my awesome king

Chapter 14

On the second day, Mu Shuiqing bought the big courtyard next door at a price of 1000 taels with 500 taels of silver notes in his pocket.Afterwards, she took the remaining 500 taels and the title deed of the yard, looked up and down the yard with a smile, and started her big plan to transform the teahouse beautifully
First, she asked Shopkeeper Yan to post a recruitment notice on the door.The monthly salary of a buddy has always been around tens of Wen to a tael of silver, but in order to recruit outstanding talents, Mu Shuiqing deliberately increased the monthly salary to three taels of silver, and it was not limited to men and women.In just one morning, there were a huge number of people who came to recruit, of course, there were more people who took a wait-and-see attitude and watched the show.

I thought that after such a good start, everything would go well in the future.Unexpectedly, on the first day, Mu Shuiqing was stumped.There was only her, shopkeeper Yan and the original two clerks in the whole teahouse. However, there were so many people recruiting clerks, and everyone was extremely busy.Afterwards, the new name of the teahouse, the signature tea, and the brand new decoration design of the teahouse also required Mu Shuiqing to complete the work as soon as possible.

This night, Mu Shuiqing was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat dinner, so he returned home exhausted with his head shrugged.Although the upper and lower eyelids were fighting, she still massaged the soles of Ji Xiaomo's feet on time.After finishing the work, she fell to the ground with a "plop" and fell into a deep sleep regardless of her image.

Ji Xiaomo stayed for a moment, called her a few times and saw that there was no response, then gave instructions to Mo Hua to enter the room.He lowered his head slightly, listening to Mo Hua's usual report every night, and his dark eyes looked thoughtfully at Mu Shuiqing, who was drooling on the ground and sleeping soundly.

Half an hour later, Ji Xiaomo tossed and turned on the bed, having trouble sleeping.Some time ago, I didn't know what kind of wind Mu Shuiqing had. Every night, he would go to bed early and cover the quilt warmly. He called it warming the bed for the prince.Today, without her warm bed, the quilt was so cold that his hands and feet were cold.

Thinking in this way, he inadvertently glanced at Mu Shuiqing, and saw her curled up on the cold ground, frowning tightly, sleeping very restlessly, murmuring coldly.Ji Xiaomo frowned tightly, and his thin lips were drawn into a line.

After a stick of incense, Ji Xiaomo sighed helplessly, bent down, and gently picked her up from the cold ground.Then, he pursed his lips tightly, raised his breath, and took a hard step forward.

Dead again!really should lose weight...

While struggling to carry her to the bed, Mu Shuiqing suddenly opened his eyes, and Ji Xiaomo loosened his hand in panic.Unexpectedly, she murmured a few words, "Tea House Tea House, what attractive name should I choose..." After closing her eyes, she continued to sleep soundly.Ji Xiaomo let out a long sigh, his neck was suddenly hooked by warm hands, his whole body was pulled heavily, and he fell on Mu Shuiqing's body.

Really, I can't sleep well!Ji Xiaomo looked embarrassed, and stretched out his hand to push.

"Xiaoha, don't move around. My sister needs to sleep." Xiaoha was a dog in Mu Shuiqing's family before.Stupid and cute, she likes to hold her in her arms and tease her the most.When it's cold, you can hold it in your arms as a hot water bottle!
Really strong!Ji Xiaomo was so strangled that he couldn't breathe, his dark eyes turned cold, and his slender fingers seemed to lightly touch Mu Shuiqing's wrist, but in fact, he used [-]% of his strength.

Mu Shuiqing, who was sleeping soundly, retracted her hand in pain, she suddenly jumped up from the bed and said angrily: "Xiaoha, you bit me again!"

After a while, she stared blankly at the quaint house for a moment, then patted her face, and gave a bitter chuckle: "Oh, why did I fall asleep! I still have a lot of things to do." Mu Shuiqing blinked his eyes and realized that he was very close to Ji Xiaomo. The clothes of the two were messy and the quilt was kicked to the ground. stare at myself.

