I, the fox clan, Arita!

"Aftertaste" shop opened.

At dawn, Ling Shu ran back from Wei Xiuya's room, specially wearing a dress with very big sleeves, and when he finally went out, he even gave Wei Xiuya the pair of almost useless guards. Even if the sleeves are put on, it doesn't matter whether they look good or not, and the sleeves are used to cover all the handles.

Looking at the bronze mirror, Lingshu tugged at the sleeves, frowned, feeling worried.

I hope there is nothing that needs his own hands today.

He had already made up his mind, went to the shop, and he would never do anything he could order Zhou Lianghai and the guys to do by himself!

You can't eat breakfast with Wei Xiuya, Lingshu asked the servant to bring it to his room for him, and finished it quickly.

Finally, he checked his sleeves again, Ling Shu went out, and went to "Aftertaste" workshop with Wei Xiuya.

At the same time, in front of the largest academy in Shengjing, Boya Academy.

A small square table is propped under a large evergreen pine tree on the side, and a newly woven bamboo basket is placed on the table. There are many small purses sewn with snow-white silk cloth in the basket, and there is a large stack of pink purses beside the bamboo basket. Note paper.

Two younger brothers stood behind the table. Both were about seventeen or eighteen years old. They were tall and slender. Although they were not handsome, they were upright, fair and delicate, and they made people feel like they were looking at each other when they smiled. comfortable.

They wore the same style of clothes, their hair was tied in a red ribbon, their upper bodies were short jackets with a big red stand-up collar, black buttons, a wide black line on the cuffs and corners of the clothes, and "" The word "aftertaste" and the lower body are black trousers, which are very different from what people in the Daqing Dynasty usually wear. The trousers are very narrow, making the legs of the two little brothers look very long, and the overall look is festive and energetic.

Now is the time for students to go to school in the academy. Young students passed by the door one after another. Many people saw the table under the pine tree and the two little brothers who were dressed strangely. Yuan Zhengye was exactly these One of the students, he came to the academy with a few classmates, and just as a curiosity arose in his heart, he saw the two little brothers walking forward with smiles on their faces.

"Good morning, gentlemen," the two young brothers bowed to Yuan Zhengye and his party, and distributed a piece of paper to each of them when they got up, and one of them said with a smile, "Today we are opening 'Yuwei' Workshop, all There is a [-]% discount on pastries, and there are also various set meals, which are much cheaper than buying them individually. If you are interested, you can go and have a look after school, and there are also some small gifts for you.”

Another little brother next to him smiled and handed out the small purses to the students one by one, saying: "This is the toffee made by our 'Yuwei' workshop. It's for you young masters to contain when you are tired from studying and resting. A pastime."

All of a sudden, many students surrounded the door. Fortunately, it’s not time for class yet. It’s not a waste of time to listen to these two little brothers. As long as the students come here out of curiosity, people Everyone was assigned a small purse.

Someone immediately opened the purse and poured it into the palm of his hand, only to see four square milky white candies the size of a thumb roll rolling out, exuding a faint milky fragrance. He took one in his hand and put it in his mouth.

"This candy is delicious!" Someone immediately nodded in praise.

"I've never tasted such delicious candy!"

Someone asked: "Where is 'Yuwei' Fang? Does it sell this toffee?"

A little brother quickly replied: "It's in the West Market, you can see it as soon as you go, the one with the most people at the door is the busiest one! Of course they sell toffee!"

Yuan Zhengye said: "Hey, you little brother is quite loud. The West Market has just opened today. How do you know that your shop is the busiest?"

"My lord, you must not have been to the West Market recently," the little brother said with a smile, "Our 'Yuwei' workshop is giving away free pastries every day these days, and the customers can't wait to buy them. We're opening today , it must be lively, if you don’t believe me, you can go and watch it after school!”

Yuan Zhengye: "Okay! Then I really have to go and see!"

He heard the students beside him opening the papers in their hands and discussing, so he also moved over, and when he saw the words on it, he secretly called out "Hello", the pen is sharp, like a golden hook and iron painting, although it is not as good as The famous Confucianists, but they have already formed a school of their own, with a special character.

Yuan Zhengye couldn't wait to read the content written on the paper, but saw that it read:

Cream Cake Six Man, Almond Cake Ten Man, Matcha Cake Ten Man, Honey Cake... Milk Tea... Toffee...

Yuan Zhengye: ...

This, this is simply—

Such a good character is used to write this kind of thing? !

Could it be that the brother who wrote the letter was from a poor family and couldn't support his daily life, so he wrote this note for others?

