Although both of them looked a lot older and their clothes were a little shabby, Shi Yong still recognized them at a glance.

The two men recognized him, and with a smile on their faces, they hurried forward.

"But my eldest nephew and son-in-law, Shi Yong? I'm finally seeing you. Zhang Cui said with some excitement.

"Is it the uncle and aunt of the Wang family?" Shi Yong spoke, "Why did your second elder come here?"

"We came to Shangjing a few years ago, but life has been going ......," Wang Changshan sighed, "If it weren't for your aunt and uncle who saw this shop by chance, we wouldn't have known you came." ”

"Yes", Zhang Cui said, "Why don't my nephews and sons-in-law come to Beijing and don't know us, they are both fellow villagers and relatives, so they can help one or two." ”

At the beginning, the three sisters and brothers of Liuli were driven out of the Shi family, and the doors and windows in the broken house were still repaired by Shi Yong, how could he not know the grievances of the two Song families, but no matter how many grievances there were, Shi Yong would not say it on the surface, so he had to say: "I don't know where the second elder is in Shangjing, so he ...... it."

"Yes, yes, yes", Zhang Cui suddenly realized, "Fortunately, God has eyes, and now that I finally see you, we will ...... also ...... "Zhang Cui was also crying."

Shi Yong's head was full of black lines: "Good end, what are you doing here?" ”

"Good son-in-law, you don't know, what kind of life my aunt's family has lived in the past two years, not enough to eat and ...... warm, your nephew in the small hall, how old is he is, he has to squeeze in a palm-sized courtyard with us, he can't eat enough, and he cries every day" Zhang Cui said while crying, in this crowded lobby, there are already many guests looking over here.

Shi Yong wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't interject, Zhang Cui felt as if he had been greatly wronged, and the more he cried, the louder he became: "If I hadn't met you today, maybe your uncle and I would have died on the streets tomorrow, good niece and son-in-law, you can't ignore our ......."

Although the young man was greeting the guests, he kept his ears pricked up, and he also listened to the movement here.

At first, I secretly regretted that I shouldn't have been so cautious and offended the relatives of the owner, but now I have reacted, and this relative is afraid that he is not a serious person, this is to rely on their owner.

Glancing at the scene over there, and then at the lobby where people came and went, the young man took the time to run over: "Shopkeeper, why don't you invite the second elder to the inner hall." ”

Shi Yong just meant this, glanced at the young man approvingly, and took the opportunity to answer: "Yes, yes, yes, please go into the inner hall and have a cup of tea to rest." ”

Even those who talked about pulling finally got people into the back room.

The young man immediately brought two cups of tea with a very good eye, Xu was crying a little short of water, Zhang Cui took it and drank it in one go.

After drinking, he put down the teacup, and looked around at the layout of the inner hall: "Good niece and son-in-law, your inner place is so big, it will cost a lot of money." ”

"This is the busiest street market in Shangjing, and it's not cheap." Wang Changshan answered.

Shi Yong just smiled and didn't answer.

So Zhang Cui sighed again: "Your uncle and I don't have such a good life, let's take the silver and go to Beijing, I was going to treat your cousin well, and one day I can get ahead, but I didn't expect it...... Fortunately, now that I have finally met my relatives, good niece and son-in-law, you are guarding such a big store, and you will not ignore your uncle and aunt's family. ”

The meaning of these words is obvious, Shi Yong doesn't understand the meaning of these two, if they are serious relatives, they should help one or two, but what they did in the past is really chilling.

"Pearl is also coming to Beijing, your second elder will come back at an unknown date, and I will call Pearl over when the time comes." Shi Yong had to say, in the final analysis, he is also a relative of Pearl, and how to treat it depends on her meaning.

As soon as the two of them heard it, this was to drive them away, where was they willing to speak, Zhang Cui was just about to speak, Wang Changshan opened his mouth first: "The eldest niece is also here?" I don't know where now, why wait until tomorrow, today the two of us will come to the door to meet us. ”

When he said this, he was actually very annoyed in his heart, knowing that Shi Yong, as a niece and son-in-law, was much easier to talk than Pearl.

"Where is the reason for the elders to meet the juniors." Shi Yong said busily, he didn't dare to tell him where he lived, but the two of them came to the door with their families, "If the second elder sits for a while, I'll call Pearl over." ”

The two glanced at each other, but finally did not object.

