Wang Lin told Feng Yuheng: "It's the end of the year, and the owner of the small restaurant next to our Baicaotang is going back to his hometown. He said he doesn't want to go back to the capital after the New Year. Dear, search for "Eye & Quick" on Baidu, and you can read a lot for free. I want to ask the owner if we can buy the restaurant and turn it into a herbal medicine shop. How about that?"
Feng Yuheng's eyes lit up, "Wang Lin, your idea is really good."
"Does the boss agree?"
Feng Yuheng said: "There is no problem in buying it, and the idea of opening a herbal medicine shop is also very good. But you can't just open a shop like that, you have to come up with some mature ideas."
Wang Lin added, "This is what I think. People who come to Baicaotang for medical consultation and prescription often ask for prescriptions for medicinal food. Some even come with prescriptions written by other doctors. So there are many people coming and going. If we can open a medicinal food shop next to Baicaotang, wouldn't it be more convenient? And the medicinal food we prepare is more reliable, and everyone can eat it with peace of mind. In addition, the original cooks and waiters can also stay, and everything is ready."
Feng Yuheng thought for a while and said, "I have seen that restaurant. It is not a big place, but it is big enough for medicinal food. I suggest that they only make porridge and nothing else. Don't serve too much every day and only open half a day. Also, you have to consider those noble ladies and young ladies who want to replenish their bodies but are not convenient to go out for a meal. People like that have a lot of money and value their lives."
Huang Quan was amused when he heard this, "Miss, you are also considered the daughter of an official."
Feng Yuheng curled her lips, "I can come out, but can they? Wang Lin, I think how about this, you can mix the medicinal food with the raw ingredients, sell them by portion, and let the ladies buy them back to cook porridge themselves. A small package is enough for one meal, and it is convenient to eat."
Wang Lin nodded repeatedly. "To be honest, the owner of the restaurant told me privately that he hopes we can buy the shop so that he doesn't have to talk to other people."
"Okay, go ahead and do it. I still say the same thing, you have to pay more attention to train more people for me, just like the last time you opened Baicaotang in Xiaozhou, maybe you will open it in other places someday, I will ask you for people anytime and anywhere."
Wang Lin said, "Don't worry, boss. I have some people under my command. Not only can I be the boss, I can also be a clerk if needed."
Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with Wang Lin. Not only was he loyal, but he was also smart and focused on Baicaotang, which saved her a lot of worries.
She stayed in Baicaotang for half a day, and left with Huang Quan at noon. The two of them found a restaurant and prepared to eat something outside. The waiter had just brought the food when they saw a five or six-year-old child squatting at the door, staring at the two chicken legs on their table and drooling.
Feng Yuheng hated this the most, so he asked the shopkeeper for a piece of oil paper, wrapped a chicken leg in it and handed it to Huang Quan: "Give it to the child to eat."
Huang Quan nodded, thought for a moment, then poured the rice in his bowl onto the oil paper and gave it to the child as well.
But the child didn't eat it. He just wrapped it in paper and put it in his arms, then squatted in the same place and looked at other tables.
Unfortunately, no kind-hearted person was willing to give her anything, and the child's eyes revealed disappointment.
Feng Yuheng said to Huang Quan: "Guess, why didn't the child eat it himself and put it away?"
Huang Quan thought for a moment and said, "It should be left for others. Maybe her family is homeless like her, and she wants to get some more food to take back home to eat together."
"But she's not a beggar." Feng Yuheng pointed at the child and said, "Although her clothes are shabby, they are just torn and old, not dirty. Look at her clothes, the color is indeed faded, but it is obvious that it has been washed many times. Think about the faces and heads of those beggars on the street, and then look at this girl's face and head, how can they be dirty?"
Huang Quan noticed these details and thought about it again, "Miss, you are right. If it was a dirty and smelly beggar, the waiter would have chased her away long ago. There is no way he would let her squat at the door for so long."
Feng Yuheng waved to the waiter and said to her, "Bring five more chicken legs, and add a few more plates of your delicious dishes."
The waiter was shocked, "How can you two eat so much?"
Huang Quan slammed the table and said, "Go if I tell you to. If you can't finish the food, we can take it away! We ordered more because we think the food in your restaurant is delicious."
The waiter quickly smiled and thanked them for enjoying the restaurant's dishes, while he was busy giving instructions to the kitchen.
Then Huang Quan shouted again: "Give me another bowl of rice!"
"Okay!"
Feng Yuheng instructed Huang Quan: "Eat the chicken drumstick first, let's eat quickly, and after eating, follow me to go somewhere."
The waiter quickly brought Huang Quan's rice, and the two began to eat. When the new dishes were served, they finished eating.
Huang Quan directly told the waiter to pack up the food, and Feng Yuheng ordered a lot of rice to pack it together.
The waiter was confused. When did the dishes in their restaurant become so popular? Look, the handsome young man even liked the rice and directly filled a whole pot.
Feng Yuheng saw his confusion and was too lazy to explain. He just threw a whole ingot of silver over and successfully shut the waiter up.
The two of them went out and got on the carriage with the packed food. It was not until the carriage had passed a street that Feng Yuheng asked the driver to stop, and then said to Huang Quan: "Go back and bring the little girl to the carriage."
Huang Quan knew what she meant, so he got out of the car quickly and walked back quickly.
