"Really?" These words made Lao Zhao see hope, "When did the county master become so good?"

It also made Sun Liuzi's eyelids twitch, and he and Gu Huaijin looked at each other quietly in silence.

The bearded man saw that his companion didn't know, so he explained: "Don't you know our new county master? He is simply a great parent official."

The bearded man vomited and recounted the great achievements of the county magistrate Han Lingzhi in compensating the villagers out of his own pocket.

The two also agreed to go to the county government office to report the loss after dinner, to see if they could receive compensation.

Sun Liuzi was so uncomfortable that he couldn't eat. If it was a matter of personal reputation, they could report it to the county government above, but now it's just a sheep, every chicken, and reporting it is not enough to get scolded.In addition, their Xinxian master is still a wealthy man who pays for everyone, a mountain of gold is not enough?

Now that the source has been found, but they can't intervene, so they are so useless that they are typed out.

Gu Huaijin went over with a bowl of pickles, Sun Liuzi was frowning.

"Really, Lieutenant Sun, you and Mr. Fang seem to have a good relationship? Why do you say he can't let you into the warehouse? The smell is so strong, and the county magistrate doesn't care?"

Gu Huaijin felt that these things had no logic at all. Seeing such a strange thing behind such ordinary things, how could a former county magistrate's brother-in-law have the right to prevent the government from inspecting them?And let the people in the government be afraid of him?

Sun Liuzi shook his head, Gu Huaijin was worried for him, "If the warehouse is really tricky, it's not a good thing for you to procrastinate like this."

Sun Liuzi smiled and said: "So Gu Xiucai, can you help me ask Master Fang?"

Gu Huaijin spread her hands helplessly and said, "I can ask Master Fang for you, but this is not to offend anyone, is it?"

This made Gu Huaijin very suspicious. If he has no power and power, he is not as good as Sun Liuzi working in the Yamen. Even if Sun Liuzi doesn't ask him, will he really not be beaten?

Sun Liuzi saw Gu Huaijin's doubts and said relievedly: "Gu Xiucai, don't worry, the evidence reported by the subordinates is convincing. Master Fang somehow collected so many cattle and sheep, and now he is suffering from no breakthrough, and it's only Xiucai's mutton soup, Master Fang.It won't make things difficult for you."

Gu Huaijin was also moved by curiosity, "Master Fang is so rich, why bother to steal sheep?"

Fang Hou came to eat every day and paid fifteen taels of silver for a monthly subscription. If there was more, he would make up for it, and if there was less, it would be Gu Huaijin's.

"The people below did it. It is said that Master Fang caught rams, ewes, lambs, etc. in order to make delicious mutton soup. If he can't raise it himself, he buys others. Some of them fall in love with each other.If the master's family doesn't buy it, the servants will steal it. Master Fang is also very protective of his own people."

"It's quite unreasonable."

Sun Liuzi went on to say: "I will be with you when I go to Fang's mansion later. The officials are already ready in the warehouse outside the city.""

At noon, Fang Hou knew that Gu Huaijin was busy, so if he had nothing to do in the afternoon, he would go to deliver haggis soup to Fang's house. Sun Liuzi knew that he couldn't wait for today, so he urged Gu Huaijin.

After the sixth son finished eating, he helped Gu Huaijin clean up. After cleaning up, he and Gu Huaijin made a pot of haggis soup and went to Fangfu.

Along the way, Gu Huaijin was thinking about what to say later, as if this matter was a heavy burden for him, heavier than the food box in his hand.

Arriving at Fang Mansion, Gu Huaijin asked about the warehouse outside the city in front of Fang Hou, Fang Hou also got angry for a while and finished drinking the mutton soup before admitting: "This is it, but it's useless nowNow, if you want to investigate, Sun County Lieutenant should go to work, don't make things difficult for you."

Sun Liuzi smiled awkwardly at the side, and explained: "Master Fang, there is nothing you can do for the younger ones. You have a lot of adults, so don't care about me."

"Cut." Fang Hou clicked his tongue and said disdainfully: "Who cares about you, for the sake of this mutton soup, let's not care about you."

Sun Liuzi hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Master Fang, this is one thing, and the other thing is, can you stop your subordinates from catching the livestock raised by farmers?"

Fang Hou nodded, and this matter that Sun Liuzi had been entangled with for a long time passed in such a few words and mutton soup.

After leaving the gate of Fang Mansion, Sun Liuzi bid farewell to Gu Huaijin and hurried to the warehouse outside the city. Gu Huaijin was led out for a walk, and now that he was free, he hurried back. He had to go shopping later.

But Gu Huaijin didn't go back to the shop directly, but went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

Fanghou will bring the lamb to the water every day, and they buy the pork from Xiaodouzi's house, and drive the car to deliver it every day, just to buy more vegetables.

By the way, took advantage of the early morning to go to the market and wandered around in the pot and chopsticks shop, big bowls, small bowls, and various plates.After looking and looking, finally found a small pot among various large pots, which was a little bigger than the palm of a hand. There were copper pots and iron pots, which were very suitable for Gu Huaijin.

This is what Gu Huaijin wanted because he turned around and didn't see a copper pot burning charcoal fire. That kind of pot is better, as this kind of small pot can't burn charcoal under it, so it can only be made like Mala Tang.

Gu Huaijin immediately bought two and went back, went back to the shop and drew a blueprint, and drew a rough draft of the kind of copper pot she wanted, planning to find a craftsman to make one for her.

There are many blacksmith shops in the town, so found one to build one. Gu Huaijin took the blueprint and Lu Zhao went to a blacksmith shop on the street.

As soon as we entered in the winter, the heat was blowing, and the workers were almost shirtless to forge the iron, and the scarlet fire was burning, did it crackle?

