Chapter 35: Curfew

"That shipment was robbed again. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Rong Liu sighed indignantly.

Shen Zhaoyan's eyes sank, his brows furrowed, and less than half of the meal he ate was pushed aside.

"Was the boat that was loaded with our goods hijacked?" Mingde glanced at Shen Zhaoyan's face, and then asked Xiang Rongliu.

Rong Liu replied with a solemn face: "Of the five boats, only Hong Ye's one arrived smoothly." ”

"What's the use of that boat getting there, and our goods aren't on that boat." Matilda was angry.

After a moment of silence, Rong Liu asked, "Young Master, next time, let me follow!" ”

Mingde was stunned, and said with a serious face: "The sixth master doesn't want to talk nonsense!" The eldest young master invited so many masters and there was no return, didn't you go to death? How could the eldest young master agree? ”

"I'll go." Ye Chuan's voice sounded coldly outside the door.

Mingde smacked his lips and said outside the door, "You can't go either." If the eldest young master wanted you to go, he would have let you go a long time ago. ”

"Young Master?" Rong Liu looked at Shen Zhaoyan, who was speechless, pleadingly.

Shen Zhaoyan stood up, his hands behind his back, and paced back and forth in the room with his brows furrowed. After thinking for a moment, he said decisively: "This road is not passable, give it up!" ”

"Young Master?" Rong Liu and Mingde said in unison. They looked at each other, and they had come in and out together for many years, and they had become very acquiescent.

"If you abandon this road, you can only succumb to Hong Ye." Rong Liu reminded: "If the Shen family is restrained at this point, it will not be easy to compete for the position of the richest man in Huanjing." ”

Mingde asked expectantly: "When the eldest young master said about abandoning this road, does he mean abandoning the open water road?" ”

Shen Zhaoyan looked sideways and looked at Mingde.

Mingde knew that he was speechless, and hurriedly shut up and retracted his stretched neck.

The boiling water road has been planned for a long time when the master was alive, and it is definitely impossible for the eldest young master to give up.

"The waterway is open, but not in the same way." Shen Zhaoyan looked out of the house with far-reaching eyes, and said in a firm tone.

Mingde looked nervously at the eldest young master. He doesn't understand the business world, but the eldest young master he serves is responsible for inheriting the family business and strengthening the family business, so he can't make a mistake! If the eldest young master's trial of the waterway failed this time, all the elders and uncles of the Shen family would jump out and accuse him. The boiling water path was proposed by the master, but the master passed away, and the result of failure would be borne by the eldest young master.

"Eldest young master, let's discuss it with the second master! In case it ends in failure, all the responsibility will not fall on the head of the eldest young master alone. Mingde was so anxious that he couldn't care about anything else, and said directly.

"Mingde, have you only been with the eldest young master for a day or two? How could the eldest young master do such a thing in order to reduce his responsibility? Rong Liu whispered to Mingde.

Mingde didn't care, and continued to say directly: "The duty of the eldest young master is to protect the Shen family, and Mingde's duty is to protect the eldest young master. This was no small matter, and Matilda had to interject. Young Master, think twice! ”

Rong Liu said solemnly: "This is the greatest wish of the master when he was alive, and it is also the only regret. Both the old man and the eldest young master have been planning for this matter for several years and have tried it many times, how could they give up so easily? ”

"Don't talk about it!" Shen Zhaoyan's voice was low, but he suddenly interrupted the dispute between the two: "Sixth Master, go back and rest early!" Don't interfere with tomorrow morning's regular meeting. Mingde, you take these two maids to assist Chunqiao, and there is no need to arrange someone to serve you in the study tonight. ”

With that, he took the lead.

Rong Liu and Mingde glanced at each other, both of them helpless. After Rong Liu left, Mingde sighed lowly, and then made a 'walk' gesture towards Zhong Liyue and the others.

