Slow and immortal

Chapter 234

Chapter 233

Holidays are good, but the good times are always short.The next day, everything in the Chu Mansion returned to normal, and Xiao Yao also returned to her regular routine.However, the state of mind has changed greatly compared to before, and the whole person seems to have settled down after years of erosion.

She softly hummed the nursery rhyme her mother taught her, split all the firewood swiftly, and was about to deliver the firewood to Mama Wu when she saw Chu Xun coming from the opposite side.

After what happened yesterday, Xiao Yao no longer rejected him, and even took the initiative to greet him with a little gratitude: "Master, good morning."

It's rare that she would take the initiative to say good morning to herself. Although Chu Xun's face was normal, there was still a slight strangeness in his eyes, "Xiao Yao, good morning. By the way, those books in my study..."

"Young master!" Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yao shouted angrily, and immediately choked back the second half of the words, then she smiled at him and said, "I'm still waiting for you." I want to send firewood to Mama Wu. As for the books in the young master's study, the young master can try to move them by himself. Anyway, if you can't finish moving today, there will be tomorrow.

Originally, after what happened yesterday, she had a little affection for him in her heart, but she didn't expect to wake up, but the other party was still the same... Tsk tsk, it's hard to change her nature.She shook her head, and without waiting for his answer, she picked up the firewood and turned to the kitchen.

Tuliu Chuxun was still standing there, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and continued to finish the rest of the sentence in a low voice: "...I just want to say that you can borrow the books at will, so you don't need them?"

In the next few days, the other three people in the house saw Xiao Yao's quiet change, but no one pointed it out.Only Yue'er held her chin from time to time, looked at her face and praised: "My sister looks so pretty when she smiles, you should smile more."

After some enlightenment, Xiao Yao herself also felt that she was too rigid before, with a sullen face, as if others owed her a lot of money, it's no wonder that the seniors and seniors in the school didn't like her very much.

Life should be full of joy, laugh when you should laugh, and cry when you should cry. There is no need to deliberately suppress or overindulge. Always look at yourself, and only when you look back at the time can you have a clear mind.

Without the burden in her heart, Xiao Yao spends her days in full labor and unremitting meditation.In a flash, it was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and there was already snow falling outside.As the Chinese New Year is approaching, the business in the cloth shop is getting more and more prosperous. The shopkeeper Zhang in the shop is so busy that sometimes he doesn't even have time to eat.So that day Chu Xun called Xiao Yao into the study and asked, "Xiao Yao, the shop is a little busy recently, would you like to come to the shop to help out?"

"Okay, when?" Xiao Yao readily agreed without even thinking about it. Anyway, except for the daily necessary firewood chopping in winter, she doesn't have much work to do, so it's better to learn more.

"It's rare that you are interested. It's better to hit the sun today. Let's just do it today. You can learn from the shopkeeper Zhang, and do what he tells you to do. As for your wages, you will be raised to a sling of copper coins from today onwards." how?"

Looking at Chu Xun's serious face, who seems to have swept away his normal look, Xiao Yao couldn't help squinting his eyes and looking him back and forth. If it was a year ago, he could have fooled herself with his appearance, but now...

"Young master, even if you do portering at the miserly Old Man Li on the East Street, you will still be provided with food and housing, and you will still have a sling and a half of copper money every month."

Chu Xun is now pretending to be sampling tea, eating breakfast, and almost choking on the pastry by accident. After coughing twice, he raised the corners of his lips and raised his eyebrows, "Xiao Yao is talking to my young master. Complaining about the lower salary increase?"

Tsk, who are you scaring?Although Xiao Yao ruthlessly spurned the stingy young master in her heart, she still replied with a bright smile and said, "That's not true. In fact, I am willing to do it with or without extra money. I have said it a long time ago, as long as Just take care of the meal and take care of it. But young master, you only want to see me thank you for adding half a penny, don't you think it's a little too little?"

Chu Xun was stunned, his eyes blinked, and he didn't know what to say for a moment, and then saw Xiao Yao shouting to the rear: "Ah Yi, are you going to cloth workshop now? It's my first time, Can you take me for a ride?"

After a while, the cold-faced boy came out from behind, nodded to her and said, "Okay."

"The young master, I will go first."

Regardless of whether he heard it or not, Xiao Yao turned around and left the study.Ah Yi followed behind her, and when he passed by the young master, he didn't forget to glance at him and shook his head slightly, as if saying: You can't live without your own crimes.

Seeing that the two left without him one after the other, Chu Xun didn't care too much, but just took a sip of tea and swallowed the pastry in his throat, and sighed with a bored look: "Oh, I have learned badly, I'd better go find Xiaoyue'er..."

