Chapter 143: Strange Fate
"What about the pot of elegance that Mrs. Lu wanted, did you give it to her family?" Flipping through those scheduled notepads, Ye Feng suddenly asked.
Like ordinary people want to buy flowers, but when they go downstairs, they let the little guy follow behind, and they pay the money on the spot and leave, which is similar to paying money with one hand and delivering with one hand, which is very convenient.
However, like Mrs. Lu, Qin's family, and Gu Xixi, these top noblewomen, Liu Yunxuan didn't dare to ask each other like this. If they are willing to let the little guy hold it, if they don't want to, Liu Yunxuan will be responsible for sending it over.
In short, it depends on the mood of the other party, how happy and how to come.
Hearing this, Zhao Daben smiled and said, "You kid, you really got into the eyes of money." Of course it is given, you can rest assured! Anyway, I don't have to send all the flowers sold today, I communicated with the entourage of each family in advance, and they took it with them when they left. ”
Hearing Zhao Da say this, Ye Feng was relieved.
To say that Boss Wang and Zhao Da, the master and servant, are really perfect in their work, and they cooperate very well. However, there are regrets. One is that he forgot to tell those who buy flowers how to water and how to cultivate, and second, it is the dirty things that happened in the back kitchen of Liuyunxuan.
That's a lot of secrets. If someone steals not firewood, but ingredients, or is bold enough to do something with ingredients, then it's really doomed.
Thinking of this, Ye Feng said: "If you want me to say, you two always say that I love money, and this is nothing, it is all earned through hard work." However, you two are still in the mood to rest. Let me ask you, what do you think of the incident that happened in the back kitchen today? ”
Hearing this, Boss Wang's face changed significantly, and he immediately sat up straight. Zhao Da was also angry and gritted his teeth. Seeing the two of them like this, Ye Feng had some bad guesses.
It's not an accident at first glance.
Sure enough, Boss Wang gritted his teeth and said: "There are thousands of precautions, and it is difficult to prevent thieves." The reason why we fell in love with each other this time is of course because of our negligence, but more importantly, it is because there are people who should cooperate with each other. I have always felt that as the owner of Liuyun Xuan, I have a responsibility to treat them well. That's what I think, and that's what I do, but it's also fueling some people's wolf ambitions. ”
Speaking of this, Boss Wang became even more angry and began to say cruel words, "That's it, from now on, I will start to be a vicious owner." I also learn from those people in other restaurants and do a few poisonous things, maybe in this way, everyone will know to be afraid. ”
Hearing this, Ye Feng knew that he had lost his words.
Since Boss Wang and Shopkeeper Zhao are so sure that Liuyunxuan has internal ghosts, this is not something he can interfere with. It's a private matter.
Thinking of this, Ye Feng said, "Okay, let's not talk about it." Now that you two have an idea, I won't get involved. Then, I have cleared the silver, and I sold a total of 1,200 taels of silver. According to the previous agreement, this is six hundred miles, and you take it. As for the rest of the potted flowers, I will give them to Liuyunxuan, and I wish you a prosperous business, Boss Wang. If nothing happens, I'll go look for my family. ”
Hearing this, Boss Wang was not polite, took the silver and said: "If there are any more flowers to sell in the future, come to Liuyunxuan at any time, and a certain welcome is coming." By the way, if you and your family need to eat in the future, you can come to Liuyunxuan at any time, and I won't take your money. How's that, righteous? ”
Regarding Ye Feng's proposal to leave, of course Boss Wang agreed, first, there are still many things to do in Liuyunxuan, and second, don't think about it, Liuyunxuan will usher in waves of guests tomorrow.
They need to start preparing now.
I was afraid that I would snub Ye Feng, and I wanted to tie him up for a long time, so if I had any new dishes and ideas in the future, I would tell Liu Yunxuan as soon as possible, and then I said that Ye Feng's family could come to eat for free.
However, he knew in his heart that it was impossible for a person like Ye Feng to come to eat with the whole family when he had nothing to do. And people now have a lot of family backgrounds. Just this time I sold flowers and the last time I sold longevity fruits, and I made thousands of taels of silver.
