Flowers are expensive

Chapter 107 The Arrival of Shopkeeper Liu 2
"How do you know he's a good man?" Lihua just asked casually, but Cuiyue's face changed a little, as if she said too many things that shouldn't be said, she hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "I just... just guessed! You Such a shrewd and capable man, can the man he likes be bad?"

Her pretentious tone made Lihua a little suspicious.But Lihua didn't say anything, and chatted with her about the business of makeup and powder.Man Xiang and Yu Tao wandered around the shop, took the cosmetics on the shelves and looked at them one by one.Yutao sniffed one of the boxes and said, "This seems to be the kind of dressing powder that Mei Xiang uses, and it smells quite similar."

"Do you like it? Shall I buy one for you?" Man Xiang asked hurriedly.

"I don't want it, can't I buy it myself? Sister Lihua will share the money with me later, and I will buy it myself." Yutao refused.

Man Xiang gritted his teeth with hatred, thinking that you are such a petty little Taozi!How long has it been and I'm still angry, I should have said those things if I knew it earlier!
Yutao glanced at him and asked, "Xie Manxiang, is your son scolding me in your heart right now?"

"No!" Man Xiang replied with a guilty conscience.

"You must be scolding me, right? Are you scolding me again for not being up to date, and going to listen to books and drink tea with the young master? Are you scolding me again for being out of order and coveting the young master's clothes and makeup?"

Man Xiang was angry and helpless, and he didn't dare to quarrel with Yutao anymore, so he said in a soft tone: "Yutao, do you have to make me mad to death to be reconciled?"

"Stop wronging people!" Yutao puffed her cheeks and glared at Manxiang, "Who was the one who got mad first? Who stood at your door and scolded me?"

"That's not scolding you, Yutao?"

"It's not scolding, so why is it considered scolding? You said you are ugly and Yinmao, come out and let me hear, thank you Manxiang!"

The two stood in front of the shelves and had a small fight, which amused both Lihua and Cuiyue.No one said anything, let them argue.

At this time, a man in his 40s entered the shop.He twirled two pale white jade balls in his hands, and glanced at the shop like a grandpa.When Cuiyue saw him, she was not in a hurry to get up to greet him, she stood up slowly, and asked with a half-smile: "Shopkeeper Liu, you are so interested in visiting my small store, instead of guarding your warehouse." Big deal?"

"Come in and have a look when you pass by, the proprietress wants to drive away customers?" Shopkeeper Liu's mouse eyes wandered around Cuiyue.

"Is there anything in my small shop that is worth your visit? Anyway, you don't use rouge, so can you still buy it as a fruit offering?" Cuiyue folded her hands, leaning against the counter and smiling.

"Oh, the proprietress and I really have a good understanding!" Shopkeeper Liu blinked his greedy eyes, and said with a smile, "I'm just about to buy two boxes of the best rouge to put in front of my mother's memorial tablet! Don't you know, I I didn’t make a fortune when my mother was born! Don’t talk about good makeup, I don’t even have any decent jewelry. Now that she’s gone, my son wants to burn some of everything for her in the underworld. Is your house here?"

"Then you went to the wrong door!" Cuiyue pointed out the door, "Go to the left, there are many ingots, candles, clothes and coffins in Liu's shop, where do you pick them! Shopkeeper Liu, you are a big business I'm too busy to make fun of us little people! I have guests here, so I don't have time to chat with you, please!"

Shopkeeper Liu glanced at Lihua and the others, and instead of being angry, he smiled and said, "Look, it's the first time you're a stranger. Haven't negotiated yet? Anyway, I'm idle and I'm idle. It's no problem to take care of it for you. , you can cook a few dishes and repay me later!"

"Where did you say it?" Cui Yue said with a smirk, "If I want to use you, a master shopkeeper with both civil and military skills, for my small business, it will be ruined! Shopkeeper Liu, please go back, I don't have you here You don't have to waste your time here if you can use it."

Shopkeeper Liu's smile was a bit awkward, everyone could tell that Cuiyue had repeatedly issued orders to evict customers, which made him feel a little embarrassed.He suppressed his smile, skillfully rolled the jade ball in his hand and said with a smile: "Cuiyue, I mean it kindly, and I want to remind you. Recently, some countrymen came to the town. Walking around in the street, I am afraid that you, a woman, will suffer, so I came here specially to walk around and say hello, so that those guys know that I am in charge of this place, so that they will not dare to mess around!"

Cuiyue sneered and said, "Since shopkeeper Liu will take care of my place? You are too lenient! Don't worry, I can't work here for your master, even if I am really bullied Well, that's my own business, so I won't cry for you!"

Shopkeeper Liu said with a distressed expression: "Hey, Cuiyue, what kind of friendship do we two have? You are still being polite to me? I said earlier that I would take your shop off of me. You, a woman, always show your face like this. Isn’t it good? Marry me to fill the house, ready to eat and drink, and ready to be served by a girl, how comfortable! You have been bullied by those men with ulterior motives, and you don’t even have a place to cry!"

Cuiyue's face darkened, and she pointed to the door and shouted: "Get out! Shopkeeper Liu, you are shameless! Do I have to lose my temper and drive you away? Whoever likes to fill in your house will do it! Go, I'm not that interested anyway! You hurry up, or I'll really invite you with a broom!"

Shopkeeper Liu also changed his face, flicked his sleeves, and said with his hands behind his back: "You are a donkey with all your good intentions! What do you think you are? You open a cosmetics shop and sell skin and meat, and you just think I'm blind? Someone in the morning She entered your shop and never came out, so she was appointed to hide in your room, right? On the surface, she pretended to be a chaste woman, but secretly promised many men!"

