Chapter 22 Changes in the City of Suzhou
Shen Wuyan came back after all, no matter what Su Qiaoqiao had, he could only choose this way. [Ran^Text^Library] [][For more exciting novels, please visit] It's just that the grace of saving lives can't be repaid, maybe the girl will forget about herself one day.
turned to look at the tear-eyed girl in front of her, and her lips were slightly pale under the rain,
The little face was flushed, and it looked like he was sick.
"Yue'er has a fever......"
Shen Wuyan put his hand on Yue'er's head to test, only to feel as if he was touching the stove, and before he could say anything else, Yue'er had already collapsed in Shen Wuyan's arms, and there was a murmur in his mouth.
"Young master, you're back, Yue'er misses you so much......"
The girl's whisper remembered in Shen Wuyan's ears, and he picked up the girl and ran towards the teahouse, while whispering: "Yue'er is not afraid, young master, I am back, and I will not leave you in the future." ”
The rain was still dripping.
On the bridge in the far corner of the teahouse, there were two people, an old man and a young man, and the eyes of both of them fell on the side of the Xingbake Teahouse, until Shen Wuyan carried Yue'er into the teahouse, and the girl slowly turned around.
"Grandpa Xue, let's go back."
Doctor Xue sighed lightly and patted the girl's shoulder: "Forget him, Qiaoqiao." ”
As soon as the old man's words came out, Su Qiaoqiao's tears also flowed, but she couldn't see Doctor Xue behind her back. Then he reopened the oil-paper umbrella and ran off into the distance, oblivious to the splashing rain staining the pink gauze dress.
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Returning to Suzhou, Shen Wuyan had a general understanding of some of the things that had happened in the past half a month, some of which were expected, and the other was a little sudden, in short, it was a mixed blessing.
Among them, the Shen family buffet restaurant has been carried out very smoothly, and it has been in a state of full capacity for half a month. The sales of the newly renovated soy milk tea have also risen steadily, basically replacing the milk tea.
Although some reactions said that the taste of milk tea had changed, they did not say that it was not delicious, which could be regarded as a major hidden danger in Shen Wuyan's heart.
The sales of milk tea are indeed not a problem, but the careful Yue'er found another problem. Many of the previous guests in the teahouse are now running to the side of the Lilac Lane Jixian Residence, saying that there is also milk tea there, and the grade is higher than that of the Shen family restaurant.
At first, Yue'er didn't care about this problem, because Jixianju had been picking up goods from Xingbake before, which was also decided by Shen Wuyan before, in order to play the brand of Xingbake, it didn't matter if she drank it in the teahouse or not, it would make money anyway.
It's just that now Jixianju doesn't pick up the goods from Xingbake, but they still have milk tea. So they guessed that they were afraid that they had also mastered the technology of milk tea.
Speaking of which, there is no copyright consciousness in this era, and a book can be reprinted an unlimited number of times. You can study the dishes that others have researched and stir-fry them as they are.
Milk tea is an extremely simple drink, and now after pondering in Jixianju, the production method of milk tea has also been developed, and it can naturally be produced and become its own.
Shen Wuyan had also thought about this result before, once the milk tea effect came out, then someone would definitely follow it. There is really no great difficulty in this thing, and it is usually handed over to the other party to study for a period of time, and it can be more or less successful.
What happened in the mall, Shen Wuyan roughly expected it. But the incident that happened among the literati made him cry and laugh.
In the past few days, there have been two questions in the literary circle in Suzhou, one of which is who is the author of "The Story of Stones"? There is speculation that it was written by the young master of a wealthy merchant in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, because the content of the book is the story of the weaving Cao family.
But there is speculation that the author must be a woman. Because what kind of work can be done by a man? Like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", it is like a man's style.
Therefore, there are speculations about where this woman is, and it is also a sub-altar of public opinion, among which some say that it is written by Cai'er, the maid of the eldest lady of the Li family's bookstore, and some say that Cai'er is just a maid, and the real one is written by the eldest lady Li Wan'er.
What are the facts? The Li family did not express their position for the time being, saying that the Hu family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was now proposing to the Li family, and because Li Wan'er had a marriage contract before, she couldn't agree for a long time.
As for the person who has a marriage contract with Li Wan'er, he is said to be an idiot who can only read, and he is not worthy of Li Wan'er at all. Although Hu Yuming is a businessman, most of them are not worthy of Li Wan'er, but that Zhang Boning Zhang Dacai is a good match.
So there was another story of Zhang Boning and Li Wan'er in the community, which has also attracted many jokes. At least for Shen Wuyan now, or Gu Qingshan, who is sitting in Jixian Ju drinking tea now, it is all a boring farce.
Today, only Gu Qingshan and Wang Zhenming sat opposite each other.
Gu Qingshan swept the drizzle outside the window and chuckled: "Speaking of which, Boning is indeed very infatuated with that Wan'er girl, and I have had trouble with Hu Yuming, the eldest young master of the Hu family, several times in the past few days, but the results are not very satisfactory." ”
Wang Zhenming changed into a light gray Confucian dress today, with a square scarf on his head, but he looked elegant and extraordinary. Hearing Gu Qingshan say this, he couldn't help but smile faintly and said, "If "The Story of Stones" was really written by that Li Wan'er girl, Bo Ning didn't look at it. ”
Gu Qingshan knew what Wang Zhenming meant, the Li family was a family of businessmen anyway, although they ran a bookstore and were good at dealing with literati, they couldn't get rid of their identity as merchants after all.
