Wang Lin told Feng Yuheng: "The New Year is coming, and the owner of the small restaurant next to Baicaotang is going back to his hometown. He said that he doesn't want to go back to the capital after the New Year. I just want to ask the owner for permission to see if it can be done.
How about buying that restaurant and turning it into a medicinal food shop?"
Feng Yuheng's eyes lit up, "Wang Lin, your idea is really good."
"Does the boss agree?"
Feng Yuheng said: "It's no problem to buy it, and the idea of opening a herbal diet shop is also a good one. But this shop can't just be opened. You have to come up with some mature ideas."
Wang Lin added: "That's what I think, because people who come to Baicaotang for medical treatment and medicine often ask for some prescriptions for medicinal diet, and some even use the prescriptions prescribed by the doctors nearby to get medicine.
There are also a lot of people coming and going. If we could open our own medicinal diet shop, right next to Baicaotang, wouldn't it be more convenient? Moreover, the medicinal diet we prepare is more reliable, so everyone can eat with confidence. In addition, the original
The cook and waiters can also stay, everything is ready."
Feng Yuheng thought for a while and said: "I have seen that restaurant before. The place is not big, but it is enough for making medicinal meals. I suggest you only make porridge and nothing else. Don't make too much every day, just open
Half a day. Also, you have to consider those ladies and young ladies who want to replenish their health but are inconvenient to go out to eat. Such people have a lot of money and cherish their lives."
Huang Quan was amused, "Miss, you can be considered as the daughter of an official family."
Feng Yuheng curled her lips, "If I can come out, can they? Wang Lin, I think otherwise, you can mix the medicinal diet with raw ingredients, sell it by the portion, and let the ladies buy it back and cook the porridge themselves. A small packet is enough for a meal.
, and it’s convenient to eat.”
Wang Lin nodded repeatedly, "To be honest with my boss, the manager of the restaurant told me privately that he hopes we can take over the shop so that he can save himself the trouble of talking to other people."
"Okay, you go ahead and do it. I still say the same thing, you have to pay more attention to me and cultivate people, just like the Baicaotang opened in Xiaozhou last time. Maybe it will be opened in other places when. I will open it at any time.
I want people from you anywhere."
Wang Lin said: "Don't worry, boss, I have some people under me. Not to mention the shopkeeper, even the assistants can be hired."
Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with Wang Lin. This man was not only loyal, but also smart. He thought wholeheartedly about Baicaotang, which saved her a lot of thoughts.
She sat in Baicaotang for half a day, and did not leave with Huang Quan until noon. The two found a restaurant and prepared to eat something outside. As soon as the waiter brought the food, they saw a five or six-year-old man squatting at the door.
The children were looking longingly at the two chicken drumsticks on their table and swallowing their saliva.
Feng Yuheng couldn't bear to see this the most, so she asked the shopkeeper for a piece of oil paper, wrapped a chicken drumstick and handed it to Huang Quan: "Give it to the kid to eat."
Huang Quan nodded, thought for a while, poured the rice from his bowl onto the oily paper, and sent it to the child along with it.
But the child didn't eat. He just wrapped the paper and put it in his arms, and then started to squat down and look at other tables.
Unfortunately, no kind person was willing to give her anything, and the child's eyes showed disappointment.
Feng Yuheng said to Huang Quan: "Guess, why doesn't the child eat by himself and has to be put away?"
Huang Quan thought for a while and said: "It should be left to others. Maybe her family is living on the streets like her, and she wants to ask for more food to take back and eat together."
"But she is not a beggar." Feng Yuheng pointed at the child and said: "Although her clothes are shabby, they are only shabby and old, not dirty. Look at the clothes, the color is indeed very faded.
But it's obviously been washed many times. Think about the faces and heads of those beggars on the street, and then look at this girl's face and head. Where is the dirt?"
Only then did Huang Quan notice these details, and then thought about it again, "The lady is right, if it was a dirty and smelly beggar, the waiter in the shop would have chased her away a long time ago. How could she be allowed to squat at the door for so long."
Feng Yuheng waved to the waiter and said to her: "Bring me five more chicken legs, and add a few more plates of your delicious dishes."
The waiter was confused, "How can you two eat so much?"
Huang Quan slapped the table - "You can go if you are told. If you can't finish eating, we will take it away! We think the food in your store is delicious, so we order more."
