The shopkeeper also can't, and tells the guys, think about it in your spare time, and apologize to Mama Gui very apologetically, "Big sister, the guys don't remember, I'm afraid I can't help with this matter." ”

Mama Gui was disappointed, but she still thanked the old shopkeeper, and then instructed the young man, "Wu Er, go find an inn nearby, let's stay first, send someone to search in the city, and wait for these little brothers in the restaurant to think about it carefully, maybe someone will remember it tomorrow." ”

The old shopkeeper felt guilty in his heart, and when he heard her say this, he hurriedly introduced the Fu'an Inn not far away, and personally took them there, rented a quiet small courtyard, and then returned to the restaurant.

A group of guys in the restaurant, all afternoon, are absent-minded, serving the wrong food countless times, each in front of the eyes is white flowers of silver swaying, this thinks that one hundred taels is enough to go to a daughter-in-law, buy a small yard, that thinks, one hundred taels can open a small business, their own shopkeeper.

It's a pity that this hundred taels is like the moon in the sky, you can see it, but you can't eat it.

Early the next morning, Mama Gui came to the door again with the maid and the maid, and sat until the evening, waiting for the news of the guys, but unfortunately, the guys still didn't think of anything useful, and saw the old lady helping the maid downstairs with a disappointed face, and they were so ashamed that they didn't dare to look up.

Unexpectedly, the old lady not only did not reprimand them, but mentioned the reward to two hundred taels, not to mention the entire restaurant, even the neighbors, the guests who are familiar with each other on weekdays are also spreading, there is a young lady from a large family who is separated from the slave, I heard that a few days ago in the rich building appeared, but also lost a piece of good jade pendant, and now the family is offering a reward to the young men to provide clues, so everyone has discussed, "This restaurant guys are going to make a fortune." Then, they also began to rack their brains, have they ever heard of a young lady who lost her jade pendant...

After three days like this, when the reward rose to four hundred taels, and it was also the day when the restaurant paid wages, the guys weighed the hundreds of copper coins in their hands, and they were all a little happy, and there was no joy in the past.

One of them got off work, rushed to close the city gate, and ran to Baijia Village, not far from the city, outside the first small courtyard in the west of the village, a young student was taking advantage of the afterglow of the sunset, moved the stone wall, heard the footsteps, turned around and saw that it was a friend coming, so he welcomed him into the courtyard with a happy face, listened to the movement in the house, and said, "My father is afraid that he is asleep, and he wants to wronged you to sit here and drink tea." ”

The young man waved his hand, "What are you pretending to be polite to me?" As he spoke, he reached out and took out a small cloth bag in his arms and stuffed it for Hou Sheng, and said with a smile, "This is last month's salary, and the shopkeeper said that you are short of money these days, let me send it to you first." ”

The young descendant took the money bag, his face was full of gratitude, and he sighed, "The shopkeeper is really benevolent and righteous, if it is an ordinary owner, seeing that I have been delayed for so many days, I am afraid that I would have been driven out a long time ago, let alone pay the salary." ”

The young man patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "The shopkeeper said that it is difficult to find a filial son like you, so he can help him." Besides, our uncle's leg has been connected to the bones, and it will be fine if he raises it for a few months, even if he can't go to the mountains to hunt in the future, at least do some simple work, and you will marry a daughter-in-law in two years, and life will not be better. ”

When the young descendant heard him say this, he smiled honestly, "My family is so poor, how can anyone be willing to marry their daughter to suffer, let's talk about it later." As he spoke, he went into the house and brought a pot of herbal tea, and the two sat in the shade of the tree and gossiped, and the young man told him the new things in the restaurant, thinking of the four hundred taels of snowflake silver, and smacking his mouth greedily, "If I get the four hundred taels of silver, how good it is, buy a field, buy a yard, and marry a daughter-in-law, I don't have to suffer in this life." ”

After speaking, he poured a large sip of tea regretfully, and then looked at his friend, but found that his lips were trembling, and he couldn't tell whether it was surprise or what the look was, so he asked, "What's wrong with you, you were tired of building the wall just now?" ”

The young descendant shook his head suddenly, "No, no, you say, what the noble man is looking for is the person who lost the jade pendant?" ”

The young man nodded, "Yes, it is said to be a young lady, we all thought about the guests in our restaurant for three months before and after, and I didn't remember when a beautiful young lady entered the Tianzi room, and everyone said that the noble man was afraid of..."

Huzi nodded vigorously, and the joy on his face could no longer be hidden, "Dongzi, the night before my father asked someone to send the letter to the restaurant, it was my turn to close the door panel, and someone came to find Yu Pei at that time, saying that it was lost in the Tianzi room!" ”

Dongzi stood up suddenly, didn't notice that the stool behind him had fallen, and shouted in ecstasy, "Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" Go tell the shopkeeper! ”

Huzi ran into the house and said to his father, and the two of them ran to the city, but unfortunately, at this time it was already dark, and the city gate had long been closed, and the two of them had the power to call the city gate in private, so they had to turn back to the village, and the two of them lay on a kang at night, all of them turned over and over like a pancake, and they were so excited that they danced for a while, and imagined a good life in the future, in short, they tossed all night, and their eyes were red, and as soon as the sky was bright, they rushed to the city gate again, accompanied by a group of farmers who carried the burden and sold vegetables, The first crowd entered the city gates.

The old shopkeeper was arranging work for the guys, and he was also very happy to hear their words, and personally took them to the Fu'an Inn.

