned to -"
Horses' hooves were mixed, a group of people rode fast horses and galloped past in front of the store, Zhou Xuan glanced at a familiar figure flashed, and hurriedly ran out of the door to look, sure enough, it was Lin Heishan's back, with a bow, a pot of arrows, and an eagle leading a dog in it, all of them were soaked, it seemed that they were hunting in the rain, and now they were in a hurry to go back.
Zhou Xuan shouted, "Brother Montenegro, Brother Shan, my Brother Xuan." β
Lin Heishan has galloped out of the place of a stone's throw, turned his head and saw Zhou Xuan in front of the shop, hurriedly slowed down his horse pace, and said something to a brocade robe boy next to him, the brocade robe boy nodded, Lin Heishan turned around and ran towards Zhou Xuan, and pulled the reins in front of the store, and the front hooves of the yellow husle horse under the crotch were raised high, and when he fell, he could reach Zhou Xuan five steps in front of him.
Zhou Xuan praised: "Brother Shan's handsome riding skills. β
Lin Heishan wiped the rain from his face and asked, "Brother Xuan, why are you here?" β
Zhou Xuan said: "I accompanied my sister-in-law - uh, my sister-in-law went into the mountain to sweep the tomb, and it rained on the way back, so I rested in this small shop for a while, Brother Shan, come in and drink a bowl of sweet rice bar, this village brew tastes good, and I have a good thing to show Brother Shan." β
Lin Heishan didn't get off the horse either, and said: "No, my brother was arrested today, accompany the draft to make the adults hunt, and come to you tomorrow to drink, and now the draft makes the adults anxious to go back." With that, he turned his horse's head and chased after the team.
Zhou Xuan went back to the store and ate some more things, and when he saw that the coachman and Laifu had eaten about the same, he asked Boss Liao to settle the bill.
Liao Yin ran into the back hall and muttered for a while, and came out and said, "Master Zhou, you and I hit it off at first sight, and I invited the money for this meal." β
Zhou Xuan knew that he went in just now to ask the proprietress for instructions, and it seemed that the proprietress was also quite dependent on him, and said with a smile: "Then I'm not welcome, Brother Liao will come to play with me when he enters the city in the future, Jiulianfang Qinfu, by the way, in case there is a headache and brain fever, vomiting and diarrhea or something in the future, even if you come to Qinfu to find me, my lady is a doctor, you are my friend, and the medical expenses are free." β
Liao Yin was stunned: "Qin Mansion, Doctor Qin, could it be Miss Qin of the State Medical Department, Doctor Qin?" Ah, really, Zhou Gongzi is the lucky son-in-law of the Qin Mansion, Zhou Gongzi is really a good blessing, Dr. Qin not only has exquisite medical skills but also noble medical ethics, and the people of Jiangzhou praise him, Zhou Gongzi, you are so blessed. β
Zhou Xuan didn't expect Qin Que to be so famous and have such a good reputation, and he also felt very honored, and said: "It should be difficult to solve the difficulty of medical treatment for the people of Jiangzhou, okay, Brother Liao will have a period in the future." β
Seeing that Zhou Xuan was so willing to be a fake son-in-law, he couldn't help but feel a little sour.
By this time the rain had stopped, the sun had reappeared, and the fields were verdant after the heavy rain with a touch of slanting sun.
Zhou Xuan still rides his old horse, and when the rain stops, he is embarrassed to be tired of accompanying his sister-in-law in the carriage, Go master Wu Qingyuan uses "don't fight two rabbits" to metaphorically play Go to concentrate, and the same is true for chasing girls, the wife hasn't done it yet, this sister-in-law still shouldn't act rashly, don't make the last rabbit can't fight.
It was already evening when I returned to Qin's house, I didn't mention taking a bath and eating, and after the meal, Zhou Xuan trained the "little general Zhang Bao" for a while, so he went back to the room early to rest, and after a bumpy day, he got up at three o'clock in the morning to paint cumin, and now he is really a little sleepy.
Cumin probed her brain by the door, and Zhou Xuan asked what was the matter?
Cumin walked in and said mysteriously, "Cumin has something important to tell my uncle." β
Zhou Xuan knew that it must be a secret about Qin Que, and cumin was the little secret agent he placed next to Qin Que, so he hurriedly encouraged him.
Cumin asked, "Does my uncle know why my lord wants to accept Miss Sewing Needle as a righteous daughter?" β
Zhou Xuan said: "Lord Yue's heart is good. β
"No," cumin is now thinking about Zhou Xuan, "After the aunt and Miss Needle left in the morning, Cumin heard the conversation between Mrs. and Miss, it turned out that Mrs. wanted to give Miss Needle to her uncle as his wife, and intended to let Uncle and Miss Needle get along moreββ"
"Ahh Zhou Xuan didn't expect that he was calculated by the Qin family again, although it was not a bad thing, but he was still unhappy in his heart, no wonder Su Xuan was so ambiguous about herself today, was she willing to marry instead of Qin Que?
Seeing that Zhou Xuan learned such a shocking truth, Cumin didn't get angry, but looked like she was delusional, so she asked: "Uncle, what's wrong with you, aren't you angry, don't you like Miss Sewing, this is not good, absolutely not!" β
In Cumin's heart, Miss Qin Que is her closest person, she is willing to match Zhou Xuan and Miss Qin, and she also thinks that Zhou Xuan is a good person, Miss will definitely be happy if she marries Zhou Xuan, and now Su Xuan is inserted to snatch Miss's wishful husband, which Cumin never wants to see.
Zhou Xuan hurriedly said: "No, I still like Miss Qin." β
Xiao Cumin was happy, and Xiao Fan shook her fist: "Uncle, have confidence, you and Miss will definitely be able to get married." β
Zhou Xuan laughed and clenched his big fist: "Yes, you must have confidence, overcome all difficulties, defeat your cousin, and marry Miss Qin." β
There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Zhou Xuan took Shangfu, Tang Xiaosan and Hu Tong to Banxian Street over there in Laohetang, where Zhou Xuan planned to buy a shop and trade crickets to prepare for the establishment of the Insect Society in the future.
It's better to come early than to come by chance, there happens to be a cricket trading insect shop to transfer the store with the goods, the insect shop owner because of the wife and the concubine fight, the wife's mother's family has a bit of power, forcing the store owner to sell the concubine, but the concubine is already pregnant, so the store owner is anxious, the store can't be opened, and he is anxious to get rid of it, and the price is eight hundred taels of silver.
Zhou Xuan went in and took a look, the house has three entrances inside and outside, there are two small courtyards, three rows of wooden houses, the row of houses facing the street has two floors, the total area is about 400 square meters, the wooden walls of the house are dark brown, it seems that this house is some years old.
Zhou Xuan shook his head and said: "The boss doesn't seem to be sincere in wanting to sell, such a sky-high price, this is not in Jiangzhou City, it is a suburb and a countryside, how can there be such an expensive storefront, and the planks of the house have decayed, I think it is at least a hundred years old." β
The owner of the insect shop shouted: "How can there be more than a hundred years, only fifty years, this son, I am already selling at a low price, you say, how much silver are you willing to pay?" β
Zhou Xuan stretched out four fingers: "Four hundred taels." β
"Ah, you're too ruthless, stop the waist and bargain, no, no, at least seven hundred taels."
was bargaining back and forth, when he suddenly heard a young man shouting: "Boss, your wife's family is here again!" β
Zhou Xuan looked at it, a group of men and women with long sticks and short sticks came on the other side of the long street, headed by the wife of the owner of the insect shop, who has been living in her mother's house these days, and comes to make trouble every day.