There were few customers in the small restaurant, and it closed early. The boss saw him sitting here alone, ordered two dishes and lingered for a long time before finishing them, so he rolled his eyes many times. If it weren't for the good clothes he wore, he would have been kicked out a long time ago.
How could Housekeeper Liao feel better
There are all kinds of smells in this small restaurant, and the smell is as bad as it is mixed together. He usually doesn't even look at this kind of small homely and unsophisticated food. He ordered this Just pretending, then I was so hungry that I had to reluctantly eat. But this already half-cold meal made my stomach feel even colder.
There is also the gust of cold wind blowing across the ground, rushing in from time to time, even if he was wearing thick clothes, he couldn't sit still for too long. Ask the little boss to get some charcoal fire, but he pretends not to hear! He had no choice but to take out the broken silver, and they brought him a small brazier with a smiling face.
"Dog's eyes look down on people!" Chief Steward Liao couldn't help glancing at the little boss and cursing inwardly, suddenly remembering Lu Xiaoshu's words against him, he shuddered for no reason, quickly adjusted his mood, and his face became calm.
When Lu Xiaoshu and Zhou Shizhi came out of the restaurant, it was already very late, and Housekeeper Liao hurried over as if he had just met his relatives, and greeted them with a smile.
Lu Xiaoshu was taken aback when he saw this, Zhou Shizhi's eyes flickered, then he understood, he smiled and didn't say much.
"I haven't taken anything I bought! Steward Liao, we're going back to the house first, you go and get it!" Lu Xiaoshu suddenly recalled a lot of things he bought and ordered. Since this guy has become so obedient, it's useless...
Steward Liao's body froze, thinking of his current status, he could only reluctantly agree with a smiling face, and he wanted to die.
After breakfast the next day, Lu Xiaoshu followed Zhou Shizhi on the road. There were a dozen or so people traveling with him, all of whom were unfamiliar faces she had never seen before.
The crowd already knew of her existence, but they had never seen her face, so they stepped forward and called "Miss Lu" to greet her with a smile, and couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
"My lord, go slowly!" A young man wearing a plain blue gown with round collar and arrow sleeves stood aside respectfully and bowed slightly to say goodbye.
This person was tall, fair-skinned, and his clothes were much more exquisite than ordinary servants. His appearance and demeanor showed that he was pampered, and he was definitely not a servant of the family.
This is that—Master Jiang San, the current head of the Jiang family
Lu Xiaoshu looked at Zhou Shizhi with a questioning look.
Zhou Shizhi smiled and nodded at her, then turned to look at the third master Jiang, nodded and said, "Yeah" and said: "From now on, you will be in charge of the Jiang family, do it well, and don't embarrass your Jiang family. !"
"Understood, understood!" Master Jiang San hurriedly agreed with a smile. But there is only a wry smile in my heart.
When the family? Now it is no longer the Jiang family who control the inside and outside of Jiang's mansion, and his "head of the family" is just a decoration, just acting as a facade!
But there is nothing wrong with it, anyway, there used to be elder brother and second elder brother, and it was never his turn to be the master of the Jiang family in this Jiangfu! The current salary is not worse than before, that's all! As for the rest, never mind!
Zhou Shizhi led Lu Xiaoshu and a group of ten people set out on the road in a mighty manner. The farther north we went, the colder and colder it became, and there was snow on the road.
Fortunately, the journey this time was different from the previous ones. The group disguised themselves as businessmen rushing back to their hometown for the New Year, and followed the official road. With the wind and snow raging outside, and the charcoal stove burning in the carriage was as warm as spring, Lu Xiaoshu didn't suffer much. When the weather is good, I wear a cloak and go out riding a horse to enjoy the rare scenery of the Northland.
Seeing that her mood improved, Zhou Shizhi was naturally happy from the bottom of his heart, talking and laughing with her along the way, time passed extremely quickly.
Ten days later, I finally arrived at Qilin Villa in Xingtai.
This villa is located in a valley in Xingtai, and according to what Zhou Shizhi told Lu Xiaoshu, Qilin Villa is divided into the front villa, the back villa, the left villa, and the right villa. There are special secret passages connecting them, but they are independent and do not interfere with each other. If they are not their own people, it is easy to find a place.
Lu Xiaoshu went to Qianzhuang this time. Compared with the other three villages, it was on the bright side and was mainly responsible for external business dealings.
From a long distance, you can see the tall buildings of the villa with high cornices, hidden among the big trees. When you approach slowly, you can see a crowd of people standing at the gate of Zhuangzi, braving the wind and snow to welcome the owner.
"My lord! You're back!" With a charming cheer, a fiery petite voice rushed forward accompanied by giggles, and there was indescribable joy in the voice.
Lu Xiaoshu's ear was a little bit harsh by this sweet voice like a baby warbler, she suddenly felt a little awkward in her heart, and subconsciously looked at Zhou Shizhi.
Zhou Shizhi smiled, and explained to her in a low voice: "It's Yi Xiaolan, the youngest daughter of shopkeeper Yi Da. She is only one year older than you, and has a bright and cheerful personality. I hope you two can get along with each other!"
Lu Xiaoshu snorted softly, and said neither sour nor cool: "Forget it! She is a daughter, and I am a country girl, and I dare not climb up!" Then he pushed Zhou Shizhi: "Go down quickly!" ! People have yelled several times!"