When Shi Yong came out of the house, Zhang Cui snorted from his nostrils: "I just served a cup of tea, and I didn't say that I would take some snacks out to entertain." ”

Wang Changshan was silent, so Zhang Cui stood up and looked around: "Do you say that their tofu shop is really so profitable?" Look at this table and chair, it's really not ordinarily good. ”

"If you don't make money, how can you drive to Beijing?" Wang Changshan whispered, and Zhang Cui came to his senses again: "Then how much money do you say we should take back today?" I always have to rent a yard first, move out of the messy courtyard, and ask for Lang Zhong to ...... Chunwang."

Zhang Cui said, and counted it little by little.

Wang Changshan glanced at him, and did not forget to advise: "When you meet Pearl, don't you want to ......."

"I know", Zhang Cui hurriedly spoke, "I know what to say." ”

The old mansion of the Qing Dynasty is not far from here, just across two streets, as soon as Pearl Fu heard it, he was also greatly shocked, and heard Shi Yong say that these two people were here to fight the autumn breeze, and even his face sank: "I used to treat Liuli like that, but now I still want to make a profit?" There is no such thing in the world. ”

With that, he put down the work in his hand and went to the tofu workshop with Shi Yong.

When she arrived, Zhang Cui was eating dried tofu that she had found out of nowhere, and when she saw the two people coming in, she quickly swallowed it and almost choked.

Wang Changshan stood up, clasped his hands and shouted a little crampedly: "The eldest niece is here." ”

Zhang Cui finally swallowed the mouthful of dried tofu, stepped forward and held Pearl's hand: "My niece is really a noble person now, look at this dress, she looks like a young lady from a rich family." ”

Pearl frowned in disgust, pulled out her hand, and said coldly, "What niece?" Do you think that when you arrive in Shangjing, what happened in the past can be written off? ”

Zhang Cui's face was suddenly sneered, but Wang Changshan opened his mouth: "Pearl, I know that you have a grudge against us, and what happened at the beginning was indeed that we were not good as elders, but now it is ......"

"Elders?" Pearl interrupted in a cold voice, "Are you worthy of the word elder?" ”

"Pearl, good niece", Zhang Cui said poignantly, "I am to blame for the original thing, I made lard blindfolded, if you are, if you feel annoyed, hit me twice, it's okay to be angry." As he spoke, he came to grab the pearl's hand again.

Pearl ducked back, and her tone was still cold: "Okay, I don't want to mention the original thing, and I don't want to see you, you two better hurry up, just as if you have never had this relative, my temple is small, and I can't accommodate the two of these big Buddhas." ”

Go, where to go? If it weren't for the desperation, life would not have gone on, and they would not have begged her in a low voice.

Zhang Cui hated in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face, and was about to cry at the top of her throat, when she saw Wang Changshan's knees beside her weak, and he knelt in front of the pearl with a plop.

Pearl was startled, and quickly took a step to the side, Shi Yong stepped forward, wanting to help Wang Changshan up.

However, Wang Changshan refused to get up, and opened his mouth sadly: "Pearl, it doesn't matter if you hate me or hate me, but your mother is my sister, you are born in October when your mother was pregnant, how can this blood relationship be broken?" When you were young, your uncle hugged you and coaxed you, and now you say that you have no such relatives, how sad your mother should be if she knows about it. ”

Referring to her mother who died early, Pearl was also moved in her heart, and she could no longer maintain her original cold tone: "You are talking about my mother now, when you treated my younger brothers and sisters like that, why didn't you want to think about whether my mother knew about it?" ”

"It's my uncle's fault, it's all my uncle's fault", Wang Changshan burst into tears, "Now that my uncle has realized his mistake, can't you really forgive my uncle this time?" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Cui also knelt down: "In the final analysis, it's all my fault, your uncle used to be very protective of your younger brothers and sisters, it's me, it's all my fault, if you want to blame the pearl, blame me." ”

Shi Yong saw that the two of them knelt down, and the pearl turned his face away, with tears in his eyes, and hurriedly spoke: "Second elder, hurry up, this can't be helped." ”

Saying that, he dragged the two of them up from the ground: "Why don't you two go back first today, and I will go back with Pearl to discuss." ”

Zhang Cui wanted to say more, but Wang Changshan glanced at her and spoke first: "It's hard to be a niece and son-in-law, it's all our bad as elders, hey......"

said, wiped his tears, and said to Pearl: "Uncle will go back first today, Pearl, after all, it is Uncle who can't live with you, but even for your mother's sake, you raise your hand and save your uncle's family." ”

After speaking, he pulled Zhang Cui's sleeve and left.

After the two of them left, Shi Yong walked to Pearl's side, hugged the person into his arms, and gently patted and comforted him.

