110 Doing Business
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Luo Xuyan went to the mourning hall for a walk, because the backyard side will soon be handed over to the new assassin and his family, so the spiritual seat of Zeng Assassin is still placed in the mourning hall, although it was buried in a hurry, but every morning, noon and evening, the family members come to burn incense and burn paper to kowtow, and the master of the temple will be invited to chant the scriptures on the seventh day to show respect for the deceased.
The back of the offering table was empty, and the wind blew from outside the door, and the white gauze swayed gently.
She looked fixedly at the place where the coffin had been placed, and as Zeng Tingshi slept peacefully under the loess, no one would mention how he died. Even if there is any suspicion, the coffin is opened and the autopsy is carried out, and the deceased is not committed.
She sighed lightly, turned around and left the mourning hall, there were not many places she could go to in the huge state yamen, but she didn't want to go back to the side courtyard now.
So, she could only walk along the root of the wall, slowly, and occasionally the patrolling officials passed by, nodding to each other, which was regarded as a greeting.
The weather is good today, the clouds are scattered, the sky is blue, but there is still a slight smell of fire candles and paper money between breaths.
No matter how slow Luo Xuyan walked, she would eventually return to the gate of the side courtyard, she stood in the shadow of the corner, unfolded the sandalwood fan, and fanned the wind for a while.
It was quiet, no voices could be heard, and no figure was seen.
Luo Xuyan exhaled, put away the folding fan, and walked to the small door of the side courtyard with an expressionless face.
There was no one in the courtyard, she hurried back to her room, sat down, drank a cup of tea, and then took out the account book and sorted out the accounts of the funeral, so that after the funeral ceremony, she handed it over to the Zeng family and got the remuneration for this errand.
Waiting for Yuexiao, she gasped and came in from outside, saw Luo Xuyan at the table, and asked, "Miss Ayan, when did you come back?" β
"I just came back for a while." Luo Xuyan paused, saw that Zhiyue was ready to clean, and asked, "What about Ah Ba and Zhao Gongzi?" β
Waiting for Yue replied: "Zhao Gongzi went to find a few nephews and young masters of the Zeng family, Ah Ba was arguing with me just now to go out to play, I said that the sun is so hot today, run out to play, people don't faint from the sun?" β
She grabbed the corner of the quilt on the bed, shook it, and laid it out first.
Luo Xuyan said: "Did he listen to you?" β
"No?" Zhiyue smiled slyly, "However, I dragged him to stand under the sun for a while, and he stopped arguing to go out to play, and obediently went back to the house, as if he fell asleep again as soon as he touched the bed." β
"Oh." Luo Xuyan responded calmly, picked up the pen and wrote on the account book.
When Yue understood that she was going to do business, she quietly made the bed, swept the floor, wiped the table, and then went to the stove to prepare some food and drink for Luo Xuyan.
Luo Xuyan buried herself in sorting out the account books, and quickly threw the morning's events out of the clouds.
It was almost noon, and the white steward came to the door, knocked on the door, and shouted, "Miss Ayan." β
Luo Xuyan looked up, "Steward Bai, please come in." β
The white steward came to Luo Xuyan and said, "Miss Ayan, I have already ordered the guys to pack up all the things, and the things that are not useful are all neatly placed, do you see if you pull it back, or what?" β
Luo Xuyan took the list handed by the white steward and looked at it, it was some utensils, silk cloth, paper lanterns or something.
This time, just in case, they deliberately prepared more things, but fortunately, they had already prepared, like some paper stuff that the family didn't like, so it didn't come in handy.
She thought for a moment and said, "If you pull it back, we have to be careful to protect it again, but if we bump and bump along the way, some things won't be used." β
"What does Miss Ayan mean," asked the white steward, "is it lost?" β
Luo Xuyan put down the brush, supported her head with one hand, and asked thoughtfully: "White steward, why did you say that the funeral of Jingzhou Thorn Shi must come to Xiazhou and ask us to handle it?" β
The white steward said: "Because of the recommendation of the Liu family? β
"I think," Luo Xuyan smiled slightly, "What's more, the funeral here in Jingzhou is not as good as ours." β
The white butler nodded.
Luo Xuyan continued: "In many places, either there is only a tea room for funerals, or simply selling some paper money lanterns and other items, or only making coffins and carving tombstones. I have been to many places in the past few years, and I found that there are almost no ones like us Xu Ji single-handedly. Such scattered ones are naturally not as reassuring as us. This is one of them. β
"Two?" The white butler asked.
