Chapter 111: Trouble
Jiang Tangtang smiled at him and said, "Not tired!"
Seeing that she said she wasn't tired, Lu Shi didn't ask any more questions. He drove the donkey cart to the dental clinic in Raoying County. The dental clinic was particularly crowded and chaotic today.
It turned out that although Zhounan Village suffered less damage in this pirate attack because General Song led troops to encircle and suppress the pirates, other villages suffered heavy losses.
Some people's parents were killed and they became orphans, while others had their money and food robbed and had to sell their children in order to survive.
Jiang Tangtang and Lu Shiyan were both good-looking, and when they got out of the donkey cart, they attracted a lot of attention.
Lin Wanning followed a group of ragged refugees into the crowd, and her pupils trembled as she looked at the beautiful and graceful person.
He...why is he here?
After the shock, she felt an indescribable surprise. She thought she would never have the chance to see him again, but she never expected that she would see him again. God still favored her!
"Mr. Lu..." Lin Wanning walked over, tears in her eyes, looking at Lu Shiyan with hesitation, "Do you still remember me?"
Jiang Tangtang raised an eyebrow, but Lu Shiyan just glanced at her lightly and looked away, as if he didn't see her at all. He called the matchmaker over and told her the requirements for this selection.
Lin Wanning's face froze, but she refused to give up. She knelt in front of Lu Shiyan and said in a mournful voice, "Master Lu, it doesn't matter if you don't remember me. Just buy me! I can read and write, and I'm good at needlework. I can serve you!"
Lu Shiyan then looked at her and said coldly, "I don't need anyone to serve me. It's my wife who needs to hire someone to do the rough work. You're not suitable."
Lin Wanning clenched her fists, hiding the jealousy and pain in her eyes, and kowtowed to Jiang Tangtang, saying, "Please, Madam Lu, accept me! Not only can I read and write, I can also style my hair beautifully. I can take care of your daily life..."
Jiang Tangtang responded coldly, "I don't need a maid!"
"I can do other things too. I can do everything. Madam Lu, please buy me for Mr. Lu's sake!"
Seeing that Jiang Tangtang was unmoved, Lin Wanning looked at Lu Shiyan with grievance: "Mr. Lu, have you really forgotten me?"
"Back then, my family and I went to Ping'an Temple to burn incense. We encountered bandits on the way, and you saved me! I've been thinking about you and wanting to thank you, but then something happened at home, and I came to Lingnan with my family. It's so wonderful to see you today. Please, let me follow you and repay you for saving my life!"
Her big eyes were full of tears, but they stubbornly refused to fall. She looked as pitiful as she could be.
Many people around were moved by her words, but Lu Shiyan said expressionlessly: "It's just a matter of convenience. You don't have to repay me."
"But I want to repay you!" Lin Wanning said stubbornly.
Jiang Tangtang rolled her eyes in her heart. She thought that she didn’t want to repay him, but wanted to marry him!
This is really a disaster, he has caused peach blossom debts everywhere. Jiang Tangtang glared at Lu Shiyan fiercely, turned around and went to the matchmaker to pick someone.
Lu Shiyan touched his nose innocently and hurriedly followed.
Looking at Lu Shiyan's indifferent back, tears welled up in Lin Wanning's eyes. After all, it was just wishful thinking!
Jiang Tangtang wanted to open a food shop, so naturally he had to pick a few people with good cooking skills.
Many people came forward to say that they were good cooks, but there was no stove at the moment, and she couldn't ask anyone to cook for her on the spot, so she asked people questions verbally.
After going through rounds of selection, Jiang Tangtang finally picked two girls and a boy.
The two girls were named Zhang Lu and Du Mudan, both about eighteen or nineteen years old.
The boy's name was Li Xiangchen. He was only seventeen years old and didn't know how to cook, but he was quick-witted and intelligent. He was also good-looking, so Jiang Tangtang thought he could be a waiter in the shop.
Zhang Lu is from Quchun County. His father is a chef in a restaurant. He has been learning cooking since he was a child.
Originally, the family lived a happy life, but unexpectedly, they suffered a great disaster this time. Both her parents died at the hands of pirates, her family property was seized by her uncles from the next room, and she was sold to a dental clinic.
Du Mudan is just an ordinary peasant girl, but she can basically answer all the questions asked by Jiang Tangtang.
There was no better candidate, so Jiang Tangtang chose her.
The cook and the waiter have been chosen, and we still need to choose two people to do the heavy work.
Such people are easy to choose; as long as they are honest, clean, and willing to endure a little hardship, they will be fine. Jiang Tangtang picked out two prostitutes with neat nails and went to negotiate the price with the matchmaker.
A maid who does rough work is cheap, and one can be bought for only ten or so taels of silver, but a young maid like Zhang Lu who has some skills will be more expensive.
The five people finally spent a total of sixty taels of silver to buy it.
With the cost of hiring people, as well as the renovation of the shop, the purchase of furniture, and the procurement of raw materials, Jiang Tangtang suddenly ran out of money.
She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, money is really hard to spend!
Besides, the house in the countryside is almost finished, but when we move in and buy furniture, we will have to spend money.
We have to find another way to make money.
However, Jiang Tangtang put the matter of making money aside for the time being and started training a few newly bought servants.
Generally speaking, in ancient times, the first step in buying someone was to give them a name. However, Jiang Tangtang was too lazy to bother with that and continued to call them by their real names.
Assign tasks directly.
Tomorrow the masons and carpenters will come to renovate the shop and kitchen, so Jiang Tangtang asked them to pack up the things in several rooms and move them to other empty rooms.
Because Jiang Tangtang planned to open a pastry shop where customers could sit down and eat and drink in the shop, or buy things to take away, both floors of the shop would be used.
Because making pastries requires an oven and other equipment, the kitchen area needs to be expanded.
The workload was quite heavy, and the group worked until dark, but still couldn't finish it. Jiang Tangtang ordered food in from outside, washed up quickly that night, and rested, because they had to continue the next day.
However, Jiang Tangtang was not watching in the shop today. She thought that Lu Shiyan would go to the military camp tomorrow, so it would be best for her to go home and spend time with the children today.
So after asking Lu Shiyan's opinion in the morning, he sent the scented candles to Jiuxia Silver Shop and returned to the countryside with them.
The shop was naturally left to the care of a few newly hired servants. The kitchen had been emptied and was being reinstalled, making it difficult to cook, so Jiang Tangtang left them some money to eat out.
"Dad!" The children were very happy when Lu Shiyan returned home, and Lu Tiantian even rushed towards Lu Shiyan.
Lu Shiyan picked her up.
Lu Tiantian hugged his neck and laughed for a while, then she became unhappy again after thinking about the news she had just heard. She said sullenly, "Dad, are you going to the war again?"
Lu Shiyan rubbed his little daughter's head and said, "Daddy won't go far this time. I'll come back to see you in a few days!"
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