As the day goes west, Qiyang Town slowly returns to tranquility. Relief of residual jaw boils

"Li Ji Silk Shop" is also quiet, but this tranquility is different from usual, and there is a faint sense of coldness.

There were several restaurant owners sitting in the shop hall, and there were also rice shop owners who also came to join in the fun, and the originally spacious shop suddenly became a little crowded. They looked a little impatient, and whispered a few words to each other.

Chunju at the counter looked indifferent, and there was an abacus in front of her that Yang Xiucai usually used, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, as if she was a female bookkeeper. She didn't even have to look at the people sitting in the shop, she lowered her head and carefully wiped the counter, as if no one was around.

In fact, she has long had no master in her heart, and if Miss was present, she would not be able to help crying. However, now that the young lady is not there, so many people have come to make trouble, and they all look kind, as long as she is a little careless and shows a little panic, then the store robbery incident in the morning will be repeated immediately.

After lunch, because the young lady suddenly disappeared, they didn't have much to eat, but only got together to discuss how to find the young lady, and they couldn't ask people everywhere with great fanfare, otherwise the people's hearts would be unstable, and the people in the town would mistakenly think that the young lady had secretly fled in order to avoid the account.

But somehow, before they could come up with a clue, these restaurant owners rushed over one after another, saying that they would come to deliver wine and ask for debts. Chunju remembered at this time, Miss had made up her mind in the morning and said that she would agree with these bosses to return the wine, and now that people came to ask for money, and Miss was not there, how could they dare to make decisions on their own? What's more, Chunju also knew that the money on the store's books was not enough to distribute to these big customers.

Chunju was at a loss, and Wen Sheng comforted the guests, saying that the young lady went out to run errands and would be back soon, so that they could wait for a while. It is not a way to delay like this, Chunju can only do this, delay for a while, and at the same time send Han Niu'er and others to quietly find the place where Miss often goes. She couldn't stop chanting Buddha in her heart at this time, and just begged God to bless their young lady to come back soon, and suddenly she was worried, how could the young lady cope with this scene when she came back?

Pity a faithful girl, sorrowful, and have to act as if nothing had happened to deal with the debt collectors.

Come back, my good lady!

"I said, Xiao Nizi, your shopkeeper let us wait for her here, so where did she hide?" Hu Laoer, who hadn't shown up for a long time, swaggered into the silk shop, glanced at the people who had been waiting anxiously, and opened his mouth to say: "I can hide from the first day of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth, it was she who agreed to let us return the goods, why did she hide and not give the silver at this time?"

This sentence is like an open fire thrown into a dry pyre, and it suddenly stirs up a string of anger.

"That's right, tell your shopkeeper to come out. ”

"What is the matter with going out? I think I'm hiding and not daring to see anyone. ”

"Sticking out your head is also a knife, shrinking your head is also a knife, don't learn from the turtle bastard. ”

Anyway, there is no good word, and people use this war of words to vent their anger.

Hu Lao Er was very satisfied with such a result, and shook his head and said.

"In my opinion, these three girls either ran away with the silver, or something happened to them? Otherwise, how could they wait so long and not come out?"

This sentence is really vicious, Chunju's heart sank even more when she heard it, and she said angrily: "Boss Hu, the blue sky and the white sun, don't curse people with red mouths and white teeth." ”

Chunju's anger hit Hu Laoer's arms, he laughed twice, squinted his triangular eyes without smiling and said: "I just said that, why are you surprised! I'm afraid that you are hiding important things from our big guys, this will be empty-hearted!"

Chunju settled down, she knew that the other party was the leader, and she had to find fault with herself everywhere, and she couldn't mess up. She settled down and said calmly: "What does Boss Hu mean by this? Chunju is just an ignorant slave girl, if someone says that the master is not, and he doesn't even dare to say a word, then does he still have the face to live?"

Immediately afterwards, she explained to the big guys: "Our young lady has the habit of going out for a walk every afternoon, you can ask the grandmother who sells rouge on the street, the young lady passes by her stall every day, she knows best." ”

People are still talking, apparently not taking Chunju's words.

"That doesn't mean we're just going to wait. ”

"That's right, we all waited for an afternoon, you said she went out for a walk, and it took more than two hours to walk, and now it's getting dark, and no one has come back, I'm afraid there is something else to hide from us." ”

The bosses protested, and rushed to the counter, arguing with each other.

