The Male Wife

Pei Cheng came back through the darkness.

In fact, after Pei Cheng arrived at the yamen, Mr. Jiang was busy, so Pei Cheng could go back without talking to him a few words.But Pei Cheng didn't want to go back, he just had a quarrel with Jiang Linzhi last night, and then had a showdown with Master Cheng, so he wanted to go back so early, so as not to see Master Cheng's embarrassing appearance again.

Pei Cheng didn't know that the person he hated the most now could no longer be shy in front of him.

Because he didn't want to go back to Jiang's house in the north of the city so early, so Pei Cheng simply went to the dim sum shop for a walk. The dim sum shop is not big, and only a few of the pastries sold in it are our special pastries, so the price will be on the high side, but other than that All pastries are reasonably priced.So this dim sum shop is quite popular among ordinary people.

Pei Cheng brought over the account book, carefully looked through the past few months, and found that the profit in this month was much lower than last year. Frowning, he called the manager and expressed his doubts.

The steward smiled wryly and said: "Master Pei, you don't know something. A few years ago, we were the only pastry shop in this street with reasonable prices and good taste, so everyone loves to come to us, but this year a new one opened in the next street The pastry shop, the taste of that pastry shop... I have tasted it, and it is indeed better than our shop. "

Pei Cheng pursed his lips, "What about the price?"

"In terms of price, they only have one or two more coppers than us." The steward wiped the sweat from his forehead, sighed, and said, "The people who come to buy pastries are not very rich, but they have a lot of money. Most of them also have spare money. They are willing to spend money on pastries, so they will naturally be willing to spend an extra copper or two to buy more delicious ones."

Pei Cheng slapped the account book hard, "Then why didn't you tell me when this happened! If I hadn't come to see the running water today, are you going to never tell me that the running water in the shop has been going downhill for the past few months! "

"This... this..." The steward was blocked by Pei Cheng's words. The steward knew that Pei Cheng was not only the husband and wife of the second master of the Jiang family, but also the second young master of the Pei family, so he had a preconceived impression that he was like Pei Cheng. The young master from such a family should not care about these things.

To put it bluntly, the steward always felt that Pei Cheng opened this pastry shop just for fun, and would not take this pastry shop seriously, so the steward just ignored it—the shop is not his own anyway, he What the hell are you talking about.

The steward didn't know, but in Pei Cheng's eyes, this shop was his heart and soul.So when Pei Cheng saw with his own eyes that the shop's running water had been going downhill in the past few months, he was immediately very angry.

"I invited you here. I didn't ask you to be like me and be a shopkeeper." Pei Cheng is not stupid, so he can naturally see what the manager's secretive attitude is for. "This The running water in the shop has been bad for a few months, so you can send someone to tell me, why don't you even tell me!"

The steward kept wiping the cold sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and hurriedly said, "I planned to say it at first, but it was almost the end of the year, so I couldn't say it. After the shop reopened, the Jiang family will It's not good for me to bother you when the news of the separation of the East Court comes out. So this matter has been shelved like this."

Pei Cheng just thought it was funny, "If you really took this matter seriously, you wouldn't have not told me until now."

The manager panicked and wanted to explain something, but he saw Pei Cheng close the ledger with a thud, and Pei Cheng said coldly, "Give me all the running water from the past two years, and I want to take it back for a closer look."

How could the steward dare to be disobedient? Hearing this, he hurriedly took out the account books of the past two years and put them in front of Pei Cheng. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and said, "These were all done by the original accountant." Yes, if he doesn't know his hands and feet, it's almost like this."

Hearing this, Pei Cheng's eyes were like knives, and he swiped at the manager, "According to what you said, have you never been in charge of the shop?"

The steward quickly waved his hands and explained, "No, no, I don't know how to manage accounts, so naturally I don't know if the accountant has tampered with the accounts."

There was a pause in the tone, and the steward remembered another more important matter, and said: "The profit of this shop is not good in the first place, so there is no need to hire an accountant in the future."

"Yes."

Seeing the sky getting dark outside, Pei Cheng stood up with the ledger and said, "I'll go back first, and I'll talk to you about the shop after I think it through. You should watch the shop more these two days. If anything happens, go directly to the Yamen to find the prefect, he will help us."

The steward nodded quickly, watched Pei Cheng leave with his own eyes, and then stepped into the carriage parked outside the shop, then heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and entered the shop, and said to himself: "This Pei Cheng didn't see him in the past years. How do you manage the shop, why are you so caring this year? Could it be because the family is separated, and you have to calculate whether the money in hand is enough to spend?"

Pei Cheng was sitting in the carriage. This carriage was brought out from Jiang's house. The interior of the carriage was not very good. He wobbled when he sat up, making Pei Cheng dizzy.

The carriage stopped at Jiangzhai in the north of the city, and Pei Cheng sat in the carriage for a while before walking down with the ledger.

Seeing Pei Cheng's return, the servant who had been guarding the door hurried up, "Ma'am, you're back, Second Master has been waiting for you for a day today."

Pei Cheng subconsciously looked up at the sky, it was already late, he pursed his lips, and said, "Second Master has been waiting for me for a long time?"

