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Invite the three people into the house.

"Mrs. Wen, please come this way. You can come into the box too. We have changed the chrysanthemums today." Xu Wenyan prepared the dishes for them himself.

Afterwards, the three of them saw Chen Sanlin bringing up a big pot.

"Why is this pot this shape?" Cao Ling asked curiously.

Chen Sanlin was slightly stunned, and recalled what Xu Wenyan said: "This pot is divided into two parts, one side is the spicy pot, which is full of chili peppers.

On the other side is the mushroom soup pot, which contains fragrant pot, red dates and wolfberries. If you don’t like spicy food, you can put the ingredients on the other side.

Wen Yan also said that there are seafood hotpot and milk hotpot. If Madam Wen wants to taste them again, she can come back tomorrow."

At this time, Xu Wenyan pulled his clothes outside and said, "Mrs. Wen, two ladies, you can order now. This is the menu written by Xu Wenyan.

"I'll do it, I'll do it." Mrs. Wen took the menu and read out: "Small crispy pork, duck blood, tripe, pork balls, fish balls, potato chips, sweet potato chips, mushrooms..."

"What is this crispy meat?" asked Cao Ling.

“It’s fried with lean pork and is delicious. I recommend you try it.”

"Okay, Shopkeeper Xu, you take care of it."

As the dishes were served, the three were stunned. The dishes were all skewered with bamboo sticks. "How can we eat these raw foods?"

"Madam, you need to cook it yourself." In order to let the few people understand what they were eating, Xu Wenyan took the initiative to help them.

"It only takes about half an hour to cook the ingredients. The temperature of this hot pot is higher, so the vegetables need to be cooked for a shorter time. As for the tripe and duck blood, if you want them to be tender, they only need a few seconds to be cooked."

Just as the soup in the pot boiled, the spicy aroma filled the box. But that's what eating hotpot is like, the smell will inevitably get on your clothes.

After the dishes were cooked, Xu Wenyan handed them one by one: "Put the dishes on the sauce plate and coat them with condiments to make them fragrant."

This sesame paste is ground by Xu Wenyan, who has a small stone mill.

Xu Wenyan specially brought one here, and the sauce he ground from it was so delicious.

"Hmm~ This tastes so special!" Mrs. Wen's eyes lit up: "The meatballs are soaked in soup and are spicy enough. After eating them, my whole body feels warm."

"Yes, this stove is burning underground, so it won't be cold even in the deep winter," said Wei Nanchun.

Apparently, the hotpot experience was very good for all three of them. Mrs. Wen and Cao Ling liked the spicy hotpot, while Wei Nanchun preferred the mushroom soup hotpot.

This is the advantage of the shabu-shabu hotpot. Not everyone likes spicy food.

After they learned it, Xu Wenyan went to the kitchen to teach Wang Cuijuan and the others the details of making hot pot, such as how much water to add and how much chili to add to the spicy pot.

After that, Xu Wenyan would not increase the workload any more. Just selling these was enough to overwhelm the three waiters.

Li Dezhu works as an assistant, filling in wherever there is a shortage of manpower. Sometimes even Zheng Liwei, the accountant, has to go and help.

But they don't complain. The more they earn, the more commission they get. It can be said that they enjoy it.

The busier you are, the more money you make.

By now, they had at least fifty taels of silver in their hands.

If Xu Wenyan hadn't bought this restaurant, he would have had over a thousand taels of money.

While Xu Wenyan was busy, Zhang Chengjin came and brought a carriage.

It was a snow-white horse with extremely beautiful mane on its tail, which looked like it had been carefully groomed.

"Wow, cousin, I can't bear to use such a beautiful horse to pull the carriage."

Zhang Chengjin smiled and said, "I carefully picked this horse from the Zhang Mansion. It's just for transporting goods. It's okay."

Xu Wenyan walked up and touched the horse, which was also very docile in nature.

"How's it going? Do you still like it?"

"I like it." Xu Wenyan saw that the pattern of the white horse was so beautiful that he was reluctant to use it to transport goods.

There are two deer at home. Xu Wenyan's female deer has been well raised now, so it's better to tidy them up and use them to pull the goods.

There's nothing I can do about it, this little white horse is so pretty, I can use it as a mount.

"As long as you like it." Zhang Chengjin looked at Xu Wenyan with a smile on his face: "Come to my house as a guest sometime. I just got a Chow Chow, which is also white."

"Cousin, when did you get a dog?"

"I saw that big black dog when I went to your house before, and I was thinking about getting one too."

At this time, Xu Wenyan turned around and looked at Chen Sanlin, who was leaning against the eaves of the door with his arms folded across his chest.

"Haha, the pub is too busy. I will definitely go there when I have time."

"Hands out."

Xu Wenyan and Zhang Chengjin looked at each other, but could not tell anything from his gentle eyes: "What?"

"Just stretch it out and you'll know."

