Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Piece of Burnt Rosin
The shopkeeper looked at a tael of silver, and his face suddenly smiled, and the smile on his face deepened, and the wrinkles were all connected.
"Okay, okay, I'll keep it for the little lady."
He said, not forgetting the treacherous/deceitful nature of the merchant, and continued: "But it can only be kept for a month, and if the little lady does not come after a month, the deposit will not be refunded, and there is no guarantee that the goods will still be there." ”
Even if the store is about to collapse, let alone a month, even if it is three months, it may not be able to sell.
Lin Wanbai glanced at the shopkeeper, in the end, he is a businessman, no matter how honest he is, the cunning/deceit in his bones is still indispensable.
She laughed, nodded and replied, "I understand, then ask the shopkeeper to keep it for a month." ”
After speaking, she turned around and was about to leave, still thinking about Aunt Zhao in her heart, even if Su Mu was taking care of it, but she couldn't put her mind at ease 100%, who knew what else would happen.
She didn't believe what Lin Manlu said, it rained all night, everything was soaked, even if she threw the fire on the thatch, it might not be able to burn, and the fire was still so fierce.
"Little lady's feet, alright?"
The shopkeeper looked at Lin Wanbai, who was still sighing about how beautiful a girl was, but unfortunately she was a lame person, but now she saw Lin Wanbai walking like a fly, and her mood unconsciously improved.
"Yes, it's not lame."
Lin Wanbai always remembered what the shopkeeper said when he walked out of the store that day, which was a very hurtful sentence for a woman.
The shopkeeper smiled awkwardly, knowing that his words were listened to, just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, but she gave people a clever and capable feeling, which made the shopkeeper like it a little more.
She didn't waste any more time, asked the doctor to give Aunt Zhao medicine, and then after soothing her sleep, she walked to the well and sat down a little tired.
can't sit still, she must seize the initiative, she didn't want to fight, so she used the excuse of letting Lin Hongan drive her and her mother out, wanting to make a fortune with a craft.
But helplessly, they always refused to let go, could it be that they really thought that if she didn't fight back, she was really afraid of them?
Su Mu sent the doctor away, walked in front of Lin Wanbai, spread out his palm, and there was a burnt rosin on his palm. The reason why Lin Wanbai recognized it was because she also had such a spice.
Because it contains a lot of oil, it is extremely easy to burn.
It's just that rosin is not a cheap thing, and it is not enough to pick it up anywhere.
"Just now, I checked the stove and found this thing."
Lin Wanbai took it and saw that it was already charred black, only the size of a peanut kernel. She pondered, got up and walked to the stove, which had burned to the surface, and could not find anything except the faint smell of rosin in the air.
"Even if it's so wet, it can burn, it won't be a simple fire, I ...... about it"
Su Mu stood aside and said, his brows furrowed, Yingxiu would play such a monkey show, and poured rosin oil on the stove, fortunately Aunt Zhao was fine, otherwise he would definitely not let Yingxiu go.
He thought that today's incident was that his whereabouts were revealed, so he found Yingxiu and sent someone to assassinate/kill.
"You don't have to say it, I know what's going on."
But what Lin Wanbai thought was different from Su Mu.
Su Mu thought that this was his responsibility, so he attracted the attention of the thieves, but Lin Wanbai knew very well that rosin was a spice for fragrance, and the price was not low, and he could use a lot of rosin oil, but it was not an ordinary person.
"Miss Lin, maybe it's because of me."
Su Mu is not the kind of person who shirks responsibility, since something happened, he naturally has to take responsibility, but Lin Wanbai didn't listen to him. I saw Lin Wanbai standing up, holding the burnt rosin tightly in his hand, and looking at the qiē in front of him with Ling Ran.
Then, she stretched out her hand and stood for a moment, patted her face, raised her head and said to Su Mu: "You help me take care of my mother here, I'll go back." ”
"Miss Lin."
Su Mu wanted to stop her, but Lin Wan didn't reply, and ran out directly, she repeatedly tolerated it, since this is the case, don't blame her for being polite.
Su Mu looked at Lin Wanbai's distant back, lowered his gaze, and looked at the mess in front of him, looking very bad.
His whereabouts have not been exposed, so naturally it is still a happy thing, but Lin Wanbai does not look as simple as a child from a poor family.
The dilapidated house is still some distance away from the Lin family, Lin Wanbai did not stop for a moment, and when she walked to the door of the Lin family, she had already begun to pant slightly.
Originally, she was still thinking about how to go in to find Lin Manlu without letting others know, but before she could come up with an idea, she saw Peaches come out with a basket in her hand.
Lin Wanbai remembered that Peach was the maid next to Lin Manlu, who was small and exquisite, and she was not as aggressive as Gu Yuan Gu Yue.
"Peaches."
Lin Wanbai shouted at Peach, Peach heard it, raised her head, looked around, and saw Lin Wanbai standing there, hurriedly ran over, looked at her gray face, was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Miss Wan, what's wrong with you?" ”
Lin Wanbai shook his head, looked at Peaches and said, "Where is Lu'er, where is she?" ”
"The girl is in the yard, do you have anything to do with the girl?"
Peaches is still young, even if she follows Lin Manlu, she hasn't learned much scheming, even if Lin Wanbai is no longer a member of the Lin family, Peach's attitude towards her has not changed much.
Seeing the ash on Lin Wanbai's face, he asked anxiously: "Miss Wan, what is this on your body, the slave maid will give you a basin of water to wash." ”
"It's okay, you go and call Lu'er out, just say that I have something to do with her."
Lin Wanbai knew very well that if she went to find Lin Manlu, Lin Manlu would definitely come out.
Peaches didn't know what she wanted to do, but seeing that she was so anxious, she put the basket down and said, "Then please Miss Wan help me watch first, and I'll be back soon." ”
Lin Wanbai looked at the basket of peaches, as Lin Manlu's maid, what did she want to go out and buy in person.
But she didn't speak, she wasn't an eventful person, and things that didn't concern her wouldn't delve into it.
Sure enough, not long after Peaches walked in, Lin Manlu came out, wearing a peach-colored skirt, setting off her as delicate as a flower.
As soon as she walked out and saw Lin Wanbai's appearance, she screamed helplessly, as if she had seen something terrible.
"Sister Wan, why did you come to me?"
Lin Wanbai looked at Lin Manlu's mouth that was so surprised that she was about to stuff her eggs, sighed secretly, and pinched her thighs hard, and tears overflowed her eyes in an instant.
"Lu'er, my sister is wrong, I shouldn't have listened to you, this morning, I don't know why, the stove room caught fire, and my mother was burned. Now lying in bed, I know what to do, and now I can only come to you. ”
She wept and cried, and in the blink of an eye, tears fell, and she looked very pitiful.
Lin Manlu took her hand, took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the tears on her face, and said with a look of remorse: "Sister, you see, I warned you a long time ago." ”
Lin Wanbai nodded, and said obediently: "Lu'er is right, it's my sister who kowtowed and didn't remember the past, so she was confused." ”