I, the fox clan, Arita!

【Lingshu Diary】:

On the second day after arriving in the capital, get up early, have breakfast, go to Shen Jiu's Zhuangzi to boil beans, eat at "Shengxiangju" and meet Wei Xiuya's ex-fiancee Multiple characters), Wei Xiuya's profile picture (with messy little paw prints), a big heart next to the profile picture, and a cartoon version of a little fox lying flat.

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Zi came to pick up Lingshu on time, Wei Xiuya didn't worry about Lingshu, so naturally he wanted to go with him.

A few people went to Zhuangzi first, Lingshu taught the dozen or so young men to plant beans, and soaked another hundred catties of soybeans, and asked Wang Zhuangtou to control the temperature in the bean sprout room to be slightly higher, so that These bean sprouts mature sooner.

Then I went to the ironware workshop, determined the shapes of two kinds of thin needles with Uncle Tie, and told him to make the molds quickly, and then followed Yuzhang to see the shop.

When he was still in Yanjia Village, Lingshu had told Yuzhang a little about what kind of shop he wanted to open. After Yuzhang came back, he asked Shen Ziyue to give him a pastry shop. This shop originally sold dim sum. It will be much more convenient to modify later.

The name of this shop is very ordinary, it is called "Shen Ji Pastry Shop", probably because among the many businesses operated by the imperial merchant Shen's family, the profit from selling pastries is really inconspicuous, and no one pays much attention to this shop. Take care of small shops, and there are too many pastry shops of the same type in the capital. If it is not the kind of shop with its own unique secret recipe, generally such a pastry shop will definitely not be able to make a lot of money, but it can maintain a relatively large amount every year. steady income.

Now this Shenji pastry shop is open for business. Like "Shengxiangju", it is also located in West Market. There are dozens of long streets, large and small, in West Market. It is very prosperous and is the commercial center of Shengjing.

The location of the pastry shop is very good. It is on the corner of a street. There is an intersection in front of the door. There is a lot of people coming and going every day. What's more, the New Year is approaching now, and the street is full of people buying new year's goods. The turnover in the shop more than doubled than usual.

The shopkeeper's original name was Zhou, and his name was Zhou Lianghai. He was a kind-hearted man in his thirties. Now that Shen Ziyue gave the shop to Yuzhang, Yuzhang became the first shopkeeper, and Zhou Lianghai became the second shopkeeper.

Seeing that his master came in person, Zhou Lianghai hurriedly took a cloth towel to wipe his hands, and bowed to invite Lingshu and his party in.

The pastry shop in Beijing is naturally different from the "Fu Cheng Ji" that Ling Shu saw in Wangjiazhuang. There are three shops in this shop. The middle one is the main entrance. After entering, there is a spacious hall with a horizontal There is a wooden counter, and three large containers are placed on the three walls inside the counter, and a pastry is placed in each grid of the container.

If someone comes to buy pastries, they can only look at the pastries on the cabinets through the counter. The shopkeeper and the assistant will introduce the types of pastries they have. It weighs two pounds, packed in paper, and handed to customers from behind the counter.

The pastry shops in the Daqing Dynasty basically traded in this way, and there was no such kind of open display, one is to prevent customers from touching the food with their hands, and the other is to prevent people from secretly entraining.

The shop on the other side of the hall has a hollowed-out arch carved with flowers, inside it is arranged as a tea room, with three small round tables and a set of teacups on the table. The shop also sells tea for guests to rest here , Eat snacks and drink tea.

There is a small door next to the counter, which leads to the backyard. The backyard is the first yard. The pastry kitchen is in the backyard, and there is also a dormitory for the pastry chef and the boy.

Shen Ziyue, Wei Xiuya and Yuzhang sat down in the tea room, only Ling Shu was left standing and looking around the shop, thinking about how to modify the decoration.

To be honest, all the utensils in this shop are pretty good in Shengjing, at least a rich man like Shen Ziyue would not think the shop is shabby.

It's a pity that Lingshu wants to sell cakes and other small desserts, so the layout of the shop must be completely changed.

"Remove them all." Ling Shu came back after looking around, and said directly.

Zhou Lianghai was startled, with a troubled expression on his face: "Young master, our, this is already the best shop..."

"I'll draw the blueprints." Ling Shu ignored Zhou Lianghai, and only said to Shen Ziyue, "Please come to the carpenter and painter, and start making changes today. We must reopen the business years ago."

Shen Ziyue looked at Yuzhang and let Yuzhang make a decision.

Yuzhang said, "Just do what Lingshu said."

Shen Ziyue waved directly, and ordered the servants who followed him to call for someone.

