Chapter Fifty-Eight: Uncle?
"Since the abbot has said it, then I will let you go, but I have one condition, if you don't want to report to the official, it's okay, it's private, two dollars." Shen Lingxiu stretched out two fingers.
The man panicked even more.
"Two pennies? How can I have two bucks, I'm just a street gangster with no job! He was in a hurry, and he couldn't get these two pieces of money anyway.
"Yes, yes, he's right, I see him a lot, always wandering around town, how can he have so much money." An old man spoke.
"Uncle, go to the kitchen and take a look, I have a jar of bone broth and so many noodles, all of which have been ruined for him, and the kitchen is now a mess, I don't have much money."
Shen Lingxiu raised her head and spoke.
This is true, plus today's lost work expenses, no matter how much it is calculated, it is more than two hanging money.
"Not much, not much." The crowd spoke.
"I'm going to teach you today, before you do something, you have to think about whether you have the ability to bear the consequences. Anyway, I don't care, either lose money or go to the government, and then you will have to testify to the little girl! Shen Lingxiu said.
The man panicked, his legs went limp, he staggered for a moment, and then held on to the door.
He looked at Zhao Guilan and Zhao Dahai in the crowd in a panic.
The couple didn't expect to reverse so quickly, and spoke.
"Lingxiu, you see that we are also neighbors, so I'll say a few words." Zhao Guilan said politely.
"Say it." Shen Lingxiu was also very polite.
"You see, he looks like a poor boy, and he doesn't have much money, so report to the official, it's too troublesome, and it delays business, and the reputation of the noodle restaurant is not good, after all, it is involved in a lawsuit." Zhao Guilan was also afraid that if she went to the government, this kid would confess to them, and it would be difficult to do it at that time.
"Oh? So what do you say? Shen Lingxiu really wanted to hear her idea.
"If you want me to say, why don't you let him help you in the noodle shop!" Zhao Guilan was very excited to see Shen Lingxiang willing to listen to her idea, and continued to make up her mind, and then looked at Shen Lingxiu with a blank look and agreed.
Let him help, that is, put an eyeliner next to Shen Lingxiu, you can understand all the movements of Shen Lingxiu, and maybe you can secretly learn Shen Lingxiu's skills, as long as they make an appointment with Shen Lingxiu, then they are not afraid of Shen Lingxiu, and they are also very curious, how can such a girl who is less than twenty years old make such delicious noodles, they have always felt that there must be something special in that noodles.
The husband and wife looked at each other, and then Zhao Dahai also opened his mouth to persuade.
"Yes, yes, it's always good to have one more person to help you every day!"
Shen Lingxiu looked at the ill-intentioned couple, and knew in her heart what the idea of these two people was, after all, too many people coveted her formula.
"No need, people with bad character like this, I wish I could stay away." How can you possibly find trouble for yourself?
Shen Lingxiu opened her mouth and refused simply.
That person originally felt that there was a glimmer of hope, but who knew that it would be dashed like this, and he had no money, even if he had money, he was not willing to lose money, after all, it was Zhao Dahai and his wife who instigated him to do this, and they should pay for losing money!
"Let's give money." Shen Lingxiu stretched out her hand to the man, the meaning of asking for money was very obvious, the person was in a hurry, Zhao Dahai and his wife's faces were not good-looking, they were blue and green, they didn't expect Shen Lingxiu to give them face so much.
"Uncle! You help me! The man said in a hurry, and then was immediately interrupted by Zhao Dahai.
"What are you calling, don't scream!" With a reprimand, the man stopped talking, but the words that spilled out, Shen Lingxiu already knew the relationship between the two, and he also understood a little about why he came to make trouble.
It must be this couple who made the ghost, and the previous shit, I'm afraid it can't be separated from them.
Shen Lingxiu was almost clear, she still insisted on asking for money, and everyone was still confused.
Zhao Dahai and his wife looked at the vicissitudes of life, and then pretended to be good people to help the person pay the second penny.
Everyone was a little unbelievable, they knew that this couple was a well-known iron rooster, and they didn't pull out a dime, but now they were willing to take out so much silver for a stranger?
Shen Lingxiu happily accepted the two pieces of money, she could imagine the ugly faces of Zhao Dahai and his wife.
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I need to close the business for rectification due to today's emergency, and the bone broth and noodles have also been destroyed, so we'll see you tomorrow morning, I'm really sorry." Shen Lingxiu and the customers opened their mouths to apologize, and then bowed deeply to apologize, the guests were quite reasonable, after all, they had witnessed everything with their own eyes just now.
Everyone dispersed, Zhao Dahai took the man back to his store, and began to accuse as soon as he entered the door and closed the door.
"You're still not stupid? If you want to put something, you will put me a mouse? You won't pick a small one? Zhao Dahai poked the man's head and said.
