Chapter 1 Entering Beijing as a Substitute ()
"Shopkeeper Du, has our eldest son told you to prepare the mask?"
In Derun Clothing Village on Dadong Street, Yang Xiaolu held a shelf and told the shopkeeper Du Maozhen of Derun Clothing Village.
"Hahaha, go to Mr. Yang, all the masks have been prepared according to the requirements of the eldest son. These are all finished products, please check them out."
At the instructions of Manager Du, Zhang Wanchu, the old friend of Derun Buzhuang, carried a big bag out and let Yang Xiaolu see it.
Yang Xiaolu nodded, opened the bag, took out one of the masks, put them on her face and tried it. She thought to herself that the young master is amazing, and people who make this thing called "masks". Now those who work in the "Dawuzhaibao Cement Factory" are not afraid of dust.
He tried a few and said with satisfaction: "Well, the workmanship is good, then..." He stretched out his hands to calculate, "A mask costs four cents... Well, a thousand is four taels of silver." He took out four pieces of silver from his arms, and slapped it on the counter with a "bang", "This is the cloth wage that the young master gave you, storekeeper Du, please collect it."
Manager Du Maozhen took one of the pieces of silver with a smile and carefully put it back into Yang Xiaolu's hand: "This is the refreshment money that the young man gave to Mr. Yang. Please keep it. I hope Mr. Yang will say more good words in front of the eldest son in the future."
Yang Xiaolu smiled on her face and pointed at the shopkeeper Du Maozhen and said, "It's better for you to be tactful. Okay, if the young master wants to make any masks and other items in the future, I will recommend you from Derun Clothing."
Manager Du Maozhen was overjoyed and thanked him deeply.
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After the shopkeeper Du and Zhang Wanchu bowed deeply to say goodbye, Yang Xiaolu came out of Derun Buzhuang. He put the big bag on the horse's back and was about to turn over the horse. Suddenly, a voice beside him said, "Oh, isn't this Brother Yang?"
Yang Xiaolu turned around, but saw General Liu and Qian standing together with smiles. Qian was raising his hand and greeting him.
Yang Xiaolu said "Oh": "It turned out to be Mr. Liu and Mrs. Qian, it's a coincidence."
Qian said: "Brother Yang is carrying a big bag, where are you going?"
Yang Xiaolu said: "It's nothing. The eldest young man told the younger one to go to Derun Buzhuang and make some things. Are you going back to Qianhu's house now?"
Mr. Liu said: "Is it very tight to go back to Qianhu's house?"
Yang Xiaolu said: "It's not very tight, just send it back today."
Mr. Liu and Qian looked at each other, and Qian smiled and said, "It's almost noon at this time. Brother Yang is afraid that you haven't eaten yet. It just so happened that your sister-in-law has cooked some dishes, so let's go and have a few drinks together?"
Yang Xiaolu said: "No need, let's go another day."
But when Liu Zhengqi and Qian came up, they said without saying anything, Qian was pulling people, and Liu Zhengqi led the horse and pulled Yang Xiaolu away. Yang Xiaolu was just pretending to behave, and then he followed the two of them.
When I arrived at Junjiang Street and came to Liu Zongqi's doorstep, I saw that Liu Zongqi's home was being renovated. The cracked hut was blocked from new mud, and some bricks and tiles were added to the front door of the house, which made Liu Zongqi's house look somewhat more decent. During these times, Liu Zongqi was rewarded by Huang Laifu because of his hard work. He had already spent some money to repair the house.
When he entered the house, he saw Liu Yumei and her grandfather, Old Man Liu. At this time, Liu Yumei was busy in front of the stove, while her grandfather was helping to burn the fire, while Liu Erniu and Liu Zongqi's two children were playing.
When Liu Yumei and Old Man Liu came in, they hurried over to greet Yang Xiaolu, and Liu Yumei's face was still a little squinting.
Yang Xiaolu was still holding airs to Qian and Liu Zongqi, but she politely greeted Liu Yumei and bowed to Old Man Liu a little. She joked. The eldest young master seemed to be interested in this Miss Liu. He was not polite, and he was afraid that he would suffer in the future.
Mr. Liu and Qian looked at each other, and Qian smiled at Yang Xiaolu and said, "Come on, Brother Yang, please come here."
Several people pushed and gave in to their seats, and saw a few large bowls of vegetables on the table, including meat, vegetables, and a pot of wine. The military craftsmen helped Huang Laifu do things, and their life was much better than before.
Under Qian's greeting, Liu Yumei and Liu Laohan also came to sit down, their expressions were a little restrained. Liu Laohan just laughed and didn't know how to speak.
Qian enthusiastically poured wine for Yang Xiaolu: "Today is a coincidence. We were going to invite Brother Yang to have a drink, but we didn't expect to meet him on the street. Come on, Brother Yang, have a full glass."
Yang Xiaolu said, "It's easy to say." He was not polite at the moment and drank a drink happily.
After drinking a few glasses of wine and eating some dishes, Qian said tentatively: "Brother Yang, ask you something. You are the one who follows the eldest young master every day, and you understand a lot of the eldest young master's thoughts. You also saw what happened yesterday. The eldest young master seemed to have some opinions on the cleaning of the large animal farm. Look... this... hehe..."
Yesterday, when Qian came back from the big animal farm, he became more and more nervous about Huang Laifu's attitude. He was always worried about whether Huang Laifu would blame her for dereliction of duty. After talking to her husband Liu Zhengqi, he was also a little worried. After discussing, they remembered that Jiang Dazhong and Yang Xiaolu were close friends of Huang Laifu, and the eldest young master's thoughts were a lot of thoughts. They both understood that they might as well tell them clearly. They happened to meet Yang Xiaolu on the street, which led to the wine and food we have today.
