After a short rest, he took advantage of the warm sun to go out and hang out.

Jiazhou City is located in the south, the snow falls late, but because of the rain in the morning and the night and the temperature difference between noon and noon, Qu Xiaomo has been strolling until the time of the lamp before giving up, visiting so many places and familiar with this part of the city, looking for a stall with lanterns, asking for a bowl of pork noodles and two buns, after eating enough, he went into the shop that sells snacks and bought a few packs of small snacks, and then went to Futai Restaurant.

The restaurant has been busy, because of today's rest, it is not good to stay in the lobby, after sending a pack of soft and glutinous snacks to the shopkeeper, he went to the place where colleagues play cards in their spare time on weekdays, opened the snack and watched them busy while eating, and beckoned to him to come over to eat snacks when he saw who could take a breath.

Qu Xiaomo came late, and after staying for an hour or so, there were gradually fewer people in the restaurant, and many people came to her to sit and eat, although she was a woman, she was not twisted, but she could talk with these men, and listened to them talk about the interesting stories of the guests they met today.

The people who can come here to eat are all people with a little money in hand, and a larger part of them are rich or powerful people in the city, which does not listen to a buddy named Xiaoliu who whispered to them while peeling peanuts and eating them: "Let me tell you, I discovered a big thing today. ”

Hearing him say this, a group of people asked him curiously, 'What's the matter, what's the matter', Qu Xiaomo also leaned over curiously, to say that she dared to be so bold because she didn't pierce her ears, the girl's family here was going to be pierced just a few days after she was born, but she didn't, and she didn't know what the original father and mother thought, but this is also an important reason why she can safely blend here without being suspected.

I only heard the little six continue: "I took Jiang Gongzi from the south of the city to the Tianzihao private room on the fourth floor today, guess who came later?" ”

Xiao Muzi on the side knocked a walnut, and said with squinted eyes: "I saw a woman with a hat go in, the figure is convex and backward, tsk~ stunner!" ”

Saying that, he also gestured the shape of his chest and buttocks in public, and a group of men laughed and scolded his virtue, and Xiao Liuzi also gave him a kick under the table, and then smiled: "Can the Oiran of Mingyue Tower not be enchanting?" ”

"What?"

Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief, and Xiao Muzi was even more shocked to grow his mouth: "Mingyue Lou Oiran Yulian? ”

Xiao Liuzi nodded very affirmatively, Qu Xiaomo looked at them with a shocked face, and couldn't help but be curious, and said, "What's wrong with this Oiran called Rain Lotus?" Why are you so shocked when you hear this? ”

Xiao Muzi hugged her neck when she heard this, and the good appearance of the two brothers explained to her: "You little rabbit cub may not know when you first come to Jiazhou City, this Yulian is a celebrity." ”

Qu Xiaomo frowned and brushed away the hand that was holding his shoulder, before he asked again, "How is it famous?" ”

Xiao Muzi didn't mind being put away, and after two months, he also knew that Qu Xiaomo didn't like others to get close, so he withdrew his hand and continued to peel walnuts, and said: "Yulian was originally a young lady of an official family in Jiazhou City, and I can't remember what the specific official was, but then her father got into trouble, and I heard that she was beheaded, and her wife and daughter were sold as prostitutes, her mother and her sister couldn't stand it and committed suicide, only she was pressed by the officers and soldiers into Mingyue Tower to sell herself, and she was one of the best beauties in Jiazhou City, coveting her son-in-law brother I don't know how much, But she rejected them one by one to redeem her, and later became the confidante of the prince of Zhizhou, and I heard that she would be included in the Zhizhou Mansion as a concubine soon. ”

"What does this have to do with Jiang Gongzi in the south of the city?" Qu Xiaomo asked suspiciously

The little sixth son on the side answered: "That Jiang Gongzi and the son of Zhizhou Mansion are old enemies, I heard that when they were children in their early years, the two often fought in a academy, and later grew up with their own factions, but both of them wanted to redeem Yulian when they first entered Mingyue Tower." ”

"Oh...!"

Qu Xiaomo nodded in understanding: "It turns out that the two of them don't like each other, and they are still rivals in love." ”

"And that's not all." Luo Zi, who was listening to them, interjected: "I heard that the two families are still rivals in business and officialdom. ”

"Is it still like this? Isn't this Yulian the confidant of the prefect's son? I entered the mansion not long after, why did I hook up with Jiang Gongzi? Xiao Muzi asked in surprise and confusion

Everyone shook their heads: "Who knows." ”

At this time, the old shopkeeper who had finished settling the ledger also came over with the bag of snacks, and said with a straight face: "We don't have to talk much about the affairs of these nobles, let people hear that they are careful of your little life." ”

Several people nodded yes, Qu Xiaomo got up and gave him a place, moved a chair and sat down beside him, and everyone chatted with the old shopkeeper about other topics, Qu Xiaomo listened to it from time to time interjecting and questioning.

