The beauty of the lady

Chapter 43
"San Zhuang? Why are you here? Aren't you doing business in Fucheng?" Qingshun's shopkeeper, Yu Chong, saw Zhou Zhou Zhuang and asked him to come in and sit down, and then asked the waiter to serve tea.

After Zhou Zhuang sat down, he said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Yu, this is not my father's birthday. We came back to celebrate. We passed by the restaurant and came in just in time for lunch. This is a gift for the shopkeeper and his wife. This is for the shopkeeper. Young Master Yu's was chosen by my mother-in-law, I don't know if Madam thinks it is good or not."

Yu Chong looked at a gold lock in his hand, which was not enough in weight and had a good color, so he smiled and said: "San Zhuang has a heart, but this will cost a lot of money, and it will cost you."

"It's nothing. I was fortunate enough to be taken care of by the shopkeeper last year. Otherwise, my family would starve to death." Zhou Zhouzhuang is a good man who knows how to be grateful. Although he looks very ordinary, he is not ugly. In the eyes of the lady, it is really the fate of the two, and it is also his good fortune.

It's just that Zhou Mei doesn't like this father's way very much. It can be tolerated by the old man and old lady who are in the room, but being bullied like that by her brothers and sisters really gives her a headache.

Repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue!
"This is your daughter, right?" Yu Chong is about [-] years old, his wife just became pregnant at the end of last year, and there is a concubine at home, who is his wife's dowry. When the concubine helps Mrs. Yu come out, Zhou Mei stepped forward to greet her.

"It's the eldest girl of my family. I was working in the town last year, and she was the one who kept busy at home." Zhou Zhuang said in a brisk and proud tone.

"She's a good girl, she doesn't look like San Zhuang, she should follow her mother, San Zhuang is very lucky." Mrs. Yu laughed over there.

After that, Yu Chong and Wednesday Zhuang drank tea and talked in the living room, while Zhou Mei was taken to the back hall by Mrs. Yu.

"How about opening a shop in the city?" Yu Chong asked.

"My family runs a noodle shop, and they earn dozens of taels a month, which is nothing compared to those big shops," Zhou Zhuang said.

These days he was busy working in the shop, and he had met quite a few people, who were of the highest rank, and he was not stupid in the first place, so he still spoke clearly and logically.

Yu Chong nodded, "It's good to have a living. The business will get better in the future. You are an honest person. You should be smarter when you go to that kind of place. Don't let your family suffer too."

"Yes, I have written down what shopkeeper Yu said." Wednesday Zhuang nodded.

Seeing him like this, Yu Chong shook his head with a smile, "You are also the shopkeeper now, so you don't have to be so formal when talking to me. Let's eat here at noon, when will you go back?"

"Leave early in the morning the day after tomorrow, so I won't bother the shopkeeper at that time. The mother-in-law and son are waiting at home, so I don't feel at ease when I come out for two days."

"That's fine, I'd better sit in the shop by myself to rest assured."

In the backyard, Mrs. Yu held Zhou Mei in one hand and the golden lock in the other, and said, "I'm really sorry for costing your family money."

"Ma'am, you're welcome. My mother went to a shop in the city to choose it. Last year, if the shopkeeper Yu was in a good mood and gave my father a tael of happy money because my wife was pregnant, our family would have had a hard time this year." So comfortable."

"That's what it should be. We have two chefs and five young men in our restaurant. Your father was diligent and diligent during the year he was here. Once your father left, our new recruits always let the two big boys Cooking is a waste of time, but it’s better now, good people get good rewards, and your family has opened a shop, it should be our congratulations in the past, but I’m just pregnant, and my body is still not safe, so I delayed it.”

"It's okay." Zhou Mei smiled.

"Don't blame us, just eat at my place at noon today. You must be hungry all the way from Fucheng." After finishing speaking, he said to the woman next to him: "Xiuzhu, go to the front and say, let me eat your food." They cook two tables of dishes, one table is delivered to the master's room, and the other table is delivered here."

After finishing speaking, Madam Yu looked at the exquisite Zhou Mei and said, "Is there anything else you don't like?"

"No, I'm not a picky eater." It's just that I don't eat a lot.

After Madam Yu heard the words, she nodded towards the concubine's room, and the concubine's room also left slightly.

The food is very simple, four dishes and one soup, the cooking is naturally not as good as Xiankeju, but it is not bad.

After lunch, the father and daughter said goodbye to Yu Chong and his wife briefly, and then got into the carriage and went to Zhoujiazhuang.

Inside the carriage, Zhou Mei looked at Chunqin and said, "Are you full?"

"I'm full, thank you for your concern." After finishing speaking, Wei Wei leaned closer to her and whispered, "It's just that their servants don't eat as well as us."

Seeing Chunqin's proud look, Zhou Mei just smiled and continued to study with her book in her hands.

Not long after, the carriage stopped, and there was a hearty sound from outside.

"San Zhuang, you're back, isn't life in the city comfortable? Is Xiuyun in this carriage?"

Zhou Mei lifted the curtain of the car, got out, looked at Lu Chunhua who was walking not far away, and said with a smile: "Aunt Hua, it was me who disappointed you. My mother took my younger brother in the city and didn't come back."

Lu Chunhua stepped forward, pinched her armpits, and hugged her down. Looking at Zhou Mei, who was as bright as a peach blossom, she couldn't help but hugged her and rubbed her.

"There's no need to be disappointed. It would be great if you could come back to see your third aunt. How about you, are you tired on the road?" After finishing speaking, he looked at the carriage next to here, twisted his mouth, and said with a sneer, "Look at your body." , this carriage is much more comfortable than a donkey cart."

"Auntie, you've been talking non-stop since I came back, which makes it hard for me to get in, but I brought delicious food for Uncle, Auntie and Zhou Dun." After finishing speaking, he turned to Chunqin and said, "Chunqin, Take down the things for Aunt Hua."

"Yes, miss, you go in first, and this servant will take it here." Chunqin was opening the curtain of the car to carry things out. The things for Aunt Hua's house were prepared by Mrs. Zhao, including snacks, candies and various spices. There are two big bags that are huge.

Lu Chunhua pulled Zhou Mei and walked into the house, "Just go to sleep at night. When your mother leaves, I will give the if to my aunt. My aunt comes to burn the stove every two days. It is absolutely dry and comfortable."

Zhou Mei walked in, and saw that she had been away for more than two months, the house was very clean, and the firewood was still burning in the kitchen, so the house was also very warm, even in March, it felt a little hot.

"Aunt Hua, thank you." Zhou Mei and Lu Chunhua walked into the kang room, leaving Zhou Yuzhu and Zhou Zhuang talking in the main room.

As soon as she sat down, Lu Chunhua asked, "Sister Mei, how is your mother?"

"I invited a good doctor to see it. The doctor said that it's not a serious illness, but that I need to take medicine to rest. So this time when I came back, my father left my mother and younger brother in the city, so as not to travel all the way, so that my body would get worse again."

(End of this chapter)