Breeding Mermaid Cubs

After Wang Qingye sent Mianshu to the academy, he stopped by the market first.

Zhou Zhu was the only one left in the stall, and he was busy setting up the stall, his face was a little gloomy. At this time, the stall was already tidied up and ready to receive customers.

"Can a person still be busy?"

Seeing him coming, Zhou Zhu wiped his hands on the cloth lapel and poured a cup of tea: "It's doable, I've been working for so long, and I'm familiar with everything. It's not as fast as before without one person, but barely The turnover can still be turned around. The stall was opened not long ago, and the big guys didn’t know what kind of food our stall was selling, and there were some people who couldn’t read on the sign, so they had to answer while cooking. I take the trouble to introduce to the guests...now I am familiar with everything."

As he said that, Zhou Zhu smiled melancholy, he was familiar with everything, but he left.

"By the way, did Yan'er get married at the beginning of the year?"

"Uncle Wu said that in the first month, the date has not been determined yet."

Zhou Zhu nodded and said with a smile, "I don't know if you will invite me to have a drink."

Wang Qingye patted Zhou Zhu's shoulder. Although the two of them hadn't said anything, he could understand Zhou Zhu's mood at the moment, so he changed the subject and said, "It was not convenient to recruit workers before. If you work hard for a few days, when the time comes I will give you an annual leave, and I will not open this stall after the next year."

Zhou Zhu frowned: "Why don't you open it?"

Although Jiangchun Building is now open and the business is good, the business of this small stall is also very good. It may not earn as much as Jiangchun Building, but it is still a lot.

"I'm going to rent or buy a small shop, so that you won't have to go to the alley outside the city every day to prepare ingredients. The rent is low, but it's not as convenient as a shop, and there are fewer customers." Wang Qingye said: " At that time, I will mention you to be the manager of the store and recruit two more guys."

Zhou Zhu raised his eyebrows happily: "Your Majesty wants me to be in charge?"

"You have learned all the skills, and you have been managing the stall for the past few months. Are you afraid that you can't manage the shop well?"

"If Mr. Lang trusts me to do it, I will definitely do it well."

Wang Qingye nodded with a smile: "I'll do it after the new year, and the business of the stall is pretty good, and the shop will definitely be able to make some money by then, and I won't kill you every month after the shop opens. The salary is paid, and it will be shared with you according to the money earned by the shop every month."

Zhou Zhu swept away the gloom in his heart. If it is true what Wang Qingye said, he can manage a shop, and then he will be more respectable and earn more. If he saves a little during the day, he will definitely save a lot of money. The larger the house, the mother will feel at ease.

"Since you agree, then the matter is settled. You can also pay more attention during the day, and it will be easier to recruit workers after the new year."

"okay."

Wang Qingye saw that Zhou Zhu cheered up again, so he didn't sit down any longer, and had to go to Jiangchun Tower to have a look.

In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, many people came out to treat guests and eat wine. After the results of the provincial examination came out, there were a group of people celebrating. Jiang Louchun's business was stable and unabated. Had to prepare vegetables and meat for the day, Wang Qingye went in, the benches in the hall were still overturned on the table, and the clerk was mopping the floor: "Mr. Tang, Master Tang is waiting for you upstairs in the private room."

"Got it, go get busy."

Why did Tang Suxiao come here so early in the morning?

Wang Qingye went upstairs, and the door of the private room was not closed, and there was a young gentleman sitting inside, peeling tea eggs in a very down-to-earth manner, with a bottle of milk beside him.

"Young Master Tang is so elegant that you can come to the shop for breakfast."

Tang Suxiao ate the tea eggs slowly, and waited until the eggs were finished before answering Wang Qingye: "The father and brother at home will only reprimand the fleet for losses, and the inn for losses, regardless of whether I can have a good meal. The spring scenery is good, the food should be more delicious, and it will be even more delicious if you are accompanied by your husband."

Wang Qingye voluntarily dismissed Tang Suxiao's coquettish remarks, and said, "If Young Master Tang feels that eating in Jianglouchun is more comfortable, you are always welcome."