"Get lost!" Cui Yue frowned and shouted loudly.

"Stop yelling at me, Long Cuiyue! Let me show you some color, and I really think I am a rhododendron? Someone is willing to pluck your head and make it green!"

Cuiyue's face changed drastically with anger, and just when she started to curse, Lihua suddenly coughed softly twice, raised her eyelids and asked, "Hey, uncle, how did you know who came in from her house?"

"I..." Shopkeeper Liu was stunned for a moment, then changed his tune, "I saw it!"

"Do you know that the people who came in didn't go out? You saw it too? Uncle, you are so free! Are all the storekeepers so free? Do you open the door and sit at the door with a pot of tea on your legs? , it’s okay to just glance at a few men passing by in the shop diagonally opposite? Ouch, I really envy you, how lucky you are!”

Cuiyue couldn't help laughing, but Shopkeeper Liu's face turned dark and black.He gritted his teeth and said to Lihua: "What's the matter with you, a country wife? I like to look where I want to look, and talk nonsense if I don't understand anything. Be careful when you go out!"

Lihua sipped the tea made by Cuiyue and said with a smile: "Uncle, how can you turn your face? You don't have any tolerance at all! I'm going to make a mistake, why don't you just refute me? If I don't understand, you Just tell me what's wrong. You're blushing in a hurry and want to scold someone? Oh, what about it? What's the big deal, I'm not as big as a country wife like me?"

"Hey, you little daughter-in-law is a bit silly, which one is yours? Your man didn't tell you not to talk nonsense in the street, so as not to be disgusted by others, and you don't know why after being beaten!" Shopkeeper Liu asked unconvinced road.

"Shopkeeper Liu!" Cui Yue shouted at him, "You are a businessman yourself, do you bully people like this? I have never seen other men bully me, but you are the first one! She is my guest, what are you threatening her for? Are you intending to cut off the business of my small shop? I, Long Cuiyue, are not easy to mess with, so don't go too far!"

"Hmph! I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you two stinky girls, maybe they are all engaged in that business!" Shopkeeper Liu shook his sleeves and left angrily.

Pointing at his back, Man Xiang asked Li Hua: "Sister-in-law Si, this guy really deserves a beating! Do you want me to clean him up?" Li Hua waved his hand and said, "Why do you care about him? The more you care about him, the more he thinks of himself It's the same thing!"

After Cuiyue sat down, she smiled apologetically at Lihua and said, "I'm really sorry!"

Lihua shook her head and said: "Where is that, I interrupted, I just can't get used to him like that! By the way, let me ask a question, are you the only one watching this shop?"

"There is an old mother at home who takes care of her. She doesn't know anything about the shop, so I'm the only one doing it."

"That's hard work, how about your man?"

"I died a few years ago, but now I'm still a widow!" Cui Yue said with a self-deprecating smile, "It's said that widows have a lot of gossip, so today you've seen it, right?"

Lihua thinks that Cuiyue has a good personality, although she is a widow, it is really not easy to support a small shop.The two chatted for a while, and the more they chatted, the more speculative they became, until a guest came, and the three of Lihua left and went back to the inn.

When he returned to the inn, Man Ting was already in the room, lying on the bed with his eyes closed.Lihua threw herself on him, waved the banknote in her hand, and said happily, "Thank you, hero, I've made money!"

Man Ting didn't even open his eyelids, and said in response: "Well, keep it well, don't lose it."

"What do you mean!" Lihua rode on him, pinched him and said, "Do you think he earns too little? You can't bear to give him a good look?"

"Money is for spending, not for viewing." Man Ting said with his eyes closed.

Lihua snorted dissatisfied, put the banknotes in her arms, and rushed to uncover Manting's eyelids, saying: "Why do you always like to rest on the bed? Open your eyes quickly! Open your eyes quickly! Open your eyes quickly!" Eye!"

Man Ting suddenly turned over, quickly pressed Li Hua under him, opened his eyes and asked with a smile, "How much did you earn?"

Lihua pursed her mouth, covered her heart with both hands and said, "I showed you just now, but I won't show you now! I'll save it for my own money, and I won't tell you how much I have, huh!"

Man Ting nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, keep it if you like, don't lose it, and save this one by the way." He took out a bank note from his pocket and put it in it. On the edge of Lihua's chin.

Lihua hurriedly picked it up and saw that there were 250 taels!More than she earns!She stared wide-eyed, looked at the whole court for a long time and asked, "Master Xie, where did you get so much money? Did you rob it? You can't exchange that much money!"

"It's the same as you, it's earned." Man Ting said calmly.

"What do you earn?"

"Don't tell you."

"Xiaoqi! Are we a couple? You are also keeping money from me? You must have paid it off, right? Men like to hide money from their own houses. Huh, that's not okay!" Lihua said and stretched out her hand. Man Ting took it out of his arms.Before the banknotes were drawn out, the fire that had been suppressed by the court for several days was stirred up.

Man Ting took out Li Hua's hand, pressed it against the edge of the pillow, and kissed it involuntarily.Lihua suddenly felt like losing his wife and losing his army. He was obviously looking for a bank note, so why did he provoke him?If the banknote is not found, you have to sacrifice your life once, which is really not worth it!
"Xie Manting..." Lihua finally took a breath and said, "The banknotes are about...to be crumpled...First take it and then...then that..." The three banknotes were innocently pressed by Lihua After being rubbed on the back for more than a dozen times, Lihua was really worried that they would fall apart in a while!
(End of this chapter)