Ai Qiaoqiao originally planned to leave Luofu the next morning.

Shopkeeper Luo invited her to come, and she had to see him and say hello before she left.

In Luofu these days, she hasn't seen the shopkeeper of Luo once.

But now she has changed her mind.

I don't know whose idea it was to carry her into the mansion as a concubine, she doesn't want to make any more trouble, she just wants to leave here first.

Xie Feng saw Ai Qiaoqiao coming out with the baggage, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Ai Qiaoqiao didn't hide it from him, and directly told him what had just happened.

Master Xie was shocked, "I want to carry you into Luofu as a concubine, whose idea is this?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao shook her head, "No matter whose idea it is, I won't respond anyway." ”

"Qiaoqiao girl, you did the right thing." Master Xie raised his big finger, "With your skills, even if you open a restaurant in Huai'an City, you are qualified, why should you marry the Luo family." ”

Master Xie's words made Ai Qiaoqiao's heart move.

Open your own restaurant...... If her father was still around, he would have raised his hands in favor.

But it's easy to do, but it's even harder to do.

Even opening a small restaurant costs a lot of silver, and all her belongings together are not enough to buy a piece of land in Huai'an City, let alone a restaurant.

Counting the hired manpower, running the hall, and doing chores, the monthly salary of the chefs in the back kitchen is a large expense.

"Miss Qiaoqiao, if you open a restaurant, I will help you." Master Xie said boldly, "But you have to teach me how to cook." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao smiled and thanked him.

Seeing that he was about to leave Luofu, Xie Feng suddenly said, "It's getting late, it's a little dangerous for you to walk alone at night, why don't you wait a minute, I'll pay you and send you back." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao wanted to refuse, but Master Xie had already run away.

She only went out of Luo Mansion and waited outside the door.

At this moment, a carriage stopped beside her, and a young woman jumped out of the carriage, although she was dressed in men's clothes, she had a delicate face, and her eyebrows were full of heroism.

"Miss Qiaoqiao, get in the car, I'll send you back."

Ai Qiaoqiao looked at each other, unable to remember where she had seen her.

"You are?"

"Oh......" The young woman smiled suddenly, raised her sleeves to cover her face, and when she took her hand away again, Ai Qiaoqiao was surprised to find that her face had changed.

She is actually Ye Bing, the second shopkeeper of Yicao Hall.

"Sister Ye! How are you? Ai Qiaoqiao was pleasantly surprised.

Seeing that it was getting late, if Ye Bing sent her back, she would have a guarantee all the way.

Ye Bing said with a smile: "Get in the car, I was ordered by the night boy to protect you, naturally I won't just send you into Huai'an City and let go, I have been watching you in the dark these days in Luofu." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao couldn't help but be embarrassed.

I didn't expect the night to be so well arranged.

"What's up with your face?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked puzzled.

Ye Bing's face just now was obviously not like this.

"That's it." Ye Bing pointed to his face, "It's a disguise technique, because I have a lot of inconvenience when I walk in the rivers and lakes in my original appearance, so I made a personal leather mask to make myself look ordinary." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao secretly spoke.

I didn't expect Ye Bing's original appearance to be so good-looking, and I thought that when I walked the rivers and lakes like her, I would inevitably encounter trouble.

As soon as Ai Qiaoqiao got into the carriage, Xie Feng walked out of the gate of Luofu, and saw that Ai Qiaoqiao had met an acquaintance, so he didn't force her to send her back to the village.

The two parted ways outside the Luo Fu Gate.

At the same time, Luo Zisong hurried to his mother's yard.

After he helped his father send the guests away, he heard that Mrs. Luo had invited Ai Qiaoqiao to the back house, and he guessed that he was going to mention the marriage.

He sent someone to inquire and wanted to know how things would turn out, but when the little girl came back, he only said that Miss Qiaoqiao had gone back to the wing room first, and Mrs. Luo had also returned to her yard later.

Luo Zisong was restless, and finally couldn't help but go to the backyard to find his mother.

