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In the evening, Cao Yong returned to the weaving house.

Wei Xin went home during the holiday and was detained for several days. He always had to be moderate. Before leaving, Cao Yong asked Gu Na to give him 1,000 taels of silver notes and told him to keep the matter confidential. Ten thousand taels of silver to buy the servants, and it was too ostentatious to spread it. Even if he didn't mention it, Wei Xin wouldn't say it. If he didn't say the money in his hands, what he said would be plundered by his parents.

Cao Song returned to the Western Palace, and Gu Na returned to his Dianshizhai. Although he regarded himself as his companion, the Cao family regarded him as his cousin. Cao Yin arranged a clean yard for him and chose two honest book boys for him.

Cao Yong did not go back to seek his own residence directly, but went to Xuanrui Hall of the old lady in the backyard.

The old lady was seventy-two years old, and she was a little richer than in previous years. When Cao Yong arrived, the old lady was sitting on the soft kang on the west side. He heard Li report about the recent arrangements in the mansion. The Holy Lord arrived in Jiangning on March 28th. There are less than ten days left and I still have to be busy.

Cao Yin's sister-in-law Zhao Jia sat on the chair beside Li. During these days, she came to help her sister-in-law directors every day. Except for Li, Zhao Jia's sister-in-law, Cao Yin's concubines were all there. The Cao family has received more times in recent years, and everyone has experienced it. Anyway, with the rules of the previous years, it doesn't seem panic. Under the arrangement of Li, everyone took the mother-in-law to take charge of a pool, and everything was done.

Seeing Cao Yong come in, the old lady's face became a little more joyful. Cao Yong first greeted the old lady, then met his mother and aunt, and finally met several aunts. After returning the gift, he retreated. Liuli walked at the end and looked at Cao Yong with a little thoughtful look. Cao Yong saw that her lower abdomen was slightly raised and she couldn't say anything. When she thought of adding a half-brother or sister, she felt like she had swallowed a fly. This was the mistress who came on stage. Thinking of this, she became more sympathetic to her mother, Li. As a big wife, she not only could not be jealous, but also had to treat her children with illegitimate nature. Isn't this stabbing people in the heart?

The old lady pulled Cao Yong to sit on the edge of the kang and said with a smile: "Today, Linxiazhai sent Jiuzhu Chaolu. The color is good, the name is good, or the food is good. My baby grandson has troubled me!"

Cao Yong hurriedly said, "Yinger dares not take credit. It's all the credits of the two masters Yutian. The ancestors eat well and give them more money." This is an era when "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen". If it is rumored that he likes to play with cooking skills, it will not be a good reputation.

The old lady is a mature man, but she doesn't understand her grandson's thoughts. She is very pleased to see that he is not arrogant, impetuous, and introverted.

Zhao Jia flattered and said, "Old ancestor, Linxiazhai is amazing now. How many powerful people want to order a table but not. The wife of Cui Fucheng's family came to her wife to come to her wife, and wanted to pack a table in Linxiazhai to wash up for the general of Ha!" While saying that, she looked at Cao Yong intentionally or unintentionally.

Cao Yong sat next to the old lady, twisted a piece of dried peach from the fruit plate on the kang table, and put it in his mouth, looking as if he had never heard of it.

Linxiazhai was made by Cao Yong on the 70th birthday of the old lady in February last year. He used the 8,000 taels of silver from the pawnshop to buy a private house for officials returning to Beijing, and after cleaning it up, he opened Linxiazhai. To put it bluntly, Linxiazhai is a private restaurant. However, because of its novelty and uniqueness, new food is launched every month, ordering one table and two takeout tables every day. Many people can’t get it, so they become famous.

Going to Linxiazhai for dinner has become a face-saving and comparing behavior for the powerful and wealthy families in Jiangning City. You should know that Cao Yong, the boss behind Linxiazhai, believes in "not seeking the best, but seeking the most expensive". Linxiazhai does not accept instant guests, and anyone who wants to go to dinner needs to make reservations in advance. In addition, there is only one table of guests there every day, which is not a tip reward. The cost of ordering each table is 199 taels of silver, or is it paid if you order the meal.

Seeing that Cao Yong refused to respond, Zhao Jia felt unhappy, but she did not dare to be arrogant in front of the old lady. She smiled and turned the topic around.

Cao Yong accompanied the old lady to talk a few gossips. The old lady knew that he had just returned and had not had dinner, so she ordered someone to wait for him to change his clothes and then called someone to deliver the food left for him.

