I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

Chapter 46 Helper
Mo Yunxi no longer needs to wear the "wrong end" similar to modern high heels.She has loosened her feet and can run and jump like a boy.After a period of severe pain, she felt the joy of regaining her soul's freedom, but at the same time deeply felt the shame of losing her virginity.

She was lying on her side on the bed, her two red and swollen feet stuck to the edge of the kang.Her tears were still dripping down drop by drop.

The door squeaked.Mo Yunxi glanced sideways, and saw that it was his elder brother who came in.

Mo Yunxiao came in with a heavy heart.Her two sword-shaped eyebrows were twisted into valleys, looking like a blue lake wrinkled by the wind.

"Yunxi." She gently sat beside Mo Yunxi, with a hand on her shoulder.

Mo Yunxi didn't speak, and was still lying there.

Mo Yunxiao looked at her feet, and asked softly, "Does it still hurt?"

Yunxi sobbed and said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

"It's really hard for you." Mo Yunxiao covered her feet with a quilt and said, "I know it's not easy for you to make this decision. I, Mo Yunxiao, are sincerely grateful."

Yunxi glanced at her, sighed again, and said, "It would be great if Huan'er was here."

This sentence aroused Mo Yunxiao's sadness.Her eyelids drooped, as if she was talking to herself, but also as if she was responding to Yunxi: "Yes, it would be good if Huan'er is here. That way, you don't have to rush to let go."

"No!" Yunxi sat up suddenly, looked at Mo Yunxiao solemnly, and said, "Even if Huan'er is there, I will let it go."

Mo Yunxiao was a little surprised, and asked, "Why is that?"

Yunxi paused, and replied: "Not all of the countless wealthy daughters in Tokyo have their feet bound. The women with bound feet are indeed weak when they walk, and they are very beautiful. But the burden they bear Few people know the pain, every step hurts. I used to have Danzhu, and Yunxiang had green jade, but now we have no one to take care of us, and it hurts even more when we walk, it’s better to let go earlier.”

Mo Yunxiao smiled sadly, held her hand and said, "I originally planned to come to comfort you, but from this point of view, there is no need."

That's what she said, but the desolation in her heart didn't dissipate in the slightest.She looked at Yunxi with teary eyes in front of her, feeling extremely guilty.

"Dong dong dong!" There was a rapid knock on the door.Mo Yunxiao looked back and saw the shadow of a man outside the door, so she asked, "Who is it?"

Sure enough, it was Zhou Laosi, and he replied, "Young lady, come quickly and see who is back!"

There was a bit of excitement in Zhou Laosi's tone.Mo Yunxiao's heart skipped a beat, but she calmly helped Yunxi to lie down and rest, and went out alone.

The moonlight was hazy at night, and the dilapidated lanterns gave off a faint light.Under the old tree in the courtyard, Li Xian'er, Yun Xiang and Zhang Yun'er were surrounding a person.They chattered.

Accompanied by Zhou Laosi, Mo Yunxiao walked over slowly.As the distance shortened, her breathing became more rapid.

"Where do you suffer? The Buddha appeared, but let us see it again."

Before Li Xianye's words fell, Mo Yunxiao had already leaned over and asked tremblingly, "Who is it?"

Hearing Mo Yunxiao's voice, the man got out of the crowd, and met Mo Yunxiao's eyes.

"Dujuan?" Mo Yunxiao called out in surprise.

Du Juan's hair was disheveled and her face was haggard, but her eyes glowed with a different kind of brilliance. "Big girl!" She cried out in grief and indignation, then knelt down on the ground, covering her face with her hands and crying loudly.

"Du Juan! What are you doing!" Mo Yunxiao hurriedly helped her up, and asked, "Where did you go after the Minglou was raided? Why did you escape again?"

Du Juan cried until the pear blossoms were raining, and he was speechless for a long time.Mo Yunxiao squatted beside her, comforting her constantly. "It's okay, it's okay, all the hardships will come..."

"Big...big girl!" She cried out and threw herself into Mo Yunxiao's arms, still crying non-stop.

Li Xianmo and the others also secretly grieved.But Zhang Yun'er thought to herself: "I didn't expect that after the family change, there would be such a loyal servant. Mo Yunxiao must have won many favors in normal times."

Du Juan cried for a long time before she calmed down.She looked at Mo Yunxiao, then at the people around her, and said, "I was kicked out."

"What's going on?" Mo Yunxiao asked.

"After the family was raided, our female family members were recorded one by one by the government, and then distributed and sold to the tooth shop. The green jade and Danzhu were the worst, and they were sold into the 'Ghost Fan Tower' of the Cao Gang."

