Mrs. Shi, Mrs. Pan Jiu, and the four ladies of the Wei family secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw off the ladies.
She hasn't fully recovered yet. She has been so busy that she is already so tired that she is sweating all over her back.
"Let's take a break." Mrs. Wei Si stepped forward to support Mrs. Shi.
Mrs. Shi's face looks bad, she has noticed it a long time ago.
"Well, I'm a little tired." Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Weisi entered a small cozy room next to them.
The girl brought some soup and snacks over. Mrs. Shi slowly sipped a bowl of red date soup and smiled while listening to Mrs. Pan Jiu and Mrs. Wei Liu talking about which little lady was good-looking and which one spoke softly and waxily in Mandarin. <
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Yinxing, the girl of Madam Wei Si, walked in quickly from outside. She looked at Madam Wei Si and hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong?" Lady Wei Si asked with a frown.
"Just now I was sending the things left behind by those little ladies outside the second door, and I heard a cry outside. It seemed that something had happened." Yinxing's face was not very good.
There were not just one or two people crying, but the crying and shouting were very frightening.
"I'll go take a look." Madam Wei Si stood up.
Madam Shi stood up.
"You don't look good. Don't go. You three, don't move. I'll go take a look and come back." Madam Wei Si held Madam Shi down, told her two younger sisters and Madam Pan Jiu, and hurried out. p>
Not long after, Mrs. Wei Si came back.
"What happened?" Mrs. Shi looked at Mrs. Wei Si's face with an indescribable expression.
"It's Mr. Yang Wu who is taking people. There are quite a lot of people." Lady Wei Si didn't know what kind of expression she should put on.
It was the first time that she had experienced such a thing, when someone was taken away right after the banquet was over, and the guest turned into a criminal in the blink of an eye.
Mrs. Shi raised her eyebrows slightly, and for a moment, she slowly let out an ooh.
The people who took it should all be officials related to the Customs and Excise Department. This banquet was probably just to take people.
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A Wu didn't see anything about taking someone. She stood there and watched the prince raise his glass once, the drum music rose, then fell, and the glass was raised again, and the music rose again. She watched and listened with gusto until she saw the prince stand up.
Leave.
After the shift, everyone was detained in the room where the servants rested. When they were released and went home, there were only birdsong outside, and it was as quiet as usual.
When Awu returned home, Li Xiaonan was already there.
During dinner, everyone at the table looked at Awu, listening to her talking happily about her experiences during the day, and listening to her waving her hands and summing up: boring.
A Wu was talking lively, and everyone was listening with interest when a voice came from outside the courtyard door and asked: "Is Miss Li at home?"
"I'm going!"
Ah Wu jumped up and came back quickly, holding on to the door frame and pointing his finger at Li Xiaonan, "Looking for you."
"Who?" Li Xiaonan asked with a frown.
"I don't know him. He's in his fifties, dressed in silk, and smiling like this." A Wu forced a smile on his face, nodded and bowed.
"I'll go take a look." Li Xuedong stood up.
"No, you ask who he is and what he wants from me." Li Xiaonan reached out to stop Li Xuedong and looked at Awu Dao.
"Okay!"
Awu turned around and came back soon.
"He said his surname was Shi, and he was the president of our Pingjiang Silk Shop. He said he wanted to pay his respects to you."
"Tell him I'm not at home, not tomorrow, not the day after tomorrow." Li Xiaonan said straightforwardly.
"Okay!" Awu said simply.
"We are from the silk shop, could it be a business matter?" Li Jinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan and asked.
"No." Li Xiaonan answered with absolute certainty, paused, looked at Li Xuedong and said: "Maybe someone will come to you, give you money, give you valuable things, cry with you, beg you to see me, or
I'm begging for mercy or anything else. Don't see me. If you really can't avoid running into me or being blocked, don't listen. Don't accept anything. Don't pay attention to me. Just leave."
"What happened?" Li Yuzhu looked horrified.
"Let's go." Ah Wu stepped into the threshold, "Looking at him, he didn't want to give up. I bolted the courtyard door."
"I'd better tell you. It's better for everyone to know than not to know." Li Xiaonan sighed, "Today the Crown Prince gave a banquet at the palace. The Crown Prince raided the Jiangnan Silk Head Office and the Customs and Excise Department in Linhai Town, and arrested many, many people.
, there are probably many people who will ransack their homes."
There was silence in the room.
"I'll tell you! Why didn't you see the prince?" A Wu slapped his thigh.
"Is there nothing going on at our house? Why did you find our house?" Sister Mei looked at Li Xiaonan with a pale face and asked.
"They came to our family to beg our grandmother to intercede for them." Awu stretched out his head and replied.
"I'll pay the money and buy the house early tomorrow morning. Don't go to the workshop tomorrow. Clean it up with Sister Mei. After getting the house deed, we can move there." Li Jinzhu looked at Li Yuzhu and said.
"Okay." Li Yuzhu nodded quickly.
The president of the Silk Guild suddenly came to the door. Grandma was a little frightened by these words.
"I'll come over and help Sister Mei clean up." Wang Yuting hurriedly smiled.
"Me too..."
"You follow A'nan. Otherwise, A'nan can go to the teahouse opposite tomorrow to take shelter." Li Jinzhu cut off A Wu's words and looked at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan lowered her eyes and sighed.
She wants to go to Biye tomorrow to see what's going on in front of the oxcart. She will go there quietly tomorrow and won't mention it now. What happened now has already frightened the eldest sister and the second sister a little.<
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"Yuting is coming with me tomorrow. Let's go to Hong's house first and have to explain Yin Zhu." Li Jinzhu continued.
Wang Yuting nodded repeatedly.
After eating, Wang Yuting and A Wu went back to the tea house. Not long after, the courtyard door banged, and A Wu's voice sounded outside.
Sister Mei trotted open the door, and Awu, carrying a small basket of grapes, stepped forward to the threshold and signaled Sister Mei to close the door quickly.
Ah Wu rushed into the upper room, put the grape basket on the table, looked at Li Xiaonan and said: "The shopkeeper asked me to go over and tell you that the president named Shi has not left. The cart is parked at the frame shop.
I’m looking at you in the dark place.”
"I understand." Li Xiaonan drooped her shoulders and wanted to sigh.
"I'm leaving." Ah Wu clapped his hands and walked out. After exiting the courtyard, he turned back and told Sister Mei in a low voice, "Lock the door tightly and hold a bucket of water behind it. If someone breaks in, knock over the bucket."
The movement is loud and can be heard."
Sister Mei looked nervous and nodded repeatedly.
In the main room, Li Jinzhu watched A Wu come out and said to Li Yuzhu: "If there is time, we will move tomorrow afternoon. We will move there first. The house has four or five doors."
"Yeah." Li Yuzhu responded and looked at Li Xiaonan worriedly.
Li Xiaonan is holding a book in her hands, without squinting, as if she is concentrating on reading.