Chunju became more and more anxious, but she still patiently kept explaining to these bosses.

Hu Lao Er shook the paper fan in a chic manner, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, very proud. He suddenly let out a stunned "huh", attracting everyone's attention, then took the paper fan and slapped his palm hard, fell to his feet and shouted bitterly: "I remembered something important, damn it, how could I forget such an important thing?"

Everyone stared at him together, waiting for him to say this important thing, but Chunju knew that this person was deliberately making trouble, and there must be no good words in this mouth, and his face was already angry.

Hu Lao Er frowned and said: "I forgot one thing, when I came, someone on the road told me that he saw a woman jumping off the cliff in Dongshangang outside the town, and was about to come over to call someone to save it, saying that the figure was a bit like the third girl, and it was not very accurate to see it from a distance, and I don't know if it was or not?"

Hu Lao Er pretended to regret and said: "When I came to your store, I realized that the third girl was really not in the store! The third girl was willing to return the wine, and she was willing to compensate us for our losses. However, do things according to your ability, women have long hair and short knowledge, and they can't withstand big battles, so they are looking for death and life before they have anything to do, and when the person is dead, the tent can't die, right?"

Although the words are ugly, but it is related to their own interests, some people nodded in agreement with his opinion, and some people felt unbearable, but they were unwilling to lose the money in vain, so they just kept silent.

These words made Chunju frightened and distressed, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Seeing that Chunju was distraught, Hu Lao Er wanted to strike while the iron was hot and continue to incite people.

"When will this silver be cashed out to us? Since the third girl is not at home, Miss Chunju, you can give us a letter." ”

Chunju's face turned pale, and she said coldly: "Aren't you falling into the well? If you want silver, just wait for our young lady to come back." ”

Hu Lao Er laughed dryly.

"Then what if you young lady don't come back? According to me, it really can't be a witness, and sell the things in the store, and settle the matter after discounting the money. ”

There was some commotion in the crowd.

Chunju was anxious in her eyes, she knew that this bad guy was so messing around, something would definitely happen after a long time. She didn't know if what Hu Lao Er said was true or false, if Miss really fell off the cliff, then--

The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became, and she raised her eyes to look around, and suddenly saw a familiar face at the staircase on the second floor, and stretched out her hand to signal her to keep quiet, and pointed outside. Chunju's eyes lit up, and she immediately nodded slightly knowingly.

She cleared her throat, changed her sad expression, and said, "Uncles and uncles, Chunju doesn't believe what Boss Hu just said, he said that our young lady fell off the cliff, if it's true, please take us to have a look." ”

Hu Lao Er's eyes rolled and said: "I also heard what others said about this matter, too, human life is at stake, let's go to Dongshangang to help find it, maybe it can be saved." ”

When everyone heard it, they felt that what Hu Lao Er said was also reasonable, after all, if you live to see people die, you have to see corpses, and the third girl owes debts to so many people, so the big guys are particularly concerned. Everyone saw Chunju running to the street in a hurry, and hurriedly followed behind, lest anything happen again.

So many people were noisy and shouting, and soon the whole town was alarmed, although Zhuang Meiyan had not been here for a long time, but her popularity was good, and when she heard that something had happened, many people enthusiastically followed her out to find it, and the team became stronger and stronger.

Everyone walked out of the town and walked along the path to Dongshangang for a while, and soon saw the cliffside of Dongshangang. I don't know who shouted.

"Wolves!"

Everyone couldn't help but shudder and take a fixed look.

No, on the edge of the cliff on the top of the hill stood a tall white wolf. Everyone had never seen such a big wolf, and it was still silver-white hair, and it suddenly felt creepy. An older person immediately exclaimed, "Mountain God, it is the Mountain God who has appeared!"

In the area of Qiyang Mountain, there is a popular legend about the god wolf of the snow mountain, it is said that when the world is in turmoil, the gods will incarnate as white wolves to walk in the world. The south of Qiyang Mountain worships him as the mountain god in Wushuang, and the Wuyang Kingdom in the north of Qiyang Mountain is enshrined as the god of heaven, the founding king of Wuyang Country "Blood Wolf King" is to get the help of the white wolf god to create Wuyang Kingdom, in short, people are very in awe of the white wolf.

