In the afternoon of the same day, the shopkeeper Tan hurriedly asked people to prepare a generous gift, and personally took his son to find Zhao Xiaosi.

Zhao Xiaosi was worried that no one was available, and when he saw the shopkeeper Tan coming, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pulled the shopkeeper Tan affectionately, and welcomed the person into the courtyard with a smile.

It was the first time for the shopkeeper to see Zhao Xiaosi, and when he saw Zhao Xiaosi's young appearance, the surprise in his eyes flashed by, but his face was not obvious, and he smiled and saluted his peers, and politely said what he meant.

Zhao Xiaosi led people to the house, waved his hand again and again, "Don't dare, don't dare", and hurriedly asked the mother-in-law who was burning the fire at home to quickly send a pot of tea in. Seeing Tan Hongyuan looking at the empty yard with a strange expression, obviously a little puzzled, Zhao Xiaofang smiled at Tan's shopkeeper and explained: "I only bought this yard this year, and the girl asked me to find it." I only moved in after the autumn, and I didn't care about adding people, and I neglected the big shopkeeper, and I hope the big shopkeeper is not to blame! ”

"Brother Zhao is polite." Shopkeeper Tan waved his hands again and again and smiled, "You have a lot of things to do outside, how can you take care of these?" After that, he nodded Tan Hongyuan with a smile, and said politely and solemnly to Zhao Xiaosi, "This kid is used to being casual at home, he hasn't experienced anything, he doesn't know the depth, and I hope that Brother Zhao will bother to point out him." ”

"I don't dare to point out," Zhao Xiaosi shook his head with a smile, and smiled indifferently while inviting the two of them into the house, "I'm not afraid of the big shopkeeper's jokes, before following the girl, I was just an errand runner for others, and I couldn't get on the stage, and I didn't have the face to point out others." I'll just say a word, we're all doing things for the girl, so it's good if we can put our hearts into it. ”

"That's it! Is that! Be mindful! The shopkeeper Tan nodded again and again, and saw that the mother-in-law who was burning the fire sent the teapot up, and hurriedly motioned to Tan Hongyuan to pour tea for Zhao Xiaosi, while holding Zhao Xiaosi's hand and persuading, "Brother Zhao, sit down!" You sit! Let this kid toast you with a cup of tea, Brother Zhao is willing to teach him, which is also his blessing! ”

"Don't you dare!" Zhao Xiaosi hurriedly struggled to stand up, said "don't dare" in his mouth, and didn't accept Tan Hongyuan's tea, and said to the shopkeeper Tan with some tears and laughter, "The big shopkeeper is really ...... Isn't that hard for me? Where can I afford this cup of tea? ”

"What kind of son is not a child? Brother Zhao, this is me! This kid is sixth in the family, if Brother Zhao doesn't dislike it, call him Xiaoliu! Shopkeeper Tan pressed Zhao Xiaosi's shoulder and insisted on persuading, "He is a junior, and it is also his duty to give a cup of tea to the elders!" If Brother Zhao has anything to do, just tell him to do it. If there's anything I can get my hands on, Brother Zhao can just command! ”

Zhao Xiaosi couldn't refuse, so he had to take Tan Hongyuan's tea, took two sips, but his brain turned very fast, put aside the tea bowl, no longer greeted, and said bluntly: "It's just right, with Brother Tan's words, I won't beat around the bush." When the girl gave the order to send the messenger today, your old man was also there, and Xiaoliu also listened to a few words, so he should know it in his heart. The girl meant that those shops and Zhuangzi were going to be sold before the Chinese New Year, so that the victims of the Northland could have a full meal during the New Year. This matter should be sooner rather than later, I will have to go to Jingzhao Mansion in a while to ask Master Liu to come forward as a witness, so I bothered Brother Tan to go with me, and by the way, let someone write a notice and post it at the door of Jingzhao Mansion. ”

Tan Hongyuan's eyes lit up, and he nodded busily.

Here, Zhao Xiaosi arched his hand to the shopkeeper Tan again, and politely entrusted: "The housekeepers in those Zhuangzi shops are more familiar than me, and I also ask the shopkeeper to help appease and appease people's hearts." After a moment's pause, he snorted sarcastically, waved his hand nonchalantly, "The girl said, the human heart is the most unreliable thing, and the big shopkeeper does his best." If you can't be appeased, forget it, let people know me as soon as possible, and we can be prepared early. ”

Shopkeeper Tan was naturally full of promises, and when he heard Zhao Xiaosi say it urgently, he didn't dare to delay more, so he hurriedly instructed Tan Hongyuan to follow Zhao Xiaosi to do an errand with his heart, and he said goodbye and left the courtyard gate, thought about it, and ordered the little guy who drove the car to drive directly to Zhao's shopkeeper's residence.

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Jingzhao Mansion is a lively time at this time, and the bitter masters who knelt at the door of the mansion early in the morning are pulling the sleeves of the mansion Yin Cui Ke to wipe their tears and shout grievances, and their snot and tears are all wiped on Cui Ke's official uniform.

Cui Ke was embarrassed by the crowd, endured the nausea, pulled up one of the middle-aged women who were slightly cleaner, and tried to persuade in a gentle voice: "Get up!" The old man is here to hear the case today, don't cry big guys! Get up first, and hand them over one by one—"

When a group of people heard this, they cried bitterly again, hugged Cui Ke's arm and shouted a few times, and were dragged away by a group of officials. Cui Ke hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd, ran into the mansion as if fleeing, and went straight to the backyard, only to breathe a sigh of relief, frowning and looking at the stains on his body, his stomach churned, and he hurriedly waved his hand to let another set of clothes come in, and instructed Master Liu to go to the lobby to pick up the situation first.

