Approaching the festive season, the crowd in the Treasure Pavilion is surging. Some of the guys in the store already recognized Li Jingshan, and came forward to greet them with a smile.

Li Jingshan stood in the store, but hesitated. She knew that Ruan Mingyu had been so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground recently, would he be bothered by coming over so recklessly? She didn't even know if Nguyen Minh Yu was in the store now.

She made up her mind, carefully hid her thoughts, and smiled at the fellow, "I'll choose two pieces of jewelry for my mother, you don't have to call me, you can go and do it yourself." ”

The guy smiled and said a thousand, and went to greet the guests next to him.

Li Jingshan walked from the gold cabinet to the jade carving cabinet, and then walked back to the ornament counter. Li Jingjue followed behind her, and seeing her absent-mindedness, she couldn't help but ask, "Sister, what do you want to buy?" ”

Li Jingshan raised her eyes and glanced at her younger brother, and was about to answer him, but saw Ruan Mingyu walking out of the inner hall. Her eyes lit up, her lips moved, but she forgot to deal with her brother's words.

Li Jingjue followed Li Jingshan's gaze and looked back, revealing a look of sudden realization, and looked at the stabbing sister's arm, "Hehe, I know." ”

As he spoke, Ruan Mingyu had already greeted him, and said happily: "I still want to go to Tianqiao Hall to look for you, so it just so happened that you came." ”

"Ha, it's not a coincidence, my sister is ......" Li Jingjue poked her head out from the side, was glared at by Li Jingshan, retracted obediently, and said with a smile, "My sister and I are here to choose jewelry for our mother." ”

Ruan Mingyu saw the small movements of the sister and brother in his eyes, and only bent his eyebrows and smiled, "It's okay to choose?" Just put it on my account. ”

"Not yet, Sister Fang just glanced into the inner courtyard." Li Jingjue said with a grin.

Ruan Mingyu glanced at Li Jingshan with a smile, and saw that a red glow flew on her face, and he didn't laugh at her, but led them to the gold jewelry counter, carefully selected a few new and elegant styles, and asked the guy to wrap them, "Mrs. Ruan has an elegant temperament, and she must look good with these models." ”

Ruan Mingyu had a good eye, and the things he picked were very much in line with Li Jingshan's heart, and he smiled and thanked him, and was about to pay with him, but he stopped him again: "It's a holiday, it should be a little bit of heart for me to my elders." ”

Elders.

Li Jingshan lowered her head slightly, put the word in her heart and chewed it repeatedly until her heart was hot.

Ruan Mingyu looked at the back of her neck revealing a small piece of white skin, which happened to be exposed under a ray of sunlight leaking from the skylight, which was slightly transparent, like a good warm water jade.

Ruan Mingyu felt dry in his mouth and quietly swallowed his saliva. The girl has grown up. Like a flower like jade, the first two years were as beautiful as a flower; Today, it is as warm as jade.

"Okay, I guess you haven't had lunch yet, have you? Let's go, I promised Ah Jue that he could invite him to the best restaurant in the capital for a meal before he was admitted to the college exam, and he just cashed in today. ”

Ruan Mingyu made a gesture of invitation with an unchanged expression, "I hope that if I go to Fuyun Tower now, I can still find a seat." ”

Li Jingjue, a foodie, cheered and went out first, Li Jingshan smiled at him and thanked him before walking out. Ruan Mingyu followed behind her, his eyes still fell on the white back of his neck, and he said in his heart, he was full now.

Fuyun Tower is really like a cloud.

Fortunately, Jingbao Pavilion has been wrapped in a private room in Fuyun Building for a long time, and when the guy saw Ruan Sanshao coming, he immediately led people to the private room on the second floor.

