Chapter 42: Unscrupulous Master and Servant
Lu Anjin specially chose an auspicious day of the zodiac, and instructed Li Jiaxing that there was no need to invite too many guests, and the Bamboo Forest Deep Garden opened in such a low-key manner.
"Miss, there aren't many guests today." Xia Er looked at the sparse guests and couldn't help but shake his head.
The expected bustling traffic does not exist. That's it, Sensei said that he made money, as long as he didn't lose money, he should be thankful.
Lu Anjin smiled lightly and said indifferently, "It's okay, it will be fine in the future." ”
Li Jiaxing was puzzled, "An Jin, why are you so sure?" ”
Under normal circumstances, the opening day of a restaurant is the peak period of customer flow. It was the first time he had encountered such a desertion as the Bamboo Forest Deep Garden.
He was a little unclear about Lu Anjin's intentions, obviously he could call many friends to help, the Li family had a big business, and there were acquaintances in the three sects and nine streams, as long as he called, they would sell him a little favor.
However, she only asked him to invite literati or eunuchs.
"Jiaxing doesn't know, Zhulin Shenyuan is not an ordinary restaurant, we don't take the civilian route, we take the elegant route. Naturally, the customers are different from those of ordinary restaurants. ”
Li Jiaxing suddenly realized, "I understand! ”
"Miss, won't we lose a large number of customers in this way?"
Lu Anjin smiled and shook his head, "No." Although we don't have a large number of customers, we definitely have the highest level of loyalty. ”
Xia Er seems to understand whether she understands or not, shopping malls are like battlefields, and the manual work of high IQ such as doing business is not suitable for people like her who are too lazy to use their brains.
"Then why aren't there so many people here today?"
Lu Anjin scratched her delicate nose, "It's okay, I promise, in less than two months, the business of the restaurant will definitely be like a sesame flower, and it will be growing steadily." ”
Li Jiaxing smiled lightly, "Since An Jin is so confident, then I'll wait and see." ”
On the second day, the bamboo forest deep garden was still full of birds, and on the third day, the same was true.
Seeing this, Second Mrs. Li specially ran over, and mocked yin and yang for a long time, and her words were so vulgar that they were outrageous.
If Lu Anjin hadn't been stopping, Ling Zuo would have thrown her out on the spot.
"You're all dumb, why don't you speak!"
Mrs. Li sang a one-man show for a long time, talking about cigarettes, and when she saw that no one was willing to take care of her at all, she took a sip before she came back stupidly.
"Miss," Xia Erhuo threw down the rag, very angry, "the second lady's mouth is too indebted, if I don't vent my evil anger, I will definitely be suffocated." ”
Lu Anjin became interested, "What do you want to do?" ”
Xia Er said sadly, "Miss, I'm a thief, if I don't steal her, I will be the eighth king in my next life!" ”
Lai Ka Hing: ......
Xia Er turned around and looked at Li Jiaxing with a smile, "Second Young Master Li, did you hear anything just now?" ”
Li Jiaxing smiled lightly and replied gently, "I just looked at the account book in the next place, and I really didn't hear what the chivalrous girl said." ”
For his upper path, Xia Er is very satisfied.
"Miss, yesterday, the slave and maid watched the sky at night, and tonight is destined to be a sleepless night."
Lu Anjin sneered, she blinked, and whispered: "Hands and feet are neat, don't leave a handle." When you return triumphantly, Miss Ben will take you to the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion for a meal. ”
"Deling~"
Xia Er ran away, Ling Zuo glanced at the pair of unscrupulous masters and servants, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and finally he simply turned a blind eye.
The next day, Li Jiaxing did not arrive at the Bamboo Forest Shenyuan for a whole day, and it was not until Shen Shi on the third day that his face appeared haggard.
"Fierce?"
"You've guessed it," Li Jiaxing smiled bitterly, "and it's almost a mess." ”
The restlessness of chickens and dogs is not enough to describe his second aunt's strong sprinkling ability!
