After a tired day, when he returned to Yuan's mansion, Lin Xiaozhu went back to his yard, took a bath, and was about to go to the big kitchen to see if there was any food, but Ma Pozi brought a bowl of meat, two vegetables, soup and a bowl of rice on a tray, and said, "The son ordered it to be sent to the girl." ”

"Thank you, Aunt Ma." Lin Xiaozhu was overjoyed and reached out to take the tray.

"Thank you?" Ma Pozi smiled, "You are now the big shopkeeper, and the treatment is naturally different." Childe ordered, every day your meals will be delivered by the small kitchen, and when you return, you will deliver it when you want. There is also hot water, you don't have to boil it in the yard yourself, every day when you come back, there is a squeak, and Aunt Ma will help you bring the hot water. ”

Everyone knows about Lin Xiaozhu tossing the dim sum shop for a while. And the son looked at Lin Xiaozhu differently, and everyone saw it in their eyes. This time, she was qualified to eat in the small kitchen again, and the treatment was basically the same as that of her son. Therefore, Ma Pozi became more and more convinced that Lin Xiaozhu would be half the master of this mansion in the future, and her attitude was very stubborn.

"That's still troublesome Aunt Ma." Lin Xiaozhu said with a smile. put the food on the table, went back to the room, took out two pieces of cloth, and said, "I was running outside for a while, and I saw that these two pieces of color are good, just right for you and Aunt Li, you can use them to make a dress." He took out another packet of things, "This is the best tobacco I saw outside, you can help me bring it to Master Wang." ”

"Hey, what does that mean? How can I tell you to break the bank? Ma Pozi likes to see her teeth and eyes, so she took the cloth, looked at it and looked at it, and thanked her repeatedly. He said, "I'll put it here when I'm done, and I'll clean it up later." ”

"Thank you, Aunt Ma. I'm tired today, hungry and tired, so I'm not going to be polite to you. Lin Xiaozhu smiled and sat down to eat.

Ma Pozi didn't leave immediately, and looked at Lin Xiaozhu's face. Cautiously asked, "You guys are outside, what's wrong?" I saw that Childe's face was very bad, and he didn't eat much. ”

"Huh?" Lin Xiaozhu paused his chopsticks. Raising his head, he frowned and thought, "It's nothing!" "What happened in Shen Yuan today. It shouldn't be that Yuan Tianye will be taken to heart. How many big things does he have to do, how can he be angry with a woman like Lord Wanhua? Even if it's really angry. It's just that she casually ordered the people below to stumble on her, so that everything doesn't go well, and it's impossible to be so angry that she won't eat.

Ma Pozi sneered: "Probably worried about something else." He waved his hand again, "Then Xiaozhu girl, you eat slowly, I'll go back first." ”

Lin Xiaozhu ate slowly, thought about it, and decided not to visit Yuan Tianye. No matter what happened to Yuan Tianye. She couldn't even help. Since she has no intention of emotional affairs, it is better to care less about him. Otherwise, it's not about caring, it's provoking.

After eating, I washed the dishes and chopsticks, sent them to the small kitchen, and came back to rest without mentioning them.

Early the next morning, she still made breakfast, asked Mrs. Li to send it over, went back to the room to change her clothes, called Yuan Wuniang and went out.

"Little bamboo girl, did you sleep well last night?" Yuan Wuniang got into the car. Humbler.

"It's alright, what about you?" Lin Xiaozhu asked with a smile. This Yuan Wuniang is a cheerful person, with her, chatting a few words when she is fine. It's fun, too. And she knows how to be proportionate, she never dictates Lin Xiaozhu's affairs, and she always takes the initiative to do what she should do, Lin Xiaozhu slowly began to like Yuan Wuniang.

"It's getting cooler this day, and I had a good night's sleep last night." Yuan Wuniang said with a smile.

The two chatted for a while, and then talked about opening a store, Yuan Wuniang smiled, "The girl is also capable, and she can still open a store with her son, I heard that there are still shares." I wonder what the girl plans to do after she makes money? ”

Lin Xiaozhu lifted the curtain, looked out the window, sighed and said, "What else can I plan?" If he had money, he ransomed it. Let's start a small business and make ends meet. This was the first time she had spoken of her intention to redeem herself in front of other subordinates.

Yuan Wuniang raised her eyes in surprise and looked at Lin Xiaozhu: "Redemption? How could the girl think of ransom? Instead, he shook his head and sighed, "Ever since I sold myself to the Yuan family, I never thought of redeeming myself. This redeemed himself and became a flat-headed people, and his life seemed to be free, but in fact, he had no backer and was bullied everywhere. Let's take the girl opening this dim sum shop as an example, if there is no son, there will be ruffians and hooligans at the end of three days to make trouble, and collect protection money, not only will they not be able to do business, but they may also get into trouble. Especially a beautiful little girl like the girl, with two more money on her, it is easier to attract the covetousness of others. ”

"Ruffians?" Lin Xiaozhu looked out the window in surprise, "Are there any ruffians?" I look at this Beiyan country, the law and order are not so chaotic! ”