Seeing Gu Huaijin come in, a big man stopped the waiter in his hand, wiped his body with a piece of gold, took out a coat and put it on, and asked, "What are you two doing, pots, bowls?"

The blacksmiths didn't ask if they were shovel or hoe makers when they saw how they were dressed. They didn't look like they were working in the fields.

Gu Huaijin showed this person the draft she had drawn, and the person took it and looked at it carefully and asked, "What is this for? It looks like a pot?"

Gu Huaijin said: "It's just a pot. Our family has opened a new restaurant and launched a new dish of hot pot, but there is no such copper pot on the market."

"No problem, I can type it out for you. It's just that I've never made this kind of copper pot before, and it's not too difficult to look at. The salary is one hundred and seventy yuan for you."

He was quite polite, and he was not merciless when asking for money. Gu Huaijin countered the price and finally settled the deal with 150 cents. It was set to pick up the goods two days later.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao walked towards their shop, and as soon as they reached the street corner, they saw a person squatting in front of their shop, surrounded by some watching.

Just about to go forward to see what happened, the granny who sold the sesame oil called the two of them and told them that they had just left for a while, and a person came to sit in their shop and started making trouble, saying that it was not filial, a black-hearted shop.

Needless to say, it must be Wang Shuhuabei.

Gu Huaijin was so annoyed now, she pushed away the crowd and came to Wang Shuhua and said in a cold voice, "If you want some benefits, then get out, and if you keep showing yourself here, don't blame me for turning your back on you."

Wang Shuhua went in with Gu Huaijin. She had already inquired with Wang Kun about where Gu Huaijin's shop was at home. She made a fuss early in the morning and went back to cook and take care of Wang Kun.You can smell the fragrance from the shop, but seeing the expressions of Lu Zhao and Gu Huaijin, they dare not mention it.

Lu Zhao closed the shop door and looked back at Gu Huaijin.Generally speaking, this shop was run by Gu Huaijin's money and efforts. Although the two signed a marriage contract, they couldn't stand being asked for trouble by the stepmother once or twice.

Gu Huaijin would turn to Wang Shuhua with Lu Zhao's comforting eyes, "Mother, I will call you mother for Lu Zhao's face. Don't go too far, we are not giving you face, why are you making trouble everywhere?"The matter is settled, the rabbit is in a hurry and still bites people?"

Wang Shuhua quickly waved his hands and said, "No, if you agreed to let your brother come to your shop this morning, I wouldn't come here to make trouble."

Before Wang Shuhua came here, she made up her mind to make a fuss with Gu Huaijin and the others, but now it seems that Gu Huaijin was really angry and shrank back her courage.

"Come to our shop? If he comes, he can work honestly for me. If he is picky eaters and makes trouble all day long, don't say that I really turned against you."

There is no other way right now, Gu Huaijin had no choice but to agree to Wang Shuhua's request first, and wait until later.

As soon as Wang Shuhua heard that there was a door, her wrinkled face spread away, and before she could fully unfold, she was poured down by Gu Huaijin with a basin of cold water.

"When you come to work, your wages are calculated according to the day's work. Absence of work, breaking things, being slow to serve food, quarreling with others, being lazy, etc. will deduct wages, twenty yuan a day, and deduct two yuan at a time. Let him work.Time to weigh carefully."

Wang Shuhua frowned again and said, "Twenty Wen a day is too little. I'm lazy when I'm not tired from work. I just know how to work. It's okay to go through bumps and bumps."

Gu Huaijin looked at Wang Shuhua without saying a word, Wang Shuhua nodded and told Wang Kun to come to work in the shop as soon as he was well.

After talking about all this, Wang Shuhua still didn't leave, and kept looking at the back kitchen. Gu Huaijin didn't even bother to keep Wang Shuhua for dinner, so she invited people out and shut them down.

Wang Shuhua, who was kicked out, touched her hungry stomach, after all, she was not willing to spend the few pennies to buy a bowl of noodles, and said that Wang Xinghua had a betrothal gift of thirty taels of silver, but she hadn't paid it yet.Had to hurry home.

Gu Huaijin sent people away and planned to go home. She and Xiaodouzi got into the car and drove home. On the way, she saw Wang Shuhua walking home.

It was still dark when got home, Gu Huaijin rarely saw Wang Liuchun standing at the door of the house, Gu Huaijin was really surprised that he hadn't seen his grandma for so long.

Why are you here today?Gu Huaijin thought about it for her grandson's wedding.

Sure enough, when they arrived, Wang Liuchun mentioned the matter of asking Gu Huaijin to contract the wedding banquet for Gu Zizhuang before even exchanging a few words with Gu Huaijin.

Gu Huaijin looked carefully at Wang Liuchun and said tiredly: "Grandmother, I can take this job, but I really can't make much money. At most, I will give you a family price. I can't, brother, they are your grandchildren.Isn’t that right, you old man want to watch me starve to death?”

Gu Huaijin spoke bluntly and hit Wang Liuchun's heart. She came here to let Gu Huaijin arrange the wedding banquet, and they didn't need to spend money just to take advantage of Gu Huaijin.

But now that Gu Huaijin really said that, when the news spreads, Wang Liuchun's face will not look good.

Gu Huaijin let out a cold snort and sighed silently. Wang Liuchun was wearing a dark blue satin jacket today, and the hairpin with her curly hair was inlaid with gold and diamonds.They seem to have made money from the cheapness of others.

Wang Liuchun hesitated and said, "How much is a table of family affection?"

They have money but they just don't want Gu Huaijin to live as easily and want to take advantage of it, but if Gu Huaijin goes around saying that she only cares about another grandson and doesn't care about this grandson's life, then her old face like Wang Liuchun can make people choke to death with spit.

Gu Huaijin thought about it carefully and said: "A table of nine taels of silver, sixteen dishes, but the best in the shop."

