Great Imperial Merchant

Near the beginning of summer, the whole Quzhou is full of flowers.

The winter jasmine is thankful and red, the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant and fragrant, and the fragrance is full of misty rain in the city.

At the beginning of April, the second young master of the Xia family came to this world early, and after a day of pain, Xia Junran gave birth to her second son safely.

The next day, when Yang Zhongyuan and the others got the news and went to visit, they only saw a baby who was just born like a monkey.Neither Yang Zhongyuan nor Cheng Weizhe had ever seen a child born, so seeing it felt fresh.

Xia Junran is in good spirits. Although she is still lying on the bed, her complexion is rosy, which is due to her strong body all the time.

Seeing the surprised expressions of the two of them, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Babies look like that when they are born, and you will know when you have your own children."

Hearing this, Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help but blush a little. He looked up at Cheng Weizhe, and then looked down at the child.

The child was really small, with red cheeks and soft hair on his head. He closed his eyes, as if he was dreaming the most beautiful dream.

"He's so cute." Yang Zhongyuan sighed.

"You see him cute now, but you won't think he's cute anymore when he's tossing you at night to prevent him from sleeping, pooping when he eats, and urinating when he says he wants to pee. When he can run and dance, he has to mess up the house every day. Just let it go, look at our young master, after he can talk, he becomes a chatterbox, and he doesn't stop for a while, you little annoying."

Xia Junran said with a smile, while the eldest son was away, he quickly read a few words to him.

As soon as he finished speaking, a child's voice came into the room from outside: "Father, you are secretly speaking ill of me again."

Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe turned their heads and saw a powder-carved and jade-carved child with a Zongjiao opened the curtain and ran into the house. The eldest son of the Xia family is only six years old now, and he looks like his two fathers. Well, it makes people like it after seeing it.

Another one, the two fathers are also well educated.

Seeing that there were outsiders in the room, the child immediately slowed down when he was about to run, obediently saluted Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe, and said in his mouth: "Uncle Yang, Uncle Cheng, are you here to see my brother?"

Such a sensible child does not have the "annoying spirit" that Xia Junran said, but rather looks like a well-educated young man.

"Ziyu, how are you, come and see your brother after class?" Cheng Weizhe greeted him with a smile.

Although Xia Ziyu was only six years old, she was enlightened early, and now she is studying at the largest Hongyan Academy in Quzhou City, and is a well-known child prodigy in Quzhou City.

"Well, sir, knowing that I have a little brother, he allowed me to come back to see him earlier." Xia Ziyu said, feeling a little embarrassed.

Although he bears the name of a child prodigy, he himself is quite diligent and studious, and he does his homework more seriously than other children every day.After finishing his homework, he himself has to learn other books from his grandfather.Xia Junran and Shang Ze didn't force him too much in terms of studies, but he himself was very motivated.

As Xia Ziyu said, she walked lightly to the edge of the small bed, lay down on the side of the bed, and looked at her younger brother seriously.

The baby on the bed was still soundly asleep, while the child beside the bed looked very happy. The scene looked very warm, and the three adults in the room all breathed less at the same time.

Xia Ziyu looked at it carefully for a long time before she turned her head and asked Xia Junran, "Daddy, why isn't father here?"

Xia Junran smiled and said, "Your father hasn't closed his eyes for two days, I'll drive him to rest for a while, what's the matter?"

Xia Ziyu shook her head, her face was a little red: "This is the manager's grandfather who picked me up, I'm afraid that my father is also sick."

Xia Junran was a little funny when he heard it. This son is good in everything, but he is a little too thoughtful.He looks like a shy little boy, but he actually knows everything in his heart.

Seeing that Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe were puzzled, he smiled and explained: "Usually I and Aze will pick him up from school in exchange, unless there is really no free time, the manager will pick him up."

As far as he said, Yang Zhongyuan, who is as smart as Yang Zhongyuan, would definitely understand it. Sure enough, Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe immediately looked at Xia Ziyu with a smile and made him blush.

Cheng Weizhe saw that he pursed his lips, and quickly changed the subject: "Brother Xia, I wonder if the little nephew has a name?"

"Not yet, Ziyu's name was given by my father. This time, the name of the second son of our family is being robbed by many people. I guess Man Yue won't be able to be named."

Everyone said Xia Ziyu's name was nice, so the little baby puffed up her chest when she heard it, and her face was full of pride.

Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe saw his clever appearance, and looked at the face of the baby sleeping soundly in the crib, and couldn't help but be full of anticipation.

In just one month, the two of them will get married, and they will grow old together forever and never be separated.

The marriage customs of Quzhou people are slightly different from those of Danluo.Most of the people in Danluo went to the husband's house to pick up people, and then they rode horses and paraded through the streets together.But here in Quzhou, the two bridegroom officials came out of their homes together, walked around the city in the opposite direction, and saw the city's magnificence and beauty all the way, and finally met by chance in a casual place, just reconciled with the "passing a thousand sails, only the king's true love" "meaning.

