Chapter 45: Placing a Bet
Jiang Yueyao thought about it.
"My knowledge is limited, but I can think of two good names."
"The eldest daughter is pretty, so let's call her Chunhua, as charming and beautiful as a spring flower; the youngest daughter is lively, so let's call her Xiaying. The summer orioles chirp and sing, so lively."
When the two heard this, they were very happy and wanted to kneel down to Jiang Yueyao on the spot.
She was so scared that she quickly helped the man up.
"I'm just a shopkeeper. How can I accept such a generous gift from you?"
Then he found a tailor, took their measurements, and made two sets of clothes for them overnight.
Jiang Yueyao originally wanted to recruit four girls, but after two of them came, no one else came.
Come to think of it, if the family is not that bad, who would be willing to let their beautiful daughter work as a waitress in a restaurant?
Just when she was about to give up, two more girls showed up.
One is called Xiaotao and the other one is Chenyu.
Xiao Tao was very sweet-mouthed and made Jiang Yueyao smile without saying a few words. In addition, she was also quick-witted and had a sharp eye, so she immediately kept the man.
Just a fish sinking...
"Which sect are you from?"
Chenyu hugged the long sword in her arms tightly, with a cold expression: "Don't worry about it."
Jiang Yueyao was choked by the retort.
"You come to work for me, so I have to know where you come from. What if you are a bad guy or a fugitive..."
"Why do I look like a fugitive?" the man glanced at her. "Besides, if I were a bad guy, you'd be dead by now."
Jiang Yueyao covered her neck tightly.
"Don't mess around..."
"I was robbed on my way to Beijing. Otherwise, why would I come to do this kind of rough work for you?"
Jiang Yueyao hesitated to give advice.
"Why don't you try the restaurant across the street? They're hiring there too."
"No!" the other party rejected it outright, "I just like Wanhelou."
“…”
It is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away.
Jiang Yueyao had no words to express her pain.
But in the end they stayed with each other.
Just to be clear...
"This is a restaurant. I don't care what your previous status was, but here, you are a waitress. Waitresses should treat customers with warmth and smile at all times. If you have a stern face, I won't accept you."
"Okay." He answered reluctantly.
Jiang Yueyao took a deep breath and turned to leave.
But he was stopped again by the other party.
"I have no place to live."
"so what?"
"You arrange a place for me."
“…”
This is not like hiring a servant, it's clearly like hiring a master.
Jiang Yueyao hesitated for a long time and took her back to the house in Baolin Lane.
As soon as Chenyu entered the house, the look in her eyes when she looked at Jiang Yueyao changed.
"your?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"The cheapest house in Baolin Lane costs tens of thousands of taels of silver. The most valuable thing on your body is the jade hairpin on your head."
Jiang Yueyao: "...I rented it."
"Whose rent?" the other party pressed on.
Jiang Yueyao was angry.
"Are you going to live here or not? If not, go out and find a house by yourself." She reached out to push her, but Chenyu dodged and walked aside.
She swaggered into the yard and asked, "Which one do I live in?"
Jiang Yueyao really wanted to kick her out.
But in the end, he still held back his temper and gave Sulan the Osmanthus Garden next door.
Unexpectedly, this ancestor thought the name of the courtyard was too ugly and found a courtyard of his own.
She looked at the name above: "Xiayue Pavilion, hmm, not bad, it suits me perfectly."
"Heh..." Jiang Yueyao sneered, "Two taels of silver a month, remember to pay the rent on time."
The other party didn't care.
"I don't have any money now, so I'll owe it to my father first..." She paused, then changed the subject, "I'll give it to you as soon as I earn money."
Jiang Yueyao glanced at her and said, "Okay."
Before she turned and left, she looked at the other person again.
"Wash the soot off your face. It's too dirty."
Chen Yu: "...I disguised myself so well, you can see through it?"
"Oh……"
Anyone who is not blind can see it clearly.
I thought she was a heroine, but she turned out to be an idiot.
Never mind, just make do with it.
…
May 5th is the Dragon Boat Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival is an extremely important festival for the people of Daye.
On this day, everyone in Daye, from the highest level to the lowest level, from the royal family to the common people, must worship their ancestors and visit their graves; every household makes rice dumplings, cooks eggs with mugwort leaves, and drinks realgar wine.
Therefore, there were no customers in the restaurant that day.
Jiang Yueyao gave the restaurant waiters a day off and gave them Dragon Boat Festival gifts, asking them to go home and celebrate the festival.
All officials in the court also had holidays.
Everyone in the capital went to the Baiyu Dragon Lake. The lake was wide and there were four dragon boats parked on it, one red, one blue, one green and one black.
There was a flag flying on each dragon boat, with the words "Tiger Team", "Dragon Team", "Golden Wolf Team" and "Silver Scorpion Team" written on the flags.
Half a month before the competition, gambling houses across the capital began placing bets.
Some people bet on the Tigers to win. After all, the members of the Tigers are all from the Royal Guards. They are all strong and powerful. They stand there with heroic demeanor, and you can tell at first glance that they have the demeanor to win.
But more people bet on the Jiaolong team.
The members of the Jiaolong Team were personally selected by the prince. Although their fighting strength is not as good as that of the Tiger Team, they have a powerful backer. It was the Jiaolong Team that won last year, and they will definitely win this year as well.
The members of the Golden Wolf Team and the Silver Scorpion Team are all from major families in the capital. These young men who are usually reserved become full of energy once they put on their dragon boat uniforms.
I heard that for the sake of their family honor, they practiced non-stop every day, and even personally placed bets on themselves, declaring that they must win this time.
Jiang Yueyao also placed a bet.
She didn't want to leave at first, but when Yuan Shuyan came to Wanhelou for dinner, she insisted that she go with her.
"My brother is the drummer for the Tigers. I've secretly watched them. They're all incredibly strong and energetic. They're sure to win this year. Yaoyao, come on over. I promise you'll win a ton of money."
When Jiang Yueyao heard that there was endless energy, she was excited. She took out her pocket and took out all her pocket money for the month to bet it all.
When Chenyu saw this, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Just ten taels?"
Jiang Yueyao glanced at her and said, "You don't even have ten taels, and you're still laughing at me."
“…I’ll have it by the end of the year!”
"Oh my, you keep saying it's the end of the year, the end of the year. Is there going to be a windfall at the end of the year?" After saying that, seeing that Chenyu was unhappy, she pulled her hand again and said, "Let's go see Hualong together tomorrow. I'll buy you some candy and cakes."
"Who wants your candy cake?" Although he said that, he still nodded.
It was May 5th.
When she woke up early in the morning, Sulan had the rice dumplings she had made herself, boiled eggs with mugwort leaves, and a bowl of glutinous rice porridge.
Four people sat at the dinner table.
Jiang Yueyao said to Sulan and Aunt Chun, "If you two don't want to watch the dragon boat race, go for a walk in the street."
As she spoke she handed them a purse full of silver.
"Buy whatever you want. No need to save. I can earn it."
Aunt Chun pushed her hand back.
"I still have some money. Today's expenses will be on me. You can save it first. The rent of this yard is so expensive. What you earn is not enough to spend."
Sister Lan also nodded.
"I have money on hand, so I don't need yours."
Jiang Yueyao had no choice but to take the purse back.
When Chenyu saw this, she became eager to take action.
"How about I borrow some more..."
"roll!"
"Tsk, why are you so stingy? I will definitely pay you back in the future."
"You're as poor as a ghost now, and I believe your nonsense?"
“…”
Chenyu looked mad, who is poor?
She is rich, rich, rich------
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