Chapter 46 Qinglou Inn
"Sixth Lady, please see if there is anything else that needs to be changed."
Xu Miaomiao pointed at the newly renovated restaurant and said to Gu Yuanniang.
Gu Yuanniang held the child in her arms and looked at it thoughtfully: "Here, Miaomiao, wouldn't it be better if you replace this table with a mahogany one?"
Xu Miaomiao's heart tightened and she clenched her wallet. Liu Niang was indeed from a wealthy family and knew how to appreciate things.
"Sixth Lady, come and take a look."
Xu Miaomiao carefully wiped the mahogany tables and chairs that she had just bought from the market and spoke to Gu Yuanniang beside her.
The imagined response did not come, and Xu Miaomiao walked into the house curiously.
I saw a woman in the lead, with several maids and servants following her, surrounding Gu Yuanniang.
"The inn hasn't even opened yet, so how come there are guests coming?" Xu Miaomiao said.
"This lady must be Xu Miaomiao, right?"
The old woman was wearing a purple dress with an exquisite jade pendant hanging around her waist. The jade bracelets on her hands were a richer green, and the cleverness between her eyebrows was clearly visible.
"That's right." Xu Miaomiao said slowly: "May I know who the madam is?"
"My son is Cui Yuan. Gu Yuan's mother is my ex-daughter-in-law."
As she spoke, the old woman straightened her sleeves and said, "Today I am here to take my grandson, Ling'er, away."
"You are wishful thinking." Gu Yuanniang said madly, hugging the child in her arms tighter: "I will not give Ling'er to you."
"Haha." The woman laughed, her gestures showing the elegance of a noble lady. "Today, I must take Ling'er with me. After all, he is the blood of our Cui family, the flesh and blood of my son. I know my son Cui Yuan treats you badly, but you can't bear to see Ling'er wandering around with you. Why don't you open an inn or a restaurant?"
The old woman's eyes were filled with tears, and she held Gu Yuanniang's hand as she spoke.
"Yuan Niang, please have pity on my age and return the child to me."
When it comes to the child's future, Gu Yuanniang begins to hesitate. Xu Miaomiao turns her back, saying that this is not something she can get involved in.
"I know you're worried that Chunhe will harm Ling'er, but don't you still believe me?"
Gu Yuanniang seemed to be thinking about something. The old lady in front of her favored boys over girls and loved the child very much. She really had no reason to doubt it. Her eyes moved around the child's face in her arms again and again, and she finally handed the child to the old woman. She was now living under someone else's roof, so how could she guarantee the child's life? Perhaps letting him go to the Cui family was the best outcome. At least Old Lady Cui could protect him.
After taking Ling'er, the old woman looked at the child in her arms with pity, and hurriedly coaxed him softly and left without looking back.
Gu Yuanniang felt bitter, and when she chased out, the woman had already got on the carriage.
A warm finger gently rested on her shoulder, and Xu Miaomiao comforted her softly: "Sixth Lady, don't be sad. Maybe Old Lady Cui will give the young master a rich life."
Gu Yuanniang felt sad and she climbed onto Xu Miaomiao's shoulder and started crying.
After the decoration of the inn was completed, Song Weiwei rushed to go and see it.
After the child was taken away, Gu Yuanniang also concentrated on making wine.
The enthusiasm of the two was so great that Xu Miaomiao seemed a little lazy.
"Everyone, today we have reopened Qinglou. In addition to delicious dim sum dishes, we have also launched unique guest rooms for guests to stay in."
As he spoke, Xu Miaomiao took off the red cloth on the plaque, and the original words "Qinglou" were changed to "Qinglou Inn".
"Oh, our town is a trading hub, and there are many people coming and going to trade. It's a pity that there is no inn to stay in. Now that there is one, more people will come, and our trade will definitely be better."
"Yeah yeah."
People gathered together to discuss. If it were in the past, Xu Miaomiao would definitely be happy, but after the two previous failures, she did not dare to relax.
"Miao Miao, I did it. I did it."
Gu Yuanniang ran towards Xu Miaomiao in surprise, holding a spoon.
When they were still three or five meters away, Xu Miaomiao smelled the aroma of wine. Looking at the color of the wine in the spoon, Xu Miaomiao was a little shocked: "Wine?"
"Miaomiao is really amazing. She could tell at a glance that this is grape wine." Gu Yuanniang said slowly, "This is a fine wine that is only available in the Western Regions. My mother figured out the formula and production method. I tried it and it really worked."
Xu Miaomiao lowered her head and took a sip. The taste was mellow and rich, even better than what she had tasted in that world.
Xu Miaomiao sighed, and Song Weiwei, who was standing beside her, came over after smelling the wine: "Okay, you guys tasted the wine secretly without even calling me."
Song Weiwei snatched the spoon from Xu Miaomiao's hand, took a sniff and sighed with satisfaction: "Hmm, it's worthy of being brewed by Liu Niang, it smells so good."
He drank the wine in one gulp and looked at Gu Yuanniang with a look of unsatisfied desire: "Sixth Lady, do you have any more? I want to drink more."
Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao and Gu Yuanniang smiled at each other.
Patting Song Weiwei's head gently, Xu Miaomiao slowly said, "You little drunkard has drunk all of it. What else should we buy?"
"Hehe" Song Weiwei laughed to ease the embarrassment.
"Guest, are you here for a quick meal or to stay overnight?"
Gu Yuanniang was busy in the front hall, while Song Weiwei was counting the bills at the counter.
The men saw Gu Yuanniang and laughed: "We have heard that Liuniang is very good at brewing wine, so we came here specially to taste it."
"Yes, it's my newly brewed wine. Please wait a moment."
"Miaomiao, a squirrel, a mandarin fish, and a shrimp and pea."
The fire covered Xu Miaomiao's expression. Xu Miaomiao quickly cleaned up the things in front of her in a few seconds, and exquisite dishes appeared among them.
“It smells so good.”
Passersby were so attracted by the fragrant aroma that they couldn't walk away and had to drag their companions in.
"Is the guest staying overnight or staying here?" Song Weiwei fiddled with the abacus, watching to avoid the two people noticing what was going on.
The two were wearing gauze and white headscarves, and their words were a little awkward: "We are merchants from the Western Regions, and we want to stay in the hotel."
"Okay, I'll register you right away."
Song Weiwei said this as she took the two of them upstairs to find a room.
“We have a different theme for each room.”
Song Weiwei pushed open each door, and different themes appeared before her eyes: "This is the prosperous theme of the capital, this is the desert theme, and there is also the romantic theme of your hometown, the Western Regions."
Song Weiwei looked at the expressions of the two people in front of her and became more hesitant to speak. This Xu Miaomiao insisted on setting up some kind of special inn and designing the rooms like this. She looked at the two people in front of her and felt that they were not very happy.
The two of them frowned, and suddenly they applauded, looking at Song Weiwei in disbelief and said, "This Western Region theme is really similar to our hometown. We live here, and it's really annoying my wife."
As he spoke, he took out a few taels of silver from his arms and handed them to Song Weiwei.
(End of this chapter)
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