"Wait a minute, you check first, my teapot is in good condition now, if it is damaged tomorrow, then I can't pay you back the deposit in full."

Ye Xiaoyu said again.

The pot was expensive, and she had to be careful.

"Okay, don't you feel ashamed to be so wordy as a man?"

The boy's face was full of impatience.

"If there is any damage, all the ten taels will be compensated to you."

"Young master, the money in this purse was told by the second lady to buy tea cakes, you ...... like this"

Lao Liu reminded worriedly.

"It's okay, Erniang specially asked me to come to this shop to buy these pastries, she loves to eat so much, I will definitely make her happy when I buy it back." Besides, when I return the teapot tomorrow, I will be able to get the ten taels back. ”

The young man turned his head and whispered to Lao Liu.

Standing in front of the counter, listening to the conversation between the two, Ye Xiaoyu confirmed that this person was indeed bought back to eat and not "re-sold", and she was finally able to put her mind at ease.

In the octagonal pavilion in the back garden of Zou Mansion, the second lady Tian was carefully coaxing her young son, who was not yet a year old. There are several nurses in the family, but she doesn't worry about letting them watch, this is Zou Yu's only son, the only lifeblood of the Zou family, in case something goes wrong, no one can afford this responsibility.

"Erniang—"

Zou Youheng walked in from the front yard, still holding the pastries he had just bought from Ye Xiaoyu's shop.

"Shhh

Tian raised his head and said with a smile.

"Erniang, this is your favorite pastry. And this...... Milk tea. ”

Zou Youheng lowered his voice and placed the things he had just bought on the stone table in the middle of the pavilion.

"Youheng is still the most well-behaved, come, you can also sit and eat......"

Tian's face was full of smiles, his eyes flowed, and Zou Youheng was a little embarrassed to look at it.

He's fifteen years old, and he's no longer a child.

"Erniang, you eat first, I suddenly remembered that something was left outside."

After sitting for a while, Zou Youheng really couldn't stand Tian's gaze. I made a blunt excuse. Ran away in a hurry.

"Yo, sister, I'm so leisurely today, and I didn't call my sister for afternoon tea?"

The Tian family hadn't had time to stop Zou Youheng, who was running out. That's the kind of annoying voice I heard. A look of disgust flashed in his eyes.

"It's so hot. I thought my sister had taken a lunch break. Alas, I can't help it, there's a little kid here. I can't feel at ease for a moment. ”

Tian immediately put on a good-looking smile, and looked helplessly at the sleeping baby who was cradling the basket.

Seeing that Tian's three sentences did not leave his child, Wu smiled and did not reply.

Although it is Zou Yu's main house, who told her to hurt her body in order to save Zou Yu, and she also fell into a disease that could not be born. At that time, when Mrs. Zou asked Zou Yu to take a concubine, although she didn't say anything on her face, she was the most uncomfortable in her heart, but she couldn't keep domineering and cut off the incense of the Zou family. Tian is the youngest daughter of a local landlord, and she was still very good to Wu when she first entered the door, but since she gave birth to a boy, she began to look at no one and didn't take Wu in her eyes at all.

"Sister, I don't have an opinion on what you want to eat, but on this hot day, just ask someone to go out and buy it, Heng'er is prone to heat stroke......"

Zou Youheng is the son of Wu's sister, because her sister's family had an accident and no one survived, so she was fostered in the Zou family since she was a child. Originally, Zou Yu also planned to live like this, but later accepted the Tian family and gave birth to his own son, so he was a little alienated from Zou Youheng. Although the Wu family saw it in her eyes, she couldn't say anything, how could her adopted son be compared to her own flesh and blood?

"Sister, you misunderstood, how could I ask Heng'er to buy it, he was sensible, and when he saw that I was so tired of taking care of the baby, he proposed to buy it for me."

Tian explained innocently.

"Sister, if you don't believe it, you can ask Heng'er in person."

was blocked by the Tian family, and the Wu family had nothing to say. Mother is precious by virtue of her son, and now the whole family revolves around Tian's family, and the reason why she is still the main house is because of her life-saving grace to Zou Yu fifteen years ago.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zou Youheng came to Ye Xiaoyu's shop as promised.

But it was empty-handed.

"Where's the teapot?"

Ye Xiaoyu's eyes widened.

Yesterday, she just talked casually, and the person in front of her looked like a young master from a big family, and the silver kettle was not a valuable item for them at all, how could there be an accident?

"The ......"

The boy's face was full of embarrassment, and he didn't know what to say.

"You don't want to tell me you really broke the pot, do you?"

Ye Xiaoyu asked.

It was a silver teapot, not made of paper, it was only a day, how could it be so fragile?

"It's not that it's broken, it's just that someone else took it away......"

Zou Youheng felt particularly embarrassed.

"Taken by someone else?? Didn't you tell him that this pot was not your own? Won't you go and get it back if someone else takes it??!!! ”

Ye Xiaoyu's voice became much louder.

Although she said that there was a deposit, she still felt bad that such a beautiful pot was gone.

"Yes...... I was taken away by my second mother to give it away......"