Now, Zhou Lianghai was in a hurry: "Young Master Yu, it's the New Year's Eve right now, and the daily business is much better than before. If we close the door and reinstall at this time, how much money will we lose!"

To Zhou Lianghai, the loss was a lot of money, but to Shen Ziyue, it was not worth mentioning. Naturally, he was not worried about these losses, so he said: "Your monthly money will still be paid, and now Yu'er is the shopkeeper. What does he say? Just listen to what you want, and do what you want to do, and do it in a down-to-earth manner, and Yu'er can feel comfortable doing things, and your reward is indispensable."

After Zhou Lianghai heard this, his frowning expression relaxed, and he bowed like a dog: "Yes, yes, Lord Jiu. You must take good care of Young Master Yu!"

Ling Shu said from the side: "Don't worry about shopkeeper Zhou. The loss of closing the door to renovate the storefront, I promise to make it back soon when the door is reopened."

"What you say is what you say, you should listen to you." Zhou Lianghai said with a smile.

Lingshu doesn't think much of the shopkeeper Zhou's temper, he can't compare with Shen Qingsheng, the shopkeeper of Shengxiangju in Dingchun Town, but since he can be the shopkeeper of Shen's pastry shop in the capital, he should have good ability, this shop will not be a good one in the future. Shen Ziyue is directly in charge, but Yuzhang is in charge. It is a bit embarrassing to say Yuzhang's identity, and it is inevitable that some people will look down on him. Shen Ziyue told Zhou Lianghai that he wanted to beat him and let him understand that he should respect Yuzhang. .

"Bring the paper." Lingshu said.

Zhou Lianghai asked: "Don't you want a pen?"

Lingshu shook his head, took out a small piece of charcoal from his purse, and said, "I use this."

Zhou Lianghai was stunned for a moment, but didn't say much, and quickly brought some papers over.

For Lingshu, it is of course more convenient to draw pictures with hard pens. He had already roughly figured out how to decorate the shop, as well as the style and material of the pantry, tables and chairs, and checked them on the optical computer. However, it is also handy to draw at the moment.

But when it came time to start work, he still had to be on-site to guide and supervise. The carpenters had never made this style of furniture before, and even if they made it according to the drawings, there would still be deviations.

Wei Xiuya, Shen Ziyue, Yuzhang, and Zhou Lianghai watched Lingshu draw the picture. After a long while, the drawing was finished. Lingshu raised his head and said, "Use light-colored wood. I don't understand that. Wait for the carpenter to come and ask them, just paint it with clear water and keep the color of the log.”

The few people around looked at the drawings and thought the style was very strange, but no matter what Lingshu wanted to do, Wei Xiuya would not interfere with him, and Yuzhang had full trust in Lingshu, Shen Ziyue wanted to make Yuzhang happy Naturally, he would not express any opinion on this, not to mention that he had promised Yuzhang long ago that he would not interfere with the affairs of this shop.

All the servants of the Shen family were elites, and Ling Shu had just finished drawing the blueprints. Just now, the servant brought three carpenters here. The happier Shen Zi was, he immediately rewarded the servant with a silver barley.

While Lingshu was drawing pictures and discussing with everyone, the two guys standing at the counter received several customers and made several deals. At the moment when the carpenters came, Zhou Lianghai asked the two guys to hang The closing sign was displayed, and the business stopped immediately.

Lingshu and the three carpenters made a calculation. The carpenters all proposed to use hard maple wood to make cabinets, tables and chairs. One of the carpenters happened to have a piece of maple wood in the toolbox. Lingshu looked at the color, The decision was made immediately to use hard maple.

Shen Ziyue then ordered people to pull maple wood, Shen family already had a forest farm, and maple wood is not a rare wood, so it is easy to find, Ling Shu secretly sighed in his heart, it is easy to do things with the big backer of Shen family.

For the time being, the furniture has been preliminarily negotiated. When the wood is brought to the backyard, the carpenters will make the blanks first, and Lingshu will go to watch it.

One of the most important things right now is making pastries.

There used to be two pastry chefs in this shop, and Zhou Lianghai called out both of them. The two people, one old and one young, were masters and apprentices. The master's surname was Liu, and the apprentice's surname was Zhao.

Lingshu wrote down the simplest cake recipe to Yuzhang, and then took Yuzhang to the back kitchen to teach the pair of master and apprentice how to make cakes, and also called several servants from the Shen family to help beat the eggs and beat them. milk.