After more than two quarters of an hour, Master Liu wolf-held a pile of shapes and sent them to Cui Ke, breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to touch the fine sweat on his forehead, and roughly reported the situation in front of him. It doesn't take it seriously for so many people to make trouble at the gate of the mansion, and Master Yu's official reputation is also hindered. The Lu family wanted to help the victims, and the Zhao steward told me before, I thought that the disaster relief in the capital was originally in the hands of the master, and some people volunteered to contribute money for disaster relief, which was also a good thing to accumulate virtue and do good, so I should go first. Coincidentally, the steward Zhao came again, saying that he wanted to post the notice at the entrance of the yamen today, which happened to let those who watched the excitement disperse, don't keep an eye on the affairs of the Zhou family, I don't know what the master thinks? ”

Cui Ke is in a hurry, how can he care so much, just listen to what Master Liu said, this people are all trying to be lively, there is fresh excitement to see, there are naturally fewer people staring at the Jingzhao Mansion trial, and it can also make people slow down first, and this is also a good thing, not only does he have a share of credit for doing a good job, but also the Lord of the Lu family has a good fate. Thinking about it this way, even if Cui Kedang agreed, he instructed Master Liu to do everything conveniently, and not to embarrass the people of the Lu family.

Master Liu naturally nodded in agreement, turned out to find Zhao Xiaosi, and explained in a low voice. Zhao Xiaosi hurriedly thanked him, signaled Tan Hongyuan to come up and greet Master Liu, and asked someone to write a notice and post it at the door of Jingzhao Mansion, and then Fang pulled Master Liu to Zuiyue Tower to eat and drink, and agreed on the matter with laughter.

It wasn't until the end of the unitary period that Zhao Xiaosi affectionately put his arm on Master Liu's shoulders and sent the slightly drunk Master Liu back with Tan Hongyuan.

Early the next morning, Zhao Xiaosi carried a big gong and knocked it on the spot at the gate of Jingzhao Mansion. There were already a lot of people watching the excitement at the entrance of the ya, and yesterday the notice of the shop was posted, and many people came to hear the news, mixed with the shopkeepers who heard the news but did not know why, and they were all curious at the gate of Jingzhao Mansion. There are people who have seen Yue Xiuzhuang's joke before, and there are many speculations at this time, regardless of whether they know or don't know, they just shake their heads and mutter sighs when they pull the people around them.

As soon as Zhao Xiaosi's gong struck, someone quickly surrounded him, and he was waiting for Zhao Xiaosi's words excitedly.

"Everyone, don't be impatient! Calm down! Zhao Xiaosi had already let people move a table out, stood up by himself, signaled Tan Hongyuan to pay attention to the crowd around him, knocked Luo again, arched his hand towards countless spectators with a smile, and reminded in a loud voice, "Under the big festival, don't worry, don't worry, watch your step!" ”

After waiting for a while, when the crowd gradually quieted down, Zhao Xiaosi glanced at Tan Hongyuan, and said loudly: "It has snowed heavily this year, and many places in the north have suffered snow disasters, and this is almost the New Year, and there are still many victims outside the capital who have no food to eat." It's just that there are too many places that have been affected by the disaster, and it is not easy for us to provide disaster relief, and everyone can understand it. Our host heard about this and wanted to do something about it. It's just that the harvest of Zhuangzi shops has not been very good in recent years, and we don't have much cash in our owners' hands, so we thought it would be better to sell a few Zhuangzi shops first, so that the victims can have a full meal during the New Year! ”

"Your owner is really a bodhisattva!" I don't know who in the crowd sighed, and suddenly some people chimed in, and those who knew and those who didn't know all talked about it one after another.

Zhao Xiaosi paused, looked at everyone's reaction with satisfaction, and caught a glimpse of a group of people running over with their sleeves not far away, he snorted coldly in his heart, retracted his gaze, knocked down another hammer, and continued: "Our owner said that this Zhuangzi shop is going to be sold, but it can't make the shopkeepers feel cold. Although he has suffered a lot of losses in the past few years, the big guys have no credit and hard work, so they have to take out 10% of the money from selling the shop to settle those shopkeepers. Our host said that we have to make this matter clear to the big guys, and we also ask Master Liu to be a witness. ”

"That's a reasonable arrangement......" The crowd nodded their heads in appreciation.

"How do you know that the owner of the family is really benevolent!" I don't know who snorted, pulled the person next to him to shake his head and sighed, "I happen to have been to those shops, the location is excellent, and there are many people coming and going." Not to mention how much money you make, at least you can't lose ......"

"Yo, then why do you still lose money every year?" The person next to him hurriedly pulled the person who spoke out before and asked gossipily.

The other snorted contemptuously and continued, "What's not to understand about this?" It's always the shopkeepers who have lost the money! ”

"This is too bold, why don't you report to the official?" Several people around gathered around, and then they became confused.

"Those shopkeepers are colluding, and the account books are in their hands, what are they going to report to the official?" The person who spoke first shook his head and sighed, and explained to everyone, "Those who know say that they are slaves and bully masters, and those who don't know say that the owners are mean!" ”

"Ouch, then this owner is too unlucky, hey, just thinking about placing those villains, it's really benevolent and righteous......" The people around suddenly sighed and sighed.