Chapter 28 Chapter 28 The two of them had a full lunch...
It took the two of them more than an hour to have lunch. By the time they left Lezhou Cottage, Shen Xuan was already drunk.
He asked Xue Fenglin to get in the car, and then he said naggingly: "You are leaving soon, you can't go back to Beijing like this, otherwise people will look down on you. Let's go! Let's go to Jinli Street! I will make you a new set of clothes, so that you can go back in style!"
Xue Fenglin: “…”
He saw Shen Xuan's flushed face and knew that he had drunk too much.
However, it was impossible to stop him at this time, so he could only drive past according to his wishes. Xue Fenglin was good at horse riding, so driving a mule cart was no problem for him.
Shen Xuan sat next to him and gave orders, and soon they arrived at the door of a tailor shop on Jinli Street.
This tailor shop is different from a clothing shop. It requires tailoring to one's body and the prices are much higher.
"I've seen those ready-made clothes. They're tacky and don't suit your face!" Shen Xuan said to Xue Fenglin, "Make one here to order. It will suit you better!"
Then he said directly to the shopkeeper: "Quick! Bring me all your most expensive materials!"
The shopkeeper could tell that Shen Xuan was drunk. He looked at him in cloth and didn't look rich, so he kindly advised him, "Sir, why don't you take a look at the cloth produced in Lingzhou over there? The price is not bad. If you embroider some patterns on it, it will also highlight your temperament."
"No! This time I want the most expensive one. I have money!" Shen Xuan said as he took out thirty taels of silver from his pocket and threw it on the table.
The shopkeeper was surprised when he saw it, and thought that this was a local tyrant who was hiding his wealth. He immediately asked someone to bring up a lot of good materials from the backyard.
Chen Xuan picked out a piece of dark-colored material with silver threads and dark patterns at a glance. The shopkeeper praised enthusiastically, "Sir, you have a good eye. This material is the most popular in Beijing now. It costs ten taels of silver per piece."
"That's it!" Shen Xuan said simply, and made him a set of clothes with narrow sleeves and daylilies embroidered on the collar and waist in the same color.
"This design sounds good." The shopkeeper praised it again.
After praising the drunk Shen Xuan for a while, he measured Xue Fenglin's body and then took fifteen taels of silver from Shen Xuan.
Xue Fenglin just stood aside and let Shen Xuan act recklessly. He was about to leave and didn't want to restrict Shen Xuan at this time.
When the shopkeeper said that he could pick it up in ten days, Xue Fenglin sighed and thought to himself: Ten days later, he would have returned to Beijing and he might not be able to wear this clothes.
Xue Fenglin drove back to Yunshui Village, and Shen Xuan fell asleep in the car behind him.
In the following days, Chen Xuan didn't have to go into the city to set up his stall every day. Instead, he slept until noon and had a few days of leisure.
On the fifth day, a group of people suddenly came to Yunshui Village.
Each of these people was riding a tall horse and was quite tall. Although they were wearing casual clothes, they looked like soldiers. There was a carriage following behind them.
As soon as they entered Yunshui Village, they attracted the attention of the villagers.
The villagers were both afraid and curious, and followed the group from a distance, wanting to see what they were doing.
"Uncle, is there a guy named Chen here? Where is his home?" the leading man suddenly asked.
"Ah...ah is it Brother Shen? His house is just in front."
The old man who was called was none other than Uncle Huang. After all, he was the father-in-law of the village chief and had seen some worldly things. Although I was a little scared, I managed to stay calm.
"Please show me the way." The man took out a silver ingot and put it in Mr. Huang's hand.
Uncle Huang's face turned red with excitement, and he immediately put the silver ingot away amid the envious gazes of others.
This ingot of silver weighs at least five taels, which is equivalent to the annual income of the gentry!
He led the way in front, and the group soon arrived at the door of Shen Xuan's house.
The villagers also followed behind and watched all the way, wondering what this group of people were looking for Shen Xuan for?
With so many people around, the noise was huge. Shen Xuan immediately walked out of the house, followed by Xue Fenglin.
"Master Lin, we are here to pick you up on orders." The leading man dismounted as soon as he saw Xue Fenglin, stepped forward and said.
Xue Fenglin nodded and told him not to be polite. It was obvious that the two of them were very familiar with each other.
Chen Xuan looked at the group of people in front of him in a daze, and immediately realized that these people were here to pick up Xue Fenglin.
He had mixed feelings at the moment. He thought that he should entertain these people, but looking at their expressions, he felt that it was not his turn as a country boy to entertain them.
Shen Xuan simply walked into the room and closed the door, thinking out of sight, out of mind.
After a while, Xue Fenglin came over and knocked on the door. After Shen Xuan opened the door, he closed it and came in and said, "I'm going to go with them now. I don't know when we'll have the chance to meet again in the future. Take care."
Shen Xuan looked at him, his nose a little sour. Only then did I realize that even though I knew it was wrong, I was still somewhat sincere about it.
He sighed and said, "You are the one who needs to take care of yourself and go back to recover from your injuries. Don't make it like before, ending up in such a miserable state and getting picked up by someone again."
The two looked at each other for a while, their eyes seemed to contain thousands of words, but in the end, they said nothing.
