Chapter 157: It's wrong to keep a low profile
When Qian Jun heard this, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth: "Wen Jin is so cute, anyone who sees her will like her." β
"Well, the county lord's mother is with her almost every day, taking her with her to deal with family affairs, entering the palace, and being a guest."
Qian Jun couldn't laugh anymore, it seems that this Yujie County Lord has done something bad with good intentions.
But the root of the matter is to blame herself, Wen Jin treats the boudoir, the more the lord of Yujie likes her, the more he must want to find a good husband for her, and take her to appear frequently in the noble circle of the capital, just to let more people know her and ask to marry her.
Qian Jun's heart tightened: "Has anyone proposed marriage?" β
"Yes, Mrs. Zheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, sent someone to ask for her nephew's marriage, and the county lord's mother has to wait and see."
"Why?"
"Mrs. Zheng's maiden brother is just a six-grade acquaintance, she said that her nephew is a great talent, is he a great talent? The county lord's mother will have to wait for next year's spring to see if he can pass the exam. β
"Anything else?"
"Yes, there are a lot of them, anyway, they are military generals, and my mother doesn't agree. Then there are two nobles, one is the son of Ninghou, who is the continuation of the string, and the other is the second son of Hui Yunbo, the former, our family is unwilling, Wen Jin is so good, why do you have to take a concubine in front of other women? Hui Yunbo's second son is just a concubine recorded in the name of the eldest woman, Hui Yunbo's eldest son is too stupid, Mrs. Bo wants the second son to support her son for a lifetime, hum, she thought that the third uncle had no power, so he would slap them, I heard that we rejected it, and threatened to wait and see, to see who dares to marry Wen Jin. β
"Look for death!" Qian Jun was so angry that he slammed the table, shaking the inkstone and jumping.
Wen Han hurriedly pressed down with both hands: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, this inkstone was given to me by the county lord's mother, and it is said that it was used by the first emperor who ascended the throne and took the first champion in the palace test." β
Qian Jun was amused by Wen Han's appearance, and his mood was slightly better: "There will be Mrs. Yunbo, Wen Jin is safe for the time being." β
Wen Han was surprised when he heard this: "What do you mean?" Even if you can't get married this year, you still don't send matchmakers? Now it's okay, next year, the national filial piety will be removed, and then the engagement will be done. β
Qian Jun lowered his head, how could he not know that this was the case? But his father didn't agree, and the emperor didn't give him a marriage, so he could only slowly find a way.
"You pass a word to Jin'er, just say that I Qian Jun in this life, if she doesn't marry, I, I just want her to wait for a year, if it's this year, I don't have that ability, whoever she fancies, just marry."
Wen Han was taken aback: "Qian Jun, Prince Ren doesn't agree to this family business?" β
"Hmm!"
"Then what are you asking Wen Jin to wait for? Marriage is a good marriage with two surnames, your father doesn't agree, and your stepmother can't see you well, so she doesn't have to let Wen Jin ......"
Qian Jun jumped up and interrupted Wen Han's words: "I won't let her be wronged, don't worry, this year, if I can't succeed, I will become a monk myself, and I won't let Jin'er suffer for me." β
Wen Han was silent for a long time, put his arms around Qian Jun's shoulders with pity, and spit out two words faintly: "It's difficultβ"
"Life is not as good as it should be***, the more difficult it is for me and Wen Jin now, the smoother it may be in the future, I hope that now, let me go through all the difficulties, and in the future, she will be happy and happy every day!" Qian Jun clenched his fists, waved them in the air, and swore an oath.
Wen Han didn't expect that he was just a country child, although he was not as good as Qian Jun in terms of food and clothing, but he was a good friend, and he only had the title of a prince's son, but he had to bear so much pressure and tribulation than himself, and he had mixed feelings in his heart for a while, he held Qian Jun's hand tightly between his hands: "How do you want me to help you?" β
Qian Jun lowered his head and shook it, he wanted to see Wen Jin so much, but this wish was too difficult to achieve in the capital.
"By the way, Wen Jin wants to go to the Zhongnan Hall in Dongcheng tomorrow to see a storefront, she plans to open a restaurant, and I will accompany her with the third uncle."