"I've only found mice......," the man explained.
"Well, no need to explain! Useless things, I lost two dollars, go to work! Zhao Dahai interrupted fiercely, and then his so-called nephew went to work in the backyard.
Lin Ziwen and Shen Lingxiu closed the door of the store and began to clean up the messy store.
Shen Lingxiu was really afraid of mice, hiding far away and not daring to approach, Lin Ziwen saw her fear, took the initiative to walk over, threw the mouse away, and then wiped the table over and over again, the bowl was also taken out by him, put it in front of the stray cats and dogs at the door, and wiped the table many times, and then spread a layer of delicate cloth.
Shen Lingxiu looked much more comfortable, and finally lost those unpleasant memories.
"Lin Ziwen, thanks to you, Miss Ben offered praise!" Shen Lingxiu opened her mouth and said, praising Lin Ziwen seriously.
Lin Ziwen's face turned red when he was praised, and he touched his hair embarrassedly, feeling happy in his heart.
If he remembered correctly, this was the first time Shen Lingxiu had praised him.
The two of them cleaned up the kitchen, Shen Lingxiu re-boiled the bone broth, put it away, then locked the door, checked it again for the sake of safety, and finally relieved himself and went home.
Shen Lingxiu was still in a happy mood, talking and laughing along the way, occasionally teasing Lin Ziwen, and he was also infected and laughed.
After a while, he returned home, and it was almost evening, and Shen Lingxiu was just about to cook when he heard a knock on the door.
When I opened the door, it turned out to be a few people from the village.
"Uncles, aunts, do you have anything to do?" Shen Lingxiu opened her mouth to speak, in fact, looking at their posture, she also somewhat understood their intentions.
"Ziwen's daughter-in-law, call Ziwen out, we have something to say to him." One of the older men spoke.
Before Shen Lingxiu could speak, she heard them shouting loudly into the room.
"Ziwen! Come out next! We have something to talk to you about. ”
Lin Ziwen put down the book in his hand and walked out when he heard the movement, and when he saw that it was someone from the village, he was a little surprised, thinking that Shen Lingxiu hadn't sent them all away before? Why is it here again?
Seeing Lin Ziwen come out, the villagers began to flock up and squeeze in.
Father Lin also heard the movement and limped out, Shen Lingxiu was worried that it would be noisy, which would not be good for Father Lin's condition, so he asked Ah Bao to help Father Lin in.
Chi Huifang listened to the noise, and also came out to join in the fun, leaning against the door, looking at the two of them with a gloating face.
"Ziwen, we came to you today mainly to let you go back to the academy to teach." Uncle Li took the lead and said.
"Uncle Li, about teaching, I think our family Ziwen has already expressed his position a few days ago." Shen Lingxiu spoke.
Uncle Li's face was not good-looking, and he opened his mouth in annoyance.
"Ziwen's family, I didn't talk to you, I asked Ziwen."
Shen Lingxiu didn't want to deal with older people, so she endured it, and didn't refute it, she watched it for a long time, she wanted to see what ideas this group of people could come up with.
"Ziwen, we are all from the same village, and we have all looked at you since we were children, and we all say that people can't forget their roots, you can't ignore the children in our village, if you really talk about it, they still want to call you uncle!" Another elder spoke, his attitude was much better than Uncle Li's, after all, they were here to ask someone to do something.
Lin Ziwen was very hesitant, furrowed his brows and didn't speak, looking at Shen Lingxiu on the side, he had promised Shen Lingxiu before, and he listened to her in this matter.
Seeing that Lin Ziwen didn't speak, Uncle Li was anxious.
"What's the matter, Lin Ziwen, tell you that you don't listen, right, you are so selfish, don't care about the children? Let the children walk for an hour every day to go to school in the next village, and they can't even eat hot food when they are growing up? ”
He opened his mouth to speak, in fact, he felt sorry for his grandson and silver, after all, he went to the next village to attend classes, and he had to pay a high tuition fee every month, and he couldn't learn much.
The soft-hearted Lin Ziwen was a little shaken, after all, it was a one-person village, and he didn't want to make the relationship so stiff.
In fact, these people who came all felt that Lin Ziwen would definitely agree, after all, they watched Lin Ziwen grow up since childhood, and they also knew that Lin Ziwen had a weak temperament, and it was not easy for him to hold on for so long.
Shen Lingxiu also saw that Lin Ziwen was shaken, and she spoke at the right time.
"Elders, it's not that our family doesn't go to the school, it's that we really can't go!"
"What do you mean?" One of them asked.
"Let me explain to you, that's the case, our family Ziwen just took a job from a gentleman in the past few days to teach the children of Liujia Village next to the town, and they have to give one or two pieces of silver every month! What a mile! I've promised someone, but I can't go back. Shen Lingxiu opened her mouth to answer.