Chapter 81: Unexpected fall

The Sanduo Restaurant is bustling and noisy, and dark clouds have begun to appear in the sky. The dark clouds have gradually become thicker and thicker, covering the starry sky, like soaking ink, and sometimes flashing dazzling blue light, like golden lines, cutting through the dark night sky.

The lights in Li Qing's house were soft, and the curtain was sitting cross-legged on the mat and sewing the official uniforms for Li Qing. Li Qing had a special fee for dressing clothes, as if he had a barb on his body, and he would have to change them in a new one. However, the official uniforms could not be customized at the tailor shop. The court had a regular routine every year. Although Li Qing served as a second position, the chief clerk and the county magistrate's official uniform could be replaced. However, after Li Qing put on the county magistrate's seventh-rank official uniform, he no longer looked down on the chief clerk's ninth-rank uniforms, and he would do it every day.

It was only more than two months since the acting county magistrate, but this was the third time that Jian'er had to mend him. Xiaoyu sat upright next to the curtain, with her elbows on the small table, holding her cheeks and looking at the curtain, feeling a little restless. From this afternoon, she had been like this. She either forgot to put salt in cooking or for washing dishes. She saw that there was a smile in Jian'er's eyes and wanted to ask her about it several times, but the words shrank back to her mouth. In the end, she finally couldn't help it.

"Sister Lian'er?"

"kindness!"

After a while, Xiaoyu didn't say anything. Lianer couldn't help but look up. Seeing Xiaoyu's serious look on his face, he smiled and said, "What's the matter? It's weird, you're just saying it."

After hesitating for a moment, Xiaoyu said, "You are unwilling to control the business, aren't you afraid that the young master will be angry?"

"Why are you doing this? Are you just trying to do it all afternoon?" Seeing Xiaoyu nodding slightly, Yan'er smiled and shook her head, gently bit off the thread with her teeth, stood up, shook her official uniform hard, and checked it up and down carefully, but another small hole was found on the blue edge of the hem of the clothes, which was burnt, and it was obviously burned by Mars.

"Oh no! There seems to be no blue silk thread at home." She flipped through the small dustpan that was loading needles and threads. As expected, she begged Xiaoyu and said, "Can you help me go to Mrs. Song to ask, her big girl always wears a blue skirt, which should have blue thread."

Xiaoyu snored and raised her chin, but ignored her. Lian'er knew her thoughts and couldn't help but feel angry and funny. She had to put the official uniform aside and explained to her with a smile: "At first, the young master wanted me to take care of the business, but he didn't have the right person to choose. Now that there is a shopkeeper Shi, he is smart and capable, I naturally don't need to take care of it." After a pause, Lian'er picked up the official robe and lowered his head and smiled: "There is a world of men outside. He is fighting scheming and wit all day long. If we women also go along, what's the difference between that family and outside? You are still young, you will know when you get older."

Xiaoyu couldn't help but nodded, but after hearing the last sentence, her mouth shook even higher, "You are only one year older than me, but you teach me a lesson like my mother. Why don't I understand? I'm afraid he will be deceived."

"That man is so stingy! Don't worry about him, borrow the blue line for me."

Xiaoyu didn't move. She blinked and showed a cunning smile. "Listen to your man, are you guys already?" Before she finished speaking, Liang'er jumped up and held her down and cursed, "You damn girl, I knew you still have something to say. Chun was moved, but she grabbed my words to make up and send me to see how I deal with you!"

Xiaoyu was so tickled by her that she was almost breathless. She begged: "Good sister, please spare me this time! I dare not do it anymore. I thought he was calculating your age all day long, so I had this idea."

"Bah! He only has this idea for you. Look at your body, it looks like a fourteen-year-old girl, just like, just like."

The curtain was thinking of a suitable word, but an electric light flashed outside the window, making the yard white, and then the rumbling thunder sounded loudly. Xiaoyu screamed in fear, covered her ears and drilled into Jian'er's arms.

"It's like a hollow big radish," Lian'er continued with a smile, but soon a trace of worry appeared on her face. She looked back at the leaking pot in the cupboard and said to herself: "Why haven't he come back yet?"

She walked to open the door, leaned her head and shouted: "Sister Song! Sister Song!"

