Crossing the green wheat ears

Xiji Food opened up, and the business was good. In the past, these foods were only sold in Judelou. Ordinary people, no one would go to such an expensive restaurant, so when Xiji opened, the food in the restaurant followed the civilian route. It's not a big battle, but the small county is so big, and slowly, it spreads to ten, ten to hundreds, and it has a word of mouth.

After Sun Ye told him in Xiyuan that he wanted to open a food shop by himself, he gave Zhang Cai to Xiyuan. Xiyuan took Zhang Cai's body deed and refused to take it anyway. This is a slave of the Sun family. thing.

"Take it, he is not the son of our family. One year he begged here with his father. His father fell ill and died. Zhang Cai sold himself to bury his father. I felt sorry for him and took him in as a small boy in Jude Building." Dude." Who is Sun Ye, Xiyuan's little thoughts can't be hidden from his eyes, and he explained Zhang Cai's origin to Xiyuan.

"Success, then I'll accept it." Xiyuan felt that it would not be good to refuse any more, so he might as well be more generous.Then he asked Zhang Cai to pack up his things and go with him. Zhang Cai cried in front of Sun Ye, then turned around and giggled with Xi Yuan again.

He was grateful for Dong Sun's family's kindness in helping each other back then, but he also thought it would be better to follow a kind-hearted master like the Xi family, so he struggled with Xi Yuan all the way back home.

Xiyuan didn't delay, and took Zhang Cai to the yamen the next day to cancel his slavery.

Zhang Cai tugged on Xiyuan's sleeve to disagree, and asked Xiyuan if he didn't want him anymore. Zhang Cai has been employed by the Xi's family for more than 30 years. When he gets old, the Xi's family will provide enough support for Zhang Cairong. If he doesn't want to leave the main family, the Xi's family can provide him with retirement.Zhang Cai broke into a smile, holding a new contract and a new household registration, his mouth almost went behind his ears.

"How old are you, why do you still look like a child?" Xiyuan hit Zhang Cai, Zhang Cai was older than him, already.

"Little boss, isn't it okay if I'm happy?" Zhang Cai touched the place where Xiyuan beat him, hehe.Because of the disaster in his hometown, his family fled to Binjiang Mansion to join relatives, but his relatives were not found, and his parents died one after another.

Zhang Cai had had enough of having nowhere to go and being homeless, and he had an instinctive fear of the outside world. He felt that the best life was to live with the master's family. Although there would be quarrels among slaves, it was better than wandering on the streets. Not enough to eat.

Xiyuan understands Zhang Cai's thoughts. In this world, free civilians will have a hard time if they have no connections. Like Shuanzi, their families are almost lost.As for slaves, if they meet a good master, their lives will be more secure because they have support.

Zhang Cai helps Xiyuan manage Xiji, he is a living sign, everyone who has been to Judelou knows Zhang Cai, with him, no one doubts whether the food sold in Xiji is as delicious as Judelou.In addition, Zhang Cai has been in Jude Building for so many years, has met all kinds of people, is very good at attracting customers, and is really proficient in what people say and what to say.

Originally, Xiyuan was worried that their family had no contacts and was afraid that someone would make trouble.As a result, when it first opened, Shi Cheng, who was in charge of the market, took a stroll around Xiji, and Zhang Cai packed a basket of food with great insight. Shi Cheng was very satisfied with the correct answer.

Now I come to "buy" something when I have nothing to do. Zhang Cai packs a full amount every time, and deftly stuffs the money handed over by Shi Cheng under the basket, and passes them together. Shi Cheng pretends not to see it and carries the basket Let's go, we know each other well.

Zhang Cai originally thought that he would have to explain it to the host family, after all, he gave away things privately without the permission of the host family, but Xiyuan not only didn't say anything about him, but gave rewards to make Zhang Cai look after the guests. Special objects must be treated specially, Zhang Caile is broken.

There is Zhang Cai who "watches people order dishes". No one disturbed Xiji's business, and it's not that no one has thought about it. Before starting to observe a few days, he found that several managers in the county often went in and out of Xiji. It doesn't matter what relationship they have with Xiji, so no one really dares to make trouble.

Well, it is more cost-effective to give away a lot of things for free and keep Xiji’s safety, Xiyuan comforted himself, the reality is so skinny, there is no way.

