Chapter 85： Decide

Chen Xing made up his mind, thinking of going to Gu Lang tomorrow to make it clear, thinking of Gu Lang's happy appearance, he felt so happy, he hugged the quilt and turned it over a few times, and then fell asleep beautifully past.

Chen Xing greeted Qiu Jiu who was still rubbing his eyes and yawning, and then said happily: "Qiu Jiu, this porridge will be ready in half an hour, you Remember to call Gu Lang to get up later."

Qiu Jiu immediately woke up when he heard this, looked at Chen Xing and said: "By the way, I almost forgot. My son went out early in the morning, and said he could only get it this afternoon. Come back, don't leave his breakfast."

Still staring at the steamer, thinking about how to talk to Gu Lang later, Chen Xing was stunned, turned his head and looked at Qiu Jiu stupidly: " He went there, why did he leave in such a hurry, why didn't you follow?"

Qiu Jiu's eyes flashed, and she shook her head, showing an expression I didn't know, and said with a guilty conscience: "It seems that I'm looking for a friend, because it's not a big deal, so I'm alone went."

Chen Xing, who was a little lost because of Gu Lang's absence, didn't notice Qiu Jiu's guilty conscience when he said this, just lowered his eyebrows and answered in a low voice, "Oh, No matter what, let me tell you."

Qiu Jiu looked at Chen Xing's lost expression, pursed her lips, hesitated for a while, but still did not reveal the whereabouts of his son.

I'll be back in the afternoon anyway, do you know it's okay to go there? Qiu Jiuru thought about it, completely unaware that Chen Xing wanted to tell Gu Lang with a stomach full of words at this time, but was frustrated because he couldn't see anyone.

After breakfast, Chen Xing and Qiu Jiu checked the stock of jelly and fruit wine in the warehouse, and selectively brought some to the small restaurant. As soon as you enter through the back door, you will be greeted by people who have been busy for a long time.

Seeing the shopkeeper coming, Aunt Zhao, who was still washing vegetables, and Aunt Li, who joined him, greeted him, "Mr. Boss, early!"

It will sell well when the store opens.

When they were done with this, Chen Xing looked at Xiao Wang and Qiushi in the back kitchen and said: "Today the big boss is not here, the back kitchen will be handed over to you later, I hope you can perform well , if there is anything wrong, come and find me in front!"

"Yes!"

"Yes."

The two answers are different, the former Xiao Wang's answer is full of energy, the latter Qiu Shi's answer is calm and sophisticated.

Watching them, even if he sees something he doesn't understand, he will give him a few pointers. Now let him start cooking, he feels that he has been fully affirmed by the small boss. He thinks that although he can't be as delicious as the little boss's cooking for a while, but in time he will be able to!

Compared with Xiao Wang's excitement, Qiu Shi next to him is much calmer. He looked at Chen Xing who had high hopes for them, and continued: "I will work hard. of."

Hearing their promise, Chen Xing nodded with satisfaction. In order to relax a little these days, he did not train Xiao Wang and Qiushi less. Basically, the dishes in the store during this period of time, They will also be good at it. As long as they do it according to what he teaches on weekdays, they will never smash the signs in their store. If the guests want to eat extra dishes, and they can't handle it, he can do it himself.

Thinking like this, Chen Xing went to the front desk with peace of mind, ready to clean up the front desk and start the day's business. Only when he arrived at the front desk, he found that it was neatly arranged, and the books Gu Lang had read in the past few days were stacked in the corner.

Chen Xing looked at the covers of the books, guessing it was a few travelogues, or biographies, etc. He patted the covers lightly, wanting to put them under the counter in a drawer, lest he accidentally get dirty later.

Who knew that as soon as he picked it up, a piece of paper fell out of it. Chen Xing felt it was strange, but when he picked it up, he saw two little people holding hands with an ambiguous posture, even if the method was simple , The style of painting is random, but at first glance he saw that the people painted on it were himself and Gu Lang.

Chen Xing could even imagine the scene of Gu Lang sitting here with a calm face, leisurely painting this picture. I don't know if anyone else around Gu Lang saw it when he painted the words at the time. As long as he thought that someone saw the painting, he felt inexplicably a little ashamed.

