The devil relies on the cat

Chapter 96 What a love of money

Unfortunately, Granny Zhu happened to ask for leave to go back to the countryside these few days.According to Xia Jinchai, since the person he wanted to see was not there, he would naturally turn around and return.

However, Bai Jiujiu came back with great difficulty, how could he be willing to return empty-handed like this.She didn't dare to say anything to Widow Chen, but Lin Hai, who started cooking in the kitchen, was the one who played with her the most in the kitchen.

Not to mention anything else, just smelling the aroma of Lin Hai's fried side dishes, Bai Jiujiu's saliva couldn't help but flow straight.

Bai Jiujiu, who has always put food first, was immediately fascinated by the fragrance of vegetables, and even forgot who was behind him.Just like half a month ago, I walked all the way to the kitchen smelling the fragrance of vegetables.Then, Xizizi rubbing her hands appeared in front of Lin Hai's cooking stove.

"Hey, brother Ah Hai."

With a sweet cry, Lin Hai, who was concentrating on cooking, raised his head.

"Yo, isn't this..." Lin Hai, who raised his head excitedly, was halfway through speaking when he suddenly saw a certain prince following him, and his laughter stopped abruptly.

But Bai Jiujiu didn't know it, and even rubbed against the pot, not afraid of being hot, she just used her fingers to turn over the cooked vegetables, picked up a piece and ate it.

Lin Hai was shocked when he saw it, and really wanted to yell, "Don't eat it, Lord Chai is watching."However, Yixia Jinchai didn't dare to remind him as he stood idle at the door and watched the show.

It wasn't until Bai Jiujiu devoured four or five dishes in a row, waiting for Lin Hai to continue to release new dishes, that he was startled by Lin Hai's silent reminder.

"My lord... my lord..." Bai Jiujiu really couldn't argue.

"Have you eaten enough? I'll go back!" Xia Jinchai didn't get angry.I don't know if it's numb from watching too much, or I feel that there are no outsiders here, and the embarrassment that should be embarrassing has already been lost, so I'm not afraid?

"Oh." How could Bai Jiujiu dare to do anything wrong, pouted her oily mouth, lowered her head, and followed behind out of the kitchen.

Xia Jinchai always travels by carriage when going out.This time is no exception.

As the capital of Qinghong Kingdom, the roads are naturally built very flat.But the natural slight shaking of the carriage made people drowsy even more.

Bai Jiujiu leaned against the wall of the car, lowered her head, feeling Xia Jinchai's unfriendly gaze, and soon fell asleep in a sway.Alas, it's not that her face has improved again, but that she was too excited last night, so she didn't fall asleep well.

As for Xia Jinchai, the quality of his sleep recently is so good that it couldn't be better.So, let alone dozing off, you don't even need to close your eyes to rest your mind.

However, when looking at the receding street scenes on both sides, he would unconsciously glance at Bai Jiujiu's body leaning closer and closer to the car door.

Seeing that her head was about to hit the car door, but he just didn't want to help her, and he didn't even bother to remind her.

"Boom!" Finally, Bai Jiujiu rushed diagonally and hit the door frame.Abel, who was driving the car in fright, pulled the rein quickly and stopped.

After lifting the curtain of the car to see, Bai Jiujiu staggered up while covering his forehead with one hand and supporting the car wall with the other.

Could it be that he accidentally offended the prince and got beaten?
He hurriedly looked at Xia Jinchai, but saw that he was sitting peacefully on his seat, his face full of uncontrollable laughter.

Only then did he put down the curtain of the car with peace of mind, then shook his hand towards Xianshan who was also rushing to the side, and then sat back in his driving seat and continued on his way.

It's good that Bai Jiujiu couldn't get up, but when she got up, suddenly a lot of things fell out of her sleeves, the colorful ones were very eye-catching.

Facing those purses of different sizes and bulging, Xia Jinchai's face immediately changed: "Where did they come from?"

"I picked it up!" Bai Jiujiu blurted out without thinking as if lying to Master Taibai.

"Where did you pick it up!" Xia Jinchai's words became even colder.

"On...on the street." Seeing his cautious expression, Bai Jiujiu couldn't help feeling guilty and afraid.

"Oh? There are silver pickers on the street, so aren't all the street sweepers rich?"

"Also... maybe." Bai Jiujiu giggled.

Xia Jinchai stared at her fiercely.

Seeing that he didn't speak ill of him, Bai Jiujiu bravely knelt on the ground and picked up those purses one by one.

One, two, three... There are seven of them!

Seeing her hugging the bunch of colorful purses like rare treasures, Xia Jinchai finally couldn't bear it anymore.

"Tell me how much you love money! As soon as you see this king, you just chase after me for money, but you still go to grab money in broad daylight!"

Bai Jiujiudun was stuffing a purse into the armhole.

"If you want people to know that you are this king's subordinate, you have to laugh them off!"

Xia Jinchai continued to speak angrily.

"No, you will never want to leave Prince Chai's mansion again!"

Bai Jiujiu was in a hurry, and finally realized that he had misunderstood herself, and explained with a lot of purses: "I didn't steal it! I was stolen by someone else! Really."

Xia Jinchai sneered.This guy is really talking nonsense!
At this moment, Xianshan's deep and powerful words came from outside the car: "My lord, the palace is here."

Xia Jinchai didn't even bother to look at Bai Jiujiu again, and got out of the car with a face full of sarcasm.

When Bai Jiujiu saw it, she hurriedly jumped out of the car and followed closely behind.

After approaching the mansion, Xia Jinchai stopped in his tracks when he saw Steward Qi directing his servants to carry all kinds of flowers and potted plants from a distance, and summoned him over with a big wave of his hand.

"Steward Qi, as a servant girl of the palace, how much is your monthly salary?"

Butler Qi was taken aback for a moment, but when he saw Bai Jiujiu who was trotting all the way to keep up with him huffing and puffing, he immediately understood, straightened his thoughts, and said respectfully: "At least two taels, more than five taels."

"What about her? What salary did you set for her?" Xia Jinchai pointed at Bai Jiujiu with his mouth.

"Miss Bai...At first, the old slave set her up for two to two months, but later, because I was transferred to Lao Luna to buy vegetables, I considered that I had to get up early and go dark, and I had to do some physical work, so I gave her She added three taels. As for now... if you work with the prince, you should be able to position it at five taels."

Butler Qi spoke carefully, with uncertainty in his tone.Xia Jinchai didn't frown either.After talking for a long time, it was not the answer I wanted at all!

"My lord remembers that the palace pays wages on the third day of every month. Have you paid her?"

"Go back to the prince, send it!" Qi Butler nodded.

"How many?"

"Uh..." Butler Qi was in a state of reminiscence, "It's almost two taels of silver."

Two taels?Xia Jinchai, who never cared about gold and silver, had no idea.

"My lord, the two accountants of the wangfu have carefully calculated it, and the old slave has also checked it, and there is no mistake." Qi Butler was puzzled why the lord suddenly asked about the wages of these servants who never asked about it. .Could it be that girl Bai Jiujiu complained to him about the lack of giving?

(End of this chapter)