The decoration of the shop is in full swing, and the waiters are well trained. What makes Tian Minyan most satisfied is the new cook Tong Shi, who can cook delicious dishes very well. She can make Tian Minyan's request just by saying that.
Tian Minyan was extremely satisfied.
The cook alone was not enough, so Tian Minyan agreed to let Tong's daughter, Xiaoyun, serve as a helper. In addition, she also invited a sister-in-law with experience in cooking to help.
The preparations for the opening were well done. After repeated consideration, Tian Minyan named her restaurant the first floor. She originally thought of the name "One Cup Two Pieces", but it didn't seem right. Tian Huairen and the others couldn't agree, so they chose it.
On the first floor.
After deciding on the name, she wrote another post to visit the county magistrate and asked him to help write the plaque. Wen Shanchu agreed and immediately wrote several large characters for Tian Minyan to choose from. She chose the majestic one and framed it.
Don't mention it.
While the shop was not open, Tian Minyan wanted to go back to Yangmei Village. After all, she and Tian Huairen had been away from home for several days. Although the crops in the family fields were taken care of by long-term workers, she could not rest assured.
Tian Minyan asked Feng Zhong to help her pack her bags, and she walked to Bai Mei's room. When she came to the corridor, she heard voices coming from inside.
"Little flower."
"Shan'er, how many times have I told you, my name will be Bai Mei from now on, don't call me Xiaohua." Bai Mei's cold voice came out.
"Okay, Xiaomei." Shan'er said, "The second girl is going back to Taiping Town. Do you want to follow her? You can be her maid, she won't beat you. The second girl is a human being."
Very good, he never scolded me and even gave me candy."
Tian Minyan shook her head and laughed. Why does this little girl always think about this matter? Does she really think that being a human girl is fun?
These days, Shan'er is taking care of Bai Mei. The two have been friends since childhood, and Bai Mei treats her like a sister. Seeing her repeating the same old talk, she couldn't help but ask: "Shan'er, do you like those two girls very much?"
Also, do you really want me to leave?"
"I like it, she is a nice person and very smart." Shan'er said innocently, pursed her lips and said, "I don't want you to leave, but Mom said you are not happy here, Xiaomei, I want you to be happy."
After hearing this, Bai Mei fell silent. Seeing how innocent she was and didn't realize the dangers of the world, she felt envious. She just hoped that she would stay so innocent all her life and not be ruined by the filthy things in the world. Don't be like her.
tragic.
The wound involved caused a slight pain in her hand. The pain made her tremble violently, shook her head, and suppressed the unwillingness and hatred.
Shan'er was still counting the good things about Tian Minyan, thinking about what she had heard and seen these days, that girl who was two years younger than herself was so smart and capable, and arranged everything properly and smoothly. In such a big shop, almost
She alone makes the decisions.
What kind of mind does an eleven-year-old child have? Bai Mei thought of those calm eyes looking at her lightly, like a deep pool, and her heart calmed down for no reason.
With this thought in mind, the owner of those eyes walked in from outside the door. The early morning sunlight shone in from behind her, shrouding her whole body in a quiet and beautiful way.
Bai Mei sat up straight, looked straight at Tian Minyan, and the faint smile on her lips, and blurted out the question: "Are you leaving?"
"Well, do you want to follow me?" Tian Minyan looked at the desire and hesitation in her eyes, and said with a faint smile: "You don't need to sell yourself to me anymore, you can start over in Yangmei Village, just a little bit, I want you
Absolute loyalty, I will not accept betrayal."
Tian Minyan is willing to give this opportunity because of Bai Mei's unyielding and tenacity. If such a person is cultivated, he will be an effective assistant for her.
"This shop is just my beginning. I will open more shops and do bigger business in the future. You want revenge, you want those who have let you down and abused you to crawl at your feet and beg for mercy. Yangmei Village will
This is your chance." Tian Minyan looked at her and smiled slightly: "If you are willing, we will set off in an hour. If not, you can stay here if you want, and it's up to you to go to other places.
"
After speaking, she turned around and walked out without waiting for her answer.
She is willing to give the opportunity, but whether that person cherishes it or not depends on her own decision, but she believes that Bai Mei will appear in front of the carriage.
Back in the main room, Mrs. Feng Zhong had already packed her luggage and placed it on the table. The gifts she bought in the county were also ready.
Regarding the auspicious day for the opening of the shop, she had already sent someone to check the almanac to select it, and she chose it before the Mid-Autumn Festival, on the eighth day of August, which was only about ten days away.
