The best restaurant in Ruizhou City is called Qinghe Restaurant. Compared with Fuwang Restaurant, its business is much worse, and it is gradually declining.
When she arrived, Yun Miaomiao had already asked Hualu to find out. The shopkeeper of Qinghe Building was surnamed Li, and he had been managing Qinghe Building for four or five years. Who was the person behind it? Hualu didn't find out, she only knew their boss.
I came here once since it opened, but haven't seen it since, and many people have become curious about it.
Yun Miaomiao walked in. Shopkeeper Li, who was counting the books on the counter, seemed to feel something. He raised his head and saw a beautiful figure walking towards him, followed by a maid.
He put down the pen in his hand and said, "Girl, it's still early and the restaurant is closed. If you want to have breakfast, you can go out and walk to the west. There are several shops there that sell breakfast. The taste is pretty good and the price is reasonable.
very."
Hualu took a step forward and said, "Shopkeeper Li, we are not here to eat. This is Magistrate Zhao's daughter, Miss Yun. She is here to do a business with you."
"Do you want to do business with me?" Shopkeeper Li glanced at Yun Miaomiao suspiciously and smiled suddenly, "Girl, please stop joking with me. It's hard to do business now, and it's even more difficult to do business in a restaurant. You want to do it with me?"
I’m afraid I’m going to lose money in business.”
Yun Miaomiao curled her lips and said, "Shopkeeper Li, you must have heard about the reopening of shops in the city these days. Unfortunately, those shops are all under my mother's name. They were just handed over to me. Although I
I’m not a genius in business, but I do have my own opinions, and the results are obvious and not bad.”
In the past few days, the shops in Ruizhou City suddenly closed their doors. At first, everyone guessed that it was because they could no longer continue their business. Later, they found out that they were re-opening, and after opening, nearly half of the items were given away, and the prices were higher than usual.
It's half the price, and the business in those shops is booming, and many people have followed suit and started to imitate their methods.
"The master behind those shops turns out to be you, the girl?" Shopkeeper Li couldn't believe how old this girl was.
He has such courage at such a young age, he is indeed young and promising.
Hua Lu smiled and replied, "It's our girl. If it weren't for our girl, all the shops under my wife's name would have been closed. Now we can come back to life, but it all depends on our girl's resourcefulness. Shopkeeper Li, now we have to cooperate with
Can we girls sit down and talk?"
Shopkeeper Li was a little hesitant just now, but now he was moved, "It's my fault, please, girl."
Yun Miaomiao didn't mind, and followed shopkeeper Li to the next cubicle. It was not big, with only a simple coffee table. Shopkeeper Li asked Yun Miaomiao to sit down, and then asked someone to bring tea.
"Miss Yun used to be in business?"
County Magistrate Zhao recognized an adopted daughter and married her from the Zhao Mansion in a glorious manner. Everyone in the city had eaten her wedding candies and cakes, and Shopkeeper Li naturally knew about it.
"I have done some small business. Although the shop is not big, the business is pretty good." Yun Miaomiao replied, "Shopkeeper Li should also know about the small town under Ruizhou Academy. My brother was studying in the academy before, and I was there.
I do business in the town, and I have some friendship with Shopkeeper Fu from Fuwang Tower."
"Do you know Shopkeeper Fu?" Shopkeeper Li's eyes changed when he looked at Yun Miaomiao, and suddenly an incredible idea came out of his mind, "Business at Fuwang House has exploded since last year. Many people are here.
Is it possible to go to Fuwang Tower and have a bite of roast duck after traveling thousands of miles?"
She admitted openly, and shopkeeper Li took a deep breath. He almost gave away the money tree just now.
Shopkeeper Li swallowed and said, "Miss Yun, you have also seen that Qinghe Building's business is neither good nor bad. It is barely enough to support the people under you. If you can make Qinghe Building
To raise my business to a higher level, I am willing to give you 20% of the profits from Qinghe Building."
Qinghe Building's current monthly income is almost one thousand taels of silver. If it goes to a higher level, it will double the income. Giving Yun Miaomiao a 20% profit is not a small amount.
She didn't expect Shopkeeper Li to be so forthcoming. She thought it would take a lot of effort to convince him, but she didn't expect Shopkeeper Li to say everything first.
Yun Miaomiao laughed, "Shopkeeper Li, I'm not here for money."
She has money, but if she wants Ruizhou City's business to improve and return to its former prosperity, she still needs to put in a lot of effort. She does it for Magistrate Zhao, and she also wants the people behind her to see Ruizhou City clearly.
Well, the feeling of wanting something but not getting it, Yun Miaomiao is just going to make things difficult for them.
"No money?" Shopkeeper Li couldn't believe what he heard, "This is free... Please tell Miss Yun clearly what you need in exchange before she is willing to help Qinghe Lou."
"Shopkeeper Li, you are the best restaurant in Ruizhou City, and your business is also the best. I am here to give you a signboard. Of course, I will also give one to other restaurants. The money you earn back will be spent every year.
You have to take some of it and hold an event in the city, whether it is a cooking competition or something else, what I want is for more people to come to Ruizhou City to eat, drink and have fun, not just your Qinghe Building that is overcrowded."
