The Crossing of Fortune and Prayer Jubilee

Early the next morning, Zhou Cheng led his three brothers to greet Pei Guanying.At that time, Manager Hu was also there, and the three brothers said hello together.Hu Shiguan responded with a smile, and then went to work after apologizing.

Pei Guanying glanced over Zhou Cheng and turned to the three brothers who were getting more energetic, and said with a smile: "It's too unfamiliar to call you the young master. I rank second in the family. If you don't mind, just call me the second brother."

Seeing that the young man was no longer depressed, Lou Yuzhu was also really happy for him, and said: "Then we should be respectful rather than obedient."

Pei Guanying nodded: "It should be so."

Lou Yuzhu yelled "Second Brother" in a good manner, followed by Lou Hua and Lou Ming who were one or two years younger respectively.

"Hey." Pei Guanying responded with a smile, got up and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to breakfast first. Zhou Cheng, you can come along, no matter how busy you are, you still have to eat breakfast."

Zhou Cheng nodded and followed: "Listen to the young master."

Hearing this, Pei Guanying tilted his head and stared at him helplessly: "How many times have I said, once you redeem yourself, you don't need to call me young master anymore. Call me Guanying or Pei Guanying as you like."

"I'm used to it." Zhou Cheng touched his nose, and he was really not used to changing the address he had been calling for more than ten years. "It will take time to make changes, so the young master should estimate and respond first."

Pei Guanying didn't know what to do, he waved his hands angrily and said, "Success, I'll give you time!"

Lou Yuzhu, who was watching, smiled: "Second Brother and Big Brother Zhou have such a good relationship."

Zhou Cheng smiled, and Pei Guanying turned his eyes to Lou Yuzhu and said, "Don't worry about him. You can just spend a few more days in Fucheng this time, and then go back to Huya Town with me."

Lou Yuzhu was taken aback: "Second brother, won't you go back to Beijing for the New Year?"

"I won't go back after the Chinese New Year, and I will go back in the spring." Speaking of this, Pei Guanying also felt rippling in her heart, but her temperament has been tempered a lot through the previous incidents, and she is not dissatisfied except for her longing for her relatives.

"What's the reason for it?"

"Well, my mentor is only free in March and April in the beginning of spring. At this time, I go back after the New Year and come back, and I have to pick up my mentor within a few months after I come back. Trouble. Why don't I pick up my mentor after the New Year and pay New Year's greetings? .”

Lou Yuzhu learned how troublesome it was to travel far in ancient times, but she still has lingering fears when she thinks about it now. "It seems that the second brother has already figured it out."

Pei Guanying grinned.

During the conversation, the party got into the carriage and walked through the noisy market to a two-story restaurant.Lou Yuzhu got out of the carriage and looked up at the restaurant in front of her, and said silently to the door plate: "Gufenglou?"

"Gufenglou is a century-old shop in Nanyang Prefecture. It is uniquely famous for its exquisite craftsmanship, especially for breakfast. There are more than [-] types of pasta, each of which has a complete color and fragrance." Pei Guanying said with a smile: "I know Brother Yu is a good foodie, so I have to try it later."

Speaking of which, Lou Yuzhu is indeed a gourmet lover, and he never tires of food and fine food. This can be seen from the fact that he can't wait to improve live food when the three bedrooms are separated.

"Second brother recommended it solemnly, it seems that I really want to try it out." Lou Yuzhu smiled, turned her head to hold Lou Ming who was nervous, gave Lou Hua a soothing look, and then walked inside.

Before entering the door, the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Pei is here?"

Pei Guanying nodded reservedly: "Is there still a private room?"

"Yes, yes, the best Yangchun box is reserved for Mr. Pei!"

"Then, let's lead the way." Pei Guanying turned her head and greeted the three brothers: "Eat breakfast first, and Zhou Cheng will go to work after eating. I will show you around Nanyang City."

The shopkeeper wanted to meet the way in person: "Several young masters, please come here." But before he took two steps, another batch of customers came outside the door.As soon as the shopkeeper looked back, he thumped in his heart and said it was going to be bad.

As soon as the other party entered the door, he asked if there was still a private room, and the waiter who went up to greet him looked straight at the shopkeeper.Following the line of sight of the waiter in the shop, the other party saw that he was not annoyed, he just ran out quickly and then came in through the door facing four young men in Chinese clothes.

This happened in a matter of minutes, and Pei Guanying and his party hadn't walked a few steps when they stepped through the door.

"Brother Pei!" Shouting loudly, he came straight towards Pei Guanying, and walked in front of Pei Guanying and his party with a few quick steps.

"So it's Brother Li." Pei Guanying also knew the person.

