Wanqingsi

Chapter 91
Opening a hot pot restaurant seems much easier than opening an embroidery village. I just need to choose a good store, ask Grandpa Fu to help me set up a dozen hot pot tables, and buy dozens of pots and charcoal stoves.I taught Xiaohong the work of frying the bottom ingredients, and I prepared the ingredients at home every day and sent them to the store.In the first three days of opening, the common people were allowed to try the food for free. After three days, customers came like a cloud. Because the fee is affordable and it suits the tastes of Cangdu people, it is too busy every day. After half a month, they opened a restaurant in the west of the city. A branch opened a month later in the south of the city to the third. The reputation of "Cangdu Hot Pot" far surpasses that of "Cangdu Jinxiuzhuang". It not only attracts the people of the city, but also merchants from south to north often come here admiringly and wait in line.

And the business of Jinxiu Village is also getting better day by day. I started to wear the autumn clothes that Mrs. Jin made for me in the capital as spring clothes, and put the samples in the window. Modern shirts, windbreakers, trousers, home furnishing The strange style of the clothes attracted many people to watch.My off-the-shelf models in weird clothes are for those wealthy ladies and daughters, and another batch of free models are employees in hot pot restaurants. I asked them all to change into the uniforms of restaurant waiters. With their hands tied, they still promote "Splendid Village".I don't expect anyone to actually make or buy these clothes. I just want to make "Cangdu Jinxiuzhuang" and "Cangdu Hot Pot Restaurant" more famous through this method. As I expected, the name Ye Haihua is famous in Cangdu. Gradually louder.

In short, my business is doing very well. I am thinking about opening a fourth hot pot restaurant next month. I plan to renovate this restaurant and make it more luxurious, targeting high-end consumer groups.This day I spent my time in Xiuzhuang as usual, patrolling around the store, I hid in the office and played billboards with Jinsha. This is a picture I drew and asked the old man to make it for me to coax Jinsha. The chessboard is Made of mahogany, with wooden beads painted in six colors of red, yellow, blue, green, black, and white. They are exquisite and compact, not inferior to modern glass beads.After the old Futou made a set, he figured out how to play it and was very fascinated by it. Every night, he would take me to play billiards with him, and put his Go and chess aside.Several children also like to play, so the old man made a set for each of the children, and I asked him to make a set for me and put it in the office.After returning to Cangdu, Jinsha was very clingy to me, and she followed me wherever I went, probably because she had a sense of unfamiliar fear of the new environment, which is why I tried my best to make her happy.

Wang Jichang knocked on the door and stood at the door: "Boss Ye, Master Yun wants to see you."

"Which Master Yun?" I didn't look up, picked up the beads, and jumped down to Jinsha's camp several times, causing her to exclaim in annoyance, and I couldn't help laughing.

"He didn't say anything, he just said he was an old acquaintance of Boss Ye." Wang Jichang said, "Does Boss Ye want to see him?"

"Old acquaintance?" I was stunned for a moment, and my mind turned around. Didn't I know anyone surnamed Yun before?I looked up at Wang Jichang, "Did he say anything else? Did he come alone?"

"Bringing a follower, he said that he and Boss Ye are old friends..." When Wang Jichang mentioned this, I immediately remembered that it was the old man who had a heart attack that I met on the official road to Cangdu a few months ago , What is it called... By the way, Yun Chongshan!I hastened to say, "Quickly ask him to come in."

I stood up to make tea, and after a while Wang Jichang invited Mr. Yun and his followers, seeming to ask Yun De to come in. I greeted him and said with a smile, "Master Yun, long time no see. How are you these days?" Not so good, he is thinner than when I saw him a few months ago, only his eyes are still so bright.

"It's okay, okay!" Old Master Yun laughed, "Ye girl, your business is not small."

"I made the old man laugh. Sit here." I hugged Jinsha from the soft couch and put her on the high-back chair behind my desk. "Sasha, my sister has guests. You can play by yourself for a while."

Serving the tea on the low table on the soft couch, I sat opposite him and said with a smile, "When did the old man come to Cangdu? Did he do business or visit relatives and friends?"