Yang Xiaolu said oh and said with a smile: "It turns out that this is the matter. Mrs. Qian doesn't have to worry. The eldest young master has no intention of blaming him. He also said casually yesterday. Mrs. Qian doesn't have to worry. Of course, Mrs. Qian is still very important to what the eldest young master told him yesterday."
Qian and Liu Zongqi looked at each other, smiling and breathing a sigh of relief, and letting go of their hearts.
Qian said repeatedly: "Of course, of course, your eldest son has always been very nervous about what the eldest son told me and never dared to neglect."
Yang Xiaolu nodded, "That's good, that's good. We servants, the things that the young master ordered are great things and must not be neglected at any time."
Qian nodded repeatedly, and Liu Zongqi complimented: "Master Yang is worthy of being a walking person around the eldest young master, and his speaking experience is different."
After being said this by President Liu, Yang Xiaolu was quite proud and pointed at President Liu and said, "Mr. Liu, you, everything is good, but there is one thing that is bad, that is, you like to tell the truth."
Everyone laughed, Liu Yumei also covered her mouth and chuckled, while Old Man Liu was laughing aside.
Qian advised Yang Xiaolu to drink again, and suddenly snorted, saying, "I remembered Wang Qinian yesterday, and your wife Qian was angry. If the big young man hadn't been magnanimous, our family would have been ruined by this embryo."
"Brother Yang, you are here yesterday. Tell me, did the words Wang Qinian said yesterday, intentionally or unintentionally, making you Mrs. Qian worry for a whole night." Qian's eyes were sharp and she stared at Yang Xiaolu and said.
Yang Xiaolu also snorted: "This poor man is not necessarily the case that he said he was deliberately frivolous. Yesterday, he was in Qianhu's house, and he spoke rudely and made the young master's farm useless. Thanks to the young master's magnanimity, he did not care about him. Humph, he has a good life and has met a good master."
Mr. Liu was full of anger and cursed: "Rampant, uncontrollable, the eldest young master can also blame him casually? He is a good life. If he meets a kind person like the eldest young master, if he meets someone else, hum!"
Yang Xiaolu sneered, "A scholar, just like this bird, I always think it's amazing, but in fact it's just a sour thing." He remembered something and laughed in a low voice: "This sour thing is a noble person, but he can't even keep his wife. I heard that this sour thing has a wife who has never been to the family since he was a child, but because he couldn't stand this guy's style, he ran away with a merchant not long ago."
Yesterday when Huang Laifu was entertaining Wang Qinian, when he talked about this, a servant who delivered vegetables came up. After hearing a few key sentences, the servant immediately used his rich imagination. After adding sauce, he weaved a set of wonderful stories with strict organization and reasonable logic. So far, this story has been heard by everyone in Qianhu House and has a tendency to spread to various places in Wuzhaibao.
Liu Zongqi and Qian were very interested when they heard this, and then asked in detail. After knowing it, they were both happy and said that this sour thing deserved it. Liu Yumei also laughed.
After Qian and Liu Zongqi's knots were untied, they both felt relieved and ate and drank with vegetables and wine.
Qian glanced at Liu Yumei and smiled and said, "There is another thing. Brother Yang wants to ask Brother Yang to help Xiang Xiangxiang."
Yang Xiaolu was already drunk and said, "What's the matter?"
Qian saw Liu Yumei next to her blushing, but she secretly slapped her face. She smiled secretly in her heart and said, "That's right. When I saw the eldest young master in the big animal farm that day, it seemed that I was interested in Yumei. Brother Yang thought this was true?"
Yang Xiaolu smiled and said, "Oh, it turns out that's the matter."
He pondered and analyzed, "Well, I have seen the expression of the middle-aged and old man several times. I guess the eldest son should have this meaning. Miss Liu's appearance was originally counted in Wuzhai Fort, especially after raising it for a few months, it looked like a flower and jade. It is not surprising that the eldest son would be moved. Otherwise, why wouldn't he nod and smile at other girls' homes, but nod and smile at Miss Yumei?"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes," Qian said: "I guess this is the reason. It seems that Yumei's happy event is about to come true."
After analyzing the situation, the more they said, the more they became more and more certain. Only Liu Yumei's face was blushing and ran away with her face covering her face. Everyone laughed at her back.
Old Man Liu was also laughing silly. For him, he was old and didn't know when he went there one day. Only two granddaughters were something he had always worried about. No matter what, this young man must be the most ideal person in Wuzhaibao. If he could marry into a Qianhu House, he would have no need to worry about his whole life. Old Man Liu himself stretched his legs and felt relieved. He was worried that his granddaughter could be high or not.
Qian said: "If Yumei can enter the eldest son's door, it will be great. If you eat and drink delicious food in the future, you will never be able to enjoy it for the rest of your life. I just don't know what the eldest son proposed and when Yumei can enter the door."
Yang Xiaolu pondered, "I'm afraid there's no hurry. My young master and Miss Gu got married on the auspicious day of September 9th in autumn. If you still want to take a concubine, you'll probably have to go to next year. Otherwise, even if the eldest wife is not jealous, it's not easy to explain to Lord Gu."
Everyone nodded repeatedly, and Liu Yumei secretly listened behind the door, and was relieved at this time.
Chapter completed!