Chapter 76
Yu Ying's method was effective. At least in the next few days, the sales volume of facial cream increased. Although the increase was only a few cans, it also showed that their efforts these days were not in vain.
Some customers were brought by sisters-in-law and old men, while others came back to repurchase after trying the trial products and finding them good.
All in all, business is good!
The day before she was about to leave the county seat, she and her sister-in-law strolled hand in hand in the streets of the county seat and bought a lot of things to take back.
Song Sanlang saw that the relationship between the two sisters-in-law had become increasingly close since arriving in the county seat. He couldn't help but say to his brother, "Why do I feel like my sister-in-law has been focusing on her business or her brother's wife lately? She hasn't paid much attention to you, her husband, at all?"
Fu Zhen: ...
What a coincidence, his husband feels the same way.
Listening to his wife and brother's wife chatting happily, Fu Zhen smiled faintly. He said, "Xing Niang has been married to me for so long and hasn't had a single happy day, nor a truly relaxing one. Now that I see her so happy, I'm relieved."
Song Sanlang heard this, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed, "Life is no longer as hard as it was before. There is hope."
Yes, there is hope, everything is heading in a good direction.
Thinking of this, Fu Zhen and Song Sanlang said, "You should get married soon. You're already twenty-five or twenty-six."
Song Sanlang smiled and nodded: "Okay, when I earn enough money to marry a wife, I will get married."
"When we meet again during the New Year, I hope you won't be alone during the New Year."
Having said this, the two smiled at each other.
*
Yu County.
Eighteen days have passed since Yu Ying went to the county seat.
Fu Wei counts the days as they come.
After he finished his work, he left his shift.
Fu Wei always entered and exited the yamen through a side door.
After going out of the side door, you will have to pass through a winding alley.
Normally, no one would pass through here except those who came to empty the incense at night or deliver food.
If Yachai Huo and the other yachai were on duty at this time, they would also push Fu Wei out through the side door.
But sometimes it's not so coincidental.
Fu Wei skillfully pushed his sedan chair up the small slope at the door, then turned and went out.
In the alley, one can faintly hear the shouts of the street vendors and the slight creaking sound of the wheels of the carriages rolling over the ground.
Fu Wei seemed to hear some almost imperceptible sounds among these voices. His eyes narrowed slightly, and while pushing the carriage, his index finger tapped the wheel from time to time.
Just as we were about to turn the corner, a cold wind blew over us.
When the sack came down, Fu Wei did not resist, but let the sack cover his head, and then used his hands to block the swinging stick based on his feeling.
The stick hit his hand bones, Fu Wei groaned, and rolled off the wheelchair. The stick fell heavily again, and he only protected his head to avoid serious injuries.
Several sticks were smashed towards Fu Wei's arms. When the fourth stick landed, Huo Yacha's voice suddenly rang out: "What are you doing!?"
The stick stopped abruptly and someone passed by quickly.
Only then did Fu Wei take off the sack on his body.
When the lid was opened, Huo Yacha had already chased after him. The man who had originally escaped to the corner was slowly retreating back.
In front of him, four yamen runners holding sticks were approaching him step by step.
The man with fangs and rouge on his face looked around. He decisively squatted down, grabbed Fu Wei's collar, took out a dagger, and put it in front of Fu Wei's neck. He said in a strange voice: "If you come over, I will kill him!"
As he said this, his hands were shaking slightly.
Fu Wei glanced at his shaking hands and the unsharpened dagger, and said with a calm smile, "Taking a cripple like me as a hostage, and you can't leave, aren't you making a mistake?"
"What are you laughing at? Don't laugh!" he said angrily.
"Mr. Luo Dianshi! What are you doing? Put down the dagger!" said Huo Yachai in a deep voice.
As soon as he said this, several yamen runners were stunned, even the man wearing the fang mask was stunned.
Then he angrily said: "Who is Luo Dianshi?!"
While he was furious, Fu Wei, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly grabbed his wrist holding the dagger, and pinched his vein with his thumb with hidden force. The pain made his hand loosen, and the dagger fell to the ground in an instant.
At the same time, several yamen runners saw Fu Muzuo, who had both legs crippled, grab the man's arm and throw him over his shoulder, and the man fell heavily over his shoulder.
It was not until the man with the fang mask fell to the ground with a "bang" that Huo Yachai and several other yamen runners reacted.
Even the men were in a state of shock.
It was at this moment that his mask was taken off by Fu Wei.
As their eyes met, several sticks suddenly clamped him, making him unable to move.
After being shocked, Huo Yachai hurried forward to straighten the sedan chair and helped Fu Wei sit on it.
The outcome was already decided. Luo Dianshi had a look of despair on his face and lay on the ground without any resistance.
He looked at Fu Wei and said, "Isn't that what you want? You don't have to wait until you become powerful to drive me away. No, I should say I can put me in jail."
Fu Wei brushed the dirt off his body and asked, "Why do you think I will drive you away once I become powerful?"