Zou Youheng whispered.

Although he has always felt that the little brother in this shop is not only unmanly, but also very annoying, but today he is at a loss, so he can only endure it.

"You Erniang??"

Ye Xiaoyu felt that the top of her head was going to be smoked by the person in front of her.

"Didn't you tell your second mother that this pot is not yours??"

"I said it, but ......"

Zou Youheng also felt speechless.

Shortly after he walked out of the garden yesterday, Tian's eldest brother came. The two chatted for a while, and Brother Tian finished eating the dessert, and then stared at the silver teapot on the table, and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't put it down. So he asked Tian to give it to him.

Tian has always emphasized to her mother's family how favored she is in the Zou family, this is just a teapot, in order to prove her status, she naturally agreed, so when Zou Youheng asked her in the evening, she asked what it was with surprise on her face, and only after asking carefully did she recall that she had given it away.

Zou Youheng couldn't question Tian's, nor could he ask Tian's to compensate, so he could only walk away silently as if he had suffered a dumb loss.

"Okay, you haven't forgotten our agreement yesterday. Since even the pot is gone. I can't give you back that deposit. ”

Ye Xiaoyu was too lazy to talk to him.

"Well, can you give me the deposit back first?"

Zou Youheng's voice was very small.

"What?"

Ye Xiaoyu's hand that was watering the mint on the counter paused.

"Big brother, I heard you right, right?"

A whole teapot is gone, and I even want the deposit back. This is not Ye Xiaoyu's ear hallucination. It's his brain that's getting water.

"The ten taels deposit is the money that Erniang asked me to buy tea cakes. I took it out yesterday and thought I would get the money back when the pot was returned, but I didn't expect ......"

Zou Youheng said again.

When he went out just now, Tian also specially explained that he wanted to buy pastries from this shop today. And remember to buy the tea cakes back.

But Ye Xiaoyu doesn't care so much, since the pot is gone, the deposit must not be returned to him according to the agreement, and the rest, no matter what the reason, has nothing to do with her Ye Xiaoyu. Otherwise, why did she need this deposit yesterday.

"Little fish—"

Wang Huaiqing walked in from outside.

Since a few small talks, he thinks that Ye Xiaoyu is not bad, so he will come here to pass the time in his free time.

Hearing the voice, Zou Youheng turned his head to take a look, and then continued to look at Ye Xiaoyu.

"Huaiqing, find a place to sit by yourself."

Ye Xiaoyu greeted casually with a smile.

Compared with the previous glance and forgetfulness, now the two are more familiar.

"Otherwise—"

Ye Xiaoyu sighed helplessly.

"I'll give you five taels back."

The pot was customized by Ye Xiaoyu at the shop on South Street, and the cost of each was nearly five taels, so she didn't take more at all.

"Whether you have enough or not, it's already my bottom line to pay you back five taels, the whole pot is gone, and it stands to reason that I can't pay it back."

Seeing what else the person on the other side wanted to say, Ye Xiaoyu said directly.

"Why don't you lend me another five taels, and I'll pay you back when I have money......"

Zou Youheng frowned, looking helpless.

It's not that he has been entangled with Ye Xiaoyu here, it's just that these ten taels of silver are used by the Tian family to buy tea cakes, and he doesn't work himself, and the usual expenses are given by the Wu family, and in an emergency like this, Zou Youheng is embarrassed to ask the Wu family.

"Not really, right? I see that you are also well dressed, you don't look like a poor man, why can't you even take out five taels of silver? ”

Ye Xiaoyu didn't believe it.

"Do you want to buy pastries today?"

"Yes."

was said by Ye Xiaoyu, Zou Youheng was dejected.

"Xiaoyu, what's wrong?"

Wang Huaiqing sat next to him for a while, and when he felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, he walked over.

"Something bad happened......"

Ye Xiaoyu said helplessly.

Ten taels of silver is already a lot of money for her, could it be that she really wants to pay back ten taels to this person, and then pay one of her own teapots?

"Are you the son of Lord Zou's family?"

The person in front of him was a little familiar, and after thinking about it for a long time, Wang Huaiqing suddenly remembered.

"Do you recognize me?"

Zou Youheng was a little surprised.

Although he often goes out, he rarely identifies himself.

"I don't know. It's just that you are parked in the carriage outside, and there is the name of your house written on it. ”

Wang Huaiqing shook his head.

Lord Zou?

Lord Zou of Rongzhou City, could it be Zou Yu?

Zou Yu actually has such a big child?

Ye Xiaoyu began to hesitate whether she wanted to look at Zou Yu's face or not, and lent him the five taels of silver.

"In this way, you write me a note, and if I don't pay it back in the future, I'll go to your house and ask for it."

There were already several people standing in front of the counter waiting to buy something, and Ye Xiaoyu began to compromise.

If she doesn't agree, this person will always be pestering herself here, so that she has no way to do business at all, since Wang Huaiqing recognizes that the carriage outside belongs to the Zou family, even if this person is not the young master of the Zou family, she can go there with this note to ask for money. (To be continued......)