Not long after, the group of people arrived at the horse market and stopped at the entrance of the horse market. Xia Xiaoba came back and pointed to the small tea shop opposite and said to Xiao Ming: "There is a lot of stolen goods in there, so don't go in and drink in the tea shop." A cup of tea is waiting, I’ll go with Xiao Han and Brother Yi.”
"Okay, you go back quickly. If there's nothing ready, book a carriage." Xiao Ming nodded quickly. She didn't want to go in at all. She could smell the smell inside even if she was standing here.
"Mother Yi, let's go to the tea shop to drink tea and wait for them." Xiao Ming said, leading Aunt Yi, Li'er and the three boys into the tea shop.
The shop was small and fairly clean. There were only a few tables of customers drinking tea. Xiao Ming and the others chose the tables at the door and sat down. The old teahouse quickly replenished tea and water for the few people.
"Girl, you have learned etiquette since childhood." Mother Yi asked tentatively. She watched Xiao Ming raise her hand to pick up the cup. Her demeanor was naturally revealed, and her movements were like flowing water. Her red lips touched the holder of the cup and took a small peck. It is not an ordinary cup of tea, nor is the tea cup made of rough clay, but the best tea brewed with the best tea sets. She has trained countless girls, and no one can make a simple tea drinker. The movements were done with such grace and ease as she did.
Etiquette cannot be learned overnight. It is accumulated over many years and rubbed into the bones.
Mother Yi looked at the posture of Li'er drinking tea next to her. After taking a sip, the cup bottomed out, leaving some tea foam sinking lonely at the bottom of the cup.
Like a cow drinking water, it is unsightly! It hurts my eyes to look at it even more.
As expected, there is no harm without comparison.
Suddenly, she remembered the past many years ago. She was lucky enough to meet the jewel in the capital ten years ago, and now the empress. At that time, she was dignified, beautiful, fresh and refined. She knew everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She was a member of a noble family in the capital. She is well-known in China, and her etiquette and style can be regarded as a model. Countless noble ladies from aristocratic families all take her as a model.
She was the crown princess personally chosen by the late empress. Since her wedding to the prince, she has been the only one who has the true love and special favor, making others envious. Unfortunately, beauty is jealous of nature. The crown princess encountered a disaster during childbirth. In the end, although she became the most noble woman in the world. The Empress, it's a pity that her roots were damaged due to childbirth, and she has been lingering on the bed all year round. She doesn't even have the strength to manage the harem, and she has taken advantage of others.
Her life also changed dramatically after that. It changed several times and ended up living here. As for the child, he must have died. She hasn't heard any news for so many years.
Unexpectedly, she saw some traces of her past in this little farm girl. The appearance of a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl was the same as her back then, with a calm and calm demeanor, an elegant and quiet temperament, and she suddenly felt a little hopeful. , I don’t know how magnificent it will be when it grows up.
Maybe following her is also a good choice.
Whether it is the girl in front of her or the other two young men from the Xiao family, their appearance is not inferior to that of the aristocratic young masters from the so-called centuries-old families in Beijing, especially Xiao Han, who has the same appearance as her sister at a young age, and has a temperament as moist as jade and handsome. Their posture and appearance are dignified, their sex is immutable, and they are in their prime.
Her words and deeds are remarkable, slightly less than her elder sister, but in a small farmhouse, it is a miracle that she can grow up like this without her parents.
"Etiquette~~~" Xiao Ming said sadly, haha, I must have learned it in my previous life.
In a matter of seconds, Xia Xiaoba was back, driving a carriage, a big brown horse. The carriage was made of huanghuali wood. Compared with the previous carriages, it was high-end and classy.
Yi Feng drove the car and stopped steadily in front of the tea shop.
Xia Xiaoba jumped off the carriage, pointed at the carriage in front of him that was more than twice as big as the old carriage at home, and said: "We are so lucky. We happened to come across a ready-made carriage that someone ordered and then returned. This is really cheap. We, look at this carriage, the wood is made of huanghuali, the cracks are polished smooth and smooth, the workmanship is very solid, this carriage alone cost fifty-five taels of silver."
Seeing such a good, brand-new and unused carriage, he immediately bought it, picked a good horse, drove the carriage up and drove out directly.
Xiao Ming looked at it and nodded very satisfied. It was indeed very beautiful, mainly because it was spacious, but the price was not cheap either. It was more than twice as expensive as the one she bought before, and that didn't include horse money.
"Xiao Ming, you take the female family members, Yu'er, and Tiandong in the new car. Xiaohan and I take Yi Xuan in another car. Yi Feng drives the car. He is old at it." Xia Xiaoba said.
"No, let's take the old car." Yi's mother objected. She was referring to her, Li'er, Yifeng and others. How could a slave ride in a new car and let the master and young master ride in an old car?
"No defense, the old carriage is small and can't accommodate so many people." Xiao Ming stopped her, "Mother Yi, please sit with us, it's just right for us to talk."
Not allowing her to refuse, he pulled Yi's mother onto the new carriage.
It was getting late, and the few people had no intention of hanging around. The two cars went out one after the other.
Waiting to leave immediately, two people slowly walked out of the tea shop and looked at the direction the carriage was leaving.
"Brother, you said what Liu Fushun said was the truth." The person asking the question felt hesitant and uneasy.
"Who cares, if you dare to lie to me, I will kill him." The other person did not look back, and kept looking ahead, with a vicious look in his eyes.
"I think this Doctor Xiao is quite rich, not as good as us..." Just now I saw them buying a carriage without batting an eye, spending nearly a hundred taels of silver.
"No." The man denied, "As you saw at noon today, Jiang Sihai stood up for them. There will be a lot of trouble in asking for ransom, and it will be easy to be discovered."
The two people who spoke were Liu Fushun's creditors, the gambling brothers Wan Datou and Wan Si'er. What happened at noon today happened to be seen by them who were passing by, and it also allowed them to see her appearance clearly. It was indeed as Liu Fushun said. She is such a beautiful woman at such a young age.
In order to repay the rising debt, Liu Fushun gave them an idea to kidnap Xiao Ming and ask for ransom. They didn't pay much attention to it at first. The five brothers opened a gambling house and saw many such gamblers. They lost all their wealth and had no choice but to Instead of pawning his house and land, he ended up selling his son, daughter, and wife. This was the first time that Liu Fushun was able to sell such a good-looking person.
They had done kidnapping, extortion, and even quarreling, and specifically targeted the female relatives of wealthy families in the city. These families valued their reputation and did not dare to publicize the matter, so they had to secretly give away the money and take the people back.
They did it without anyone noticing, and made more money from it than in the casino. When they saw Xiao Ming, the two of them thought about Liu Fushun's bad idea again.
After following her all afternoon, I discovered that she was not unrelated as Liu Fushun said. At least the famous escort agency in Pingcheng was willing to stand up for them. Touching her rashly would not be worth the gain.
She was accompanied by a practitioner, and it was not easy to tie her up.
However, they had been on the road for many years, so they had some ideas, and he wanted to come up with a perfect plan.
