Xiao Mingzi returned to the pawnshop from Qingfeng Restaurant, trotting all the way and not daring to delay. The shopkeeper is very ghostly, and after a long time, he will get to the bottom of it, and ask this and that endlessly.

As soon as Xiao Mingzi entered the shop, the guy standing behind the counter said, "Collected the money?" ”

"Uh-huh."

"The shopkeeper told you to go to his house when you came back. Why are you gasping for breath? ”

"Mr. Zhao's big yellow dog kept barking at me, and I was so scared that I ran all the way back. In the future, you will have to do this kind of thing. ”

The second fierce son laughed and said, "If I am a substitute steward, I will go." ”

Xiao Mingzi lowered his head and walked to the backyard, he was so flustered that he easily went to Qingfeng Restaurant, but he didn't even see a figure.

Steward Qiu has been missing for two days, and Xiao Mingzi hasn't slept for two days, counting the seconds to live, and it is easy to survive until the day when Steward Qiu said that he met with the "Scar Man" five days later, and he was thinking about what excuse to sneak out, and there happened to be an errand to Mr. Zhao's house to collect the bills, so he took the initiative to take this job.

Door-to-door collection, no one likes to go to this kind of thing, nine times out of ten will not collect money smoothly, it will always be discounted, and sometimes it will be accompanied by a smiling face when it is difficult.

Pawnshops also often have some good things that no one wants, some rich idlers love to wander around, see the objects they like to buy, the money in their pockets is not enough, give a deposit, leave the address and take away the beloved things, the rest of the money is generally agreed to be picked up within three days, and some are sent.

Mr. Zhao belongs to this kind of thing, three days ago he came to the pawnshop to ask, there happened to be a snuff bottle expired, Mr. Zhao liked it very much, so he gave a deposit of 100, and agreed to go to the house two days later to get the remaining 300.

Xiao Mingzi walked to the door of the king's shopkeeper's house, and was about to knock on the door, when the king's shopkeeper pushed the door out and said, "When I hear footsteps, I know it's you." ”

"Three hundred." Xiao Mingzi stood at the door of the house and hurriedly gave the money to the shopkeeper Wang.

The shopkeeper Wang showed a rare smile and said, "Well done, so much sweat on your face." ”

Xiao Mingzi exaggeratedly said: "Mr. Zhao's big yellow dog is too powerful, he saw Mr. Zhao give me money, so he pounced on me, barked at me, and scared me back." ”

Shopkeeper Wang smiled and said, "Take a rest and go to dinner." ”

Xiao Mingzi went back to the dormitory and passed by Steward Qiu's room, and the events of two days ago were churning in his mind alternately.

That afternoon, the shopkeeper Wang held a meeting for everyone, in fact, he said two sentences, the shopkeeper Wang and his cousin Shanyan were going to the countryside to receive the goods, the guys should take the initiative to work more, and Xiao Mingzi was at the front desk to manage the accounts and money of the day.

After the meeting, Steward Qiu whispered to Xiao Mingzi that he would come to his room after dinner and invite him to a snack.

The moon hung high in the black sky, just a few days after the Midyear Festival, the moonlight was very bright, even a little dazzling, when Xiao Mingzi entered the house, he saw that Steward Qiu was looking at the moonlight outside the window in a daze, and he was still holding his small clay pot in his hand.

Seeing Xiao Mingzi push the door in, Steward Qiu motioned for him to sit down. Xiao Mingzi saw that a burden had been sorted out on the kang, so he said, "The shopkeeper said that you will leave tomorrow?" Why so fast. ”

Steward Qiu smiled bitterly: "It's still fast, he can't wait to leave now."

"The guys are all talking about why the shopkeeper arranged for a lonely man and a widow to go to the countryside." Xiao Mingzi said.

Steward Qiu: "Just live in the shop of the big car shop, what are you afraid of lonely men and widows, and besides, she is also a woman?" In the past two days, his cousin has pestered me to draw a map, and he has not let go of any clues, I really doubt that his cousin has been a policeman? Captain Yan should give way to her. ”

Steward Qiu took out a dim sum bag from the package, and the wrapping paper was printed with peach-colored words: Lao Huojia Dim Sum.

