Chapter 224: The Gift

"Come, come, come, try your best to celebrate your successful graduation and successful joining the Compassion Ocean Business Association." Gu Manhui smiled and raised the Pu'er tea, "Let me replace the wine with tea, celebrate that the days of suffering have finally passed, and in the future, our brothers will work together to definitely lay down a piece of the sky." ”

This is a tea room located in the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou that is famous for its high price and exquisiteness, and it may cost twenty or thirty taels of silver to get a casual meal, which can be said to be a luxury for Wang Yang, who is quite poor in life.

"Brother, you've been here for almost eight years, so it seems that life is okay."

"At least it's better than when you're at home." Gu Manhui smiled bitterly, he was unlucky to meet a pair of gambler parents, and it was really good to be able to live a peaceful and happy life, although now his debts still have a few thousand taels of silver left to pay, but the business of the restaurant he runs is not bad, and several masters of the Liao family are also very generous, and they give a lot of rewards during the New Year's holidays, and the rewards on weekdays are accumulated, and it can be expected that it will take about another three or five years for him to pay off his debts.

"Ah Yang, you don't have to worry about anything else, you must work hard, this opportunity is not easy to get, if at the beginning, the seniors make it difficult for you, don't do senseless fighting, more importantly, enrich yourself, learn more things, how to learn a way, otherwise I'm sorry for so many years of hard work!"

"Of course." Wang Yang smiled.

I unconsciously remembered the woman who almost gave me a new life, if it weren't for her, I and my father probably wouldn't know when they would have died on the streets, just like the countless dead lonely souls at that time, and even the bones could not find a peaceful place to sleep...... Thinking of what my master said this morning - the hostess will come to Guangzhou soon, and my father will come with her in three months, and I will leave today to officially work for her and work with my father.

Wang Yang, who has always been proud of his calm and cautious family, can't help but look forward to a possible better life in the future.

On this spring-filled afternoon, the two cousins sat idly drinking tea, leisurely, and the shadow of their childhood seemed to have disappeared.

At the same time, Gao Xiaoru, the wife of the Lou family, who was deeply missed, was walking on the ancient streets of Fuzhou City, in order to please her little apprentice, Xiaoru was planning to carefully select a beautiful birthday gift.

Today's trip will be suspended in Fuzhou, not because of Xiaoru, but because Jiang Yina woman can no longer stand the lack of fresh vegetables, fruits and dim sum delicacies, all of which makes this woman who pursues a delicate life crazy, and almost used all the means at her disposal, insisting on replenishing supplies in Fuzhou, regardless of the slightest, in fact, they immediately, no, it should be said that they have arrived at the territory belonging to the Li family, and they can even go 6 ways without taking a boat.

So, Xiaoru simply took this opportunity to go shopping to see if it was possible to buy a satisfactory birthday gift for her little apprentice.

After strolling on the ancient street covered with moss and green tiles for a long time, Xiao Ru stretched out her hand and pulled down the white veil that covered the small half of her face, and soothed the little fox who had been nesting in her arms, moving around, and refused to live for a while, and finally in the middle of the various shops, I saw a jewelry store that looked very good, its hall was spacious and bright, using the recently popular Tang Dynasty retro-style decoration, and the exquisite mahogany eight-treasure pavilion-like counter was carved with delicate patterns that made people feel happy.

With Xiaoru's eyesight, of course, those jewels on the surface can't get into her gradually very picky eyes, but among the topmost ancient jade, she accidentally appeared a very good jade pendant.

It's not because of anything else, it's just because Xiao Ru feels that the little thing in her arms is obviously revealing the ** that wants to eat, obviously, the little fox who is getting more and more picky is no longer interested in general jewelry, and the jade pendant that can attract it to try to sneak out of the owner's invisible place again and again obviously has a certain value.

The young man who was the shopkeeper was very eloquent, and just now he had fooled a rich merchant who was stingy at first sight, and did not look like he was accustomed to such luxuries, to buy a bracelet with jade beads for his little daughter.

And Xiao Ru obviously belongs to the category of good guests, so the young man is warm and thoughtful, and he will not be bored, he is very attentive to put the yellow pear box containing ancient jade in Xiao Ru's hand, and retreats to the side by himself, not disturbing the guests at all. Obviously, this is a clerk who understands the psychology of customers very well, Xiaoru smiled slightly, feeling that if he opened a shop, no matter what kind of goods he was dealing in, he would need such a shrewd and measured guy.

Start warm, it is an ordinary Hetian warm jade, but it faintly contains something that Xiaoru does not know, although the carving of Caifeng Chengxiang is simple, but the lines are bright, it looks like it should be a good birthday gift.

Xiao Ru raised her head and wanted to beckon the clerk to wrap her up, but she didn't expect to see a familiar stranger unexpectedly, the one who was sitting at the table on the side and was carefully looking at an agate stone wrench, it was the half-paralyzed patient she had met in the Zhou Family Medical Center.

