Chapter 190 Meeting an Old Acquaintance
After Xu Zhiyi jumped off the mule cart, he walked towards Lou Qianqian.
Lou Qianqian was arguing with the stall owner next to her. She glanced over and saw Xu Zhiyi approaching. She shouted in surprise, "Sister Zhiyi???"
"Qianqian! Madam Lou, why are you two here?" Xu Zhiyi looked at the two of them in confusion, then lowered his head to look at the mess on the ground.
When Luo Jinqiu heard the word Madam Lou, the hatred in her heart surged up again, and she said dully: "Miss Zhiyi, I will no longer be Madam Lou in the future. If you don't mind, you can call me Aunt Luo in the future!"
After hearing this, Xu Zhiyi observed the expressions of the mother and daughter, and guessed the reason. Then he changed the subject and asked, "Aunt Luo, why did you quarrel with someone just now?"
Lou Qianqian picked up the embroidery that had fallen to the ground in the middle of the road. After hearing what Xu Zhiyi said, she whispered, "My mother and I have rented a small courtyard in town. We were thinking of embroidering some handkerchiefs and purses and selling them to earn some money."
"We have been setting up a stall here for the past few days. My mother is very good at embroidery. Today, a shop selling embroidery products next door came and thought we were stealing her business, so she deliberately picked a fight with us and threw all our embroidery products on the ground, making them quite dirty. I just had an argument with her because I wanted her to pay for it."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi looked at the stall owner next to her. At this moment, she was standing at her stall, looking at this side with a triumphant expression on her face.
"Heh, the seat next to me is empty but you two are not allowed to sit there. What the hell do you have that dares to come and steal my business?"
Hearing this, Lou Qianqian glared at him angrily: "I am stealing your business? My mother and I have been here for almost six days, and we have never seen you once. You came here today and chased us away. It is obviously your fault."
"Pah, I just took a few days off and came here today to set up the place, is that not okay?"
Xu Zhiyi looked at the arrogant elder sister and asked in a cold voice: "Did you pay for this stall? Or did your family buy this location? Your business is not doing well, please find the reason in yourself. You smashed other people's stalls, you are so awesome! But I'm sorry, you met me today, who is even more awesome than you."
"So, you should buy those embroidery items that you have soiled right now, otherwise... you will be in big trouble!"
When the lady at the stall heard Xu Zhiyi's words, she rolled her eyes and pouted: "Tsk!!"
Xu Zhiyi: "You are very powerful. You have successfully provoked my anger."
As he said that, he walked over, grabbed her collar, dragged her out, and kicked her on the leg. With a bang, she fell to her knees, and then he greeted her with a clenched fist.
"Ah! Help! Do you want to kill someone??"
"stop!!"
The stall owner who was beaten by Xu Zhiyi and huddled up in a ball, cried out in accusation when she saw that the person coming was a constable: "Sir! This woman beat me up for no reason, you have to help me!"
When Constable Yu looked at Xu Zhiyi, he immediately recognized her and immediately scolded the elder sister who was kneeling on the ground and crying: "Shut up, are you sure she beat you for no reason? If I find out that you are lying, you will spend the rest of your life in jail!"
The elder sister who was kneeling on the ground was so frightened when she heard this that she stopped talking immediately.
Xu Zhiyi: "Why don't you say anything? Did I hit you for no reason? If you don't give me an explanation for what happened today, then well, since the official is here, we can go to court to sort it out!"
Lou Qianqian, who was standing by, also knew that the opportunity had come! She quickly knelt down and told the official in front of her the whole story.
After listening to the reason, Constable Yu looked at the lady at the stall and said coldly: "Are you innocent? Tell the truth. If you dare to lie again, there will still be a place for you in jail."
The lady running the stall was so frightened that she was shaking all over. She was also in so much pain from being beaten that she dared not lie. She could only nod and admit her fault.
In the end, the lady at the stall had no choice but to buy all the dirty embroidery and paid an extra 10 or 20 yuan as compensation.
Luo Jinqiu looked at the silver that was compensated to him, then looked at Xu Zhiyi, grateful: "Miss Zhiyi, thank you so much!"
Hearing this, Lou Qianqian took Xu Zhiyi's arm and said, "Sister Zhiyi, I live in the alley in the residential area in front now. It's almost noon now. Can you come to my place and have lunch before going back?"
Luo Jinqiu: "Yes, I'll buy some vegetables and bring them back. My cooking skills are pretty good. I'll show you my cooking skills today, Miss Zhiyi."
Xu Zhiyi: "Okay, the mule cart in front is mine, and my husband and I are here too."
After the few people left, the lady at the stall covered her face and started to cry. She had lost a lot today! She couldn't even make back the money she earned from selling embroidery for three months!
After Luo Jinqiu hurriedly bought some vegetables and meat, he followed Xu Zhiyi onto the mule cart, sat outside the cart and pointed at the road. After going around seven or eight alleys, he stopped at the last small courtyard.
Xu Zhiyi followed him into the yard. It looked like there was only one room and a main hall, with a kitchen next to it. There was a small path on the side leading to the backyard, which should be the toilet at the back.
Luo Jinqiu brought Xu Zhiyi and his wife to the main hall. After pouring three cups of water for them, he said embarrassedly, "My humble abode is simple, and I don't have any tea leaves, so I can only..."
Xu Zhiyi knew what she meant and interrupted, "It's okay. We are all used to drinking boiled water. If you prepare tea, we may not be used to it."
Hearing this, Luo Jinqiu knew that this was to ease her embarrassment, so she had to change the subject and told Lou Qianqian: "Qianqian, you stay with Miss Zhiyi, and I'll go to the kitchen to cook two dishes."
Lou Qianqian: “Okay”
After Luo Jinqiu left, Xu Zhiyi tentatively asked Lou Qianqian what happened, and found that both mother and daughter seemed to have changed their temperaments, especially Lou Qianqian. Her former lively personality has become calm since they met until now!
Lou Qianqian did not hide anything and told everything about her damn father.
"Later, I followed my lifesaver to Yuehua Town in Hanshan County. He took my mother and me to find my aunt. We stayed at my aunt's house for a few days. My mother felt uncomfortable and moved out despite my aunt's objections."
"Sister Zhiyi, actually my mother did it because of my cousin. I heard from my aunt that she had wanted my mother to marry my cousin, but at that time my mother fell in love with that unfaithful man, so my cousin married someone else."
"However, I didn't expect that the one who saved me and my mother was also my cousin, but he was not my aunt's son, but the son of the first wife who died before. My aunt was the second wife who married later."
After Xu Zhiyi heard what happened to Lou Qianqian these days, she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only pat Lou Qianqian on the shoulder to comfort her: "Qianqian, do you know what is the best way to take revenge on someone?"
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