When the shop was opened, according to her plan, she would invite people to join in the fun. She sent an invitation to the magistrate in a high-profile manner. Even the plaque was mounted on it, and she also intentionally or unintentionally let people publicize it. The magistrate personally gave it to her.
name.
In the past two days, Tian Minyan asked Xie Chengzhong to send a few posts to the wealthy squire who had accompanied the magistrate on his inspection tour to the countryside, and to the wealthy family who had given gifts to her family. Soon, people heard about it and came to inquire about the news.
However, Tian Minyan asked Xie Chengzhong to send people to stop her, saying that she was welcome to come to support her on the opening day.
However, Tian Minyan didn't expect that someone would come uninvited.
"Second girl, there is a woman outside who claims to be your aunt, shouting that she wants to see the third master, but the third master is not here either." Shopkeeper Feng hurried into the backyard and said to Tian Minyan.
Tian Minyan was drinking tea while looking at what could be added or subtracted from the preparations for the opening. She was stunned when she heard this, aunt? Tian Huaifang?
Yes, didn't Tian Huaifang, the eldest daughter of the Tian family, marry into the county? I heard that her husband's family was the shopkeeper of a shop belonging to a wealthy family, and he also opened a grocery store of his own, and his life was very comfortable.
It's just that he is also a snobbery. He is only close to the eldest brother, especially Chen, who is as close as a sister, but is not much better with the third house. When giving a boxing gift during the Dragon Boat Festival, Tian Minyan also gave a copy to this person.
, Tian Huaifang didn't return the gift, so she complained to Jiang that they didn't give enough gifts, which made Luo so angry that they wouldn't give any more gifts in the future.
It's not that Tian Huaifang didn't know about the Tian family's purchase of land, but she had always been self-conscious and looked down on Tian Minyan and her family. She also felt from the bottom of her heart that Tian Minyan and her family should have stayed close to her first.
Why are you here in person now?
Tian Minyan put down her teacup, took a quick look and revealed that Tian Huairen had gone to contact the carriage and horse shop. She pursed her lips and thought for a while, "Shopkeeper Feng, ask Liang Darong to go to the carriage and horse shop to find my father and tell him not to be in a hurry.
Come back, I have packed my luggage, so I asked him to buy two boxes of snacks to eat on the way."
Shopkeeper Feng originally thought that she asked him to bring Tian Huairen back, but what he heard was completely different and he couldn't help but scream.
However, this was his boss's family matter and it was not easy for him to discuss it, so he agreed and went.
Tian Minyan slowly drank a cup of tea, then straightened her clothes and walked slowly to the lobby. She paused when she passed Bai Mei's room.
Hey, I heard that Tian Huaifang's husband worked as a shopkeeper for a big family named He. It couldn't be such a coincidence. It was He Yuanwai, right?
Tian Minyan had just raised the curtain of the door leading from the lobby to the backyard, and heard Tian Huaifang's sharp voice. She couldn't help but snorted disdainfully, did she think this was her own home?
"Oh, isn't this our second girl? What a big airs, leaving your elders here to show off. Is this the etiquette taught to you by Lao San and Luo Shi?" When Tian Huaifang saw Tian Minyan come out, she immediately scolded her unhappily.
Tian Minyan rubbed her ears and thought that it really came from Jiang's intestines. These children all have such tempers, and her father has the same temper. They are simply outliers from the Tian family. Could it be that Tian Huairen was really picked up from a ditch? He has a bad temper.
How come his siblings are so far apart?
"Auntie, what are you doing here?" Tian Minyan didn't answer her words and just asked lightly.
Tian Huaifang was stunned, what's the matter with you? She just asked, instead of inviting her to sit in the side room and paying homage to her?
Tian Minyan and the others only found out about such a big deal like buying a shop in the county two days ago. It was because the maid at home said that she saw the girl from the third bedroom of the Tian family and her uncle, so she sent someone to inquire about it. Sure enough, it was
them.
Sanfang made a lot of money in front of her. She heard her younger sister and her parents complain about it. At first, she was very disapproving of it, thinking that she was just a farmer who only knew how to farm but couldn't make a living? How could she compare to Mr. Shangguan's sister?
Such a decent reputation.
