Chapter 31: Favorability Declines
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Le Xiaotian praised them twice, and then gave them 30 taels of silver to buy some daily necessities and simple furniture, and the rest was used as their food expenses during this time.
It is very expensive to raise people, not only do you have to redeem them for yourself, but you also have to provide food expenses, if you want to get their loyalty, you have to pay them every month, carefully calculated, just raising Xiaolan Xiaoling two, you have to spend about 10 taels of silver every month.
This kind of expense, the average player really can't afford it, but fortunately, Le Xiaotian got a lot of money in addition to Wang Bahou, and now he is also a rich man, and it is nothing to raise two people.
After Xiaolan Xiaoling went out, Le Xiaotian found a small wooden box and put some things that were not commonly used on his body, such as the deed, keys, deed of sale, and cheats for light work, which do not need to be carried with him all the time, and Le Xiaotian plans to put them at home.
But even if you want to put it at home, you can't put it too conspicuously, after all, the deed is very valuable, worth 14,000 taels, it is most of Le Xiaotian's net worth, and he plans to make a fortune from them in the future, in case it is stolen, but it will be troublesome.
He took a worn-out hoe, dug a hole next to the well in the yard, buried the small wooden box in it, filled it with earth, and stepped on it a few times, leveling it to hide that it had been dug up.
In this way, except for him, no one knows that such a valuable thing is buried in this place, plus the security in the vicinity is good, and there are often official patrols, so the possibility of being stolen is almost zero.
After hiding the things, Le Xiaotian relaxed, walked to the Fulai Inn, and when he passed by a pawnshop, he took the white jade pendant and jade ring again, and got 20 taels of silver.
In this way, there is nothing on his body, and he is relaxed.
Back at the Fulai Inn, the shopkeeper immediately greeted him.
"Young Master Le, the eldest lady of the Shen family came to look for you yesterday, but unfortunately you weren't there, so she left."
Le Xiaotian was slightly stunned, originally he thought that Shen Biluo went to inquire about Feng Yelou's address, and he would come to him at least today, but who knew that people came yesterday, and yesterday he was buying a house and buying a maid, and he didn't stay in the inn at all.
"Did Miss Shen say when she would come back?"
"Yes, she said she would come back to you this morning."
"yes, that's great, I'll just wait for her here."
Le Xiaotian simply didn't go back to the room, just stood at the door of the inn and waited.
didn't wait for a while, and sure enough, I saw a familiar sedan chair appear in sight.
The sedan chair stopped at the door of the inn, Cui'er opened the sedan curtain, and the beautiful Shen Biluo bent down and walked out, and when she saw Le Xiaotian, a reserved smile appeared on her face.
"Le Gongzi, I came to look for you yesterday, but I didn't expect you to be here."
"I heard the shopkeeper say that I feel really guilty about letting Miss Shen go for nothing."
"It's just a small thing, don't worry about it."
"Miss Shen, don't stand outside, let's go inside and talk in detail."
"Okay."
Chose a clean table, and the two sat down, maybe Shen Biluo was famous, and the shopkeeper actually came to greet him in person when he saw it.
"What's the matter today, what kind of wind blew Miss Shen to the store, it really made our Fulai Inn shine."
Shen Biluo smiled and said: "Boss Qian is too elevating a little girl, you are skilled, even if I don't come, your business here is thriving every day." ”
"Haha, Miss Shen is worthy of being Boss Shen's daughter, she is really good at talking, what do you eat, I'll let the kitchen cook it for you, I'll do it."
Shen Biluo bowed his head and thanked: "Thank you Boss Qian, just bring me and Le Gongzi a pot of tea." ”
"Well said! Say! ”
After saying hello, the innkeeper immediately ordered the shopkeeper to make tea, and he returned to the counter and continued to busy himself.
Seeing that Shen Biluo had such a big face, Le Xiaotian joked: "I knew that you were so respected, I should have asked you to accompany me when I stayed in the hotel, and maybe I could be exempted from the gold." ”
Shen Biluo covered his mouth and smiled: "Le Gongzi said that I laughed, how can I have such great ability, but Boss Qian will be so polite when he gives face to his father." ”
"By the way, you came to me yesterday, did you hear about Feng Yelou?"
"Yes, I asked my father, and he said that Uncle Feng's family lives on the edge of the West Lake in Hangzhou, and he wanted to tell you yesterday, but unfortunately he came one step late, and you have already gone out by then."
"To tell you the truth, yesterday I thought you wouldn't be here so soon, so I went to the yamen to buy a house, so I missed it."
Shen Biluo said happily: "Le Gongzi plans to settle in Suzhou? ”
"Yes, I'm going to stay here for a while."
"Great, if Le Gongzi doesn't mind, can you take me to your house to have a look."
"Absolutely."
After exiting the room, the group came to Le Xiaotian's new home again, at this time Xiaolan Xiaoling was directing the workers to move furniture inside, and when she saw Le Xiaotian, she immediately put down what she was doing and came to salute.