Qian Jun grinned: "I know." β
"My third uncle will go too." Wen Han emphasized that he was afraid of Qian Jun's recklessness.
"Don't worry, in Liangzhong Province, I'm not so profligate, can the old witch at home rest assured?"
"Okay, then let me see the true face of the prince." Wen Han said expectantly.
Wen Jin waited for her adoptive father Mu Xiu easily, after she had breakfast, she wore a green coat and a small hat, dressed up as a black-faced scholar, Yujie County Lord stared at Wen Jin for a long time, and sighed: "No wonder you can coax a family, no matter how you look at it, you are a handsome little showman." β
Watching Wen Jin follow her husband and nephew out, the county lord of Yujie was envious, standing in the courtyard and looking at the middle gate, he didn't move for a long time.
"Let's go into the house, it's cold." Wei Shi greeted, she thought that the county lord of Yujie was worried, so she comforted: "There are third uncles and Wen Han to follow, besides, Wen Jin is very alert, and he can socialize outside than Wen Han." β
Lord Yujie smiled, walked over and took Wei's hand: "Sister-in-law, if I can live a free and chic life like Wen Jin, I won't feel wronged if I die today." β
"Phew!" Wei hurriedly spat into the air, and his mouth was still babbling, "God bless the county lord with a good person and a long life." β
"I really envy Wen Jin." The county lord of Yujie remembered the aggrieved life in her ex-husband's family, if she had Wen Jin's ability, would she have jumped out of that fire pit a long time ago?
Wei Shi saw that her face flashed gloomy, and knew that although she had a noble status, she had lived a very unsatisfactory life before, so she patted the hand of the county lord of Yujie comfortingly: "Niangniang, the third uncle is also very capable, and with Wen Han's help, our family will definitely get better and better." β
"I believe it!" The county lord of Yujie nodded, she already knew about Wen Han's affairs in Zhongjiang Mansion, and now even Wen Jin was so capable, so she was naturally very confident in the future of the Qian family.
Wen Han, Qian Xiancong, and Qian Xiancheng sat in the carriage in front, Wen Jin sat in the back with a pomegranate, and Sun Yanping, brothers, took three young martial artists from Shiwei Village and walked on the side of the carriage.
The provincial chambers of commerce are concentrated, here is the most lively commercial concentration in the capital, the road is wide, the roadside buildings are lined up, wine shops, restaurants, silk villages, garment shops, gold and silver buildings, pawn shops, one by one signboard, dazzling, pedestrians on the street are also crowded shoulder to shoulder, men and women speak with various accents, wearing colorful clothes, Wen Jin sits in the carriage, just listening to the noisy sound outside, everyone knows that this is definitely not the ordinary lively.
The next road, there was no official shouting, there was no way to go at all, the coachman stopped the carriage, Sun Yanping gave more than a dozen copper coins, and asked him to drive the carriage to the carriage shop and wait, he followed behind a few masters, a pair of big eyes vigilantly kept sweeping around.
The steward of the Liangzhong Hall, Sun Yanping had already made an appointment, and at this moment, he saw the carriage upstairs, and he had already run down and was waiting at the door.
The property of the guild hall is donated by businessmen in the province, and it will also provide free food and lodging for the bankrupt or down-and-out lifters, etc., and the income on weekdays, in addition to maintaining the guild building and feeding the people who work here, most of them do those public welfare undertakings, therefore, the housing prices are not ridiculously high, but they will never be low to the friendship price.
There is only one or two rooms left on the first floor, and the rest are rented out, Wen Jin plans to rent part of the second and third floors, and the faΓ§ade on the first floor is naturally the gate and the aisle.
Although there is no elevator in later generations, the people of this era have a strange psychology, the higher the place, the more it is used by nobles. If you think about it, you can understand this truth, the floors are separated by wooden boards, and anyone who hears the sound of someone walking overhead will feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, no one found it strange that Wen Jin had the idea of leasing the second and third floors.
Similarly, the rent on the second and third floors is not cheaper than that on the first floor.
The house in Liangzhong Guild Hall is still of good quality, Wen Jin only needs to repaint and decorate it, and it can be used, with a total of 7,800 taels of silver for a year's rent, not two prices.
