Chapter 212 Good luck in opening the door
Song Liyun is settling accounts.
For the opening meal, they roasted half a sheep and had over a hundred kilograms of vegetables, earning seven taels and four cents of silver.
The mutton was borrowed from the garrison and you have to pay for it.
The vegetables were picked from my own fields, and public and private matters are clearly separated. The money should still be given to Song Zhenping.
Add to that the seasoning packets, paper boxes, charcoal money, and the wages of each waiter, and for such a large restaurant, it would take at least eight taels of silver every day to break even, which seems like a loss.
Song Liyun smiled so much that her eyes curved into crescents.
Today is a promotional day, so most of the ingredients are given away for free, and the prices are also half price.
When the price returns to normal in the future, I can at least make more than twenty taels of silver from this little bit of food.
With the experience of the first day, Ye Hua, who manages the kitchen, already knows what to prepare.
These guys are all old hands who are used to doing the work, and now they are willing to work in Tianxianglou. Song Liyun doesn't need to spend any more time to arrange things for them, they will find work on their own.
The restaurant closed, and before it got dark, Song Liyun, wearing a smoky green tight-sleeved outfit, rode a chrysanthemum green horse and, escorted by Zhou Xiang and the other four, left the city and went home, just like she had done in the past ten days.
On the city wall, Jiang Feng, dressed in casual clothes, was leaning against the wall, watching the back figure disappearing on the official road, a smile in his eyes.
He had long known that the city's chefs wanted to squeeze Tianxianglou, but it was difficult for the government to intervene in such private business matters.
Tianxianglou opened today, and even the usual ruffians didn't go to join in the fun.
He thought it would end up being deserted, but unexpectedly, the rich aroma attracted half of the people on the street.
Everyone likes to taste delicious food for free. No matter how powerful a culinary artist is, he or she cannot pinch other people's noses or cover the mouths of passers-by.
There is also the convenient paper box, which looks much better than the leaf bag when held in the palm of your hand. People will ask about it along the way without you having to ask.
Yixi said many times after coming back: It smells so good, there are so many people!
Jiang Feng recalled the Third Young Master's evaluation of Song Liyun that day.
Although there were no further words, he could still see some clues.
When the Third Young Master left, he left a gift box at the county government office, and asked Yixi to deliver it as a gift when he reopened Tianxiang Tower.
The third young master had been familiar with this girl for a long time, but he pretended not to know her in the county government office, which seemed a bit awkward. He even asked him to send a gift.
Perhaps it was because he was knocked unconscious in Suijin Town that made the young man, who was proficient in martial arts, feel embarrassed and angry.
Helping the Third Young Master deliver gifts is a small matter.
But when I opened it today, I found that it contained a bright red heart-shaped stone.
If it was just ordinary gold or silver, he would have asked the servant to deliver it, but that was a chicken heart stone... No!
Jiang Feng shook his head, the Third Young Master was tempted.
This is not allowed!
If the crown prince ascends the throne, the third son will be a true royal relative, and it will be possible for him to marry a noble lady from the Wu Dynasty in the future.
Moreover, if we want to expand the tribe into a large one within three years, the fifty cavalrymen of the Wuda tribe are not enough, and we also need the help of intertribal marriage.
When the Third Young Master returns to the grassland, Madam Wu Ya will definitely take care of this matter.
Marry a wife for her virtue, and take a concubine for her beauty. Not to mention the status, with this girl's temper and appearance, she can't be a concubine, and I'm afraid she won't be willing to be a mistress, which will cause trouble.
Jiang Feng came from the family of the Dali Temple Minister, and he saw many such behaviors of young masters from wealthy families in the capital.
When he meets a special girl, he will be affectionate to her, but when it comes to marrying a wife, it is the elders in the family who make the decision.
This military girl is not an ordinary girl. Rather than harboring resentment towards each other later, it is better to stay away from her early on.
Out of consideration for the Third Young Master's future, he naturally kept the gift secret.
