Great Imperial Merchant

Cheng Weizhe originally planned to go to work in the shop the next day, but Yang Zhongyuan insisted on telling him to take another day off, so Cheng Weizhe could only obediently squat at home, flipping through the few books his master gave him.

Most of the tea events in Cheng Weizhe's mind came from flipping through books. He was good at reading when he was young. Although he didn't say that he would never forget it, he still had some impressions of what he had read.But at the moment, he has read these books many times and is quite serious, and he has almost memorized them by heart.

The morning in early summer is still a little cool, and the summer breeze blows, which makes people feel refreshed.

Cheng Weizhe quickly finished reading the "Tea Classic" in his hand, and looked up at the sky outside.

The tea room on the first floor was remodeled by him and Yang Zhongyuan together. There are eight carved wooden doors on the side near the lotus pond. When the weather is hot, all of them are opened, and the water vapor is dense, which is quite cool.

It's already this time, Cheng Weizhe thought that Yang Zhongyuan should wake up too, so he got up, put on his shoes, and walked to the second floor.

Changqing was coming in from the outside, saw Cheng Weizhe, and asked: "Master, the morning meal is ready, do you want it?"

Cheng Weizhe nodded, seeing that he would also go up to the second floor, he waved his hand to let him go on his own: "I'm upstairs, go pass the meal."

Changqing smiled, and retired respectfully.

He and Li Yi were young children, and their families were poor, even if they were married, they would not have a house to live in.It happened that the Yang family was recruiting workers, so they packed their bags and came together to apply for the job.

Originally, I just wanted to have a job to do, but I didn't realize that the owner of the house was kind and kind. His father-in-law Li Yi not only followed the two masters to run outside major affairs, but also entrusted him to take care of most of the family affairs.

Both Li Yi and Changqing are very honest and responsible people. If the master thinks highly of them, they won't have any dirty thoughts. They just want to work hard in the Cheng family.

Although they haven't done many jobs, they also feel that the two young masters are very close.

How should I put it, these two people know each other, love each other, and respect each other.Many of the trivial things that should be done by their servants are not done by others, which is really commendable.

Cheng Weizhe didn't know what the steward of his inner house was thinking. He entered the bedroom lightly, and saw in the dim light, the curtains of the bed were flying with the wind, and a handsome young man was lying on his side under the thin brocade quilt, his messy black hair scattered. By the ears, it made his skin whiter and his lips redder.

"Still sleeping..." Cheng Weizhe sighed softly, and sat down beside the bed.

Cheng Weizhe remembered that when he first came back, his skin was not as fair as it is now, and his whole body was also thin, like a stick of firewood.But he is not that flimsy firewood that anyone can break easily.

His Xiao Yuan, on the other hand, is very much like Pu Liu, tough as silk, firm as a wall, never admitting defeat.

"Xiao Yuan, wake up." Cheng Weizhe gently stroked his cheek with his hand.

Yang Zhongyuan moved his eyelids and frowned slightly, but he didn't wake up immediately.

Cheng Weizhe saw that he was refusing to wake up, so he suddenly pinched his nose like a trick to prevent him from breathing freely.

Sure enough, Yang Zhongyuan didn't react much at first, but soon, he shook his head, snorted a few more times, then stretched out his hand from the quilt, and knocked off Cheng Weizhe's mischievous hand with a "slap".

"I hate it." Yang Zhongyuan didn't lift his eyelids, he just cursed him vaguely, turned over and continued to sleep.

Although Yang Zhongyuan became a little lazy after the arrangements for Fumanlou were made, he didn't sleep as much as he does now.In the past, as long as Cheng Weizhe called him, he could still wake up, and he would not lose his temper like now.

Really, like a cat that hasn't woken up.

Cheng Weizhe thought this way, but he felt complacent.

It was him who brought this man back, no one else.

"Xiao Yuan," Cheng Weizhe sneaked into the quilt with both hands, pinching the soft flesh on his waist, "I'm still awake, breakfast is going to be cold."

Yang Zhongyuan was most afraid that Cheng Weizhe would tickle him and be easily pinched. Yang Zhongyuan finally laughed out loud after enduring it for a long time, and he gradually came to his senses.

His eyelashes are very long, and the black eyes under the eyelashes are like pearls in the sea, bright and beautiful.

"I'm sleepy." Yang Zhongyuan stared at Cheng Weizhe and murmured.

Cheng Weizhe smiled, seeing that he was really awake, he pulled out his hand and lifted the quilt for him: "Get up, it's important to eat first."

Yang Zhongyuan pouted, but still reluctantly sat up: "I want to wash my face."

"Okay, sir, please sit down, and the little one will come when you go." Cheng Weizhe joked with him, and went to the bathroom to fetch hot water.

Yang Zhongyuan blinked, and finally laughed out loud: "You."

The two dawdled together on the second floor for a while, and by the time they went downstairs, the whole family had arrived.

The two old people got up earlier than them, and had eaten early, and now they just sat by and drank tea with them.Xu Xiaotian hadn't eaten yet. Although he was hungry, he didn't say a word, and sat obediently in his seat.

Four small dishes and a large bowl of millet pumpkin porridge were placed on the Eight Immortals table in the hall. Changqing was walking into the house with a few baskets of buns, and happened to meet the two hostesses who came downstairs.

Yang Zhongyuan smiled at him: "Changqing, good morning, what are you eating today?"