Gu Huaijin didn't want to suffer a loss, so she reported a little more. Since Wang Liuchun and the others want to be good in everything, he can ask for more.

Banquets in the village are also very particular. Although every family is poor, it is absolutely unambiguous that the banquets are tight. On the day of business, so many people came to see either newcomers or dishes.If there are many dishes and good dishes, the reputation of this restaurant will be invisibly increased. If the main dish is less meat, chicken, duck and fish, it will be said.It's just the family's fortune.

There are not many nine taels, but it is not enough for Wang Liuchun to add some dishes later. Fangzheng and the others will not give up until they feel comfortable, so let's take over. Fangzheng and Gu Huaijin are not the ones who suffer.

Wang Liuchun heard back from Guo Qing and Zhao Hongmei this morning that Gu Huaijin wanted ten taels of silver for a table, but now it has become nine taels, so why is it because of her that it only became nine taels?

It is now the end of November, and the Gu family set their engagement on the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there is still half a month left. Gu Huaijin found a menu and asked Wang Liuchun to bring over the sixteen dishes he had chosen and tell him how many tables there were.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao were too tired to go home after a day of worrying, so they simply cooked a meal and went to bed.

The store has been open for two days. According to the experience of the previous two days, they don't need to get up early to go to the store, because if they want to buy breakfast, they have to get up in the early morning, and they have to get up in the middle of the night when they are not in town.

I simply didn't go so early, and lived in the town directly after the backyard was cleaned up.

It was late, and it was inevitable that people would come back from home. Wang Chuntao and Wang Xinghua followed Wang Shuhua to show Lu Zhao the embroidery and jewelry.For this engagement, the Gu family originally paid fifty taels to save themselves, and Huahua picked out some jewelry and clothing for Wang Xinghua.

Lu Zhao is considered an older brother and Gu Huaijin's husband should come and have a look, and he sent Lu Yun a little hairpin.

Now Wang Xinghua is not jealous of Lu Yun, now she has everything, but Wang Chuntao, a few days ago Wang Chuntao and Wang Xinghua were partners and partnered to snatch the chicks. Today, they even sat a little farther away.

Wang Xinghua was obviously happy, her face turned rosy, she was wearing a brand new jacket and cotton trousers, and she wore a newly bought hairpin on her head.On the other hand, Wang Chuntao still wears old clothes, and the extra hairpin on her head is Wang Xinghua's old hairpin.

Wang Chuntao looked at Wang Xinghua and Lu Yun sitting together with an unhappy but envious look.

There have been a lot of customers in the past two days since the store opened, not only because of the good location of the store, but also because the food in Gu Huaijin's store is delicious, high quality and cheap.

Moreover, he also gained a regular customer, who came to the store for two days in a row, and he was the only one who came to the store earlier today.

I ordered a fish-flavored shredded pork and rice. The clothes of the people who came here were not like those who work nearby, but they were neat and clean, and their faces did not look like the vicissitudes of life in the wind and rain.

Gu Huaijin settled the accounts at the counter after serving the dishes, and the two started chatting not far away.

"The shopkeeper is quite young, and his skills are really good."

Gu Huaijin responded modestly with a smile.

The two chatted for a while, and the man left after eating. Before leaving, he packed a few stir-fried vegetables.

After that person left, there were more and more people in the store. What was different from the past was that none of the people who came here came to eat after work. They dressed up and ordered whatever they wanted.

The dishes developed by Gu Huaijin include fish-flavored shredded pork, ground three delicacies, stewed eggplant, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, and haggis soup, etc. The staple food is rice buns.

The dishes on the menu were ordered all over again today, and Gu Huaijin almost set the pot on fire in the back kitchen.When the accounts were settled in the evening, on the third day, the store broke through more than two taels of silver for the first time, plus the one plus a few days ago was enough for five taels, and the rent was earned back.

Gu Huaijin didn't expect that a wealthy businessman came the next day and ordered eighteen tables of wedding banquet dishes directly from him, paying two or eighty taels of silver in advance.

The butler brought by the wealthy businessman was a man who often came to eat, and Gu Huaijin learned that this man was the butler of Qi Yuan's family in the town.

It turned out that Qi Yuanwai's son was going to get married on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, and because he was not satisfied with the restaurant's dishes, he sent a butler to look for restaurants everywhere.Coincidentally, Qi Tu, the housekeeper of Qi Yuan's family, caught up with Gu Huaijin's restaurant as soon as it opened. On the first day, it was okay to eat, and then came another day. On the last day, he packed a few dishes for Qi Yuan to take home.

In this way, Qi Yuanwai immediately decided to go to this restaurant after tasting the few dishes Qi Tu brought back. It wasn't that Qi Yuanwai had never eaten good food and the food in this small restaurant by Gu Huaijin was aimed at his taste.Aside from the fact that the taste is really good, also heard that it is a newly opened shop and the two shop owners are either scholars or children.

Qi Yuanwai's son is seventeen years old, and the marriage issue is about to be resolved, but it is too difficult to get a scholar in school, and it is a little bit of luck for Gu Huaijin to be a scholar.

Gu Huaijin was almost stunned by the sudden one hundred and eighty taels, and hurriedly asked: "What kind of cuisine does Qi Yuanwai want, mainly meat dishes or seafood? Or is there a separate table for vegetarians?"

There must be a lot of big families like Qi Yuanwai who want to have banquets. There are everyone, such as the taste of the food, or if there are any great monks in the temples that usually offer incense, they must be vegetarians.

Qi Yuanwai has no other requirements, but one condition, the cooking must be done quickly and the food must be hot.Because it’s winter now, not every room and house has earthworms, it’s inevitable that it will be cold, and people’s cold dishes are also cold, and it’s uncomfortable to eat cold.

Gu Huaijin thought about it and said: "Besides Qi, if you don't laugh, I have a new dish, which is served around the oven with charcoal fire, which is suitable for winter and keeps you warm."

