met free Chapter 289 Shen Wanning was kidnapped
Chapter 289 Shen Wanning was kidnapped
Shen Wanning immediately understood what he meant. After placing the two coins in his hand, she smiled and took out two more coins. "Okay, can you answer now?"
The little boy chuckled, "The county magistrate said that during last year's famine, all the relief grain in the warehouse was taken out. Now that everyone is no longer short of food, they have to pay a two-cent entrance fee to the city. This money is used to buy grain and store it in case of future natural disasters."
Shen Wanning frowned. The relief grain was distributed by the imperial court, and the county magistrate was not asked to pay for it himself. It was unreasonable for the county magistrate to charge a city entrance fee.
Then, Shen Wanning took out another two coins and said, "Do you know a restaurant? The owner's surname is Qian."
The little boy hesitated and shook his head. Although he wanted the two coins very much, he still didn't lie.
Seeing that the little boy didn't know, Shen Wanning said goodbye to him and left. After asking along the way, she finally found the restaurant run by Boss Qian.
After entering, a waiter helped pull the horse to the stable in the backyard. Shen Wanning walked in and asked, "Is your shopkeeper Qian here?"
"What boss Qian? I am the boss of this restaurant." The man in front said impatiently.
Shen Wanning asked doubtfully, "Didn't they say this restaurant belongs to Boss Qian?"
The shopkeeper in front then looked up at Shen Wanning and asked, "Are you here to see our boss Qian? What can I do for you?"
Shen Wanning said, "Could you please tell Boss Qian that Miss Shen from Qinghe County is here?"
The man looked at Shen Wanning suspiciously for a few times and went into the back hall.
After a while, Boss Qian came out in person, bowed and greeted him, "Boss Shen, I'm so sorry for not welcoming you. Please come in."
Shen Wanning smiled and said, "Boss Qian, you're too polite. I heard from my second brother that Boss Qian's shop has been renovated, so I came here to take a look."
As she spoke, she followed Boss Qian to the back hall.
"Yes, the decoration has been completed. After Boss Shen takes a break, I will take him to take a look and see if he is satisfied." Boss Qian also said with a smile.
"I'm not that tired. Why don't we go and take a look now?" Tea hadn't been served yet, and Shen Wanning didn't want to waste too much time here.
She also planned to finish looking at the shops today and then set off for Baocheng County after lunch.
Boss Qian tilted his head and asked doubtfully, "Boss Shen, is there something he needs to do?"
Shen Wanning grinned, "It's not a big deal, I just want to finish reading it as soon as possible. I have to rush to Baocheng County in the afternoon."
"Since Boss Shen is busy, I won't waste his time. Let's go and take a look!" Boss Qian stood up and led the way.
Shen Wanning followed him out of the restaurant. After walking down the street for a while, they arrived at the milk tea shop.
The two of them went in to take a look. Sure enough, the decoration style was similar to Mingyuelou, with the lobby on the first floor and the private rooms on the second floor. However, his shop was slightly larger than the Mingyuelou in Qinghe County, with twelve private rooms upstairs.
In addition, the stove has been built, and there are several tables in the kitchen to facilitate the placement of various small ingredients and other items.
After Shen Wanning finished looking at it, she was very satisfied. "The decoration is very elegant, even better than the Mingyue Tower I went to in Qinghe County. It seems that Boss Qian really values this business."
"Haha, high investment means high returns. Besides, when doing business with Boss Shen, it's a sure win, so of course we have to pay attention to it." There was a hint of flattery in Boss Qian's tone.
"It can be seen that Boss Qian is very attentive to everything related to business. No wonder he can grow his business so big." Shen Wanning continued.
The two chatted for a while, and Shen Wanning pulled the milk tea recipe from her sleeve and handed it directly to Boss Qian. "Boss Qian, you can go to Daqing Village in the next few days to buy all the ingredients for making milk tea. I estimate that the cows will be back soon."
Boss Qian respectfully took the milk tea recipe and said, "Thank you, Boss Shen. I will definitely go to Daqing Village to buy the ingredients soon."
"Well, I'll come and inform Boss Qian when the fruits are ripe." Shen Wanning said again.
"Thank you, Mr. Shen. Thank you for your trouble." Mr. Qian said with a smile and bowed.
"Win-win cooperation, this is what I should do. Boss Qian, please don't be polite."
"Mr. Qian will be the host today. Please do me the honor of meeting you, Mr. Shen." As he said this, Mr. Qian made an inviting gesture.
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Qian. I appreciate it. But I'm in a hurry to get to Baocheng County, so I won't stay any longer. When I'm free some other day, I'll definitely have a few drinks with Mr. Qian." Shen Wanning said politely.
In this era, Boss Qian would naturally not dine with her alone. He would inevitably invite other bosses from Shayang County to join him.
A lot of conversation would be wasted at the table, so it would be better for her to just eat something by herself and leave immediately after finishing.
"Okay, since Boss Shen has other arrangements, I won't try to persuade him to stay." With that, Boss Qian saw Shen Wanning off.
The waiter had already brought the horse, and Shen Wanning led the horse away.
After casually eating a bowl of noodles outside, Shen Wanning left Shayang County. Since riding right at the city gate would attract too much attention, she decided to wait until she was outside the city gate, lead the horse for a while, and then start riding again when there were fewer people.
After leaving the city gate, she kept looking at the surrounding scenery and the people coming and going from time to time. After walking for a while, she saw that there were not many people on the road, so she was about to mount her horse.
Suddenly, a man jumped out from behind a tree, and Shen Wanning's mouth and nose were covered by him. She struggled for a while, but before she could take out the anesthetic needle from the express station, she fainted.
When I woke up, I found that my hands and feet were tied. It looked like I was in a carriage.
The carriage was shaking and wobbling, and she didn't know where it was taking her.
She didn't panic. As long as she could wake up, there would be no big problem. At worst, she could go to the express station at any time.
"Brother, such a beautiful young lady, do you think you can let us brothers enjoy her first before selling her to a brothel?" A man's voice came from outside the carriage.
"Enjoy your ass, I think you are tired of living. Have you forgotten the rules set by the adults? Only virgins can be sold at a high price, you'd better give up this idea! Besides, the money given by the adults is enough for you to find several girls in the brothel, why bother thinking about her!" said another man.
"But...but the girls we caught before were not as pretty as her. The girls in the brothels were not as pretty as her. Besides, the adults don't know that we have enjoyed this girl. Then we can say that she was like this when we caught her, and we didn't know she was not a virgin." said the man.