Qian Xiancong saw that Wen Jin was calm and relaxed, and he didn't care at all, he really couldn't guess in his heart, how could his adopted daughter have such a big hand, wasn't she afraid of losing money? Nearly 8,000 taels of silver, plus the food, lodging and wages of the cook and the running hall, at least 10,000 taels of silver are consumed a year, and all his money, even the rice, is converted into cash, and it is only more than 2,000 taels a year.
The silver in Wen Jin's hand is only seven thousand taels in total, or the pomegranate flower, he has just called this year's kiwi money for three thousand, although it is expected to be sold, and there is still three thousand taels of silver, but there is no silver in hand, and it cannot be regarded as his own.
Wen Jin calculated, the house deposit is 1,000 taels, the rent for three months at a time, and nearly 2,000, and the rest of the money has to take out 1,000 taels to renovate the house, and then 2,000 taels as start-up capital, which is really a little nervous.
However, Wen Jin did not hold back for this, there must be a way before the car reached the mountain, and she firmly believed that she must have a way.
Wen Jin looked at the house, and then walked around the nearby restaurant and wine shop, and compared the situation with Sun Yanping's collection one by one, she was more confident in the main direction of her restaurant in the future.
As for the specific matters of signing the contract and paying the deposit, it will be handed over to Sun Yanping when the time comes. In this era, the folk customs are still very simple, especially the businessmen are very credible, those things that are cheated and abducted are all done by street gangsters, and an industry as big as a guild hall will never happen like that, this Wen Jin is not worried.
Let people measure the area of each floor, and Wen Jin's task today will be completed. The morning time also passed in a flash.
"Daddy, brother, let's have a meal here."
If you want to open a restaurant, you naturally have to eat all the restaurants around, this task, Sun Yanping brothers have taken Wen Jin from Minghu to complete the task, today, they are going to the best taste Yu Xiangju to have a look.
From the moment they walked into the guild hall, there was a gray-clothed servant following them, Wen Jin thought he was sent by the guild hall, so he didn't care, although the man lowered his head, he was always secretly looking at her from the corner of his eye.
When they arrived at Yu Xiangju, Wen Jin and his entourage sat down in the lobby, and as soon as they had ordered food, a man wearing a green scribe's shirt and a narrow-brimmed hat sat opposite her, the man bowed his head and knocked on the table with his hand, as if he was preoccupied, but his eyes, like the gray-clothed servant just now, seemed to be always looking at her. But when Wen Jin raised his eyes to look, he saw that the man was really looking under the table, his brows furrowed, thinking about something.
Odd! Could it be that she is being watched by someone and being watched? Otherwise, how could there be such a weird feeling? Wen Jin looked around and didn't see any suspicious people.
Xiao'er came over with a large teapot to store water, and Wen Jin asked to change to a private room on the second floor.
The child stammered: "The private room on the second floor is for the nobles." β
"Where are there any nobles in this place?" Wen Han was a little displeased.
"This master, it is because there are few, so you have to leave one, in case one comes, it is often a big-eared scraper to greet you, and the shopkeeper and the small ones are not afraid."
This is a new situation, it seems that a small official who may be nothing in Dongcheng will be arrogant and majestic when he arrives in Xicheng, otherwise, where would Xiao Er be slapped so much?
"Is there a private room?"
"Yes, yes, there are three private rooms in the shop, and today there are already two of them."
"Why don't you open more private rooms?" Wen Jin asked.
"Oh, uncle, you don't know this, the private room occupies space, and there are few nobles on our side, what should no one do if there are too many people?"
"Do you charge for private rooms?"
"Collect, a meal costs a tael of silver, so, uncle, a tael of silver can serve a few good dishes, if you want a private room, it is better to sit in the lobby downstairs, and it can be drawn." Xiao Er smiled, hoping to leave people downstairs.
"If you don't go out of the private room now, will you say the opposite?" Wen Jin smiled, then raised his hand, "Lead the way and go to your private room." β
"This-"
"No wonder you are always shaved by the ears, don't you have any eyes, do you know who this old man is?" Wen Jin pointed at Qian Xiancong, "Fu Erpin, is it enough to open a private room?" β
Xiao Er was startled, glanced at Qian Xiancong suspiciously, but didn't dare to say a word of doubt, nodded and waited, he went to ask the shopkeeper.
