Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 187 Tea House
In the sixth year of Dashang, on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the snow fell silently.

The big snowflakes falling did not stop Lu Yange from entering Beijing.

The Lu family's boat went up the Huaihe River, entered the Yangtze River, and headed south all the way to the capital.

Dozens of large ships lined up at the Guazhou Wharf in the capital city, and the dock workers were busy unloading cargo in the wind and snow, wearing jackets.

As the New Year is approaching, most ships have stopped sailing.

To the south of the capital, the first snowfall has just begun, and the lake has not yet frozen over. The large ships loaded with goods arrived early, so that they could unload a full load and rush back to celebrate the New Year.

It was the turn of the Lu family's boat to dock at the pier, and the heavy snow slowly covered everything around.Those ugly and dirty ones were buried under the white snow, waiting for the next sunrise.

Before the ship came to a complete stop, shopkeeper Li, who picked up the ship, was waiting at the pier with an oiled paper umbrella.

Seeing the Lu family's boat arrive, as soon as the gangplank was set up, he immediately boarded the boat with vigorous strides, and first met Lu Yange face to face.

"I've been waiting for you at the pier for over an hour."

Lu Yange hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, Uncle Li, it's so cold, is it froze?"

"It's not cold, it's not cold, what's the cold?" Shopkeeper Li smiled all over his face, and pointed with his big hand, "I see that teahouse, that's what you asked me to buy a few years ago, and I drank tea and warmed up in that teahouse. You can see the boats at the pier at a glance.”

The location of the teahouse that Shopkeeper Li pointed out was excellent, facing the pier, and the bright signboard occupied the entire roof, making people notice the teahouse before disembarking.

There is a wide road on both sides of the teahouse that can accommodate three carriages in parallel. The roads on both sides form a V shape and wrap the teahouse in it.There is a large open space in front of the teahouse, paved with neat stone slabs, which can park at least a dozen carriages.

At this moment, the wind and snow are stirring, and the guys at the door of the store are busy in an orderly manner with oil-paper umbrellas.Some guys took over the reins from the coachman and parked the carriages one by one, while others held umbrellas and carefully covered the heads of the customers, and graciously led the guests into the shop.

Waiting for the receptionist to send the guests to the door, another group of fellows in uniform uniforms immediately arranged seats according to the needs of the guests.

And the guy who had just greeted the guests hurriedly held an umbrella and went to serve the next guest who was about to get off the carriage.

There is a long and narrow flower bed built on both sides of the tea house. Evergreen plants are planted in the flower bed. When the heavy snow falls, the green branches and leaves become greener.The flower beds do not occupy the lanes on both sides, but also protect the teahouse in the middle, so that they will not be collided by the cars passing by the lanes on both sides.

Lu Yange and Shopkeeper Li stood under the eaves of the teahouse for a while, and waited for the waiter to pat off the falling snow on their bodies with a clean feather duster before walking into the shop.

"This teahouse is only doing business with merchants traveling from south to north. Because the entrance is spacious and parking is possible, it really attracts a lot of business."

Shopkeeper Li led Lu Yange upstairs, stood at the window on the second floor and looked out, and sure enough the whole pier was in front of him.

On the water surface in the distance, you can see the boats that are still coming. At the nearby warehouse, the merchants are wearing dog-headed cotton caps with their hands in their sleeves, hunched over, and directing the bag bearers to load the goods into the cargo ship.

Even Lu Yange praised this place: "It's really a good place."

There are shops on both sides of the teahouse, one next to the other.But because of the special location of the teahouse, it is not crowded with these shops.

In front of the other shops, there is only a road wide enough for horse-drawn carriages. People are coming and going, and they have to be careful when passing cars.If two vehicles are coming towards each other, one vehicle must return to pass.

This is the largest water and land wharf in the capital. There are more than a hundred boats passing by every day, and there are even more vehicles delivering goods one after another.

Once the road at the entrance of the store is blocked, it will be difficult for the customers in the store to get out, and it will be even more difficult for the outside customers to come in.

However, the teahouse they are in does not have these problems, and because vehicles can be parked at the entrance, they come to the pier to pick up people or see them off, or those local officials who come to Beijing to renew their posts like to come to this teahouse to sit while waiting at the pier Take a break.

"You still have a good eye, Xiao Si!" Shopkeeper Li poured tea himself, and poured a cup of Pu'er for Lu Yange.

"When this piece of land was bought and sold, no one took a fancy to this piece of land. They said it was in the shape of a sharp knife, and it was full of evil spirits. It could not be used for living or doing business. At that time, my heart was full of drums. I dare not buy it. Fortunately, I listened to your words and bought a lot of land, so I gave up a few feet of land and built a parking lot as you said. And paving a road in front of the door, wouldn’t the evil spirit be exposed.”

Perhaps the business has been doing well in the past few years, shopkeeper Li's face is full of red, and he doesn't seem to feel that he is getting older, but he is becoming more and more energetic.

"You come alone this time, and you will stay at my house. The house I bought for your family is too big, and you will live alone in space. This New Year, you will spend it at my house."

But Lu Yange didn't want to disturb the shopkeeper Li's family, and shook his head politely, "I'd better go to my house to have a look. I haven't seen anything about the house since I bought it."

"alright."

Shopkeeper Li also knew Xiao Si's temperament, so he didn't force him to stay, "Then I'll let Tao Shan send you off later, your house is all taken care of by your brother Tao Shan, if you are not satisfied, let Tao Shan repair it for you."

Now Tao Shan is not called Tao Shan, but changed his name to Li Tao Shan.

But shopkeeper Li's family got used to shouting, so they continued to call Tao Shan.

The eldest daughter of shopkeeper Li's family stayed at home to recruit a son-in-law, and the one she recruited was Tao Shan who had learned how to cook long fish banquets from the Qiu family in Lai Fushun.

Tao Shan has been with Shopkeeper Li in Jiangjiaba for several years, and he knows his character and temperament.

After returning to Yangzhou City, shopkeeper Li realized that Tao Shan's current mother was not his own mother, but the stepmother his father remarried.

The stepmother had children of her own, so naturally she was not that kind to Tao Shan.

It was also because Tao Shan's stepmother didn't care about Tao Shan that Tao Shan was sent to Lai Fushun as an apprentice by his own father, hoping that the child would learn a craft and be able to eat well.

Tao Shan returned to Yangzhou City, and his father heard that the shopkeeper Li's family intended to recruit a son-in-law, and Tao Shan's father sent Tao Shan to Li's family.

It is stated that if the Li family is willing to accept Tao Shan as a son-in-law, their family will not want any money, as long as the shopkeeper Li's family treats Tao Shan well.

In the eyes of outsiders, Tao Shan's family couldn't tolerate him because his father married his stepmother.

Only Tao Shan knew that his father was afraid that he would be bullied by his stepmother at home, so he might as well find a good family to live a good life.

As for Shopkeeper Li's family, that is really a very good family. If it wasn't for the lack of a son in the family, the daughter of Shopkeeper Li's family would not be able to marry Tao Shan as his wife.

Here Lu Yange said to go to the house, but he was not in a hurry.

Knowing that his father-in-law wanted to keep Lu Xiaosi for dinner, Tao Shan first took the things that had been moved from the Lu family's boat to a carriage and sent them to the house that Lu's family bought.

The placement of the arrangement, the arrangement of the arrangement.

Lu Qingluan also followed Lu Yange to the capital this time, and with her little housekeeper following behind, Lu Yangge didn't have to worry about it at all.

She just had to have a meal with Shopkeeper Li in An An'an, and then she had to get everything in order and be comfortable when she went back.

(End of this chapter)