"Childe, are you back so soon? We haven't got our house in order yet. ”
"It's okay, I'm just bringing a friend to take a look, this is Miss Shen, if she comes to me in the future, you must remember to notify me as soon as possible."
"Okay."
Hearing Le Xiaotian's words, the corners of Shen Biluo's mouth raised slightly, and a shy smile appeared on her face.
Le Xiaotian originally said this just to tell Shen Biluo in disguise that this was his new foothold, and he would come here to find him if he had anything to do in the future, but he didn't even notice it, and this can actually be understood as the meaning that the other party is very important to him.
Le Xiaotian, as the owner, symbolically took Shen Biluo to visit his home, in fact, there is nothing to see, this is far from the other party's mansion, there is neither a garden full of flowers nor a pond for raising fish, only a two-story building is passable, just walk around and finish.
The two stood in one of the rooms on the second floor, looking out the window.
"Le Gongzi's choice of this residence is really good, the scenery is beautiful, the front can see the street view, and the back can see the green willows on the riverbank, living here, you will be able to be happy." Shen Biluo praised.
"Miss Shen won the award, and I also chose blindly."
"Blind selection can also choose such a good residence, which shows that Le Gongzi is lucky. I don't know when you plan to leave for Hangzhou? ”
Le Xiaotian was a little worried: "To be honest, I have never been to Hangzhou, I don't know which way to go, I have to ask people clearly before I can set off, so I am afraid it will delay a lot of time." ”
Shen Biluo hesitated for a long time, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, and asked hopefully: "I've been to Hangzhou a few times, if Le Gongzi doesn't mind, why don't I accompany you on a trip?" ”
"Is this good? Will Master Shen disagree? ”
"My dad is a sensible man, and he should agree." When Shen Biluo said this, he was obviously very unconfident, and his voice was small, but Le Xiaotian didn't notice this detail.
If someone leads the way, it can save a lot of time, Le Xiaotian can't ask for it, and he didn't think about it at the moment, so he said happily: "If Miss Shen is willing to accompany me, we can set off now." ”
Shen Biluo looked very happy, and nodded heavily: "Hmm! ”
The two came downstairs, and Shen Biluo walked in front of Cui'er alone, turned her back to Le Xiaotian and whispered a few words to her.
After listening to Shen Biluo's words, Cui'er showed a worried look on her face, then glanced at Le Xiaotian in a complicated way, and left with the four palanquin men.
Because of the distance and the low voice of their speech, Le Xiaotian didn't hear what they said, but felt that their performance was a little strange.
Under the leadership of Shen Biluo, the two came to Suzhou City Wharf, where many ships were docked, including passenger ships and merchant ships.
Shen Biluo found a boatman, asked about the departure time, and was about to give money, Le Xiaotian next to him was quick-eyed, and hurriedly paid it, the other party was here to help him, how could he still let the other party pay for the boat, it was too much to say.
"Le Gongzi, it's just a little boat money, and I don't pay the same."
"Miss Shen is willing to lead the way for me tirelessly, I am already grateful, how can I ask you to pay out of your own pocket, and I will bear the expenses along the way."
"Well, well."
Suzhou City, Shen Mansion.
Shen Tianbao, who was sitting in the hall drinking tea, listened to Cui'er's words in front of him, threw the tea cup on the table, and said angrily: "What! Biluo actually went to Hangzhou alone with Le Shaoxia? How can she do this, although Le Shaoxia has a life-saving grace for her, but a lonely man and a widow go on the road alone, it is inevitable that she will be criticized, if others know, what should they say about her? In order to help others, doesn't a daughter's family even want a name? ”
The teacup fell on the table, and the sudden sound made Cui'er tremble, she glanced at the angry Shen Tianbao, and said cautiously: "Miss did this, just to repay Le Gongzi for saving his life, master, don't blame Miss." ”
"I've already reported what I want to report, why do I need her to do more, Le Shaoxia is too, I don't think about Biluo at all, I even want a lady who has not yet married to accompany him to the field alone, and I am not afraid of attracting gossip, I thought he understood things and was a rare hero, but now I look at it, he is also a reckless person, this kind of person is not worth associating with at all."
Cui'er Ai Ai said: "Master, in fact, Miss is not arbitrary and doesn't understand etiquette, but she has a good impression of Le Gongzi and wants to know more about him." ”
"My daughter's marriage has always been decided by her parents, and my wife died early, so naturally I have the final say, so let her choose for herself, I won't agree to the two of them being together!"
Hearing this, Cui'er was full of sadness, she was not worried about herself, but for her own young lady.
Le Xiaotian, who had already boarded the ship, didn't know that because of one of his wrong decisions, Shen Tianbao's favorability towards him plummeted, and he was already dissatisfied with him.
An inadvertent act can win the favor of others, and similarly, it can also cause bad feelings, and the relationship between people is the most difficult to master.