I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

Chapter 16 Merger
The lobby of Fan Lou was still noisy, especially the scene where the Song family siblings apologized to Mo Yunxiao just now was enough for the diners to talk about for a long time.

Fifth Aunt Song looked at Huan'er's back and saw that she closed the door gently and put the bolt on.Song Mingxuan and his elder sister looked at each other, then picked up a glass of sake, and said to Mo Yunxiao who was sitting at the table: "Sister Helu, I, Song Mingxuan, don't know Jingyu. ..."

"Okay. Let's talk about these scenes outside. I don't like to hear it." Mo Yunxiao raised her eyes and looked at him, but seeing that his eyes were shining brightly, her heart couldn't help but feel agitated again .

So she also picked up the wine glass and drank it down, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve, and said: "Love is a matter between two people. It is indeed admirable that you dare to break the barriers of political marriage. But I want to know, that person What kind of charm can make you so reckless?"

"That person?" Song Mingxuan raised his sword eyebrows, and immediately blushed, extremely embarrassed.Just as he was scratching his head, Fifth Aunt Song hurriedly came up to her with a smile on her face: "It's all my fault that I didn't teach Jia Xing well to let him do such a thing. Alas, this is the end of the matter, apart from begging He Lu to forgive you Besides, I... I have nothing else to ask for."

"Come here! The hot Bianhe vinegar fish is here!" A young "uncle" came in with a fish plate.This fish dish is very long and needs two hands to hold it.On the fish plate was a fat and bright red river fish.

"Uncle" put the fish on the table, and said to Mo Yunxiao with a smile: "Miss Mo, this is the fifth sister-in-law's handicraft, please try it."

Mo Yunxiao was about to speak, but Huan'er responded first: "Thank you, Uncle."

"Uncle?" Mo Yunxiao turned to look at Huan'er suspiciously: "What? Is he your uncle?"

Her question made everyone present a little confused.Huan'er smiled and explained: "The guys in the shop are called 'Uncle' for men and 'Wan Zao' for women. Could it be that the girl can't even forget this?"

"Oh..." Mo Yunxiao nodded with a half-understanding, and didn't say anything else.But her blank expression was clearly seen by the Song family siblings.

The "uncle" was also a little embarrassed, he bowed slightly and wanted to leave.The one who came with him was Mama Cao, the manager of the store.

"Oh, why are you so dazed?" Mama Cao came over with a small tin box in her hand.Mo Yunxiao saw it, but didn't know what the iron box was.

Mother Cao put the iron box on the cabinet by the window, and said to Mo Yunxiao with a smile: "Big girl, Fifth Sister-in-law has saved her money this time. This is 'Han Gong Nong Plum Fragrance', which is not smoked easily. Only It’s only when a distinguished guest like a young girl comes to her that she’s willing to smoke a few pills. How’s it going? Is it still quiet?”

"Oh, it turned out to be aromatherapy." Mo Yunxiao sniffed lightly, and sure enough, she felt the faint fragrance, which smelled like plum blossoms, so she replied: "Thank you Mama Cao, this fragrance is very expensive, and it's really amazing to spend it here. disturbed."

"Oh!" Mama Cao clapped her hands with a smile, and hurriedly said, "Since the eldest girl has become more particular. The Song and Mo families are good friends, so why bother to be so polite."

"Mother Cao!" Fifth Sister-in-law Song frowned, and said, "You put down the incense and go out. The guests outside must have someone who knows how to take care of them."

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away." Mother Cao echoed as she walked out, but her eyes remained on Mo Yunxiao, with a hint of a smile on her face.

"Huan'er." Fifth Sister-in-Law watched Cao's mother go out before turning her gaze back, and said to Huan'er, "I have something to tell your girl. Can you..."

She didn't finish her words, but Huan'er already understood.She also said with a smile: "It's the fifth sister-in-law. My girl is just recovering from illness, and the fifth sister-in-law needs to take care of her."

"Of course." She also responded, and then looked sideways at Song Mingxuan.Song Mingxuan naturally understood what she meant, so he bowed his hands to Mo Yunxiao and said, "He Lu, I'll go first too."

Song Wusao followed the two of them and sent them out, then closed the door and fastened the bolt.

Mo Yunxiao saw that the fish in front of him was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, with layers of heat waves and a refreshing fish fragrance mixed with it.So she took off her felt hat and ate like no one else was there.

Although the surface of the fish was burnt yellow, when the chopsticks pinched it, the tender white fish turned out, and the soup splashed on it, like ink dyed silk, gradually fainted.

Mo Yunxiao couldn't help dilated pupils, dumbfounded.This is the first time I have seen such a beautiful fish with such a delicious fragrance.So she couldn't wait to pick up a chopstick and slowly put it in her mouth.Chewing the teeth, the fresh and tender fish meat is broken open layer by layer like snow flakes. It is tender and crispy, mixed with the aroma of green onions and the spicy soup of ginger flows into the throat together with the fish, which makes people feel refreshed and energetic. vibration.