The waiter hurriedly laughed with them, thanked them for enjoying the food in the restaurant, and hurriedly went to give instructions to the chef.
Then Huang Quan shouted again: "Bring me another bowl of rice!"
"Hello!"
Feng Yuheng told Huang Quan: "Let's eat the chicken legs first. Let's eat quickly. After we finish eating, follow me to a place."
The waiter quickly brought Huangquan's rice, and the two of them began to eat. After the newly cooked dishes were served, they all finished eating.
Huang Quan directly ordered the waiter to pack the food, and Feng Yuheng ordered a lot of rice to be packed together.
The waiter was confused. When did the food in their store become so popular? Seeing that the handsome young man even liked the rice, he filled a whole pot directly.
Feng Yuheng saw his doubts and didn't bother to explain. She just threw a piece of silver over and successfully silenced the waiter.
The two of them went out and got into the carriage with the packed meals. It was not until the carriage passed a street that Feng Yuheng asked the carriage driver to stop, and then said to Huang Quan: "Go back and bring the little girl to the carriage."
Huang Quan knew what she was thinking, so he quickly got out of the car and walked back quickly.
In a short time, the poor child squatting at the door of the restaurant was taken into the carriage.
The little girl was a little scared. She looked at Feng Yuheng and Huang Quan and didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, she knelt down and kowtowed to them, and then said timidly: "Thank you two benefactors for the chicken legs and rice."
As he spoke, he inhaled through his nose, and the aroma of the food in the carriage came bursting out, making the little girl so greedy that she almost drooled.
Huang Quan smiled and touched her head, "What's your name?"
The little girl replied: "My name is Shui Ling."
"Shui Ling." Feng Yuheng tilted her head and asked her, "Do you squat at the door of the restaurant every day waiting for people to offer you food?"
Shui Ling nodded: "Yes."
Huang Quan didn't understand, "Why don't you take the initiative to ask for it?"
Shuiling said: "That way I would become a beggar, but Shuiling doesn't want to be a beggar."
"Why?" Feng Yuheng was also a little surprised, "What's the difference between you waiting for someone to give you something and asking for it yourself?"
Shuiling added: "There is a difference. If someone gives me something proactively, it won't be counted as what I asked for, and I won't be counted as a beggar. In this street, beggars are also managed by someone. You can't eat the food you ask for, let alone eat it.
If you take it to other people, you must take it to a unified place and hand it over to the people above for distribution."
Feng Yuheng understood, this was a beggar gang.
"Then who are you taking your things back to?" she asked again.
"To a lot of people." Shui Ling lowered his head and choked with sobs: "Where we live there are many fatherless children like me, and two sisters are taking care of us. Someone used to give food to us, but then they stopped giving it.
We were hungry, so we came out and waited for others to give us."
Feng Yuheng's mind moved, and this seemed to be the result she wanted. So she said to the child: "Take me to where you live. These meals I packed are just for you."
"Really?" Shui Ling opened his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe it.
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Really, go tell the driver the address and we'll go now."
If the guess is correct, the place where this child is located should be something similar to an orphanage. Feng Yuheng also had a sudden idea while eating in the restaurant. If she can help an orphanage, she can cultivate these children.
, she needs manpower to practice medicine, and the intelligence network also needs manpower. In such an era where information and transportation are poor, people are really important.
The carriage drove for half an hour and finally stopped in front of a courtyard in the north of the city.
This courtyard is neither new nor old. It is very large and should have been left behind by a wealthy family.
Shui Ling took Huang Quan's hand and said, "This is it, brothers and sisters, please come in quickly."
Feng Yuheng was wearing men's clothes, so she was naturally called brother. She didn't explain, and followed Shui Ling into the courtyard. Behind her, the coachman was also busy picking up all the food in the carriage and sending it in in two trips.
When Feng Yuheng entered, there were several children in the yard who were about the same age as Shui Ling, holding a water basin and washing clothes, and two older girls were putting them on the high rope one by one.
The two girls looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. They were not pretty, but they could be said to be delicate. Their clothes were old and faded, but they were also clean.
It was cold in winter, and the little hands of the children washing clothes were red from the cold. After washing for a while, they would stop and rub them. Some even got frostbite, but they endured the pain and continued to stretch into the water.
