Daming Grocer

These debts can be settled as soon as possible, so as to reduce the burden on Dad.After cooking at noon, I wrapped up my winter clothes and went out.Put on the new tassel-yellow forged face plum pattern jacket and cloak overcoat that her father made for her, and walk on the street with an oil-paper umbrella. At this time, there are few pedestrians on the street. He also yelled hard.At this moment, all those people's eyes were fixed on her, and they whispered a few times to others, which made her very uncomfortable, so she had to walk quickly to the restaurant.

Yuxiyuan restaurant is the best restaurant in the county, and this meeting is still full of guests, and the voices of eating wine, guessing boxing games and talking dirty are endless.Qijian put away the umbrella and didn't look either way. He went directly to the counter and handed over the list that he had written at home: "Brother Yu, can you deliver these to my house before evening?" Look, he let out a sigh: "Mr. Xiao is going to have a banquet at home. Don't worry, I will deliver it on time before the evening. It will be still hot when it is delivered to your house. The road is slippery in snowy weather. When I go back, I will say goodbye to the slippery one."

Qijian said thank you, and walked to the door avoiding those unscrupulous eyes. A man with a red face and beard who smelled of alcohol stopped her: "Huh? Isn't this the little lady of Shen Guanshi's family? Why, just pretend Don’t you know? I just saw you at your lord’s house the day before yesterday, and your young master praised you for being a water spirit. Looking at Ruixue today, it’s true that water spirit can pinch water..." As he spoke, he moved seven Qijian blushed and dodged, and wanted to leave again, but was stopped.

"I heard that your son wants to marry you and you refuse to marry me. I want to see, Master Chu. How can you be so proud?" Drunk and crazy people can be seen every day in this Yuxi Garden. This Chu Changqing is from the county Butcher Chu's son, who was born like him, was big and three rough, and usually played with Mr. Cao as a follower, presumably today he wanted to repay the "favor" of the wine and dinner.Brother Yu didn't like it, so he brought the waiter over to persuade him: "Master Chu, you see that you are drunk, may I send someone to take you home?"

Chu Changqing was full of yellow soup at this time, and he didn't recognize anyone, so he waved Yu Geer away: "What are you doing here! If you bother me again, I will tear down your garden!" Yu Geer said, Want to demolish this Yuxi Garden?Not to mention the little butcher, Cao Tiande would not dare to say that even if he came in person.Who opened this garden?It was opened by the brother of the county magistrate!Dare to be so messy, it seems that the skin is itchy.

He and waiter pinched people on the left and right to throw them out, but the little butcher's arms were amazing, and he threw them both out of the door with a flick, and fell straight into the snow.I couldn't stop this mess, and in a blink of an eye, I grabbed Qijian who was about to leave: "If you don't follow your son? Then follow me, Uncle Chu! Come! Give uncle a kiss first!"

He made a mess here, and everyone sitting on the first floor in the garden treated him as a spectator, and some even applauded him.Qijian was so frightened that she was trembling, and she was about to be kissed by the pig's lips. The smell of alcohol made her feel like vomiting, and tears fell down in clusters in an instant.At this moment, a few people came down from upstairs, and one of them was a policeman. Seeing this, he drew a knife and put it on Chu Da's neck: "Bold madman! How dare you do evil in broad daylight!"

People don't fight with officials because they can't fight. □□The "Da Gao" issued by the emperor clearly stated that molesting a woman from a good family should be punished in seven months, and obstructing the handling of business affairs, at least two years in prison, and at worst, the death penalty.Chu Changqing came to his senses, let go of Qijian, and smiled apologetically, saying that he told the tolerance that he was drunk, and vowed not to be an example.

The official guard stared at him, retracted the knife with a snort, and immediately kicked him out of the door: "Pay the restaurant's food and drink money and get out!" Chu Changqing fumbled for the money bag, and after a while he Feeling that there was something wrong, he stared at the official's cap seal for a while, and then put the money back: "Where did you come from, Jiangyang robbers dare to pretend to be a fast arrester! Come with me to see the official and sentence you to death!" After finishing speaking He rushed forward and grabbed the officer's arm and pulled it out.

The official was pulled by him and nearly fell down.The two were entangled in the snow, and Qijian followed, for fear that Chu Changqing would really take his benefactor away.The officer got angry after being shoved like this, and drew his knife again: "I wanted to let you go, the gangster, but it seems that you really don't know what to do!" "I want to see what you, a fake arrester, can do to me! Hurry up and go see the official with me!" Chu Changqing wanted to tease him again without giving in, at this time the restaurant entrance was blocked by onlookers, and some people behind couldn't squeeze out, so he had to shout: "Stop! Chu Changqing, you are so big! guts!"

Everyone looked back, and several officials dressed in fast uniforms appeared, one of them they all knew, the county government arrester He catcher.Now let him go out, and he walked all the way to Chu Changqing and met him with a knife: "This is an official sent by the magistrate of Yunnan Prefecture on business, how dare you be so rude. Come, take him back to Yamenguan to prison!"

