The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 77 Free Drinks

Xue Changcheng made a sincere invitation: "Wait until your father Xiu Mu comes to Uncle Xue's house for dinner."

"good."

The invitation was sincere, but Su Ruojin didn't show any pretense and simply agreed.

The big one and the little one then parted with smiles on their faces.

Huaping sent the person to the door and turned around to leave when he saw the young lady going in and closing the door.

　　When I walked to the door of Chief Xue’s house, I turned my head and looked at the door of Xue’s house for a few times.

The Dayin Dynasty has been at peace for a long time, prosperous and prosperous, with developed scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. The small countries on the north and south borders have been jealous for a long time, especially the four small countries in the west. It is said that they have sent people to Bianjing to study, but Honglu Temple has not received the diplomatic envoy letter. .

Are these people here? If they come, where are they?

 Back home, Cheng Yingzhen had already prepared a meal, and Su Yanli was off duty. He was studying the lessons Su Dalang had learned during the day in the corridor, and Xue Wulang was also nearby.

Su Ruojin quietly walked up the steps from the other side to the corridor, entered the kitchen, and whispered softly: "Mom, it's time to have dinner!"

“It’s good, I’ve been waiting for you.” Cheng Yingzhen was urged to have dinner by her daughter, so she reached out and tapped her on the head, gave her a look, and asked with concern: “Who sent you back?”

"Mao Ya stayed there to help. Uncle Hua Ping sent me back."

Cheng Yingzhen felt relieved when she heard what Hua Ping had given her, "We'll have dinner after your father has passed your brother's exams."

Su Ruojin told about how he met Xue Wulang’s father and invited him to dinner when he came back.

“Master Xue has already sent you a note. I will take a rest on the tenth day of the lunar month and we will go over to have a meal.”

 Oh, it turns out that the adults have already passed the gas!

Su Ruojin was hungry, so she stuck her head out of the kitchen door and looked into the corridor.

Su Yanli also finished his school exams and asked Xue Wulang to have dinner with him, but he refused. Xiaolangjun carried his schoolbag and went home. When he saw Su Erniang at the door of the kitchen, he grinned and stretched out his hand to wave to her, "Ah Jin, Forrest, see you tomorrow!”

"See you tomorrow."

 The eight-year-old boy is always so polite and serious like a little adult, which is very funny.

The weather was hot. After dinner, the Su family took a shower under the corridor to enjoy the cool air. Unconsciously, they started talking about Chief Xue’s promotion.

 “Dad, he is now an official of the fifth rank.” He is several ranks higher than you.

Su Yanli said very calmly, "Not everyone likes to be in power and enjoy the pleasure of superiority brought by being a high and powerful person."

　　Yes, her father is a man who has no desire for power. He concentrates on teaching and comes back to educate his children. He is just fine in an ordinary way.

Huaping did not go back to Su Ji's shop, but went to their special courtyard. Unexpectedly, the young master was there.

 “Hua Ping has met the little prince.”

Zhao Lan was sitting in the study room, and Mr. Shen was sitting across the table. The two seemed to be chatting about something.

Seeing Hua Ping, Mr. Shen smiled and said: "Hua Ping, the little prince wants to learn martial arts from you."

Hua Ping was stunned, "Didn't the prince hire a good martial artist for the little prince?"

 “The little prince said that your skills are better.”

Hua Ping shook his head, "Good skills do not mean good teaching." He bowed his hands and saluted, "Little Prince, if you want to learn, I have better people to recommend to you."

Mr. Shen frowned. It was rare for the young prince to want to deal with people like them. Hua Ping did not seize the opportunity and actually pushed the prince away.

"who?"

"Huang Shun!" Hua Ping said, "He has traveled all over the country and is well-informed. He is more suitable to be the master of the county king."

Zhao Lan agreed: "Well, then it's him."

