Chapter 10: Emerald

Xi Yunzhi tensed up and was hugged by Bu Qin, his elbows couldn't help but rest on his shoulders, and when he asked like this, he slowly shook his head and didn't dare to look at him again.

"Raise your head and answer me." Bu Qin saw her running away, but she didn't give up, and she didn't give up until she said that.

Xi Yunzhi felt that tonight's husband was too strange, as if she just wanted to see her in such an embarrassment, she asked reluctantly, she took a deep breath, and said to Bu Qin:

"If you don't force it, you will become a husband and wife, and I naturally respect my husband's ideas."

After speaking, Xi Yunzhi wanted to retreat from Bu Tan's embrace, but was hugged tighter by Bu Tan first, and continued to ask:

"Is this true?"

Xi Yunzhi looked at him helplessly, nodded, and saw that there were still questions in his eyes, so she answered them together:

"It's true. From the day I stepped into your door, my husband is my day, my life's dependence, and my life's support. ”

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Bu Qin stared at Xi Yunzhi's gaze a little stunned, his expressionless face made it impossible to see likes and dislikes, and only after a long time did he say:

"Even if it's so useless for me."

When she said this, she pushed Xi Yunzhi away from her embrace, then raised her right lame foot, and hooked her lips to Xi Yunzhi sarcastically, Xi Yunzhi glanced at his raised leg casually, gently stroked it, and said to Bu Qin in an extremely serious tone:

"This leg does not mean that the husband is unbearable and useless, on the contrary, in my eyes, this is glory, I have not been to the capital, I have not been to the battlefield, I don't know the general or soldiers, but I clearly know that this is glory, it is countless such tragic glory, in exchange for our current peace and contentment, singing and dancing."

Bu Tan looked at her motionlessly, Xi Yunzhi saw that he didn't speak, so he squatted down, put down Bu Tan's trousers, and changed into clean socks for him, and went out with a basin of water.

She does not have extraordinary insight and appearance, but she has a mind and heart that ordinary people do not have, such a woman deserves the best life, she takes him as heaven and relies on him, so how can he continue to slack and make her suffer.

Just where Xi Yunzhi didn't know, there seemed to be some strange feelings that were invading Bu Tan's heart, bit by bit, slowly penetrating his already hard heart like water.

But Xi Yunzhi doesn't know all this, she only knows that the recent husband is a little strange, saying strange things, and doing strange things, if he said that a few days before he got married, he kept begging for joy every night, in order to make her conceive faster and inherit the family lineage, then he doesn't do anything every night now, just hugs himself face to face and sleeps, what is it called?

A man's heart, a needle under the sea, Rao is Xi Yunzhi, who has seen through the world, can't guess his mind this time.

However, Xi Yunzhi has not had much time to care for her husband recently, since Lao Liu's shop has been bought, it must not be idle, the faΓ§ade of Huanxi Lane is not too good, if you open other shops, there may not be business, but in the case of the restaurant, Xi Yunzhi is still a little sure.

When Lao Liu left, he scrubbed all the tables and chairs in the store, and gave her a jar of sealed sauce, saying that if he wanted to eat his old Liu's mutton in the future, he would cook it with this sauce.

Xi Yunzhi knew that she didn't have the skills to be able to take charge of the spoon herself, but a good restaurant, how could she do it without a good cook, but good cooks were surrounded by big restaurants in the city, and she couldn't invite them with her capital, but after thinking about it, it reminded her of someone.

Zhang Ting, a drunkard bastard who always lies on the overpass and basks in the sun, likes to brag about how powerful he used to be, he always said that he used to be the imperial chef, but because he offended a minister, he was expelled from the palace and lived here.

Because one winter, she took a few small workers to help the Xi family go out to do goods, but when she returned to the city, she encountered heavy snow, heavy snow obstructed vision, she prevented the goods from accidents on the road, so she rested in a nearby ruined temple.

Zhang Ting happened to steal two chickens to cook in the broken temple that day, the taste can be described as fragrant, he saw Xi Yunzhi and others coming, and saw the wine bag hanging on their horses, so he proposed to exchange a chicken for a bag of wine, Xi Yunzhi agreed.

The chicken told them to eat it separately, and they all said it was delicious, and they all wanted to chew it with their tongues, which showed that the taste was indeed a must.

When Xi Yunzhi found Zhang Ting and said something to her, Zhang Ting burped, sprayed her with alcohol, and said with a shy smile:

"If I make a move, the money I make in the store, I will be seven and you three, how about it?"

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No wonder he has a good craft, but no store is willing to use him, no shopkeeper is willing to share the money he earns with a cook, let alone seventy-three points, Zhang Yan is using this absurd method to refuse, he expects that no one will agree to this condition, if the object of this is a 'real' imperial chef, but everyone knows that this Zhang Yan is just a drunkard who talks nonsense all day long.