"Little boss, we're going to open the door now!"

The voice of Qiu Jiu was heard not far away, Chen Xing hurriedly put the painting and the book under the counter, and then said to the person beside the door: "Open! I'm going to All right."

"Good!"

As the door of the restaurant opened, people came in one after another. The originally quiet restaurant also became lively. Even Chen Xing, who was only in charge of collecting money, began to get busy. He hesitated that this was the first time he had done a checkout business. Even if there were not many people, he was a little busy .

Some acquaintances made fun of him when they saw him, "Little boss, you can't collect money as fast as your husband! How can you manage your family's money in the future!"

Chen Xing smiled and did not speak, but he felt a little guilty in his heart. He felt that this guest was right. He wanted to manage the family's money, and this ledger had to be settled!

When the jelly and fruit wine were sold out, and he was only responsible for collecting the money on the table, he even felt a little free.

When people are free, they can't restrain their thoughts, and Chen Xing is no exception. He sat on the counter and watched people come and go, but he was thinking about where Gu Lang went. , Why haven't you come back after so long, and I don't know if I can come back on time at night.

Just as Chen Xing stared outside in a daze, thinking if Gu Lang came back a little later, maybe when he picked him up, he saw a restaurant on the opposite side pushing it for about six years The old man of ten came out, and the old man stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.

Chen Xing suddenly came back to his senses, and then he saw the old man support the basket behind him, glanced at the restaurant, and didn't say anything more. Slowly approached them.

Chen Xing looked at the old man standing a few steps away from his restaurant, with a hesitant look on his face, as if he wanted to come but was afraid to come. In the end, after several hesitations, he still walked towards them.

Seeing this, Chen Xing also came out of the counter, came to the old grandfather, and said gently, "Old man, who are you?"

Maybe it was at the restaurant just now, and the old man looked at the gentle-looking brother in a blue long gown, his face still had a bit of fear, and finally he looked like He gathered up his courage and said to him: "Little son, do you accept wild animals here?"

Chen Xing originally thought that the old man was driven out because he begged for food, but he didn't expect that he came to sell wild things, and was a little stunned for a while.

The old man looked at Chen Xing and didn't answer, thinking that he didn't want it. He seemed to be in a hurry, and quickly said: "Little son, you can look at the goods first. I'm very good."

Chen Xing immediately came back to his senses, looked at him and smiled, "In that case, let's take a look at the goods first!"

"Look, little boy, this rabbit weighs four or five pounds at least, and the hair on its body is so long that the hair on its body is not hurt at all when catching it, and it can be peeled off and made into small things."

When Chen Xing saw this rabbit, more than a dozen ways of rabbits flashed in his mind. Now that I heard the second half of his sentence, I thought to myself that Gu Lang was so weak, and I was afraid that it would be cold in winter. It would be good for him to save more things for him in advance.

So, Chen Xing looked at the old man who was anxiously waiting for his answer, and asked politely: "Old man, how much are you asking for this?"

The old man looked at the little brother with red lips and white teeth in front of him, his face was tangled for a while, and finally he said his answer, "One hundred and fifty wen."

Hearing this answer, Chen Xing hesitated for a while. Now the pork here is only twenty cents a pound, which is enough to buy seven or eight catties of pork.

The old man looked at Chen Xing hesitantly, seemed a little anxious, and said quickly: "Little son, don't look at how expensive I am, but this rabbit is fat! And the skin on this body, If I buy it specially, I can sell it for more money in the end. It’s just that something happened to my family recently, and I can’t wait to sell the leather, so I hurried to sell it.”

"Old man, don't worry, I want this rabbit." After Chen Xing finished speaking, thinking of the picture he saw just now, he hesitated and continued: "If you still have mountain goods behind you, You can also show it to me first, if I think the price is reasonable, I should buy it all."

Chen Xing thought about it for a while, and felt that there was nothing to replenish his body in ancient times. Except for pork, it was all kinds of chickens, ducks and geese. It could improve the meal with a little game. Maybe every time Gu Lang eats meat I can eat two more. If they can't finish it, they can bring it to the store to make special food and serve it to the guests!

