Chapter 79: The Salt Substitute
By the time the contract of the three shops was finalized, it was already a moment, but a table of wine and food had already been prepared in the Rite Dining Hall, and after leaving the Qianfan Pavilion, Lai Yun and his party ate the belated lunch in a complicated mood under the guidance of Jin Shouzhong, You Xiaoya did not share the table with them, but also handed over the matter to Jin Shouzhong and Zhu Ziyu properly.
And after the events of the past two days, the attitude of the Jin family towards Zhu Ziyu has also had some normal or abnormal speculations in private, but in the eyes of Lai Yun's shopkeepers, this kind of speculation is particularly necessary.
Not much to say about the reason, as far as the fact that he helped You Xiaoya deal with them in the past two days, looking at You Xiaoya's attitude, it seems that he agrees with or instructs him to do this, which means that in the future, he may be a messenger between You Xiaoya and several of them or someone else?
Of course, there is no basis for this speculation, after all, You Xiaoya is still a woman no matter what, and she is still a widow with a newly dead husband, no matter what, she is not suitable to show her face everywhere, and it is reasonable to have a messenger.
Of course, this guess didn't get any positive information until the whole lunch was eaten, but Zhu Ziyu was still the blessing of You Xiaoya, and he was stammered by the three shopkeepers from beginning to end, he is not good, that is, he can make a state that others like in everything, such as when he is stammered, he is humble and calm.
At the end, he also said some things that he didn't have, such as helping them to say good things in front of You Xiaoya, true and false, false and real, as if he was really what Lai Yun and his party thought. And his identity is also in everyone's speculation, and he is determined to be You Xiaoya's salt substitute. He didn't have much of an opinion on this, but he was happy to see it happen.
After all, it's in You Xiaoya's place. Although he made it clear that he wanted to help her, she didn't say anything from beginning to end, and now that she didn't say anything, he had to help her make this decision. However, considering the woman's habit of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, Zhu Ziyu said that when necessary, he still has to use some killer tricks.
After sending Lai Yun and his party away, Zhu Ziyu went to the outer courtyard without hurry, and explained about the training of the Jin family's nursing home. He walked slowly towards the inner courtyard.
However, as the head of the Jin family's nursing home, although in the past two days, judging from the attitude of his wife, his identity seems to be more than this, but as a foreigner, if he wants to enter the inner courtyard in a bright and bright way, he still needs to get You Xiaoya's consent to do it.
So at this time, after he arrived at the verandah separating the inner courtyard from the outer courtyard, he was decisively stopped by the little guy on the corner gate, and after the little guy learned that he was reporting to You Xiaoya, he asked the other guy to go to the inner courtyard to report quickly.
After a while, the little guy staggered back. said that there was nothing on You Xiaoya's side that needed Zhu Ziyu to report, and he was asked to go wherever he wanted to go in a few sentences, but Zhu Ziyu's face at that time was a little unbearable.
By the way, she won't tear down the bridge now, will she? Saying. He clearly helped her just now, right?!
"Little brother, are you sure you heard me wrong?" In fact, Zhu Ziyu also knows that You Xiaoya is a person who can do this kind of thing. But he still had some hopes.
"Madame did say that there is nothing to report to the son, so the son should do what he should do." The little guy was sure that he hadn't heard it wrong, and he hadn't misheard it. At this time, he directly applied You Xiaoya's words and rejected Zhu Ziyu.
Zhu Ziyu was stunned by the stunned little guy's nose, and finally choked and said to the little guy without giving up: "Why don't you go and ask the little brother again?" Let's just say that there is a very serious matter to tell my wife about here. Trouble the little brother again? ”
Zhu Ziyu really felt that he was going back more and more as he lived, saying that he was a good prince of Qi Zhou Chaorui, could he be guilty of whispering to a little doorman to this role?
But then I thought about it, he doesn't seem to be a prince now, he should just be a person in the rivers and lakes rescued by You Xiaoya, he needs to make money from You Xiaoya to repay the money he owes her, so he is not the prince, he is not the prince, he is not the prince......
After blowing himself asleep like this for a while, Zhu Ziyu became more and more difficult, pulling the little brother to grind all the time, and finally the little guy guarding the door was simply grinding by Zhu Ziyu and had no choice, so he had to run for him.