Yuan Zhengye didn't care much about the cakes written on the paper, but he really wanted to see what kind of shop "Yuwei" was. The paper alone was worth a lot of money, and there were such good handwriting , Such a large amount of money is just to sell this kind of cheap pastries, the person who came up with the idea is really too daring to do it.

The students of the Boya College over there all expressed that they would go to Yuwei after school. Some were curious about the paper, some wanted to taste what "cake" is, and some wanted to buy toffee and take it home. Give it to the younger brothers and sisters at home.

In the other direction, Emerald Alley.

All the people living in the Emerald Hutong are court officials, and they are famous people in Shengjing. At this moment, at the back door of Yao Wenshan, the servant of the household department, there are two young brothers wearing red and black clothes on the "aftertaste" square. wait.

After a while, the sound of an ox cart sounded in the distance, and he approached slowly. The ox cart was driven by a farmer, and the cart was loaded with vegetables grown in the Yao family's suburb of Beijing, as well as some dry goods and meat waiting to be slaughtered. Chickens and ducks, every morning, the village will send vegetables to Yao's mansion.

When he got to the back door, the farmer got out of the car and patted on the door. After a while, the door opened, and two aunts came out with a basket on their shoulders. One of them said loudly to the man driving the car: "Come on, send it in quickly." , the kitchen is waiting for food, don't delay."

The bullock cart creaked in, and the two aunts stopped by to buy some pastries and snacks for the master of the house today. The two younger brothers of "Yuwei" greeted them with smiles, and said, "Good morning, two aunts." , we are fellows of 'Aftertaste' Workshop."

One of the aunts in calico clothes asked vigilantly, "What are you doing?"

"Auntie, we are not bad people. Our 'Yuwei' shop opened today, and I came here to give you some small gifts." A little brother handed five small purses containing milk candy to him, and said, "Our shop will open today. All the cakes here are [-]% off. If you two are interested, you can go and have a look, and I don’t force you to buy it. You can also take this paper. If you have a chance, I would like to ask you to offer it in front of your wife and lady. Just two sentences."

The aunt was holding a few small purses in her hand, and she was a little dazed, "What kind of toffee is this, free of charge?"

The little brother nodded with a smile, and planned to leave.

Another aunt suddenly said, "Hey, are you the one that gave free cakes every day on the corner of Xishi Street?"

"That's right, that's the one!" The little brother stopped, "Auntie, do you know our house? It's officially opened today, and the pastries sold are better than the ones given away a few days ago!"

"Oh, after waiting for so many days, it's finally opened," the aunt laughed immediately, and said, "Go and buy some, and the wives and wives will try it. I ate it the other day, and it was soft and delicious. Already!"

The little brother hurriedly bowed and said: "Thank you for your patronage, we have other things to do, so I won't take you there, you go slowly."

These two aunts are in charge of shopping in the kitchen in the inner courtyard of Yao Mansion. The kitchen is an extremely important place, and it looks like it does rough work, as if they have nothing to do with those expensive wives and ladies, but in fact they are not.

The circle of these servants is very complicated and twisted. If you want to get along well, you have to get along well with the maids around the masters. That's why the little brother of "Yuwei" workshop gave the paper to the With these two aunts, they will naturally have a way to hand it over to the masters.

Lingshu has no contacts in the capital, so he can only use such a stupid way to advertise his own dessert shop. In fact, if Lingshu also comes from a family like this, he only needs to invite his sisters to hold a poetry meeting. For flower viewing parties and the like, invite the wives and ladies of Shengjing to participate, and you can easily spread your fame.

It's a pity that he is alone. Although he lives in Wei Xiuya's Marquis Mansion and has Wei Xiuya as his backer, there is no female family member in the family. The only female family member is Wei Xiuya's married sister, Princess Fu. Princess Fu's status is large enough , if she is willing to help, the effect must be very good.

But Lingshu felt that if he really wanted to talk to Wei Xiuya, it would be too self-aware.

He is just a peasant, how could he have the face to ask Princess Fu for help?

What's more, there is already Shen's family behind the "Yuwei" workshop, so there is no need to worry about someone making trouble, so he can manage the "Yuwei" workshop well without relying on those shortcuts.

Today in Emerald Hutong, the two little brothers from "Yuwei" workshop of course not only went to Yao's house, their task today is to guard the back door of each house, waiting for the servants inside to come out, and deliver milk candies , send note paper, and introduce one's own shop.

"Shengxiangju".

"Shengxiangju" is not only famous for its four gardens in spring, summer, autumn and winter, but also for its dishes, and breakfast is also famous.

