Chapter 2: The First Arrival in Stone Town (2)
Speaking of Su Huagu's sore spot, she slapped Liu Xing'er angrily.
Liu Xing'er reacted quickly and slapped her with more force, and Su Huagu covered her face in pain and screamed.
"You slut! How dare you beat me today! I'm going to call my brother to divorce you, a poisonous woman! ”
Liu Xing'er glanced at Su Huagu nonchalantly.
"Then you can give it a try!"
This scene happened to fall into the eyes of Liu Xing'er's husband Su Zhengdi, who is the only son of the Su family and the account office of the Fulai Inn.
In the dimly lit room, he was dressed in a blue robe, his black hair was half-tied and half-draped, the bridge of his nose was high, his lips were ruddy and full, there was a round jade pendant printed with the word Su on his waist, a slender and slender hand behind his back holding a white folding fan, his face was delicate and literati, and his bright eyes looked at the three women in front of him affectionately and indifferently.
In Liu Xing'er's memory, Su Zhengdi was a man who was knowledgeable and extraordinary, and he was not bad to her.
It's just that.
She secretly glanced at Brother Su Zhengdi, she was no longer his weak wife now, he happened to bump into himself beating his sister, although it was a counterattack......
Can he believe in himself?
Liu Xing'er gasped, feeling a little uneasy.
At this moment, Su Huagu was so angry that she didn't notice Su Zhengdi behind her, she picked up the wooden basin on the floor and was about to smash it on Liu Xing'er's head, Su Huagu didn't have time to make a move, Su Zhengdi quickly grabbed the wooden basin in Su Huagu's hand as soon as she stretched out her hand, Su Huagu thought that Su Sanhua was stopping her, and opened her mouth to scold.
"Dead slut, you dare to stop me, I will ask you to die with her today......"
Su Zhengdi's brows furrowed slightly, and his words were full of dissatisfaction.
"The eldest sister can now not only order the divorce of the younger brother's wife! It's also in charge of the life and death of the whole family!"
Hearing Su Zhengdi's words, Liu Xing'er thought to herself, this man is still protective of his wife, and his gaze at him has become softer.
However, Su Huagu was shocked, her face became extremely ugly, and she didn't even dare to turn around to face Su Zhengdi.
Her expression was complicated, her eyes were dripping, she knelt on the ground with a "bang", grabbed Su Zhengdi's legs, and wailed.
"Brother! It's useless for me, I shouldn't stay in my mother's house when I'm old and don't want to get married, but no matter how useless I am as an eldest sister, Liu Xing'er shouldn't beat me as a sister!."
Brother Su Zheng was cold.
"Eldest sister, when I was in the lobby, I heard that you asked the third sister to bring a basin of water into Xing'er's house!"
Seeing this situation, Liu Xing'er was secretly proud in her heart, it seemed that this Su Zhengdi was going to stand up for her.
In the face of questioning, Su Huagu was a little weak-hearted, but her face did not change and her heart did not beat.
"I just saw that Xing hadn't come downstairs for a long time, so I asked your third sister to bring her a basin of washing water."
Su Zhengdi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he swept the wet cotton wool on the bed slightly, not in a hurry or impatient.
"Third sister, according to the words of the eldest sister, you splashed the water in the washbasin on the apricot cotton wool."
Su Sangu was a timid and scared person, and said in a panic: "Brother, you know the third sister, and the third sister has always been a ...... in the inn Listen to your eldest sister's arrangement."
Speaking of which, Su Sanhua's voice became smaller and smaller.
She is the most vulnerable person in this family.
When Su Huagu heard Su Sanhua's defense, she was furious.
Su Sanhua, a dead girl, actually dared to talk about it at home!
She scolded Su Sanhua fiercely.
"What are you talking about, according to what you said, it means that I, the sister, can't do it under your instructions!"
Su Sanhua subconsciously took a few steps back, and muttered: "Eldest sister, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, and leave everything you have done, and you want me to carry this pot."
......
There was a commotion in the room, Su Zhengdi shook his head, looked at Liu Xing'er fixedly, and then took her hand: "Xing, let's go."
Liu Xing'er was originally complacent to watch the excitement, but was held by Su Zhengdi's hand, she was held by a man for the first time, and her hand shrank back as if it was burned by something, Su Zhengdi realized her evasion, and held her hand tighter and harder.
Walking out of the door, Su Zhengdi let go of her hand: "You marry my Su Zhengdi as your wife, and you bear hardships and stand hard work and filial piety to your parents for me, at least in this family, I can't let you be wronged." ”
Liu Xing'er thought to herself.
