"In this cold winter, Zhu's barefoot shoes are indeed a bit unreasonable." Li Mao's ears are very sharp, he has been by Xing Ruyi's side for a long time, and he has also contracted some problems with gossip, and when he heard what Xing Ruyi and Ah Niu were talking in the carriage, he couldn't help but interject.

"It's a bit counterintuitive." Xing Ruyi lifted the front curtain slightly: "I remember you said that this courtyard of the Zhu family is different from others, it is composed of two adjacent courtyards, and the place where the host lives and the place where the guests live are separated, but due to the limited pattern, the way in and out of the guest room is a secret secret passage, which only those who have been to the Zhu family and the relatives of the Zhu family know." ”

"That's right, when I got up early to watch the excitement, I heard people say that." Li Mao nodded: "The shopkeeper thinks there's something strange here."

"It's a little strange, but it has nothing to do with the pattern of the Zhu family, but with people. When you were in the rouge shop, you also said that the cook of the Zhu family originally lived in the guest room. According to the habits of the Zhu family, after the meal, if the master has no instructions, the cook will return to his small courtyard to rest, but when the Zhu family had an accident, the cook was also cut at the Zhu family, and the other party did not want the cook's life as soon as he came up. ”

"Judging from the statement of Wang Chong, the only person who knows about this case, this is indeed the case."

"Okay, I have three questions here." Xing Ruyi stretched out three fingers and shook them in front of Ah Niu and Li Mao's eyes respectively: "If you can answer these three questions, how about I have a lot of rewards here?"

"It's just a reward for silver, who doesn't know the shopkeeper's door, and he loves money like life. In this way, if the little one and this Ah Niu brother can answer the shopkeeper's question, even if there is only one, how about asking the shopkeeper to waive the consultation fee and medical expenses of this Ah Niu brother and his old mother? ”

Ah Niu looked at Li Mao embarrassedly, not knowing how to continue his words. Xing Ruyi helped heal his hand, he was not embarrassed to ask how much the consultation was, and the old mother's illness also needed Xing Ruyi's help, so he became more and more worried. Don't ask, I can't get over it in my heart, but if I ask, I am worried that I can't pay for this consultation, so I don't want to help see it.

At this time, Li Mao, the young man in charge of driving the car, threw this question out, Ah Niu had studied and learned to write after all, so he felt a little embarrassed, but after the embarrassment, he was also secretly relieved. When he was hesitating whether he wanted to say something, he saw Li Mao turn around and glance at him.

Ah Niu was slightly stunned, and then heard Xing Ruyi next to him reply helplessly: "Xiao Lizi, are you such a shopkeeper?" However, since I raised this question, as the female shopkeeper of the dignified Ruyi Rouge Shop, I should also be the talker. Okay, according to Li Mao's proposal, if you can answer any of these three questions, not only will I not charge any consultation fees, but I will also give away the medication during the treatment for free, how about it? ”

"The shopkeeper is really generous!" Li Mao stopped and gave a thumbs up: "Brother Niu, hurry up and praise our shopkeeper, there are not many times when we are so generous." ”

"This ...... How embarrassing is that. Although my family is not very wealthy, according to common sense, I always have to pay for the consultation and medicine. ”

"The shopkeeper is willing to gamble and lose, so why do you want to force it, Brother Niu. Besides, you and I may not be able to answer the three questions from the shopkeeper, even if you want to send money to the shopkeeper, you are not in a hurry at this time. Li Mao said, and squeezed his eyes at Ah Niu again: "By the way, the shopkeeper, what if the little one and Ah Niu's brothers can't solve the three questions together?" ”

"As for you, you naturally have to pay off most of your wages for half a year."

"Half a year's salary? That's not a small amount. Li Mao seemed distressed and pinched his fingers and calculated, and finally gritted his teeth and said neatly: "But fortunately, the shopkeeper is in charge of eating and living, and the salary for most of the year is gone." ”

"As for Ah Niu, I still give away the consultation fee and medicine fee for free, but there is a request."

"Madame, please say, as long as Ah Niu can do it, Ah Niu is willing to go to the soup and go to the fire."

"It's not that serious." Xing Ruyi smiled: "My rouge shop is a branch of Luoyang, and Li Mao and I will not stay in Yunjiaji for a long time, and after this shop is in operation, I need someone to help take care of it." You are literate and hyphenated, and you are the most suitable person, and you are honest, and you will not hide the actual business status of this store behind my back. So, I want you to promise, after we leave Yunjiaji, help manage the Ruyi Rouge Shop, every six months, I will let Li Mao come down to check the store, as for your salary, at first it is exactly the same as Li Mao, as for the future according to your business situation to add or subtract, are you willing? ”

"Thanks to Mrs., Ah Niu shouldn't have shirked, but this is the management of the store, Ah Niu is not good at it, so ......"