Luo Dianshi chuckled, "My elder brother treated your wife like that. It was fine for you in the government office before you gained power, but now that the Lord is placing more and more trust in you, you will surely soon gain power. How could you tolerate me then?"
Fu Wei suppressed his smile and said coldly, "I've always been clear. You are you, and your elder brother is your elder brother. I only want to move up, and I don't have any thoughts of driving anyone away. I don't know where you got this idea, and you actually pinned it on me."
Luo Dianshi was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "You must have lied to me. If you didn't want to drive me away, why didn't you come to Mr. Sun's banquet that day?"
"Mr. Sun's banquet, what does it have to do with you, Luo Dianshi?"
Luo Dianshi immediately said, "Mr. Sun said that he would set up a banquet so that you, him, and I could put aside our differences and forget the past. If you don't come, don't you just want to continue to argue with me?!"
Fu Wei was silent for a moment, then said, "Perhaps Mr. Sun didn't elaborate, and then Mr. Qian appeared, so he didn't mention the matter of Luo Dianshi. If you don't believe me, Mr. Qian heard everything. You can go find him and ask him."
Luo Dianshi was stunned.
Even a few yamen runners were a little surprised.
Luo Dianshi muttered to himself, "Then why am I doing this? I worked so hard to get into the government office and became the Dianshi, but now, because of my elder brother's absurdity and my own absurdity, my entire future has been ruined. Ha, hahahaha."
Luo Dianshi seemed a little crazy.
Fu Wei shook his head and sighed, then said to the yamen runners, "Put the sticks away."
Several yamen runners looked at each other, not knowing how to decide.
At this time, Huo Yacha said, "Do as Mr. Fu said."
As an old yamen runner, Huo Yacha's words are still effective.
Several young yamen runners took away the sticks, but Luo Dianshi had no intention of getting up. He just lay flat on the ground, looking at the gray sky, and there seemed to be no life in his eyes.
Fu Wei said, "I hit you three times with the stick. Shouldn't you be relieved of your anger?"
Everyone was stunned, even Luo Dianshi came to his senses and looked at Fu Wei, whose clothes and hair were messy.
"Did you do this on purpose..." Luo Dianshi asked suspiciously.
Fu Wei lied with his eyes wide open: "How could anyone be so stupid as to get beaten? I just didn't notice it for a moment. I'm asking you, did you vent your anger?"
Luo Dianshi smiled a smile that was uglier than crying: "Why am I so angry? What have I done in the past half month!"
For more than half a month, he blamed everyone and everything, blamed his elder brother for destroying his years of hard work, and blamed himself for working so hard for so long, but this was just because Fu Wei, who was only 21 or 22 years old, became a staff member as soon as he entered the government office, and the pressure was on him.
He kept complaining and complaining until he became completely crazy.
Fu Wei was silent for a while, then said, "I came to this yamen to show my talents, not to target anyone. Let's put today's incident behind us..." He paused, then continued, "Not really, you still owe me three sticks."
Luo Dianshi and several yamen runners were all shocked.
Fu Wei looked at the yamen runners and said, "You have a relationship with Luo Dianshi, and some of you have received favors from him. I know you don't want to see him imprisoned or leave the yamen, so can you all keep your mouths shut about what happened today?"
Several people looked at each other again, and then someone stepped forward and said, "We will listen to Mr. Fu."
Previously, the yamen runners only called him "Mr. Fu", but now they called him "Mr. Fu".
Fu Wei extended his hand towards Luo Dianshi and said, "This is a hard-earned opportunity. I hope Luo Dianshi will cherish it. If something like this happens again in the future, I will not show mercy."
Looking at the hand that was suddenly extended towards him, still covered with a little mud, Luo Dianshi's mind went blank. He just reached out and held that hand.
The moment he gripped the hand, he only felt the hidden power in it. He didn't have to exert any strength, and he was pulled up.
After pulling him up, Fu Wei put his hand on the armrest and pressed his arm with the other hand. His face was a little pale, as if he had been injured.
Luo Dianshi didn't know what to say for a moment and just stood there in a daze.
Fu Wei sighed and said, "I just accidentally fell today. It has nothing to do with Luo Dianshi."
After that, he looked at Luo Dianshi and said calmly: "Remember, you owe me three sticks."
After that, he said to Huo Yacha: "My arm seems to be injured. I would like to trouble Huo Yacha to give me a ride."
Huo Yacha responded: "Okay."
He looked at Luo Dianshi and said, "Don't trust Mr. Sun too much. Take care of yourself."
As he said this, he pushed the carriage out of the alley.
Luo Dianshi stared blankly at the departing carriage and the people on it.
After he disappeared, he asked the yamen runner, "Why are you here?"
After a long silence, one of the runners spoke up to explain, "Just a few days ago, the Lord ordered me to step up patrols inside and outside the county office after I was off duty."
Luo Dianshi laughed at himself: "I didn't even know about this..."
Several yamen runners thought for a moment and advised: "Luo Dianshi, don't look back. You should look forward, otherwise you will be ruined."
