Su Yu has been raised for five days, and her energy has been restored. She doesn't go out of the yard, just stays at home. There are a lot of things at home, but now her parents don't let her do anything, which makes Su Yu very happy. Annoyed. I didn't have any free time in the previous day, so I was really not used to being free all of a sudden. Now it's about taking medicine. She wasn't afraid of taking medicine before, but she didn't expect Chinese medicine to be so bitter, and she couldn't do it without drinking it.
After that, Su Yu found something to do for himself, which was to go to the study to practice calligraphy. He had never practiced calligraphy well since he came to ancient times, so his hands were a little raw.
When Su Sheng came back, he saw Su Yu practicing calligraphy in the study. When he saw what she had written, his heart suddenly dropped. Even if he practiced casually, his writing would be better than what he had practiced for so long. Now Su Sheng was really doubting whether they were biological brothers and sisters, and why they had different brains, but he quickly gave up this idea.
"Brother, what did you learn in clan school today?"
"My parents told me not to let you suffer these days. After you get rid of the poison, I will slowly make up for what you have missed."
Su Yu pouted, feeling completely unhappy. Knowing that her parents were doing this for her own good, they had no choice but to leave the house. She couldn't learn well from her elder brother here.
Su Yu didn't see Su Sheng behind him and heaved a sigh of relief. He felt as if the mountain pressing on him had been removed, and his whole body felt relaxed.
Yu Zheng hadn't been to the Su family in the past few days, but he was a little unaccustomed to it. He asked Qinglin to inquire about the situation at the Su family. Knowing that Su Yu was fine, he felt at ease.
"Master, Uncle Yu said that there is a medicine in the antidote that is extremely difficult to find, and he doesn't have it."
"You ask our people to look for it. We must find the medicine within a month no matter what, and we can spend any amount of money."
Qinglin knew this was the result and didn't think it was anything.
"Yes, Master."
"Also, send someone to find out who poisoned Su Yu."
"Master, our people can't make any big moves right now. If we go to investigate Miss Su's poisoning now, if they find out, all these years of hard work will be in vain."
Yu Zheng thought for a while.
"That's all, this matter is not urgent. We can check it later."
"Yes, Master."
After Qing Lin left the house, Yu Zheng took out a scroll from the cabinet on the side and opened it. On the painting was a woman in her twenties, with gentle features and gentle eyes, holding a round fan in her hand. Although she is not a beautiful woman, she has a gentle temperament and is considered a beauty.
"mother."
Yu Zheng called out in a low voice, looked at it for a while, silently rolled up the painting, put it back in the cabinet and locked it.
Li Quan only found out that the girl had been poisoned when he came back that night. He went to the master and his wife and swore the poison, and continued to visit the shop the next day. It's just that he looks much more stable than before. Now that the girl is poisoned, he must not let her worry about things in the shop.
The business in the shop is still as usual, there is not much business, except that the soap is still easy to sell. Li Quan was a little worried at first, but seeing that the family was cooking and eating, he immediately stopped worrying about the shop not being able to open. The girl must have had her own intention in doing this, and he just had to follow her orders.
On this day, Li Quan was looking at the shop as usual, but two strong men came to the shop. They didn't buy anything.
"Boy, call your boss out."
"You two, our boss is not in the shop. If you have anything, you can tell me. I will convey it on your behalf."
"you?"
A strong man looked Li Quan up and down.
"It's okay to tell you. You go back and tell your boss that this street is under the control of our Mr. Liang. We will come to collect the protection fee tomorrow. Your shop will have two taels a month. Let him prepare the money at the end of each month. Don’t blame me for not reminding you when the time comes, if you can’t get the money.”
The strong man glanced at the bacon hanging in the shop.
"Then use your bacon to pay for it."
"Don't worry, you two, I will definitely bring this to my boss."
As for whether to give money or not, Li Quan didn't say this. It was not up to him.
The two of them saw that Li Quan was quite honest, so they didn't embarrass him and left after speaking.
In the afternoon, Li Quan closed the shop early. When he got home, he originally wanted to go to the girl directly to tell her, but when he thought of the poison in the girl, he went to find the master.
"Master, two men came to the shop today. They said they were Mr. Liang's men. They will come to collect protection money tomorrow. They will collect the protection fee, two taels of silver per month. They will come to collect it tomorrow. Should we give it or not? ?”
There are local snakes everywhere. In the past, when Su Laoer was carrying big bags at the dock, there were local snakes on the dock. If coolies like them wanted to work on the dock, they had to pay a hundred cash every month. It was time to report to the Yamen, and the Yamen people wouldn't care about it, but whether the two taels of money paid every month was too much, Su Laoer really couldn't make up his mind whether to pay it or not.
"You go down first and I'll tell you tomorrow morning."
"Yes, sir."
After Li Quan left, Su Laoer thought for a while and went to Su Yu's house.
"Daughter, have you slept?"
"Dad, I'm not asleep yet."
Hearing his daughter's voice, Su Laoer opened the door and entered the house.
It's getting late today, so my father is coming over at this hour, thinking there's something going on.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
Su Laoer touched his head.
"Daughter, dad originally wanted you to have a good rest, but there's something he's not sure about. Two men came to the shop today and said they wanted to pay protection money. They asked him to prepare two taels of silver tomorrow. I have to pay every month, how do I deal with this?”
In Su Yu's opinion, this matter was nothing serious.
"Dad, you go to town with Li Quan tomorrow. Go to Taihe Building to find Shopkeeper Niu and ask him if there is such a rule in the town. If there is such a rule, we will pay the money. If not, there is no need to pay the money. . You just need to tell Shopkeeper Niu, and Shopkeeper Niu will solve the rest for you."
Su Laoer thought about how he had forgotten Shopkeeper Niu.
"Dad knows. My daughter, please go to bed quickly. Tomorrow, dad will go to town with Li Quan."
Early the next morning, Su Laoer followed Li Quan to the town and went directly to Taihe Building.
"Brother Su, why are you here today? Have your ducklings hatched?"
"It's out. My family will be raising it for a few days, and then we'll let the villagers take care of it. I came here because I want to ask Brother Niu something."
"What's the matter? Why are you so polite to me?"
"My family has a small shop in the town. Yesterday, someone came to the shop and told me to pay a man named Mr. Liang two taels of silver as protection fee every month. My family doesn't understand the rules in this town, so I wanted to ask. I want to ask you whether you should pay the protection fee? They said they would come to collect it today."
"This is your fault. Why should you notify me when your family opens a shop in town?"
"It's right on the corner of East Street. I'm just selling some of my family's produce. It's not a big deal. I didn't say anything when I opened it."
"I don't have anything to do at the moment, so I'll go over there with you and take a look. You don't have to pay the protection fee. I'll take care of this for you."
Su Laoer thought to himself that his daughter was indeed right. This matter would not be a big deal in front of Shopkeeper Niu.
Taihe Building is located on the main street of East Street, and Su's shop is located on the corner of East Street. The distance is really close, and it only took a few people a quarter of an hour to walk.
Li Quan stepped forward and opened the shop. Shopkeeper Niu walked around in the shop and saw that there were just a few things on display. He felt that the Su family was a bit over-qualified in opening this shop.
"Brother Su, your shop only sells these few items?"
(End of chapter)
