Lin Ning couldn't eat again.
He had no right to talk about the pain of breaking up before falling in love. He could only hide in his quilt and sob.
County Magistrate Lin felt extremely distressed, and brought delicious food to his bedside, and kept persuading him: "It doesn't necessarily mean they are married. Maybe it's his brother or sister. Look, don't your uncle and cousin live with us? It's possible!"
He also recently investigated this Mr. Shen. You don't know until you check. When County Magistrate Lin checked, he was shocked. No one in Anping County knew the full name of Mr. Shen!
I still heard the last name Shen called several times when the man with the gold tooth was following me.
He sent someone to get the Gold Tooth Man's information, but even the Gold Tooth Man didn't know Mr. Shen's full name. All we know is that he has an aunt, who probably lives in Shiqu Village or Lantang Village below. The house, shop, and small hilltop that Mr. Shen bought in the county town, including the two-story house at the back door of the government office, were all under the name of his aunt.
It’s a bit difficult to find out more details since I don’t even know the name. County Magistrate Lin now only knew some of Shen Qing's affairs on the street, such as how many houses he bought, what shops he opened, where he usually went to buy snacks and cooked food, what expensive jewelry he wore, and so on.
Magistrate Lin looked at Lin Ning, who was lying straight on the bed like a salted fish, and wondered why not check his aunt to see if he could get any new information.
"Forget it." Lin Ning said dully, "What's the use of checking? Even if they are his younger brothers and sisters, he may not be willing to marry me if he is not married. Even if he marries me, he will not like me..."
Isn’t his uncle a ready-made example? Rather than having to face the handsome guy you like and seeing him hate you, it’s better to just watch from afar.
"No, no, our Ning brother is so nice, how could he not like you?" Hearing this, the old father's heart was broken. County Magistrate Lin thought about it and decided that instead of making random guesses at home and wasting time all day, it would be better to ask Mr. Shen directly. If he really had a wife or concubine, Ning Ge'er could let it go. If he was not married, they could discuss the plan themselves. It would be better than waiting for the matter to be settled, which would be really painful.
"He saved you and Zao Ge'er before, how about Dad use this as an excuse to bring you to his house to thank him?"
“Don’t do that.” Lin Ning turned over and sat up. “He had his face covered at the time. I guess he didn’t want to be recognized. Although the kid from the Zhou family was beaten and put in solitary confinement by his father, who knows if he would secretly send his men to look for Master Shen?” After all, Master Shen had kicked him hard a few times.
The people should not fight against the officials. No matter how rich Mr. Shen is, he cannot afford to offend the county lieutenant. He saved his life, and he should not repay kindness with enmity just because of his lust for beauty.
"Oh, it's so annoying." Most of the good men are already taken, and those who are not attached look down on him. The remaining bad men look down on each other. Lin Ning was very depressed: "Does this marriage have to happen? I don't want to get married, so let me stay single and be an old man."
He leaned back and slumped down on the bed. "From now on, I will lie down at home with my uncle, and I will treat it as if I have already divorced and returned home. I will skip the steps of getting married and quarreling, and do it all in one step. From now on, I will go out to eat and drink every day, and look at handsome men to feast my eyes."
County Magistrate Lin: “…” He began to question himself, wondering if he had spoiled the child too much. Is this something a little boy should say? And he said it in front of his father. But he only has this one brother, what else can he do if he doesn't spoil him?
"Fortunately, Master Shen moved to the back door of the government office, so I can feast my eyes on him more often in the future." Lin Ning had no idea of his father's inner silence, and kept muttering to himself.
County Magistrate Lin pushed the plate toward him and said, "You can also go to his shop to feast your eyes. The newly opened flower sausage shop in the city is his. Do you want to try it? Your mother, uncle, and Zao brother have already eaten it and said it was delicious."
"Really?" Lin Ning was a little interested. The flower sausage on the plate was already cold, and not as delicious as when it was just out of the pot, but the complex and rich taste still made Lin Ning's eyes light up. "Ah, you are worthy of being Mr. Shen. You cook so well. I have a good taste."
County Magistrate Lin: “………………” He was a little unsure. What was going on with his brother Ning? Have you really let it go or not?
