Shen Yi sighed sadly, but did not hide it from Lu Tong, "It was Doctor Li. I have a very good relationship with him. Doctor Zhou from the county town once studied medicine with Doctor Li. After Doctor Li fell ill, Doctor Zhou went to visit him and mentioned Cen Mingzhu's condition.
I guess the reason why Doctor Zhou mentioned this is probably because he was worried about Cen Mingzhu's condition. After all, treating a noble person could easily lead to a catastrophic disaster if one is not careful. He was worried and asked Master for comfort. He didn't know that we were keeping an eye on the Zhu family. It was an accident."
Lu Tong was convinced, "It has to be you! Such luck scares even me!"
Shen Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, “Master Lu, please stop making fun of me.”
The two of them kept silent about each other and did not mention the Zhu family's affairs again.
Lu Tong was in a good mood and talked about the county government's arrangements for the end of the year.
The imperial court has clear regulations on the time of sealing and opening seals, but small places can make adjustments based on local conditions and do not have to report according to the imperial court's arrangements.
Shen Yi negotiated with him until the evening before returning home.
Seeing that Shen Yuezhang and Su Tai were busy counting the New Year gifts for each family, he just smiled and didn't ask any more questions.
Everyone was busy for the next few days, until the day before New Year's Eve, when Shen Yi and Lu Tong took leave in advance and took his wife and daughter out of the city to go home.
In the evening, Murong Jue came to Qingfengzhai again, but saw Alan and Chuncao were about to close the shop. They were holding a sign that said "Closed during the New Year" and were about to hang it on the door.
"The shop is closed?"
Murong Jue's indifferent voice startled the two men, and they quickly turned around and saluted respectfully.
"My lord, my master has gone home for the New Year. We two servants are staying here to clean up. We will leave early tomorrow morning. Before leaving, my master left a New Year gift for you and asked us two servants to pass it on."
I don't know why, but every time I face Murong Jue Alan, I feel particularly scared and speak very carefully, for fear of saying a wrong word.
"She also left me a New Year gift? What was it?"
Alan heard Murong Jue's joy, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly invited them into the shop.
She and Chuncao ran to the backyard.
After a while, two people came stumbling out of the backyard, carrying boxes with difficulty.
Xue Mao and Xue Xiang immediately stepped forward to lend a hand.
"Wow! Sir, this thing is quite heavy!" Xue Xiang shouted curiously.
Alan said weakly, "There are several more boxes in the back."
Xue Xiang couldn't laugh anymore.
Murong Jue's smile faded, his brows knitted slightly, and no emotion could be heard in his voice, "Go and carry him out."
Xue Mao and Xue Xiang followed immediately.
The two of them carried a total of eight boxes.
Murong Jue was extremely disappointed. He thought Shen Yuezhang was different from other people, but he didn't expect that she was so snobbish. She was so flattering to him just because she knew that he was of a special status!
Xue Mao asked weakly: "What's in here?"
Alan quickly replied: "It's seafood."
Seeing that Murong Jue didn't say anything, she became more and more uneasy. She swallowed hard and continued tremblingly, "It's a gift from the shop to the customers. As long as the consumption in the shop exceeds one hundred taels this year, Qingfengzhai will give the customers two yellow croakers, two pomfret, and two servings of sashimi. If the consumption exceeds five hundred taels, in addition to the above things, there will be two servings of sashimi, two hairtails, two boxes of large prawns and some squid.
If it's over a thousand taels, the gift will be doubled, one thousand taels, two thousand taels, three thousand taels, there's a difference. The money you spent in our Qingfengzhai is really too much, far exceeding the standard for ordinary guests, so my master has carefully arranged these. If the young master doesn't like it, I will go back and report to the master tomorrow."
"No need! That's it!"
As soon as Murong Jue spoke, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the alarm was lifted!
Chuncao quickly took the sauce for cooking seafood and said, "These are for cooking seafood. You can ask the chef to make your own arrangements when you return."
Murong Jue waved his hand, and the guards outside came in one after another to carry away the seafood.
Murong Jue got on the carriage, glanced at the shop of Qingfengzhai, and lowered the curtain.
Xue Mao on the side muttered, "Master, I don't know what's wrong with this young boss's brain. He is so thoughtful at such a young age and even gives New Year gifts to guests! No wonder the business is so prosperous."
"Yeah." Murong Jue responded happily, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Originally I thought Shen Yuezhang guessed that my identity was different and wanted to please me, but I didn't expect it to be seafood!"
Xue Mao grinned, "I heard that County Magistrate Shen's family is engaged in seafood business, and even the servants in the family are bought from Qiongzi. This seafood is expensive to outsiders, but it is probably nothing to the Shen family. It is understandable that the young master gives back his own things to the guests."
Murong Jue thought so too, but he felt a little unhappy in his heart. After all, he was her most distinguished guest, and she should treat him specially!
The group returned to the garrison compound in the old city.
Murong Jue couldn't wait to let Xue Mao open the boxes.
The eight boxes contained eight kinds of seafood, including sashimi, yellow croaker, turbot, hairtail, prawns, pomfret, redwood fish and squid.
There is a piece of oily paper on each box, which introduces the type of seafood and how to clean and cook it.
Xue Mao was immediately delighted. "Master, you are indeed the young master. You are very considerate. Do you want me to send you to the kitchen and prepare a seafood feast for you right away?"
Murong Jue readily agreed.
A hidden expectation.
When the food was served, I didn’t know if the chef didn’t know how to cook seafood, the food looked good but tasted very fishy. Only the sashimi dipped in sauce was eatable.
It just so happened that the sauce was prepared in advance by Shen Yuezhang.
In other words, the cook played no role at all!
"What a good thing was wasted!" Murong Jue was very angry.
Xue Xiang tried to comfort him, "Master, don't blame the cook. They are all cooks from the military camp. You can't expect them to be as good as the chefs in the big restaurants. Besides, there aren't many chefs in Langya who can cook seafood. I guess there are only two in the whole Zhaohua County."
This is the truth, but the things are already in our hands, we can't just waste them.
Murong Jue was very depressed.
As a foodie, Xue Mao didn't want to waste good things, so he immediately suggested, "Master, how about we go to County Magistrate Shen's house to celebrate the New Year?"
Murong Jue suddenly raised his head and looked at Xue Mao.
Xue Xiang was stunned. "Xue Mao! You are too shameless! Is it necessary for a bite of food? Aren't you afraid of being kicked out by County Magistrate Shen during the New Year?"
"What are you afraid of! I'm the leader of the garrison! I'm going to the Shen family to celebrate the New Year, and Shen Yi has to entertain us respectfully! Besides, it's not just me who thinks so!" Xue Mao was shameless and righteous.
Xue Xiang subconsciously looked at Murong Jue.
Murong Jue said expressionlessly, "Xue Mao is right, we can't waste good things, so let's do this! Bring the seafood to find Lord Shen!"
Xue Xiang: “.”
"No! No! Do you know where Lord Shen lives?" Xue Xiang was in a state of panic, and he wanted to beat up Xue Mao for coming up with such a bad idea. (End of this chapter)
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