Chapter 30: Interlude

Following the prestige of the people, there were crowds of people on the opposite side of the street not far away gathered at the door of a shop, and two women over half a hundred years old were surrounded in the middle, one of them was dressed brightly and dressed in fancy clothes, and was pointing at another plainly dressed woman with gray hair and scolding, although it was impossible to hear every word clearly from a distance, but the swear words that floated from time to time were unbearable words, and this scolding seemed to attract more and more people to gather there.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the private room, and the four of them turned their heads to look at the door, and then Xia Huaizhong looked at Zhuo Haoxuan with inquiring eyes, and after Zhuo Haoxuan nodded to Xia Huaizhong, Xia Huaizhong immediately went to open the door.

The shopkeeper was standing at the door with a pot of tea, and as soon as the door opened, he glanced at the room, first stunned slightly, his eyes wandered on Zhuo Haoxuan and Ling Yuxin who were sitting for a moment, and then a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, thinking that he must have been surprised that a person dressed as a noble son was sitting at the same table with a family member, but only for a moment, and then he smiled and nodded and said: "A few masters are good, the little one is here to bring tea to a few masters, the boss is afraid that the noise outside will disturb your Yaxing, Specially ordered us to send a pot of good tea to the guest officer of each private room, this tea has the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind, and it is the treasure of our store in the fragrance building. ”

Xia Huaizhong turned back again and looked at Zhuo Haoxuan with inquiring eyes, Zhuo Haoxuan also nodded again, Xia Huaizhong turned sideways to let the shopkeeper in, and the shopkeeper immediately entered the private room and put the teapot in his hand respectfully on the table, with a professional smile on his face, "This is what our boss gave to all the guest officers, not only to make amends for the fact that you have swept Yaxing for the things on the street opposite, but also to hope that you can be intoxicated with the fragrance of tea and forget the disturbance of the episode opposite." Please take your time! ”

After listening to the shopkeeper's words, Ling Yuxin couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is the quarrel between the two women on the opposite street related to your boss?" ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he looked at Ling Yuxin, looked her up and down, and then replied with his professional smile and tone: "Back to the master, it's not that two women are quarreling, but one woman is scolding another woman, this matter has nothing to do with our Pinxianglou, but because they live diagonally opposite us, their noise will more or less affect the guests who dine and drink tea here, recently because of their affairs, it has affected a lot of our business, but we can't do anything about them, But the boss can't watch the guests get more and more day by day, so he thinks about doing something to minimize the impact, no, the boss thinks that every time they make a fuss, they pay out of their own pockets to send tea to the customers to make amends, which is to compensate for the guests who were swept away Yaxing, and I also hope that the guests will not have a bad impression of our Pinxianglou because of this matter, and they can patronize more in the future. ”

Ling Yuxin couldn't help but say, "Your boss is really good at doing business. ”

The smile on the face of the shopkeeper remained unchanged, "Hehe, it also depends on the guest officers to appreciate their faces, and I won't bother the masters." Then he turned to leave.

Ling Yuxin glanced at the growing team outside the window, couldn't help but be curious, and called out to the shopkeeper, "This little brother, what do you mean when you just said that it was not two women quarreling, but one woman scolding the other?" And why do you say that their affairs have affected a lot of your business recently, do they often do this? ”

The shopkeeper turned around when he heard this, a trace of impatience flashed on his face, but he still replied respectfully with his professional smile: "Back to the master, those two women are the daughters-in-law of the Zhou family, saying that they are not quarrelling, because every time from beginning to end, the second daughter-in-law of the Zhou family beats and scolds the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, and the sister-in-law of Zhou has never been able to fight back and scold back. Every time, I have to make trouble for at least half an hour, and I won't stop if I don't torture that sister-in-law Zhou to the point that she is not human. ”

At this time, there was a sudden scream outside the window, Ling Yuxin and the other four turned their heads to look out of the window at the same time, only to see that the brightly dressed woman was grabbing the plainly dressed woman's gray hair with one hand, and the other hand was raised to hit her face, and the plainly dressed woman was grabbed by the head of the hair at this time, and her hands were constantly waving in front of her, obviously an instinctive reaction to try to protect her face in panic, thinking that the scream just now must have come from her.

Ling Yuxin and the other four couldn't help frowning, at this time, the shopkeeper behind him persuaded with a smile: "Don't look at the masters, this is the beginning, I'm afraid that it will stain the eyes of the masters for a while, it's better to close the window and taste the tea sent by our boss, looking at this situation, it is estimated that it should be finished in half an hour, and it is difficult for a few masters to endure it for another half an hour." ”

The four of them turned around at the same time, and seeing the shopkeeper's strange expression, Ling Yuxin subconsciously frowned and asked, "What do you mean this is the beginning?" Is that gorgeously dressed woman the second daughter-in-law of the Zhou family you said? Is that plainly dressed woman sister-in-law Zhou? Why did the second daughter-in-law of the Zhou family beat and scolded Zhou's sister-in-law? ”

The impatience on the shopkeeper's face was even worse, and he replied with a smile: "Back to the master, this matter is a long story, and the little one still has a lot of work to do." ”

Ling Yuxin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a little at a loss.

