C16

It is a disaster that cannot be avoided (1)

The brother and sister duo had reached an agreement on not being able to read or not to read, but they had reached an agreement on not mentioning this part again. Early the next morning, they went to Uncle Li's house to borrow an ox cart.

Since they left early and it was not the market day, the two siblings did not meet anyone along the way. Li Yannian took out the four cooked eggs she had hidden in her robes. They had just been boiled in the morning, and were still hot enough to burn one's hands. She gave three to Black Bean.

Initially, Black Bean wanted to push one back to her, but seeing how Li Yannian was waving it around, she thought that it was reasonable. Currently, the thing that was lacking at home were only eggs, so she was afraid that if she were to be seen smiling, he would be angry. Since he had grown up and ate too much, she didn't have the stomach to eat before. Now that she could eat freely, the three boiled eggs were just for fun and she swallowed them in a few bites. In fact, she was still half full and didn't have the nerve to tell her sister.

After walking for almost four hours, the two of them went around Li Jia Village and arrived at Du Jia Village. Li Yannian's butt was already hurting from being hit by the ox-cart. When she heard the place, she immediately jumped out, and rubbed her sore legs, and bared her teeth at Black Bean: "Brother, go ahead, I'll wait for you outside."

It was rare for Black Bean to see her like this, he could not help but burst out laughing, and spoke while holding back his laughter: "Un, there's a restaurant at the side, we also need to eat, why don't you go sit inside for a while, casually order two dishes, I'll be out in a while."

Coincidentally, she was also hungry, so Li Yannian nodded her head obediently: "Then hurry up, the food won't taste good if it gets cold when you come late."

Black Bean could not help but laugh, "Alright, I was just thinking about eating, and you said it's different from Mao Dou."

Li Yannian made a face at him, touching the half a tael of silver in her bag, she went back to the dining hall with ease.

But when the two dishes that she had ordered were served, the two cups of water that she had poured for free had turned completely cold, so she still did not see Black Bean. Li Yannian's heart could not help but beat up. Even though he was hungry, he had no appetite.

After waiting for a while, Black Bean still did not come. Li Yannian could no longer wait and paid the bill under the waiter's surprised gaze, leaving behind a table of untouched dishes.

"This is really weird, and it's enough for me to come to the restaurant and smell the fragrance of rice over the new year."

As the waiter muttered, he was distracted and almost bumped into the little boss. Although he said he was from a small clan, he was actually the Gu Clan's Third Young Master, Gu Mingyuan. The young masters of the Gu family all had their own businesses in the Du Jia Village, as it was, after all, a family of merchants, and Gu Chengye, the patriarch, had always paid attention to the cultivation of the business mind of the children below him. Like the Bookstore next door, it belonged to the Gu family's eldest young master, Gu Mingde.

"Boss, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention just now and almost collided with him. Are you looking for the shopkeeper? "He's settling his accounts in the accounting room right now."

Don't look at the young master's age. Five years ago, he started from a small restaurant, from scratch to his current restaurant, from the south to the north. There were no less than a hundred restaurants opened, but when the old shopkeeper mentioned the young master, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up in praise.

"I'm fine. I just came from the manager's place. What were you reading just now?"

In truth, Gu Mingyuan had long seen Li Yannian sitting at the window on the second floor, a cute little girl dressed in a coarse flowery coat that even his level three maidservants would despise, but her eyes were extremely good, like a spring water. Her skin was extremely white, making her eyes look like autumn water, which made her look even more attractive.

She was obviously just a young girl that had not grown up yet, yet Gu Mingyuan only took her in one glance. Even the way she drew circles on the table with her fingers as she supported her cheeks and was bored out of her mind was very pleasant to look at.

Now that she had left, he subconsciously followed her. Seeing that flowery jacket had entered the Bookstore in a flash, wanting to ask more about her, he stopped the waiter from gossiping.

