At the same moment, a carriage drove out of the backyard of the tavern and soon left the county.
Inside the restaurant, Gu Yi was leisurely drinking herbal tea, when he suddenly remembered that Song Wan Yue had something to tell him, put the cup down and looked at Song Wan Yue who was about to go to the desk to practise her writing, “Little girl, what just happened at the market?”
Song Wan Yue downplayed it, “Nothing, the eldest Miss of the Zhang family, Zhang Yao, has taken a liking to my elder brother.”
Gu Yi almost choked on the herbal tea that had just reached his mouth, he swallowed it in a hurry, “Who are you talking about?”
“Zhang Yao.”
“She’s sick in the head, isn’t she?”
“Not only is she sick, but she’s also fat and full of fat waving around.”
Imagining Zhang Yao’s appearance, Gu Yi couldn’t even drink the herbal tea anymore, putting the cup on the table and getting up to help her grind it, “It’s all Xiao Si’s fault, if he hadn’t gotten up late and caused me to miss sending you guys to the county, I could have had someone beat her up to make her even fatter.”
Song Wan Yue raised her eyebrows and looked at him with a smirk.
Gu Yi blinked sheepishly, then blinked again, and suddenly he wasn’t sheepish anymore – it was Xiao Si who was up late, not him.
His eyes also lit up and he moved closer, “Little girl, do you want to beat her up?”
It was so enjoyable to beat someone up, especially the kind of beating that had no qualms. The feeling of beating someone up last night was something he still remembers to this day.
Looking at his glowing eyes, Song Wangyue knew what was in his mind and stretched out her hand, pulling his head to the side, picking up the brush and dipping it into the ink, “No.”
……
The stall was particularly crowded with people coming to eat cold skin today. The table is not crowded, some people asked for cold skin end bowls on the ground to eat, while eating, while secretly looking at Song Si.
The story of Zhang Yao’s drama this morning had long since spread through the bazaar.
No one was talking about how Zhang Yao was, all they knew was that she was the Miss of the Zhang family. The Zhang family is a wealthy family in the county, not to mention the fact that the Zhang family has long since made a promise to give countless dowries.
Many people had thought of marrying Zhang Yao, but they knew that their status was not worthy, so they had the heart but not the guts. When they heard that Zhang Yao had fallen in love with Song Si, they all rushed over to see what kind of person Song Si really was, who could make the Zhang family’s young lady fall in love with him at first glance and refuse to marry him.
Song Si looked calm, ignoring their stares, wiping the table when he should, and serving the cold skin when he should, not caring in the least.
Liu Cui Lan was afraid that he would not be able to bear it and had been quietly observing his expression, but when she saw that he did not look different, she was relieved.
Today, he sold out half an hour earlier than yesterday, and after cleaning up his stall, Song Shu was worried.
He didn’t want to put the tables and chairs in Xu Laosan’s house again, but if he took them back, they wouldn’t fit in the ox cart.
“It’s better to put them there, at most we’ll give some coins later.”
The Xu family’s house was not a good one, but the yard was large, so putting the tables and stools there would not be a problem, and the main thing was that it was close to the market and could be moved over quickly.
“Father will wait here while I send them over with Mother and Second Brother.”
That was all that could be done.
Song Shu led the ox cart and waited where he was, while Song Shen and the three of them carried the tables and stools and sent them over.
Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law was helping someone wash clothes at home, and when she heard the movement and looked up and saw it was them, she got up and wiped her hands on her apron, went up to take the things in Liu Cui Lan’s hand and put them under a dilapidated shed in one corner.
“I’ve given you all a lot of trouble.”
“It doesn’t take up much space, what’s the trouble.”
The humming of Xu Laosan came from inside the house.
Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law just ignored it – she didn’t know how much she weighed and deserved to be beaten.
“We’re embarrassed to just leave it at your house, why don’t we give you some coins every month?”
On the way, Song Si taught Liu Cui Lan what to say.
“What kind of words are you saying, sister-in-law? Xu Laosan and Song Sanxiao are friends. Have you heard of anyone’s friend asking for money for putting something in the house? I had no choice but to ask for your silver yesterday. The family is old and young, and Xu Laosan is not doing his job, so I need to take care of the family.
“Sister, that’s not what I meant.”
Liu Cui Lan hastily explained, “I just feel sorry for troubling you all the time, that’s why I thought of giving some coins.”
“If you don’t despise me, just leave your things here and never mention money again.”
Liu Cui Lan looked at Song Si and saw him nod, “Then, okay, it’s sister-in-law’s fault, sister-in-law won’t mention it again.”
……
“Si’er, shouldn’t we mention the money?”
After coming out of Xu Laosan’s house, Liu Cui Lan asked, “In the past, Song San Xiao could still send a cold skin to the Xu family from time to time, but when she said that today, I’m afraid that Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law wouldn’t even ask for a cold skin in the future. She could see that Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law was not the one who liked to take advantage of the situation.
“We’ll find a way to make up for it later.”
A few people went back to the stall, got on the ox cart and picked up Song Wan Yue from the restaurant.
The ox cart had just stopped at the entrance when a man passed them with the wind, entered the tavern and went straight to the counter.
“Shopkeeper.”
Zhang Zhuan was sweating with anxiety, he ran to the street, where was there any sign of those things, he searched down that street for a long time and found nothing.
Seeing that he was sweating profusely and his hands were empty, the shopkeeper’s heart sank downwards, “Sir Zhang, let’s go upstairs and talk.”
Zhang Zhuan didn’t care about going upstairs and lowered his voice urgently, “They threw the stuff away, I couldn’t find it.”
“What happened?”
Before Zhang Zhuan could answer, Song Si entered the door.
The shopkeeper gestured for Zhang Zhuan to wait for a moment as he greeted him, “Sir Song.”
Song Si nodded slightly, his gaze inadvertently skimming over Zhang Zhuan.
The shopkeeper moved his feet not to block Zhang Zhuan, “Young master is at the back.”
Song Si nodded and went to the back.
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, “Sir Zhang, go wait for me upstairs first, I’ll be right up.”
When the shopkeeper said “Sir Song”, Zhang Zhuan knew who it was. He was afraid of being recognised, so he hurriedly turned his face away and went upstairs in two steps.
Inside the backyard, Song Wan Yue was surprised to see Song Si, “Why did you sell out so early today?”
It was half an hour earlier than usual.
“There are a lot of people today.”
Song Si finished her answer with a blank face and asked, “Shall we go back together, or later?”
We, not you.
Gu Yi “wisely” heard the meaning of his words and wanted to say that they should go back first and he would send the little girl back, but he didn’t dare to say that in front of Song Si.
He could only turn his back and give Song Wangyue a desperate wink.
Song Wangyue acted as if she didn’t see it, Zhang Zhuan went back to get the key mould, if it went well, it wouldn’t take long to come over, just in time to let big brother know this good thing too.
