pet marriage

"Master Biao, this is the bank note you mentioned last time. According to your instructions, it belongs to Lutong Bank."

Shopkeeper Liu smiled and presented the envelope to Zhang Xiulang with both hands. How could he dare to hand over such a large amount of banknotes to his servants, so he had to run again by himself.

Zhang Xiulang took it casually, squeezed the thickness of the envelope, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "It's done well, don't worry, your benefits are indispensable."

"Thank you, Master Biao." Shopkeeper Liu nodded with a flattering smile.

"By the way," Zhang Xiulang slowly sat up straight and asked, "What has Qing Jia been up to these days?"

Shopkeeper Liu bowed and replied, "Young Master spends most of his time at Huafang."

Zhang Xiulang nodded, the smile on his face softened a bit, and he casually gave Shopkeeper Liu a few words and asked him to go back to work.

After leaving the small building, shopkeeper Liu felt a little guilty when he thought about taking such a large sum of money out of his hand again. It is true that Shen Qingjia doesn't go to Linlang Pavilion very much these days, but if he thinks of such a large amount of money on a whim, I'm afraid he just lost his head.

Thinking of that situation, shopkeeper Liu's back broke out in cold sweat, he changed his mind, and thought of the Qingwu girl who made Shen Qingjia fascinated by Huafang, and he had an idea.

He was thinking about this matter in his heart, and he didn't want to delay at all. Before he got into the carriage, he ordered a clever boy who was accompanying him to prepare some precious jewels and send them to Qingwu girl.

Seeing the boy lead away, shopkeeper Liu let out a long sigh of relief, sat upright in the carriage and straightened his collar.

Shopkeeper Liu left in a hurry. Inside the small building, Zhang Xiulang sipped his tea leisurely, nodded slightly, and asked the servants who followed him to put the envelope in front of a luxuriously dressed young man across the table.

"Prince, this is the one I follow."

That prince is a handsome young man, the father of the family has been doing these running businesses for many years, it is said that he is planning to pass the burden on to his son and let him try it himself, so he joins forces with them.

The prince reached out to pick up the envelope, squeezed it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile, "Young Master Zhang is indeed a man from the capital, he is rich."

He praised so much in his mouth, but he didn't feel at ease in his expression and movements, and handed it to a servant behind him.

Zhang Xiulang was not surprised when he saw it, on the contrary, he had a feeling that it should be taken for granted, this prince was greeted by the steward of the small building himself when he came in and out, and his wealth should not be underestimated, so how could he take these things to heart.

Seeing Prince Wang's actions, Zhang Xiulang was even more relieved, and the several princes he had befriended all joined in, obviously hoping to earn some money back.

Prince Wang had a reserved smile on his face, he only said that he would arrange things properly, and you all just need to wait to count the money.

Hearing what he said, the others let go of the things in their hearts, and they were in a good mood. Songs and dances started again, mixed with the voices of Xiaozi and others, creating a scene of desolation.

……

It started to rain suddenly in the afternoon, and many passers-by hurried into the inn to hide from the rain. Shen Mingshu ordered the back kitchen to prepare some hot soup for these people to warm up.

With this benefit, the people who came in to hide from the rain thanked them repeatedly, and their mood changed from bored to gentle.

Shen Mingshu and Luo Xin were sitting behind the counter, teaching Luo Xin to turn the abacus with their hands, and there was a clear and crisp sound.

Luo Xin leaned against Shen Mingshu, and Shen Mingshu controlled her fingers, slowly moving the black and bright beads.

After taking Luo Xin for a walk, Shen Mingshu let Luo Xin look at the account book and tried to count down.

Luo Xin looked at the account book hesitantly, then raised her head to glance at Shen Mingshu, who gave her a faint smile.

Luo Xin felt relieved, pursed her lips and smiled, lowered her head and slowly opened the account book.

Shen Mingshu sat quietly by the side, watching Luo Xin's finger movements with soft eyes, and when Luo Xin finished asking and looked over, she nodded at the right time, "Xin'er is awesome, that's right."

The corners of Luo Xin's lips curled up, revealing a shy smile, dimples appeared on her cheeks, and she looked at Shen Mingshu sweetly.

"Why did my sister teach me to calculate accounts?"

Luo Xin tilted her head to look at Shen Mingshu, and asked suspiciously.

Shen Mingshu couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, and said, "I remember that the proprietress seems to be in charge of the accounts in the inn, and I want you to try it too, so I can hand over our accounts to you in the future."

Luo Xin listened carefully, and took it as her duty. She nodded and promised, "I will definitely learn from my sister."

"En." Seeing her cute appearance, Shen Mingshu's heart warmed, and he raised his hand to stroke Luo Xin's hair.

The rain outside gradually decreased, and many people who were sheltering from the rain bid farewell and left, it was getting late, Luo Xin was going to do a donkey roll tonight, it was time to start preparing.

Shen Mingshu got up and was about to enter the back kitchen with Luo Xin, when she saw Shen Li coming in from the door of the store and looking towards her at the counter.

Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, Shen Mingshu had no choice but to talk to Luo Xin and go over to help later.

Shen Li followed Shen Mingshu towards the backyard, and stopped in the corridor. Shen Mingshu saw that Shen Li's clothes were mostly wet, frowned slightly, and asked, "What's the urgent news? You came here in such a hurry in the rain? "

Shen Li bowed and saluted, and said, "Miss, there are two messages, one is from Huafang, and the other is from Wei's."

"Oh?" Shen Mingshu slightly raised his eyebrows, and said calmly, "Let's listen."

Shen Li replied briefly, "The news from Huafang, shopkeeper Liu ordered to send a big gift to Miss Qingwu, and asked her to pester the young master."

Shen Mingshu looked indifferent, nodded to show that he understood, and asked him to continue talking.

Shen Li continued, "The brothers who were watching the Wei family didn't notice any movement in the Wei family, but when they came back, they saw a person who looked similar to Feng Xin wandering around the Wei family."

"Feng Xin..." Shen Mingshu narrowed his eyes dangerously, and read out the name gently.

At first Feng Xin disappeared after stealing the black pearl, because the situation was serious, and it was difficult to report to the government, so he could only search privately, but he never found it. Later, Shen Mingshu left Linlang Pavilion, and this matter did not continue to be pursued. People actually appeared again.

Shen Li asked, "We have already sent someone to follow him, we can be sure that it is Feng Xin, but should we arrest him now?"

Shen Ming shook his head slowly, and said lightly, "No need, let people watch him to see what he is going to do."

"Yes." Shen Li bowed in response.