Under the oil lamp on the wall of the corridor, Li Guolou opened the invitation and was shocked when he saw it. This was not an invitation to invite him to dinner during the Spring Festival. It was a charcoal drawing. The little girl in the painting was smiling sweetly at him.
There was another line of words. Li Guolou didn't dare to read it and hurriedly closed the sketch paper, his little heart beating wildly.
Li Guolou went to ask the three ladies to leave and stop listening to the opera. Xie Xiuzhu acted coquettishly and refused to leave. She had musical talent. Although she couldn't understand what the fat woman was singing, the touching and high-pitched melody made Xie Xiuzhu sing for her.
The tragedy of La Traviata moved me.
Chen Xiangfang knew what was going to happen next and said, "Second Grandma, call me when you're done. I'll go back to the private room and sleep for a while." After saying that, Chen Xiangfang didn't say hello to Li Guolou and just walked away wearing a pair of slippers.
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Li Guolou hurriedly leaned down and asked: "Jelia, how much time does this opera have?"
Jelia whispered: "Mike, sit down and enjoy. This is a real opera singer, Ms. Vitas, the pride of France. There are also the last two scenes, which are very touching. You should quietly enjoy them."
Yelia stopped paying attention to Li Guolou, and he and Xie Xiuzhu were watching with a telescope. They also stayed in Xie Xiuzhu's ear and told Xie Xiuzhu the wonderful things. The two had a common hobby and couldn't help but become
Get closer. As soon as the opera La Traviata comes out, two best friends are born.
Li Guolou had no problem pretending to be a gentleman. After more than an hour of suffering, he was just practicing on the playground of the Ministry of Justice. No one could see Li Guolou's inner hatred for Western operas. He was the first to clap when it was time to clap and wipe it when it was time to do so.
While crying, Li Guolou handed the handkerchief to Xie Xiuzhu. If he wants to win his girlfriend's heart, he must develop the same interests and hobbies as his girlfriend.
Li Guolou's perfect performance made Yelia and Xie Xiuzhu present very satisfied. At the end, they discussed with Li Guolou whether the tragedy of Margaret of the Camellias should have happened? Li Guolou's insight was unique.
Such a good girl would not have met him, otherwise she would not be accompanying her beloved woman to the theater like she is now. He would not be fettered by the ethics and morals of family and society, and would dare to love and be the three wives who will protect his beloved throughout his life.
Yelia and Xie Xiuzhu were extremely satisfied with Li Guolou's answer. They regained their true qualities as ladies and walked around Li Guolou. They hooked Li Guolou's arms and made Li Guolou stand tall, enjoying the jealous looks of the people around him like an emperor.
Li Guolou went to the private room to wake up Chen Xiangfang, and the four of them had some trouble walking. The eldest grandmother thought that Chen Xiangfang should walk to the right of Li Guolou, and it would be difficult to arrange the other side. Who was left behind, Yelia or Xie Xiuzhu?
It was not a good thing. Li Guolou could only let the two ladies who had become best friends walk behind. It was decided that this would be the case in the future. Etiquette and laws must be followed, otherwise how could the superiority of the Qing Empire's system be shown.
Elijah Wood hired two carriages, and she had two personal employees, one was the housekeeper and maid Shirley Jones, and the other was the cook Edward Jones. Elijah Wood had more courtesy than the carriage.
There was no place to sit, and there were suitcases tied to the roof of the carriage.
Yelia could only sit on the carriage that Li Guolou was riding in. Chen Xiangfang had a good attitude and asked Yelia to sit with Li Guolou. Her attitude was graceful and generous, and she didn't look jealous. Then Chen Xiangfang started to talk about her
Food dream, she is very interested in French cuisine and wants to ask Yelia's chef Edward Jones to teach her how to cook French cuisine.
Yelia said softly: "That depends on Mike. He has to use his flower power to charm me, otherwise I will probably not return to the capital. Grandma, are you right?"
