Chapter 25: The Plum Lady (4)
The woman pointed to Li Shirong upstairs: "That's that brother!" ”
Liu Xing'er frowned, and confirmed again: "That brother doesn't have a pregnant lady, eldest sister, did you recognize the wrong person." ”
The woman thought for a moment and looked strange.
Look at my mouth, I like to talk nonsense, I'm angry with my useless, nonsense. ”
As he spoke, he glanced at the man next to him, and hurriedly left with the two babies.
Liu Xinger subconsciously looked at Li Shirong, and just saw Chen Cuilan coming out of the house, Li Shirong lowered his head and said something in her ear, the two husbands and wives looked quite normal, and there was nothing abnormal.
Liu Xing'er retracted her gaze.
Maybe the eldest sister is really talking nonsense, she is really hearty.
Su Zhengdi saw her thinking about things in a daze, and asked her, "What are you thinking?" ”
Liu Xinger shook her head, lowered her head, and secretly calculated the daily income and expenses of the store.
A few days ago, when Uncle Dong was repairing the tiles, a few farmers and peasant women who offered vegetables came to her, and she began to pay attention to the prices of some vegetarian and meat dishes on the market.
She found that her shop was thirty wen a day just in terms of buying ingredients, and their store only sold a meat dish for a dozen wen, she felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say what was wrong, she knew that she couldn't show too shrewdness now, after all, in ancient times, few women could read, let alone settle accounts.
At the gate, the Zhang family walked in in a hurry, and smiled: "The little lady of the Su family!" You're really a noble person now, how forgetful! Last time, you asked me to keep more of the good things in my house, and I kept them all for you, but I didn't wait for you! ”
Liu Xing'er remembered that she had met with Zhang in front of the store a few days ago, and she was thinking about it at that time, but she forgot to clean it up when she was busy.
Liu Xing'er smiled: "Where is Aunt Zhang talking about, I've been thinking about the dishes in Aunt Zhang's place, isn't it that the store has been too busy these days, and I haven't had time to come over?" ”
When Zhang heard Liu Xing'er say this, he saw that the people in the store were really prosperous, and he smiled even more flattering when he thought that his vegetable garden could be sold in many ways.
"It's all about business, how can I not understand, isn't it a few days later, waiting for the lady to come over when she is a little free!"
Liu Xing'er didn't want to shirk it, seeing that the store was calm, thinking that it wouldn't take a few hours to go with Zhang's family, so she said to Su Zhengdi: "Since my aunt came over in person, it's okay for us to go to the vegetable garden with my aunt." ”
Su Zhengdi thought that he would drag some fresh vegetables back, and it was too difficult to carry the vegetables for a long distance, so he went to the neighbor next door to borrow a mule dragging a cart.
Su Zhengdi drove the mule in front, Liu Xinger and Zhang sat on the board cart at the back, and when they were about to reach the entrance of the town, they watched a team come from a distance, beating gongs and drums, and the momentum was magnificent.
Liu Xing'er asked Zhang: "What are the happy events in this town?" ”
Zhang said with a smile: "My little lady Su, you are too busy in business, busy and dizzy, a few days ago, didn't the new champion Bai Zhongli stake the evil Da Nan shopkeeper, and the dirty and unsightly forces behind him were all involved, and the saint was furious and dismissed the old county order, and Bai Zhongli was the new county commander, Nuo...... Isn't this coming to office? ”
I see......
Liu Xing'er felt funny in her heart, she was really obsessed with making money, and she was getting thinner and thinner, but she didn't know that such a big thing was happening in the town.
The group was getting closer and closer, and all three of them stopped in awe and waited for the group to go away.
Liu Xing'er lowered her head and listened to the sound of horses' hooves.
This Bai Zhongli was still a poor student who needed to compare three families even in the hotel a few days ago, and he said that he would turn over and become a high-ranking county magistrate, and things in this world are really impermanent.
Thinking like this, Liu Xing'er secretly raised her head, wanting to take a good look at the new official who took office, but she didn't expect to be familiar in the team, that Li Biao straddled the big knife and looked at the three of them with wide eyes.
Liu Xing'er half-opened her mouth, and the voice of "Brother Biao" didn't shout, just watched him go away with the team.
Liu Xing'er thought that she would say goodbye to him in a hurry, but she couldn't see him, but she didn't expect him to sneak away from the team.
He turned around and chased it back, a little out of breath.
As soon as Liu Xing'er saw him, she remembered his red jade painting, and when she thought of that red jade painting, she remembered that night in the firewood room, as if she had really seen that piece of red jade, full of light and shadow, and it was lifelike as if it was about to fly out.
As soon as she thought of this scene, she felt restless, and thought that later, she really touched the red jade on Su Zhengdi's neck, but it was too ordinary, and she felt that all this was her own imagination, so she relaxed her heart again, and she was not weak when facing Li Biao.
