deadly mantra

Chapter 26: Practice hard and don’t love money

"I like smart people, and I prefer smart people like you who live a clear life and are not greedy." Ji Fanyin winked upstairs.

The old shopkeeper was bright-eyed and understood immediately:
"Waiter! Nice tea service~ Miss host, please sit here for a while. I will go upstairs and clear out two upper rooms for you."

Ji Fanyin's generosity and the old man's chameleon-like ability to turn against others made the guests in the hall stunned.

clean up...

How to clean a room that is already occupied by someone?

Everyone knows that.

It's nothing more than spending a lot of money to solve the problem and adding tough measures.

Ji Fanyin didn't care about other people's opinions. She moved to the window and sat on a stool.

The old shopkeeper followed, groveling and waiting with a smile on his face.

Ji Fanyin picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked casually:

"Is there a branch of the tavern opened by Yunshangduan in Qiushui City?"

"Yes, yes, there are seven countries, eight capitals, and six tribes. Wherever there are people walking, there must be traces of Yun Shangduan. What does the host girl want to eat? I will buy it right now."

Ji Fanyin patted his forehead with a fan and frowned in embarrassment:

"What to eat, tsk, this is a big question. If you order too much, Chenchen might misunderstand me and think I am a stingy person because of my high consumption. Order less, if you don't have enough to eat, Chenchen might misunderstand me as stingy."

After thinking for a while, she raised her head and asked:
"Generally speaking, I mean, the average person, usually a man and a woman come to eat, how many dishes will they order?"

The old shopkeeper has been running the store for more than [-] years and welcomes customers every day. He is very clear-minded and understands the difficulties of the new owner. After understanding the difficulties of the new owner, he offered advice:
"My dear boss, look up and take a look. How about our signature combination? Four dishes and one soup, hot or cold, as well as snacks. It's not a waste, but it's full."

Ji Fanyin was stunned in surprise. After a long time to recover, she covered her chest and sighed:

"No wonder my father said that I was born into wealth and not a poor person. I thought and thought and pondered all the way. The minimum standard is just so-so. Let's start with seventeen or eight kinds of exquisite dishes, and there is no soup. If you want more, four will be enough. Don’t ask for too many desserts. Just have half a portion of each, so that you can make ten plates, and then two bottles of Fengxian wine exclusively available at the Yunshangduan branch. Isn’t that okay? Four dishes and one soup? !”

Ji Fanyin's eyes widened in disbelief, unable to believe what she heard.

The old man's eyes were wider than hers.

So-so?

Minimum standard configuration?
Don’t want more? !

Still seventeen or eighty?
Make a ten-game set? !
The muscles on the face of the old shopkeeper were shaking and shaking, and he had the urge to take off his shoes and hit someone.

Ji Fanyin held her forehead with her small hands, feeling sorry for herself. She didn't see the other people present, and her face twitched with anger:
"Thinking back to those days when my father looked back at Pomeranians, paving the road with gold and embellishing it with colorful stones. But now, I have to be reduced to four dishes and one soup..."

bitter.

Extremely painful.

Ji Fanyin touched her heart and sighed:
"Oh... that's all, that's all. If I can be like my father, chase the person I want, practice hard and don't care about money, and be a miserable person, what's the problem. Shopkeeper..."

As soon as he raised his head, he suddenly encountered a pair of scarlet eyes. Ji Fanyin was so frightened that he trembled all over. Dingqing took a look and saw clearly the twisted facial features of the old shopkeeper.

She exclaimed:

"Ah! Shopkeeper, what's wrong with your face?"

The old shopkeeper rubbed his face and almost gritted his teeth in a mute voice:

"No, it's okay...Miss Boss, what do you want me to do?"

"Hiss...where did I just say that?"

The shopkeeper's mouth twitched slightly as he narrated with difficulty:

"You said that you work hard and don't care about money."

"Yes, yes." Ji Fanyin said with a smile: "According to your suggestion, four dishes and one soup, just four dishes and one soup. Maybe... Hehehe, Chenchen saw my clever wife who is diligent and thrifty. Once I am moved by the image, hey, he will follow me.”

The old shopkeeper looked ashamed when he heard this.Should he remind the new owner that ordinary people are not like this in their diligence and frugality?

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw his new boss jumping up from his stool, attracting everyone's attention like a butterfly, and flew towards the door.

"Dust!"

Shui Qingchen took the lotus cake and walked into the inn. At a glance, he saw the little man rushing towards him:

"Slow down, slow down, don't run so fast, don't fall."

Ji Fanyin ran into Shui Qingchen's arms and took advantage of the opportunity:
"Hey hey hey, it won't feel like we haven't seen each other for a while, Chenchen, I have good news for you!"

Shui Qingchen helped her stand firm and asked with a low smile:

"What good news?"

"I found a place to stay! The manager of this inn is such a warm-hearted and kind person. Knowing that we couldn't find a place to stay, he took the initiative to persuade other guests to find two guest rooms for us."

"Plop...cough cough cough cough..." the old man in the shop coughed wildly.

"Pfft--" The guest who was drinking spewed out the drink.

"Pa-ta--" The peanut flakes rolled down from the guest's chopsticks.

"Bang bang——" Someone's wine bottle was not grasped firmly and rolled from the table to the ground.

The waiter's knees shook and he quickly held on to the table to steady himself.

Shui Qingchen raised his long eyebrows lightly, and looked around with a hint of inquiry in his dark eyes.

What good thing has she done?
Ji Fanyin didn't blush or breath, and showed a cute and bright smile to the shopkeeper who was coughing wildly:
"Hey~ right~? Old gentleman."

The old shopkeeper's face turned red from suppressing it, and he quickly stood up straight:

"Yes, it is."

Shui Qingchen didn't know the shopkeeper, nor the guests in the lobby who acted strangely, but he knew the little man who was looking up to him with expectant eyes at this moment.

After thinking for a moment, Shui Qingchen looked at the shopkeeper and smiled slightly:
"I don't know which guest moved out of the room. Mr. Lao led the way. I'll go over and say thank you to them."

"Yes……"

"Chenchen, I'm hungry. I want to eat lotus cakes." Ji Fanyin's voice was soft and delicate, attracting Shui Qingchen's eyes and interrupting the old shopkeeper's words.

She pinched a piece of lotus cake from the oil paper bag, took a bite of it happily, and swaggered towards the window, muttering vaguely:
"Well, the lotus cakes here are indeed well-deserved. They are delicious. Chenchen, you should try them too. Well...Chenchen, when I was cleaning the room just now, I already thanked those two people and apologized. They triple the rent.”

When the old shopkeeper heard this, he took the opportunity to sneak to the backyard and clean up the room——

Well, compensate the other party three times the rent.

He understood.

Shui Qingchen closed the oil paper bag and raised his head.

The shopkeeper with gray hair on his temples was disappearing through the archway leading to the backyard at a sprint speed of [-] meters.

Shui Qingchen raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The old gentleman's body is surprisingly strong.

He lifted his feet and walked towards Ji Fanyin.

Suddenly, the smile on his lips stopped. He moved as fast as light and shadow, appeared in front of Ji Fanyin, and blocked the hidden weapon that attacked Ji Fanyin - a lustrous pearl.

Shui Qingchen opened his palms, took a look, raised his head, looked towards the second floor, and smiled elegantly:

"Sir, your things have been lost."

(End of this chapter)