In addition to the busy bamboo garden at the regular meeting, the big kitchen must not stop, and Chun Qiao and a few people ran back and forth from the big kitchen with pastries and tea many times. It wasn't until the time before the hour that everything was done.

Chun Qiao's stomach rang coldly.

Suddenly, everyone's surprised eyes fell on her.

Chun Qiao's face was flushed with embarrassment, but fortunately, it was late at night and no one saw it. But the stomach growled with hunger, but everyone heard it.

Mingde was the first to tease: "Chun Qiao, I finally saw you rude." Why is it you? I also expected that I might be the first to get hungry in summer or autumn! ”

"Go, why do you say me!" Zhixia glanced at Mingde with disgust, and then smiled wryly: "But I'm really a little hungry." Nianqiu, are you hungry? ”

Nian Qiu and Ruodong both nodded and said, "I've been hungry for a long time." ”

"Uh-huh, if you're hungry, go back to sleep." Matilda snorted deliberately, and then went back.

Several people glanced at Zhong Liyue, who was silent, and looked at each other again, and finally signaled to Ruodong to say. Ruodong looked embarrassed, but several people were threatening with eyes, and begging with smiling faces, she was thin-skinned and couldn't stand it, so she had to bite the bullet and say to Zhong Liyue: "Liyue, are you hungry?" ”

Zhong Liyue looked at her, glanced at the others, smiled, and shook her head deliberately.

Zhixia glared at Ruodong dissatisfied, planning to go out in person. Chun Qiao immediately interrupted her and instructed Zhong Liyue directly: "They were all looking for food before, this time you go!" ”

Zhong Liyue laughed, before? I haven't been here yet! I know how to oppress her! Chun Qiao didn't let Zhixia say it, wasn't she afraid that she would ignore Zhixia and cause them to have nothing to eat!

"You can go!" Ruodong pushed her over and begged, "We all know that Gao Po and you are the most enthusiastic. Don't look at her as a pot burner, she is a relative of the Zhou steward in the front yard, and she has a lot of power! The good things that the owners of the house can't eat must pass her eyes first, and she doesn't want it before it can be the turn of others. ”

Zhong Liyue couldn't help but be taken aback, it turned out that Gao Po's status was so high. If you think about it carefully, burning a fire is indeed the most trouble-free job in the kitchen, and she can have such an errand at her age, where can she find it without relying on relationships? It's just that there is no future for young people like Mingyue.

As soon as she thought of Mingyue, Zhong Liyue felt a wave of shame in her heart.

Looking up at the brightly lit kitchen in front of her, Zhong Liyue adjusted her mood, and then walked into the kitchen with a smile on her face, opening with a joke.

"It's not good to hear you tell me jokes." Mrs. Gao deliberately put on a straight face and pretended to be unhappy.

Zhong Liyue smiled embarrassedly: "It's really not a good thing, I don't even have the face to see you." ”

"Then you're still cheeky?"

"Hehe, I can't help it! Chunqiao said that they used to come to get supper, but this time let me come. ”

"Will they try to play tricks on you?" Gao Po kindly reminded: "There are regulations in the house, and all subordinates are curfew." Zhixia and a few of them were greedy and couldn't stand it, Chun Qiao had no choice but to open one eye and close one eye, as if he didn't see it, but he never took the initiative to let them come to get food, why did he take the initiative to call you this time? ”

Zhong Liyue thought about it for a while, a few of them were hungry like that, they shouldn't tease her with this kind of thing. "She must have wanted to eat it herself, you didn't hear her hungry, her stomach growled, and she was embarrassed."

Mrs. Gao was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Hasn't that girl never eaten supper, and she was busy all night during the New Year and never ate a bite of anything, what's wrong today?" ”

"I can endure it for a while, but I can't endure it for a lifetime. The food is not appetizing, and no matter how hungry you are, you can't eat it. She eats the dishes I make, making sure she swallows her tongue. Who can resist the temptation of good food? Zhong Liyue said with a smile. She didn't think they would tease her in such childish ways, it was too mentally retarded.