Qing Shu was not in a hurry to ask, but said calmly, "Go and get busy first, and I'll talk about it later." ”

Mrs. Zhang, who was honestly frightened, was stunned, and immediately agreed to get up from the ground, retreated cautiously, and wiped the table with a rag, with a sad face.

Qing Shu glanced at Zhang Niangzi a few times quietly, and unexpectedly found that the curtain separating the front hall and the back kitchen was moving, it should be someone peeking at the situation just now. Qingshu took this matter to heart, asked Xiaojuan and Lily of the Valley to sit down, and ate with her.

A few more tables of guests came in to eat. Although Mrs. Zhang had something on her mind, she also greeted the guests warmly, and there was no mistake.

Qingshu and they ate well and put down their chopsticks.

Xiaojuan stood up, grabbed the purse containing the silver money in her hand, and walked to Zhang Niangzi's side, "Shopkeeper, how much silver do you have to pay?" ”

Zhang Niangzi was taken aback, "This, this ......" What kind of money does the owner have to pay for eating in his shop? That's weird, isn't it?

At this moment, a man wearing a blue silk robe came into the shop. This man has small eyes, thick lips, and a flat nose, and looks about twenty-three or fourteen years old. Don't look at this man's small eyes, the small eyes are full of shrewdness.

Seeing this man, neither Mrs. Zhang nor the two young men who ran the hall greeted the guests, pursed their lips and did not move.

The small-eyed man ignored this, and swaggered behind the counter and sat down on a chair specially prepared for the shopkeeper. Then, he swept over the guests in the shop, and finally fixed his eyes on Mrs. Zhang's body, playing with the copper plate left by the guests who had left the previous checkout on the counter, "How much money did the guests at those tables collect just now, report it carefully." ”

Xiaojuan was stunned, looked at Zhang Niangzi, then looked at the man sitting at the counter, and finally looked at Qingshu.

Qing Shu raised her eyebrows, how could she not know when she invited such a shopkeeper in her shop.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang had already walked to the counter, lowered her head, and reported to the man who was not the shopkeeper but sat in the shopkeeper's seat how much money each table of guests had settled.

The small-eyed man listened and quickly counted the copper plates on the counter, "You can go and do things." ”

Zhang Niangzi opened her mouth and glanced in the direction of Qing Shu, with a hesitant expression.

The small-eyed man seemed very unhappy and frowned, "Don't do things yet?" The owner didn't invite you to be lazy. ”

Mrs. Zhang turned around and went to do things with the little guy.

The small-eyed man then looked at Xiao Juan, who was standing with her purse pinched, "This girl is going to settle the money for dinner, please come here." ”

Xiao Juan listened and looked in the direction of Qing Shu again. Seeing Qing Shu nodding, she walked to the counter, "Checkout." ”

The small-eyed man shouted a big hairy shout.

The older of the boys reluctantly walked up, bowing his head and not speaking.

The small-eyed man's small eyes narrowed even more, "What did this girl order at that table, report it." ”

The little guy Da Mao lowered his head and reported the full table of dishes ordered by Qingshu, and put the buns and bean paste buns at the end.

The small-eyed man cocked his little finger and made a calculation when the little guy was big and mao. After the young man finished reporting, his hand that was about to coil the beads stopped, "Fifteen two or three hangs another seventeen wen." ”

Xiao Juan's eyes immediately widened, "What? Fifteen taels or more, how did you calculate this account? ”

The small-eyed man was very displeased, "Girl, although we are a small business, we also pay attention to a child's innocence." The dishes you ordered, all of them are specialties in the store, and the price is already very low. The same dish, not to mention Yipinlou, even the ordinary restaurant costs twenty taels of silver. ”

Xiaojuan is not a vegetarian, she slapped the counter, "Put your mother's fart, this is the Guji bun shop, its surname is Gu, not anything else." When did Gu Ji have more people like you, why didn't this girl know? Sign up to hear it. ”

The small-eyed man was first angered by Xiao Juan's behavior of slapping the counter, and then was shocked by Xiao Juan's unrestrained scolding, and then was angered by Xiao Juan's questioning, "The girl's family, why is she so uneducated!" Who this shopkeeper is and when he came to the ancient records, it has nothing to do with you. Don't think about it, give the money quickly. Although Gu Ji is a small shop, the owner has a lot of background, how can you rely on it. ”

Xiao Juan was angry and didn't know what to say. At this time, Lily of the Valley, who was sent by Qingshu, whispered to Xiaojuan.

Xiao Juan nodded and looked at the man at the counter, "What is your owner's background?" Let's hear it, what kind of Cheng dù is bigger, and can it be bigger than my young lady? ”

The man squinted his eyes at the only table where a female guest was seated, that is, the table where Qing Shu was sitting. He naturally understands that the one who is sitting and not moving is the master, and the two in front of the counter are just maids. What made him care was Zhang Niangzi's actions. At this moment, Mrs. Zhang was standing respectfully at the table and whispering something to the female guest.

Xiao Juan saw that the small-eyed man ignored herself, and slapped the counter again, "Hey, what about asking you, are you deaf?" ”

The small-eyed man's face was pale, "Which house are you from?" ”

"Which house are we from, and what do we have to do with you?" Xiao Juan glared fiercely.