"Born to be beaten." Wen Jin thinks that this restaurant, although the taste is good, but it has not been able to do it, the problem is here, the service is not good, if they were the kind of officials who bully people, they would have been angry a long time ago, not to mention not giving money for dinner, it is estimated that the shopkeeper will have to bring a gift and come over to apologize to them.
The shopkeeper rubbed for a while, then bowed his head and came over, and asked them to go upstairs, the meal time has reached the most, and the people who should come are here, and the shopkeeper is sure that no one will want a private room again, so he gave Wen Jin a face.
is so blind, and can still mix in the capital.
Sure enough, different regions have different levels of commercial services, and if you change to a hotel in Dongcheng, this kind of thing will definitely not happen.
There, let alone the shopkeeper, even the guys have eyes all over their bodies. Some high-ranking officials and staff members are extremely simple when they go out, but what they want to do is often done easily, which is easier than some officials of three or four grades.
Wen Jin thought as he walked upstairs, walked past the man in green, and saw his eyes, flashing a trace of resentment.
Am I familiar with you? As soon as this idea came to his head, Wen Jin's heart jumped violently, isn't this Qian Jun? He went back to the capital, and he didn't see him, so why did he follow him, what did he mean?
Wen Jin only felt a sourness rushing to his nose, his vision was a little blurred in an instant, and he hurriedly took the handkerchief and dipped it on his eyes.
Qian Jun could see it clearly, and when she recognized herself, her mood was agitated, and his lost heart was slightly comforted, anyway, people put themselves in their hearts, not to lose their hearts, they are all beautiful people in their dreams.
Wen Jin walked to the second floor in a dizzy state, and he didn't even have the heart to speak.
Wen Han thought the same as Qian Jun at first, but when the meal came up, Wen Jin looked like he was chewing wax, which made him feel that something was wrong, and seeing that his father and uncle were chatting while eating with great interest, he took the opportunity to say in Wen Jin's ear: "Qian Jun wants to see you, and he is afraid that it will be bad for you to provoke gossip, so I have to do this, you, if you don't mind, I will call him to the banquet, it is a chance encounter, Daddy and the third uncle invite you to dinner, how about it?" β
The sourness in Wen Jin's heart was even worse, but it became a different meaning, when she arrived in the capital, the prince and the prince had to put away their minions and act like a kitten, wanting to see themselves, but she was so wronged, which really made her feel distressed.
Holding back his thoughts, Wen Jin shook his head: "Brother, forget it, since I've already seen it, so be it." "Inviting people to come in at this time, Qian Jun's previous grievances have been in vain, and in the eyes of those who have a heart, it will cause more things, Wen Jin knows that it is not easy for her adoptive father, and she doesn't want to cause trouble to the people of the Qian family because of her own affairs.
Just thinking of Qian Jun's resentful glance, Wen Jin was also very uncomfortable in her heart.
The cold dishes had just been served, and the hot dishes were not served, so Xiao Er knocked on the door and walked in, nodded and apologized: "General Wang of the Five Cities Terracotta Division brought the villagers over for dinner, and I have to vacate a room in the shop. β
It doesn't matter if you don't give a room or come in, but now that you are kicked out like this, Qian Xiancong's face will be completely trampled on the ground, especially if he is a civil official, if he gives way to the military attachΓ©, he will let the civil officials of a city point their backs and insult him, don't say anything about his own shame, in the future, don't want to mix in this circle.
Wen Han's face was already red with anger, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he had a big mouth: "Blind your dog eyes, have you seen the waiter of Fu Erpin, who gave a seat to the Wupin general?" Get lost! β
No wonder this little second and the shopkeeper are always beaten, they come to the door to find themselves, even Wen Jin praised Wen Han for making a neat move.
After all, Wen Han insisted on practicing martial arts for so many years, although his subordinates were merciful, half of Xiao Er's face suddenly turned into a purple eggplant, he covered his face, and said inarticulately: "I, I can tell you, the general will do you a big crime of pretending to be an official, but, don't blame me for not making it clear-" Wen Han passed with another mouth, some people are born cheap, Xiao Er and the shopkeeper, it is nothing more than to see that their group is dressed simply, there is no arrogance and no bullying, unexpectedly, it is wrong to be low-key, it is simply a room of people, Speechless!
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