Chapter 38: Exposure

Although it is not easy for men in the Great Song Dynasty to marry wives, most people still inherit the "words of the matchmaker of the parents", and the parents are in charge, as long as the Geng posts are exchanged, then the marriage is considered to be more than half.

Such a marriage contract is guaranteed by law, and under normal circumstances, unmarried men are not allowed to repent of their marriage, otherwise once they get into trouble with the government, they will be spared the disaster of imprisonment.

Lou Zheng only goes to the stall early every morning, and the share of food sold is limited, so it takes not much time, but business has gradually not improved in the past few days.

Early this morning, after closing the stall, Lou Zheng took a turn around near Fumen Street, and actually saw a restaurant in the back street of Fumen Street that sold almost the same food as himself, Lou Zheng bought a copy and tasted it, although the taste was not as good as what he sold, but the price was one or two pennies cheaper than what he sold. When she came, there were still a few people in line.

Lou Zheng walked around the restaurant and left, with no resentment on his face.

As soon as she left, a customer in the restaurant whispered to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, that young man is a stall in front of Fumen Street. ”

"Where did I learn, and if I put things here, is she the only one allowed to do this? I didn't steal her secret recipe, what kind of run. ”

The customer was speechless and shook his head.

The guy in the restaurant suddenly whispered something in the shopkeeper's ear, and the shopkeeper asked the guy to go to the backyard and busily ran to the backyard.

There was a man with a sword standing in the backyard, and the shopkeeper nodded when he saw the man, and said with a smile: "The small thing ordered by the boy has been done, and the stall opened by the kid in front of him has plummeted." ”

The man with the sword knew that the shopkeeper was exaggerating. But he still nodded, took out a bag of silver and threw it into the hands of the shopkeeper, "Go on, if you do it well, the silver will be doubled." ”

The shopkeeper sent the man with the sword away with a smile, and threw away the silver in his hand, his eyes full of greed.

Lou Zheng really made money from the fresh food he sold, and this man gave him silver, and he earned this money at both ends, such a good thing. Why not!

Lou Zheng returned to the small courtyard. I hurried back to my room.

Yesterday she just arrived, and today is the most uncomfortable time, so the snacks she made at the stall this morning were less than half of usual, and she came back with uncomfortable abdominal cramps. Lou Zheng drank hot water and lay down directly on the bed.

By the time she woke up, it was past noon. Just about to go back to sleep. There was a knock on the door.

Lou Zheng was unwell, and he didn't want to pay attention to people, so he didn't respond. But the knocker outside seemed to be particularly persistent, and the door still rang rhythmically.

Lou Zheng had no choice but to ask: "Who!" ”

"Me! Ah Zheng, you haven't eaten at noon, have you slept? ”

Lou Zheng only felt a headache, why did Zhen Hanxiao come at this time, she had to care whether she ate or not.

"Well, I'm a little uncomfortable and want to sleep a little longer."

"If you are uncomfortable, you have to get up to eat, your body will be better when you are full, I will bring you food back, you get up and open the door, and I will send it in."

"No, I don't want to eat it."

Zhen Hanxiao stood outside the door without moving at all, "Good, eat less, if you don't eat, I will stand in front of your door and not leave." ”

Lou Zheng had no choice but to lift the quilt, her face was pale, she didn't look very good, and after opening the door, she was seen by Zhen Hanxiao, which startled Zhen Hanxiao.

He subconsciously stretched out his big palm to check if there was heat on Lou Zheng's head.

Lou Zheng hurriedly dodged, leaving his hand empty.

"I'm a doctor myself, I know how to measure, it's okay, just rest for half a day."

Recently, Zhen Hanxiao has always been weird, often taking the initiative to help him do things, and from time to time he touches himself twice when he has the opportunity, Lou Zheng glared at him angrily, but the expression on his face was more upright than anyone else. It made Lou Zheng have a headache, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.

It's not that I didn't suspect that Zhen Hanxiao found out her woman's identity, but Zhen Hanxiao was too calm, and Lou Zheng was suspicious again.

The whole body was tired, the lower abdomen was throbbing again, and the brain was really dizzy, Lou Zheng simply didn't think about it anymore, and opened the food box brought by Zhen Hanxiao.

Looking at it, you can see that it is a few dishes packed in Yuebin Building, all of which are light dishes, and there is a bowl of fragrant mushroom pork rib soup.

"Let's eat some first!"

Lou Zheng was not polite to him, the dishes in Yuebin Lou were really good, Lou Zheng used a lot, and he put down the dishes and chopsticks when he was full.

After eating enough, her body was much better than before, Zhen Hanxiao didn't bother her, packed up the food box and went to the kitchen.

Lou Zheng had some energy, closed the door, took out the menstrual belt used for the past two days from under the bed, and moved the charcoal basin over to prepare to burn it.

The menstrual belt was contaminated with the moisture under the bed and it was not easy to burn, and suddenly a thick smoke rose in the house, Lou Zheng was choked half to death, and hurriedly poured a small basin of water on it, extinguishing the entire charcoal basin.

It's not going to burn at all.

Lou Zheng had no choice but to find an old cloth, wrap up the used menstrual belts, and tie them tightly, she glanced at the window, and saw that there was no one in the kitchen, and Zhen Hanxiao's door was also closed, so she must have gone back to the room to rest.

After making sure, she sneaked out with her baggage and prepared to throw away the things in her hand.

Lou Zheng thought she was foolproof, but she didn't know that when she left the small courtyard with her front foot, Zhen Hanxiao followed silently.

It wasn't until Lou Zheng threw the old baggage a few streets away where the old things and garbage were piled up that he turned around carefully.

Not long after Lou Zheng left, Zhen Hanxiao turned out of the shadows, he picked up the burden that Lou Zheng threw away, opened it, and when he saw what was inside, he stiffened, and his face turned red uncontrollably.

Ah Zheng turned out to be really a woman!

Although he had always doubted and became more and more sure of his thoughts, he could not help but be excited and eager when the real facts were in front of him.

Zhen Hanxiao's slender fingers trembled a little when he tied the burden, he put the old burden back where he was, he didn't go back to the courtyard immediately, but went to Wanjing Teahouse, listened to the book for half an hour to calm his mood, and then walked towards the courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, before Lou Zheng rested, there were uninvited guests.

Standing in the middle of the smallest courtyard was a fat and swarthy middle-aged woman, who looked like she was in her forties, dressed in a floral cloth skirt and wearing a red silk flower on her head.

If he didn't know that there were no women as matchmakers in the Great Song Dynasty, Lou Zheng would have wondered if the women in this courtyard were matchmakers in some alley.

The middle-aged woman was followed by two men, one in his early twenties and the other about the same age.

This cheesy-dressed, vulgar-looking woman is not a stranger, it is Wednesday Niang of Aoyagi Alley. (To be continued......)