Chapter Sixteen: Zhongli Ruoshui's Idea
The day is right in the sky.
However, the backyard of the small shop in the east end of Erjingou did not have a few rays of sunshine because of the big banyan tree.
A table called from the food and living room was placed in the pavilion in the backyard.
Ning Chuchu, Zhongli Ruoshui, Kaiyang and paper kites were sitting at this stone table.
Zhongli Ruoshui didn't have much appetite for the delicacies on this table.
A piece of sunshine fell from the banyan leaves, falling playfully on her face.
There was no dislike on her face, but a strong smile was filled with-
"He really wants to make wine!"
They visited the front and back yard and asked the craftsmen for a few questions before they realized that it was true that he said he wanted to open a tavern.
Ning Chuchu is not good at this, and she and Shen Qianshan have quite consistent views:
"Actually, if you make an ordinary wine, it will cost dozens of cents per pound. The profit is extremely thin and the place is too small, so it will definitely not produce much, and the profit is worrying."
"Hehe," Zhongli Ruoshui didn't care. The third lady who was born with a golden spoon said lightly: "It doesn't matter whether you make money or not!"
"It doesn't matter even if you lose money!"
"Grandma said that what matters most is mood for a lifetime."
"Since he likes it, then do it. If he gets tired of it one day... I bought thousands of acres of land at the foot of Taohua Mountain, three miles north of the city, and built a villa."
"If he doesn't want to make wine, if he likes purity, we can go to that villa!"
The girl's heart was filled with spring, her eyes were full of expectations. She supported her chin with both hands, as if she had seen that wonderful scene: "Open the door and you can see the Taohua Creek. He was sitting in the Taohua Pavilion and holding a book, and I was caressing him.
A song of piano or a pot of wine... If he writes a good lyric, I will invite the merchants to make a song and sing it to him,"
The girl leaned over to Ning Chuchu, with unconcealed longing in her eyes and full of expectations on her face: "This is to hold the desk together, and the zither and zither are roaring together, how great!"
Ning Chuchu took Zhongli Ruoshui and Qiang Zi smiled: "Well, it's really good."
She is the fourth princess of Ningguo. She is about the same age as Zhongli Ruoshui. Zhongli Ruoshui can pursue her happiness happily, but she is absolutely impossible when she was born in the Tian family.
Ning Chuchu calmed down, put aside the sorrow, and gave Zhongli Ruoshui a knife with his backhand: "But he still doesn't know who you are. Even if he knows who you are, have you ever thought about whether your identity as Zhongli Mansion will be.
Will it scare him?"
"If, I mean, if he is humble in his heart, after all, he has always been a humble person before. He may find it difficult to look directly at you, and may even escape because of your initiative... The gap in your identities is too big,
Have you ever thought about it? He is most likely to stay away after knowing your identity.”
Zhongli Ruoshui was stunned. She had never thought about it!
She herself is a wealthy family.
She has wealth that others will never get after struggling for several lifetimes.
She thought that under such generous conditions, if Li Chenan knew about it, he would agree without hesitation, because then he would never have to struggle again in his life.
Just like the countless students in that literary fair.
"I always feel that he is different from other teenagers. Perhaps your wealth and honor are not what he likes!"
"After all, there are some people in this world who don't like to be soft-hearted. Otherwise, why didn't he attend your literary gathering?"
A basin of cold water poured on Zhongli Ruoshui's head.
She was smart and clever and instantly understood what Ning Chuchu said - Li Chenan cannot be treated as an ordinary person!
She was a little nervous, "What should I do?"
"I think you should stay away from him for the time being. Even if you want to get close, don't show your feelings, and don't show your identity. You have to let him accept you slowly until he likes you, instead of
Zhongli Mansion behind you!"
"Oh," Zhongli Ruoshui suddenly realized, her eyes rolled, and she had a plan to think about it: "Then I will stage a hero to save beauty... He is a hero, I am beauty!"
"In this way, I can come to this tavern with a legitimate life-saving grace, and he has sufficient reason to stay in this tavern for more time..."
"Yes, that's it, like my grandma took down my grandpa!"
Ning Chuchu was stunned.
Zhongli Ruoshui's grandfather Zhongli Po is only one wife in his life.
This wife is not a lady from a famous family, but she wrote a legend in Ningguo!
Her name is Fan Taohua.
She is a master of the martial arts world and is now one of the three great masters of Ningguo.
When she was pursuing Zhonglipo, she played herself as a weak woman. Even for a long time after getting married, Zhonglipo didn't know how powerful his wife was.
It was not until the 13th year of Jingtai that the Uighurs in the southwest of Ningguo launched a war against Ningguo, and three months later it was captured. When the news came back, the government and the people were shocked.
At that time, the general of Huaihua, Zhong Lipo, was ordered by the emperor to go to war, and Fan Taohua followed the army.
Under the Dazhen Pass, Zhonglipo and Huihe fought with the Huihe for two months but still could not break the pass. Fan Taohua brought a thousand Zhonglipo's personal guards to attack Dazhen Pass at night, and conquered Dazhen Pass in one fell swoop. Zhonglipo's army drove straight in and attacked Huihe.
Retreat a thousand miles.
This is nothing. What really made the Uighurs desperate was that Fan Taohua led another thousand soldiers to attack thousands of miles, capturing the Uighur Wang Liaoye alive alive. The Uighur surrendered, and the new Uighur Wang Chizanganbu paid tribute to Ningguo, and he is still a vassal of Ningguo.
