Chapter 394: Vinegar Cabbage

After a long time, she finally heard Zhang Heyao's casual "Get up", and she felt as if she had been pardoned.

She knelt for so long that her legs were so weak that she could hardly stand when she stood up.

"Go down." Zhang Heyao said again.

Shuyu could hardly believe her ears.

She had clearly said what he wanted to hear, so why didn't he save herself?

He goes back on his word?

"Idiot." Zhang Heyao sneered, "If I don't want you, how can you get pregnant? If you can't control yourself and find another man, then don't come to me to save you."

Shuyu understood and said quickly, "Thank you, sir, thank you very much, sir."

"You can say whatever you want in front of the princess, and I won't expose you. But you'd better be smart. If she finds any clues, I can't save you. Unless, unless you can think of something else that makes me feel it's worthwhile." He said meaningfully.

"Yes, I understand." Shuyu saluted him and dragged her tired body out.

Almost as soon as she walked out the door, tears started flowing down her face.

When will days like this end?

She was just a little maid, but she became a tool in the struggle between the couple.

No one cares whether she suffers or not.

Sometimes, she really wanted to die.

But she couldn't die. Her mother was still staying in the Zhenbei Palace, hoping that she would ask someone to bring money back for her medical treatment.

Her mother has been bedridden for many years and needs her money to stay alive.

She thought that the day her mother was gone, she would be completely liberated.

In the room, Zhang Heyao leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

He will definitely get back what the palace owes him.

As for Lu Qiniang and Xiao Yan, the sun had just risen when they returned home.

Jiang Xuan was actually busy in the kitchen with Daya.

Lu Qi's mother laughed: "It's not like we don't have a cook at home, why do we need you two to cook? Come out quickly and stop pretending. Jiang Xuan, you threw away all the cabbage leaves."

Jiang Xuan held the small piece of vegetable heart in his hand, feeling at a loss.

Daya smiled and came to his rescue, "I want the tender heart of the vegetable, so the leaves won't be wasted."

Jiang Xuan looked at her with a smile in his eyes.

Lu Qiniang: Wow, the young couple’s eyes are about to tear, so nice!

"Don't waste the leaves. I'll make some pickled cabbage. I haven't eaten it for a long time and I'm craving it." Lu Qin's mother said.

"Mom, I'll do it, so you don't have to get involved."

The cook laughed and said, "Madam, Miss, are you going to leave me without food? Come here."

"Add more vinegar, add more vinegar." Lu Qiniang reminded.

When everyone was eating together, Erya picked up a piece of cabbage with vinegar and took a bite, and couldn't help but say, "Is our vinegar free?"

"You're the only one who's always bothering me. I think it's quite delicious." Lu Qiniang put two large chopsticks into her own bowl. "Big fish and meat are so greasy. Radish and cabbage are still better."

"You think everything is delicious." Erya rolled her eyes.

After tasting the cabbage, Xiao Yan frowned slightly. Indeed, it was too sour.

Seeing that Lu Qiniang wanted to take more, Xiao Yan knew that she was reluctant to waste it, so he poured the rest into his own bowl.

Lu Qi Niang: “…”

Okay, what did she say?

It had to be cabbage and radish, and Xiao Yan even competed with her to eat them.

She gave way to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan finally finished eating the cabbage and thought to himself that he didn't want to see the dish of pickled cabbage in vinegar again in the next year.

All the shares have been eaten today.

Lu Qiniang thought, she would ask the cook to cook it tomorrow.

But she was not a greedy person, and she forgot about it because she was busy, and the matter was left unresolved.

At the end of the year, many working women dragged their husbands or brothers from their mother's families to small places outside the capital to sell firecrackers.

As for the rest who were timid or had no one at home who could go out, Lu Qiniang took them to the grocery stores to help.

Because every household prepares New Year's goods, basically half of the profits of grocery stores in the year come from the twelfth lunar month.

The shop was so busy that Daya brought the older girls from the school to run errands and help.

Chang Hui said this was great.

Lu Qiniang brought the women to help load and sort the goods, and the girls helped sell the goods.

This way, the shop doesn't need to employ so many people. When it gets busy, you can easily find people to help, and they are all highly qualified.

Lu Qiniang and Chang Hui discussed that they should also pay everyone their wages.

"Give them the same amount as you ask others for. Don't let your own people suffer losses."

Chang Hui hurriedly said, "That's exactly what should be done. Don't worry, Boss."

While it was bustling here, something big happened at the dock.

Cheng Jiuwan and several hundred of his followers were arrested.

Everyone who hangs out at the dock is silent.

Looking at Cheng Jiuwan’s “rival” Xiao Yan, he has become a second-rank official again.

Many people think very simply - you, Cheng Jiuwan, have Xiao Yan in your hands, and now he is an official, who else should we arrest if not you?

But there are always smart people who can smell something unusual behind this matter.

This is something big happening.

Although Xiao Yan had re-entered the officialdom, it was not him who gave the order and Shuntian Prefecture dared to arrest so many people for no reason.

Cheng Jiuwan has been around the canal wharf for so many years, and he has taken care of countless people. It is not certain that there is no one with a higher official position than Xiao Yan.

Therefore, there should be no necessary connection between Cheng Jiuwan's arrest and Xiao Yan's reinstatement.

But Xiao Yan should have played some role in it.

Now we can only wait and see.

Lu Qiniang also heard about this from other people.

Facing someone who wanted to extract information from her, Lu Qiniang said, "What's the saying? Those who do too much evil will eventually perish. He's done so many bad things that he should have been found out long ago. Let's see what the government decides then."

These people really think she is a fool.

If you ask her to speak, she may not say anything.

But she could shut up.

She didn't say anything, which made them very anxious.

Because it is close to the end of the year, he was arrested and there will probably be no news before the New Year.

We'll have to wait and see after the new year.

Xiao Yan handed over these matters at the dock to Xiong Da and others, and also resettled a few of his former subordinates who had followed him but were unable to stay in the Black Armor Army due to injuries.

In this way, although he doesn't care in name, the actual control of the dock forces has always been in his hands.

Daya expressed her great appreciation for this.

Only what you hold in your own hands can be used by you.

Otherwise, people will forget about you and all the efforts you have made over the years will be gone.

Jiang Xuan smiled and pinched her nose. "You are a small person, but you have such a big courage. You are so bold that you can swallow up mountains and rivers. How can I, your husband, feel embarrassed?"

His eyes were full of pride, admiration, admiration and appreciation.

"Just because I'm a small person doesn't stop you from being violent." Daya looked up at him with a smart look in her eyes.

Jiang Xuan picked her up, let her sit on his forearm, and walked around the room.

"Stop making trouble, San Ya will come to see me soon." Daya said angrily.

"I'm not coming. I'm leaving." San Ya let down the curtain and ran out.

Daya: “…”