Chapter 145

When the middle-aged man said this, Luo Tangping was stunned. He said, "Manager Zheng, why?" He had just rented out his restaurant, and Manager Zheng came to talk about this. He was afraid it was a little late. Even the contract had been signed. He couldn't regret it unless the other party was willing to return the contract to him. But now Luo Tangping didn't know why his stepmother asked him not to rent out the restaurant first, so he went back and asked first.

Before Manager Zheng could say why, Luo Tangping saw him still lying on the ground. He must have fallen and hit his nose, and it was stuffy.

Luo Tangping said, "Manager Zheng, you should get up and go to the backyard with me to wash your nose. Or you can go to the pharmacy outside and ask the doctor to take a look. You are bleeding too much."

Manager Zheng had already gotten up by now, his nose was still running, with liquid dripping onto his collar and the ground.

"Okay, okay, let's go to the hospital first."

After seeing so much blood flowing out, Manager Zheng became a little panicked. After getting up, Luo Tangping held Manager Zheng's arm and walked out.

There was a big pharmacy a few shops away. Luo Tangping planned to send Manager Zheng over there to have a look. Look at Manager Zheng's nose. It was about to soak his collar in a short while.

When Manager Zheng came out, I saw the women and girls again.

He felt that his fall was related to these women and the young lady. He just looked at that ugly young lady for a second longer and felt his knees go numb and he suddenly fell to the ground. It seemed that it was not simple. Could it be that there was a master among the women and the young lady?

Manager Zheng couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are these two women and the young lady here to dine at the restaurant?"

Luo Tangping also glanced at Xu Qinyu and the others, shook his head and said, "No, you are here to rent my restaurant. I have already rented it to you. You are also planning to open a restaurant, so when you saw that my restaurant was for rent, you rented it to you."

"What?" Manager Zheng was anxious. "My Lord, why did you rent out the wine shop? Madam said that you have other uses for the wine shop, so she sent me to tell you not to rent it out yet. My Lord, why don't you stop these people first and discuss with them before they leave to see if you can return the rent to them and give us the deed."

When Luo Tangping heard the manager's tone, he also became unhappy and said with a stern face, "Why? This is my own shop. I don't even have the right to rent it to anyone. Besides, I have already signed the contract with the young lady. There is no reason for me to regret it, unless they don't want to rent it anymore."

"No, that's not it." Manager Zheng said hurriedly, "Don't misunderstand, my lord. I was wrong. It's just that the lady seems to want to do something with this shop..."

Luo Tangping said: "Manager Zheng, please don't worry about other things. I will talk to my mother about this matter myself."

After Luo Tangping sent the man to the clinic next door, he ignored him and went straight back to Changshan Mansion.

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When Xu Qinyu and Lianhua were walking out of the tavern, they had already heard what the steward had said to Prince Luo. When they got back on the carriage, Xue could not help but say, "It seems like we are lucky to have rented this tavern first. From what the steward said just now, it seems that Lady Changshan wants to use her stepson's shop, and she even asked the steward to come and tell Prince Luo about it. I wonder if Prince Luo will find Lianhua later and want to go back on his word and take back the deed." This is not impossible. It is said that Prince Luo is still filial.

Lianhua immediately said, "We have already signed the contract. Even if he comes to me, I will not return the contract to him. Your Majesty, you can open the wine shop without worry. Your Majesty, are you afraid of him, a prince? We have written it clearly in black and white. He cannot rent the shop to others for five years, otherwise the compensation will be nearly tens of thousands of taels of silver."

I feel that Prince Luo should not be such a bastard, but if Lady Changshan insists, Prince Luo might come to negotiate, give her more money and negotiate to return the deed.

Because the secret guards had checked and found that Prince Luo was filial to his stepmother, but he was really a fool. He was not a bad person and would not use other despicable means to return the deed. Besides, Lady Changshan was not stupid. Even if she really wanted to use this wine shop for other businesses and wanted to get the deed back, she would first check the status of the person who rented the wine shop. Although the Queen Mother asked for the signing of the deed, it was still easy to find out about the Queen Mother's people.

Don't you think that after Lady Changshan knew that this was a restaurant rented by the Empress, she would still ask her step-son to ask for the deed. Isn't this courting death? If she knew that it was a restaurant rented by the Empress, but still asked her step-son to ask for the deed, that would be intriguing.

Knowing clearly that the shop was rented by the Empress's people, he still let the stepson continue to ask for the deed. He might do something extreme or say something offensive to the Empress. Even saying something offensive to the Empress would be a serious crime and he might even be stripped of his title as the Prince of Changshan.

Of course, these are all what Lianhua thought. It is not clear whether the wife of Duke Changshan would do such a thing, but she does think that the prince of Duke Changshan is too stupid, a complete idiot!

Xu Qinyu also nodded and said, "It's okay. We have already rented the restaurant. Don't worry about anything else."

