Chapter 168

Since the weather has gotten warmer, Shopkeeper Jia’s life at home has become increasingly difficult.

On this day, as usual, he woke up from the side room next to the main house. The room was quiet, Liniang in the side room was not there, and half of the bed was cold.

Apparently, when last night ended, Liniang couldn't stand it anymore and ran away.

Shopkeeper Jia sat by the bed and sighed. After a long while, he called out a few times with a dark face.

After a while, the door to the side room was pushed open, and the valet came over to serve him with water.

"Where's my wife? Are you awake?" Shopkeeper Jia asked him.

The servant lowered his head and answered with bated breath: "To tell you what to say to the master, my wife woke up at about two o'clock in the morning and is sending the people below to the kitchen to prepare food."

Shopkeeper Jia nodded and asked pointedly . : "Did you say something?"

The servant didn't know what his master was asking, but he didn't dare to answer truthfully. He only vaguely said that his wife was concerned about him and asked him when he would wake up.

Listening to the boy's humble answer, Shopkeeper Jia was very satisfied.

He put down the porcelain cup he was using to rinse his mouth, patted the brocade jacket he had put on, and strode out of the house to the east room.

When the young man saw this, he felt extremely regretful: "..." He should be beaten. If he goes to his wife's room now, wouldn't what he said be exposed?

Thinking that his wife didn't like his master, the boy felt his eyes darken. He didn't dare to think too much and hurriedly chased after him.

"Master, master..."

The boy shouted from behind in a low voice. Shopkeeper Jia didn't hear it and had already stepped into the main room.

In the main room, Mrs. Huang was half-leaning on the short table beside her, leaning on one hand, half of her sleeves falling off, revealing a thin white arm. She wears an auspicious cloud gold bracelet on her wrist, which makes her skin look like fat, showing that she is taking care of herself at all times.

Compared with Shopkeeper Jia, Mrs. Huang is only in her early thirties, with a pair of amorous almond-shaped eyes looking forward to her appearance.

There were some exquisite snacks and thick yam porridge placed on the low table. Madam Huang ate it slowly with a spoon.

The mother-in-law who was waiting next to her gave her a piece of pickled spicy crispy radish. She glanced at the movement outside and whispered: "Madam, the master is here."

Hearing this, Madam Huang's eyebrows slightly twitched . Twist it up and drop the spoon in your hand.

Seeing the man with a big belly coming over, she pinched the handkerchief and covered her nose with a little disgust.

Madam Huang said resentfully: "Why are you here?"

"Come here to have breakfast with you." Shopkeeper Jia sat down on the cushion opposite her. Seeing that there were only a few plates of cat food on the low table, she was slightly stunned and looked towards The mother-in-law shouted, "Ask the servants in the kitchen to bring more."

Madam Huang said at the right time: "I only asked them to make these, there is not much more."

Shopkeeper Jia: "..."

Madam Huang said again: " Master, let's go out to eat, otherwise we won't be able to go to the car market in time."

Shopkeeper Jia's face twisted momentarily, which showed that his wife's beautiful appearance had dissipated her anger.

But when he thought that since the weather got warm, his wife wouldn't let him sleep in the main room and always found various excuses to send him to the side room, he became depressed again.

After coming out of the main room, Shopkeeper Jia remembered Liniang last night and called the boy to ask about the situation.

The boy hesitated and said: "Aunt Wu went to my wife's house to ask for leave this morning. She said she fell ill in the middle of the night and woke up with a fever."

Suddenly, Shopkeeper Jia stumbled and almost fell to the ground. .

Fortunately, the boy behind him had quick eyesight and quick hands to support him, thus avoiding an embarrassing incident.

But even so, Shopkeeper Jia still had a sullen face and angrily threw away the boy's hand.

His face was gloomy, and he thought angrily, if he could be cured, would he still be like this?

...

car market.

When A Xu drove over in his car, Xu Yi raised the curtain and found that it was as lively as the donkey and horse market.

Although it is a car market, it is more appropriately described as a large estate. Their donkey cart passed an open wooden door. Once inside, there are many stores on both sides of the flat street.

It can be seen that there are men leading oxen, donkeys, mules and horses coming and going.

These men leading the animals are all retail investors, and most of them come to the car market to try their luck.

"Sir, look at my carriage. It's made of fine wood..."

"If you buy it together with the donkey, the price will be two hundred dollars cheaper. Go and inquire elsewhere. But there is no price like this..."

"Hey, hey, officials, please don't leave..."

Xu Yi was sitting in the carriage, with various conversations still coming to his ears.

After listening for a while, he motioned to A Xu to park the car next to him and asked him to ask the beggar who was squatting on the roadside begging and asked him which car market had the best cars.

When the beggar saw someone throwing two copper coins to him, he said happily: "This little brother, there is really a famous family in the car market. It is Boss Jia's house in the third house on the left. He Our carriage is the best, but the price is not cheap."

A Xu nodded and threw another copper coin to him before returning to the top of the carriage.

He told Xu Yi the situation. Xu Yi thought for a moment and asked him to go to Boss Jia first.

Soon, their donkey cart stopped outside Boss Jia’s shop.

The person who was guarding the shop was a very young servant. When the servant saw a visitor coming, he ran over to receive him with a smile.

"What does this official want to buy? We have all kinds of styles in our store." Si'er enthusiastically introduced the good things in their store and invited Xu Yi and others to come in.

When Xu Yi entered the shop, he realized that there was something special inside.