In the following days, Lin Ning often took Lin Zaoer to the Kaihua Sausage Shop. Although he had never met Shen Qing before, the taste of freshly fried flower sausage was incomparable to the cold one. Lin Ning fell in love with this high-oil, high-salt, and high-calorie food at once. If he came here just to see Shen Qing a few more times at first, now he has become a loyal fan of flower sausage. It is of course good to meet Mr. Shen and feast his eyes, but even if he can't see the flower sausage, he will be satisfied!
As for Shen Qing, after the Kaihua Sausage Shop got on the right track, he just let it go. Shopkeeper Xiaomiao is a very reliable person and he calculates the accounts clearly. Ruyi is also very capable. At the beginning, their shop was very popular for about ten days, but gradually the daily sales began to decline, especially after Shen Qing gave directions to the owner of the second meat shop and asked the man with gold teeth to help promote it. Many merchants in the city knew that there was a workshop in Lantang Village where they could buy uncooked sausages for only three cents a piece.
After buying it, you can either braise it with pork elbows or stir-fry it in dishes. Some people even followed suit and opened a fried flower intestines shop in the west of the city. Flowering sausage was all the rage in Anping County, and various ways of eating it were developed, but it did divert business from Shen Qing's shop.
However, this is Shen Qing's first restaurant after all, and the sauce is delicious, so there are still many old customers who are accustomed to it and have recognized the taste. Business declined for a while, but gradually stabilized.
Both wholesale and retail are Shen Qing's business, and in the end all the money goes into Shen Qing's pocket. It can even be said that how can retail be as profitable as wholesale in terms of volume? Shen Qing was not worried about the slowdown in business at the Kaihua Sausage Shop, but it was different for Shopkeeper Xiaomiao and Ruyi. They found it difficult to accept such a drop in business.
Shen Qing even tried to comfort them: "This is also good. Before, Mudan and Feicui were too busy, sometimes they couldn't even have a bite of lunch. They are still growing children, how can they keep working so hard? There is no end to making money."
Now everyone in the family has something to do. They were in charge of the shop's business, while the Xie brothers and sisters taught the girls and boys in the family how to read. Shen Qing also taught them some martial arts from time to time: he bought so many guys just to guard the house and increase the military strength.
Now when Shen Qing goes out on the street, he imitates those rich young men and follows two or three hangers-on, which is quite intimidating.
Not only boys, but girls and boys also have to learn. Based on Shen Qing's own experience, knowing some boxing and kicking skills will bring countless benefits! In this world, most of the time, it all comes down to who has the harder fist!
That being said, Ruyi still felt somewhat unwilling. She was also a smart person. Since Shen Qing told her that she could just speak out her ideas without having to hide them, she just told Shen Qing openly: Without Shen Qing's guidance, she came up with the idea of frying some vegetables to sell.
One penny for five strings, and they look quite a big bunch when skewered with bamboo sticks. Although the selling price is not high, the cost of vegetables is even lower. One potato can be peeled into five clusters. Isn't this like picking them up for free? Anyway, if they don’t sell fried vegetables, they will sell fried sausages, so they always have to use so much oil!
Seeing that many people were eating steamed bread and steamed buns with fried vegetables, she suggested to Shen Qing that they make their own pancakes, wrapping flower sausage and fried vegetables in the pancakes, which was also very popular. Later, a few smart people came and sold sesame cakes near their shop. Ruyi was not happy about it, but her family was too busy to make sesame cakes for customers. Whenever she met them, she would smile and help customers cut the sesame cakes, brush them with sauce and then pick up the fried skewers.
Several low tables and stools were set up inside the store and at the entrance for customers to dine.
With a capable person like Ruyi helping to manage the shop, Shen Qing felt much more relaxed and went back to the village to live for a few days. During the day, he would go to the workshop to see people from the city coming to wholesale starch sausages, discuss setting up a school with the village chief, and then consider opening a new workshop in the neighboring village. Ever since Shen Qing spread the word at the Miao family, people from Shiqu Village would come to visit the Miao family from time to time, and would ask in some subtle ways when he would open a workshop in Shiqu Village.
People from other nearby villages were also very jealous. They could not go to Shen Qing's house to find a single woman from the Miao family, so they went to find the village chief of Lantang Village. During this period, the threshold of Zhao You's family was lowered half an inch.