Tang Suxiao took out a silk scarf from his sleeve and wiped his mouth slowly: "Your Majesty is worthy of dealing with eating and drinking. He doesn't mention a word about the loss of money. He only hears about eating and drinking."

Wang Qingye took a sip of tea, and smiled with eyebrows narrowed: "So Young Master Tang came to Xingshi to question him?"

Tang Suxiao propped his face and suddenly approached Wang Qingye: "Isn't Mr. Lang going to take some responsibility for me?"

"After listening to what Mr. Lang said, I took out my own money to open the fleet. Now I miss a customer, lose all my money, and get scolded by my family. Mr. Jiang's Jiangchunlou business is booming. .”

Wang Qingye raised his eyebrows, and what he said was true and false. The Tang family's huge ship company can dispatch a few ships at will to form a small fleet. Why does Young Master Tang need to pay his own money, but it is true that he has not received any business. It's true, he has never received tourists here, which shows that there is something wrong with the fleet.

"It's the fishing moratorium right now, so the fleet can still go to sea? Besides, it's Chinese New Year and everyone is celebrating at home, so it's reasonable that there are no tourists. Besides, Young Master Tang hasn't done a good job of publicizing it. How would tourists know?"

Tang Suxiao: "Then according to what Lang Jun sees, how should we publicize it?"

"There are publicity posts on the bulletin information board, and staff are sent to the city gate to distribute leaflets and introductions to foreigners who come to the city. How can there be no tourists under this situation?"

"It makes sense. After the spring, the fishing moratorium ends. When tourists from other places come, they will do as Mr. Lang said."

There is no need for Wang Qingye to say these innocuous truths. The Tang family has a great career, and he naturally does not believe that Tang Suxiao, who is born in the same family, would be such an idiot. About the fleet?"

"Sure enough, there is nothing to hide from Mr. Lang." Tang Suxiao said: "It is really difficult to talk about this matter, but I am so familiar with Mr. Lang, so I have the cheek to say it."

Wang Qingye's eyebrows twitched, even you think it's a cheeky thing, then this thing is probably really ugly.

"But it doesn't matter."

"I have a concubine younger sister in my family. My aunt passed away early, and my father felt sorry for her. Now my younger sister is at the age of marriage..."

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Tang Suxiao paused for a while, Wang Qingye held the teacup: "Master Tang won't say he likes me, will he?"

Tang Suxiao laughed: "Then I must be the first one not to agree, Mr. Lang is among the dragons and phoenixes, how about my little sister..."

"That's the point."

"She fell in love with a scholar, and showed her favor many times. The scholar wanted to refuse, but at the end he said that a marriage has been arranged at home, and they will get married at the beginning of the year. My sister shed tears at home every day. My father couldn't bear it. Instead, I was scolded by the loss in business, so I had to solve this matter."

Wang Qingye immediately thought of Qin Minglang and went up to him, and said firmly: "What a coincidence, this scholar's surname is Qin, right?"

"I will know that your lord knows me."

"I've only met that scholar once, and I'm not familiar with him. How can I help you?"

"But isn't the scholar's unmarried lady acquainted with Mr. Tang?" Tang Suxiao said, "She helps Mr. Mr. manage the shop every day, she is a good girl."

Wang Qingye sighed: "Since you know that she is a good girl, you still want to break up the marriage. The two families settled on the marriage a few years ago, and now it's finally going to be the end of all hardships. You fight halfway, and you don't feel that you are A sinner? Although your father is for his daughter, you are also for your own sister, but the other girl is not her father's daughter, brother's sister?"

"Lang Jun's words are not unreasonable. But that scholar is not a good man. If he is really good, how can he eat the cakes and meals sent by my sister all day long, and pretend to be aloof? Is he afraid of me? The Tang family still wants to hang on to a concubine daughter from a wealthy family? He has a bad heart, he is greedy for wealth, and he wants to marry Miss Zhang because of his love in the past. Even if they get married and live in poverty, one day he will still Thinking of an opportunity in the past, I'm afraid I still resented my wife at that time."