"Master Li just let her come like this?"
Li Jiaxing's smile became even more bitter, "Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials. ”
Lu Anjin scoffed at this remark, "But she is now the daughter-in-law of the Li family." When you enter the door of your Li family, you have to be restricted by the rules of the Li family. "Don't make excuses for your incompetence. ”
Xia'er's eyelids couldn't help jumping, her young lady's way of comforting people was really chic.
"An Jin has a point." Li Jiaxing was a little depressed, "I was born in the Li family!" ”
Lu Anjin pursed his lips, "If you really have the intention of leaving, what can you do with the Li family?" ”
Li Jiaxing's smile became more and more bitter, "People always have a lot of involuntary hardships, An Jin, it's not that I don't want to leave, but I can't." ”
"Why not?"
He was silent for a moment, and then said in a dumb voice: "My eldest brother died to save me, and my mother was sad every night, and her body deteriorated. Because of the death of the eldest brother, the father became more and more indifferent to the mother, and the mother was worried day and night, and was depressed all day long. ”
"Why don't you persuade Mrs. Li to leave?"
Li Jiaxing frowned, and choked sadly: "It's not that I haven't persuaded my mother to leave, it's just that she loves her father deeply, and would rather watch him and other women in pairs every day than leave this home that broke her heart." ”
Lu Anjin is silent, the poor person must be injured, and Mrs. Li's experience is really not worthy of her sympathy.
As far as she is concerned, she will definitely not choose to live a humble life because of a man who does not love her. Being depressed every day is tantamount to chronic suicide.
"So, because of the death of your eldest brother, you have no shame to face Master Li, and you are ashamed of Mrs. Li, so you let yourself go, packaging yourself as a butterfly lingering in flowers, and want to hide your anxiety and sadness with indulgence and uninhibition?"
Li Jiaxing was stunned for a moment, what Lu Anjin said was indeed what he thought in his heart. He never thought that the first person to understand him was actually a woman who had only known him for more than a month!
"How do you know—" He paused, raised his eyes, and in her clear gaze, saw himself as pale as paper. He laughed self-deprecatingly, "An Jin has always been smart, but in just a few words, he saw through me." ”
Lu Anjin smiled, "That is, Miss Ben has always been smart, and this advantage is never transferred by time." ”
Li Jiaxing was silent with a smile, but his bad mood was miraculously much better.
"By the way, you haven't told me yet, what is the origin of your second aunt?"
"He is the only daughter of the favorite concubine of the prefect of Yinbei."
Lu Anjin sneered and said without concealing her disdain, "I thought she had some great identity." ”
There are always some pheasants who like to pretend to be phoenixes.
"An Jin doesn't want to underestimate her, the identity of that favorite concubine is not ordinary, her brother is the most proud deputy of King Xian."
"Who are you talking about?" Lu Anjin sat up straight and asked uncertainly, "Whose subordinate did you just say?" ”
Virtuous King? Qi Xiaoyun?
Ling Zuo and Ling You also turned around rarely, waiting for his answer calmly.
Li Jiaxing said categorically, "Her brother is the deputy general of King Xian. ”
"What's your name?"
"Ma Changsheng!"
Lu Anjin looked back, Ling Zuo shook his head silently, he really didn't have the slightest impression of this person.
Ling Youming thought hard for a long time, and then he remembered, "Miss Hui, Ma Changsheng is not the deputy general of the prince, but the captain of Zhengqipin. ”
Lu Anjin: ......
Lai Ka Hing: ......
Xia Er couldn't help laughing, "I'm afraid, the prefect of Yinbei is also afraid of the inside." ”
Li Jiaxing shook his head, "What he is afraid of is not the captain, but the prince, after all, the prince protects his shortcomings, and everyone in Eastern Qi is well-known." ”
Lu Anjin's mood suddenly became unclear, he protected everyone, except her.