Ruan Mingyu ordered a few signature dishes here according to the amount of three people, and then introduced with a smile, "The chef here is from the south, and the Cantonese cuisine he makes is a must in the capital." Thinking that you came from the south, the taste is lighter, and you should be used to eating the food here. ”

As he spoke, the dish had come up, and it was a chicken pearl dumpling. The small white balls, which are not much bigger than the little thumb, are placed in the snow-blue disk, as delicate and lovely as the water droplets on the lotus leaves. On the side are three toad-shaped saucers, with a bulging belly filled with sesame sauce, sour plum sauce, and sweet noodle sauce.

"It's a chicken breast with shrimp minced into a puree, marinated in the store's secret recipe, cooked in broth, and dipped in sauce to taste." Ruan Mingyu didn't let the shopkeeper wait on the side, and personally scooped two small balls for Li Jingjue and put them in a bowl.

I dipped two more balls in the sesame sauce and sent them to Li Jingshan's bowl, "I love the taste of sesame sauce the most, can you taste it?" ”

Li Jingshan blushed and thanked her, and silently put the little balls into her mouth.

Li Jingjue just put the two balls in her stomach, and when she saw it, she shouted, "I'm going to try sesame sauce too." ”

Ruan Mingyu chuckled, and before he could speak, he saw Li Jingshan glance at his younger brother and said, "What do you want to dip yourself." ”

Li Jingjue stuck out her tongue, obediently scooped two balls by herself, and gagged her mouth.

Soon the second course also came up, and on a large white jade plate, two brilliant sunflowers were arranged in a cut gold roll, and two butterflies and half a red sun were outlined with the sauce on the side. The shopkeeper reported the name of the dish: Rich Golden Roll.

Ruan Mingyu pointed to the plate and asked with a smile: "I remember that there is also a vegetarian goose dish in Minzhou?" ”

"I know the vegetarian goose," Li Jingjue seemed to be a good student who answered Mr. 's question, "wrapped in glutinous rice skin with mushrooms, fungus and other vegetarian fillings, and steamed in the basket drawer." Just cut it and put it on a plate. ”

"This dish is actually pan-fried vegetarian goose." Ruan Mingyu smiled. He picked up the sterling silver duckbill sauce bowl beside him, rolled up his sleeves and wrists, and poured the orange-red sweet and sour sauce on the gold roll, his movements were like flowing clouds and indescribably chic.

"Wrap the boiled yam, glutinous rice, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, fried peanuts, etc. with yuba skin, steam half a column of incense on the high heat, and then put the whole piece into the pot and fry it. Take it out until golden brown, cut it into pieces and serve. The good thing about the people in Beijing is this crispy and fragrant. ”

The petals of the golden roll poured with sauce seem to be falling into the sun, giving off an alluring and inviting luster.

Ruan Mingyu put down the silver cup, clipped one for each sister and brother, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Taste?" ”

Li Jingshan took a bite of the crispy golden roll, and thought to herself, no wonder in the Minzhou Courtyard before, she was able to say that Young Master Ruan was obedient with her ingenious and exquisite plating. Zhong Ding Yushi, that's how life you are, right?

"Well, it's sweet and sour, it's really delicious!" Foodie Li Jingjue has not hesitated to give the highest praise.

The dishes were one after another, and each dish Ruan Mingyu gave a detailed description of how to eat it, and some of them also came with allusions. Li Jingjue was not only full, but also listened to a stomach full of fresh anecdotes, and ate to her heart's content.

"Young Master Ruan, you are so powerful," Li Jingjue's eyes turned into shining stars as she looked at Ruan Mingyu, "Do you know how to cook these dishes?" ”

"I'll just eat." Ruan Mingyu laughed and said, "It's just that we do this business, and we have learned a lot of things, and we just know a little about the skin." As he spoke, he glanced at Li Jingshan.

Li Jingshan lowered her eyes.

She knew that Ruan Mingyu was not intentionally showing off, but showing her a higher platform. The prosperity of the capital is not only in the dazzling array of goods, but also in the exquisite and luxurious life that every bit of it. And jewelry craftsmanship is to serve such a group of people, and it must be understood, and even integrated into the life of it.