The older people knelt on the side of the road and muttered prayers to the "mountain god", and although the young people did not believe in the legend of the mountain god, they could not help but shudder when they saw such a tall and fierce wolf for the first time.

The crowd did not dare to go any further, only to see the white wolf standing on the edge of the cliff, looking up to the sky and roaring.

"Oo--woo!"

It resounded through the valley, and the mountains and forests in the distance immediately echoed with the undulating wolf howl, as if there were thousands of troops and horses lurking there, all obeying the command of this white wolf. The people became more and more frightened, and some of the timid people tried to retreat.

An elder shouted: "You are not allowed to be rude in front of the mountain god, the mountain god will not harm people's lives in vain, only those who do not respect the mountain god and do bad things will be eaten by the mountain god." ”

Under the shock of the old people, the crowd finally quieted down a little.

The elder muttered, "Mountain God, this is something important to tell us!"

Before the words were spoken, people saw a white wolf running from the base of the mountain, extremely fast, like a white lightning, and arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye. People were still in shock, but they saw that the white wolf seemed to be carrying a man on his back, his long hair was draped, and the white wolf stood on his heels not far from the crowd, carefully lying down and putting the person on his back on the ground.

Chunju exclaimed.

"Miss, it's Miss. ”

Regardless of the danger, Chunju immediately ran over, and Han Niu'er and Xi Ruolan also followed behind her. The white wolf slowly retreated, turned and headed out into the mountains and forests.

When the people saw the white wolf go away, they had the courage to surround them.

Zhuang Meiyan reclined in Chunju's arms, slowly opened her eyes, looked around, showed a confused look, and said in surprise: "I, where am I?" Chunju, Second Brother Niu, Sister Lan, and the big guys, why, why are they all here? What happened?"

Everyone looked at Zhuang Meiyan, waiting for her to solve the doubts in their hearts, but she herself was also confused, and people's awe of the mountain god was even more profound.

The old people were amazed and said that the woman who was personally sent back by the mountain god must have great blessings, and there will be great creations in the future. At this time, people's eyes looking at Zhuang Meiyan were not the same, and they were a little afraid.

Chunju complained with a crying voice: "Miss, it's scared us to death, what's going on?"

Zhuang Meiyan was still ignorant, and frowned: "I don't know, I feel bored and panicked when I sit in the house, and I always want to go out for a walk, and I don't come to the east hill outside the town." I just sat there in a daze, and then--"

Zhuang Meiyan thought hard, and then suddenly realized: "By the way, I remembered, I was sitting on the edge of the cliff at the time, and suddenly someone pushed me behind my back, I don't know what happened later, as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw all of you." ”

The old people nodded again and again, and the more kind elders told Zhuang Meiyan and said, "Girl, you are a great creation, your life should not be extinguished, the mountain god appeared, asked the messenger to save you, and just sent you over." The so-called kindness has good rewards, if it weren't for the girl's usual accumulation of virtue and good deeds, there would never be such an opportunity. ”

The elders in the town believe in the mountain god the most, and they all nod their heads when they talk about this, and some people tell the various deeds of the mountain god many years ago, and in this atmosphere, everyone is convinced.

Zhuang Meiyan also nodded and said, "I see, but unfortunately I don't remember." ”

The old man from before twisted his beard and said, "Girl, it's best if you can't remember, the true body of the mountain god can't be offended by ordinary people, it's what he won't let you remember." Hurry up and ask the masters of the 'Ci Nian Nunnery' to help you do a ** thing, and pick the best offerings to offer to the mountain god. ”

Zhuang Meiyan Nuonuo said yes.

Chunju remembered the most important thing and said, "Miss, do you see who pushed you?"

Zhuang Meiyan's eyes were bright and bright, sweeping from the crowd one by one, and the bosses who came to force the debt knew that they were at a loss, and they didn't dare to look at her, so they lowered their heads one after another. Suddenly, she saw a tall, thin man huddled in the crowd, desperately backing and dodging, trying to get the person in front of him to block his figure.

Zhuang Meiyan stretched out his hand and said, "It's him!"

Zhuang Meiyan pointed to a dodging man and said sharply: "It's him!"