Sister Song was Song Mei who had been following Li Qing since Langzhong. She lived in the outer courtyard. Because the house was leaking, it was being renovated these days. Jian'er asked her to take a few children to the inner courtyard. At this time, she was washing clothes for the children. Suddenly, she heard Jian'er's scream and quickly wiped her hands and walked out of the house, "Miss, is there anything wrong with me?"

"You go to the front yard to ask if Lao Yu has gone to pick up the master."

Sister Song responded and hurriedly drove a few children who had followed him back, locked the door, and then hurried to the front yard. After a while, she ran back to report: "Old Yu just went there, and I guess he will be back soon."

"I understand, you go!" Lian'er closed the door, but turned around and saw Xiaoyu yawning three times in a row, and said with a smile: "If you are sleepy, go to bed! I'll wait for him."

Xiaoyu yawned again, stood up and stretched her back and complained, "We are really a man. We are spending time outside, but we don't understand us at all." She suddenly found that she had lost her mouth, so she quickly covered her mouth and looked at the curtain. Seeing that she was restless, she obviously didn't listen to her words, she felt relieved and smiled and said, "I'm really sleepy, go to bed first, and call me if you have anything to do."

"Well, go to bed!" Yan'er opened the door again, listened carefully to the movement outside, but did not hear the sound of the carriage coming back, so he closed the door.

‘Tick! Tick!’ The rain finally started to fall. First, the sparse sound of knocking on the tiles was quickly connected into a dense area. A flash of lightning flashed past, reflecting the white rainy night. Then another huge thunder rolled over, but Xiaoyu didn’t see her screaming and running out. It seemed that she was asleep.

Lian'er was anxiously waiting. She always felt that men should stay at home on rainy nights. Even if they were socializing, they should come back early. Since Lao Yu said that Li Qing went to invite someone to dinner, it has been two hours since he said that Li Qing was going to treat someone to dinner. No matter what, it should be back. Could it be that Lian'er immediately denied her thoughts? No, with Lao Yu and so many subordinates, it should be fine. Although she thought so, this thought had already settled down in her heart.

She opened the door again, Fengyou rushed in with the rain, and quickly closed it. Jian'er sighed helplessly and returned to the couch to pick up the official uniform. There was no blue silk thread at home, but it could not be repaired. She folded the official uniform. At this time, she seemed to hear something faintly. She stopped moving with her hands and listened carefully. There was really movement. It seemed that many people were walking towards this side. Jian'er's heart suddenly hanged. She walked to the door a few steps and opened the door without hesitation. Let Fengyu blow in, she had already heard Lao Yu's rapid voice, 'Quick! Hurry! Be careful."

The door of Mrs. Song's house was also opened, and the light from the two houses made the curtain's sight farther. She saw a large group of people carrying a stretcher and walking towards this side quickly.

"Young Master!" Lian'er screamed and rushed into the rain.

It was indeed Li Qing lying on the stretcher. His eyes were closed, his whole body was wet, and he was trembling with coldness. Seeing that Li Qing's body was still moving, Jian'er let down his heart slightly, pulled Lao Yu and asked, "What's going on?"

Lao Yu's face showed a hint of bitterness, and he lowered his head and said, "The master was drunk and fell into the Minjiang River."

"How could he fall into the Minjiang River?" Lian'er shouted in dismay: "Aren't he sitting in your car?"

"The master was in a carriage and felt uncomfortable. He couldn't stand it and wanted to vomit. I said he could just go anywhere on the street. But the master insisted that he would not have the power of the official position after being seen and would force me to go to a secluded place. I had to go to the riverside, but he didn't ask me to help, so he watched him strode into the river." Lao Yu pointed to the door: "In the end, thanks to this elder brother Wang's ability, he found the master from the river and fished it up."

Lian'er looked in the direction of Lao Yu's finger. A man like a giant bear was looking at him. In the dark night, she did not recognize Wang Bingge, so she quickly stepped forward and thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Wang."

Wang Bing said apologetically: "Your husband is fine. You can drink a bowl of ginger soup and rest for a few days. When it comes to this, I have to blame me. I thought he could drink it, so I kept persuading him, but he didn't expect that he would be drunk like this after drinking only one glass of wine."
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