"Actually, Boning also dislikes businessmen very much, and now he is willing to change so much for Li Wan'er, I'm afraid I don't care who wrote the book."
Wang Zhenming nodded, and then said: "How does Qingshan taste my milk tea compared to the milk tea of the eight guests?" ”
Gu Qingshan knew that Jixianju now had his own milk tea, but he was a little unaccustomed to drinking this thing, so he didn't care about it. At this time, when I heard Wang Zhenming say it, I was also a little curious, so I took a sip.
“…… It's exactly the same, Brother Zhenming still has this hand? ”
Wang Zhenming laughed, waved his hand and said: "How can I be a scholar with this ability, I still have to take action from a few tea ceremony masters over there in Yuelou, and after this month's ratio, I finally tossed it out." ”
After all, it is the first restaurant in Suzhou, Deyue Building, although this milk tea is a product of hundreds of years ago, but after decomposing the milk tea, and then after several studies, the production method is still obtained.
"Speaking of which, the person behind the Awakening Eight Guest Teahouse seems to have something to do with the Shen Family Restaurant......
While sipping tea, Gu Qingshan suddenly mentioned this matter.
Ever since he talked about this mysterious person in Jixian Ju that day, and learned that it was that person who was drinking tea on the side before, Gu Qingshan has been thinking about it, and he wanted to find a chance to visit, but he just went to wake up a few times, and he said that he was not there.
Later, Gu Qingshan also understood that most of the other party was cold and didn't want to see people, so he simply didn't go.
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"You said that Gu Dacai also came to me?" Shen Wuyan sat on the edge of Yue'er's bed and said in surprise.
Yue'er was amused by Shen Wuyan's suddenly surprised expression, and hurriedly said, "People are here to visit you, but they don't know what this kind of character is coming to you for, and they have been here several times." ”
Shen Wuyan took Yue'er's little hand and said with a smile: "If Yue'er likes it, I'll see him next time I come." ”
"By the way, young master, tell me your story quickly, Cai'er said that she was in a hurry to wait for the next article." Yue'er was still lying in bed today, she had drunk medicine and slept all night before, but now she still had a low-grade fever, and Shen Wuyan didn't let her get out of bed.
Speaking of this "Stone Record", Shen Wuyan couldn't help but think of the girl he met on Shufang Street, and then looked at Yue'er who was full of anticipation, thinking that he would tell her now, and she would get up and copy it again in a while.
"You lie down first, and the young master will help you copy it for you. …… By the way, what did Cai'er say later? ”
Yue'er knew what Shen Wuyan meant, but she was afraid that she would be tired of copying, so she simply didn't say anything, and when she mentioned Cai'er's side at this time, Yue'er sighed lightly: "Cai'er's side hasn't written yet, and the meaning of the Li family is quite vague now." …… In my opinion, in essence, the Li family has no intention of marrying the Hu family. ”
"How can I say that......." Shen Wuyan didn't know much about the business between the Li family and the Hu family, so he asked curiously.
Yue'er pondered for a moment, probably sorting out the relationship over there, and then said: "Although the Li family's main bookstore is now, it started with embroidery in the early years, and the Li family's Su embroidery is famous all over the world, and it has almost become an imperial businessman." It was only later that due to changes in the political situation, the Li family had to change their court. ”
In fact, the silk weaving industry in the south of the Yangtze River is extremely developed, and the three major weaving industries are here, and the taxes on sericulture in the DPRK and China have also decreased a lot in recent years, which has contributed to the growth of many large-scale embroidery villages.
"The Hu family was already an imperial merchant in the early years, and it was still the relationship between Governor Hu, and Hangzhou Weaving also had to sell him a face, and Governor Hu also had a relationship with Lord Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet, in the court. The Li family is actually very embarrassed......"
Shen Wuyan was slightly stunned, why would a bookstore in the Li family be embarrassed because of the silk cloth emperor?
"More than thirty percent of the embroidery village in Suzhou are from the Li family, but now there are three percent of the Wang family and four percent of the Xu family.
In fact, the imperial merchant was not a very profitable business, or it was often sold to the imperial court at a low price. It's just that he doesn't suffer, after all, it is the voice of the court that he does, so what he gets is also the benefit of the court.
There is a benefit called privilege, such as the river channel of Caoyun cannot be used by other merchants, but the imperial merchants can use it. Or in terms of tax collection, the imperial merchants were much more preferential than other merchants. So in terms of competition, it's a lot stronger.
"If the Li family's embroidery village can't get the imperial merchant this year, I'm afraid it will be squeezed out of Suzhou City. With the meager strength of the bookstore, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain it for too long. ”
Shen Wuyan listened to Yue'er say this, and finally understood what was so powerful. As he was talking about this, Steward Liu knocked on the door and said in a low voice, "Second Young Master, the eldest young master and the eldest young grandmother are here." ”
Yue'er was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly said: "I forgot to tell the young master, the eldest young master said that he would come to take over the teahouse." ”
Shen Wuyan paused, he remembered another thing, and asked, "Did the eldest young master mention the milk tea recipe to you?" ”
Yue'er thought for a while, and suddenly said: "On the day the young master left, the eldest young master came and said that it was the recipe for the young master to ask for milk tea. I didn't tell him, and there wasn't much he could do, so he left. ”