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Chapter 125 Thief

h2>Yuehua Lane where dim sum is located is very close to Yuxiu Street and also belongs to the central area.?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               �

The shop originally had only one floor, but it was divided into two rooms before and rented out. After it was reclaimed, the partition wall in the middle was demolished and the second floor was added to the second floor, which became the current dim sum. The first floor of dim sum is half a workshop and half a sales hall, while the second floor is a place for refreshments. There are even five elegantly decorated private rooms. Not only are there dim sum pastries, but there are also various flower teas made from dim sum, which is a bit like a teahouse. However, the teahouse is not so delicate and delicious, and there are also various pastries, so you can't make those beautiful and delicious flower teas.

It can be said that the location of dim sum is not worse than that on Yuxiu Street, and it is more suitable for food shops. Zhiruo also has a dowry shop on Yuxiu Street. He signed a three-year lease contract and sold antique calligraphy and paintings. Now he has a lease period of more than one year. Zhiruo feels that there is no need to break the contract and compensate, but after the lease expires, it will be recovered. He is planning to buy two or three more shops, so he will naturally not have such a good shop and only collect rent.

The decoration and layout of the snacks are all designed by Zhiruo. Now she is preparing to open a branch. She hasn't seen it yet. She went there to see what needs to be improved on her design and the running-in effect of this time and space.

Because I was only going to go into the store and take a look around and then come out, Zhiruo did not bring Bai Xue into the store, but asked Ruchun to take it outside the store with him.

As soon as the Zhiruo sisters entered the store, the shopkeeper Guo, who had been waiting for a long time, came out: "Big... Master, you are here, have you used lunch?" Manager Guo was one of the managers who bought it from Kaicheng. He had managed two or three shops in his previous owner's house. After observing for a while, Uncle Qiang thought he had a good character, so he recommended it to Zhiruo and became the shopkeeper of Zhiruo, the first shopkeeper. Manager Guo's wife, Aunt Guo, is now the mother in the manager of Nianmeiyuan. Their 8-year-old daughter is Xi Tao from the needle and thread room. She is shy but clever.

Zhiruo nodded and smiled, "Well, I've used it, Manager Guo, please take Rudong to the workshop to have a look." The two female masters in the workshop were both apprentices brought by Rudong, haha, but they would be selected because they are both good at making traditional pastries. Dim snacks have no external staff, and everyone is a slave to sell dead contracts, including miscellaneous work, mates, and accountants.

Manager Guo quickly responded and called a young man to lead Rudong to the workshop. There were not many people in the workshop, only two female masters, two apprentice maids who had started, and a fire-burning woman. Generally speaking, Manager Guo would not call them out for fear of delaying the production of pastries. Who made their snack business too good? There was a shortage of supply every day.

The Zhiruo sisters were accompanied by Manager Guo to take a look around. There were not too many customers at this place, but it was more convenient. Manager Guo whispered: "Miss is aware. I chose this shop. Not to mention the place is good. The main street is connected to the official road. Many merchants and people passing by Luocheng will come to try it. Some of them eat it directly as a main meal and bring a lot of dry food when leaving. Well, six or seven out of ten who come here are from other places."

Zhiruo smiled: "That's how it is? That's not without Mrs. Lin's credit." I heard that the officers guarding the city gates have recommended some snacks to those who are asking about the road.

"That's right," Manager Guo echoed repeatedly. Otherwise, why would anyone say that there are easy things in the court? Merchants are rich but not powerful, and usually spend money to seek protection from people in the officialdom. The most gossip in Luocheng in recent times is the wealthy businessman Xu's family and the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion? Although Qingyuan Marquis Mansion has had a lot of trouble and is now very famous, it is still a Duke and Marquis family? A lean camel is bigger than a horse!

Fortunately, my little masters were protected by Prince Jing and Prefect Lin. Moreover, since the bandits in Mengniu Village broke into Meizhuang on New Year's Eve, all kinds of people who coveted Meizhuang seemed to have settled down. There were also various rumors outside, some exaggerating the mechanisms of Meizhuang to incredible, and some said that General Yin Zhao and General Qi Wang Zaizhiling protected Yin Zhiruo and his brothers. The Yin family and the Qi family were all powerful figures on the battlefield. Even if they were ghosts, their momentum was enough to suppress the bandits and keep the whole country safe and sound.

Because of these, although the dim sum business has made many people jealous, there has been no trouble so far.

I walked around downstairs and heard some suggestions from the young man, and "inadvertently" heard some comments from customers, which made Zhiruo know and sigh that this trip was worthy of his mind.

