Qing'an City in July is cloudy and rainy. After a few rains, it was ten days after the sky cleared completely, and the weather gradually cooled down, and the night was covered with a thin quilt.

Qi Ning didn't wait for Xiao Gongzi to urge, and took the initiative to go to Xiao Ji Restaurant.

Xiao Gongzi is not there, and neither is the shopkeeper Hu, Qi Ning told the bookkeeper what he meant, and left in a huff, it is really inconvenient to have no mobile phone in this era, and some things rely on two legs.

Within two days, the work of Xiao Ji Restaurant drove to invite Qi Ning, and Qi Ning ordered Tie Niu and Han Dong to get in the car and follow the guys.

After some greetings, Qi Ning took out a few pieces of paper from his purse and explained in detail the practice of mandarin duck hot pot, there is no induction cooker here, you need to customize the table, dig a hole in the middle, and put a carbon stove or alcohol stove below. Then sit on the pot in the middle that is made according to the drawings drawn by Qi Ning. Now Qi Ning's handwriting is much better than before, thanks to her insistence on writing accounts with Mao every day, and teaching Han Dong and Tie Niu to read and calculate accounts at night. Although the paper is wasted, the writing is still very effective.

Xiao Gongzi and Shopkeeper Hu listened to the sweat, they also ate hot pot, they have eaten hot pot for so many years, they never thought that they could extend so many tricks.

"Miss Qi, let's make a price." Xiao Gongzi and Hu shopkeeper are very cordial when they see Qi Ning now, Hu shopkeeper was praised by the old owner because of the hot business of the restaurant, and he was rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, Xiao Gongzi was even more relieved by the old father to praise him for finally being sensible and no longer messing around, let him take charge of the family's restaurant and money village, pawnshop business.

Qi Ning smiled and shook his three fingers.

"Thirty taels." Xiao Gongzi deliberately joked.

Qi Ning glanced at him; "Three hundred."

Xiao Gongzi's master and servant listened, and they were suspicious for a while, they thought that Qi Ning would ask for at least five hundred taels at this time, Xiao Gongzi cleared his throat: "Three hundred, is it a little less?" ”

"It's a lot, now we are not only doing business, but also friends, just give a friendship price."

"Miss Qi is righteous, let's cooperate more in the future." Xiao Gongzi excitedly brushed and opened the fan again.

"Hu will give the girl to get silver, I don't know if the girl wants a silver ticket or cash?" Shopkeeper Hu remembered the last time Qi Ning looked at the silver ticket.

"Silver ticket, take it lightly."

Shopkeeper Hu was about to get it, but Xiao Gongzi said: "The girl is so righteous, Xiao can't help but say something, Shopkeeper Hu went to get four hundred taels of silver tickets to Miss Qi." ”

Shopkeeper Hu had a headache when he heard this, this second ancestor, the old man praised him for being able to do business, this is what he sees, how can he take the initiative to add silver, so he looked at Xiao Gongzi with some hesitation.

smiled contemplatively: "Shopkeeper Hu can take three hundred, you can't use so much." Shopkeeper Hu hurriedly responded and ran away, he was afraid that his young master would say more.

"I heard that your recipe for lo-mei was stolen by the Zhong family? Do you want me to send someone to clean them up? Xiao Gongzi looked at Qi Ning and said seriously.

"No, it's already in the past." Qi Ning really doesn't want to worry about it, now that she earns more by making roast duck, why bother making trouble again.

"If someone bullies you in the future, you will find the shopkeeper Hu, and he will help you, no, there will be me."

"Thank you Xiao Gongzi, I just want to do business quietly and make some money, and I don't want to worry too much."

