Pampered and fierce wife: Reborn daughter-in-law has a strategy

Yang Luocheng is indeed a big city mainly focused on commerce. Before entering the city gate, the scent of spices that spreads ten miles away will penetrate into people's nose. Ten steps away from the city gate, the bustle of people in the city can already be heard. Li Xinran's ears.

The sounds of children playing, vendors shouting, and passers-by talking.

It has to be said that on the surface, Yangluo City is much more prosperous than Xingzhou City.

Although the people of Xingzhou City live a relatively comfortable life, the entire city is relatively quiet and there are not so many hawkers.

At the city gate are merchants with large numbers of mules and horses. They line up one by one at the city gate, waiting for inspection.

Li Xinran and others did not have to wait in line. They drove their horses and entered through the gate next to them.

"Stop, who is it?" The soldier guarding the city gate came over. Li Xinran showed his token. The soldier quickly pushed it away, bowed his head and invited Li Xinran and others to enter the city.

They rode into the city on horseback. Just like in Xingzhou City, they first found a medium-sized inn to stay at. When they wanted to book it, they encountered a problem they had never encountered in Xingzhou City - no The room is vacant.

"I'm really sorry for this... girl," the innkeeper looked around and confirmed that Li Xinran was the leader among them. He quickly stepped forward to apologize, "Isn't this the time of our annual Yingying Competition in Yang Luocheng? , Talents from all over the country have come here, and the shop really has no vacancies, so please forgive me, please forgive me." The shopkeeper smiled apologetically.

Li Xinran smiled: "Then let's have a meal here. Are there any empty seats, boss?"

"Yes! Yes! Guests, please come this way!" The shopkeeper invited Li Xinran and others to the private room upstairs with a smile on his face.

There were not many of them, they only occupied two rooms.

"Shopkeeper," after ordering, the shopkeeper went down and was stopped by Li Xinran. Seeing the shopkeeper turn around with doubts, Li Xinran smiled and said, "We are a group of outsiders who are new here and don't know much about you Yang Luocheng. Can you, please, Can you introduce us?" After saying that, she threw over a dime of silver.

The shopkeeper caught the piece of silver, bit it with his teeth, and smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes: "You don't know, our Yangluo City is the largest commercial city in the surrounding area. To say it disrespectfully, even if it is The business in Kyoto is not as prosperous as ours, and all of this, apart from the gratitude to the emperor for his great kindness, is our Li family in Yangluo City. The head of our Li family is a kind-hearted man. The Li family started their business with spices. After starting their business, they did not forget their roots, but developed with Xiangcun. In addition, the Li family also opened a number of Dugutang in our Yangluo City to take care of the homeless. Old people, children..."

"Then what is this virtuous contest?" Seeing the shopkeeper running wildly while praising the Li family, Li Xinran had to interrupt him to ask what he really wanted to know.

"The Xianying Competition," the shopkeeper seemed to be even more excited, "Speaking of this Xianying Competition, we have to mention the Dugu Hall of the Li family. Didn't the Li family open many Dugu Halls? There were people working, so the head of the Li family came up with a way. He opened a talent competition to recruit outstanding talents. They were given ten taels of silver per month to manage Dugu Hall, and then recruited widows who could not support themselves in the street to go to Dugu. In the hall, go take care of them. Ten taels of silver per month, do the math. Where can you get such a high amount of money? The head of the Li family must be kind! If it weren't for my own business, I would try it too Got it!"

The shopkeeper paused, as if to calm down his excitement: "Then the more and more Dugu Hall opened, the more manpower was needed, and the Xianying Competition became bigger and bigger. Head of the Li family Said, they have to choose good people to manage Dugu Hall, otherwise, what will happen if the lonely old people and children in Dugu Hall are bullied! This head of the Li family is really a good person!"

The more Li Xinran listened, the more frightened she became. She laughed, asked a few more irrelevant things but related to Yang Luocheng, and then sent the shopkeeper away.

After the shopkeeper left, Li Xinran and Fu Qingfeng looked at each other and saw a solemn look in each other's eyes.

Li Xinran thought to herself that she was not worrying too much. Fu Qingfeng also realized that something was wrong. Everything the head of the Li family did made people feel uneasy.

But there is no evidence now, and it seems that the people in Yangluocheng also respect the Li family very much. Taking rash actions may cause confrontation, which will be more than worth the gain.

After Li Xinran and Fu Qingfeng exchanged a quick look, they settled down to eat again, as if nothing had happened before.

After eating, Li Xinran took them to leave the restaurant and head to the inn.Li Xinran has never liked living in the inn. Although the inn does not have to spend any of its own money, it is very troublesome.

As soon as she came down the stairs, Li Xinran heard a scream: "Young Master, let her go!"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a young man wearing a plain white brocade robe and a jade crown outside the restaurant door, pointing at a big man with a folding fan and yelling.

And the big man was holding a weak and boneless little girl in his hand. The little girl was dressed in mourning clothes, which made her even more delicate and pitiful.

"What do you want to do when you treat a little girl like this?" the young master yelled angrily.

The big man looked at the young master, made an assessment, and said with a polite smile: "Young master, you don't know. This woman's father owed our casino 10 taels, and she committed suicide by jumping into the river when she couldn't afford it. We can only use her to pay off the debt." ”

The young master looked worried: "How do you plan to use her to pay off the debt?"

The big man chuckled: "I'm afraid I'll dirty your ears if I tell you about the rough guy." He looked at the young master up and down and said with a smile, "Looking at your appearance, you haven't been to that place yet, have you?"

"Wha, where?" The young master looked confused.

"Brotherhouse." Li Xinran's voice sounded faintly in the young master's ears. The young master was startled, and his round eyes were like a frightened cat, filled with fear and innocence.

It took him a long time to realize what Li Xinran said, and his face turned red with anger. He looked at the big man angrily: "Are you really going to sell her to a prostitute or a brothel?"

Maybe it was the brothel but he couldn't say it out loud, so the young master took it back in the middle of his sentence.

The big man chuckled: "Young Master, repaying debts is a matter of course, what do you think?"

The young master's face turned red and he stammered: "Well, you can't sell people to brothels! She, her father owes you so much, I will help her pay it back!"

"Really?" The big man said happily, "She is lucky. If she meets a kind-hearted person like you, then you can take the money?"

The young master reached for the purse at his waist, and his expression suddenly changed. He panicked and touched all over his body: "I, I, my purse is there!" The big man took the time to look at the young master, but saw that the young master could not take out anything. , the big man smiled: "Isn't the young master's wallet stolen by a thief?" He looked at the young master and said seriously, "I still suggest that the young master leave it alone and go home as soon as possible. Losing your wallet is not a trivial matter. .”

After saying that, he grabbed the girl and was about to leave. The girl begged for mercy. The young man's eyes were splitting. He shouted in confusion: "Wait!" He stopped the big man and strode over, "I can give you You write an IOU."

The big man looked the young master up and down, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, I see that the young master is not the kind of person who is a deadbeat. Then, if you sign this, this girl will be yours."

He took out a piece of paper. Without thinking, the young master was about to press his fingerprints with the ink pad provided by the big man, but he was stopped halfway by Li Xinran.

Li Xinran looked at the young master, smiled softly, and said, "You can't sign randomly," she leaned close to the young master's ear and whispered, "little girl."