After leaving the county for a few days, when Lu Xiuxiu returned to the store, he saw that the business in the store was slightly depressed compared with the previous days, Lu Xiuxiu smelled the fragrance of tea floating in the air mixed with the smell of burning, Lu Xiuxiu felt wrong in her heart, and ran forward quickly, and what caught her eye was the cauldron that was originally placed at the door.

"Miss Lu, you're finally back!"

The two guys in the store leaned on the corner, looking at the door with haggard faces, and seeing Lu Xiuxiu's appearance at the door, it was like seeing a life-saving Bodhisattva.

"What's going on?"

Lu Xiuxiu frowned and asked, why did she leave only a few days ago, the store was as if it had been swept by a fire, just from the outside of the house, she thought that the situation was already very strict, she was mentally prepared, she didn't expect that the situation inside the house was even stricter than she imagined, and all the achievements during this time were ruined.

"Miss Lu, I'm sorry for you!"

Songzhu wanted to cry and stood up without tears, he and Zhang Xiaotian both had worried expressions.

This made Lu Xiuxiu's already faintly painful brain jump suddenly, and she said patiently and calmly: "Don't blame yourself in a hurry, tell me when this happened?" ”

"It was last night!"

Zhang Xiaotian saw that Songzhu wanted to speak and stopped, and couldn't help jumping out and said: "Last night was the reunion festival, I went home with Songzhu, so I didn't live in the store, but in the middle of the night, the store suddenly caught fire. ”

So fortunately, there are no shops on the left and right.

When Lu Xiuxiu went to Tiankeng Village this time, because she was not at ease, she asked someone to get two beds in one of the rooms in the store, and asked Songzhu and Zhang Xiaotian to take turns to stay in the store unless necessary.

"Are you sure you put out the coal before you left yesterday?"

The only source of goods that can catch fire in the shop is a cauldron of tea.

"Pretty sure."

Songzhu opened his mouth and said, he looked at Lu Xiuxiu's calm appearance, and gradually calmed down after being influenced, Lu Xiuxiu was right, self-blame could not solve the problem, he said: "I left and poured cold water in the coal, and after a while, the white smoke dispersed before leaving with Xiaotian." ”

Moreover, the cauldron and the coal stove were separated, and there was no other flammable thing around, so it was impossible for them to burn for no reason, and it was only their house that had this kind of problem, and it would have been excusable if the fire came from the shop where they bought a restaurant, but it was not, so it seemed that things had become strange.

"Because I know that you said that you would come back to the county today, Xiaotian and I didn't dare to touch the things in the store, so we could only wait for you to come back in the store."

There are a lot of onlookers in the morning, and usually those old customers will come up to ask a few words when they see something in the store.

But the people who passed by just regretted it, and left after seeing enough of the play, which is why Lu Xiuxiu came back and saw a very depressed appearance.

"I see."

Lu Xiuxiu nodded and walked into the store.

The potted plants that were placed on the shelves before were burned by the fire, and the potted plants watered by the water space were useless, and the plants were only defeated when they encountered fire.

Lu Xiuxiu stretched out her hand to help up the flower buds that were lying crooked on the outside of the pot, but her hand just touched the end of the shelf.

The shelf was like a thin biscuit, and it clicked and crunched.

"Miss Lu, be careful!"

Zhang Xiaotian was closest to Lu Xiuxiu, and quickly stretched out his hand to pull her.

Bang dang!

The potted plants on the shelf fell from the broken place in the middle of the shelf, if Zhang Xiaotian hadn't reacted quickly, maybe Lu Xiuxiu's feet would have been hit by the flower pot.

"I'm fine."

Lu Xiuxiu shook her head calmly, and looked down at a little dark yellow water stain on the splashed upper.

She reached out and tore off the fragments of the burned black wood that hung on the shelf, leaned to the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently, a cold color flashed in her eyes, and she said with certainty: "It's lamp oil!" ”

Although the taste is very light, Lu Xiuxiu is sure that she will not smell wrong.

"How can it be lamp oil?"

Songzhu and Zhang Xiaotian glanced at each other, and then stepped forward to pick up the wood fragments on the shelf and smell them, and then sank down after a while, if it was an accident, there would be no smell of lamp oil at all, so if you said it, this matter is not an accident!

"Miss Lu, what now?"

This matter is really surprising, Songzhu and Zhang Xiaotian listened to it, and they were frightened, if there was someone in the fire house last night, they both shuddered when they thought of this: "Why don't we report to the official!" ”

"No! Can't report to the official! ”

Lu Xiuxiu couldn't think of any good way for a while, the matter was separated by a night, even if there were eyewitnesses, they might not be able to help them testify!