But Xi Yunzhi looked calm, just smiled, and nodded unexpectedly:

"Okay, that's it. Three days later, come to Huanxi Lane to find me, I will make a note with you, and the money earned in the store, you will be seven and I will three. ”

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This time it was Zhang Yan's turn to be dumbfounded, he was lying under the overpass in a prodigal manner, and he didn't come back to his senses until Xi Yunzhi left, and lowered his head to look at himself who was sloppy like a street mouse, he had never been looked down upon for so many years, who would believe his boasting, just think it was a drunken talk...... A self-deprecating smile spread across his face, but no one could see it because of his unshaven beard.

When Xi Yunzhi returned to the store, Zhao Yi and Han Feng had already pasted the walls around the store with good white pulp paper, making the whole store look much cleaner and fresher.

Because there have been a lot of things recently, only two vegetarian dishes were fried for the Bu family to eat at noon, and thinking about going back in the evening to cook a good meal for them, Xi Yunzhi asked Zhao Yi and Han Feng to rest their hands first, and was packing up their tools, but suddenly heard a few faint shouts:

"Miss, Miss."

Xi Yunzhi followed the voice and looked, only to see Cui Ya standing in front of her shop in rags and with a blue nose and swollen face, Xi Yunzhi hurriedly put down the things in her hand and ran out to support her crumbling body, unbelievable:

"Cuiya, what's wrong with you, who beat you like this?"

Cui Ya knelt in front of Xi Yunzhi with a thud, and changed from sobbing at the beginning to crying later, attracting everyone's attention:

"Miss, after you went out, the fifth aunt found out that I sent you a letter, she locked me up, didn't let me eat, and asked someone to whip me, I finally escaped, Miss, you can do well, save me." If I go back, I will be beaten to death by them. ”

Cui Ya hugged Xi Yunzhi's lap with a handful of snot and tears, the howling person was upset and irritable, Xi Yunzhi couldn't bear to hurt her anymore, so he helped her up, gently wiped her tears, and then led her back to the store and said:

"How do you know I'm here?"

Cui Ya sobbed: "I heard from those subordinates who beat me, they said that the eldest lady was ungrateful, and she lived a good life outside by herself, so she didn't care about the life or death of the slave and maid...... These words, the slave and maid believe in every word, the eldest lady will not care about the slave and maid dead or alive, right? ”

Xi Yunzhi saw that she was about to cry again, and hurriedly comforted: "That's natural." ”

Hearing this, even Zhao Yi couldn't get angry, and hurriedly said:

"The Xi family is too much, they didn't treat their wife as a young lady before, and now they have begun to careless about people's lives, it's annoying."

Zhao Yi and Uncle Yan went to Xi's house to greet their relatives, naturally knowing the cold reception Xi Yunzhi received in Xi's house, and at this moment, they listened to Cuiya's words, and they were even more angry.

Xi Yunzhi sighed and said:

"The Xi family can't go back, Cuiya, you ......" I wanted to ask Cuiya to go back with her directly, but Xi Yunzhi suddenly thought that it was her husband's house after all, so she took in a maid who was driven out of her mother's house without warning, I am afraid that it would be inappropriate, but Cuiya came to her so miserable, she couldn't ignore it, after thinking about it, she said to Cuiya in a soft voice:

"You and the Xi family are not a long-term contract, where they give you twenty yuan a month, and I will give you forty yuan, are you willing to stay in my shop, run the hall for me, and pass on the dishes?"

Cui Ya sobbed and lowered her head, looking obedient: "Cui Ya obeys Miss's orders, and I will do whatever Miss asks me to do." ”

Xi Yunzhi touched her head with a smile, and asked Han Feng to go to the pharmacy next to her to grab some gold sore medicine and come back, she went to the back kitchen to boil some hot water, cleaned the wound for Cuiya, and applied medicine to her before she was done.

"Madam, if you want to bring Cui Ya back, I will squeeze Zhao Yi and make room for her." Han Feng saw that Xi Yunzhi was a little hesitant on her face, afraid that she was worried that Cuiya would have no place to sleep at night, so she took the initiative to let the room go.

"This ......"

Xi Yunzhi looked at Han Feng and Zhao Yi, and then at Cui Ya, and when she was embarrassed, she heard Cui Ya say in a loud voice: "Miss, don't be embarrassed, Cui Ya will sleep outside this shop for the night." ”

Cui Ya said pitiful, but Xi Yunzhi was helpless, after thinking about it, he still decided to take out a tael of silver from his arms, handed it to Cui Ya, and said:

"My husband's place is a little small, I'm afraid there is no vacant room for you to live in, you go to the inn in front tonight to deal with it for one night, there is everything in the inn, and I will find a place to live for you tomorrow, do you think it's good?"

Cui Ya stared at the silver two in her hand, her eyes were dull for a moment, and then she nodded and said, "Everything is under the orders of the eldest lady." ”