Li had other things, and Zhao Jia also came back to home, and her sister-in-law went out with her.

After using the meal, Cao Yong left Xuanrui Hall. As soon as he left the old lady's yard, he was stopped by two maids, but it was Cao Yan's side who made books and paintings.

"Uncle, but I'm out. Our girl is waiting for you for a while!" Nongshu said with a smile.

"Sister is looking for me?" Cao Yong was a little surprised. Cao Yan's personality was a little cold. Except for the old lady and Cao Yi, Cao Yong rarely took the initiative to get close to his family. The sister and brother did not have close contact.

Listening to Cao Yong's question, Nong Yu and Pinhua nodded violently.

Outside Yunyongzhai, a little maid stood outside the door and saw Cao Yong coming from afar. She quickly turned around and reported to the door: "Sister Qin, the uncle is here!"

The maid Wenqin at the door heard this and looked happy. She walked to the desk and said to Cao Yan: "Miss, it's time to rest assured. The old man is the most humble. As long as the girl speaks, how can she not be able to obey?"

Cao Yan whispered with a little loss: "My brother used all his New Year's money to get a Linxiazhai. As a sister, I have not done enough to get five points of dividends every month. I am already ashamed of having to make things difficult for him now. It is really not necessary to make things difficult for him. If it weren't for the purpose of getting together with the sisters of Jizhu Club, I wouldn't have to worry so much."

Jizhu Club, initiated by Cao Yan a few years ago, is all the ladies of the powerful families in Jiangning, with more than ten. Every month, the ladies of each family take turns to post, recite poems and paintings, which is really elegant. However, good days are not long. Next year is the year of talent shows. This year, many ladies from officials and families are locked up by their elders to learn rules, and Cao Yan is no exception. Apart from the birthdays of the ladies, they really have no excuses to make excuses to gather.

Cao Yan's birthday was March 30th. It was during the period when the Emperor's residence in Jiangning. The Weaver Mansion would become a "big palace". Not to mention inviting ladies from various families to form associations, they would not even be able to celebrate their birthdays as usual. Therefore, Cao Yan thought of asking his younger brother Cao Yong to buy a table in Linxiazhai to celebrate his birthday in advance. However, Linxiazhai's dinner was popular and everyone would like to treat him there. Usually, they had to book one month in advance, or even two or three months in advance.

There are three main rooms in Yunyongzhai, with the hall in the middle, the bedroom in the west, and the study in the east.

Cao Yong knew that this sister was buried in the pile of books all day long, so he walked to the east room without anyone telling him.

Although I was reluctant to call a 14-year-old girl a sister, what could I do? Who made Cao Yong, a young body, only eleven years old?

Cao Yan was wearing a rosy-colored shirt and thick black hair, and a whip hanged behind her head casually. Apart from a pair of pearl earrings, there was no other jewelry.

"Sister!" Cao Yong bowed and said hello.

"What a distinguished guest, I'm here. I'll take the glass cup from the treasure grid and make a cup of Longjing for the old man before the rain!" Cao Yan put away the loss in his eyes and smiled and asked Cao Yong to sit down.

After all, it was a family of family. Thinking that the little girl in front of me would get married next year, Cao Yong felt soft and couldn't help but worry about her. He would become a princess at the age of fifteen and manage a family. Fortunately, for the sake of Cao Yin, Mr. Kangxi did not marry Cao Yan to his sons. He was born in the Cao family's Internal Affairs Office and was not qualified to be the prince's official wife. At most, he would be a concubine.

When asked the Qin and brought the tea, Cao Yan said in embarrassment what he asked for. Cao Yong frowned slightly and did not respond immediately.

Cao Yan's heart sank. Yes, my brother could agree with it with just one word. After one month or two, the people who could have a meal with a thousand taels of silver were pushed. There were no few who had no identity. Only the Cao family knew about the boss behind Linxiazhai's scenes. To outsiders, the boss was just Cao Fang, who was the disciple of Cao's family. How could he offend all the guests directly?

"I'm really embarrassed, forget it, brother, just prepare a big gift to celebrate my sister's birthday!" Cao Yan took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Cao Yong replied: "It's indeed a bit embarrassing. It's not a big deal for my sister to use Linxiazhai Banquet to entertain ladies from various families. But the people who serve there are all servants and servants, and there are no girls. This is so inconvenient. At that time, my sister will have to arrange enough people to serve."

