Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 123 The Grand Opening (Part [-])
At this time, the crowd outside the door suddenly became noisy, and a few people dressed in blue clothes and servants politely separated from the crowd, and let in a tall, middle-aged man in a new silk and satin shirt, followed by a [-]-year-old man. The young steward, around [-] years old, held a tray covered with a red cloth in his hand.

Xiao Heng and Mu Ai looked at each other, and went forward together without any surprise.But Li San gasped, stood where he was, and froze for a moment.

He also knows this person. Two years ago, because of the drought in Kao City, merchants were called on to build water conservancy projects. Their boss donated two carts of fine noodles and arranged for him to transport them to the government office. At that time, he was lucky enough to I have seen this person from a distance, the prince of Wuwei Hou of the Hundred Flowers Kingdom, is also the most powerful person in the Huawang City, the governor Wei Guangwei.However, what is the background of this fairy lady, to open a dim sum shop, so that the second-rank governor can come to join her?
Of course, there are not a few people who have the same question as him. Among the many spectators outside the door, there are many spectators who don’t know Mr. Governor. The owner of this pastry shop is not a relative of Mr. Wei's family, is he?"

The people next to him immediately retorted, "Master Wei is upright and upright. Who in Kao City doesn't know that last year when the Luoying Building opened, Boss Yuan sent priceless jade carvings to Lord Wei's mansion. He just asked Lord Wei to go and support him, isn't it? He was kicked out by Master Wei with all the gifts."

They all nodded their heads, and their doubts became even stronger, "Then who is the owner of this pastry shop, and why did he invite Mr. Wei?"

At this time, a coachman wearing a melon cap said mysteriously, "If you want to talk about this, brother, I know something."

"Oh, brother knows the reason! Tell everyone quickly, so that everyone can clear up their doubts." Others couldn't help urging.

The coachman didn't take Joe, raised his hand to straighten the half-worn hat on his head, and said with a little complacency, "My family has a distant cousin who works as a servant in the guard's gatehouse. Because he is diligent and clever, he is valued by the housekeeper. I used to show off when I was drinking, saying that the young master of Lord Wei's house almost died a few days ago, and it was Mr. Xiao, boss of Xiankelou, who invited one of his righteous sisters to save his life. Mr. Qianwei As a token of gratitude, I gave that lady a dozen or so carts of annual gifts, including silk and satin, gold and silver jewellery, and everything else." He turned his head to look at the surprised and envious faces of the crowd, and continued, "That's not enough. What is it, the most unusual thing is this lady's return gift, what do you think she returned?"

"What's the answer?" Everyone asked in unison, and then realized that the voice was too loud, and hurriedly lowered their voice and urged anxiously, "This brother, tell me quickly, we are so anxious to death."

"Hey," the melon skin hat was even more proud, "Well, you may not believe it, it's a whole few boxes of fresh vegetables, fresh as if they were still growing in the field an hour ago. And ah, and A few large wooden barrels of live fish and shrimp, that one jumped up two feet high in the barrel."

Some people couldn't hear his exaggerated bragging, and mocked with disbelief, "This brother is not drunk and talking in his sleep, right? Where can I find fresh vegetables and live fish in winter? Our place is not Rongcheng. Where is Sioux City?"

When the melon skin hat heard that he didn't believe it, he got a little anxious, and shouted with a flushed face, "My old Zhang is not talking in his sleep. Many people know about it. On the day when the return gift was delivered, a servant accidentally knocked it over. After unpacking the box, fresh vegetables were scattered all over the floor, all of which were the hottest new dishes sold in the Xiankelou. Many people saw it at the time."

"Xiankelou? Well, isn't the one who went in just now Boss Xiao from Xiankelou? His step-sister gave Mr. Wei fresh vegetables? Mr. Wei came here to join us again..." The one next to him with a flexible mind automatically connected everything together. Clue, and then excitedly said in a low voice, "Could it be that Boss Xiao's sister-in-law grew those new vegetables in Xiankelou? And the owner of this dim sum shop was opened by his sister-in-law? This, this is big news..."

There was a stupid man who was puzzled, "No way, the owner of this pastry shop is a young man?"

That witty disdain glanced at him, "It won't be women mixing men's clothes, our Kao City allows women to do business."

The boys in green clothes who followed Wei Guang just now were standing quietly on both sides of the shop door, and now the one standing outside, listening to the melon skin hat and everyone's discussion, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up. I got up, and praised in my heart, "Zhang Dequan is really smart and capable, I will talk to the housekeeper about giving him a few taels of silver when I go back."

Not mentioning the speculations of the people outside, Xiao Heng and Mu Ai took Wei Guang in, exchanged friendly greetings, and introduced Li San briefly, and then the four of them sat down to drink tea and talk.

Wei Guang signaled his attendants to put the square plate on the table, and stretched out his hand to remove the red cloth, revealing a half-foot-long jade-carved toad inside, and said with a smile, "Brother Mu, this is a congratulatory gift chosen for you, congratulations Good luck with the opening, the money is rolling in."