The crowd was in an uproar, and everyone immediately turned their attention to the man, and the tall and thin man panicked, covered his face with his hand, and said hesitantly: "What's the matter with me? Third girl, you, you are looking at the wrong person! You sat on the edge of the cliff and fell down by yourself, I didn't push you." ”

Chunju and the others all stared at him fiercely. The more he talked, the more panicked he became, and from time to time he glanced at Hu Lao Er out of the corner of his eye, Hu Lao Er pretended to be calm, shaking the paper fan and saying nothing.

Chunju asked smartly: "So, you told Boss Hu that our young lady fell under the cliff?"

"Yes, yes, yes. When the man saw that there were steps to go down, he quickly excused himself and said, "No, I saw the third girl fall off the cliff from afar and came back to tell us...... Tell the shopkeeper Hu. ”

Hu Laoer glared at the man viciously, and the man spat out.

But someone recognized him, so he shouted: "Isn't this Ma Liuzi, hey, aren't you a buddy in Hu Laoer's restaurant?"

People immediately turned their eyes to Hu Lao Er, and turned around on the two of them, and they became suspicious.

Chunju sneered, looked at Hu Lao Er, and asked crisply: "Boss Hu, what's going on?" Your guy can clearly see that our young lady fell off the cliff, and he didn't say a word to us when he turned around, and he didn't save him when he died, is this still a person?"

Because the first Hu Lao Er vaguely said that he didn't know if Zhuang Meiyan fell off the cliff, and said that a bystander told him, I don't know very well, but now the person who passed the word is his partner, the lie is self-defeating, and his sinister intentions are also exposed to the world. Hu Laoer's face was red and white for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

The tall and thin man Ma Liuzi felt the condemning eyes around him, and he was even more panicked, and hurriedly explained: "I saw the third girl fall off the cliff before lunch, and when I came back, I told our shopkeeper, and he told me to keep quiet. Three girls, I really didn't push you. ”

Zhuang Meiyan smiled and said, "I didn't say that you pushed me, why are you panicking?" When I went out in the morning, I felt that there was always a figure following me behind, it turned out that you were following me!"

People looked at him with even more disdain, Ma Liuzi was dumbfounded, embarrassed and kept wiping his sweat, and couldn't say why anymore.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hu Lao Er hurriedly avoided the crowd and wanted to take the opportunity to leave. Xi Ruolan's eyes were sharp, and she immediately laughed coquettishly, and said: "Boss Hu, don't you go! Didn't you just shout that you want to settle accounts with your sister? It's really hard for you to bother, and you have to send someone to follow your sister, and you have to worry about your sister's silver, and carefully earn the money in your hands, the mountain god will not allow it!"

Hu Lao Er saw that the crowd was excited at this time, and if he mentioned the matter of asking for money again, he would have to provoke the anger of the public. He snorted, turned around and kicked Ma Liuzi, and said viciously: "You useless thing, you can't even learn a sentence well, this time you can make it clear, go back and settle accounts with you." ”

He pretended to bow his hand at Zhuang Meiyan and said, "Third girl, you are also frightened this time, let's keep it first, and we will talk about the silver later." ”

Hu Lao Er stole the chicken and didn't lose the rice, and led his men to leave, and the remaining bosses looked at each other, and in this situation, it was too unkind to ask for silver from others, and they also comforted Zhuang Meiyan with two words, and then left.

With the help of everyone, Zhuang Meiyan returned to the "Li Ji Silk Shop" and lay on the bed in the bedroom on the second floor. When the people gradually dispersed, and only her and Chunju were left in the room, she suddenly jumped out of bed, stretched her waist, and her eyebrows danced.

Chunju was startled, quickly waved her hand, and trotted to close the windows and doors. Zhuang Meiyan breathed a sigh of relief, and slapped her chest again and again, revealing a naughty smile.

When Chunju was in the store, she saw her young lady appear at the staircase and secretly gestured to her, signaling her to take people outside. She already knew that Miss was fine, and she also knew that Miss must have arranged it a long time ago, so she deliberately led the big guy out of town with great fanfare.

However, what she didn't expect was that the young lady was able to move the legendary mountain god, and she was surprised and admired.

"Miss, tell the slave what the hell is going on?"

