576 Eating raw vegetables and meat?
“You can eat until you’re full! First come, first served!”
As soon as he said that, someone next to him burst out laughing.
When Zhang Yuanbin heard the laughter, his face turned red unnaturally when he realized what he had just said. However, he immediately restrained his expression and looked toward the source of the laughter.
When Zhang Yuanbin saw who it was, he immediately cupped his hands and said with a smile, ” Your Excellency, young master Zhou!
That’s right, the people who had come were County Magistrate Zhou and Zhou wencai.
County Magistrate Zhou only nodded. However, Zhou wencai laughed and teased, ” brother Zhang, when did you become so open? I clearly remember that you used to be a shy scholar. It’s good that you’re promoting the shop, but you sound just like those pimps at the Cuilan courtyard.
“they would say said, ‘ my Lord, the girls in our courtyard are all as beautiful as flowers. Come in and have a look!”
Zhou Wencai and Zhang Yuanbin were both scholars. They had previously studied at Junlin Academy and were both scholars. Anding County was only this big, so they were familiar with each other.
However, before Zhou Wencai could help Zhang Yuanbin’s family in time, Lin yuelan bought Zhang Yuanbin, who had sold himself to bury his father, for twenty taels of silver. However, he later found out that Lin yuelan didn’t buy him but just hired him. The money he owed Lin yuelan was paid back with his wages.
Zhang Yuanbin had already been removed from the Zhang family. According to the imperial examination system of the Longyan Kingdom, Zhang Yuanbin had no hope of becoming an official in the imperial examination unless he had the ability to open his own clan, build his own ancestral hall, and establish a new Zhang family.
However, this method was comparable to ascending to heaven.
However, people had to live. Since he had no hope of taking the imperial examination, he could only accept his fate and become a businessman.
Fortunately, the owner he met was not bad. He did not force him to abandon his scholarly background. This allowed him to do something else in the future and not just be a businessman.
Zhang Yuanbin had always been against being a businessman. However, when he saw the restaurant he ran to become bigger and bigger, and he couldn’t help but marvel at himself. He was not a scholar, but he had a talent for business. He had to admire his master, who was only twelve years old, for her good judgment.
At this moment, he had completely regarded himself as a qualified businessman, and he was proud of being a businessman.
That’s right. He was proud of being a merchant in the end. Because of Lin yuelan’s appearance, the status of merchants in this era had risen by a large margin.
Upon hearing Zhou Wencai’s teasing, Zhang Yuanbin’s face turned slightly red. He smiled at Zhou Wencai and said, ” I’m sorry to have embarrassed myself, brother Zhou!
After that, he said, ” Sir, eldest young master, please come in! The owner is already waiting for you in the private room on the second floor!”
Immediately after, he instructed a waiter beside him, ” bring the Excellency and the eldest young master to the private room!”
The waiter replied, ” yes. Your Excellency, eldest young master, please!”
When the customers in the line saw Lord Zhou and young master Zhou, they all kept quiet out of fear, not daring to make any noise.
After all, these commoners rarely saw officials and were afraid of them. When they saw officials, they couldn’t help but feel fear and respect.
However, when they saw County Magistrate Zhou and the eldest young master Zhou appear at the opening ceremony of this restaurant, they had some guesses in their hearts. County Magistrate Zhou was probably the backer of this restaurant.
In an instant, those customers who were restless and wanted to make a noise didn’t dare to make a sound. They quietly lined up, but their eyes carefully looked at this tall and beautiful restaurant, and their hearts felt a little strange.
When Lin yuelan and Jiang Zhennan saw County Magistrate Zhou and Zhou Wencai coming from the private room on the second floor, they walked out of the door to welcome them.
The moment Zhou Wencai saw Lin yuelan standing outside the door, he immediately clasped his hands and said with a smile, ” sister yuelan, congratulations!”
Then, he also addressed Jiang Zhennan respectfully, ” young master Nan!” This restaurant wasn’t his, so Zhou Wen didn’t think he was doing anything to congratulate Jiang Zhennan.
Lin yuelan also cupped her hands in return and said with a smile, ” big brother Zhou, congratulations to you too!”
Although Zhou Wencai had shares in this restaurant and could be considered a quarter of the boss, this secret was only known to the four of them. Outsiders only knew that the backer of this restaurant was County Magistrate Zhou.