In this way, Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe felt good about it, so they decided on this form of marriage.

Daliang people are naturally very particular about getting married.

From waking up early to parade in the morning, worshiping in the morning, entertaining guests at noon, kneeling down and worshiping the ancestral tablet together in the afternoon, and having a reunion dinner with the whole family in the evening, this trip is really tiring.

But people are in good spirits on happy occasions, no matter how tired they are, the grooms feel it is worth it.

In order to get married in a safe and stable manner, Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe have not been idle for a few months. First, they settled everything in the shop and tidy up the house. Then they breathed a sigh of relief and started to recruit people. .

The two of them will open their business after getting married, and they can use the happy event to make the opening publicity more publicized.After all, when doing business, who knows if your home is good if you don't make it public?

Cheng Weizhe came up with this idea, and the two of them just tried on the wedding clothes that day, and they were very happy: "Xiao Yuan, why don't we open our shop and make a flowing mat?"

Yang Zhongyuan was helping him take off the tiara, he paused and asked, "You mean to set up a flowing banquet when you get married?"

Cheng Weizhe nodded, and waited for Yang Zhongyuan to help him take off the crown, then got up and sat down with Yang Zhongyuan on his back: "Aren't many big families like this, when they get married, they make running water mats, and let the common people eat whatever they want for a whole day. Anyway, we still have some in hand." For the rest of the money, on the first day of opening the shop, you have to make a signboard for free. If you don’t want to open a restaurant after you get married, you don’t need to serve the best of everything. One or two of your favorite dishes are paired with those that are often used in wedding banquets. I believe that after your seasoning, even the flowing water mat will be delicious."

Asking him to say this, Yang Zhongyuan was also quite moved: "But in terms of cost, it is difficult to control."

Indeed, the running water mat is not like they used to sell noodles on the street, where a bowl of noodles per person is only a few copper coins. After all, a table of noodles is not cheap, let alone a wedding banquet.

But they are always newcomers, so if they don't give up some first, how can they make money?

"You can only get what you have. Our first restaurant, isn't it just an exquisite way that ordinary people can afford? Choose more home-cooked dishes on the flowing water table. It is not expensive and tastes good. Wait for the people in Quzhou to eat it. Well, even if they come here later and see more expensive dishes, they will have confidence in their hearts, and naturally they won't think it's not worth the money, don't you think?"

This is indeed the truth. Many things that have not been seen and tried will naturally feel expensive.But after trying some of them, they feel that they are worth the money, and when they see more expensive dishes, most people will want to try them, because the expensive ones are always better.

Yang Zhongyuan listened, nodded and said: "Okay, as you say."

After everything was settled, Yang Zhongyuan dragged Cheng Weizhe to find the cook.

Since he wanted to open a restaurant, he would definitely not be able to do it by himself. Not only did he need two or three skilled cooks, but he also had to have quick apprentices and mistresses.

This time, Yang Zhongyuan was not polite to Xia Junran. He not only posted a recruitment notice at the door of his shop, but also asked Xia's family to help find someone.The chef in charge of the spoon in the restaurant is no better than Xiaoer, as long as he is clever.They had to be experienced and practical, otherwise they would learn all of Yang Zhongyuan's skills and leave to open a restaurant by themselves, and the loss would not be worth the gain.

During that period of time in early May, Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe had been busy with the matter of being the chef.Xiaoer and the apprentice had already recruited people, and even the family had hired two servants to wash clothes and clean the yard, making the whole family a lot easier.

For this, Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe lamented: "No wonder everyone wants to stand out. It turns out that it is better to be served by someone than to do it yourself."

Cheng Weizhe held his hand and filled him with tea: "People work hard all their lives to make life easier for themselves and their families. If we have money, we can live in a big house and have servants to serve us. Naturally, everyone is yearning for it. But on the other hand, we must do our own business well, otherwise, once the money cannot keep up with it one day, everything will be empty. There are gains and losses, in fact That's the truth."

"Things at home don't have to be hard, but you have to worry about them all the time in the shop, and that's true."

The two of them couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled as they spoke.

For the two of them, being busy in their careers seems to be more desirable, no matter how busy they are, it is worth it.

Until the day before the wedding, the shop did not find a good cook. Yang Zhongyuan was very picky about the cook in his shop. He not only had to have good craftsmanship, but also good character. It is difficult to find the right candidates.Cheng Weizhe had no choice but to temporarily ask the Xia family's master who was in charge of the spoon to help him for a day, so as to finish the wedding banquet on the wedding day first.

In the midst of such a busy schedule, May [-]th arrived as promised.

This day is the wedding ceremony of Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe.