It's autumn, and the nights are long and the days are short. But when Xia Pingzhang arrived at Huixian Tower, it was already dawn, and he took a sip of the morning mist, and there was some cold sweetness.

"Brother Lu? You're here too? ”

"Pingzhang?" Lu Zhaoshui was very happy to see him, and pulled him to squeeze at the door.

"Stand closer, and when the door opens, you'll be the first to enter." He came for the table that would turn on its own, and he came before dawn, of course he had to squeeze into the first row, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sit down.

Lu Zhaoshui looked at Xia Pingzhang and saw that he was still wearing an old coat, and he didn't care at all about the eyes of others, and couldn't help but admire his heart.

He came in a new suit this morning.

And his family is in the suburbs of Beijing, several brothers and sisters are married, and the conditions in his family are better than those of the Xia family in Changping......

"You are reluctant to eat the meat buns issued by the library, hide them and take them back for the next meal," Lu Zhaoshui poked him with his elbow, "Although the breakfast in Huixian Mansion is cheaper than the lunch dinner, it is not cheap, are you willing?" ”

Although Xia Pingzhang is now the same as him, he is hired by the library as a book office, and he has two taels of money in a month, but Xia Pingzhang still has to rent a house in the capital to support himself while studying, and the two taels of silver are afraid that it is not enough to spend.

"These days, I have painted a lot of small paintings in the building and saved some copper. I was reluctant, but I always wanted to come and see it, and I could paint the most aura painting. ”

Xia Pingzhang and these poor students drew dishes for Huixian Building, and Lin Zhaoxia used Polaroid to take photos of each dish first, and then handed over the photos to those poor students to draw them. Each booth and each private room has a book, and dozens or hundreds of small paintings must be painted for a dish.

Originally, it was opened, and they didn't need to draw dishes for the time being. But they followed the trend too quickly in the welcome building and Wanfu Building, so Lin Zhaoxia often changed the theme and the cuisine.

Today's Huaiyang cuisine may be changed to Sichuan-Hunan or Guangdong-Fujian cuisine in a few days, and the menu book will be changed again.

As a result, Xia Pingzhang and these people can't win just by painting small paintings of vegetable cards, a small painting that is less than half the size of a palm is three or five or ten pieces, and sometimes they have to be in a hurry, and there are more than ten or twenty pieces.

Like Xia Pingzhang, a poor student who drew a menu for Huixian Lou, saved a lot of money.

In addition to drawing menus, now I have to draw a variety of cultural and creative products. Huixianlou also encouraged them to play freely, saying that whose creativity is good, if adopted, will be rewarded. It is possible to get one, two, two or two taels of silver.

Xia Pingzhang drew a few pictures of the breakfast in Huixian Building, the pictures of diners queuing, some moments of diners eating happily, a few pictures, and won the praise of the princess, and said that they would be made into the next batch of cultural and creative products, asked him for three ideas, and gave him five taels of silver.

made Xia Pingzhang very happy.

And the princess also said that if he can draw more creative pictures, draw them into large pictures, and frame them in fashion, they will be hung in the lobby and various private rooms on the first floor. If a customer wants to buy, he will also share half of the profit.

After Xia Pingzhang ate the taste of Huixianlou's food once, he never forgot it, but now that he has been recognized, he loves to run to Huixianlou more and more.

Sometimes Jiang Li would also give him some convenience, allowing him to observe in the lobby but between the floors in order to paint.

Xia Pingzhang was grateful to Huixianlou for giving him and the rest of the poor students who went to Beijing to study a chance to make a living, and wanted to repay Huixianlou more and more.

touched his chest, "And Mrs. Sun comes every day, as well as Guozijian, and the mountain chiefs of several academies in the capital, they will come, and the shopkeeper will guide me, I can bring the article over, if I can get their guidance, I will benefit a lot." ”

Lu Zhaoshui was stunned when he heard this, "Why didn't you say it earlier!" ”

I'm very annoyed that I didn't bring my own article. Although Mrs. Sun and King Lu often bring some people to the library to give lectures, there are too many students, and he can't find a chance to talk.

However, Lu Zhaoshui prefers to study the machine, so he wanted to find a chance to see how the table could move by himself.

"At that moment, if you can win the favor of Old Lady Sun, remember to pull me. I also made it a mistake to sit in on one or two of them. ”

"What do you want me to like?"

The two were startled, and looked back, "Sun, Boss Sun!" ”

Within a few days, the breakfast business in Huixian Lou was even more prosperous.

Every day, before the door opens, the outside is full of students who come to ask questions. I couldn't find a place to sit in the building, so I packed up and sat at the door, and the bench used to sit for the diners in line at the door was full of people.

After Lin Zhaoxia heard about it, he gave the Confucians, Dr. Guozijian, and the gentlemen of the mountain chiefs of the academies who had received the students' homework and were willing to give them some pointers, and they all gave VIP jade cards, and the price of the dishes was discounted by 20%.

As a result, most of the gentlemen in the city came to Xianlou to eat.

The restaurants of Yingbin Building and Wanfu Building are angry enough.

But after the emperor in the palace heard about this, he not only praised these gentlemen, but also praised Huixianlou fiercely, and inscribed a picture on Huixianlou, "Friends will be friends with words, and friends will be helpful."

As an aspiring emperor, don't you want to be strong? Don't you want to see the literary style prevailing in Beijing?

As soon as the emperor spoke, Huixian Lou became more and more a place where literati and ink writers loved to come, and there was an inscription on the emperor, and other restaurants did not dare to make small moves in secret.

Huixianlou made money, Lin Zhaoxia was not stingy, seeing that Zhao Guangyuan gave the subordinate officials and guards a subsidy for charcoal and clothes in the autumn, with a wave of his hand, he also gave an extra month's monthly money to the subordinates in the mansion.

The people were overjoyed, and the errand became more and more active and serious.

In the courtyard of the royal mansion, Ma was chatting with the family members of several palace guards while cleaning up the house.

"You came from Changping, you haven't stayed in the capital, maybe you don't know, the capital is cold in winter, you have to get up and add firewood to the brazier several times a night, this firewood and charcoal must be stored enough, otherwise you will buy it temporarily, but it is much more expensive than usual."

"Thank you for reminding me, I came back with the subsidy money yesterday, and I happened to go to the street today to buy more."

"Then let's go together, let's buy more together, and it can be cheaper."

The family members of the same house guard suggested with a smile that the head of the house came back with three taels of silver yesterday, saying that it was the charcoal and clothes issued by the prince.

Three taels of silver is enough for the family to buy two new clothes, and the charcoal money for a winter is enough.

Outsiders say that King Yue is poor, where is this poor.

The prince is so generous, the capital can't find a second one. As for the two hundred guards, and those guards with official ranks, who took more, and those who belonged to the official staff, and more than 100 subordinates in the house, it cost a lot of silver.

A few people were talking about coming to Yue Wangfu to enjoy happiness, and some Ma led them to say that the princess and princess were good, and everyone was more and more grateful.

"Does Lin Jingning's family live in this courtyard?" Suddenly, there was a voice outside the door.