Xiao Huadong never expected it, and he was even more surprised later.
The young lady named Cuihua glanced at him and asked the waiter: "Who is this person and why are you looking for me?"
After saying that, Cuihua took a few steps back, hid behind the waiter, and looked at Xiao Huadong secretly, with a wary look in her eyes.
Xiao Huadong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at Cuihua, it seemed as if he had a big word "bad guy" written on his head.
You don’t know me, and I don’t know you yet.
Xiao Huadong thought so, but couldn't say it out loud.
Because the answer lies with this little lady, he has to handle it carefully.
"Little lady, Xiao Huadong, please be polite." Xiao Huadong said as he stepped forward and saluted Cuihua.
Cuihua had no choice but to come out from behind the waiter and face Xiao Huadong Wanfu: "Master Xiao, I don't dare to treat you as a big gift. I just don't know what official Xiao has to do with your family."
"Excuse me, little lady, who gave this wooden box to me?" Xiao Huadong gave another gift and took out the small wooden box to show Cuihua.
"Is this a wooden box?" Cuihua glanced at the small wooden box and then said, "It's not a gift from the slave family."
Of course it wasn't from you, and I don't know you.
Xiao Huadong bowed his hand and said, "My dear lady, I know it wasn't you who sent it to me, but who did it come from?"
"Anyway, it's not a gift from the slave family." Cuihua returned the gift and laughed softly.
When Xiao Huadong heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless.
Xiao Huadong was still puzzled. After thinking for a while, he bowed his hand and asked, "It's not from you, but it passed through your hands. Do you know this person?"
"Well, Mr. Xiao knows that it's not a gift from the slave family. The slave family can only tell you so much." After Cuihua finished speaking, she gave a calm greeting and said, "Master Xiao, if the slave family has something to do, I will not accompany you."
Obviously, when the other party said this, even if the other party knew this person, he was determined not to tell him.
Xiao Huadong met someone who was neither soft nor hard, so he had to return to the teahouse unhappy.
Could it be that he failed like this and went home like this?
Xiao Huadong walked towards the teahouse while thinking about a way.
Suddenly his eyes lit up. He had no idea. Isn't there anyone who doesn't have the solution?
But what if this person leaves?
Thinking of this, Xiao Huadong immediately quickened his pace and ran towards the teahouse.
Xiao Huadong had never been so anxious before, as if time was running very fast.
Xiao Huadong had to run in front of him to leave, and he ran faster and faster.
He was originally a weak scholar who rarely ran and soon became out of breath.
The teahouse and the restaurant were about half a mile apart, and he was out of breath running.
Xiao Huadong felt that he had no choice. If it was too late and the person left, he would have no choice.
Finally he ran to the teahouse, but he still had to refuel and run up.
If not, Xiao Huadong will have no choice if that person leaves.
Xiao Huadong wiped the sweat from his forehead, and without caring about rest, he held the handrail of the stairs with his right hand and ran up as hard as he could.
If you were an ordinary literati, you would no longer have the energy to do this.
Fortunately, Xiao Huadong is still young, only twenty-one years old, and still has plenty of physical strength.
Arriving at the private room on the second floor, he couldn't wait to open the door curtain.
He was overjoyed and had a smile on his face. He hadn't left yet and was drinking tea calmly.
Seeing that this person did not leave, Xiao Huadong breathed a sigh of relief, took out a handkerchief, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Seeing Xiao Huadong in such a hurry, Pu Yi took a sip of tea and put down the cup.
He looked at Xiao Huadong again and asked puzzledly: "Why are you running in such a hurry?"
"Brother Pu, please do me a favor. No matter what, please help me this time." Xiao Huadong said anxiously while bowing his hands.
Xiao Huadong did not call me brother, but called him brother Pu, which seemed more affectionate.
Pu Yi was a little surprised, and felt even happier. The relationship between the two took another step forward.
Not only were they colleagues in the beginning, but they will also be colleagues in the future.
But the relationship between the two is neither too good nor too bad, it can only be said to be passable.
But this time, fate tied the two together, and their friendship quickly grew.
The two traveled together, first from the capital to Xixian, and later from Xixian to Tubo, a distance of six to seven thousand miles.
Both of them were from the capital and could be considered fellow townsmen.
What is a fellow countryman? When a fellow countryman sees a fellow countryman, his eyes well up with tears.