"Yeah." The servant didn't know about Pei Cheng's quarrel with Jiang Linzhi last night, so he said cheerfully, "Second Master came back early today and has been waiting for you in the yard. After dinner, he returned to his yard. .”

Pei Cheng's footsteps paused, and when the servant looked over, he continued walking absent-mindedly, and said, "Why did Second Master come back so early today? What about Young Master Cheng, he didn't come back with Second Master?"

The servant said, "No. The second master came back today alone."

A smile finally appeared on Pei Cheng's face that had been stern all day.It's not that he was afraid of that young master Cheng, Pei Cheng just didn't want to stay under the same roof with him, which would make him very angry and irritable.

Seeing that Pei Cheng came back, the steward hurriedly asked the servants to serve the food that had been hot in the pot. After Pei Cheng sat down to eat, he poured tea for Pei Cheng and said, "Why did Madam come back so late today? I just said The young master has been looking for you."

"Did he eat just now?" Pei Cheng drank two mouthfuls of soup, and then felt hungry. He picked up the rice bowl, put two mouthfuls of rice in his mouth, and picked up the delicious fried meat on the plate, "Second master also eats gone?"

"Second Master ate with Young Master Yan Zhi." The steward did not say that Jiang Linzhi saw that Pei Cheng hadn't come back after dinner, and his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, "Master Yan Zhi was killed by Second Master after dinner." Called to go to bed. The second master has also returned to the house, if the wife wants to find the second master later, go to the second master's yard."

Pei Cheng didn't want to find Jiang Linzhi, but he wanted to consult with Jiang Linzhi about the dim sum shop, so after thinking about it, he thought that after dinner, he would go ask Jiang Linzhi while Jiang Linzhi was still asleep Bar.

After all, if he waited until tomorrow, Pei Cheng was afraid that Master Cheng would come and take Jiang Linzhi away again.

After eating two bowls of rice in a row, Pei Cheng put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up, and walked towards the backyard. One of the servants came up with a lantern to help Pei Cheng illuminate.

Pei Cheng silently walked to the gate of Jiang Linzhi's yard, saw Donglai standing in front of him, and said, "Second Master is asleep?"

"Second Master is still asleep." Dong Lai bowed his head and said, he opened the small wooden door of the courtyard and let Pei Cheng in, "Second Master is still reading in the room, Madam, let's go in."

Pei Cheng glanced at Donglai when he walked over, he always felt that Donglai's attitude today was weird, as if... more respectful and fearful.

inexplicably.

After Donglai watched Pei Cheng push open the door, he breathed a sigh of relief, he was very glad that he never offended Pei Cheng from the beginning to the end.

Otherwise, Cheng Yi's end today is probably his own end.

But having said that, even Donglai did not expect that Pei Cheng would occupy such an important position in Jiang Linzhi's heart, so important that he would not hesitate to use the life of his original right-hand man to stage a play of killing chickens and monkeys—but it was also because of Cheng. After Yi's death, those who are still alive will naturally understand the reason not to offend Pei Cheng in the future.

inside the house.

Pei Cheng took the account book and walked in front of Jiang Linzhi, "Second Master, why are you still awake?"

"It's still early." Jiang Linzhi glanced at Pei Cheng expressionlessly, "What is this?"

"This is the account book of the dim sum shop." Pei Cheng coughed in embarrassment. If it weren't for the fact that the dim sum shop's profit had dropped too much during this period, he would not have taken the initiative to ask Jiang Linzhi for help.

Jiang Linzhi brought over the account book, flipped through a few pages casually, and said in a deep voice: "This shop has been in operation for ten years, and it is already very good if there is no loss."

Pei Cheng blushed at Jiang Linzhi's words, but he did not refute. After all, Jiang Linzhi's words were right and not wrong.

"Look at the ledger and see what it looks like." Jiang Linzhi closed the ledger and put it aside, "Let's go and have a look tomorrow." Pei Cheng's mouth twitched, but he couldn't laugh when he wanted to, "I'm busy with the cockfighting field. , Second Lord, do you have time to accompany me to the dim sum shop?" Jiang Linzhi looked at Pei Cheng fixedly, Pei Cheng was startled, and subconsciously avoided Jiang Linzhi's sight.

However, this time, Jiang Rinzhi didn't let Pei Cheng escape.

In the next second, before Pei Cheng could react, his face went dark and his body felt heavy.

The scene from more than a month ago was staged again.

Only this time, Pei Cheng and Jiang Linzhi's moods were not as disturbed as last time.

Bang bang bang.

Bang bang bang.

In the silent room, there seemed to be two heartbeats that were beating equally fast.

As if the two had reached some kind of contract invisibly, they were both silent.

Until Jiang Linzhi made the next move first, Jiang Linzhi lowered his head and gently touched Pei Cheng's trembling lips.Hot, warm.Jiang Linzhi didn't get any response from the other party.

Disappointment flashed across Jiang Linzhi's eyes, but just as he got up and was about to leave, Pei Cheng, who was lying under him, quietly reached out and grabbed the man's sweaty hand.

Jiang Lin was stunned, the corner of his mouth curled up, he lowered his head again, and kissed Pei Cheng again, only this time, he got a response.Pei Cheng opened his mouth slightly, acquiescing to the man's intrusion.

Something is quietly changing.