"It's simple, our business is the easiest. The rouge gouache supplied in our Ruyi rouge shop is made by our shopkeeper himself, the price is clearly marked, and the child is not bullied, you just need to open the door to welcome customers, and do a good job of accounting every day and wait for the shopkeeper to check it. Of course, there is a situation that is absolutely not allowed to happen in our rouge shop, that is, to replace our rouge with inferior rouge for sale, which affects the business of our store is small, if we smash the brand of our Ruyi rouge shop, the shopkeeper will not be spared. ”

"Also, if you are in charge of the Ruyi Rouge Shop, you and your mother will be able to live in the small courtyard where we live now. The yard is small, but everything is available. Your mother is also old, and there is something wrong with living in this mountain after all. Don't worry, your mother has me to say, for the sake of me helping her diagnose and treat her eyes, she shouldn't refuse me. ”

"As long as my mother is willing to follow me back to Yunjiaji, Madame's request, Ah Niu will comply." Ah Niu raised his hand: "Also, please rest assured, Madame, as long as Ah Niu is in one day, the business of Ruyi Rouge Shop will not be mixed with half a penny." In his lifetime, Ah Niu will definitely take care of the business in the store with all his heart, and will never deceive you, Mrs. ”

"Just don't deceive!" Li Mao patted Ah Niu's shoulder: "You look at the shop for our shopkeeper right now, if the shopkeeper is in a good mood one day, he will give you this rouge shop." Well, let's take our departure from Luoyang this time, before leaving, the shopkeeper has to give me the shop in Luoyang, I don't want to live or die. Why? Because of the Ruyi Rouge Shop, if there is no shopkeeper to punish Ruyi, then what is it called Ruyi Rouge Shop. Besides, I think it's good to be a young man, selling goods and collecting cash, and when the time comes, waiting for the shopkeeper's reward, you don't have to worry so much, and you don't have to worry about the business of this shop. Because our shopkeeper is a living signboard. Well, it's too early to say this, and when you enter our shop, you'll naturally know. ”

Seeing that Li Mao was talking more and more boundless, Xing Ruyi couldn't help but cough softly. Li Mao heard Xing Ruyi's cough, and immediately realized that what he had just said had been said. Ah Niu is not Chang Tai, nor is he Xiao Shengzi, he is just an ordinary mortal he met in Yunjiaji. Although he is a sincere man at the moment, it is difficult to guarantee that this mind will not change when faced with the temptation of gold ingots, silver ingots, and huge silver tickets.

Fortunately, Ah Niu didn't take his words seriously, but only smiled and covered up the past.

"Shopkeeper, you haven't asked those three questions yet?"

Li Mao's mind was active, and his mind was turning quickly, seeing this situation, he hurriedly brought the topic back to Zhu's case.

"My first question, why did the cook appear in the courtyard where Wang Jiang and the Zhu family lived?"

"The cook is just responsible for cooking, but the Zhu family is not a big family, it should not be so carefully, this cook is probably the same as the deer lady when we were in Luoyang, in addition to cooking, she will also take care of some other things.

The shopkeeper still remembers that on the first day of the Ruyi Rouge Shop, Zhu took the cook to the shop to buy rouge gouache, and also asked the chef for his opinion in person, and finally listened to the chef's suggestion, and chose the one that the shopkeeper thought was not suitable, but the chef thought it was appropriate. ”

"That's right! The rouge that the cook fancied was indeed not suitable for the young and beautiful Zhu, but more suitable for the cook herself. It's just that people have some problems, that is, when providing reference advice to others, they tend to judge according to their own preferences and their own subjective consciousness. Therefore, if we only judge from the situation of the day, we can only conclude one point, that is, the Zhu family trusts this chef more, and the kitchen lady also has a different position from the ordinary kitchen lady in the eyes of the Zhu family. ”

"It's the same as Aunt Deer's position in your heart in the shopkeeper"

"Perhaps! Aunt Lu treats me as a daughter, which is a blessing for me to be happy, as for me, because my parents died early, I do regard Aunt Lu as my elder and family in my selfish heart. ”

"So, the first question that the shopkeeper just asked, the little one has the answer." Li Mao stopped the carriage again: "It is reported that after the Zhu family and Wang Jiang got married, although the husband and wife were loving and had a very good relationship, they never had children. In addition, Wang Jiang is busy with the business of the store, and always goes out early and returns late, so most of the day is spent by the Zhu family and the cook. Therefore, there are only a few reasons why the cook lady appeared in Zhu's courtyard late at night. First, the Zhu family didn't have enough for dinner, so he asked the cook to come over and help him deliver food. Second, it was Zhu who was bored in the room and asked the cook to come over to talk to him. The small one is more inclined to the second type, because the people in the government did not see anything like soup and dim sum at the scene, and this just explains why Zhu is not wearing socks, because she has planned to rest, but she can't sleep, so she called the cook over temporarily. ”

"That, can Ah Niu interject a word?"

Just after listening to Li Mao's analysis, Ah Niu slowly raised a hand.

(Education 123 Literature Network)