The girl who wears fast

Chapter 13 The Prime Minister's Tool Man Stepwife (13)

Luo Changqing took the materials, flipped through them, and asked with a frown, "That's all?"

"Yes, all young talents who have not yet engaged in marriage and who are suitable for the status of the young lady are here. As for the other
Either her status is low or she already has a fiancée. "Shu Qi replied, it turned out that he was looking for a fiance for Luo Yaqing.

Looking at the so-called young talents listed above, Luo Changqing was not very satisfied. He threw the materials on the table and said, "Exclude all those who have concubines."

"This... a man who has reached the age of marriage, even if he does not have a concubine, it is very common to have maids... I am afraid that few of them can really clean up their lives." Shu Qi said in embarrassment.

Luo Yaqing is almost 16 years old, there are very few girls at her age who are not engaged, and many girls are already married and even have children.

As for the men of her age, they are either already married or engaged, especially those with high status and good looks. This kind of talent has been targeted for a long time. It is too late for Luo Changqing to find her daughter now.

Luo Changqing didn't expect it to be so difficult to find a perfect son-in-law, but he regretted not making a decision for his daughter earlier: "I was the one who delayed Qing'er."

"How can I blame you, master? The master is also a loving father, and wants to keep Miss at home for a few more years." Shu Qi comforted, he is the person who knows Luo Changqing best.

Luo Changqing loves her daughter very much, and wants to give her the best in everything. She is reluctant to marry someone else's family to serve her husband and in-laws at a young age, so she keeps her daughter until now.

"Forget it, there's no need to rush this matter. I still have to search carefully, and I don't believe that there is really no young talent who is suitable for Qing'er." Luo Changqing said.

Xu Shichu didn't know that her cheap husband was having a headache about her daughter's marriage. She had prepared a lot for the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. Apart from learning etiquette and rules, she also had to pay attention to her own business.

After Zuixiangge's business got on the right track, she expanded the bookstore and divided it into two areas. One area was for books to be bought; the other area was converted into a reading room.

Instead of doing business according to the common bookstore model of this era, she transformed it into a modern bookstore, integrating book sales, book rental and reading.

The books in the bookstore can be sold, rented, or neither sold nor rented, but lent to customers at the price for reading in the reading room.

Selling, of course, is the regular selling of books; and renting books means that as long as you pay enough deposit, you can rent the books home, and you can read or copy them as you like; A whole day is spent on books, and half a day is spent on five cents.

In this era, due to reasons such as paper, pen, ink, and printing technology, the price of books is not cheap. Except for the wealthy scholars in the family, those poor children cannot afford a few books a year. Reading a book, you can read it all day for a few pennies. It is really worth it. If you are afraid that you will not remember it after reading it, you can also pay a deposit to rent the book home and copy it down. This way, even if you count the pen, ink and paper, it is cheaper than buying a book. New books are much cheaper.

This new bookstore model has surprised the scholars in the capital for a long time, thinking that there are some traps waiting for them, but after some bold scholars tried it but were not tricked, it will be really delicious.

This novelty bookstore named "Houji Bookstore" quickly became popular among scholars in the capital. Except for the poor children who are not rich, even the rich sons who don't care about the price of books are willing to come here to read books. It is spacious and bright here, which is much more comfortable than the dark and lonely study room at home; second, reading here has an atmosphere, and you can discuss and brainstorm with book friends at any time when you have questions.

Scholars all know etiquette, integrity and shame, and care about face. Xu Shichu is not worried about any troubles in this business model. She also prepared tea and snacks in the store. Of course, this is for money, after all, she is not doing charity.

So unexpectedly, the income from tea and snacks every day was more than the income from borrowing books, which surprised Xu Shichu a little.

After finishing his business work, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was here, Xu Shichu dressed up according to the suggestion of the teaching mother, and went out with Luo Changqing.

Luo Rui and Luo Yaqing followed behind, and Xu Shichu could feel their indistinct gazes on him, especially Luo Rui's, who couldn't hide his astonishment when he saw Xu Shichu for the first time Cover up.

When she arrived at the door, Xu Shichu got into her exclusive carriage. As soon as she sat down, she breathed a sigh of relief. There was nothing she could do. The clothes on her body were too grand, and the jewelry on her head was also extremely expensive. She had to be careful when walking. Not an easy task.

"Zhichun, Zhixia, quickly make me a cup of milk tea to moisten my throat," Xu Shichu ordered.

"But ma'am, it's inconvenient to drink too much tea in the palace, isn't it?" Zhichun reminded tactfully.

"Don't worry, the imperial palace is not a den of wolves and tigers, so what's the inconvenience?" Xu Shichu said indifferently, she is the prime minister's wife after all, so you can't find her if you have any schemes?
"Just in case, madam, let's drink less, you can have some snacks." Zhixia said.

"Okay, okay, you're really a little housekeeper." Xu Shichu smiled helplessly, and started to eat the red bean cake on the small table.

As soon as the pastry entered the mouth, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and then a tall figure came in.

"Master? Greetings to the master!" Zhichun and Zhixia were startled, and hurriedly put down their work to salute Luo Changqing.

Xu Shichu just raised his eyelids and glanced at him, saying, "Why did Mr. Xiang get into my carriage?"

"I have something to tell you." Luo Changqing didn't care when he saw that Xu Shichu didn't salute him. He unceremoniously sat on the other side of the small table and faced Xu Shichu face to face.

"Continue making milk tea." Xu Shichu raised his chin, signaling the two maids to leave Luo Changqing alone.

Zhichun and Zhixia hesitated for a while, but soon started to work according to Xu Shichu's instructions. After all, Xu Shichu was their master.

Making milk tea is really a simple job. The boiling water is kept burning with a small stove, the milk is kept frozen with ice, and even the pearls in the milk tea are made into crystal and lovely small balls early on. The tea leaves are soaked in boiling water and filtered out. Pour in the milk and stir in the small pearl balls, and the ancient version of pearl milk tea is ready.

Luo Changqing remained silent all this time, just watching the two maids making this weird milk tea.

Xu Shichu picked up the teacup, felt Luo Changqing's gaze fixed on his own milk tea, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Do you want to drink it too?"

"Alright." Luo Changqing nodded unexpectedly, agreeing.

(End of this chapter)