"The Qin family's parents are even more vain. Back then, when the son was a child, he looked down on the girls of the Zhang family. Now that his son has become a scholar, what do you think will happen?"

Wang Qingye frowned, he had to say that Tang Suxiao's words spoke to his heart, he had long felt that the two were not suitable, now Tang Suxiao had a clear understanding of the situation, and was listing things one by one , this seemingly good marriage is actually rotten inside: "Young Master Tang thinks so clearly, but the scholar is not a good match, so why bother to help my sister get over it? Didn't I miss my sister?"

Tang Suxiao sneered: "In the past, my aunt used all means to take advantage of my father's drunkenness to climb into bed and give birth to a daughter, but God failed and she died of illness before enjoying a few years of wealth. Feeling guilty, the day is full of turmoil. I don’t want the man my father and he chose, but I insist on marrying a scholar. I think that when the scholar goes to high school, she will be an official wife. Now that I want to die and live, I like that scholar. , why don't I put in a little effort to complete it."

There are many grievances and grievances in the rich family. Moreover, the men in the dynasty have three wives and four concubines, and there are countless houses. People like the Tang family don't say that there are many right and wrong places where there are many women. Wang Qingye can feel it.When everything is stable in the future, he will find a virtuous wife. Of course virtuousness is one thing, the most important thing is to be able to accept Mianshu.

"Then what do you want me to do?"

Tang Suxiao clapped his hands in fear, a servant came in, put a small box on the table, and then left the room.

Wang Qingye opened it, and inside was a neat box of silver, about 100 taels.

"Transfer it to the Zhang family for me, and let them take the initiative to withdraw." Tang Suxiao said: "If the Tang family comes to the door, the Zhang family will definitely feel that the Tang family is bullying others, and maybe they will force it. At that time, the gain outweighs the loss. These Think of the silver as making up for the loss of the Zhang family, and Miss Zhang can find a better family in the future."

Wang Qingye closed the box: "I have a very close relationship with the Zhang family, since it's for the good of the Zhang family, I can also run this trip for you."

Tang Suxiao stood up suddenly, and, contrary to his usual playful smile, he saluted Wang Qingye: "Thank you, Mr. Lang."

"Since ancient times, poor scholars have been so ruthless." Tang Suxiao shook his head, and a trace of bitterness flashed across his face.

"Wang Qingye!"

Suddenly, a crisp cry came from downstairs, breaking the silence in the house. Hearing the sound, Tang Suxiao walked to the window, and looked at a young man in Tsing Yi standing on the street downstairs, wearing a furry round hat, leaning across the Meditation Academy. He was smiling and waving to Wang Qingye with his chin up. The young man's skin was as white as snow, and he had a pair of clear ice blue eyes.

He raised the corners of his mouth, as if in a lifetime, as if he saw the scene when he was a child in Meditation Academy: "Where did the little beauty come from?"

Wang Qingye looked down at Mianshu who was dancing on the street, and said with a smile, "Why did you come back so early?"

"Did you forget that the academy is on holiday after school today? There is no class today, and the dean told us to clean up the academy before we can go home. Come down soon, I'm hungry!"

"I'm talking about something, you go to the back kitchen and ask the cook to cook you something to eat."

"Hmph!" Mian Shu was furious, and ran into the restaurant angrily.

After Tang Suxiao laughed, he didn't close his mouth: "Why have I never seen this little beauty? Langjun Jinwu Cangjiao?"

"Don't talk nonsense, it's my brother."

Tang Suxiao raised his eyebrows slantingly: "Brother? Apart from being as beautiful as Mr. Lang, there seems to be no similarity, right?"

"With such a similarity, what similarity do you need?"

Wang Qingye didn't want to talk more about Mianshu's life experience with others, so he patted the box and said, "Leave this to me first. I'll go down first, and Young Master Tang can take care of himself."

"Hey, don't, I'll go down with you."

Mian Shu took a bite of a shrimp dumpling, and it was delicious when dipped in some of the ingredients prepared by Wang Qingye. Wang Qingye forced him to use chopsticks since he was in school, but he barely knew how to use them, but the technical task of adding dumplings was still a bit embarrassing for Xiao Yuzai .

