The workshop didn't catch up with the goods in recent days, so they could call it a day, but Qiao Wei didn't come back until the end of the work.
Bi'er couldn't help asking: "Qiniang, isn't Madam not coming back today?"
Qiniang said: "It's almost time to go back, she is going to the town, not the capital."
"That's it." Bi'er put the used tools back on the shelf, "Qiniang, I... don't live here today."
Qiniang was wiping the shelves with a cotton cloth when she heard this and turned her head: "You want to go back to see your mother?"
Bi'er avoided Qiniang's eyes, and bent down to sweep the floor that she had swept countless times: "Yes... yes, she is sick, and it would be unreasonable for a daughter not to be around to take care of her."
Qiniang continued to wipe the shelves: "That's true, but it's getting so late, can you make it in time? Will the city gates be closed by then?"
"No, no, the city gate is closed late in Xia Tian." Bi'er said bitterly.
Qiniang didn't make it past the city gate, so she doesn't know the closing time of the city gate, but since Bi'er said she was in time, it shouldn't be too late, otherwise? Is it a waste of time
Bier at the city gate can't catch up, but there are people waiting for her in the town, she just needs to deliver the things to the town, and just find an inn to deal with at night.
Bi'er put down the broom: "Then... I'm going, Qiniang."
"Okay, let's go!" Qiniang nodded.
Bi'er left the workshop with a dull head, and met Agui who had finished cleaning the tub at the door, she blinked guiltyly: "Brother Agui."
"En." Agui replied in a deep voice.
Bill passed him by.
Watching Bi'er gradually disappearing from sight, Agui frowned thoughtfully.
After wiping the shelves, Qiniang turned around and went to wash the cotton cloth in the sink. In a blink of an eye, she saw Agui, caught the expression on his face, and asked jokingly, "What's the matter, you? I really think I'm old and ugly. Look at me." Is it a little girl?"
Agui glared at Qiniang, and said, "Where is she going?"
Qiniang said: "I won't tell you, lest you run to find someone else."
Agui didn't know how to joke, he took everything people said seriously, he put down the tub, and explained to Qiniang seriously: "I didn't like her, I like you."
Qiniang was amused by her man's unromantic love words, and she stopped saying sour words, saying: "She is worried about her mother's illness, so she has gone back to take care of her mother."
"Doesn't she live in the city? It's so late, the gates of the city will be closed."
"She said that the gates of the city are closed late in summer, so we can catch up."
After all, Agui was born in a warlord. Even if he became a servant, he still pays close attention to certain aspects of information, such as the closing time of the city gate. As far as he knows, it is not like this. It is true that it is closed late in summer, but only Half an hour, from here to the town by car, and then from the town to the capital, can she get there in less than half a day
After half a day passed, the gate of the city was closed early.
"Qiniang, I think something is wrong with Bi'er." Agui frowned.
Qiniang smiled and said: "What are you thinking? It's a good girl's house, what's wrong? Her mother is sick and her mind is not here. It's understandable. Don't complain in front of your wife. It's not easy for a little girl. .”
Agui glared at Qiniang again: "Am I a talkative person? Every time you pack so much food for Xiao Wei, what did I say?"
Qiniang said: "Xiao Wei has a senior and a young child, and there is a sick elder sister at home. Life is hard, we can help if we can, not to mention the extra food, it is a waste if you don't eat it."
It's really hard to blame Qiniang for subsidizing Xiao Wei with Qiao Wei's things. Qiao Wei really overestimated the appetite of the few of them, and she bought the food according to the appetite of Master Zheng's group. The physical work they do naturally eats a lot. Although they also work from morning to night, they don't have to work so hard.
From this point of view alone, Qiniang felt that Madam was really a good master.
Agui said thoughtfully: "Bi'er was quite uneasy in the morning, but she was very peaceful in the afternoon."
Qiniang laughed at him: "You, you like to settle cases so much, why don't you just become a judge."