She hurriedly thought in panic that she slept so poorly. According to her roommate, she gritted her teeth, drooled, and liked to kick the quilt very much.Too bad, she actually kicked the quilt down again, Ji Xiaomo's body is so weak, she must have been tossing her at night when she slept.And she was talking in her sleep just now!what a shame……

Mu Shuiqing picked up the quilt and hurriedly covered Ji Xiaomo, and said very remorsefully, "I'm sorry to wake you up. Don't worry, I'll go to work later, and I will never disturb you again."

Ji Xiaomo, who was wrapped in a quilt like rice dumplings, raised his eyelids slightly, and said lightly, "It's so late, isn't the concubine still asleep?" In the words, there was a vigilance that others could not detect.

"Hey." Mu Shuiqing originally wanted to pretend to be a fool, but at this moment Ji Xiaomo's cold eyes seemed to be able to see through everything.She twitched the corners of her mouth in embarrassment, and then said with a bitter face: "To tell you the truth, I did encounter some troubles. I thought opening a store would be easy, but I found that I had a lot of things that I didn't prepare. Many things were too whimsical for me. It was only when I was doing it that I found it difficult. Therefore, I don’t plan to sleep today, I have to hurry up and design the sketch of the teahouse decoration first.”

She lowered her eyebrows and said in a warm voice, "My lord, go to bed first."

Mu Shuiqing got out of bed, put on a coat and sat down at the desk, spread out a piece of rice paper, began to paint and draw on it, muttering softly.

"Design the corridor here?..." Mu Shuiqing scribbled two strokes on the paper, scratched his head, and murmured softly, "No, this place blocks the view of the rockery. Let's design it here. A small bridge..."

While drawing, she suddenly loosened the hand supporting her chin, and her whole face was in close contact with the table.

"Just tea is so boring... How about some juice drinks?... Why don't we have some dessert cakes... Ah... I'm so hungry..." In the extreme hunger, she fell into a dream again.

That night, she had a dream.I dreamed that my head, neck, and hands were covered with golden jewelry, and I was sitting on a golden mountain laughing wildly in satisfaction.

Waking up the next day, Mu Shuiqing found herself lying on the bed with her hands and feet stretched out.She glanced at Ji Xiaomo who was seriously reading at the desk, and thought silently, did she sleepwalk and crawl into bed last night?After all, with Ji Xiaomo's weak and small body, can he move her?Probably not, recently she ate and drank well, and gained a lot of weight.She believed [-]% that if Ji Xiaomo hugged her, he would either die or be disabled...

After frantically recruiting for a week, Mu Shuiqing officially selected twenty guys, ten men and ten women, all handsome and beautiful, aged between fourteen and eighteen.Who made Mu Shuiqing a disgraceful appearance control, lolicon and Zhengtai control?

Two of the young girls stand at the door as welcoming ladies to receive the guests. If the guests choose to go to the private room, the other eight girls will lead the way for the guests, present tea recipes, and wait for the guests to order.The remaining ten teenagers serve tea and water and do rough physical work.

"Okay, everyone, come and laugh with me first." Mu Shuiqing grinned slightly, and everyone looked at each other, then pulled the corners of their mouths.

"No, no, why do you look so miserable. Do it all over again!"

"Why do you look like you are smiling. And you! Stand up straight for me, you have no energy at all. You, you, you! Don't snicker, you laughed even more stupidly just now."

"When customers come, they should smile and say 'Welcome to Yipin Tea Pavilion', and then bow like this to welcome customers into the store. Customers are gods, so they must be received politely and warmly served. When any mistakes occur, they must be the first time I have to make an apology, do you understand?" Mu Shuiqing finally settled on the name of Yipin Tea Pavilion after a whole night of tangling.One product at a time, she wants to give everyone an impression that her tea house is top-notch!The perfect etiquette and exquisite service are the first attractive gimmicks she thinks of.