When Qi Yuanwai heard the novelty, he became interested and wanted to try it.

Gu Huaijin went to the back kitchen, tidied up the copper pot she had just brought back, and put it on the table. There was a small opening at the bottom for a charcoal fire, and the pot was filled with rich beef bone soup.

"It smells so good." Qi Yuanwai took a sip of Xinqi and said, "Can this soup be kept hot all the time with a charcoal fire under it?"

"Yes, and you can also brush sliced meat and various vegetables in it." Gu Huaijin put the prepared sliced meat and vegetables, white fungus, tripe, etc. into the pot.

"It's delicious, it's delicious, come and taste Qitu." Member Qi greeted Qitu.

Because his master was there, Qi Tu would not sit down to eat, so he just waited on the sidelines, and after listening to his master's order, he picked up a chopstick and dipped it in sesame sauce, and ate it, sincerely admiring it.

Gu Huaijin only thought of hot pot when he heard that the request was hot, but he didn't know if it would be okay to have hot pot on the day of the banquet, and he didn't know if he would like it if the rich people paid more attention to these things.

Qi Yuanwai said cheerfully: "That's it. Let's have a hot pot banquet on the wedding day. Those old friends of mine must have never seen it."

Qi Yuanwai's friends are either rich or expensive, and if they haven't eaten delicacies from mountains and seas, what they eat is rare.

"Eighteen tables?" Gu Huaijin was a little embarrassed, "There is only one copper pot of this kind in the shop, but the young master's wedding is only ten days away, so I'm afraid the blacksmith's shop won't be able to make it in time."

"Copper pot, here." Qi Yuanwai looked around at the copper pot, "It's all right, only seventeen copper pots are missing, I asked a few blacksmith shops under my hand to drive them out temporarily, and Gu Xiucai drew a blueprint, delivered to my house before the wedding feast."

During the Heyuan Dynasty, the purchase and quantity of iron and copper in folk blacksmith shops were restricted. The government has always been very strict about the purchase and sale of iron, and the number of blacksmith shops under one person cannot exceed the specified number.

Even though Qi Yuanwai was rich and didn't have much iron materials for his shop, he was willing to spend all his money for his son's wedding banquet.

In this way, Gu Huaijin took the first big order from the opening, and started busy with Lu Zhao to prepare the ingredients.Wang Kun also came to the store when he was almost recovered, and Tang Ling also came to the store to help after delivering the last batch of goods.

Tang Ling has nothing to say about work, Wang Kun is really like the turnip Gu Huaijin said, he refuses to wrong himself, he finds a bunch of excuses to dawdle for a day, spends thirty cents, and doesn't throw cups or bowls, just doesn'tWork and eat more.

Gu Huaijin didn't want to argue with him for the time being, and let him go for a while.

It will be the sixth day soon, and the banquet at Qi Yuan's family will start soon. Gu Huaijin did not open the door on the fifth day of the first day, because he not only had to prepare all the ingredients and send them over, but also went to check.Are there so many copper pots that can be used, and are there any broken ones?

Gu Huaijin calculated based on the price of ten taels of silver for a table, and the pots that were thrown away cost three taels and thirty taels of coal.

Also prepared hairy tripe, pork slices, lamb slices, homemade hot pot meatballs, and various vegetables.There are eight people on one table, two kinds of meat slices, five plates on each table, a total of ten plates, five plates of tripe, five potato chips, various vegetables, etc., tofu and fried tofu puffs.

Gu Huaijin also bought some quail eggs.

A total of more than fifty taels.

In summary, there are ninety taels left, and once the rent and wages are settled, it will be Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao's.

The day before the sixth day, Gu Huaijin was so excited that she couldn't sleep, counting so much money and dragging Lu Zhao to imagine a happy life in the future.

Including the thirty taels of Lu Zhao and Gu Huaijin, there are one hundred and twenty taels.

Even if you want to rent a shop in the city center now, you can still hire two guys.

And yes, as long as they go to the central stage, they will definitely live in the town after they hire the guys.At that time, I will find a teacher for Lu Zhao to study, at least he can calm down and study hard, unlike now Lu Zhao is always thinking about himself, and he has no desire to study if he does not study.

On the sixth day of the sixth day, Gu Huaijin brought everyone with her, but she didn't ask Wang Kun to give him a day off. The main reason was that she was afraid that he would do something wrong, and that her work was not as fast as that of a child like Lu Nian.

On the sixth day of the sixth day, Gu Huaijin woke up early, drove the car with Xiaodouzi and others to meet Tang Ling, and then went to Qi Yuanwai's residence together.

The Qi Mansion is decorated with lanterns and festoons, the red atmosphere is full, and there is joy everywhere.Young Master Qi is heroic, wearing a wedding dress and riding a tall horse, so energetic.

There are also a lot of crowds on the street. A big family like Yuanwaifu is very generous when they get married. You can get a few taels of silver by saying a few auspicious words. Standing on the side of the road, there will be people who follow Sina to meet their relatives and throw red envelopes wildly.Most of them are scattered with a sling of copper coins, which is about the same as what they earned a day's work.

As long as Gu Huaijin came to cook for a few minutes and gave a red envelope, everyone was happy.Gu Huaijin and others had a clear division of labor. Tang Ling, Lu Nian, and Lu Yun were responsible for putting meat and vegetables on each table. Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao washed the vegetables and cut the meat, and Xiaodouzi was responsible for serving the water.

Soon it was noon, and the newcomers hadn't arrived yet, and the meal couldn't be opened yet.Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao were busy getting everything ready, and their hands were relaxed for a while. Tang Ling watched from behind, and Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao strolled to the front to watch the fun.

Because of Gu Huaijin's status as a scholar, Qi Xiucai opened a separate table for several people.She has always been respectful, and the housekeepers and servants at home will not take down their eyes, so Gu Huaijin can walk around in the mansion.