He wanted to scoop it with a spoon, but he couldn't dip it in any more. After eating two dumplings, he handed the chopsticks to Wang Qingye.

His fake brother is much smoother with chopsticks.

Mian Shu was chewing on the shrimps, his mouth bulging, his gaze swept to the man sitting across from him with his hands on his face and watching him eating dumplings, a little impatient, he folded his eyebrows, scooped a few dumplings into an empty bowl and pushed them In front of Tang Suxiao: "You can eat too, it's pitiful to watch me eat all the time."

Tang Suxiao almost spit out a mouthful of tea: "Where did Brother Wang bring such a cutie home like you? You can't even use chopsticks?"

Mian Shu glared at Tang Suxiao: "Who doesn't know how to use it anymore! I just broke my hand a while ago, and now it still hurts so I can't use chopsticks."

"Okay, okay, let's eat quickly, I'll be busy later." Wang Qingye took a dumpling and stuffed it into Mianshu's mouth, then glanced at Tang Suxiao again: "Young Master Tang, hurry up after eating the dumplings." Get busy, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the family must be busy."

"Brother Wang is too unkind. The little beauty drove me away when she came back."

Tang Suxiao turned around and said to Mian Shu: "Does little beauty like to listen to music? Tomorrow, I will take you to the biggest theater in the city to listen to music?"

"No. I want to show my brother the shop at home."

"There are so many people in the restaurant who can't use you, and the young master should be raised with gold and jade, and there is no need to do rough work."

Wang Qingye interrupted Tang Suxiao in time: "I said, Young Master Tang, can you stop conveying incorrect ideas to my children? It will be very difficult for me to help you."

"Don't, don't, it's my fault." Tang Suxiao said: "What does the little beauty like to play, I invite you to play?"

"No, I'm busy every day."

"Yes, since the little beauty is unwilling to accept the invitation, then I can only come." Tang Suxiao stood up: "Let's go!"

After watching Tang Suxiao get on the sedan chair and walk away, Mianshu looked at Wang Qingye with a sullen face: "Can you stop making dubious friends in the future."

He looks like a little boy and is dressed like a peacock, so he is not a serious person at first glance.

Wang Qingye raised his eyebrows: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"I said he can't say a word?"

Changing the concept secretly is very powerful, Wang Qingye put the chopsticks on the bowl: "Then use the chopsticks smoothly first, and then ask about other things."

In fact, Wang Qingye didn't know how to come to Zhang's family. The joy of the father and daughter was still lingering in his mind yesterday. Today, he wants to warn people to be careful about this marriage, which is really unpredictable.

Regardless of whether the matter can be accomplished or not, Wang Qingye is still willing to come to the door. No matter what decision the Zhang family makes, he has spent all his energy on this matter.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Zhang's courtyard, he and Mian Shu heard sharp quarrels in the courtyard.

"I agreed to this marriage because of the love of Yan'er's mother. She dragged her sick body and dragged me, crying and begging. She had to force our family to marry Yan'er, otherwise she would die with regret. You are forcing us to agree to this marriage."

The woman was spitting all over her waist, and the farmer's voice was very loud, and she didn't hold back when she scolded: "I will tell you that now that the child is old enough, he can choose a good match, and he is willing to give Yan'er some compensation. If you don’t agree, seeing that my son is a bully, you force him to agree to the marriage, and get married in the first month! I was a scholar when I was a child, and I will try the palace test in the future. Can these things be delayed? Why do the daughters of decent people want Hurry up to get married at home!"

"Qin Liushi, don't be so harsh! Whoever rushes to return to your village, you have agreed to this marriage. Your kid is studying in the city, and we, Yan'er, deliver meals every day. In the past, what’s the matter, now that you’ve been admitted as a scholar, you turn your face and don’t recognize anyone, and you want to kick him away! There’s no such reason in this world!”

Zhang Wu was really out of breath, and regardless of the embarrassment of arguing with the woman, he let go of his voice and began to curse.

Qin Minglang's face was ugly, and he held back Qin Liu who was about to scold him: "Mother, please stop talking."