Mu Shuiqing believes that standardized management and high-quality service are necessary, and good service will attract more repeat customers, so it is necessary to carefully select some handsome men and women, elegant manners, perfect smiles, and considerate services. of.Only by creating a warm, comfortable, warm and thoughtful service atmosphere can we attract more customers!
This brand-new way makes everyone very uncomfortable, especially women.Although women were not very lowly in this dynasty, most of them lived in seclusion and stayed in the boudoir, and few of them showed their faces outside.Those invited by Mu Shuiqing this time were all impoverished and in urgent need of money, and they were attracted by the three taels of silver on the recruitment notice.Now standing outside the door in public without saying anything, there is even a forced face to show a smile...

Some girls became dissatisfied, and retorted in a low voice: "What is the difference between this and a brothel..."

"Wrong, big mistake!" Mu Shuiqing slapped the table heavily, and said in a deep voice, "The women in the brothel sell their bodies, while we sell their services. There is a big difference between them!"

"Princess, you said that customers are heaven, if someone mistreats us, we..." a girl asked timidly.

"This and that are two different things." What Mu Shuiqing despised most in his life were perverts and those who bullied weak women.

She commanded in a deep voice: "If anyone takes the opportunity to be frivolous or make trouble, just tell this princess, and this princess will support you! Don't be afraid if the emperor's grandson and nobles, we have the support of the prince!"

"Yes, princess!"

When the prince was mentioned, everyone became confident.It's just that Mu Shuiqing couldn't bear to say something, the prince who they thought would be mighty and support them was in the palace... was ridden on the head by the servants... In fact, the prince is a soft bun with no name... …

For three consecutive days, Mu Shuiqing kept correcting their standing posture, smiling, bowing and talking.From the fourth day, Mu Shuiqing taught the tea ceremony.The tea ceremony pays attention to the beauty of an artistic conception formed by tea leaves, tea water, heat, tea sets, environment, and the self-cultivation and emotions of the drinkers.I heard that learning tea ceremony can cultivate sentiment and enhance temperament. At the beginning, Mu Shuiqing specially learned tea ceremony, which is why she went to the teahouse first among the four shops.

Making tea is a very simple matter, so simple that it only needs two actions: put tea leaves and pour water.But in the tea ceremony, that set of rituals is too complicated or too particular.Mu Shuiqing doesn't need them to be as particular about the real tea ceremony, after all, it is impossible to fully learn it in a short time, and ordinary people will not make the tea pouring so complicated, but this will lose the delicious taste of the tea.

Originally, Mu Shuiqing wanted everyone to learn, but after seeing a few teenagers clumsy and always turning over the tea, she stroked her forehead helplessly, and decided to let the girls do it.

The perfect behavior in the tea ceremony is performed by a beautiful woman, it is a pleasing thing, no matter how bitter the tea is, it becomes sweet, and under the temptation of the beautiful woman, the tea is poured one pot after another, and the money is easy to come by up.

"Remember, I didn't invite you here to support you. If anyone fails to keep up with the learning stage, I will resign without mercy! Of course, I will give special rewards to those who study the best." Giving a sweet date has always been Mu Shuiqing's principle.

According to Mu Shuiqing's observation over the past few days, the girl named Ning Shuang is the one who learns the best.Elegant manners, perfect tea making, and meticulous earnestness made her announce in public that she was the leader of the others, replacing her as a teacher to teach others, and she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Ning Shuang is the oldest among the girls, already twenty-nine years old. However, Ning Shuang lived in poverty, with elderly parents and a younger brother to take care of, so she worked part-time since she was a child and never married.

After Ning Shuang was pleasantly surprised, she quickly calmed down. After expressing her gratitude to Mu Shuiqing, she started teaching seriously.Mu Shuiqing saw it, and nodded with satisfaction, admiring her for her serious attitude without arrogance or rashness.

During the rest time, they exchanged ideas on the tea ceremony. Ning Shuang is a woman who seeks knowledge and often has different and unique opinions. Delicious stay!
In the past few days, Mu Shuiqing scratched his head and scratched his head, desperately thinking about the types of modern juice drinks, tea and desserts.It's summer, and refreshing juice drinks are a must.It's just that Mu Shuiqing is troubled by the fact that there was no convenient juicer in ancient times, so how to make delicious juice.Could it be squeezed... how laborious it is...

(End of this chapter)