He raised his eyebrows, and there was a hint of amusement in his eyes: "Hehe, after a few days since I came here, I went to try the Cangdu hotpot, which has become very famous recently. I didn't expect you to be the boss, girl, you're a small businessman. 'But it's well done, no wonder you didn't use it when I gave you that thing back then." There was a bit of resentment in this tone.

"Look at what you said, old man, that thing of yours is so precious, why can't you take it out casually." I smiled, and quickly smoothed things over, "Besides, since I'm in business, I also know the truth that money should be spent wisely. For a problem that can be solved, it is not a waste of the old man's intention to ask for help, I will remember that if you encounter unavoidable difficulties in the future, you must ask the old man's friends for help."

"You girl, be honest." Old Master Yun picked up the tea with a smile and took a sip, "The clothes you are wearing today are interesting, and they are also made by your embroidery shop?"

Today I wore an improved clear dress, a lotus-colored slanted coat with intricate butterfly piping embroidered on the cuffs.The black pleated skirt is also embroidered with intricate patterns of green leaf orchids. Even the crimson satin shoes on the feet match the skirt, and the uppers of the shoes are also embroidered with simple and elegant green leaf orchids.Of the costumes of all dynasties in China, only the costumes of the Tang and Qing dynasties are the most distinctive. This clear suit was made on a whim after I wore shirts and trousers for a few days. I smiled and said: "I made the old man laugh, I drew it Come out and let the embroiderers do it."

"It doesn't look like the costumes of the Tianzhao Kingdom, but it looks like a frontier foreign race." The old man's eyes are also sharp, and I made up an excuse at random: "I just came back from the Yaoyue Kingdom a few days ago and saw their costumes , was affected a bit."

The old man narrowed his eyes, nodded, and continued to chat with me, mostly asking how I managed this embroidery village and those hot pot restaurants when I was in Cang, how I managed people, how I managed things, etc., the questions were pretty good To be specific, I also asked a few tricky questions at the end, what should I do if I encounter such a situation in the market.Listening to my answers one by one, he nodded again and again, stroked his beard, and showed a satisfied smile, as if he was very pleased. It seemed that the old man really cared about me. I smiled and said, "Old man, you are testing me. Or what?"

He laughed "haha", put the teacup back on the low plane, and his eyes fell on the bead checkers on the table, with a bit of interest on his face: "Ye girl, what is this?"

"This game is called bead checkers. I have nothing to do to pass the time." I explained, seeing his interest, I told him how to play, and when he heard it, he played a game with me. In the end, he nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "This thing can train people's brains and broaden their thinking. It's a wonderful thing."

"The old man likes it, so I'll give you this set of chess." I smiled, covered the chessboard cover, and handed it over, and old man Yun was not polite, took it and handed it to Yun De behind him, and said with a smile: "Then I won't refuse gone."

At this moment, I knocked lightly on the door twice, turned my head, and saw An Yuanxi walking in with Jinsha in his arms. Know.An Yuanxi was taken aback when she saw a guest in my room, and said with a smile: "Jinsha said she wants to eat candied haws, I'll take her to the street to buy them, and let you know."

I nodded, An Yuanxi turned and went out, turned my head, and saw Mr. Yun's eyes, staring at An Yuanxi closely, his expression seemed to be thoughtful, I was startled, and followed his gaze, Finding that his gaze was not on An Yuanxi, but on a very ordinary-looking jade pei hanging on his waist, An Yuanxi's figure disappeared outside the door, and the old man did not look back. , frowning lightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

I coughed lightly: "The old man knows him?"

"Eh?" He came back to his senses, and when he saw my inquiring gaze, he immediately looked normal, "I don't know, who is he?"

"He is the manager of our embroidery village." I smiled, seeing his appearance, even if I don't recognize An Yuanxi, I must recognize the jade on his body.

"Oh? What's his name?" Old Master Yun picked up the tea indifferently, I thought it was a little funny, he was obviously interested in the piece of jade on An Shudai, but he still pretended to be nonchalant.

"An Yuanxi." I replied casually, you don't want to say it, and I don't bother to ask.

"An Yuanxi..." His eyebrows frowned, as if he was thinking about something, after a while, his brows gradually relaxed, and he said calmly, "The name is not bad, what can he do? Can you help me?"

"Very capable, diligent and honest, I have helped Xiu Zhuang a lot." I told the truth.