Unexpectedly, Qin Liushi squeezed Qin Minglang's hand away, and Qin Minglang, who had not worked all year round, was almost thrown to the ground.

Zhang Yan'er covered her face and ran back into the house, Qin Minglang chased after her: "Yan'er, listen to my explanation!"

"Explain what!" Qin Liushi grabbed Qin Minglang: "Mother has worked so hard to provide you with food and study, and finally survived until today. Are you going to piss your mother to death because of an irrelevant woman!"

"Mother, this marriage has been negotiated a long time ago. It's not reasonable to delay it again and again. Since I promised to marry Yan'er, I will definitely marry her!"

The woman was so angry that her face turned red, she stared and scolded: "You don't want the good daughter of the Tang family, you want to marry him, Mingming, are you confused by reading?"

Speaking of which, the woman sat down on the ground, wiped her face and began to cry: "Even if you don't care about your own future, you have to think about it for your mother and father. We have been farmers all our lives, and we have worked hard all our lives to make you stand out. I'm old now, and you still think that your parents will spend the rest of their lives doing hard work in the fields, how can you be so cruel and unfilial!"

Zhang Wu sneered: "It's been a long time since I climbed to Gao Zhi'er, so why bother to say something nice and obedient, it's better to just say that I hate the poor and love the rich! Back then, Yan'er's mother really missed her!"

Qin Minglang retreated a few steps, his face was not human, and he hit his head in pain, just when Zhang Yan'er walked out of the door: "Minglang, let me ask you, do you really have someone else? "

"Yan'er, listen to me, things are not what you think. I didn't accept Miss Tang's, it was her wishful thinking."

"Whether it's wishful thinking or your wish, Qin Xiucai can't just say it with his mouth."

Hearing the strange man's voice, the people in the courtyard looked at Wang Qingye at the same time.

Mian Shu ran up to Zhang Yan'er: "Sister Yan'er, don't listen to him, I ran into him in the academy and took something from a girl, and that girl said that her lady specially ordered meals from Yuehua Building, and so did the pastries. They did it with their own hands, but they were afraid that others would see it, so they still talked in the small bamboo forest in the academy."

Qin Minglang wanted to argue, but he knew he was caught and couldn't argue, so he lowered his brows and said, "Miss Tang's pestering her every day, I thought I should answer her once, if she felt bored, she wouldn't bother me anymore. That's why I took her stuff."

Zhang Yan'er's eyes were red again, she had a doubt in her heart, since she went to work at the stall, Qin Minglang didn't eat her food very much, in the past, even a little green vegetable fried in oil was very happy , adding stewed pork and stewed chicken legs at the end is not very happy, she thought he cared too much about her working outside, and she had eaten cakes and meals from a big restaurant, and the simple tea and light meals she sent were no longer on the table.

Thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel chills in my heart, and for a moment, I felt that the person in front of me was unfamiliar and I couldn't recognize him clearly.

"Well, explain to them why, it's your fault that the Miss Tang family has taken a fancy to you."

Qin Liu didn't cry anymore, got up and patted his underwear: "I'm too lazy to waste my time talking, let's take a step back, so as not to be ugly. Yan'er is really a virtuous and capable girl, you see In terms of love for so many years, if you really want to marry my son, then you can be a concubine. The Tang family definitely doesn't want to be a concubine, and she has a big career, and a daughter of a thousand gold doesn't say that she should be a concubine. Right? It's settled once it's done, and the wedding date can't be fixed for the time being, but since I've said yes today, I won't regret it, after the main wife enters the house, the concubine's room will enter, how about it?"

Zhang Wu spit out angrily on the spot: "Bah! You still think your boy is a prince and general? Your family has taken up all the good things! Who cares about being a concubine for your Qin family!"

"Hey, you old man, don't be shameless!"

Looking at the quarrel in the yard, Zhang Yan'er felt even more painful in her heart. She looked at Qin Minglang, and the two looked at each other.

"Yan'er, I have always been sincere to you, you... would you be willing to be wronged once for me?"

