At the beginning of the new year, a new shop opened on Zhuque Street. The signboard said "Qin's Cocoa Tea", and there was a smaller signboard below, "Nanyang Java Country Cocoa Tea Specialty Chain Shop". Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin rushed to the store.
On the first day I went to cheer for the guests, I laughed as soon as I walked in - the welcome guests were dressed as a pair of chubby Garfield cats. Jia Cong whispered: "Sister-in-law Liu Er has liked Garfield cats many years ago." The furnishings inside are simple and exotic.
The people in the capital were very surprised to see the style, and the waiters were all wearing exotic clothes. There was a big sign in front of the counter, with various recipes for making cocoa tea written on it. There were some seats in the store where customers sat.
You can drink it, buy it and cook it yourself, and sell some snacks. But the price is the same - expensive. It is comparable to the most expensive tea. Anyway, there is no shortage of wealthy people in Beijing, and they don't care whether it is expensive or not.
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People in the world love to chase novelties, and they also love to buy things that others love, and they have all the cocoa and tea. I heard from the waiter that in less than two hours on the day of opening, the shop had already sold out the entire inventory of the warehouse; seven
Later, I had to close the store temporarily to wait for the goods, which lasted another five days. When the shop reopened, there was already a long queue outside.
Military reports from Nanyang also came over. According to Lin Daiyu, the fight was boring. They brought a lot of new bombs and improved hot air balloons to the Malay Archipelago, and all the soldiers were equipped with new breech-loading guns.
, did not hold back during the fight, and Ji Song quickly defeated them. After the battle was over, there were still few immigrants, so they stayed and resettled them. Under the name of Zhou Ji, they hired local people to build port roads and cleaned up the remaining
The remnants of a small country never mentioned returning home. I guess the news that Situ Pan planned to use Jarvis to send troops to North America had not yet spread to Southeast Asia.
Jia Cong thought: "I don't know how Mu's studies are going. Originally, her affairs were not urgent, but now she is a little anxious."
Chen Ruijin sipped his cocoa tea and asked casually: "What's the hurry?"
Jia Cong said: "When I was in the northwest, I was quite famous. He was good at appeasing the people of all ethnic groups, and he also had many useful people. I don't know how many people Mu would be willing to take away at that time. Anyway, those people are not available now."
The place where they can show their strength - the imperial court has left them idle for many years. Sister Lin and brother Yaoer are playing dirty tricks at the moment, killing each other at the slightest disagreement. If the population is not wiped out like in Japan, all kinds of people will be killed.
There is a national conflict. King Yan wants to bring Yao'er's brother back to fight again. The best thing is for them to kill all the thorns on the Malay side and then come back. Mu will lead her father's people to take over. Give him a stick first.
Give me another sweet date."
After hearing this, Chen Ruijin thought for a while: "Tomorrow I will go to Prince Dongping's Mansion and ask her how she is preparing."
"Um."
The next day, Chen Ruijin went over to inquire and found out that Prince Dongping had prepared more than twenty capable officials for his daughter! In the past few months, Mu was studying this and that like a candidate for a scientific examination. At first, her father just taught her casually.
Not wanting Mu to learn quickly and well, and to ask her questions that I couldn't answer for a while, Prince Dongping became interested. After hearing this, Jia Cong was delighted for a long time: "All gentlemen in the world are the same."
Not long after the New Year, the Zhenguo Mansion split up. Mrs. Niu tried her best but could not stop Niu Jiye from moving out. She was in a panic every day and took out her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jiang. Fortunately, soon after, Mr. Liu, the prefect of Huizhou, sent someone to escort her.
I came over with my daughter’s dowry, thinking that since my daughter was not too young, I wanted to get married before Niu Jicheng went to the army. The dowry list looked very substantial, and the Liu family promised to provide them with a supply of cocoa tea in the house in a few days. Niu Da
The wife felt much more at ease. Things like reputation are nothing when it comes to real money. Besides, as time goes by, who will remember it?
On the 15th day of the first lunar month, when the lanterns are held, the whole capital is extremely lively, and Jia Cong is also preparing to go shopping with his girlfriend. The two of them are thinking about what to wear in Lixiangyuan at night, when a boy comes in and replies: "There is a man outside the door, look.
The clothes were described as if they were ordinary people asking to see Miss Chen. The look on his face looked like he was frightened."
Chen Ruijin asked: "Did he say his name?"
"The man's surname is Pan. Both the third master and Miss Chen have been to his house." The boy said, "He said that Miss Chen wants to take his daughter as his disciple." Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin looked at each other: isn't that Liu Mingyi's adoptive father?
Is Pan Xigui? What is he doing here now? The boy added, "My hands are empty and I don't have any gifts."
Jia Cong hurriedly said: "Please invite him in quickly!" People coming out of the palace will definitely be less polite. I am afraid something happened to their family.
After a while, Pan Xigui came in, his face was as ugly as gold paper. Chen Ruijin asked hurriedly: "But what happened to Mingyi?"
