pet marriage

In the Shen residence, people came to visit Zhang Xiulang very early in the morning, and Shen Qingjia stayed at Huafang Qingwu girl yesterday, but Zhang Xiulang hadn't gone out much since the birthday party that day, so those friends from the old days couldn't find him. People can only come to the door by themselves.

"What's the matter? A group of people came to my place early in the morning?" Zhang Xiulang sat in the hall, wearing a coat, apparently just woke up, rinsed his mouth with the teacup handed over by the maid, and was finally brought The bitter tea made him sober up, and he frowned and looked down at the next few guests with displeasure.

The two or three young masters sitting below were all good at playing in the past, and they often went to the small building together to have fun, and the prince's business was also mixed up before.

One of the leading young men in Huafu smiled sarcastically and said, "Hasn't it been a while since I've seen Brother Zhang? I don't think I'm feeling well, so let's take a look together."

"Okay," Zhang Xiulang interrupted him impatiently. During this period of time, there was no way to get money, several things went wrong, and he couldn't find the mastermind behind it. He was stimulated again at the birthday banquet, and could only look at other people's happy days with red eyes. He was already very angry, so he didn't have the heart to go around with these people, waved his hands and said, "Whatever you want to say, hurry up and say it."

That Mr. Hua Fu looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Brother Zhang, has there been any news about Mr. Wang recently?"

Hearing his question, Zhang Xiulang put away his impatient expression, and his heart couldn't help sinking. After coming to Yangzhou, he had long been used to spending money like water. After shopkeeper Liu was arrested, it was not good at all, so he just relied on the prince to make some money. When he came back, if there was another accident here, the money in his hands would be stretched, so he quickly asked: "I've been busy with other things these days, so I didn't take this side into account. Could something have happened?"

The faces of the people in the hall suddenly turned ugly, and they looked at each other, and one of them said: "When Brother Zhang came to the small building a few days ago, everyone received news from Prince Wang, but yesterday we wanted to go The Wang family took a look, but they didn't expect that the building was empty, and even the house had already been sold."

"What?" Zhang Xiulang was shocked and asked, "The Wang family is gone? How is it possible? Where is his shop?"

The young man in Huafu shook his head and said: "It has been closed a few days ago, and I don't know if it has already been sold out."

Before they came, they expected to get some information from Zhang Xiulang, but they didn't expect that the other party didn't know it at all, so it was the worst thing to do, because their money might not have been taken away.

One of them said, "Why don't we report to the police?"

"No!" Before Zhang Xiulang could speak, another person immediately refuted: "I took out this money without telling my family. Yes, I can’t tell.”

Hearing what he said, the person who proposed just now was all embarrassing, and asked: "Can we just admit it?"

Zhang Xiulang was also a little flustered. He had paid a lot of money on credit at the small building. If he really couldn't come back, he might lose face. He gritted his teeth and said, "Since it's not easy to report to the official, let's If I send someone to investigate, I don't believe that there are still people who can just disappear without a trace."

Several people in the hall looked at his appearance, now there is only this way, after discussing the specific arrangement, they left and assigned their own staff.

Zhang Xiulang watched them leave, he had long since lost his sleepiness, and ordered one of his subordinates to send some news to the Wei Mansion with a sullen face. The Wei family had also benefited a lot before, and now it's time to contribute.

Not long after, the servants serving in the courtyard knew that the master was in a bad mood, and they all sat with their heads down carefully about their own affairs, for fear of offending the master, Shen San, who was sweeping the ground in the courtyard, raised his head and came hurriedly The young masters who left in a hurry, and the servants who went out afterward, buried their heads and continued to sweep the dust on the ground.

Different from the Shen family's quietness early in the morning, the Xuandong Building was already bustling before dawn, especially the back kitchen, which was already bustling with activity, processing the freshly delivered ingredients.

When it was daylight, Shen Mingshu and Luo Xin also got up to prepare for today's snacks. Today they wanted to take advantage of the good weather and go fishing by the lake outside the city, so they woke up earlier.

Originally, Shen Mingshu wanted to let Luo Xin sleep for a while, but she didn't expect Luo Xin to wake up as soon as she got up, and the two of them washed up together and went downstairs. The back kitchen prepared breakfast, and the two of them got busy after breakfast.

Luo Xin made kidney bean rolls, and Shen Mingshu made sweet-scented osmanthus cake. The nectar made from sweet-scented osmanthus was picked last year. As soon as Fang opened it, he could smell the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, as if he had returned to September in Qingqiu.

Seeing Luo Xin looking over with bright eyes, Shen Mingshu couldn't help but smile, scooped up a little with a small spoon, handed it to Luo Xin's lips, and said, "Taste how it tastes."

Luo Xin pursed her lips and smiled embarrassedly, her elder sister could always guess her thoughts, she stuck out the tip of her pink tongue and touched it, then she opened her mouth to swallow the little sweet-scented osmanthus honey, savored it carefully, and raised the corners of her lips Affirmed: "Slightly fragrant, slightly sweet, delicious!"