Inside the small store is a huge square courtyard, which is not only filled with various carriages, but also has a stable for cattle and horses, housing several mules and horses that appear to be in good condition.

These days, ordinary people can't afford a carriage.

Even Xu Yi, who has some wealth, chose to buy a donkey as the next best thing.

Donkeys do not need to be carefully raised or hired a groom, and they are docile and easy to tame.

Of course, except for Xiao Hui who occasionally gets prickly.

Xu Yi said: "I want to buy a carriage."

He quoted a size that was quite large, much wider than an ordinary carriage.

The boy searched the yard and found that the carriages here were all ordinary-sized carriages. He said in distress: "There is no official here what you want..."

"Lang Jun, there is indeed none." A Xu He looked around and shook his head at Xu Yi.

Not to mention that these carriages can sleep people, it seems crowded with only two people in them.

Xu Yi felt slightly regretful, it seemed that he had to find another one.

Just as he was about to leave with A Xu, there was a quarrel in the back room.

Xu Yi followed the direction of the sound and saw a man in a brocade robe with an angry face, arguing and scolding another man.

The boy screamed anxiously and lost the mood to entertain Xu Yi. He quickly ran towards the man in the brocade robe: "Master, Master..."

Xu Yi wanted to take A Xu and leave, but a gust of wind came from far away. , with a strange smell.

The tip of his nose twitched slightly, and then his expression changed: "..."

It wasn't just him, A Xu couldn't control his expression when he smelled the smell, and almost vomited.

At this time, Shopkeeper Jia was still cursing in a furious voice: "You shameless old widower, don't think that I don't know what your plans are. Don't forget that you still have something to do with me, so you can see if I don't do anything right." Damn you!"

"Bah, how can you be better?" The man opposite sneered, backed away, and sarcastically said, "You don't even know what kind of virtue you are. Are you worthy?"

Shopkeeper Jia replied: "Whether I am worthy or not, what does it have to do with you?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter if I scold you because of my friendship with the Huang family."

"You are just a thief . Immortal!"

"It's better than your stinky body. I didn't know, but I thought your Jia family sells salted fish."

"You, you..."

These words undoubtedly hit the sore spot of shopkeeper Jia. A widower, his wife has been dead for several years, and he misses other people's wives with bad intentions.

It happened that the Huang family and the Cheng family were family friends, and his wife's brother had a good relationship with each other, but he couldn't really quarrel with each other.

Unexpectedly, today, this man came to his door and insulted him with his shortcomings.

"Cheng Leizi, let me tell you, no matter how bad I am, it's not your turn to say these things." Shopkeeper Jia gritted his teeth, "If you dare to come here after I know about it, don't blame me for being merciless. In front of everyone, tear your crap out!"

As soon as these words came out, the man who was so unscrupulous just now changed his face instantly.

The man surnamed Cheng softened his cold expression and stared at him fiercely, but was greeted by a stench.

His chest was rumbling, as if he was about to gag, so he couldn't bear it and covered his mouth and nose, biting his back molars and left quickly.

When he passed by Xu Yi, he did not forget to take a look and found that he was someone he did not recognize, so he suppressed his vigilance.

Shopkeeper Jia wanted to scold him, but the boy quickly stopped him and said, "Master, calm down, there are still guests here."

"?" Shopkeeper Jia choked when he saw two people standing in the yard.

He pulled back his sleeves uncomfortably, cleared his throat and scolded: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

He had just said so many words, but he didn't know how much was heard.

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Jia came to Xu Yi, stopped and asked, "What does this official want to buy?"

"You don't have the carriage I want to buy," Xu Yi said.

Shopkeeper Jia snorted and said confidently: "Impossible, there is no carriage in the world that my Jia family can't build."

Xu Yi: "Is there such a thing?"

The boy hurried over and whispered a few words in Shopkeeper Jia's ear, Tell Xu Yi the style he wants to his master.

Shopkeeper Jia narrowed his eyes when he heard that he wanted a large carriage. Don't tell me, there really is a large carriage.

But it's not sitting in the yard. It's still unfinished at the carpenter's place.

When Xu Yi heard that his family had it, he asked when it would be completed.

Shopkeeper Jia was familiar with the craftsmanship of his carpenter, so he told Xu Yi that he could pick up the goods in two days.

Xu Yi did not make a decision on the spot. Instead, he went to the carpenter to see the carriage and paid the deposit after feeling satisfied.

During this period, Shopkeeper Jia rode with them in different vehicles.

But from time to time, everyone can always smell a strange and unpleasant smell wafting in the air.

A Xu couldn't bear the discomfort and complained to Xu Yi in a low voice: "Mr. Lang, what does this smell like and why does it smell so bad?"

Xu Yi had a strong ability to accept and calmly stared at the snacks placed in the carriage. The meaning of eating it: "This is the filthy air under the armpits, called body odor."

So this is body odor...

A Xu thought in a daze, he had heard Lang Jun say it before, but he didn't know that this body odor could be so... Smelly.

But he thought wrongly, body odor is also different.

Shopkeeper Jia's body odor has a hint of rotten eggs. The smell is more like dampness and heat in the body that accumulates in the sweat pores of the body.

Even the incense all over his body couldn't hide the smell. It seemed that the body odor caused a lot of trouble to Shopkeeper Jia.

Xu Yi gently rubbed his fingertips, thinking that he had just booked the other party's carriage, and wondered if he should make a few remarks.