Huzi looked at the maids and women around him staring at him, his face turned red, his hands and feet were at a loss, and he lowered his head and refused to speak. Lu Rui immediately made a look, kicked the person out, and then stood with Wu Er, who rushed to hear the news, to the left and right of Mama Gui.

Mama Gui stabilized her mind, invited the three of them to sit down, and then asked Huzi very kindly, "This little brother, on that day, came back to find Yu Pei, was it a man or a woman?" What does it look like? If it is a man, can he say, for whom did he come to find it? ”

Huzi bowed slightly and replied, "Back to the nobleman's words, that day, the guests in the restaurant were gone, and the small one was on the door board, and a small servant came running over, his face was very anxious, saying that their son-in-law was eating wine in the box during the day, and accidentally dropped a piece of jade pendant that he was carrying, and specially sent him to find it." I saw that he was in a hurry, so I led him upstairs to look for it, and it was the north Tianzi number, but I and the little guy searched for it, but we couldn't find it. Later, the little guy thanked me and went back. ”

When Mama Gui heard that she was looking for a jade pendant for her son-in-law, her brows furrowed, her own lady learned the best from a young girl's precept and female virtue, and the jade pendant is a beloved thing, and it will never be easily given to outsiders, maybe this is a coincidence, what the son is looking for is not this piece in his hand?

The old lady endured the disappointment in her heart, and asked again, "That little brother, do you know which son the master of that little guy is?" ”

Huzi nodded, "If it was a weekday, I wouldn't remember, but that day, for some reason, the boy went downstairs in a hurry, and my arm hurt a lot, so I looked at it twice, and the person who followed him at that time was that little guy." ”

The old shopkeeper was brushing his beard and listening, but suddenly he was stunned and asked, "Huzi, you mean... Second son of Chu? ”

Huzi nodded hurriedly, "It's the boy in the red shirt, I was knocked into the tea bowl, and you also deducted my ten cents salary." ”

The old shopkeeper coughed embarrassedly, turned to the old lady and smiled, "As soon as this kid said it, I also remembered that this Chu Gongzi did drink in the Tianzi room a few days ago, but before he sat for half an hour, he rushed back because of the death of his father." However, this son is merry by nature, and he acts profligate on weekdays, and the old girl said that this jade pendant belongs to Miss Guifu, so it shouldn't easily fall into the hands of this person? ”

Mama Gui's brows furrowed even tighter, and she was also puzzled, could it be that the young lady changed her mind and fell in love with another son, "This Chu son, what does the family do for a living?" ”

"The Chu family is the home of merchants, and they have opened pawnshops in this city, and there are seven or eight shops such as cloth villages, which are very rich." is also a businessman, and the old shopkeeper is naturally quite familiar with the affairs of the Chu family, so he clearly understands them one by one.

"Pawnshop?" Mama Gui's eyes lit up immediately, and she wondered in her heart, if the young lady was short of money and lived a life as this jade pendant, this son would look at it and love it, and wear it on his body, it would be reasonable.

"Wu Er, you take the jade pendant to Chu Mansion, if you can ask for the news of the young lady, it is better, if people ask for the jade pendant, give some silver money to buy it."

Wu Er took the jade pendant, hugged his fists and responded, and Dongzi was clever enough to take the initiative to lead the way for him in front, and went out of the inn, turning around three times and twice, but in a quarter of an hour, he arrived in front of the Chu Mansion in the north of the city.

The Chu family had a beautiful funeral, although it had been buried for four days, there were still two white filial piety cloths hanging high on the upper floor of the extremely magnificent gate, and a few small people wearing a full set of filial piety clothes in front of the door were carrying a big broom to clean up the dry yellow paper money all over the ground, and there was not much sadness on their faces, after all, this old lady went, and there was still the eldest young master, there was no shortage of masters in this house, and their food and clothing would not be lacking either, so naturally they did not feel how sad and sad.

Dongzi trotted forward and asked, "This brother, is the second young master of your mansion here?" Our son-in-law came to visit. ”

The little guy straightened up, took a broom, looked at both of them from top to bottom, and sneered, "You really don't know how to be polite, how can you come to visit in the morning?" ”

Wu Er has lived in the barracks since he was a child, and he has a straightforward temperament, and he doesn't like to talk around corners the most, so at this time, although he heard that this little guy must want some benefits, he was disgusted in his heart, where was he willing to answer correctly, frowning, he was about to walk towards the door, Dongzi and the little guy stopped him at the same time, and the little guy said angrily, "You are so rude, can anyone in our Chu Mansion break in?" ”

Dongzi also pulled Wu Er to the side and persuaded, "Childe, please wait a moment, the little one will go and ask in private, then the second son of Chu still has another courtyard, I don't know if he is in the mansion at this time?" ”

After he finished speaking, he ran to the little guy again, and with some pain, he took out a dozen copper coins from his purse, stuffed them, and then whispered, "Brother, I'm sorry for you to give me some advice, take this copper coin to buy some snacks." You don't know, our son's brain is a little stupid, but he is good at martial arts, and he is about to beat people when he is angry, and today I came to your mansion to find the second son of Chu, and I also heard that he knew the old imperial doctor, and planned to go to him to make a referral and diagnose the pulse of our son. ”

As soon as the little guy heard that Wu Er might hurt people, he was a little scared, and he got a benefit, so he pretended to be generous and said, "He has a sick brain, so I don't care about him." Your brother is good, I'll tell you more, our second young master is not in the house, yesterday the masters made a fuss, the second young master was angry, and went out separately, as long as the courtyard and two shops in the east of the city, the rest of the business was handed over, and he moved away directly last night. ”