Steward Lin handed over the Zhao family's greeting post, and then stepped aside to stand.

Lin Qingwan flicked the prayer post and sneered: "It's quite fast, has Fang Zi sent it to the clan?" ”

"It's sent, the patriarch said that it will be passed on to the children of the clan, if anyone is interested in doing this business, they can also come here and ask the cook."

Lin Qingwan smiled with satisfaction, put down the post and said, "Tell the descendants of the Zhao family, and I will wait for Second Master Zhao tomorrow." ”

Steward Lin bowed his head and retreated.

There are also many poor families in the Lin family, and I think there will be many people who are willing to do this business.

It was the first time for Zhao Sheng to come to the Lin family's courtyard, and before he reached the gate, he smelled the smell of beans wafting around.

Looking along the fragrance, he saw that there was smoke in the kitchens around him, and Zhao Sheng, who had seen the tofu making process, knew that they were making tofu, thinking that the tofu in Suzhou City was flooded now, and even radiated to the surrounding villages, he felt a burst of anger in his heart, and his face was a little unpleasant.

Steward Lin greeted him out, didn't seem to see his face, and invited people in with a smile on his face, "Second Master Zhao, please, our aunt and grandmother have been waiting for a long time." ”

Zhao Sheng retracted his face, bowed his head to Steward Lin and walked inside.

Walking to the flower hall, his eyes darkened when he saw only two girls standing on both sides, and when he walked into the door, he just saw Lin Qingwan holding up tea and drinking it, Zhao Sheng smiled and smiled. "Miss Lin, Zhao is bothered. ”

"Second Master Zhao is a noble person, I want to come to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, I don't know what you have to do here?"

Zhao Sheng's face froze, obviously caught off guard by Lin Qingwan's direct blow. He looked at Lin Qingwan and saw that she had a smile on her face and a noble attitude, this sentence did not seem like a meaningful question, but like an ordinary question.

Zhao Sheng's heart was relieved, and even when Lin Jiang was alive, he didn't perceive the Zhao family's malice towards the Lin family. Lin Qingwan is even more unlikely to notice a little girl.

I guess he was overthinking it just now.

Zhao Sheng smiled again, "Miss Lin said that she laughed, Brother Ling and I are also friends, and our two families are world friends, so it's good to come and see the girl." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled slightly and thanked: "Thank you Second Master Zhao for your care, my eldest sister and I are fine, but compared to Miss Lin, I prefer people to call me Aunt Lin, if Second Master Zhao doesn't mind, change the name." ”

Zhao Sheng choked for a moment, and then called "Sister Wan'er" instead, and sighed, "In the blink of an eye, you have grown up and married, and I still remember that the first time I saw you was at your sister-in-law's house, when I was only so old, but now I am the head of the family." ”

Zhao Sheng looked at her with a happy face, "Your brother is Jiangnan Junjie, I didn't expect you to be no less than him, and you can support the family business from the Julin clan, I think Brother Lin will be very pleased if he knows about it." ”

Lin Qingwan looked at him deeply, but did not correct his name.

"Most of the family business in our house has been donated, and there are only two Zhuangzi left, and now we still have to rely on the Juetian rewarded by His Majesty," Lin Qingwan shook her head slightly and said: "It's just farming, and I don't have to work myself, what kind of ability is it?" Second Master Zhao also thinks too highly of me. ”

"As for living in another courtyard instead of staying in the old house, it's also because I covet the tranquility of the other courtyard, even if I can't support the family business, the clan will always help our aunt and nephew." No matter what her relationship with the Lin clan was, she was not an outsider, especially Zhao Sheng was able to interject.

Zhao Sheng touched a nail that was neither soft nor hard at Lin Qingwan's place, seeing that she ignored his relationship with Lin Jiang, but clarified her relationship with the Lin clan, his heart couldn't help but become more solemn, and after thinking about it, he said: "Sister Wan, your brother is in a hurry, maybe he won't have time to explain the relationship between our Zhao and Lin families." ”

He said solemnly: "Our two families have been friends since our ancestors, and they are also world friends, and in our generation, they are even married to the Shang family, so we are also relatives." Since my eldest brother and your brother have been supporting each other since they came out, and now that Brother Lin has passed away, I hope that our two families can continue to support each other. The family has always been both prosperous and loss-making. ”

The corners of Lin Qingwan's mouth provoked a sneering smile, "Second Master Zhao said that he was joking, the Lin family is just a family of cultivation and reading, and it is still far from the family." ”

Zhao Sheng's face stiffened slightly, and he was about to speak, when he heard Lin Qingwan say: "But Second Master Zhao is right, the relationship between our two families will not change because of the death of my brother, what it was like before and what it will be like in the future." After all, the ancestors of the Zhao family were once a fierce general under the command of the Lin family, and the friendship formed by the ancestors from birth to death will not change easily. ”

A cold light flashed in Zhao Sheng's eyes, the hands under his sleeves were clenched into fists, and a smile appeared on his face: "It's good that it won't change, because in the past year or so, the contact between our two families has decreased, so I am worried that the relationship between our two families has weakened, and I am also worried that Sister Wan will not have a good time in Suzhou." ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "Second Master Zhao is too worried, there is a clan in Suzhou to protect each other, and there is Zhou Thorn History in charge, how can I, the county lord personally appointed by His Majesty, have a bad life?" ”

"That's good," Zhao Sheng lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, calmed down his emotions before raising his head and smiling: "Actually, there is really something to do when I came this time...... Please. ”