Zhang Yan'er was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and then laughed out loud again. She suddenly got up and pushed the Qin family's mother and son out of the door, and closed the courtyard door with a bang: "Forget it, let's do with the marriage! You Qin family, we are Gao Pan I'm sorry, no one will bother anyone anymore!"

"Tch, who do you think I am! I wish it was like this!" Qin Liushi dragged Qin Minglang away: "Minglang, let's go back, and we will send a matchmaker to the Tang family to propose marriage to Miss Tang's family!"

"Swallow, Swallow!"

The voice gradually faded away, and Zhang Yan'er burst into tears!

Zhang Wu regretted: "I shouldn't have expected this marriage to work out, Qin Minglang, that useless thing!"

Wang Qingye said with relief: "Fortunately, I got to know the person clearly before getting married, so that Yan'er will not waste her life in it."

Zhang Wu thought about it in pain, and nodded heavily: "Let Wang Lang see the joke."

"Actually, I only came here because of Yan'er and Qin Minglang's affairs. Uncle Wu, let's talk in the room." Wang Qingye glanced at Mianshu, and Xiao Yuzai nodded: "I'll ask Mianshu to persuade Yan'er."

Seeing the tears on Zhang Yan'er's face, Mian Shu couldn't help feeling a little distressed. Wang Qingye didn't know many people in the city, and the Zhang family was the only one he had contact with.

Zhang Yan'er didn't cry loudly, she led Mian Shu to the corner of the yard, touched the small peach blossom tree whose leaves had withered in winter: "I remember that year when my mother was still alive, Minglang and her family came to our house As guests, we stole a peach from the main room and ate it together behind the woodpile in the yard. After eating, we buried the peach pit here together, year after year, unexpectedly, the small peach pit germinated The stalks are blooming, and they have grown so big."

"I also thought that we would be like this peach tree, able to twig and bloom... Perhaps this peach tree has told me everything, it blooms every year but never bears fruit. It turns out that we are also Nothing came of it."

Zhang Yan'er touched the trunk of the tree with nostalgia, then suddenly pulled out the firewood knife, and chopped down the peach blossom tree with one stroke.

Mian Shu looked at the fallen peach tree, and was touched in his heart. He had never experienced love in the world, but from this moment on, he knew that love would not only bring light to people's eyes, but also bring destructive pain to people. .

"There are also these two pots of peony, which were also given to me. When he was 15 years old, he was born a child and was very happy. He wanted to get married early, but my aunt said that it is the best time to study. Don't let me His affairs have been delayed, and it will not be a problem if he waits another two years. He is afraid that I will be sad, so he came to the city from the village to give me two pots of peonies to reassure me. Then you can marry me in style."

Mian Shu frowned at you: "I believe he really liked you."

Yan'er nodded: "I know, of course I know."

"Sister Yan'er, you will meet better people, the best people!"

Zhang Yan'er raised her head to stop her tears, instead of suffering endless pain for a lifetime, it would be better to cut off the ulcer with one knife: "I'll give you these two pots of peonies."

When he got home, Mianshu opened his mouth to bite off the peony and swallowed it. Wang Qingye's eyes widened: "Are you stupid, kid? Why do you eat everything?"

Mian Shu said angrily, "I don't want to spoil the flowers sent by men."

"Qin Minglang gave it to Yan'er?"

"Ah."

Wang Qingye remembered these two pots of flowers. He was attracted by these two pots of peonies when he first stepped into Zhang's yard, but he didn't know that it was actually given by Qin Minglang. How could the little girl resist this kind of thing? Scholar is the most affectionate man, but there are so many people rushing to the fire. It is also because the scholar is talented and will do things that make the little daughter's family miss, such as sending flowers.

The Zhang family also confiscated the money given by the Tang family. Although Tang Suxiao was indeed kind, Zhang Wu believed that this kind of humiliation was a loss of dignity. Being poor can be hard, but you can't do things that lose integrity. Wang Qingye admired it. .

Tomorrow, the money has to be returned to Tang Suxiao, and the affairs of the Zhang family have come to an end.

Wang Qingye was plotting secretly.

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