The Regent's Tender Darling

"What did you say?" Xuemei frowned.

"Nothing!" Little Loach quickly changed the subject and said: "If you want to buy a wine source, then you have found the right person. I know a family that makes wine. Although their family is not famous, the wine they brew is better than Zuixian. Everything in the building is good.”

Then he came closer and said: "The main reason is that it is cheap and the wine is not bad. Your master will definitely be satisfied."

"Cheap?" Upon hearing this, Xuemei suddenly felt unreliable and asked, "Can it be cheap? My master is not short of money."

Upon hearing this, the little loach laughed, clicked his tongue twice and said, "Oh! Aren't you just running to make money as a shop owner? Businessmen all want to buy the best goods at the lowest price, and then sell them. The worst goods are sold at the highest prices.”

"You!" Xuemei got angry when she was told that. She glared at the little loach and immediately retorted: "My master is not such a person!"

"I know, I know." Little Loach responded perfunctorily, and then continued: "The wine I told you about this family is very good. Your master will make money and reputation by then. I just want to see I’m telling you this for your sake.”

This sounds comfortable. After all, they have known each other for several years, and they still have a sense of friendship.

So he said: "Where is it? Take me to see it."

"It's in Lihua Village just outside the city, but it's a little far away. It takes two hours to walk there."

Xuemei suddenly became arrogant and said, "Why is it so far? Go to the inn and hire a carriage. You can get there in half an hour."

After hiring a carriage at the inn, the two embarked on the road to Lihua Village. The carriage outside was not as good as the one in the Wangfu Palace. It was not warm inside and even had drafts.

"A--sneeze!" Xuemei sneezed out of the cold. She subconsciously hugged her arms with her hands and rubbed them to keep them warm.

Seeing this, Little Loach hesitated for a moment, but quickly took off his old thick cotton coat, and said reluctantly: "Here!"

"Ah?" Xuemei was a little surprised and had no intention of reaching out to pick it up. She just looked at the little loach in disbelief.

After taking off the thick cotton clothes, you can see the soft linen clothes worn by the little loach. It looks like it is filled with cotton, but it still feels like the whole person has lost weight.

She smiled and said, "You have a cotton-padded jacket inside your cotton-padded jacket."

"Hurry up and cover it. If you catch a cold, be careful that your master doesn't want you." The clothes inside were not cotton clothes, but stuffed with reeds. The cotton clothes outside were the ones he picked up on the clothes drying pole yesterday.

Xuemei took it anyway and covered herself carefully. The cotton-padded jacket had no smell and was clean, but the outer cloth was very old.

Thinking of Little Loach's life experience, she inevitably felt pity, and also had an idea in her heart. She would give Little Loach a new cotton-padded jacket another day.

The atmosphere was a little quiet. Looking at the cotton-padded jacket on her body, she said, "Your cotton-padded jacket is quite old. Your mother sewed it for you, right?"

"I don't have a mother." the little loach replied.

"Ah?" Xuemei was a little surprised.

Just listen to the little loach say: "I am just an adoptive father."

Has... been dead for many years.

"Oh, that's it." Xuemei didn't know what to say for a moment. After thinking for a while, she said, "Please tell me a story."

"Okay!" Little Loach said and stretched out his hand and handed it to Xuemei.

Xuemei reacted for a moment and then took out her purse and took out a piece of silver, which she estimated to be half a tael.

Little Loach took it in his hand, looked at it, and then said: "I helped you, and you should be rewarded for doing your job well, right? You should score a little bit from me."