Zhuang Meiyan smiled and briefly told Chunju what happened, and Chunju was amazed when she heard it, and when she heard that the young lady could really ride a white wolf to run around in the mountains, her eyes lit up with envy.

"Xiaobai is so powerful!"

"It's not that Xiaobai is powerful, it's that old Taoist priest who is powerful, I think that old Taoist priest must be a hermit master. Zhuang Meiyan corrected.

"Didn't the little white minister come back with you?" asked Chunju.

"Xiaobai, he seems to have followed the white wolf back to the old Taoist priest. At first, I was worried that he would not freeze to death or starve to death outside, but it seems that he is also a creator and has his own gods and men to help him. Zhuang Meiyan said thoughtfully.

"That's right, that's what happened to the saying, the good have their own good rewards, and the wicked have their own evil consequences. Look, those who are always thinking of ways to harm Miss will definitely not end well. Chunju said angrily.

Zhuang Meiyan nodded slowly, with a resolute look in her eyes, and said coldly: "Yes, it's time for them to pay off their debts." ”

This incident of the mountain god saved Zhuang Meiyan's reputation, and also bought her a buffer time. Zhuang Meiyan first begged the grain store owner to let him be lenient for a few more months, the grain store owner was originally instigated by Hu Laoer, worried that Zhuang Meiyan would be in debt, and later, under the guarantee of Father Xi and Jiang Yutang, he reluctantly agreed to settle it after three months.

On the side of the hotel owner and the wine seller, Zhuang Meiyan knew that there was no room for negotiation, so she cleaned up the silk on the store as quickly as possible, and then borrowed some silver from Father Xi and Jiang Yutang, made up enough money, and cashed them one by one, finally calming down the dispute.

After three or four busy days, that night, Zhuang Meiyan began to think about how to run the winery again, and she gathered several henchmen in the store to brainstorm.

Chunju was worried and said: "Miss, according to the slave maid, the income of the silk shop is not worse than that of the winery, and the risk is small, so it is better for us to concentrate on the silk business in the future." ”

Han Niu'er said: "Three girls, the winery business is our foundation, this can't be left behind, besides, everyone loves to drink the wine made by the three girls, if it weren't for this incident, we would be able to collapse the Liu family wine shop sooner or later." According to me, sooner or later, the silk shop will have to be returned to others, and it is better to concentrate on doing a good job in the business of the winery. ”

Yang Xiucai coughed lightly, his lips squirmed slightly, but he looked at everyone a little timidly, and finally didn't dare to speak.

Because of the poisoning, he and Sister-in-law Yang felt that they had no face to stay any longer, so they packed their luggage and prepared to go back to the countryside to live. Before they could leave, Zhuang Meiyan came to them, Zhuang Meiyan was very sincere to keep the two of them, and talked for a long time, Yang Xiucai and Yang Sister-in-law decided to stay and continue to help Zhuang Meiyan operate.

Zhuang Meiyan noticed Yang Xiucai's demeanor, she smiled, and took the initiative to ask: "Xiucai, you are a literate person, and you see things longer than us, you can talk about it." ”

Yang Xiucai glanced at Zhuang Meiyan gratefully, and said: "The silk shop is flexible, and the silver comes quickly. The winery is the handiwork of the three girls, it is fundamental, and it must not be put aside. However, the most important problem now is that our winery is still sealed by the government, and we can't make wine if we want to; second, the matter of being poisoned has caused people to panic, and even if we make wine now, I'm afraid people can't accept it. ”

Han Niu'er hammered the table in annoyance and said, "Let the poisoning matter be ruined, so what should I do now?"

Yang Xiucai glanced at Zhuang Meiyan and said in a low voice: "Xiao Ke thinks that the third girl already has an idea about this matter, don't worry about it first." ”

Zhuang Meiyan said with a smile: "You can say your thoughts, and I will also hear if it is the same as my idea." ”

Yang Xiucai, who was encouraged, said boldly: "In two days, it will be the annual 'Wine Festival', according to the old rules of our Qiyang Town, every family must come up with good wine on this day to see whose wine is the sweetest, who is the 'wine fairy' of this year." If the three girls get the title of 'Wine Fairy', wouldn't it be very beneficial to save the reputation of our winery!"

