Open a milk tea shop in the martial arts world

Autumn goes to winter, and when the window is opened in the morning, the world outside the window is covered with a thin layer of snow.

Snowing!

Tan Xiao excitedly dug out the cloak he had made long ago and put it on. The style was changed based on what he saw on TV in later generations. The bright red background was embroidered with beautiful vines, which slowly extended from the bottom to his waist. The lining was Light brown fox fur, a big hood is added behind the collar, thick white rabbit fur is sewn around the neck and the brim of the hat, which keeps warm and looks good.

She turned around twice in front of the mirror, admiring it narcissistically.

So pretty, hee hee~

This whole set of clothes cost nearly ten taels to make. She put them on and walked around the house twice. In the warm and comfortable air-conditioned room, the heat became unbearable after a while, so she had to take them off and put them on again when she went out. wear.

It's good to make a suit for Wuqing, and then the two of them can wear couple clothes.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and fewer and fewer people go out, and the business in the store is obviously cooler than in the past.

But even so, there are still people who come here every day, even if they only buy a glass of the cheapest lemonade without ice, they can sit in the store from opening to closing.

No reason, just to keep warm.

Tan Xiao found an interesting phenomenon. Recently, there are obviously more young people dressed as Confucian scholars in the store. They often come over when the door opens, and then order something casually, sit in the corner, take out the dry food they brought, and start reading .

When we first met her, she was quite struggling. There were so many people coming and going in the shop, how could she be able to see through such a noisy environment?

Lu Chen has been in school for several years, and he is not surprised by this phenomenon, so he told her, "These are probably candidates who will be leaving in March. Look at their clothes, they must be from poor families who can't afford a charcoal fire, and they are so cold." You can’t even hold a book with your fingers. Although our place is a bit noisy, it’s warm like spring, and no one drives them away, so it’s a good place for these poor students.”

Tan Xiao was in awe of these students for a moment. She glanced at them, and there were about seven or eight of them. The best ones were just wearing old clothes that had been washed white. Pretty decent.

The rest are patches one after another, everyone looks very thin, and the average person looks malnourished.

Maybe she herself is not a hardworking person in her studies, nor does she have the perseverance, and the university she went to can only be said to be average, so that she often regrets it after work. If she worked harder at that time, she could get into a better school Well, life should be a little easier in the future.

Therefore, she pays sincere respect to all those who study hard. They all say that it is difficult for a poor family to have a noble child. It is true that those who can persist in studying in such a harsh environment really have to put in a hundred times and a thousand times more effort than modern students.

For these students, she greeted all the employees in the store, if they want small requests such as hot water or borrowing the bathroom, just satisfy them.

It was snowing today, Tan Xiao deliberately went to the hotel next door to order some expensive dishes, and ate with a few employees to their satisfaction.

The smell of the food filled the whole room. Tan Xiao looked at the people who were eating hard. In half a year, Lu Chen was no longer that thin and small boy. He was growing his body. Although he was still thin, his whole mental outlook It's no longer - in the past, he can eat enough for three meals, and now he looks like a handsome guy with sharp eyebrows and stars, and he is very popular among older women.

Quite a few aunties have asked her if he is engaged, he can make money after studying, he is also polite and filial, and he is handsome, no matter how he looks at it, he suits his heart.

As for Lu Zhao, his hard-working muscles are almost invisible now, and his whole body has a tendency to develop horizontally.

This little girl, Niu Niu, looks much fairer than before, with a fleshy face, and her small body is obviously much stronger than before, and she can eat very well, her appetite is almost catching up with her.

The few women did not have the haggard and thin appearance when they first arrived, and all of them looked clean and energetic.

A strange sense of satisfaction and accomplishment suddenly rose in Tan Xiao's heart. These people are the people she gets along with the most in this era. Although it is the relationship between the boss and the employees, she has long regarded these people as her friends. She sincerely hopes that everyone can live a happy and peaceful life.

She suddenly asked, "Aunt Lu, you have money now, have you thought about letting Xiao Chen continue to study?"

Several people at the table raised their heads at the same time, and the faces of Mrs. Lu and the brothers of the Lu family showed an inexplicable fear and shame that made Tan Xiao inexplicable. She smiled and asked jokingly, "What kind of expressions are you guys doing? Did you do something bad behind my back?"

Lady Lu lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Shopkeeper Tan, I was about to tell you, but I still don't know how to speak... I plan to let Xiao Chen continue to study after the Chinese New Year, so he can't continue here." Done... I know that the store has been very busy, there is no shortage of manpower, and you have done us a great favor, so what I say now is really..."

It was very difficult to speak a sentence intermittently, and finally finished, Lady Lu covered her face with her hands, and sobbed softly as if she was ashamed.

Lu Chen also fidgeted with guilt, opened his mouth several times to say something, but didn't know what to say.

Tan Xiao hurriedly said with a little headache, "It's a good thing to be able to continue studying, Aunt Lu, even if you don't bring it up, I will tell you about it. Xiaochen is still young, so he didn't have the money to continue studying before, but now he has the conditions I can't let him continue to be a handyman with me all his life.