"Madam, then Zhu Gongzi is still waiting at the door." Mother Zhou saw that the little guy who had left before ran back again, and when she heard him say it, it turned out that Zhu Ziyu was still waiting outside to talk to You Xiaoya about something.
"What did he say?" You Xiaoya put down the charcoal block in her hand, and Xiao Cui'er handed her a wet handkerchief to wipe her hands.
"Zhu Gongzi said that he has something important to talk to his wife face-to-face, I wonder if his wife wants to let him in?" Zhou's mother watched You Xiaoya pick up a picture drawn on the table, and drew something similar to a chair with unknown brushwork.
"After grinding for so long, I think I really have something to say, so let him in." You Xiaoya put aside the sofa sample paper drawn in her hand, saying that when she just started to draw this paper pattern, the little guy came to give it once, but she didn't expect that he didn't leave when she finished drawing, and he was really patient.
"Yes" Zhou's mother answered, turned around and walked towards the little brother at the door.
After a while, the little guy passed the letter to Zhu Ziyu, Zhu Ziyu didn't have much hope, but he didn't think that You Xiaoya was happy and let him into the courtyard, but he was stunned in his heart again. But when he thought about it, he didn't stop under his feet, and it didn't take long for him to enter the courtyard.
But what he didn't expect was that You Xiaoya was not in the house at this time, but in a pavilion with green trees and rockeries...... Paint?
The plain white clothes are not decorated with many decorations, and the long hair that is coiled up is also the simplest fallen ponytail that has been adapted.
Two handfuls of broken hair fell from her ears, gently raised with the breeze, just brushing the softness that loomed at the corners of her lips. In the light pavilion and flowing water, she is like a timeless fairy beauty in the picture, and her gestures are full of that wonderful and indescribable moving style.
Although by accident. But it also made Zhu Ziyu, who saw this picture from afar, inexplicably moved in his heart. Or maybe it's just because of the chance to see it that the feeling is so sudden and obvious, as if it is afraid of disturbing this peace. Zhu Ziyu's footsteps stopped unconsciously.
But at this moment, You Xiaoya in the pavilion may have itched her cheeks because of her hair, and she put down the ...... in her hand Black carbon? Huh? She paints with black charcoal or something...... Is it?
This picture is so beautiful, Zhu Ziyu said that he didn't dare to look at it......
When Zhu Ziyu walked outside the pavilion, You Xiaoya raised her eyes and glanced at him, not stopping him from entering the pavilion or letting him not enter, but Zhu Ziyu didn't know if he was too nervous or too clueless. At this time, when You Xiaoya raised his eyes to look at him, he waved at her and walked in directly.
Mother Zhou and Xiao Cui'er on the side frowned a little dissatisfied because of Zhu Ziyu's too casual behavior, but when they turned their heads to look at You Xiaoya, they saw that she was still drawing things seriously, they didn't know what she thought, so they didn't dare to make a sound, they could only watch Zhu Ziyu walk in front of You Xiaoya.
"What is Madame drawing?" Zhu Ziyu walked up to You Xiaoya, saluted her, and then fell his eyes to the stack of pages on the table. Of course, this is also the time. She saw the paper basket full of waste paper on the table by the way, what was she drawing? Do you want to say it so wastefully?
"Pattern of the sofa." You Xiaoya said without raising her head.
"Sofa?" Zhu Ziyu said that it was the first time he had heard the name.
Out of curiosity, he naturally picked up a piece that You Xiaoya had already drawn on the side, and there was a pattern similar to a chair on it. It's just that this 'chair' is a little different from the chairs he sees on weekdays, dull and clumsy, and looks a little heavy.
You Xiaoya did not answer. I still started to draw on the paper, but I drew for a while. When Zhu Ziyu was about to go to see her, he saw her frowning slightly. Then, without blinking his eyes, he crumpled most of the half-drawn pages into a ball, and finally threw them neatly into the bamboo basket.
"Little Cui'er, take these away." You Xiaoya put the charcoal in her hand into a wooden box and said in a flat voice.
"Yes" Xiao Cui'er responded, and then handed You Xiaoya a moistened handkerchief.
