C34

The Road to Well-off (10)

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Zijun looked at the large bowl of pepper in front of him, still unable to recover.

He vaguely remembered when Liu Yungui came to his doorstep in the last month of the year, bitterly fawning on him, coaxing him to spend some of his wealth to help him take down the Du Family's ship, the sight of him turning hostile last night, mocking and ridiculing him once again flashed before his eyes …

His wife Yang was still right, Liu Yungui was a vile and disloyal person who only cared about profits. Unfortunately, he had eyes but could not see, and was blinded by lard, so he could not listen to her words. In order to gather some money, not only did he mortgage the Tian Residence, but he also mortgaged the dowry of the Yang family …

Xu Zijun was truly regretful now that he thought about it. Without the half of the profits that Liu Yungui had promised him, he would never be able to redeem all of the silver bills he had with him. His heart of regret continued to ferment due to the alcohol. In the dead of night, Xu Zijun became more and more desperate, and only then did he untie his belt and tie it to the bed frame, wanting to hang himself, and it would be over.

Who would have thought that it was due to the drunkenness that had caused the accident? Last night, the ring had loosened, and he had been wearing it inside for the whole night. Not only did he not die, he had also alerted many of the guests in the inn, making him a joke in the eyes of the bystanders!

A scholar is of no use. When the little girl came in, he was lying on his bed, tired of giving up, thinking about how to get the banknotes brought home, and how he could find another quiet place to settle for himself.

But now …

Xu Zijun looked at the round, black pepper shavings again. He couldn't help but stick his fingers in it. That rough and real sensation reminded him that what he was seeing really wasn't a dream.

Xu Zijun wanted to laugh if he knew that not only did he get the pepper, he even received less than a fifth of the Du Family's goods, with what kind of expression on his face. When he thought back to what the little girl had told him when she took him away, that as long as he could get rid of all the pepper, he would get as much as he could from now on, so he would have to give it to her first. Xu Zijun couldn't help but chuckle at the large pot of pepper.

It was really lucky that Liu Yungui tricked him, lucky that he was drunk, lucky that he did not die successfully … Xu Zijun's heart was filled with all sorts of emotions. He was extremely grateful to fate, because he was not at the most difficult time, where he would never be able to recover.

While he was sighing with emotion and rejoicing, Xu Zijun pushed the bathtub full of pepper onto the back of the clothes rack with great care. With the curtains and hangers to conceal them, the visitors would not be able to see the gold pepper unless they went around to the back.

When he came back and saw that no one was guarding the room, he thought that it was no good. As expected, the little girl was not reliable and he knew that a guest in the camphor bed could not let anything happen to them in such a short period of time.

He anxiously rushed to the back of the screen, and only after seeing that Xu Zijun was still alive and sitting on the bed did he heave a sigh of relief.

"Customer, why are you up? Are you feeling better?" Shall I send in some hot water? "Aiya, I remember that you haven't eaten breakfast yet. Do you want someone to send you breakfast as well?"

After the servant finished speaking, he looked at Xu Zijun with some unease. However, he heard the tone of the person who was still looking for death, and said lightly: "If you don't say it, then I'll trouble you to send some inside. "In addition, help me buy a few gunny sacks from the street. First, leave the money, if it's not enough, then come back and take it from me. If there's more, leave it for me."

The shop assistant took the 100 gold coins from Xu Zijun in a daze. He thought, why did he need someone to buy a jute bag so early in the morning?

Seeing that he still had a face full of unease, Xu Zijun couldn't help but find it funny: "Don't worry, I don't want to die anymore. Yesterday, I was drunk and I couldn't bear to drink. Your store is open for business, yet someone died in there for no reason. How unlucky! This is all my fault. I have to trouble you to tell the managers that I will treat you guys to wine tonight. This is not only to vent my anger, but also to apologize to you guys.

As he spoke, he sincerely bowed to the shop assistant.

Seeing him like that, the servant believed him and said with relief: "Dear guest, it's good as long as you can think it through, as the old saying goes, it's better to die than to live. In this life, no one has encountered many difficulties, but what problems do you have that you really can't get through? "As long as you want to open it, don't be too unreasonable. Think about it, if your wish was granted yesterday, how sad would your family be when they found out?"

Xu Zijun blushed because of what he said, "Little brother is right, I have learnt my lesson, I have learned my lesson. I definitely won't be so muddleheaded in the future. "

The shop assistant waved his hand, seeing that he was really fine, he then said with a smile, "Esteemed guest is too courteous. I'll go get you breakfast and hot water first. When you're free, I'll buy you some things."

Xu Zijun nodded, seeing him leave, he did not know what was going on, but unknowingly, he walked to the window.

The camphor wood house was directly facing the street. When he opened the window, he saw an old tree with a crooked neck. If it was yesterday, when Xu Zijun saw this branch, who knows how many more injuries he would have suffered. But today, when he saw it, he saw the green spots growing on it with a single glance. He thought that once it was warm spring, this old tree would once again be full of vitality.

As he was watching, he heard a crisp laugh coming from under the tree branch. He looked down and saw that the person sitting on the oxcart was also looking up with a hint of emotion in his eyes. Xu Zijun's pupils instantly enlarged. So it was her.