She asked Li Biao: "Brother Biao, you've been running in Stone Town lately!" ”
Li Biao held the knife on his waist and glanced at the Zhang family with cold eyes, how could a peasant woman like the Zhang family have come into contact with these officials who dance knives and guns, politely saluted him, and walked away in fright.
Li Biao saw that she was hiding away, so he whispered: "I have a special task with me, and this road is the only place to go to the capital. ”
As soon as Li Biao said this, he asked again: "I don't know what news Brother Su and Mrs. Su have?" ”
Brother Su Zhengdi didn't speak, and Liu Xing'er shook her head again and again.
Li Biao traveled all over the country and didn't have any whereabouts, and felt that it was normal for the two of them to have no news, and said: "This time it is to escort the new county commander to take office, and there is a reward from above, I left too hurriedly last time, I heard that the Fulai Inn has been reopened in the past few days, and this time I am going to live in the Fulai Inn for a few days, I don't know if Brother Su and the lady left a room for me Li Biao." ”
Su Zhengdi still didn't answer, with the intention of deliberately distancing, Li Biao only cared about chattering about family life, and didn't think about it deeply, but Liu Xing'er was attentive and hid it in her heart and didn't reveal it.
She smiled and said: "If you are lazy, no one can neglect Brother Biao, Brother Biao has already booked a room, and when Brother Biao is done, he will naturally serve with good wine and food, so it will be treated as if we were the two of us inviting you." ”
Li Biao said: "Then it's a matter of decided, I'll come to you when the matter on my side is dealt with!" ”
As soon as Li Biao left, Liu Xing'er pouted and bumped Su Zhengdi's arm: "What are you doing, every time you see someone, you love to ignore it, but they are dignified imperial guards, and no one else has a score, but you set up a score first." ”
Su Zhengdi just said lightly: "If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, people only want to approach each other because they have something to do, why don't you understand this point if you are such a clever person?" ”
Liu Xing'er felt that Su Zhengdi was a little old-fashioned in terms of human sophistication, and she was too lazy to take care of her, so she went to the front to find Zhang's family, and as soon as Zhang saw Liu Xing'er, she exclaimed: "Little lady, you are amazing, all of a sudden it is Uncle Dong's, and all of a sudden it is a soldier's, they are all characters with heads and faces, and I don't know where those people in the past were bold, dare to spread rumors about the lady everywhere, and ruin the reputation of the lady......"
Zhang realized that he might be talking too much, so he quickly covered his mouth and slapped himself.
"I can't hold my mouth back."
Liu Xing'er is clear about the past, after all, this town lost a life to have her Liu Xing'er, she has to settle the accounts for the original owner, otherwise how can she be worthy of this young and beautiful body, it's just ...... It's not the best time yet.
The devil knows that she is a person who has been reborn from thousands of years later, and what can she do if she wants to do something in this closed and ancient town.
She just smiled: "Aunt Zhang, let's leave quickly, it's too late when it's late." ”
Zhang is also interested, and should promise: "What the lady said is true." ”
The three of them followed the road again, and when they arrived at the entrance of the town, Liu Xinger and Zhang got off the car.
Under the guidance of the Zhang family, Liu Xinger and Su Zhengdi knew that the land at the entrance of the town was just the tip of the iceberg for the Zhang family's vegetable garden.
They walked all the way along the first field, and the fields were verdant with Chinese cabbage, carrots with red heads, cauliflower like a ball of tofu brain, and peppers like spiky and cannonballs......
No wonder that Zhang's saw that the business in the store was booming, and when he saw her Liu Xing'er, he was as greedy as a cat.
Aunt Zhang asked with a smile: "Little lady, your inn needs to be supplied for a long time, what kind of food do you want, just tell me, today's dish will be given to you by your aunt to try it." ”
Liu Xinger has her own abacus, she is reluctant to waste any opportunity to make money in the store, now the backlog of rice and dried vegetables in the store are almost the same, the inn is reopened, usually a small amount of meat and vegetables are Su Huagu went to the vegetable market alone to buy, the inn needs to supply ingredients for a long time, it is definitely not cost-effective to continue like this, if the store wants to make some sweetness in terms of eating, sell the price, then you have to work hard.
This taste should be beautiful, naturally you can't use the backlog of ingredients, it must be fresh, and the vegetarian dishes must be fresh.
Liu Xinger thinks that this Zhang is a businessman, and he is not bad at dealing with people, and he does not beat around the bush when he speaks.
"Auntie, I have all the dishes you have here."
Zhang couldn't believe his ears.
"What you say is true."
Liu Xing'er smiled: "Such an important matter, how can I joke with my aunt, but our Fulai Inn also has its own prerequisites, and I, Liu Xing'er, am also a cheerful person, if my aunt can agree, this business will be completed." ”
Zhang said again and again: "Although the lady said it, as long as my Aunt Zhang can withstand it, she will naturally respond to you." ”