In the days when I was forced to become a Feng Shui master

"Then why, from the third year onwards, all sucrose and milk were replaced by Xingfa Commercial Bank?"

"The quality of Chen Ji's sucrose has declined, and Chen Ji's old owner died of illness, and he passed on the mantle to his eldest son. The eldest son did things in a disorderly manner, and the sucrose and milk that he gave us to Yu Qingzhai several times were missing, so they purchased from Xingfa Trading Company. " Zhang Fenglai said very neatly: "Sir, wait a moment."

During that time, Zhang Feng rushed out like the wind, and after a while, he came back with half a bag of sucrose. Yu Ning opened it and looked at it. The sucrose was black and red. He naturally knew that there would be no edible sugar in this era if he was asked to taste it. But in order to avoid other people's doubts, I still signaled Guanshi Wang and others to go forward and break off a small piece and taste it. The candy tastes a bit bitter and has a burnt taste, but most of it is still sweet, and Yu Ning really can't get used to it , quietly spit out the sugar.

After tasting it, Wang Guanshi couldn't help nodding, and then rubbed some powdered sugar on his fingertips, "It's the best sucrose."

Steward Wang carefully noticed that Yuning had vomited the sucrose, but he didn't say anything.

Yu Ning nodded, as he accepted this statement, and drew a line on the ledger with a Chinese ink brush: "What about this sum?" Yu Ning motioned Zhang Fenglai to take a look. After explaining it, it generally makes sense.

Zhang Feng said: "Sir, I have passed all the dim sum in the store. If there is anything wrong, I can eat it right away. These ingredients should be fine."

"Then how do you explain to the customers that the dim sum in your shop tastes much worse than Yu Xiangzhai?" Yu Ning tapped the paper he summed up with a Chinese ink pen: "Master Zhang, please remind me that the ingredients in your shop are in the third place. In [-], all of them were replaced with goods from Xingfa Commercial Bank."

"Since then, the taste of dim sum in your shop has plummeted, don't you have any guesses?"

"How could it be like this..." Zhang Fenglai said blankly: "Impossible, I can't taste it if the taste has changed!"

"Since you can't figure it out, let's put it on hold for now." Yu Ning wrote the doubts on a scroll and had it hung on the wall. "There will be clues in a while, all written on it, and then it will be clear at a glance."

Wang Guan was wondering why Yu Ning was like this before, and after hearing his words he suddenly said: "Master, your method is very kind!"

Yu Ning nodded, pushed aside the ledger of the ingredients and let Steward Wang continue to read it, and then took the account book of the employer, which contained all the population and monthly bills in Yu Qingzhai. Yu Ning roughly read it. At first, Yu Qingzhai had There was 1 cook, 3 servants, and 1 shopkeeper. Zhang Fenglai also served as the master chef of the shop at that time. In addition, there was 1 white case cook and 2 apprentices.

Judging from the scale, it is also a very large shop.

Later, the business plummeted, and everyone left except Zhang Fenglai's apprentice and a servant, leaving only three people in the whole shop.

There are only three people left!Zhang Fenglai, as the victim, has a high probability of being ruled out. If he really wanted to bring down Yu Qingzhai, he would not come to the National Teacher for help. Hands, except for people like Yuning who 'live in the mountains' don't know, this thing is famous all over the world, so you should know how to use it, there is no need to go around in circles.

There are only two suspects left, one is a servant and the other is Zhang Fenglai's apprentice.

To be honest, Yu Ning still thinks that Fengshui is very nonsense, he doesn't believe it anymore, Yu Qingzhai can't do it because the other party set up a Fengshui bureau to harm him.Perhaps feng shui is one aspect, but according to what Mr. Gu said to him before, feng shui is mostly subtle things, such as bad air, so people's body is uncomfortable, and the sun is so heavy that the humidity makes the human body sick, etc., but the effect Definitely not that big.

Anyway, Yu Ning is also a person who has received nine years of compulsory education, and he really doesn't want to deceive his teachers and destroy his ancestors - Newton, the ancestor of physics, Einstein, the ancestor of science, and so on.

Zhang Fenglai saw the two names circled by Yu Ning, and said with certainty: "Mr. Yu, the two of them, the boy Ading was with me when I was young, and I have saved his life from him. He is absolutely impossible. Betrayed me. My apprentice A Fei has been with me for almost eight years. He was picked up from the refugee pile. He said he was my apprentice, but in fact he was my adopted son! I asked myself that I never owed him half a penny in my daily life. If I had a parent, it would be nothing more than that ! He has no reason to harm me!"

"Then let it go."

Several people were busy all afternoon, Yu Ning finished checking the account books early, saw that Manager Wang and his people were still busy, and didn't bother them, slipped outside to find some snacks to try.

In the lobby on the first floor, a boy was dozing off by a small coal stove, on which a copper kettle was placed to warm hot water.The sound of Yu Ning's footsteps woke him up. Looking at his attire, Yu Ning knew that he should be the one named A Ding. A Ding hurriedly came up: "Sir, you are the shopkeeper, please come back, right? You What are your orders?"

"Can I get some snacks?"

"Of course!" As soon as A-Ding heard Yuning order dim sum, he didn't ask what Yuning wanted to eat. Dozens of them.Yu Ning picked up the chopsticks and was about to try it, when Fu Rong behind him took a step forward, pulled out a silver needle from nowhere, and said softly, "Wait a minute, young master."

Fu Rong inserted the silver needles into the pastry one by one, and when she saw that the silver needles had not changed color, she backed away to let Yuning put down her chopsticks.

"Is this necessary?"

"Be cautious."

