Words must die [Comprehensive martial arts]

Gu Shenyan's goal was very clear.

Since he is rushing to retire, the first thing to consider must be the living environment in the future.

As the saying goes, a small hermit lives in the mountains and a big hermit lives in the city, but Gu Shenyan's choice is somewhere in between - the suburbs.

There are mountains, waters, and forests in the suburbs, the scenery is beautiful and quiet, and it is not far from the main city. It is very convenient to travel, and it is the best place to retire.

"Then boss, have you considered business issues?"

Looking at the completed two-storey building in front of him, Baozi was a little worried. The scenery of this place is indeed beautiful, but is it too far away from the official road?

It takes almost half a mile to come here by carriage, and it takes two cups of tea.

Would anyone be willing to come all the way from the official road to eat here?

Putting himself in the shoes of Baozi, if it were him, he would probably be more willing to go directly to the city for dinner.

Of course, he has enough confidence in his boss's cooking skills, but their restaurant has just opened, and their reputation has not yet been established, so no one will come here attracted by it.

Gu Shenyan really didn't think about business issues.

He said frankly: "It doesn't matter if the business is good or not, anyway, I don't open a shop to make money."

"……Oh."

Baozi's face was numb, and he said that the thinking of rich people is really hard to understand.

It is also very capricious to open a store not to make money but to be happy.

"Come on, go in and have a look."

Gu Shenyan took the lead.

During the construction of the small building, Gu Shenyan never visited it once, and he put on a posture of throwing his hands away from the shopkeeper, but the craftsmen he hired with a lot of money obviously had professional ethics, and he didn't sneak around because of this.

The appearance of the small building is not much different from what he expected, and the overall style is more elegant and clean.

The exquisite carvings and decorations in the details will not make it look too plain.

And the interior decoration style is also in line with Gu Shenyan's requirement of 'elegant yet grand'.

Gu Shenyan invited a whole team, so not only the house construction, interior decoration, but also furniture such as desks, coffee tables, etc. have been placed. If you want to open the business, you only need to prepare tableware and ingredients.

The small building has two floors, and there is a large yard behind it.

The first floor is the reception area, including the kitchen and the counter. Since the space is spacious enough, there is a screen around each dining table by the window, which can be used to entertain quiet customers.

The dining tables in the middle area of ​​the hall are not too crowded.

On the whole, there are only twelve tables in the store, and each table can accommodate up to six people. The scale is really not that big.

But compared with ordinary restaurants, this place is obviously much taller.

Strictly speaking, this place is indeed not a restaurant.

Gu Shenyan actually opened a private restaurant.

The business model and philosophy of private kitchens are quite different from those of common restaurants and restaurants nowadays.

It usually does not have a signboard, nor does it have a fixed menu, and the supply is limited, and what to eat is all decided by the chef.

The concept of private kitchen originated in the late Qing Dynasty, because Gu Shenyan was afraid that it would be hard for people to understand, so Gu Shenyan used restaurants instead when he mentioned it to the outside world.

The second floor was used by Gu Shenyan as a study.

The backyard is the living area, with two master bedrooms and three guest rooms. Gu Shenyan and Baozi will live there in the future.

……

Half a month later, Gu Shenyan's private restaurant officially opened.

Lu Xiaofeng came here at the appointment, and brought along a few friends along the way.

It was also fortunate that he had invited a few more people to join him on a whim, otherwise... Looking at the hall where there were no other customers except Lu Xiaofeng and the others, Baozi secretly rejoiced.

It was really deserted.

"Little Baozi, where's your boss?" Lu Xiaofeng casually put a jar of wine on the counter, looked around curiously, and kept sighing: "Brother Gu is really good at picking places. It’s better to live in seclusion.”

Just now when he saw this small building standing in the green hills and green waters and surrounded by flowers and plants from a distance, Lu Xiaofeng was very amazed.

He is a prodigal son who likes to seek excitement and often wanders around. He rarely has the idea of ​​​​wanting to settle down.

But occasionally when such thoughts arose, he also had some assumptions.

After all, sooner or later, he will have to wash his hands and quit the arena.

He used to think that Huamanlou's way of life was very good, comfortable and leisurely, but in some respects... it seemed like something was missing?

What's wrong?

Lu Xiaofeng couldn't think of an answer until just now, when he saw Gu Shenyan's small building, he finally understood.

Huamanlou's lifestyle was too leisurely for Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng was probably the kind of person who couldn't be idle by nature. Even if Jinpen washed his hands and retired to the Jianghu in the future, he probably wouldn't be able to stay at home peacefully like Huamanlou, planting flowers and raising grass.

Had to find something to do.

It's not bad to be like Gu Shenyan.

"Boss, he went to the backyard. He said he wanted to change clothes. He probably will come over later."

While answering Lu Xiaofeng's question, Baozi sized up the three guests behind Lu Xiaofeng with curious eyes.

He had seen Hua Man Lou before, but the other two were very unfamiliar.

