The House?
The Governor of Qingping?
Song Wan Yue’s eyes narrowed without a trace, almost “grateful”, her voice clear and bright, almost the whole street, “Thank you for your support!
The governor was very pleased with her reaction and smiled widely as he stroked his beard.
Song Wan Yue hurriedly took a step back, “Please come inside, Your Excellency.”
The governor lifted his feet and walked in, with the county governor following behind.
Both of them were wearing official uniforms, and the people inside had heard the voices at the door and saw them enter, kneeling down on the ground in a hue and cry.
The governor acted as if he didn’t see them, and didn’t ask them to get up. Scanning the lobby, he saw a lot of ingredients, raw and cooked, on the counter, which was very rare, “This is ……”
“The ground floor is a self-service barbecue, these are the ingredients.”
Self-service barbecue?
It was the first time the governor had heard of it, and after looking at it a few more times, he withdrew his gaze and looked up at the first floor, “The first floor is the same as the ground floor?”
Song Wangyue understood and smiled as she led the way in front, “The first floor is an elegant room, the main business is hot pot.”
The governor seemed interested and followed her up to the first floor, and after looking around, was let into the largest elegant room by Song Wangyue.
The magistrate followed her in and stood to the side of the governor, there was no place for him to sit in front of the lord.
The governor glanced at him, “You’re tired too, sit down.”
The magistrate was just about to say that he was not tired, but when he saw the governor’s eyes looking at Song Wangyue, he immediately understood that if he did not sit, Song Wangyue would not sit either, so he immediately thanked him and sat down.
“Miss Song, you sit too.”
Song Wangyue graciously sat down, without any of the apprehension and uneasiness of ordinary people in front of them.
The governor looked at her and couldn’t help but secretly praise her, no wonder she dared to enter the capital alone and bring down the Third Prince, she was indeed different.
But even if she was different, she was still just a little girl. Although she has the energy of a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers, and has a few sharp little minds, she is ultimately from the countryside and has no great insight, let alone understanding that her move today is just the beginning of a campaign to draw her in.
Steward Jin asked his staff to bring tea, which he personally placed in front of them one by one, and bowed and retreated.
“Please have some tea, my lord.”
The governor picked it up and took a sip, praising, “Good tea.”
Song Wan Yue was so happy that she smiled and narrowed her eyes, exactly the happy expression of a little girl when she was praised, the governor looked at her and put down the tea, “If you have any problems in the future, you can directly approach Qingping County, he will help you.”
“Thank you very much, Your Excellency.”
The governor was very satisfied and casually asked about the Song family’s business, Song Wangyue didn’t hide anything and told him everything.
They stayed at the restaurant for a little over half an hour before the governor and the county magistrate both left in a sedan chair.
As soon as they left, Song Wan Yue asked Steward Jin to follow her to the backyard house, “Arrange for someone to roast meat over there, and have the fellows stay there to serve, and come back when they’ve finished eating.”
Steward Jin replied, and had the fellows carry a roasting table to the backyard first, then loaded all the ingredients in food boxes, loaded them onto the carriage through the back door and sent them to the county court.
The governor and the county magistrate had just returned and when they heard the report, the governor stroked his beard, “This Song family girl is indeed a resourceful one, if you see her in the future, mention, intentionally or unintentionally, that this government is backing her up, so that she remembers.”
The county magistrate lowered his eyes and answered in kind.
The story of the governor and the county magistrate backing up Xiao Yue House soon spread, originally only the gentry and wealthy owners of Qingping County wanted to take advantage of the opening of Xiao Yue House to send gifts to befriend the Song family, but now all of the neighboring counties also came, Xiao Yue House is also famous, full every day.
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Song Wan Yue carried a basket and a small jar of wine from the carriage, entered the door and came to the old gentleman’s courtyard.
Xu Liang, who was guarding the door, saw it and hurried over to receive it, smiling with his eyebrows, “Miss Sun is finished?”
Those country squires and wealthy owners came to give gifts, and Song Wan Yue had to appear, and for several days in a row she stayed at the restaurant every day, coming back late at night. She hadn’t spent any time with the old man for several days.
“I’m done, I don’t care about the restaurant from now on.”
The old man knew about the restaurant’s success and was very happy for her, but these days Meng and Xu also went to the restaurant and he was the only one in the mansion.
When he heard Song Wangyue’s voice, a smile unconsciously surfaced on his face.
The smile on his face deepened when he saw Song Wangyue holding the wine and Xu Liang, who followed him in, carrying a food box.
Song Wangyue put the wine on the table and took the food box and put it on the table as well, lifted the cloth and took out the dishes inside, saying, “When we’re not so busy in a few days, let’s go to a restaurant to eat hot pot.”
The old man waved his hand, business was booming now, if he went there he would have to take an elegant room and Yue would earn less money, “It’s good to eat at home.”
Song Wangyue could not understand what he was thinking, she smiled and handed the empty basket to Xu Liang, opened the wine jar, poured a glass of wine and set it in front of him, poured herself a hot tea, raised it and clinked glasses with the old gentleman.
The old gentleman took a sip with joy. In the past, people used to say that the next generation loved each other, but he did not believe this at all.
Song Wan Yue picked up the chopsticks and gave the old gentleman a dish, “These few days are busy and I didn’t have time to come over to give you advice, I always felt that what happened that day when the Qingping governor came over was not very unusual.”
The old gentleman froze slightly.
That day, when he learned that the Qingping Governor had come to support the Song family restaurant, the old gentleman also felt that it was unusual, but when he saw that Song Wangyue had not come to her, he thought she did not realize it and did not want to scare her, so he did not mention it.
“Grand great grandfather must have thought of it long ago, so you can tell me.”
The old gentleman took another sip of wine and said, “The reason he did so was that he wanted to flatter Song Si ……”
Song Si was now the Minister of Household Affairs, and there were not a few people who wanted to flatter him, so it was no surprise that the Qingping governor had such a mind.
Song Wan Yue nodded her head.
“Secondly, he sees that you are in the limelight and also wants to use you to build a good image among the people, and more importantly, to leave a good impression on the Emperor so that he can take the opportunity to move up a step.”
Song Wan Yue nodded again.
“Three a ……”
The old man hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should give it to her, what if Yue’er was still young and got scared when she heard it? Besides it was only his own guess, maybe there was no such thing.
Song Wan Yue looked at him.
The old gentleman waved his hand, “I’m the one who’s thinking too much, he should only have these two in mind.”
Song Wan Yue picked up the wine jug and filled it up for him, “Not necessarily, I think he has bigger plans.”
The old gentleman looked at her.
Song Wan Yue told him what had happened when she and Song Shen had gone to the capital, “There is no such thing as coincidence in the world, we had just arrived in the capital and were being watched, someone should have been watching us all along, a Qingping governor would not have such ambitions, there must be someone behind him.”