The old man did not expect that this little brother not only accepted his rabbit so readily, but also said that the goods in the future can be shown to him, which means that in the future, he will be able to have an extra generous and stable buyer. After receiving the money, he was ready to leave with great gratitude.

Just as the old man was about to leave with his bamboo basket on his back, Chen Xing stared at something at the bottom of his basket, and immediately said, "What else is in your basket? ?"

Oh, I didn't expect this old man to have it in his backpack, and it's quite heavy. So looking at the old man, he said excitedly, "How to sell this thing?"

The old man looked at Chen Xing's expression of picking up a good thing, looked at him with a complicated look, and said cautiously: "Sir, this is what our family in the mountains eats, it's not worth much money. , if you want it, I will give it to you as a bonus."

No matter how stingy Chen Xing is, he can't take advantage of the old man who is in tattered clothes and who is not rich at first glance. He shook his head and insisted: "If you don't charge me, I can't want this."

The old man couldn't, and finally asked Chen Xing for three cents of money, which was the money for this mushroom.

When the old man carefully collected the money and was about to go back, Chen Xing said again: "Old man, if there is such edible mushrooms in the future, whether it is like this or not, you Bring me some, and I'll count the money for you when the time comes. However, you have to pay attention, it must be the kind that you have eaten and have not had any trouble with. "

The people in the mountains rely on the mountains to eat the mountains. The experience of their ancestors adds up. They know what can and cannot be eaten. They know better than anyone else. Therefore, Chen Xing's words did not cause him much trouble.

The old man didn't think that this kind of thing would be bought by city people at first, but after being stunned for a while, he nodded immediately, his tone was a little more relaxed, "Hey, good. I see When it arrives, I will definitely bring it to the young master."

When the old man left with the empty bamboo basket on his back, Chen Xing went to the kitchen with the chubby rabbit and the oyster mushrooms he just bought. He had to let the people behind him peel it for him. First, send the skin to a specialized craftsman for processing, and then marinate the rest of the meat to make it less irritating. It will be delicious when cooked at night.

When she thought that Gu Lang would be able to eat delicious rabbit meat when she came back, Chen Xing also became happy, and even began to hum a little song.

After waiting for less than half an hour, the back door opened, and a tall man in his early twenties walked out, nodded and said something to the person inside the door, and finally the The courtyard door slammed shut, and the smile on the man's face faded, revealing a slightly tired face.

When the man came over from there, the old man stopped him, "Da Niu."

The man who was stopped stopped walking, looked in the direction of the old man, looked at him standing there, and seemed to be incredulous: "Father, why are you here?"

The old man's face showed some smugness, and his tone became a little more brisk, "Your father, I met a noble today, the rabbit sold very smoothly, so it came sooner ."

"Dad, how much did you sell?"

"One hundred and fifty!"

Da Niu looked at his father, a little incredulous, "Can you sell that much?" Although their rabbits are very good, but they are in urgent need of money now, he thought it would be good to be able to sell one hundred and two cents .

The old man sighed a little, "The noble man is kind-hearted, and he didn't bargain with me. By the way, how are you doing here?"

When the old man asked, Da Niu was a little discouraged and took out the money he just got.

The old man counted the number of people, adding up to only six hundred pennies, and immediately became angry, "You took so many things in, and it ended up with this little money. You, how did you do things? Do you know that Jiuniang still needs money to see a doctor!"

Juniang is the old man's daughter-in-law and Daniel's wife. Now she is sick in bed, and she is not very ill. She needs money to buy medicine. Otherwise, the old man would not go to an unfamiliar restaurant regardless of his face, just to sell more money.

Da Niu obviously knew that this matter was not done well, and there was a bit of grievance on his face, he could only say: "I can't help it! The butler said that there is something wrong with my goods. , pick from the east, pick from the west, say my things are not good, and only give me this amount of money. If I don't agree, I will pretend that I won't accept your goods next time, although I feel aggrieved, but I don't What is the solution! If you don't bring it here, get it to the market and sell it for a day, but it won't make a lot of money. It wastes so much time, who will take care of Jiuniang when the time comes!"

When the old man heard his son's explanation, he obviously also thought of the problem. But it's not the way to go on like this. They've spent a lot of effort in catching these prey. Every time they catch them, they don't break much. Good goods can't be sold as inferior goods every time!