The party that was originally full of joy was nervous, and Qi Yuanwai and his wife both looked embarrassed outside.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao stood in the flower hall, from here they could see everything in the front yard, and could hear the maids chatting.

"Qi Song, who just went to pick up the bride with the young master, came back and said that Miss Hou's family was not satisfied with the wedding dress, so she refused to get on the sedan chair."

"Why is this the time to be self-willed? Aren't young mistresses and their family afraid of missing the auspicious time in the future?"

"It's said that winter wedding dresses are inevitably bloated, so I don't like them. If you want to go out to toast table by table, you have to put on a thick cloak, but it completely covers up the Shu brocade wedding dress that Ms. Hou made in the south of the Yangtze River."

Shu brocade is a precious material. For the love of his daughter, Master Hou spared no expense to leave just to make a wedding dress. Originally, the wedding was held in June, when the weather was warm, but because Young Master Qi was about to take the exam to obtain Qiu Wei.Delayed, now it will be held in winter, the bride's willful temper will come up immediately.

Although today's big wedding is indeed not suitable for making such a fuss, but which Shu brocade wedding dress is made so that you can't even wear it, and you may wear it just once in your life.

Now Young Master Qi is in the Hou Mansion, but Miss Hou doesn't get on the sedan chair, and the old man and his wife dote on their daughter very much.Talked to Miss Hou through the door and window.

Probably because today's marriage was canceled temporarily, it was his fault, because he couldn't handle it well, which delayed Miss Hou, and he was willing to wait until June next year to get married.

Just like that, Master Qixia will come back just as he went there.

When he returned home, he kowtowed to his parents and pleaded guilty and said that he had changed the date of marriage privately.

Fangzheng's wedding didn't go on, but all the guests were still there. It's already noon, so we can't drive everyone away, so we had to announce the opening of the ceremony.

Gu Huaijin was not in the mood to eat at the dinner table, and had been thinking about today's marriage. Only today did Gu Huaijin know that the wedding here is the same as in modern times. They all came to pick up the relatives and set up the world for worship, and then the bride didn't just go to the bridal chamber and wait.Instead, come out to toast, and after the guests leave, you can collect a gift money, talk to the mother-in-law, and learn about the affairs or rules of the in-law's family early.

The wedding dress that Ms. Hou made early turned out to be nothing. If it was not a wedding dress, it would be okay, but if she searched all over the south of the Yangtze River and made a Sichuan brocade, she would put it in the closet and eat ashes before she wore it.In the twelfth lunar month, Ms. Hou will no longer make Shu brocade wedding dresses.

But this made Gu Huaijin secretly want to open a wedding banquet restaurant. If it was all in one hall, it wouldn't be like going around in various rooms like it is now.

Although the people outside complained, they stood in the air for a long time and their bodies were cold. When they came back to the house, they saw the hot pot for the first time. They ate a mouthful of hot mutton around the stove, and their whole body was warm.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao had a meal at Qi Yuan's house, and the bride didn't see her, but Qi Yuanwai also said that if Young Master Qi made an accurate appointment for a good date, he would come to cook when he arrived, because of Gu Huaijin's mealThe hot pot made people pull out from the joke about the bride's temporary remarriage,

In the afternoon, Gu Huaijin and Tang Ling packed up some pots and took them back to the shop, because Qi Yuanwai's residence was on Tianyu Street.

Compared with Hupi Street, this street is cleaner and tidy. The merchants or mansions are built according to the prescribed land division, and there will never be a piece of protruding out of the way.

The storefronts are all magnificently decorated, and all of them are at least three floors high, and there are rented ones, but most of them are owned by these Yuanwai mansions. If they are not empty or don't want to rent, they can do their own business.

As Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao walked, there were dozens of shops from beginning to end, including restaurants, jewelry shops, rouge and gouache shops, ink shops, clothing shops, teahouses, and pastry shops.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao bought a few packs of dim sum at the dim sum shop. Lu Zhao liked to eat sweet ones, so he ordered two more packs of milk cakes. Gu Huaijin liked peach cakes and bought a few roasted chicken legs.

The two wanted to go to the shop where the rented shop was posted, but when they passed by, they saw a group of people arguing with another group of people.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao gnawed on chicken drumsticks and acted like melon eaters.

Both groups had a leader, and the one standing at the bottom of the steps was the long-faced man in an apron who made the most quarrel, while the one on the steps was flamboyantly dressed, with a disdainful face and a big mouth in all directions, not to be outdone.

"If you say it's due today, it's due today. If you don't pay the deposit early, if you don't know how to pack up and leave, don't say we're rude."

"Why, we are tenants, you smash this restaurant casually, why do you touch our things?"

"Tch, old nine, we have been friends for so many years, when do you think I was in a hurry with you? If you say that the benefits are not good and the income is not high, we will give your rent a few days off.Your rent is the lowest, if you put your nose on your face, do you want some face?"

The so-called old nine sons wore an apron and yelled loudly: "What's more, don't you know what's going on with the low rent? Just breaking the land boundary, you still need eight taels of silver a month. You're just cheating people out of money.".”

"Okay, okay, I really fed my conscience to the dog. I was blind and ran into a rascal like you. Now we don't talk so much nonsense to you. You owe us at least one hundred and twenty taels these years. If you don't pay back the money, you will take it."Things are deducted, otherwise we will go to see the official."

Eighty-two, Gu Huaijin was shocked. The restaurant called by the old nine sons was located in the center of the street, at the intersection of Zhengzijie Street, which was the only way for people to come and go. Next to it was a jewelry shop, and on the other side was a rouge and gouache shop..

