Chapter 183 Borrowing Money
Xia Zihan beamed with joy and ordered Cui's mother to lock the red coral jewelry into the warehouse.
She is too young now to wear too heavy jewelry. This set of red coral hair and face is first-class in workmanship, beautiful, beautiful and fashionable. However, the pattern is too gorgeous, so it is only suitable for prosperous women over sixteen or seventeen years old.
The thing was sent by Shu Zhen, Song Huai's personal servant. According to Si Cao, she spent fifty coins to figure out what Shu Zhen said.
According to Shu Zhen, Song Huai spent a total of 550 taels of silver to buy this set of noodles. Song Huai's private money was only 350 taels of silver, which was still 200 taels short. He did not dare to ask Pei for it. So he secretly borrowed two hundred taels of silver from his classmate and friend.
When Xia Zihan found out, the corners of his mouth were filled with laughter that reached behind his ears.
Song Huai, Song Huai, you hypocritical hypocrite has a day like this, and you still have to borrow money.
Haha, you deserve it.
I cheated you out of a set of jewelry, which is an advantage to you. Think about the past life, when you cheated me out of tens of thousands of taels of silver, you were not lenient at all.
Xia Zihan rolled happily on the bed.
When they had enough fun, they were busy sewing a cloak for Chu Jingqi.
As for the small incense burner, although it was beautiful, it was something belonging to Song Huai. Xia Zihan felt disgusted after looking at it, so she ordered Mother Cui to throw it into the warehouse and sleep.
Two days later, Chu Jingqi happily came to pick up the black fox fur, and even brought snacks from Baiwei Pastry Shop for Xia Zihan to eat.
While eating snacks, Xia Zihan asked Nuanyu to give Chu Jingqi a black fox fur to try on.
Chu Jingqi put on the cloak with a silly smile on her face. Before she could take a look, he kept saying, "It looks good, it's comfortable to wear, and it's warm."
Xia Zihan couldn't help but rolled her eyes, "Idiot." Then she told Nuan Yu to look carefully, "If there's anything inappropriate, take it off and I'll change it."
Xia Zihan spent several years in her previous life doing embroidery and shopping, and also made a lot of clothes, so she was a good clothes maker.
When Chu Jingqi put it on, she felt comfortable everywhere. She shook her head and said, "No need to change, it's just like this." Her heart felt warm and sweet with joy.
Because it was a large cloak, it could be worn even if it was a little bigger, and it would also keep it warmer, so Xia Zihan specially made it two points longer for him so that he could wear it for two more years.
Chu Jingqi nodded, "It's good to keep growing. I rarely make clothes. Once I make new clothes, they will last for a few more years."
Even if it's too small, he will keep it as a souvenir since it was made by Ayu himself.
After wearing it for a while, it was really hot. Chu Jingqi reluctantly took it off and told Ma Bao, "Put it on the screen. I'll put it on when I go out in a while." She couldn't wait.
Xia Zihan rolled his eyes as he looked at it, "As for that, I will do it for you often from now on."
Just think of it as his reward for collecting gossip for her.
Don't underestimate the gossip, sometimes you can find big problems in it.
For example, this time, she knew that the Lu family actually had the idea of marrying with the Yujun Prince's Mansion.
Prince Yu is a person of the emperor, the eldest prince and the queen.
The Lu family belongs to Concubine Lu and is her biggest backer.
If the marriage between the Lu family and the Yu family is really successful, then when several princes start fighting in a few years, the Lu family and the Yu family will either have the east wind overpower the west wind, or the west wind will guard the east wind.
The Yu family and the Lu family are both crucial to the success or failure of the Queen and Concubine Lu. No matter who defeats the other in the end, the family that is suppressed will definitely lose.
She didn't know who the eldest young master of the Lu family married or who the head of Danhua County married in his previous life, because she never cared about other people's affairs at all at that time.
However, in this life, Xia Zihan wanted to destroy the marriage between the Lu family and the Yu family, so he had to monitor the two families more closely.
Chu Jingqi climbed up to the edge of the kang and sat across the small kang from Xia Zihan. Seeing that Xia Zihan was eating happily, Chu Jingqi also ate with her.
But the snacks are too sweet and he doesn't like them very much.
He smiled and watched Xia Zihan eat, and added, "When I passed by Juxiang Tower, I went in and ordered six dishes. They will be delivered at noon, including your favorite fried prawns."
"Well, I will definitely eat more." Xia Zihan said with a smile, but she immediately heard Chu Jingqi's resentful voice, "Unfortunately, I can't accompany you and grandma to have dinner at noon today. I have something to do at noon."< br>
He didn't say what it was, and Xia Zihan didn't ask.
Chu Jingqi sat for two more cups of tea, then got off the kang, regretfully and happily put on the cloak Xia Zihan made for him, and left reluctantly.
At noon, the waiter from Juxianglou delivered food. He used a charcoal stove to warm an iron pot and carefully transported it in a horse-drawn carriage.
According to the waiter at Juxianglou, it was Chu Jingqi's request. He was worried that the dishes would get cold halfway through, so he warmed them in a large iron pot with a charcoal stove burning underneath to ensure that the dishes were still hot when they arrived at Chu's house. Moreover, according to the waiter, this method of keeping vegetables warm was suggested by Chu Jingqi to the owner of Juxianglou not long ago.
