Mei Sheng got up to open the door, a little surprised.

The dormitory of the county school was originally one room for two people, and Mei Sheng's dormitory was a long-term student, and at the end of last year, he went to Beijing as a prisoner, and it was empty.

Among his classmates, Mei Sheng is young, diligent in study, and usually does not interact much with his classmates.

When Mei Sheng walked to the door and opened the door, he was a little surprised when he saw the person outside the door: "Brother Liang? ”

Liang Ningsheng, who came to him, was a classmate who passed the children's examination in the same year as Mei Sheng, and was a local, who had a house in the town, and usually did not live in the county.

Liang Ningsheng glanced at the book in Mei Sheng's hand and said, "Yesterday, Mr. Er's solution to the problem was a little unreasonable, I heard that Brother Mei was here, and came to ask for advice, did it disturb you to read." ”

"Brother Liang is polite." Mei Sheng opened the door and let Liang Ningsheng in, while saying,

The dormitory is not big, there are two beds, two desks, not many things, but it is better to be neat and clean.

Liang Ningsheng looked at it casually, and his eyes paused on Mei Sheng's sleeve.

Mei Sheng was wearing Confucian clothes, not shabby, but he couldn't stand a closer look. Not only is the clothes faded and the color is not correct, but the cuffs are also frayed.

Liang Ningsheng didn't feel strange when he saw this.

As the saying goes, "Jin Juren" and "Poor Show Talent", there is no shortage of poor students in the county school.

If you can't lift people in the exam, Xiucai is not of much use, if there is no hope of fame, you can only sit in the library and teach to earn a chew.

But what's going on with this Mei family? is not only a scholarly family, his grandfather is a child, and his uncle is also a talent, he should know that fame is important, no matter how the family was before, isn't it a good student to envelop Mei Sheng now? Why do you still ignore it?

and Mr. Yuan, who is ruthless and has a bad family, but his grandson is always close to him, and he doesn't even care about it.

Liang Ningsheng came under the banner of a question, so he held back the doubts in his heart, took the homework, and pointed out one or two ambiguous points, and Mei Sheng patiently talked about it.

Liang Ningsheng really gained something, looked at Mei Sheng with admiration and said: "I can't complain about the master, Brother Mei is the most important, if I didn't listen to you, I really wouldn't have thought that I could solve the problem like this." ”

If you are someone else, you have to be humble, but Mei Sheng just pulled the corners of his mouth, looking a little cold.

Liang Ningsheng has never dealt with Mei Sheng, but he often looks at each other, knowing that he has always been like this, but he is not picky, he looked at the books spread out on the desk, hesitated for a moment and said: "There is something I want to trouble Brother Mei, there is a brother who is learning calligraphy, and he is looking for a suitable copybook. If it's convenient for Brother Mei, ask Brother Mei to help copy the copybook. ”

"No trouble! Three hundred texts. Mei Sheng glanced at Liang Ningsheng and couldn't help but wonder.

Liang Ningsheng is a son of an official gentry, what kind of calligraphy can't be found, and he wants a calligraphy from a young man? I don't know why this toss came.

Liang Ningsheng listened to Mei Sheng's words, and the smile on his face was a little unbearable.

This Mei Sheng is really unexpected, and there are a few scholars who are willing to talk about the copper smell. As far as the readers Liang Ningsheng came into contact with, one by one they all hung their faces high.

Mei Sheng is cold in temperament, and he gives people the feeling that he is a little high, but now he is down-to-earth.

Thinking about it like this, Liang Ningsheng felt that Mei Sheng was good again, took out the money bag, took out a string of money to make a deposit, and retired with a smile.

Mei Sheng sent Liang Ningsheng to the door, but he couldn't figure out his intentions, so he didn't want to put it aside and continued to copy the book.

*

Liang Ningsheng went directly out of the county school and went back to the town.

"What about Mei Xiaoxiu?" Mrs. Liang couldn't wait, and when she saw her son coming back, she hurriedly asked.

Liang Ningsheng said: "I thought I was a nerd who didn't understand the world, but now it seems to be even more rare, but I'm afraid that life will be harder." As he spoke, he talked about asking Mei Sheng to write a notebook, and Mei Sheng directly raised the money.

When Liang Niangzi heard this, she couldn't help but speak: "Didn't you say the squire's family?" And what about Liao Yin, why are you still worried about making a living? ”

Liang Ningsheng said: "I heard that he copied books for the town bookstore to earn a pen, and I thought it was true, but he learned to eat in the county, dressed simply, and rarely came out to eat and drink, so he should be the silver to prepare for next year's township exam." ”

"Poor insight, it's also a miserable fate!" Liang Niangzi knew that Mei Sheng's parents were dead, and she lived with her grandfather and uncle's family, so she sighed.

Liang Ningsheng felt that it was just right, Mei Sheng's future was just right, the Mei family was unreliable, the Yuan family did not come forward, if he became a sister-in-law, the Liang family would provide for it.

Even if Mei Sheng is hopeless in the end, as long as he is admitted to the lifting of people, the Liang family will not suffer.

If you wait until the Hou Mansion interferes in the sister-in-law's affairs, who knows what kind of family it is. Now that the Hou Ye has arranged for Jin Zhuangtou to give his sister a dowry, there will be no less, and it is nothing to provide a scholar.

Liang Niangzi was not only satisfied with the simple population of Mei Sheng's family, but also worried that he had lost his parental upbringing and biased temperament, and said: "Nothing else, it's better to inquire more, character is the most important." ”

"I have been classmates for a year, except for a little bit of money, I have never heard of any shortcomings." Liang Ningsheng said.

