"Lu... Mrs. Lu? Shopkeeper Wang was stunned, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Su Xiaoman tremblingly, "This is Mrs. Lu?" ”

He has been in Beijing for so long, and he knows all the gossip clearly, and some time ago, the emperor personally sealed a first-class lady, and he naturally knew it, but the king's shopkeeper never thought that this extremely noble first-class lady would run the store herself!

"Smack-"

The head catcher knocked off the hand of the king's shopkeeper with a scabbard, and angrily reprimanded: "Mrs. Lu is so noble, how can you be allowed to point out indiscriminately and be rude!" ”

Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly withdrew his hand, and immediately knelt forward and kowtowed to Su Xiaoman, "Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu is my mistake, I have eyes and I don't know Mount Tai, Mrs. Lu, please spare me, I am ignorant, I have no eyes!" ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper raised his hand and slapped himself on the mouth, and the voice rang out one after another, and Xiao Man couldn't bear it just by listening to it.

"This head catcher, you ......"

The head catcher arched his hand, "My surname is Zhang." ”

Su Xiaoman nodded and said, "Zhang Zhutou, you have also seen that these strangers came to my shop for no reason to make trouble, and they also kicked the door of my shop, according to the laws of this dynasty, what should I do?" ”

"According to the laws of Donglan Kingdom, anyone who trespasses on other people's residences and destroys their belongings shall unconditionally compensate for the losses and be escorted back to the Yamen to receive punishment." Zhang Zhutou said truthfully.

Jiang Qiming waved his hand, "Since this is the case, then it will be troublesome to catch the head." ”

Dehai wanted to resist, but Zhang Zhutou and the others were well-trained, plus he was already at a loss, and he had no way to defend himself, and Dehai didn't regard entering the yamen as a big deal, after all, he was Chen Hu's person, and the other party would fish him out sooner or later.

And the shopkeeper Wang had already called Su Xiaoman's identity frightened, he was already weak-hearted, and now Zhang Zhutou threatened him, where did he know how to resist and struggle, so Dehai and others obediently followed Zhang Zhutou back to the yamen, and the store soon quieted down.

But quiet is quiet, the door of the store was kicked and broken, and the store is in a mess right now, which is why Xiao Man tried his best to prevent Dehai and the others from going upstairs to search, even if Qin Chun was not upstairs, they would turn the attic into a mess, their own account books, pattern books, and guests' order books were all on it, but they must not let them turn it over.

Xiaoman knew that this was just the beginning of things, Chen Hu had not yet appeared, and her real opponent had not yet made a move.

Thinking of this, Xiao Man couldn't help but sigh, worried about the future of the store.

Jiang Qiming turned around when he heard the sound, and looked at Xiao Man staring at the broken door panel on the ground and sighed, he thought that the other party was worried that he would not be able to open immediately, so he comforted: "Shopkeeper Su, don't worry, I will order someone to repair your store as soon as possible, and it will never affect your opening for business." ”

"Thank you, Lord Jiang." Su Xiaoman smiled gratefully, but did not say his true concerns.

She told Jiang Qiming the truth before, she wanted the other party to help her, if she could completely defeat Yaliuge, if not, it would be good to curb this unhealthy trend, but now it seems that this is tantamount to a fantasy.

It can be seen from the attitude of Chen Hu's subordinates towards Jiang Qiming, he can judge Jiang Qiming and speak ill of each other, what about Chen Hu himself? Presumably he will not put Jiang Qiming in his eyes at all.

The relatives of the emperor, no matter how down, are a hundred times more noble than the favored courtiers.

If Jiang Qiming is involved in this matter, not only will he not be able to solve the matter of Yaliuge, but he will also do himself and Jiang Qiming all kinds of harm and no benefit, Xiao Man sighed secretly in his heart, very helpless.

"It's not early, Shopkeeper Su, I'll go first, as for your door, I'll call a craftsman to help you fix it tomorrow." Jiang Qiming said goodbye.

Su Xiaoman nodded, "Thank you, Lord Jiang." ”

sent Jiang Qiming away, and the guys in the store also left one after another, and in a blink of an eye, only Su Xiaoman, Xia Wanrou and others were left, looking at the darkening sky outside the window, Pearl reminded in a low voice: "Madam, it's not early, we should go back." ”

Su Xiaoman looked at the chaotic store lobby, sighed and didn't speak.

She began to wonder if she shouldn't have opened a shop.

If she didn't open this shop, Sister Wanrou wouldn't be busy with her all day long, and she wouldn't have encountered a bunch of troubles, let alone offend the eldest princess's most favored youngest son, Chen Hu, she lowered her head and stared at her toes in a daze, and she already regretted it in her heart.

Seeing her annoyed look, Xia Wanrou glanced at her and asked Pearl Hongyu and the others to go out, and then she stepped forward and sat on Xiao Man's side, and said softly: "Xiao Man, Qin Chun shouldn't have stopped at this time, let's go see her, okay?" ”

If it weren't for Xia Wanrou's reminder, Su Xiaoman almost forgot about Qin Chun's stubble.

