Chapter Eighty-Nine: Matters at Home
Because he got out of the carriage, he asked Uncle Lian to pull him up and down, and he was questioned so much that Xiao Chusu forgot to pay attention to whether the eldest brother in the family was waiting on the side. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info now came back to his senses and looked around, but he didn't see Chu Jie's shadow, and Xiao Chu was suspicious at the moment.
directly looked at Uncle Lian and asked where Chu Jie was, this question also made Uncle Lian realize that the eldest young master was not on the side, his face showed a little suspicion, Uncle Lian looked around and said.
"It's strange, I told the eldest young master this morning that Miss will be here today, and the eldest young master also said that he would wait for Miss outside with Uncle Lian, why didn't he see anyone this time?"
In his eyes, there was only his own young lady left, whether the eldest young master was there or not, Uncle Lian really didn't pay attention, and when he asked Xiao Chushu, he was also fascinated. As soon as he came home, the bastard boy didn't even call himself a shadow to see it, which was really strange, and his eyebrows frowned unconsciously. However, Xiao Chusu didn't rush to send someone to look for him, but just ordered him to come to the inner hall to see him when he saw the eldest young master, and then he entered the mansion.
Although the Xiao family is not short of silver, it is naturally impossible to be satisfied with everything on the road, so after returning home, after a freshen up and rest, Xiao Chusu took Chu Heng and Chu Rui to feel the warmth of home. Chu Heng and Chu Rui have all left home, but most of the young master's departures from home are out to play, so naturally how comfortable is how to come. So no matter how many times they have been away from home or away from home, the sum of their sins is less than half of what they have suffered.
His own young master is the most picky, this has been carefully prepared for many days, and Uncle Lian is still worried that he can't weigh the young master's thoughts. Who knew that the young master just sat down and didn't pick anything, but he was all in his stomach, and that unpicky appearance was not only surprised by Uncle Lian, but also more relieved.
Sure enough, the eldest lady is capable, look at the young master's trip, everyone is sensible. After eating and drinking for a while, he took a sip of tea from Xiangzhu, Xiao Chuxuan wiped his lips and asked, "By the way, Uncle Lian, during my absence, is the family okay?" ”
"Everything is fine at home, and the eldest lady doesn't need to remember it." Looking at Xiao Chusu, with love in his eyes, Uncle Lian said: "The three shopkeepers in the cloth workshop are very well managed, even Uncle Lian, an old fellow who has been with the master for many years, can't help but admire the three shopkeepers. During the period of the eldest lady's absence, the three shopkeepers negotiated a lot of deals, and even the three shopkeepers of Su Xiu, who broke off their business with our family a few years ago, also negotiated this deal. ”
"Oh? Really? ”
The embroidery of the three workshops of Su embroidery is famous all over the world, and the embroidery girl's kung fu at hand is not inferior to the embroidery girl in the palace. In the past, Master Xiao had business dealings with the Xiao family when he was alive, but since the death of Master Xiao, this business has gradually been cut off, and the shopkeeper Sun has nothing to do with these three squares when he is still in office.
Because the three workshops of Suzhou embroidery are famous embroidery, it is not easy to want to come and go again after the business is broken. It turned out that Xiao Chusu was still thinking in his heart, how to renegotiate this business, so that the business of the cloth workshop could be expanded again. Unexpectedly, Li Xiaosan took the first step to see through his own thoughts, and took advantage of his departure from Kyoto to do things.
