Chapter Ninety-Four: Molestation
Surprisingly, the next two days were very calm, and nothing happened. also made Zhong Ziyuan's originally hanging heart finally fall back to its original place.
Early in the morning, Sister-in-law Zhuang, Xiucai Niangzi, Cardamom, and Qingdai together packed the 3,000 pills that had been made with great effort in a brocade box, and stacked them neatly in the carriage. Looking at the well-coded brocade boxes inside, everyone was very happy, and said nonsense:
"Childe, childe, be careful along the way. There are thirty pills in this brocade box, which is worth thirty taels of silver! But you have to watch it closely, and you can't ask anyone to steal it. β
"Doctor Jia, since Fu Bo is injured and unable to move, let my family Xiucai also accompany you! It's good for multiple people to look at it, in case the owner of the daughter country wants to set a document, it's convenient to have a contract or something. β
"Yes, yes, let Xiucai go with you, it's always good for multiple men to help."
Looking at the brocade boxes that were almost piled up to the roof of the carriage, Zhong Ziyuan was also beating a drum in her heart, all her belongings were here, and she still owed hundreds of taels of money for medicinal materials, just waiting for this silver to pay off the debt!
That's three thousand taels of silver! Even if half of the principal is removed, she will make a full profit of 1,500 taels. This amount of money can really be regarded as the first huge amount of money she has earned by herself. You must know that before raiding her house that day, she escaped from Zhongfu in a wolf bèi. Mrs. Zhong poured everything she had, but only took out more than 2,300 taels of cash for her to run away.
Zhong Ziyuan finally listened to everyone's opinions and brought Li Xiucai with him. Then he set off with the eyes of everyone full of anticipation and good wishes.
Fauber sat on the wheel and commanded. Cardamom wields a horsewhip and is in charge of driving the car. Although she occasionally drove the carriage, she was not as skilled as Fauber. Plus the road has been avoiding pedestrians, hawkers. So it looks bumpy and bumpy.
Zhong Ziyuan and Li Xiucai sat in the car, both with their arms open like big birds, and the wolf bèi protected those brocade boxes like hills. But there were still some naughty boxes, rolling down the hill and smashing on the heads or arms of the two. Fortunately, these brocade boxes are wrapped in soft cloth, and it doesn't hurt very much when hit on people.
Seeing this, Zhong Ziyuan said a little apologetically: "It's really hard." She had just finished speaking. I felt that the carriage under my ass was bumpy, and a few brocade boxes rolled off Li Xiucai's head again.
Li Xiucai's hair bun on his head was also messed up at the moment, and his clothes were wrinkled. Beads of sweat the size of beans broke out on his forehead. He laughed and teased: "Now I know what it's like to be hit on the head with silver." β
Zhong Ziyuan grinned and said, "What kind of taste is that?" β
"What does it taste like?" Li Xiucai deliberately shook his head and said: "I can only mean it, but I can't say it."
"Hahaha"
The laughter of the two came from inside the carriage, and Cardamom, who was driving the car outside, had a pair of eyes shuttling through the crowd one by one. Over here. It is already the place where she and her daughter's country owner agreed to meet. But no matter how she searched with her eyes wide open. I just didn't see the luxurious and familiar four-wheeled carriage.
Feeling that the carriage stopped in place, Zhong Ziyuan opened the curtain in confusion and asked, "Cardamom, why don't you leave?" β
Cardamom bit her lip and said, "Childe, we're here." I just made an appointment with Mrs. Mei to meet at the teahouse in front of me to deliver the goods. As she spoke, she raised her horsewhip and pointed to a two-story teahouse on her right.
It is located in the eastern district, which is a relatively wealthy area of Chang'an City. There are many teahouses, restaurants, and shops. The eaves of each shop pΓΉ fly the eaves and arches, and the eaves and corners are connected. The street below is also very wide. On both sides, there are also some vendors carrying burdens and selling all kinds of food.
However, because it is still early at this moment, there are not many people coming and going in the teahouse. Even so, there is still a faint singing of strings, and the sound of storytelling comes out, but it does not seem silent and boring.
