Miao Laosan raised his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and stumbled to ask Ning Ningqing what he wanted.

Ningxia Qingwaner smiled, the red jade lips opened and closed gently, the sound was like a trickle of spring water, the soft words sounded melodious, and the sound of the tone and frustration was loud, which was pleasant to hear, but in such a late autumn, the sound of this Lingyan mountain spring only made others feel cold in their hearts.

The materials she asked for were of the highest quality, and the quantities she asked for were quite large.

However, she seems to know the purchase channel of the material very well, although the total price of the request is more than three thousand taels, but it is not too much, to say that three thousand taels must not be able to enter so many goods, it is not easy to say, after all, there are always some good and cheap sources in the world.

But that kind of supply is very small, in short, Miao Laosan will definitely not be able to find those sources, and Miao Laosan will definitely not be able to enter the goods required by Ningxia Qing for three thousand taels.

Miao Laosan wiped his sweat and muttered, "This ...... This ......"

Ningxia Qing asked Ah Zheng to take out the paper that Miao Laosan and Aunt Du had pressed their handprints, shook it in front of Miao Laosan, and asked with a smile: "What does the shopkeeper Miao want to say?" Is it because you don't want to give? ”

Seeing her like this, Miao Laosan had no choice but to swallow the words that rushed to his throat, and said, "No, no...... How could you not want to give? That is true...... The quality of the materials you want is too high, I don't buy these materials at all, even if I allocate them to you from the materials of my own shop, I can't get such high-end materials......"

Ning Xia Qing immediately interrupted: "Shopkeeper Miao, what did you tell me about the materials in your shop?" I don't care if there is this kind of material in your shop, after all, I don't want to rob you, I just want to get my own material back, don't I? ”

"You...... Yes, yes, you're not a robber......"

"That's right." Ning Xia Qing smiled with satisfaction: "As for whether the shopkeeper Miao has entered these materials on the boat this time, how do I know?" Even if the shopkeeper Miao says no, I can't verify it, right? ”

Miao Laosan scratched his head, saw Ningxia Qing's expression of ambition, looked at the piece of paper in Ning Ningqing's hand, and wanted to agree impulsively, but in terms of Miao Laosan's supply, if he wanted to buy those materials, he would have to get at least 10,000 taels, which made Miao Laosan hesitate again. He stumbled tentatively and said, "No...... Otherwise, I'll help you hire your father to find the ship's chief worker and ask him." ”

Ning Xia Qing immediately showed an expression of disbelief, and said with great meaning: "That's the person hired by my family, I can't find it, can the shopkeeper Miao find it?" ”

Miao Laosan waved his hand again and again and denied: "No, no, no, of course I can't find it......"

"That's reasonable, after all, it's a long-term worker hired by my family, how can Shopkeeper Miao know more about his whereabouts than I do." Ning Xia Qing added with satisfaction: "However, like that kind of long-term worker who has a bad record, even if he finds it, his words are not credible, right?" ”

Miao Laosan was stunned, so he had to cry and say with a sad face: "Yes, yes, yes......"

Ning Ningqing handed the piece of paper back to Ah Zheng and said playfully: "Shopkeeper Miao, think about it again, whether this boat trip has entered the materials I just mentioned." ”

"Of course I didn't enter...... Miao Laosan rushed out, and then saw Ning Ningqing's face, and immediately changed his mouth: "Entered...... Entered the ......"

"It's good that the shopkeeper Miao admits it." Ningxia Qingwan smiled and said very calmly: "In this case, the shopkeeper Miao will return the share that belongs to my family." ”

Miao Laosan thought about it, sighed heavily, spread his hands helplessly, and said dejectedly: "Don't you just want to blackmail the materials in my shop, but I can't get these high-end materials in my shop for a while......"

Ning Xia Qing corrected: "Shopkeeper Miao said something wrong again, it's not that I want to blackmail the materials in your shop, but I want to take back my own materials." So the shopkeeper Miao should have just said that the materials for this trip were all placed in the warehouse, and the goods in the warehouse were very miscellaneous, and I couldn't find this batch of materials for a while, right? ”

When Miao Laosan was already desperate, he repeated against his will: "Yes, yes, your family's materials are in the library, you are in such a hurry, I can't hand it over to you immediately." ”

"It's okay, shopkeeper Miao. You and my father have been friends for so many years, it stands to reason that I should also call you uncle, how can I embarrass you? I have time today, and I can afford to wait even if I find a few hours. After all, after returning from the ship, Shopkeeper Miao has already made me wait for so many days, so I naturally don't mind waiting for a few more hours. ”

"Alas......" Miao Laosan's face seemed to be about to cry at any time.