Zhao Sheng spit out the last two words with some difficulty, the hand under his sleeve was held tighter, but he asked with a gentle smile on his face: "I heard that you taught the preparation method of Zhuanghu tofu at the bottom?" ”

Lin Qingwan tilted her head slightly, "Tofu? Oh, I remember, it's an ancient recipe in Huainanzi," she smiled and said: "I accidentally turned over a recipe, it looks quite interesting, and it was a knock on the door that King Huainan accidentally discovered, so I asked the cook at home to try it, what's wrong, what's wrong with tofu?" ”

Zhao Sheng twitched his cheeks and said: "Sister Wan'er may not know, at the beginning of spring, I happened to meet a chef surnamed Liu, whose ancestors seemed to have been the old servants of the King of Huainan, so I learned the craft of making tofu, at that time I spent a lot of money to buy a recipe with him, and asked someone to make a few dishes with tofu as the main ingredient, so I opened a gluttonous building, but I didn't expect tofu to be flooded now......"

Zhao Sheng sighed: "Nowadays, the guests feel that the gluttonous building is not honest and uses cheap ingredients to make high-priced food, which is not worthy of the name, but how do they know that I really spent a lot of money when I bought that recipe." ”

Lin Qingwan looked at him sympathetically, "Actually, the preparation method of this tofu is very clever, no one can think of it when no one mentions it, but once you think of it, it is not difficult, and the materials are very cheap." Therefore, this recipe is expensive and cheap, and Second Master Zhao is not a loss. It's a pity, if I had discovered this ancient recipe earlier, maybe Second Master Zhao wouldn't have spent this money. ”

Zhao Sheng saw that she couldn't understand what he meant, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Now the root cause is still in the overflowing tofu, if Sister Wan can order the farmers to stop making tofu for sale, then after a while, the incident will be cold, and the matter will be over." ”

Lin Qingwan's eyes widened, and she asked in disbelief, "Order the farmers to stop making tofu for sale?" ”

She couldn't help but smile and asked, "How can this matter be stopped?" Do they want to eat their own food, and I can force them to go hungry and not eat? ”

Zhao Sheng said meaningfully: "You taught them this method, so naturally you can stop them." By the way, the last time I went to Hanmo Zhai, I heard people talking that there were a lot of things missing in it, and there was no stock to buy rice paper. ”

Lin Qingwan's eyes narrowed slightly, was this threatening her, or was she tempting her?

Do you really think she doesn't know that he did it?

Lin Qingwan lowered her eyes and looked at the teacup in her hand, stroked the wall of the cup with her fingers, and then raised her head and asked with a smile: "Could it be that Second Master Zhao can help Han Mozhai enter the rice paper?" ”

Zhao Sheng said with a smile: "The Zhao family also has a few bookstores, and unfortunately there is a lot of rice paper, but it can be transferred to Hanmo Zhai." ”

Most of the rice paper that Han Mozhai couldn't buy was intercepted by Zhao Sheng at a high price, so of course he could take it, and when the time came, he would raise the price and sell it to Lin Qingwan.

Lin Qingwan nodded the table and pondered: "In the past, the high-grade rice paper that we entered in Hanmo Zhai was all two taels and one knife, but Xuancheng kept saying that there was no goods, and Second Master Zhao was willing to transfer it to us, but I didn't know the price......"

Zhao Sheng said with a smile: "The affairs of this bookstore are not in my charge, and I am not very familiar with them, why don't you let the shopkeeper of Hanmo Zhai go to my Zhao family's bookstore to talk to the shopkeeper?" Rest assured, with the relationship between our Zhao Lin family, the shopkeeper will not dare to raise the price, and will definitely sell it to you at the original price. ”

Lin Qingwan was a little excited, "In that case, I'll let Steward Liu ask." ”

"The ...... about the tofu"

Lin Qingwan smiled and said indifferently: "There are many people involved in this matter, not only the village owners in my house, but also the tenants, and it can't be done in one or two days." I'll talk to Steward Lin and let him deal with it. ”

Zhao Sheng was not satisfied with this answer, and besides, Lin Qingwan had already served tea to the guests.

He had no choice but to get up and say goodbye, walked out of the Lin family's courtyard with a smile, and only sank his face when he got into the carriage, his face changed for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "It is worthy of the Lin family, but it is really calculated step by step, this is the plan that if I don't let go, she won't let go?" ”

The shopkeeper who was waiting outside climbed into the carriage and heard this, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Second master, didn't Lord Lin agree?" ”

Zhao Sheng was silent, his hands clenched into fists, and he closed his eyes in half a sound and said: "Let people send a message to the shopkeeper Hu, loosen your hands, and let Lin's Bookstore and Hanmo Zhai take a breath." ”

Thinking of Lin Qingwan's prevarication just now, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and although he was unwilling, he still said: "If someone from Hanmozhai comes to the door, let him sell some rice paper to them." ”

The shopkeeper of the gluttonous building listened to it and asked cautiously, "What is the price?" ”

Zhao Sheng gritted his teeth and said: "Just raise the price a little, the most important thing now is the gluttonous building." ”

The profit of the restaurant is incomparable to that of the bookstore, and he has invested a lot in the gluttonous building, because he spent a lot of money on the properties of the Lin family last year, and he also borrowed a lot of money from others for the opening of the gluttonous building.

If it can't make money, then isn't it in vain?

The Lin family's bookstore and bookstore are already struggling to survive, so let them live a little longer.