"Ghost Fanlou?" Mo Yunxiao bit her lip and said bitterly, "It's Ghost Fanlou again!"

Du Juan nodded and said, "I know that place is small. It's drowsy and smelly all day long. The people who go there to have fun are trackers on the canal, people from Lower Riba, and it's extremely filthy. Alas, I don't know what Danzhu and Lvyu will suffer." What crime."

Hearing this, Yun Xiang couldn't help but feel sad for the death of a rabbit and a fox, turned around and crawled on his mother's shoulder and began to cry.

"What about you?" Mo Yunxiao asked quickly.

"Compared to Danzhu and Green Jade, the small ones are considered good, and they were only sold to a brothel outside Suzaku Gate." Du Juan said, "Although the brothel here is Beiqu, but compared to Guifan Lou But it’s so much better.”

"Why..." Mo Yunxiao was a little puzzled: "Are the brothels still divided into southern and northern songs?"

"Yes." Du Juan looked up and saw Zhou Lao Si, and his face turned red.Zhou Laosi was also a little embarrassed, and quickly said: "I'll go to boil a pot of hot water and make tea for Miss Du Juan."

Seeing him leave, Du Juan calmly explained: "Our brothels in Tokyo are divided into Nanqu and Beiqu. Nanqu is a high-end brothel, and only dignitaries will patronize it. , everything. Of course, the appearance is also very good. It's just that they don't serve people purely with sex, and often compose poems and odes with guests, which is elegant."

"Oh..." Mo Yunxiao nodded, and said, "I understand. Northern Qu is not as elegant as Southern Qu, and it's just a place for flesh and blood business."

"Ah!" Zhang Yun'er suddenly called out, and said to Du Juan in a questioning tone: "Then have you lost your body? If you lose your body, our Mo family will not want it."

Du Juan shook her head again and again, and said, "Second Mistress, the young one is still innocent and has never been defiled."

"Since you have gone to Beiqu, how can you keep your innocence?" Zhang Yun'er refused to believe it.

Du Juan explained: "Since I entered his house as a child, I have been crying all day long and refused to see anyone. The woman got angry and wanted to give me to a servant as a concubine. That servant has a wife His wife was jealous, and when she saw the little one, she beat him with a stick and kicked him out."

She turned her head again and said to Mo Yunxiao: "Little one went around and went around. I heard that you opened a teahouse here, girl, so I came here."

Mo Yunxiao smiled bitterly, and said, "It's not a tea house, it's just a simple tea stand."

Du Juan shed tears again and said: "As long as there is a big girl, Minglou will have hope."

Zhang Yun'er sneered, and said: "In the past, when the Minglou was booming, servants and maidservants could afford to support them. It's just that there are no leaky rotten tile houses in the world, and now we can't afford maidservants."

Hearing her words, it seemed that Du Juan would be kicked out of the house. Du Juan was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "The little one has been taken care of by the big man since he was a child, and he has skills in accountants and soliciting customers. Second Mistress, the little one will never It was raised by the Mo family in vain."

Zhang Yun'er turned her face, and said: "Can't Helu do these things? Can't Mr. Zhou do it? Now that there is a Mr. Zhou in the family, it is already very difficult. How can we add more people?"

Du Juan could only turn to look at Mo Yunxiao.She had been crying for a long time, her eyes were red and swollen, and the tears were mottled.

"It's rare that you are so affectionate. I won't drive you away." Mo Yunxiao said.

Before Du Juan had time to thank her, Zhang Yun'er said first: "He Lu, you are really a big hand. If you have spare money, why don't you go to Ren Yazi and buy a maid back? Why do you have to force your two girls to let go? Now Yunxi's foot has been released, but he wants to add another person, what are your plans?"

Mo Yunxiao raised her head to look at her, and asked, "Second Mistress, do you know how to count?"

"What... what?" Zhang Yun'er was a little confused, so she smiled contemptuously and said, "How can I use those things?"

"I don't know how to use it either." Mo Yunxiao looked down at Du Juan again, and said, "We have a doctor of tea, and we have a 'Qi Zao' to greet people, but we don't have an accountant. Du Juan came at a good time, and the solution is right." My urgent need."

"Girl." Du Juan cried, and threw herself into Mo Yunxiao's arms again, sobbing.

Zhang Yun'er was even more angry, she couldn't help putting her hands on her hips, and asked: "Okay! The accountant is Du Juan, you are the receptionist, and the surname Zhou is Dr. Cha. What about Yunxi? She has to wrap her loose feet again." ?”