The waiter didn't doubt it, so he curled his lips and said, "Well, that's the customer at that table. He saved some money and ordered two vegetarian dishes, sat for a while, and then suddenly stopped eating. But don't worry, boss, that young lady only left after settling the bill. "

Gu Mingyuan could tell that this young lady was not from a nearby household, if not the waiter would have mentioned the details earlier, and laughed: "Let's open up a shop and have all kinds of people. Since we gave him the money, we can go with him, he likes to eat or not, but after hearing about the customers, it will not be good."

The waiter quickly smiled, "Thank you for your advice, Boss. I will definitely pay attention to that in the future. If Boss has nothing else, then I will go to Back Chef first."

"You can go yourself," Gu Mingyuan nodded, while he was talking with the waiter, his eyes never left the Bookstore, and seeing that Hua Zi had not come out, he calmed down and headed towards her big brother's Bookstore.

And at this time, the fear in Li Yannian's heart had indeed become reality. There were no traces of Black Bean in the Bookstore at all. When she asked the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper's face immediately became unnatural.

"The paper sent by your brother has an unknown origin. Our boss suspects that he has stolen from a large family and is currently interrogating him. He might even have to meet with an official. Little girl, I see that you are very young and pitiful. If you tell me where your brother got those papers, I'll plead for you in front of the young master and let him go. Think carefully, did your brother ever tell you where he stole them? "

The cold feeling in his body almost froze Li Yannian into ice. The shopkeeper thought that she was young and didn't understand, so he tried to lure her into revealing the origins of this Xuan paper. The scene that she was afraid of finally appeared.

"Shopkeeper, please don't try to coax me." My brother wouldn't steal from someone else, and you have no proof. What makes you think my brother stole these papers from somewhere else? Since when did your Bookstore become a yamen, with the right to set up a private hall and interrogate others? "

The shopkeeper had never expected to see such a cold gaze and sharp words from a girl who was not even ten years old. For a moment, he was speechless with a face full of shock.

"If you don't release my brother, I'll go report to the yamen right now. My brother did as you requested, and gave a total of 1900 pieces of goods, one big one thousand and one small one nine hundred. Even if you're selling them at a low price, they're worth at least several dozens of silver taels …" Is this considered plundering money? "

The shopkeeper's face became increasingly pale. He quickly beckoned for a nearby shop assistant and whispered in a low voice. Only then did he have people rush inside to spread the news.

Li Yannian noticed his gaze drift towards the door of Bookstore, and could not help but snort coldly: "What, you still want to use my brain? If not for the fact that our family has fallen, our family would not have been able to afford to lose this face. Why would our juniors come to sell paper, it is simply a disgrace to our family! "

The shopkeeper had originally thought that the youth called Black Bean was nothing more than a clown, which was why he was so relaxed and bold. He wanted to scare him, to figure out from his mouth where this paper came from, and who was the one who made it. No wonder he was envious. These two batches of paper were completely white, and the pulp was washed evenly. The rare thing was that the ink was still not too thick. To have this kind of skill, he had to be a master with more than ten years of hard work. The production was huge, but he had never heard of such a paper workshop before.

Recently, the young master of his family had been purposely working with the bookseller from Anhui province to do business. He was short on good quality and cheap paper! The shopkeeper was old, but his two sons couldn't compare to him. Thus, he wanted to use this opportunity to make a big contribution in front of the Eldest Young Master. With this, he wouldn't have to worry about the lives of his two sons.

However, he didn't expect that this country bumpkin had such a troublesome younger sister. The head storekeeper had been acting in the name of the eldest young master. He was feeling guilty, but seeing that the situation today was not going to end well, this young lady was still yelling about reporting to the officials …

The shopkeeper wasn't stupid, so he naturally didn't believe a word of it. He was just thinking that if he didn't do it, he would catch this girl and bring her to the back of the house, when Third Young Master Gu Mingyuan suddenly entered. He looked at the two of them suspiciously and smiled with a good temper: "What's wrong?"