Zhiruo went downstairs to discuss the placement of pastry shelves with Manager Guo. Manager Guo had put forward some different opinions on this issue before, and was waiting for Zhiruo to come and see it with his own eyes to decide. Now the two have basically reached an agreement.

"Okay, there seem to be more and more customers. If you have any questions, wait until you return to the village to talk to you later." Zhiruo was about to say goodbye, but suddenly he heard a noise outside. He looked outside the store gate strangely. From her current location and angle, there seemed to be many people gathering!

A guy happened to come in from outside the door and saw Manager Guo coming over at first sight: "Uncle Guo, caught a thief who steals cakes."

"Thief? Stealing the cake?" Manager Guo was stunned. Many people came to try to steal secret recipes. They always strolled at the workshop door, hoping to find an opportunity to sneak in and peek. However, they were prepared for a long time, and even if someone really slipped in, they were not afraid.

Zhiruo and his friends walked to the door and saw a woman aged 26 or 27 knelt on the ground and kowtowed, while Bai Xue was still biting her skirt.

It turned out that the woman quickly took a piece of meat floss cake while her friend was introducing pastries to other customers and walked out. However, she happened to be seen by Rudong, who had just come out of the workshop. She subconsciously shouted "Catch the thief". The woman was so scared that she ran away.

I don’t think it was because she was the only one who ran out of the store, or if Bai Xue heard Rudong’s shouting, rushed up and bit the woman’s skirt, causing her to fall to the ground with a "thump" sound, and was caught by the client who was guarding outside the door to greet the customers in the store.

Rudong asked the woman who was doing odd jobs to take out the deformed cake from the woman. The woman did not defend herself or beg for mercy, but just kept kowtowing: "Give it to me, please, give it to me."

Zhiruo looked at the woman. Although she was thin and had a yellowish complexion, her whole body, including her dress with only 300% of the new ones, was very neat and clean. Even when she raised her head, Zhiruo saw a determined temperament of shame and begging on her face. This is a woman with a story. But how could such a person be so greedy that he could steal cakes? To put it bluntly, if he was so hungry, it would be impossible to ask someone for some leftovers or even ask for a steamed bun at a street stall. Even if it was stealing steamed buns, it would be easier to steal things from her in a tall place like "die-dry snacks"?

A flash of inspiration flashed in his head, Zhiruo suddenly asked, "Why steal the cake? Are you going to give it to whom?" It was probably her relative, especially the children.

Sure enough, the woman was stunned and she burst into tears: "My son Xiaohu... he is so ill. He has never eaten good things since he was eight years old. I... I..." She heard that this little pastry with snacks is unique and tastes very beautiful. The young masters and girls from wealthy families have to eat every day. She is literate. She just saw a meaty cake. When the guy turned around, he gritted his teeth and stuffed it into his arms. God knows that the mother and son have been unable to eat corn crumbs for many years. Xiaohu's memory does not have anything like white flour or meat.

Rudong said anxiously: "Your son is sick, why don't you ask him a doctor to get medicine? Can eating cake cure the disease?"

Zhiruo shook his head. Ru Dong was impatient and thought simply. Judging from the woman's appearance, she must have no money to treat her. Seeing that the child was about to lose weight, she could only think about giving her a good meal.

Sure enough, the woman cried even more miserably: "Our family can no longer afford a penny and still owes the doctor's medical fee. The pharmacy shop saw me and rushed out. Xiaohu was burned all over since last night. The doctor said it was useless to go, so he asked me to prepare... the funeral... wuwu."

Rudong's grand atmosphere: "What kind of doctor is this? If you don't even look at it, you will be prepared for your funeral?"

Zhiruo turned around and asked Manager Guo: "Is there anyone selling wine nearby?"

Manager Guo nodded and said, "In the past, there were grocery stores in the two stores, and there were many kinds of people selling wine." Why did the girl suddenly remember that the wine outside was so good that it was incomparable to the wine from their Meizhuang? Otherwise, how could the drunkard master of the two young masters come to their Meizhuang to ask for wine on New Year's Eve?

Zhiruo hurriedly told his friend to buy wine: "The stronger the better, the better, it doesn't matter whether the taste is good or not, it should be quick."

When the servant took the order, she said to Rudong again: "Get in and get some rice, and then take a few pastries. After that, the aunt will go back to take care of her son first. You can help her invite a doctor to take it over, and then look at helping to make some porridge, medicine, etc. You can go back to the farm together with Manager Guo and others in the evening." Dianthus is not like the steamed bun shop, which is dark until dawn. It usually opens at the second hour of Si and closes around You and the second hour of You, leaving only two servants who are on duty and a maid. The others all return to Meizhuang.
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