"Yunxi, I have my own arrangements." Mo Yunxiao answered Zhang Yuner's words while hugging Du Juan and rubbing her back.

Zhang Yun'er got angry, she didn't let go of her hands on her hips, and started pacing back and forth.She originally wanted to be a villain and drive Du Juan away so as to save money.But now that she has become a bad person, not only did she fail to drive them away, on the contrary, she even won Mo Yunxiao's hearts, and the anger in her heart can be imagined.

At this moment, Li Xianye also came up to her, knelt down and said, "It's good for Dujuan to stay. However, our family is no longer the same as before. Food and lodging are all problems. He Lu, you have to think carefully."

"Well, this is an urgent problem." Mo Yunxiao thought for a while, and said, "Dujuan will definitely share weal and woe with us, and will surely suffer with us. Two meals a day, gruel and pancakes, as for Let's live... Du Juan is also a girl, so it's inconvenient to live outside, so come live in our house."

"What?" Zhang Yun'er's anger could no longer be contained, and she pointed at the small room with her trembling fingers: "He Lu, look, how many people do you have to put in this room that is bigger than a palm? Besides, what?" There is a reason why a maidservant sleeps on the same bed as her master!"

Mo Yunxiao smiled slightly, helped up Du Juan who was crying so hard, and said, "The bunk can't be crowded, but you can sleep on the floor. It's going to be hot in no time, so it's comfortable to sleep on the floor."

Du Juan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with some embarrassment: "Second Grandma is right, masters and slaves shouldn't sleep in the same room."

But Mo Yunxiao covered her assistant's mouth and said: "Don't mention any more master and slave, I have never regarded you as a slave. You are the accountant of our Minglou, and you are in charge of money, which is equivalent to my accountant in the Song Dynasty. Minister of the Ministry. Do you think the officials will treat the Minister of the Household Department as a slave?"

Du Juan couldn't help giving a "puchi" smile, and quickly covered his mouth, saying, "Young lady is just telling jokes."

Zhang Yun'er let out a heavy "hum", then went back to the house angrily.There was a muffled "bang", and the door was slammed shut by her.

Du Juan was a little scared, but Mo Yunxiao held her hand tightly and said gently: "Don't be afraid, I am in charge of this family now."

At this time, Zhou Laosi also brought a bowl of hot tea for Du Juan to drink.Du Juan took the tea with some trepidation and said, "Mr. Zhou, the leaves are precious now, why do you brew them for me casually?"

Zhou Laosi smiled bitterly and said, "It's all tea foam. Tea customers don't want it. It's a pity to throw it away."

Mo Yunxiao chuckled, and then said: "In the future, when our tea house grows stronger, I'll treat you to a good tea. On that day, um...we drink West Lake Longjing on the first ten days of a month, and Xiaolongtuan on the middle ten days." Son, drink jasmine from Xishu in the next ten days! As for the fragrant forests and white clouds, we use them for gargling, so we can’t drink them.”

The more Du Juan listened, the more amazed he became, and in the end he couldn't help laughing through his tears, and laughed together with Mo Yunxiao.

Li Xian'er watched from the side, and felt that these two girls looked like masters and servants, but they were clearly a pair of sisters with deep affection.She glanced at the room, thinking of the three girls from the Mo family arguing all day long, she admired Mo Yunxiao and felt guilty at the same time.

"Helu, let Du Juan drink his saliva and rest for a while." Li Xian'er felt a bit hesitant to speak, but Mo Yunxiao still noticed it.

"En." Mo Yunxiao let go of Du Juan's hand, walked to a remote place with Li Xianye, and asked, "What can Third Mistress have to say?"

Li Xian'e glanced sideways at Zhou Laosi and Du Juan, and said, "He Lu, don't blame my old lady for being talkative. Of course Du Juan can share the burden for you when he comes, but adding someone is always a burden. At present, the business of the store It's a recession, and the people who come here are all vulgar tea customers. It's indecent for a girl to go out to solicit customers, and now you want a female accountant, I'm afraid someone will say..." She deliberately lowered her voice, and continued: " Said that our family is in the brothel business."

Mo Yunxiao sighed, and said rather helplessly: "Adding a person is adding a burden. I don't know this truth. It's just that Du Juan has deep affection and is an old man in our family. You can never get out."

Li Xian'er nodded in agreement, and said, "Although that's the case, there isn't a single teahouse in Tokyo where women welcome guests."

Mo Yunxiao smiled lightly, then sneaked a glance at Du Juan, and said, "Third Grandma, do you know what differentiated competition is?"

"Differentiated competition?" Li Xian'e was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I've never heard of it."

(End of this chapter)