The shopkeeper of "Shengxiangju" in Shengjing is also surnamed Shen. Usually, those who can follow the owner's family name are very trusted by the owner. The owner will put such a person in a very important position. "Shengxiangju" This shopkeeper Shen is like this.

Early in the morning, in the building of "Shengxiangju", there are many children from rich families eating breakfast here.

The waiters in the store were carrying trays, and there were palm-sized white porcelain plates on the trays. On the plates were small square cream cakes. The boys put the plates in front of the guests and said with a smile: " This is a free gift from our store, please taste it.”

Then, shopkeeper Shen appeared in the hall, clasped his fists and raised his voice: "The dessert shop under the name of Master Jiu is newly opened today, and this cream cake is made in that shop. Today, everyone who eats at our 'Shengxiangju' Each guest will get a piece of cake! Thank you for your support to our 'Shengxiangju' over the years!"

There were free gifts, and the guests were all smiling, and some people praised: "Master Shen Jiu is generous!"

"This cream cake is really delicious! I've never eaten it before. Where did your master Shen Jiu find such a capable person?"

"Speaking of which, when it comes to business, Shen Jiuye is still very good. I admire, admire!"

Amidst all the good voices, there was a discordant male voice who sneered and said: "Isn't it just to make his male pet happy."

The table where the person was speaking was full of a group of young people. Looking at the clothes and attire, everyone was either rich or expensive. Naturally, shopkeeper Shen also knew the people at the table, so he cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Wei is serious! , no matter what it is for, it is the Shen family's shop."

cut!

Wei Shaojun rolled his eyes, is Shen Jiu amazing?

There are more heavy ones I haven't said yet.

Wei Shaojun is the second son of the Kanglehou Mansion, a well-known playboy in the capital. He worked as an errand in the Jingwei and took the position of a school lieutenant. The people at the same table with him are naturally of the same status as him, and they all have the same status as him. They are those who idle about on weekdays and do not do their jobs.

Immediately someone asked: "Shen Jiuzhen opened a shop for that male favorite in order to make him happy, and made such a big splash, as if the people in the capital didn't know about it?"

"Isn't this too ostentatious? A male favorite who can't be on the stage—"

Wei Shaojun said in a contemptuous tone: "It's not Shen Jiu who opened the shop for the male favorite, that shop was opened by his male favorite at all, it's just a decline in the world!"

"Hey, listen to me, listen to me," said a boy next to him, "I went to Yicui Tower that day, and I met a young lady who looked and looked much better than the top girl in their family! I was itching in my heart, and I wanted to taste the taste of that young lady, but the old man at home has been watching closely recently, and I haven't found a chance to go."

"Really?" Someone suddenly became interested and asked, "The young lady in Yicui Tower is really so good-looking? Why didn't I know? The young lady is more comfortable to the touch than the girl?"

"You have little knowledge." The other person squinted his eyes and said with an inscrutable look on his face, "You have to feel it yourself to know how good Xiaowan is."

One person took a bite of the cream cake with a spoon and said, "But this cake tastes really good. A few days ago, I saw that the shop on the corner of the street gave it away to people for free all day long. After such a few days, I am afraid that half of the capital will eat it." Everyone knows that this shop is about to open, and they don't know how beautiful Shen Jiu's male favorite is, so that he is willing to put in so much effort to coax him."

Wei Shaojun cast a sideways glance at the man, and said, "It's not easy to know? They're opening today, and the male pet must go too. Why don't you just go and have a look?"

"That's right! That's a good idea! Let's go, let's go together!" The person who spoke just now stood up abruptly, and shouted to a group of friends, "Let's go and see that beauty who is so beautiful!"

A large group of sons and sons came out of "Shengxiangju", got on their horses, swaggered through the market, and arrived at "Yuwei" workshop after a while.

From a distance, I saw a long queue in front of this newly opened dessert shop, crowding the street, and there were many boys in red shirts maintaining order.

If you get closer, you can smell a burst of sweetness. Just smelling that fragrance makes people salivate.

On the plaque in front of the door, there are two vigorous words: aftertaste.The gate has been completely new, and the overall tone of the three shops has changed to a light log color, which makes people feel refreshed and clean. The walls outside the two shops on both sides of the main entrance are a whole piece of hollow carved wooden wall. See the furnishings inside the shop.

Entering the store, there is a big counter in front of you. There are many customers waiting in line in front of the counter to pay. Inside the counter, there are three cashiers who are very busy. On the left is a small hall with three walls next to the walls. There are lockers.

