Chapter 14: Zhuo Qingyi
Gu Yun opened the door and saw a beautiful girl dressed as a maid standing at the door, she was Zhuo Qingyi's personal maid Xing'er.
Seeing Gu Yun open the door, Xing'er was blessed and said, "Childe, my young lady is waiting for her son at a banquet in the Furong Hall on the second floor, and I hope that my son will appreciate his face!" β
"Oh? Who is your young lady? Gu Yun asked deliberately, at this time, he couldn't be too well informed.
Xing'er said respectfully: "My young lady is the owner of this Furong Building. Since I received a gift from my son yesterday, my young lady wanted to visit my son, but it was late yesterday, and my young lady was inconvenient to disturb, so I had to change it to today! β
"Okay, you lead the way!" Gu Yun nodded and closed the door.
Xing'er led Gu Yun all the way to the front hall, and then went up to the second floor.
On the second floor are more than a dozen private rooms, the most luxurious of which is the Hibiscus Hall. Gu Yun followed Xing'er to the door of the hall, only to see a stunning woman walking out of it.
The woman's eyebrows were picturesque, her skin was better than snow, her demeanor was graceful, and she was only twenty-five or sixteen years old, which was the most beautiful and moving moment in a woman's life. The woman who originally looked like this was already married at this age, but she was single, which had to lead to reverie.
When the woman saw Gu Yun, she saluted: "The concubine has seen the son!" I don't know what to call Childe? β
"In Xia Guyun, Miss Zhuo doesn't need to be polite!" Gu Yun hurriedly helped him and said with a smile: "I heard that Zhuo Qingyi, the proprietress of Furong Building, has a peerless appearance, but I didn't expect the rumors to be too conservative!" β
Gu Yun is boasting that people don't want money, and they just pick up good things. However, this Zhuo Qingyi is indeed good in appearance and temperament, and he deserves to be praised. From between her eyebrows and eyes, Gu Yun could see that there was a sense of perseverance, and there seemed to be a trace of unwillingness. In short, she gives people a strong and unyielding feeling. I heard that the proprietress of this Furong Building was born in Qingqi, and her former stage name was "Furong", and she was given the nickname "Qingshui Furong". Later, he redeemed himself and used all the belongings he had accumulated for many years to open this Furong Building, which was extremely difficult in ancient times and was very admirable.
"Hehe, Gu Gongzi Miao praised! The concubine is old and yellow, where can she get the word peerless! Zhuo Qingyi smiled, then stepped aside and invited: "Son, please!"
Gu Yun's sentence of "Miss" made her feel good, which was a title only the daughter of a big family.
"Miss Zhuo, don't be too modest, no matter how modest you are, it's hypocrisy!" Gu Yunkou was flowery, but people walked in.
"Giggles, Gu Gongzi said he laughed!" Zhuo Qingyi felt that the son in front of him was a little special, but it was still important to get down to business, "Gu Gongzi gave those gifts to the concubine yesterday, but I don't know why?" β
"Do you know what those things are?" Gu Yun took care of himself and found a place to sit down.
"Of course! Gu Gongzi's wine made the concubine admire, but the red seasoning and black seasoning surprised the concubine! Zhuo Qingyi sat aside. She waved her hand, and her own maid stepped forward to look at the tea.
"Oh, how do you say?" Gu Yun also wanted to know what it was like for the ancients to eat chili peppers and peppers for the first time, and it must be interesting to think about it.
"The red spice tasted like it was burning in the mouth, and it smelled like it was unheard of. There is also the black seasoning, which is put into the soup and drunk, but it makes people's stomachs hot. These two seasonings are rare to remove the meat seasoning, and there will be more ways to do big fish and meat in the future! β
"Hehehe! Although paprika and pepper are both spicy, there is a difference in their usage, and I didn't expect you guys to try it out so quickly. Gu Yun had to sigh in his heart, the learning and adaptability of the ancients should not be underestimated!
"It turned out to be called chili powder and pepper, and the concubine has seen it! But I don't know where Childe found this strange thing? Zhuo Qingyi patted the sycophants, and did not forget to talk.
"It's a strange thing in my hometown, it's very rare, I'm afraid it won't be found anywhere else!"
"I don't know where Gu Gongzi's immortal hometown is? This kind of land that produces countless treasures, and the concubine body is very yearning! β
"That place is called Huaxia, I wonder if Miss Daozhuo has ever heard of it?"
"Huaxia ......" Zhuo Qingyi muttered, rummaging through his memory, and shook his head helplessly: "I haven't heard of it!" β
"Hehehe, Miss Zhuo, don't talk in vain! What is taken out under the next, no one else can take it out anyway! Let's talk about MSG, that's the most important thing! Gu Yun broke through Zhuo Qingyi's clichΓ©, this is not the earth, I'm afraid I can't find out about chili peppers and peppers. Limited by the process, I am afraid that liquor and monosodium glutamate will not exist, at least not on a large scale.
"What can Gu Gongzi teach me?" Zhuo Qingyi asked, but said in his heart: It's still here that should come!
What Gu Yun took out, the real biggest threat to Furong Lou was neither wine, nor chili pepper and pepper, but monosodium glutamate. If MSG is launched in other houses, the Furong Building will lose its characteristics, and the Furong Building is not the highest-grade decoration in Gezhou City, I am afraid it will be reduced to a big road. That's the deadliest thing!
"Miss Zhuo, if I open up the supply of MSG, I'm afraid this Furong Building will soon be unable to open! Can Miss Toh agree with this? β
"Not necessarily!" Although Zhuo Qingyi disagreed, he was bottomless in his heart. Once MSG is promoted, Furong Lou may really lose its characteristics, and at that time, all her goals and aspirations may be shattered, and she really doesn't dare to think about it!
"What if you add liquor?" Gu Yun asked, he felt that he seemed to be a little cruel to this woman.
"Humph!" Zhuo Qingyi snorted stiffly. If you really want to add liquor, I'm afraid that Furong House will soon lose most of its guests.
Gu Yun added another fire: "What if you add chili powder and pepper?" β
At this moment, Zhuo Qingyi finally lowered his head unwillingly. She struggled in her heart: Is it possible that years of business will be ruined? So what are you working hard for so many years? Since he was in his early twenties, he redeemed himself, and he was rejected to be a concubine or marry an honest man like an ordinary Qinglou woman, just for the unwillingness in his heart. When I opened this Furong Building, in addition to accumulating a little dowry, I actually had to wait until my true son appeared. Who knew that five years had passed, his years had passed, and his true destiny had not appeared, but he suddenly found that Furong Building could not be opened. Just ask, is there anything more cruel to a woman?
Thinking about it, tears flashed in Zhuo Qingyi's eyes, and she was faintly about to cry.
This is not Gu Yun's ultimate goal. He saw that Zhuo Qingyi's eyes were already full of tears, and he felt that the time should come, so he said: "Miss Zhuo, I am not here to dismantle the stage, but to send a fortune!" β