There is an oven in the kitchen here, which saves a lot of trouble. After a while, the smell of baking cakes wafts from the backyard. Now there are no kitchen utensils such as range hoods. When the wind blew, it spread far away, and many passers-by in front of the shop came to ask what kind of cakes they were, expressing that they wanted to buy some back.

But there is a closed sign outside the store, and it is closed at the moment. Two young guys explained to the customers with a smile in front of the door, saying that this kind of pastry will only be sold in a few days, and the people who came to ask I regret to give up.

Originally, Zhou Lianghai was not optimistic about remodeling the shop in his heart, he just thought it was Jiuye's male pet who wanted to do something to pass the time on a whim, but when he was in the kitchen, he smelled the sweet smell of cake , Immediately came to the spirit, this kind of pastry is sure to sell well!Even if you don't expect to make a lot of money, this shop will definitely not lose money!

Several people survived such busy work in the kitchen, and the sky gradually darkened before they knew it. By the time Lingshu and Yuzhang came out of the kitchen, Shen Zi had already left earlier, probably because he had something to do, leaving two The guards are here to protect Yuzhang, saying that Yuzhang came to pick him up when he was done with work.

But Wei Xiuya has been sitting in the tea room, holding a book in his hand, reading while quietly waiting for Lingshu.

Lingshu felt extremely embarrassed, and on the way back together in the carriage of the Weifu, he suggested: "Why don't you come here in the future, I guess it will be very busy these days, let the coachman come in the morning Send me here, and pick me up again in the evening."

Wei Xiuya smiled and said: "My legs are still not good, so I can't do anything conveniently. Although I have an official position, I don't have any errands to do. I can only idle at home. It's not that you don't know that my house is deserted. It's meaningless to stay alone, it's better to come with you."

"But furniture is being made in the backyard of the shop, and the noise is very loud." Ling Shu still felt that Wei Xiuya had been waiting in the pastry shop all day, and he was too wronged.

Wei Xiuya looked at Lingshu and said, "When I think of you in the backyard, no matter how noisy I can bear it."

Lingshu suddenly felt his face burn.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Wei Xiuya teased him again!

He is simply too bad!

This way I will like him more and more!

What should I do!

Do you want to confess to him?

Will he accept me?

Wei Xiuya treats me so well, so he probably likes me a little too, right?

No, no, what if he loves me just like an elder brother loves a younger brother?

He has said before that he regards me as a younger brother.

Moreover, Wei Xiuya's stepmother is currently looking for a wife for him, maybe in the future he will marry a woman and form a happy family with that woman.

With Wei Xiuya's status, it is impossible for him not to get married.

If I were to confess my love, the best outcome would probably be a mistress.

Lingshu thought a lot in a flash, and at the end, even she was scared.

Forget it, I still don't confess.

As long as we maintain this relationship, at least now we can still see Wei Xiuya and talk to him, so he is already very satisfied.

As for the future, think about it later.

Early the next morning, Wei Xiuya ordered Wei Ba to prepare the carriage and planned to go out with Ling Shu, but he didn't expect a visitor to come when the two of them were about to go out.

The person who came was Wei Xiuya's sister, Princess Fu Wei Shuzhen.

Concubine Fu is only 26 years old this year. She is a very beautiful woman in brocade and luxurious clothes. Her facial features are [-]% similar to that of Wei Xiuya. Beside her is an eight or nine-year-old boy with a handsome face and a small The face, a young and mature appearance, has begun to take on majesty at a young age.

Wei Shuzhen's mother and son entered the Wei Mansion under the guard of dozens of maids and guards. She couldn't wait to go to Wei Xiuya's courtyard without waiting for the servants to inform her.

Seeing Wei Xiuya, Wei Shuzhen was stunned for a moment, then her eyes turned red, she stepped forward eagerly, looked Wei Xiuya up and down, almost cried with joy, and said excitedly: "That's great, that's great Already! I knew my brother wouldn't become trash!"

Ever since Wei Xiuya was diagnosed by a doctor with a leg injury that would not heal, he was indeed depressed and thanked guests behind closed doors. Counting the time, he hadn't seen his sister for a long time, and he also had some mood swings at the moment. said laughingly:

"Don't cry, my makeup is all crying, am I okay? This is a good thing, I should laugh, it was my brother's fault before, I made my sister worry, I won't be such a jerk again in the future. "

"It's not your fault, your bitter elder sister understands," Wei Shuzhen pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and laughed, "As long as you can see it, what's wrong with your leg injury? Sister and brother-in-law You support me, let's see who in this capital dares to look down on you! If you say such outrageous words again, I will get angry."

Then he gouged out Wei Xiuya's eyes, and said angrily, "I only knew that you had returned to the capital after hearing that you saw you in the city. If you didn't come here specially to block you today, wouldn't you still plan to go?" See me? Why are you so cruel!"