And thinking that a person like Lu Xiuxiu who has no background will definitely not get any benefits from the official, so she will not consider this: "This matter has not been decided, you should do whatever you should do if it has not happened, move out the broken things in the house, and then go to fetch some water to flush the house clean." ”

"Okay."

Lu Xiuxiu is like a backbone, Zhang Xiaotian listened to the instructions and went to the shop next door, borrowed a few buckets and prepared to go out to the well not far away to fetch water.

Songzhu didn't leave, he handed Lu Xiuxiu the silver he had earned in the past few days: "I took this silver with me when I left yesterday, and I haven't had time to count it in a hurry." ”

"I see."

Lu Xiuxiu took it and said, "You did a good job!" ”

If I hadn't carried this money with me, I am afraid that it would have been burned together.

"Miss Lu, do you think this matter will be ......?"

Shochiku looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

"Not necessarily."

Lu Xiuxiu knew that Songzhu was talking about Wanfeng Restaurant, maybe it was possible that they were really suspicious, but didn't the result come out yet?

So not necessarily, she said: "I will investigate this matter carefully, if it is really related to them, then this matter will not be over!" ”

"Then I'll fetch water first."

Songzhu saw that Lu Xiuxiu did not have the intention of buttoning this hat on his head very decisively, but her heart became more and more uneasy, to be honest, she didn't have much expectations for Lu Xiuxiu to find out who did it, so she sighed and turned around and decided to deal with the matter in front of her first.

"You wait."

Lu Xiuxiu suddenly stopped Songzhu, looked at the blank look in his eyes and asked, "What's going on with the store opposite?" ”

It's really weird!

Just now, Lu Xiuxiu was drawn by the things in the store, and didn't notice it, only to find out that the restaurant store opposite was suddenly turned into a bookstore, Lu Xiuxiu's eyesight is very good, even if the store on her side is separated from that side by a distance, but because the two stores are just on the same level, the layout inside can be roughly seen, and it is somewhat similar to Lu Xiuxiu's previous store...... "Oh, that store!" ”

Songzhu looked at Lu Xiuxiu's gaze and said: "That shop was opened the day after the girl left the county, and the business is not as good as ours, but there are many people who go to read books. ”

"You go fetch water first, and I'll go and have a look on the other side."

Originally, the decoration of the store was similar to his own, and the time when the store opened was also strange, and when he heard Songzhu say that the boss actually came to fight the fire together, he couldn't help but feel even more strange, Lu Xiuxiu felt that he needed to go over and explore.

"Miss Lu, I'll accompany you!"

Shochiku worried.

"No need! I'll just go myself. ”

The shop opened after Lu Xiuxiu left the county, so he didn't necessarily recognize himself.

Songzhu looked at the figure of Lu Xiuxiu turning around and walking out of the opposite shop, thought about it and put down the barrel in his hand, he still waited here, if Miss Lu had something, let him take care of it, he could still take care of it.

"Little snake, you go to Wanfeng Restaurant first to explore the wind and see if there is anything deliberate about the shopkeeper Wang!"

Lu Xiuxiu found a corner and put the little snake down, and turned around when she saw it leave, the little snake had been to Wanfeng Restaurant, so she didn't worry that it wouldn't recognize the way, plus it was small and not easy to be found, compared to Lu Xiuxiu going to it in person, it was much safer, maybe there would really be an unexpected gain.

In her heart, she still felt that Wanfeng Restaurant was more suspicious, but everything has a double side, in short, it is better to deal with everything, she sighed and walked towards the bookstore.

"Does the girl want to buy a book?"

As soon as the people in the bookstore saw Lu Xiuxiu walking forward, they asked.

The person who came was dressed as a scholar, tall, and upright, looking polite, Lu Xiuxiu looked at it quietly, and said in her heart that this person would not be the owner of the store, so she said: "I want to ask if your boss is here?" ”

"I wonder what the girl is looking for our boss?"

The person in front of him was guessed by Lu Xiuxiu and was really not the boss, he stepped forward and asked politely.

"It's okay! I just want to thank him in person for something! ”

Lu Xiuxiu said with a smile as she walked inside.

"You know our boss?"

The man was surprised.

"Well, sort of!"

Lu Xiuxiu nodded.

"But girl, our boss is busy, if it's not an important matter, I can help you tell it."

The guy looked a little suspicious.

"No need, since your boss is here, then you can let him come out in person!"

Lu Xiuxiu staggered the guys in the store sideways, and walked to the inner room of the partition inside the store: "If it's inconvenient for him to come out, I'll go in and find him." ”

"Girl, girl, you can't go in!"

The guy was anxious when he saw Lu Xiuxiu walking to the back room, but now there are still a few customers in the store, and the book is not an obvious thing, he is not there for a while, and he can't find it if he is taken away, so he walked a few steps, and he can only stay where he is and do it in a hurry!

PS: The second update made up yesterday, and there will be two more later.