For the average family, this life is enough. And I don't know how many pots of flowers there are at home.
Hearing this, Ye Feng was busy thanking him, and then he walked out. Because he caught a glimpse of Feng Er standing upright on the side, Ye Feng said to him: "I didn't bother you today, plus I helped move the flowers upstairs yesterday, and I wiped the leaves, which was very hard." As I said yesterday, I would like to thank you again. Then, this is for you, you just take it, don't shirk it. ”
As he spoke, Ye Feng handed over a purse containing ten taels of silver.
He also overheard Zhao Da talking about Feng Er's family, and felt that this child was very difficult, and he had to come out to make money to support his family at a young age. Anyway, I don't lack such a little bit, so I can help a little.
Feng Er knew that Ye Feng didn't like cumbersome gifts, and he wanted to subsidize him, so he accepted it gratefully. As soon as Ye Feng left, he happily looked at it again, and there were actually ten taels of silver.
Now it's okay, take it back and let the family buy two acres of land, although it is less, but people will not starve to death.
After doing this, Ye Feng took the money from selling flowers and walked towards the door. Now, he needed to find the group of shoppers, and he didn't know where they had gone.
As a result, as soon as I walked to the door, I saw a purse on the ground, so I picked it up, and then walked into the hall and said to Zhao Da: "Shopkeeper Zhao, I just picked up a purse at the door, which must have been lost by today's guest." And put it here for you, if someone comes to look for it, you can just give it to the other party. ”
This purse looks half-new, but the materials are very sophisticated and very comfortable to touch. It's just that there are some stabbing hands, presumably the person often takes it in his hand and strokes it.
When you think about it this way, this purse must have meant a lot to that person.
It's just that this person is lucky. I'm not greedy for this, so as long as I go back the way I came, I can get this purse back. As for him, since the purse he wore was gone, he couldn't find it again.
As a result, as soon as Ye Feng's words fell, before he could turn around and go out, he saw a strangely dressed woman in her thirties hurriedly entering the door with the support of the maid, and the master and servant did not speak, just blindly looked at the ground and moved forward, as if they were looking for something.
The reason why she is dressed strangely is because the clothes she wears are really strange, and the material looks worse than the maids around her. But his temperament is outstanding, and he doesn't look like a person from the countryside.
Seeing that the two of them were about to go to the second floor, Ye Feng stepped forward and said, "What did you two lose?" ”
Hearing this, the woman raised her head suddenly, looked at Ye Feng with tears in her eyes, and said, "Yes, I lost a purse." This purse is very important to me. The material is Hangzhou silk with a fawn embroidered on it. The fawn's eyes were embroidered with black silk thread and had about one hundred and fifty stitches...... By the way, I made the knotted rope by hand, one on the left and one on the right, and the embroidery thread on the left is a little hairy......"
Listening to the woman's words, listening to the woman babbling about these details, Zhao Da was simply stunned, because the purse he was holding in his hand was exactly the same as what the woman said.
What kind of precious purse is it that makes her cherish it so much, and she never leaves it in her hand every day.
After thinking about it, Zhao Daben said: "Madam, we did pick up a purse, but we are not sure if it is the one you lost." So, tell me what's in your purse, and if it's right, I'll give it back to you. ”
After speaking, Zhao Da showed the woman the purse that Ye Feng had found.
When the master and servant saw the purse, they were a little excited, and said in a loud voice that they had dropped it. Seeing that Zhao Da insisted on verifying the things inside, the master and servant were not angry, and the woman said loudly with confidence: "Inside, there is a strand of hair inside, yes, it is my daughter's fetal hair." ”
Hearing this, Zhao Daben said: "Then please be a witness to everyone here." With that, he opened his purse. As a result, the purse was not filled with hair, but with a piece of jade pendant.
Seeing the surprised expressions of the master and servant, Zhao said: "Then, madam, you have also seen it, it is not hair in it, it can be seen that this is not your purse." Go and keep looking. ”
The woman seemed to have seen a ghost, lost her soul, and suddenly sat down on the ground with a look of disbelief.