"Jiaxing, you are so resting, I still have some things to deal with, so I will go home first."
She didn't wait for him to reply, and hurried away.
The moment she went out, tears finally burst out, she lowered her head, and wordlessly concealed her embarrassment.
"Miss," Xia Er didn't know why, "but you're not feeling well?" ”
Lu Anjin shook her head silently and quickly got into the carriage, at this moment, she just wanted to quickly escape from the place that made her dull and suffocating.
Ling Zuo and Ling Right looked at the tightly blocked carriage and glanced at each other.
"Have you sent a message to the prince?"
Ling You nodded.
"Then why hasn't there been any news yet?"
Ling shook his head right, Wang Yexin, the undersea needle, how did he know!
As soon as Lu Anjin returned to the prefect's mansion, she saw a man with a red face and white teeth, looking at her with a bright smile, and she instinctively took two steps back, wanting to escape from his hot gaze.
"Miss Lu is beautiful and beautiful."
Lu Anjin listened to his shrill voice, and couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.
She said modestly, "My father-in-law has won the award." ”
"Miss Lu doesn't have to be modest, to exterminate the Nanhe Koukou, Miss Lu has made great contributions, Your Majesty specially instructed the miscellaneous family to bring Lord Lu and Miss Lu back to Beijing to thank you."
The father and daughter hurriedly knelt down, "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”
"Without further ado, please also ask Miss Lu to prepare quickly, and we can return to Beijing as soon as possible."
"Yes."
Lu Anjin hurried back to the room with a question mark on her head, she simply cleaned up, and rushed to the study non-stop, and when she saw Lu's father, she asked, "Daddy, what's the situation?" ”
"I don't know it because of my father."
"What about my mother?"
Father Lu pondered for a moment, "Let's go back to Beijing together." ”
Although Madame never spoke, he knew that Madame must miss Prince Qinghe and Princess Qinghe very much.
Lu Anjin asked Ling Zuo to inform Li Jiaxing and told him to manage the Bamboo Forest Shenyuan well, and then hurriedly embarked on the road back to Beijing.
When I came, although there were twists and turns, the mood was pleasant.
When I returned, although it was smooth sailing, my mood was uneasy.
Why did the emperor suddenly summon them back to Beijing? Lu Anjin carefully recalled what her father-in-law said today, and frowned slightly.
He said that she made great contributions to the eradication of the Nanhe water gangsters.
Could it be that he...
However, why he did this, she couldn't understand.
He didn't even bother to say goodbye when he left, how could he put her in his eyes. Lu Anjin smiled self-deprecatingly, and she said secretly: Lu Anjin, Lu Anjin, don't treat yourself too much.
The most terrible thing in this world is that you know that he doesn't love you, but you desperately deceive yourself.
If you can't figure it out, you don't want to, Lu Anjin tilted her head, and she dreamed of Zhou Gong happily.
When I arrived in the capital, it was already evening.
"The miscellaneous family will go back to the palace to report to Your Majesty first, Lord Lu, Mrs. Lu, Miss Lu, let's rest."
"Father-in-law Lao is running back and forth," Lu Anjin took out a bulging money bag and stuffed it into his hand, "A little respect, and please don't dislike it." ”
The father-in-law smiled and stuffed the money bag into his sleeve, and his tone couldn't help but be gentle, "In this way, the miscellaneous family will be disrespectful." He paused for a moment, meaning something, "Miss Lu is favored by the virtuous king, and she will definitely be a rich and noble person in the future, so the miscellaneous family will congratulate Miss Lu here first." ”
Lu Anjin's heart moved, but he said quietly, "Cheng Gonggong's auspicious words, if the little girl really has such a day, she will definitely not forget her father-in-law's kindness." ”
Seeing her so upright, her father-in-law left satisfied, Lu Anjin closed the door, and her leisurely self-sufficiency collapsed instantly, she slipped down the door frame and fell to the ground, only to feel exhausted!