Xiao Ru was stunned for a moment, very surprised by this coincidence, and at this time, the woman also raised her head and met Xiao Ru's eyes.

"Is that you?" The female patient was slightly stunned, "I didn't expect to be able to meet ......"

"You like agate stones?" Xiao Ru nodded and smiled, there are not many people who like agate stones in this era, they are not very rare and precious gemstones, in fact, they are very cheap, and real nobles rarely use them.

Xiao Ru's mind turned several times, and several thoughts popped up in an instant - how could she talk about this patient's injured leg without a trace, so as not to be rude, "My husband's surname is Lou, what do you call it?" With that, Xiao Ru walked over and sat down next to the woman, and the little fox made a quick jump and landed on the round table, looking curiously at the woman sitting next to the master with a pair of black round eyes.

"Zhao Xin, my name...... Agate stone makes people feel calm. The woman was stunned, her face showed a slight flush, her voice was hoarse, a little hesitant, obviously, this is not a person of many words, Xiaoru even felt that she might not have communicated with outsiders normally for a long time, but, obviously, she did not hate to have a good conversation with Xiaoru, and she was also very fond of the small animals on the table.

Xiao Ru watched the woman reach over, carefully touched the soft fur of the little fox, squinted her eyes, and revealed a light of surprise, which was very charming, so that Xiao Ru couldn't help but want to smile.

The little fox obviously felt the master's advice, and was very happy to rush into Zhao Xin's arms, causing her to exclaim loudly, perhaps she had never encountered such a situation, the moment she screamed, Zhao Xin suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth, a pair of eyes widened, taking advantage of a strange face, very cute. You must know that when they first met, Xiaoru always thought that this woman who looked twenty-four or five years old, dressed very dignified, a little old-fashioned, and had a serious expression should not be easy to approach, but now it seems that her opinion is wrong.

Uh, ......, Xiao Ru looked at Zhao Xin's completely flushed face, held back a smile, and said in a low voice: "Hehe, it seems that this little thing likes you very much." ”

Zhao Xin's face turned even redder.

"Xin'er?" At this time, an old man with a gray beard obviously heard the laughter here, walked over quickly, glanced at Zhao Xin in surprise, lowered her head in shame, hugged the little fox in his arms nervously with one hand, and then turned to Xiao Ru and smiled, "This guest, you are very discerning, this piece of Hetian Nuanyu is very good, hehe, because of your arrival, my granddaughter has a rare happy time, I will give you a twenty percent discount, thirty taels of silver, how about it?" ”

Xiao Ru smiled and nodded, knowing that this old man was a real person, and if he only looked at the jade carving, this price should be affordable, so Xiao Ru shook his hand and said easily, "Then help me wrap it up." ”

"Okay." The old man himself went to get a gorgeous gift box with black inlaid gold edges, and was about to put the ancient jade inside, when suddenly there was a commotion outside, and after that, the half-hidden bronze door was kicked open at once.

Xiao Ru frowned slightly, seeing that there were a total of six people rushing in, except for the one who was for, everyone else was holding a spear or a sharp blade in their hands, Xiao Ru blinked in surprise, I really didn't expect that in such a place, in the center of a city that is not small, I would actually meet robbers, isn't it, although this place is high and the emperor is far away, but it is so blatant that the local officials in Fuzhou should find a hemp rope and hang it.

Xiao Ru often heard Wang Meng's woman complain that His Majesty the Emperor of the present day often boasted in front of her that the Great Xia Dynasty was thriving day by day under the governance of his Liu Shi, and he believed that in a few years, he would be able to achieve the ideal state of not leaving a stone behind and not closing his door at night. Wang Meng was very tired of this, Xiao Ru was very happy that His Majesty the Emperor had such an ideal, and was willing to fight for it, this is a good thing, for the common people, this is much better than meeting a stupid monarch.

For that look, Sven Zhouzheng is not like a robber, the robber leader glanced around, his eyes were cold, and only the two young men in the store scolded loudly, "Didn't you see grandpa coming, and you won't serve me tea?" ”

Among them, the clever guy who made Xiao Ru value it very much immediately wiped the chair first, brought a purple sand teapot, and respectfully poured six cups of tea.

The robber leader, apparently satisfied, sat down leisurely, took his teacup and drank his tea, while the five brothers behind him closed the door neatly, and before that, except for Xiao Ru, the other guests were very discerning and skilfully slipped away.

Xiao Ru comfortingly touched the little fox that stood on end the six people the moment they entered the door, exuding a powerful momentum all over his body. It's a little weird in my heart for a while, it seems that this little thing likes to fight a lot lately, although it used to be quite aggressive, but what I like more is to provoke others to fight, hide and watch the excitement by myself, like now, the situation that a casual little provocation can make it show its claws has only begun to appear this year...... Could it be that this is due to the fact that the little fox is starting to grow up?