At this time, the first few people also arrived, and they all knew each other. After some greetings, Pei Guanying called Brother Li said: "Coincidentally, there is no private room here, so I have the cheek to ask Brother Pei, can we set up a table? "

Pei Guanying looked hesitant.

Lou Yuzhu smiled and asked the shopkeeper in a low voice: "How many tables are there in the Yangchun private room? Maybe more?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly replied: "Yangchun is the largest and most prosperous private room here. There are ten tables, and two more can be added."

Lou Yuzhu nodded, leaned over to Pei Guanying and said with a smile: "It's better to meet each other by chance, since the second elder brother knows each other well, let's set up a table, there are enough seats in both directions."

Only then did the visitor look at the three brothers, with doubts in his eyes: "Who are these?" Except for Zhou Cheng who is familiar with the face, the other three are tall but unfamiliar, and they are dressed in cotton cloth with simple patterns and plain patterns. As far as he knows, there should be no such people in Nanyang City.

"These are some of my friends from Huya Town. This is Lou Hua, this is Lou Ming, and this is Lou Yuzhu." Seeing that the three brothers had finished their ceremony in a proper manner, I transferred them to introduce them. "This is Brother Li, Brother Liu, Brother Zhao, and Brother Sun. These are some friends I met in Nanyang City."

Now it was the other party's turn to salute, Lou Hua and Lou Ming hurriedly returned the salute, Lou Yuzhu bowed his knees to return the salute, but in his heart he paid more respects to Pei Guanying's character.The Yuan Dynasty advocated etiquette, but etiquette can also be divided into formal and informal. Just now, Pei Guanying and the two sides introduced the meeting ceremony separately, which is a more formal etiquette. This is to tell others that although the status of the three brothers is not as noble as them, it is he that Pei Guanying sincerely admits. Friends, invisibly raised their identities.

Sure enough, Pei Guanying's actions made the four sons of good backgrounds immediately pay more attention to the three elder brothers.The group entered the private room talking and laughing, and when ordering food, they even offered to ask the three brothers to order first.

Lou Yuzhu gave way: "When we first came to Nanyang City, we didn't know much about Gufeng Tower, and we didn't know what delicious food there is. Why don't some big brothers order for us. I heard from my second brother before, here The breakfasts are all exquisite and have their own characteristics, whichever one you want to come to should be good.”

Pei Guanying looked at the two sides and made some concessions, and said with a smile: "It's done, let's go, and then I won't have to eat earlier! Let me order some." As he spoke, there was a series of early roll calls, most of which were Gu Feng Lou's signature dim sum.While the shopkeeper went down to prepare, Pei Guanying looked at the four of them and said with a smile: "Didn't you keep asking me who I learned that mahjong from before? No, these three in front of you are!"

Seeing Lou Yuzhu raise her eyes suspiciously, Pei Guanying explained: "I've been in Nanyang City for half a month, and I taught them how to play mahjong for fun, and it turned out to be widely spread, and it became popular among the upper-class circles in Fucheng."

Lou Yuzhu couldn't help laughing, secretly said that it really deserves to be the quintessence of China's 5000-year history, and its charm is really extraordinary!

As soon as he talked about mahjong, Li Shang immediately regained his energy, and stared at his brothers with wide eyes: "Did you guys come up with mahjong?"

Lou Yuzhu, who is a mahjong master, didn't dare to worry about it, so she smiled and said: "We also learned from an old man who traveled around. The other party traveled near our house one day and said he was hungry. After a meal, the traveling old man taught us how to play mahjong.” This is an excuse that Sanfang had agreed on before, and in modern times, this excuse was blown up in minutes, but in ancient times when information was scarce, it was convincing. .Because a hermit is a master, a master who is not born in the world, really tall!

The expression on Li Shang's face was quite deep: "It's also because you have a destiny with that person, you just met him at birth. By the way, did you ask that person's name?"

"It's just a meal, nothing more than a little effort, so I didn't ask the other party's name."

Not knowing who the creator of mahjong is, Li Shang felt a little regretful.

My friend has been obsessed with mahjong for a while, and Sun Jin, who is a good player with him, knows it, so he persuaded him immediately: "This kind of hidden master has always had a weird temper. If he asked his name back then, he might not have taught him."

Li Shang thought about it, and could only comfort himself: "It's true."

Pei Guanying looked at Lou Yuzhu jokingly, and blinked narrowly.Why didn't he know that there were such hermits?

Lou Yuzhu begged for mercy.People are trying hard not to tear it down!

Covering the smile at the corner of his mouth with his hand on his lips, he coughed lightly and said to Li Shang: "Don't you want to learn the demeanor of a master? How about giving you a chance today?"

