Flowers are expensive

Chapter 254 Zhong's Small Abacus
The chess in the man's hand suddenly fell on the board, causing a mess of chess.He raised his head and looked out, and couldn't help but gasped, how could it be her?The young man ran over, bent down and briefly explained what happened just now.

"Are you so stingy?" Lihua said with her legs crossed. "After all, I come from the famous Banna Mansion in Dali. Why can't I even part with a cup of tea? It really is true that the richer you are, the more careful you are!"

The man stood up with a solemn expression, and waved his hand to let the shopkeeper go down.Lihua smiled and said, "I haven't made it clear yet! Is it going to be public or private?"

"Are you extorting someone?" This man was exactly Banner Ren Yu who wanted to visit Banner's mirror.

"That's right!" Lihua looked at the man with a frank smile and said, "My wife is blackmailing people, and she specializes in blackmailing rich people like you! If you are not convinced, go to the yamen and sue?"

"You really have a lot of leisure! What's the purpose of running to my backyard door to perform such a play in such a cold day?"

"I just want to see who has so many things to steal the shop from me!"

"That's not called robbery, is it? I bought it clearly, why not?"

"Is it clear that you understand in your heart!"

"Okay, so what if I cheated you? Now you still don't want to come back to that shop!" Banneren said with a contemptuous smile, "It won't help if you come to my place to make trouble or cry once. Why not go back and be your concubine!"

"Yo, want to see me act? You don't have that kind of luck! Not everyone can watch Mrs. Ben's play, let alone a boring person like you who tricks behind the scenes! What's wrong? Even in this city Don’t have any friends? Playing two-color chess pieces alone is boring enough!”

"To tell you the truth," Ban Naren said, sitting opposite Lihua with his hands behind his back, "I came to Jingyou City to see the mirror stage. It's a pity that Zhao Yuanyin was unkind and refused to let me see the mirror stage, so I had to stay here and watch How did Zhao Yuanyin get rid of me? Boring is indeed boring, so I just bought a shop and wanted to do some small business to pass the time."

"Banner's family is so famous and only buys such a small shop. Isn't it a bit embarrassing? Why don't you buy the entire Xisha Street, that's called richness!"

Ban Naren smiled and said: "I can buy wherever I like, and no one can control it! What's more, you are just a wife of Prince You's Mansion, no matter how high you are, you are just a wife. Don't forget, the man of You Palace The concubine is always the mirror, what are you? Do you have a seal? Even if Zhao Yuanyin wants to hold your trumpet flower up to the sky, he has to weigh your weight."

Lihua pulled the corner of her mouth, and said with an indifferent smile: "Thank you so much for your compliment. I can't compare to morning glory. She is so beautiful. If you talk about it, it will be ruined. I know what kind of flower I am. Don't worry about it. It seems that you did this on purpose, right?" "Yes," Mr. Banner said with an arrogant smile on his face, "I did it on purpose, so what I will pay double the price for whatever you buy in the future, so that you won’t be able to buy a shop in Jingyou City!”

The young man next to him smiled agreeably: "Master, you should save some face for others! Anyway, it's the first time back, so don't get dizzy and carry it back!"

"If you can't even bear this anger, what business are you doing? Go home and warm Zhao Yuanyin's bed!"

Both the master and the servant laughed, with mocking expressions on their faces, which made Wuye and Chun'er anxious.But Li Hua said unhurriedly: "Banna Mansion is indeed a rich family, and they are so bold in buying shops! It seems that the land price in Jingyou City is about to rise again, thanks to you, Mr. Banner. Are you planning to buy a shop?" You even want to buy the entire Jingyou City?"

Mr. Banna put away his smile, and said seriously: "I didn't say that, don't make up nonsense there! Zhao Yuanyin is also my brother-in-law after all, and he and I are just a family, do you understand? It's late at night, it's not convenient for me here Stay with you, please!"

"Okay, don't disturb Mr. Banner playing Go alone," Lihua got up and said, "But before I leave, I want to ask Mr. Banner, is there really only that small shop in this city?"

Ban Naren's expression changed slightly, and he asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Oh, I'm just asking casually," Li Hua said with a slight smile, "You just said that you bought that shop on a whim, did you transport all the high-quality dry goods in that shop from Dali on a whim? "

Ban Naren was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "I have friends in the city, so what if I borrow the goods from them?"

"Hey, Mr. Banner, you have such a bad memory! I just said that playing two-color Go with one person is boring to death, just because I don't have any friends in the city, why are there so many friends now? " Lihua said with a sly smile, "Forget it, what does this have to do with me? I won't bother you playing chess pieces, so farewell!"

"Lei Cheng, see off!" Banner said angrily.

"Don't be pretentious!" Lihua turned around and said when she walked to the door, "You didn't treat me as a customer anyway, did you? Mr. Banner, remember what you said just now, tomorrow I will go shopping all over the street, hahahaha..."

Lihua disappeared at the door with her hearty laughter.After Lei Cheng sent them out through the back door, he ran back to the flower hall.Ban Naren was reprimanding the shopkeeper, when he saw Lei Cheng, he asked, "Has that woman left?"

Lei Cheng said: "Let's go!"

"What a worry!" Banneren said, patting the table lightly.

"Master, she asked about the goods just now, do you think she is suspicious..."

"What are you suspicious of? She is a bit clever, but even if she is clever, she can't catch me! Zhao Yuanyin has always ignored the economic affairs in the city and can't find anything! Remember," Banneren pointed at the shopkeeper. Said, "Don't provoke her again next time!"

The shopkeeper was full of grievances, so he nodded and said: "Yes, yes, yes! I understand!"