After saying that, Qiniang realized that she had said the wrong thing, Agui was already a sinful slave, and there was no possibility of becoming an official in this life: "I'm sorry."
"It's nothing, I'll go out for a while."
"Hey, Agui! Agui!"
…
Bi'er was afraid of running into Qiao Wei on the return trip, so she deliberately changed to another mountain road. This road was easy to walk, flat and open, but the desolate and uninhabited people panicked in her heart.
Bi'er paid attention to the movement around her while walking, she felt as if she was being watched by someone, and there were very light footsteps behind her.
Due to some unpleasant experiences in her childhood, Bier was particularly alert to the sound of unfamiliar footsteps. She deliberately accelerated her pace, and the person behind her also accelerated her pace. When she slowed down, that person also slowed down.
Bi'er's heart rose to her throat, and she walked towards a wild pine forest, taking advantage of people's surprise, she flashed into the forest.
The man also chased after him, stopped at the place where Bi'er disappeared, and looked around.
Bi'er picked up a wooden stick, quietly approached the other party, and the stick suffocated!
The man grabbed the stick: "It's me!"
Bi'er was dumbfounded: "Brother Agui?"
Agui snatched the wooden stick and threw it on the ground, looking at Bi'er with cold eyes: "What are you sneaking up on?"
"I... I... I'm going home." Bier stammered.
Agui had a look of disbelief: "Is this the way to go home?"
"This is a shortcut." Bier tried to explain.
"What's in your purse?" Agui asked.
Bi'er looked down, only to realize that under her nervousness, she unconsciously grasped her purse tightly, let go of it quickly, smiled and said, "It's nothing, just a little silver."
"Show me." Agui reached out to take it.
Bier avoided in a panic.
Agui said in a deep voice, "Is it the recipe for preserved eggs?"
"No!" Bi'er denied without thinking.
"Have you been in the operating room today?"
"No no!"
"Qiniang's key was stolen by you, and you threw it in the woodpile in the operation room after you used it up. Do you know that I never let Qiniang get close to the stove? I'm afraid she'll get burned."
Bill's mouth fell open.
Agui walked towards her step by step, and she backed away step by step.
"Do you know how much that recipe is worth? One thousand taels, ten thousand taels, or even one hundred thousand taels."
Beer was dumbfounded.
Agui's words were like ice: "Do you know how many lives the formula is worth? Qiniang and I are criminal slaves who signed a death contract. We guard the formula. Once the formula is leaked, we are the first suspects. Kill us, we have nowhere to reason!"
"No... no, Brother Agui..."
"Give it to me." Agui held out his hand.
Bi'er grabbed her purse tightly and wanted to retreat, but she bumped into a big tree, and there was no way to retreat.
Agui pulled off the purse tied around her waist and poured it out. There was indeed a folded piece of paper inside. When he opened it, his eyes froze: "This is..."
Before he could finish speaking, a large net suddenly popped up on the ground, encircling the two of them together and pulling them into the air.
"Hahahaha, there have been no fat sheep passing by in Heifeng Mountain for a long time, and today we ran into two!" The village owner came out from behind the tree with a smile, and said fiercely to Zhen Wei, who was pulling the rope: "Tie the rope well." .”
Zhen Weimeng tied one end of the rope to the tree.
The ten or twenty bandits appeared as if they had grown out of the ground, and walked to the trap, looking at the prey trapped in the net bag, their eyes shining.
How long have they been out of business? I don’t even remember. Every day, I rely on a little food stored in the past and the food that Xiao Wei brought back from the rich family. The lack of money is not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that they don’t even have the glory up.
They feel that they are no different from those worthless poor people, but they are the eleventh generation of bandits in Heifengzhai!
They are bandits with lofty aspirations, and they have sworn to carry forward the spirit of banditry.
It is said that there are three hundred and sixty-five lines, and the top picks come out of every line, and they want to be the top picks in the bandit world, and they will be famous and stigmatized for thousands of years!