Shopkeeper Li was completely stunned, "Girl, you want to..."
He originally thought that Yun Miaomiao was trying to help him, but he didn't expect that Yun Miaomiao was helping the entire Ruizhou City. This pattern was beyond his comparison.
"Of course, it's not that interesting if all the restaurants are equally divided. Qinghe Building will definitely be the best in Ruizhou City, and it will be unmatched by other restaurants."
"What's the meaning?"
The ups and downs of mood made Shopkeeper Li's brain feel like paste, and he didn't know how to function.
"Shopkeeper Li, don't worry about these things. Let's talk about the next matters in Qinghe Building. Once everything is in operation, shopkeeper Li will know what I mean." Yun Miaomiao said mysteriously, and shopkeeper Li took a long time.
I couldn't come up with anything, so I could only follow what Yun Miaomiao said and began to discuss the business of Qinghe Building and some places that needed to be changed one by one.
This said, it was just one day. It was not until the sky was almost dark outside that the flower dew urged Yun Miaomiao to go back. Shopkeeper Li no longer knew how to describe his mood at the moment. He could only sigh with emotion.
Why don't you have a brain as good as Miss Yun's, and you have been eating for so many years in vain?
After Yun Miaomiao came out, she was also hungry. Although she had a good meal at Qinghe Building at noon, she was still very hungry after an afternoon.
"Hua Lu, I heard that a lot of vendors will come out to sell things at night on the next street. It's quite lively. Come on, let's go take a look."
"But Master, they are still waiting for us to go back."
"It's okay, it's okay, I'll go take a look."
Yun Miaomiao took advantage of the fact that it was not too late, so she pulled Hua Lu and walked to the side street.
There is only one main street in Ruizhou City, which has the most people. Moreover, there are many people coming and going in Ruizhou City, and there are many merchants from all directions. Therefore, Ruizhou City is very lively even after dark, and there are many small vendors.
You can make some things that you know how to make and sell them. People who go out and walk around at night can also eat a lot of delicious food and buy interesting things.
This was like the night market she had seen. The stalls on the street were full of people eating, drinking and having fun. Just walking around could take a long time.
In the lively street market, the smoke of fireworks floats in front of the flying clouds, and the golden afterglow of the setting sun shines on the ground, just like the warm sun rising, but it has a different charm.
"Hua Lu, the soup dumplings here look pretty good."
"And here, this is a dark thing, and it turned out to be so big when baked. What is this?"
Yun Miaomiao couldn't help seeing the dazzling things and fragrant food, so she started to buy some and brought them back. Hualu's hands were full of things.
"Girl, there's so much food, we can't finish it, please stop."
Hua Lu looked at the countless things in her hand, including soup dumplings, fried shortcakes, tender tofu puddings, etc., and her face was full of tears. There was no way a girl could fit so many things into her little belly.
That's a lot.
Yun Miaomiao stuffed a piece of fried tofu into her mouth, "Hua Lu, don't worry, I can eat all these. Just follow me and don't get lost."
Walking from the street to the end, Yun Miaomiao succeeded in filling herself up. She touched her belly and saw a tea shop at the corner of the street, so she walked over. She had eaten too much greasy food, so she took a sip of tea.
, simply not too good.
Although the food here is not exquisite, everyone who comes here can afford it, and the taste is pretty good.
Hualu took the things, found a seat for Yun Miaomiao, and asked the shopkeeper to bring two bowls of tea. On the table were the things she bought from the busy market just now.
"I'm full. You just took the food and haven't had time to eat yet. Eat quickly. When we're full, we'll go back." Yun Miaomiao pushed the things in front of Hua Lu, who looked at her movedly, "Thank you very much.
girl."
Suddenly, Yun Miaomiao saw several strong men in the alley opposite, leading a little girl into the alley. She frowned and put down the tea in her hand, "You eat first, I'll go take a look in the alley over there."
"Ah? Girl~" Hualu glanced at the things on the table, fearing that Yun Miaomiao would get lost, so she quickly paid the money and followed her, "Boss, I'll leave the things with you first. I'll be back as soon as I go."
"Hey, little girl, don't go there, it's not safe over there~"
Hualu was thinking about Yun Miaomiao in her heart and didn't even listen to her boss's words. She followed Yun Miaomiao into the alley around the corner.
As Yun Miaomiao approached, she heard the voices of the strong men she had just seen, "Smelly girl, if you still dare to run away, I will beat you to death."
"Hey, don't slap me in the face. If this is broken, how can we explain to the superiors? There are almost enough people inside. We will set off back before the city gate is closed. Don't scare the snake. The city guard recently checked
Be careful, everything will be easy to talk about when we get out."
The strong man who was stopped spat, cursed, tied up the little girl and threw her into the house. There were other children about the same age as her in the house. Yun Miaomiao looked at it from a distance, frowning.
Isn't this just like meeting a kidnapper?
"Girl, what are you looking at here? I just saw it~"
Hua Lu's voice came over, and Yun Miaomiao's expression suddenly changed, and she quickly covered her mouth, but it still alarmed the kidnappers inside.