The corners of Shen Mingshu's lips curled up slightly, and he scooped up a small spoonful of sweet-scented osmanthus honey again, and tasted it by himself. Luo Xin watched her sister staring at Shen Mingshu's thin lips with the spoon she had just used, and her cheeks couldn't help feeling a little hot.

Shen Mingshu didn't notice anything at first, but noticed Luo Xin's somewhat shy gaze, and then realized that her bright black eyes couldn't help but smile, looked at Luo Xin, and gently parted her red lips and said, "It's so sweet."

Luo Xin's cheeks turned red all of a sudden, her eyes turned left and right and she didn't know where to put them, Shen Mingshu couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "Do it slowly, don't rush, there is still time."

Luo Xin blushed and lowered her head and nodded, rubbing the kidney bean puree vigorously with her hands.

When it was completely bright outside, the number of guests gradually increased, and the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and kidney bean rolls made by the two of them were also ready to dry.

Lan Yin and the others had almost packed the things they were going to bring for the trip, and they were putting them into the carriage one by one steadily, while Luo Xin and Shen Mingshu sat behind the counter and watched the guests coming in and out.

Sitting behind the counter, Shen Mingshu flipped through the account books naturally. From the corner of her eyes, she saw Luo Xin rubbing her right hand with her left hand. The hand that flipped through the account books stopped involuntarily. She turned her face and asked, "But did you get tired just now? I'll give it to you." Knead it."

Luo Xin frowned, hummed softly, and stretched out her right hand towards Shen Mingshu.

Shen Mingshu took out the hand-moisturizing ointment from the drawer beside the counter. Ever since he moved to Xuandong Building, this kind of ointment with a faint jasmine fragrance was always on hand.

Shen Mingshu took some, and slowly rubbed it in the palm of his hand. The cool ointment covered the temperature of his fingers, and then gently rubbed it on Luo Xin's wrist.

Luo Xin's skin is fair, with a part of her wrist exposed, matching her light-colored sleeves, it is as delicate and warm as jade. Shen Mingshu's slender fingers gently pressed on the acupuncture points on her wrist.

The soreness in Luo Xin's wrist was rubbed away, leaving only a warm sense of relief, Luo Xin couldn't help but squinted her eyes comfortably.

Shen Mingshu raised his head and caught a glimpse of her expression like a cat being patted down. He couldn't help but smile at the corners of his lips. He lowered his eyes and continued to rub her lightly. It wasn't until the person standing in front of the counter coughed lightly that he noticed that there was a customer. coming.

Luo Xin was taken aback for a moment, opened her eyes wide and turned to look at the person standing in front of the counter. It was a handsome and even frivolous young man with peach blossom eyes, and when she looked at people with a smile, she always seemed to have some affection. .

This person seemed to realize that he had frightened him. He smiled apologetically and said, "I'm sorry to disturb you two. Xiaosheng has been waiting here for a while. Seeing that the two of you are very affectionate, I haven't found Xiaosheng. It's the only way to remind me."

Hearing what he said, Luo Xin couldn't help but blushed. Although Shen Mingshu was a little embarrassed, her face was still calm. She coughed lightly, glanced at the big package that the young man was carrying, and his accent didn't sound like it. The locals asked: "The guest officer is coming from other places, but he wants to stay in the hotel?"

"Yes, the shopkeeper's eyes are really good." The young man smiled, narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly, and said, "I have read thousands of books and traveled thousands of miles. I heard that Yangzhou is picturesque, so I wanted to come and have a look. The elders of the family have also been here, and it is here that I settled down. I also took a chance to come and have a look. I didn’t expect it to be here, it’s really good..."

Shen Mingshu didn't expect that he would get such a long sentence just by asking a question, so he interrupted him quickly and said, "There are a few good rooms available on the second floor of our inn, can the guest officer go up and have a look first?"

"No, no, no," the young man flicked through the package, found out the documents among a pile of mixed papers, took a large piece of silver and put it on the counter, and said with a grinning grin: "The shopkeeper Just choose a better room for me, if you stay longer, the deposit will be paid first."

This person's behavior was really not very cautious. Shen Mingshu looked at the guests sitting in the hall, thinking that he would instruct Xiaoer to remind him later, took the document and gave him a record. When he saw the words "Yue Yunlou" at the top, he couldn't help but After a pause, he looked up at the person in front of him.

Luo Xin sat at the side and listened to their conversation. When she saw Shen Mingshu lowering her head to record, she set her eyes on the young man. She vaguely noticed that the young man was a little different when he was not smiling. Seeing that the young man's gaze kept on Shen Mingshu, Luo Xin Then a little unhappy.

The next moment, she saw the young man smiling at Shen Mingshu, Luo Xin turned her head to look over, and Shen Mingshu was also looking at the young man with a complicated look in her eyes.