Immediately, the old man thought of the little boy who traded with him today. Not only is the boy generous, but the restaurant is also a good business, and their wild things will definitely be liked by customers. His eyes lit up, he looked at the distressed son in front of him, gritted his teeth and said:

"Don't panic, it's not your fault, we won't do the business of the Chen family in the future! All the things we call in the future will be sold to that young master, and our price will be fair. Some of them, the young master must also be willing to accept them. Besides, the young master even collects those mushrooms on the mountain, so we can also make a little more money.”

When he heard his father say this, Daniel's eyes lit up immediately, and he immediately said: "Hey, father, you are right, I will listen to you."

The two father and son reached an agreement on who to sell to, and hurried to the pharmacy with the money from selling the prey, and went home after buying the medicine.

Take it to the kitchen, the lady wants to treat guests in the evening, let them all make it carefully, these are all good things, and if the things they do make the lady disappointed, they will know the consequences."

"Yes." After the boy responded, he and a few other servants carried the pheasants and hares to the kitchen.

The steward looked at the way they were doing things, nodded with satisfaction, put his hands behind his back leisurely, and was ready to go back to his wife. On the way in the past, I was still thinking that the oil and water I saved this time would be able to go to Yixiangyuan to order a beautiful girl at the end of the month.

After half an hour, Mrs. Chen sent away the steward who came to answer, and asked the maid who was serving next to her, "How's the lady? Have the clothes been delivered?"

The maid bowed her head slightly, blessed her body, and replied, "The clothes were delivered before noon."

Mrs. Chen nodded and thought about it for a while, but she was still a little worried, stood up, and said directly: "Go, let's go to Miss's place to see, I always feel a little uneasy."

"Yes."

Chen Linger's room.

Chen Linger was sitting in front of the table in a normal dress at this time, staring at the clothes her mother sent her, with a gloomy and scary expression on her face.

"Miss, Madam is here!" Just as Chen Linger stared at the dress, the maid next to her was afraid that she would cut it with scissors, and the little maid came from outside. .

Chen Linger raised her eyelids, but did not speak or move.

Mrs. Chen stepped into the room, and when she saw Chen Linger sitting there, she immediately knew what was going on. She waved her hand and let the maid who followed her and the maid serving Chen Linger in the room all go down, and then she walked directly across from Chen Linger and looked at her condescendingly.

After a while, Chen Linger couldn't take it anymore. She was defeated first. She looked up at the mother in front of her and called out weakly, "Mother."

Mrs. Chen raised her eyebrows, showing a look of surprise, and said slowly: "I thought you didn't see my mother in your eyes?"

Chen Linger pursed her lips, knowing that she could not offend her mother now, so she took her hand and tried to act like a spoiled child: "Mother, how can I not see you as a mother, what should I do? Don't dare to disrespect you!"

Mrs. Chen poked her forehead and said in a displeased tone: "You dare not, you dare not wear the clothes I sent, I didn't tell you You. Mrs. Zhao is coming over tonight, do we want to accompany her to dinner?"

Speaking of this, Chen Linger suddenly became hard, she stood up suddenly, and suddenly said angrily: "I just don't want to eat with her, so I don't want to change clothes! I Knowing that her son was injured, his family wanted to congratulate him, and mother, you want me to marry him, but I don't want to! I don't want to marry that lame man, he is a toad who wants to eat swan meat!"

"Then what do you want to do?" Facing her suddenly angry daughter, Mrs. Chen's expression was calm from beginning to end, "You can talk to me."

Faced with such a calm Mrs. Chen, Chen Linger suddenly persuaded. She knew that her mother was like this when she was the most angry. She took a step back and whispered, "I think, I want to marry Gu Lang!"

Hearing Chen Linger's words, Mrs. Chen thought for a moment, the expression on her face finally changed, she frowned slightly, looking at her daughter with firm eyes, her tone was full of displeasure , "Gu Lang, you mean that Gu Lang?"

"That's right, it's the Gu Lang who was originally engaged to our family." Now that she said it, Chen Linger was no longer afraid, she raised her chest a little, and said in a serious tone: "I After thinking about it, I just want to marry him, I want to marry him!"