Xu Wenyan stretched out his hand, and a purse appeared in his hand. When he opened it, he saw that it was the ten taels of gold that he had asked Zhang Chengjin to pay for before.

"Brother Xu! How do I use this dish?" Rong Xiaoliu had been looking at Zhang Chengjin for a while, and there was something wrong with his eyes.

"I'll be right there." Xu Wenyan took the reins from Zhang Chengjin's hands and said, "Cousin, why don't you come in and have a meal? It's my treat."

Facing Chen Sanlin's cold expression, Zhang Chengjin smiled and said, "No need. I have something else to do in my shop so I have to leave first."

"Wait." Xu Wenyan grabbed Zhang Chengjin's wrist and said, "Cousin, you must be careful in everything."

Xu Wenyan's tone was serious when he said this, which made Zhang Chengjin stunned for a moment.

Of course, it only took a moment for him to come back to his senses and nodded: "Ah, okay. Thank you for your concern, cousin. I will leave first."

As soon as he turned around, Zhang Chengjin's face turned gloomy.

He kept thinking about what Xu Wenyan had just said: "Be careful and cautious in everything?"

Could it be that Xu Wenyan killed him after knowing that he was secretly investigating Gao Bin and found out that he was really from Lin County?

Or something else?

Not right.

Something is wrong.

Although I like Xu Wenyan, what if Xu Wenyan's existence affects my interests or even my life?

Zhang Chengjin walked and thought all the way.

Finally, I had the answer in my heart.

"You shouldn't have talked so much to him." Chen Sanlin held Xu Wenyan's hand, and Xu Wenyan led the white horse, and the two walked all the way to the backyard.

Xu Wenyan tied up the white horse: "It's okay, I really don't want to be implicated by their family. Zhang Chengjin is very thoughtful, he must have thought about my words again and again, and guessed again and again.

In any case, he will definitely be more vigilant.

Brother Chen, I'm ready to escape."

Chen Sanlin happily held Xu Wenyan's hand: "Really? Where are we going to escape?"

"Northwest." Xu Wenyan stroked the white horse gently.

“Why Northwest?”

Xu Wenyan grinned and said, “You are stupid, the situation in the northwest is turbulent, the Hu people occupy the northwest, and now they are on good terms with the Lin Kingdom.

We are heading all the way to the northwest. Only if we escape there, not even the emperor can search us thoroughly.

only......"

"Just what?" Chen Sanlin asked with a slight frown.

“The journey is dangerous, and we are afraid that we can’t take Xiaodong and his family with us. I decided to leave Xiaodong to the care of my second uncle and his family, and then let them move to live in the home of senior Qian Sen.

I will leave them a large sum of money, enough for them to live on for the rest of their lives.”

It’s not that Xu Wenyan didn’t want to take Chen Dong and the others with him, but the journey was extremely dangerous, and taking children who were only a few years old with them was really a far-fetched idea.

It would take several months to travel from Lin County to the northwest even by horse carriage.

There was no need for Xu Wenyan to take them to death.

Chen Sanlin held Xu Wenyan's hand at this time: "Okay, wherever you go, I will go, but you said that if you are not here, they will..."

"I will arrange a fake identity for them. You don't have any children to your name. During the last war, the court registered the villagers, and I played a trick on them."

"What is it?"

“I have separated the household of my second uncle and his family from yours. In the new village register, we can only judge that you have the same personality.

I just need to give Xiaodong and Xiaohua a fake identity."

“It’s not an easy thing.”

Xu Wenyan nodded: "I know... Alas. No, we can't hand them over to Senior Qian. If we want to keep Xiaodong, we can only hand them over to Wang Zeren.

He owes us this. We saved his life, so he has to help me. He must help me.

Then let Rongrong and Xiaoliu stay together so they can take care of each other."

Xu Wenyan has to prepare for this matter as early as possible. Once something happens to Zhang Chengjin, Xu Wenyan will take action immediately.

"Well, that's all."

Xu Wenyan took Chen Sanlin's hand and walked out: "Come on, Brother Chen, let's go find Senior Qian."

"Hmm? Go do what?"

Xu Wenyan weighed the purse in his hand, raised his eyebrows and smiled at Chen Sanlin: "Secret."

"Old Zheng, we're going out." Xu Wenyan gave instructions and the two of them went out.

Along the way, Xu Wenyan met at least dozens of officers and soldiers.

I’ve heard Wang Zeren talk about Gao Bin’s background before, but I didn’t expect it to be such a big deal.

I'm afraid all the officers and soldiers from the county government have come out to participate in the investigation.

Street vendors are having a hard time these days.

"Senior Qian! Senior Qian!"

"Xiaoyan." Qian Sen responded with a smile.

This was the first time Xu Wenyan saw Qian Sen working as a blacksmith.

Seeing Qian Sen wanted to stop, Xu Wenyan said, "Senior Qian, please continue. Are you afraid that Brother Chen and I will steal your skills? Haha."