Usually Xiji is managed by Zhang Cai, and Xiyuan and Shuanzi take turns to help. At the end of the ten-day period, it happens to be the big market day in Yansui City. People from all over the world come to the market, and there are more people. He asked Cheng Nan and the others to help, and he paid them by the day.

Cheng Nan and the others are very active, and they don't go home once a month because they are very envious of Wei Chengxiwei's horse, and they are eager to save money to buy one.

For this matter, Cheng Nan had the guts to take a leap with his old man Cheng Yi, saying that Cheng Yi led the village adults to rob them of their money (referring to making canned fruit wine and jam), otherwise they would do it for another two years You can also buy ponies.

Cheng Yi was so angry that he took care of his son, but he also promised Cheng Nan that when the family had enough money, he would buy him a pony.Cheng Nan's uprising was successful, and the three pillars also rose up one after another, and compromised the worries of these adults to varying degrees.

The children are noisy, and they know the situation at home. The adults are trying their best to build a brick house. Buying horses for them must be ranked after building a house. Thinking about it, the children are really far away, so, Xiyuan provided him with an opportunity to make money, and they cherished it very much, and Xiu Mu, who was cherished, did not go home.

Although Cheng Yi was a strict father, he still missed his son. Cheng Nan didn't go back for almost a month, so he couldn't help but take the Xi's carriage to the city to have a look.

The West family opened a food shop, but they didn't tell the villagers about it. Few people knew about it, but Cheng Yi was one of them.Xiyuan stayed with him in Xiji for a while, and it was just at the end of the ten-day period that the shop was full of people. Seeing this, Cheng Yi got motivated and went back to discuss with Xiyuan and his second uncle about the fruit workshop in the village. things.

The chat was in full swing, but because of a problem, everyone stopped temporarily.The workshop is now a small business, a few adults can do it, but next year the first batch of fruit trees planted in the village will bear fruit. At that time, this will not be the only thing. The name of the workshop is not justified.

Thinking of this, everyone was a little depressed, "Uncle Cheng, it would be great if you could be Lizheng. Our village will follow you, and the days will be better in the future." Xiyuan couldn't help but sigh.

"Lizheng is quite old." The second uncle didn't say clearly that the wall will be closed this year and the canal will be built next year. Although some people gossip, Cheng Yi's prestige in the village is still growing day by day. If Lao Lizheng quits, the position is likely It's Cheng Yi.

"It's not right. I'm not greedy. I just want to make our life better." Cheng Yi took a sip of tea, which was scented tea made by Xiyuan and Goudan, drinking it to relieve the heat.

"Let's talk about it at that time. Anyway, everything in our village can be sold by our Xiji." Xiyuan gave Cheng Yi a reassurance.

"As for the workshop, Xiaoyuan will help everyone think about it, how to do it properly." Before leaving, Cheng Yi also told Xiyuan, Xiyuan nodded, if Cheng Yi was easy to talk about in the village, otherwise, it would be a little difficult.

After Cheng Yi came, Xiyuan forced the children to go home at least once a month.

However, Qiuyang was not among the children.

Qiuyang went there twice at the beginning. Once, a wanderer from the county town went shopping in the store. He saw Qiuyang, and he lay down on the counter and chatted with Qiuyang for a long time. The slaves bought all the things that Qiuyang was responsible for selling, which made Qiuyang baffled.

After Xiyuan heard about it, he stopped letting Qiuyang go to the shop, and told Zhang Cai and the others that if that person came to ask, he would say that Qiuyang was hired. He didn't know why he quit, and he didn't know where his family lived. .

The prodigal son came a few times, but he never met Qiuyang, and Mr. Cheng went there, and then he stopped.

Qiuyang couldn't go to the shop to help, feeling very lost.He followed Mr. Ye to study for more than two months. Mr. Ye liked Qiuyang's mellow personality and knew that Qiuyang's study was not easy, so he waived half of his fee, but asked Qiuyang and Xiyuan to help him collect materials.

Qiuyang didn't feel that way yet, but Xiyuan was happy for him. Knowing that Mr. Ye was taking care of Qiuyang, this was a great opportunity for Qiuyang. In his previous life, Xiyuan helped his mentor. Zhonglai is the capital for future development.

With Mr. Ye's prestige and qualifications, even if he doesn't include his signature, as long as he mentions it in the foreword or postscript, it is a great thing.

Now, on Xiyuan's desk are the books written by Mr. Ye, which he collected.Xiyuan read it for nothing, and was more and more impressed by the master's knowledge.