Xiao Mingzi took a peach cake given to him by Steward Qiu, took a small bite carefully, and said, "Captain Yan is a famous master of solving cases in Tang Yuan, how can she compare." looks thin and small, only twenty. ”

Steward Qiu: "I think it's at least thirty." ”

"Really?"

"Look at her hands, they're very rough-skinned. Chatting with her again, I feel that this woman is not simple and has experience. However, I said I didn't know what he asked. Steward Qiu sat next to Xiao Mingzi and ate a piece of peach cake.

Xiao Mingzi said, "Why did you invite me to a snack?" Did the shopkeeper settle the bill for you? ”

Steward Qiu sighed and said: "It would be nice if I settled the bill, I mentioned it three times, but he didn't agree, so he said that he would give me more hard money at the end of the year." Let's eat, in Tang Yuan for three or four years, I didn't want to buy myself snacks to eat, I also want to open it. Tomorrow, once I leave the store, his cousin's dog skin plaster will not be able to shake off, and I will be sick when I think about it. The matter has come to this, and the shopkeeper and I are tacit. ”

Watching Steward Qiu babbling nonsense, Xiao Mingzi, who tasted the peach crisp, asked stupidly: "What do you mean tacitly?" ”

Steward Qiu: "It is tacit, even if he doesn't say it, I don't know what I say, but we both understand it." You think, I went out this time to work in the store, and he gave me a salary, a trip fee, and a meal, so that I couldn't say anything, and once I found out about my eyebrows, I didn't have anything to do. His cousin would strike at any moment. This is to tell me, I will not worry about this plate anymore. ”

Xiao Mingzi finished eating the peach crisp and said, "If you want me to say that you are being pinched by him now, let you do whatever you want." At the end of the year, take the dividends, and then get the deposit and salary, which is a lot, so let's talk about it when I go home. I thought, even if you find this person, you may not be able to make a deal, and the price of the plate will not be 10,000, 20,000, 100,000, maybe hundreds of thousands, how scary, where to get so much money, don't you say that the shopkeeper has no money, how can you buy it if you don't give money? When the time comes, he wants to buy it, but people don't sell it, and he doesn't know what happened. Isn't the opportunity coming? ”

Steward Qiu said: "You are really comforting, and I am much more comfortable chatting with you." The day after tomorrow, Qingfeng Restaurant will meet with that person, you can go for me. ”

Xiao Mingzi: "What am I going to say?" ”

Steward Qiu: "Just tell him about the king's shopkeeper letting us go to the countryside to find him, and tell him before and after." Let him hide the treasure, go out less, and don't find someone to sell during this period, he doesn't know how to do it, he is not an opponent, and he can't escape from the palm of the king's shopkeeper. At the end of the year, when the twenty-third day of the lunar month celebrates the New Year, it is still this time and place, I meet with him, and I will find a good buyer for him. ”

Xiao Mingzi: "Hmm. By that time, we will have a holiday, and you will leave Yongchang. ”

Steward Qiu: "Remember, in the twenty-third year of the lunar month, when you are in the unitary period, let's see you at Qingfeng Restaurant, you can come." ”

The package was open, Xiao Mingzi took out a small hat and said, "This is for the child?" Flower cloth, scarves, wool, for sister-in-law? ”

Steward Qiu said, "Well. Your sister-in-law is capable. I'm the head of the family, and I have younger brothers and sisters at home who are not married, and she cooks for everyone in the family. I also get along well with my mother. I usually see something, so I buy it."

Xiao Mingzi said: "Take this bag away?" No, you don't. If you don't feel at ease, pack up the package and put it in my cabinet, and I'll give it to you when you come back. “

Steward Qiu: "No, I'll take it, in case the place in the countryside is close to my home, maybe I will go home and have a look." By the way, this hat was given by the shopkeeper Xia of the silk shop, and the old lady should wear it appropriately, so give it to you. ”

Xiao Mingzi: "Thank you, Brother Qiu, I'll go home to my mother." She specified the pleasure. ”

Steward Qiu took out a photo and said, "This is our family photo, they came to Tang Yuan to take a photo last spring." ”

Akiko looked at the photo and said, "The little girl is so beautiful." ”

Steward Qiu said: "I don't smoke or drink, I love tea, and this teapot was given to me by my father." Remind you, the shopkeeper Wang is polite on the surface, but behind his eyes are ghost ideas, be careful of him. ”

A dark shadow floated past the window, and Steward Qiu shuddered.