Flowers are expensive

Chapter 252 Stalking Someone For The First Time 1
"It's fine! With the two of them here, the whole city knows where I came from, how boring!" Li Hua walked forward with her hands behind her back, full of interest.She is going to close the shop today, can she be in a bad mood?

"But what should I do if something happens to me?"

"You think too much, Chun'er!" Wuye interjected, "This is Jingyou City, not Fengdu City, where are there so many ghosts and monsters?"

"Yeah!" Lihua nodded and said, "Wuye is right! Let's go, the shopkeeper must be waiting for us! I have an appointment with Sister Cuiyue to meet at the shop, so we can't be late!"

The three walked to the door of the shop while chatting and laughing, but saw Cuiyue and Lu'er standing under the eaves.Lihua hurriedly stepped forward and smiled, "Why don't you go in? Are you waiting for me?"

Cuiyue's complexion seemed a little ugly, she pulled Lihua and asked, "Is this the one?"

"Yes!" Lihua nodded with certainty, "Let's go, let's go in!"

"Don't!" Cuiyue tugged at her and said, "I went in just now, and people said that the shop opened early, and the new deal just went on the shelves, so I never wanted to open the shop again!"

"What?" Lihua was a little surprised.

"I was thrown out before I finished speaking. Lihua, did you really agree with the shopkeeper?"

"Isn't it?" Lihua said a little angrily, "The shopkeeper doesn't look like a liar! Could it be that he has repented and thinks that 500 taels is too little? This is not okay, I have to go in and ask for clarification!"

Lihua walked in with anger, and everything in front of her eyes changed!The previous calligraphy, brushes and inkstones have long since disappeared, replaced by a shop selling dry goods.When she was about to speak, the clerk in the shop stepped forward and asked, "What does this lady want to buy? We specialize in dry goods from the south, come and have a look!"

"Where's your shopkeeper? Tell him to come out and speak!"

"Looking for our shopkeeper? Is there a big deal to discuss?"

"What are you talking about? Hurry up!"

The clerk looked at Lihua twice, turned around and ran to the backyard to call the shopkeeper.Cuiyue followed in and said, "Did you see that? They have all new products on the shelves, so it must be that the original shopkeeper's orders have been given to someone else."

Lihua was very angry at the moment, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong!The shopkeeper yesterday looked honest and kind, he didn't seem like he would lie!But in half a day, the calligraphy and painting shop turned into a dry goods shop!
The guy went in for a while and didn't come out.Wuye lost her temper a little bit, she yelled a few words to the door curtain but no one answered.Lihua raised her hand and said, "Stop screaming! It seems that they are trying to put on airs! All right, if I don't come out, I'll see what they sell first!"

"Ma'am, this is too much! We are here if we feel cold!"

Lihua didn't answer, and walked around the shop, picking it up and looking at it like this.Cuiyue asked from the side: "What are you looking at?"

Just as he was talking, the door curtain moved.A middle-aged man walked out quickly from behind the curtain, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I've kept the guests waiting for so long! I don't know if this lady wants to see me?"

Lihua turned to look at him and asked, "Let me ask you, when did you sell this shop?"

"Oh, what a coincidence, it was just yesterday afternoon! I was so lucky that I hit it off with the original shopkeeper of this shop, so it was settled on the spot."

"How much silver did you pay?"

"A total of 800 taels! But madam, why do you ask this?"

"Let me ask you again, what about the shopkeeper?"

"I left last night. He said that there was an urgent matter in his hometown, otherwise he wouldn't have given me 800 taels, and told me to pick up a big deal! Madam, are you here to find him?"

Lihua frowned and said, "Gone? Or did you leave last night? In such a hurry?"

The new shopkeeper chuckled and said, "Maybe his family is really in a hurry! If Madam wants to find him, I'm afraid it will be difficult. He didn't leave a letter before he left!"

Lihua is a person who does not believe in evil, and always feels that there is something wrong here.Is it so strange that the good things I agreed to go back on overnight?

"Hey, you are on the same road with this lady, right? Then I understand!" The new shopkeeper pointed at Cuiyue and smiled, "This lady came here just now and said that the shop was originally for her, but I still I really don’t know about it. I have a house deed and a land deed in my hand, do you want to see it?”

The pear blossom is so angry!Thinking about it, the previous shopkeeper can't be found, and the bank deed is cleared, even if the trouble is caused by the Yamen, it is my own fault!It's just a shop in the middle of the market, how could such a thing happen?

The new shopkeeper smiled again and said, "I'm really sorry! Why don't you go to another place to look? Maybe there is a good shop too! Otherwise, you can buy some of my dried goods and go back and cook some soup or something to make some fire."

Lihua glanced at the dry goods and asked, "Where is the shopkeeper from?"

"I, from Shaanxi, just do business like dry goods."

"Really? But what you sell seems to be special products from Dali, Yunnan!"

"Oh, there are a lot of good things there, I often go there to sell goods. Madam, what do you like, I will give you a cheaper price!"

"That's all," Lihua turned around and said, "I won't delay your business! Farewell!"

"Ma'am, go slowly!"

Lihua left the shop without saying a word, and walked forward slowly.Cuiyue caught up and said, "It's okay, it's just a shop. Let's go to another place to have a look!"

"Sister Cuiyue, don't you find it strange?"

"So what if it's strange? The original shopkeeper has already left, so what are you going to use to complain? The next time you encounter such a thing, you have to write a deposit form first, and there will be an explanation when you go to the government office, right?"

Lihua nodded and said: "You are right in reminding me, I didn't think about it. At that time, I felt that the shopkeeper was very pitiful, for the Lin family..."

