First of all, the north and south were not allowed to travel for a short time, and there were still a large number of refugees along the way. Cui Xu, a weak young man, came to Beijing from afar, and it was very unsafe along the way.

Secondly, the weather is cold, the river section in the north has frozen, and the Caogang has stopped shipping to the north.

Instead of coming here now, it is better to wait until the flowers bloom next spring and let Cui Xu take a canal boat to Beijing, which is both safe and labor-saving.

However, because of this, Li Qiniang still felt that her original arrangement was a little wrong.

Cui Xu is a chef and also serves as a shopkeeper. He usually doesn't see it. When the accounts are paid at the end of the year, the pros and cons suddenly appear.

Cui Xu came to the capital for two or three months, and there was no chef in the shop. Although Tian Guihua could also take over, she was not a chef after all. She was a little worse than Cui Xu. She couldn't let customers eat only sesame cakes.

Li Shiji in Pingcheng is just a small shop, so she can only do this for the time being. Li Qiniang even prepared. If it really doesn't work, the flowers will bloom next spring, so she simply refused to let Cui Xu come to Beijing. She went back to Pingcheng to take a look and then make a decision.

When he heard that Cui Xu asked someone to bring the silver notes, Li Qiniang felt a little embarrassed. Fortunately, there was a Duke, and most people were like Fu Sheng, so I was afraid that they would not dare to help this.

Fusheng had enough food and drink, and he came late. When he was full, Li Shiji's guests dispersed.

No customers ordered any more food, so they began to prepare their own meals in the kitchen.

Fusheng said goodbye, and Li Qiniang smiled and said, "Wait a minute."

As she said that, she went into the kitchen, and soon after, she and Lu Ying'er each brought out a food box.

Li Qiniang handed the food box in her hand to Fusheng: "There is a snack inside, which was taught by Sister Huai. It's called chicken and corn, I guess you will definitely like it. There are also osmanthus duck and crystal meat, along with two or three side dishes. The weather is cold, so you must eat it with hot wine or hot porridge."

At this time, Wen Xiu walked over, took a cotton cloak in his hand, and helped Li Qiniang put it on. She had to wait until the shop was officially closed before leaving. When she heard that Fusheng was coming, she was so busy that she was not touching the ground. Only then did she free up her time to come and see him off.

Li Qiniang took Lu Ying'er and whispered something to Wen Xiu, and walked out of Li Shiji's door with Fusheng.

Fusheng asked, "Boss, you have to go back so late every day. Is it safe on the road?"

Li Qiniang smiled and said, "Safe, Dazhuang picks up Xiaoman every day, and has to come to pick us up at night."

Fusheng looked over and saw that there was a mule cart parked not far away, but...

There was a man standing in front of the mule cart.

The lantern in front of Li Shiji's door could not be seen there, and Fusheng could not see the man's face clearly.

He is very familiar with Da Zhuang Da Niu. Judging from his figure, this person is definitely not Da Zhuang or Daning.

But he was so familiar that he could only take a vague look at him and know which one he was.

Li Qiniang also saw it, and her steps paused and said to herself: "Dude?"

Wen Xiu and Lu Ying'er, who were following behind, were startled and looked around: "The Duke of the State is here, where is it?"

Fusheng quickly smiled and said, "Miss Ying'er, I forgot to ask you, is there any garlic hot sauce in the shop? It's the kind made by the boss's wife when she was in Pingcheng."

"Yes, I used to think that people in Beijing wouldn't eat a bite of pepper. Unexpectedly, although they don't like pepper, they like to eat garlic spicy sauce. The young master also said that he would open a shop to sell spicy sauce in the future. You can wait, I'll get it for you when I go back."

Lu Ying'er was a refreshing girl. As she said that, she turned around. Fusheng followed Lu Ying'er to the door of the shop. Suddenly, she remembered that there was another Wen Xiu. He turned around and saw Wen Xiu still standing in place, but he pulled his neck and was looking forward. In front, Li Qiniang had already walked to the car.

"Auntie Wen, you should go back together." Fusheng stepped forward to remind.

Wen Xiu looked in front of him, then Fusheng, and without saying a word, he turned around and entered the shop in front of Fusheng.

Li Qiniang walked slowly to the mule cart. Seeing that Dazhuang and Daniu didn’t know where they went, she suddenly heard a familiar voice: “Are you looking for those two young men? It’s too cold outside, so I asked them to wait in the shop.”

Yan Xuehuai raised her head and faced Qi Fu's gentle smile.

"Dude, why are you here? Fusheng said you have entered the palace."

"The palace banquet ended, and I came over. Do you have to go back so late every day?"

Qi Wei looked at Li Shiji not far away. The lights were still brilliant. Through the window, you could still see shadows of people. Li Shiji was not closed yet and there were guests inside.

Li Qiniang smiled and said, "Today is Wen Xiu on duty. I can come out early. If I were on duty, I would have to go back half an hour later."

She has lived this life since she was a child. For Li Qiniang, it is not hard, and it is the case for those who run restaurants.

Qi comforted him and said, "Have you ever thought about hiring a big shopkeeper so that you won't have to work so hard?"

Li Qiniang sighed: "How can the shopkeeper in the restaurant be invited by asking? Not only should he have experience, but he should also be trustworthy."

Speaking of this, she remembered something and said, "By the way, Mr. Song can come out, right?"

Qi Wei smiled and said, "I just asked Uncle Zhong to find him twice."

Li Qiniang was very grateful: "Whether it was from Bo Zhong or someone else's, the shopkeeper Song gave you face or you invited us for help."

"Since Lao Song was injured in his leg, he became decadent. He finally came."

The more Qi Wei spoke, the more grateful Li Qiniang felt. She had heard from someone in private that the shopkeeper Song was very famous in the capital. After he got disabled, someone came to invite him, but he did not agree.

"Is the journey going smoothly?" Li Qiniang then remembered to ask this, and she felt a little ashamed.

"Everything went smoothly, what about you? How did you recently?" Qi said in condolences.

Li Qiniang said, "I wrote it on the letter, have you not received it?"

The last letter was sent by Zhong Bo ten days ago. After learning that Qi Wei had left Pingcheng, Li Qiniang didn't want to write any more. She was worried that Qi Wei would not receive it on the way, but Qi Wei wrote to her that he could receive any letter from him, whether in a war or during a march.

So Li Qiniang wrote two more letters, both of which were sent by Zhong Bo. Qi Wei's letter did not leave the official post office, but was sent by the post army.

After the previous letter was sent, before Qi Wei's reply was received, Qi Wei's army entered the capital.

Qi Wei reached out and took out a letter: "Is this one?"

With the faint lights shining from afar, Li Qiniang recognized the ordinary words on the envelope, which were written by her.
Chapter completed!