Chapter 25: Coal
Because of the ambiguous eyes and frivolous words of the man surnamed Shen, Lin Zhenniang, who had never been in love in her previous life, couldn't help but be stunned on the spot, looking at the man's back a little stupidly.
- This, it's still Da Song, right?! Even in modern times, this man can be regarded as a "player", right?
Before Lin Zhenniang woke up, the young man with the duck voice had already snorted: "Dead tuberculosis ghost!" I really think I'm a character! What is the rarity of a piano breaker? It's not just that he was born better, and he used those unsavory means to coax the girls in the building to be happy. If you want me to say, if he is really skilled, can he still stay in Dingtao, and go to Beijing a long time ago? I've heard that the leaders in the capital are really called a sinking fish and a wild goose, and the moon is shy of flowers......"
"What are you talking about?" The short and fat boss rolled his eyes, "Is it still the same today?" If you don't want to eat it, you still have to tremble about what you don't have, so you can go somewhere else......"
The young man pursed his lips, but though he was not happy, he kept his mouth shut.
After getting off the wontons, the boss turned his head, looked at Lin Zhenniang, who was attentive, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, little lady, although this kid Mo Xiaosan talks a little confused, he is a good person!" It's that Shen Qinshi, and it's not a bad person......"
Looking at the stall owner who was smiling honestly, Lin Zhenniang nodded, and she cleared her thoughts at this moment. That person is a pianist, this young man named Mo Xiaosan must be the turtle slave in the building, right?
It turned out that he was used to using the means on the Fengyue field, no wonder it was so ambiguous, I thought it was brought out unconsciously, right? She was shocked.
Shaking her head, Lin Zhenniang asked with a smile: "Boss, dare to ask when is the most lively in this tile shop?" I see why there aren't many people now. β
"There aren't many natural people at this time! The girl in our building hasn't woken up yet! Mo Xiaosan interjected, and was glared at by the boss, so he shut up, but a pair of eyes looked Lin Zhenniang up and down.
"But the girl wants to see a show? If so, it's coming, I heard that the team that performed in the Li family hook column recently just came out of Beijing! Although I haven't seen it yet, I've heard that it's very beautiful, especially the rope walking, it's a must! There is also Xu Jiagoulan, Gu Dalang, who does ventriloquism, is the last one, and he will go to Jinan City tomorrow......"
Stirring the pot of wontons with a spoon with his backhand, the boss turned around and said, "The girl wants to see it, wait another hour to see it!" It never starts from time to time, and at night, there are several performances! β
"That's when there were the most people?" Lin Zhenniang muttered, but said in her heart: "At that time, there were the most people, but at this time in the morning, these stalls were also set up as usual-ah, this is doing the business of those tricksters and the people in the building." β
Whether it is those who perform, or people like Mo Xiaosan and others who live in the brothel of the Qinglou but are not qualified to ask the kitchen lady in the building to cook, they will not deliberately cook, and it is the cheapest thing to buy some food at these stalls.
The tile shop in Dingtao is not too big, and it is only two quarters of an hour to turn around the tile shop - relying on the innermost brothel of the Qinglou, naturally I didn't go.
Because the time to come out is not short, Lin Zhenniang is not good to go to the hook bar to watch the performance again, but she just glanced at the stall at the door from a distance that looked like she was collecting money, and wiped her body out of the tile.
Although there are not too many people in the tile shop, the market is full of people. Lin Zhenniang walked for less than half an hour before she saw a familiar figure.
Although they had only met once, she recognized at a glance which one was the back figure wearing a cyan robe and a hood. Pursing her lips, she simply turned her back and stood in front of a stall pretending to look at rouge. Although she didn't look back, she felt that the person was walking behind her, and Lin Zhenniang couldn't help but straighten her back.
"Anji, this matter is not very easy to handle today, you said, I will see the third master of Wu in a while, what can we say!" I vaguely heard someone asking.
The man only gave a faint "um", but did not answer.
Lin Zhenniang frowned, stood for a long time before turning around. Staring at An Ronghe's back, she stuck out her tongue. This time, she avoided this person. Not a nuisance, right?
Turning around, she almost bumped into the teenager who was standing behind her. Lin Zhenniang was startled, turned her head and saw that it was Liu Yuan, and couldn't help complaining: "What are you doing?" Standing behind people so quietly scares people to death. β
"What more do I ask you? Call me scary, but what are you looking at? Standing on tiptoe, Liu Yuan looked into the distance in the direction Lin Zhenniang had just looked.
There were people coming and going on the street, but I didn't know which one Lin Zhenniang was looking at for a while.
Lin Zhenniang glanced at him with disgust, and said lightly: "I just came back from the blacksmith master, and he said that the oven will take about four or five days to be completed, so don't worry." β
"No hurry, no hurry, there are still a lot of things to do!" Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows, and suddenly smiled at Lin Zhenniang, "Do you want to go and see the shop?" β
Lin Zhenniang was stunned for a moment, looking at Liu Yuan's unconcealable expectation. I can't help but be a little funny.