Pan Xigui said quietly: "...No."
Jia Cong pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down and speak slowly." Pan Xigui didn't dare to sit down. Jia Cong smiled and said, "Didn't we sit down at your house too?"
Pan Xigui looked around timidly, then carefully sat on the edge of a chair. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Just now, someone from the Marquis of Xiangyang came to our house."
Jia Cong and Chen Ruijin looked at each other. They both thought something happened to Liu Si and Qi, but it wasn't! Chen Ruijin asked, "Is it because that boy from Zhuang'er injured Princess Lin'an?"
Pan Xigui shook his head: "That matter is over a long time ago. This time... we both feel uneasy."
Chen Ruijin said: "Don't worry, start from the beginning. What are they doing here?"
Pan Xigui said anxiously: "I don't know..."
It turned out that yesterday morning, Qi's brother and sister-in-law suddenly came to the door to recognize their marriage. When they entered the house, they wiped their tears and said that they had not heard from her since she entered the palace. The family was very worried. Later, they heard that the palace had dismissed the maids, and they
After asking around to no avail, they finally found out that she was here and hurried over to see her. Seeing their house in ruins, they all felt pity for her and blamed Qi for not coming back earlier. They scolded Pan Xigui with a dark face.
Pan Xigui knew that they were relatives of the Marquis of Xiangyang, and besides, he was really just an ordinary carriage driver, so he just lowered his head and listened. However, at that moment Liu Mingyi heard that there were guests at her house, and she jumped back and walked in.
She heard the guests scolding her father. How could this little girl be afraid of others? She stopped in front of Pan Xigui and pointed at her own uncle angrily: "Where did you come from, a savage? How dare you not look at whose one-third of an acre this land is?"
Act wild! The girl can throw you into the moat and feed you to the bastard with just a few clicks of her fingers!"
Mrs. Qi was both angry and funny. Liu Mingyi was originally wild-tempered, but Liu Xiaoqi made her even more emboldened. She often went outside to listen to comments. She was young and had a loud tone. She quickly yelled at the side: "Don't be rude."
Pan Xigui also said: "These are relatives."
Liu Mingyi was not afraid of her mother at all, and even said arrogantly: "Mom, dad, we don't want relatives like this who come to other people's houses and scold them during the Chinese New Year."
Qi said: "Nonsense! These are your uncle and aunt!"
Liu Mingyi didn't believe it: "When did I have uncles and aunts? Did they pop out of rocks?"
Qi's brother hurriedly said: "Niece, I really believe that you are my uncle. Your mother never came home after leaving the palace. It was not until yesterday that we found out your whereabouts. Why don't we get up early today to see you?
Already?"
Liu Mingyi looked at him for a few times and said, "Why doesn't my mother come home? Have you ever felt sorry for her before?" Qi's brother and sister-in-law suddenly became speechless - how could such a young child know so many things? Liu Mingyi turned around and said to her
Her mother said, "Uncle Yin Qi from the bookstore said that relatives whom we haven't seen for a long time come to our door for no reason. They are probably looking for some benefit. Do we have any benefit for them?"
Mrs. Qi scolded her again and again: "Nonsense. Don't go to Yin Qi if you have nothing to do and listen to what nonsense he teaches you."
Although Liu Mingyi was childish, Qi's brother and sister-in-law asked her to stop for a few words, but they didn't have the shame to say anything more, so they left after saying a few words. Qi personally escorted them out of the alley, and turned around to ask Liu Mingyi who said these words.
Liu Mingyi said: "I see that there are always relatives coming to Yin Qishu's house, so I wonder why our family has no relatives? Brother Zhuang'er said that there must be relatives in my mother's house. It's probably because you couldn't live with me in the early years, and you are now
I don't want to pay attention to them." Mrs. Qi couldn't help but burst into tears thinking about the difficult days in the palace. Liu Mingyi became more and more sure that her uncle could not forgive her mother.
Mrs. Qi sighed. Her brother was not a cold person, and he treated her very well in his early years. When the Marquis of Xiangyang wanted to use Mrs. Qi to help him enter the palace, her father did not dare to offend the house, but her brother and mother did not.
Yes, her sister-in-law didn't say a word and just thought she was a shadow. Then the Marquis of Xiangyang pressed her with power, but her brother became more determined and refused to agree. He even shouted that he was going to sue the officials, saying that the Marquis of Xiangyang had committed bullying.
At that time, Mrs. Qi fully thought that her brother could protect her from going to that shameful place, and she was so happy that she shed several tears. Unexpectedly, only two days later, she received the gift from the Marquis of Xiangyang.
Her brother and mother hesitated. Three days later, the uncle of the mansion, Qi Jianhui, sent Zhang Li another list from his private room. Her parents, brothers and sister-in-law immediately acted like they were being photographed by flower-patrons, and they made thousands of excuses.
They took turns to persuade her to enter the palace. They said that she could not become the empress if she was dignified and dignified, but she was afraid that she would refuse. Mrs. Qi sat in front of the window all night, and the next day she agreed to enter the palace for the daughter of the Marquis.