Xi County is unfamiliar, but Tubo is even more unfamiliar.
After all, most of the people in Xixian County are Han people, and the Han people all over the world are one family.
But Qingtang is different, most of them are Tubo people.
Therefore, this kind of friendship has long surpassed the relationship between ordinary colleagues, and is similar to that between classmates and colleagues.
Pu Yi put down the teacup and returned the gift while looking at Xiao Huadong with piercing eyes: "What is it that makes you anxious?"
"Brother Pu, do you know that someone gave me tea, but I looked around and didn't know who gave it to me?" Xiao Huadong's tone showed that he was very anxious.
Pu Yi looked at him, frowned and asked, "Didn't the waiter take you to find someone?"
"The waiter did take the little brother to look for it, and it turned out that the waiter in the hotel had transferred it. The little brother asked the waiter in the restaurant, and the waiter in the restaurant said that a young lady named Cuihua asked him to transfer it. But when the young brother asked the young lady Cuihua, this young lady It's so abominable that I didn't even tell the person who brought the tea." After Xiao Huadong said this, he drank the tea in one gulp, then put down the tea cup, looked at Pu Yi and said bitterly, "Brother Pu, you are so angry. Are you human?"
"It's annoying, it's really annoying." Pu Yi nodded, then shook his head and said lightly: "But there is no use being angry."
Xiao Huadong couldn't help but be overjoyed. Hearing the calm tone of the other party, he obviously had a solution.
"I also know that getting angry is useless, but I have no choice. What should Brother Pu do?" Xiao Huadong stood up and bowed his hands respectfully to Pu Yi.
"If Miss Cuihua is determined not to tell you, you will definitely not know who is behind her." Pu Yi bowed his hand and thought about it. After thinking for a while, his eyes lit up and he said, "Actually, there is no way."
Xiao Huadong couldn't help but be overjoyed. He stood up and bowed respectfully: "Brother Pu, what can you do?"
"When you received the tea, do you know why the other party wanted to give it a gift?" Pu Yi returned the gift while looking at the small wooden box placed on the coffee table and asked calmly.
Xiao Huadong thought for a while and finally shook his head: "Brother Pu, I just don't understand why the other party wants to send tea?"
"Is this tea valuable?" Pu Yi turned his eyes between the small wooden box and Xiao Huadong, and then asked.
Xiao Huadong smiled bitterly and nodded: "Of course, this is Zui Chunfeng tea. Even if it is wrapped in kraft paper, it still emits a strong aroma of tea. It is obviously the best tea and is extremely precious."
"Since it is so precious, it means that the person who delivers the tea is not an ordinary person. Think about it, who are the people who can deliver the tea?" Pu Yi analyzed step by step according to his own ideas.
Xiao Huadong nodded and agreed with Pu Yi: "Indeed, the gift is extremely precious and only one person can give it to him, but who can give it to him?"
"Who do you think the gift-giver should be?" Pu Yi discussed in detail.
Xiao Huadong recalled the whole process, thought for a moment and said, "It was most likely at Jingyuan Restaurant."
"The other party is Jingyuan Restaurant, and the gift is a heavy gift." Pu Yi nodded and concluded, "Since it is Jingyuan Restaurant, who is most likely to give you a gift?"
Hearing this, Xiao Huadong couldn't help but be stunned: "Is it her?"
"Think about it, besides her, who else would give you a gift at this time?" Pu Yi drank tea and couldn't help but feel jealous. This person must be so lucky to give you such a precious gift.
Xiao Huadong nodded, thought for a while, took a sip of tea, and then asked puzzledly: "But why didn't she just deliver it to me directly, with so many people in the middle?"
"Have you met each other several times? Are you familiar with each other?" Pu Yi suppressed the jealousy in his heart and continued to ask.
Xiao Huadong nodded awkwardly: "Indeed, I've only met him once, so I'm really not familiar with him."
"Since we are not familiar with each other, the other party has mustered up a lot of courage to give gifts. She must be embarrassed, so how can she see you?" Pu Yi suppressed his jealousy in his heart and analyzed patiently.
Pu Yi thought to himself, why didn't he encounter such a good thing in the first place.
Not only did his family find him a young lady who was not very good-looking, but she also didn’t know how to play music, chess, calligraphy or painting, and she only knew how to be a husband and raise children.