"Ma'am," Wuye said suddenly, "Could it be that the Lin family ordered someone to do it? They didn't show up and ordered someone else to do it?"

Lihua shook her head and said, "The Lin family can't go against me, the so-called Mrs. Youwang's Mansion, because of a small shop. After all, Zhao Yuanyin is in charge of Jingyou City. No matter how brainless the young master of the Lin family is, he shouldn't play chess like this."

"Who could it be? This servant also finds it very strange! It was agreed the day before, but it was reversed the next day, and the shopkeeper left overnight, as if fleeing for his life!" Wu Ye said with a puzzled expression while touching her ears. .

"Yeah," Cuiyue nodded, "It's indeed strange. But it's strange, we can't stand here, it's so cold! Let's go back first!"

"I don't want to go back yet, I want to go shopping again. Sister Cuiyue, you can't get cold, go back first!"

"Come to my place at noon, I'll prepare soup for you."

"Row!"

Cuiyue and Lu'er went home first.Lihua rubbed her hands and walked forward slowly, thinking about the shop while walking.As she was walking, she suddenly stopped.Chun'er asked, "Ma'am, why don't you leave?"

Lihua snapped her fingers, twitched the corner of her mouth, and said with a sneer, "If I don't catch the ghost inside, I'm not Qin Lihua! It's not that easy to coax me!"

"What the hell?" Wuye asked hurriedly.

"Don't ask any more!" Lihua told Chun'er, "Go back to the mansion and tell the nanny that I'm staying at Sister Cuiyue's house tonight, so she doesn't have to send someone to pick me up."

"Are you going to live at Miss Long's house?"

"Yes!" Lihua rubbed her wrists and said with a sinister smile, "This will make it easier for me to catch ghosts! Hmph, you will know at night!"

Wuye and Chun'er looked at each other blankly, unable to understand the meaning of Lihua's sly smile.

That night, after Lihua had dinner at Cuiyue's place, she asked Cuiyue to borrow a thick fox fur coat and a small pot of wine, and called Wuye and Chun'er to go out.Before going out, Cuiyue stopped her and asked where she was going.She pursed her lips and said with a smile: "You will know when I come back!"

Taking advantage of the darkness, the three of them quietly came to the back door of the shop.There was a narrow alley diagonally opposite the back door, and the three of them hid there to watch.Lihua said to Chun'er: "Go to the main entrance first and see if the shopkeeper's door is closed."

Not long after Chun'er left, she came back and said that the door had just been closed.Lihua nodded and said: "Okay, we will wait here!" Chun'er asked: "Madam, what are we waiting for?" Lihua smiled and said: "I don't know what to wait for, but I think the shopkeeper It's a bit tricky, I don't feel at ease if I don't wait for him!"

Wu Ye wrapped herself up and asked Lu'er for a borrowed cloak, and said, "Madam suspects that the innkeeper is playing tricks! This servant is not a good guy just looking at his eyebrows!"

"For the time being, I don't know if it's because of him playing tricks, but I just feel something is wrong!"

Just as he was talking, the door to the backyard of the shop opened.The new shopkeeper came out, turned around and took an umbrella from the clerk and said, "Close the door, don't wait for me." The clerk nodded in agreement and sent him out.When the man closed the door, Lihua covered her mouth with a smile, waved her hands like a secret agent, and said, "Girls, come on!"

"Come on?" Chun'er was surprised, "Ma'am, you don't mean to beat him up in the dark, do you? Just ask the guards in the mansion to do this tiring work!"

"What are you talking about! Do you think Mrs. Ben is such a vulgar person? Stop talking nonsense, and follow him!" Lihua stooped, like a heroine in a martial arts movie, and followed that woman secretly. dispenser's.

Wuye was so excited, she suppressed her absurdity, and followed.Chun'er frowned slightly, thinking what kind of game is this?Isn't this lady too careless?If the other party finds out, wouldn't it be embarrassing?But those two people had already gone far away, so she had no choice but to follow quickly!
After turning around two alleys, the night wind became stronger and stronger.The shopkeeper stopped outside a backyard door, and when he was about to knock on the door, he suddenly heard a sneeze from behind.He immediately withdrew his hand, turned around vigilantly and asked, "Who?"

While speaking, the three black shadows flashed behind the pillar next to him in some embarrassment.Seeing that something was wrong, the shopkeeper asked sharply, "Who is it? What are you talking about, why are you sneaking around?"

The three people behind the pillar were angry and funny.It turned out that Wuye couldn't hold back just now, and a sneeze made them reveal their true colors.

The shopkeeper boldly walked to the pillar, went around to look, and couldn't help being surprised, he never expected that there would be three masters and servants of Lihua!He looked at the three men in hats and clothes in puzzlement and asked, "It's you? What are you doing with me?"

Both Wuye and Chun'er shrank nervously behind Lihua.Ewha is also a little embarrassed!Sure enough, martial arts movies are full of lies, how can it be so easy to follow people!Alright, I've been recognized, what should I do now?

"What are you doing here?" There was a sneer on the shopkeeper's face, "Madam, you won't tell me that I met you by chance?"

Lihua regained her composure, shook her cloak pretending to be calm, and said, "You're making such a fuss! We did pass by here, and we just happened to be on the same road as you."

"On the same road? Hehehe... Maybe this lady is the first time to come out to do such a thing? When I was on the road just now, I felt that there was someone behind me, but I didn't expect it to be the three of you. I am really lucky in my life , being followed by the wife of Prince You's Mansion, will it be a good story if it spreads!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wuye shouted dissatisfied.

(End of this chapter)