"Villager, they seem to be very poor." Zhen Weimeng said with disgust.
The village owner picked up the formula that fell on the ground: "Didn't you hear that kid say, is this formula worth 100,000 taels of silver? Let's take it to the market and sell it, keep it and sell it at a high price."
Zhen Weimeng thought of something, widened his eyes and said: "Village Master, they are from that mountain!" He often sat at the door sewing clothes, and looked over there when he had nothing to do. The dress is still very impressive.
"Really?" The village master's throat slipped.
The ten and twenty bandits nodded in unison.
"Is that so—" the village master's face darkened, and he elongated his tone.
The ten and twenty bandits shook their heads in unison.
The village master smiled: "They are not."
Everyone: "..."
Zhen Weimeng whispered: "We secretly sold other people's formula, will they come to trouble us?"
The village owner said angrily: "If you kill them, no one will know about it?"
Zhen Weimeng instantly admired and smiled: "The village master is so wise!"
Agui's heart trembled, he didn't want to die in this kind of place, Qiniang was still waiting for him at home, he had to go back: "My lord, please wait, there is something wrong with this formula, you have to take it out anyway If the formula is taken away, I will not be able to live, as long as you promise to redeem my wife and me, I will tell you the correct formula."
"Villager! I'm back! Is there any business today?" Not far away, Xiao Wei ran over with two packs of braised pork with a smile on his face.
The village owner laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes: "Yes! Xiao Wei, your village owner, I caught two big fat sheep! Their formula can sell for one hundred thousand taels of silver! We are going to get rich!"
Xiao Wei hopped over, stood still, raised his head, and saw clearly.
"ah-"
"ah-"
"ah-"
The three screamed at the same time.
"Xiao Wei, you are a bandit!" Bi'er stared.
Xiao Wei stared back: "You two secretly sold the formula!"
This is so embarrassing.
…
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the breeze is blowing.
The three sat under a century-old banyan tree, one looked at the sky, two looked at the sky, and the third still looked at the sky.
"Cough." Xiao Wei cleared his throat.
Agui sneered: "Is there an old man?"
Zhaizhu.
"Is there a child?"
Green Bamboo Snake.
"Sick sister?"
Zhen Weimeng.
Xiao Wei answered one by one in his heart.
"I didn't steal the formula." Bi'er said, "The formula is fake."
"I'm not a bandit either." Xiao Wei said, "I was arrested!"
"I never thought about redeeming myself." Agui said: "What I will say to the bandits today is a stopgap measure."
Xiao Wei coughed lightly and said, "Since everyone is sincere to Madam, what happened today is a misunderstanding, and I won't tell it."
Bi'er nodded: "Me neither."
Agui said solemnly: "Everyone is prosperous, and everyone is hurt. It is no good for anyone if today's incident is exposed. If someone wants to tell the truth, first think about Madam's methods. Think about Ding Xiaoying. No matter what happens, you will know what to say and what not to say."
Xiao Wei and Bi'er nodded reverently: "Don't worry, Brother Agui, we won't say a word!"
The three reached an agreement and each went back to the mountain.
Qiao Wei has returned from the town, had dinner, and watched the two little guys go crazy in the house.
Suddenly, a head poked up from under the window: "Ma'am!"
Qiao Wei was startled, and a cup of tea was poured over!
Xiao Wei was poured all over his face and spit out the tea leaves in his mouth: "Ma'am, it's me."
Qiao Wei rubbed her chest, looked at him strangely and said, "What are you doing, you don't sleep in the middle of the night, you climb my window, you want to die, don't you?"
Xiao Wei looked around, leaned on the window sill, and whispered: "Madam, I have an important secret to tell you."
Qiao Wei glanced at the little cute baby who was doing somersaults on the bed: "What's the secret?"
Little Wei paused for a moment: "Madam, first promise not to tell others that I leaked the secret."