Thinking of this, Pu Yi became more and more jealous of Xiao Huadong.
Xiao Huadong bowed his hands and said, "Brother Pu, what should I do now?"
"Think about it, should you give a gift or should she give a gift to this matter?" Pu Yi did not expect that this person had a dull head, so he had to give him a clue.
Xiao Huadong thought for a while, bowed, and thought embarrassedly: "I should have given the gift first, but I didn't expect the other party to give the gift first."
"Then you know what to do, right?" Pu Yi saw that he had reminded him and asked lightly in return.
Xiao Huadong was still embarrassed and gave another gift: "Brother Pu, how should I give gifts?"
Sure enough, he was from a small family, and he actually said this.
"You are the husband and the future head of the family. Think about it, should she give more, or should you give more?" Pu Yi glared at him, said angrily, and said bitterly.
After being reprimanded by Pu Yi, Xiao Huadong not only did not get angry, but instead bowed respectfully: "Brother Pu, do you mean that the heavier the gift, the higher the status in the future?"
"Of course." After Pu Yi finished speaking, he drank tea wholeheartedly.
Although Pu Yi was extremely jealous, he still patiently explained it to him.
Xiao Huadong did not expect that marriage would be so complicated.
He felt that he had thought too simply in the past, and that the couple could just be in love with each other.
It seems that marriage is not only a matter of love and affection, but also a matter of running-in and who will be in charge in the future.
Xiao Huadong's mother is a typical traditional woman who takes care of her husband and raises her children.
If Xiao Huadong also wants her to be a woman who cares for her husband and raises her children, he must overwhelm the other party now.
Xiao Huadong did some calculations and found out that what the other party sent was Zui Chunfeng with exquisite packaging, and the price was about ten pick-up cards.
Oh my God, if I want to overwhelm the other party, I have to find a gift worth more than 20 pick-up cards.
What is the concept of 20 pick-up cards? It is equivalent to the October salary of the magistrate of Song Dynasty.
Xiao Huadong used to be a petty official with zero salary.
Twenty pick-up cards can be said to be an astronomical figure for him.
Fortunately, he applied to Tubo and got a 50-guan pick-up card.
These 50 pick-up cards are indeed a lot, but they not only include travel expenses, but also settlement expenses.
Now, for future happiness and one's own status, one must fight.
But here comes the problem. You can't just care about your fiancée, but also your parents who are suffering and tired at home.
His parents worked hard to raise him and spent all their money to let him study.
Moreover, the Song Dynasty was filial to the Han Dynasty and could not forget its parents after having a wife.
His parents still live in a thatched house, and Xiao Huadong hopes that sending these 20 pick-up cards can turn the thatched house into a tile-roofed house.
If it were in the past, if you sent 20 guan of money, the bank would charge a handling fee of at least 30%.
What is 30%? For twenty guan, the bank will charge six guan.
But now with Zhaojiazhuang, the handling fee for remittance through Zhaojiazhuang bank is very low, only 3%, which is almost nothing.
Xiao Huadong was thinking about how to give money to his parents, and Pu Yi was also thinking about it.
They didn't have salaries before, so they only had to make plans for people who wanted to do things for them.
It's different now. They got it openly and can send it to their parents openly.
Pu Yi has parents, and below him he has two daughters and a son.
Pu Yi's mother is now in charge, but his wife will not forget it.
Parents consider everyone. Pu Yi also has two younger brothers, and his family background is not very good.
The two younger brothers' family background is relatively difficult, and their parents' arrangements will inevitably favor the two younger brothers.
Pu Yi can't blame his parents, he would think the same way if it were him.
Therefore, he had to give his wife a share. She was thinking about her family and could not treat her children badly.
After much deliberation, Pu Yi decided to send 20 guans to his parents and 10 guans to his wife, so that he would still have 20 guans in hand.
Xiao Huadong came to Xixian Qizhen Store and looked around, feeling dazzled.
As he looked around, he felt happy and a little troubled at the same time.
Fortunately, the other party was thoughtful and the tea gifts they purchased were not only high-end, but also very practical.
Isn't it? Pu Yi reminded them to buy tea from Tubo, but she didn't expect that she would even consider it.
The trouble is that this gift must not only be high-end, but also practical in order to make the other party like it.
Xiao Huadong couldn't help but sigh, what should he buy for the other party?
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