"Brother Wei, are you afraid that the younger brother will lose his money when he opens the store for the first time? So if you give such an expensive gift, even if the younger brother does not make money for a year, with this toad, it will be enough to live comfortably for a few years." Mu Aibian He said with a smile, while picking up the toad to look at it carefully, not to mention the quality of the jade, this exquisite carving can be worth several hundred taels of silver.

Wei Guang laughed loudly, "Brother Mu is just funny, what you say is really many times better than those fake politeness, I know you don't necessarily like these vulgar things, but there are only so many things in the warehouse of my house, you just Take it and put it in the account room, and play with it in your free time on weekdays."

Mu Ai turned around and asked Chun Equinox to send the toad to the back, then said with bright eyes, "Why don't you like it, Brother Wei, if the warehouse in the house is too crowded, you can send more to my little brother, and I will keep it for you."

Wei Guang and Xiao Heng saw her greedy for money, and they both burst into laughter. Xiao Heng said, "How is it? Brother Wei, you are afraid that our brother will be bullied by others, so you came here to cheer her up, don't you know that she Temperament, no matter who comes, it won't suffer a bit."

"Yeah, it looks like I'm worrying about my brother for nothing." Wei Guang agreed.

Li San listened to the three of them chatting and laughing, and only kept smiling faces beside him, unless Mu Ai asked, he would never intervene rashly.

He is very self-aware, as a shopkeeper of a small grocery store, he has no right to speak in front of Lord Governor.But he is still very excited. It doesn't matter whether he can talk to Lord Governor now. He just has a chair to sit here and a cup of tea to drink, and his status has been greatly improved.Who told him that the people who drank tea with him were all the top figures in Kao City.

Not to mention Li San's secret excitement, but to say that Mu San respectfully came to report that the auspicious time has come.Qingfeng Mingyue put the two bundles of rattles that had been prepared in advance into a big wooden barrel and lit them. Amidst the bang bang, Mu Ai invited the three of them to pick up the red cloth on the plaque with a bamboo pole with her, revealing the There are three big characters "food is the sky", and there are two characters "people take" in front of it, which is obviously smaller. Those who have good deeds and show off their knowledge in the crowd read it aloud, "food is the sky for the people" .

Wei Guang nodded and praised, "Food is the sky, this name is elegant and appropriate. Brother Mu is really good at writing. From now on, we will order all the dim sum in our house from your shop. Don't say you are busy and refuse to accept it." It’s good to earn money like a brother.”

All the spectators in front of the door were calmed down by Lord Inspector's polite tone, and with the speculation just now, they all looked at Mu Ai in unison, and the key observation parts were waist, chest, earlobes and the like.Needless to say, this look really made them see something. This wooden boss speaks boldly and acts generously, but his waist is indeed too thin, and his body is not strong enough. It is not even as good as a frail scholar with small earlobes. Appears to have pierced ears.Oh, could it be that she is really a woman?

Xiao Heng noticed the eyes of everyone around him sensitively, frowned slightly, and said loudly, "That's right, from now on, all the dim sum in Xiankelou will depend on food. The chef who makes dim sum around us is also from brothers The fur skills learned here may not even catch up with half of my brother's taste."

The people in front of the door hadn't recovered from their suspicions, and were again shocked by Xiao Heng's words.Where is Xiankelou? Kao City or even the entire Baihua Kingdom has the newest, most expensive, and strangest restaurants.The dim sum in it is not a few taels of silver for a small plate, and now the owner of Xiankelou actually said that the taste of the dim sum is not as good as this food, so...then how much money does this food for the sky cost.

Mu Ai knew that it was Wei Guang and Xiao Heng who were cheering her on, and it was also to deter those who were behind the scenes.

Of course, you have to be full of acting, and you immediately agreed with a smile.Then he bowed his hands to the people outside the door and said a few polite words about the opening of the shop, half-price reward, welcome to taste and so on.

When everyone heard that it was only half price, and that they could taste it before buying, they rushed into the store immediately, asking about the price or pinching a small piece of biscuit to taste.

Of course, it goes without saying that it is delicious, but those who are from a relatively well-to-do family and have elderly people in the church will probably buy a box of four kinds of dim sum, which is affordable and can eat a variety of flavors.

The price of Mu Aiding is three times that of normal dim sum, and at half price, it is one and a half times of normal dim sum. Therefore, no one in the shop complains that the price is too expensive.

Both Wei Guang and Xiao Heng were busy, Mu Ai didn't hold them back, and sent them to the car to leave with a smile.Li San was also about to leave soon, and Mu Ai ordered Mu San to pack two boxes of finer snacks for him to take back to taste, and said that he would go back to the village in a few days, if he had anything to take home , sent someone to deliver.

Just after noon, more than half of the snacks in the store were bought, and everyone hurriedly baked the fastest-selling varieties in two ovens. Although they were very tired, they all had smiles on their faces.

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