Mrs. Luo was sitting alone in the room sulking, and the mother-in-law beside her was kind and persuasive.

"What is Madame's anger, is that the girl doesn't know how to lift, she herself has no blessings, and there will be times when she regrets it in the future......"

Luo Zisong heard this sentence when he entered the door, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

"Mother, Miss Qiaoqiao has answered?" He asked hurriedly.

Mrs. Luo snorted coldly, "I really don't know what this little girl thinks, she doesn't even look down on you." ”

Luo Zisong only felt that his heart shrank suddenly, and he actually gave birth to an inexplicable pain.

She ...... Didn't respond? ”

Mrs. Luo didn't speak, and the mother-in-law beside her said, "Young master, please forgive the old slave for saying too much, that girl is not worthy of you at all, young master, she doesn't look down on you because she is not blessed, Mrs. is kind enough to plan for her, and she will take care of her mother in the future, but she only cares about her little salary, and asks Mrs. to help her calculate her salary...... According to the old slave's opinion, no matter how good the Qiaoqiao girl's cooking skills are, she is just a countryman, and she has no knowledge, so she is not worthy of you, young master......"

The more Luo Zisong listened, the more irritated he became, and he turned around and ran out of the house despite saying hello to his mother.

Seeing this, Mrs. Luo covered her chest angrily, "What kind of sin is this, a country girl hooked his heart!" ”

The mother-in-law comforted again and again, "The young master is still young, and there are not many women around him, so if you see more in the future, you will naturally not take that girl to heart." ”

Mrs. Luo also felt reasonable when she heard this, and thought that she would arrange a few more rooms for her son in the future.

said that Luo Zisong walked out of Mrs. Luo's courtyard and went straight to the side room where Ai Qiaoqiao lived.

His mother had asked him before whether he had taken a fancy to Ai Qiaoqiao, or whether he was just trying to get around the other party for the sake of business in the house.

At that time, in order to save face, he only said that it was for business.

But now, he felt he was wrong.

Even if he hadn't had his father's proposal, he thought he would have thought about marrying her.

Such a special woman, it may be difficult to find a second one, no matter whether she is the apprentice of Master Dafu, no matter how it is full of business, he just wants to be able to face her every day, and when he comes back to the house every day, he can see her smiling face and eat the dishes she cooks by herself.

Isn't such a day much better than the ladies who abide by the rules all day long?

Luo Zisong came to the door of the wing room and stretched out his hand to knock on the door.

But as soon as he knocked, the door opened on its own.

Luo Zisong was stunned, remembering that last time he rashly entered the door and caused the other party to be unhappy, he coughed lightly and called: "Qiaoqiao girl." ”

The room was silent, and no one answered him.

He raised his voice again, but there was still no movement.

He pushed open the door and walked in, only to see that the room was empty, and there was not even a human figure.

The quilt on the bed was neatly folded, the cabinet where the clothes were placed was empty, and all Ai Qiaoqiao's things were gone.

Luo Zisong suddenly felt panicked, turned around and came out and hurriedly asked a maid.

"Where's the girl who lives here?"

The maid had never seen her son-in-law so frightened, "Miss Qiaoqiao is gone." ”

"Gone? Where did it go? ”

"The lady paid her wages, and the old lady rewarded her with five taels of silver, and she was in a hurry to go back, so she packed up her things and left......"

Before the maid finished speaking, Luo Zisong had already rushed out.

He chased him all the way to the outside of the house.

It was getting late, and the pedestrians on the street were thinning, so he looked and looked, but he didn't find Ai Qiaoqiao's figure.

The subordinates guarding the door looked at each other, not knowing what kind of nerves their son-in-law was making, and suddenly ran out to look at the street, who was he looking for?

Luo Zisong stood at the corner of the street in a daze, unable to tell what he felt in his heart.

Exasperation? Still unwilling?

Maybe it's more of a loss, for the first time in his life, he knows that it was so uncomfortable to like someone.