Luo Xuyan smiled: "Naturally, things are not as good as our shop?" Speaking of which, she is very proud of her shop, in terms of excellent production, she dares to pack tickets, no one can compare to Xu Ji, after all, it is passed down from generation to generation by the master and taught by hand.
Steward Bai also smiled, "I understand what Miss Ayan means." β
Luo Xuyan picked up the pen again, "That's it, let's go out for a walk in the afternoon and sell these things to local shops." We don't go out to play, and the Zeng family will understand us. β
"Yes, Miss Ayan." The white steward answered.
Luo Xuyan sorted out the account book smoothly, and after eating and taking a nap, she called Qian Dawu and sorted out all the useless things on the ox cart.
Cui Jingshi saw that they were about to go out, and leaned on the door frame, staring at them with blank eyes.
Luo Xuyan still looked calm and indifferent, standing in the shade under the porch, and commanded the guys in the coffin shop in a soft voice.
He recalled what happened at breakfast, and then looked at Luo Xuyan's current appearance, feeling that she was walking away in a hurry as if it was an illusion.
However, he didn't think that a mere joke would make Luo Xuyan react much.
If this little girl is really restless, he will still find it boring.
If you want to say anything that can get into her eyes, I'm afraid that the only one is Xu Ji's coffin shop, and if you want to add one more thing, I'm afraid there is only money.
Luo Xuyan noticed that Cui Jing was looking at herself, beckoned to him, and asked, "Ah Ba, we're going to go out for a walk later, do you want to go with us?" β
"It's hot, I'm not going!" Cui Jingshi refused, those people had already followed him out of the city, and the state yamen was his last life talisman, so he wouldn't run out to die.
Luo Xuyan fanned the fan leisurely and said: "If you don't go, don't regret it, when the round grave ceremony is over, we will go back to Xiazhou directly, and I don't know when we can come to Jingzhou again." β
"Hmph." Cui Jingshi hugged his arms, snorted coldly, and turned his head.
Luo Xuyan wanted to laugh, this guy was afraid of death.
If it weren't for worrying about Wei being innocent, she really wanted to get this man out.
"If you don't go, you won't go." Luo Xuyan clapped her hands, "I'll bring you dim sum from the best dim sum shop in the city." β
"......" Cui Jing felt a feeling of disgust.
Luo Xuyan said: "When I buy it back, you have to eat it all!" β
When Cui Jingshi heard this, he felt a little uneasy in his heart, as if Luo Xuyan had pierced his illusion of pretending to be crazy and stupid.
He couldn't help but look at Luo Xuyan, the little girl walked down the steps, touched the things on the ox cart, and after making sure that everything was secure, she ordered Qian Dawu to drive the ox cart out.
"We're leaving, you're really not going out?" Luo Xuyan asked deliberately.
Cui Jingshi shook his head frantically, "Don't go out!" β
Zhiyue brought a paper umbrella and propped it on top of Luo Xuyan's head, "Ah Ba, are you really not going?" β
"Right?" Luo Xuyan pointed to the paper umbrella above her head, "With this, I won't be exposed to the sun much." β
"Don't go!" Cui Jingshi shouted firmly.
Luo Xuyan raised her eyebrows, "Forget it, we've been wasted of time, let's go." β
Qian Dawu drove the ox cart out, and Luo Xuyan followed briskly behind, without looking at Cui Jingshi.
Cui Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to go back to the house, when he saw Luo Xuyan's back outside the courtyard door, as if he was stopped by someone to talk.
Curiously, he stepped out of the room, hid behind the pillar, and looked at it, his eyes deepened a little.
It was Yin Huaizhao who stopped Luo Xuyan.
"Haunted fellow." He frowned and scolded.
I don't know what they said, Luo Xuyan's face was a little unsightly, but in the end she went out with Yin Huaizhao.
Cui Jingshi touched his chin, "This guy has ill intentions towards Luo Xuyan." "After all, Luo Banghao's identity is placed there, how can Yin Huaizhao not be moved?
He let out a long sigh faintly, he had no way to follow, but he also believed that Yin Huaizhao could not take advantage of anything other than being able to accompany Luo Xuyan out.
On the other side, Luo Xuyan came out of the back door of the state yamen, and after getting out of the alley, she was led by the Zeng family's little servant to the lantern shop in the city.
Because Zeng Tingshi died suddenly, the street was a little deserted, and there were not even a few shops open, and the pedestrians who came and went were not too loud, and there was no smile on their faces.