Another yamen runner said, "I was also angry about Mr. Sun before, thinking that Mr. Fu was arrogant and conceited. But today I finally see clearly. I used to look down on Mr. Fu with prejudice. In fact, today I see that Mr. Fu is indeed a good person."
Someone echoed, "I think Mr. Fu is good, too."
After a few words, several yamen runners said, "Mr. Luo Dianshi, we will keep today's events a secret, so you can rest assured."
After saying that, they all left, leaving Luo Dianshi standing alone in the empty alley.
After pushing the carriage away from the yamen, Huo Yachai pondered for a moment before saying, "I think Mr. Sun is using Mr. Luo Dianshi as a pawn."
Fu Wei said, "I can see that, that's why I don't care about him."
Huo Yacha thought about it again and again, and finally said: "I admire you for this."
Who would have thought that he, a man in his thirties or forties, would actually admire such a young man in his twenties.
Fu Wei raised the corner of his lips slightly and said, "As I said today, I came to the government office to realize my ambitions. I'd like to avoid any intrigues if possible."
Huo Yacha sighed, "I had this ambition when I was young, but after much hesitation, I've reached this age."
"A man of ambition knows no age, and besides, Huo Yacha is only in his prime, so he has plenty of time."
Huo Yacha smiled and said, "Do you have plenty of time to be a Yacha?"
Fu Wei raised his hand to signal to stop.
Su Yu stopped, and Fu Wei half-turned around, looked up at Huo Yachai, and asked, "Do you think our master will stay in Yu County forever?"
Huo Yacha was stunned for a moment, then thought of the current magistrate's character and shook his head: "Your Excellency is unwilling to be the magistrate."
Fu Wei smiled and said, "So, when you leave Yu County, do you want to continue to work as a yamen runner in this small county for the rest of your life, or do you want to follow you to a higher and more prosperous place?"
Fu Wei's question left Huo Yachai stunned.
Fu Wei smiled faintly: "Huo Yacha, please think about it carefully."
Fu Wei turned around and looked forward. The smile on his face froze for a moment when he saw the person standing in front of the entrance of the west alley.
What's happening to him - he dreams about something during the day, is he hallucinating?
If it wasn't an illusion, how could the smiling person in front of me look so much like Ah Ying?
No, it's not an illusion, nor is it a mistake.
Because there were still a few "black spots" on that person's face, and next to her were the brother and sister Fu An and Fu Ning.
But the next moment, the person who was originally smiling stopped smiling, frowned, and looked at him solemnly.
The moment he saw the change in Yu Ying's expression, Fu Wei had no time to be happy but to think about whether he had done anything out of the ordinary in the past eighteen days.
Otherwise, why would she look like this?
Yu Ying walked over with Fu Ning and called out to "Huo Yacha" who was also in a daze.
The call of "Huo Yachai" brought both of them back to their senses.
Huo Yacha put away his thoughts and looked at Madam Yu, whom he had not seen for a long time, in surprise. He asked, "Madam Yu, did you just come back from the county seat?"
Yu Ying replied, "I just came back a short time ago. Since the Huo yamen sent my Erlang here, why don't you come in and have a seat?"
Huo Yacha shook his head and said, "No, my wife will think I'm out drinking if she sees me not coming back for a long time, and she will start to quarrel with me again, so I'll go back first."
Yu Ying nodded and said, "Thank you, Huo Yacha, for bringing my Erlang back so many times. Next time there's a chance, please come to my house and have a visit with me, my sister-in-law."
Huo Yachai agreed and then turned and left.
After watching Huo Yacha leave, Yu Ying looked down at Fu Wei and asked, "Why are you like this? It looks like... you were beaten?"
She paused for a moment, then suddenly remembered the novel about him being bullied, and the dream he had on his first day at the government office. Her expression suddenly changed, "Were you really beaten?"
Fu Wei saw that the person in front of him was alive, no longer a phantom that appeared in every corner of the house, nor was it a figure that only appeared in dreams.
Realizing this, a smile suddenly appeared on his handsome face and his laughter became clear.
Fu Wei's smile stunned Yu Ying, Fu An and Fu Ning.
Fu An even tugged at his aunt's sleeve anxiously, saying, "Aunt, has your uncle been beaten into a fool?"
Yu Ying: ...
She flicked Fu An's forehead and said, "Don't talk nonsense."
Yu Ying walked behind Fu Wei and pushed Su Yu: "Tell me what happened in detail after we get back."
Fu Wei took a deep breath, restrained his overly happy expression, smiled in his eyes, and replied, "Okay."
When I returned to the yard, my eldest brother and sister-in-law were still warming themselves by the fire in the main room.
In fact, Yu Ying had just returned half an hour ago. She had been exposed to the cold wind for a long time and felt chilled all over. However, she still wanted to go and pick up Fu Wei. As a result, she saw him and Huo Yachai as soon as she came out of the alley.
She was originally very happy, but when she saw Fu Wei, who was always clean and tidy and meticulous, now in dishevel, with messy hair and clothes stained with mud, and looking as if he had been bullied, how could she laugh!
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