CHAPTER XV
Since being left behind by a monster on the wedding night, Shen Xiaohua was lazy and didn't want to get up, and she was also groggy in broad daylight, unwilling to move. However, it only took two days to describe emaciation and change as a person. Zhang San'er, who was anxious, loved his wife and went to find the goddess. After hearing this, the goddess didn't say a word, her ghostly eyes flashed a few times, she closed her mouth and waved him away.
Seeing Zhang San'er walking out stupidly, the goddess sighed softly and muttered: "The Zhang family's life is lowly, Xiaohua, although you are blessed in your life, but you act against the sky, forcibly seek wealth and wealth, and fight for wealth, you always have to pay the price, Xiaohua, you ask for more blessings." ”
After the newlywed, the monster always has an inexplicable upper body, every time after the upper body, Shen Xiaohua has to be seriously ill for three days, Liu watched coldly, and after a few times, he urged the little couple to leave home to avoid trouble, sure enough, as soon as he left Lihua Village, Shen Xiaohua, who was familiar with Zhang San'er, came back, and there was nothing wrong all the way; Stepping on the land of Zhengzhou Mansion again, Shen Xiaohua was as excited as a child, holding Zhang San'er's hand and running happily, while Brother Ma was crying behind his back and driving the carriage with his face.
The two sat at the window facing the street, and Shen Xiaohua ordered four dishes: sweet and sour soft boiled fish baked noodles, fried herring head and tail, peony swallow vegetables, and scallion and lamb, and said sadly: "Third brother, when I came with my father, I always ordered these dishes for me." Dad always smiled and drank and watched me eat, and now that we have become relatives, my third brother and I are here, but I can't see my dad anymore...... Zhang San'er didn't wait for her to finish speaking, he grabbed her waist with one hand, patted her thin shoulder with the other, and comforted her softly.
Brother Xiaoma packed up and walked in, Zhang San'er said with a smile: "Xiaohua, let's forget about my brother, a few small dishes for him, a big-bellied man, are not enough to eat." ”
Shen Xiaohua said with a strong smile: "But I only think about my family, I forgot about the big brother, third brother, you can watch it and order it again, on the first day of coming to Zhengzhou Mansion, let's have a good meal." ”
Brother Xiaoma, who is in his forties, has a kind of shrewdness to see through the world, and is simple and kind, but he does not lose the cunning of the villagers. Zhang San'er only spent 7,000 taels of silver to buy more than 2,000 acres of land, and he would never have been able to do it without him. He was invited to take care of the affairs. It's really handy. He looked at Shen Xiaohua and grinned and said:
"My younger siblings still understand me, how can a man eat without meat."
The restaurants in the north pay attention to the dishes, cold dishes, hot dishes, roasted dishes, soups, looking at the speed of the guests' meals, one by one delivered in a timely manner, and the timing is just right. Brother Xiao Ma doesn't drink much, but he thinks he is a wine fairy, and he gets drunk as soon as he drinks, Zhang San'er doesn't dare to ask him to drink too much, and all the guys who should should still need his care.
After eating, Xiao Ma Brother only drank two glasses of wine and his face was flushed, fortunately he was not drunk, and handed over everything to him, Shen Xiaohua took Zhang San'er on Zhengzhou Street, the street of Zhengzhou Mansion is much more magnificent than Qingzhou Mansion, after all, it is the main thoroughfare from south to north, and the prosperity is not like the troubled times, the group stopped at the door of an inn, and Shen Xiaohua looked at the signboard and burst into tears. Zhang San'er asked, "Xiaohua, is this here?" ”
Shen Xiaohua nodded, and Zhang San'er patted Shen Xiaohua's shoulder: "Good Xiaohua, don't be uncomfortable, it's all over, let's live here, let you take a good look here."
The two were about to walk in, when there was a sudden commotion on the side, Zhang San'er turned around and saw a large group of people in a circle, and they didn't know what they were looking at, and the voice of a man in the crowd suddenly rose up. Shen Xiaohua's body suddenly trembled when she heard this person speak, and she pulled Zhang San'er and squeezed into the crowd.
Zhang San'er walked in to see, only to see a skinny man, wet and dead dog lying on the ground, a few guys kept scolding and kicking, Shen Xiaohua saw this person trembling all over, and her eyes were faint and grabbed Zhang San'er's hand. Zhang San'er was surprised by her reflection and asked, "Little flower? Do you know this person? Shen Xiaohua gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know him, he should have died a long time ago." ”
In this situation, Zhang San'er was not smart, and he guessed that this man was related to Shen Xiaohua, he pushed away a few guys, and asked in a deep voice: "What's the big deal, don't you have to die." ”
A few guys were also respectful, seeing that Zhang San'er was dressed brightly, he did not say presumptuously: "Master Hakka Officer, this person is a scoundrel, he is idle all day, he sold this place to our owner at the beginning, and now he comes to the door every once in a while to fight the autumn breeze." The business in the inn was deserted, and without customers coming to the door, business could not be done. ”
That person was making a lot of noise, as if he had heard something, he lowered his head and didn't raise it, Shen Xiaohua squatted down, poked the man, and said in a weird way: "Yo, isn't this the second master of the Shen family?" How can you be beaten like a dog, so miserable? ”
The man had just looked like a scoundrel, lying on the ground and unwilling to get up. Not wanting to hear Shen Xiaohua's voice, his body stiffened for a moment, and then he suddenly stood up, his eyes didn't dare to look at Shen Xiaohua in front of him, he quickly got up and turned his head to leave.