Zhong Ziyuan jumped out of the carriage and asked, "Do you and Mrs. Mei meet inside the teahouse or outside?" β
Cardamom looked around and said regretfully: "I originally made an appointment to meet in this teahouse." But I didn't see her carriage outside, so I guess we must have come early. β
"It's just now, it's really early, so let's go in and wait for her!" Zhong Ziyuan suddenly turned around and shouted, "You can take care of the carriage." β
"Got it, why are you yelling so loudly? It's really humiliating. Fauber smiled and said nothing. But Li Xiucai opened the curtain and chattered dissatisfiedly.
Zhong Ziyuan didn't argue, only smiled slightly, turned around and strode towards the teahouse. Her steps are free and confident, and the cardamom behind her is also high and high-spirited.
The man who was hidden in the shadows frowned and said, "Head, this kid seems to be telling us to watch the carriage!" β
The man who was the head was expressionless, and only said lightly: "Since the master said to protect his safety, including the family wealth, let's just obey the order." β
The man sneered and said, "It's only a pill worth three thousand taels of silver, but we high-ranking guards are asked to protect it, this kid is really a great creation." After a pause, he continued: "Actually, this kid only needs to please the master, and there are more than three thousand taels leaking out of the master's fingers, so why bother to make it so hard." β
"Okay, you're talking." The man who was the leader casually scolded: "A few of you are guarding here, I'll go to the teahouse and watch." β
"Yes." Several people respectfully agreed.
Zhong Ziyuan went straight up to the second floor and found a window seat to sit down. The sight here is good, leaning on the green bamboo railing, the whole street can be seen clearly. If Mrs. May's carriage comes, it will be spotted at a glance. And there aren't many guests here, just five or six. Among them, there are two children who are richly dressed and decorated, and they are followed by the sons of the little servants.
Xiao Er took a rag and wiped the spotless table in front of the two of them, and asked with a smile, "What do the two guest officers want to eat?" β
Cardamom waved his hand and said, "I just ate breakfast, so I won't be hungry." Pick two plates of fruit and bring them up. β
"Okay." That guy doesn't dislike small business. He smiled and agreed and wanted to leave.
"Wait." Zhong Ziyuan stopped him abruptly, she thought for a moment and asked, "What dim sum is the most famous in your shop?" β
The guy smiled: "Our shop has a lot of famous dim sum." However, everyone's favorite order is steamed milk cake, crispy fried spring rolls and osmanthus crystal cake. β
Zhong Ziyuan smiled: "Okay, just order these three things, and then give us a pot of finch tongue." β
"Great!" The man agreed, and trotted down to prepare.
Seeing that the guy was gone, Cardamom said with some distress: "Childe, the things here are not cheap. It's just two of us, why do you want three kinds of snacks? β
Zhong Ziyuan chuckled and said, "You, it's time to learn to treat people seriously." As the saying goes, you respect me. I respect you. The owner of the daughter country is our first big customer, so he ordered our 3,000 peach blossom beauty pills so happily, how can he use just two plates of fruit to send away, it seems not dignified. It doesn't cost a few pennies too much. Maybe it made her happy. Our business can go on for a long time. β
"Got it." Compared with Zhong Ziyuan's bitter heart, cardamom seems heartless. She lay on the green bamboo railing, looked at Zhong Ziyuan sideways, and said with a smile: "It's just to look solemn, that's why Gongzi will wear the best clothes today, right?" β
"Ghost Witty." Zhong Ziyuan smiled and gently knocked on her head with a bamboo chopstick. Indeed, because today is the first time to meet Mrs. May, in order to appear solemn. She deliberately changed into a dark gold Shu brocade robe that she was usually reluctant to wear. This piece of Shu brocade was still rewarded from the palace together with the Ruyi, but it was a veritable tribute.
It's just that this piece of Shu brocade is only suitable for sewing men's clothing. In order to maximize its grace and luxury. So Mrs. Zhong took this piece of rare Shu brocade and sewed such a robe for Zhong Jinchuan and Zhong Ziyuan.
In order to match this robe, she also deliberately smeared less of the medicinal juice that stained her yellow skin, so the spirit of the whole person instantly improved a lot. It also looks more and more noble and gorgeous, and the appearance is extraordinary. Just look at it, it's more expensive than the real boys around me.
Even Sister-in-law Zhuang and Xiucai were stunned for a long time when they saw her for the first time today. I feel that she is different from before, but I can't tell what is different about her. In the end, it can only be summed up as: people are in good spirits at happy events.
