"Hey, you don't know, it's really hard to see Mrs. Mu!" Yang Mosheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I waited for ten days from registration to physical examination, and then changed from the green brand to the red brand and waited again.
seven days.
Just for such a red brand, I was asked a lot of questions by the steward of the Mu family, even three generations of my ancestors told me about it. The maid also told me a lot about Madam Mu’s character and hobbies, and asked me
Memorize it.
Then Mrs. Mu's brother Mu Xianwei also came and invited me to have tea in the private room. He also asked me about my daily routine and how I would take care of the inn if I took over it.
Hey, County Lieutenant Mu was serious and had a cold face, which made people a little scared. I didn’t know what he answered, and I didn’t know whether Lieutenant Mu was satisfied or not.
Fortunately, Butler Qian handed me this sign when I came out and asked me to come back here to see Mrs. Mu in three days."
Yang Mosheng said, with some helplessness and uncontrollable excitement in his words.
"Congratulations to Brother Yang." I cupped my hands to express my congratulations.
"Hey, Brother Li is making fun of me, isn't he? I haven't even written these horoscopes yet." Yang Mosheng said, looking around: "Huh? Where was Brother Mu just now?"
When I thought about Xiao Mu's words, I felt a little nervous again. Is this Yang Mosheng really a meticulous craftsman? Don't make trouble for a long time. It's our secret spy on other teams, right?
No, it shouldn’t be one of our own. Xiao Mu should have seen all of our people. Although Xiao Mu doesn’t look like an official and just plays around all day long, he’s not that boring. He’s always like this.
Torturing people?
Is that detailed work? No, I still need to find out. Xiao Mu also analyzed it. Is it true? Isn’t he still waiting for me to report?
"What's wrong, Brother Li? Brother Li?" Yang Mosheng shouted.
"Ah?" I came back to my senses: "Oh, I was just wondering, that Xiao Mu was still here just now, but when I turned around, I wonder where he went?"
"Xiao Mu?" Yang Mosheng smiled: "Do you usually call him that?"
"Hmm. What's wrong?"
I asked casually, and sold two more bowls of beancurd and a piece of tofu. When I finished my work, I saw that Yang Mosheng had sat down on the small stool.
Is it really a meticulous work? If so, then he should inquire about the imperial envoy's information next.
I thought about it, wiped my hands with a handkerchief, and walked over: "Brother Yang, isn't the wine shop busy today?"
"Oh, it's rare to have some free time. Our Shaodong family is pretty good. Knowing that I had something to do today, they specifically granted me an hour's leave." Yang Mosheng sighed: "Hey, it's more free for you to be your own boss!"
This Yang Mosheng usually doesn't go home until dark, and only reads his books when he enters the room, but rarely chats with me. With his attitude today, does it seem like he wants to have a long conversation?
What should I say? After all, we’re not too familiar with each other yet. Was he praising me just now? Okay, let’s compliment each other.
So I became humble: "Where is it? Haven't you seen it too? If you wake up early every day and work hard at night, you will earn hard money. If I can study for a few more years, maybe I can be like Brother Yang, writing and writing.
Easy meal.”
"Brother Li, thank you. Haha, oh, by the way, I see that Brother Mu just now is also a scholar. I wonder where he is high up?" Yang Mosheng asked.
Seeing that he had brought the topic back, I sat down and said, "You mean Xiao Mu? He is a fortune teller. He used to wave a broken fan all day long and cheat. He also said that he knew everything and could just tell fortunes.
It costs a tael of silver. I really don’t know who would ask him to tell their fortune because their head was squeezed by the door.”
"Haha, there are indeed some magic calculations in this world, I have to accept it." Yang Mosheng's eyes were a little complicated, and then he smiled and said: "You seem to be familiar with each other, but I am curious, how did Brother Li know him?"
My head was spinning, how did I meet Xiao Mu? Fatty Wang found a job for me and took me to ask Lao Meng. Lao Meng recommended me to Xiao Mu, and after some testing by Mrs. Mu, Xiao Mu
He showed up and directly invited me to join the Secret Eye of the Sky.
The whole story is like this. Unfortunately, I can't tell it, so I have to make up another one! Make up... Li Jianghu, you have to learn from Xiao Mu on this, look at how good he is at telling lies.
Alas, I can only bite the bullet and show it on the spot: "We are not too familiar. It was back when I was setting up a stall on the street in front of me. Once he came to my stall to eat bean curd and said he didn't bring any money.
, I thought he was quite pitiful, so I let him go. Unexpectedly, a few days later, he sent me money. From then on, he came over every now and then, had a bowl of tofu pudding, and listened to me talk about the bad things about my neighbors.
I knew his surname was Mu, so I called him Xiao Mu."
"Oh, that's it." Yang Mosheng replied, looking a little disappointed. He finally stood up and smiled: "Oh, it's already late. I have to go back. If it's too late, the boss lady will have to blame her again if she finds out. When I go back in the evening
Let’s talk later.”
"Okay. Brother Yang, walk slowly."
When I saw him walking away, I finally breathed a sigh of relief. I didn't know what else he would ask me when I got back in the evening.
There is still a long queue of people signing up at the door and waiting for the assessment. With so many people, who is the final destination of Madam Mu?
Could it be Xiao Mu?