Yuan Wuniang looked funny, looked at Lin Xiaozhu like an alien, sighed, and had a faint sadness in her eyes: "What I said just now is not plain to say it to scare the girl. When I was a child, my family used to open a rice shop, my father was busy with business outside, and my mother took me and my brother in the back house. Later, I don't know where my father offended a relative who was an official, he was beaten to death, and the shop was also occupied. My mother buried my father, so she couldn't afford to get sick, and finally she went. If it hadn't been for ...... When we met a noble person, my brother and I were long gone. ”

The kind of sadness buried deep in my heart, even if I tried my best to hide it, I couldn't escape Lin Xiaozhu's eyes. She knew that what Yuan Wuniang said was true. After a moment of silence, he said, "But, don't you want to live like that before now?" ”

"I don't want to." Yuan Wuniang shook her head, "Now you only need to follow the orders of your son and do something that is not hard, and you can have no worries about food and clothing." The most important thing is that you are so steadfast that you won't worry about any day, and disaster will fly. ”

Lin Xiaozhu looked at the street scene outside the car window and did not speak again.

At first, she thought that Yuan Wuniang had been hinted by Yuan Tianye to inquire about her heart. But now, she has denied this conjecture. With her understanding of Yuan Tianye, his proud personality would never let anyone other than Yuan Shi know what he was thinking, let alone ask Yuan Wuniang for help emotionally. It seems that Yuan Wuniang heard that she wanted to redeem herself, and she was moved, so she had this conversation just now.

Yes, it's good to enjoy the shade with your back against a big tree. Following a powerful master like Yuan Tianye, it is like having a big umbrella, no matter how thunderstormy it is outside, you don't have to worry about being afraid.

But unfortunately, the life she wants is not this quiet life with shackles.

It seems to confirm Yuan Wuniang's words. When they arrived at the store, they were busy for a while, when two men with meaty faces walked in. Lin Xiaozhu just finished a round of dim sum, thought of sitting and drinking tea in the front hall, and walked to the middle door, and saw this scene.

"What are you going to do here?" A man looked the decoration of the store up and down, and his speech was quite pleasant.

Shopkeeper Zhou was standing behind the counter and planning to plate, and when he saw these two people, he only glanced at them coldly and replied, "Make snacks." Then he buried his head in his calculations, and did not look at these two people in his eyes at all. The other two juniors were busy with their own things, and they didn't seem to see these two people at all.

The man was snubbed, but he didn't get angry, his attitude became more and more cautious, he arched his hand, and came with a smile on his face: "I don't know who your owner is?" ”

Shopkeeper Zhou made calculations for a while, until he used a pen to record the account in the account book, then he raised his head and said lightly: "Does Doctor Yuan, who treated the emperor and Duan Wangye, know?" Well, he's the one who opened this shop. ”

"It turned out to be Dr. Yuan's shop, disrespectful and disrespectful." The two men were suddenly in awe, and their faces were full of smiles, "I wonder when your store will open?" I will definitely come to congratulate the villain. ”

Shopkeeper Zhou also had a smile on his face, put down his pen and arched his hand: "It's easy to say, the small shop will open tomorrow, and I invite these two masters to come at that time." He also commanded, "Ah Sheng, bring a good pot of tea." ”

The two men were too busy to excuse themselves. And the more polite they are, the more polite and strong the shopkeeper Zhou is. At that moment, the two sides sat down with a smile, only talking about business and nothing else. After two rounds of tea, the two took their leave.

Lin Xiaozhu entered the door and asked, "Shopkeeper Zhou, who is this?" ”

"Little bamboo girl." Shopkeeper Zhou turned around, sighed and smiled, "It's nothing more than some hooligans who came to inquire about the news." He added, "Miss Xiaozhu rest assured, with the name of the son, they will not dare to make any moves." And with today's investigation, not only will they not dare to make trouble, but they will also warn the other thugs not to come to us for trouble. ”

"Who are these people? Does the government not care? Lin Xiaozhu saw what Yuan Wuniang said with his own eyes for a while, and he couldn't help but be a little worried. In the future, if you are free and want to open a store, just dealing with these ruffians will be enough of a headache.

"Official?" Shopkeeper Zhou snorted coldly, "These people always have an unclear relationship with the official master. ”

Lin Xiaozhu was taken aback: "These people are all instructed by those officials?" ”

"Not really. But either their relatives, or their people, or those who are related to them. In short, as long as they are arrested, those officials and masters will have to come out to help them speak. This Beiyan Mansion Yin is also a human, and he also has to eat, so he can't offend his colleagues, right? As long as you don't make a fuss, it's all about this, just turn a blind eye to it. So, over the years, it has become what it is now. Shopkeeper Zhou said this and sighed, "It's not just Beiyan, it's the same everywhere." ”

Lin Xiaozhu nodded and sighed. This is an ancient society ruled by man, not a society ruled by law in later generations. In fact, even if it is the rule of law in later generations, does the incident of "my father's name is Li Gang" still happen less? (To be continued)