When Xiao Yao and Ah Yi came to the "Xunbufang", there were already many customers in the shop, and Ah Yi handed her over to shopkeeper Zhang, and then went to the dyeing room at the back.There is only her, the shopkeeper Zhang, and one assistant in the front hall.

This shopkeeper is not very old, he looks only forty, he is fat and has no beard, and he smiles like a doughnut, looking very kind.It is said that he is not a resident of Tangchi Town, because his wife is not in good health, and the doctor told him that it would be best to soak in hot springs every day to keep healthy, so he moved to Tangchi Town with his wife and children after several turnovers.Perhaps it was because he was traveling around all the year round, he was tactful and sophisticated, and he was also a good match with the people of Chu Mansion, so Chu Xun hired him here as the shopkeeper.

"Miss Xiao Yao," looking at her, shopkeeper Zhang rubbed his fat hands back and forth and said, "Master Chu has already told me that it's the end of the year, and the business in the store is very busy, so I sent you to come over and help me." Busy. Don't worry, girl, it's not a difficult task, just help greet the customers in the store, and give them whatever they want to see. If the customers want to buy something, send the cloth to the counter. I will measure it and collect the money. Can."

Xiao Yao smiled slightly and nodded politely, "Okay, this is my first time doing this job, and I don't understand anything. If there is anything wrong, please give advice to shopkeeper Zhang."

Seeing her humble and polite attitude, shopkeeper Zhang immediately felt good, and said cheerfully: "These are simple things, and there is no need to be so solemn about giving advice. In fact, in our business, the most important thing is to wink. Be able to listen to six ways, see all directions, know how to observe the words and expressions of the guests, and try to figure out their intentions. You don’t need to worry when you just come here, try it yourself first, memorize the colors and materials of the cloth, and then watch and listen more. It’s just proficient. Ah, and the most important point: attitude. Don’t think that our cloth shop is the only one in Tangchi Town, but no one dislikes the good reputation. No customer wants to see a tightly stretched Face, I don’t know, I thought I had entered the coffin shop. So we have to smile all the time and make people look friendly, so that we are willing to pay for things. But I believe it will not be difficult for Miss Xiao.”

Xiao Yao couldn't deny it, but she just curled up her lips and said, "Okay, I've written it down, thank you shopkeeper for reminding me."

"Okay, then you can hang around here first, I'm off to work, you can ask Wang Er and me if you don't understand anything." After explaining everything that needs to be explained, shopkeeper Zhang rubbed his round belly in satisfaction, Then I went to the counter to get busy.

Xiao Yao walked around the shop by herself, and if she didn't understand anything, she went to ask Wang Er, who was also a clerk like her, for advice.She found that even if she broke the golden core and became a mortal, the ability of photographic memory still seemed to have not disappeared. In less than half an hour, she memorized all the colors and materials of the cloth, and the rest Time also tried to receive some guests.

After such a day, she found that she was more tired than usual physical work.It is only the body that is tired from doing physical work. After a good rest, you will be alive and well the next day.But working in the cloth workshop, although it does not consume much physical strength, is extremely energy-consuming. The noise in the shop is not counted, and there are often some messy customers who think the quality of the cloth is not good, and the price is too expensive at the same time. Reduce the price.As soon as Xiao Yao returned to the house, had dinner, took a bath, fell asleep, and dreamed at night, she still dreamed of cloth all over the sky and five or seven or eight mouths.

However, this job is also exhausting. You have to face so many people every day. Even if you encounter difficult people, you can't put on a bad face. After doing this for more than half a month, Xiao Yao's face is all the same when she returns to the Chu Mansion. With a faint smile on his face, he occasionally squinted his eyes, only to be called adulterous by Yue'er.

After working for more than a month, Xiao Yao has fully adapted to this new job.After bumping into each other a few times, plus Chu Xun often making fun of herself in the mansion, she felt that any unreasonable person would instantly be a hundred times cuter compared to that monster in the mansion.Before she knew it, she hadn't realized that she had already retreated from that cold and lonely look, and was immersed in this world of mortals. She was simple and ordinary, but her smile was full of warmth.

Not long after, rumors spread quietly among the neighbors in the neighborhood: there is another amazing little girl in the Chu mansion, who looks like a villain, so be careful when you go to the shop to buy cloth.

In the midst of the flying snow and the booming business of the cloth workshop, the last day of the year soon ushered in. Today is New Year's Eve, and it is also the last day of the year that "Xun cloth workshop" will open again. You have to pass the third grade of junior high school.So this day is also the busiest day of the year, Xiao Yao, shopkeeper Zhang and Wang Er didn't see off the last guest until it was close to Xu time.

The three breathed a sigh of relief and began to close the shop door.After the door was closed, they hadn't left yet, because Chu Xun said that he would reward shopkeeper Zhang and Wang Er after a year of hard work, and was going to come over with Yue'er and Mama Wu, and set up a table in the store for everyone to have a meal together .