Temporarily abandoning those messy thoughts, Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou rode back to Lu Mansion and went straight to the east wing next to the inner courtyard.

This was Xiao Man's idea, because Qin Chun's current place was too simple, and the shopkeeper Wang and others knew her residence, so Xia Wanrou proposed to let her move out first, but she couldn't find a better place to live at this time, so Xiao Man arranged people to Lu Mansion.

There are few people in the Lu Mansion, and the east and west wings are empty, and it is more than enough for Qin Chun and her mother and children to live.

"Shopkeeper Su!"

Qin Chun rushed out while calling her, her face was much better than a few days ago, she looked at the two of them worriedly, and asked carefully: "Shopkeeper Su, are you back?" The king's shopkeeper didn't embarrass you, right? ”

Xiao Man smiled and shook his head, and reached out to straighten out Qin Chun's hair hanging from his ears, "It's okay, Sister Qin Chun, no one came to the mansion today, right?" ”

"No, hey, but the less people come to the house, the more worried I am in my heart, and I am always afraid that something will happen to you." Qin Chun tightened his brows when he said this, "This is the trouble I caused, but I still asked you to help me solve it, Shopkeeper Su, I really don't want to go in my heart." ”

"It's all right, Qin Chun, don't worry, you will live a good life in this mansion in the future, if you want to go to the store, go to the store, if you don't want to go, you can work in this mansion, you are a good embroiderer, Xiao Man and I will not treat you badly." Xia Wan comforted softly.

Qin Chun bit his lip, his eyes were faintly filled with tears, "Shopkeeper Su, Shopkeeper Xia, I don't know how to thank you, I ...... I'll kowtow to you! ”

After speaking, she knelt down suddenly, and kowtowed to the two of them with three solid heads, and no one could pull them up, so the two had to bear helplessly.

After kowtowing, Qin Chun wanted to kowtow to Pearl and Hongyu again, but when Pearl saw this, he hurriedly stopped him, dragged him up, and then changed the topic stiffly: "Sister Qin Chun, where is your child?" Isn't anyone watching themselves walk around the house? ”

Qin Chun wiped away his tears, "My father died, and my mother had no one to take care of me, so I asked her to come to me so that I could take care of the children, and I could go to the store to work with peace of mind." ”

After speaking, she looked at Su Xiaoman a little crampedly, "Shopkeeper Su, my mother lives here, is it okay?" ”

"Of course you can, my house is too big, no one lives in it, it's just right to have you here." Su Xiaoman said with a smile.

The three of them talked for a while, during which Qin Chun thanked Su Xiaoman countless times, and almost knelt down and kowtowed again, but fortunately Pearl stopped him in time, otherwise if it went on like this, Qin Chun's forehead would definitely bleed.

The sky was getting darker and darker, the Wei Mansion sent someone to urge, Xia Wanrou also took advantage of this to go back, Xiao Man talked to Qin Chun for a while, and the baby's cry suddenly sounded in the east wing, Qin Chun hurriedly ran back, and Xiao Man also left.

After having dinner in the house, taking a bath under the service of pearls and jade, Xiaoman changed into light clothes and leaned on the bed, she covered her stomach with one hand, and took out the letter hidden under the pillow.

It has been more than three months since Lu Li left, and there have been three letters sent by the other party, at first once every half a month, and then once a month, and now it has been a full month since the last letter, but the other party has not written for a long time.

In fact, it's not just Xiaoman, even the emperor has never received a reply, Lu Li successfully recovered the border city last time, and gave the new leader of the barbarians a heavy blow, which made the government and the opposition excited for a while, but recently, there has been no news from the border pass.

Xiao Man sighed, folded the letter that he had read thousands of times, carefully put it into the envelope, and then pressed it under the pillow.

She looked at the moonlight outside the window, and thought silently in her heart: It would be good if Lu Li was here, he was so smart, there must be a solution to this matter, if he was there, would he comfort himself, would he persuade himself not to continue to open the store?

Can.....

She thought of Qin Chun, as well as Qin Chun's young children and elderly mother, they all had to rely on Qin Chun to support them.

If he didn't continue to open the store, Qin Chun didn't know where to go, and he snatched her back from the hands of the shopkeeper Wang, but didn't give her a livelihood that could support herself and her children, which was too irresponsible.

And the guys in the shop, if they closed the Rou Ready-to-Wear Shop themselves, would they be able to find a better place than here? Lao Zhou is old, is there still a store willing to let him work?

Thinking of this, Xiao Man suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was even heavier.

Just as he was thinking wildly, a low voice suddenly came from the door, "Madam, why haven't you slept yet?" ”

Xiao Man hurriedly put down the curtain, and then pulled up the quilt, "Well, I'll sleep right away, you can go rest too." ”

The store is already on the right track, and the affairs of Yaliuge have also begun, if he quits at this time, he will be too cowardly and timid, not only the guys in the store, I am afraid that even Sister Wanrou will be disappointed in herself.

The gentle moonlight spilled into the room through the window, Xiao Man's hand reached under the pillow and touched the thin envelope, rubbed it lightly, and closed his eyes with satisfaction, Lu Li, if you were here, I would definitely let me face it bravely, right?