I also feel that Prince Luo would not do anything to force them to sign the contract. When talking to Prince Luo, I can see a bit of his character from his words. To put it bluntly, he is a bit naive. A prince of a marquisate was brought up with such a character. Prince Luo's stepmother is really not a simple person.

However, this is a family affair of the Changshan Mansion and has nothing to do with it for the time being, unless Prince Luo sees with his own eyes what kind of person his stepmother is.

Otherwise, no matter who tries to persuade him, it will be useless. If you go up to him and tell him directly that his stepmother deliberately taught him this, he might even blame the person who said more.

Xu Qinyu knew clearly that no matter what shop she rented, there would always be some troubles. Unless the shop was her own, she could avoid the trouble.

After returning to the palace, Xu Qinyu also began to prepare for Xu's Restaurant.

I've been around that restaurant before. It's only been open for about half a year, and the interior decoration is still very new. Except for some places that need to be modified, most of it does not need to be redecorated.

Prince Luo was not short of money, and he used the best things to decorate the restaurant. The tables, chairs, benches and kitchen utensils were all new and made of good materials.

Especially for the kitchen, Xu Qinyu only needed to buy some more stoves and build a few kilns, and she didn't need to worry about anything else, especially the bowls, plates and dishes, they were all made of colorful porcelain.

It was clearly written when we signed the contract today that the tables, chairs, benches in the restaurant, and all the kitchen utensils in the back kitchen will be paid as collateral for an extra 12,000 taels of silver.

Prince Luo didn't even run a restaurant, so there was no point in having so many tables, chairs, benches and kitchens, so naturally he agreed.

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While Xu Qinyu was still in the palace thinking about how to change the decoration inside the restaurant, Luo Tangping had already returned to Changshan Mansion.

After returning home, he went to see his stepmother Zheng.

Manager Zheng is my stepmother's man, a servant of the Zheng family. He married into the Changshan Mansion with my stepmother and helped with management.

After meeting Zheng, Prince Luo felt a little angry. He felt that Manager Zheng dared to speak to him like that and his stepmother didn't care about him. Didn't she take him, the prince of a noble family, seriously?

But unexpectedly, when Zheng saw him, she did not mention the matter of the shop, but saw that he was wearing thin clothes, and hurriedly said, "You, child, how can you still worry your mother at such a big age? Although it is two months of spring now, you know that the weather in the capital is still cold in early spring. You are wearing such thin clothes, be careful of catching a cold. Go back to the yard and put on a robe and come to your mother. I asked the kitchen to stew the white fungus, red dates and snow pear soup. It is still hot. Go back and change your clothes. I will ask the little maid to prepare it. You can eat it after you change your clothes and come over."

No matter how angry he was, Luo Tangping lost all his anger when he saw his stepmother like this. He just whispered, "Don't worry, mother. I'm young and hot-tempered. I'm not afraid of the cold at all. I'll still be warm if I wear more clothes."

Zheng smiled and said, "Child, sit down for a while. I'll ask the maid to bring you some sweet soup. You like sweets the most. I also asked the kitchen to make sweet and sour pork ribs tonight, which are also your favorite dishes."

Luo Tangping nodded, feeling that he had gone too far just now and almost spoke in a bad tone to his mother.

After Zheng ordered the maid to bring the sweet soup, Luo Tangping slowly ate the sweet soup and asked, "Mother, at noon, Manager Zheng came to the restaurant to look for me and asked me not to rent out the restaurant yet. Mother, do you want to do something with the restaurant?"

Zheng smiled and said, "Yes, I asked Manager Zheng to find you. I know that you are planning to rent out this restaurant. I thought that if you don't continue to run the restaurant, I will tell you that you should leave this shop to me. I plan to expand the snack shop at home. In addition to selling snacks, various sweet soups, summer ice drinks, etc., we can also add some barbecue skewers. Business should be good. That's why I asked Manager Zheng to go find you and rent out the other shop first. When the time comes, mother will use your shop and won't pay you rent. Even if we are mother and mother, we can do business together and split the profits in half. What do you think, Tangping?"

The reason why Luo Tangping wanted to open a restaurant was also somewhat related to the Zheng family.

Zheng had a snack shop, and business was pretty good. The shop had two floors, and it was the property left to him by his biological mother. When his biological mother was still alive, the shop was a snack shop. After his biological mother passed away, the shop was run by his father's people and his grandmother, but the business was not very good. Later, it was taken over by his mother, and the business of the shop gradually picked up. His mother was very good at making desserts, and the snack recipes in the shop were all improved by his mother.

Because his mother ran a dim sum shop, he wanted to make a living and thought of opening a restaurant and doing food business.

I never thought that this business is so difficult to do.

His mother also helped him with many ideas for this restaurant, and even the person in charge of purchasing ingredients for the restaurant was his mother's person. However, he still failed to make this business work and was losing money every month.

Also, because Zheng's shop was a snack shop and did not require a very large shop space, Luo Tangping did not think of leaving the six-story shop to his mother and rented it out directly. Otherwise, he would definitely not rent out the shop.