"Let's make a long story short." Zhuo Haoxuan said coldly. Seeing everything in his eyes, although he was surprised by Ling Yuxin's abnormal reaction, he couldn't allow the shopkeeper to speak to her like this.

Seeing Zhuo Haoxuan's cold expression, the smile instantly froze on his face, and he actually felt a strong sense of oppression, and inexplicably felt a trace of fear from the bottom of his heart.

Ling Yuxin couldn't help but look at Zhuo Haoxuan with some surprise, since she met him, she had always seen him with a faint smile, this was the first time she saw him with a straight face, although there was a table away, she clearly felt the majesty emanating from his body, as if there was a sense of superiority that could not be offended.

Xia Huaizhong felt the change in the aura in the room, not only worried that Zhuo Haoxuan would expose his identity, but also worried that the shopkeeper would really anger Long Yan and suffer an unwarranted disaster, so he immediately took out a silver ingot and threw it on the table, "You just have to tell the truth, if your boss blames, just say that we asked for it, let him come to us,"

The shopkeeper looked at the silver on the table and was stunned for a moment.

Zhuo Haoxuan also realized that the shopkeeper was frightened by himself, and his afterglow also swept Ling Yuxin's expression of surprise at him, and immediately restrained his expression and turned his head to look out the window.

The shopkeeper came to his senses at this time, immediately grabbed the silver on the table, and showed a flattering smile to Xia Huaizhong, "Yes, yes, the little one obeys the order." After speaking, he first turned around and closed the door of the private room, and then walked back to the table, cleared his throat before he spoke, "Since a few masters are interested, the little one will make a long story short, but this matter still has to start from the beginning, the shop opposite was originally the Zhou family, after Uncle Zhou passed away more than ten years ago, he passed the shop to the eldest son, his family has a total of two sons, the eldest son is honest and responsible, and is willing to give, is a good person who is well known, but the younger son is a complete ruffian, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling everything, The woman who was beaten in plain clothes is the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, everyone calls her sister-in-law Zhou, she is kind and diligent, since marrying into the Zhou family, she not only takes care of the housekeeping of the Zhou family in an orderly manner, but also often helps the Zhou family to run the business in the restaurant, it is said that she is not only filial to her in-laws, but also has a good relationship with the husband and wife of the Zhou family, but after marrying into the Zhou family, she has not been able to give birth to a son and a half daughter, so after a long time, Zhou Auntie, that is, Zhou's sister-in-law's mother-in-law, is dissatisfied with her, It is said that he also instigated Zhou Dagongzi to take a concubine for the Zhou family to inherit the lineage, but Zhou Dagongzi and Zhou's sister-in-law have a deep relationship with each other, and have not listened to his mother, but unfortunately good people don't live long, about five years ago, Zhou Dagongzi suddenly contracted a serious illness and died, Zhou Da Niang originally spoiled her youngest son, it is said that when Uncle Zhou passed away to pass the shop to the eldest son, Zhou Da Niang was not happy, but the younger son was really not angry, afraid that the younger son would really be defeated by him, so he didn't insist, As a result, the Tuesday son was clamoring to split up, and Uncle Zhou was so angry that he almost didn't take a breath, and said on the spot that he wanted to drive the Tuesday son out and break away from the father-son relationship with him, and it was useless for Aunt Zhou to cry and make trouble, and in the end, it was Zhou Gongzi and his wife who helped comfort Zhou Xuan, so that Uncle Zhou dispelled this idea, but the old man also left a word, and wrote a suicide note, before Tuesday Gongzi got married, he was not allowed to meddle in the business of the shop, let alone split the family, and later Zhou Aunt did not have a family affair for Tuesday Gongzi Zhang Luo, It's a pity that he has long been famous, how can a girl from a good family marry him, and later before the death of Zhou Dagongzi, he intended to hand over the shop to Zhou's sister-in-law, Zhou Da Niang and Zhou Gongzi did not agree, but Uncle Zhou's suicide note was in, so Zhou Gongzi turned his heart sideways, and actually redeemed his old friend in Yanhuan Pavilion, and directly married back as a daughter-in-law, that is, the fierce woman who was dressed up in a fancy way, the flower name was Green Willow, at first she just married into the Zhou family, she still followed the rules, and the neighbors also called her a sister-in-law on Tuesday, Who knew that as soon as the son of Zhou died, after Mrs. Zhou gave the shop to the son of Tuesday, the showed her true face, not only called Mrs. Zhou as a maid, but also called Mrs. Zhou, and the son of Tuesday was also strange, but she was afraid of this very much, and she was obedient to her, not only the shop and the house were handed over to her, but even her own mother was scolded by her and did not dare to say anything, but because this was in charge, she limited the expenses of the son of Tuesday. So the problem of eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling on Tuesday has changed a lot, and the sister-in-law is really a good woman that week," Speaking of this, the shopkeeper suddenly stopped, coughed twice in a thin throat, and at the same time glanced at Xia Huaizhong, who was standing beside Zhuo Haoxuan, intentionally or unintentionally.