lucky star girl

Chapter 56
"Don't rush to speak, just listen to me." After the old lady Xu interrupted Cuihua, she said again: "You want to escape from that family now, so you are willing to choose to be a servant of the Xu family, but in the future What about it? Cuihua, I have lived such an old age, I have encountered many things and met many people, there are really too many such things."

After the old lady Xu said this, Cuihua didn't know how to answer the words for a moment.

Dong Shu glanced at Xu Shiqiu, then at Cuihua, and then at Mrs. Xu, "Mother, do you have other ideas?" After saying this, Dong Shu squeezed the handkerchief nervously. , and continued: "I don't know if I guessed wrong."

"I didn't expect you to be able to think of such things." Mrs. Xu said such a sentence immediately after Dong Shu finished speaking. After she finished speaking, she looked at her again and said, "But you have always been a blessed Yes, after staying by your side for a long time, Cuihua has also become blessed."

Mrs. Xu's hint was so obvious that even Cuihua understood it.

"Don't worry, there is still nearly a year left in the contract. I will go to your house to find your parents now. I am afraid they will be able to react. Wait, when your family has something to do next time and you need money urgently, I will Solve this matter directly." Mrs. Xu looked at Cuihua after saying this, and then looked at Dong Shu who was aside, "When I do this, you follow me, and you just learn from it."

"I listen to my mother." After Dong Shu answered such a sentence subconsciously, she glanced at Xu Shiqiu, and seeing that he had no intention of stopping, she looked at Mrs. Xu again and said, "I still have a lot to do. It’s not good, hard work mother taught me.”

Mrs. Xu has always liked Dong Shu's delicate and soft temperament. When she heard her words, she didn't make things difficult for Dong Shu, and nodded directly to her to reassure her.

When Mrs. Xu spoke about Cuihua's matter, Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu felt relieved for the time being, and planned to go to the town to talk to this old scholar the next day.

Although this was not the first time Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu went out after they got married, it was the first time they left Xiahe Village after they got married.

When going out this time, Xu Shiqiu not only brought Cuihua with him, but also Xu Jun and Xu Jie who had nothing to do for the time being.

Brothers Xu Jun and Xu Jie were driving the mule cart, and Xu Shiqiu was sitting in the cart with Dong Shu and Cuihua.

Today's weather is good, because the beginning of summer has passed and Xiaoman has not yet arrived, and it is not too hot early in the morning, sitting in the mule cart, Xu Shiqiu did not lift the curtain.

From Xiahe Village to Haiyan Town, it takes only half an hour by mule cart.

After Xu Shiqiu brought Dong Shu and his party to the town, they went directly to a remote but noisy place according to the address Cuihua found out yesterday.

This is where the poorest people in Haiyan Town live. Most of the people here rent a yard from several families. Every day here, there will be many quarrels.

If he hadn't come in person, Xu Shiqiu would never have thought that the person he was looking for would live in such a place.

"Shiqiu, there are a few people behind our car, and they don't look like good people." After the two brothers Xu Jun and Xu Jie confirmed this, they whispered to Xu Shiqiu in the mule cart.

"Don't say anything, let's see what they want to do." Xu Shiqiu was not nervous or afraid because of Xu Jun and Xu Jie's words, not to mention that Xu Jun and Xu Jie had learned a few self-defense moves from Uncle Xu, he practiced martial arts Years are not for nothing.

They are three big men, but they can protect only one little lady.

As for Cuihua, Xu Shiqiu thought of this and looked at Cuihua and said, "Cuihua, if Xiao Xiao comes forward later, maybe you can guard against it?"

"Third son, I can do it myself, just protect your wife." Cuihua said, and raised her arm and waved it, "I remember the moves taught by the third son, and I will definitely not let you Disappointed."

Hearing Cuihua's answer, Xu Shiqiu smiled with satisfaction.

Just when several people were getting ready that Xiao Xiao might come forward, they finally came to the dilapidated small courtyard where the old scholar lived.

But the strange thing is that just as their mule cart stopped, the men with sly eyebrows and mouse eyes who followed them turned around and left.

"What's going on here?" Dong Shu let go of Xu Shiqiu's skirt, and looked straight at Xu Shiqiu with suspicious crescent eyes, "Sir, are they really gone?"

"Well, let's go." After Xu Shiqiu responded to Dong Shu, he signaled Cuihua to get off the mule cart first. After she left, he lowered his head and kissed Dong Shu's forehead, "Don't worry, lady, even if they don't Go, my husband can protect you."

After saying this, Xu Shiqiu was ready to hold Dong Shu's hand to help her out of the mule cart.

"I believe my husband's words." As he spoke, Dong Shu also followed Xu Shiqiu out of the mule cart, and stood in front of the small courtyard that looked dilapidated.

But after seeing the small courtyard in front of her clearly, Dong Shu immediately blurted out: "Sir, is this really here?"

"It's true, this is what Cuihua heard about." Xu Shiqiu first replied to Dong Shu, and then reached out to hold her hand, "If it's really not here, let's look for it again. Husband will take you around the town again."

After saying this, Xu Shiqiu looked at Cuihua and signaled her to come forward and knock on the door with his eyes.

