Flowers are expensive

Chapter 291 Storytelling Library 2
With a face full of shame, Xixi folded her hands and said, "I'm really sorry, this guest officer! I didn't mean it! Because we were scratched by a cat when we were chatting under this tree before, so I thought... Hehe ...I'm really sorry, you don't care about villains, you don't care about me, right?"

Qing Yi was not angry at first, but just wanted to tease them on a whim, who let himself have nothing to do in such a long night?He glanced at Xixi and said, "You've already said that I'm an adult, why should I be serious with a girl. Just don't chat under the tree in the future, be careful that the girl's private room will be heard by others!"

"You are really a good person!" Xixi said sincerely, "You are not only a good person, but also a top expert, no! You must be a high-level expert!"

Qing Yi, who was about to turn around, suddenly stopped, as if a certain part of his heart had been shocked by electricity!He turned his head abruptly, startling both girls.Xixi asked, "You're not going to change your face, are you?"

He took a step towards Xixi, his pupils became darker and darker, and asked in a cold tone: "What did you call me just now?"

"What what? Oh," Xixi suddenly remembered, clapped his palms together and said, "A master! I just said you are a master! You must be a master of kung fu when you fly down from such a high tree! Then I will go I will call you master master later, okay?"

"A master?" Qing Yi suddenly felt a pain in his heart, staring at Xixi intently and asked, "Why do you call me a master?"

"Why...why?" Xixi was dumbfounded, and said it casually!Is there any special reason?She hurriedly smiled and said, "I just think you are amazing, that's why..."

Qing Yi suddenly turned around and left.The figure who left in a hurry seemed a little lonely, and quickly disappeared into the night.Xixi was stunned for a moment, then turned to Han Zheng and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"

Han Zheng looked at Qing Yi's back reluctantly and said, "Maybe he is a low-key knight-errant who doesn't like to be praised!"

"Yo, is it spring?"

"What!" Han Zheng pinched Xixi and said with a smile, "Where is he in spring? Go back quickly, you will still be working tomorrow morning! You know your sister's temper, and you will be fined if you go late Already!"

Xixi gritted her teeth and said, "She's just a skinny!"

Early the next morning, Xixi yawned and walked to the door of the inn accountant with a tired face.There was a crackling sound of calculations coming from inside, and she didn't need to look to know that Meng Furu was doing calculations again.She pushed open the door, stretched her waist, and asked feebly, "Shopkeeper, what can I do?"

Meng Furu sat firmly on the red sandalwood chair, lowered her head and flicked the abacus beads briskly and asked, "How is the young master who had diarrhea yesterday? Have you gone to see it?"

Xixi replied sleepily: "No, I'll go later."

"If it doesn't work, I'll invite Uncle Xiang to take a look." Meng Furu didn't stop her fingers while speaking, and her eyes moved freely between the ledger and the abacus like the beads of an abacus.

"Got it..." Xixi yawned again involuntarily.

At this moment, Meng Furu stopped, looked up at her and asked, "What did you do last night? Did you steal a cow?"

"Where!" Xixi pouted, "I slept with Man'er last night and pestered me to tell stories, so I went to bed late."

"If you don't sleep well, your voice will also suffer. How can you still talk about it later? If the guests don't buy it and make trouble, I won't pay you wages."

Xixi twisted her mouth and said, "I know, I know! I like to scare me with wages, are you okay? I'm okay, I'm going to drink a bowl of tea made by Pang Dahai to moisten my throat!"

"Wait," Meng Furu called her, took out a red invitation from the drawer and said, "Do you know who sent this to me?"

"Love so and so!"

"Liang Xixi!"

Xixi immediately cheered up, and asked with a smile: "Excuse me, the shopkeeper, which guy with a cramp sent you the post? Isn't this kind of post equal to asking you to pay for it?"

"It's Xiangfeng."

Xixi froze for a moment, then let out a soft oh.Meng Furu unfolded the post and glanced at it and said: "Xiangfeng's medical center will open in the future, so he specially sent this post to me. In addition to sending me this post, he also made a request to me."

Xixi smiled and blinked and asked, "He wants to marry you?"

Meng Furu threw the invitation on Xi Xi's head without any hassle.Xi Xi took two steps back with her head in her arms and said: "I told you, women should be gentle, why are you throwing things and smashing pots at every turn? You are the eldest lady of the Meng family, can you be gentle?"

"I'm going to be gentle. Did the people in this inn jump off the hook?"

"Yes, yes, the big shopkeeper! Then tell me, what request does Brother Xiangfeng ask you? Just listen to me!"

Mengfu glanced at her thoughtfully and said, "He said he would redeem you."

"What?" Xixi uttered the local dialect when she got excited.

"Why are you making such a fuss? Xiangfeng said in his letter that he wants to redeem you and give you back your freedom."

Xixi rushed to the desk and asked nervously, "You...you agreed?"

Meng Furu raised her delicate and slender black eyelashes and asked, "What do you think?"

"You're such a nice person, you probably didn't agree, did you? How can you do without me in your inn? I still have to tell stories in your Joan Invitation Hall, don't you? Once I leave, how much will you lose? !” Xixi said hurriedly.

Meng Furu lowered her eyes, flicked her abacus a few times and said, "Roughly speaking, if you don't tell stories here, I only lose more than 20 taels of silver every month, which is not a big loss. With the 20 taels, I will give Xiangfeng a Favors are not uneconomical, our Xiangmeng family have been friends for many years, and I, Meng Furu, can still afford it."

