Qi Hongyu was waiting at the table. He saw the scholar when he came in, but he didn't expect him to walk over directly to talk.
She hurriedly said to Zhao Tong, "I'm disturbing the young master."
Zhao Tong glanced at the scholar but said nothing.
Qi Hongyu took the scholar aside and whispered: "Master Ouyang, when did you become so reckless? Didn't you see that I was waiting for the guests?"
Only then did the scholar regain his composure, and looked at the people at Zhao Tan's table. His eyes paused on Zhao Tan for a moment and then hurriedly left. Then they landed on Zhang Zhenniang for a long time, but he also hurriedly took them back and whispered: "I didn't pay attention just now. , turned out to be a distinguished guest, Xiaosheng is being reckless."
Qi Hongyu looked unhappy and said: "Young master also knows that he is an honored guest? Pan'er is busy. Master, just sit down and wait for a while. He will come out later."
The scholar looked anxious, but seemed a little afraid of Qi Hongyu, so he could only politely say: "Excuse me, sister, I'll just wait for a while."
After saying that, he walked back to a table and sat down, but he still looked restless. His eyes seemed to have nowhere to rest. He looked at several tables of guests in the room, and then fell on Zhang Zhenniang's snow-white mink fur, and then He hurriedly lowered his head and stared at the clean desktop in a daze.
Qi Hongyu returned to Zhao Tong's table and whispered: "Pan'er's friend has annoyed the young master. Hongyu will apologize to the young master."
Zhao Tong glanced at her. Although the two people's words were not loud, he heard them and didn't care. After all, there were many rules to follow in the market. What he wanted was this kind of fireworks.
After a while, Zhao Pan'er came out to deliver food. The scholar stood up hurriedly. Zhao Pan'er also saw him and made a gesture to him, so the scholar had to sit down angrily.
Qi Hongyu said: "Sir, the sisters haven't come yet. I'll go over to help. Pan'er can't do it alone."
Zhao Tong smiled and nodded, and Qi Hongyu also went to the back of the kitchen to serve drinks and various refreshments with Zhao Pan'er, filling two large tables with almost all the colors in the store.
Zhao Tong didn't say any kind words, and Xiaoxiao let everyone use their mouths.
Lei San and Wu Xiaodao were not polite over there. They were carrying and carrying, and they were already hungry. Although it was not suitable for tea and dinner, they still ate and drank happily.
Jin'er, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but feel dazed for a while when she saw this. Her face turned slightly red and she felt a little embarrassed. She wanted to reach out for the cake, but before she could move, Lei San's big hand grabbed it.
She suddenly pursed her lips, feeling a little aggrieved. Zhao Tong happened to see the scene here and couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Jin'er, come over here and sit down."
Hearing this, Jin'er grabbed the drink, glared at Lei San and Wu Xiaodao, walked over to the table and sat down.
Lei San was stunned: "What happened to her?"
Wu Xiaodao said: "It seems that you think we both eat too much, right?"
Lei San curled his lips: "Little girl, she has a lot to do. We both have to carry it. If we don't eat more, we won't have the strength."
Wu Xiaodao nodded hurriedly: "What Butler Lei said is, if you don't eat, where will your strength come from?" After saying that, he grabbed a piece of glutinous rice and osmanthus cake and stuffed it into his mouth.
Their voices were loud and had already reached the table. Zhao Tong frowned, what a useless thing!
By this time, the snacks on the table had been served, only the drinks were being drunk faster, and Zhao Pan'er was still delivering them from time to time. The guests at several tables in the room saw this scene, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and they all speculated about the origins of Zhao Tong and others.
The scholar also saw this. Originally, he did not doubt that Qi Hongyu said he was an honored guest. After all, Qi Hongyu was indeed serving carefully at the table at that time. This was not usual. He had never seen Qi Hongyu be so respectful. .
But when these two big tables came up, it was obvious that the customer had not ordered them himself. They were clearly what was served in the store. He couldn't help but be surprised. When he saw that this was a treat, it was free of charge.
The scholar secretly looked at Zhao Tan again. Although he was from an ordinary background, he was not stupid in reading, and his eyesight was still a bit sharp. The more he looked at Zhao Tan, the less he looked like an ordinary person. He was naturally rich in his dress, but he was definitely not an ordinary rich person. He raised his hands When he raised his head, he vaguely showed the posture of a superior, but he was not very old. Could it be that at this age, he was still a high official?
He peeked at Zhang Zhenniang again, and his heart skipped a beat. This girl was so beautiful. Every frown and smile made her look astonished. Although there were many beauties in Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, beauties like this were really rare.
There was also a cup of drink in front of the scholar, which Zhao Pan'er had given to him when he came over just now. He took a sip and secretly thought that the people at this table recognized Zhao Pan'er and Qi Hongyu, but he didn't know how he could recognize such a person.
At this time, Zhao Pan'er finished his work and went to Zhao Tong's table to confess his crime. Then he came over and sat down, and whispered: "Master Chen, why do you have time to come here?"
The scholar looked anxious and whispered a few words. Zhao Paner stood up and walked back. After a while, he took out a heavy small bag and handed it over.
After the scholar took it, he seemed relieved, thanked him profusely, then took the small bag and left.
Qi Hongyu came over and said, "Master Ouyang is here to borrow money again?"
Zhao Pan'er said: "I have been suffering in the winter, and my sister also knows that studying is not easy. The weather is freezing and the house is still cold. How can he manage his studies when he has no money."
Qi Hongyu smiled but said nothing.
Zhao Tong also saw this scene, thought for a moment, and then said to Xiao Niang and Zhang Xian: "Do you have anywhere else to go?"
The girl shook her head and said, "I don't have anywhere to go."
Zhang Xian also said: "My lord, I am the same."
Zhao Tong said: "Then pack it up and go back. Just take whatever Jin'er likes to eat with you."
Jin'er suddenly blushed and said, "My lord, I won't take it anymore, I won't take it anymore, Jin'er isn't that greedy."
Zhao Tong smiled and said, "What's the point? Just treat it as home."
Over there, Lei San and Liang finished eating and started to pack their things. Then the group of people left the store and went back home.
The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month. Zhao Tong was very busy these two days. Although the court had rewards every year at the end of the year, Zhao Tong still went to the army.
Several commanders of the Ma Bu Army were absent at the moment, and they were all transferred to nearby Hebei to quell Tian Hu's rebellion. However, the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army had not fought in more than ten years, and the war was not going well. The imperial court began to mobilize the Western Army again.
Zhao Tong visited the camp and gave away a lot of things. Of course, he couldn't give money, and he had to avoid suspicion if he didn't have to, but things could be given away. He had spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver on empty wages in the past two years, so he went back to It wouldn't be a big deal if some were sprinkled in the army.
Then he went to the Broken Jade Tower, called everyone over, and offered rewards one by one. Except for a few Huang Gu, the people in the Broken Jade Tower basically had no family members. Naturally, they had to spend the New Year in the building. What would they do without money? New Year.
On the early morning of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Tong received a letter from Jiangzhou. It was actually written by Dai Zong. After reading it, he smiled slightly. Even if Huang Wenbing was not in Jiangzhou, there were still Zhu Wenbing, Lan Wenbing and Song Jiang in Xunyang. Lou wrote anti-poetry, someone reported it, and the incident happened...
(End of chapter)
