C40

Seeing Lao Xu's self-reproach that almost made him cry, Xi Jiu Er almost couldn't hold back his laughter. The other party's face looked as though it was about to cramp up, making him feel amused. Not only did Xi Jiu Er feel that it was funny, even ex-sister-in-law and Liu Shui felt that it was funny.

"Miss... This old servant has let down the Madame, I have let down the Madame … " Lao Xu had thought that there was something special about the ex-sister-in-law, but it seems that it was only at this level. He did not put anyone in his eyes at all.

Xi Jiu Er sighed to herself, as if she was responding to her, and said slowly: "Sigh, this cannot be blamed on Uncle Uncle Xu, Uncle Uncle Xu has also suffered greatly during these past ten years, not mentioning the contributions. He works so diligently for our Xi Family, I think the spirit of mother in heaven will not blame you, he is the most merciful person here."

Xi Jiu Er walked forward and slowly helped him up. She looked at the dilapidated house with a sorrowful expression, as if she was living in this dilapidated house herself. "Uncle Xu, you live in such a house? "Do you want to..."

"No need, no need. My nephew will be back soon. I'll stay with them when the time comes …" Lao Xu waved his hands to express his disagreement. It was a joke, he was too clear about what Xi Jiu Er wanted to say, he would not stay with Xi Jiu Er, he had his own good days to live. However, it was a pity that he had to take the shop back. How much money did he lose? Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

Xi Jiu Er took in the entirety of his expression. Humanity was always like this, in the end, Lao Xu had only considered how she could make herself benefit the most, she had never considered that this thing was not her own.

"Is that so? Then forget it." Nephew? The ex-sister-in-law said that Lao Xu had adopted a child because that child wasn't good enough and was raised in the countryside. From the looks of it, he probably saved it up for his son. Lao Xu was not young anymore, he was old, and there were not many years left to live.

"Thank you Miss for your kind intentions." Lao Xu acted like he was extremely grateful. It had to be said that Lao Xu's acting skills had already reached the point of being pure gold. If it wasn't for that, how could he have entered the city? When you see someone speaking, that person just wants the merchant to do the same.

"Liu Xiang, Liu Shui, let's go. Uncle Uncle Xu, we'll come back another day!" Xi Jiu Er said somewhat reluctantly towards Lao Xu. After the three of them walked out of the room, Xi Jiu Er's face darkened and became as deep as water: "Liu Shui, watch him closely, follow him, see where he went. ex-sister-in-law and I are in the teahouse we were looking at.

"Yes." Liu Shui nodded and hid himself.

Xi Jiu Er brought ex-sister-in-law out of the small alley and the coachman seemed to have already been waiting for a long time. Observing Xi Jiu Er's expression, she discovered that she wasn't dead, which also made him happy, but she didn't see Liu Shui: "Ninth Miss, where's Miss Liu Shui?"

"She … I sent her away." Anger flashed across Xi Jiu Er's face.

The coachman thought that Xi Jiu Er was still fuming because of the matter regarding the shop, so when Liu Shui tried to vent his anger, he stopped asking, and asked: "Ninth Miss, are we going back?"

"You can go back. I'll take ex-sister-in-law out for a stroll. I'm feeling very bored right now." With that, she brought ex-sister-in-law to the teahouse on the other side. The coachman stood there and thought for a bit, then brought the carriage back to report.

"Miss, the carriage driver has left." ex-sister-in-law looked at the second floor and saw that the carriage driver had left. Lao Xu also came out from his house, he saw that the carriage of Xi Mansion had gone far away with a lively expression, he proudly waved his hands behind his back and walked in the opposite direction, with Liu Shui following him.

"Miss, Lao Xu has left. Liu Shui will follow her." The ex-sister-in-law lowered his body and sat down. Xi Jiu Er said indifferently, "En", this teahouse business is very good, everyone is talking about which shop's business is very good, which shop's price is cheap, which shop's items are good, etc.

"Have you guys heard about the Lifestyle? It's the shop of the Xi Family on the south road. Now, it's opened as a pharmacy, and they're all buying expensive things! A while ago, I heard that the headache-inducing disease that had plagued the Meng Family Madame for so many years had actually healed after taking their medicine! "

"Aiya, I've heard about it too. I heard that the medicinal ingredients are so expensive that it makes people speechless."

"What do you know? Those are all expensive medicines. There are some medicines that even if you have money, you might not be able to buy them!"

"Exactly! "You might not be able to buy it with silver taels …"

"I'm also in the medicinal herb business …" I wonder what kind of path the Xi Family is taking, to actually have obtained this path … "

"That's right. Such a good opportunity to get rich is truly a waste."

"Sigh …"

Everyone talked at once, causing Xi Jiu Er to frown. It seemed like everyone was thinking of her shop, and she had to think of a way to turn this shop into her own underground shop! The people of the Xi Family are heartless and greedy, see, before long, the people of the Xi Family will have plans for my shop, heh!