Half a ring heard her say: "Shopkeeper, the jade pendant is not phoenix-shaped, only one eye; The jade is not pure white, but sugar-colored, and there are three scratches on the phoenix tail. By the way, you turn it over, and on the inside of the phoenix's wings, there is a deer character engraved. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Daben looked at it carefully, and at this time, he and Boss Wang were stunned. This jade pendant is exactly the same as what this woman said, there is no difference in the slightest.
What should I do?
Here, this shouldn't be the purse that this woman lost. Don't give it, the owner of this purse obviously knows the woman, and even has some kind of connection. Otherwise, she wouldn't know what was in it.
Seeing that the two were in a dilemma, Ye Feng said, "This sister-in-law, can you tell me what is going on?" You know, we're not good at it......"
Seeing that his master didn't say a word, and seemed to be immersed in memories, the maid said: "My young lady was abducted by Hanako when she urinated. There were originally two purses, and they were all identical. It's just that the lady is holding the one with the lady's fetal hair, and the one that the lady is wearing when she is lost is the one with the jade pendant. ”
In other words, that young lady also arrived at the banquet today?
Thinking of this, Ye Feng was excited, and said to Boss Wang and Zhao Dadao: "Quick, quickly take out the list of guests who will come to the banquet today, and we will compare them one by one to see if there are any clues." ”
Hearing this, the lady seemed to have completely woken up and said, "Yes, you are right, my deer must have come to the banquet today." Just look at the list, except for the familiar ones, and I'll ask the rest one by one. ”
Speaking of this, his eyes were full of brilliance again.
Seeing that there was such a strange thing in the world, Zhao Da and Boss Wang couldn't care about being tired and tired, so they quickly found a list and studied it with everyone. What they didn't know was that less than three hundred meters away from here, the man they were looking for was also looking for this purse.
Milu walked and searched for it while wiping away tears. She was chagrined and remorseful. If she hadn't just come here to join in the fun, crowded to watch Aunt Wu accept the donation of five hundred taels of silver from the magistrate, she would not have lost her purse.
She has worn this purse on her body since she was a child, day and night. Now, because I am greedy for the excitement, I lost it like this.
If she loses her purse, how can she find her home?
When she was five years old, she was abducted by Hanako and sold to a farmer's family as a child bride. However, that family is tyrannical, and they beat her at every turn. She has long developed a stubborn temperament at home, and she can't bear such beatings and scolding.
So, two years later, while the adults were not paying attention, he ran away.
It was also her luck that she did not end up in those dirty places, but was taken in by an embroidery shop. Without him, although she is only seven years old, she is ingenious and plays well for no reason, and the guests like it very much.
As for the needlework, it is even more proficient. Even if it is some complicated embroidery, the embroidery lady in the village can learn it immediately with a little guidance.
In this way, she was cultivated as a cash cow by the embroidery village, and embroidered countless dowries for countless boudoirs. Perhaps it is the perennial embroidery dowry that is contaminated with joy, and her good deeds are approaching.
Recently, a group of Shanxi businessmen came to the city to sell Shanxi specialties, and by the way, they bought some special products near Qingshan County to sell, so as to make a difference. It's not a lot of money, but it's better than running empty-handed.
The leader of this group of merchants is called Zhai Wei, and his family is well-off, so he didn't have to work hard with the caravan. However, he feels that only when a person has rich experience and insight can his life be called complete. Only with more experience can you accumulate talents and make the family business bigger and stronger.
Naturally, his idea won the appreciation of the elders in the family. Although he was reluctant, he followed. Anyway, there are a lot of old people in the caravan, and with them in charge, I don't think anything will happen.
On this day, the caravan needed to purchase ready-to-wear clothes and silk, plus some sachets, screens and other things, and everyone came to the most famous Liuxia Silk Village in Qingshan County. At that time, Mi Lu walked out of the inner room with a freshly embroidered screen, and met Zhai Wei who had just entered the door.