After Chu Changqing was escorted away, Catcher He bowed his hands to the official: "Brother Chen is shocked, let's go back to the yamen together to see your lord." Arrangements, I'm tired today, and we'll meet Brother He some other day." After speaking, he looked at Qijian, who was sure by this gaze, and stood in the snow in a daze.The man in front of her was seven feet tall, with a very handsome oval face, fair skin, sharp eyebrows and clear eyes. He was dressed in an official uniform and looked heroic. He was different from the men she had seen before. How can the angry prodigal son compare with this fairy-like person in front of him.

Seeing the young lady watching her closely, the officer blushed a little: "Where does the young lady live? If you stop by the post station, I will see you off so that the villain's minions don't make things difficult for you." Qijian heard him After speaking, he regained his senses, lowered his head shyly and said a blessing: "My family, I would like to thank the officer for saving me. My family's house is in the same direction as the post station, so I am bothering the officer."

Chen Guan didn't say much, just picked up the umbrella she dropped and propped it up, and the two walked forward together.He Butou looked at the retreating figure and sighed inexplicably.

Shen Guanshi came back at night and had already heard about the Yuxi Garden during the day, he let Qijian prepare the banquet while shaking his head and sighing: "Jian'er is not afraid, Daddy will ask Third Aunt Zhang to tell you a good family and marry him sooner. "Hearing this, Qi Jian was patting his hand warming the wine, looking at his father in surprise, and said: "Daddy said that today's banquet is Aunt Zhang San?" After asking, he lost his mind again: "Daddy... Why don't you discuss with your daughter...Daughter..." "What's wrong with you?" Shen Guanshi was a little puzzled by her attitude at this time, could it be that she has long been interested in someone?

Immediately after asking the question, she saw her daughter blushing and shaking her head, yelling: "It's very nice to have someone you like, and even if you don't have a father, I will be a good person for you." Shaking his head in his heart, the person he saw during the day has been churning in his mind, what an enemy, why did he just meet once, so he can't forget it.Marriage matters are most afraid of mismatch, what is mismatch, fear is that the heart does not belong to him.But just now, I don't know the details of the other party, and he is wearing an official uniform, and He Butou said that he is from Yunnan Prefecture again, which is not good.

In his thoughts, Aunt Zhang San had arrived, so it was useless to think about anything else.After a good meal with good wine and good food, Aunt Zhang San praised Qijian from beginning to end, and when she left, she assured Manager Shen that she would definitely come to the door for a good marriage in the past two or three days.

Fourth time

The drum beat three times, and the lamps and candles in the princess's courtyard suddenly lit up. After a while, the mistress Mu Li came in a sedan chair, and the obedient ancestor called her, and ordered the servants to prepare porridge and rice to burn the ground dragon.

Among the maids who changed clothes for the princess was a girl who had heard the rumors about Fengyue earlier, her name was Cuizhu, she was paired with Qingzhu, and she always served by her side.This will Qingzhu tie the belt at the back, and she wears the front skirt facing the princess.At this moment, the princess's breath was quite strong, as if she was sick and exhausted, the breath hit her face, making her ears flushed, and the kung fu on her hands also came to a halt, as if she was burning in a cloud. .

Princess Huayue stared ahead, waited for a while, then pushed away the person in front of her: "From now on, I don't need you anymore." The servant girl knelt in shock, and everyone in the room stopped working and nodded, waiting for reprimand.Mu Li put down the tea and looked at it for a while, said nothing else, and waved for the servant to drag him away.Everyone started to move again, although Qing Zhu didn't know why, but she was steady, Mu Li was also satisfied with her, she was always smart and capable, she was considered a good candidate to serve the princess.

After tidying up her clothes, she used half a bowl of porridge and rice in the living room, and Qing Zhu took a fur coat from the side and put it on for her. The black-soled gold silk embroidered boots on her feet were also filled with rabbit fur, so she didn't worry about her feet getting cold.After she sat on the chair covered with white tiger fur and put the mink blanket on her lap, she knelt down and waited for a signal.

Mrs. Mu Li sighed and said, "Ms. Hu is crying to see you. Your second uncle, Nianzai, has taken you with her for 15 years. If you send a message, you will deal with it. This person is outside and has been tortured. Hold on and don't be intimidated."

The princess had a silver windshield cloth tied on her forehead, and her frail appearance made Mu Li couldn't bear to say more. Seeing her holding her head in silence, she understood immediately: "Auntie is leaving first, Qiu'er, don't make things difficult for yourself. One is."

After Mu Li left for a while, the princess signaled for someone to bring Hu in.When the boy dragged him in, everyone was shocked. His clothes were covered in blood, scars were found on the naked/exposed parts, his cheeks were bruised, and his eyes were bloodshot, like a female ghost crawling up from the ground.The princess glanced at her and waved everyone out.

Qingzhu stood up at this time and replied: "Princess, the girls and servants are waiting outside the door, you can just call if you have something to do." ?This is really strange.The girl and the servant retreated, and the two guards with knives left and right did not move.