When Shui Ling came back, the children in the courtyard first looked at her with hope, and then they saw a young gentleman and lady following her, and they couldn't help but froze.
The girl who was hanging clothes felt something strange in the atmosphere, and quickly walked around to the front to take a look. She was a little surprised at first glance, and asked blankly: "You two are here, are you busy?"
Feng Yuheng smiled and took the initiative to take a step forward, "This girl, you are polite." She bowed her hands in a salute, and she really looked like a handsome young man, causing the girl to quickly bend down and return the salute.
Hear her say again: "We met Shui Ling when we were eating in the restaurant. After hearing her talk about your situation, we packed some food and came back. I don't know how many people there are here and whether there is enough to eat."
As soon as they heard there was food, the children's eyes lit up, and people ran out from all directions in the yard one after another. Feng Yuheng took a quick look and saw that there were at least nearly thirty people.
"It seems it's really not enough." She smiled bitterly, took out two ingots of silver from her sleeves and handed them to the driver, "Go find a nearby restaurant and ask them to make some food and bring it here, just like these children.
Make portions, it would be better if you can also bring out the evening meal."
The coachman nodded, said nothing, and hurried away.
Shui Ling jumped up happily and pulled two older girls to introduce her: "This is Sister Fusang, and this is Sister Tiandong. We usually rely on the two sisters to take care of us. This..." She
I wanted to introduce Feng Yuheng to Fusang and Tiandong, but found that I had no idea who Feng Yuheng was.
Huang Quan took the initiative and said, "This is my young master, Le Wuyou, the doctor at Baicao Hall. I am her maid, and my name is Huang Quan."
Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with this introduction.
The reputation of Baicaotang was so great that Fusang and Tiandong became happy when they heard that he was the doctor of Baicaotang. They saluted Feng Yuheng repeatedly and heard Fusang say: "I have long admired the name of Mr. Wuyou, and the young master can come today."
It is already a blessing for us to be here, and to spend money to prepare meals for the children, this is really..."
"It's so good!" Some children shouted, and they all came forward to surround Feng Yuheng.
But before Feng Yuheng could say a few words to the children, she saw the coachman who had just left to buy food came back, with a worried look on his face: "Master, a group of officers and soldiers are coming outside!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone heard the door of the courtyard being knocked open from the outside, and a group of officers and soldiers immediately rushed in!
Chapter 259 So what if I chop you off?
Fusang and Tiandong rushed forward to protect the children behind them, but there were too many children, so how could they alone protect them.
Just listen to Fusang shouting loudly - "Everyone, get to the back! Hurry, get to the back of me!"
Unfortunately, it was useless to hide behind them. As soon as the officers and soldiers entered the courtyard, they began to scatter and immediately surrounded everyone in the courtyard, including Feng Yuheng, Huang Quan and their coachman.
However, the three of them did not appear to be nervous or scared. Instead, they looked at this scene with some provocation. The coachman even covered several children with his arms and told them loudly: "Don't panic, don't be afraid!"
But how could the children not be afraid? The timid girl even started crying.
I heard an officer and soldier say: "Why are you crying! Shut your mouth!" The child was immediately frightened and did not dare to make any move. The man glanced at Fusang again and said viciously: "Miss Fusang, it's still the same today.
Do you want to compete with us?"
Fusang was so anxious that she almost cried, "Brother, I beg you, please let us live here for this winter. We will definitely move when spring comes."
"No!" The officers and soldiers waved their hands, "We have to move today! We have to move right away!" After saying that, he pointed at his subordinates: "Why are you standing still? Go look around each room and give them all their things.
I'll throw him out of the house!"
"No!" Fusang stepped forward and knelt down in front of the man with a plop, "Brother Guan Cha, I beg you, just let us live here for the whole winter! It's so cold outside, the children will freeze to death.
ah!"
"What does it have to do with me whether they die or not?" The official raised his eyebrows and pushed Fusang back, "I don't care if you all freeze to death! This yard has now been sold to the government, Jing Zhaoyin
The Lord has said that we must drive you away today, and this yard must be leveled and a new house built. Miss Fusang, you have been delaying for ten days. If you don't leave today, don't blame me for being rude!"
"What are you going to do?" Tiandong shouted in fear as he saw some of the officials drawing knives.
