My wife is frail and sickly

Chapter 11 He...he fell unconscious

Shen Xiaolou raised her head, and a snowflake fell on her face. She frowned. She would not have gone out if she had known it would snow.After hesitating for a while, she decided to move forward. As she walked, she cursed: If her body were in the apocalypse, she wouldn't be afraid of being knifed, let alone snow.

The snow was falling harder and harder, and the wind was blowing snowflakes flying all over the sky. She could hardly open her eyes. Shen Xiaolou regretted that she should have gone back just now.She straightened up and stood for a moment, then walked straight towards the village next door.

"Open the door, is anyone here?" Shen Xiaolou slammed the courtyard door hard.

After shouting several times, there was a response, "Who is it? Here we come." Then the footsteps got closer and closer.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man appeared in front of Shen Xiaolou, "Who are you?" He looked at Shen Xiaolou, his eyes full of suspicion.

Shen Xiaolou said confidently, "I am from the Zhuangzi next door. Aren't your Zhuangzi for sale? I'll come over and take a look." She originally planned to quietly explore the situation, but isn't it snowing heavily?I simply found a place to take shelter from the snow.

"Are you Miss Shen?" the person asked tentatively.

"Yes, it's me." Shen Xiaolou admitted generously, thinking that this person really knew her and was most likely the manager Yang Zhuangtou mentioned, "Manager Zhang?"

"Yes, yes, that's me." The suspicion in this man's eyes was gone, but his expression became very strange.

Shen Xiaolou knew what he was thinking. He just thought it was too shocking for a girl to come alone to discuss business.She pretended not to understand, "Won't Manager Zhang invite me in? Or is Zhuangzi already taking action?"

"No, no, no, Miss Shen, please come in! Look at me, I didn't expect Miss Shen to come to the door in person. I was so unexpected. I was neglecting, I was neglecting!" Manager Zhang quickly came to his senses and laughed along with him, Chubby's face looked more honest and honest.

Shen Xiaolou followed him into the courtyard, and with a quick glance, he had a panoramic view of the layout of the entire courtyard.

The yard was large, but much simpler than the one over there, with just three bare main rooms.There are two trees on the east side of the yard, one is thicker and the other is thinner. They look like fruit trees, but they are also bare. It is impossible to tell what kind of fruit trees they are.

"The Zhuangzi is very simple. We don't even have a cup of tea. Please forgive me, Miss Shen." As soon as he sat down, Manager Zhang explained apologetically that he usually helps his master with other properties in the city and doesn't come to the Zhuangzi very often. I have been coming more frequently recently, "Today is a coincidence. If it weren't for the heavy snow, I would have gone back to the city."

"It doesn't matter." Shen Xiaolou smiled. Even if there was tea, she wouldn't drink it. It would be better if there was no tea.

She looked around the room. Apart from a table and two benches, there wasn't even a brazier in the room. It didn't look like someone lived there all the time.

"Miss Shen intends to buy Zhuangzi?" Manager Zhang didn't take the little girl Shen Xiaolou seriously at all and got straight to the point.

"That's what I meant." Shen Xiaolou nodded reservedly.

"To tell you the truth, girl, this deal is really a bargain. 150 acres of land only cost 500 taels of silver. Where can you find such a low price? Our master is in a hurry to use the money. How can he be willing to sell it in normal times? And It’s not that we are in despair. Our master has a good future. He only has land, so how can he sell out? Isn’t this because we are temporarily unable to make money?”

When talking about this matter, Manager Zhang still had a look of pain on his face, and then he said sincerely: "Our two families are close to each other and have been friends for many years. If we want to sell land, we must first stick to our neighbors. If we go beyond our neighbors and sell to others, People, let alone Miss Shen, you will feel uncomfortable. Isn’t this someone poking our spines? That’s not how things work. We all are fastidious people and we all know the basics. Miss Shen, do you think this is true? "

"Yes, Manager Zhang is right." Shen Xiaolou nodded repeatedly, looking extremely convinced.In fact, she only agreed with her words and didn't believe a word in her heart.Ha, don't say a word, she doesn't even believe a punctuation mark.

The smile on Steward Zhang's face deepened, and he was very glad that he was in Zhuangzi today, otherwise he would not have been able to see Miss Shen, and that shrewd Yang Zhuangtou, how could any little girl be fooled?

What does the little girl know?Isn’t it just what he says?
Thanks for this timely snow!
"Miss Shen is so discerning when she likes our village..." Manager Zhang continued to speak, and Shen Xiaolou suddenly sat up straight. "What's the sound?" She listened carefully.

Manager Zhang's eyes flashed and he said casually: "Where is the sound? Miss Shen must have heard it wrong!"

But Shen Xiaolou insisted: "No, there was definitely a sound. It was in this room. My ears are very good. I really heard it."

"Oh, it's probably a mouse." Zhang Guanshi said casually, "Miss Shen, let's talk about Zhuangzi."

Shen Xiaolou suddenly said, "Oh, it turns out to be rats. Why is there such a noise? These rats are so annoying. They not only harm the food, but also make people unable to sleep in the middle of the night. Hey, where did Manager Zhang talk about? Go on, go on. explain."

"Who says it's not the case? The countryside is good for everything else, but there are too many rats." Manager Zhang smiled and continued the previous topic, "Our Zhuangzi all have good fields and are fertile. It's not good to have two Zhuangzi connected together." It’s easy to farm, that’s why I say Miss Shen has a vision.”

Shen Xiaolou agreed very much, "Isn't that right? I usually don't find such a suitable place when I want to buy land. I have taken a fancy to the land in your village, and the price is right, but..." She hesitated, "Master of your village. What? It’s such a big thing, and I don’t feel relieved if I don’t see my master! Can Mr. Zhang handle it?”

"Yes, why not? Master has given me full authority to handle this matter." Manager Zhang took care of everything and said very considerately: "It is reasonable for Miss Shen to have concerns. This is not because my young master is really busy. Is that so? I hurriedly took people to the south to buy things a few days ago, otherwise..."

"No!" Shen Xiaolou stood up suddenly and walked to the east room in a few steps... Before Manager Zhang could react, the door of the east room was pushed open by her, "Wow, what a big rat. !”

Shen Xiaolou was shocked by what he saw. He saw a person tied up on the bed, his mouth was gagged, his eyes were closed, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

The smell in the room was also extremely unpleasant. Shen Xiaolou was very familiar with the smell of blood. She opened the door because she smelled the smell of blood.

"This, this?" Shen Xiaolou was extremely shocked.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, Manager Zhang looked panicked, but he quickly calmed down and stared at Shen Xiaolou with a fierce look in his eyes, "Miss Shen, I'm sorry, who told you to have bad luck and meddle in other people's business?" He could strangle a thin girl to death with one hand and bury her in the yard. Who knew?
"You, you..." Shen Xiaolou was frightened and trembling. He didn't know whether he was frightened or something happened. Instead of running away, he rushed towards him.

Manager Zhang was amused, this little girl was so funny. He raised his hands with a grin, but his foot slipped and he fell straight backwards.There was a "bang" sound, and the back of Guanshi Zhang's head hit the ground... Hearing the sound, Shen Xiaolou's shoulders shrank, and she felt a headache for Guanshi Zhang.

Seeing Guanshi Zhang squirming on the ground, Shen Xiaolou picked up the bench next to him and held it against his head. Very good, he didn't move.

Shen Xiaolou breathed a sigh of relief, looked up, and met a pair of bright black eyes. She pointed to the ground timidly, "He, he fell unconscious on his own."

(End of this chapter)