My Sisters Excel in Both Literary and Martial Arts - Chapter 1138

[Chapter 1103 Shopkeeper Lin]

After chatting with Lin Changjun again, Jing Zhe changed into a black robe and walked out of Lin’s house.

Lin Wan’er wanted to follow him, but Jing Zhe refused. It wasn’t that Jing Zhe didn’t want to enjoy the time they spent with her, but that he came out to inquire about something. If Lin Wan’er followed and everyone knew her, there would be no problem. There is a need to inquire.

Jiangling was prosperous, which he discovered when he first entered the city.

It was almost noon, and the streets were still full of people.

According to Jing Zhe’s idea, Zhang Xiaoyu and others who were far away in Kunlun County at this time may have finished printing and distributing the first issue of the newspaper. After all, their place is ready, so the speed should not be slow.

So it won’t take too long for their group to appear in Jiangling, and Jing Zhe wants to select the addresses of the newspaper office and restaurant before they arrive so that they can use them immediately.

First, because he didn’t contribute much to the affairs of Kunlun County. If he didn’t do something in Jiangling, although others wouldn’t say it, he would always feel uncomfortable in his heart.

The most important thing is that he still wants to end this trip to open a newspaper branch as soon as possible, because his right eyelid has been twitching violently in the past few days, and he always feels that something big is about to happen, so he wants to return to Jingzhou as soon as possible to prevent any unexpected events .

After asking a few people on the road, Jing Zhe followed the instructions and came to the door of Feng’s Restaurant.

Standing outside the door of Feng’s Restaurant, watching the endless stream of pedestrians coming in and out of the restaurant, Jing Zhe finally understood why Lin Changjun said this was the only restaurant that met Jing Zhe’s requirements.

Jing Zhe’s first impression when he saw Feng’s Restaurant was that it was big, and his second impression was still big!

When I was in Ruzhou, the Juxian Building was not small, but it had three floors in one, but it couldn’t compare to the Feng Family Restaurant.

In addition to TV, the other knowledge Jing Zhe had about ancient Jiangnan in his previous life came from historical novels.

The descriptions of the places south of the Yangtze River in the novel are all concentrated on the West Lake. Everywhere beside the West Lake, there are always tall buildings and painted boats, making it a beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River and extremely prosperous.

What we see today is that although there is no West Lake, the Yunling River is comparable to it. The river is sparkling, cruise ships are passing by, and there are many people walking on the shore. The Feng Family Restaurant is built along the river, as are the teahouses and restaurants on the street. Business is booming.

The prosperity of Jiangling is vividly displayed in the Feng Family Restaurant!

The Feng Family Restaurant has a total of four floors and is the tallest restaurant that Jing Zhe knows. The exterior decoration is extremely luxurious. Before entering the building, you can feel its grandeur.

Jing Zhe followed the pedestrians and entered the Feng Family Restaurant.

The layout of the lobby on the first floor is similar to that of other restaurants, except that there is a ladder in the middle of the lobby, and there is a platform connecting the ladder to the middle of the second floor. This structure is very similar to a goulan, because there are often women in the goulan who will smell the food on the platform. It danced to the sound, and Jing Zhe also knew the use of this platform of Feng’s Restaurant.

Lin Changjun had talked to him before. Although Taohua Temple hosted large and small poetry gatherings in Jiangling City, if there was bad weather with rain, snow and falling, it was naturally not suitable to go up the mountain. At this time, the poetry gathering would be temporarily changed to Fengjia Restaurant. And this platform is where scholars and talents left their calligraphy treasures.

“Master, are you eating or staying in a hotel?”

When Jing Zhe was looking at the restaurant, a waiter came up to him.

“Oh? Does our restaurant also have an inn?”

“Young master, you must be an outsider at first glance. If our Feng Family Restaurant doesn’t have an inn, let alone other restaurants!”

It turns out that the Feng Family Restaurant is huge in scale, with a lobby on the first floor, a lobby on the second floor They are all separate rooms, and the third floor is the inn. This model is somewhat similar to the previous Juxian Tower.

As for what was on the fourth floor, the waiter smiled and said nothing.

In this era, most inns and restaurants are separated, because an inn requires a lot of space. It is enough for an ordinary store to just build a restaurant. How can it afford to build another inn?

A larger part of the reason is that restaurants and inns are very profitable businesses. Those who can open them are either rich or expensive. It would be hard to open one alone, let alone two.

At the beginning, there was Prince Yu and the prefect of Ruzhou behind the Juxian Tower, so it could be opened. As for the Feng Family Restaurant, I heard that the helmsman is Mrs. Feng. Looking at the scene at the poetry meeting today, the relationship between Feng Mubai and Prefect Xu Yes, I think Mrs. Feng was able to open the Feng Family Restaurant without his support.

Jing Zhe nodded and said, “Eat.”

Upon hearing this, the waiter looked him up and down, and then said, “Master, are you alone?”

“A person.”

“I’m sorry, Master.”

The waiter was polite. Said: “There are no seats in the hall.”

Jing Zhe glanced at it. It was dinner time at this time, and the hall of Feng’s Restaurant was indeed crowded, but there were still a few empty tables in the corner. The waiter said that there were no seats available. It is telling lies with open eyes.

But if you think about it, you can understand that this is the time when the restaurant’s business is the best. Jing Zhe can’t eat much by himself. If he takes up another table, it will be a complete waste and delay the restaurant’s business. That’s why the waiter said this.

However, his attitude was good, and Jing Zhe didn’t want to argue with him. He said directly: “There are no seats in the hall, so let’s go to the private room on the second floor to eat!”

“Sir, the private rooms on the second floor are also…”

Waiter I wanted to say that there were no empty seats in the private room on the second floor, but then I looked at Jing Zhe’s clothes and immediately changed my words: “But there is a minimum consumption.”

Jing Zhe took out a one hundred tael of silver from his clothes. The ticket dangled in front of the waiter’s eyes.

“It’s not short of money.”

“Okay, sir, please come with me upstairs!”

When the waiter saw the banknote, it was like seeing his biological father, and he hurriedly greeted Jing Zhe to go upstairs.

As soon as they arrived at the stairs, a middle-aged man in a gray robe came down from the ladder. Seeing the waiter, he said, “What are you doing upstairs when you are so busy?”

“Shopkeeper Lin, someone is going to go. I sent him there to eat in the private room upstairs!”

“Oh?”

The man called Shopkeeper Lin was a little confused when he heard this, because most of the people who came to eat in their private room were regular guests from Jiangling. They were very familiar with this place. Do you still need a waiter to lead the way?

Then he looked behind the waiter and saw Jing Zhe, his eyes immediately lit up.

Seeing that Shopkeeper Lin was fascinated by Jing Zhe, the waiter thought that Shopkeeper Lin also thought it was a waste for Jing Zhe to go to the box alone, so he immediately explained with a smile: “Shopkeeper Lin, this young man is not short of money! He knows that we have a box. There is a minimum consumption…”

Shopkeeper Lin glanced at the waiter, but instead of criticizing, he said with a smile: “With your clothes and demeanor, how can you look like someone who is short of money? You go downstairs and do your work. It just so happens that I have nothing to do, so I’ll take the young master to the private room!”

“Yes, Shopkeeper Lin…”

the waiter replied and went downstairs.

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(End of this chapter)