"Well, doing business is about having capable people to help you. Being a boss saves you effort." Mr. Yun smiled as if pointing, and joked, "Otherwise, there would be no time to play checkers."

"The old man is really good at joking." I said with a smile, "The old man is a guest from afar, why not be my host tonight, please invite the old man to eat hot pot in my shop."

"Another day, I still have some things to do today." Mr. Yun stood up and said with a smile, "Girl, you are a business material. It has been a long time since Cangdu Business has encountered anything that can upset this sinking water." Come on, work hard, let me see what skills you have."

"Accept the old man's precious words." I smiled and sent him out, "Where does the old man live? I will visit you some other day?"

He stroked his beard and smiled: "I have a lot of things to do in the past few days, and I have to leave after I finish my work, so you don't have to worry about it, girl, next time I come to Cangdu, I will come to see you again."

When he said that, I gave up and didn't ask any more questions. Yunde helped him into the carriage, and the old man opened the curtains and waved to me, "Go in!"

Seeing his car driving away, I turned around and was about to enter the shop when An Yuanxi came back with Jinsha in her arms. The little girl was holding two bunches of bright red candied haws in her hand, and she called to me from a distance: "Ah Hua elder sister……"

"Are you back?" I hugged Jinsha from An Yuanxi's hand and said with a smile.

"En." The corners of An Yuanxi's lips twitched, I went in with Jinsha in my arms, An Yuanxi followed behind, I remembered the scene that Mr. Yun saw An Yuanxi just now, turned his head and said: "An Yuanxi, you Do you recognize the old man just now?"

"The one in your workplace just now?" An Yuanxi shook his head, "I don't know him. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." I shook my head, looked at the jade pei on An Yuanxi's waist, and said casually, "Is this jade newly bought? I haven't seen you hanging it before."

"I didn't buy it. My mother gave it to me after I came back from Cangdu. She said it was for me to ward off evil spirits." An Yuanxi blushed.

"Avoiding evil spirits?" I glanced at him and joked, "Are you possessed by evil spirits?"

"Nonsense again!" He gave me a blank look, and walked towards the embroidery field: "I'm leaving."

I turned around with a smile, carried Jin Sha back to the office, almost bumped into someone head-on, was startled, took a closer look, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Sister Xiu? Are you looking for me?"

Her expression was a little uncomfortable, and she hesitated to speak, but she didn't leave. I smiled and said, "What's the matter? Come in and talk about something."

She hesitated for a moment, followed me in, and closed the door: "Miss Ye..."

"What's the matter? Tell me." I saw her dawdling, resigned, as if what she wanted to say was extremely difficult to say, and I guessed, "Your family is in trouble? Do you want to pay in advance?"

This sister Xiu is also a hardy girl. Her mother died early, and her father was an alcoholic. She was ignored since she was a child, but she was working outside to earn money to support the family. When she was old enough to leave the court, there were a few people who came to ask for marriage, but As soon as they heard that her alcoholic father was going to be brought there, others were not happy about it. They came and went, and they got older and became an old girl in her twenties. She seemed to have no idea of ​​getting married. After a few months Before her father died, a matchmaker also came to the door. She wanted to ask her to be a successor to a lame man whose wife died, but she scolded her out. Since then, no matchmaker has come to the door.

"No..." Her face flushed immediately, she hesitated for a while, and finally stammered, "Miss Ye, I..., I want you to help me match with Director An, I have no elders, you are me Boss, if you are asked to do something, it is considered polite..."

"Huh?" I widened my eyes and was intimidated by her, "As..., as a matchmaker?"

"Yeah." Sister Xiu's face almost fell to her chest, "I know this request is a bit abrupt... But, Director An respects you very much on weekdays, and he will definitely listen to what you say..., I... ..., Miss Ye..." She raised her head, blushed, stood up and bowed to me, "I'm counting on you!" After she finished speaking, she didn't allow me to answer, turned around and ran out in a panic.

"Hey..." I didn't stop her, I watched her run out dumbfounded, angry and funny, what's wrong?How can this kind of thing be forced on others?I didn't promise her again!His head suddenly grew bigger, as a matchmaker?I leaned back in the chair, I really didn't expect that nerd is still very lucky, I curled my lips and thought sourly.

——2006, September, 11
(End of this chapter)