Daily life in the academy

Because of the two people's status, Bai Zhi did not dare to be negligent. She used her sweet talk to coax the chef into agreeing to cook the dishes for Yan Qingchen and Mu Bailian first. The time it took to serve all the dishes was a quarter of an hour faster than for other tables.

The two of them did come to eat as Mu Bailian said, and they did not call Bai Zhi over to greet them until the whole table of food and a pot of wine were finished, and then they called her over.

Mu Bailian skillfully pulled the purse from Yan Qingchen's waist, took out a silver ingot from it and threw it to Bai Zhi casually.

"Here, the meal money, the extra is your reward."

Bai Zhi weighed the silver ingot in her hand. She had just arrived and had not had much contact with the currency here. She estimated the weight of the silver in her hand to be about one catty, and one catty of silver was ten taels. Her eyes lit up instantly and she hurriedly thanked him.

Yan Qingchen was no longer surprised by Mu Bailian's behavior. He just glared at him, took the purse back and tied it around his waist again.

"What have you done to deserve your monthly salary being deducted?"

Mu Bailian glanced at Bai Zhi, who was standing beside him with a curious look on her face, and scratched his head awkwardly.

"The old man came home a few days ago and started yelling at me. He even forced me to fight him. I couldn't handle his brute force. I was defeated after just thirty moves. I had already surrendered, but he still wouldn't give in. My legs were in pain for three whole days."

Having said that, Mu Bailian's expression of resentment faded, but soon he turned into an expression of gloating.

"I was so angry that I ran to my mother and complained to her, saying that he had gone to Tianxiang Pavilion to drink and even ordered the top prostitute to accompany him... My mother kicked him out of the room that night, and the old man found out the next day. Fortunately, my mother protected me and prevented him from beating me, but she did deduct two full months' salary from me."

Bai Zhi bit her lower lip and managed to suppress her laughter. She asked curiously, "So, did your father really drink the flower wine in Tianxiang Pavilion?"

"Of course... no, I just said it on purpose to get revenge on him." Mu Bailian said it as a matter of course, and it seemed that he was a little complacent about what happened to his father.

Bai Zhi couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, you are really daddy's good son.

Yan Qingchen was no longer surprised. He cursed him and said, "You deserve it." He was too lazy to look at him anymore and walked out of the tavern without looking back.

Mu Bailian hurriedly called out "Wait for me" twice and quickly caught up with him. He would have to rely on Brother Yan and Wenzhe for support for the next two months, so he had to keep up.

Watching the two figures walking away, Bai Zhi couldn't help but smile and shook her head, then cleaned up the table.

It was not until the middle of the night that the tavern closed. Bai Zhi, Ye Yanliang and other servants cleaned up the tavern before they could rest.

It was curfew time and the sound of drums could be faintly heard from the city gate.

Ye Sanniang walked towards the two of them and asked, "Xiaozhi, are you feeling well today?"

Bai Zhi nodded quickly and replied, "I can adapt."

Seeing that there was no reluctance on his face, Ye Sanniang finally felt relieved. She had only been in the tavern for the brief moment when the two of them arrived, but was later called away due to other matters and did not return until closing time. Although Bai Zhi had initially seemed careful and calm enough to handle the situation, tavern work was exhausting after all, and she was worried that the young master would not be able to handle it.

"Aunt, you were not here just now, so you didn't see how Brother Bai made those guests laugh so hard that they couldn't stop smiling. He was so eloquent." Ye Yanliang became much more lively in front of his elders and even started to tease people.

Baizhi raised her chin complacently, and her smug look was very endearing.

"Then why don't you see who it is, Auntie? You'll see tomorrow."

The three of them chatted for a while, and then Ye Sanniang asked Ye Yanliang to take them to the residence in the backyard to rest, and to continue working at noon tomorrow.

Baizhi was worried about living in the same room with a bunch of men. Although she had a modern soul and was relatively open-minded, she still didn't want to live in the same room with a bunch of smelly men.

Fortunately, Ye Sanniang was quite kind to her nephew and prepared a separate room for him. The room was fully furnished. In addition to a large bed, there was also a soft couch by the window, which was big enough for one person to sleep on.

Baizhi said that she didn't like sleeping in the same bed with others, so she just took a quilt and lay on the couch. After a simple wash, she lay down comfortably on the couch. Because she had consumed too much energy at night, she fell asleep soon.

I had a dreamless night. The next morning, the crowing of roosters echoed throughout the backyard, and of course woke up Baizhi who was sleeping by the window.

According to Bai Zhi's usual morning mood, she would have rolled around in bed and cursed a few times, but thinking that today was a good day to make money, she sat up from the bed, stood up without hesitation, put on her coat, opened the door, and stood in the backyard to stretch.

It was still early spring, and the sun rose late. It was only just getting light today, around five or six o'clock, which was the hour of Mao. There was still more than an hour before work started, so she didn't waste any time and went out to find something to eat. She ate a bowl of wontons and brought two servings for Ye Sanniang and Ye Yanliang.

The tavern opened for business at noon.

Because today was the day when the night market was open, Ye Sanniang went out to prepare goods in the morning and asked the peddler to bring a cart of goods. After that, she stayed in the tavern the whole time. She finally understood what her nephew meant by "eloquent" yesterday.

Bai Zhi's body was in excellent condition. Her face had become shriveled and sallow due to the hard journey in the previous three months, but she had recovered somewhat in the academy in the past few days and regained her original beauty.

With such a handsome and enthusiastic young man greeting them, and his mouth was as sweet as honey, every word of praise touched their hearts. Those diners who originally did not want to order extra food, somehow inexplicably ordered the food and wine recommended by the young man, and finished them without realizing it.

Moreover, Baizhi not only greets customers in the store, but also solicits customers outside the store when the number of people in the store decreases. Although several nearby stores use the same method, Baizhi is more daring and has attracted many customers into the pub.

In this way, the income from daytime alone is almost the same as when the night market was opened before. Now Ye Sanniang completely believes what Bai Zhi said before.

Seeing Bai Zhi like this, the other waiters in the store also asked Ye Sanniang the reason. They couldn't help but think about discussing with her whether they could also give her a share. Bai Zhi's effect was first and could bring profits to the tavern, so Ye Sanniang agreed without hesitation.

But they only saw Bai Zhi's enthusiastic compliments on the surface, but they didn't see that she first observed the behavior of the guests and then prescribed the right remedies. The waiters could only learn to compliment everyone on the surface, such as praising their looks, nice clothes, good temper, etc. Except for the occasional success, they also received many rejections.

It was not until the Yin hour, which was three or four in the morning, that the West Market finally returned to peace. The tavern finally sent away the last drunk man and closed its doors.