I didn't expect this Li Xiaosan to have this ability in addition to a mouth that turned black and white upside down, and immediately Xiao Chusu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems that this Li Xiaosan didn't disappoint me." ”
"The third shopkeeper is indeed a capable person, this Uncle Lian is convinced, the eldest lady insisted on letting him replace the shopkeeper Sun as the steward of this cloth workshop, Uncle Lian is still a little worried in his heart. I didn't expect this little guy to have such ability and skill, but Uncle Lian walked away, and sure enough, in terms of this eye-seeing, no one is better than the eldest lady. ”
"Uncle Lian, don't praise me, you are by your father's side, and you have seen more people and things than Chu Su, if you want to talk about people, Uncle Lian will look more accurately. It's just that Chu Su prefers to use the thief nature, and Uncle Lian is more upright, so these people used by Chu Su Uncle Lian can't see clearly. ”
These older generations pay attention to the rules in doing things, and the employment of people is naturally in a proper manner, so they must not be afraid of acting like Xiao Chusu.
Li Xiaosan of the cloth workshop did not disappoint Xiao Chusu, and this teahouse has already asked Xiao Chusu to resign because of the shopkeeper Tang, and now Uncle Lian is temporarily in charge of his affairs, so Xiao Chusu naturally doesn't have to worry about it. After asking a few words about things at home, and after being roughly appropriate, Xiao Chuxuan directly turned the topic to Chu Jie.
The tea in the cup has been drunk, and the teacup is gently placed on the cup holder, Xiao Chuxuan looked at Uncle Lian and asked, "There is nothing wrong with the business in this family, but what about the family?" Is there something annoying? ”
"What did the eldest lady ask?"
"Uncle Lian is really, who else can Chu Su ask, of course it's Chu Jie, he ......" After a pause, Xiao Chu continued: "These two months are honest? ”
As soon as Xiao Chu's words fell, the two people listening to the play on the side immediately came to their senses. Fang still thought about it, leaving the eldest brother at home alone, the eldest sister was so relieved, and she didn't ask a word when she came back. Now it seems that this is the most concerning, and it should be left last.
Because they were also curious about the eldest brother being at home alone, the two of them heard Xiao Chusu mention the eldest brother, and immediately did not eat tea or drink, just pricked up their ears and listened.
It's not that she doesn't believe her brother, it's really that these guys are vicious, and Xiao Chu is embarrassed if she doesn't ask to understand it. But after asking, Uncle Lian replied: "The words of the eldest young master are safe during this time, and he has not secretly gone to the gambling house, so the eldest lady does not have to worry." ”
"Uncle Lian, are you sure?" Because of disbelief, he chased after him, and after inquiry, Uncle Lian replied: "Miss, I really haven't been there." ”
"Not once?"
"Not once!"
"Uncle Lian, I know you love these bastards, but some things can be petted, and some things can't be petted, especially this bet can't be touched. Uncle Lian, don't feel sorry for that bastard boy, so he will help him seduce me. Uncle Lian, if he really goes, just say it, I promise not to kill that bastard. ”
Mo said that Uncle Lian didn't find out that the eldest young master had been on the Tongji, even if the eldest young master really slipped over, he didn't dare to say the last sentence to Xiao Chuyi. Looking at Xiao Chusu at the moment, with helplessness on his face, Uncle Lian said.
"Miss, I can still lie to you for the sake of the eldest young master, the eldest young master has been very safe in the past two months, and the Tongji gambling house has really not been to it once. It's not Uncle Lian's nagging, the eldest lady also has to believe that the eldest young master is not, Xu is really long remembered last time, this gambling temperament, the eldest young master has changed. ”
If you gamble, it's not easy to shake off, this is an eternal truth, but Uncle Lian is so sincere and sincere, obviously he won't lie to himself for that bastard boy. Immediately lowered his eyes and thought for a while, just when Xiao Chuxuan was thinking about whether his bastard eldest brother really changed his way and stopped gambling, he beat someone who hadn't even seen a shadow since he came home, which was too late.
hurriedly entered the inner hall all the way, and when he saw that the eldest sister had been sitting in the inner hall for a long time, Xiao Chujie smiled and saluted and said, "Eldest sister, you are back." ”
With a smile, his face was dignified, if he only looked at Xiao Chujie's face, I am afraid that no one would have thought that this young master of the Xiao family would not touch anything, but he was addicted to this gambling. Just now I was talking about this bastard brother, but now people are like Cao Cao, just mention it, and now looking at this belated eldest brother, Xiao Chu asked with a stunned smile.