"Who, who is there?" A scolding voice came from inside. Yun Miaomiao secretly thought it was not good, so she picked up Hua Lu and was about to walk out, "Run quickly."
Hualu realized something and quickly turned around and ran out. The two of them didn't take a few steps before they were blocked by someone from outside. The people inside also chased them out and were looking at them fiercely.
Yun Miaomiao blocked Hua Lu behind her and retreated to the corner, "We were just passing by and didn't see anything. Let's leave now."
"Wait a minute~" The strong man who came out was stunned, "Once you're here, there's no reason to go back. I didn't expect that we didn't go out to arrest people, but actually some of them came to our door in person, and there were two of them who looked very good.
Little lady, you guys arrest them both and lock them in, keep an eye on them, I'll go see if there are any tails outside."
"Do you know who we are?" Hua Lu turned pale when she heard this, "We are~"
"Hua Lu!" Yun Miaomiao interrupted her, "This hero, we are really just passing by and don't know anything. Please let us go. We will definitely not talk nonsense. We want money. I have a couple of silver on me.
Just be okay and let us go. I still have an old mother who is paralyzed in bed waiting for us to go back and take care of her."
The strong man paused as he stepped out, his eyes sharp, "Huh, if you enter my place, there is no reason to get out. I don't care who else is in your family, it doesn't matter. What are you doing in a daze?"
If you don’t hurry up, lock them in for me.”
Hualu's legs were trembling, "Girl, what should I do?"
Yun Miaomiao frowned, "Brother, let's discuss something carefully. This is my sister. You see she is timid and not good-looking. I will give you all the money, so you can let her go back to serve my mother.
Do you think it's okay? I will follow you honestly. Don't worry, she is timid and illiterate. Even if she went to report to the county magistrate, he would not believe her. Even if she did, we would have already
Just left the city, do you think so?"
The strong man raised his eyebrows. This was the first time someone had bargained with him. This woman was actually very calm.
Hua Lu shrank behind Yun Miaomiao. The strong man took a look at her appearance. Because of the poor lighting, he couldn't see her face clearly, but it could be seen that she was indeed not as good-looking as Yun Miaomiao.
"Okay, I'll put her back, but not now. It won't be too late to put her back after we all leave the city tonight."
Yun Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief. Hua Lu directly pulled the person out from behind her. She was knocked unconscious to the ground by the strong man's palm. Then she was carried out of the alley and dumped beside the tea shop.
Not many people could tell that there was someone lying on the ground. They were all passing by in a hurry. After seeing this scene, Yun Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief.
She turned to look at the strong man, handed him the silver in her hand, and then followed the other strong man into the house.
"Brother, this woman won't cause trouble for us, right?"
The strong man shook the silver in his hand and looked at the woman's back, "What can happen to the person in our hands, but you guys should not have any thoughts. The boss is still waiting for us to send the person back.
This woman is pretty, maybe the boss will like her, so just show her to me. If I find out that you guys dare to mess around, you will be rewarded."
"Boss, this is for the boss. How dare we do it? It's almost time and I'm going to take action?" The man looked up at the sky and saw that it was already getting late.
The strong man also raised his head and looked at the bright moonlight above his head, "Let's do it. We have to take a boat when we leave the city. Please increase the dose and don't let them run away on the road."
"Boss, don't worry, I will do it."
Yun Miaomiao was pushed into the house. It was a mess inside. There were about a dozen girls huddled in the corner. They were not as well-dressed as Yun Miaomiao. They were dirty and looked like they were caught from different places. They looked a little older.
There are also people who are similar to her and younger.
So many girls have been caught here, where will those people take them?
Yun Miaomiao was thinking, when a fragrance suddenly poured in from outside, and her vision gradually began to blur. She fell to the ground, unresponsive, and everyone else in the room also fell together. When everyone
There was no movement, and the person guarding outside came in, still holding a sack in his hand.
"Move quickly, the city gate will be closed in half an hour. If I can't get out tonight, you will also have to wait for death." The strong man also came in to help, and soon about ten people were loaded in.
He went into the secret compartment under the carriage, and the wooden board was closed, so nothing unusual could be seen from the outside.
Three carriages drove out of the alley in a swaggering manner, and Hua Lu, who was unconscious beside the tea shop, was also seen by the tea shop who was about to close the stall.
"Girl, wake up, girl, I'm going to close the stall and go back. The things you bought are still with me. You take them and I'm leaving."
Hua Lu rubbed the back of her neck. What had just happened immediately came to her mind. She was so frightened that she immediately stood up and looked towards the place where she had just been. She had long since disappeared.
Hualu grabbed the tea shop owner who was about to get up, "Boss, have you seen where those people in the alley have gone?"
The tea shop owner glanced at the direction she was pointing and said, "Girl, you'd better go home early. You can't mess with those people. They've all forgotten the city. You must not get involved.
"
Hualu quickly got up and ran towards the county government office. Those people must have taken the girl out of the city. It was all her fault. If she hadn't insisted on following them to see, she wouldn't have made any noise for those people to notice. She really
Damn it.
Hua Lu cried and blamed herself, while speeding up her feet, "Girl, you must not let anything happen~"