Wang came to the Splendid Building, evoked countless lovesick memories, and remembered to meet under the moon here; I think of holding a banquet here and getting married under the moon; I think of the infinite scenery of the golden signboard of the Emperor Renzong, but now, it is a deserted and dilapidated appearance, the huge restaurant on the upper and lower floors, only the hall on the first floor still sits a few tables and scattered seats,

The old shopkeeper Cui Fu is nearly sixty years old this year, and he is still greeting guests back and forth, and now the business of Jinxiu Building is sluggish, since Renzong's death after a few months of national mourning, the reopening of the trading store is not as good as before, Cui Fu has no choice, he quit a lot of kitchen workers, and compresses the cost to support the store, these two days, Cui Fu vaguely heard that Wang is back, and has always wanted to go to the house to see, but there is no one in the store to take care of it, don't look at the sporadic table of guests, but Cui Fu does not dare to slack off,

Cui Fu had just finished counting the money for a table of meals, raised his head and seemed to see someone entering the store, he saw that Xiao Er was busy checking out, so he walked out of the counter and personally greeted him and said, "Guest officer, please come inside." "Calling the king,

Wang Fang knew Cui Fu for four or five years, but there were a lot of things in this year: first Renzong died, and then Bao Zheng died, the people in the capital were always sad, and the splendid building was spent next to the king, the business in the capital was frustrated, and the palace next to the king was not very peaceful, this Cui Fu old shopkeeper was particularly anxious for more than a year, and he had been gray with his temples and eyes for more than a year.

"Shopkeeper Cui, you have always been good." When Wang saw Cui Fu like this, he inevitably sighed in his heart, he persuaded Cui Fu to continue to run Renhe Building, although he paid for the renovation of the store and shared the account with Cui Fu, but the old shopkeeper bothered to do his best and did it as if it were his own business.

Cui Fu heard the voice of the person speaking familiarly, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, recognized it as Wang Bian, and immediately the wrinkles on his face were piled up in one place, and the person also smiled: "Childe, you are here, I was saying that I will go to the house to visit today, hurry, Xiao Er, hurry up and make some hot tea for Childe." He hurriedly beckoned,

Wang next to find a table to sit down, let Cui Fu sit down, an old and a young two people have not seen each other for more than a year, always have to talk, Wang next to the mouth said, "Old shopkeeper, thank you for your hard work, I see that the business in this store is so cold, why didn't you say a word to the house, this huge store labor costs are not small, how can so many customers maintain." ”

Cui Fuhan smiled: "What do you say, there is more business in the house than this, if I say that the house should be subsidized here, there are many things in the house now, so I won't say it." ”

Wang took Cui Fu's hand and said: "Old shopkeeper, where are you talking about this, I advised you to stay and run this store, you are so careful, and now the business is not good, and it should be supplemented here." ”

Cui Fu patted the hand next to the king, in his heart the king is his own owner, but also a child, Cui Fu has also watched the king grow up over the years, he said with shame: "Childe, thanks to the help of the son, I can stay and watch this business, this business is difficult to do in recent years, Steward Lu knows the truth, and he doesn't ask the store for a few months to share the account, if I take care of this shop myself in the early years, I'm afraid I can't even pay the rent and official taxes, we don't have rent in the store now, and a few guests are enough to pay the official tax, Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, it's good if you come back, and the days will be long in the future. ”

Wang Jian heard Cui Fu say this, and knew that Xiao Lu was good enough to take care of Jinxiulou, but now how can these meager incomes be enough for labor money, he looked at the store and asked, "Shopkeeper Cui, why don't you see your nephew Cui Xi." ”

"Cough, don't hide it from the son, when the business of our store began to go downhill, I will first send Cui Xi back to his hometown, when you gave the silver to this store, I gave the child some, let him go back to his hometown to marry his daughter-in-law and farm, it is also worthy of the child, if he has the heart, he will learn a lot of things here, and open a small inn or something like that, it is better than spending it here, I am also afraid that he will learn well and be lazy."

Cui Fu pointed to the little two in the store and said to the king: "The little two who are left behind now are all unsettled children, these are still the sons who listened to your master Zhang Yi's words and helped arrange some homeless children, the children taken in by your master at that time are now sixteen or seventeen can do something, let them do apprenticeship here, it is better than going outside to endure hardships." ”

Wang Bian nodded, Master Zhang Yi, the head of the group, adopted a lot of orphans, some children have grown up in recent years, he himself is also entrusted by the master, he doesn't want these children to join the beggar gang, so he can settle some work, Wang Bian thought, looked at the dishes ordered by the scattered seats,

Cui Fu saw Wang staring at the food on the table, and suddenly remembered that it was the meal, and hurriedly said, "Oh, the son hasn't eaten yet." ”

Wang ran around all morning and was indeed still on an empty stomach, he nodded and said: "You just let them serve some food, I haven't eaten the food of Jinxiulou for a long time, you accompany me and our master to drink two sips together." ”