"What are you doing? Huh! You are just a group of orphans who don't even have household registration. Even if I kill you all, no one will hold you accountable! You can choose whether to leave or die!"
The word "die" frightened all the children in the courtyard. Even Fusang and Tiandong began to tremble.
Huang Quan really couldn't stand the arrogance of the official, so he turned his hand and took something out of his sleeve, and threw it towards the man with a swish.
The man who was showing off his power was suddenly hit on the forehead. The pain made him sit down on the ground, and blood flowed from his forehead.
"Who are you?" He was shocked and stared straight at Huang Quan. Then he realized that there were several strangers in the yard. He couldn't help but screamed: "Who are you? How dare you hit me?"
Huang Quan was delighted, "Hit you? I'll just chop you up. Go and ask your Lord Jing Zhaoyin if he dares to say no?"
That person was also someone who was used to being on the scene. When he heard Huang Quan's loud tone, he knew that she had some background. But after all, she was dressed like a maid, so the one who made the decision for her must be the young master behind her. But he saw
I looked around, but I couldn't figure out who this young man was.
When the officers and soldiers saw that their leader had been beaten, they all gathered around. The person who was beaten suddenly shouted in one direction: "What are you waiting for? Someone is attacking an officer here, and he hasn't caught her yet."
stand up!"
Only then did people realize that there was a group of people standing at the entrance of the courtyard. This group of people was different from the official officers who came in first. They all wore armor on their bodies and had spears in their hands, and they were actually dressed as soldiers.
Huang Quan was so angry that he asked, "Drive away a few orphans and even invite soldiers and generals?"
The soldiers who came in later were quite polite and did not protect the officers regardless of right or wrong. Among them, a man who looked like a general stood up, clasped his fists at Fusang and Tiandong, and said, "You two girls, what are you doing here?"
The owner of the house has indeed sold the house to the government office, and it is appropriate for the government office to come and collect the house. I know that you are miserable in the winter, but the government office is doing things according to the rules, and there is nothing wrong with it."
Fusang was puzzled: "It is said that the government office is the parent official of the people, but he doesn't care about the children who are hungry and cold. Now they can't even give up a house for their children to live in? My lord, look at how old the children are? What if they
After being frozen outside for a night, how many people do you think will be alive the next morning?"
The man also had a look of helplessness on his face, "What the girl said is true, but the Yamen holds the land deed, so there is nothing wrong with taking over the yard. If we dig deeper into this matter, you are the ones who are being unreasonable."
"But..." Fusang didn't know what else to say. Yes, they were unreasonable, but what to do with these children? Do you really want to watch them freeze to death?
"Move it." Suddenly a voice came out, clear, crisp, calm and natural.
Everyone turned to look and saw that it was a young man of twelve or thirteen years old.
Fusang didn't expect that the young master who he originally regarded as his benefactor would actually speak for the officers and soldiers at this time. He was so angry that he couldn't help but said angrily: "If we have a place to move, how can we stay here?"
Feng Yuheng smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, I mean, you go pack your things. After you finish packing, take the children with you and I will arrange a place for you."
Fusang was stunned again, and after a long while he asked in confusion: "Young master, are you telling the truth?"
She nodded, "Really. Go quickly."
Without saying another word, she turned around and led Huang Quan and the driver out of the courtyard.
Just listen to the man who was beaten by Huang Quan shouting from behind: "You guys stop for me! You beat someone and you still want to run? Stop me quickly!"
Then the soldier who came in stopped him first: "You are here to seize the house, not to fight!"
Outside, Feng Yuheng and his party did not get on the carriage, but stood in front of the carriage and said to Huang Quan: "Call the person who spoke later."
Huang Quan nodded and left, and not long after, the soldier stood in front of Feng Yuheng.
He didn't know what the young master was calling him. He didn't even say a few words just now, but the group of children who couldn't be driven away actually started to pack their things.
"Thank you very much, Master, for your generous help. You not only gave those children a place to live, but also let us run our errands."
Feng Yuheng looked at this man, frowned and asked him: "Are you the same as the official in that government office, who think that as long as the errand is done well, it doesn't matter whether the children live or die?"