When Li Jingshan raised her eyelids again, she smiled at Ruan Mingyu, which contained her understanding and epiphany. Ruan Mingyu also smiled back with a relieved smile. It's all in plain sight.

This meal lasted until the second half of the night, Ruan Mingyu ordered the carriage to send them back, and explained: "Tomorrow is the Guigui wine banquet of Jingbao Pavilion, and I can't accompany you to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival." I have ordered the courtyard to prepare food for you. Let's take a sin first. ”

Li Jingjue waved her hand and said, "Young Master Ruan, don't worry about me, there are already many classmates in Taixue, and we just made an appointment to hold a banquet in Taixue tomorrow, which is not only to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also to welcome the New Year." ”

Ruan Mingyu was slightly surprised, and turned his head to look at Li Jingshan.

Li Jingshan also smiled, "Don't worry about me." Tianqiao Hall has long planned to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Ruan Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart, so that friends who don't have to worry about it can get along easily.

"Okay, then you can go your own way." He smiled and waved his hand and sent them into the carriage.

When he returned to the backyard of the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, he saw that Ruan Mo was already waiting in his room.

"Did you find out?"

Ruan Mo nodded, stepped forward, and whispered beside him.

Ruan Mingyu listened to him quietly, and nodded with an unchanged expression, "I know, don't pay attention to it, just continue to stare at the Elder Pavilion." ”

Ruan Mo nodded, and was about to withdraw, when he heard Ruan Mingyu's instructions, "Let Ruan Shu buy a box of moon cakes from Lianxiang Building tomorrow and send it to Tianqiao Hall to Miss Li." ”

Ruan Mo nodded expressionlessly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the young master will face the historical task of taking over the Great Seal of the Jingbao Pavilion tomorrow, and he didn't forget to send warmth to his sweetheart, intimate!

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On August 15, the golden autumn is cool.

The five-year Guigui Wine Party of Jingbao Pavilion was held in the largest Juxian Building in Beijing.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the largest private room in Juxian Tower had already gathered the eight elders of the Elder Pavilion of the Treasure Pavilion - they were all the highest heads in charge of the affairs of the Treasure Pavilion, along with Ruan Jinghong, Ruan Mingfei and Ruan Mingyu.

The furnishings in the room are surprisingly simple, except for a long table in the center with enough chairs on the side, there is a pot of tea on the table, a set of paper and pencils.

Ruan Jinghong first explained the business situation of Jingbao Pavilion in the past five years, and then went straight to the topic, "I have also done it for 25 years in the position of the big shopkeeper, and now I am an old man. ”

He glanced at his two sons separately and said slowly, "I don't know what you think?" ”

Sure enough, the eight elders were divided into two factions, those who supported and supported the eldest son Ruan Mingfei, and those who supported and supported the younger son Ruan Mingyu.

"Ming Fei is the eldest son of the Ruan family, and he has always been by the side of the big boss, and he has been trained by the big boss himself, isn't this clearly going to let him take over and take over!"

"When I say this, I don't mean to belittle the eldest young master in the slightest. Just looking at the branches operated by the third young master in Minzhou, ranking first among the branches in just three years, it can be seen that the third young master has a great tendency to be blue. ”

The two factions were at loggerheads, but the two elders were silent. Liang is indeed in charge of the sale of bulk goods, and Chang Yong, who is in charge of account management.

Until Ruan Jinghong's gaze swept over them, Chang Yong wanted to avoid suspicion and pretended not to see it. Shopkeeper Liang coughed lightly and said warmly, "For so many years, the shopkeeper has made Jingbao Pavilion the largest jewelry store in the capital. Naturally, the new shopkeeper will go to the next level. It's just that I don't know the two young masters, if you take over as the chief treasurer, how will you formulate the future business direction of Jingbao Pavilion? ”