"Really?" Li Shang's eyes lit up like pearls.

"How does Brother Yu feel?"

After talking about this, Yuzhu had no choice but to nod.

Pei Guanying laughed heartily, and said, "Success, that's the deal."

After eating a delicious breakfast, I changed the tables in the private room of Gufeng Building, and a temporary mahjong room became.Li Shang, a mahjong enthusiast, brought a mahjong polished with jade with him, and asked the servant to fetch it from the carriage.

Zhou Cheng approached Lou Yuzhu: "I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you. You play." He said that he secretly handed something in his hand.

Lou Yuzhu touched it, found that it was a bank note, stuffed it into her sleeve, and agreed with a smile: "Brother Zhou is busy that day, so I won't give it away."

After a while, the table was set, mahjong was served, and Pei Guanying ordered.One for himself, one for Li Shang, and one for Lou Yuzhu, who had to be on the table.

Lou Hua pulled Lou Ming back a step, saying that he still didn't want to participate.

Pei Guanying glanced at Liu Qi, Sun Jin, and Zhao You, and finally Zhao You recommended himself, "Then I'll do it."

The four of them came to the table, and a servant brought dried fruits and snacks. Huang Ying hurriedly asked the servant who served tea for a cup of clear tea and brought it to the small table on Lou Yuzhu's left.

Lou Yuzhu held up the teacup with her left hand, pinched the lid of the tea with her right hand, picked up the floating tea leaves, and took a small sip.

Pei Guanying stared blankly, then smiled and said: "If we don't fight, how about we fight Hu?"

Lou Yuzhu put down the teacup. "I have no opinion."

Experts have no objection, and two mediocre skills have no objection.

Soon the Mahjong Great Wall of four people was built.You come and go, you eat and I touch, you touch and fuck, you fuck and I rob, and the rubbing is full of enthusiasm.Liu Qi and Sun Shang originally stood behind Li Shang to read the cards, but then they unknowingly stood behind Lou Yuzhu, but they were dazzled by the look but didn't see anything. They felt that their IQ was crushed, and they still didn't seek abuse. Changed behind Zhao You.

Lou Ming was a little impatient, he wanted to open the window to look outside, but he was worried that the cold would come in, so he kept moving like a nail in his butt.Lou Hua was stupefied, but he was a little terrified when he saw the game where the taels were frequently paid, so he decided to take Lou Ming out for shopping.

The two brothers were not familiar with each other, so Lou Yuzhu was a little worried.

Before Pei Guanying said anything, Li Shang continued to build the Great Wall without raising his head, saying: "It's easy to do, just send a few servants to follow. With them around, let alone walk sideways, but at least black and white will not dare to go. He came together." The so-called seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, although he is not the prime minister, but his father is the boss in Nanyang mansion, who ignorant of the face would dare to offend someone who is under the hood of his mansion?

Lou Yuzhu, who is a powerful son or something, is his favorite, and smiled immediately: "Then thank you, Brother Li." Li Shang waved his hand to express his no thanks, and Lou Yuzhu then said to Lou Hua and Lou Ming: "Let's go, big brother and second brother. Remember Bring gifts for Dad and Dad, and don’t forget about Grandpa’s and Grandpa’s house.” He was not interested in visiting the bustling commercial streets in his previous life, let alone this backward street with no sidewalks. interested in shopping.It is more practical to generate income!

This game of mahjong was played from morning to noon, continued after lunch, and continued until dark.After having dinner in Gufenglou, Pei Guanying rolled her eyes and Li Shang, who wanted to continue, said angrily, "You don't want to rest, we still have to rest!"

Only then did Li Shang stop thinking.

It costs a lot to spend a day, but this doesn't need to worry about the three brothers, because there are people rushing to check out.

The party parted ways, and Lou Yuzhu got into the carriage and took out the bank notes to count them.Zhou Cheng gave 500 taels of silver as the capital before, and now he has won a lot in addition to the principal.

Guan Peiying also counted her own, and took out a 50 tael Sailou jade beads in her hand: "I won 500 taels, and I will give 50 taels a dividend." On the card table, Lou Yuzhu made a lot of cards for him, Otherwise, it would be a piece of cake to kill the three of them with the opponent's card skills, instead of the big winner like now, it would be him.

"I also won 120 five taels, so the second brother doesn't need to pay dividends." In order not to offend others, a lot of thought was really put into this pailou jade bead.It is more important to win or lose if you have to release water to make cards, but it really killed a lot of brain cells.

"Just keep it, unless you think it's too little."

"...That will work. Listen to the second brother."