Ningxia Qing asked Ah Zheng to bring the brazier over and put the slender jade hands up, in such a deep autumn, she stared at the brazier while roasting the fire, and comforted: "Don't worry, shopkeeper Miao, as long as you return my family's goods, that piece of paper will immediately become ashes." ”

Miao Laosan walked out dejectedly, and for a while it was impossible to tell whether he was even more decadent than when he came.

It took Miao Laosan several hours to piece together the materials that Ningxia Qingyao wanted, and after letting people transport the materials away, Miao Laosan looked at the warehouse where the high-end materials were swept away, and sat on the ground dejectedly, and couldn't help wiping away his tears.

Miao Laosan immediately returned to the restaurant where Ningxia Qing was waiting, until Gu Feng came to the news that he had received all the goods, and Ningxia Qing wrote a deed of receipt, and the contract attributed all the materials to Ning Yongda with three thousand taels of principal to buy the goods, Ningxia Qing and Miao Laosan each pressed their handprints, and one of them kept a copy.

Ning Ningqing announced with satisfaction that the matter of going to the boat was cleared, and said a few polite words in a mood, such as asking Miao Laosan to help the Ning family's business more in the future, looking forward to continuing to cooperate with each other or something. Miao Laosan wanted to cry and answered a few words perfunctorily without tears.

And since Miao Laosan has already fulfilled Ningxia Qing's wish, Ningxia Qing will naturally have Miao Laosan's wish, she put away the deed she just signed, and at the same time asked Ah Zheng to burn the piece of paper that made Miao Laosan worried.

Ah Zheng threw the paper into the stove as he said, and the blazing tongue of fire swallowed the paper, and the crazy wave of fire swept up, but after a moment, the paper with the words written and the handprint turned into a cloud of black ash.

For Miao Laosan, it was not a piece of paper that turned into ashes, but his thousands of taels of silver.

Miao Laosan arched his hand, he couldn't speak, and was about to get up and say goodbye dejectedly, but Ning Xia Qing suddenly stopped him.

"Shopkeeper Miao, don't be in a hurry, I have two more things to tell you."

"What else?" Miao Laosan's eyes widened in horror.

"Don't be nervous, it's a good thing, not a bad thing. Since the cooperation between my family and the Miao shopkeeper has been smooth, I have naturally regarded the Miao shopkeeper as a cooperation object. If I know any news, I will definitely cooperate with the Miao shopkeeper, and I will definitely not hide anything from the Miao shopkeeper. ”

Miao Laosan narrowed his eyes in confusion: "What news do you know?" ”

"As far as I know, the imperial court will send a job to the Weaving Bureau in the spring, and the Miao shopkeeper should have heard about it, how much oil and water is there?" Looking at Miao Laosan's sharply contracted eyes, Ning Xia Qing said leisurely: "I'll give the Miao shopkeeper a thorough explanation, Ning San's side is open at any time, and the Miao shopkeeper can find a way to inquire about some news. ”

Miao Laosan couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Why are you telling me this news?" ”

Ning Xia Qingyan said without blinking: "Shopkeeper Miao is also a person in this industry, and he may have heard of the conflict between my family and Master Ning San." As far as I am concerned, although I have had friction with the shopkeeper Miao, I am not a deep hatred, and I can cooperate in the future, but the third master of Kening is different. Therefore, if this big bargain must fall on one person's head, I hope that person is the Miao shopkeeper. ”

Miao Laosan groaned, and his eyes gradually regained the essence of the thief's eyebrows, obviously a little ready to move. With such a big profit, no one in the world can not be moved.

"Shopkeeper Miao, I still have one more thing."

"What's the matter?"

"Although Shopkeeper Miao and Aunt Du are sorry for my father, after all, my father has passed away, and Aunt Du is still young, I don't want to delay her, and after a while, I will hand over Aunt Du's deed to you."

Miao Laosan looked embarrassed, laughed a few times, and then left.

As soon as Miao Laosan left, Ah Zheng immediately closed the door, Ningxia Qing signaled Ah Zheng, and Ah Zheng immediately took out the paper with Miao Laosan and Aunt Du's handprints and handed it to Ning Ningqing, and Ningxia Qing put the paper away properly.

The reason why he wanted to burn it to ashes immediately in front of Miao Laosan was just to prevent Miao Laosan from discovering that it was a forged confession.

The real confession is still in Ningxia Qing's hands, and it tells the story of how Miao Laosan concealed Mrs. Miao's fornication with Aunt Du, planned to kill Mrs. Miao and disguised it as an accident, and then was able to carry Aunt Du through the door without hindrance.