Yu Ning did not deny it, he tried them one by one, he only took a small bite of each, but he also found that the dim sum here was two points more flavorful than Yu Xiangzhai, he couldn't tell what it was, but the mung bean cake here was refreshing Delicious, the red bean cake is soft and sticky to the teeth, but sweet enough, every bite is like eating in the heart, very delicious.

...It doesn't make sense.Yuning is a little confused, it's so delicious, it doesn't make sense that everyone would find it unpalatable.In order to gather evidence, he asked Furong and the guards to taste it, and everyone said it was delicious, and now Yuning was even more confused.

Everything is right, why would no one come?

He then asked the servant Ading: "How does your price compare with Yu Xiangzhai's?"

A Ding said with a bitter face: "Originally we and Yu Xiangzhai had the same price, but since the number of customers has decreased, we have dropped it by one point."

That's even more unreasonable, it's cheap and delicious, how could no one come.

"Have you always stocked so many kinds of snacks in your shop?"

"The master said, you can't reduce the variety because there are few customers, and you can't let the guests want to eat but don't have it." Before the boy could answer, a clear and bright young voice came in from outside and answered Yu Ning's question. Ning looked out, and a young man walked in from the gate. He looked eighteen or nineteen, and he answered Yu Ning's question: "Are you the helper invited by the master?"

"Yeah." Yu Ning smiled slightly, put down his chopsticks, and said to him, "How about sitting down and chatting?"

He should be Zhang Fenglai's apprentice A Fei. He sat down, picked up a piece of rose cake from the table and stuffed it into his mouth: "I've been running all morning, I'm so hungry, don't look out!"

"It doesn't matter." Yu Ning's ancient costume is quite eye-catching. Although he is not as tired as Mr. Mei Xiao Shu, he is still a handsome young man. He can tell that he has studied at a glance. It is also true that he is dressed in a gentle manner at this time. Very bluffing: "What are you going to do?"

"Go on credit." A Fei didn't hesitate at all, licked his lips, and took another piece of hibiscus cake from the table - Yu Xiangzhai sold this thing three times a month as a gimmick, but Yu Qingzhai prepared it every day.He said while eating: "I have no money, Xingfa Trading Company came to press for the debt, and the master is stubborn and unwilling to reduce the daily expenses. The cakes that cannot be sold every day would rather be given to beggars than sold at a discount... Even though it’s on sale at a discount, no one will buy it.”

"No, I have to pay on credit."

Yuning saw A Fei eating and talking, the speed was very fast, he ate all the cakes on the table in a short time, he burped, and wanted to say something, Zhang Feng came to lead him on the stairs on the second floor Steward Wang came down, and when Zhang Fenglai saw his apprentice sitting with the gentleman from the National Teacher's Mansion, he quickly scolded: "Mr. Negligent! Ah Fei, how dare you sit with the gentleman! Hurry up and apologize to the gentleman!"

Ah Fei jumped up with a 'whoosh', made a face for his master, and then rushed to the back kitchen. "Master, I'm going to knead the dough—!"

Steward Wang came down, nodded to Yu Ning and said, "Young Master, the servant has finished watching too."

"Then let's go back together, Mr. Gu is still waiting for us to report." Yu Ning was about to leave after finishing speaking, and suddenly said: "By the way, Fu Rong, pack a copy of all kinds of dim sum here and take it back together, it tastes delicious Well, the master will definitely like it."

Fu Rong disapproved and persuaded: "Master..."

Yu Ning glanced at her indifferently, Fu Rong was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Yes, servant girl is going now."

After everything was ready, Yu Ning took Shi Shiran back to the temporary mansion.As soon as Pu entered the door, he was summoned by Mr. Mei, and Yu Ning was busy for a long time, so he was a little tired.

Yuning has a problem, when he is tired, he becomes less enthusiastic and polite, he raises his hand indifferently and asks people to send the cakes brought back to Mr. Mei and the others, disregarding that it is in the public, he dismantles them as he walks With a wig on his head, he said to the people around him: "I'll go back and change my clothes first, and let Master Shigong wait for me for a while."

"Yes." Steward Wang cupped his hands and said, "The servant will report to the lord first."

"Go, Manager Wang has worked hard today."

***

Yu Ning first went back to the room and changed into a set of loose and comfortable clothes. Furong brought him hot water, and he wiped his body, which was considered a bath, until he felt refreshed, and then He made a very cheeky request that he would never be able to do normally, but there is nothing he can't do when he is tired-he asked Furong to find a guard, and lifted him to the next door with light work.

After hearing this demand, Fu Rong reached out her hand very straightforwardly and directly mentioned Yuning to the next door.

In the study room, Mr. Mei and Mr. Gu were still seated by the window, with each of them on one side, the other hugging a thin blanket, a cup of tea, and an ancient scroll, looking very contented.But as soon as Yuning entered the door, he could smell the sweet scent of pastries that hadn't dissipated in the air.

Seeing him coming in, Mr. Mei said, "Sit down."

Yu Ning very rudely picked a back chair and half sat and half lay down on it. Mr. Mei frowned, but he couldn't hold back and sprayed him: "Whether you sit or not."

Yu Ning rubbed his belly: "Master, I'm full."

"Deserving it."

Mr. Gu asked someone to serve him tea, and specially added hawthorn slices in it: "Ah Yu, drink it."

"Thank you, Master."

"Have you found anything?" Master Gu raised his head and looked at him with burning eyes.

"Everything is as usual." Yu Ning said puzzledly: "Guan Wang must have said just now that everything is normal, and I have someone bring back the snacks... The taste is really better than the one in the morning. I really like it." I can't figure it out...Feng Shui really has such a big influence?"

"Can't figure it out?" Mr. Gu fell down, and knocked Yuning's head with the ancient scroll in his hand with a smile: "Since you can't figure it out, why don't you go and see it with me tomorrow?"