On the way, Ruoxue asked about Mei Zhiyuan's relatives, and she didn't know which lady Mei Jishan picked for him.

In the carriage, Ruoxue and Mei Zhiyuan sat opposite each other, Qiaolian Peony sat near the door, and the two of them looked at the shops and the flow of people in the street market outside from the gap in the shaking curtain from the side of the door.

Mei Zhiyuan was a little embarrassed by her question, leaning on the wall of the carriage, swaying slightly as the carriage walked, he looked at the two maids, and saw that they didn't pay attention to Ruoxue's question, and his heart was a little more relaxed.

Mei Zhiyuan raised his hand and clenched his fist against his lips and coughed dryly before speaking.

What Mei Jishan asked for him was that He Shanshan, the second lady of the He family on Zhuque Street in the north of the city, had two He families, one settled in the capital, and the other was the He family in Jinling.

He Shanshan's uncle and grandfather were Tanhualang under the rule of the previous emperor, and now he is in the capital as the imperial historian, with a good official reputation and is also appreciated by the current emperor.

He Shanshan's fourth uncle, that is, the second son of her uncle and grandfather, is also a tanhua and land, and is now a prefect in Xiangtan, Hubei.

He Shanshan's father is the second master of the He family, and he is also the head of the He family's stay in Jinling City, guarding the ancestral family business here.

The second master of He, whose real name is He Qizhou, was a person thirteen years ago, and later he also failed in several examinations, but he sat in the hall of the school and sat brightly, and now he is a professor of the sixth grade.

He Shanshan is fifteen years old this year, two years younger than Mei Zhiyuan, I heard that she is very talented, her appearance is not bad, she is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is a young lady with a good heart.

"It seems that the second uncle has gone to great lengths to find a good family for the eldest brother, and the eldest brother should cherish it!" Ruoxue said.

Mei Zhiyuan heard the meaning of her words, so that he could learn something so that he would not waste his father Mei Jishan's hard work.

"Hmm."

Mei Zhiyuan lifted the curtain of the car and looked outside, "This doesn't seem to be the way to Jiutong Fortune!" He said.

"Well, there's something to do, let's go to Changping Street in the south of the city first." Ruoxue said.

"What's the matter?"

Ruoxue also reached out and lifted the curtain to look out, "I'm going to open a restaurant there, go over and have a look today." She said.

"There are already two restaurants in the city, isn't it too much to open another one?" Mei Zhiyuan felt that opening another restaurant would disperse the flow of customers, and some of the gains outweighed the losses.

Ruoxue withdrew her hand and lowered the curtain, looked at the eldest brother opposite and said, "I asked Mr. Zhang, and he didn't say that he couldn't open it." He will also go there today, see him in a moment, you can say what you think. ”

This Mr. Zhang Mei Zhiyuan is acquainted, he is a strategist who follows his eldest uncle, most of the decisions in the family have to be implemented by him, and he also studied with Mr. Zhang for two years, and then he always followed Mei Jiye around, so he didn't teach him.

"Okay."

The carriage was again on the crowded street, and after half a cup of tea, it stopped in front of a two-story building.

More than a dozen guards were scattered outside the carriage, Qiu Lin stood on the side of the carriage, bent down slightly and said, "Miss, it's time to get there." ”

Qiao Lian lifted the curtain, and Peony jumped down from the side of the carriage first, and took a footstool from the back of the carriage for Mei Zhiyuan to come down.

Then Ruoxue took the hand of the peony and walked down, turned to look at the restaurant, the restaurant is a two-storey brick and wood structure facing north and south, because it is not opened, there is no plaque on the lintel, and only two of the eight doors on the first floor are unloaded, and the furnishings in the lobby are not real.

Upstairs facing the street, you can see the windows of the six private rooms, all of which have open windows, and you can imagine that the room is extremely bright.

The second window upstairs by the east side was pushed open, and Zhang Jing leaned out half of his body, "The eldest lady is here!" Hurry up. He shouted.

"Master Zhang came so early!" Ruoxue looked up and said.

The guys in the restaurant, hearing the neighing of horses, ran out of the door where the two door panels were removed, and looked at Ruoxue and their group with seven or eight pairs of eyes.

Is this their owner? How can you be so young? Seeing that young master and young lady are only teenagers, doesn't that look like the owner at all!

Qiu Lin waved his hand and motioned for the guards to go in, and a few of them strode towards the building.

Seven or eight guys saw this posture, and they all subconsciously retreated into the building again.

"Is it the owner who has arrived? No one said anything! ”

Pulling away a guy, the leather shopkeeper came out of the back kitchen, and he was followed by Ruohong's apprentice, Ma Laoshi.

When the two saw Ruoxue, they leaned down and kowtowed to Ruoxue, "Hello host!" The villain said goodbye to the owner. They said.

The men also knelt down and kowtowed in confusion, shouting, "Say hello to the owner." ”

Ruoxue just walked into the door, waved her hand to let everyone get up, saw that the leather shopkeeper was also here, and said, "You are here too?" ”

"Yes. The shopkeeper Liu sent by the owner has taken over the restaurant over there, and the villain came over with Ma Laoshi. The leather shopkeeper stood up and bent over, and talked back to Ruoxue.

Ruo Xueyue sent a letter and asked Ma Laoshi to teach her apprentice to come to Jinling as soon as possible, she wanted to open a boiled fish restaurant in the south of Jinling City, and let Ma Laoshi be the chef.

Ma Laoshi got up from the ground, bowed to his fist, and said, "Miss, I don't know where my master is?" When can I go to see her? ”

He has been here for two days, thinking about kowtowing to Ruohong, but he doesn't know where Ruohong is, even if he finds Meifu, he can't enter the inner courtyard.

Ruoxue looked at Ma honestly, she was much more energetic than the last time she saw him, and the clothes she was wearing were much better, "She is recuperating in the Fahua Nunnery outside the city, let's take her over for a while, and I will bring her over when the restaurant opens." She said.

Zhang Jin came down from upstairs and bowed to Ruoxue and Mei Zhiyuan, "Hello Miss, Hello Young Master." ”

Mei Zhiyuan shook his fist at Zhang Jing, "Hello Mr. Zhang." He said.

"Well said."

Zhang Jing clenched the scroll in his hand tighter, "Miss, look at how it is here!" He gestured around with his finger holding the book for Ruoxue and them to see.

This lobby is spacious, with eight bucket-thick columns supporting the structure of the second floor, and there are eight round tables and six square tables for a total of fourteen tables, which can accommodate hundreds of guests at the same time.

Zhang Jing said that it is suitable for receiving middle and low-class guests, suitable for the large-scale promotion of boiled fish, and there are eight private rooms upstairs, which can be used by people of high status.

This restaurant is the property of the Mei family, and it used to be rented to people's families, and it was also a month ago, Ruoxue asked people to take it back and paint it, she said. It was repaired, and I was ready to start business when Ma Laoshi came.

Ruoxue looked around, nodded her head to indicate that it was very good, and she walked up the stairs to look around several private rooms, and finally sat down on a high-backed chair at the table in the fifth private room.