Chapter 123 Black Shop
"What's wrong? Mumu?" Zhang Yi asked softly.
Li Mumu sniffed and said, "Aunt, this water smells bad. It's not clean."
Zhang Yi brought the water in the ladle up to his nose and sniffed it. "It has no smell."
It’s not that she didn’t believe Li Mumu, she just didn’t think about it more deeply.
"It smells like medicine." Li Mumu lowered her voice.
Zhang Yi was so frightened that he threw the ladle into the vat. "Medicine? What medicine?"
Li Mumu thought about when they moved into this inn. Both the owner and the waiters were extremely welcoming and looked at them as if they were fat sheep. At that time, she knew that this inn was a black spot.
But there is no other way, there is only this inn here.
If you don't come here, you will have to spend the night outside. The wind is strong and the snow is heavy. It will freeze you to death. I can avoid the cold, but others can't.
"It's a medicine that will make you fall into a deep sleep after taking it." Li Mumu said.
Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. "It's okay, we didn't eat it, but then what are we going to use to cook?"
Li Mumu pointed to the snow outside, and Zhang Yi nodded. "It's a bit troublesome, but it's not impossible."
The guys seemed certain they didn't know there was medicine in the water, so no one was watching them at the moment.
But Li Mumu still picked up the ladle and scooped out a lot of water.
"What are you doing?" Song Qiang didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of being heard by those people.
Li Mumu blinked, "Let them think we ate it."
"You're so clever." Song Qiang gently scratched her nose. "It's all thanks to you. Otherwise, even if the brothers had higher abilities, they wouldn't be able to display them."
Zhang Yi put the snow into the pot and whispered, "Who said it wasn't? The Li family... seemed to have eaten the food they sent. Could it be..."
"Need I say more? You deserve it." Song Qiang said, and then continued to fry the spicy hot pot.
She had wanted to make this dish for a long time. In such a cold day, eating something spicy would warm her body. Just looking at the description on the recipe made her drool.
I didn’t expect that it would turn out to be such a delicious dish that goes well with rice.
When the yamen runners learned that Song Qiang cooked delicious food, and after tasting her previous cooking, they also shamelessly came to eat for free.
The Gu family is not a stingy family. Moreover, they have been through life and death these days, so they have taken good care of them.
Just a bite to eat.
But before eating, Li Mumu made a request.
It’s okay to eat his food, but you also have to cooperate with them in putting on a show.
The yamen runners knew very well that the little girl would not harm them, so they readily agreed.
But after learning that this was a black spot, several people thought that they had already beaten the bandits, so they naturally had to pick up their weapons and fight them head-on, and they didn't have many people.
"Don't be impulsive." Liuzi stopped several brothers who were eager to fight. "This is their territory. Although there are only a few of them, we don't know how many are behind them. It's okay to deal with just the Gu family, but the Li family is a bunch of weak fighters. If we really fight hard, I'm afraid we will suffer. It's better to listen to Mr. Gu's arrangements."
Gu Jian wanted to say that no matter what he did, he had to follow his little granddaughter's arrangements.
But he still nodded with satisfaction, "Liuzi, you are different from before."
He used to be a young boy who would rush forward when encountering problems without thinking too much.
Liuzi scratched his head embarrassedly, his face flushed. "Grandpa, I'm sorry to have made fun of you. I've learned a lot from following you these days. Before... I won't mention it anymore. It's embarrassing."
Gu Jian patted his shoulder and said, "Your analysis is very good. There must be far more than these people. They alone wouldn't dare to attack so many of us."
"And there are only a few who dare to touch the yamen runners."
Li Mumu admires her grandfather from the bottom of her heart.
Because she was about to arrive at the place of exile, she flipped through the book again.
Because they took a detour when they arrived at Tianjia Village and did not take this route, they did not come to this store until they arrived at the exile place.
However, this store was mentioned in the book. When the Li family left the north, they took this road and passed by this store.
When he saw the shop assistants attacking the exiled corrupt officials, he asked his father Li Yuan to kill them.
Even though they said they were only after money and no one cared about lives, all the money they got was used to help the people.
The common people nearby all came to plead for the people in this shop, but Li Yuan wanted to get credit and attract more attention after returning to the capital.
He still killed people, and even beat to death several people who spoke out to make them shut up, scaring them so that they never dared to mention the matter again.
The corrupt official she rescued later became an assistant to the Li family.
Robbery and theft are wrong, but according to the laws of Dongyao Kingdom, they are not punishable by death.
Even because they distributed the ill-gotten gains they robbed to the people, Li Mumu still had some respect for them in her heart.
They are different from those bandits.
What's more, the world is so harsh. If it weren't for her grandfather's family, she would have wanted to become the king of the mountain.
So Li Mumu thought that if she could persuade them to mend their ways, she wouldn't have to take action.
Li Mumu brought a big bowl of spicy hot pot and planned to let the innkeeper and the waiters try it.
"Mumu, let me go with you." Gu Yuru was worried. After all, he was the owner of a black shop. What if he hurt Mumu?
Li Mumu shook her head. "Mom, they only want money, not to kill people. If they wanted to kill people, they wouldn't be giving people drugs that make them faint."
Gu Yuru suddenly thought about it and realized that was true.
"But mother is still worried about you." Gu Yuru said.
"Yuru, let Mumu go. She's learned some boxing and kicking from Mingjing these days. Plus, she's naturally strong, so she can't stand any loss. If there's any movement, we'll attack."
Although Gu Yuru did not refute, her eyes followed Li Mumu until she disappeared from sight.
"Dad, aren't you worried about Mumu? She's still a child." Gu Yuru said.
Gu Jian stroked his beard and said with a confident smile, "Mumu is a child, but not an ordinary child, Xie boy, don't you think so?"
Xie Xun curled his lips, but still nodded, "Aunt Gu, it's those people you should be worried about."
Gu Yuru cleared her throat. Well, it seemed like she knew everything about her daughter being smart and capable.
In the lobby of the inn, the innkeeper stood in the middle, and several waiters surrounded him, wondering if they were planning how to deal with them.
Hearing the noise, everyone looked over with vigilance.
When he found out it was a little baby, he relaxed his guard.
"Why are you here?" the shopkeeper asked with a smile.
Li Mumu placed the bowl on the table. The aroma filled the air, attracting the attention of several waiters. "Thank you, uncle, for letting us use the kitchen. I'll bring some delicious food."
"You're quite sensible. Go back quickly."
Li Mumu smiled and asked, "Uncle, please try my second aunt's cooking. It's so delicious. The yamen runners are all scrambling to eat it."
"I'll eat later." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
Li Mumu continued, "Uncle, it won't taste good if it's cold. Are you afraid there's medicine in it?"
Everyone's guard was restored and they suddenly looked at the girl who was not much taller than the table.
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