After listening to his words, everyone nodded in unison, and they all thought that this method was the best.

Chunju remembered something, and frowned again: "But the government was bought by Liu Fatzi, and the winery was sealed, what should we do if we are not allowed to make wine?"

"Don't worry, Lord Qin has returned to the capital, the case will soon come to light, and then the three girls will be able to return their innocence, even if Liu Fatzi buys the government, the government will not dare to openly disobey the order, it's really not good, we can also let people come forward to explain it to the government." As for the sake to be brewed for the 'Wine Festival', only one jar of wine is enough, and it doesn't take much space. ”

Zhuang Meiyan smiled and nodded: "What Yang Xiucai said is very true, and this is also my idea. Han Niu'er has to trouble you to tell the people in the village that you can't come back to brew wine for the time being, but I will still calculate the salary in the future. ”

Han Niu'er waved her hand again and again, and said, "That matter, the third girl doesn't have to worry." The old and young masters in the village all heard about this and all cried out for the three girls. My mother also asked someone to say, let the three girls not be angry, and said that if you are short of money or something, you must tell the village, and everyone will find a way to make it up for you. ”

Zhuang Meiyan was grateful, and said: "Everyone is kind, Meiyan has it, this is not a difficulty, those villains have not taken it to heart." They will definitely come to join in the fun, and we just want to take this opportunity to teach them a good lesson, frustrate their prestige, and grow our ambition. ”

This sentence lifted everyone's spirits and was quite encouraging.

Chunju was still a little worried, and said worriedly: "Miss, but the wine in the winery is not allowed to move, I heard that the 'Wine Festival' must use the newly brewed wine to participate in the competition, there are only two days left, we can't brew it at all!"

Zhuang Meiyan was confident and said, "I have my own way to do this." We're like this--"

Her voice was lowered, and several heads were put together.

Well!

Oh!

Yes!

Amazement, bewilderment, and admiration all kinds of eyes exchanged and brewed with each other. A big change is just around the corner!

Qiyang Town, Liu's Wine Shop.

Early in the morning, as soon as the morning sun shrouded the earth, someone hurried to Liu's wine shop. Liu Fatzi, the owner of Liu's wine shop, had just gotten up, still wearing a white bedclothes, only wearing a long gown, sitting on the edge of the bed with a jade cigarette holder, smoking dry tobacco with his head stuffy, and his eyebrows were tightly locked.

At this time, someone broke in, he raised his head a little unhappily and was about to scold, after seeing the person who came, he still suppressed his heart and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, you are here." ”

The person who came was none other than his brother Hu Laoer. He walked in a hurry, panting and sitting down on the chair, shaking the paper fan, and said, "Brother, as soon as I received my brother's letter, I came over immediately, and I didn't even bother to eat breakfast." ”

Fat Liu sighed and said, "It's not for that ugly girl." ”

He was halfway through his words, bowed his head and inhaled the dry smoke again. Seeing this, Hu Lao Er understood the points, and said: "Brother, but you are worried about the annual 'Wine Festival' in the town in two days?

Liu Fatzi smoked a cigarette for a while, spit out a large mouthful of white mist, and choked Hu Laoer coughing again and again.

He said slowly, "Alas, last night a few old things in the town got together to discuss the matter of this year's 'Wine Festival,' and sent someone to invite me too. Damn, I knew it would be a good thing, and I said that this year's 'Wine Fairy' gift money could be donated to the town to build mountain roads. The name of this year's 'wine fairy' must be Lao Tzu, and they must have seen this, so they pretended to talk to me. Phew! Building roads is a matter for the official family, why should they scavenge money from Lao Tzu, it's just crazy. ”

According to the rules of Qiyang Town, the "Shengjiu Festival" is a very grand festival, every year the squires will voluntarily raise money to hold this festival, select the best person to make wine as the "wine fairy", and reward 5,000 taels of silver gift money, and the squires are willing to recommend this wine to the county government, so that it has the opportunity to become a tribute.

It is a great honor for the wine company to be able to make a tribute wine to the emperor, which is both famous and beneficial, so the people in the town are very concerned about this grand event, and then not only the owners of the winery and wine shop, but also small families will take out their own carefully brewed wine to participate in the party, making the party more lively.

Hu Lao Er and Liu Fatzi are clear about these things, and Hu Lao Er understands the reason for his brother's distress even more.