After Xue Fenglin pushed the door and left, the sound of horse hooves outside the house gradually faded away, and then Shen Xuan walked out of the house.
The villagers outside had already run away with the group of people, and no one stayed to watch the fun.
Shen Xuan stood in the direction where Xue Fenglin left for a while, then turned and walked into the room he was in before.
There was a cloth bag on Xue Fenglin's table, with a piece of paper underneath.
Shen Xuan frowned and opened the cloth bag.
There were actually ingots of gold placed inside, each weighing ten taels. There were ten of them in total, so bright that it almost blinded people. This was a hundred taels of gold!
He took out the note again and saw that it said, "This is a favor for you taking me in for so long. 】
Shen Xuan: “…”
He suddenly became very angry. He saved Lin Ye and although he spent money and effort, they were still friends after all and Lin Ye owed him a favor.
As a result, this person gave him a hundred taels of gold before leaving, thinking that this was how he would repay the favor!
Is the friendship between him and me only worth a hundred taels?
Shen Xuan grabbed the bag of gold and threw it to the ground. He left angrily for a while, then came back and collected the gold.
He didn't want to use this bag of gold at all. If he ever met Lin Ye again in the future, he would throw this thing on his handsome face!
Shen Xuan's husband left, and the villagers began to talk about it again.
Some people also came to ask Shen Xuan about Xue Fenglin's identity and whether he would come back in the future.
Shen Xuan did not answer any of these gossipy questions, and just said he didn't know no matter what they asked.
Of course, there are many people who gloat over this misfortune, but most villagers still respect Shen Xuan.
Because now everyone knows that he makes money by selling tea, and the villagers always look up to people who can make money.
Xue Fenglin is gone, but life goes on. Shen Xuan was busy making tea syrup again.
That day, he was making tea in the kitchen when he suddenly heard a faint noise outside the window.
Xue Fenglin had already left, so there should be no one else in the yard. Shen Xuan frowned, put down the tea leaves in his hand, and quickly ran out of the kitchen.
I saw Zhong Xiaomei rushing out of the door in panic and disappeared after a while.
Ever since Zhong Xiaomei was sent by the Zhong family to do odd jobs, she hasn't seen Shen Xuan for a long time.
Shen Xuan naturally wouldn't think that her appearance in his yard was a good thing.
He went back to the kitchen and took a look. He saw that several cups of concentrated tea had been brewed and there were a lot of washed fruits in the basin. However, he didn't have time to take out the most important lemon, so Zhong Xiaomei probably didn't see it.
It seems that I have to be more careful in the future, Shen Xuan thought to himself.
Sister Zhong took a peek at her secret recipe. Was she planning to follow her example and set up a stall to sell tea?
Shen Xuan prepared the tea syrup with doubts, wondering whether there would be counterfeit citrus tea similar to his own on the market in the future. It was only after dark that I heard someone knocking on the door outside the yard.
When I went out to take a look, I found that it was Zhong Xiaomei hiding in the bushes outside the yard.
Shen Xuan immediately frowned and said, "You still dare to come here? Didn't you see it clearly during the day? I haven't settled the score with you yet?"
Zhong Xiaomei lowered her head in shame and said cautiously: "I'm sorry, Brother Chen, I ran away secretly, please let me in first."
Seeing that Xiaomei Zhong's expression did not seem to be false and there was nothing to see at home right now, Shen Xuan stepped aside and let her in.
Zhong Xiaomei followed Shen Xuan into the house. After closing the door, she shed two lines of tears and said, "I'm sorry, my parents forced me to come here. I... I only had a general look and didn't dare to tell them everything."
Shen Xuan's face changed, he didn't believe it, he just asked: "Why did your parents force you to steal my secret recipe? Are you going to set up a stall yourself? You said you didn't tell them everything, so how much did you tell them?"
Zhong Xiaomei then said, "My parents don't know how to do business. They only know how to sell their children to make money. How can they have the courage to go out and set up a stall?"
When she said this, she was obviously a little angry, and her voice changed a little. After calming down, he continued, "But a few days ago, someone from the city came to find them, saying that I used to work for your family and was quite familiar with your family. So they asked me to sneak a peek at your recipe and promised to give my parents ten taels of silver!"
Shen Xuan frowned. Seeing that Zhong Xiaomei explained the whole process clearly, which was definitely not something a country kid who had never seen the world could think of, he believed her words.
So he asked again: "So what did you see? And how much did you tell them?"
"I really didn't tell you everything!" Zhong Xiaomei said quickly, "I saw you used tea, sugar, honey, oranges, and grapefruits..."
Zhong Xiaomei paused before saying, "I saw that you used oranges on your sign before, so I told them that you cut up oranges and cooked them with sugar, but you didn't dare to tell them about Yuzu."
Shen Xuan's expression relaxed a little, and he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Since you helped them to peek, why didn't you tell them everything?"
"If I didn't come, my parents would beat me to death. They were willing to sell me to that widower Chen for five taels of silver, let alone ten taels of silver!" Zhong Xiaomei said angrily, rolling up her sleeves to reveal the scars underneath. They looked very fresh, and it was obvious that she had been beaten recently.
"But aren't all the money-making things out there secret recipes that can't be passed on to others? If I tell everyone the recipes, won't you, Brother Shen, have no business in the future?"
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