Fifth Aunt Song paced back, with a faint smile on her face. "How is it? Is sister-in-law's fish okay?" She sat opposite Mo Yunxiao and asked softly.

Mo Yunxiao nodded again and again, and said, "It's worth dying now to eat such delicious food."

"Hehehe..." Fifth Aunt Song was also teased so that she covered her mouth with a coquettish smile, and said, "Helu is rare to be praised. Once Jinkou opens, it will be more joyful than the official's bestowal on me."

Mo Yunxiao looked up and saw her fiddling with the tea set on the table.Although this set of tea sets is not as diverse as the tea sets in Minglou, it must be a well-known tea set by the intersecting colors of blue and white.

Fifth Aunt Song also raised her eyes, seeing that she was looking at the tea set in her hand, she smiled and said, "This is the Ru kiln you gave me last year, Sui Helu. I have always treasured it, so I won't use it easily."

Mo Yunxiao also laughed, and said: "Tea sets are worthless if they are not used, just like people are worthless if they don't do things."

Fifth Aunt Song thought about it and nodded, and said, "It's reasonable. Sister-in-law, I haven't read any books, so it's a joke for He Lu."

Mo Yunxiao hesitated for a while, gently put down the chopsticks in her hand, and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you have something to say to me?"

Fifth Aunt Song was also taken aback, and said with a smile, "I also thought He Lu wanted to tell me something."

"If it's about Jiaxing's divorce, let's expose it." Mo Yunxiao also gave a wry smile.

"He Lu, there is no outsider here, so why do you pretend to be confused with me?" Song Wusao leaned forward slightly, and said, "Did you forget that my birthday was on September [-] last year. You braved the heavy rain for my birthday." Send me this set of Ru kiln tea utensils."

As she spoke, she rubbed a soup bottle in her hand: "This tea set is very expensive, and it is not easy for officials to use it. I was so grateful that you sent it to me. But who knows, you are a polite person before a soldier. Together with my sister-in-law. Hehe, can you forget about this too?"

Mo Yunxiao thought about it carefully, and asked tentatively, "Could it be a matter of merging the store?"

"Yes." Song Wusao nodded firmly and said, "You came to congratulate me on my birthday that day, and it was quite a pleasure to drink and drink with Jiaxing and me. But before you left, you pulled me into the room and told me You want to make Minglou and Fanlou into one family. I should have begged you, but seeing that you are determined, you only said to think about it. This kind of thinking lasted for several months. During these months, the two of us Many things happened in the family. First, Jia Xing resigned from the engagement regardless of feelings, and then you accidentally fell into the water and nearly killed you. Alas, today I am here to apologize to you on behalf of Jia Xing, and second, I want to talk to you about this The matter of merging stores."

Mo Yunxiao rolled her eyes and asked with a smile, "What is sister-in-law going to say?"

"This..." Song Wusao hesitated for a while, then smiled helplessly, and said, "You also know that our Song family has been operating here since the founding of the Taizu, and it is a century-old shop, so it has earned some prestige. The Song family of Fan Lou is magnificent, but in my generation and Jiaxing’s, there is only some floating fame left, and we are trying our best to maintain it. Hehe, Fanlou is far from being as beautiful as it used to be.”

"So, sister-in-law still doesn't want to merge with my Tea House?" Mo Yunxiao asked again.

Song Wusao was in a hurry, and frowned unconsciously: "He Lu, I know that you have the ambition of a man in your heart, and you are trying to make a career. But I can't be sorry to the ancestors of the Song family. I will deal with Jiaxing's divorce. Kneeling and kowtowing to you in public is not a problem, but the merger of the store may not be enough for you."

"Sister-in-law... you have made up your mind, are you unwilling to back down?" Mo Yunxiao asked with a smile.

There was a burst of chill in her smile, which made Mrs. Song's scalp tingle.But she did not show any weakness, and said with a sigh of relief: "The tablets of the ancestors of the Song family are enshrined in the building. If I back down half a step, I am afraid that after death, I will have no face to see my ancestors underground."

"Sister-in-law, you are using the dead to suppress the living." Mo Yunxiao picked up the chopsticks again and ate the fish: "No one in Tokyo knows that I, Mo Yunxiao, can do anything I want to do. I It neither kills nor sells goods, but merges two stores into one store, which does not seem to violate the laws of the Song Dynasty."

Mo Yunxiao's words were murderous, and Fifth Aunt Song was even more nervous. She was about to say something softer, but Mo Yunxiao changed the subject: "However, I don't intend to do that either."

"What?" Mrs. Song was a little surprised, thinking to herself, "Could it be that she gave up so easily? This doesn't look like a 'female Yama'."

Mo Yunxiao showed a meaningful smile, but didn't say a word.

(End of this chapter)