As for Boss Hong not coming to Shopkeeper Li to do business before, they just ignored it.
Shopkeeper Li was also very happy to be complimented by Shitou, and asked him to go to Qinyuan Chun Tea House to prepare a banquet immediately.
As night fell, shopkeeper Li took Shitou and two boys to the Qinyuan Chun Tea House to treat guests. When there was still a quarter of an hour before the appointed time, he asked people to wait at the door.
Soon I saw four people carrying a green cloth sedan. The four bearers were wearing black clothes with red edges. They were all very energetic. It looked like they were the bearers specially raised by the rich, rather than rented temporarily.
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These days, if you are not a wealthy family, raising a few decent bearers is as difficult as raising good horses.
Looking at the magnificence of these bearers, Shitou concluded that Boss Hong was not a simple man.
He immediately greeted him, "Boss Hong, we have been waiting for you for a long time."
Boss Hong got down from the sedan and smiled. When he saw Shitou and several people waiting for him, he immediately clasped his fists and took out a few pieces of silver to reward him. "It's a joke, have a cup of tea."
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Shitou and others did not refuse. Accepting the reward from the other party showed that they did not refuse and wanted to accept the other party.
Seeing that they accepted it, Boss Hong became even happier and followed Shitou to see Shopkeeper Li.
Shopkeeper Li had already walked out of the private room and met Boss Hong. He was a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing an excellent cocoon silk gown, dressed meticulously and very elegantly.
Shopkeeper Li just glanced at it and realized that the jade pendant on Boss Hong's waist was probably worth a thousand taels of silver. He was a wealthy owner.
And he's not that kind of nouveau riche.
Even if you are a nouveau riche and wear gold and jade, you can't hide that rusticity.
But such a wealthy person can exude a unique aristocratic temperament even if he is dressed simply.
Looking at Boss Hong's face again, it really confirms Shopkeeper Li's guess.
Boss Hong is a bit rich by birth, but he is not too fat because he runs business all the year round. His face is bronze, his appearance is clear, his field, house and palace are generous and fleshy. At first glance, he is a blessed person.
Such a person, even if he is not handsome, is definitely not ugly, and he will be very approachable. In addition, his hands are white and fat, which reminds shopkeeper Li of the saying, "A man's hands are like cotton, and he has spare money around him."
Just like himself, Shopkeeper Li has a pair of soft, woman-like hands.
So he immediately fell in love with Boss Hong as soon as he met him.
The two of them chatted, and shopkeeper Li invited him to sit in the private room, but Boss Hong modestly sat in the guest seat.
The two exchanged names, and Shopkeeper Li found out that Boss Hong's name was Hong Zhiqian. His ancestral home was Daizhou, and he went to the Kingdom of Jin during the years of war.
Shopkeeper Li felt that he and Hong Zhiqian hit it off right away, and they fit together very well. The more they talked, the closer they got, and they seemed to want to become sworn brothers.
Unknowingly, the two of them had been talking for an hour without even taking a sip of tea.
Shopkeeper Li only felt that he had to meet a close friend in life. Later, his mouth became dry, and he remembered that he had not entertained the guests for tea.
"Haha, brother Hong, look at my memory. I was just busy talking, but I didn't even remember to serve tea. It makes me laugh and laugh."
After saying that, he immediately ordered, "Send good tea." Then he blamed Shi Shi, "You didn't remind me why."
Shitou smiled and said: "Big shopkeeper, I have been following you for so many years, but I have never seen you as happy as you are today."