In summer and autumn, many wealthy families will go to Juxianglou to order food and wine banquets, but in winter, people are reluctant to go out. The business of Juxianglou is half lighter than in summer, and even the business of ordering food and having it delivered to their door is not much. .
It's freezing cold, even if the food you ordered is delivered to your door, it will be cold.
Not long ago, Chu Jingqi came up with a way for Juxianglou to build a special charcoal stove using two layers of iron sheets with mud in the middle.
According to the waiter, the owner of Juxianglou went to the blacksmith shop with Chu Jingqi to supervise the master blacksmith to build it.
And that pot was also specially made. Not only was it thick, it was three points taller than an ordinary pot. It looked a bit like a steamer, but not quite like it.
In short, charcoal is burning in the charcoal stove and an iron pot is placed on it. Even if the carriage bumps a little, the contents of the pot will not spill out.
As for Chu Zhai, today they have opened up this set of vegetable transport tools. This is the first time they have used this set of tools today.
Xia Zihan was eating hot oil-fried prawns for lunch, and she was thinking in her mind, would Chu Jingqi, who has always been cold to outsiders and foreign affairs, enthusiastically help the boss of Juxianglou create such a set of tools?
Could it be that it was convenient for Juxianglou to deliver food to her and her grandmother?
Among the six delicacies on the table, five are her favorites, and one is her grandmother's favorite steamed fish. No, she also likes steamed mandarin fish.
These six delicacies were obviously brought to her, and grandma just brought them along by the way, right?
This bastard...
Xia Zihan was secretly angry, and at the same time he was angry, a hot spring flowed into his heart, which was warm.
However, on the second day, the third day, and ten days in a row, after the waiter from Juxianglou delivered food to Chu Zhai in different ways on time every day, Xia Zihan had no idea at all.
On the fourth day, Chu Jingqi came to have dinner with Xia Zihan and Zeng.
Mrs. Zeng felt distressed and said, "Aqi, don't let the people from Juxianglou bring food in the future. The food there is not cheap. Any dish costs more than ten taels of silver."
On this day, six dishes cost hundreds of taels of silver. Zeng was happy to eat, but also felt distressed.
Chu Jingqi said with a smile, "Grandma, just open your heart and eat. These dishes were given to me for free by the boss of Juxianglou."
"Then the boss won't do loss-making business for no reason, right?" Zeng frowned, and the stewed black fish in his mouth suddenly changed in taste and lost its previous deliciousness.
She was worried that Chu Jingqi had done something illegal for others because of his status.
You know, there is no free lunch in the world.
"Of course." Chu Jingqi smiled and told Mrs. Zeng the truth, "As for the charcoal stove and the big iron pot in their store that are specially used to deliver food to people, I racked my brains and thought about it for two days before I came up with it. What came out was that I personally supervised the blacksmith to make such a set of food delivery tools. These dishes are the reward given to me by the owner of Juxianglou.”
It can also help Juxianglou expand its business.
When other people see that Juxianglou can deliver hot dishes to their homes, who has no reason not to order food?
In the past few days, the business of Juxianglou has been slowly heating up again.
According to the shopkeeper of Juxianglou, people have already begun to book New Year’s wedding banquets at Juxianglou, which is a big deal.
Didn’t you see the bosses of other restaurants displaying their cabinets and looking at the Juxianglou brand with envy?
After understanding the whole story and knowing that Chu Jingqi did not do anything bad, Mrs. Zeng smiled kindly and was very pleased, "Aqi is a filial person. He knows that I have had a bad appetite in the past few days. I have been eating Juxianglou's dishes these days. It’s a lot more appetizing.”
After being praised, Chu Jingqi looked very well-behaved, and kept picking up dishes for Mrs. Zeng, trying to please Mrs. Zeng like a puppy, "Grandma, eat more, the boss of Juxianglou said, he will give it to Chu Zhai for free." Send food for ten days.”
"Grandma still wants to eat it later, so I'll buy it for her and let the waiter from Juxianglou continue to deliver it."
It cost a hundred taels of silver a day. How could Mrs. Zeng be willing to spend the money to buy it? She quickly shook her head and said, "No matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of it if you eat it too much. Ten days is enough. Don't go and buy it. It's just a waste of money." .”
After marrying Mr. Chu Ge, Mr. Zeng lived a relatively frugal life under the leadership of Mr. Chu Ge, never spending too much money on food or drink.
Decades passed, and she got used to it.
She couldn't live a luxurious life, and the Chu family's current income couldn't support the extravagant expenses.
Although the Chu family has made some profits in a year, it is only enough to maintain their current life, and there is only a little bit left over.
Mrs. Zeng also had to save a dowry for Xia Zihan, so she couldn't spend lavishly.
Before Chu Jingqi left, Mrs. Zeng told him again, "Aqi, you have to listen to your grandmother. You can't spend money lavishly on Juxianglou to deliver food. It's okay for us to have a meal once in a while. If you eat too much, this sum The cost is not light. You are still young and don’t know the value of money, but you just need to remember that you can’t act like other idle nobles and don’t take money seriously.”
(End of chapter)