Song Liyun had no idea that someone on the city wall was planning her future, and she was still rushing home from get off work.
Everyone had worked very hard today, and she just wanted to go back early to wash up and rest.
Now there are peddlers traveling between Qili County and Suijin Town every day, and the road between the two has been repaired.
The official road, which was originally covered with gravel and branches, was now much easier to walk on. It only took Song Liyun half an hour to return to Suijin Town on horseback.
The dusk was dim, and the lit lanterns gave off the atmosphere of Suijin Town.
There are stones scattered around the market, where vendors place their goods during the day.
In the bright open space, a few people were building a wall with stones while it was cooler and less crowded.
These are the townspeople who can't wait for the autumn to come and want to build a small shop as soon as possible to facilitate their business.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves entering the town, the men stopped and greeted Song Liyun: "Miss Song, you'll be back a little late today. Brother Ping has been to the town entrance to see you several times."
Song Liyun smiled back: "Something delayed me, I'll be back soon."
Tianxianglou opened today, but she didn't tell Song Zhenping and the others.
In this situation, she didn't know what would happen. Instead of making another person worry and anxious, it was better to say nothing.
Hearing that Song Zhenping had come to wait several times, she said no more and told Zhou Xiang and the others to go back to the garrison to rest, and they only needed to go to Qili County together tomorrow morning.
She whipped the horse and rushed to Baolinju alone.
I don’t know if it’s because I’m in a good mood, but Song Liyun feels that Baolinju is particularly different today.
From afar, lanterns of all sizes were hung on the branches outside the yard, with the tallest ones even perched on the tips of the branches, swaying in the wind.
Before they got close to the orchard, Heijin rushed out from the woods, shouting "Hehe" and running towards Song Liyun.
Chasing after it, Xiao An shouted as she ran, "Second sister, second sister is back."
A yellow and white puppy was chasing Xiao An. It couldn't outrun the man and the monkey, so it kept barking anxiously.
Song Liyun's heart melted when she heard people calling her "Second Sister" and "Second Sister".
Now she understands even more that having someone to rely on is a kind of happiness, and being relied on by others is also a kind of happiness.
Song Liyun stepped on the stirrup and dismounted. She patted Heijin's head and walked towards Xiaoan, saying with a smile, "Xiaoan, why are you so happy today?"
She has to go home every night, and although Xiao An will come out to pick her up, he is not as excited as he is today.
"Go home, you'll find out when you get home!"
Xiao An was about to pull the reins, but Song Liyun brushed his hand away: "Don't come over, the horse and I are covered in dust."
She was tired after a day's riding and came back covered in dust.
"Don't be afraid, Xiao An will lead the horse for my second sister!" Xiao An smiled and pulled the reins. He hadn't seen his second sister for another day.
As we walked into the carriage road, Yunniang, Han Ming and Song Zhenping were waiting outside the door with smiles on their faces.
Looking at the two red lights hanging at the gate, Song Liyun became more and more surprised: "What happened today? What are you doing?"
Song Zhenping was wearing a new dress at this time and dressed very solemnly.
He came up to her and said with a smile, "Yun'er, today is your birthday. How could you have forgotten? I told you this morning to go home early."
"Oh!" Song Liyun slapped her forehead, she really forgot about it.
Because she was opening the business today, she packed up the vegetables in the backyard before dawn, and waited for Zhou Xiang to get half a sheep from the garrison before hurried out.
As for Song Zhenping's words to her to go home early, she didn't even remember them.
It turned out to be his eighteenth birthday!
The family dinner had been prepared long ago, but Song Zhenping didn't tell anyone else and only celebrated with a few people at home.
Song Liyun went to wash and change clothes, and everyone was already waiting in the room.
The table was filled with chicken, duck, fish, various side dishes, and clear mushroom soup.
There are no cakes or red candles here, but there are smiling faces all around.
Song Liyun never thought that she would be eighteen years old again.
(End of this chapter)
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