The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 1249 Fan Xian
Qing Kingdom, Danzhou, five years later.

On the busy streets, peddlers and hawkers were calling out for their wares incessantly. A strange pair attracted everyone's attention.

He was a bearded man in his forties, with a child of eight or nine years old, and followed by a giant wolf that was almost bigger than a human.

The wild wolf itself is very eye-catching. The big man with a curly beard, a strong build and a fierce face looks like someone who is not someone to be trifled with. People would even believe he is a bandit.

That child was also very special. Despite his young age, he had a straight back and held his head high. Although he was wearing linen clothes, he had an air of nobility.

The most peculiar thing is that the sleeve of the child’s right arm is empty, which shows that he is a disabled person. But looking at his face, he does not seem to have any inferiority complex at all.

The two men and the wolf seemed to be centered around the child. The big man with a curly beard bowed slightly and followed behind the child like a servant.

"Young master, the Fan Mansion is right in front of us. Should we go over there?" The big man bent over and asked in the child's ear.

"No need. Now that we are in Danzhou, there will be opportunities in the future." The child said coldly: "Have you bought the house I asked you to prepare?"

"It has been bought. It's not far from the Fan Mansion and close to the street market. I have asked someone to clean it." said the big man.

"Old Hu, you don't have to be so polite." The boy smiled and said, "From now on, we will live together and become a family."

"Master, etiquette cannot be abolished." The big man said respectfully.

"Whatever you want!" The boy shook his head, then touched the head of the giant wolf next to him with his only remaining left hand.

It’s strange to say, wild wolves are ferocious and difficult to tame, but in the boy’s hands, they were as well-behaved as a domestic dog, and even rubbed the child’s hand with their head affectionately.

"Otomo, when you live in the city from now on, you can't be like you were in the mountains and hurt people casually, understand?"

The giant wolf seemed to understand what people were saying. It looked at the boy with grievance, as if to say: "I don't like it here."

"I know, I know." The boy said softly, "You'll get used to it after a while."

The giant wolf lowered his head, looking depressed.

The boy rubbed the giant wolf's head again, then walked forward with his head held high.

Two men and a wolf came to a tavern.

The tavern is called "Wanhewei". It was originally a small store in Danzhou. The original owner was old and had no successor, so he sold the store.

The boy should be the new owner of the pub.

"Master, most of the tavern staff are old. I gave them some money to let them go back for retirement. Do you think you should recruit some more people?"

"It's up to you to decide." The boy said nonchalantly, "Have you prepared everything I asked you to prepare for Otomo?"

The bearded man looked at the giant wolf lying on the ground, listlessly, and said, "The nest of the big friend has been prepared. You can go and have a look. I am worried that the big friend will scare the guests in the future, so I specially built a shed in the backyard."

The child nodded, and the man and the wolf walked to the back of the tavern.

"Master, I have also inquired about the person you asked me to inquire about." The bearded man said: "The old lady of the Fan Mansion in Danzhou has always lived in seclusion and rarely left the mansion. There is little news about her.

But the illegitimate son named Fan Xian would sneak out of the Fan Mansion all day long, and many people in Danzhou City knew him. "

The boy narrowed his eyes and asked, "He is Si Nanbo's son after all. Wouldn't anyone care if he sneaked out of the mansion?"

The bearded man explained, "Fan Xian is Si Nanbo's illegitimate son, raised in his hometown of Danzhou. He is not well received by the Fan family. I heard that even Old Lady Fan doesn't like this grandson."

The boy raised his lips and said, "So, this Fan Xian is quite annoying!"

The bearded man seemed to see that the young master was in a good mood, and continued: "Some time ago, Si Nanbo Fan Jian married the daughter of the Liu family in Kyoto as his concubine, and also sent his only daughter, Fan Ruoruo, born to his first wife, to Danzhou."

The boy's eyes turned cold when he heard this, and he snorted, "Mr. Sinan is quite romantic. The Liu family is a famous family in Qing country. They are not afraid of being laughed at for letting their daughter become a concubine."

The big man with curly beard said: "I heard that Miss Liu is deeply in love with Si Nanbo and is determined to marry him despite her family's opposition."

The boy said disdainfully: "If Si Nanbo didn't have a mother who was a wet nurse to the emperor, how could the Liu family allow their legitimate daughter to be a concubine?"

The bearded man was already accustomed to his young master's sarcasm towards Si Nanbo. In fact, all the way to Danzhou, the young master would show disdain whenever there was news about Si Nanbo.

“When will the pub be able to reopen?”