The late emperor was overjoyed and appointed Zhongli Po as the magistrate of Dingguo, led the general of the cavalry and followed the first rank.
At the same time, the late emperor issued another imperial edict, conferring Fan Taohua as the first-class lady of the imperial edict, half a level higher than Zhongli Po.
This is the example of a husband who is noble by his wife in the modern history of Ningguo!
This is also the reason why although Zhongli Mansion is not a Duke, its status is slightly comparable to that of a Duke.
Zhongli Ruoshui grew up in the Dingguo Hou Mansion of Kyoto since childhood. She was deeply influenced by her grandmother Fan Taohua. She was unable to practice martial arts due to her physical reasons, but she had the unruly charm of her grandmother in her bones.
So she has no idea of being a good match. She dares to recruit husbands with literature and dares to pursue the happiness she wants openly.
Now Zhongli Ruoshui wants to follow her grandmother and take Li Chenan down...
Zhongli Ruoshui is not Fan Taohua, and Li Chenan is not Zhonglipo.
So even if Zhongli Ruoshui succeeds, they can't interpret a legendary story, but they can still get a good marriage.
"This matter is feasible, but how to do this without making any traces has to be discussed in the long run."
In the small courtyard of the tavern, Zhongli Ruoshui and Ning Chuchu discussed it, laughing secretly from time to time, taking Li Chen'an's idea.
At this moment, Li Chenan also had lunch in a small shop outside, and then went to the West Market. He really couldn't buy food in the Shen family's shop.
Of course, there are quite a lot of grain shops in the West City, and the Shen family doesn’t have the ability to monopolize the entire grain market.
Li Chenan came to a small grain shop and looked up. There were four crooked words written on the small flag in front of the door: Li Ji Grain Shop.
The man surnamed Li walked in. The shop was deserted and there was not even a figure behind the counter.
"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper..."
Li Chenan yelled at the back, and a rough voice came from the backyard: "Here you come, come, wait."
A moment later, a person came out of the backyard, and Li Chenan was shocked-
This is a very tall and extremely strong man!
He was wearing a patched blue cloth jacket, and his arms were thicker than Li Chenan's calves.
He stood at the counter, opened his mouth and smiled silly, "Customer, what do you want to buy?"
How could Li Chen look up slightly before he could see his face?
"How much does a dou of rice cost?"
"How much does a guest officer want?"
"...I want ten dou of rice, fifty dou of wheat, and ten dou of red grain. Is there any corn?"
The big man smiled silly again, this is a big business!
“What is corn?”
"Oh, forget it if you don't have it, you can give a price for these three kinds of food."
"The top-quality rice on the market is 60 cents a dou, 50 cents a rice, 30 cents a brown rice, and … I only have medium and brown rice.”
"A dou of wheat and thirty cents for thirty cents for a dou of red grain, this price,"
The big guy was a little nervous. He leaned over and asked Xiaoyi: "Young Master, are you satisfied with the price?"
To be honest, this price is almost negligible compared to the price of the wine you brewed. Li Chenan didn't take this matter seriously, "Okay, I want to make the rice, how much do you calculate."
The big guy was filled with joy, "Thank you, young master!"
He fiddled with the abacus extremely clumsy, but it turned out that he was not good at this matter. He had made mistakes several times, and he was so anxious that his sweat came out on his forehead.
"This, my son wait. My mother is always settled the score on weekdays. Yesterday, my mother was sick and was recuperating in the backyard. I went to ask her how much money she should pay."
Li Chenan grinned, took a tael of silver from his arms and handed it to the big guy, "You will ask again later, I will leave you an address, I will want a lot of this food in the future... As for the specific amount, it will be more than ten.
It took me about half a month to find out,"
Li Chenan took the brush on the counter and wrote down the address, "Business is done for a long time. If you are honest, I will buy the grain I need at your shop."
"Okay, okay, thank you, my son for taking care of a certain business."
Li Chenan handed the note to the big guy and asked: "The shopkeeper's surname is the one?"
"The name is Li Xiaohua."
“…”
This name ruined Xiaohua!
"Oh, how old are you?"
"I just finished twenty."
Li Chenan was shocked. This guy looked a little anxious.
"Hehe, I look a little old, mainly because I have been in the army for five years."
"Has been a soldier?"
"My family is poor, and I have a lot of food and can't support my family, so I went to the northern border army."
"I made some small contributions in the army. When I was discharged from the army, I got some money and came here to open this grain shop."
"Is the business OK?"
"This..." Li Xiaohua's face showed a look of loss, "To be honest, the business is not good, the villain is thinking about waiting for her mother to recover from illness and go to the Yashu store if there are any households who need a hospital... I also
I don’t have any other ability, just hehe, it’s okay to just fight.”
A thought flashed through Li Chenan's mind.
If the tavern business is done well, there will be gangsters who will cause trouble in the next place. If this guy is guarding it...
"You will send me food to you later. If the business really can't continue, come and help me."
Li Xiaohua was very happy. He quickly bowed his hand, but said with some concern: "Young master, the villain is really good at eating! I'm afraid that the young master will dislike it. In addition... the villain only has his mother and one relative in the family.
You can't leave your mother behind."
How much can I eat?
This man is good and filial. He is not afraid that he will not do his best with his mother.
"It's okay, if you think about it, let's have a good chat."
Chapter completed!