At the back door, Lihua took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the strong man just now with a smile: "Thank you for waiting here! It's cold in the middle of the night, if you don't mind, use this little silver to buy some wine!"

"You are underestimating people!" The strong man pushed back the silver, picked up the wooden stick on the ground and said, "Since you have come out, I have nothing to do with you! Be careful in the back alley. Farewell!" After he finished speaking, he returned to his yard with his valiant manner.

"Okay, let's go back too!" Lihua threw the silver to Chun'er and ordered, "When my wife is in a good mood, go buy some hot wine and hot meat, and go back to Sister Cuiyue's house to have a good drink!"

"Ma'am, who was that person just now?" Chun'er always had doubts in her heart.

"Who else could it be?" Wu Ye took over the conversation, "Isn't it Princess Xuan's natal family? When I came back to the mansion, I wanted to see the princess, but was stopped by the butler. I've seen him before, so I recognize him."

"Then isn't he obviously making trouble with his wife? It's too much!"

Lihua smiled and said: "I was afraid that no one would play with me in Jingyou City. Now that's all right, a Mr. Banner will be delivered to your door automatically. I'm so happy that it's too late! When tomorrow dawns, we will buy shops all over the city Go! Let's see if the Banners keep their word! Let's go!"

Lihua hummed a ditty all the way back to Cuiyue's house.Cuiyue was worried, but saw her come back with a happy face, and hurriedly asked the reason.Lihua asked Chun'er to spread out all the wine and meat bought on the way, and then told Cuiyue what happened at night in detail, which made Cuiyue laugh from time to time outside.

Lu'er passed by Tang Xuanzhen's room when he was going to get the boiling water. Seeing that the candles were burning brightly, he knocked on the door and went in and asked, "Why doesn't Miss Tang sit over there? What are you sewing?"

Tang Xuanzhen put down the needle and thread in her hand, and said with a smile, "It's just a handkerchief."

"It's so beautiful!" Lu'er took the handkerchief and smiled, "The flower on it looks like a peacock's tail, what kind of flower is it?"

"iris."

"The name sounds good too! You'll look good wearing it on your head! By the way, why don't you sit there? It's bustling over there!"

Tang Xuanzhen glanced over there, and said calmly: "Maybe it's because I'm used to staying in Buddhism and don't like to join in lively places. Besides, I don't know Mrs. Lihua well, so I don't want to get too close."

Lu'er said: "Then you're out of touch. Mrs. Lihua asked about you just now!"

"Asked me what?"

"Ask your mother... oh, it's not that Mrs. Zhong has come to see you."

Tang Xuanzhen was a little displeased immediately: "She's still thinking about it, but fortunately... Forget it, I don't care if her mouth grows on her body!"

Seeing that Tang Xuanzhen was a little unhappy, Lu'er didn't dare to say any more, and left the room after a few polite words.When Tang Xuanzhen closed the door, he heard laughter coming from the opposite side, and he slammed the door shut.She sat back at the table, cut the candles, and sighed: "I didn't expect Prince You to marry such a concubine. Why does he like her? If the cousin is still here, I'm afraid nothing will happen to her! It's a pity, my cousin is suffering after all!"

Lihua and the others quarreled for a while before resting, they all huddled together in Cuiyue's room.The next morning, Tang Xuanzhen got up the earliest.Seeing that there was no movement in Cuiyue's room, she wanted to go out first to buy some colored flower thread, but just as she walked out the door, she saw Mrs. Zhong coming this way.She wanted to get back, but it was too late.

Seeing her, Mrs. Zhong immediately ran up to stop her and said, "Where else should I hide? Let me tell you, Zhen'er, you can hide past the first day of the junior high school but not the fifteenth!"

Afraid that everyone in the yard would be disturbed, Tang Xuanzhen showed the joke to Lihua and the others, and walked quickly to the other side.Zhong Shi chased after her and grabbed her, saying, "Little friend, how long are you going to bet on it?"

"What else are you doing here? Is the money given last time not enough? If not, you can just sell yourself!" Tang Xuanzhen said unceremoniously.

"In the end, you still hate me for selling you, but I had no choice but to do so!"

"There's no other way? Hmph, do you think I'm a fool? At the beginning, you wanted to be a concubine for that Huzhou businessman, and you thought it would be a burden to me, so you sold me! Do you think I really don't know anything? "

Zhong's face suddenly became embarrassing, but she had a thick skin, she laughed twice, tugged on Tang Xuanzhen's sleeve and said, "Zhen'er, you really misunderstood, I can't help it! Now look As long as you are well, I am content in my heart!"

"If you are satisfied, don't come again!"

"It's so easy for our mother and daughter to meet again, why don't you come? You don't know, the Huzhou businessman's family is ruined, and now I dragged your brother to Jingyou City, and I don't even have a place to live..."

"What brother?" Tang Xuanzhen interrupted Zhong's words angrily, "Where did I get my brother? Don't take the child born to you and a Huzhou merchant as my brother!"

"However, he is also your half-brother! You are related by blood! You can't ignore our mother and son! He has been sick for the past few days in the city, and he doesn't even have money to buy medicine. I'm here to find you!"

"It's not over yet?" Tang Xuanzhen glared at Zhong Shi and shouted, "You sold me once, and you want to sell me a second time?"

Zhong quickly waved his hands and said, "Where did this come from? I still rely on you, why sell you?"

"Come on! I won't recognize your mother! Don't rely on me, rely on the son you had with the Huzhou businessman!" Tang Xuanzhen was about to leave after speaking, but Mrs. Zhong refused to agree. He dragged her and said, "Zhen'er, mother really came here to make amends! You are just living in someone else's house now, and your life is wronged, why don't you think about yourself?"

(End of this chapter)