First Empress Merchant

Chapter 5
"Little... miss, slave... slave..." Seeing Lu Lishi's unkind expression, Xin'er didn't know what to say for a while.

"Say." Lu Lishi rubbed her forehead, obviously impatient.

"Just... since Doctor Ping stopped coming to our house..." Xin'er whispered more and more, and didn't even dare to look at Lu Lishi's face anymore.

Hearing the answer that was similar to what she expected, Lu Lishi sneered, "I'm afraid it's not just buying medicine? You bought the food and clothing outside this time, right?"

How rich is the Lu family? It can be said that although he is not an imperial merchant, the tax money he pays every year is enough to nourish the officials of one party. It can be seen how much he earns?It was again in the capital, a place of right and wrong where there would be no bones left if one was not careful.Fortunately, Lu Yizhuo should pay taxes, should do good deeds, and never had any political stance, which made the emperor let him live.

So how could such a family have no medicinal materials?Do you still need Xin'er to go out and buy?It seems that Mrs. Liu is trying to push her to a corner so that she can hand over her things, right?Ridiculous!You must know that the dowry of "her" was not a small sum, and after being divorced and going home, the dowry naturally came back with her, and it is still in her house now.But if it's too extravagant and wasteful for Lu Yizhuo to come in, it's the dowry...

Thinking of this, Lu Lishi couldn't help but sullen her face, "Xin'er, where do you get all the money you spent these days?"

Suddenly being asked such a question, Xin'er also forgot the other things, and replied honestly: "It's the bounty given by the master during the New Year. I gave a lot, so it's enough."

Hearing this, Lu Lishi breathed a sigh of relief, "In the future, there is no need to buy medicine, just buy the necessary ingredients, you don't need to eat too much, as long as you are not hungry, come to my room to get money later."

"How can I do that! Forgive me for saying something that shouldn't be said, the master is already like this, and the wife... When the young lady remarries in the future, the money can at least protect you from being bullied in the husband's house! So absolutely Can't move!" Xin'er is a stubborn child, but it can be seen that she is sincere to Lu Lishi.

Lu Lishi naturally understood, so she softened her tone, and said with some self-deprecation: "I am already a divorced widow, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to marry again in this life, so don't worry about money."

"But..." Xin'er couldn't hear what her master said, and was interrupted just as she was about to refute.

"Xin'er, listen to me. You know the situation we are in now. If, as you said, Dad is dying and Uncle Lu is left idle, then we will only be dependent on each other. You see, Erniang doesn't give us food anymore, but we didn't get any money, so we can only eat up a mountain, and that's what Erniang wants. Then let her see, you occasionally go to the front to make trouble, and you don't have enough money to find me Take it, just save it, do you understand?" Lu Lishi's words were sincere, maybe Xin'er was only sincere to that "Lu Lishi", but what she wanted was this sincerity.

It's just that she didn't say everything. With Liu's patience, if she knew that she still had so much money, she might find a name to get it away. You need to spend it in the right place, otherwise it will be difficult to handle if you really end up with nothing.

Xin'er carefully read Lu Lishi's words, and then nodded vigorously after thinking for a while, "What Miss said is that this servant knows what to do."

Lu Lishi smiled gratifiedly, "You pawn this bracelet first, you don't need to deliberately hide it so that no one will know, just buy it back if there is something missing. Go early and come back early, I'm tired, so go back to the house and lie down. "

Holding the bracelet, Xin'er took another look at Lu Lishi's leaving back, gritted her teeth, and went out with the basket.

An hour later, Xin'er came back with a basket full of things, but her red and swollen eye sockets did not escape Lu Lishi's eyes.

"Hey, how much did you spend to buy these things?" Lu Lishi glanced at the basket and asked casually.

"The servant listened to Miss's words and didn't buy rare things. Half a catty of meat, half a catty of eggs, fresh vegetables and fruits, and ten buckets of rice and ten buckets of noodles cost a total of four qian silver. The bracelet was only pawned for five taels, and the rest Everything is here." Xin'er lowered his head and said, and handed the money to Lu Lishi.

"You've been with me for so long, and you haven't been asked to do these rough tasks. It doesn't matter if you suffer a loss. You can just buy from another store in the future." Lu Lishi put the money back into Xin'er's purse again, and then pulled her to sit down. down.

Xin'er looked up at Lu Lishi, then immediately lowered her head, "It's not a big loss..."

Seeing this hesitant appearance, Lu Lishi sighed silently, "I remember you entered the Lu family at the age of eight, and you have been with me for six years. I pretended to be half a year older than you, so I pretended to be a fool." Sister, if you feel wronged in your heart, just tell me."

"No... nothing wronged..." In fact, hearing these words, Xin'er wanted to cry, but she couldn't let herself cry.

"Hey, it's fine if you don't want to say it. Life is hard these days. If you really can't stay any longer, I'll return you the contract of sale tomorrow and give you 20 taels of silver. From now on, you can do whatever you want. As long as you live well, It's not in vain that we've been together for so many years." Lu Lishi pretended to wipe the corners of her eyes with a veil as she spoke.

As soon as Xin'er heard this, she really became anxious, "No, Miss! How can you think so much about my servant? The master and miss have been very kind to this servant all these years. In this servant's heart, you are living Bodhisattvas, and this servant will live and die in this lifetime. People at home have no second thoughts!"

This is what Lu Lishi wanted, "Then tell me honestly what happened? Why are your eyes red from crying?"

"No maid..." Xin'er didn't expect Lu Lishi to observe so carefully, and subconsciously rubbed her eyes with her hands, but she also betrayed that she had indeed cried.

"Why don't you tell me? It's in vain that I treat you sincerely, but you... well, since that's the case..." Lu Lishi looked at Xin'er with hatred, stood up and wanted to leave, but before turning around, she saw Xin'er I knelt down.

"It's my uncle!" Xin'er was afraid that Lu Lishi would go back to the house to get her contract of sale, so she was so frightened that she didn't care about anything.

Hearing this, Lu Lishi staggered abruptly. She never expected that it was related to Liu Yangming. She read the letter carefully and saw that she didn't look like she was lying. frown.

"What nonsense did he do again?"

"Slave... slaves dare not say..." Xin'er bit her lower lip tightly, her humiliated expression really made me feel pity.

"Say!" Lu Lishi slapped the table hard, seeming really angry.

"Yes... When my servant went to the pawn shop, I happened to see my uncle there. Because the young lady had explained it, so when the uncle asked, the servant said it. But after hearing this, the uncle took the hand of the servant. Going to the side, and...you said that if you are short of money, you can just ask him for it, as long as...as long as the servant is willing..." Xin'er was really frightened, and he gritted his teeth and told the whole story, but at the end I really can't say it.

(End of this chapter)