"What are you talking about? If you want to learn, just stay here with me. You can become a master in a year or two."

"A year or so is too long. I can just learn a few tricks secretly."

"Haha." Qian Sen laughed twice. He really liked Xu Wenyan's personality: "Then let the old man take care of it."

As he spoke, he smashed the red-hot iron sheet on the table with the hammer in his right hand, and held the iron sheet firmly with pliers in his left hand.

"Forging iron requires a lot of arm strength, and the lower body needs to be stable. Use the strength of the waist to drive the arms." Qian Sen was seen swinging his arms.

"Ding--"

The black hammer hit the iron plate accurately. When the hammer touched the red iron plate, the black impurities on the surface of the iron block were knocked out.

Qian Sen's expression gradually calmed down.

During this half hour, every blow of Qian Sen's hammer was just right.

Xu Wenyan also observed the blacksmithing from a close distance.

It shocked him quite a bit.

"How is it? How are Xiao Xu and the Chen family kid doing?"

"Senior Qian is so amazing. I have benefited a lot from him in the past half hour." Xu Wenyan bowed to Qian Sen.

Qian Sen stroked his beard and laughed heartily: "What do you want me to do for you, old man?"

Xu Wenyan handed over the purse: "Mr. Qian, I want to make a gold belt, it has to be thin enough."

"I? Gold belt?"

"Well, I just want to make it a little flatter. I want to make the remaining gold into gold beans."

Qian Sen took the purse and said, "Okay, no problem. I'll be done in a minute."

After all, this is gold, and it must be done well in front of the parties involved.

Just a small gold bean could be worth hundreds or even thousands of coins.

Both of them saw the entire smelting and hammering process clearly.

By the time the two returned, it was already getting late.

"Old Zheng, I won't be here these two days. I'll find someone to help with the delivery. Please keep an eye out tomorrow."

Today’s hotpot is selling quite well, so we’ll have to go buy some in the village tonight.

"Okay, shopkeeper, I will take care of everything."

Xu Wenyan rode on the white horse, and he had to say that the horse had a really good and friendly personality.

Chen Sanlin drove a ox cart and followed slowly behind.

Xu Wenyan was thinking about who should deliver the goods tomorrow. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't find a better candidate.

"Brother Chen, I have things to do when I get back, so I'll leave first." Xu Wenyan turned around and said to Chen Sanlin.

"Okay, be careful on the road."

The white horse galloped on the road, raising clouds of dust and its white mane fluttering in the wind.

Xu Wenyan hadn't ridden a horse like this for a long time, and the young man on the horse had a smile on his face.

When we arrived at Chen Xingjie's house, Wang Dongmei was playing with Chen Zhao in the yard.

"Brother Xu, we are here." Wang Dongmei picked up Chen Zhao and walked towards Xu Wenyan: "Oh, where did this white horse come from? It's so beautiful."

"Zhang Chengjin gave it to me. This horse is docile. Sister Dongmei can touch it if she likes it." Xu Wenyan still remembers the first time he came to the old village chief's house.

They have two chestnut horses at home.

The old village chief said that Wang Dongmei liked it.

The mention of both Ma'er and Dongmei reminded Xu Wenyan of an old friend.

Wang Dongmei carefully touched the horse's head, and Xu Wenyan turned over.

"You must be here for something."

Xu Wenyan nodded: "Sister Dongmei, do you want a job?"

"I do want to, but you have too many workers under you, and you have to pay them hundreds of taels of salary a month. You don't have to take special care of me." Wang Dongmei smiled gently.

As expected, no matter how bad-tempered a woman is, she will become gentler when she becomes a mother.

"Sister Dongmei, you are too worried. Of course I am short of staff. You don't know how popular my store is."

Xu Wenyan briefly told Wang Dongmei about the things happening in the store.

He really needs manpower now, and he trusts Wang Dongmei.

In addition, Xu Wenyan also needs to find two strong men.

Loading goods every day is actually quite tiring, and sometimes we also have to maintain the carriage.

The most important thing is that Xu Wenyan was afraid that the carriage would encounter danger on the road, so he would feel more at ease if there were more people.

"Since you said so, Sister Dongmei will not be polite with you."

"Oh, Sister Dongmei, tell Brother Xingjie that he needs to find two more men, strong and sturdy, and pay them five taels of silver a month.

I am mainly responsible for transporting the carriage, and also helping with miscellaneous tasks in the store, so it won’t be too tiring.”

Wang Dongmei handed Chen Zhao to Xu Wenyan's arms: "With such a high salary, everyone will rush to get it. I will definitely find the best one for you."

"Well, Sister Dongmei will come to our house for dinner later. It's a good opportunity for her to get acquainted with Xiaolu."

Xu Wenyan teased Chen Zhao for a while and then left. He still had to find the villagers to ask for food for tomorrow's meal.