Zhu Shi, who was sitting in the courtyard washing clothes, and another woman heard the knock on the door at the same time. After looking at each other, they both got up quickly, shook off the water on their hands, and rushed to open the door.

The old wooden door was opened, and the two women immediately looked at Cuihua standing in front of the door and said, "Miss, do you have clothes to wash?" While talking, the two of them looked behind Cuihua at the same time .

After seeing that there were no clothes behind Cuihua, but two owners who were dressed in bright clothes and even expensive materials, the woman who had been fighting with Mrs. Zhu immediately looked at Mrs. Zhu and snorted coldly: "Again! It's an unlucky ghost!"

Mrs. Zhu's face was unnatural for a moment when she heard the woman's words, but she still held back her anger and looked at Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu who were behind Cuihua and said, "Master and madam are here to find my husband?" Then he stepped back half a step, as if he wanted to invite Xu Shiqiu and his party in.

"How does Madam know that we are here to find Mr. Shi?" Xu Shiqiu asked back, and then led Dong Shu directly into the courtyard.

"Don't be afraid of my son's jokes. Yesterday your servant inquired about my husband in the teahouse. Before evening, someone told my husband. And because your servant seemed to have a dispute with someone at the door of the teahouse yesterday, someone overheard her claiming to be the Xu family." In our entire coastal town, there are only servants surnamed Xu in Xiahe Village." As Zhu was speaking, her yellowed cheeks turned red, "Master told me this morning, if there is a big family today If someone else's young master comes to the door, it should be the third young master of the Xu family."

What Mrs. Zhu didn't hide made Xu Shiqiu have a strong interest in Shi Xiucai who hadn't met yet. After Xu Shiqiu and his party followed Mrs. Zhu to the outer room of the house they rented, they saw the simple hall. Outside the round table where Zhang eats, there is only a desk by the window for Shi Xiucai to write.

"Today, someone asked the gentleman to come to help settle the accounts. He had an account before he went out. As long as the gentleman arrives, he will come back soon." Mrs. Zhu couldn't explain much. After saying this, she gave Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu a little shame Several people brought some cups of warm water.

"There is no tea at home, I hope the young master and madam will not be disgusted."

Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu just looked at Mrs. Zhu with shame on their faces, but they still poured clean water on them.

The two looked at each other, and then Dong Shu took the initiative to say: "Madam, there is no need to be polite." After saying this, Dong Shu took a careful look at Mrs. Zhu.

Before coming here, Dong Shu knew that Shi Xiucai was forty years old, and his wife Zhu Shi was two years younger than him, but seeing Zhu Shi today, Dong Shu felt that someone believed that Zhu Shi was 48 years old.

"The young master and madam wait a moment, my husband will be back soon." After saying this, Mrs. Zhu smiled embarrassedly.

Mrs. Zhu still knew Shi Xiucai well, and not long after she finished speaking, probably within the time of a cup of tea, Shi Xiucai came back.

Shi Xiucai, who is 40 years old this year, has some gray temples, and is dressed in a slightly whitish blue coarse cloth robe and scarf of the same color, but he looks very energetic.

"You kept the third son waiting for a long time." Shi Xiucai's first sentence was an apology when he entered the door, and then he looked at Xu Shiqiu and introduced: "I'm not talented, Shi Yuan, the name is Yuanhang. The third son can be called Xia Yuanhang."

Shi Xiucai Shi Yuan does not have the aloofness of a literati at all. He clearly knows that he urgently needs a stable job to earn money to support his family.

Although he couldn't figure out why the third son of the Xu family wanted him, but since he came, he must seize this opportunity.

"Yuanhang, I came to look for you today because I want to invite you to be a teacher at Xu's family and teach them literacy and accounting." Since Shi Yuan was direct, Xu Shiqiu didn't bother to talk about anything else, and directly stated his purpose. In other words, he pointed to Xu Jun, Xu Jie and Cuihua and said, "They all have to learn."

Xu Shiqiu deliberately added Cuihua, just to see Shi Yuan's reaction.

Unexpectedly, Shi Yuan just glanced at Xu Jun, Xu Jie and Cuihua, then nodded at Xu Shiqiu, "I wonder how much the third son gave you?" After saying this, Shi Yuan thought for a while and then continued: "Can you include room and board?"

After listening to Shi Yuan's words, Xu Shiqiu was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "Just follow the rules before Yuanhang, and food and lodging are also included, but Yuanhang, don't you mind teaching women?"

"Do you mind?" Shi Yuan first repeated in doubt, then looked at Xu Shiqiu and shook his head and said: "My old wife has worked so hard to support the family. If I, Shi Yuanhang, still have many reluctances in the air of a scholar, isn't it heartless. Don't say it." The professor's woman is a lowly person who asks me to write a letter, as long as I have money, I will write."

As soon as Shi Yuan finished speaking, Xu Shiqiu looked at him with a sincere smile and said, "In that case, the Xu family will send a car to pick you up tomorrow." After saying this, Xu Shiqiu got up, then looked at Shi Yuan and continued: "I will choose you precisely because you never leave your wife. Yuanhang, I hope you can always remember what you said today in the future."

(End of this chapter)