Chen Xiangfang sneered and said: "Yelia, you stick to me like this and refuse to let Xiaolou go even for a day. You take the initiative to join our three-person world. You won't dislike Xiaolou so quickly. In the future - just like I learned
If you have mastered French cuisine, will you still let Chef Edward teach you? We will break up one day."
Xie Xiufang refuted: "Grandma, your metaphor is incorrect. The relationship between you and Edward is a master-student relationship, so of course they have to break up. The relationship between Xiaolou and Mrs. Yelia is a bit complicated and has no legal effect, unless...
Mrs. Yelia gave up her French nationality, so Xiaolou and Mrs. Yelia could be separated and reunited several times. Mrs. Yelia would come and go, and come again. None of us can guess how many times they would break up?
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Jelia asked back: "Mike, do you think I will leave?"
Li Guolou said: "As a detective, I will tell the truth, but as a person, I will say no."
Jelia said: "Now I can say no, and I can still swear, but our French marriage vows can also be broken, so swearing is useless. Let's look at the future. Mike, you will have to spend money to deceive me.
A lot of effort.”
Li Guolou ignored Chen Xiangfang and Xie Xiuzhu's snickers and confessed: "Dear Yelia, why do I want to defraud you of your money? What I want is your heart."
Jelia smiled slightly and seemed to have figured it out, and said: "Mike is so late today and has to move luggage and clean up the room. It's better not to leave tomorrow. Where do you put your heart at night?"
"This..." Li Guolou couldn't answer. He looked at Chen Xiangfang and Xie Xiuzhu, and then in front of them, he hugged Yelia and started to kiss her.
"Change seats later!" Chen Xiangfang said loudly.
"We'll get home in an hour. Take your time, I'm not in a hurry!" Xie Xiuzhu put her hand on Li Guolou's thigh.
There is a row of lanterns hanging under the plaque of Wei Mansion in Dengcao Alley. The master has not returned home and the servants have not slept. The three carriages did not come back until midnight. Everyone in the mansion was busy, carrying luggage, boiling water and tidying up the rooms. Originally, Li Guolou
I arranged a room for my brother and sister to live in, now
It’s not too hurried to have someone come to stay a few days early. It’s just that there is a carriage that is chartered and there are two horses to take care of. This temporary situation is unexpected, and Li Guolou tried his best. Fortunately, he will not leave tomorrow.
The matter can be solved by the general manager Wei Xiaoliu.
Seeing Wei Xiaoliu's excited expression, Li Guolou said: "Xiao Liuzi, wait until we are done with our work. Second Grandma is also tired. I will call you later."
Li Guolou concluded that his decision at noon was correct. If there is a cause, there will be an effect. A priceless treasure suddenly arrived at Zhenbaoxuan, and someone had a dark plan.
Xie Xiuzhu introduced Yelia and the other three people in front of all the people in the house. They were the future members of the family. The other coachman Liu Mingcheng got to know each other. Yelia's gift was sent to the inner house, and the room was installed.
The west side of the second floor is exactly opposite to Li Guolou, so Xie Xiuzhu and Chen Xiangfang can detect in advance what Li Guolou and Yelia do.
There were thirty-one boxes that Yelia carried with her. Yelia carefully counted them one by one, allowing Li Guolou to see how meticulous she was. Li Guolou didn't mind carrying the boxes upstairs and downstairs, and put the boxes one by one.
In Leah's room, he had nothing to do but put the boxes away. It was a cumbersome task for a woman to take care of her clothes.
Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu went to the outer house to see Wei Xiaoliu to interrogate the affairs of Zhenbaoxuan during the day. It turned out as Li Guolou expected. The thieves were interested in Zhenbaoxuan and the hole had been dug. The thieves saw more than twenty arrests coming.
When I arrived, I looked around the cave, checked household registrations, and asked about the surrounding residents. Before I could find the shop where the thieves rented, all the thieves fled.
Li Guolou asked: "Xiao Liuzi, is the hole blocked?"
