It turned out that many of the guys hired to entertain guests now have no work to do, and the tables and chairs in the lobby on the first floor are wiped clean and reflective.

The shopkeeper looked at the hurried flow of people with umbrellas on the street, passing by hundreds of people, but none of them entered the restaurant to eat pots.

This has been the case for two or three days.

He was so sad that his gray hair had grown.

The purchasing steward hurried over to report to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, the price of vegetables, the price of meat, and the price of rice have risen again today!"

The shopkeeper's eyes widened, "Still rising?" How much has it gone up? ”

The steward held out a palm.

The shopkeeper took a breath of cold air, "Fifty percent? ”

Since the heavy rain for several days, the price of vegetables and meat has been rising. The restaurant was originally a pot business, and the daily fresh vegetables and meat needed to be the freshest, otherwise the taste would be lost.

If the owner has a Zhuangzi, he will let people send fresh vegetables from the Zhuangzi every day, and if the Zhuangzi raises chickens, ducks, cows, sheep and pigs, they will also send some from time to time, so that the money will be saved.

But the Gu family doesn't have a Zhuangzi, so this silver can't be saved, so they can only buy it every day.

If you buy less, the business is not good enough to eat, and if you buy more, the business is not good, and the rest can only be dealt with cheaply, which is a loss.

In the past, the business of the restaurant was not good, no matter how much the purchasing steward bought, the restaurant could be consumed in a day, but now the business has deteriorated sharply, and a lot of ingredients have been wasted in the past few days.

When the steward heard the shopkeeper say fifty percent, he shook his head, surprised and sighed, "It's doubled!" ”

"What! So expensive! ”

"That's it, it's not easy to buy! Especially rice grains and meat! ”

"I don't understand, a few days ago, our restaurant business was so good, why did it suddenly have no customers? Could it be that the kitchen is lazy and the taste has changed? ”

In the end, the steward who goes out to buy every day knows more gossip.

"I heard that there was a flood in the suburbs of Beijing, and all the grain harvested in the autumn was destroyed by heavy rain, who still has the heart to come to the restaurant to eat at this time."

"What you said is true?" The shopkeeper said with a calm face.

"Eighty percent is true, I listened to the businessmen who entered Beijing from the West City, there should be no falsehood, but I don't know how big the scope of the specific flood is."

After the purchasing steward finished speaking, the shopkeeper couldn't stay in the restaurant, so he asked the steward to guard the restaurant, he took an oil-paper umbrella and took a guy out of the restaurant, and went straight to Gu's house.

Gu Fu, when he heard that the shopkeeper of the restaurant was here, Bai Lingge thought that the shopkeeper was here to deliver silver.

In the past few days, Bai Lingge has been busy taking care of Gu Hongchao, who has injured his arm, in the Gu Mansion, and has not asked about the business of the restaurant, so he doesn't know how the business of the restaurant is in the past few days, and he thinks that it is as prosperous as before.

Bai Lingge asked the shopkeeper to come in and met the shopkeeper directly in the flower hall.

In the flower hall, Bai Lingge and Gu Hongchao, who had an arm injury, sat in the main seat.

As soon as the shopkeeper of the restaurant came in, he knelt in front of Bai Lingge with a face full of shame without waiting for Bai Lingge to ask, "The old slave is here to ask the young lady for guilt!" ”

Hearing the shopkeeper's words, Bai Lingge and Gu Hongchao's faces became unpleasant.

After a while, Gu Hongchao said with a pale face: "What are you talking about, the floods on the outskirts of Beijing!" ”

"The shopkeeper nodded frequently, the eldest young master must hurry up to inquire about the news, if it is true, our Gu family must stock up on food!"

Knowing this, where are Bai Lingge and Gu Hongchao still in the mood to ask about the restaurant business, the top priority is to stock up on grain!

When this flood passes, it's not too late for the restaurant to reopen!

Rao is arm was injured, and Gu Hongchao couldn't take care of it too much, so he immediately asked people to go to find his father to return to the house, while Bai Lingge went to the main courtyard to discuss with Mrs. Gu.

Gu Long received the news from his son, and went to the Regent's Mansion to find Gu Yufei as soon as possible.