While the two of them were laughing, the guy also brought up all the snacks and tea. The frankincense milk cake, the crispy fried spring rolls with the brown and fragrant fragrance, and the hanging flower crystal cake with the fragrance of cinnamon made the cardamom, who was not hungry, salivate. But Mrs. May didn't come, and she didn't dare to taste it first, so her eyes wandered back and forth on the street.
At this time, there was a sudden sound at the staircase, Zhong Ziyuan raised his eyes in surprise, but saw a girl wearing a white filial piety dress, pinned a small velvet flower on her head, although her body was thin, her face was delicate, and her expression was delicate and shy, holding a pipa, and slowly walked up.
As she walked, the slightly wide white filial piety dress trembled slightly, giving people more and more a feeling of being weak, and with the big eyes like a layer of fog, it was especially moving. Even if Zhong Ziyuan and Cardamom were both women, they were attracted by her, not to mention the real men at the rest of the table.
It's just that the eyes of the two sons only swirled around her and then drifted over, but the eyes of the rest of the people were burning like fire, staring closely at the woman in white and refusing to relax.
The woman in white didn't seem to be able to bear such an eager gaze, she lowered her eyes delicately, and was blessed timidly. Qingqi red lips said: "The little woman has seen all the uncles, but because her father is seriously ill and has no money to bury him. As a last resort, I just went to this teahouse today to sing and bury my father, and I also ask you to make amends to everyone first. After saying that, she bowed down again.
Seeing that everyone didn't seem to be reacting, she pulled out a thin playlist from her wide sleeve pocket. Her eyes looked around timidly, and after a little hesitation, she quietly walked towards the two dressed boys. Who knew that before she could walk in, the little maid of the two sons stood in front of her. They raised their chins and said arrogantly: "Our son doesn't like to listen to small songs, so quickly retreat." β
The woman in white winced for a moment, and she hastily raised her wet eyes to glance at the two sons. Seeing that they still didn't even raise their heads, her eyes couldn't help but darken, and she lowered her head and replied weakly: "Yes." β
A big man in a brocade robe with a full beard immediately squinted his eyes, rubbed his chin, and said ill-intentionedly: "Girl, bring me your song list for me to see." β
"Yes." The woman in white regained her spirit, moved her lotus steps to the big man's table, and respectfully handed over the song list.
The big man didn't even stretch out his hand, but asked lewdly: "Uncle, I only like to listen to the eighteen touches, you can sing and listen." β
The white-clothed woman's face was flushed, and there was a hint of stubbornness and strength in her cowardice, and she shook her head firmly and said, "I can't sing." β
The big man shouted ill-intentionedly, "I can't even sing eighteen touches, so when will I be able to raise enough money for you to bury my father?" Uncle Ben Jianyì, you still don't want to sing, just sell yourself. In this way, not only will you have the money to bury your father, but I am afraid that even the dowry will be enough. Hahaha" He and his companion slapped themselves on the table and burst out laughing.
The woman in white trembled with fright from him, and her cheeks, which were already white, lost their color more and more. It's like a flower that is being beaten by the wind and rain, who can't call it stunning, but there is a broken beauty.
It's a pity that no one echoed the big man's laughter. The two princes only bowed their heads and whispered, without even raising their heads, while the other two guests simply stood up and walked away.
Cardamom was quite indignant, and she said with her hands on her hands: "Childe, this is too bullying, should we come forward to help that poor girl?" β
Zhong Ziyuan was also very angry, her eyes were cold, and she scolded Cardamom: "Don't be so impulsive. Let's take a look first. β
Cardamom had to pick up the teacup and take a sip, but her eyes still slipped to the woman in white.
Seeing that the big man seemed to be no longer satisfied with the verbal bullying, he actually started to move his hands and feet directly. I saw him pulling the woman's sleeve, sniffing indiscriminately while putting his mouth to her sideburns, and saying with a hippie smile: "It's so fragrant!" I said little lady, just by your appearance, why bother to show up and sing here, it's better to go home with the uncle and be a ninth aunt. When the time comes, eat fragrant and drink spicy, which is guaranteed to make you happy every day like a fairy. After saying that, he stretched out his fat tongue and licked the woman's soft earlobe, and then laughed proudly again.
"This uncle, please respect yourself." The woman in white shouted suddenly, her voice trembling with a hint of desperate strength. (To be continued......)