Chapter 286: Was he set up by someone?
Chai Yuanwei suddenly raised his eyes and stared at Sang Xingjia for a long while, which made him feel puzzled and even wondered if his teacher felt that it was too hasty to accept him as a disciple and wanted to go back on his word.
After a long while, Chai Yuanwei finally withdrew his gaze. He thought that since they were siblings from the same mother, and since the sister was so talented, even if the brother was not as talented, he should still be better than the average person.
"These four sentences have too many allusions and textual research. I will tell you after I go back and study and confirm a few of them." Even with Chai Yuanwei's knowledge, he still couldn't confirm it easily.
"Okay, disciple thanks you first, teacher." Sang Xingjia nodded slightly, as long as he didn't continue to stare at him.
The two talked for a few more words, but the shock Chai Yuanwei suffered was too great and he couldn't adapt for a while, so he was always a little absent-minded.
Seeing this, Sang Xingjia politely offered to take his leave first and come back to ask the teacher for advice tomorrow.
When passing by the study, Sang Xingjia happened to meet Que'er who was watching the children writing. The two looked at each other, nodded slightly, and said nothing.
When he jumped lightly across the clear stream and was about to go home, Sang Xingjia realized belatedly that something was wrong.
Hey, didn't he ask Master Chai to help him put on a show to trick me? Why did he have to pay homage to his teacher and call him master and disciple? Why did he ask for his teacher's advice tomorrow?
Was he being set up by someone?
Unfortunately, he has already completed the ceremony of becoming a disciple and served tea to the teacher, so it is difficult to regret it.
Besides... he felt that Master Chai was a pretty good person, completely different from those hypocrites in the capital who appeared to be righteous but were actually servile and wanted to stick to powerful people as soon as they saw them.
There is a saying that goes, "Make the best of it," and his life would not be any different with more teachers.
The next day, watching Sang Yongjing and Sang Yu depart, Sang Xingjia suddenly recalled his superficial thoughts from yesterday. It shouldn't be much different, but there should be a huge difference.
In the past, the three of them went to the city to sell milk tea together, but today he was asked to stay and plant bamboo for his teacher's family, which made him feel lost and abandoned by the group.
Sang Yu didn't care whether he was lost or had other thoughts.
After finally solving the problem that had been on her mind, she felt relaxed all over, and even her steps became lighter.
Seeing this, Sang Yongjing couldn't help but make a joke: "Why do I feel like you're walking faster with the bamboo basket on your back?"
"These aren't heavy, but Dad, we have to rent an ox cart or a donkey cart tomorrow to take the bamboo tubes made by Carpenter Wang into the city, along with some food."
Since we are opening a sweet drink shop, the bamboo tube that has always been the container for milk tea naturally cannot be replaced at will.
Ever since Sang Yu's family moved to Qingxi Village, Carpenter Wang, who had originally planned to return to his hometown to enjoy his retirement, has become extremely busy. He makes tables, chairs and benches from time to time, and now he has a large number of orders for bamboo tube carvings.
In the past, if he was too busy to handle it himself, he would definitely go to the city to ask his sons to help, but after going through all kinds of things, he finally saw through those heartless and ungrateful people.
The price for making bamboo tubes is now fair and Sang Yu promised to place stable orders in the long term, so Carpenter Wang simply found two teenagers aged fourteen or fifteen in Qingxi Village to be his apprentices.
While looking for people to help, he thought that they might have to take care of him in his old age and he couldn't rely on those ungrateful people in his family. He treated them with extra care, and the relationship between the three of them deepened rapidly.
Since the name "Pearl Drink" was decided, Sang Yu added another request to the bamboo tube that was originally only engraved with orchids, which was to add the designed three words "Pearl Drink".
She plans to learn about the design of future milk tea shops and carve some different patterns on the bamboo tubes, calling them "seasonal special cups."
Each type can only be used for a few days at a specific time each year, and then different patterns are changed regularly. Perhaps some people will buy milk tea specifically for this special feature.
With the rich milk tea shop activities in the future, it is not too easy for Sang Yu to come up with some innovations to increase the brand's competitiveness.
Being able to always provide customers with a sense of freshness is one of the main capabilities that enables a store to continue operating for a long time.
"Ox carts and donkey carts are easy to find. I see several families in the village have cattle and donkeys. We can just borrow a cart, but...how are we going to get over the mountain?"
Sang Yongjing's worries were not without reason. Every time they went out, they had to cross a mountain. If they harnessed the oxen to a cart and loaded the goods, they might not be able to cross the mountain.
Sang Yu slapped his forehead, worried about his father's intelligence. "Dad, have you ever thought about why there is a mountain in front of us, but there are still many families in the village who raise cattle and donkeys and have carts?"
"Oh, now that you mention it, it's true." Sang Yongjing thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the case. He made a guess, "Could it be that they were raised specifically for farming?"
"What about the cart? Is it used to transport grain from the fields?" Sang Yu couldn't help but roll her eyes secretly. Without waiting for him to continue guessing, she gave the answer directly.
"Going around the mountain that has been mostly cut down, there is a flat path that leads directly to the official road."
After she thought of this possibility last time, she came back and asked around to find out everything.
The felled wood, the charcoal, and all the resources that needed to be handed in or traded were all transported out through that road. Sometimes when there was no one at the canyon entrance, Wang Shun would lead his men to guard the path.
"Although it's a longer route than going directly over the mountain, the road there is flat and easy for carts to pass through. We can transport the goods out from there."
Sang Yongjing nodded repeatedly. After all, he had a clear understanding of himself and realized that his brain was not that smart, so he just did whatever Yu'er said.
The popularity of "Journey to the West" has been increasing recently. After word of mouth, even the shop assistants in other shops on Qinghuan Street know that Zhongjia Restaurant has such a fascinating storybook.
Some people even sneaked out just to listen to "Journey to the West" for a while at the door.
The situation that Sang Yu had expected, where the place was packed with people and people had no idea where to go, happened much faster than she had expected.
As the plot of "Journey to the West" continues to develop, Sun Wukong escorts Tang Monk on a journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, which is full of 81 difficulties.
The spectators in Zhong's Teahouse would always start discussing the subsequent plot development before the storyteller began or after he finished two chapters.
Some said that there must be a monk at the end to serve as a challenge, while others suggested that a pig or sheep spirit could be used as a monster.
Although the two sides argued endlessly, they were all decent people and only used words instead of violence. After arguing for a long time, they would inevitably ask Sang Yu to buy a cup of milk tea, and the atmosphere was peaceful.
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