"Hmm." Layue hummed expressionlessly, raised her feet and stepped into the store.

She went in and didn't ask about business, didn't ask about accounts, and the first thing she said after sitting down was to ask about Shui Xiangmo, "Shopkeeper Gao, is Lu Lixin's Shui Xiangmo broken?" ”

Shopkeeper Gao and Mama Chang glanced at each other, and they both read the surprise in each other's eyes, it seems that it is not an illusion, the young lady has changed.

"Young lady Hui, it's broken." The shopkeeper unconsciously used honorifics, in the past, the young lady talked to herself, although she was a master and servant, she regarded herself as an elder, and she rarely used the beginning of "back to the young lady" when she spoke to the young lady, but now the depressing atmosphere exuded by the young lady made people involuntarily feel strange.

"Has anyone from their house come again since it was broken?" It was still an unwavering inquiry.

"I haven't been here, I come every month on the fifth day of the new year, and now it's only the fourth day of September, and I estimate that there will be results tomorrow." The shopkeeper replied truthfully.

Layue stopped squeaking, and was silent for a long time and didn't know what she was thinking, Chang Mama and Xiaodouzi around her, you look at me, I look at you, but no one dared to speak out for a long time to remind the young lady of the matter at hand.

It wasn't until the waiting crowd almost couldn't bear it, even if they were scolded by the young lady and had to speak, Layue finally remembered that the people around her were still waiting for her to ask.

"Mama Chang, how is Zhuangzi over there in Wei County?"

Mama Chang hurriedly stepped forward and replied, "It's all very good, the two newly bought granges are listening to the young lady, and they will be put away first." She really wanted to ask more: Young lady, are you really sure that there will be chaos over there? Now Zhuangzi in Wei County is very peaceful, and there is no sign of chaos at all.

But she didn't dare, she didn't dare before, she didn't dare now, not only did she not dare, she didn't even dare to ask about what the shopkeeper said about wanting to buy a few shops in Cizhou City, a hundred miles away from Yecheng.

Layue nodded, and asked the shopkeeper Gao again, "Last time, you were asked to quietly inquire about buying a house in the suburbs of Yecheng, did you have a settlement?" ”

"Yes, in the northernmost suburbs of the north of the city, there is a house that is not too big, it is an outer room woman raised by an official eunuch in Jiangnan in the past, and now she has given birth to a child and has been taken away, and this house is empty and empty, so I want to sell it at a low price."

"As long as the origin is clear, it must be purchased quietly, and don't let anyone know that it is a place for our family to shelter from the wind and rain in the future."

Hearing Layue say the three words of family, several people put their hearts at ease, thinking that the young lady's change this time may not be able to be counted in what she said before, but I didn't think she still remembered.

"Young lady, do you want to go and see that mansion before making a decision?" The shopkeeper Gao said carefully, "Now I just wait for the young lady to look at it, if I think it's okay, I will directly hand over all the money here, and after receiving the deed, I will pack it up and settle the Xue family sisters and brothers in first." ”

Layue wanted to say that you don't need to look at it, you just look good, but after thinking about it, there is nothing to do every day at home, so it is better to go and see, so she nodded, "I'll go and see it later, if the Lu family comes tomorrow, don't be in a hurry to refuse them, wait for me to come and talk to them in person." ”

The shopkeeper Gao responded one by one, and Layue got up and was about to leave to see the house, ordered Xiaodouzi to accompany him, and suddenly turned around when he arrived at the door of the store, "That's right, shopkeeper Gao, this house is a different person, don't write it in the name of Shi Gongzi, write it in the name of Xue Hang." ”

After speaking, he ignored them who stayed where they were, and went out and ordered a sedan chair to go to the north of the city.

Xiaodouzi has been here, Layue looked at Xiaodouzi happily pointed to this house and chattered endlessly, and suddenly envied her in her heart, although she sold herself as a maid at a young age, but it is rare that this child has always maintained this innocence, obviously fourteen or fifteen years old, listening to the high shopkeeper, every day I like to play with a group of eight or nine-year-old children from poor families in front of the shop.

"Little Douzi, do you think the Xue Hang sisters and brothers will like it here?"

Xiao Douzi was pointing to the stone pier at the door and talking endlessly about the magnolia flowers engraved on it, and was stunned for a moment by Layue's question before asking, "Is the young lady really the yard that was bought for them?" I thought it was just hanging in their name. ”

"Naturally not, this is really bought for them, if the shop can't be opened in the future, let's live here, but Xue Hang, a man who always wants to marry a daughter-in-law, buy him this Zhuangzi should help him settle down in advance, and then I will slowly buy a dowry for you and Xiaoxi, and then save some pension money for Mama Chang, even if there is nothing to worry about in this life."

Xiaodouzi is a simple child, and he can't hear the decisive meaning in the young lady's words, but he can only listen to them plan to be so thoughtful and happy, jumping and jumping, and serving the moon is even more dedicated.

After returning home, as soon as Layue entered the hanging flower door of her yard, she saw that the lights were on in the room, she frowned, and said to Xiaodouzi, "Xiaodouzi, are there any other people in our yard?" ”

Xiao Douzi hurriedly replied smartly, "Young lady Hui, there are two grandmothers in the courtyard who are responsible for cleaning the rough envoys sent by the young master, as well as Xiao Douzi, and nothing else, but only Xiao Douzi can enter the young lady's room." ”

This is strange, who will be in their own room, the city or Juanniang? Mother-in-law is still recuperating from her injuries, it won't be her, Zhicheng is afraid that she will hide from herself every day like a mouse and a cat, is it Juan Niang? If it was her, then the purpose of coming would be self-evident.

It's just that when he wasn't there, he went directly into his room, and he didn't take people seriously, and he didn't want to pay attention to her several times, but this person kicked his nose and face more and more, and wanted to be beaten on his body.

She ordered Xiaodouzi to invite the young master and go in alone.

There were four lamps lit in the room, two one-person gauze lamps beside the bed, and two light yellow gauze lamps with short candlesticks on the table. Juan Niang sat generously in front of the dressing table she usually likes to sit on, holding a box of rouge and smelling it, and when she saw Layue coming in, she put down the rouge without panic on her face.

Then he stood up with the girl's hand, came to the sandalwood round table covered with a red embroidered flower basket tablecloth and sat down, and then sighed as if he was tired, raised his eyes and looked at the door standing at the door staring coldly at his Layue Dao, "Sister Layue is doing a good show, this trick to capture the old and indulge the city is really powerful." ”

"Who let you in?" Layue ignored her provocation, and still stood at the door without moving, "It seems that there are really fewer people in my yard, and any pig and dog dare to come in." ”

Pigs and dogs? Who are Pig Dogs? Although Layue was not polite to her before, but she had not scolded people so directly, Juan Niang didn't react for a while, and she was stunned for a moment before her face changed, and she was about to scold, Layue said coldly, "I advise you to save some effort, the place where you sit on the chair is the place where my sister-in-law Zhang Wanqing invited me to drink red bean soup, and the story of that bowl of red bean soup must be known to Juan Niang, right?" I advise you to get out of me while I am not tired of you to the point of hatred. ”