How should I put it? Sometimes, the bad relationships between people remain chaotic even if they are cut off and sorted out.
When Old Man Mei and Mei Dahu met Mei Youqian and the others on the earliest boat in the morning, they fell silent.
Yesterday, Mei Youqian dared to directly confront Mei Dahu and Mei Yang in public, but this does not mean that Mei Youqian dared to directly confront Mei Old Man and Mei Dahu today.
Mei Youqian didn't mean to cause trouble, and Mei Dahu didn't want to talk to Mei Youqian even more.
Old man Mei saw Mei Youqian taking Mei You and Mei Bei. After being silent for a while, he asked, "Are you going to take these two girls to the county to find work?"
"ah?"
Not only Mei Youqian was stunned by the question, but Mei Bei and Mei You also looked confused. It took them a long time to realize what the old man Mei was asking.
"Didn't you come to the county town to find work?"
Looking at the reactions of the three people, Old Man Mei's expression was also very hard to describe.
"no."
Mei Youqian shook his head, "I brought them here to have fun..."
After hearing this, Old Man Mei twitched the corner of his mouth severely.
Have fun?
"By the way, dad, what are you and eldest brother doing here? Looking for work?"
Not wanting to be led by the other party, Mei Youqian simply asked them what they wanted to do.
"Bring your big brother over to play."
Old man Mei is learning now and applying it now.
Mei Dahu: "..."
Mei Youqian: 6
The topic of each other was chatted to death.
Mayberry could tell that her grandfather had lost the desire to communicate with her father.
And he and Mei You had voluntarily given up communicating a long time ago.
Mayberry lowered her head and played with her fingers;
Meiyu turned to look at the window;
The two sisters fight so that one does not cause trouble and the other does not take the initiative to stir up trouble.
There is a sense of alienation all over his body: "Don't touch me, or I'll make you crazy."
However, just because they don't talk to each other doesn't mean that they don't have any thoughts.
Mei Mei lowered her head to play with her hands, and occasionally raised her eyes to look at Old Man Mei and Mei Dahu sitting opposite them.
Mei Berry saw that the two of them were dressed in simple clothes, their hands were empty, and they didn't bring anything.
That way, they are even poorer than their family here.
After all, Meiberry is still carrying a small satchel, and her father is also carrying a bamboo basket.
Looking at it this way, it does seem a bit strange for the father and son to go to the county.
They were not like Mayberry and her dad yesterday, who were really inexperienced when they entered the city for the first time. They did this because they didn't need to.
The things they do don't require them to take them with them.
And Old Man Mei's eyes fell on Mei Berry and Mei You from time to time.
The two little girls seem to have grown a lot.
Compared to what I saw at home, both my stature and temperament are very different from before.
Especially Mei You, the change was astonishing.
In comparison, the little girl from the second child's family seemed to have changed little.
But as soon as Old Man Mei thought this, he suddenly met Mei Berry's gaze.
Those clear black and white eyes look at people from bottom to top, and the feeling of the blue sky and white sun is a bit scary.
Old Man Mei: "..."
Meiberry also immediately averted her eyes, and her heart and system howled at the fact that she had just been caught peeking at the bag, and her intertwined fingers tightened a little tighter with each other at this moment.
But fortunately, Old Man Mei didn't say anything after that, and the five of them were considered to be in peace.
When they were about to get off the boat, Mei Youqian took his daughter and niece to wait behind Old Man Mei and the others. The three of them didn't get off the boat until they got off the boat.
After getting off the boat, Mei Youqian and Mei Bei took action separately.
However, there were also many people entering the city, and Mei Bei and Mei You had to queue up to enter when they arrived at the city gate.
Mei Mei stood in the team and looked forward, but when she looked back, she never saw the figure of the old man Mei who was one step ahead.
Just when she looked away, thinking that they might have gone in first, Mei Berry suddenly saw that Old Man Mei and his father were walking in the opposite direction.
The two of them did not enter the city, but walked toward the mountains outside the city.
Just when Meiberry was wondering that they had gone somewhere else instead of entering the city, Meiberry saw that while they were queuing up, there were also many people leaving the city.
Those directions seemed to be the same as those of Old Man Mei.
"Auntie, do you know what these people are doing out of the city? Why did I watch them go up the mountain?"
Meiberry turned to look at the kind-looking aunt behind her, and tried to talk to her.
Sure enough, this person seemed to know the truth. He looked at Mei Bei and said, "Girl, you haven't been to Jinyun County often, have you? That direction is to Qingshui Temple."
"Ah, a temple?"
"Yes, making a wish will come true!"
After hearing this, Mayberry felt even more ridiculous.
Her grandfather took her uncle up the mountain to worship Buddha?
"What's wrong?" Mei You was queuing up, listening to Mei Bei's chirping behind her, seemingly talking to someone. When she turned around, she saw that Mei Bei had just turned around.