Ningxia Qingtai understands what a blow such a story will be to the original wife.

Miao Laosan is a villain with a repetitive heart, and it is difficult to guarantee whether he will turn around in the future and want to put Ningxia Qing to death, Ningxia Qing naturally wants to keep a back hand and leave this confession to contain Miao Laosan from time to time.

"Ah Zheng, do you think my methods are too insidious? Actually, if you don't want to continue to do this kind of thing for me, I won't force you. ”

"I never thought you were sinister."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and Cuiyu said outside: "Girl, I'm coming back after buying things for the second girl." ”

Ning Xia Qing immediately got up and opened the door, and walked out with Cuiyu, after getting into the carriage, Cuiyu took out the things from the basket and said happily: "The girl looks, these are all bought for the second girl according to what the girl said, this is a pen of different thicknesses, the shopkeeper said, this is specially for children of the second girl's age." ”

It was the first time for Cuiyu to buy painting utensils, and she was obviously really fresh and excited: "Also, girl, and this, the shopkeeper said, the second girl must like all kinds of flowers and colors at this age, so I bought a variety of colors, all of which are bright." ”

"Hmm." Ning Xia Qing agreed, saying, "These colors you bought will appear on Zi'er and Shuangxi's clothes and faces later." ”

Cuiyu smiled, took back all the things she took to Ning Xia Qing to show her basket, suddenly realized something, and said, "Why haven't you turned the corner yet?" Aren't we going home? ”

"Well, don't go home. Go and ask the shopkeeper. ”

"The girl wants to ask the shopkeeper?"

Ning Xia Qing nodded: "Yes." Anyway, we also have the goods, and when my father's July 7 is over, we will open the store. If I don't ask the shopkeeper again, I'll have to take it myself. ”

Cuiyu persuaded: "Didn't there be many people who recommended a lot of qualified shopkeepers to the girl before, although the people who introduced them may not be reliable, but after all, there are so many people, if the girl picks well, maybe there will be one or two who will look at it?" ”

Ning Xia Qing said categorically: "The shopkeeper introduced by ill-intentioned people, even if it is good, I will never use it." ”

Cuiyu nodded and asked, "Then where are we going to ask for the shopkeeper?" ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled and asked, "Do you remember the Dong family?" ”

Cuiyu looked puzzled: "Dong family? ”

Ningxia Qing prompted: "My mother's shop ......"

"The girl said that it was the wife's dowry, and the one that was rented out later? Speaking of which, since the shop was rented out, we haven't heard much about it...... Yes! I remember renting it to a family surnamed Dong, and the Dong family still had some old friends with his wife...... Oh yes, the Dong family was hit by fire last year, and I heard that they owe a lot of money, and it seems that they haven't even paid our rent! ”

Ning Xia Qing nodded: "I just want to go and see the Dong family today." ”

At this moment, the carriage had stopped at the door of the small shop, and Ning Xia Qing got out of the carriage and stood in front of the shop, unable to help but be stunned for a while. I saw that the store in front of me, which was supposed to be a fabric shop, was renovated due to a fire, and it was changed to sell non-staple food.

Ningxia Qing couldn't help but be stunned, is this still the same shop before? At that moment, she even suspected that she had made a mistake.

Ning Xia Qing, Cuiyu and Ah Zheng walked into the shop, and the proprietress in front of the counter immediately greeted with a smile: "What does the girl want to buy?" ”

Ning Xia Qing frowned and asked tentatively, "Is this Dong Qin's shop?" ”

"Yes, Dong Qin is my husband." The proprietress nodded: "Is there anything the girl is looking for him?" ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled and introduced: "I am Cao Liuwan's daughter. ”

The proprietress instantly widened her eyes, was stunned for a long time, and said with emotion: "It turns out ...... Originally...... I'll just say you look familiar...... It turns out that you are the daughter of the lady of the Cao family! Your eyebrows and eyes really look like your mother! Your mother gave birth to you so beautifully! ”

Ning Ningqing said a few words modestly, and then asked, "How do you sell non-staple food now?" ”

"Alas, don't mention it......" However, before Mrs. Dong's words fell, an energetic voice came from outside the door: "Mother! I'm starving! Is there anything to eat? ”

Immediately, a sturdy young man ran in from outside, and in the late autumn weather, this man was covered in sweat, and he was carrying a bunch of bulging things on his back, and he didn't know what he was doing just now.

As soon as the young man entered the door, he saw Ning Ningqing and his party in the store, he was stunned for a moment, and then smiled embarrassedly, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he asked with a surprised smile: "Why are you here?" ”