Cao Yan was already desperate, but after hearing this, his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but worry a little: "Brother, will it be too troublesome? If no one is willing to cancel the subscription, don't force it. Don't ruin Linxiazhai's integrity. Sister is looking for a place to have a banquet."

"It's nothing. I'll go to Linxiazhai to discuss it tomorrow. It will be five or six days at the latest. My sister will relax and prepare for a banquet." Cao Yong replied casually, but he was very glad. Fortunately, he had the foresight and did not forget that it was an ancient and modern China. The ordering of meals in Linxiazhai is empty every five days, just to deal with various relationship households. Of course, those who talk about love should have a big face, strong relationships, and the ordering fee is not small. Cao Yan is fine, as a sister, and he has to respond to it to make the little girl happy. Forget about Zhaojia, how can he allow others to use it to make relationships with others? Thankless things, Cao Yong will never do it.

When Zhao Jia returned to the mansion, she looked unhappy. She didn't even bother to pay attention to her younger son Cao Fu acting coquettishly, so she asked the nurse to carry her to place her.

Cao Quan returned to the room and saw his wife doing this, he was puzzled and asked, "Why are you not happy? The old lady is hitting you again?"

Zhao Jia snorted and complained: "The old lady is so partial. She only has one grandson in her eyes. She can't see others, and she is too lazy to say it!"

Although Cao Quan and the old lady were not close, they were respectful and did not want to talk about her right and wrong, so they did not respond.

Zhao Jia was unwilling to accept: "I also accept the five-cent share of the three girls in Linxiazhai. After all, he is Yong'er's life-saving benefactor and has been included in our family's genealogy. But what happened to the Gu kid, he even got five-cent share of the shares. He treated him like a benefactor of his enemies. He thought he was a Bodhisattva? He was like a fool!" Seeing that his husband was not saying a word, he said: "Since everyone has a share, why are there only Ying'er and Song'er in our Xifu, but there are not three brothers Shuo'er!"

Since Cao Ying and Cao Song shared a monthly bonus of 5,600 taels of silver from Linxiazhai every month, Zhao Jia has been nagging this a lot. Cao Quan has never heard of ten times and eight times, but he doesn't care. He just saw his wife mentioning the old words again, and he was a little curious: "Why did you think of this? Isn't it the day when you don't make money in the middle of the month?"

Zhao Jia sighed: "It's Mrs. Cui's mansion who is speaking. She wants to have a banquet at Linxiazhai. I said to the old lady. Your nephew just pretended that he didn't hear it, and there was no aunt in his eyes. Really, Ying'er and Song'er have 10% of Linxiazhai's share, and they are the little boss there. What's the point of letting Linxiazhai squeeze out a day for the Cui family!"

Cao Quan looked at Zhao Jia and said with a smile: "I don't know if Yong'er is a Bodhisattva, but he is definitely not a fool. Who said Ying'er and Song'er have Linxiazhai's shareholding? Don't forget what he said is a bonus, and he adds pocket money to a few brothers and sisters, but he has never mentioned that he is not a shareholding!"

Zhao Jia opened her eyes wide: "That's true?"

Cao Quan nodded: "And there is still a deadline, until Ying Er and the others get married. Of course, there is no reason to give pocket money to the married sisters and brothers."

Zhao Jia said, "I didn't expect that the boy had this scheming, so what? Now there is no separation. Even if you make money, it will be the property of the Cao family. It will always belong to the official?"

"It is the Cao family's industry, but it is also the royal family's own industry!" Cao Quan said: "Our nephew is not ordinary. Such a big stall is used to buy jewelry and antiques in his room. He didn't use the official rank for half a penny. He also made money by making snacks for the old lady. Whether it is my eldest brother or my uncle, who dares to plot against Linxiazhai, he is shameless!"

Zhao Jia frowned: "The monthly dividend is 5000 taels of 600 taels of silver, and the total dividend is about 10,000 yuan. In a year, it can't be paid for 120,000 yuan. One store can only benefit from more than ten shops outside, and it's just that cheaper for the boy."

Cao Quan glanced at his wife and said seriously: "Ying'er is a sensible person. If you respect him, he will naturally respect you, an aunt. He is the grandson of the Cao family and looks like an older brother. In the future, the boys in our family will rely on this older brother to pull him. Don't be blinded by a few silver, you can't tell the difference."
Chapter completed!