Maybe it's because they're partners now and have a common secret. Moreover, Xu wanted to talk to her because he couldn't tell others about a lot of things, so he was so nervous that he wanted to talk to her. So Liu Yuan's attitude towards her is much closer than before.
"Is your dim sum shop located on this street?" Close to the tile shop, this location is a good location. If you open a store, you should be doing a prosperous business. However, this rent ......
"Not cheap, right?"
Lin Zhenniang just asked, and Liu Yuan immediately opened the chatterbox, "Why isn't it cheap?" Let me tell you, there is no more expensive shop on this street than Dingtao! I've emptied all the money to rent this shop......"
After walking all the way, Liu Yuan talked all the way, and only stopped talking until he reached the door.
Lin Zhenniang looked closely, the two carved wooden lattice doors were newly painted, and the gold was painted on the sideline, and the master built a happy door at the door, although this happy door does not look more gorgeous than others, but it is much more magnificent than the shops in the vegetable market.
At the top, there is a black lacquered plaque covered with a red cloth. Because it is covered, the font size cannot be seen. Liu Yuan turned his head sideways and whispered in Lin Zhenniang's ear: "How about the name 'Zhiwei Zhai'?" β
Hey? Lin Zhenniang was stunned for a while, and didn't say anything for a while. She vaguely remembered that there was a very famous time-honored store in Hangzhou, which was the name, right? I didn't expect Liu Yuan to be famous, and he also gave this name.
Facing Liu Yuan's eager gaze, Lin Zhenniang couldn't help but purse her lips and smile, "Okay, this name is very good, it must be a big fortune." β
Although it was just a simple sentence, Liu Yuan immediately smiled.
"You don't know, I've been trying to find someone to talk about these things these days, and when I go home, I don't dare to tell my father and mother about itβbut it's suffocating me."
While he was talking, a middle-aged man came out of the store, and when he saw Liu Yuan, he greeted him with a smile, "Boss Liu, this time, did you bring a friend to see the shop?" β
Liu Yuan said "um", hesitated, and said with a smile: "This is also a shareholder of our shop-Lin Xiaoniang." Shopkeeper Li, if I'm not here, you can find him if you have something......"
Lin Zhenniang didn't expect Liu Yuan to introduce herself as a shareholder, and she was a little stunned for a while. Seeing that Shopkeeper Li immediately greeted him and said politely, she was also busy with a few modest words.
While he was talking, someone outside called Shopkeeper Li, "Shopkeeper, the one who sent the charcoal is here!" β
Liu Yuan turned his head to look at her, "Go and see the master I invited?" β
Shopkeeper Li answered, confessed, and went out, "Don't come to the front door!" This way, go in through the back door in the back alley......"
"Why did you tell people that I was a shareholder? Aren't you afraid that I'll use this to point fingers in the shop? Lin Zhenniang tilted her head and stared at Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan didn't care, "If I say it or not, aren't you all shareholders?" Didn't you say it yourself, doing business, especially being a big business, can't be so petty! I'm not a little angry, do you have an opinion? β
Lin Zhenniang couldn't help laughing when she thought about it. Regardless of whether the business is profitable or not, she is now a shareholder......
"Come here, take a look at the kitchen in the back - I bought good charcoal and came back, and now, it's always like you said, the temperature is 200 degrees, right?!"
was repeated by Liu Yuan, Lin Zhenniang couldn't help coughing, she just said it casually, but she didn't expect Liu Yuan to really care.
She had heard of this coal. I also know that this so-called coal is actually coal. It's just that now, most people don't use this. For small households, firewood is used for fire, and if the house is heating in winter, ordinary charcoal is burned. And the big families use good silver frost charcoal. As for the charcoal, I have only heard that it is used in blacksmiths and other handicraft shops.
Following Liu Yuan, as soon as he entered the backyard of the shop, he saw a carriage full of charcoal. Two young men, shirtless, were pouring coals down with baskets.
The charcoal on the car was all large and neat, but there was also some fine foam, which was sprinkled on the ground along the seams.
Lin Zhenniang stared at the charcoal foam under the car, and suddenly remembered something.
She used to think about using charcoal, but she had never thought about using charcoal, just because although the price of this charcoal was not as expensive as silver frost charcoal, it was more expensive than ordinary charcoal.
"Liu Yuan, how much did you buy this charcoal? This charcoal powder ......"
Liu originally raised his eyebrows, and then looked at her strangely, "What do you ask about charcoal powder?" This one is useless at all - is it? β
The man who was unloading the charcoal raised his head and replied with a smile: "This charcoal powder, we have a lot of it in the mine, how can anyone buy it!" So we took some home and stirred it with water. β
No one buys it?
"So, it's cheap, isn't it?" Lin Zhenniang pursed her lips and snickered, ignored Liu Yuan, and asked the man directly, "This big brother, I want to buy some of this charcoal powder, I don't know if I want to tell you or ......."
What seems useless to others, but in her eyes, it is a treasure!
PS: Thanks for the tip from Sesame Shortbread MM
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