Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 492 Enemies meet on a narrow road
Isn’t it expensive? Eight taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family of three to eat and drink for half a year in the capital!
This wasteful thing!
Wen Shu put on his shoes breathlessly.

Turning back, he saw Zhuo Rufeng still standing there, and couldn't help but ask, "Master Zhuo, do you think it's expensive?"

"Haha, I suddenly feel a little sleepy. I'll go back to my room first. See you later." After leaving this sentence, Zhuo Rufeng ran away quickly.

Although he did not answer, his actions had already told Wen Shu that in the eyes of these young masters, eight taels of silver for a bottle of rose water was not expensive.

The next day, the weather was fine.

In front of the Tangquan Inn, a long stall was set up again, with five large buckets of milk tea, but this time there were a few more stacks of bowls on the side, and a few words were changed on the cloth canvas.

"Bianjing's new drink, iced milk tea, 10 coins per spoonful, first come first served. If you need to use a bamboo tube, add another 2 coins."

However, Wen Shu was not present today. She went to clean up the shop and ice cellar that she had just taken over yesterday.

Standing at the door selling things at this time were Old Man Wen and Qin Jingyang, while Zhuo Rufeng was sent out by Wen Shu to buy things in the shop.

He is a shareholder and can't help with the business, but he is always responsible for purchasing things.

There are many Zhuo family stores in Lin'an City, and many things are sold in Zhuo family stores. Since the third young master of the family comes to buy things, it should be cheaper.

Zhuo Rufeng knew her little plan and was willing to give it a try.

Although he was the third son of the Zhuo family, he had never set foot in this place since he went to Ruyin from Lin'an at the age of five. Not to mention that the managers in the Zhuo family shop didn't know him, even the city of Lin'an was very unfamiliar to him.

However, when he went to the ancestral home to visit his grandmother yesterday, his grandmother gave him a sign and said that if he held the sign, the stewards would naturally recognize him.

Now, he was holding a sign and negotiating with the owner of Zhuo's Wood Furniture Shop.

On the other side, on Qianyue Street, Wen Shu opened the door of his shop and asked two helpers he had just hired from the street to clean the shop.

She went to the ice house in the backyard and planned to put the ice away first.

The ice cellar was built underground, and the entire space was paved with bluestone bricks. At this time, there were only two long strips of ice left in the ice cellar, which were left by the previous owner.

Wen Shu had seen it when signing the contract, so he was not surprised.

She stacked the twenty large blocks of ice that she had dug at Qianlian Lake yesterday against the wall, and then took out the fifteen small blocks of ice and poured them into a clean wooden barrel.

Four buckets of pure, odorless water were poured, one bucket with the scent of light yellow chrysanthemum water, one bucket with the scent of light yellow jasmine water, one bucket with the scent of light red peach blossom, and one bucket with the scent of golden osmanthus water.

There are 8 buckets of ice in total, enough to last about half a month.

Wait for her to make some more tonight and tomorrow night, and we’ll have enough for a month.

Later, the weather will turn to autumn, and then there will be no need for ice and you can serve hot drinks.

While she was making plans, an uninvited guest came to the shop in front. Just as two helpers finished sweeping the floor, two people dressed as servants came in.

One of the idlers stepped forward and stopped them, "Hey, hey, hey, don't come in, don't come in, the store hasn't opened yet."

They have just swept the floor, so don't step on it and make it dirty.

The two men pushed the hanger-on away and said with unfriendly eyes, "Where's the shop owner? Ask him to come out."

The hangers-on had also heard about the shop's affairs, and seeing this, they didn't want to cause trouble, so they said truthfully, "They're busy in the backyard."

"Call him over, my young master has something to say."

The hangers-on were a little hesitant, and Wen Shu happened to lift the curtain and come in, "Who's looking for me?"

Seeing that it was a young lady, the two of them couldn't help but frown, "Where is Xu Rongsheng?"

"do not know."

"Have you rented this place? My master has said that no one is allowed to rent this shop."

Wen Shu brushed off the non-existent dust on his body and said, "How would I, a foreigner, know these things? I'll rent it if it looks suitable."

The two looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

They were ordered to come to Xu Rongsheng to pass on a message. Now that the real master was not around, there was not much point in them getting entangled with this young lady.

"You'll have to take care of yourself. Our master won't let this go easily." After saying this harsh words, the two of them left. Wen Shu didn't care at all. After paying the hanger-on his wages, he waited in the shop for Zhuo Rufeng to deliver something.

At the entrance of Tangquan Inn, Old Man Wen and Qin Jingyang were selling quite smoothly at the beginning.