Li Yannian also saw Xu Zijun, and seeing his astonished look, it was clear that he did not understand why she was sitting on such a poor ox cart. Li Yannian laughed and then naturally waved at him, saying goodbye with his mouth.

As for whether or not he would be able to answer his question, it would depend on whether or not they had a next chance to do business.

Black Bean's skill in driving the ox-cart was much better than Li Yannian's. Soon enough, the three of them arrived at the fabric shop made by Da Bao. However, what surprised them was that Zhang Bao actually left the store last night after he asked the shop assistant. It was still the same person who left with his luggage that night. He did not stay in the manor for the entire night.

Li Yannian could not help but frown. "This doesn't sound quite right."

Black Bean was also filled with suspicions, "Why did First Uncle suddenly say that he is leaving for work for no reason?"

Li Yannian shook her head: "No, I still have to ask about this matter. "Bro, you stay outside and watch over little brother, I'll ask after I go in."

The shop assistants were busy introducing the ingredients to the customers. Li Yannian swept her gaze over everyone and in the end, her gaze fixed on the shopkeeper who had been avoiding her eyes the entire time.

She felt more suspicious, and while there was no one around the shopkeeper, she approached him and whispered, "Shopkeeper, can you give me a thorough explanation? Did my uncle do something wrong to be thrown out? "

The shopkeeper sighed, looked around, and walked around to the back before he spoke in a low voice, "It's not your uncle who did something wrong. It was you who offended our fourth master." The Du Family can offend anyone but Fourth Young Master. Ai, you shouldn't stay in this manor any longer. Hurry up and go home with your brother. "Who knows what Fourth Young Master will be able to do when he comes back."

Li Yannian was speechless, it turned out that the doctor in the clinic had some background, at that time when she did not get angry, later on, he came to find her for revenge.

If he knew that there was such a person in the Du Family that he could not afford to offend, even if he was bullied by others and had a few cheap words, what could he not endure? After all, it was due to his impulsive actions that he had implicated others.

"Thank you for the reminder, Manager. Don't worry, we won't come to the manor if there's nothing going on in the future." In addition, I also want to ask the shopkeeper to keep an eye on something. It was a person that my brother and I picked up from the grass heap less than a mile away from the manor yesterday afternoon. He was placed in Huichun Hall and stuffed with five taels of silver. If there's still not enough silver, please help me pay. When we get back, ask someone to pass a message to Li Village, I will definitely send it over as promised. "

Li Yannian finished and laughed embarrassedly: "Originally, I wanted to ask my First Uncle to help me with this matter, but now that people are being dragged home because of me, I can only ask you to help me take a look. However, if you feel that it's difficult, don't take this matter to heart.

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and nodded, "I am not sure if I can help with this matter." "But don't worry, I'll definitely do my best to help. If there's any news, I'll have someone send you a letter."

Li Yannian understood in her heart that he was after all a busybody under the Du Family's command. Even if there were some things she was powerless against, she still said gratefully, "Then I'll thank the shopkeeper first. If you have any news, you can ask the Bookstore under the name of the Gu family's eldest young master to help you pass the message. The new owner's surname is Xu, and is someone easy to talk with. "

The storekeeper nodded his head: "Okay, I am also familiar with that Xu Maocai, if I cannot do this then I can tell him too."

Li Yannian did not expect this, and thanked the shopkeeper again, before lowering his head and hurriedly walking out of the cloth shop.

Seeing that she had come out, with a face as black as ink, Black Bean could not help but ask anxiously in his heart, "What happened? "What does it say?"

Li Yannian was afraid that Black Bean would act rashly like yesterday, and if she knew the truth, she would return to the infirmary to cause trouble. She immediately shook her head: "Let's go first, we will talk while we walk."

Seeing that she insisted, Black Bean could only pick up the oxcart. Li Yannian waited until he was out of the manor before he spoke the shopkeeper's words to the two of them.

Black Bean and Mao Dou were speechless for a moment, and the siblings all had serious expressions on their faces.

After a long while, Black Bean said in annoyance: "It's all my fault. If I hadn't rushed forward to beat someone up, First Uncle wouldn't have lost his job."

Mao Dou was also sad. "Me too. I also hit someone."

Li Yannian shook his head: "The root is not on you. It was my bad mouth that wouldn't forgive me. I could have endured this, but I couldn't suppress my temper. This was all because of me. Bro, Dou Dou, don't blame yourself. After we go back, we will have to go to Grandma's home to apologize to First Uncle. "

Black Bean nodded and replied: "Yes, I do."

Li Yannian thought that since she had offended the Du Family, First Uncle Zhang Bao would probably not be able to find a decent job in the Du Jia Village to earn a living. To go to an outer sect this time, she did not know if Zhang Family would resent them, especially the First Aunt.

If that was really the case, Li Yannian did not blame them. For some reason, they had been implicated with him and lost what was seen as a brilliant job in the eyes of outsiders. The most important thing right now was to think of a way to help the First Uncle find a better way out.

Suddenly, Li Yannian's eyes lit up. Oh right, why was she so stupid? Why hadn't she thought of that at the moment?

Since First Uncle had the experience of helping out in the shop, letting him help his shop was just a good idea.

Although, this small shop still only exists in his own future blueprint. But for the First Uncle, she could still move her plan of opening a shop forward and put it into practice earlier.