Chapter 74, invitations are welcome
This King of Jin, who was still in the turmoil, was very important to him by Huangzhou General Xi Chonggu. Xin had just arrived, and Liang Ren also asked Zhang Leyu to pack up and set off with the messenger.
He was alone in the room, thinking about King Lu's butcher's knife, and Xi Chonggu's urging, he couldn't let go of his brow for a while.
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Mrs. Chengping Bo soon stopped worrying about "jewellery". The chickens bought by several families were sent to Chengping Bo Mansion. She asked the kitchen to cut off the belly and take out the chicken heart and liver, and then used various dried vegetables collected by her own collection. She cooked them with the chicken and tasted delicious. She was given according to the portions purchased by Mrs. Nangong and Mrs. Jiang.
There is no explanation.
Mrs. Nangong and Mrs. Jiang did not doubt it, but were complacent, believing that this was Mrs. Chengping Bo's show of kindness. First of all, there were not a few chickens and helped slaughter them, so they sent dried vegetables. This was done by Mrs. Bo on purpose.
They smiled and said such polite words to the gift-giver, and also took out their own homes to return the gift.
The butler Lin Zhong came, and the invitation he submitted at the same time also made Mrs. Nangong and Mrs. Jiang praise him: "Is it because Mrs. Bo has the confidence. I just held two chambers of commerce, so I have to hold a chamber of commerce again? Reply to Mrs. Bo, I will arrive soon."
It is inevitable that Mrs. Chengping Bo’s second chamber of commerce was unsuccessful, and this third time was unpredictable. Lin Zhong smiled and said, “Mrs. Bo said, please rest assured this time. There are many customers. Although I cannot guarantee that the business will be convenient, it can be lively for one night.”
lively?
Mrs. Nangong likes her very much. The reason for her loss of feasting is not money. The rest may be because of her fear of loneliness and need comfort. She finds a backer. Mrs. Nangong takes up a little of these. Your Highness doesn’t come every day and can have a lively place for a night. She nodded repeatedly, saying that she didn’t dare to underestimate her.
Mrs. Jiang could spend the night by reading books, and the excitement did not rank first among her. However, she would be willing to be able to have a good relationship with Mrs. Chengping Bo. Besides, although she was not greedy for fun, she could have a fun night with Mrs. Bo of high status. She nodded repeatedly and said she didn't dare to underestimate it.
Lin Zhong received a lot of rewards each and was satisfied when he went out. The chicken was delivered by a car, and there was another coachman on the car. He and the coachman shared the money and the two talked a few words.
"I see, my wife can make the family prosperous."
"That's that's that's it, go, go to the next house."
Mrs. Xiao Xuan was overjoyed when she received the invitation and shouted happily: "What I gave to me, really what I gave to me?"
There is no secret about showing off people around the pillow. Mrs. Chen does not show off. Apart from her personality, it is related to her having nothing to show off in front of others.
Mrs. Nangong and Mrs. Jiang visited Mrs. Chengpingbo, and no matter how you look at it, it was full of the chamber of commerce. The next day, it spread all the things and was proud of it in the small circle of people around you.
Mrs. Xiao Xuan hated her stomach pain again. She took a pill of magic medicine. Although it was not right, it was effective. She did not jump up and curse Mrs. Chengpingbo, Mrs. Nangong and Mrs. Jiang.
She was secretly angry at home, but she didn't expect that the invitation would fall in love with the world. Mrs. Chengpingbo held a chamber of commerce to invite her. While Mrs. Xiao Xuan was so excited, she said: "I will go, I will take some good goods, and I will buy things."
"I'm waiting for you." Lin Zhong took the reward, went out happily, and shared the money with the coachman.
Wang Yao and Zuo Zhao also had invitations, and they also replied that they would definitely come. After receiving the invitation, Mrs. Chen looked over and over and over with Xiaotao. Xiaotao was about to drool: "Madam, do you understand?"
"I can't understand it, but the housekeeper just read it out, and I still remember the meaning." Mrs. Chen smiled.
I have had contact with Mrs. Chengpingbo and have been impressed by her generosity. What a good person. I don’t wrongly accuse others, but give them something.
Mrs. Chen was intrigued: "Xiao Tao, take the festival clothes and iron them. This is the day, so it's easy to wear when we participate in the chamber of commerce."
It seemed that no one disliked a normal excitement. Xiaotao agreed and quickly found their good clothes, took out a few jewelry that King Jin had given to him over the years, and Mrs. Chen was reluctant to wear.
Mrs. Chen said generously: "We can't buy a lot of chickens even if we can't buy them."
No one doesn’t like buying things, Xiao Tao’s eyes lit up: “Madam, buying chickens will not break in this weather. Yesterday I heard the north wind in the middle of the night, and it is the season to prepare pickles for the New Year.”