There are cakes of various flavors and small desserts with unique shapes in the grid of the cabinet. Outside each grid, there is a small mesh sliding door woven with silver wire. There is also a buddy standing next to the cabinet, who is specially introducing it to the guests. Pastries, pack them.

On the right is a rest area and a dining area. Three rectangular tables are all made of light-colored maple wood. One of the long tables leans against the wall, and there are matching soft stools beside it, because the entire wall is hollowed out. The light in this little hall was very bright.

The other two are placed in the middle. There are high-backed chairs next to the table. The back of the chair has a very unique shape, with an elliptical curvature, like a petal, and some curling patterns are carved on it.

There are two stoves at the door, two pastry chefs are making egg rolls at the same time, and there is a guy next to one of them, who is responsible for rolling the baked egg skins into rolls, and then wrapping them for the guests, and the sweet fragrance wafts far away It's just made of egg rolls.

In the midst of winter, Zhou Lianghai was so hot that sweat broke out on his forehead. He was squeezing through the crowd, shouting loudly: "Don't worry! Don't worry! Everyone, don't worry! Line up! Everyone is here today. Yes! This egg roll is delicious only if it is made fresh! It’s slow, but it’s better than being fresh!”

Someone shouted: "Shopkeeper! Add another stove! If we continue to line up like this, we will have to line up until dark!"

"That's right, it's too slow!" said a woman's voice.

"Mom, I want to eat egg rolls! I want to eat egg rolls!" The child from the unknown family cried.

The smile on Zhou Lianghai's face couldn't be stopped, he was so anxious, he was really anxious, he didn't expect the business to be so good!

Zhou Lianghai said again: "Three days before our opening, this egg roll is discounted for three days! If you can't buy it today, you can buy it tomorrow! If you really can't wait, there are other snacks in the store. You can buy some first, and they are just as sweet. tasty!"

Some customers were in a hurry and didn't want to queue up like this, so they went directly to the shop to buy cakes. Some people came for the egg rolls, and they still waited in line.

Lingshu and Yuzhang stood on the steps beside the shop, watching the bustling scene in front of their shop.

Shen Ziyue also came today, but he and Wei Xiuya were sitting in a special room in the backyard and didn't come out.

Zhou Lianghai trotted to Lingshu and Yuzhang, wiped off his sweat and said, "Master Yu, do you think we should add a stove? There are so many people, the two masters can't handle it."

Yuzhang didn't speak, just looked at Lingshu with a smile, Lingshu said: "If you don't add it, that's what you want. If you can't buy it, people will always think about it, just to show their taste."

"W-Isn't this a loss of money?" Zhou Lianghai scratched his lungs anxiously, seeing so many people and such a booming business, but the speed of making egg rolls was too slow, and he couldn't sell much in one day. All the white money flowed away, and his heart ached!

"Today is only the first day," Lingshu said with a smile, "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will be more people, and then add another stove. The wave of heat that just opened has passed, and then reduce it to one stove a day. Make some in advance and put them in the store, and if customers can’t wait for the ones on the stove, just buy those that are ready.”

He said these words to Yuzhang. After all, he must go back to Yanjia Village after the New Year. He can't stay in the capital all the time, so he should teach Yuzhang as much as possible.

Lingshu was talking to Yuzhang when a group of young men in fine clothes and fine clothes rushed over on horseback. When they reached the shop door, they got off their horses one after another.

Many people in the capital have seen Wei Shaojun and his dudes. The customers who lined up in front of the door saw that they looked like they were here to find fault, and the winking ones started to leave quietly.

"Yo - there are two more?" Wei Shaojun looked angry, his eyes moved from Lingshu's face to Yuzhang's face, and then from Yuzhang's face back to Lingshu's face, and smiled, "Two They all look pretty good, which one is Shen Jiu's male favourite? Or both? Master Shen Jiu really knows how to play, don't you think?"

A group of sons and brothers behind him let out a burst of malicious laughter.

Someone came up, stared at Lingshu and Yuzhang, and finally looked at Yuzhang, and said, "I think this looks better, Shen Jiu's male favorite must be this, look at this tender little face." slippery-"

As the man was talking, he stretched out his hand to touch Yuzhang's face, but Yuzhang tilted his head, Lingshu raised his hand to block it, and the opponent's hand hit Lingshu's wrist, but the man didn't give up, and used all his strength , wanting to push Lingshu away, he had to touch Yuzhang.