It was so hard for you to read on for him. You can’t sacrifice your life for me just because I fed him a few meals.Moreover……"

She blinked playfully, and said with a smile, "I'm still waiting for Xiaochen to become a high official in the future. If someone asks, he's also the one who came out from me, so I'll have more face."

Mrs. Lu thanked her with tears and smiles, and Lu Chen also grabbed the chopsticks, with an expression of wanting to cry, so moved that Tan Xiao hurriedly took a lion's head from the chopsticks to Niu Niu, and said with a smile, "Let's Niu Niu That’s right, eat more to be able to earn money, and save all of it for your dowry.”

The seven-year-old girl has no gender awareness yet, so she happily ate the meat in the bowl, and also gave Tan Xiao a piece of meat, and said without any shyness, "Elder sister also eat more, save more dowry .”

Tan Xiao snorted, and the atmosphere on the table became a little more relaxed.

While eating, she casually chatted with Mrs. Lu about Lu Chen's future academic arrangements. Suddenly, a loud belly rumbling interrupted their conversation.

Turning his head to look at the voice, a young student blushed with embarrassment, his whole body was like a boiled shrimp, he was so ashamed that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it.

At this time, there were several uncontrollable sounds in his stomach, and the student filled the cup with more than half a cup of water, which temporarily suppressed the sound of rumbling stomach.

Tan Xiao glanced at the others again, and some of them took out a piece of black cornbread-like thing and gnawed it slowly. It seemed a bit hard to bite, and it took a lot of chewing.

But there was no look of disgust on the faces of these people, and they ate calmly one bite at a time. They seemed to have never smelled the aroma of the big meal not far away, and they were completely unaffected.

The Wang family's mother-in-law smiled lightly, "The shopkeeper must have never seen what they eat?"

Tan smiled and nodded.

The mother-in-law of the Wang family said, "This is the main food for us poor people every day. We add some wild vegetables and beans to the miscellaneous grains, and there is bran in it. It is rough to eat a mouthful."

She suddenly lost any appetite, sighed a long time, got up and went to the bar to get a handful of money, and said, "The one who eats the most goes and buys two baskets of meat buns and comes back, remember to keep them hot."

Lu Zhao chuckled, and before leaving, stuffed a big mouthful of meat into his mouth, took the money and ran away happily.

In a few minutes, Lu Zhao came in with two big steamers, and after asking her, he took them to the group of students and distributed them one by one, and each of them got three.

The students came over to express their thanks one after another, Tan Xiaowen said in a warm voice, "I have always respected scholars, and you are all the future pillars of my Great Song Dynasty. There are tens of thousands of people who are also suffering."

The students were all moved, seeing that they wanted to thank them again and again, Tan Xiao told them to go back to study quickly.

She quietly observed those people again, and when she got the fragrant meat buns, she ate them in three or two mouthfuls when she was very hungry, and some wrapped them in oiled paper carefully and put them away.

Maybe take it home for the family to eat.

She felt a little uncomfortable. People who grew up in modern society have never really suffered from hunger, so they simply cannot face such a scene.

She remembered a famous story.

The boy threw the fish that had been blown onto the beach by the waves back into the sea one by one. Someone asked in puzzlement, "You can't save all the fish. Who cares if you do that?"

The little boy grabbed a fish and said, "I can't save all the fish, but I can save this one! This fish cares, and this one too."

If there are more young and energetic students like this, and when some of them pass the exam and enter the imperial court, won't this decaying imperial court have more hope?

She walked slowly towards Shenhou's Mansion, and some ideas gradually formed in her heart.

Walking to the small building familiarly, Wuqing still buried her head between the desks. There was a brazier burning in the room. Although it was not cold, compared with her air-conditioned room, it was like an ice hole.

Wuqing held her hand and slowly channeled her inner strength. After a while, her body that was frozen outside became warm again.

"I have something for you." She looked at him with bright eyes and said happily.

"Oh?" Wuqing raised his eyebrows and looked at her with a smile.

Tan Xiao took out a delicate cloth bag from her arms, untied the drawstring, and took out the jade pendant she had chosen.

"You gave me a hairpin, so I have to give you a jade pendant too, so that you have something from me." She said shyly with red cheeks, "I also tied the knot on this one myself, and I'm not very skilled. Don't be ugly..."

Ruthlessly hung the jade pendant on his body, the white gown took advantage of the green jade pendant, and the concentric knots of dark green silk threads looked well-matched and harmonious.

Tan Xiao stepped back to appreciate it, and said happily, "It's so beautiful, you will wear it every day from now on."

"Okay..." He smiled lightly, and asked again, "Why don't you wear the hairpin I gave you?"

Tan Xiao muttered, "I'm not very stable when I walk, what should I do if it falls off after a few days?"

After thinking about it ruthlessly, he said, "That's right, it's safer to lock it up."

"Well, how dare you say I'm not dignified!" Tan Xiao pounced on him fiercely with a straight face, scratching all over his body.

After frolicking for a while, she remembered the purpose of her visit and said, "I want to ask your opinion on something. I want to sponsor some students to study. Do you think this is feasible?"