in spring

Chapter 100 The Unexpected Visitor

After finally persuading Hu Fei to abandon the idea of ​​revenge, Chun Ying secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then enthusiastically discussed with him which family in Funing Street needed a middleman recently, but Hu Fei already had an idea.

Pointing to the bowl of oil on the table, he said, "I bought this on credit from a nearby oil mill. It's a total of two catties. The oil mill's business was not good, and a lot of oil was squeezed, but few people came to buy it. I watched it coldly." Mostly because his store is too remote, the owner and his wife are honest, they don’t know how to yell, and when others ask for credit, they let others take credit. People who buy oil often renege on it. I think his oil is good , it shouldn’t be difficult to find a buyer, why don’t you make an order for him first?”

Chunying blinked, and asked in a low voice, "You paid someone else's oil to set fire, are you planning to renege on it?"

Hu Fei froze, his face flushed a little: "This..." After a pause, he took a deep breath, raised his head and said, "I know I was wrong, so... I want to make up for that shopkeeper. He has a bad temper. Mu Na doesn't know how to sell his own oil, so I'll find a buyer for him!"

Chunying secretly smiled: "Okay! Come on!" Hu Fei was born in the family of the Imperial Merchant, and he is quite talented in doing business, otherwise he would not have thought of this deal immediately.

Hu Fei was wondering what she meant by "refueling", wondering if it was because she was going to be in the oil business, did she also want to put a few taels on it?At this time, Aunt Cheng's cry came from the courtyard opposite the door: "Xiaochun! Where did the dead girl hide?! Come back!"

Chunying sighed slightly: "It seems that I have to go back, Mr. Hu, take care of yourself, I will come to see you again when I have a chance." She glanced at the messy yard outside the door, and secretly planned to take care of him when she came back. Clean it up.

Hu Fei saluted her seriously, sent her out of the small courtyard, closed the door and turned around, then clenched his fists tightly: Hu Peng, no matter what you want to do, just come, I will never give up!
Chunying just ran into the main room of the small courtyard, and was taken aback.Some vases, teacups and teapots that were originally placed in the room were smashed to pieces, and the pieces were scattered all over the floor. Several chairs were tilted, and even half of the fresh fruits that were originally placed on the table rolled to the ground.Mrs. Cheng sat on the edge of the bed with disheveled hair, she looked dazed, and when she saw her enter the door, she scolded: "Where did you go?! You saw that I was unlucky, and you were secretly laughing at me?!"

"Where can I go? Because my aunt told me to leave, I just sat outside the door." Chunying looked at her carefully, "Auntie...shall we go back?" What's the use of crying?It's better to go back and find your brother as soon as possible to discuss the countermeasures.

But Mrs. Cheng became angry when she heard it: "Where do I go back?! This is my home! No one can drive me out!" She sniffed, gritted her teeth and said: "Damn vixen, you think you can take my man away. Occupying my family property, can you still drive my three mothers away? Make her dream of spring and autumn! Even if I die, I will die in the Cheng family!"

Chunying has a headache, who wants to drive her away?But looking at Mrs. Cheng's posture, is this about to fight recklessly?In ancient times, when encountering such a thing, shouldn’t the courtesan pretend to be a virtuous concubine to welcome the concubine into the door, and then slowly change ways to deal with the other party?She seems to have heard the plots of several novels written by Zhang Xiaomei...

It's been too long, and she doesn't remember much. Seeing Mrs. Cheng still looking angry, she said, "Then I'll go back to Yunxiang Pavilion first? It's almost time for dinner, and the shopkeeper still has to eat Well, there are two Su Luo Sui..."

Aunt Cheng's eyes lit up: "That's right! I still have two sons! You go back and ask them to come here immediately, and we will move back to live here, so as not to save that vixen from playing tricks in secret!" After saying that, her eyes turned red: "Even if you just watch For the sake of a son, the one who killed a thousand swords can't be too heartless..."

Chunying backed out in a hurry, and immediately ran back to Yunxiang Pavilion, and told Shopkeeper Shi everything.Shopkeeper Shi was troubled when he heard this, and after a while he said: "I reminded my sister earlier, but she didn't believe it..." Then he went to the street to call the two nephews, and told Chunying to pack their mother and son's luggage.

