51. Travel
When Chen Demei heard this, her face suddenly became ugly. Although she suffered a lot when she was young, she has been the shopkeeper for a few years, who is not polite to her? Even the ladies who come to buy the goods in demand in the store do not support themselves to do such a small thing. Yuanning is a little girl, even if she is the biological daughter of the owner behind the scenes, she can't call her like this.
If it weren't for the scruples of Suo Xue Luo's face, she really wanted to slap it.
Yuan Ning saw that she didn't move, and she was even more arrogant: "What? Can't I call you? Who do you think you are? It's just a slave of our family, and after making a few bucks, we forgot who your serious master is? ”
Wan Ning said angrily: "Fourth sister! You're going too far! How can you say that about Sister Xiaomei?! Apologize! ”
Yuan Ning stood up with a sigh: "Who is she your sister?" Our sister is sitting here, and you ignore it, but you call it sister to a minion, what do you think of us sisters? ”
Fang Ning pulled the corner of her clothes behind her and whispered, "Fourth sister, don't say it." Yuan Ning pursed her lips and ignored her.
Wan Ning was even more angry: "Sister Xiaomei is my good friend, what's wrong with me calling her sister?" If you say something more about a slave and a slave, I'll tell the second aunt! She turned her head to Chen Demei and said, "Sister Xiaomei, don't care about her, she's just going crazy." I have come up with a new recipe, which is special for summer, which can make the skin more refreshing, I will show you, you ask someone to try it? ”
Chen Demei's eyes lit up, she changed her smile and said yes, and pulled her to another room. Leaving Yuanning standing there, her face flushed, she wanted to vent a good time, and she was worried that Wanning would really complain to her mother, but she was unwilling to let go of the woman who neglected her like this.
The skirmish had already attracted the attention of the clerks outside the door, and a few girls were poking their heads inside and whispering. Yuan Ning felt that they were all secretly laughing at herself, and her heart was even more uncomfortable.
Fang Ning called her in a low voice: "Fourth sister...... You sit down first......"
She couldn't stand it anymore, turned around and ran out of the store, Fang Ning was anxious to follow, and hesitated that Wan Ning was still in another room, just not knowing what to do, Shu Ning held her down and said, "I'll go, big sister sit first." With that, he chased him out.
Shuning chased after the outside of the store and was relieved to see Yuan Ning standing under the eaves outside the door, wringing her fingers and getting angry to herself. If the little girl runs away, it will be troublesome if she can't find it.
She stepped forward and said softly: "Fourth sister, don't be angry, you just can't get used to the second sister, why do you need to be angry with others?" ”
Yuan Ning said: "I'm not angry, I can't get used to the way that woman stammers with the second sister, obviously I am the master, why does she only regard the second sister as the master in her eyes?" I've been in the store for so long, and she hasn't even looked at me! ”
Shuning was angry and funny: "Although I heard that this shop is the capital of the second aunt, but it is this Miss Chen who makes money in business, isn't it?" Then she is at least a big steward, could it be that the chief steward in the house, you will also ask her to pour tea for you in person? ”
Yuan Ning hesitated, those people have heads and faces, and she really doesn't have the courage to do so.
Shu Ning said again: "Besides, Miss Chen is attentive to her second sister, I'm afraid it's also because of the prescription in her hand, right?" "It must be Wanning who taught the female boss modern natural skin care products and cosmetics knowledge, so that people can use it to make money, and it is normal for people to be enthusiastic after receiving her favor.
Yuan Ning thought about it, and her face got better, but in the end, she said in a resentful tone; "It's all the second sister's fault anyway! One day, I want everyone to hold me in the palm of their hands and trample her under their feet! ”
Shu Ning felt a chill, and thought to herself, Sister Wan, what did you do to Yuan Ning? A little child, you have made a psychological distortion, and I don't know what will become when I grow up.
The four sisters soon left Valerian together. Yuan Ning kept a straight face all the way and didn't talk to anyone, Shuning and Fang Ning couldn't do anything about her, but Wan Ning didn't care, directly led the way, and led everyone to the "Deyue Pavilion" dozens of meters away. This is a teahouse controlled by Xingbao behind the scenes.
The storefront of the teahouse is quite clean, using a traditional teahouse layout, and it doesn't look like there are any modern elements. What's more special is probably the storytelling desk on the first floor, where a middle-aged man is sitting and telling stories. When Shuning and his party followed Xiao Er quietly to the second floor seat, the storyteller's voice came more and more clearly. Shuning sounded a little familiar, and paid close attention to it, it was actually "Smiling Proud Jianghu"! (Shuning: Master Jin Yong, have you even been copied?) )
The man was talking about Ren Yingying being trapped in Shaolin Temple in order to save Ling Hu Chong, and after Ling Hu Chong knew, he took a group of people to save her, and now he was talking happily with these "heroes and heroes", but because someone offended the six immortals of Peach Valley, the person was caught in their hands, and he was about to be torn into several pieces.
The guests in the teahouse listened attentively, and they didn't dare to come out. Later, when the peak turned around and the exciting scene turned into a funny scene, I was relieved. The storyteller was very talented, and he spoke brilliantly, making the audience feel as if they were there, and they all applauded in unison.