When I heard the north wind coming here in Nanxing, it was still early before the real cold weather, but Mrs. Chen listened: "Then take another five taels, and the meat prepared for the New Year is not a waste."
Xiaotao thought about it and pouted: "Otherwise, take some more out?"
"Daiya, during festivals, your highness will also deliver all kinds of things. We buy too many chickens, only you, your highness and I can't use a lot."
"But, I think, we have an invitation, and Mrs. Nangong and the others will definitely have it. Then they will buy more and we will buy a little, which is their joke." Xiaotao slowly said: "Get some more money out, and what should I do if I save a lot."
"Save a lot to find a son-in-law for you, and I will also cultivate soil for my uncle's grave next Qingming Festival. It has been heavy rain these days, so I am always worried about the damage. Fortunately, we have the care of your highness now, but will this bowl of rice be eaten for a lifetime, and I will soon get old." Mrs. Chen sighed.
Xiaotao was very confident: "Your Highness is not a person who is not affectionate. I don't think so. I can't use so much money to find a son-in-law. If the son-in-law doesn't want to support me and my wife, then I'll change it. I'll ask you to take out some more money. It's really good for Mrs. Bo to run a chamber of commerce, so we will try our best to support it."
"Okay, how can I eat a lot of chickens when I get back?" Mrs. Chen smiled.
"In previous years, all kinds of things were sent to your highness, and my wife evenly gave them to her neighbors. Let's say we'll give more this year. Is it feasible for you to see?" Xiao Tao said with great confidence. She had already thought about it.
Mrs. Chen hurriedly said, "Okay, then you can get some more money and just make up thirty taels. When you meet something you like at the chamber of commerce, we will buy it."
This account is not necessary to be calculated by her. She received help from her neighbors when she was in trouble, and the matchmaker who also lived in the same street contributed to her.
Whenever Mrs. Chen received something from the King of Jin's Mansion, she would rather deduct her and Xiaotao's share to her neighbors. Of course, this thing did not really make her embarrassed and Xiaotao, nor would it affect her reception of Your Highness. However, sometimes a basket of fresh peaches was sent to the King of Jin's Mansion, but there was no one sold on the street, so it was precious to her when she gave it out.
When the neighbor received her things, he would not point fingers at her. A woman had to survive without a husband. More importantly, Mrs. Chen would not hurt anyone. This is such a dynasty, which is different from other eras.
Not to be upheld for all similar people, this is such a dynasty.
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Wen Tingyu had a headache, and when he saw it, the merchant surnamed Lin was very heartless and chose a sick chicken to sell it to Mrs. Chengpingbo and the others. The copper ingot was indeed heavy. The fall in the middle of the night caused unexpected problems to the chicken. The timid little ghost named Lin threw the chicken away.
The evidence of "framework" was gone, which made Ding Wuquan and others unable to contact them in the yamen. After Wen Tingyu broke up with the merchant surnamed Lin, he rescued them and had no idea until now.
An antique businessman can be called a literati. If he doesn't understand history, he will not understand bronze ware and Tang Sancai. If he doesn't understand famous scholars, he will fight with ancient calligraphy, painting and poetry. The autumn rain is so misty. Wen Tingyu almost shook out a bag of poetic excitement in his belly. As a result, he is now muttering "sadness", paced for a while, sat down and fell down without a moment of comfort.
He slapped the table several times, and he kept doing it and was staring at the King of Lu. He just waited for the "evidence" to be exposed here, and he would attack King Jin and frame him again.
But how to frame it?
Although Wen Tingyu knew many people in Nanxing, he could not think of a good way to get close to King Jin. After finishing this matter for His Highness, he still had to continue to live in the antiques business. He could ruin Chengping Bo Mansion. That was not from his business, but he did not dare to act rashly with his colleagues.
He is not the only smart person in this world. He dares to touch others' hands and feet, and it is also difficult to prevent others from taking revenge.
Just as I was thinking, the door knocked: "Brother Wen,"
Boss Qiu comes over.
"Tell me something about you. You said that the censor broke in Chengping Bo Mansion early in the morning. I was afraid that something happened to her family. Now I figured it out, no matter what happened to Chengping Bo Mansion." Boss Qiu sat down and poured tea himself.
Wen Tingyu's eyes flashed: "Oh, what kind of inside story is that?"
"I still don't know the inside story, but Chengping Bo Mansion will hold a chamber of commerce tomorrow night. Now the news in the whole city is strange. Her family has not hired any business, but she looks full of confidence."
Wen Tingyu thought about what connection this could have with him and said casually: "If you don't invite a business bank, this business will still not be able to do so."
"uncertain."
