The young lady entered the building and observed: the place was not small, it was all a wooden structure, four load-bearing pillars were carved with flowers and beasts, and in the middle was a large stage, on which three beautiful women were dancing, and the pipes were playing in unison next to them. Leaning against the wall is a low table with a wooden floor covered with leather. At several low tables, there are businessmen dressed as celebrities and gentlemen, kneeling on leathers, drinking, listening to music, and enjoying dances. Inside is the counter kitchen, next to the counter is the stairs, looking up is a three-story building, four load-bearing pillars support the four corners of the corridor on the second and third floors directly to the roof, the middle of the corridor is empty, the corridor against the wall can see a few private rooms, the private rooms have open doors, and the people inside enjoy the music and dance downstairs while eating and drinking.

The young lady said to the servant, "I want to find a big private room and take me there." ”

The little guy said, "No." ”

I followed the servant up to the third floor, and walked through the verandah to the door of a private room, which occupied the space of three small private rooms.

The servant opened the door and said, "Miss, please see, this is the largest private room." ”

The young lady walked in and saw three low tables, also covered with leather on the wooden floor. The young lady said: "Very good, we are here, and when the Jiangnan Association comes, let them come up directly." The little servant answered the promise and went downstairs.

The young lady came to the low table in the middle, picked the innermost kneeling next to the window and sat down, Ying Ning sat next to her, Mo Qing did not come in, and stood on the verandah to watch the music and dance on the first floor. After a while, a few juniors came up, put lacquerware copper kettles and fruit snacks on each table, and asked the young lady what dishes to order?

The young lady said: "Prepare a pot of lotus seed porridge, a pot of roast pork with lotus root slices, a pot of roast mutton, a pot of radish stewed beef, a pot of pumpkin stewed chicken, a pot of stewed donkey meat, three pots of rice wine, and wait for everyone to arrive before serving." ”

Xiao Er made a note and went downstairs to let the kitchen prepare. Xiao Er didn't leave, added water to the lacquerware of Miss and Ying Ning, and stood by the door to listen.

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, and the first floor was noisy, and the welcome boy led in a bunch of people and went directly to the third floor.

Mo Qing saw Huang Nian and told the young lady that the fellow townsmen were coming.

The young lady stood up and waited, and Ying Ning stood up when she saw that the young lady stood up.

As the footsteps approached, Huang Nian appeared at the door. Huang Nian first met Mo Qing, and a group of people followed Huang Nian and Mo Qing to greet him. Then Huang Nian led a group of people into the private room, a total of nine people, greeted each other and Miss Ying Ning, Miss said sit down, so a few people sat down at each table, Mo Qing did not come in, and Xiao Er stood by the door to listen.

One of the nine people is the owner of the lotus seeds and lotus roots sold to Miss Nian, named Nian Qijiang, the owner of the grocery store, and several other people are also the owners of small restaurants or grocery stores, among them, there is Huang Qiang, the owner of Huang Qiang's carriage and horse shop in Xichengmen, Huang Nian's uncle, and the other two old men sit opposite Miss Yingning, one of the two old men is the owner of the cloth village, called Qu Ye, and the other is the owner of the car rental shop, called Li Ding.

Everyone sat down, and Xiao Er poured water for each table. Huang Qiang saw that Miss Ying Ning went out with the doorman, and the doorman was extraordinary, and when the rectification was over, Huang Qiang said: "The adults want to join the hometown association, and they intend to become bigger, we are all the backbone of the hometown association, and I want to hear the thoughts of the adults." ”

The young lady said: "You have been doing good deeds for a long time, I want to do a great job of helping the poor and needy, and I also need to use you to work hard." ”

Huang Qiang said: "To help the poor and the needy, we are also handy, and there is no special plan. If you want to be bigger, if you have any instructions, within our ability, I will do it. ”

The young lady said: "I have not yet considered the specific plan, and now I am willing to donate 100 taels of gold for the fellow villagers to do the current good deeds, but I still have some worries, and I am worried that the funds cannot be used for good deeds." ”

The backbone of the fellow villagers' association present in the room was shocked when they heard this, the young lady had already donated twenty taels of silver, and now it was one hundred taels of gold at the exit, and they couldn't help but pay attention to the young lady's table.

Huang Qiang arched his hand and said: "My lord is amazing, we have done good deeds, there is a special account book for donations, if someone calls for donations, all 33 members of the Association need to sign and agree, the adults have donated 23 taels of silver, and they are also members of the Association. ”

"I can't stay here for long, because the difficulty is that I can't monitor the use of donations," she said. ”

After being silent for a while, Nian Qijiang said: "In the afternoon, I will go to the Yanguo Mansion to deliver those foods to the adults, and the adults and I can discuss this matter with Bi Jiu, and if possible, let Bi Jiu supervise the matter on his behalf." ”

The young lady said: "Bi Jiu's superintendent can't last long, and you need to think of a long-term way." ”

At this time, a few juniors came in from outside the door, and began to serve wine on each table, dividing the dishes in the basin into three portions, and shoveling them into the plates on the table with a shovel.

The young lady's eyes moved with Xiao Er, turned to Ying Ning beside her, looked at Ying Ning, and gradually had an idea.

After the waiter went out, the young lady continued: "I already have some ideas, I still need to think about it, in the afternoon Nian Qijiang came to me, I will tell him what to do, now that the meal has been served, everyone will be tired in the future, this banquet is when I thank everyone in advance, please let go and eat more." So a group of people began to eat and drink and talk about the association.

The young lady shouted and sat beside Mo Qing and asked him to drink for herself and Ying Ning. Miss and Ying Ning only drank a bowl of lotus seed porridge, focusing on asking some things about the hometown association, and their thoughts gradually became clear, and when the banquet was over, the idea was almost formed.

When the banquet was over, the young lady took out a handful of silver and asked Ying Ning to settle the account, and the rest of the silver was not returned to Ying Ning. said to Ying Ning: "You keep these, and there will be expenses in the future." ”

The ten members of the fellow association all got to know each other and gained something.

The young lady's scheduled itinerary has been completed, and he no longer thinks about it, so he goes all the way back to Yanguo Mansion, and it is already time to get home. The young lady opened the cabinet and sorted out her bags, returned to the kang and sat down, and said to Ying Ning: "When Qijiang comes, let him and Mo Qing come, I have something to say to you." ”

Ying Ning responded to the promise and turned back into a fox and was lazy, and the young lady raised her ears and touched the fox fur while thinking about her thoughts and waiting.

Shen Shi heard a voice from the door at four moments, called Ying Ning, and Ying Ning tidied up and went out. Sure enough, it was Nian Qijiang who came outside, and he followed Huang Nian, and the two of them came together to send lotus seeds and lotus roots to the young lady, and had a meeting by the way.

Ying Ning called out Mo Qing, and when they settled down, several people came to the young lady's room together. Several people filled the room to the brim, and there were people sitting on the kang stools.

The young lady saw that they were all seated and said, "After thinking about it, I have a more mature idea to expand the welfare business that you are doing. ”