Judging by his attire, he doesn't seem like a person in the world either.

Noticing Baozi's scrutinizing eyes, one of them was dressed in black, a tall man who looked about 30 years old, lowered his head, and nodded and smiled at him kindly.

He has a sharp-edged face, looks a little serious when he's not smiling, and has a subconsciously awe-inspiring power about him.

But once he laughs, that hearty energy can easily make people feel good.

Unlike this person's approachable attitude, the other handsome man in luxurious clothes is much colder.

He just glanced at Baozi lightly, and then continued to wave his fan and look around at the furnishings in the store.

Baozi frowned, feeling somewhat displeased with this person.

It would be fine if the other party just ignored him, but the way this man looked at him just now was clearly full of contempt, as if he was just a speck of dust in front of him, small and humble.

But personal emotions will not affect Baozi's working status.

As the only clerk in the store, although Baozi's performance was not comprehensive, he couldn't find any faults.

After welcoming Lu Xiaofeng and the others to their seats, he quickly served tea, with a warm smile on his face from the beginning to the end, appearing to be able to do a job with ease.

Doesn't look like a novice at all.

Baozi said that this was the result of his frequent trips to teahouses and restaurants to steal teachers.

After changing his clothes, Gu Shenyan finally appeared slowly.

"Yo, it's time to wait for the right owner." Lu Xiaofeng raised his hand to greet him, and then said teasingly: "Brother Gu, Boss Gu, it seems that I specially brought the guests over for you today." Come on, you must serve two more delicious dishes later!"

"Okay."

Gu Shenyan still had that gentle smile on his face.

He just casually glanced at the few people sitting beside Lu Xiaofeng, and then looked away, without any intention of asking Lu Xiaofeng about the identities of these people.

In his place, all visitors are guests.

Whether it's the royal family or the common people, the treatment is the same, unless it's someone who makes him look particularly unpleasant... In that case, Gu Shenyan will probably kick them out directly.

That's right, it's that capricious.

Who told him that he is not short of money and has skills :-)

But just because Gu Shenyan didn't ask, it doesn't mean that Lu Xiaofeng won't take the initiative to introduce him.

"Brother Gu, let me introduce to you. The one sitting on my left is a good friend of mine, Huamanlou. His biggest hobby is growing flowers—"

Speaking of this, Lu Xiaofeng deliberately paused.

When Huamanlou showed a helpless smile, he continued, "I think you two will be able to chat."

Well, this is Lu Xiaofeng's sincere words.

Although there is a bit of a joke in it.

At first, he only thought that Gu Shenyan and Huamanlou had some similarities in temperament, but now, thinking about the obviously artificially planted flowers and plants outside the building, Lu Xiaofeng felt that the two people probably had similar interests and hobbies.

"Is it."

Gu Shenyan smiled, nodded at Huamanlou and said: "If you have time later, I would like to ask Mr. Hua to give me some advice on how to grow flowers."

He also planted those flowers and plants outside on a whim. During this period of time, he took care of it according to the method in the book, which was really a bit of a painstaking effort.

A few days ago, I accidentally killed a few orchids that were difficult to grow.

Huamanlou readily agreed.

He has a good sense of Gu Shenyan, one is because he believes in Lu Xiaofeng's way of seeing people, and the other is because he sensed a similar aura from Gu Shenyan.

It is said that things gather like like and people are divided into groups.

Two people with similar hobbies and personalities can easily become friends.

Unlike when introducing Huamanlou, when Lu Xiaofeng introduced the other two to Gu Shenyan, his words were much shorter.

Because of the identities of the other two, to some extent, it is not easy to elaborate.

"Jin Jiuling, Tie Shou, these two are from the yamen, and they happen to come to work in Jiangnan recently, so I will invite them to taste your handicrafts along the way."

Gu Shenyan frowned imperceptibly.

He doesn't have much impression of the name Jin Jiuling, but Iron Hand—isn't this one of the protagonists among the four famous arresters?

The world he lived in is not just a synthesis of one or two original martial arts novels.

Martial arts chaos?

"I heard from Lu Xiaofeng that Boss Gu's cooking skills are better than the chefs in Linjianglou. Jin is looking forward to it."

Jin Jiuling's attitude towards Gu Shenyan was not as indifferent as he was towards Baozi. He works in the Six Doors, and he often has to deal with all kinds of people on weekdays, so his ability to judge people is naturally not bad.

Among other things, just looking at the temperament exuded by Gu Shenyan is enough to make Jin Jiuling realize some deeper problems.

Lu Xiaofeng's new friend must come from an unusual background.

Can not be underestimated.

When dealing with this kind of people, Jin Jiuling has always treated them with the principle of making good friends.

But compared to his friendly attitude, Gu Shenyan's reaction seemed a little indifferent.

Gu Shenyan was just being polite, and nodded politely to Jin Jiuling.

Then he replied inexplicably—or meaninglessly: “Oh.”

The smile on Jin Jiuling's face froze slightly.

Is this person... just so shameless?

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