Zhao Youdang was depressed for a long time because his idea of running a school was rejected by Shen Qing. Recently, the village chiefs of other villages have come to flatter him, which has made him feel better and he walks with his head held high.
At night, Shen Qing would sneak off to the other side to hang out with Song Kaiji. Now they were no longer together every day, but instead felt like a reunion after a short separation, and they lived a very happy life. Lin Ning went to the flower sausage shop to eat, and after eating, he went to drink the sweet soup from the shop next door. He gained a lot of weight. It was not until the seventh day that he saw Shen Qing returning to the county town.
Even though she had already figured out that there was no possibility for her and Mr. Shen, Lin Ning's heart still pounded when she saw Shen Qing's handsome face. He excitedly looked at the people around him, trying to find sympathy, but saw Lin Zaoer burying her head in chewing a bunch of fried cauliflower: "You said this cauliflower, I used to eat it every day at home as a meal, and I'm tired of it. How can it be so delicious after frying it? And these potatoes are the same..."
Lin Ning: “…Didn’t you see Master Shen coming?”
Lin Zao'er was holding the fried cauliflower and was stunned: "Why, I can't eat it when he comes? Should I move aside to make room for him? ... I haven't finished eating yet, can I take it with me?"
Although he was related to County Magistrate Lin and Lin Ning, his blood relationship was not particularly close, and he did not inherit the family's trait of liking beautiful women. He could not understand Lin Ning's excitement at all, and his eyes were only on eating.
On the other side of the table, there was an older guy sitting. He followed Lin Ning's gaze and glanced at Shen Qing a few more times.
It is indeed beautiful. Ning'er has a good taste that is inherited from his family.
Lin Ning had to use all his power to coax his uncle out of the house today. Ever since the divorce, his uncle has been depressed and just stays at home to take care of the children. He is no longer as lively as he used to be in the village. Fortunately, he has recently fallen in love with eating flower intestines, and wanted to try the crispy outside and tender inside ones, as well as the newly fried vegetables, so he came along.
Lin Ning watched Shen Qing sitting in the store, talking to Ruyi and Mudan from time to time, probably instructing them on how to do things. That focused look was even more charming in Lin Ning's eyes, and he couldn't help but move closer.
I don’t have to do anything, it would be nice to just look at the handsome guy up close, and it would be even better to talk to him for a few more words. Lin Ning, with the mentality of seeing more and earning more, approached Shen Qing and whispered, "I haven't thanked you for saving me last time."
Suddenly someone was talking next to him. Shen Qing turned around in confusion and saw that it was a young man. It was late that day, and Shen Qing didn't actually see Lin Ning's face clearly. It took him a while to remember: "It turned out to be you." He is the son of the county magistrate. It was a coincidence that he rescued someone last time. Now he is so close to him, and Shen Qing wants to make friends with him.
Knowing one more person who has connections with the government means you have more options.
He winked at Lin Ning, hushed softly, and said in a low voice: "Young Master, there is no need to mention it again. I'm afraid that the Zhou family will cause trouble for me."
Lin Ning was simply struck by her beauty and pleasant voice. He nodded like a chick chasing rice.
However, Shen Qing rescued two young men that day, but today there were three people sitting at Lin Ning's table. There was another one who was obviously older, dressed like a married man, and looked very similar to Lin Ning, so Shen Qing took a few more glances at him.
Seeing this, Lin Ning introduced, "That's my uncle. The fried skewers at Mr. Shen's house are really delicious. My uncle doesn't go out often. He only followed me out today when he heard that I was going to eat fried skewers."
He wanted to say a few more words to the handsome man, but Shen Qing was stunned after hearing what he said. He turned around and stared at his uncle for a long time.
The younger uncle of the county magistrate’s son, isn’t that the county magistrate’s younger brother? This strange yet familiar name, this person whom Shen Qing had never met but who had a great influence on him, evoked Shen Qing's long-lost memories.
Lin Ning was just wondering when he saw Shen Qing's expression change, and he seemed very moved. After a long while, he turned to him and said, "What else do you want to eat? Just order whatever you want. It's my treat today. No matter how much you eat, it's all on me."
Lin Ning:?
Lin Ning’s uncle:?
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