So the master and servant discussed a time period to learn martial arts. After the discussion, Mr. Shen asked with a heavy face: "Little Prince, don't you ask Huang Shun why he went to Su Ji to be a shopkeeper?"

Under the dim light, Zhao Lan was so beautiful that she didn't look like a real person. She looked like a painting, which people like Shen Mingqing couldn't touch or see through.

Mr. Shen and Hua Ping waited in silence for a long time, and finally heard Zhao Lan ask, "Why?"

Mr. Shen replied solemnly: "Two of his companions died in the arrest."

 “Has anyone been caught?”

"No, he ran away." Shen Mingqing looked tired, "I didn't get the list either."

Zhao Lan looked indifferently and glanced at the few people in front of him. They were hidden in the crowd with various professions and had no name to pay tribute to Dayin.

The wind blew from the corner of the window, and the flame of the oil lamp danced. Suddenly, the lamp exploded, breaking the silence of the people.

Zhao Lan stood up and left, wearing brocade clothes and wide robes, and golden threads, which shone under the light as he walked, making ordinary people like Hua Ping's eyes hurt.

 After a while, silence returned to the courtyard.

Hua Ping sighed, "In a few years, we will disappear from the public and eventually be forgotten by the court."

"No way." Mr. Shen sat down slumped and put his hands on his face. He didn't know whether to persuade himself or everyone else, "No way... I believe it won't..."

 The days passed leisurely.

Mrs. Fan used free drinks to attract customers. When she put the drinks out on the first day, many people came into the store to have barbecue. The popularity and turnover of the shop immediately increased.

The shopkeeper was afraid that the business would not be enough to pay for the drinks, so he quickly settled the accounts after the first day of business. At the end of the calculation, not only did he not pay for the drinks, but he also made dozens of taels.

 The waiter was so shocked that he couldn’t believe it, “How is that possible?”

The shopkeeper couldn't believe how he could earn so much money. He paid special attention the next day and found that most of the people who came in to have barbecue were patrol officers from the Military and Horse Department and small officials from the nearby government offices. Compared with ordinary people, they had much better skills. There is no shortage of money here, and when I order barbecue, I always order dozens of skewers, and I am so busy that I almost can't serve it.

 From ancient times to the present, men have always been good at drinking. Otherwise, how could they sell cigarettes and alcohol exclusively? Put out the wine that attracts greedy men, and are you afraid that they won't come into the shop to consume?

Mrs. Fan finally made money for barbecue. Su Ruojin was happy for her, but she thought to herself, I wonder how Lu Ji’s family was divided?

When he arrived at Uncle Huaping's hut, the weather was hot. He lay on a bamboo chair under the shade of a tree, just like a sea turtle climbing ashore to bask in the sun. It was very comfortable and free.

Su Ruojin rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle Hua Ping, you promised me that you would add some fire. Have you added the fire yet?"

Huaping put an old cattail leaf fan on his face and lazily uttered three words, "Almost!"

"real?"

Huaping was dissatisfied with his young boss questioning his ability. He took off the fan and sneered, "When did I, Huaping, ever fool anyone?"

That's true.

 “After everything is done, I’ll treat Uncle Hua Ping to a feast.”

"Let's talk about whether it's a big meal or not. You can give me an ice cream to try first."

 The lazy person spends the same amount of money, now we have to add another four words: the greedy person spends the same amount of money.

Hua Ping ate the ice cream as he wished, and Su Ruojin also waited until Lu Er came to see her again.

He rubbed his hands shyly, "Su...Su Xiaodong, you...said you could help me, do you still count?"

Su Ruojin didn’t hide it and went straight to the point: “Of course.”

"Then...I'll go back and buy ingredients for skewers now." Lu Er ran away happily without even asking for a deposit.

Su Ruojin asked Uncle Shutong to stop him, "Who said you were asked to skewer me?"

"Ah!" Lu Er was dumbfounded, "I...I knew that the little boss must have found someone to conspire with him!"

 (End of this chapter)