What a reason for people to spit out the money that hasn't arrived yet!

Hu Lao Er remained silent and asked, "How did my brother answer?"

Liu Fatzi scolded hatefully, spat on the ground, and said: "Why did Lao Tzu promise them? Lao Tzu said that there is no gift money, whoever wants to participate will participate, and Lao Tzu will not do it!"

Liu Fatzi angrily banged on the table with a dry tobacco pot. Hu Lao Er was obviously not as impulsive as Liu Fatzi, and pondered for a moment and said, "Then did they agree?"

"What?" Liu Fatzi glanced at him and said proudly: "They have to dare, if Lao Tzu doesn't participate, Lao Tzu will be able to make all the people in the town unable to participate! Let them hold a fart 'Wine Festival'! Hurry up Ming'er and let the account office go and get back the 1,000 taels of silver I donated, and who of them can't weigh my withdrawal of silver?"

Hu Lao Er said with a smile: "That is, my brother is the first big family in Qiyang Town, who can't look at my brother's three-point thin noodles? Besides, my brother has the big backer of the dealer behind him, who doesn't want to stammer?"

Fat Liu nodded proudly. Hu Lao Er said again: "Then is my brother calling my brother here for this matter?"

When he said this, Liu Fatzi became angry again, and said viciously: "Look, this was sent by that little slut this morning." ”

Liu Fatzi threw something in front of Hu Laoer, Hu Laoer picked it up and looked at it, it turned out to be a letter, the font was vigorous and powerful, he recognized it was Yang Xiucai's handwriting, and couldn't help muttering in his heart.

After reading it, Hu Lao Er also frowned, and said: "This woman actually wants to openly challenge her brother, and she wants to compete with the excellence of winemaking in the 'Wine Festival', which is simply an ambitious leopard guts! Who doesn't know that the 'Wine Festival' must use newly brewed wine, her wine has been sealed by the government, and now there are less than two days left before the 'Wine Festival', and it is impossible for her to be faster than her brother with any magical powers." ”

Liu Fatzi also laughed wildly, and said: "It's really self-conscious, I looked at what the girl was called and lost my mind, and what did the mountain god say saved my life, I think it made the mountain mandrill blind." Her ugly appearance is why the mandrill doesn't dislike her ugliness. ”

After saying that, the two laughed in unison, their voices full of contempt.

Hu Lao Er nodded and said, "With such a sure thing, then my brother shouldn't have her?"

Liu Fatzi took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I came to you to discuss this matter." ”

"Brother, do you think that you have already announced your withdrawal from this party in front of the patriarchs in the town, and now you regret it?" asked Hu Lao Er tentatively.

"It's not. Liu Fatzi said: "Those are all small things, I think we should take this opportunity to ask for money with that girl? Since we are challenging the uncle, don't you add some color? In addition, brother, you are thoughtful, you help your brother think about it, could it be that this girl is playing some tricks? The last time my brother's people saw her fall off the cliff, but she actually came back to life, and pretended to be a ghost, so that she escaped, this time we have to think about it. ”

When Liu Fatzi talked about the incident on the cliff last time, Hu Laoer's face couldn't help but turn red, and he didn't expect that he would capsize in the gutter. Originally, he united these bosses to force Zhuang Meiyan to comply, because Zhuang Meiyan couldn't take out so much silver, so she could take advantage of the crowd to force her to sell the winery and the silk shop to pay off her debts. He had long coveted the booming business of the silk shop, and wanted to transfer it to his own hands, but he didn't expect that girl to invite out the "mountain god", and now everyone was in awe, so that she had a chance to breathe and make up the silver taels.

The girl teased him and his silly fellows in public, making everyone laugh.

Hu Lao Er said: "What my brother said is right, this ugly girl has no other skills, and some of the ghost eyes of the trick are really cunning, we have to guard against it." When her brother won her, she turned her face again and refused to admit it, just like Li San did last time, she got a note to repay the money, and finally let Li Sanren lose her money, and she suffered more than a dozen boards in vain. ”

Of course, Liu Fatzi still remembers this incident deeply, because that incident was exactly what he instructed Li San to do.