For a while, Zhai Wei's heart was beating faster, and he only felt that he was not even conscious, so he just looked at Mi Lu blankly.
Seeing a strange adult man staring at him, and he was stunned, Mi Lu was a little shy and a little annoyed, put down the screen and left. provoked the elders of the caravan on the side to laugh, and teased that Zhai Weichun's heart had arrived, and it was time to get married.
Zhai Wei didn't think it was a pestle, he had grown to this seventeen years old, and he had never seen such a woman who could make him fall in love at first sight. Maybe he's stupid, maybe he's really tempted, anyway, now he's in a posture of not marrying.
Just do it, Zhai Wei three down five divided by two repair book back to Shanxi, the letter said that he fancy a woman, she will not marry, and has bought a house in this place, ready to become a relative and go back.
Anyway, the meaning of the letter is very obvious, that is, I hope that the two elders of the Zhai family can move the ship to Hom and come here to witness their marriage.
If you change to an ordinary family, the old man will naturally be so angry that he will smoke and scold the other party for being an unscrupulous descendant, and he will be beaten up at best, served by the family law, or expelled from the house at worst, or will not recognize the daughter-in-law who has no plan.
However, this is not the case at all for the Zhai family.
Before, no matter how the second elder persuaded and coerced and lured, Zhai Wei just refused to get married, and kept dragging it out, and it became a local joke. Because of this, some people even began to suspect that he was a hypocrisy.
It's good now, he offered to get married, where did the second elder of the Zhai family dare to object, after receiving the letter, he hurried overnight and rushed to Qingshan County non-stop.
As soon as they saw Mi Lu, the two elders also felt that the other party was very good. Although the family situation is a little miserable, it is better to have nothing to worry about, anyway, as soon as they get married, they will leave for Shanxi, which will not affect anything at all.
So, the second elder of the Zhai family happily invited a matchmaker, and went through the procedure again, and the two officially made a marriage contract.
Yesterday, the two were married.
Today, Milu came out to visit on purpose, with the mood of imprinting the scenery here in his mind. After all, in three days, she will follow her husband's family to Shanxi, and it may be difficult to come back again in this life.
Although her mother's family can't find it for the time being, she still has to go through the procedures for the three dynasties to return to the door, so as not to bring bad luck to them.
At this moment, Mi Lu felt extremely remorseful in her heart, after tomorrow, she would leave this place completely, and maybe she would never come back in this life. If she can't find it today, that is, she will lose it forever, and her only connection with her mother's family will be severed forever.
After looking for a long time, Mi Lu felt that he should go to the place where he had just seen the excitement again, and he didn't know what he had missed. If she couldn't find it again, she wrote a notice and offered a reward of ten taels of silver.
Over the years, she has eaten, drunk and lived in Xiuzhuang, almost never going out, and has saved more than ten taels of silver.
She thought it was worth it to put all her savings in exchange for that purse.
In this way, looking for it, she came to the door of Liuyun Xuan.
Fortunately, Boss Wang was busy inside, helping the lady to check the guest list, and the platform outside had not been dismantled. So, Mi Lu began to look along the platform, inch by inch, for fear of missing something.
It's a pity that she walked all over every corner of Liuyunxuan's door, and she couldn't see any trace of the purse. Just as she wanted to turn away, she found that the table was empty.
Could it be that when his purse fell, he was kicked under the table? You know, there were a lot of people at that time, and it was entirely possible.
Thinking of this, Mi Lu approached the platform and lay down to look inside. At this glance, he immediately burst into laughter. She saw that there really seemed to be a purse-like thing under the table.
Thinking of this, she completely lay down and reached for the thing with her hands. It's a pity that her hands are not long enough, and the purse is very inside.
What to do?
By the way, you can take a bamboo pole or something, and you can come out as soon as you pull it out.
Thinking of this, Mi Lu immediately stood up and began to look for things like bamboo poles. However, for today's banquet, Liuyunxuan swept the door spotlessly, how could there be a bamboo pole.