Zhou Shizhi smiled and got out of the car.
"My lord! You are back!" Yi Xiaolan raised a smile, her face was full of brilliance.
"Alan, hello!" Zhou Shizhi smiled at her.
The crowd also gathered around and bowed to see him one after another.
Shopkeeper Yi Da laughed quickly and said, "Young master has worked hard all the way, hehe, go back to the house and rest quickly! The dinner party has been ordered to go down, and everyone welcomes you tonight!"
"Uncle Yi has a heart!" Zhou Shizhi smiled, and said again: "I have a friend who came with me, and I didn't have time to tell Uncle Yi in advance! Uncle Yi will arrange a place for her later!"
Zhou Shizhi yelled "Xiao Shu" towards the carriage, and opened the curtain for her.
Lu Xiaoshu got out of the carriage, stepped on the step stool and got off the carriage. Zhou Shizhi then introduced to her one by one the shopkeeper Yi Da, the personal guard Guan Li, Hong Sheng, the general accountant Liu Qing and so on.
Lu Xiaoshu smiled and saw them one by one.
Shopkeeper Yi Da waited in a daze, and hurriedly returned the gift with a smile. Shopkeeper Yi Da smiled again and said: "Miss Lu is a guest from afar, and here is a remote place. If there is any negligence, please ask Miss Lu to forgive me! I will call someone Arrange a place for the girl, if you need anything, please don't be polite!"
"Shopkeeper, you're being polite!" Lu Xiaoshu said with a smile, "The village is much better than the road, and I don't care much, just find a place where I can spend the winter!"
Shopkeeper Yi Da couldn't help laughing out loud when he saw her speak bluntly.
Zhou Shizhi introduced her and Yi Xiaolan to each other again, and said with a smile: "You are about the same age, and you can get along well. Xiaoshu, I'm afraid I'm a little busy these days, so let Alan be your company! Alan, you are fine Bringing Xiao Shu around, our mountain is also quite interesting!"
Ever since Yi Xiaolan saw Lu Xiaoshu, the smile on her face had darkened a lot, her eyes had been looking at Lu Xiaoshu up and down with a hint of hostility, and when she heard what Zhou Shizhi said, she let out a low snort , said: "It's so cold outside, Miss Lu is delicate and expensive, what if she gets sick from the cold, what will you do! It's better to stay in Zhuangzi! Besides, I still have my work to do, I don't have that much free time!"
"Alan!" Shopkeeper Yi Da couldn't help frowning, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Why are you talking to the young master!"
Lu Xiaoshu finally understood, it's grandma's adultery! He secretly thought to you, Zhou Shizhi, how long has it been, and has he incurred romantic debts? You have hooked up with the little girl, anyway, seeing her like this is a look that you can't wait to see! It's just that what are you doing with your aunt and me involved? My aunt was wronged and not wronged!
Lu Xiaoshu immediately felt a little regretful, if she knew this, she would never have come to this broken Qilin Villa with Zhou Shizhi! When she is rare, it makes people hate her for no reason!
"I'm telling the truth!" Yi Xiaolan said angrily, kicking the gravel beside her feet.
Zhou Shizhi didn't expect her to say that. He frowned slightly and was about to speak when Lu Xiaoshu smiled and said, "Miss Yi is right. It's freezing cold to death. Who's in the mood to go out and play? Wait for Zhuangzi!" It’s also very good here! It’s just right, I’ll take a good rest, and when the spring is warm next year, I’ll be able to go home with strength! Miss Yi just needs to go, don’t worry about me!”
"You're going home in the coming spring?" Yi Xiaolan raised her head when she heard this, her eyes sparkled.
"Of course!" Lu Xiaoshu said with a fake smile: "This is not my home, I have my own home, of course I have to go back!"
"That-"
Yi Xiaolan was even more joyful in her heart, she didn't finish her sentence, but was interrupted by Zhou Shizhi, Zhou Shizhi was a little unhappy when he heard Lu Xiaoshu said to go home, frowned and said: "Xiaoshu!"
Before he finished speaking, he asked Lu Xiaoshu to interrupt again. Lu Xiaoshu pouted and said, "You promised me that you would send me home when spring comes!"
"Yes, yes, I promised you!" Zhou Shizhi felt helpless.
The shopkeeper Yi Da and Guan Li felt a little dizzy, except for the shopkeeper Yi Da, they felt a little bit like laughing!
The matter was related to his own daughter, the shopkeeper Yi Da didn't think it was funny, he coughed and said with a smile: "Master, Miss Lu, let's go in quickly! It's so cold outside!"
"Yes, yes, we can talk about it when we go back!" Everyone also laughed. So everyone went to Zhuangzi together.
Just after entering Zhuangzi, after passing through two courtyards, and walking along the veranda to the hall, I saw a figure of Chu Brown rushing towards this side, calling young master.
Zhou Shizhi's eyes lit up, and he said happily, "Second Uncle Xue!" He quickly went up to meet him.
Xue Heng looked at him, saw that he looked fine, and didn't see a trace of embarrassment, he was relieved immediately, and said with a smile: "You are back! I finally put my heart in my heart. How is it? Is the journey going smoothly? "