After a while, the poor child squatting at the door of the restaurant was taken into the carriage.
The little girl was a little scared. She looked at Feng Yuheng and Huang Quan and didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, she knelt down and kowtowed to them. Then she timidly said, "Thank you for the chicken legs and rice." As she spoke, she sniffed. The aroma of food wafted in from the carriage, and the little girl almost drooled.
Huang Quan smiled and touched her head, "What's your name?"
The little girl replied: "My name is Shui Ling."
"Shui Ling." Feng Yuheng tilted his head and asked her, "Do you squat at the door of the restaurant every day waiting for people to give you food?"
Shui Ling nodded: "Yes."
Huang Quan didn't understand, "Why don't you take the initiative to ask for it?"
Shui Ling said: "Then I would become a beggar, but Shui Ling doesn't want to be a beggar."
"Why?" Feng Yuheng was also a little surprised. "What's the difference between you waiting for someone to give it to you and asking for it yourself?"
Shui Ling added, "There is a difference. If someone offers to give it to me, it doesn't count as what I asked for, and I won't be considered a beggar. On this street, beggars are also supervised. You can't eat the things you ask for, and you can't take them to other places. You have to take them to a unified place and hand them over to the superiors for distribution."
Feng Yuheng understood that this was a gang of beggars.
"Then who are you taking your things back to?" she asked again.
"For a lot of people." Shui Ling lowered her head and choked up a bit, "Where we live there are a lot of orphans like me, and we have two sisters taking care of us. Someone used to send us food, but later they stopped. We were hungry, so we came out to wait for others to give us food."
Feng Yuheng thought for a moment, this seemed to be the result she wanted. So she said to the child, "Take me to where you live. I packed these meals for you."
"Really?" Shui Ling opened her eyes wide, as if she couldn't believe it.
Feng Yuheng nodded, "Really? Tell the driver the address and we'll go there now."
If I guessed correctly, the place where this child was should be a place similar to an orphanage. Feng Yuheng had a sudden thought while eating in the restaurant. If she could help an orphanage, she could cultivate these children. She practiced medicine...
We need manpower, and intelligence networks also need manpower. In this era of information and transportation, people are really too important.
The carriage traveled for half an hour and finally stopped in front of a courtyard in the north of the city.
This courtyard is neither new nor old and is very large. It should be the remains of a wealthy family.
Shui Ling took Huang Quan's hand and said, "This is it, brother and sister, please come in."
Feng Yuheng was wearing men's clothes, so naturally he was called brother. She didn't explain and followed Shui Ling into the courtyard. The driver behind her was also busy taking down the food in the carriage and delivering it in two batches.
When Feng Yuheng entered, there were several children about Shui Ling's age in the yard washing clothes in basins, and two older girls were hanging clothes one by one on the high rope.
The two girls looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old. They were not pretty, but pretty. Their dresses were old and faded, but they were also washed cleanly.
It was cold in winter, and the hands of the children washing clothes turned red from the cold. They had to stop and rub them after washing for a while. Some even got frostbite, but they endured the pain and continued to put their hands in the water.
When Shui Ling came back, the children in the yard first looked at her with hope, then noticed a young man and young lady following her, and they couldn't help but be stunned.
The girl hanging clothes felt that the atmosphere was a little unusual, so she quickly went around to the front to see what was going on. She was also a little surprised when she saw it, and asked in a daze, "What are you two doing here?"
Feng Yuheng smiled and took a step forward, "This lady, you are polite." She bowed and saluted, looking like a gentleman, causing the girl to quickly bend over and return the salute. Then she continued, "We met Shui Ling when we were having dinner in the restaurant. After hearing what she said about your situation, we packed some food and brought it back. We don't know how many people there are here and whether it will be enough."
When they heard that there was food, the children's eyes lit up, and people ran out from all directions of the yard one after another. Feng Yuheng looked at it and saw that there were at least 30 people.
"It seems like it's really not enough." She smiled bitterly, took out two silver bars from her sleeve and handed them to the driver, "Go find a nearby restaurant and ask them to make some food and send it here. Just make it according to the portions for these children. It would be even better if you can bring out the dinner as well."
The driver nodded, said nothing, and hurried away.
Shui Ling jumped up happily and pulled the two older girls to introduce them to her: "This is Sister Fusang, and this is Sister Tiandong. We are usually taken care of by the two sisters, and this one..." She wanted to introduce Feng Yuheng to Fusang and Tiandong, but found that she didn't know who Feng Yuheng was at all.
Huang Quan took the initiative to speak: "This is my young master, Le Wuyou, the attending physician of Baicaotang. I am her maid, my name is Huang Quan."
Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with this introduction.
Baicaotang was so famous that when Fusang and Tiandong heard that he was the doctor in charge of the Baicaotang, they were very happy and saluted Feng Yuheng repeatedly. Then they heard Fusang say, "We have heard of Master Wuyou's great name for a long time. It is a blessing for us that you can come here today, and you spend money to prepare meals for the children. This is really..."
"That's great!" Some children shouted and came forward to surround Feng Yuheng.
But before Feng Yuheng could say a few words to the children, the driver who had just left to buy food came back and said with a worried look on his face: "Master, there is a group of soldiers outside!"
Just as he finished speaking, he heard the gate of the courtyard being slammed open from the outside, and a team of soldiers immediately rushed in!
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