Boss Qiu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Last time I went to Chengping Bo Mansion with you, I also made it clear. The first time the Chengping Bo Mansion came out silently. I just received the news that the people have completed it. Not to mention invitations, it was too late to take a look. That time, all the deals were good goods. The screen I told you were only four, and the deal was 12,000 taels. I didn't sleep well for two nights, and I wanted it even more than ten thousand. If I were there, I wouldn't let the grandson take it away. This transaction is sure to make a profit. I'm willing to accompany you to have a lot of trouble, just to think that his chamber of commerce will give me a post. Now Mrs. Bo is going to run a chamber of commerce again. Are you thinking about how stupid she is to open a chamber of commerce that no one goes to again?"
"What do you mean is that Your Highness will support her this time?" Wen Tingyu felt something in her heart.
"I don't know whether to support her or not. I only know that I want to go to her chamber of commerce, even if I encounter an antique screen once a year, it's worth it."
Boss Qiu slapped the table and pointed at him: "To be honest, do you want to go again? You are idle too. You can spend money when you are idle at night. There are songs to listen to when you go there."
Of course I want to go, but after I go, maybe I find the flaws and get rid of the mission that King Lu told me.
"Lao Qiu, we have to invite the letter and go separately, so there is one more opportunity."
"Walk."
Boss Qiu went out excitedly with Wen Tingyu.
Soon, the first boss Qiu who came to Chengping Bo Mansion returned home in vain. The housekeeper Lin Cheng smiled and said, "I'm sorry, the invitation has been dispersed."
"It is said that this news came out in an hour?" Boss Qiu struggled unwillingly.
Lin Cheng put on a sincere face: "This news came to the city one hour ago. Mrs. Bo invited the guests to start last night."
Boss Qiu met with Wen Tingyu in disappointment. Then Wen Tingyu took the initiative and looked for invitations in the business in Wangcheng. The familiar business directly asked for it. The unfamiliar business found acquaintance of Boss Qiu or Wen Tingyu's acquaintance of him, but there was still no one.
All the shops replied: "Without receiving the invitation, Mrs. Bo did not invite my house at all."
Confused with endless doubts, Boss Qiu's eyes were red: "Be good, like last time, good goods are cheaper than other people in the city. We are the neighbors in the city. Do you think my business is small? Do you think I can't take out good goods?"
Wen Tingyu didn't speak for a long time, and his mind was like countless tornadoes, turning rapidly.
His Highness the King of Lu had the intention of doubting Chengping Bo Mansion. Wen Tingyu vaguely knew something. The Chamber of Commerce in Chengping Bo Mansion came again, and no matter how he thought about it, what was wrong.
"Lao Qiu, let's think of a solution separately. I'm the same as you. If I can buy a vintage that I can take care of, I'll be able to sit on the bench for a year."
"That's it."
Boss Qiu broke up with him, Wen Tingyu went straight to the dock outside the city. On the big boat, the merchant surnamed Lin smiled proudly: "The Chamber of Commerce, of course, is for my chicken. Brother Wen, I want to thank you very well. Help me get the Chengping Bo Mansion. The woman is soft-hearted. I cried a few times and said, "Okay, okay, she will sell the remaining chickens for me. Haha, good guy."
Wen Tingyu finished listening patiently: "Then will your chicken be slaughtered and delivered?"
"I'm going to slaughter the delivery, I'm really hiding it from your brother. This chicken is getting worse and worse. I told you that you don't cut off your stomach and avoid seeing that it's nonsense. I can only kill the chicken but not cut it open, so I can save effort."
Wen Tingyu listened casually, and the merchant surnamed Lin was afraid that he would not listen to it, so he explained in a long way: "Cut it all opens, and the delivery of chicken hearts and chicken livers is also troublesome, it is better to give it to chickens... I will tell you quietly, don't say it out, I want to inject water into chickens, hehe, more weight, more weight."
After walking down the springboard, Wen Tingyu decided to do it like this. This chicken is destined to be with him, so it will not be used much more again.
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Chengping Bo Mansion once again became the focus of the city. Although the autumn rain is still falling, it does not prevent the benevolent people from appearing outside her house in groups. There are one or two people with good deeds, and these two people who call friends can gather a lot of people.
Curiosity aggravated their doubts and made them stay outside the door and refused to leave.
"The whole city knows it, but I don't leave a single invitation to everyone?"
"Let's see what's in this gourd."
"I think this is revenge on us. Last time, Mrs. Bo came to invite me to the chamber of commerce in person. I wanted to come and see. The first time, there will be good things in the chamber of commerce. Who can't hear it? It's all you, Lao Qian, you don't let me come here, so I didn't have an invitation this time."
"Hey, Lao Zhou, I won't let you come. Did you lose money? There was no one in the chamber of commerce last time. Besides, Lao Wu didn't let me come last time. Lao Wu, come out to testify,"
Wen Tingyu, who was standing in the corner, heard it in his ears. If they continued to trace it back like this, they would soon arrive at him. He didn't want to talk to these many people, and said to Boss Qiu in a hurry and quietly avoided it.
Chapter completed!