Changqing put the buns on the table, turned around and bowed to him: "Master Yuan, you are too early, I made two kinds of buns today, one is shrimp skin vermicelli shepherd's purse buns, and the other is roasted pork buns. If there is minced meat and custard missing, I will come right away."

Yang Zhongyuan nodded, and suddenly felt that his saliva was about to flow to the ground.

Although Changqing's skills were average when he first came, but with him around, how could he not be able to teach a good cook.The noodles and stir-fried dishes made now are very decent, and the family eats to their heart's content.

When the court food was ready and the whole family finished their meal quietly, Yang Zhongyuan told Changqing: "You can ask the boys to do the work of serving the food in the future. You won't feel tired after this trip."

Chang Qing smiled and called the servant to take down the dishes.

There are only two young men and him in the family, and there are only two porters in the front yard. Because there are few people, he and Li Yi live alone in the same courtyard.

Although the main family is small and they are used to doing simple things by themselves, they have limited manpower after all.Changqing was ashamed to let the two servants who had cleaned up the whole morning go back to work, and he did most of the breakfast by himself.

Their house is like this, in fact, there are just enough people, Changqing didn't tell Yang Zhongyuan about the servant, he just quietly served tea, and then left the main house.

Just after eating breakfast, the family moved to the tea room and continued to drink tea to eliminate food.

Yang Zhongyuan remembered what his father had told him just now, and the hand holding the tea cup couldn't help but paused: "It happens that everyone is here, why don't we talk about Xiaotian's affairs?"

Xu Xiaotian was eating fruit cake, when he heard his words, he coughed twice, his face flushed red: "I, I, I... what's the matter with me?"

Cheng Weizhe patted him on the back: "You kid, eat slowly."

Xu Xiaotian quickly took a sip of tea to suppress his throat, and finally calmed down.

Cheng Weizhe saw that he was not flustered anymore, so he looked up at Zhou Quanxu and Han Shiqian, seeing that the two old people were very indifferent, and got Yang Zhongyuan's instructions, he thought about it and asked him: "Little Tian, ​​although you have worshiped your Uncle Yuan as your teacher , but at that time you were young and... had just experienced a tragedy, so it is understandable for you to nod and agree indiscriminately."

Xu Xiaotian really didn't expect to talk about this matter today, and immediately wanted to open his mouth to refute, but Cheng Weizhe waved his hand at him, and continued: "Although you are not very old now, Uncle Zhe knows that you are a smart boy. I also have my own ideas. You have seen how the family is doing during this time. Now can you tell Uncle Zhe what you really want to do in the future? If you want to study, I will find the best academy for you to send you to study , if you want to continue learning crafts, then Uncle Yuan will teach you everything without saying a word. Even if you want to stay at home without doing anything, that's fine, as long as your Grandpa Han agrees."

After Cheng Weizhe finished this series of words, he laughed, but Han Shiqian glared at him and snorted coldly.

After living together for so many days, Xu Xiaotian has already regarded these people who have treated him so well as close relatives. Now his personality is much more cheerful than before, and he has also learned to act like a baby and beg for mercy with his elders. Too much.

Because of this, Xu Xiaotian gradually changed from alienated and sensitive to caring and stable. He seriously thought about Cheng Weizhe's words, thinking about the future that was still far away in his opinion.

It is said to be far away, but it is actually very close.

He is eleven or twelve years old this year, and he will have his hair tied in three or four years.By the time he reaches fifteen locks of hair, he is considered a teenager and is no longer considered a child.In most families, they are already ready to use it when they are 15 years old. Cleaning and cooking at home, and busy farming in the field require them to learn and work hard.

On Baozhu Street, most of the running waiters are of this age.

Although Yang Zhongyuan and the others didn't want Xu Xiaotian to go out to work so early, he must have an errand that he wanted to do.Even if you only study and learn at home, it can be regarded as arty and serious.

Xu Xiaotian thought deeply, and the adults didn't bother him, they just read a book and drank tea quietly.

Finally, Xu Xiaotian understood everything, looked up at Yang Zhongyuan seriously, and said firmly: "Master, although Xiaotian is stupid, he also wants to help the family's business. Xiaotian can't make tea at all, but cooking But it works. Master, Xiaotian still wants to learn crafts from you, and I can help you if there are things in the kitchen in the future."

After Xu Xiaotian finished speaking, he stood up again and bowed deeply to Han Shiqian: "Grandpa, Xiaotian is very grateful for your careful teaching these days. Although you are always lazy and cheating and saying that you don't want to study, you know in your heart that you are doing it for me. Good. If you are still willing to teach Xiaotian in the future, Xiaotian also wants to continue to read more books with grandpa. You don’t need to be an official in high school, as long as you can understand things.”

No matter how smart Xu Xiaotian is, he is only a kid in his teens, and being able to say such a thing is quite refined.

Seeing that Han Shiqian was also a little moved, Yang Zhongyuan sighed and said, "Little Tian, ​​from now on, you can go with me to help in the back kitchen of the building at noon, and let your grandpa teach you to read when you come back in the afternoon, okay?"

Ever since Xu Xiaotian got close to them, he always called him Uncle Yuan, calling him master suddenly made Yang Zhongyuan's eyes blush.Even though he knew Xu Xiaotian would have to work harder, he still wanted to follow the child's wishes.

After Yang Zhongyuan finished speaking, it was Han Shiqian who took the words: "Xiaotian, since it is what you want, work hard, do you hear me?"

Seeing the whole family looking at him kindly, Xu Xiaotian raised his small face and gave an "um" vigorously.