From this point of view, there are still customers in the store. How can it be said that the location is not good?On the contrary, it is eight taels of silver, and the rent is only eight taels of silver a month, which is too good, the chicken legs in Gu Huaijin's hand are not fragrant.

"Meet the official, heh, you bully people with your money and power."

People who ate in the restaurant also left one after another, all cursing and leaving.

The two sides were arguing endlessly, and the man in Chinese clothes on the steps directly called the waste collector, and counted the things in the house face to face, including some new pots, tables and chairs.There were also big pots of bricks and fresh meat and vegetables, which were directly sold for more than a hundred taels. The man in Chinese clothes counted the money face to face and drove Lao Jiuzi and others out.

Violence but the problem is completely solved.

Lao Jiuzi and the others continued to make troubles unwillingly, and a lot of house slaves came from behind, all of them were vicious and hard to speak.

Lao Jiuzi has worked here for seven or eight years, and the rent is paid on an annual basis, which is no more than ninety-six taels a year, and he has been in arrears for two years. This is also the bottom line for Lao Jiuzi to test.Pretending to be bitter.

This time the main family is really in trouble, and they sent people to check the accounts with the land deed. The income and profit are not as bad as the old nine sons said, on the contrary, they are very good.

But at this moment, a young man came out from the crowd, stumbled over, dragging a food box in his hand.

He rushed straight in the direction of Lao Jiuzi, and fell to the ground clutching his stomach as if he couldn't support himself.The contents of the food box were scattered all over the place, a mess.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao were stunned, and unconsciously walked two steps forward to see what was spilled.

After all, Gu Huaijin was a policeman, so he watched the excitement of these accidents, but he would pay attention to some injuries if they happened. What's more, the young man who rushed out was covering his abdomen, his facial features were twisted in pain, but he was still holding it tightly in his hands.food box.

"Your food is poisonous." The young man lying on the ground held his stomach and muttered, and there was still an unpleasant smell that lingered for a long time from time to time.

Lao Jiuzi was obviously in a bad mood at this meeting, he kicked the person who was in the way on the ground and said mercilessly: "Fuck your shit and run to frame me, did you follow the Qi family to make trouble?"

The young man who was kicked looked pained and was speechless for a while.

There were a lot of onlookers, and someone behind the man in Chinese clothes went to help the young man up, and Gu Huaijin couldn't help but go forward to check the leftovers scattered all over the floor.

There is poison in the dish, Gu Huaijin just guessed from this sentence that it might be moldy food or re-used oil, but this made Gu Huaijin puzzled, is there also waste oil at this time?

Pick up a vegetable and examine it carefully, the vegetable oil is not clean at all.I don't know if it's the oil or something that fell on the ground, but after smelling it carefully, Gu Huaijin could smell the smell of meat in the vegetables, and there was no meat in the food box at all.

"There's something wrong with this oil, take him to see a doctor."

Gu Huaijin spoke first, and threw out the vegetables in his hand.

"Well, sir, how do you know?" The leading man in Chinese clothes ordered the man who was holding his stomach to be taken to see a doctor, and asked Gu Huaijin.

"You are all ganging up to bully me. If you act together in tandem, don't think I don't know. It's not a good thing." Old Jiuzi no longer had a ruthless expression, but was a little flustered.

"Acting? Heh, do you have the ability to take a bite of the food in this food box?" Gu Huaijin raised her eyebrows.

"You." Old Ninth Son was speechless, and wanted to kick Gu Huaijin again.

How could Lu Zhao let the old nine meet Gu Huaijin, and was kicked half a meter away by Lu Zhao before he stretched out his feet.

"This dish is poisonous, there is something wrong with this oil, vomit, I ate at his place for several days, vomit." Some people in the crowd were vomiting and talking, and they couldn't control it.

The man in Chinese clothes asked his subordinates to search in the shop again, and unexpectedly found the black oil of the three big men, with flies, branches, and rags floating on it, and an unpleasant smell attacked everyone presentNostrils vomited one after another.

Those who just came out of the restaurant, those who hadn't eaten were thankful, those who had eaten almost threw themselves up and couldn't breathe.

Gu Huaijin recalled that on the first day when she went to deal with the store affairs with Lieutenant Sun, the food standard was clearly marked on the stamp, black oil must not be used, and there were rotten vegetables and moldy meat.

Now it seems that there are such unscrupulous traders at this time, but it is not necessary to alarm the government at first, but now it is necessary to alarm the government.

The Sanweng Heiyou is the evidence. When the government officials arrive, they will send the fainted person to see a doctor, and then take the Heiyou away and arrest the old nine sons.

Gu Huaijin and the man in the fancy dress were also taken away by the officials to be witnesses.

Along the way, Gu Huaijin chatted with the man in Huafu for a few words before he learned that this man was also the housekeeper of Qi Mansion.Because the Qi family was overjoyed today, they went to ask for a rent extension. It was a day of great joy, but the timing was not good, and the tone was wrong, which made Qi Yuanwai's already depressed mood worse, and the housekeeper was sent.New accounts and old accounts are calculated together.

"Steward Qi, does such a good shop cost eight taels of silver a month?" Gu Huaijin asked.

The man known as Steward Qi nodded and said: "Seven or eight years ago, it was indeed eight taels of silver. It has never risen in these years. The merchant next door has raised it to twenty-five taels. My master is also soft-hearted after listening to the old nine's nonsenseThere has never been a rent increase.”

Gu Huaijin nodded, and then asked tentatively: "Now Qi Yuanwai wants to take the shop back and raise the rent?"

Steward Qi laughed, Gu Huaijin didn't know Steward Qi, but Steward Qi had seen Gu Huaijin at today's banquet, and knew that this scholar was hired by the master to be the master.

But didn't expect to meet here with this kind of relationship.

"This is our master's plan. Could it be that Mr. wants to rent it?"

Qi Yuanwai can tolerate Lao Jiuzi for so many years because Jiu doesn't care about his little money, but it's just that it's not easy for anyone in business not to care about Lao Jiuzi.

He tested people's bottom line again and again, and completely irritated them at a breaking point.

Gu Huaijin scratched her head and smiled embarrassedly, "Let me ask."

"It's nothing. Mister wants to rent it. After I bring him back from the county office, I'll take him to see my master. The rent can be discussed."

Gu Huaijin was full of hope, and wandered to the county government office, and saw Liuzi Sun first.

Sun Liuzi also came to say hello, "Ah, how can Gu Xiucai have the leisure to come and play?"

"Sun County Lieutenant, don't make fun of me, today is just to be a witness."

Several officials in front dragged Lao Jiuzi and others in. Sun Liuzi also saw it and knew him. He thought that something happened in their restaurant to pay the money, so he didn't take it seriously and greeted them with a smile.But couldn't laugh for a while.

Sun Liuzi didn't know yet, and he was still asking: "Who is Gu Xiucai here to be a witness for, and whose testimony?"

"He." Gu Huaijin and Sun Liuzi had already arrived at the hall, Gu Huaijin pointed to the old ninth son, and then asked Sun Liuzi to look at the black oil behind him; "Come to be the witness of this person, steal the black oil and eat up the guests' stomachs.”

Sun Liuzi then turned his head, seeing the black and foul-smelling Weng, Tianling Gai gasped suddenly, and there was a dry moan in his throat.

As soon as Gu Huaijin said this, the officials who had been to the Lao Jiuzi Restaurant for dinner could hardly restrain themselves, and almost lay on the ground and shut their throats.

Moreover, today's board hitting was extraordinarily loud, and the crying was exceptionally miserable. The board-beating turns were still unresponsive, and the buttocks of the old nine and the others were all blooming.

In the end, not only was he imprisoned, but he also had to pay the client's medical expenses for stomach upset.

Sun Liuzi welcomed Gu Huaijin in with a smile, and sent him out crying.

Gu Huaijin patted Sun Liuzi and said, "You don't have to feel so uncomfortable, Lieutenant Sun. There are too many people eating. You should check the back kitchen more when you patrol the streets. Is it for yourself to benefit the people?"

As soon as the sixth grandson was mentioned, he felt even more uncomfortable. He thought the restaurant was very clean, so he didn't check it. He knew it was a donkey dung, so he nodded quickly and waved to Gu Huaijin to say no.

But Butler Qi was still waiting for Gu Huaijin, seeing that Gu Huaijin came over after finishing his work, he still asked: "Sir, have you decided, would you like to come with me to see my master?"

"Go." No matter whether it is successful or not, it is always a fight for yourself.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao returned to Qi's mansion again, the red silk at the gate of the mansion had been torn, Xiao Si's maids were doing their work in silence, not daring to speak loudly.

Compared with the beaming in the morning, it can be described as a contrast.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao followed Steward Qi to the inner courtyard, and stopped outside Qi Yuanwai's study.

"Sir, let me report to my master."

Gu Huaijin nodded, stopped, and stood outside the study with Lu Zhao, watching Steward Qi enter the study.

After a while, the door opened, and Butler Qi let Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao in.

Gu Huaijin followed lightly into the study room. In the study room, Qi Yuanwai was practicing big characters. When he saw Gu Huaijin coming, he stopped writing and sat on a chair.

Next to the armrest of the chair is a small table, which is only for making tea, chatting with Gu Huaijin while drinking tea.

Qi Yuanwai was not so free, he didn't come to see each other just to talk and talk, but he valued Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao's status as scholars.

"I know Gu Xiucai's craftsmanship, and the rented shop must be a good business."

Gu Huaijin didn't dare to take it for granted. Occasionally, he guessed that people's tastes could be prosperous for a while, but he dared not say if it would take a long time.Wedding restaurant."

Member Qi thought for a while, and asked suspiciously, "Wedding Banquet Restaurant?"

Qi Yuanwai knew the literal meaning of this, but didn't know the inner meaning. Is Gu Huaijin going to open a restaurant that can hold wedding banquets or a restaurant that serves wedding banquet dishes?

"Yes, the newlyweds come to greet their relatives and go directly to the restaurant. There is a special hall for guests only, and there is also a single room for the newcomers. Everything is in the room. The toast and thank you are all in the room. You don't need to go outside room by room.freeze."

These words are right in Qi Yuanwai's mind, isn't that what happened today?Although the temporary remarriage period was brought over for a while by relying on food, it was the first joke in this town after all, how could it be brought over in a few words.

Qi Yuanwai's eyes were deep, and his tone was aggravated: "Gu Xiucai said just now that what happened to my family today reminded you of the wedding banquet restaurant?"

"Yes." Gu Huaijin replied, "But I'm definitely not using this moment to make fun of Qi Yuanwai, it's just an inspiration, don't misunderstand Qi Yuanwai."

"Hahaha, it's okay." Qi Yuanwai stroked his beard, "My son's marriage today is a foregone conclusion today, so it's okay to say, but I really want to know about the wedding banquet restaurant that Gu Xiucai said, if it can be settled in a hall, this marriage can be settled before the end of the year."

Gu Huaijin wanted to say yes, yes, as long as the shop is rented out and decorated, the marriage can start at any time.But isn't that the problem?Renting a shop to decorate the shop, let’s not talk about the money to go shopping, even if the time is not short.

Qi Yuanwai seemed to see Gu Huaijin's hesitation, and said proudly: "Gu Xiucai don't have to worry, I just follow your method, as long as it can be done, no external things will be a problem."

"Yes." Gu Huaijin patted his chest.

"The twelfth day is not bad. It's the twelfth of this month. Don't rush the second half of the month. I will pay for the decoration of the shop, the running hall and all expenses. We will get everything ready before the tenth day. Gu XiucaiIt is only necessary to prepare some pots and arrange the hall so that the marriage can be done smoothly."

