Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 22

Thinking that she would go back to the days when she was homeless, precarious, and didn't know what kind of master her next master would be, Xiaoli couldn't help but shivered from the cold, knelt down in front of Lu Mingxuan, hugged her leg and cried bitterly: "Girl, please go and tell the master, don't drive me out, I don't want to go out, I have nowhere to go... Before I entered Lu's house to serve the girl, I never had a full meal, never lay down I slept on the bed once, I really don't want to live like that again, I beg the girl to talk to the master, I am willing to do anything, I just beg the master not to drive me out..."

Seeing Xiaoli crying pitifully, Mama Huang couldn't help feeling compassionate, and said with red eyes, "Girl, it's fine if I go out, after all, I still have a home, so I won't be homeless. I don't know if there is a next stop, but Xiaoli has been turned around several times by the kidnapper, even if the master doesn't take her money or even reward her with a sum of money, she has nowhere to go, please help me She went to talk to the master, let her stay? The master always wants to marry a new wife. After the new wife enters the house and gives birth to the young master, there will be many places for servants. Xiao Li has been serving this family for several years. , isn’t it much better than those people who bought it again?”

After the two of them had finished speaking, Lu Mingxuan smiled and asked back: "Although Daddy said that he wants to let you go out, your master is me. Did you hear me say that I want you to go out? Or do you think that I am the kind of The master who refuses to take care of the people around me, and doesn't arrange a way out for them?"

The most taboo thing for those in positions of power is to withdraw by yourself but leave no good arrangements for the people around you. In the future, let alone these old people will blame you, even the newcomers will feel uneasy and dare not do things for you wholeheartedly. It's a pity that it is so simple It took Lu Mingxuan two lifetimes to understand the truth.

Xiao Li cried so much that her nose was full of tears, she didn't hear what Lu Mingxuan said, but Huang's mother heard it, and she couldn't help but said in surprise and joy: "Miss, you mean that you plan to keep me and Xiao Li?" Although it's good to go back to your own home, how can it compare to being in Lu's house where you don't have to pay for everything yourself, and you still have a monthly payment. After a year, it will be a big subsidy for your family?Naturally, it is best not to go out if you can.

Lu Mingxuan said: "That's true or not, I intend to keep you, but I'm afraid that you will no longer be able to work at home, but you will have to go to other places."

"Anywhere else?" Xiaoli heard that Lu Mingxuan planned to keep them, so she didn't care to cry, and hurriedly said, "Where? As long as the girl doesn't drive me out, I'm willing to work anywhere, even if it's up to the knife mountain or down to the frying pan." Never frown, just beg the girl not to drive me out!"

"What do I want you to do?" Lu Mingxuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How could it be so serious, besides, do you have the ability to go up the mountain of swords and go to the oil pan?"

Huang's mother also laughed: "Yeah, you don't have any flesh on your body, the girl just wants to fry you in a frying pan to eat, and you still think your teeth are hard and white, what are you doing with these useless oaths?" , it's better to listen to what the girl wants us to do to be serious, so as not to spoil the girl's business." Speaking seriously, she looked at Lu Mingxuan, "I don't know what the girl wants us to do, so I ask the girl to order."

Huang's mother didn't realize that when she said these words, she didn't think about it at all. Lu Mingxuan was only a nine-year-old daughter. How could she believe her words so much? How could she feel that if she followed her, she wouldn't have to worry about it? Afterwards, I will definitely have a good life?
Lu Mingxuan then lowered her voice and said: "I plan to set up a shop quietly, do some small business, and earn some private money, but I can't let others know about it, not even my father and sister. The only people I can trust , it’s just the two of you, so I plan to set up this shop in the name of my mother’s husband’s family. After the shop is closed, the two of you will go there as errands. Of course, it’s not enough just the two of you. Brother Nai, are you willing to help? If so, I will definitely not treat them badly."

As for the money in the pan shop, Lu Mingxuan is not worried. When Mrs. Li married Lu Zhongxian back then, she was the first-class servant girl by Mrs. Lu's side, and the reason for Mrs. Li's marriage to Lu Zhongxian was unknown to others, but Mrs. Lu It couldn't be more clear, both public and private, Mrs. Lu didn't treat Li Shi well. Not only did she reward Li Shi 500 taels of silver and some clothes and jewelry as a dowry on the surface, but she also gave it to Li Shi in private. 500 taels of silver bills, and as Li's only daughter, after Li's death, these things should naturally belong to Lu Mingxuan, so the private money in Lu Mingxuan's hands may be nothing to the wives, grandmas and girls of the Duke's Mansion. However, it is more than enough to set up a shop or something.

Huang's mother didn't expect that Lu Mingxuan's so-called 'other place' for them to work was actually a shop. She was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses and murmured: "This shop is not a trivial matter. Thinking of this? Xiaoli and I don’t know how to do business, and my husband and two sons have been honest all their lives and only know how to plan food on the land. Even if the girl flatters them, they can’t do it. Maybe he was cheated because he didn't understand the market. The money was left by the wife as a dowry for the girl in the future. What if... what to do, Mr. Kuang loves the girl very much, so he must have made plans for the girl early on. Now that the girl is going to live with the old lady in the Duke's mansion again, she will be more and more worried about not having a good future in the future, so why bother?"

Lu Mingxuan had made up her mind a long time ago, so she naturally wouldn't give up because of Huang's mother's few words, because she said: "Who is born to do business, can't it be possible to learn? You two still have grandma and two Brother Nai has no fewer arms or legs than others, nor is he stupid than others. If others can learn it, you can naturally learn it too. As for profit and loss, you may choke when you eat, and you may sprain your feet when you walk. What do you do in this world? Can things be risk-free? If it makes a lot of money, it is a good thing. No one will think that there is too much money. If you are unlucky and lose money, as my mother said, my father and the old lady will not ignore me , and it won’t affect my life because of this, after all, I can’t suffer, so why not do it?”

After a pause, "If mom and Xiaoli are willing, I'll go and ask daddy for your body certificate later, and mommy will go back tomorrow and let the grandma and the two nanny brothers find a shop. After I enter the mansion Mom took Xiaoli back to your house to settle down, and moved to the shop after the shop was found and decided what to do for a living; if you really don't want to, I can go back to Daddy, not only don't want your money, Each of you will give you another sum of money, and I will give you some more for myself, which can be regarded as fulfilling the bond of our master and servant..."

Before she finished speaking, Xiaoli said anxiously: "Girl, I am willing, I will listen to you in everything, I just ask you to go back to the master, don't send me out!"

(End of this chapter)