Chunying cleaned up according to his instructions, and made a simple dinner. After watching the three of them eat, she took a food box and packed a few dishes and snacks that Mrs. Cheng always liked to eat, and sent it to Shopkeeper Shi together with her luggage. hand.The latter sent his two nephews home.

In the next few days, Mrs. Cheng didn't come back, but Chunying was happy and relaxed.She has long been used to the daily cleaning work, so after finishing the task early, she graciously sat on the stairs with her needle and thread to do it.Without Mrs. Cheng's constant support, and without worrying about being discovered by others, Chunying's efficiency is exceptionally high, and within two days she has already made five or six handkerchiefs and used up all the fabric.She was planning to find a time to send the embroidery work to consignment, and then buy some thread and cloth when she heard shopkeeper Shi calling herself.

Chunying hurriedly put away her needlework, and ran to the front to ask him what orders he had. Shopkeeper Shi sighed and said, "I really can't stay in the shop with peace of mind. My sister quarreled with her brother-in-law again, and even Su Yi Nearly got a beating. I'm going to make peace, leave the store to the boys, and you look after the house for me."

Chunying responded quickly, but hesitated: "Don't I have to follow?" Usually it's her job to clean up the aftermath.Shopkeeper Shi smiled wryly and said: "Forget it, your child's family, you will only be scolded if you go. Besides, this is a family matter... Ah, yes!" He suddenly remembered something, and handed over an old Key: "There will be a batch of new goods coming in two days. Please clean up the warehouse in the south wing of the backyard for me. It used to be a place to store unsalable second-hand goods. Clean it up and throw away the unused things. , Free up the room to put new goods."

The warehouse in the south wing?Chunying remembered that it was a room that had never been opened, so it was a warehouse?She only knew that there were four rooms in the backyard where goods were stored, but she didn't know that there was another one.

She came to the South Chamber with a rag, opened the door, and suddenly a stale smell came over her face.She coughed a few times and fanned the air before she could see the situation in the room clearly.

There are four large wooden frames as high as the roof lined up side by side in the house, and each layer is full of dust, and two of the frames are randomly piled with small pieces of clothing, wrapped in coarse cloth.She took one out to look at it, but accidentally lost her grip, the cloth rolled to the ground, and the coarse cloth wrapped around it was scattered, and she realized that it was a piece of peach-colored lotus satin, the price was medium, but the length was only Less than one and a half meters.Looking at the other materials, most of them are coarse silks and silks of medium and low prices. Occasionally, there are a few high-grade materials of unfashionable colors, but all of them are less than one. The most gray-blue bamboo-leaf printed muslin is left. There are more than half of them, and the smallest piece of plain crepe satin with aqua-colored treasure-face pattern is only about two feet. Chunying guesses that this is probably the end of the sale, right?

But these materials are actually good. When customers buy them, why don't they buy even the last part?These few feet of cloth are not enough to make a coat, but it is more than enough to make hats, handkerchiefs and so on.If you look closely, some of the horses have familiar colors and patterns, as if they have been seen on Mrs. Cheng, mother and son.It seems that Mrs. Cheng still took advantage of these goods.It's just that how long will it take to use up the remaining materials of these two shelves?

Chunying's heart moved, and she remembered that she still needed to buy fabrics. Anyway, shopkeeper Shi told her to throw away the things she didn't need, so she simply waited for him to come back and ask, wouldn't everyone be happy if he could give her some of the fabrics?

Excitedly, she cleaned the storeroom, and looked at the leftover materials one by one. She selected some materials that were small in quantity, light in color and without patterns, and put two or three bolts of poor quality muslin cloth aside. , ready to wait for Shopkeeper Shi to come back and ask.

After a busy day, she made dinner again, and when she heard the clerk in front of the store shouting that she was about to close the store, she ran out in a hurry, took the keys from them, and sent them away with a smile before turning around After closing the door, I caught a glimpse of shopkeeper Shi coming from not far away, being supported by someone, and that person turned out to be Hu Fei!