For some reason, the protective sleeve on Lingshu's wrist was torn off suddenly between pulling and pulling, exposing the entire palm of his hand, and there was a faint red color on the palm and fingers, although it was not particularly conspicuous. , but it can also be seen at a glance that it is the paint left on the hand.

"Stop!" At this moment, a deep male voice came from inside the door.

It was Wei Xiuya's voice!

Lingshu was startled, and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but Wei Ba had already pushed Wei Xiuya to the door.

With a sullen face, Wei Xiuya directly grabbed Lingshu's hand in his own, squeezed it lightly, and asked him, "Is there any pain?"

Ling Shu was so anxious that he just wanted to pull his hand back, how could he answer him!

Wei Xiuya held his hand tightly, not allowing him to break free, and coldly glanced at the person who stretched out his hand just now, the person suddenly looked guilty, as if a cat has seen a mouse, and smiled flatteringly Said: "Wei, Lord Wei..."

Wei Xiuya ignored him, turned to look at Wei Shaojun, and said in a cold voice, "Wei Er, I haven't seen you for a few days, but you are getting more and more excited. You have lost all face of Kang Lehou."

Shen Ziyue also arrived at this moment, holding Yuzhang in his arms to comfort him.

Hearing Wei Xiuya's words, he glanced at Wei Shaojun, and said lightly, "Second Young Master Wei is so majestic! The gift you gave today——I wrote it down with Shen Jiu."

Wei Shaojun wanted to kneel down to Wei Xiuya right now, so he just laughed and said awkwardly: "General Wei, ah no, Lord Hou, I don't know that this shop belongs to you? Don't bother with me, I It's really not for you!"

Wei Shaojun is not afraid of Shen Ziyue's words.

The big deal is to file a complaint with his father, and his father will beat him up.

But he was afraid of Wei Xiuya.

Wei Shaojun used to be Wei Xiuya's soldier before.

At that time, he often cheated and played tricks, and when Wei Xiuya caught him, he was punished until he cried for his father and mother, so that when he heard Wei Xiuya's name later, his legs trembled.

Moreover, Wei Shaojun's current boss is also a soldier that Wei Xiuya led!

As long as Wei Xiuya speaks a word, he doesn't dare to think how his boss will punish him after returning to the camp!

"If this shop is not mine," Wei Xiuya raised his eyebrows and said, "then you can do whatever you want?"

"No, no, no! I definitely didn't mean that!" Wei Shaojun quickly admitted his mistake, with a very sincere attitude, "It's all my fault! Your lord has a lot! I will send you a big gift to apologize later! Lord Hou, just Forgive me this time, I really don’t dare to do it again!”

Wei Xiuya said, "Take off your clothes and run around the West Market."

"Ah?" Wei Shaojun was dumbfounded, "Master Hou, this..."

There are so many people in West Market, run around in circles!He's still a joke to death by everyone in the capital!

"Either go back to the camp and get the stick." Wei Xiuya said flatly again.

Wei Shaojun frowned, and weighed it for a long time, hesitating between being beaten with a military stick and being laughed at by the people in the capital. Thinking about being beaten with a military stick, he would have to lie on the bed for a month without getting out, and Wei Shaojun suddenly felt that his ass was starting to swell. It hurt, so I gritted my teeth.

"I run!"

Just as Wei Shaojun was about to turn around, he was stopped by Wei Xiuya and said, "All you cronies, run away together."

As soon as his words fell, there was a sound of moaning and sighing.

And the customers who lined up in front of the "Yuwei" workshop to buy pastries and watched the excitement immediately laughed at them loudly and pointed at them from time to time.

Wei Shaojun's face was swollen like a monkey's butt, and he just wanted to find a hole in the ground to get in.

The group of princes and young masters who followed did not dare not run away. They were all working in the Jingwei camp like Wei Shaojun. Which of those immediate bosses had a bad relationship with Wei Xiuya?There is no need for Wei Xiuya to file a complaint, as long as their superiors hear that they have offended Wei Xiuya, they will definitely let them go.

It's better to go for a run honestly, and you don't have to be batoned when you go back.

After sending away a group of dandies, Wei Xiuya held Lingshu's hand tightly again, Lingshu didn't dare to earn any more, just lowered his head, with a pale face, not daring to look at Wei Xiuya.

Wei Xiuya wanted to take Lingshu to the backyard to coax the people, but he heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the street outside the shop, and the crowd burst into cheers and applause. Turning around, it turned out to be a dancer. Lions.

The two lions, one red and one yellow, are full of energy and majestic. When they dance to the door, they stand up, with a big red banner hanging from their mouths, writing: Prince Fu wishes the Yuweifang a prosperous business!