Qi Yuanwai obviously took this matter very seriously.

Gu Huaijin said again: "The rent?"

Qi Yuanwai laughed and said: "As long as Gu Xiucai gets this matter done, the rent issue will be easy to discuss."

In the end, Gu Huaijin and Qi Yuanwai finalized the matter, and Qi Yuanwai told the in-laws about the matter, and set the wedding date in five days, and all procedures were completed in the restaurant, and the bride could wear the Shu brocade wedding dress as she wished.

Gu Huaijin was arranged to go to the welcoming restaurant on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, and Qi Yuanwai was responsible for keeping the inside and outside of the restaurant well in the past few days.

Gu Huaijin doesn't have to pay the rent for the time being, and the house lease contract hasn't been stamped yet, so I'll see if it can be done on the twelfth day.

Surely, at least Gu Huaijin thinks so now, if not possible, it must be possible, so Lu Zhao bought some colored paper and red wedding paper and went home to cut it.

Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao returned to the shop with a bunch of colored paper in their arms. Tang Ling and Xiaodouzi had already returned, and they were waiting for Gu Huaijin in the shop.

Seeing the two of them coming back with a pile of colored papers, they all wondered, "Huaijin, why did you buy so many wedding papers?"

"Make a wedding banquet." Gu Huaijin put the paper on the table, took out the scissors, folded it, folded it, and quickly cut out a happy word, and told the story of how he and Lu Zhao went to the county government office on the street and then to the Qi mansion today.over again.

"Then the day when I want to buy a share is coming? When the rent is settled, you tell me, and I will also go out."

Tang Ling also practiced the scissors and cut out a happy character like Gu Huaijin.

Gu Huaijin nodded and did not refuse. Qi Yuanwai also said today that the minimum rent for a rental restaurant is one hundred taels based on eight taels.It's not just a shop, there are still a lot of pots and utensils to buy, and there are many places that need money. It would be good if Tang Ling is willing to pay some of them.

Tang Ling lives in the town now, and seems to have a yard. He stayed for a long time before, so he bought a house in the village of the town.

Gu Huaijin saved some of these colored papers for Tang Ling, took away the rest, and rushed to finish cutting them before the tenth day.

Gu Huaijin thought about how to decorate the scene, but if it was too fancy, it would be cumbersome. It would be better to have strong Chinese colors, happy characters, red carpet, and dragon and phoenix candles.

In fact, Gu Huaijin also wanted to put wedding photos on the spot, but there is no photography technology here, but she can draw.I want to think about it, would both men and women be willing to put their own portraits in the hall?This is also a problem, and I am afraid of accidents, so I have no choice but to give up.

Back home, Gu Huaijin lit a brazier. At best, every household in the village would have a charcoal basin, and even if they burned a kang, they would not be willing to burn firewood. When they were free in autumn, they would have to pick up some firewood besides their own firewood.Buy some money and burn it at night when you go to bed on the kang.

There are no more Andilongs in the village. When it snows, they hide in the house. Fortunately, in winter, the wheat seedlings don't need to go to the field and they will be fine.

Even after burning the brazier, it was still very cold, Gu Huaijin said tremblingly, "Zhao Zhao, should we also set up a kang?"

In the past, when Lu Zhao was on his own, he would cook in a brazier all winter and make quilts for Lu Nian and Lu Yun.Now hugging Gu Huaijin who was shivering from the cold in his arms, he felt that it was time to put on a kang.

His hands were too cold, and every touch on Lu Zhao's body gave him a shock.

"It's time to set up a kang, but in the leisure time of autumn, I don't collect much firewood, and it won't last for a few days. When the set is finished, go to the fat aunt's house to buy some firewood. It just so happens that she doesn't have to carry firewood to the house in the cold weather.The town ran."

Aunt Fat’s family has only one woman with two children, and her husband has an affair with Lu Zhao’s father. Since then, a widow has raised two children, and Lu Zhao used to send meat from hunting to Aunt Fat’s house.Aunt Fat will also help him take care of Lu Yun. His daughter has grown up, and Lu Zhao is a younger brother, but it is not convenient. Fortunately, Aunt Fat is there, and now he often runs to the town without caring.

"Okay, I'll set up the kang at home these two days." Gu Huaijin made up his mind.

The next day, Gu Huaijin found a craftsman to make one for himself and Lu Zhao's house, and made another one for Lu Nian and Lu Yun's house.

The heated kang was still wet and it would take a while to dry out, so the few of them made do for a few nights in the former small house.

Lu Zhao found Fat Aunt and bought all the bundles of firewood that Fat Aunt had picked up, for fifty cents a bundle. Lu Zhao bought fifteen cents more than what he bought in the market, and it was considered to be a prosperous year for Fat Aunt.

Because I didn't go to work for two days, Wang Kun came here, and I also heard that the reason why I didn't ask myself to go that day was because Gu Huaijin was going to hold a banquet at Yuanwai's mansion.Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao came to call and didn't call me, and Wang Xinghua's engagement day was coming up as an excuse to come and see Lu Zhao.

It's not that he wants to work. Wang Kun is not in a hurry to work now. After all, the Gu family sent thirty taels of engagement money before the engagement. They have money in hand. Although it is in his mother's hands, apart from buying some dowry for Wang XinghuaThe rest of him will have to come sooner or later.

Gu Huaijin didn't sleep on the kang at night after the kang was installed at home, but during the day it was used to burn and dry in the house to keep warm.

As soon as Wang Kun came in, the heat hit his face, which was very warm.

"Second brother, when will you go to work in this town?" Wang Kun came in and sat beside the kang, grabbed peanuts and melon seeds and ate them.

"We have to wait for two more days." Lu Zhao said lightly.