"Where's it? When this eloquence returns, I don't know if the eldest sister and Chu Heng Chu Rui are back today? ”
"When the eldest sister and the third brother and the fourth brother came back, Chu Jie cleared his heart that he didn't go out of the house to buy something for the eldest sister."
"Went out to buy something for me? What to buy? Seeing that the eldest sister asked, Xiao Chujie hurriedly turned around and motioned to Xiao Fu behind him to step forward, and got the order of the eldest young master, Xiao Fu hurriedly smiled and took a few steps forward, put something wrapped in blue cloth on the table, and then stepped back with a smile.
When he saw Xiao Fu holding something in his hand, Xiao Chu was surprised in his heart, but he didn't do it himself, but watched Chu Jie step forward to open the package, and then revealed that it was wrapped tightly with oiled paper. The oil paper was opened, and the fragrance was instantly overflowing, and when he smelled the soothing fragrance, Xiao Chu said.
"Wu Ji's osmanthus cake."
"The eldest sister's nose is the spirit, which is Wu Ji's osmanthus cake."
After saying that, he smiled and moved the osmanthus cake wrapped in oil paper to Xiao Chushu, this Wu Ji's osmanthus cake was very happy in addition to Xiao Chushu, Chu Rui also liked it very much, and he couldn't taste it when he went out for two months, and now he smelled the smell of this osmanthus cake, and he was naturally greedy. The hand stretched out and was about to touch it, but before the paw touched the osmanthus cake, he called the eldest brother to beat his hand. After a slap on his hand, he was displeased with it, looking at Xiao Chujie, Chu Rui said.
"The eldest brother is doing a lot, is it possible that the fourth brother of this osmanthus cake can't touch it."
"This osmanthus cake was bought for the eldest sister after waiting in line for a long time, you want to eat it, change Ming'er to buy it yourself." While talking, he hurried to urge, but he was disgusted with his paws that he wanted to touch.
I just ate this meal, and my stomach was very full, although the osmanthus cake smelled very fragrant, but Xiao Chushu didn't have the heart to taste it for a while. But now looking at Chu Rui's unhappy face, she had an appetite, took a piece and put it in her mouth, and the fragrance of osmanthus instantly filled her mouth. It exploded in the mouth, and then expanded along the esophagus, and after a while, even the lungs were filled with the crispy aroma of osmanthus.
After tasting a bite and then nodding, Xiao Chuxuan said.
"This Wu Ji's osmanthus cake is really high-quality, so that people taste it and be nostalgic, I can't complain about Chu Rui's picky mouth, and the others don't like it, so it's good to be alone."
After speaking, he glanced at Xiao Churui, and Chu Heng on the side also sat on the opposite side and smiled at the fourth brother with a deflated face. Chu Rui's excellent osmanthus, especially all osmanthus based food, is his love.
Seeing it, he couldn't taste it, how could the fourth young master, who tried to be happy with this matter, bear it. Although the eldest brother clapped his hands, this not light and heavy slap could not break Xiao Churui's thoughts. Immediately, taking advantage of the eldest brother's inattention, he stretched out his hand and poked over to the oiled paper again.
I thought that the eldest brother should not pay attention to himself when he turned his back to himself and was busy currying favor with the eldest sister, but who knew that the third brother on the other side was distracted at this moment, and coughed dryly, which not only disturbed Xiao Churui's movements, but also asked the eldest brother to see it.
