Chapter 92 Xiao Yan's Speculation
"No, I went to ask an old friend for it." Xiao Yan said with a smile.
"I owe you a huge favor now," Lu Qiniang said. "How am I going to pay it back? Erya, take a quick look and see which bottle is the same as the one you broke. Xiao Yan, why don't you return the remaining three bottles to them?"
Xiao Yan smiled without saying anything and sat down next to her on the bench.
The two men's sleeves were connected.
"Neither." Arya said with a bitter face, "I think the shopkeeper is deliberately making things difficult for us. He definitely won't agree. I guess he'll ask for a lot, or he'll insist on having an exact copy."
"I'll deal with him, you don't have to worry about it." Xiao Yan said, "Qi Niang, you pick a bottle first. Then let the three of them pick a bottle each."
"Ah?" Lu Qiniang was stunned for a moment, then waved her hands repeatedly, "What am I going to do with this precious thing? Send it back to the owner quickly."
If you take advantage now, Xiao Yan will have to pay it back later.
For such an expensive item, Xiao Yan might have to pay with his life.
"Then I'll pick one for you." Xiao Yan chose a pink and purple bottle. "You can use what others use. Daya, you choose—"
Daya took the bottle closest to her.
Erya carefully compared the capacity and patterns of the remaining two bottles, and finally chose the one she thought was not good.
It’s not that she is like Kong Rong giving up the pear, but she is going to compensate the shop with this bottle.
Everyone has it, except her.
Although she might be able to trick San Ya into using it with food later, but, originally, she should have had two bottles.
The more Erya thought about it, the more distressed she felt. She was overwhelmed with grief and wanted to cry.
San Ya took her own, looked at it, and didn't seem very interested.
Erya warned her: "Take good care of it, it's very expensive, hundreds of taels of silver!"
Lu Qiniang's eyes suddenly lit up: "It's so expensive, why don't we sell it?"
If I sell it, I can buy a big house!
"Mom, this is a tribute, and tribute cannot be bought or sold." Daya reminded her.
"Ah? How much does the rouge shop sell it for?"
"It's probably fake," Daya said. "If it's true, it's because the shop is located in a remote area and no one cares about it."
If ordinary people at the bottom of society brag that they know royal relatives, would anyone report them and punish them for falsely claiming royal relatives?
There are too many gray areas at the grassroots level, and no one cares if it's just a small fight.
The same thing happened to Liu Xing and his team at the dock.
"Theirs are fake, and we have the real ones. Won't we lose a lot?" Lu Qinniang was unwilling to accept it.
Or, she could pour some out, add water and return it?
She didn't actually want it.
Return one bottle, just enough for each of the three girls.
She doesn't need such expensive things, she doesn't deserve them.
"No need to return it." Xiao Yan said, "I wanted to give Erya this bottle of rose water today to comfort her and make amends to her."
But then I thought, I have three daughters in my family, so I need one.
And there is Lu Qiniang, who is the one she deserves the most.
"Appease? Apologize?"
Xiao Yan nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, today's incident was directed at me. Including the trouble you suffered when you went to buy salt, all kinds of things, it should be Cheng Jiuwan who is behind it."
After listening to Erya's story, he felt something was wrong.
Hongyu has just arrived and has no ill will towards others, so why is she targeting Erya so specifically?
Moreover, the shopkeeper didn't seem to be in the mood to solve the problem, but seemed to be deliberately making things difficult for people.
In particular, he targeted Arya and did not mention Hongyu's responsibility.
All these anomalies made Xiao Yan realize that he did it on purpose.
In particular, the shopkeeper blurted out his identity.
But Erya is a little vain and would never take the initiative to tell others that her stepfather is the unfortunate General Po Lu.
And the shopkeeper had no reason to deal with Erya, so Xiao Yan thought that maybe she was targeting him.
He deliberately mentioned Cheng Jiuwan, and sure enough, he saw that the faces of the shopkeeper and Hongyu's father and brother changed.
"Before I went home, I checked again. Cheng Jiuwan is a member of the restaurant where Big Brother Hongyu works."
"What should we do then?" Lu Qiniang asked.
She didn't blame anyone, but felt that since the incident had happened, the whole family had to face it together.
"Is Liu Xing okay?" Lu Qiniang asked again, "Have you talked to Liu Xing?"
"Liu Xing can't do it." Xiao Yan said.
Although Liu Xing clamored every day to surpass Cheng Jiuwan, Cheng Jiuwan's sphere of influence was larger, and Liu Xing was still a small shrimp compared to him.
Liu Xing became arrogant and started to dream.
"Mom, let's take things one at a time." Daya said, "Let's deal with the rose water issue first. As for Cheng Jiuwan, my dad will take his time."
Liu Xing's power expanded rapidly.
Cheng Jiuwan should have known this a long time ago.
But this is not an opera where you can't destroy a rising star just by talking.
It’s not that Cheng Jiuwan doesn’t want to suppress them, but he has no good way.
That's why this method was used this time.
"Dad, does Cheng Jiuwan also want to win you over?" Daya asked again.
Xiao Yan nodded. "His people came to see me several times, but I rejected them."
Although Cheng Jiuwan likes to pretend to be a scholar every day, his hands are stained with blood.
Xiao Yan disdained to associate with him.
Lu Qiniang felt that she had no say.
"Eat." She said, "Eating is important. We'll talk after we finish eating."
The world is big, but eating is the most important thing.
After dinner, Lu Qiniang sent Xiao Yan out and called Erya in.
"Are you still thinking about it?" Lu Qiniang tucked the loose hair behind her ears.
Erya nodded, "Mom, I'm sorry. I should have been more patient."
"Your father said that they were trying to drag us down on purpose. Whether you endure it or not, the result will be the same. If it doesn't work this time, there will be another time. I don't blame you, but I have something I want to tell you."
"You say." Erya lowered her head and rubbed the corner of her clothes with her hands.
"Stay home and help us do business at the docks. You're good at talking, so you can make a lot of money."
"Yeah." Erya nodded vigorously.
She must help her family make more money.
"What mother wants to talk about is your marriage."
"Marriage?" Erya suddenly panicked. "Mom, do you dislike me because I'm a troublemaker and want to marry me off?"
"Fool! You are not a piece of flesh that fell from my body, but I raised you bit by bit. Even if you raise a dog, you will have feelings for it, not to mention that I raised such a beautiful girl. When I first saw you——"
"Mom, please stop talking."
At that time, she was pale and thin, with thin and dry hair. She couldn't even afford to wear a pair of pants, let alone shoes.
Although she was only three years old at the time, she remembered all the details clearly.
Lu Qiniang took her home and gave her a bath, using two large pots of hot water and a large tub of cold water.
That was the journey she had come from that Erya never wanted to mention.
"No, no. Mother is reluctant to let you get married and wants to keep you for a few more years. But Erya, your father and I can cover for you what happened today, but what about the future? Even if you really get what you want and marry into a wealthy family, if something happens, mother is afraid that she won't be able to help you."
Lu Qin's mother was scared.
Afraid of not being able to give her daughter more.
She was afraid that her daughter would be isolated and helpless in the future, but she was powerless to do anything.
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