So even if Sanfang later bought land, she didn't take it seriously. She only focused on making good friends with Dafang. One after another, she heard a lot of Sanfang's news from others, and she felt a little moved, but
Still holding the air and not moving around until the third room brings a boxing gift.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, when she heard from her servants that someone from Yangmei Village had come to deliver Boxing Day gifts, she was very proud and thought to herself that she was the eldest sister of the third child, so they didn’t dare to ignore her. Isn’t this still true?
The gift has come? But when she opened the gift, half of her face suddenly darkened. What were they? The little family was so angry that she gave it to the maid on the spot, and stopped thinking about it.
How can you be so rich if you are so petty about giving a holiday gift? In the past, the holiday gifts were all full of gifts. She did not expect that the reason why the gift was so full in the past was because Jiang was in charge, but now he is not in Yangmei Village.
, even now, they have also separated, and the holiday celebrations cannot be as complete as before.
So not only did she not return the favor, she also filed a complaint against Jiang.
But now, Sanfang has come to the county to open a shop. It is still such a big shop, and it is also a restaurant. It is much more pleasing to the eye than his own grocery store. I also heard that the name of this shop was mentioned by the county magistrate.
Yes, the third room is actually on good terms with the magistrate. I even heard that the magistrate’s daughter calls Tian Minyan her sister. This is a circle that she cannot get into.
So she immediately couldn't sit still, and when she found out that the shopkeeper of Tian Minyan's shop was her former boss, she got interested.
My husband said that Mrs. He's distant nephew had got into the shop. Although he was still the shopkeeper, his business was getting worse and smoother than before. Recently, he was caught making a mistake, and the relative was caught and sued.
When I get to Mrs. He, I may not be able to continue working.
Now that Tian Minyan and the others have opened a shop, if they want to hire a shopkeeper, they should also hire someone from their own family, right? That's why she came.
But Tian Huaifang looked at Tian Minyan's smart, cunning but clear eyes, as if she understood everything. She couldn't say those words, and suddenly felt like a slap on the face, burning pain.
"Where is your father?" She asked with a stiff face and a stiff face, as if she had swallowed a dead fly.
Tian Minyan is difficult to deal with, but the third child is different. He is an honest quail. Talking to him is a hundred times better than talking to this girl.
"We are going back to Yangmei Village now. My father is going to contact the carriages and horses. Are you busy, aunt? You told me the same thing." Tian Minyan looked at her with a faint smile, then sat down on the chair in the hall and said.
"Auntie, please sit down too." She then ordered a waiter to bring two cups of tea.
When Tian Huaifang heard her asking someone to serve tea, she felt a little calmer, snorted and sat down, still arrogant.
Tian Minyan sneered inwardly when she saw this, but she was not in a hurry. Anyway, when the time came, they would go back to Yangmei Village. Tian Huaifang just worked like this, and she felt relieved.
When the tea was brought, Tian Huaifang took a sip and looked at the shop again. The decoration was grand and simple, with some small details but still elegant. It was completely different from what she had seen before, and she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.
Taste it.
In the past, the two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments she looked down on the most, but now the three-bedroom apartments are really living a better life than she is. This shop is more than twice as big as her small grocery store.
It would be nice if this shop was his own, Tian Huaifang thought unhappily, she looked away, and when she saw Tian Minyan's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, she couldn't help but feel hot on her face.
No wonder the little sister said that this dead girl became difficult to deal with after a while, and she was really evil.
"I heard that you came to the county to buy a shop, so I came over to take a look. It's true that you haven't been to my place for the past few days since you've been here. Could it be that you've become fat and look down on poor relatives like your aunt?"
Tian Huaifang's snobbish eyes shot towards Tian Minyan.
"Auntie was joking. Dad said that in all these years, I have never been to your place and I don't even know the way." Tian Minyan smiled calmly and said, "Moreover, when my ex-son sent me a gift during the Dragon Boat Festival, my aunt didn't return the gift.
We just assume that my aunt doesn’t like us country folk, so we don’t dare to disturb her.”
This gift-giving festival always comes and goes. When someone brings a gift, if someone moves around, even if it is as small as a pin, they have to return the gift. If they don't return the gift, it will be treated as if the other person has no intention of walking around.
Tian Minyan was reminding her who looked down on whom?
Tian Huaifang couldn't hear the irony in these words, her face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and she stared at her with wide eyes, unable to hold back a single sentence.
Tian Minyan felt happy when she saw it. She picked up the tea cup leisurely and covered the corners of her lips that were raised in pleasure. She thought to herself that it was best not to ask for trouble, otherwise she would be the one who would be embarrassed.