Hu Laoer's triangular eyes turned, and he immediately had an idea, and said, "Let's just tell that girl, it's not difficult to challenge my brother, just --"

The two muttered, and the corners of Liu Fatzi's eyes stretched out when he heard this, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he nodded again and again.

I don't know what these two people have in mind to murder others.

Qiyang Town, Li Ji Silk Shop.

In the morning, the store had not yet opened, and Zhuang Meiyan and others were having breakfast on the second floor. The meal is very simple, stem rice porridge, a few side dishes, elephant eye steamed buns, and a drawer of vegetarian stuffing steamed buns. Zhuang Meiyan took the rice porridge with her own hands and handed it to her mother, and then sandwiched her mother's favorite vegetarian stuffed steamed bun and put it on the plate in front of her mother.

"Mother, you try this fungus vermicelli egg filling, add some fresh leeks cut in the garden and dried shrimp brought by Sister-in-law Yang, the taste is fresh. Zhuang Meiyan said softly to her mother.

My mother is much better now, and she sits silently, just smiling at Zhuang Meiyan. Although I still can't remember what happened before, my mind is much clearer, and my speech and actions are not as confused as before.

Zhuang Meiyan feels that it is the happiest thing for the family to get together to eat together every day, and she doesn't care about what is eaten at the dinner table, but the warm atmosphere makes people feel happy.

Zhuang Meiyan put another piece of sauced beef in Zhuang Rongxi's bowl, and said, "Rongxi, you have to go to the school later, eat more beef." ”

Zhuang Rongxi flattened his mouth and said worriedly: "Sister, I don't eat beef, why do you have to clip beef to me every time?"

Zhuang Meiyan was a little embarrassed, and said in her mouth: "Sister forgot." ”

So the beef flew into the chrysanthemum bowl again.

"Chunju, you've always liked sauced beef. ”

Chunju respectfully held the bowl and sighed: "Thank you, Miss, in fact, the person who loves to eat sauce beef the most is not Chunju." Miss herself never eats beef in sauce, but she buys it every day, is it because--"

Zhuang Meiyan kicked her lightly, and she closed her mouth, but the smile in the corner of her eyes couldn't be hidden.

The family was eating happily when they heard someone running up from downstairs in a hurry.

Everyone looked at the stairs curiously, only to see Yang Xiucai running up, he didn't care about taking a breath, and immediately said: "Three, three girls, Liu, Liu Fat Man has replied." ”

Seeing that he was speaking quickly, Zhuang Meiyan immediately got up and gave up his seat.

"Xiucai, don't worry, have you had breakfast? Why don't you eat something here?"

As he spoke, he instructed Chunju to add a pair of chopsticks and a stool. Yang Xiucai waved his hand, tried to balance his breath, and replied: "Thank you for the kindness of the third girl, Liu Fatzi replied, saying that he was willing to accept the challenge of the third girl, but he just wanted to make a note in front of the patriarchs, and the loser would have to take out 10,000 taels of silver." ”

10,000 taels, this is a big gamble. 10,000 taels according to Zhuang Meiyan's current operation, this is all a year's income, not counting any expenses and expenses, and with Zhuang Meiyan's current ability, it is impossible to come up with so much silver. Liu Fatzi's sinister intentions are very obvious, that is, Zhuang Meiyan will lose the winery and the silk village, and he will never be able to turn over.

Zhuang Meiyan was very calm, it seemed that Liu Fatzi's response was what she expected, and she said, "Okay, then follow him." When are you going to see the patriarchs?"

Yang Xiucai said: "Liu Fatzi has already gone to the town's Zhuangjia ancestral hall to wait for the three girls." ”

The Zhuang family is a big family in Qiyang Town, so many things are discussed in the Zhuang ancestral hall, and the patriarch of the Zhuang family is also very authoritative in the town.

Zhuang Meiyan nodded, got up and went to the inner room to change clothes.

Yang Xiucai cautiously persuaded: "Third girl, this matter is not trivial, this kind of gambling contract is not like Xiao Ke's last time, it belongs to Bocai's money, and you can use it as an excuse to get rid of it." This is to write an agreement in front of the high authority, there is no possibility of remorse, in case of losing, even if you go to court, you must take out the money. ”

Zhuang Meiyan smiled confidently and said without hesitation: "I know, I just want to make a bet with him!"