Qian Dawu was a little worried, "You won't run in vain, will you?" β
Luo Xuyan looked at the scene on the street and shook the folding fan in her hand, "Although Zeng Tingshi is dead, the living still have to live well." You see, most of the shops that are closed are restaurants, teahouses, and gambling houses, and some of the things that the people need for their daily needs are still sold. β
Qian Dawu looked around and also found out, "It's still Miss Ayan who is careful." β
Luo Xuyan smiled, although she had already seen what shops would close, she still looked around and didn't notice any suspicious people.
Soon, the crowd came to the outside of the largest lantern money shop in the city.
Qian Dawu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's really open." β
Luo Xuyan glanced at the faΓ§ade of the shop, this shop should have been open for some years, and the plaques hanging on the lintel were a little cracked, and the words on it were a little blurred. The shop had only three or four door panels, which were so narrow that only one person could pass through, making the room even more dim and gloomy.
She asked the Zeng family's servant: "Is this really the biggest shop in Jingzhou City?" β
"Really." The little girl patted his chest and said, "I dare to guarantee that my mother said that whoever has something white in the city will come to this store to buy something." β
Luo Xuyan said: "Dawu, you watch the ox cart outside first, and I will go with Zhiyue to take a look." β
"Okay." Qian Dawu nodded.
When Luo Xuyan and Zhiyue walked into the store one after the other, they saw a black spider the size of a bean on the door frame quickly crawling over.
She squinted her eyes and looked at the furnishings in the room, there were a lot of white lanterns and paper figures on the ground, some bamboo sticks and white paper were scattered on the shelves, and there were stacks of paper money and other things on the shelves behind the counter, and there was a musty smell in the air, but fortunately she could bear it.
At this time, a slightly chubby woman was standing behind the counter, bored peeling melon seeds, and when she heard the sound of someone approaching, she didn't raise her head, and asked, "What does the guest officer need?" β
has seen the situation of the shop clearly, Luo Xuyan didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "I'm here to sell you good things." β
"What?" The chubby woman raised her head in disbelief, glared at Luo Xuyan, and after seeing clearly that it was a teenage girl, she waved her hand impatiently, "Little girl, go play elsewhere, our shop is not a place for you to come casually." β
Luo Xuyan was accustomed to seeing people's distrust of herself when they first met, so she said patiently: "Actually, I came from Xiazhou, and I specially organized the coffin shop of Xu Ji for Zeng Tingshi's funeral. β
"Xu Ji coffin shop?!" The slightly chubby woman was stunned, the two cities were not very far away, and they were doing the same business, so she had heard of the name of Xu Ji's coffin shop before, especially after knowing that the funeral of the assassination was that the Zeng family went to Xiazhou to ask someone to take care of it, and she was even more envious of Xu Ji's coffin shop.
If you want to say that this businessman in Jingzhou City does white things, who doesn't want to get a piece of the pie from the funeral of the assassin history? But the Zeng family just can't look at it.
"You ......" the slightly chubby woman still didn't believe her eyes, "are you really from Xu Ji's coffin shop?" β
Waiting for Yue said: "It's my young lady, if you don't believe it, you can ask the descendants of the Zeng family." β
"How much trouble is it to run that far?" Luo Xuyan said: "Why don't you take a look at our goods first?" β
Thinking that the coffin shop in Xu Ji was full of good things, the woman swept away the laziness, and her eyes lit up, "Okay, good!" β
Luo Xuyan nodded at the moon, the latter went outside to call Qian Dawu and picked out two paper figures, but when he was about to move into the shop, he found that the door was too small to take in.
The woman hurried forward and removed two more panels.
A large amount of sunlight spilled into the house, driving away the musty smell and making people feel a lot more comfortable.
Luo Xuyan said: "Can you please take a look?" β
Qian Dawu stood the paper figure in front of the woman and said with a smile: "This is the person from our shop, who tied it with his own hands." β
The woman looked at the paper figure in front of her, which was half a person tall, and her eyes widened in surprise, "This and this, this and this......"
Luo Xuyan smiled slightly.
The woman continued: "If I look a little further away, I would have thought it was a real person......
"You've won a prize." Luo Xuyan said modestly.
The woman waved her hand, raised her hand happily, and carefully stroked the paper figure, "This paper is not the same as ours...... No wonder it's so well done...... By the way, I haven't asked what the girl is called? β
"My surname is Luo." Luo Xuyan said.
The woman said, "Miss Luo, are you about to sell this paper figure to me?" She thought about it, and then became a little worried, "I'm afraid...... The small shop can't afford such a nice thing......"