Wei Xiuya said: "I originally planned to wait for my leg to heal completely before I go to visit my sister and brother-in-law in Prince Fu's Mansion and give you a surprise."

"What did you say?!" Wei Shuzhen paused, thinking she had heard it wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Are your legs getting better?! Is it true?!"

"It's absolutely true." Wei Xiuya smiled and nodded.

Wei Shuzhen's eyes were moist again, she was so excited that she clasped her hands together and sighed again and again: "God bless, the ancestors of the Wei family bless you! Shuzhen will definitely go and offer you some more incense sticks!"

"Sister," Wei Xiuya saw that his sister was so happy and in a very good mood, he couldn't help teasing, "If you keep crying like this, Rui'er will laugh at you."

The Ruier he was talking about was the boy who came with Wei Shuzhen, the eldest son of King Fu, named Yuan Tianrui.

Yuan Tianrui said with a serious face: "Master taught me that the most filial son is to respect relatives. Children will not laugh at mother and concubine."

Standing up again, he bowed to Wei Xiuya solemnly: "I wish uncle a good recovery."

Wei Xiuya smiled and said, "Rui'er is still so sensible."

Lingshu looked at the child who was so young but spoke like a little old man, so he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

With his smile, Wei Shuzhen realized that there was an outsider in the room, glanced at Lingshu, and asked, "Who is this young master?"

Ling Shu was not restrained because of Wei Shuzhen's identity, he bowed to her and said with a smile, "Hello, Princess Fu, my name is Ling Shu."

Wei Shuzhen:?

Wei Shuzhen was still waiting for Lingshu to introduce her identity and say which family she belonged to, but after Lingshu said such a sentence, she disappeared.

Wei Shuzhen looked at Wei Xiuya with puzzled eyes.

But Yuan Tianrui asked Lingshu seriously: "What were you laughing at just now? Was what I said funny?"

"No, no," Ling Shu waved his hands again and again, "What you said makes a lot of sense."

Yuan Tianrui nodded reservedly, expressing his agreement.

Seeing him like this, Lingshu wanted to laugh again.

Wei Xiuya said to Ling Shu: "Xiao Shu, take Rui'er out to play for a while, I have something to say to my sister."

"Okay." Lingshu nodded in agreement, got up and walked out, beckoning to Yuan Tianrui, "Come with me."

Yuan Tianrui followed Ling Shu out, and not long after the two had left, Ling Shu heard a "bang" from Wei Xiuya's room, as if a teacup had been broken, followed by Wei Shu A high-pitched voice.

Lingshu could vaguely hear the words "Shen Ziyue...bringing bad...", and then Wei Shuzhen's voice became quieter and could not be heard.

Although Lingshu was very curious about what Wei Xiuya and his sister were talking about, she also knew that since he was asked to come out, it must be talking about some private matters that are not convenient for outsiders to listen to.

He just paused slightly, and continued to take Yuan Tianrui out.

"Is your name Rui'er?" Ling Shu took the little boy into his room and asked him.

"My name is Yuan Tianrui, but you should call me Prince Fu's son." Yuan Tianrui said seriously.

"Okay, Shizi," Lingshu didn't bother with him about this issue. As Yuan Tianrui, he should really be called that. Lingshu asked again, "What do you usually play when you are at home?"

"Writing, drawing, playing chess, reading." Yuan Tianrui said.

Lingshu raised his forehead and said, "My lord, what you're talking about isn't just for fun, is it?"

Yuan Tianrui glanced at Ling Shu and said, "Master said that as a prince, you should not be playful. Apart from listening to Master's classes, these are the things I do when I am resting."

Lingshu: ...

Little friend, what kind of wife did your father invite you for?

Is childhood without fun still called childhood? !

How could such a handsome boy have such a rigid temperament?

It's just too pitiful, isn't it!

Lingshu has deep sympathy for Yuan Tianrui.

Think about Liangliang and Waner, the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the family. Although they were poor in the past and ate less and wore less, they were also clever and lively, innocent and cute, unlike Yuan Tianrui, who was obviously a proud son of heaven, well-clothed and well-fed, but dull , the whole person is like a pool of stagnant water.

Lingshu scratched his face, and suddenly thought of an idea, so he immediately excitedly said to Yuan Tianrui: "Uncle, can you teach you a new kind of chess? You will definitely like it! Wait for me to find some hard ones first." Please help me write the pieces on my son’s paper, I don’t know how to write haha.”

Talking about Ling Shu, he ran to the desk to search for papers.