Cui Fu's eyes turned red when he heard this: "Okay, I'll go." Saying that, he went to Zhang Luo in person, and came back after a while, holding a plate in his hand, a pot of wine and a few cold dishes on the plate,

"Come, shopkeeper Cui, I'll fill it up for you." Wang said beside him, pouring warm wine into Cui Fu's wine glass, "Shopkeeper Cui, I just looked, just the meals on the tables of these guests, the money collected is really not enough for this expense, I heard Xiao Lu say that you make up for it every month, how embarrassed is this." ”

"Hey, my old man, I made a lot of money with my son a few years ago, and now my nephew is stable, I just left a coffin, how can I have any pictures, I know all the things about Jinxiang Mansion, and, alas, Mrs. has also encountered accidents, not to mention anything else, if I can survive until you come back, my old man will have hope." Cui Fu's eyes turned red as he spoke, and he hurriedly wiped it with the sleeve of his robe,

Wang Auditor's heart was hot, and just as he was about to speak, Xiao Er brought out a hot stir-fry and put it on their table, and some of the guests who were eating raised their heads and said, "What a taste, so fragrant." ”

"Shopkeeper, you're eccentric, why don't you serve us this stir-fried dish." It was a regular customer from Jinxiulou who spoke, and when he came, he drank wine and ate some noodle soup, and he asked Cui Fu with a haha,

Cui Fu squinted his eyes and replied loudly with a smile: "Now that coal is in short supply, we don't dare to start the fire, isn't this our son-in-law coming back, and the old ones will be blessed in the future." ”

The guest smiled: "That's good, it's a good thing that the prince is back, I'll give you a cup of respect." As he spoke, he raised his glass to the table next to the king, and the other guests heard that the king had returned, and although there were not many tables in the store, they immediately became lively and shouted: "To the prince." ”

Wang Bi was moved in his heart, raised his glass and said: "Thank you for your care, my Wang Bi is back, everyone can rest assured, our Jinxiu Building will be the first in the capital." He raised his glass in return and instructed: "Since there is a prosperous fire, everyone here today will send a stir-fry at each table, and count it on my account." ”

After a while, the fragrance of the food in the splendid building was fragrant, and the guests had smiles on their faces, and Cui Fu felt that the joy that had not been seen for a long time came to his face, "It's good for the son to come back." He couldn't help but mutter,

Wang saw Cui Fu eat a few glasses of wine, his face was flushed, and he asked Cui Fu while drinking: "Shopkeeper Cui, you are old and experienced, our Jinxiu Building is now doing light business, what is the reason for your analysis, how are the restaurants in the capital buying and selling now, and what dishes are there in the shops on the market to attract customers." ”

Cui Fu listened to the king's question, put down the cup in his hand and said: "Don't hide from the son, our Jinxiulou was famous, and there are many foreigners in the capital who are famous. ”

"Second, now the size of the shops in the capital, basically better than our business is not much, the lack of coal is not our one, we don't do other stores do not do, and there have been no new dishes for a long time, can not attract customers, and, look at our store, it turns out that there is always a birthday banquet, you often come to the dignitaries when you are there, and now after the death of Emperor Renzong, the imperial court is like a marquee to change officials, Beijing officials can't stay, maybe one day they will be transferred, who dares to hold such a swagger banquet."

Wang Jian listened to Cui Fu's words, thinking in his heart, it seems that this restaurant is in a recession, not his own family, if this is the case, it will be easy to do, everyone has a similar starting point, just wait for the opportunity, Cui Fu is still saying: "Don't say that the people can't buy coal now, but there are a few restaurants with good business, they can buy some coal at a high price, but their food prices are also expensive, looking at the boom may not be able to make more money, son, I think this coal is not easy to buy, our business is difficult to do, it is estimated that we will have to survive until the spring of next year." Cui Fu said and sighed,

Wang next to the drink of wine, the body gradually warmed up, but still feel that the store is a little cold, the guests have almost left, Xiao Er is busy cleaning up the leftovers, Wang next to know, not only the guests come less, come and sit for a short time, he pondered in his heart, the matter of coal may not be too easy to solve, and now he can think of a solution, at most, is to solve the temporary use of coal by the people of the capital, where is there more to take care of the amount of the hotel, he touched the plate, the dish that has just been fried has been cold,

With it, Wang Bei's eyes rolled: "Shopkeeper Cui, is mutton expensive on the market now?" ”

"Mutton, those fishy things, most of them are eaten by the Khitan people, but there are few people who eat mutton in the Central Plains, and there are not many mutton in our dishes, and the mutton on the market is not expensive, how did the son think of asking this." Cui Fu returned puzzled,

"Okay, I remember that when I was an envoy to Western Xia, I once made a dish for the Emperor of Western Xia, Cui Shopkeeper, now there is less coal, can there be more carbon."

Cui Fu thought for a while: "Carbon is easy to find, but carbon can't be used for heating, can't cook, what's the use." ”

"That's easy, you come to my house tomorrow, I have a good way to make our Jinxiu Building revitalize and prosper."

"Okay, I knew there must be a way for you to come back." Cui Fu said happily,