A strong farm girl is busy getting rich

The inn reopened with great fanfare, and many people in town knew about it.

In the afternoon, customers started to arrive.

The first person to enter the store was a plain-looking man, followed by an attendant carrying a bag, and both of them looked exhausted.

Shen Qingqian stood behind the counter, with a standard smile, and asked: "Would you two like to stay at the hotel?"

The man said, "Well, we should share a room with two people. We need a bigger one."

"Okay! The big room is upstairs, and it's eight taels of silver a day." Shen Qingqian said.

The man's hand paused as he paid the money, as if he didn't expect it to be so expensive.

The attendant behind him also muttered: "It can't be a shady shop, why is it so expensive!"

Shen Qingqian was not displeased by her followers' words. When she set the price, she had anticipated such doubts.

She still smiled and explained, "Although the price of our inn is high, the service you enjoy is definitely worth it. You two can go to the room first and take a look. If you are not satisfied, you don't have to stay there."

The man hesitated for a moment, but still paid the money. He said to his follower, "Stay here for one night. I'm really tired today."

Shen Qingqian called a waiter named Zhang Sheng and asked Zhang Sheng to take the two of them upstairs.

There were originally four waiters and two cooks in Lao Hu Inn. Shen Qingqian kept them all, and Zhang Sheng was one of them.

The three of them walked around the screen partition and stood at the entrance of the hall. The man and his entourage were stunned.

There is no big dining table in the hall, but two rows of tables and chairs are placed on the side, and each table can only seat two people facing each other. The hall looks spacious and elegant.

Directly above the hall, there are more than a dozen umbrellas hanging upside down. All of them are colorful and exquisite.

There are words on the umbrellas. Upon closer inspection, you can tell that those words are actually poems.

There is a circle of red lanterns hanging around the umbrella, with a distance of about one meter between every two lanterns.

Walking around the hall, there are about a hundred or eighty of them.

At this time, a melodious flute sounded, and a woman in green slowly walked over, playing the flute, and stood on the stage on the south side of the hall.

The song is a modern piece of music called "Going Home". Listening to it makes people relax physically and mentally and gives them a sense of belonging.

The tune was naturally taught by Shen Qingqian. When a customer enters the store, the sound of the flute starts, which is also a major feature of "Heaven on Earth".

Zhang Sheng pointed to the lanterns on the roof and explained to the man, "Sir, there are riddles and couplets on these lanterns. You can come down to guess the riddles and match the couplets every day at twilight hour. If you can guess three, or match three pairs, we will refund your room fee."

The man shook his head and sighed, "I'm afraid that we, the master and the servant, can't enjoy this benefit. I'm just a merchant. I can neither guess riddles nor make couplets!"

Zhang Sheng smiled and took them upstairs.

Pushing open the door of the guest room, the man walked in first and looked around. The room was fresh, elegant and warm.

He looked at Zhang Sheng curiously and asked, "Why is it so warm in the room without a charcoal basin?"

Zhang Sheng smiled and said, "Sir, you may not know that our room is heated."

He pointed to the radiator on the wall and said to the man, "That's what's generating heat. You'll know if you touch it."

The man walked up quickly, reached out to touch it, and it was indeed hot!

The man was amazed and exclaimed: "It's really novel! I have never heard of it before!"

The attendant also spoke up at this time, "Master, I originally thought we were fooled, but now it seems that the eight taels of silver are really worth it!"

Zhang Sheng smiled and said, "Sir, please take a rest. I will bring you some hot water right away."

When Zhang Sheng came down, three people dressed as scholars walked into the inn.

Shen Qingqian still greeted them with a formal smile.

The leading scholar was dressed elegantly, and at first glance he looked like a young master from a wealthy family.

The two people behind him, one wearing white clothes and the other wearing blue clothes, the clothes were made of ordinary materials, and they should be young masters from ordinary families.

"Give us three upper rooms!"

The rich young man slapped a five-liang silver ingot on the counter.

Shen Qingqian glanced at the five taels of silver and said with a smile, "Gentlemen, the large guest room upstairs is eight taels of silver a day, and the small guest room downstairs is five taels of silver a day. I wonder where you would like to stay?"

"what?"

The three of them widened their eyes at the same time. The rich young man shouted loudly: "In the previous Guyue Inn, the big room was 800 coins a day, and the small room was 500 coins. You increased it tenfold in an instant?

Isn't it just a renovation? And you're robbing me of money?"

Hearing his words, Shen Qingqian's expression did not change at all, and she said: "Judging from your attire, you should be students from the academy, right?

How about this? There are games of guessing riddles and matching couplets in the lobby of our hotel. If several people can match three couplets or guess three riddles, they can free the rent of one room.

By analogy, if you can answer nine pairs of questions, or guess nine questions, the room fees for the three of you can be waived. Do you dare to challenge me?"

When the three scholars heard this, their eyes lit up immediately. Among them, one was a famous talent.

"Are you telling the truth?" the rich young man asked again.

Shen Qingqian said with certainty: "Of course it is true."

The rich young man and the young man in blue both looked at the young man in white.

"Liu Chongshan, this time it's up to you!" said the young man in blue.

"Liu Chongshan? Shen Qingqian seemed to have heard this name somewhere before!

Looking at his appearance again, Shen Qingqian suddenly remembered that this person was Liu Chongshan, number five at the poetry meeting.

Liu Chongshan won the second round and was eliminated in the third round.

However, he was able to rank in the top ten among more than 80 people, which shows that he does have some talent!

"Please follow me, all three of you."

Shen Qingqian personally led them around the partition and into the lobby.

As the three entered the hall, the shock in their eyes was the same as that of the previous guests.

At this time, the sound of flute was heard again, and the woman playing the flute walked onto the stage again.

"What a soothing tune!" exclaimed the young man in blue.

However, the piece was very short, ending in less than five minutes, and the flute player walked off the stage again.

"I went to a feast on earth, chatting and laughing without getting emotional."

"Drunk in autumn, sleeping together, walking hand in hand under the sun and moon."

"If life is just like the first sight, what is the autumn wind and sad painting fan."

"What a beautiful poem!"

Liu Chongshan looked up, recited the poem on the umbrella, and was filled with admiration.

The rich young man clapped his folding fan and said, "Interesting! Chongshan, no matter whether you can make a couplet or not, and no matter whether you can guess the riddle or not, I have decided to invite you to stay here for one night!"

Shen Qingqian looked at him with some amusement. She really didn't know what he was doing with a folding fan in the middle of winter.