"Miss!" Liu Shui went up the tea house and quickly walked over. Xi Jiu Er gave her a cup of tea: "Drink it."

"Let's go." Xi Jiu Er stood up, ex-sister-in-law put down the silver and left.

Under Liu Shui's lead, they arrived at a large courtyard. If they wanted to buy this courtyard, it would at least cost them tens of thousands of gold. Xi Jiu Er's smile grew wider and wider: "Let's go!"

"Bang, bang, bang!" ex-sister-in-law knocked on the door, and before long, a servant opened it. The servant then asked, "Miss, who are you looking for?"

Xi Jiu Er immediately flung him off and walked in with large strides, the servant immediately shouted out: "Hey, who are you, you don't even know who you are, and you're trespassing into this house. Be careful I'm reporting you in."

Xi Jiu Er laughed without turning her head: "Reporting to the officials, wow, reporting!"

"You, you stop." The servant had a bad feeling and immediately went to block Xi Jiu Er's shouts: "You are not allowed to enter, I am reporting it to the officials!"

But he was actually scared by Xi Jiu Er's dark expression. It was too scary, as though as long as he could block her way again, he would definitely not be able to eat anything. He trembled in fear and couldn't help but take a step back. It was no wonder this servant didn't have any confidence. He only set up the steward of the house because he was on good terms with Lao Xu, so he said that the steward should be the one who took care of things if it sounded better. What was so unpleasant about that was when he used the name of a steward to do the work of a servant.

"Scram!" Xi Jiu Er turned her head and asked: "Where is Lao Xu? "How do we get there?"

"…"

Xi Jiu Er stood at the door, and heard the teasing voices of men and women inside. Xi Jiu Er looked at Liu Shui, and Liu Shui stepped forward and kicked the door open, scaring everyone inside the house.

"Who is it? Who dares to be so bold?!" Lao Xu asked in a flustered and exasperated tone, "Ah, little Miss..." When he saw Xi Jiu Er and the others at the door, he seemed to have seen a ghost.

"Hello, Uncle Xu." Xi Jiu Er smiled slightly: "We meet again."

The woman beside him covered her quilt as she noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere. She did not dare to speak up! Xi Jiu Er said indifferently: "I'm waiting outside for Uncle Uncle Xu!"

With that, Xi Jiu Er brought ex-sister-in-law and Liu Shui and quietly left, leaving behind the dumbstruck and panicking Lao Xu. Her mind was filled with these thoughts, "What should I do? What should she do? Being discovered, they must have been discovered, or else they wouldn't have come here. The people from before and now were two completely different people … How did she find me here? Or did she follow me? "

Lao Xu was panicking. He started to think of a way out, a way to get out of his situation, and how to get out of it. After thinking about it for a while, she felt relieved. In any case, she bought this house herself and did the right thing. No!

Lao Xu felt that since he had already dealt with all the evidence, he had nothing to fear, and became more confident. After putting on his clothes, he tidied himself up and walked out.

Xi Jiu Er stood under the tree in the courtyard with his hands behind her back. She waited for Lao Xu to clasp his hands in salute before she slowly turned around, "Uncle Uncle Xu, I am a little confused about the accounts, I hope you can tell me."

"AHH!" Lao Xu didn't even have time to react, the situation didn't seem to develop in this way! Lao Xu said in a daze: "Ledger, Ledger..." What happened to the books? "

"Hehe, there's something wrong with the account book. ex-sister-in-law, tell Uncle Uncle Xu what you think is wrong." Xi Jiu Er turned and said to the ex-sister-in-law.

ex-sister-in-law was slightly taken aback: "Ah? "Oh." It was obvious that ex-sister-in-law did not expect Xi Jiu Er to ask such a question, so she opened the account book and said: "It seems like this account is correct, but there is something wrong with it."

"Please explain it in detail, ex-sister-in-law." Lao Xu felt that he was overthinking it. Was he really here to get the books?

was shocked. This account book was made by himself, he felt that he wouldn't be able to find any loopholes, because he had been a shopkeeper for more than twenty years. He didn't expect this woman to be so capable, to think that she had found fault.

"Uncle Xu, although this account for expenditure is correct, but if I add it up, where is the other one hundred silver?" ex-sister-in-law asked indifferently.

"This... I think I missed a chance, "Lao Xu thought that since he could solve the problem with 100 gold, he could just lose another 100 silver. It was nothing! Thus, he hurriedly said, "It's all this old servant's fault. I will pay the hundred silver taels to Miss as compensation. I hope that Miss will not be angry. It's this old servant's negligence. " He immediately apologized with sincerity, causing Xi Jiu Er to smile in satisfaction. He then heaved a sigh of relief.