"I did that kind of thing at the beginning, and now I still have the face to mention my mother." Pearl was in a very bad mood, lying on Shi Yong's shoulder, and her voice was a little muffled.

Shi Yong knew that she was thinking of her mother who died early, so she didn't say anything, just hugged her and comforted her silently.

After a long time, when Pearl's mood stabilized, he spoke: "A thousand mistakes, but they are right in one sentence, blood and family affection are not so easy to break after all." ”

As soon as Pearl heard this, she struggled to get up, and Shi Yong hurriedly patted her again to reassure her: "Listen to me first, now they already know about this shop, if they can't achieve their goal, I'm afraid they will come to entangle them all the time in the future." ”

"Are you still afraid of them?" Pearl said unpleasantly.

"People are terrible", Shi Yong sighed, "Outsiders don't know what happened at the beginning, they will only say that we are ruthless and unjust, and we are arrogant, which affects the business is small, if it affects the second sister in the palace...... You can't kill them. ”

Although the fly is small, it can be annoying to buzz in the ear all day.

"What then?" Pearl raised her head, "Could it be true that you want to repay your grievances with virtue?" ”

"Repaying grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?" Shi Yong shook his head, "I thought if I could help them find a job, they could support their families, so that their lives would not be so difficult, naturally, since you don't want to see them, don't ask them to find a suitable one in their own shop, okay?" ”

Pearl hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "Do you have a plan in mind?" ”

"The historical records of tofu in the north of the city, a few days ago, said that they wanted to recruit people, and asked me to help pay attention to it." Shi Yongdao.

Shiji Tofu is a tofu workshop, Shi Yong is one of the supply channels of their tofu workshop, since the cooperation with Shijia Tofu Factory, the shipment has increased greatly, and the original manpower is not enough.

After hearing this, Pearl finally nodded, and did not forget to advise: "Then don't let Liuli know about this, lest she block her heart." ”

"Okay, I'll go talk to Shopkeeper Xie." Shi Yong nodded.

On the second day, Zhang Cui and Wang Changshan came to the tofu shop on time again, this time Shi Yong was waiting for them, and Pearl didn't come directly.

Shi Yong didn't talk nonsense, and said the results of the discussion with Pearl: "One is to clean the yard on weekdays, and the other is to burn the fire and soak beans and other hands, which is not a very tiring and difficult job, and the second elder can do his best." ”

"You, you mean you want us to work?" Zhang Cui's face was full of disbelief.

"Since the second elder said that it is difficult to make a living, I have discussed with Pearl to find a livelihood for you, and the monthly silver money is enough to live." Shi Yongdao.

"But I'm ...... But you ......" Zhang Cui was angry, she sighed so lowly, what she wanted was not this result, "but you have such a big shop, do you want the elders to work elsewhere to make a living?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Yong's face sank suddenly, and he said coldly: "Could it be that my aunt wants to work in my tofu workshop to make a living?" However, there is no shortage of people in the tofu workshop now, and I am afraid that there is no work to do for your second elder. ”

"I'm not ......," Zhang Cui anxiously wanted to explain.

Shi Yong said again: "Isn't it that my uncle and aunt don't want to do any work to make a living, but just want Pearl to give you silver money every month and support you like supporting your parents?" ”

"What do you mean to support? We didn't think about it that way. Of course Zhang Cui knew that this was impossible, she just wanted some silver, and when the flowers were gone, she would ask for some more...... In fact, to put it bluntly, it was no different from what Shi Yong said, and he was speechless again.

"It's good if you don't have that in mind." Shi Yongdao.

Wang Changshan knew that this might be the best result, so he also nodded: "Thank you for this niece and son-in-law." ”

When she came out of the tofu shop, Zhang Cui was still a little angry: "Why did you agree?" I didn't ask for a penny, is it really like that? ”

"Looking at Shi Yong's attitude, you can see that there is no room for turning around this matter." Wang Changshan said in a deep voice.

"It's a big deal, let's come to the door to make trouble, aren't they afraid of opening the door to do business?" Zhang Cui said, "Anyway, this shop is so big, they can't change it." ”

"You also know that this shop is big", Wang Changshan said angrily, "Since Shi Yong can open such a big shop in Shangjing, and open it safely and steadily, and the business is prosperous, he must have some ability, and he really makes people anxious, and you and I can't afford to do anything regardless of relatives." ”

"You mean ......?" Zhang Cui's expression suddenly became mysterious, "Shi Yong has found a backer in Shangjing?" ”

Wang Changshan shook his head: "Anyway, let's do this first, and then inquire slowly in the future." ”