A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 191 Invitation

Zhang Yunyue and his two siblings lived in the second courtyard. Zhang Yunyue lived in the main house, while Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao lived in the east wing.

As for Li Dasan and his son and Zhang Chao, Zhang Yunyue originally wanted them to live in the west wing, but none of them agreed.

He insisted on living in the servants' room in the third courtyard. Although it was a servants' room, it was still quite spacious for one person, so Zhang Yunyue did not force it.

After everyone put down their luggage, Zhang Xingfeng took Li Dasan and his son, Zhang Chao, and Zhang Xinghao and drove two horse-drawn carriages to the street to shop.

After finishing the shopping, everyone spread out their own bedding, cleaned all the kitchen utensils and put them in the cupboards. It was already very late.

Everyone worked together to make a meal of noodles, and then took a rest after eating.

The next day.

After I bought this house, I found out that Yunfeng Lane is next to Yunyue Lane, and it only takes less than a quarter of an hour to walk there.

Zhang Xingyun went to the Xiao residence in Yunfeng Lane early in the morning, preparing to invite Xiao Qi to visit the Zhang family's newly purchased house tonight.

"Boom bang bang."

The door was opened and a servant came out: "Sir, who are you looking for?"

Zhang Xingyun clasped his fists and said, "Hello, young man. I am from the Zhang family in Yunyue Lane. May I ask if your Master Xiao Qi is at home today?"

The servant said, "Yes, may I ask what you want to see our young master for?"

"I had an appointment with your young master to visit your house. It happened that the house was already cleaned up yesterday, so I came here today to invite your young master. Young man, this is the invitation. Please be sure to hand it to your young master."

After saying that, Zhang Xingyun handed the invitation to the servant.

The servant took the invitation and said, "Okay, I'll give it to our young master in a moment."

"Okay, thank you." After saying that, Zhang Xingyun returned to Zhang's house in Yunyue Lane.

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun discussed it and decided to have hotpot and barbecue together tonight. They didn't have time to celebrate yesterday as they moved in in a hurry, so today was a perfect time to make up for it.

Fortunately, when I came this time, I asked my father to pack some peppers from the workshop, as well as crispy peppers and specially made barbecued chili powder, which are just right for hot pot and barbecue.

So he made a list of things needed for hot pot and barbecue in the room and asked Butler Liu to buy everything on the list.

He called two more people to go to the bamboo weaving shop and buy some bamboo.

Then he asked Zhang Xingyun and others to help sharpen bamboo sticks at home, which would be used to skewer the meat.

It’s a good opportunity to let everyone know what the store will do in the future.

Because today we need to skewer a lot of meat.

So just after the 3:00 p.m., Zhang Yunyue asked people to start cutting the meat, washing the vegetables, and marinating the meat.

In the yard, Butler Liu and his men were setting up a barbecue grill according to Zhang Yunyue's instructions.

Because there are so many people eating, the barbecue grill is built quite long. Coincidentally, Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao also know how to barbecue, so the three of them will go on stage first. After watching a few times and learning how to do it, the others will be able to try it themselves.

When the meat was almost marinated, Zhang Yunyue asked everyone to start skewering them. They calculated that if each person ate 20 to 30 skewers, that would be nearly a thousand skewers, so those who had nothing to do gathered together to skewer the meat.

Around 3 p.m.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Because everyone was in the yard, they were talking loudly.

Only Butler Liu vaguely heard the knock on the door: "Why do I hear a knock on the door?" Fearing that someone was really knocking on the door outside, Butler Liu looked at his eldest son: "Wen Xiang, go and see if there is anyone knocking on the door."

Liu Wenxiang shook off the bamboo chips on his hands and then patted the bamboo chips on his body.

"Okay, Dad, I'll go check it out."

Liu Wenxiang arrived at the gate and indeed heard a knock on the door. He responded:

"Coming, coming, open the door immediately."

The knocking on the door stopped.

When the door opened, Liu Wenxiang saw three people standing at the door, one of them holding a pot of flowers in his hand.

"Excuse me, how many people are you?"

Mo Wen stepped forward and said, "Hello, we are here for the banquet, and here is the invitation." After saying that, he handed over the invitation with both hands.

Liu Wenxiang took the invitation and looked at it. It turned out that these were the guests invited by the young lady and the young master today.

So he quickly made way and said respectfully, "Sir, please come in."

After the three people stepped into the gate, Liu Wenxiang closed the door and led the three people out.

When the three of them walked into the yard, they saw a group of people in the yard clumsily skewering meat with bamboo sticks.

Zhang Yunyue was watching everyone skewering meat, when she turned around she saw Xiao Qi coming in.

Fu Shen smiled and said, "Mr. Xiao, welcome to our home. I haven't thanked you formally yet. Without your introduction, we wouldn't have been able to find the store and the house so quickly."

"Miss Zhang, you're welcome. These are the orchids in my yard. They are in full bloom. I'm going to celebrate your move into your new home."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Qi took a step forward holding the orchid and handed it forward respectfully.

Zhang Yunyue gave Liu Wenxiang a look, and Liu Wenxiang stepped forward to take the orchid.

She glanced at the orchid and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao. It's very beautiful. Please come in, Mr. Xiao."

Seeing this, Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao also stood up to greet him, then followed him into the main room.

"Mr. Xiao, you guys take a seat first. I still need to watch over the kitchen." He then looked at the two brothers Zhang Xingyun and Zhang Xinghao and said, "Big brother, second brother, you guys take care of Mr. Xiao. I'll go watch over them. I still need to stir-fry the hot pot base later."

"Okay, go ahead. We're both here."

Fu Shen then left the main room.

Seeing that everyone was busy in the yard, Zhang Yunyue called Liu the housekeeper's wife Fang to help into the kitchen.

The hot pot was ready in the kitchen, and the people in the yard had already put all the vegetables and meat on skewers.

He asked someone to tidy up the yard and set the table.

Then, each table was placed with a bubbling hot pot, as well as various vegetables and meats.

The yard is now filled with the rich, spicy aroma of hot pot.

"This hot pot smells so good, is it true that the young lady and the young master are talking about opening a shop that sells hot pot and barbecue? If they are these two, then the business will definitely be booming."

"Yes, yes, I have never smelled anything so delicious."

"I heard from the lady that we are going to learn how to make hot pot, and then we can work as chefs in the store."

The others were still discussing in low voices.

The charcoal fire for the barbecue here has been lit.

Zhang Yunyue started to grill, and as Zhang Yunyue turned the food over, the aroma of grilling came out.

"This barbecue smells so good, and the young lady's cooking skills are so good."

“I can’t help wanting to eat it.”

After it was baked, some was placed on each table.

Zhang Yunyue walked into the main hall and said with a smile, "Master Xiao, big brother, second brother, you can have your meal now."

Zhang Xingyun: "Okay." He turned to look at Xiao Qi and said, "Mr. Xiao, please."

Xiao Qi and his two companions and Zhang Yunyue and their seven companions sat at one table, while the rest of the people sat at two tables.