Why don't you go to the store and borrow a broom? Mi Lu thought in his heart.
When she watched the excitement just now, she figured out that the five hundred taels of silver that Aunt Wu accepted was half of the silver obtained from today's Liuyunxuan banquet. The crowd said that Boss Wang was a good person, such a good person, I don't think he would even lend her a broom.
Thinking of this, Mi Lu plucked up the courage and said to Feng Er, who was standing at the door: "Little second brother, can you lend me a stick, my purse fell under the table and I can't take it out." ”
Feng Er was on the rise, and when he heard that it was just a trivial matter, he said, "Of course you can." Wait, I'll go in and get it for you. With that, he went into the hall to pick up a feather duster.
The hall on the first floor was relatively high, and it was not easy to clean the corner, so they tied a feather duster with a long bamboo pole.
Seeing Feng Er enter the door and take a feather duster, Ye Feng said, "What are you trying to do?" Don't clean up yet, help us with these lists. ”
Feng Er said, "It's not cleaning. There was a man at the door who said that he had dropped his purse and fell under the platform, and that he needed to take this pole to get it out. He really couldn't figure out if the man was married.
Let's say she's married, but her hair isn't combed up, and she still keeps it like an unmarried girl. Let's say she's unmarried, it's not like it, anyway, it's weird.
"Purse? Where is it? The woman was originally checking the list, but as soon as she heard Feng Er's words, she immediately closed the list and asked nervously.
Ye Feng was stunned in his heart, thinking that it would not be such a coincidence. Could it be that the mother and daughter both lost their purses and happened to pick up each other's one?
While thinking about it, the woman had already run out of the hall, holding the bamboo pole with a feather duster tied to it that she had snatched from Feng Second.
The woman glanced at Milu a few times, as if trying to find something familiar on the other person's face. However, after watching it for a long time, I didn't have a clue, so I leaned down and prepared to dig out the purse.
Seeing that the woman was about to take out her purse, Mi Lu hurriedly said, "This aunt, this purse is mine, you just let me come by myself." ”
But the woman did not appreciate it, but squatted down regardless of her identity and etiquette, and saw the position of the purse, so she turned the bamboo pole upside down and stretched it in, and with a little bit of force, the purse rolled out.
When Mi Lu saw it, wasn't this his own purse! As soon as my heart was happy, I reached out and took it. Unbeknownst to her, the woman was faster than her, and just when Mi Lu almost touched the purse, the woman had already picked it up and squeezed it tightly in her hand.
This purse is hers, and no one wants to snatch it.
Seeing this, Mi Lu pleaded: "This aunt, this purse is mine, I beg you, can you give it back to me?" ”
"No, it's not yours, it's mine."
"This is really my purse, I beg you, I'll give you silver, I have ten taels of silver, I'll give it all to you, okay?"
Ye Feng was moved by this scene, and at the same time he was struck by thunder. Since you all say that the purse is your own, then it is yours.
Boss Wang and Zhao Da were even more incredible, no one believed this matter.
No matter how Mi Lu pleaded, the woman looked indifferent, clenching her purse tightly, for fear that Mi Lu would come forward and grab it. But the maid thought of something, and said to the woman: "Madam, you see that these two purses are exactly the same, so could she be ......?"
The woman then came to her senses, and she had just been a little distracted.
Thinking of this, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed Mi Lu, forcibly turned her around, and ruffled her hair. When she saw the red birthmark on the back of her neck, she turned her around again, trying to pull back her sleeve to look at her left arm.
If Mi Lu was still confused and angry before, then she had begun to suspect since she saw the two identical purses, and now the woman's movements all told her that she was verifying something.
She knew, of course, that she had a red mark on the back of her neck and a small scar on her left arm.
"You don't have to look at it, I do have a scar on my arm." Mi Lu tears rained down.
"My deer, my mother has finally found you, my God, I have finally found you. You've suffered all these years, quick, go home with your mother. ”
After crying heartbreakingly, Mi Lu knelt down, "Mother, my daughter is not filial, so I can't go back with you." ”