Lily of the valley pulled Xiaojuan, "Miss is calling us." ”

"You wait for your aunt and grandmother, huh!" Xiaojuan said this to the man, and returned to Qingshu with Lily of the Valley.

Qing Shu was about to tell them something, but saw Zhou Boyan push the door and enter the bun shop. She was surprised and watched Zhou Boyan come over.

Zhou Boyan came to the table, and sat directly on Qingshu's right hand without being let by others, "I heard that you came to Jinyang City, and I went to see you in the morning, but I learned that you had gone out, so I could only find you here." ”

Qing Shu said nonchalantly, "You are very well-informed. ”

I can't tell why, Zhou Boyan felt that Qing Shu was in a very bad mood at the moment, "What's wrong?" So unhappy? ”

Qing Shu turned his head sideways to look at him, "How many people did you bring?" ”

Zhou Boyan didn't know what she was going to do, but he didn't mean to ask carefully, "How many people do you want me to bring?" ”

Qing Shu was not polite to him, "Your people borrow it from me, so borrow it now." ”

"There are twenty people outside, you can use whatever you want." Zhou Boyan was also generous, "Stone, call all the people in." ”

Soon, twenty young men who looked like guards rushed into the shop, some of them were equipped with swords. The guests were taken aback. And the small-eyed man sitting behind the counter was also surprised. He didn't know what was going on, so he stood up from his chair and swallowed his saliva, "Da Mao, Er Mao, don't stand stupidly, hurry up and invite the guests to sit down and serve tea." ”

The two young men, known as Da Mao and Er Mao, did not dare to step forward, so they hid to the side in panic and stood with their backs against the wall.

A guest threw a penny on the table, pushed open the window and jumped out. When the other guests saw it, they did the same, leaving the approximate food money and jumping out of the window and fled.

Waiting for the guests to leave one by one, Qing Shu sank his face, "Take down the bastard in the counter for this girl." "Her own shop, she didn't know when there was such a shopkeeper, and she would laugh off other people's big teeth when she said it. It doesn't get much worse than that.

Gu Shishi gave the order and waved his hand, "Take it." ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, the small-eyed man shouted, "What are you going to do?" What are you going to do in the blue sky? And is there a Wang Fa...... "ran out of the counter to the kitchen in the back." The kitchen has a back door and is totally open for escape.

Gu Shi led four people to chase in.

Mrs. Zhang covered her mouth and didn't dare to scream.

Qing Shu glanced at Zhang Niangzi lightly, "I'll settle accounts with you later." Go, the board on the window, and don't do business today. ”

Mrs. Zhang pulled the two young men with a ashamed face and went outside to put a board on the window.

In the back kitchen, after a sound of pots and pans falling to the ground and colliding, Gu Shishi led someone to escort the small-eyed man out. Not only that, but there was also an extra thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy who was escorted.

The shop was on the board, and the inside was much darker. Fortunately, the door is not boarded, and it is open, so it will not affect the view too much.

The small-eyed man was pressed to his knees at Qing Shu's feet, but he didn't have a little fear, and said loudly, "Do you know who the owner here is?" It is the pearl of the palm of the loyal general. Our owner doesn't look like a woman, it's not easy to mess with at all, and she is a well-known figure in the whole Huizhou. I might as well tell you, from the officials in Jinyang City to the mother and father of Huizhou, Chen Zhifu, all of whom are from our host's family. I didn't want to cause trouble, so I quickly lost the money and left. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Boyan was extremely surprised. It is surprising that the shopkeeper did not recognize his owner, but instead threatened the owner.

Qing Shu glanced at the small-eyed man, "Aunt Lan in the second master of the Chen Mansion is your sister, and the housekeeper in front of the third master of the Chen Mansion is your uncle, right?" Lan Linzi. ”

The small-eyed man didn't speak, he rolled his eyes, and he always felt that something was not quite right.

Qing Shu snorted, "Mrs. Zhang, bring up the account books for the past two months, and call all the things in the shop." ”

"Yes, miss." Mrs. Zhang agreed and asked the small-eyed man, Lan Linzi, for the key. Lan Linzi didn't give it, so naturally Gu Shishi and others took it to Zhang Niangzi. Mrs. Zhang took the key, and after turning to the counter, she opened a box and took the account book to Qing Shu. After that, she went to the back and called everyone to the front.

Qing Shu's gaze swept over the people working in the shop, "What about Master Zhang?" ”

Mrs. Zhang burst into tears, "He was dismissed by the Lan shopkeeper." He was not convinced, and scolded the Lan shopkeeper a few words, and the Lan shopkeeper sent someone to hurt him. It's been six or seven days, and he's still not healed, and he's been lying down. ”

Qing Shu's eyes were cold, "Master Zhang is not here, who is making the filling?" ”

"Yes, it's small." The little guy named Da Mao shook his body and said.

Zhang Niangzi hurriedly explained, "Miss, Miss, Da Mao didn't learn secretly. It's the shopkeeper Lan who is pressing, and he wants the slave family to hand over the preparation method of the filling, and if he doesn't hand it over, he will have to quit all three of our sons and nephews. The slave family couldn't, and they didn't want the Lan shopkeeper to succeed, so they persuaded the master and asked him to give Da Mao a few words. Unexpectedly, Da Mao's child was in a similar tune. Miss, Miss, one qiē is the fault of the slave family, and it has nothing to do with the master, Da Mao, and Ermao, begging Miss not to punish them. ”

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