After leaving the palace, because she had nowhere to live, Mrs. Qi also went back home, but she didn't go in. As soon as she arrived near the house, she heard the mother-in-law in their house chatting with others, saying that their family was in a difficult situation. Yesterday, the wife was lucky to have her.
They went into the palace to save a sum of dowry money. Qi stopped immediately, remained silent for a moment, turned around and left. She never went back again, and their family never heard from Qi. After so many years, I don’t know how they found it.
Come.
Mrs. Qi was wondering in her heart. The capital was so big and she never left the door. How could her brother and sister-in-law find her? Besides, what was the purpose of coming here suddenly for no reason?
Because of this matter, she didn't sleep much last night. Unexpectedly, early this morning, two women suddenly came to the Xiangyang Marquis Mansion and gave their family a lot of new year's gifts. They insisted that Mrs. Qi was a girl from their house.
, entered the palace a few years ago, and now they have found it. Qi and Pan Xigui became more and more uneasy.
Pan Xigui has been in the palace for many years, and he is certainly not a fool to be alive. Pies cannot fall from the sky, and there must be a reason for all strange things. It must be no small matter to get the Marquis of Xiangyang to come to your door. There are two of them, a coachman and an embroiderer.
, even if the mansion wants to do something, I'm afraid it can't be stopped. He will have to bother the people at the Falcon Bookstore at the entrance of the alley. In his heart, he doesn't want to owe that family a favor, because he thinks of what Miss Chen from the Rongguo Mansion said.
He accepted his daughter as his disciple, and heard about Jia Cong's reputation as "Nezha's Lower Realm". In addition, Princess Jian'an had helped them, so he came shamelessly.
After hearing this, Chen Ruijin thought about it for a long time, then turned to ask Jia Cong: "Does Mingyi's mother have any benefits that are worthy of being exploited by the Marquis of Xiangyang?"
Jia Cong spread his hands and said, "How did I know? She is just an ordinary embroiderer. Could someone have taken a fancy to what she embroidered?"
Chen Ruijin said: "Her work planning committee is really good, and there is no second job in the world. Sister-in-law Yang Song's skills are probably better than hers now. Besides, the price she sells is really cheap."
Jia Cong said: "Then I can't guess. I'm afraid I have to go to Xiangyang Marquis Mansion to check."
Pan Xigui was so happy that he knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, sir! I'm sorry for bothering you!"
Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "Don't kowtow to others. We really like Mingyi. If they have plans for Mingyi and my mother, Mingyi will definitely be involved." Pan Xigui got up with a smile and bowed to thank him again.
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Jia Cong looked at him and suddenly said: "Do you think the brother who owns the bookstore next door is still interested in Mr. Qi?" Pan Xigui's smile suddenly froze. Jia Cong said, "People from that family have been punished since childhood.
Education is different from ordinary people, and they don't have many of the thoughts that others take for granted. I think he doesn't care much about Qi, and has no intention of pursuing her as his wife. He only stays near your house for Mingyi."
Pan Xigui lowered his head for a moment and said unwillingly: "Mingyi is my daughter!"
Jia Cong said: "If you really want to steal your daughter from him, I'm afraid you won't be able to. He likes Mingyi as much as you do. He is your biological father and he is more capable than you." Pan Xigui's face suddenly turned as white as paper. Jia Cong said
Cong added, "Mr. Pan has been in the palace for many years, and he must have understood that no one in the world would help anyone without any reason. Falcon Bookstore will help your family because Mingyi's surname is Liu, and we will help you because we like Mingyi.
It’s not for you two. If you don’t want someone to snatch your daughter away, you’ll have to have some skills.”
Pan Xigui smiled bitterly and said: "I'm just an ordinary coachman, what can I do?"
Jia Cong stood up and walked to him with his hands behind his back and said: "Everyone has infinite potential, it just depends on whether they are pushed to that point. Mr. Pan can live in the palace and raise a little girl, so he cannot be incompetent."
.Anyway, your family is not short of money now, right?"
Chen Ruijin said: "The business that Princess Jian'an and I do with Mingyi's mother is enough for your family to live a happy life."
Jia Cong asked: "What did you do in the palace in your early years?"
Pan Xigui said: "I am doing odd jobs in Yeting Palace."
"There is always something good."
Pan Xigui said with shame: "It's really just doing odd jobs. I don't know any reputable godfather."
Jia Cong asked curiously: "Can you support Mingyi like this?"
Pan Xigui said: "I can speak well and can please all kinds of people. Besides, Mingyi won't bother anyone."
Jia Cong was even more surprised: "You are the best person to climb up, but you didn't climb up?"
Pan Xigui lowered his head slightly: "What if a eunuch climbs up? The higher the place, the more dangerous it is."
Jia Cong nodded: "No ambition, but eloquence. This is also an unusual skill. If you are interested, I will introduce you to a job." (. Just Love Network)