Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Banquet
In April and May, when the weather is the coolest, the prince has been abolished, and the fourth master is also very busy now.
Kangxi's body is also beginning to look old, but this has nothing to do with the current Li Yan.
Li Lu was taking her to Zhuangzi to play with the fourth master at this time, and the fourth master looked at Li Li, and then looked at Ye Bozhe's small appearance.
"That's okay, I'll take you to live for a few days, but I'm afraid I won't have so much time to spend with you."
Li Yan nodded, indicating that he knew, and the fourth master was indeed busy this time. Even the backyard won't be able to come for a few days.
It is the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies in April and May, and the scenery on the Zhuangzi is naturally extremely beautiful.
In later generations, many clubs and high-end restaurants have member dinner activities, or do you want to take a look at the building?
Li Yan has always said that he will do it, so he asked Ah Ling to send someone to Li Su to pass the news, saying that he planned to rent a Zhuangzi for half a banquet outside.
As soon as Li Su heard the news, he felt very good, and immediately ordered someone to do it, but this Zhuangzi still asked Li Yu to find it.
Li Yan originally planned to let the fourth master find it, but recently the fourth master was busy, so Li Yan dispelled this idea.
"Xiao Hezi, you take the silver and go to a good place near the capital to ask if anyone is willing to rent Zhuangzi, let's rent it for a month."
Xiao Hezi went, and after a few days, there was a reply: "Master, there is indeed a Zhuangzi not far from the palace, it was a private Zhuangzi of a big family before, I don't know what's going on, and it fell into the hands of a foreigner, who now wants to go back to his hometown to see the parents of his children, this house is empty, but the rent is not low at all, and he has to pay one hundred taels of silver a month." ”
Li Yan nodded: "It's indeed a bit expensive, and I'm afraid I can buy it with some silver." ”
Xiao Hezi looked at Li Yan: "Then master, let's go buy it?" Li Yan thought for a while: "That's it, let's rent it first." "There are only a hundred taels of silver on the left and right.
On the second day, Xiao Hezi went, and when he waited to come back, he was unhappy.
Ah Ling saw him at the door: "What's wrong with you?" Who was reprimanded? Xiao Hezi shook his head and sneered: "If you are trained by someone, it won't be like this." ”
Ah Ling was about to ask what was going on, Xiao Hezi went in, and Ah Ling followed into the house.
Li Yan looked at Xiao Hezi's unhappy face and asked him, "What's wrong with you?" Xiao Hezi blessed his body, and then began to complain about the outsider.
"Gege, don't you know how excessive that person is, when he heard that we were going to rent, he directly mentioned the rent to one hundred and fifty taels of silver, and when I hesitated, he said that he would not rent it."
Li Yan frowned when he heard this: "This one hundred and fifty taels is not worth it." "A few taels of money a year for ordinary people's families is enough, and a little more than ten taels of silver a year is considered rich.
And the monthly salary of the people in the house is only five taels of silver a month. But I don't have to live on that.
Li Yan frowned and thought about it, this person is really not a good person, it's just that, don't want it.
"Xiao Hezi, you go back and find something else, this person can do this kind of thing, I'm afraid it will be a lot more difficult after we buy it."
Xiao Hezi's efficiency is still very fast, and he immediately found another Zhuangzi, this Zhuangzi is better, it is left by an official's ancestor, and now the family is down, and he just needs money, so he plans to sell it for five hundred taels of silver.
Xiao Hezi smiled and invited Li Yan to take credit: "Master, I directly told the price to three hundred taels, but we have to clean up the home or something." ”
Li Yan nodded: "It's okay to clean it up, I'll go back and see what that Zhuangzi looks like." "Anyway, it's already out, and it's not up to you which Zhuangzi to go to.
Waiting for the fourth master to come in the evening, Li Yan told the fourth master about it.
The fourth master raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Yan: "You can still come up with such a note?" Li Yan smiled proudly at the fourth master: "That's it, the master is not allowed to underestimate people." ”
The fourth master laughed and fell asleep with Li Yan in his arms, and had a good night's sleep.
Xiao Hezi went to complete the formalities of Zhuangzi early, and Li Yan went to Zhuangzi to take a look.
The Zhuangzi is not big, but it is not small, and there is a large green meadow behind the best, but you can eat here.
Now that the Zhuangzi is set, it's time to clean it up, and the inside of the Zhuangzi is the main house first, which is not big, but it is enough for some people to sit down, and it is divided into four courtyards in the back.
The yard can be lived in for a long time, so Li Yan directly asked people to start cleaning up.
First of all, the door of Zhuangzi has to be changed, and the door number is changed, which is written with the sign of the fascination, and it is the main house as soon as you enter, and the decoration of the main house is a magnificent style, and the atmosphere is dignified.
The first two people, the next row of chairs, also intimately put cushions and pillows, next to each chair there is a coffee table, the coffee table is the flower tea and fruit tea sold in the maze.
