You must know that Du Mei only spent a hundred taels of silver to buy a house in a restaurant in Qinghe County.

"This object is getting less and less, as the saying goes, rare is expensive, I don't want to sell it at such a high price, but I can't do it, this material has been in my hands for half a year, and I only sold it today, if it is a recent purchase, it is more than this price." Lao Meng's shopkeeper was not annoyed, and said with a smile.

"As long as it's good, it's worth it." Zhong Yu took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and handed it to Lao Meng's shopkeeper.

Du Mei's group left, and the shopkeeper Meng cleaned up his things and muttered, "I'm sure I've seen her, why can't I remember it?" It looks really old! ”

"Dad, who have you seen?" The middle-aged man asked puzzled.

"You don't understand, how did you do it today, if it weren't for that lady's good temperament, this business would be yellow again!" Lao Meng's shopkeeper put aside what he couldn't understand, turned around and scolded his son.

"Isn't it still possible to sell it to Mrs. Su!" Shopkeeper Meng was not convinced.

"You stupid goose, where is that Cha Pozi a fuel-efficient lamp, how dare you sell her a hundred taels of silver!" The old shopkeeper Meng was so angry that he raised his hand and beat the shopkeeper Meng.

This is really not worrying, he has to wait until the Year of the Monkey to entrust Qibao Zhai to him.

Du Mei and the others couldn't hear these words, and the group walked forward slowly, seeing novel plays, seeing delicious tastes, walking and stopping, very comfortable. Zhong Yu bought some more gifts and prepared to visit He Lian in the evening.

Du Mei was also so relaxed for the first time, accompanied by her mother, uncle and younger siblings, and had already forgotten the unpleasantness in Qibao Zhai.

"It's time for us to go back, Ming'er, you still have something to do." Xu whispered to Du Mei.

At this time, at the beginning of night, the lights of each shop were turned on, and Komatsu was already so tired that he fell asleep in Xu's arms.

"Okay." Du Mei touched Du Gui's head, bent down and said, "Are you tired?" Sister carries you on her back. ”

Du Gui obediently lay on Du Mei's back, several people turned around and walked back, in the crowd of people, in the darkness where the lights could not be illuminated, a man sat on a black horse, staring at them for a long time.

He did not step forward, nor did he leave, but watched silently, as if he was frozen, and only the soul could fly freely in pursuit of the girl he loved.

The royal street at night is more lively than in the daytime, the crowd is surging, a few people are crowded around, only to go retrograde to the street, Du Mei felt the burning gaze, she put down Du Gui, looked back, in the long sea of people, where to find?

"Let's go." Xu Shi pulled down Du Mei, who was looking around blankly.

Several people got into the carriage, and the three little ones were so tired that they lost the strength they had when they came, and fell asleep next to Du Mei one by one.

When they arrived at the delicatessen, Zhong Yu turned his horse's head to find He Lian, Xu Zhang Luo washed a few small ones, Du Mei and Xiao Qi were busy cooking salted duck and snacks, and when a few small ones fell asleep, Xu took over Xiao Qi to help light the fire.

"Mother, you sleep, I can do it alone." Du Mei puts the first pot of duck on a tray to cool.

"Meizi, are you okay today?" Xu asked worriedly.

"It's okay." Du Mei felt a pain in her heart, but she said, "What can I do, my uncle bought me such a beautiful gift, I should be happy." ”

"My mother naturally hopes that you are okay, if you are sad, talk to your mother, don't hold it in your heart, boil yourself." Xu's eyes were red, Du Mei had always refused to show weakness in front of her, but in the long run, it was not a good thing.

"I came to Gangneung City to do business and make money, not for someone, again

said that we have made it clear, there will be no more things to do in the future, whether he has a wife or a princess, it is all his own business, and it has nothing to do with me. Du Mei gritted her teeth and said, but every time she said it, it was heartbreaking, and the pain was unbearable.

"That's it." Xu sighed and said no more.

She is a person from the past, how can she not understand, how ruthless Du Mei said, how much pain in her heart, she is too strong, she would rather tremble in pain than let go of her body.

When everything in the kitchen was done, Xu forced Du Mei to go to bed early, and she waited for Zhong Yu in the shop with her clothes on.

This night, Zhong Yu drank a lot of wine with He Lian for the first time, and was sent back by He Lian's coachman, Xu boiled some hangover soup and put it on the bedside, and when he saw him sleeping, he didn't call him, and went back to the room by himself.

Du Mei got up early the next day and rushed to the restaurant to be busy, from tables, chairs and benches to dishes, chopsticks and cups, from oil and salt seasonings to wine and tea, Du Mei looked at everything in detail until everything was ready.

After noon, the kitchen gradually became lively, people came and went, shuttling through, steaming on the stove, and some time-consuming meat dishes had begun to burn.

Before this, Du Mei had to learn cooking skills with the chefs, tried for a few days, Huizhou famous dishes, the most particular crispy, tender, fresh, fragrant, heavy oil, heavy color, heavy heat, steamed, stewed, stewed, Du Mei selected a few of the most distinctive, such as tiger skin tofu, steamed chicken with mushrooms, braised stinky mandarin fish, jade shrimp, etc., and then with their own old duck soup, spicy duck, eight treasure duck, hot and sour duck four treasures, spicy duck breast, and other small stir-fry, stir-fry, plus seafood and mountain delicacies of boiling and roasting, forming Mei Ji Restaurant stewed steaming, boiling, stir-frying, The unique characteristics of sweet, sour, spicy, salty, fragrant and smelly.