They talked a few words in front of the shop, and then parted ways.Hu Fei glanced at her quietly, nodded with a smile, and walked away.Seeing that his complexion was better than that of the previous few days, Chunying seemed to be a lot thinner, and was a little worried. She helped Shopkeeper Shi into the door, and then asked him what was wrong, and why did Hu Fei send him back?

Shopkeeper Shi said with a bit of tiredness on his face, "Don't mention it, there was another fight today. Fortunately, Ershao Hu was at home and helped to persuade a few words, so the fight didn't start. I turned my foot and hurt It's not serious, it's just that walking is a bit awkward. Quickly take the medicinal wine and wipe it off for me."

Chunying brought it as she said, and shopkeeper Shi sighed while rubbing the medicinal wine: "Something happened to my sister's house, and I didn't care about other things. I didn't know that such an accident happened to the Hu family. Alas, Mr. Hu is too Be more domineering, I think Hu Ershao is a good person, not like a rebellious person. I heard that he made two deals for Jiangjia Youfang yesterday, and only charged Lao Jiang and his wife [-]% commission. Lao Jiang was so happy that he wanted to admit He should be his son!"

When Chun Ying heard that Hu Fei had made a business, she was also happy for him, but it was difficult to show it in front of Shopkeeper Shi, so she asked, "Auntie, how are you? Are you still crying like that?"

"Don't mention it, I made an idea for her a while ago, let her ask her brother-in-law to take the second house home, with the main room under pressure, and the neighbors staring at her, that woman didn't dare to be too arrogant, and sold the outer house, I saved another sum of money. My sister refused to follow me, so I finally persuaded her. Today, my brother-in-law finally brought her back. Who knows just which house she lives in, it took me a long time to make a fuss. That woman is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, sister I don't know if I can suppress it or not, but if I suffer instead, it's my fault."

Chun Ying hurriedly said: "I heard that other smart concubines do this. They pretend to be virtuous, put people under their noses, so that they can monitor each other. The shopkeeper's method is good, as long as the aunt calms down , no problem."

"I hope so." Shopkeeper Shi sighed, as if he had no hope, "Fortunately, my sister served her parents-in-law in the early years and died for the old man. My brother-in-law can't sleep with her, otherwise she would cry all day..." He shook his head.

Chunying smiled dryly and said a few words of comfort, then helped him to eat, and only when he was in a better mood did he carefully ask about the remaining materials in the warehouse.

Shopkeeper Shi said: "It's what customers don't like or can't bear to spend more money to buy. It's just odds and ends. It's not worth anything. You can take it if you want it. Just don't take too much of the big ones, my sister said in her heart. .”

Chunying was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him, but suddenly heard a rapid knock on the front door, which seemed to be mixed with the voices of Mrs. Cheng and her two sons.She was so busy that she opened the door, and a gust of wind blew by. Mrs. Cheng had already rolled in crying: "I'm dead! Brother, you have to make the decision for me!"

Shopkeeper Shi hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

The brothers of the Cheng family who came in said in unison: "That vixen won't kowtow to mother, but father still speaks for her!"

Aunt Cheng cried: "I have been husband and wife with him for more than ten years. When did he speak harshly to me? It was all instigated by that vixen. I will tear her up! If there is her, there will be no me!"

Shopkeeper Shi had no choice but to persuade her, Chunying couldn't help but said: "Ma'am, just pretend to be virtuous for a few days, and when uncle goes out, won't you be able to do whatever you want at home?"

Aunt Cheng turned around angrily and hit her a few times: "I can't bear that kind of woman for a day. Why do you want me to be a virtuous person and watch them love each other?!"

That's not the point, okay?Chunying was in pain, and she couldn't avoid it no matter what, and she was a little annoyed.Shopkeeper Shi hurriedly stopped his sister: "Don't hit, don't hit, Xiaochun is also kind..."

"What's going on?!" A roar came from outside the door, startling the four people in the room.Chun Ying looked back and was immediately overjoyed.

It was her long-lost second uncle——Lu Chongjun.

(Second Uncle, Nai is finally here...)
(End of this chapter)