"I often wonder if there is such a woman in this world, who is in a flashy and heart-like lotus. No desire, no want, no fight, no take. Seeing wealth and glory, you can be honored and disgraced; In the face of poverty and suffering, he is also calm and casual. Even though everything in the world is false, she is willing to embrace a trace of truth in this vanity with the shadow of her soul. She does not look up to the great gods, nor does she despise the insignificant ants; She is not a compassionate sage, nor is she a fool with a lack of mind. She's just a woman in a flashy and glamour, with a heart like a lotus. Xiao Gongzi looked at Qi Ning with a stupid look in his eyes: "Are you the woman?" ”

"Xiao Gongzi praised it falsely, I'm just a vulgar and shallow little woman." Qi Ning looked at the emotion in Xiao Gongzi's eyes in surprise, pretending not to understand.

"Is that really the case?" Xiao Yunsheng poked his head over and looked at Qi Ning, who was pretending to be calm.

This happened to be the shopkeeper Hu pushed the door in, Qi Ning took the silver ticket and said goodbye without looking at it. Don't think about what you don't want, this has always been Qi Ning's code of conduct. Sitting in the carriage of the restaurant from East Street, she looked at Zhong Dashan, who was sitting behind the stall with her neck bent on the side of the road, and she didn't feel proud in her heart, let alone the anger she had at the beginning.

As soon as he jumped out of the car when he returned to the door, a low shout came from behind him: "Sister Ning." ”

Who else is this familiar voice besides the big girl, Qi Ning looked at her helplessly: "I don't want to listen to your explanation, so be it, don't come back in the future." With that, he turned around and entered the door.

The eldest girl hesitated to follow up, and Qi Ning instructed Tie Niu: "Look at it, don't let her in." She is the one who stole our recipe, and anyone with the surname Zhong will not be allowed to enter our store in the future. After finishing speaking, he went back to the backyard, Tie Niu picked up the top door bar and stood at the door blocking the big girl: "Get out, don't delay our business, the white-eyed wolf with no conscience, can't you eat, and you want to steal our roast duck?" The eldest girl looked at Qi Ning's resolute back, covered her eyes and cried.

Seeing Qi Ning coming in, Han Dong, who was busy cleaning up the ducks, got up hurriedly: "The girl is back." ”

"Well, you're busy."

Qi Ning went into the shed to check it, and then gave a few more commands before going back to the house and hiding the silver ticket in the box under the bed. In other words, whether it is a modern person or an ancient person hiding valuable little things, it seems that the first thing that comes to mind is the bed, who knows what the reason is?

The unpolluted air was really clean, the sky was blue and not really, with a few clouds floating on it. Qi Ning stood in the shade at the door, took a hard breath of sweet air and stretched, and sighed in his heart, although God is not kind, but the air and water of this dynasty have not been seen before, and you can drink the well water for free every day, which is sweeter than mineral water, and it can be regarded as making up for regrets.

Yasukuni has a history of more than 200 years.

The legend of the first generation of emperors is the people in the martial arts, because of the chaos in the world at that time, the princes from all walks of life cut the land and called the king, the war happened from time to time, the people were miserable, he led the green forest army to rise up, after more than 20 years of fighting, unified most of the Central Plains, established Dajing, several other princes and small countries are also divided and combined, and the world was decided after a few decades.

He died within a few years of ascending the throne, and his son succeeded him, and it has been passed down for more than ten generations now.

The Dajing Dynasty was originally a country founded by force, and the people's customs were open and strong, but later the world was stable, and the scientific examination became the first way to become an official, but the military examination lagged behind.

The emperors of all dynasties attached importance to the people's livelihood, advocated trade, and the national strength was strong, and did not discriminate against merchants, whether they were the children of Shinong businessmen and businessmen, as long as they did not have a criminal record, they were eligible to take the examination for fame. Once you get the Xiucai exam, your family can be exempted from taxes and forced labor, so many poor families gather the strength of the whole family to provide a scholar, just to want to soar one day, and the whole family will follow it.

But it costs a lot of money to study, and it is only a hundred years to be able to persist in reading and be qualified to pass the children's examination and then be admitted to Xiucai. It is much more difficult than going to university in my previous life. Wu's son is now just a child.