Shen Xiaohua said loudly with tears on her face: "Second master, why did you leave, what?" Have you run out of money to sell your niece? No, my niece sent it to you to sell it again, why did you just leave, how can you say that? Shen Er walked even faster. Zhang San'er glanced at Brother Xiaoma, and Brother Xiaoma followed.
Watching the man disappear with disdain, Shen Xiaohua sneered, turned around and walked into the inn. The innkeeper greeted him with a smile on his face: "A few guest officers, are you still staying in the hotel?" He suddenly saw Shen Xiaohua's appearance, and after being stunned for a moment, he asked cautiously: "Dare to ask, this lady is so familiar, could it be the young lady of the Shen Dong family?" ”
Shen Xiaohua and the two found a seat and sat down, and Xiao Er immediately served tea. The shopkeeper didn't leave, looked carefully, and suddenly said in surprise: "It's really the eldest lady, the eldest lady, where have you come this year?" ”
Shen Xiaohua took a long breath and said: "There is no need to mention the title of eldest lady in the future, I am now Mrs. Zhang, Lao Niu, you still recognize me, you are the boss and speak so much, can you still be happy to see me?" ”
The shopkeeper's smile was still the same, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all: "Lao Niu has been in the eldest lady's house for twenty years, and the old lady is kind to me, so I was naturally very surprised to see the eldest lady." Shen Xiaohua sighed. He kept his face cold and said no more. Zhang San'er understood what Shen Xiaohua meant, and asked what happened to that person just now.
"When the second master said that he was going to get out of here, the old man scraped together a few dollars and topped it down, and he didn't have so much capital to open a grain shop like the master, so he made an inn."
"It's been sold for so long, why is this Shen Er still entangled here?"
The shopkeeper said: "When the second master gave it to me, the year was not good, so the price was not high, he always felt that he had suffered a big loss, at first I thought about the benefits of the old man, and kept helping him." Recently, he seems to be short of money, and from time to time he comes to the door to ask me to make up for it, this has been more than a year, where is this truth, if it weren't for the face of the master, I would have sent him to the yamen. Secretly glanced at Shen Xiaohua, who was expressionless, and the shopkeeper was a little cautious. can't see through the origin of Zhang San'er and his party. He didn't dare to be presumptuous.
Zhang San'er said: "Xiaohua, your uncle seems to be very upset now, should we help him?" ”
Shen Xiaohua said coldly: "It's up to him to fend for himself." ”
"After Miss disappeared at the beginning, I sent people everywhere but didn't find it, and I was always worried, but now I see that Miss seems to be doing well now, and my heart can be put at ease." The shopkeeper Niu seems to really care about Shen Xiaohua, the eldest lady at the beginning. took the opportunity to change the subject.
You bothered, Shen Xiaohua said, you don't have to worry about this Shen Er, I don't think he will have the face to come in the future, you can rest assured that you can do business. ”
"Thank you, Miss, is Miss coming back this time to stay permanently or come and see? I don't know who this is? Saying that, the shopkeeper Niu looked at Zhang San'er.
Shen Xiaohua drank a glass of water, looked at Zhang San's eyes with a hint of warmth, and said softly: "This is my third brother, and my father-in-law, you go and prepare two rooms for us, and we have to rest if we are in a hurry." After a pause, he said, "Tell me, how did Second Master Shen end up in such a field." ”
The shopkeeper said: "The second master is not the material for doing business, after the eldest master left, the second master took over and did not listen to the words of our people, and he was very arbitrary, he was deceived by a lot of silver taels, and he was good at gambling, and it didn't take long for him to be deceived by someone in partnership, and since then he can only continue to sell his own money, the Shen family was quickly swept away, and then it hit your idea, the Shen family quickly declined, and the second master has no place to live, and now he doesn't know where to nest, and from time to time he comes to the door to fight. Thinking of the benefits of the eldest master, I haven't embarrassed him much, and I don't want him to change his money recently, so I want the guys to teach him a lesson. After speaking, the shopkeeper was a little sneering.
Shen Xiaohua remained silent and said to Zhang San'er: "Third brother, I'm tired, go to the room to rest." ”
Zhang San'er said: "Shopkeeper, you go and prepare a room for us, we still have a long-term follower, and we want to stay here for a long time." ”