Right now shopkeeper Zhang is busy counting today's income, Xiao Yao and Wang Er are busy packing cloth and setting up a table, when they heard a knock on the door.

Wang Er took a quick step and said cheerfully: "Yes, the young master and the others are here, I will open the door."

Unexpectedly, the door was only half opened, before the snowflakes drifted in, three figures suddenly rushed in, and at the same time, someone kicked Wang Er fiercely, and quickly sealed the door.Among them was a [-]-foot tall man holding a short knife in his hand, and shouted: "Take out all the silver in the store! Otherwise, I will chop you all!"

At this time, the other two people in the store, none of them expected that someone would enter and rob the house at this time, they were all taken aback.After being kicked, Wang Er fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. It seemed that the kick had hit a vital point.Shopkeeper Zhang turned pale and stood at the counter trembling.

Only Xiao Yao lowered her eyes and carefully looked at the three of them. The leader of the three was a big man with a strong figure, who seemed to have practiced some kung fu. It's not a threat at all.

The big man looked at the two people standing there, just glanced at Xiao Yao casually, and then focused all his attention on shopkeeper Zhang, "Bring the money box in your hand." He said as he approached the counter.

Shopkeeper Zhang was very frightened at this moment, so he could only hand over the box with trembling hands, when someone beside him shouted angrily: "The shopkeeper! Don't give it to him!"

Then I saw a figure rushing towards the big man suddenly, and punched the big man in the side!
Seeing that the person who came was a girl, the big man sneered and did not hide, thinking how powerful a little girl can be.But he didn't expect that when the fist hit his body, he suddenly felt a burst of severe pain, and there was even the sound of ribs breaking. With a fishy mouth, he was beaten to the ground on the counter.

The shopkeeper was so surprised that he opened his mouth wide enough to stuff a duck egg, and quickly hugged the money box and squatted under the counter.

And the two servants of the big man looked like he was a ghost, staring at Xiao Yao, not daring to underestimate her anymore, they drew out a short knife and attacked her.

Xiao Yao used to learn some mundane kung fu in order to be more flexible in fighting skills when she was cultivating immortals. Although they were all techniques of positioning to enhance her body and agility, it is surprising that it is now coupled with her tyrannical strength. It worked.

After easily dodging the two minions, she punched each of them in the face and dealt with them in an instant.

At this time, the big man was given a buffer time, and the other party picked up the knife again and attacked. This time, because Xiao Yao had to deal with the other two first, she couldn't dodge it when she regained consciousness, so she had to hold the knife with her bare hands. to his dagger.Although blood spurted from her hands in an instant, she still gritted her teeth to stop the force of the knife from continuing to slash, and then kicked the big man hard, and the big man flew out and hit the door panel, and then flew out with the door panel.

Xiao Yao didn't give him a chance to breathe, and wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, so she followed him out of the gate.And the big man saw that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately got up, and wanted to run away.

At this time, a long sword fell from the sky and struck straight at his thighs, and then only a scream pierced the sky. In just a moment, the big man's legs were separated from his body, and he fell heavily to the ground, blood-stained. Red and white.Beside him stood a young man with a cold expression, the long sword in his hand was still dripping with blood.

When Xiao Yao saw the young man, her eyes lit up, she smiled and stepped forward to say hello: "Ah Yi, here we come."

The young man nodded towards her, but when he saw that her blood was still in her hands, his eyes darkened, and a wave of hostility and murderous intent surrounded him, as if he wanted to cut off the head of the person under his feet.

"Yi, stop, you can't kill people here."

Fortunately, a cold male voice stopped him in time, Xiao Yao looked back, and saw the young master who was always fooling around and smiling, standing in the red and white snow at this moment, he would give people a feeling of not being honest. The shock of the stare, and the eyes that love to laugh are also full of anger, "Xiao Yao! What are you doing?!"

Xiao Yao had never seen him in such a posture before, she was taken aback immediately, and hurried back: "They want to rob the money box in the store, so I can only do it..."

After hearing this, he became even more angry, and came to him in two or three steps, "You won't give them the money? Is money more important than life?!"

"I... I think I can beat them..." Xiao Yao felt guilty.

However, at this moment, Chu Xun's face suddenly changed slightly, and he coughed violently, but he couldn't stop it, and even bent his waist, trembling all over.

Xiao Yao's mind was blank, and she was in a panic at the moment, so she quickly supported him, "Master! What's wrong with you?! Don't joke with me now."

Bright red blood oozes from between his fingers covering his lips, dripping into Xiao Yao's hands and mixing with her blood.

When he raised his eyes again, he was the careless young master again, but at this moment he was extremely weak, with a faint helpless smile on his face, "What if I die, can money buy it back? "

(End of this chapter)