The man shook his head desperately, "No, no, that's not what I think. Those children are really pitiful, they are all orphans. Originally, the owner of the yard subsidized them, but later, for some unknown reason, the family moved away from the capital. Later,
Even the yard has been sold to the government. To put it bluntly, these orphans are like abandoned cats and dogs. They usually help neighbors wash a few clothes in exchange for some food. I heard that they can
I often don’t have enough to eat.”
"You pity them?"
"Yes." The soldier nodded, but said helplessly: "But what can I do about this poor thing? I can't take care of this trivial matter by myself." He glanced at Feng Yuheng's face a few more times, always feeling that this little
The young master looks a little familiar, but he really can't remember where he has seen him before, so he can't help but ask: "Young master, where have we met?"
Feng Yuheng ignored his words and asked again: "Why are you involved in Jing Zhaoyin's errand?"
"Alas!" The soldier said this with a bit of anger, "It's not that Jing Zhaoyin has a good relationship with our leader and asked for a favor to let us help drive people away. He said that he would try his best to drive everyone away today.
Even if you kill him, you have to free up the yard."
"Hmph." Feng Yuheng sneered, "Kill everyone? Jing Zhaoyin is so bold." She said to Huang Quan, "Go and see how things are being cleaned up inside."
Huang Quan responded and left.
She asked the soldier again: "Can I ask you a favor?"
The soldier hurriedly said: "I always feel that I am very close to the young master. The young master helped those children again. I think he is a kind-hearted person. Just tell me, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help."
"It's not a big deal to arrive." She said and took out a piece of silver from her sleeve. "You go hire some carriages that can accommodate those children. I have a village in the suburbs of Beijing. You can take them with me."
Let them go."
"Okay!" The man agreed without saying a word, but did not accept Feng Yuheng's money. "Young master, please keep the money. I can't help you, but I can still afford the carriage fee, even if I give it to the child.
Let’s do something to gain some peace of mind.”
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Feng Yuheng also got on the carriage, and when Huang Quan came out with Fusang Tiandong and the children, the man's carriage was also hired.
There were five carriages in total, and there were five or six children in each carriage. Fusang Tiandong sat with her.
The soldier followed behind on horseback, waved his hand and hit the people he brought with him. He said nothing and silently followed Feng Yuheng's motorcade.
Feng Yuheng finally lifted the car curtain lightly and took another look into the yard. She just happened to see the officer whose head was smashed looking towards her. The two people's eyes met, and she looked evil.
Laughing, the officer actually shivered out of thin air.
"Jing Zhaoyin's people are very good." She put down the car curtain and leaned in the carriage, saying to Huang Quan: "Who do you think is the most suitable person to take care of this matter?"
Huang Quan thought for a while and made a "seven" sign with his fingers.
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Yes, let Seventh Brother take charge, anyone will be convinced."
Fusang and Tiandong knew that the young master in front of them was definitely not from an ordinary wealthy family, but they did not dare to ask any more questions and were very reserved in the car.
Then Feng Yuheng took the initiative to speak to them: "You don't have to hold back all the time, listen to me, I have a village in the suburbs of Beijing, and I will take you there now. Don't worry, I can't be so poor that I want to sell the village.
, so you can live with peace of mind and just look after my house. There is a field in the village, and when spring comes, you will grow some food, and you will be able to be more or less self-sufficient."
Fusang Tiandong and Fusang Tiandong were so grateful that they didn't know what to do, so they could only kneel down and kowtow to her.
Feng Yuheng helped the person up, "During your negotiation with the officials just now, I have roughly understood your situation. Let's go to the village to settle down first, and we will talk about the rest later."
The carriage drove for an hour and finally stopped in front of a farm on the outskirts of Beijing.
This Zhuangzi was one of Xuan Tianming's betrothal gifts to Feng Yuheng. It was so big that it could accommodate sixty or ninety people, not to mention thirty people.
Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw such a good Zhuangzi, especially the soldiers who escorted him all the way here. They vaguely felt that he seemed to know where this Zhuangzi was.
After thinking about it carefully, I looked at Feng Yuheng's place again. After a while, I was suddenly startled and almost fell off my horse.
I saw him dismounting and running towards Feng Yuheng quickly. He kicked one knee in front of her and saluted, and said in a loud voice - "My subordinate Wang Zhuo, please bow to the Lord of Ji'an County!" [End of this chapter]