The doubt that has not dissipated on his face looked very conspicuous.
"Just now I saw that grandpa and uncle went to the temple."
"Oh, what's the problem?"
Mei You doesn't think there is anything wrong with Old Man Mei and the others praying to gods and Buddhas. After all, in this era, they don't teach you science.
"No... I just never thought that they would pray to gods and worship Buddha..."
Mei Bei was still thinking about the time she clocked in to investigate the identity of old man Mei. She looked up at Mei You and saw that Mei You had no doubt about it, so she said no more.
Sooner or later, she would have to subtly make the heroine take this check-in task seriously.
***
After the two of them entered the county town, Mei You did not choose a store immediately. Instead, he first inquired about the famous rouge and gouache shops in the county, as well as shops selling general merchandise.
According to priority, they first went to Linlang Pavilion, the best rouge and gouache shop here.
However, as soon as the two of them stood at the door of Helinlang Pavilion, the waiter at the door blasted them away with a broom.
Before they even said anything, they heard the waiter say directly: "Hey, go, go, go, is this a place where a little lady like you can come in? Just buy some from the roadside stalls on the road, go go..."
"You..."
Mei Berry was immediately angered by this wave of contemptuous behavior. She was about to have a fit but was stopped by Mei You.
Mei You glanced at the waiter, and then at the shopkeeper who was diligently entertaining the young ladies in fine clothes.
From the perspective of the shopkeeper, he could definitely see what the waiter was doing, but when the waiter looked indifferent, Mei You blacklisted this Linlang Pavilion in his heart.
By the way, I grabbed Mei Berry who wanted to talk to the waiter.
"Let's go, they'll regret it."
After Mei You finished speaking, she turned around. The waiter behind her heard her saying this and sneered. Mei You was not annoyed after hearing this.
Meiberry turned her head and stared at the Linlang Pavilion plaque for several times, as if she wanted to engrav this store directly in her heart!
The store is bullying customers!
Meiyou took Meimei to another shop that they had previously favored.
Although there were not many people at the door of this shop, because of its good location, large shop floor, and good display of goods and other furnishings, Mei Yousuan put it into consideration.
The name of this shop is also very interesting - Jiubaoxuan.
"You two ladies, do you need any help?"
The attitude of the waiter at Jiubaoxuan seems to be much better than that of the previous waiter at Linlang Pavilion.
Seeing Mei Mei and Mei You standing at the door for a long time, they didn't think they could afford it, so they stepped forward and asked.
"We have a business we want to do with your shopkeeper."
Meiyou told the waiter his purpose of coming calmly and without being arrogant, but the waiter was surprised.
He looked at the two young women in front of him. He was just mocking, not impatient, and only allowed them to enter the store.
During this period, he asked again, what kind of business do you want to do?
Meiyou looked at Meiberry, who understood and took out a goat's milk soap from her pocket.
The waiter only glanced at it and said, "Wait a moment." He wanted to take the goat's milk soap from Meiberry's hand with both hands. Meiberry didn't hesitate. Anyway, she still had a few pieces in her bag.
The waiter who took the goat milk soap walked towards the back of the store.
"This waiter seems a little bit arrogant."
Mei Bei tilted her head and whispered to Mei You what she had discovered: "Looking at his attitude towards us, after welcoming us in, he didn't see any other waiters in such a big shop, so he was so relieved that we were here. ?”
"Because the valuable things are not displayed openly, and if they fall off, they will fall off." Mei You just glanced at the items displayed in the store and could only say that they were just so-so.
Although it has everything, nothing stands out.
No wonder business is bad.
Meiyou thought.
After a while, the waiter came out, made an invitation gesture, and said: "Our boss happened to be here today to check the accounts. He was very novel when he saw what the young lady provided. He wanted to have a good talk with the two young ladies. To write this business, I would like to ask you two to step into the side hall."
Meiberry frowned when she heard this. Such a mysterious look made her heart beat.
If she had known earlier, she should have dragged her father over.
Doesn't this waiter think that they are girls and wants to deceive them into a place where no one is around, which is not good for them?
"Please lead the way."
Mei You was calm and not worried at all that the other party would harm her.
Seeing that Meiyou was so calm and not afraid, Meiberry followed with a little relief.
"Eh? Miss Mei, why are you here?"
Meiberry and Meiyou had just entered the side room of the shop used to entertain distinguished guests, when they heard a familiar voice.
When Mei Mei looked up, she saw Lin Shoucai and another ordinary-looking middle-aged man standing on the left and right between a man in black.
The man also wore a mysterious silver mask with complicated patterns on half of his face. A pair of sharp eyes locked on Mei Berry instantly when Mei Berry looked at him...
Xie Changshu: I have left, don’t cue.