I thought about it and couldn't calm down for a long time. To be honest, Mrs. Mu and Xiao Mu are quite compatible. They even look like husband and wife. Even some of their behaviors are so similar. And they are both extremely smart people. Xiao Mu can
Wen, Mrs. Mu is good at martial arts, what a perfect match!
…
"Jianghu, are they sold out?"
Grandma came over with a vegetable basket, and I had just finished clearing the table under the eaves.
"My mother is really lucky, she came just in time." I put the pole through the rope loop: "Actually, my mother doesn't need to come to pick me up, I can pick it back alone."
"It's a wooden box and two buckets. How can you choose? If you have a wife to help you, I won't bother to worry about it." Auntie complained.
"Auntie, you're here again! Look at them, aren't they all married yet?"
Aniang glanced at the crowd: "Are all these people here to seek marriage? I'm afraid they are all rushing to this inn, right? As a man, you have to rely on yourself, and you can't rely on women to make a living."
I held the vegetable basket with one hand, picked up the load with the other shoulder and followed Grandma a few steps, saying softly: "I just found out today that Xiao Mu also signed up."
"Ah? Xiao Mu? You mean... an imperial envoy?" Auntie was stunned: "Why did he come to join in the fun? Don't tell me, he really doesn't look like an official."
"Xiao Mu said that Yang Mosheng might be a craftsman."
"What?" Grandma was really surprised.
"I also wonder if Xiao Mu is being overly concerned, but Yang Mosheng has indeed begun to ask me about Xiao Mu's situation. I don't know what he will do next. So we must be more careful in the future and never reveal our identities.
.”
Auntie nodded seriously: "Yes, captain!"
"Okay, grandma." I looked at grandma's appearance and was also amused. I have to say that I found that grandma started to become more and more gentle. She basically stopped hitting me recently, and even started to come occasionally.
A little humor.
"Jiang Hu, there is actually something that I have never known how to tell you." Auntie glanced at me and suddenly blushed.
I felt happy, and a bold idea came to me: "What is it? It can't be...a happy event, right?"
"What are you talking about?" Grandma's face turned red, she changed the shoulder pole to another shoulder, and her voice was a little lower: "It has not been easy to raise you over the years. If it hadn't been for your master's constant help,
I don’t even know how to get through it. So, you must be filial to your master from now on."
I smiled secretly: "Auntie, don't worry, of course I will be filial to Fatty Wang."
"You still call him fat, which is disrespectful. He is your master." Aniang rolled her eyes at me.
"Oh, Master, Master." I responded, "What else?"
"What else?" Aniang quickened her pace and walked forward, probably because she was afraid that I would see her embarrassed look.
I looked at her carefully. Today she was wearing a ginger-yellow sarong, which she had never worn before. It was still dark in the morning, so I didn’t take a closer look. I don’t know when she added this dress.
New clothes, and the silver hairpin on her head seems to have never been worn before.
"Mom, your clothes are so beautiful, and you also have hairpins. When did you buy them?" I caught up with her and asked.
"Humph, you brat, you still care about your mother!" Grandma smiled but said nothing.
It was indeed an oversight, but as a grown man, I can't care about a woman's clothes all day long. Seeing that Aniang didn't want to go into details, I stopped asking because I knew there was someone who cared more about everything than Aniang.
As a son, I am more considerate.
After lunch and packing up the tofu-making belongings, I wasn’t ready to go out on the street again. During this period, fewer people were building houses in the city, and the boss’s arrogance quickly increased. Like us,
People don't want to talk to these part-time workers, only Song Erlang and the others are long-term workers. Workers like me in the past went to Jianghu Inn and Huichun Hall to find work.
Well, I, Li Jianghu, can be considered a craftsman after all, and my daily income of 250 taels of silver can still be guaranteed. It only cost more than ten taels of silver to build the house. The county government sent someone to check and made up for five taels of silver.
Silver. Grandma makes a few purses every day, including a few pairs of shoe soles, etc., and can also exchange them for food money.
And A Niang and I are both secret agents. Xiao Mu once said that although the secret agent does not have a salary, he can guarantee that we will reduce our tax by half. So A Niang and I...won't our family not have to pay taxes this year?
I was secretly happy. Apart from the debt I owed to Mrs. Mu, our family was finally able to survive the clouds and see the moonlight. I am a contented person, so that's good. I don't have to compete with others for a living.
"Mom, are you at home?"
Just as I was thinking about it, Wang Jiajia's voice sounded at the door, and the courtyard door opened wide.
"Here he is." I pointed toward the courtyard.
Grandma also raised her head and said with a smile: "Jiajia, come on, what do you think of my pattern?"
"Brother Jianghu is here, too?" Wang Jiajia seemed a little reluctant to see me. She lowered her head and walked past me to see my mother's embroidery work.
"Now I sell tofu and bean curd every day, and the business is pretty good. If I go quickly, I'll be sold out at noon. If it's a rainy day, I'll be sold out before the end of the day. I won't let him go out to find work anymore. I'll be at home in the afternoon.
Take a rest." Auntie explained.
"Oh. I think these pictures are pretty good-looking, this one, this one." Wang Jiajia nodded and pointed out a few to Grandma.
"Yeah, I like it too. Then I'll embroider this."
"After you embroider this, you can sell it to Mrs. Qin. She should like it. I heard her mention it last time."
"Okay, then I'll embroider it and show it to her for questioning."
…
Seeing them being so intimate while I was being fucked, I suddenly felt a little angry. Are they turning a blind eye to me as a big person? This chapter has been completed!