Chapter 18 Nanfeng named the restaurant, Baoyu was worried about Qingwen
The gentle and gentle Mr. Mu has a faint smile on his face.
Qingwen glanced at the orchid grass sachet on his waist and couldn't help but blush.
"Sister, your restaurant is so nicely decorated."
Jia Baoyu praised, "Guests can not only have vegetarian meals here, but also enjoy tea, read, play the piano and compose poems. Unexpectedly, Yun'er is really extraordinary."
"How can I be so elegant? At first, I just wanted to clean it up casually for people to eat as a vegetarian. The teahouse and the small pond with flowers and fish in the yard were all told to me by Mr. Chen. To say that he is good at it, it must be Mr. Chen.
The young master is the one."
Jia Yun smiled at Baoyu and Qingwen and said, "Everything is ready now. All we need is one or two good cooks and a good name. How about the girl and the second master name one here?"
Before Qingwen could respond, she suddenly heard the words "Mr. Chen" and was stunned for a moment.
Baoyu burst out cheering: "Giving a name? I'm the best at this kind of thing."
Turning around to see Mu Nanfeng, he smiled again and said, "Although I usually work hard on these things, I am still not as literary and elegant as Brother Mu. How about Brother Mu give my sister Qingwen a name for her restaurant?"
Mu Nanfeng didn't refuse. He turned around and looked at the bamboo forest and then at the restaurant, which had been basically renovated. There was an indescribable emotion in his light eyes.
"Why don't we just call it 'Zizhuxuan'?" he said.
"Brother Mu, this is Green Bamboo Forest. How can it be called Purple Bamboo Pavilion? Why not Green Bamboo Pavilion? Green Bamboo Pavilion? Otherwise, wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it Green Bamboo Pavilion?" Jia Baoyu shouted.
"I like the word 'purple', what do you think, girl?" Mu Nanfeng looked at Qingwen.
It’s really hard to buy willing people when you have money! Qingwen pursed her lips and smiled.
However, after what he said, she actually felt that the artistic conception of "Purple Bamboo Pavilion" seemed to be more distant.
"Since the young master likes it, let's call it 'Zizhuxuan'." She said.
"Excuse me...do we need a cook here?"
A hesitant voice came from outside the hospital, followed by a man in his forties or fifties.
The man's weathered face showed a sick look, and his clothes were simple and even a little shabby.
"Old man, are you..." Qingwen asked doubtfully.
"The little old man is here to find work."
The man looked sad, "I worked as a cook in a wealthy family for more than ten years, specializing in cooking vegetarian food for the old lady who fasted and chanted Buddha's name.
Recently, the old lady left and I got older, so I said goodbye to my host family and planned to go back to the countryside to reunite with my family. My host family was kind and allowed me to leave.
Who would have thought that before he even left the capital, he would fall seriously ill, and all the money he had accumulated over the years would be converted into medicine. He was in good health, and the expenses for returning home were gone, and he even had no money for accommodation and food.
I originally wanted to stay in the temple for a while, waiting for my family to send me money. When I got here, I happened to hear that a vegetarian restaurant was about to open, so I wanted to try my luck.
I wonder if my boss still needs a cook? My cooking skills are very good. And it doesn’t cost much, just ask my boss to give me a place to live and food to eat.”
This is really a sleepy person who brought pillows! Zizhuxuan was short of cooks, so this person automatically sent them to his door.
Lin Qingwen secretly thought that this person should be someone like Aunt Zhao in Jia's family. She could work in the master's family for more than ten years, and her craftsmanship is usually good.
Qingwen glanced at Jia Yun, and Jia Yun quickly stepped forward.
"Old man, our restaurant hasn't opened yet. You can stay here first and help us with some chores. When the restaurant opens, I'll calculate the wages for you based on your skills. Do you think it's feasible?"
"It's possible, it's possible, little old man Chen Sanyuan, thank you for taking me in." The man thanked me with his hands.
After Chen Sanyuan, Yu Bo and Runsheng were arranged to stay, Jia Yun invited Qingwen inside and showed her the account book.
"Girl, we are running out of money. Fortunately, everything is almost ready. We just need to buy some decorations and make signs."
Qingwen looked through the account book and remembered every expense clearly. It was not much different from the plan Jia Yun had made for her at the beginning.
The overspending part should be due to the purchase of tea sets, tea mats and other items in the tea room and the extra decoration in the yard following Mr. Chen's advice.
She closed the account book, thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you get busy first, and I'll figure out a way to deal with the money."
After leaving Zizhuxuan, Qingwen called Baoyu to prepare to return home.
But Jia Baoyu ran in and talked quietly with Jia Yun for a while.
When he came out again, the young man who had lived in a "lucky nest" since he was a child and didn't know the sufferings of the people in the world actually had a hint of sadness on his face.
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At Tubi Villa, Qingwen and Xiaohong rummaged through boxes and cabinets for a while, digging out all the clothes, jewelry, etc. that they had used when they were maids.
"These are for you, and these are for Sister Lu'e of Aunt Zheng's family..." Qingwen took out a few better ones.
"Girl, Mr. Yun said that the restaurant still needs a lot of money. Let's sell these items. I don't lack clothes." Xiaohong said.
"No, these are enough."
Qingwen smiled and said, "It's not like you don't know that when we were in Yihongyuan, our second master Bao loved me the most and wanted to leave anything good to me. Although I don't deliberately save money, but these things,
Two to three hundred taels of silver is still worth it."
Qingwen rummaged through the items and pointed them out to Xiao Hong.
"Baoyu saw this beaded butterfly hairpin when he went out. He said it would look best with my begonia flower skirt, so he brought it back to me."
"I don't know where he got this big red velvet satin cloak. That year when it snowed heavily, I had to put it on and stand in the snow. He also clapped his hands in the snow and drew a portrait of me for a long time."
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Speaking of the past between the original owner and Baoyu, Qingwen suddenly felt that the second master was not without merit.
At least in this feudal era where "men are superior to women", his heart towards girls is sincere.
"Oh, why is Miss Qing rummaging around here? But what happened in the temple today?"
Xiren came in from the outside with a wooden box in his arms, "Second Master said in annoyance as soon as he came back today, if he had known that his hands would not be so loose before, he would call those boys in vain, it's good that my husband is so obedient."
Things go.
The things she is wearing now are all valuable, including emerald gemstones, gold chila inlaid with gemstones... It’s not fun to lose any of them. I quickly asked to pack up the old things and find a few valuable ones for the girl.
Send it.
These are all childhood gadgets, gold locks, silver utensils, etc., as well as the small jasper bowl that he begged for from the old lady, which he looked very curious about. They are all worth some money, so I hope the girl can use them."
Qingwen silently took the box and felt a little more grateful for Jia Baoyu.
It turns out that his sorrow was caused by her, and this young man really had a lot of heart.
After Xiren left, Daiyu came again.
Chapter completed!