Liu Zhou was smart and sweet-tongued. He quickly asked for the location of the Changle Marquis Mansion and went there. He happened to meet Aunt Gui going out carrying a large bamboo basket.
When she saw Liu Zhou, Aunt Gui's first reaction was to run away quickly, not wanting the bookstore clerk to find out that she was from the Changle Marquis Mansion.
However, Liu Zhou's eyes became sharper: "Hey, weren't you the aunt who went to the bookstore that day?"
Aunt Gui turned around stiffly and denied it with all her strength: "You admit your mistake, right?"
"Impossible!" Liu Zhou said firmly, "Didn't you also buy a travel journal that day? Later, you gave our boss a snack. The name of the snack is quite nice. It's called Su - yes, Su Huangdu! "
Speaking of this, the boy was happy: "It turns out that the bookstore has a lot of customers every day, but I may not remember it. But the Suhuangdu made by the aunt must be delicious. Our boss had two yuan left that day, and there happened to be a distinguished guest. Let’s go, the guest wants to taste it while I’m collecting the plates.”
Aunt Gui felt a thunderbolt hit her head. She held on to the remaining traces of fantasy and asked, "Who is that distinguished guest——"
Liu Zhou glanced at the plaque on the door of Changlehou Mansion and thought that this aunt and Mr. He were the same family, so there was no need to hide it from Mr. He: "It's Mr. He."
Aunt Gui:!
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"
Aunt Gui covered her heart and showed a difficult smile: "Auntie, everything is fine..."
She was dying. She had cooked countless delicacies for Mr. Hou, but she had never found this child to be such a greedy person!
As long as Aunt Gui thinks about He Qingxiao asking Miss Kou for snacks, she feels like she can't breathe.
"Auntie, I don't think you're okay. Is it really okay? You're from the Changle Marquis Mansion, right? I'll take you back. I just want to see Mr. He if I have something to do—"
When Aunt Gui heard that the young man was here to see He Qingxiao, she immediately calmed down and said, "Are you looking for Mr. Hou?"
"Our boss has something to do with Mr. He. We asked him to go to the bookstore. I wonder if Mr. He is at home?" Liu Zhou felt that he was lucky. Meeting this aunt saved him from having to deal with the people of the Hou family.
The gatekeeper of such a wealthy family might look down on others.
"He's at home." Aunt Gui said immediately.
Don’t you have to spend money when you go out?
Liu Zhou immediately smiled with a smile on his face: "Please tell me, auntie, that our boss is waiting at the bookstore. We are in a hurry. Come, I will help auntie carry the basket."
"no, I'm fine."
"I'll do it, I'm strong -" Liu Zhou diligently went to pick up the bamboo basket in Aunt Gui's hand, but the basket almost fell when it sank.
Aunt Gui picked it up steadily: "I just said no."
For someone who has been working on the stove all year round, her strength is not comparable to that of the handsome guy in front of her.
Liu Zhou was extremely embarrassed.
This aunt is well-dressed and fair-skinned. Why is she so strong?
Now that I think about her coming from the Changle Marquis Mansion, it's not surprising. After all, Lord He doesn't look like a Marquis.
Aunt Gui brought Liu Zhou into the mansion, arranged for him to sit and wait in the foyer, put down the bamboo basket and went to He Qingxiao's place.
He Qingxiao was reading a letter in the study.
This is a secret message from the south.
There was a gentle knock at the door: "Master Hou——"
He Qingxiao collected the secret report and walked over to open the door: "Aunt Gui wants to see me for something?"
This study is where he handles official business at home. There are usually people outside, and only Aunt Gui can come in directly.
"The guy from Qingsong Bookstore is here and said that Miss Kou has something to do with you."
He Qingxiao asked as he walked: "Where is the person?"
"Waiting in the foyer."
Seeing He Qingxiao striding out, Aunt Gui quickly followed: "Master Hou——"
"What's wrong, Aunt Gui?"
Looking at the steady and gentle young man, Aunt Gui held back a thousand words in her heart: "It's nothing, Lord Marquis, go quickly."
I can never imagine that Mr. Hou would be like that in front of Miss Kou!
Liu Zhou sat in the foyer and waited patiently. He didn't drink a sip of the tea in front of him. He immediately stood up when he saw He Qingxiao come in.
: "Master He."
"Let's go." He Qingxiao's words were concise and to the point, without a single word.
The two left the hall one after another. Aunt Gui ignored the curious eyes of the doorman, picked up the basket and went back.
The basket was covered with a layer of cloth, and inside was a small jar of brewed grape rice wine.
She wanted to take the newly brewed wine to Qingsong Bookstore for Miss Kou to taste when she went out today, but now she had to give up and pray in her heart that the Marquis would not do anything outrageous again.
"My boss, Master He is here."
Xin You walked out of the reception room and looked at the young man who walked in.
Because it was a holiday, He Qingxiao, who usually wore red clothes, wore a green robe today. The plain color highlighted the beauty of her eyebrows.
The pearl shines brightly.
Xin You felt that she was not someone who valued appearance, but when she saw He Qingxiao, she would often feel this way. Then she understood that it might not be that she didn't care about appearance, but that the people she met before were not as good-looking as Mr. He.
"Miss Kou." He Qingxiao greeted with a calm expression, but in fact, her heart was not so calm.
Xin You responded with a smile and invited people into the guest room.
He Qingxiao took a quick look and saw that the furnishings had not changed much, and the food on the table became more abundant.
At this moment, he had an illusion: Could it be that the food in the reception room was specially prepared for him by Miss Kou?
Suppressing this outrageous guess, He Qingxiao asked warmly: "What does Miss Kou want from me?"
Xin You naturally pushed the food box over: "I would like to ask Mr. He for a favor. I wonder if Mr. He is free tomorrow?"
"Recently, the yamen has been busy with routine matters, which frees up time. What can Miss Kou need help with?"
"We have negotiated a big deal, but I am a little worried about attracting attention. I would like to ask Mr. He to help me calm down the situation. When the deal is completed, I will give Mr. He 10% as a reward."
Sixty thousand taels is 10% of 600,000 taels, which is indeed a lot, but Xin You feels that it should be given.
Ever since she met Lord He, she has received help from him many times. Although the money belonged to Kou Qingqing and she was the one who got the help, her smooth operation actually helped Kou Qingqing. I think Kou Qingqing knew that she was willing.
And - Xin You took a deep look at the young man sitting opposite.
Master He received a generous reward, and she returned the favor, which was the best of both worlds.
He Qingxiao shook her head slightly after hearing Xin You's words: "It's okay to help Miss Kou to calm down the situation, but there's no need to pay for it."
"If Master He is like this, how can I have the nerve to ask you for help in the future?"
He Qingxiao could see the determination in the girl's expression, so she could only say: "In this case, I will be disrespectful, but eleven is too much, just one hundred and one is fine."
Miss Kou said it was a big deal, which would probably cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. Eleven was a thousand taels of silver. He absolutely could not charge so much money. Baiyi's words are around one hundred taels. Since accepting it can make Miss Kou feel at ease, then accept it.
"Baiyi——" Xinyou hesitated.
"No matter how much you do, Miss Kou will just stop treating me as a friend."
Xin You nodded reluctantly: "Okay."