"As long as we can recruit some staff, we can open the business in three days." The bearded man asked, "Master, do you want to change the name of this tavern?"

"The name Wanhewei is not good enough. Let's change it to Wanhewei!" The boy wrote the word "He" on the ground with his feet.

The big and the small discussed the details of opening the pub, when suddenly a voice came from the front.

"Old Zhou, the store isn't open yet! Master, I'm here to get some wine again."

The bearded man heard the voice and said to the boy: "Master, it seems that a guest has arrived." "Let's go and take a look."

The boy left the giant wolf in the backyard and walked to the front of the tavern with the big man.

"Huh? Who are you? Where is Old Zhou?"

The person who was speaking was a boy of five or six years old, and there was a slightly younger girl beside him.

It's obvious that the two children were born into a wealthy family. The clothes they wear are enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for a year.

"Young sir, I'm sorry, our store hasn't opened yet. The original owner, Lao Zhou, just ceded the store to us." The bearded man stepped forward and said.

"What? Then I won't be able to get any wine today."

"Sir, what kind of wine do you want? If our store has it, we can call it for you."

"you are?"

"I'm the young master of this shop. You can call me Wang Gang."

"Wang Gang? The one who played Heshen?" The little boy said something without any context.

Wang Gang narrowed his eyes and said, "What kind of wine would you like, young guest?"

"Brother, please stop drinking. If grandma finds out, she will definitely punish us." The little girl tenderly pulled the boy's arm.

"What are you afraid of? The wine here is as light as water. Besides, if you don't tell me, how will grandma know?"

The boy turned to Wang Gang and said, "My name is Fan Xian. You don't look much older than me. Don't call me little guest."

The bearded man was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that the person he was just talking about would appear before him. He couldn't help but glance at his young master.

Wang Gang said: "Our store has not officially opened yet, so we don't have many kinds of wine, but our homemade peach wine is very good. Would you like to try it?"

"Wine brewed from peach blossoms? I haven't tried it yet!" Fan Xian said happily, "Give me two ounces to try."

Wang Gang glanced at the big man, and the big man immediately went to the backyard and got two taels of wine for Fan Xian.

Fan Xian took the wine jug, took a sip, and was immediately attracted by the unique aroma.

"Such a strong peach blossom smell, isn't this cocktail marijuana?"

"Brother, what is a cocktail? Is it made from cockroach feathers?" asked the little girl.

"Ruoruo, you don't understand. This cocktail is good stuff. It's not strong in alcohol and it's sweet. Women can drink it too." Fan Xian laughed.

The little girl Fan Ruoruo said with admiration: "Brother, you know so much."

A hint of disdain flashed across Wang Gang's eyes, but he quickly hid it.

"Boss, please give me two more jars of peach blossom wine and send them to the Fan Mansion. Ask the butler for the money directly." Fan Xian said, holding the small wine pot.

"Sir, I'm sorry, but our store is a small business and we don't accept credit," said Wang Gang.

Fan Xian said impatiently: "I am the young master of the Fan family, how can I owe you this little wine money?"

"Master Fan, it's really inappropriate to sell on credit before our store opens." Wang Gang said with a smile.

Fan Xian wanted to argue, but he saw Wang Gang's empty right sleeve. At the same time, Fan Ruoruo also discovered that Wang Gang was missing an arm, and she immediately felt sympathy for him.

"Brother, I still have some silver." Fan Ruoruo took out two taels of silver on his own initiative.

Fan Xian didn't say anything. He handed the silver to Wang Gang and said, "Send the two jars of wine to the Fan Mansion quickly. If they taste good, I will patronize you again in the future."

"No problem, you are the first customer of our shop, so I will give you a 30% discount on these two jars of wine." Wang Gang said with a smile.

"Young boss, you really know how to do business. I wish you a prosperous business."

Fan Xian led his sister out of the tavern contentedly, and Wang Gang and Lao Hu personally saw them off.

Standing at the door of the tavern, Wang Gang looked up and found at least three secret agents nearby. They were probably the people sent by the Fan family to protect the young master and young lady.

Old Hu bent down and said to Wang Gang, "Master, is this Fan Xian really as the rumors say, so naughty and mischievous at such a young age? How old is he and he's already drinking?"

Wang Gang sneered and said, "From now on, all the wine I sell to Fan Xian will be mixed with half water."

Old Hu was stunned and said in confusion: "This is not good! After all, the Fan family is the local boss in Danzhou City."

"It's okay. When you deliver the wine, just tell the butler of the Fan Mansion. Don't worry about anything else."