After all the snacks were eaten, the old shopkeeper asked Xiaoliu to pour a pot of tea, and then said in front of everyone: "I'll tell you something!" Today I also learned that Xiao Mo is literate and can settle accounts. ”

When everyone heard that she was literate and could settle accounts, even if they felt that it was amazing, their eyes on him were full of envy, Xiao Muzi patted her on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, you don't tell us for so long." ”

Fang Dahu, who was sitting behind him, also raised his hand and patted her head fiercely, and said, "I can't see that you kid is still literate, bluffing." ”

Zhou Xiaodi, who was sitting on the other side of the old shopkeeper, said: "When Xiao Mo came to get his salary today, he guarded the account for the old shopkeeper for a while, and a man wanted to come to find trouble, he should look at Xiao Mo's appearance and look illiterate, so he forced her to count the food money, but he didn't expect Xiao Mo to really take out the abacus and calculate it for him one by one, thinking of the man's stunned appearance after seeing it, Lao Tzu wanted to laugh." ”

Everyone was stunned for a while, and praised Qu Xiaomo, abacus is just a primary school culture, children of a few years old know that they are envied and praised by these people at this time, and their faces can't help but be a little hot, so they coughed lightly and said: "Accounting is actually very simple, if you have to worship Lao Tzu as a teacher on weekdays, Lao Tzu will teach you hand in hand." ”

"Hey, you kid, can you stand it?" Xiao Muzi on the side raised his hand to slap her head: "You still want us to worship you as a teacher, look at your body, what age, dare to take advantage of our little brothers." ”

Everyone laughed and protested, and Qu Xiaomo had to laugh twice and agree to the terms of free teaching.

The old shopkeeper raised his hand to silence them, and said: "I plan to accept Xiao Mo as an apprentice, I am old, my brain is not bright, and sometimes I am prone to a headache and fever, I originally wanted to plan to invite an account room after a while, Xiao Mo has been here for two months, and she can be regarded as knowing the roots, since she is literate and can calculate accounts, then there is no need to ask again, and the salary will be increased by two taels of silver, you have no opinion." ”

Everyone naturally has no opinion, people who can read and count accounts are god-like existences in their eyes, they have worked in Futai Restaurant for so long, and their wages have risen to five taels, and now they naturally will not envy Qu Xiaomo, who got four taels of silver, Fang Dahu slapped him on the back again, and said with a smile: "You kid will be paid next month, remember to invite our brothers to drink." ”

His words were echoed by everyone, Qu Xiaomo also smiled and waved his hand, gave the old shopkeeper a cup of tea, and helped everyone clean up the seats in the restaurant before returning to the house with everyone.

These men are very simple, although sometimes they also play tricks, they are also teasing guests or joking with their own people, and they are sincerely happy for her to add silver and be promoted, so Qu Xiaomo also wants to teach them these rough men to recognize words.

The menu of Futai Restaurant is remembered by the shopkeepers, and then reported to the kitchen, so the memory of the shopkeeper should be very good, Qu Xiaomo also relied on his memory to barely click all the names of the dishes, but there will always be some mistakes, and the wrong dishes often cause free orders to cause a lot of trouble, if the little two in the store are literate, then this kind of thing can be greatly avoided.

After returning to the house, Qu Xiaomo collected the clothes washed at noon, wiped his face with moisturizer, lay on the bed and thought about teaching literacy, and fell asleep when there was a heavy snoring sound next door.

Since the next day, Qu Xiaomo has followed everyone to fiddle with the things in the restaurant as before, and then learned all kinds of accounts with the old shopkeeper in front of the account, she can calculate the accounts that are tens of thousands of times more difficult than the huge amount in the previous life, this is just a restaurant account, which is trivial to her.

However, in a few days, I got familiar with the various accounts and some miscellaneous accounts of the restaurant, and the old shopkeeper has her as a good helper, and now I have time to make tea on the side, and occasionally go to chat with familiar guests.

Qu Xiaomo also felt that the work of collecting money was much easier than being a junior second, and she didn't have to be taken advantage of by the guests touching her hands and buttocks, at most, she could tolerate it when she entered the door.

The days passed like this, a month passed in the blink of an eye, Qu Xiaomo, who received the salary, took advantage of this day to rest, and after finishing the private work in his room, he took the time to buy five jars of good wine and packed a few small dishes that Futai Restaurant did not have and came to the restaurant to wait for everyone to get off work.

After all the things in the restaurant were cleaned up, everyone put together a few tables, sat down around to eat and drink together, and the old shopkeeper also asked the kitchen to cook the remaining dishes that could be fried in the building today.

Xiao Liu took a sip of strong wine and gritted his teeth and smiled: "It's really a blessing for Xiao Mo, this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was eaten early." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, Qu Xiaomo glared at him, filled his wine bowl again, and said, "I just bought some wine and food, and most of the people here are from the master." ”

Xiao Liu immediately raised the wine bowl to the old shopkeeper and made a bowl, and then asked, "Where did you buy this wine?" It's so strong, it's cool! ”

Qu Xiaomo took a bite of food and said, "Liu Da Liquor Shop in the west of the city, Master said that you all love to drink spirits, so I asked someone today." ”