Xiji’s oil paper for wrapping food could have been custom-made directly from the paper shop. However, Xiyuan thought about it and bought a large sheet, and then cut it into a suitable size by Qiuyang at home. In this way, Qiuyang has nothing to do. And also has a secret that only he and Xiyuan know.

Looking at Qiuyang who was quietly busy in the sun, she was as gentle as jade and smiling like a flower, but Xiyuan couldn't help sighing.

A few days ago, Xiyuan was teaching Xiaoyong Goudan homework at home. Xiyang and Cheng Nan ran back and said that his husband asked him to go to school, and he should go now.

As soon as Xiyuan heard that something was going on, he immediately went to find Mr. Ye.When we arrived at Mr. Ye's study, well, Wei Cheng and Xi Wei stood there for punishment.

"Sir, the two of them?" Xi Yuan thought it was because he didn't do his homework well, or he was being naughty when his husband was lecturing.

"You can ask him two questions yourself." The gentleman gave them a helpless look, then turned and went to the school.

"What's going on?" Xiyuan was stunned, if it was a trivial matter, the husband would not have this attitude.

"Brother!" Wei Cheng raised his head to look at his brother, then lowered his head again.

"Brother, I really don't blame the second brother for this matter. It was originally agreed, one person against one, and you are not allowed to tell the adults if you win or lose..." Xi Wei was still a little annoyed, and argued.

"Did you break someone?" Xiyuan asked.

"Brother, I have different strikes. Although I hit the key points that day, Uncle Cheng taught us that we can't tell where it hurts." Wei Cheng explained to his brother eagerly, he knew that he had caused trouble this time.

"His family came to see Mr.?" Xiyuan guessed the situation.

"Well, they said that we beat our classmates, our conduct was bad, and they said that we would go to the Yamen to sue us for hurting others without reason." Xi Wei explained the matter.

"Why didn't you go to our house to make trouble, Mr. Pai came here?" After asking Xiyuan, he thought that their family had just come here, and the family probably didn't know where they lived, so they came to the school to make trouble. This way, the husband's impression of the child was ruined , kill two birds with one stone.

"Who did you hit?" After talking for a long time, he still didn't know who the target was.

"Zhang Hua." Xi Wei said after hesitating for a while.

"Why did you fight? It's not because you don't like him, right?" When asked, the two children refused to say anything. They didn't want to lie to their brother, but they didn't want to tell the truth either.

"Brother, he doesn't deserve a beating." Xi Wei felt uncomfortable, his head tensed up.

"Let's go, I won't go to school today, I'll go home with my brother." Xi Yuan saw that he couldn't ask, so he stopped asking.

"Brother, what should we do with this matter? Is that all?" Wei Cheng asked hesitantly, he was a little worried.

"It depends on the situation. What does Zhang Hua's family do?" Xi Yuan led the two children to leave, and Mr. Ye's voice came from the school. Let them make trouble in the school, and did not make trouble at their own house.

"The Zhangji Cloth Village in West Erdao Street belongs to his family." Xi Wei replied quickly.

"Oh." Having said that, Xiyuan has some confidence in his mind. He has been to Zhangji Buzhuang, and the scale is only medium.

When he got home, Xiyuan saw that it would be a while before school ended at noon, so he left the two children at home and went to Jude Building by himself. If the other party made things difficult, he would really be wrong, so he had to discuss it with Sun Ye.

Sun Ye can be regarded as the king of the land in Yansui, and Xiyuan understands this quite well, but, hey, I just feel that I owe too much favor to Sun Ye.

It was a coincidence that he came here, Sun Ye was not there, and Sun Ye is not in Yansui now. The Judelou branch he opened in Binjiang Prefecture is said to be doing very well, and Xiyuan can see it from the dividends Sun Ye gave him. come out.

This year, Sun Ye plans to open another branch, and the location is chosen in another prefecture closest to Binjiang Mansion. Xiyuan was joking with Sun Ye at the time, asking him if he wanted to open all the way to the capital, but judging by Sun Ye's expression, it was really interesting. This is possible.

Hearing that Sun Ye was not here, Xiyuan was a little disappointed. Just as he was about to leave, he happened to be seen by the current shopkeeper of Judelou. He came to say hello to Xiyuan and asked Xiyuan what was the matter.

Xiyuan's heart moved, the people who come and go to Judelou every day are all people who are either rich or noble in Yansui City, and the shopkeeper is well-informed, so it can't be said that he can help with this.