You Xiaoya took the handkerchief, wiped the white but not slender hand quite casually, and then said to Zhu Ziyu, "Zhu Gongzi has something to say to Mrs. Ben?" ”
Regarding You Xiaoya's straightforward nature of speaking and doing things, Zhu Ziyu has seen it several times in the past few days, so at this time, although he felt that he could not change it, he was also quick to accept it, and with a slight smile, he waved at You Xiaoya and said:
"Oh, that's the case, in the past two days, as the head of the Jin family's nursing home, I don't know what to say about the number of guards of the Jin family." Zhu Ziyu paused, looked up at You Xiaoya, and seemed to ask if she wanted to continue.
"Please speak" You Xiaoya thought that Zhu Ziyu would say something about the Jin family's shop or Lai Yun's shopkeepers, but she didn't expect him to say this, but since he had already spoken, and she was also very interested, it didn't hurt to listen to him.
"In my opinion, the Jin family's nursing home is more expensive than more." Zhu Ziyu handed the pages in her hand to Xiao Cui'er on the side, and now she had just arranged the pages on the table.
"What does Zhu Gongzi mean?" You Xiaoya thought of the personnel book about the Jin family that Chu Xun had sorted out by Chu Xun who she had seen today, and there seemed to be more than 90 people in the nursing home.
You Xiaoya doesn't know how many people there are in other people's homes, but as far as she is concerned, although the Jin family is not a small family, it is just a mansion in a small town after all, and now this world, it can be seen from the simplicity of the people, it should be a peaceful world.
What about robbers and the like, God knows what the chance is that they will be able to get to her Jin family town and kick open the door of her Jin family? So since it's okay, and raising so many nursing homes, is it just to look good on the skin?
"In my opinion, the number of people in this nursing home is only forty people, and the Jin family is safe." Zhu Ziyu is not ambiguous at all, although his tone is gentle and elegant, he is also full of confidence.
"Oh? Then Zhu Gongzi said, how did you plan it? Although the number of people has been reduced from ninety to forty, in You Xiaoya's opinion, how can she think that these forty people are quite a lot? However, since she handed over the matter of the nursing home to Zhu Ziyu, no matter which direction you look at, you should still listen to his opinion.
"Forty of the ninety can be selected below, and although it is not possible to train them in a short period of time, it is not a problem to stop a thief. And the remaining fifty people ......" Zhu Ziyu paused and looked at You Xiaoya.
You Xiaoya's calm face still has no expression, she is used to looking at the person who speaks when she speaks, and today she is standing very close to Zhu Ziyu, and it is broad daylight, and the light is good, so when she watched him talk, she found a little strange that although Zhu Ziyu always had a smile on his face, she didn't know why, she always felt that his smile was too stiff and awkward.
Unable to say what he felt in his heart, a trace of doubt flashed in You Xiaoya's eyes, but this doubt was considered by Zhu Ziyu to be a manifestation of You Xiaoya's interest when he wanted to speak and stopped, although there were always some strange disobediences when he said it, but he still continued:
"The remaining fifty people can be used as a dispatch when Madame takes care of the outer shop, of course, if Madame wants, she can also do it for you." After going around a big, big circle, Zhu Ziyu finally came back.
"Continue" You Xiaoya's voice was flat, as if she didn't have much interest in Zhu Ziyu's proposal, and in Zhu Ziyu's opinion, her performance didn't match the slightest doubt just now, right?
Isn't she curious how he can help her? Or did she never really need help? Well, it's very likely, he'll admit it......
"I heard the contract that Mrs. made with the shopkeeper before, can you think that Mrs. actually hopes that the monthly income of the shopkeeper is more than one month?" Zhu Ziyu couldn't stop pretending to be thirteen.
"It's obvious, isn't it?" You Xiaoya's dark eyes glanced at Zhu Ziyu, to be honest, she really didn't like Zhu Ziyu's character of selling an official for everything, so when she said this, she was actually a little impatient.
"Ahem, if you want to increase your monthly income in a short period of time, in fact, as Madame said, you need to invest, Madame should understand this rule better than below, right?"
Zhu Ziyu has been the boss of the Shadow of Heavenly Strategy for so many years, although he doesn't worry about eating and drinking and doesn't have to worry about money, but he has seen so much about things in this world. So at this time, he felt that he still had a very good pretend capital. (To be continued......)