This Brother Su Zheng is a man of good character, but he is pitiful that the original owner is not blessed to accept this friendship, and until he dies, he doesn't understand that he married into the Su family and is loyal to his husband, filial piety to his elders, and respectful to his sisters.
In ancient times, all you had to do to ruin a married woman was to ruin her name.
If the three sisters of the Su family just spread rumors to force their younger siblings to death just to defend their respective positions in the family, it is difficult to convince the current Liu Xing'er.
Twenty-eight-year-old Liu Xing'er let out a long sigh in her heart, and secretly decided to ask for justice for the original owner, a poor eighteen-year-old girl!
In the inn, the pine staircase could only accommodate two people, and it was tattered and a little crumbling, which attracted Liu Xing'er's attention.
Looking at it again, there are a total of 400 square meters upstairs and downstairs, there are about six or seven guest rooms, the door is crooked, and it is not down because of a few hard stones, the black tiles on the roof are also incomplete, and there are cobwebs on the wall.
Is it possible to open the door and do business in such a place?
Liu Xinger never expected it!
At this time, a fierce middle-aged man, with wide eyes, a long black beard, a sharp machete on his shoulder, and four or five younger brothers behind him, swaggered into the inn and howled: "Shopkeeper!" Why don't you come out to receive your uncle!"
Liu Xing'er stood upstairs, leaning on the railing, and gasped.
There are really guests!
It's just that Liu Xing'er didn't know that these people standing in the lobby were uninvited guests, and the leader was Zhang Wu, the black boss in Stone Town, who was neither here to fight nor to stay in the hotel, but to collect protection money as usual.
Su Zhengdi clenched his fists, frowned and was about to go downstairs, Su Zhengdi's father, Su Chengguang, and the shopkeeper Su Cheng Guang Su came to Zhang Wu one step ahead of him.
Shopkeeper Su had a high bundle of white hair, and the long wrinkles at the end of his eyes were like cracks, and he bowed his body in front of Zhang Wu and smiled: "Boss Zhang, you see that there is not even half a figure in our inn, if you are kind, you will forgive and forgive us for a while, don't you think?"
Zhang Wu didn't react much at first, but just said coldly: "I'm already benevolent enough, and I've forgiven you for more than a year, and you can't pay the protection fee of only one or two taels a month?" So what kind of store do you open! ”
After being silent for a while, when everyone was not paying attention, the machete on his shoulder fell on the table with a "bang", and the teapot on the table was overturned, which frightened Old Man Su and almost didn't stand firmly.
Su Zhengdi couldn't hold back anymore and quickly went downstairs, Liu Xing'er naturally didn't dare to stay out of the matter and followed all the way.
As soon as Zhang Wu saw Brother Su Zhengdi, he smiled with satisfaction: "That's right!" Push an old man out to the top, that's going to be laughed at!"
As he was talking, he lifted the machete with one hand and put it on Su Zhengdi's neck, and spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground with great disdain: "There is no one in Stone Town who doesn't know my Zhang Wu's rules, either pay the money or smash the store!"
Brother Su Zheng sneered meaninglessly: "Smash the store? You're smashing it! ”
No matter how strong Liu Xing'er's heart is, after all, she is just a girl in her twenties, her hands are about to pinch out of the water, and she is at a loss for this sudden disaster.
She didn't want to be a widow when she first arrived.
Just thinking about it, Su Zhengdi's mother, Liu Daying, rolled to Zhang Wu's feet with a "poof", hugged Zhang Wu's leg and howled a scoundrel: "Splashing robbers!" After collecting the protection fee from my Su family for so many years, now I am going to smash our Su family's shop! Oh my God!"
Liu Xinger couldn't help but admire in her heart.
Mrs. Su's scolding on the street is not inferior to those old ladies who grab seats on the bus, and the pungent energy of Su Huagu is the true inheritance of her mother.
Zhang Wu is a temperamental person who does things according to the rules, although he is bullying others, he is also chivalrous and righteous, and will never do anything to the old and weak women and children, he moved his legs with a cold face, trying to shake off Mrs. Su, Mrs. Su held his legs harder.
Zhang Wu said viciously: "Old lady! It's you who broke my Zhang Wu's rules first! It's useless for me to splash and roll! Moreover, this sword has no eyes! If it really hurts the only seedling of the Su family! I'm not responsible! ”
After speaking, the two little brothers beside him dragged her aside, the scene was chaotic for a while, Liu Xing'er looked at Su Zhengdi anxiously, his eyes were blazing, and he was not afraid at all.