There is a small room behind the main house for a short rest, there are not many things in it, it is good to rest for a while, and the side room is also a place to sit, Li Yan is afraid that there are too many people to sit down, but there is still a layer of yarn between the side room and the main house.
Further back is the green space, the round table for eating is placed on this green space, fortunately, the village is not big, the kitchen is also very close, and it is easier to serve food.
As for the back four courtyards, Li Yan packed one out for himself to live in, but it was just a small courtyard to enter, and there was no need to add too much furniture, but Li Yan generally did not live here, but Li Su may live here.
Take out two more courtyards for the guests to live in, and if you can't keep it, there will be people from a little farther away, and there is still one courtyard left as a warehouse.
When everything was ready, and it was close to May, Li Su directly let people release the news, saying that he had held a banquet in a Zhuangzi in the capital, and he didn't say anything too attractive, and he had to have a membership card that could enter the second floor to enter the Zhuangzi, and the banquet fee was already one hundred taels of silver.
However, it is not the cost of the banquet, but the cost of the meal.
Waiting for the end of May, the banquet finally began.
Many ladies have already come, but the ladies are a minority after all, mainly these ladies and ladies.
As soon as everyone came in, they sat and chatted, and Li Su greeted him at the door early.
Li Yan also came today, not wearing court clothes, only wearing a blue smoke-colored streamer pennant suit, with a tassel of the same color on his head, and then a set of purple magnolia heads.
As soon as Li Yan came, those who knew him also came to ask Li Yan for peace, and those who didn't know looked at others to ask Li Yan for peace, so they naturally knew who Li Yan was?
Now the fourth elder brother is a hot candidate for the throne, this Li Yan is the side Fujin in the fourth elder brother's mansion, and he has children, so Chang Fujin has no children.
Manchurians pay attention to the system of three wives and multiple concubines, and Li Yan can be regarded as a wife, which is naturally sought after by many ladies.
Li Yan responded with a smile one by one, and after everyone chatted for a while, and after everyone was almost together, they started to serve the food directly.
This dish is also very exquisite, the first dish is the famous lotus root soup in Jiangnan, and then a small snack, and then a serious dish.
The ladies had never eaten any dishes, so naturally they were not bad, and what made them feel new was that eating out here was also interesting.
After the meal was over, Li Su left first, after all, Li Su was not easy to preside over the rest of the matter here.
After eating, Li Su stood up with a smile: "Ladies and ladies, let's finish eating, it's better to do something that will help digestion at this time." ”
Clapping their hands, the two little guys pushed up a rack cart, just like the kind of small cart that eats hot pot and delivers vegetables in modern times, but this is not a dish, but a grease.
Li Su looked at the curious eyes of the ladies below, and lifted the cloth, revealing the lipstick inside.
There are lipsticks that were very popular before, and there are also lipsticks that haven't been sold in the maze shop, and the ladies also want to look at it.
Li Su said the rules with a smile at this time: "Our rules are also very simple, that is, throw the hydrangea, and the person who receives the hydrangea gets up to answer the question, and if you answer correctly, you can get a bottle of mouth grease." ”
As soon as he said this, all the ladies were also eager to try, after all, who has never been young.
The ladies just played like this, and in the end, Mrs. Wanyan grabbed it, and Li Su asked Mrs. Wanyan with a smile: "Madame, listen, my last sentence is" The spring mountain is warm and windy, the curtains of the pavilion are dry, and the willow swing courtyard is in the courtyard. ”
Mrs. Wanyan smiled confidently: "I know this next sentence, it's 'Singing warblers and dancing swallows, the small bridge and flowing water are red.'" ’”
Li Su looked at Mrs. Wanyan with a smile: "Congratulations to Mrs. Wanyan for answering correctly, this is the first one to give us the lipstick that we have never had before, and it is the only one." ”
When Mrs. Wanyan heard this, her eyes narrowed with laughter.
There is a lady at the bottom who saw that Mrs. Wanyan got this fat so easily, and she was a little unwilling in her heart, and she wanted to take it herself.
With Mrs. Wanyan at the beginning, the rest of the ladies were much more lively, and even found what they looked like when they were young.
In the end, some ladies took several lipsticks, and some ladies didn't have one, Li Su looked at the expressions of those ladies, and finally prepared a lottery, and the prize drawn was pearl ginseng concealer.
Now many ladies are excited, this concealer has always been difficult for them to buy, and they can draw it by lottery at this time, how good.
Everyone can draw a lottery, and in the end, a clan's Fujin drew it. Then Li Su smiled and asked Zhiqing to send everyone a small wrapped gift, and the banquet was over.
As soon as it was over, Li Su collapsed on the couch, "Zhiqing, you bring the account book and show it to me." Looking at this, Li Suke was very distressed, this banquet didn't make any money, and even lost a lot of silver because of those concealers, plus the cost of this Zhuangzi decoration.
Li Su sighed: "That's it, let's go back and talk to Lu Lu about this." "Let's hold fewer events in the future.
Blame the loss of money!