Many of the people who bought yesterday came again today, and soon the three wooden barrels were empty. But halfway through, Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared.

"It's you! You bastard, you ran fast yesterday, but you dare to show up today!" A young man in luxurious clothes pushed through the crowd and rushed towards Qin Jingyang with a folding fan in his hand.

Qin Jingyang took a look and found that it was the person who had snatched the rose water from him last night. He immediately became angry, closed the money box in his hand, rolled up his sleeves and went to meet him.

"You came just in time. I haven't had enough of beating you yet. Today I will teach you a lesson on how to behave."

The two men wrestled with each other, and the onlookers and customers in the queue immediately retreated far away.

Old Man Wen was afraid that Qin Jingyang would suffer a loss, so he stepped forward to stop the fight, but was held back by the middle-aged man who followed him and the servants behind him.

Qin Jingyang and the Yangsheng man fought with each other for a long time. Finally, Qin Jingyang was restrained by the opponent and beaten.

Seeing that he was about to suffer a loss, Old Man Wen exerted force, broke free from the servants who were holding him, ran to Qin Jingyang, pushed away the nobleman who was riding on him, and at the same time secretly kicked him in the calf.

He was very strong and he kicked the man with great force. The man felt as if his bones were about to break. He lost his balance and fell to his knees.

"My leg!" the young man wailed, stretching out his hand to the middle-aged man, "Why don't you report to the police? No, hurry up and send me to the hospital."

"Go and help the young master." The middle-aged man said, and the servants hurried over to support Zou Wei on both sides.

Just as they were about to leave, a group of officers came over and asked what was going on.

The middle-aged man immediately bowed and saluted, then pointed at Qin Jingyang and Old Man Wen and said, "They were looking for trouble and injured my young master." As he spoke, he moved closer to the officer and whispered a few words.

When they heard that the person being beaten was Madam Wang's nephew, the two officers immediately walked towards Qin Jingyang and Old Man Wen and said, "Come with us to the government office."

"Bullshit!" Qin Jingyang dodged the officer's outstretched hand and pointed at Zou Wei, saying, "It was obviously them who started the trouble first. So many eyes are watching us."

He pointed at the people around him, but no one dared to testify. They all lowered their heads and remained silent.

Qin Jingyang was both angry and furious when he saw this.

"I can testify that it was indeed that young man who started it first." Manager Zhang of the Tangquan Inn came out.

Hearing this, the officer felt a little embarrassed.

Everyone knows that there are two major families in Lin'an City!
One is the Wang family, the other is the Zhuo family.

The Zhuo family has taken root in Lin'an City for a hundred years. They were originally one of the most powerful families in Lin'an City. When they were prosperous, they were the imperial merchants who supplied Yunxiang satin to the government, and they were unparalleled at the time.

However, there were no descendants to continue the family business, and few of them could serve as officials in the court. In addition, there was no one in the younger generation who could take on responsibilities and inherit the family business, so a lot of the business was swallowed up by the Wang family, which came later.

The Wang family was originally just a small merchant family, but later on they were lucky enough to have a son-in-law who was a prime minister, and their status rose rapidly.

The current Wang family member, Wang Cishan, is the elder brother-in-law of Qin Pei, the Vice-Chancellor, and the elder brother of Mrs. Qin.

Relying on his status as the prime minister's brother-in-law, Wang Cishan has suppressed local businesses over the years. Even the Zhuo family now has to be inferior to the Wang family.

Tangquan Inn is the property of the Zhuo family. Now that Manager Zhang has come out to testify, Zou Wei is not in the right. If they forcibly arrest people, they will offend the Zhuo family.

Seeing the officer stop, Zou Wei said angrily: "He was the one who hit me yesterday." He lifted his sleeves to show the officer the wounds he had received yesterday, and then said: "This stranger attacked me in Xiyu Tower last night, and he dared to set up a stall here today."

After that, he pointed at Shopkeeper Zhang and said, "If you dare to protect him, my uncle will not let you go.

Qin Jingyang laughed at himself in his heart. He had always said this to others, and this was the first time he heard it from the other person's mouth.

"Who is your uncle?" he asked.

Seeing him frown, Zou Wei thought he was afraid and couldn't help feeling even more proud.

"Listen carefully, my uncle is Wang Cishan, the head of the Wang family. You villains, why don't you kowtow to me and apologize." He looked at Qin Jingyang, "As long as you kneel down and kowtow to me three times, call me grandpa three times, and pay me one thousand taels of silver, this matter will be settled."

"Hahahaha." Qin Jingyang burst into laughter.