It was another "snap" shot, and he hurriedly moved the osmanthus cake far away, Chu Jie looked at the fourth brother and said: "Just this one, I specially bought it for the eldest sister, if you want to eat Ming'er, ask Xiao Huan to buy it." ”
Looking at this way, it was obvious that he didn't intend to let him satisfy his hunger, looking at the osmanthus cake that was obviously beyond the reach of his hand, the four young people of the Xiao family were not happy here, moved his elbows to support the table and looked up at the eldest brother, Chu Rui said: "Just this one, the eldest brother doesn't know that the fourth brother is good, since it is specially given to the eldest sister, I don't know how to buy a copy for the fourth brother." is so diligent and diligent, and has nothing to do, either a traitor or a thief. I said big brother, ......."
At this point, the voice paused, his eyes flickered, and Xiao Churui smiled: "You shouldn't really do something that will make the eldest sister angry, so you want to buy something to bribe the eldest sister before the matter is exposed." Even if the matter is revealed, but the bribe eldest sister who bought this one has also touched it, it won't be good to punish you too much, isn't it? ”
I don't know if Xiao Churui just didn't want to see him too proud, or if he really noticed something, this word poked directly to the point, causing Xiao Chujie on the side to stiffen. Suddenly, his complexion changed significantly, and when he realized that the eldest brother didn't seem to be right, Xiao Chu glanced at the osmanthus cake on the oiled paper.
After taking a look at the unfinished food at hand, he finally glanced at Chu Jie on his side, and after a circle, Xiao Chusu directly let go of his hand and asked the half of the osmanthus cake to fall into the oil paper, and then pushed the oil paper to Chu Rui, and finally raised his eyes to look at Chu Jie and said.
"Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, let's say, after so much thought, what do you want to do. Did you sneak up on Uncle Lian to keep an eye on you while Uncle Lian was busy with family affairs, and sneaked to Tongji Casino to contact the dealer there? ”
The voice was not loud, but every sentence was heavy, and in response to Xiao Chujie's words at this moment, Xiao Chujie dared to guarantee that as long as his head was lowered, he would not want to stand and leave the inner hall today. Immediately, his body was even more stiff, and Xiao Chujie said with a smile.
"What did the eldest sister say, where can I remember it, when the eldest sister left Beijing, it was not a good threat to admonish. The eldest sister has said that, even if she borrows a hundred guts from Chu Jie, Chu Jie will not dare to go to the gambling house. ”
At the beginning, I was worried that this bastard brother would lose his mind because of his gambling addiction, so he took advantage of his absence from home and drifted into the gambling house, so when he left Beijing, Xiao Chuxuan called a threat and warning. I just want to tell Xiao Chujie that if he dares to sneak into the gambling house, he will come back by himself to ensure that he will not be finished with him. This threatening words were said by her, but looking at Chu Jie's loyal appearance of 'I really didn't go', she really didn't believe it in her heart, she couldn't help but squint and take a closer look, Xiao Chu asked.
"You really didn't go?"
"Eldest sister, I really didn't go, if the eldest sister doesn't believe it, you can go to the account room to check, Chu Jie has already paid two silver taels."
This gambling money must be rich, if Xiao Chujie really goes to the gambling house, needless to say, the account room can be seen. Seeing that he said this, Xiao Chuxuan didn't ask any more, but Chu Heng listened to the eldest brother's words, and his face flashed with surprise. After a slight flash, Chu Heng smiled, and Chu Heng said: "I actually took the initiative to ask the eldest sister to go to the account room to check the silver, I said eldest brother, should you change your luck and win the silver taels." ”
It was not easy to suppress the eldest sister's suspicions, but the two bastards on the left and right obviously couldn't see themselves happy. kept talking and laughing on the left and right, but Xiao Chujie was scared, and the cold sweat was about to come out.
When the three of them get together, there is no possibility of being quiet in their own ears. I don't want to deal with them at the moment, as for Chu Heng's quip.
Gambling addiction and then winning silver? Just Xiao Chujie's luck with one hand to the extreme? Don't be kidding, since she became the eldest sister of these bastards, she has never seen Xiao Chujie win half a copper plate. After thinking about it, I rolled my eyes, and the contempt was all revealed. (To be continued.) )