Xu Huaiqing returned home with a heavy heart, closed the door and found the purse hidden at the bottom of the cabinet, and stroked it again and again, as if it was Bai Jiujiu.

Since Bai Jiujiu disappeared, he put away all the things that belonged to her, for fear of accidentally losing them. Seeing the other one of this purse today once again aroused a deep longing in his heart.

Gently pressing the purse against his forehead, Xu Huaiqing murmured painfully, "Jiujiu, where are you, are you okay when you come back?" ”

That night, Xu Huaiqing hid in the room alone, drank a whole jar of wine, and fell asleep drunk.

On the other side, Han Zhaoyin was entrusted by Xu Huaiqing to spare no effort to find Bai Jiujiu's news.

Several subordinates stood in front of Han Zhaoyin and said ashamedly, "Young Master, the little ones are incompetent, and they really can't find Mrs. Xu." ”

Hearing this, Han Zhaoyin was not surprised, Bai Jiujiu had been missing for a while, and during this period, whether it was him, Xu Huaiqing, or even King Wei sent people, but still found nothing.

"Go down first." Han Zhaoyin waved his hand and rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.

These days, he has to find someone again, and he has to take care of business in various places, and the whole person has been spinning, and now he is in a trance.

"Yes, young master, do we still need to continue looking?" Before the subordinate stepped back, he couldn't help but ask again.

"Of course you have to look for it, but you don't need to make a big deal of it, just keep an eye out for it."

The subordinates retreated when they got the words, and Han Zhaoyin supported his forehead with one hand and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Suddenly, the door of the study was pushed open again, and a very light footstep stopped beside him, Han Zhaoyin felt that there was someone beside him, and opened his eyes slightly, and what caught his eyes was the gentle smiling face of his wife.

"Husband, the concubine has boiled some ginseng soup, you should drink it while it's hot, otherwise your body won't be able to stand it." When Han Ruyao saw her husband like that, her heart hurt terribly.

Han Zhaoyin looked at the steaming ginseng soup, his fatigue seemed to disappear a little, he took Han Ruyao's hand and patted it gratefully, "Thank you, madam." ”

Han Ruyao shook his head, sat down opposite him, and said with concern, "But there is no news of Jiujiu yet?" ”

Since she learned that Bai Jiujiu was missing, Han Ruyao was also anxious, and hoped that she could come back as soon as possible.

"Nope." Han Zhaoyin's voice was low.

"Don't worry too much, Jiren has his own natural appearance, Jiujiu is clever, and he has a good heart, so nothing will happen." Han Ruyao said with relief.

Now that's all I can pray.

After drinking the ginseng soup, the shopkeeper of the embroidery workshop came, he came to deliver the account book, and the smile of the past is different, today's shopkeeper is full of sadness.

Han Ruyao saw that they were going to talk about business, packed up their things and went out, and when they left, they also thoughtfully closed the door.

Inside the house, Han Zhaoyin flipped through the account book in his hand, his expression was indistinguishable from joy and anger, since the day Bai Jiujiu left, the income of the embroidery workshop had declined sharply, and now it was about to enter the stage of making ends meet.

"In the first month, there was still the embroidery left by Mrs. Xu to deal with, and this month has been exhausted, and the old customers complained that our embroidery was not as delicate as before, and slowly began to go to other houses." The shopkeeper looked at Han Zhaoyin's frowning brows and cautiously explained.

Han Zhaoyin had already anticipated this situation, and he also used the rest of the embroidery to fill the vacancy. It's just that he didn't expect that the matter would be so serious, those noblewomen in the capital only recognized Bai Jiujiu's embroidery, and the ones he used to replace them couldn't be sold at all!

"Owner, you have to get people back quickly, otherwise our embroidery workshop, I'm afraid the business will not be able to continue."

Han Zhaoyin snapped and closed the account book, "I know, you send the account book to the Xu family first, and by the way, bring the silver taels that the Xu family should get this month...... Forget it, I'll go for myself. After saying that, he sent the shopkeeper away, changed his clothes, and went to Xu's house with the account book and silver.

Xu Huaiqing saw Han Zhaoyin's visit, and he was busy making people serve tea.

"Don't be busy, I don't have a big deal here, this is this month's dividend, you can take a look." Han Zhaoyin said as he pushed Yin Liang over.

Xu Huaiqing swept his eyes and saw that there was a lot less, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "The embroidery workshop business has been in business recently, but it has encountered difficulties?" He didn't worry about Han Zhaoyin's deduction, after all, the dividend share that he had said at the beginning was written in black and white on the contract.

Han Zhaoyin was surprised by Xu Huaiqing's acuity, and after pondering for a while, he sighed helplessly, "It's not a secret, the business has been declining since last month, Jiu Jiu's departure, our embroidery is no different from others, and they have researched many new tricks during this time, which is even better than us." ”

Xu Huaiqing frowned silently, Jiu Jiu's departure can be described as a series of chain reactions, and it seems that everything is developing in a bad direction.

Wang personally came over to bring tea to the two, and when he heard the conversation between the two outside, his heart couldn't help but sink. After the Xu family arrived in the capital, while the status was elevated, it was inevitable that the expenses would increase, and the income income mainly relied on the dividends of the embroidery workshop.

Although Xu Huaiqing also has the above rewards and fortunes in his daily life, he can't stand the human exchanges, so if there is a problem in the embroidery workshop, the Xu family's finances will also be in deficit.

Thinking of this, Wang pushed the door in excitedly, "Young Master Han, this embroidery workshop is Jiujiu's brainchild, we can't close it." ”

The sudden voice startled Han Zhaoyin, and only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the person who came clearly, "Old lady, the younger generation has no intention of closing the embroidery workshop, this is the embroidery workshop supported by Jiu Jiu with one hand, how can I let her hard work be burned?" As long as Jiujiu doesn't come back for a day, the embroidery workshop will not be closed for a day. ”

Hearing this, Wang relieved his heart and asked again, "The embroidery workshop is now losing money?"

"That's not true, it's just that I don't make as much as I used to." Han Zhaoyin replied truthfully, in fact, he hasn't lost money yet, but maybe he won't be able to say in the future.

Wang hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Young Master Han, what do you think of me?" When I was in the county, I helped Jiu Jiu take care of the shop together, and the embroidery workshop was handed over to me, so you can also worry less. ”

Han Zhaoyin was a little stunned for a while, and didn't know how to answer, so he turned his head to look at Xu Huaiqing.

"Mother, there is a lot of work in the embroidery workshop, where can you cope with it, forget it......"

"Where can I forget it, that's Jiujiu's hard work, you don't want her hard work to be in vain, my mother knows something, although she won't be as proficient as Jiujiu, she can think of a way." Wang was a little anxious, for fear that Xu Huaiqing would not let her go.