Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

Chapter 217: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 14

Xie Rong, who was only focused on making achievements in his career, had probably forgotten about her. She had been in Beijing for so many days, but he didn't show up, so Shen Guli had to go to him herself.

On the afternoon of the day the visiting card was delivered, Xie Rong appeared in Shen Guli's shop.

The shop was a bit big, so Shen Guli simply divided it into two rooms, one big and one small. The big one was used as a noodle shop, and the small one sold dried noodles.

Even so, Xie Rong didn't think Miss Shen's dried noodles could achieve much success in the prosperous capital.

However, since he had promised her, he would definitely help her do it.

Xie Rong was led by Aniu to the back hall. When he opened the door, he saw Shen Guli sitting at a small table by the window, drinking tea leisurely.

"Miss Shen!"

"Thank you, General!"

The girl looked up at the sound, and along with the sunlight pouring in from the window, she looked at him. Xie Rong's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he stepped into the house.

"General Xie, I heard that the day after tomorrow is the 60th birthday of the old lady of Marquis Wu'an. I invited you to come here today because I have a gift that is just right for General Xie."

"No need. Since I have agreed to your request, there is no need for you to take the trouble to prepare the gift, Miss Xie."

Shen Guli smiled and said nothing, but stood up and took out a tray covered with cotton cloth from the tall cabinet next to her and placed it in front of Xie Rong, "General Xie, open it and take a look first."

Xie Rong didn't agree with Shen Guli's behavior, but he still reached out and lifted the cotton cloth, "What is this?"

Noodles wrapped into a circle?

It’s still colorful!

Shen Guli sat down opposite Xie Rong again, "This is colorful longevity noodles."

Xie Rong looked at the woman opposite him meaningfully, and then he realized that she wanted to use the birthday banquet at the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion to help him build a reputation for her noodle shop.

Knowing that he had misunderstood her, Xie Rong looked away first, "This is much more thoughtful than giving her gold, silver or jade. Thank you Miss Shen for your thoughtfulness."

"It's just a win-win situation." Gu Li made no secret of her intentions.

"What are these brightly colored noodles made of? Are they edible?"

"Of course it's edible. The taste is just as good as noodles with eggs. They are all made with some vegetable and fruit juice." Shen Guli looked at the noodles of several colors on the tray with some regret. "It's a pity that there are still a few vegetables that can be used that I can't find, otherwise I can put together the colorful clouds!"

"What else are you missing?"

"Purple, like purple sweet potatoes, or purple cabbage or something like that."

She currently only has carrot-colored noodles, spinach-green noodles, original buckwheat noodles, pumpkin-colored noodles, and red cabbage noodles.

The colors aren't rich enough.

Xie Rong thought for a moment and said, "Purple sweet potato, I don't know what it is, but purple cabbage, are you talking about Huizicai?"

"Huizicai?" It was the first time Shen Guli heard the name of this dish and couldn't associate it with any vegetable she knew.

"It looks like cabbage, but it's purple and a little hard to cook."

Don't tell me, it's a bit similar.

"I'll ask Yingtao to go to the market to buy some and bring them back for you to have a look." As she said this, she was about to get up and call for help.

"Normally this isn't sold outside," Xie Rong said quickly. "This vegetable doesn't taste very good, and its color is so dark. Most vegetable farmers rarely grow this."

"Ah, then---"

How did he, a general, know this?

"I was also on a march and passed by a piece of wasteland. I saw a large area of ​​purple balls growing there. I thought they were poisonous, but I saw rabbits and mice coming to eat them----"

Shen Guli opened her eyes wide and listened with great interest, "Is that place far?"

Xie Rong lowered his eyes to glance at the teacup on the table, and Shen Guli immediately leaned over to refill his tea.

"If you want that, I can ask the farmer if he has any left, or buy you some seeds."

Shen Guli's eyes lit up, "Okay, then I'll trouble General Xie."

Shen Guli was too lazy to ask where the place was, so she left it entirely to Xie Rong.

The main reason is that she doesn’t have enough manpower and her arms can’t reach that far.

Two days later, Xie Rong brought the capital's only five-colored longevity noodles, which won the envy of the old lords present. Many of the younger generations at the banquet asked Xie Rong about the origin of this unique gift.

Xie Rong took the opportunity to talk about Miss Shen’s noodle shop.

"This is really interesting. It makes my birthday gift seem a bit embarrassing. Grandma, Xuanzhi wishes you a long life and many blessings."

The old lady of Wu'anhou laughed loudly and waved to Li Xuanzhi who was late. "Good, good luck, Xuanzhi, come and sit here with your grandmother."

Li Xuanzhi passed Xie Rong and sat down below the old lady. After Xie Rong delivered the birthday gift, he bowed again and went to the East Garden where the male guests were entertained.

He had just found a seat to sit down when someone sat down next to him.

Xie Rong was sitting quite off to the side. When he looked up and saw that the person sitting next to him was Li Xuan, he was slightly surprised, "Your Majesty?"

Li Xuanzhi smiled, "The banquet hasn't started yet, just sit down casually."

"The colorful longevity noodles you brought today are from the shop of Miss Shen who saved your life, right?"

Xie Rong wanted to cross his arms, but was stopped by Li Xuanzhi, "There's no need to be polite when it's just the two of us outside."

Xie Rong is Li Xuanzhi's study partner, so there is nothing wrong with them being closer.

"Yes. Miss Shen opened a grain and flour shop in the capital."

Li Xuanzhi's smile remained unchanged, but his voice was a little faint, "Do you know that she is the daughter of the Shen family in Yonghe Mansion, and the legitimate daughter of the Shen family!"

"I know." Even though he didn't know about his savior at the time, he still checked the Shen family after he came back.

"If you want to repay the favor, there are many ways to help Miss Shen." It would be best to buy it out in one go and not get involved with the Shen family.

"what way?"

Li Xuanzhi glanced at Xie Rong, not expecting him to ask such a question. "Give her money."

Xie Rong denied it without even thinking, "Ms. Shen is not short of money."

Li Xuanzhi thought that businessmen value profit and love money the most. The reason why they did not accept Xie Rong's life money was either because the money was not enough or Miss Shen had a bigger plan.

Seeing that Xie Rong cared about his lifesaver, Li Xuanzhi was kind for once and didn't say anything unpleasant. "It would be fine even if you marry her. Anyway, Rong, your marriage is not settled yet."

Some things have not been clarified yet, so Li Xuanzhi did not say them. In short, marrying Miss Shen was Xie Rong's greatest gratitude to the Shen family.

Xie Rong turned his head uncomfortably and confessed, "I have asked many times. Miss Shen only wants me to help her do business in Beijing."

Li Xuanzhi raised his eyebrows, confirming that Xie Rong had different thoughts about Shen's daughter. It was a pity that Shen's daughter was short-sighted and gave up the life-saving straw that was within her reach.

"But Miss Shen said that the business she is doing now belongs to her and has nothing to do with the Shen family!"

"Oh?" Lee Hyun-ji dragged out his tone with an ambiguous tone, but didn't say anything else.

Gradually, more and more guests came to the East Garden. Someone saw the Seventh Prince sitting in the corner and came over to greet him.

Wu'an Marquis Mansion is the maternal home of Concubine Li, and the maternal grandfather's home of the Seventh Prince Li Xuanzhi. When male guests arrive, they must pay their respects to the Seventh Prince.

So, the two of them quickly ended the topic about the Shen family.