Liang Niangzi thought for a while and said: "Then ask about his family and see what the behavior of the elders is, and you can estimate the same, and the atmosphere of the clan is also inquired, it must be appropriate." ”

When Liang Ningsheng heard this, he remembered one thing and said: "There are many shadows, it seems that I heard that Mei Sheng's relatives have been sued, and the trial will start on the tenth day of the first month." ”

Liang Niangzi immediately frowned and said: "Then you have to inquire carefully, if it is really a traitor, this family matter has to be weighed again." ”

Liang Ningsheng nodded and said: "That's natural, and it just depends on whether Mei Sheng's temperament is really cold or false." ”

If Mei Sheng treats his relatives to dig out his heart and lungs, then he will have to help the people of the clan in the future; If Mei Sheng ignores his clansmen, he will be too ruthless.

An orphan, whose uncle and aunt are lazy, can still read it smoothly, and has a place for his own people to take care of him.

Both mother and son regarded Mei Sheng as a quasi-son-in-law and a quasi-sister-in-law, and they did not expect the possibility that Mei Sheng was unwilling.

As for Mei Sheng's current marriage contract, Jin Zhuangtou said it clearly, the generation is wrong, and the suspicion of rebellion is that Mei Sheng's uncle and aunt messed up the mandarin duck spectrum, and it will be resolved as soon as possible.

However, the meaning of the Liang family's mother and son, there is one thing that comes to mind with Du Liujie. That is, it is not good to delay for too long, it is best to make a marriage contract between the two families before the township test, and the provincial Meisheng township test will have extraneous branches.

Lifting people is different from showing talents, and juvenile lifting people is more expensive.

With the Hou Mansion as a backer, in the land of three rivers and one county, the Liang family is not afraid of people robbing their son-in-law; But the township is in the capital, and when the time comes, if the powerful really want to take a fancy to Mei Sheng and recruit a son-in-law, then the Liang family will not be enough.

*

At dusk, Gui Wu House.

Gui Wu came back from Yuan's school, and the Jiang family had already asked someone to prepare a mutton pot and asked the maid to put it on the table.

The husband and wife sat down, and Guiqiu hurried over.

Seeing that Gui Qiu's face was wrong, Gui Wu said directly: "But something happened to the restaurant?" ”

Gui Qiu's face showed fear, and said: "Fortunately, the fifth uncle and Chongyang said before that there were already people in the shop, otherwise something would really happen!" ”

It turned out that someone had bought an apprentice in the kitchen and brought a packet of croton flour into the kitchen. If this succeeds and eats bad customers, Barilla's reputation will be damaged.

You must know that the reputation of Barilla is that it is of good quality and low price, and if there is a spoilage of the ingredients, the signboard will be broken.

This time it's just croton powder, and if you encounter a bad heart and bring a handful of arsenic into the kitchen, it will be even more fatal.

"Illness comes from the mouth" and "disaster comes from the mouth", Gui Wu has been taking care of the teahouse for many years, and he has not seen or heard of all kinds of methods in the business field, so he naturally told Gui Qiu a long time ago. poured Gui Chongyang, perhaps in Nanjing, and had a set of business experiences, and directly regarded the kitchen as an important place, and suggested that Gui Qiu be strict in management.

Even Barilla's housekeeper didn't know that there were two "quality inspectors" in each kitchen of Barilla, this word was Gui Chongyang's idea, and I don't know where he heard it, but it was straightforward.

In addition to the work on the surface, these two people are also responsible for the cleanliness of the ingredients in the kitchen in private.

A month and a half taels of silver, more than the salary on the surface, are careful and fast-eyed people, if you find a problem there is a reward, relative negligence will also deduct wages.

Linked to wages, these "quality inspectors" are naturally careful, and they have found a few inappropriate places in the first month of opening, and they have been rewarded according to the size of their contributions.

There are two people in one shop, six people in three shops, and the person in charge is none other than Wang San'er, the "veteran" of Barilla.

Wang San'er was originally a young man in the Jiang family's teahouse, and he has been working since Barilla didn't open, inside and out, and he is extremely responsible when he becomes a "steward".

Prime Minister Wang San'er, the people below are getting more and more energetic, and the two pairs of eyes in each shop are staring at each other, only then did they discover the sneakiness of the apprentice and catch it.

"But the Lord has sent it? Which one is in town? Gui Wu's face was ugly.

When Gui Wu opened here, Monk Tie and Zhong Xiaoyan both came forward, just to support Gui Wu and warn his peers not to bully people, and Barilla was covered by someone.

I don't want to, it's only been a month, and someone bumped into it, and it's this kind of indiscriminate method, and Gui Wu is also angry.

Gui Qiu shook his head and said, "It's really hard-mouthed, and if you don't want to say it, you really lose your conscience." ”

Barilla needs a lot of manpower, and the manpower used is miscellaneous, in addition to the baskets on the pier, there are also some small food stall owners whose livelihood is affected by the opening of Barilla.

It can't be said that Barilla is kind to all the guys, and it's better than the average shop to treat the guys.

As for those who can enter the back kitchen as apprentices, or confidants, or have passed the previous inspection, this is preferred, and is cultivated by Barilla as a future chef, such a person betrays "Barilla" just for money?

"Can I ask someone to inquire, but I got into gambling? Or is someone in the family seriously ill and waiting to be treated? Gui Wu thought of these two possibilities.

Gui Qiu nodded and said: "I also think of these two places, but he works in the shop every day, where is the kung fu to gamble?" The family is also alive, that is, in Linshui Village on the edge of the town, he has no land, and he has dozens of acres of land to plant, and his father and mother are honest and diligent people, I really can't figure out why he is doing this? ”

Whatever the reason, betrayal is betrayal.

Gui Wu sneered: "Send it to Boss Tie, don't be afraid that he won't say it!" ”