Xiyuan told the story without concealment. In fact, there was nothing wrong with it. It was just two children fighting. When they met enlightened parents, they would not go into it at all. The other party probably thought they came from the village and were easy to bully, so they had no scruples .

"Zhang Ji, it's okay. I know him. If necessary, I can walk with him." Shopkeeper Li was very happy. He knew that his boss had a close relationship with this young man. Linglongxin, if there is an opportunity to curry favor with her boss, she will naturally not let it go.

"I'm afraid I have to trouble shopkeeper Li to come with me." Xiyuan was not polite. Looking at the shopkeeper's appearance, he guessed that the Zhang family was not such a prominent family, otherwise he would not have agreed to him without hesitation.

At noon, Xiyuan called Xiyang to a place where there was no one. There were a few children in the family, Xiyang was more kind, Xiwei Weicheng refused to tell, Xiyuan thought he could find out from Xiyang, their brothers were all in the school Reading, it is impossible not to know nothing.

"Brother," Xiyang said nothing at first, then looked at Xiyuan, his eyes seemed to see through his thoughts, his head was sweating, and in the end, unable to withstand Xiyuan's high pressure, he still said.

"Brother, Zhang Hua is very annoying. As soon as Brother Qiuyang went to school, he would go to Brother Qiuyang's side. It was okay to pull Brother Qiuyang's hair, and even touched Brother Qiuyang's face, saying that Brother Qiuyang smiled and had two dimples, which looks good. How many of us The one looked angry, said hello to the husband, and changed brother Qiuyang to us. Zhang Hua had no intentions. Brother Yang refused, so he didn’t let go. Later, the second brother got annoyed and held him there with the fifth brother, so we came back with Brother Qiuyang. The next day, Zhang Hua didn’t come.” Xiyang After finishing speaking, he looked at his elder brother anxiously.

"It's okay, I got it, you can go back." Well, it was Lan Yan who caused the trouble again.

In the afternoon, Xiyuan wrote a famous post calling for a visit tomorrow, asking Shuanzi to send it to Zhang's residence.

The next day, Xiyuan led Wei Cheng and Xi Wei, let Shuan Zi drive the carriage, picked up shopkeeper Li at Jude Building, and they arrived at Zhang's house together.

The Zhang family didn't even come out. After waiting for a long time, a servant took them to a small hall. There were no seats and no tea. It seemed that they wanted to give them a bad impression.

Xiyuan was patient enough to waste time with them, and he was not annoyed. He waited there with his expression unchanged. It pissed them off."

"You can do whatever you want, brother, don't waste your time." Xiyuan gave them a stern look, and the two children suddenly froze.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, a fat middle-aged man walked in step by step, his face was full of anger, and the servants behind him also had ugly faces.

The middle-aged man glanced at the Xi family with disdain, and when his eyes fell on shopkeeper Li, he was taken aback for a moment, followed by disbelief, and then put on a smiling face in an instant.

"Oh, isn't this shopkeeper Li? Why are you here? Don't be offended by me. Come on, why are you standing still? Go and serve tea, useless slave, don't know how to treat me at all." The way of the guest."

Shopkeeper Li smiled slightly and didn't say anything. The more he was like this, the more uncertain the middle-aged man was, so he hurriedly let them go to another hall.

When they were seated, shopkeeper Li politely asked Xiyuan to sit at the head, but Xiyuan was not polite, he came to shopkeeper Li just to pretend to be powerful.The middle-aged man—Master Zhang, also known as Zhang Hua's father, was surprised when he saw him. Wei Cheng and Xi Wei didn't sit down, but obediently stood behind his brother.

"This is a friend of our Sun Dong's family. Sun Dong's family is not in Yansui, so they specially asked me to accompany Master Xi to come to your house to make amends." Shopkeeper Li introduced Xi Yuan's identity in a simple sentence.

How could he dare to be embarrassed when he said that, Mr. Zhang quickly turned his words around, and with the shopkeeper Li in charge, Xiyuan, who was polite and thoughtful, should make the two children pay an apology, pay for the medical expenses, and lead Wei Cheng and Xi Wei to personally Visited Zhang Hua.

This is the end of the matter. When he came out, Mr. Zhang sent him outside the gate. He looked at the carriage going away and knocked himself on the head. He thought it was a family of ignorant and foolish people in the countryside. There is a source, I really went astray.