"It doesn't matter, right?" Xixi's eyeballs almost fell out, "You also take such a loss? Didn't you always have money to earn money, and a house to earn a house? Didn't you say that losing money is not your style? More than 20 Taels is not a small amount! Besides, I can only earn 20 taels for you right now, maybe I will earn more for you when I become famous in the future! Right? The shopkeeper, right?"

Meng Furu moved her neck forward slightly, stared at Xi Xi's face and said with a half-smile: "Who is complaining all day long that I'm tired of working under my subordinates? And who is behind my back? A skinny nickname?"

Xixi rolled her eyeballs up and judged herself: "Is there such a thing? Which guy whose head was kicked by a donkey! Isn't it too much? How dare you scold the shopkeeper, you are too brave!"

"Liang Xixi!" Meng Furu leaned back and said, "Don't pretend to be innocent there! Since your contract of sale is in my hands, you have no right to ask who I want to redeem it for. Xiangfeng kindly offered you a ransom, don't you appreciate it?"

Xixi leaned on the edge of the desk, also raised her hands and said: "The young master who came back to Chengdu last time wanted to marry you, and he also said that he would expand the Nongmen Inn to Chengdu, and even go to the whole country. He is very kind. Don't you appreciate it too?"

"I'm telling you now!"

"It's the same reason, shopkeeper!" Xixi said to Meng Furu with her hands on the desk, "The shopkeeper doesn't want to marry a man who can't be discerned, even if the man is rich and powerful. The truth is the only thing I admire about you. But if you insist on redeeming my deed of sale to brother Xiangfeng, then this is what I despise you the most."

"Isn't Xiangfeng good? He really wants to marry you," Meng Furu said with a sincere look, "He grew up with me since we were young, and he has nothing to say about his character, so why can't he fall into your eyes? Now he has opened a clinic in Chengdu, and life will get better and better. If you marry him, you don’t have to suffer from me here.”

"Shopkeeper," Xixi said with a "comfortable and pitiful" face, "Actually, I really really really really really like working under your hands, and if you don't order me around for a day, I will feel uneasy and my skin will itch! I won't see you in the future, and I don't know what to do! So, please, let me continue to work hard to make money for you in the Joan Invitation Hall! Huh? How about it?"

"Let's go out first!" Meng Furu continued to think.

"How is it?"

"go out!"

Xixi pouted, turned around and left the accountant's room.As soon as she left, the old man Uncle Ma pushed the door open and came in.Meng Furu raised her head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Uncle Ma smiled and said: "Oh, the old slave He Lier you ordered to buy has already been done. Should I send it to Xiangfeng now, or will you take it the day after tomorrow?"

Meng Furu lowered her head and pondered for a moment, and said, "I'll take it with me the day after tomorrow! I'm going to Chengdu the day after tomorrow, and you tell your servants to prepare the carriages and horses. I'll probably live in Chengdu for a few days."

"Yes! By the way, Miss, this old slave has heard some news about the master from a friend who is in the rivers and lakes."

Meng Furu hurriedly stopped and asked, "Really? What letter? Does he know where my father is?"

"My friend said that the master is most likely locked in Jingyou City!"

"Jingyou City?" Meng Furu frowned, "Why was he imprisoned in Jingyou City for no reason? In the past six months, he has not brought back a letter. Could it be that he was really locked up? What did my father do? What's the matter?"

"I heard that the master was arrested by the Prince You's Mansion. It seems that he colluded with people from the rivers and lakes to endanger the Prince You's Mansion."

"People from the Jianghu?" Meng Furu's eyeballs moved quickly left and right twice, and suddenly she slapped the table and said, "Could it be because of that Zhuang Yunxian? How many people from the Jianghu do my father know? Only the one with the deepest friendship I'm afraid it's Zhuang Yunxian!"

"We can't make a conclusion right now, but this old slave thinks that this statement is not groundless."

"Uncle Ma, can your friend come back with some more inquiries? Remuneration is not a problem, as long as we can confirm that my father is really imprisoned by Prince You's Mansion, then at least we can try to rescue him."

"Miss, don't worry, I have entrusted my friend with a lot of money to find out about the master. Once he gets the letter, he will tell me immediately. It's just..." Uncle Ma said solemnly, "If the master is really captured by You Wangfu It's closed, I'm afraid it will be difficult to rescue. The owner of Prince You's Mansion, Zhao Yuanyin, is known as Hell with Ten Faces. Qingyue Hall has been cleaned up, and the situation of various factions in the Jianghu has changed a lot. It is said that he has issued a death order for Qingyue Hall and Qingchuan Ranch, and will not let any one go, and Zhuang Yunxian..."

"And Zhuang Yunxian happens to be from Qingchuan Ranch!" Meng Furu's face became even more livid.Although she seldom goes out, and most of the time she deals with business people, but doing business and running the rivers and lakes are originally two alleys coming out of the same doorway, and they are connected with each other.She often hears Zhao Yuanyin's name from merchants.Zhao Yuanyin is actually an authority of the imperial court to control the rivers and lakes.

Thinking of this, Meng Furu turned pale with anger.She clenched her fists and thumped the table vigorously, saying: "My father really doesn't listen to persuasion! My brother and I tried to persuade him several times, not to be with that woman Zhuang Yunxian, but he didn't listen!"

"It's too late to say these things now. We can only find out the master's letter before making any plans."

Meng Furu nodded and said: "I see, you go!"

(End of this chapter)