Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 76: Mother is always here [Seeking follow-up reading]

Situ Hong's arrival didn't seem to change anything in Liu Bai's life.

When he woke up the next day, Madam Liu didn't mention it, so Liu Bai didn't ask. He just thought that he had almost finished touring the town, so he said to Madam Liu, "Mom, I'll go to the shops with you."

"What store are you looking at?" Madam Liu looked contemptuous as usual.

Liu Bai was not happy about this. "What do you mean, mother? This is all our family's property. Besides, I can at least help mother relieve some of the burden."

After hearing this, Madam Liu actually considered it seriously.

"That's okay too."

Seeing that she agreed, Liu Bai shouted excitedly, then packed up his things and followed Madam Liu out the door.

The mother and daughter walked on the street, and people passing by would greet them.

Firstly, it was because of Liu Bai's identity as a ghost, and secondly, it was because Madam Liu usually took good care of them.

If anyone's family is in a hurry, they can find her and borrow some money.

They arrived at the door of Madam Liu's incense and candle shop. She opened the door and Liu Bai rushed in first.

At a glance, he saw a pile of what looked like broken copper on the counter.

"Hey, Mom, what is this?"

Liu Bai came to the counter and asked while standing on tiptoe with difficulty.

Madam Liu came to his side and took it away casually, "This is a gift prepared for you."

"what?!"

Liu Bai immediately became interested. This was the first time that Madam Liu said she wanted to give him a gift.

"It's not ready yet. You'll know when I'm done." Madam Liu spoke calmly, not at all flustered by being discovered by Liu Bai.

"Mom... please, just tell me."

Threatening would definitely not work, Liu Bai could only resort to acting like a spoiled child. The structure hadn't taken shape yet, so he really couldn't tell what gift Madam Liu was going to prepare for him.

"If you don't tell me, I'll feel like there are ten thousand ants crawling on my body. It's so uncomfortable."

"Then you will feel uncomfortable."

Madam Liu has made up her mind not to say anything, and she really won't say anything.

She took the thing and went to the room at the back of the shop. Liu Bai wanted to go in and take a look as well, but before he reached the door, he was stopped by Madam Liu.

"Don't come in here."

Liu Bai sniffed and made a sad expression.

"Mom, you've changed. Now you don't tell me anything and you don't even let me into the room."

Madam Liu had already entered the room and closed the door. "Am I not always like this?"

"What has changed?"

Looking at this stubborn lady Liu, Liu Bai was at a loss.

But at this moment, Xiao Cao, who was following behind him, seemed to be unable to hold back and said, "Sir, I know that the room is full of you...mmmm."

When Liu Bai turned around, he saw, as expected, that Xiaocao's mouth had been sewn shut again.

I have to say, Xiaocao has a really mean mouth. It would be fine if he just curses Master Ma on a daily basis.

What's rare is that it always wants to reveal some secrets.

Liu Bai could see that Xiao Cao couldn't keep secrets from her mouth, and he would be told if he had any secrets in the future.

You definitely can’t tell it!
Madam Liu went back to put the gift away, then came out and went to the shop. It seemed that she really asked Liu Bai to help look after the shop.

She sat by herself, holding a book in her hand and a cup of tea beside her, living a very comfortable life.

As for Liu Bai, he had promised to help his mother run the store, and that was not just talk.

Now that he had nothing to do, he fiddled with the incense, paper and candles on the shelves and arranged them one by one, and wiped off the dusty places.

But he was not tall enough, so he had to move two chairs and stack them together.

Madam Liu took a look and was not worried. If the person's spirit was burned and died from falling from this height, it would be enough to be ridiculed by the whole world.

Liu Bai was humming to himself while cleaning.

Things like "My mother called me to come and see the store" and "Il-yo, come here, Il-yo~" made Madam Liu laugh and get angry at the same time.

"Where did you hear this? It's meaningless." After Liu Bai's disturbance, Madam Liu lost the mood to read, so she closed the book and started to order Liu Bai.

"Well, there's still some dust a little further to the side."

"Please place those red wedding candles properly, and the stacks of paper money beside them as well."

"..."

At first Liu Bai was very cooperative, but after a while he discovered that Madam Liu was just teasing him.

Because some of them had obviously been arranged neatly, but as soon as Madam Liu said something, they immediately became messy.

Liu Bai stopped working and sat on the counter sulking.

But as soon as the guests came, he immediately stood up with a smile and asked loudly: "What do you need?"

Every time at this time, the guests would first greet Madam Liu, and then call Liu Bai the young shopkeeper.

Liu Bai never got tired of listening to this, because every time at this time, Madam Liu would smile, like the wind in the evening, or like the rain in the summer evening.

This went on for two days.

Liu Bai had a rare chance to spend some peaceful time with Lady Liu, but by noon on the third day...

When Liu Bai, who was addicted to being the young shopkeeper, was sitting behind the counter and directing Xiao Cao to do this and that, the door suddenly darkened and Xiao Cao immediately hid under the counter. Liu Bai turned around and found that the person who came here was... Zhang Cang.

Zhang Cang definitely didn't come here to find him, but to find Madam Liu.

Liu Bai originally thought that he could take the opportunity to hear some news, but he never expected that as soon as Zhang Cang opened his mouth, he could not hear anything.

Not only that, he could also see Madam Liu talking, but he couldn't hear her either.

It was like watching a pantomime, and he finally could hear it.

I just listened to Madam Liu nodding and saying, "Okay."

Then Zhang Cang smiled at Liu Bai and said, "I was wondering why I hadn't seen you these past few days. Turns out you came here to be the young manager."

"Want to buy something? If Zhang Banxian wants, I can give it to you at a lower price."

Zhang Cang really pointed at the two bundles of red and white candles on the shelf and asked, "How much is this?"

Liu Bai glanced at it and said, "One bundle is one tael of silver, two bundles are three taels."

After hearing this, Zhang Cang actually reached out to take it down, and then took out two silver ingots, one large and one small, from his arms, and placed them on the counter. Then he looked at Liu Bai and said:

"Thank you, young shopkeeper."

Liu Bai didn't expect that Zhang Cang actually wanted it after he said it casually, so he had to turn around and look at his mother.

Unexpectedly, Madam Liu also said: "Thank you very much for your care, Immortal Zhang."

"It's easy to talk about."

Zhang Cang put the candle in his arms and stood up to say goodbye.

Liu Bai looked left and right. Even though he was slow-witted, he knew that something was probably going to happen.

"mother……"

Before he could finish his words, Madam Liu interrupted him and said, "I have to go out for a few days and will be back soon."

"If you're at home, I've already told Situ Hong to take care of your meal. She will come to our house to cook."

"Remember she can only go into the kitchen. She can't go anywhere else, or she will die."

Madam Liu said this expressionlessly and stood up.

Liu Bai also ran out from behind the counter and stood in front of her without saying a word.

Madam Liu squatted down slightly, and her cold expression finally eased a little. She pinched Liu Bai's little face and smiled:
"It's not a big deal. Mom just went to a few places to lay the groundwork for those old friends to come visit."

"If you need anything, just call me anytime."

After saying that, Madam Liu stood up and rubbed Liu Bai's little head.

"Mom is always here."

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ps: Zhang Cang buying candles is not a melodrama...

　Thanks to Ajun, Huaixianke, and 馧鑀檷 for their 100-point reward

　　
　
(End of this chapter)