But Gu Yufei didn't want to see Gu Long, Gu Long waited in the regent palace for more than half an hour before a maid sent Gu Long a note out, which said that the news of the flood in the suburbs of Beijing was true.

Although he didn't see his daughter, after checking the news, Gu Long immediately rushed back to the house.

When Gu Long returned to Gu's mansion, the whole family was waiting for him in the flower hall of the main courtyard, even Gu Hongfeng, who had been bedridden before.

Seeing Gu Long coming in, Mrs. Gu hurriedly asked, "Master, how is it?" ”

"The message is true! Get ready to stock up! ”

But at this time, the price of grain had risen to the sky, and the normal price could not buy grain at all, so in the end, he still took the path of the Fang family, spent three thousand taels of silver to buy ordinary quality grain, and shipped it to the Gu family's warehouse.

If this is in normal times, the grain of three thousand taels of silver is only worth five hundred taels at most, and just like that, it was also detained by the Fang family for thirty percent.

Gu Yuqing is the third young lady of the Fang family, and she is the path of the Fang family, so she has to give these three percent.

But these three thousand taels immediately hollowed out Bai Lingge and Mrs. Gu.

The Gu family was really only an empty shell at this moment.

The Eldest Princess's Mansion.

Mrs. Rongguo sent a letter.

Qin Shuhuang opened the envelope, read it at a glance, and sneered at the corner of his mouth.

According to Qin Shuhuang's words, Mrs. Rongguo doubled the price during the heavy rain in the past few days and sold some grain to the Fang family.

Now the Fang family has sold half of this batch of grain to the Gu family for three thousand taels.

Mrs. Rongguo thought that her food was too expensive, and she was a little embarrassed, but now when she saw that the Fang family was still black-hearted, she suddenly lost her sense of guilt.

Mrs. Rongguo persuaded Qin Shuhuang that since she had left the Gu family, she should stop worrying about the Gu family's affairs, and it was important to live her own life, and the husband and wife were slowly running in, so let her relax a little, if it was really Xie Xuanye's problem, tell her that she would support Qin Shuhuang.

Qin Shuhuang quickly wrote a reply letter and handed it to the servants of the Du family, and prepared some medicinal food and supplements for the servants to bring back to Mrs. Rongguo.

Sending off the servants of the Du family, Qin Shuhuang stared at the green and shining green bamboo washed by the rain in the courtyard, his eyes were deep.

How could she not care about the Gu family, but she didn't want the Gu family to live a good life, but she was afraid that the Gu family would live a good life!

She will let the Gu family taste all the sins and humiliations she suffered in her previous life!

Otherwise, how can you solve the hatred in her heart!

Just as Qin Shuhuang was caught in the painful memories of his previous life, a familiar footstep sounded.

Then Ruihe greeted respectfully, "Lord Wang, you are here." ”

Qin Shuhuang turned around and saw Xie Xuanye walking quickly in front of her.

She was stunned.

At this moment, Xie Xuanye was embarrassed.

He was soaked in a blue brocade robe, his hair was all drenched, and the corners of his robe were dripping as he walked towards her.

The deep eyes under the mask were filled with urgency and worry.

When he arrived in front of Qin Shuhuang, he was just about to speak, Qin Shuhuang stretched out his index finger and pointed it at his lips, and then said to Ruihe who was not far away: "Go and get clean clothes for the prince!" ”

Ruihe left, and only Qin Shuhuang and Xie Xuanye were left in the room.

Qin Shuhuang touched Xie Xuanye's lips and instantly felt the coldness of his lips.

Xie Xuanye's body stiffened, and then he reached out and gently pulled Qin Shuhuang's hand down.

The two touched and intersected with each other, Qin Shuhuang's hand was small but hot, and Xie Xuanye's hand was big but icy.

Seeing that the back of Xie Xuanye's hand was covered with water droplets, Qin Shuhuang directly wiped him with his own handkerchief.

Xie Xuanye was stunned for a moment, reluctant to withdraw her big palm from Qin Shuhuang's hand, so she wiped the water droplets on it.

The temperature on Qin Shuhuang's hand continued to pass to Xie Xuanye's palm, and soon warmed his hand and reached his heart.

Xie Xuanye lowered his head with a hint of sadness, "Your Highness, the dams of Shuangsong Lake and Jinghun Lake have been destroyed!" ”