The private seat on the second floor is actually a booth separated by a wooden lattice window next to the fence of the patio, and a few pots of plants more than three feet high are placed as shelters, and then a thin screen is used to divide it into a small space, which is actually not a room. Wan Ning and Fang Ning didn't seem to be here for the first time, the little second brother recognized them and brought the tea and snacks that they were used to every day. Only Yuan Ning frowned slightly, and secretly wiped the edge of the table with a handkerchief.
Shuning looked at the cup, it was quite clean, took a sip of tea, and looked downstairs over the railing. The storyteller was talking with a fluttering eyebrow, and the listeners applauded.
Wan Ning listened with relish, and from time to time she said something like "Hey, this storyteller is quite eloquent" or "It's really more wonderful than the original novel". Fang Ning just smiled and said nothing, but Shu Ning had a dark line: Sister, the wooden lattice window here has almost no sound insulation effect, and there are people next to it, do you want the world to know that it is the book you made?
The storyteller talked about the wonderful place, and the applause of the guests came from several private seats next to him, and in a private seat diagonally opposite, there was a scholar in his thirties, holding a paper fan, and the applause was the loudest, and many guests noticed him, and Shuning and them were no exception.
Someone whispered in the seat on Shuning's right: "That person looks familiar, who is it?" "You don't recognize him? He is the minister of the study, Lord Chen Liangben, he will come to listen to the book "Smiling Proud Jianghu" every day, even if he doesn't have time to come, he will call the servants to listen to it, and go back and tell him it. "I see, I can't imagine that such a big official also likes to listen to books."
Chen Liangben?!
It turned out to be the successful crossing stallion dude. Shuning hurriedly looked at that person, that is, one nose and two eyes, he just looks quite good, why do so many women take a fancy to him?
It's strange, he should know the story of "Smiling Proud Jianghu"? Is it to miss the days before the crossing?
Shuning suddenly remembered one thing, Wanning and Chen Liangben were in the same capital, I don't know if they had any contact with each other? She swallowed her saliva and asked quietly, "Second sister, someone next to me said that the person diagonally opposite is Lord Chen Liangben, do you know him?" ”
Wan Ning was listening carefully, and was suddenly asked, and said a little angrily: "Chen Liangben? That big official? I haven't seen that kind of man who is serious and marries a bunch of wives, why should I know about him? ”
Ahem, it seems that Wan Ning didn't find out that it was a colleague who crossed over? Still, it's obvious, right? Probably because you don't belong to a social circle, you haven't met before, right? It's just that even the things that he has heard about in Mukden, Wan Ning, who is in the capital with Chen Liangben, actually doesn't know anything, this is too dull, right?
Shuning didn't expect that she was also a dull person, and she only cared about laughing at others.
She had just finished a cup of tea and was about to eat an extra piece of snack, when the storyteller ended the chapter with the phrase "I want to know what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown." Wan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and when she saw that there were two more singers downstairs, she was excited to continue listening, but suddenly heard Yuan Ning say next to her: "It's noisy!" Can you sit down?! Let's go! ”
Wan Ning was a little disappointed, and in a blink of an eye, as if she remembered something, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "If you think it's too noisy here, why don't we go to a quieter place to sit?" As he spoke, he glanced at Fang Ning, and Fang Ning's face slowly turned red.
When leaving the teahouse, Shuning always felt as if someone was watching their group, and when she looked back, she saw that the man who was said to be Chen Liangben was staring at Wanning's back, and a follower next to him whispered something in his ear, and he nodded inscrutablely.
Shuning felt a chill, and hurriedly turned around and followed Wanning and them.
When the group left the teahouse, Wan Ning led them forward for a while, then turned into an alley, stopped in front of a bookstore, and asked, "How about sitting here?" ”
Shuning looked at the front of the bookstore, it was still clean and tidy, thinking that she hadn't bought a new book since she entered Beijing, her heart was a little itchy, so she walked in.
Yuan Ning followed in, but Wan Ning was a little surprised, and she didn't have time to stop her, so she had to pull Fang Ning and follow in.
Shuning first saw a collection of essays that she wanted to buy for a long time, although the author is not well-known, but the words are fresh and beautiful, she and Zhou Yinlan like it very much. She hurriedly took the book in her hand first, picked out another travelogue, and then went to look at the others.
In addition to poetry collections, there are many miscellaneous books in this store, such as mountain and river geography travelogues, legendary small talk books, and anecdotal notes. Shuning saw a copy of "Yuanyuan Collection" and felt that the title of the book was interesting, so she took it out and took it out. Turning a few pages, it is a collection of stories, telling stories about good people who have good rewards, who sincerely believe in Buddha and worship God and are blessed, and those who do good deeds are reincarnated into wealthy families. Although Shuning thinks that this is all a deception, Tong seems to like watching these very much, and it is better to buy them back for her to relieve her boredom.
She picked these three copies, and was about to take this "Yuanyuan Collection" to the counter together, but she might as well be taken away, and turned her head to see that it was Wanning.
Wan Ning flipped through the book and said, "I thought that the third sister would only read those easy-to-understand books, but I didn't think you also liked these miscellaneous books?" Glancing at the cover of the travelogue in Shuning's other hand, "Can you understand all this?" She looked up at Shuning and asked.
Shuning broke out in a cold sweat.