Qiao Wei smiled and nodded: "Okay, I assure you."
Xiao Wei felt relieved and said, "Ah Gui has a problem."
"What's wrong with him?" Qiao Wei asked.
Xiao Wei lowered his voice: "He is not sincerely working here with you. He wants to save enough money to redeem himself. Be careful of your own formula. Don't let him redeem you. He will take the formula away."
He had thought about what happened today, Agui was indeed suspicious, Agui was born as an official, how could he be willing to be a slave for the rest of his life? Not to mention that Madam also dealt with Agui's niece and daughter. Agui held a grudge in his heart, but he just kept silent.
As for Bi'er, he believed her, how could such a weak girl do something like steal the formula? It must be the same as him, with unavoidable difficulties.
Boom boom boom.
There was a knock on the door.
Qiao Wei pressed her hands against Xiao Wei, and Xiao Wei squatted back under the window.
Qiao Wei said to the door, "Who is it?"
"It's me, ma'am."
It was Beer's voice.
Qiao Wei looked at the Babu bed, the two children turned somersaults and didn't notice the movement here, Qiao Wei said: "Come in, the door is open."
"Yes." Bi'er pushed the door open and entered.
Qiao Wei looked at her, wondering: "Didn't you go home to visit relatives?"
Bi'er lowered her eyes: "Some things are delayed, I will come back tomorrow."
"It's so late, what do you want me to do?"
Bi'er hesitated and took a deep breath: "I have an important secret to tell Madam, but Madam please don't say that I said it."
Qiao Wei raised her eyebrows: "Oh? You also have a secret?" She smiled, picked up a melon seed, and said slowly: "Let's hear it, you don't...you are also suspicious of Agui?"
Bi'er didn't notice the word "also", and just said: "It's not Brother Agui, it's Xiao Wei."
Xiao Wei opened his eyes wide, Xiami? !
Bi'er stared and said: "Xiao Wei's origin is unknown, this servant saw him with a group of vicious people, this servant suspects that he hides around Madam for other purposes, and I hope Madam will pay more attention to him in the future."
Xiao Wei wants to strangle Bi'er to death. Grandma is a bear. I trust you so much. How the hell are you going to bite me back? Your conscience has been eaten by dogs!
This scene seems to be getting more and more interesting. It seems that a lot of things happened in the workshop when she was away all afternoon.
"Ma'am, ma'am!"
Outside the gate, there was another voice, but it was extremely small and extremely secretive.
Bi'er didn't want people to know that she had been looking for her wife late at night, if it got to Xiao Wei's ears, Xiao Wei would guess that it was her who told her the secret.
She looked at Qiao Wei in panic, Qiao Wei spread her hands, there was nothing she could do to help.
Bi'er saw the open window, and with a thought, she stepped on the chair and turned over.
Later, she saw Xiao Wei under the window, and Xiao Wei also saw her.
Two people: "..."
Qiao Wei ate melon seeds and said lazily: "Okay, okay, stop barking, come in, I didn't sleep, I was dressed neatly."
Agui walked into the room with a sullen head.
Qiao Wei looked at him amusedly: "Come to me so late, is there any important secret to tell me?"
Agui was startled: "How does Madam know?"
Qiao Wei spat out the melon seed husk, took a sip of the cold tea, and said with a smile, "I know things like a god. Since it's a secret, I must keep it secret for you, right?"
"En." Agui responded, somehow feeling that something was wrong!
Qiao Wei pressed down the corners of her raised lips: "Say it? What's the matter? Is there someone who is not loyal enough to me?"
Ah Gui sighed, "It's Bi'er."
Bi'er: Brother Agui, I trust you so much, why do you doubt me? !
Xiao Wei smiled triumphantly, hehe, tell me, tell me, you trust people, but they don't believe you at all.
"Xiao Wei also has problems."
Xiao Wei's smile froze.
Madan!
The fathers only reported one, but you fucking reported two!
How contemptuous!