These cooks selected by Song Jiu are all very skilled, a little bit is thorough, Du Mei has made a dish once, as long as the essentials are explained, they can almost make it in the same way, so Du Mei does not cook in person, only greets guests outside.

Time slipped away slowly in the busy, Xu and Zhong Yu arrived early with a few small ones, and after Shen, the restaurant began to welcome guests one after another, Du Zhong carried the patriarch, Du Shu and Lin Ping Lin Qiang came first.

Zhong Yu took Du Huaibing and Du Zhong to drink tea and talk, while Du Ying sisters took Du Shu upstairs and downstairs to walk around.

"What about Uncle Yong, Uncle Sheng, and their aunts?" Seeing that only these few people got out of the carriage, Du Mei asked with some disbelief in a wink.

"The wheat and rape in the field are about to be harvested, Zhuangzi can't lack someone to take care of it, in case it is stolen by others, we will be busy for half a year!" Lin Ping tore off the newly made robe on his body, he was not used to wearing this, he only felt very restrained.

"Oh, but if you delay for two days, where will it be so coincidental." Du Mei said with some disappointment.

"Don't say that, we can't be sloppy!" Lin Ping's face was straight and there was no doubt.

"It's still early to leave the table at this time, you might as well go to the dock and pick up Lin Zheng and the three of them to eat together." Du Mei was inconvenient to fight with him, so he had to rely on him.

"How's that going to work? We're here to help you. Lin Qiang rolled up his sleeves and said.

"No, I really don't, I've arranged everything here, you can sit down seriously today." Du Mei pressed his arm and said with a smile.

"That'...... We went. Lin Ping said a word, and then drove the carriage away, to be honest, he and Lin Qiang missed their son very much, they fought for the New Year, and they hadn't seen each other for several months.

As he was talking, Niu Er, Hei Jiaolong and Ye Qing also came, they talked to Du Mei, and each sent a congratulatory gift, and they didn't want anyone to bring it, so they looked around by themselves, and they didn't know much about the furnishings of the private room upstairs, they just felt that it was good-looking, and they couldn't help but praise it.

Later, Shen Zhanghua also came, he was holding a painting scroll box under his arm, and when he saw Du Mei, he said a little modestly: "I don't know what to give you, I painted a picture by myself, just as a courtesy and affection, you don't have to dislike it." ”

If so, aren't we divided? It is a great honor to get Shen Zhizhou Mobao today. Du Mei took it with both hands and said with a smile.

"Meizi, I'm just a few years older than you, I'm here to congratulate you today, don't you want to call me an official position?" Shen Zhanghua asked nervously, he was afraid that Du Mei would refuse.

"Okay, Brother Shen, please inside!" Du Mei only thought that he didn't want others to know his identity, so he readily agreed.

When the sky darkened, seven or eight lamps were hung under the porch, illuminating the front of the door, and more people came at this time, most of them were all kinds of people that Ye Dan knew, as well as Song Jiu's old friends and friends, Du Mei was on the side, smiling and greeting them, trying to remember these fat or thin, tall or short people.

Du Mei was surrounded by everyone to greet him, and he couldn't see a team of officials walking on the street, they were escorting a man with a full face and a group of his subordinates, the man heard Du Mei's voice, turned his head to look over, and saw Du Mei standing under the lamp, smiling, the flesh on the man's face twitched uncontrollably, and his eyes were full of resentment.

The people are almost here, and the time for the banquet is approaching, Du Mei asked Ye Dan and Song Jiu to go in and arrange the seat, she stood outside alone and waited anxiously, Murong Xi has not come yet, will the other person come?

"Otherwise, let's set off firecrackers first." After a while, Ye Dan came out and asked.

"Okay, let's put it on." Du Mei looked at the crowd of people on the street, which one was she waiting for?

Du Zhong led Lin Ping and Lin Qiang father and son to set off firecrackers in front of the door, and the two kicks continued to explode in the air, and at this moment, a team of lion dancers suddenly rushed out of the market, and a person wearing a big-headed doll mask ran straight to Du Mei with a hydrangea in his hand, and the sound of gongs and drums sounded like raindrops behind him.

Two great lions ran over, and saw that they were covered with golden hairs, and had a large lion's head mask on their heads, one with red silk and the other with green thickness, and they looked at Du Mei with big playful eyes. The drums are played again, and they jump, flutter, tumble, and tickle to the beat of the drums, sometimes majestic and majestic, sometimes naïve.

The leader took out a lettuce from his pocket and threw it into the air, and the two lions shook their heads and tails, and rushed forward, seeing that the lettuce was about to fall, the red silk lion suddenly jumped high, opened its big mouth, and swallowed the lettuce in one gulp.

The people around were attracted by the sound of drums, and even the guests in the restaurant came out to watch, and they all applauded vigorously when they saw such a wonderful performance.

The red silk lion circled around Du Mei very excitedly, looking left and right as if pleading, and after a while, he rubbed on Du Mei affectionately again, and stood up all at once, and winked at Du Mei again and again.

"Thank you, a little heart, please have a glass of thin wine." Ye Dan saw that the lion was tired of making trouble with Du Mei, so he hurriedly wrapped a red envelope of ten taels of silver and handed it over.

The red silk lion didn't pay attention to him at all, only advancing and retreating around Du Mei, stretching and retracting his front paws and hind legs, walking quickly for a while, and probing slowly for a while, no matter where Du Mei went, he would not leave her left and right.

"Who are you, leave as soon as possible, if you dare to deliberately make trouble, there will be no good results today!" Seeing this, Ye Dan was anxious, and lowered his voice to warn.

"Shopkeeper Ye, what are you panicking about!" Behind the red silk mask, there was a mocking laugh, seductive and enchanting.