Wei Xiaoliu smiled and said: "Daddy, I haven't mentioned that hole yet. The thieves are very greedy and the digging project is huge. They took a fancy to our shop and dug holes into two nearby shops. If
If it weren’t for godfather, you had the foresight, our neighbors would also suffer. Ai Tuzi saw
Those two cave entrances were directly visited by our neighbors. Two families were blackmailed by Ai Hai for four silver ingots. I was embarrassed, so I also gave two silver ingots on behalf of my godfather. We can't let the neighbors gossip, right?
It’s good for our business reputation, godfather, I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Li Guolou said with a smile: "Xiao Liuzi, you are the general manager and it is your responsibility. If you make mistakes or not, you will be responsible for them. Don't ask me in the future. Like my second grandma, I believe you can manage this family well."
Wei Xiaoliu scratched his scalp, smiled, and said: "Godfather, people are making fun of me all day long now, saying that I have found a little wife, and that I am my girlfriend's father."
Li Guolou replied: "The ten-year age difference between a man and a woman is nothing. I just--ah!" Li Guolou got stuck in his throat and stopped talking.
Xie Xiuzhu glanced at Li Guolou and had a strange thought in her heart. Could it be that her age had been overheard by Li Guolou? That's not right! She was not ten years older than Li Guolou, and she immediately understood that Mrs. Yelia was older than Li Guolou.
Ten years older. He patted Li Guolou on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"Fortunately, I fell in love with you and invited you into my house. Otherwise, all the creditors would have a big party here during the Chinese New Year this year, and I would have only one day to cry till late. Huh! Zheng Laizi still wanted to do this. Xiaolou locked up Zheng Laizi this morning.
Go to jail and make his other leg lame."
Li Guolou asked: "Xiao Liuzi, have Zheng Laizi ever done business with your Zhenbaoxuan in the past?"
Wei Xiaoliu said: "Zheng Laizi came to the capital at the beginning of this year to do business with our Zhenbaoxuan. He sold some jade materials to our shop. In this business, friends introduce their friends, saying that they came back from Siam. Mr. Wei also used to
Did business with him."
Li Guolou nodded, paced in the living room, and said: "Second Grandma, when you give Zheng Cripzi the banknote tomorrow, I will check with Zheng Cripzi. It is not possible to arrest him now. There is no evidence. He is doing business with you above board.
.But the appetite of this gang of thieves is getting bigger and bigger, and one day I will catch them all."
Wei Xiaoliu asked: "Godfather, why is Zheng Zizi willing to do such an unscrupulous thing if he doesn't have a good jade business? Is Zheng Zizi a member of a theft gang?"
Li Guolou smiled and said: "Xiao Liuzi, can't you see why Zheng Laizi's leg is so lame? For things like theft, from planning and implementation to final success, every step requires a lot of brains. If it succeeds,
It's a great sense of accomplishment. Zheng Laizi is the mastermind. He has an addiction to theft, and he can't help it just like taking Fushou Ointment. When he has money, he becomes a big thief and specializes in big cases. One day I will catch him.
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To sum up, in the end, Li Guolou put a golden face on his face, and now he can only talk about Jianghu love, even if people blame him for his shit.
On the bluestone path, Li Guolou led Xie Xiuzhu back to the inner courtyard. Xie Xiuzhu said in a sweet voice: "Xiaolou, I'm addicted to you too."
Li Guolou sighed: "Not today, it will be dawn in a few hours. Let's have fun at night."
Xie Xiuzhu quibbled: "Xiaolou, I originally meant tonight, why are you like this and ignoring you?" After saying that, Xie Xiuzhu threw away Li Guolou's hand and walked to the front on her own.
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Li Guolou took a few steps forward, held Xie Xiuzhu in his arms, and whispered: "Second Grandma, I am most addicted to you, and you are the most capable."
Xie Xiuzhu said coquettishly: "Would you like me to show you the work of holding the bottom of the box?"
Li Guolou smiled and said: "Second Grandma, as long as you don't get a little husband, I can accept anything."
Xie Xiuzhu beat Li Guolou's chest and said angrily: "Xiaolou, you are so bad!"
The two flirted without hesitation and walked into the inner house.