Liu Xinger was not a person who stood by in the past, and stood up on impulse.
"Isn't it just a dozen taels of silver! Who said we couldn't afford it. ”
The Su family was shocked.
Fulai Inn has been unable to make ends meet for the past year, and everyone can see it, not to mention the protection fee, eating and drinking have become a problem.
What kind of madness is this Liu Xing'er! Or does she have some private secrets on weekdays?
The Su family was suspicious.
Zhang Wu looked at her with interest and smiled meaninglessly.
"Yo, isn't this the lady of the Su family? This figure is exactly the same as the one rumored outside, it seems that the lady of the Su family has earned a lot of silver for the Fulai Inn with this appearance, and it turns out that the small treasury of the Su family is here in the lady. ”
The men in the lobby laughed, and Su Zhengdi glared at Zhang Wu fiercely, and punched Zhang Wu's knife.
"Believe it or not, I want you to crawl out today!"
Zhang Wu bared his teeth and was about to get angry, Liu Xing'er tried her best to control her emotions, stopped in front of Su Zhengdi and said unhurriedly: "Big brother, we will definitely not be able to come up with silver at the Fulai Inn today, but I believe that the eldest brother is a chivalrous and righteous person, and he definitely doesn't want to lose both, so you see that this will not succeed, you give me a grace period of ten days at the Fulai Inn, and after ten days, our protection fee will be doubled." ”
Mrs. Su stared at her big eyes and exclaimed, "Slut, you are crazy!" ”
Su Zhengdi also looked at Liu Xing'er in disbelief.
Is this woman in front of him who looks firm, neither humble nor arrogant, still his usual soft and weak wife?
Zhang Wu met her gaze and sneered: "Can you count what a woman says?" ”
Su Huagu stood up angrily and shouted: "She was bought back by our Su family, what can she say!" ”
But it was Old Man Su who spoke: "Since my apricot said okay!" It will definitely work! Xing, you go and prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and let the younger brother set up a note for Brother Zhang Wu! ”
Zhang Wu put away the knife and said lightly: "Since Old Man Su has spoken, then we will meet again in ten days!" ”
Liu Xinger and Su Zhengdi glanced at each other, then went to get the pen and paper with a smile, and when the two sides carefully checked the notes, they said goodbye politely.
It's just that as soon as Zhang Wu left, Old Man Su said calmly to the family: "Our Fulai Inn has come to an end!" If you four sisters and brothers want to stay, you can stay, and if you want to go, you can go, the children and grandchildren of our Su family can't all hang themselves on the tree of the Fulai Inn. ”
When Mrs. Su heard this, she knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Oh my God! Why don't you take my life! If it weren't for this loser girl boasting about Haikou, how could our Su family end up like this. ”
Su Huagu also took advantage of the situation to wipe away her tears: "Mother, our three sisters are not married yet, what will you do if you call us three sisters!" ”
Liu Xing'er was stunned, what kind of trouble did the Su family make, and was puzzled, Master Su said calmly: "Xing'er, you don't have to blame yourself too much, I know that you said this today to relieve everyone, and our Su family will not blame you." ”
Dare to love! This group of people thought that she Liu Xing'er was talking nonsense.
Liu Xinger is a little unconvinced, she is such a person who does not admit defeat, in the past, she was a leader in hotel management, she has gone to many high-end hotels abroad to practice and has been favored by a lot, and even named various awards for the business school she studied in college, but it is just to bring a tattered inn back to life, what is it for her, a returnee woman?
Liu Xing'er crossed her hands on her chest, turned around her back to the Su family, and said very firmly: "I, Liu Xing'er, will definitely be able to do it if I say yes!" It's your business if you want to be a deserter, and I won't leave the Blessing Inn!" ”
Su Zhengdi, who was standing on the side, felt that Liu Xing'er in front of him was becoming more and more unfamiliar, from the moment she reached out and slapped Su Huagu, he felt that she was like another person, but if she was a stranger, it was clear that she was his wife, so she stood in front of him alive.
He frowned slightly, gently patted Liu Xing'er on the shoulder from behind, and asked in a low voice, "Xing'er...... What's wrong with you today? ”
Liu Xing'er realized that she was no longer a person in the same world as before, her soul was pinned on this body, which was itself an unscientific and mysterious thing, how to make the people around her suspicious when her sudden temperament changed, she just thought that if she wanted to live in this world for a long time, she should adapt to everything here, instead of doing something too alternative to attract too much attention, she should be low-key and restrained.