Chapter 662 Zhou Fu
Seeing Xu Miaomiao remained silent, the woman on the bed continued, "Ah Fu, this child has had a hard life since childhood. When his father was alive, our lives were a little better, but Bai County is really poor. It was already very rare for him to be able to take care of his own food and drink, so we didn't dare to ask for too much. But later his father passed away, and my health also collapsed. It's hard for him to suffer so much every day. I have implicated him."
"Ma'am, don't say that." Xu Miaomiao comforted the woman in front of her and said, "With you, Ah Fu feels that this is a home. I believe he has never felt that you are a burden. On the contrary, you are the reason why Ah Fu is strong enough to live on."
The woman heard Xu Miaomiao's words and nodded to her: "I feel relieved to have a friend like you."
Xu Miaomiao smiled.
Suddenly there was a sound outside the door. Zhou Fu opened the door. The moment he saw Xu Miaomiao, he ran away like a madman. Li Yi and Dabao immediately chased after him.
"What's wrong? Who's here?"
The woman on the bed asked in a panic. Xu Miaomiao patted her hands and said comfortingly, "It's nothing. It's not someone else, it's Ah Fu. He and my young husband are chatting outside. I'll go out and take a look. Don't worry, ma'am."
After hearing Xu Miaomiao's comforting words, the woman slowly sat down, smiled at Xu Miaomiao and nodded.
As soon as Xu Miaomiao walked out, she saw Dabao's Li Yi pulling one of Zhou Fu's arms and holding Zhou Fu in place.
Zhou Fu struggled as if he wanted to escape, but he was unable to free himself from the hands of the two men.
Xu Miaomiao stepped forward, looked at Zhou Fu and said, "Do you want us to talk here so that your mother and the neighbors can hear it and see how Dabao and Li Yi arrested you, or do you want to talk to my house?"
After hearing what Xu Miaomiao said, Zhou Fu suddenly drooped down, without saying a word, and followed silently behind the few people, his hand still held by Li Yi.
Xu Miaomiao walked all the way in silence, without any sign of abnormality, and the same went for Dabao next to her.
When they returned to the mansion, Xu Miaomiao sat down at her seat. Before she could say anything, Zhou Fu next to her said, "You can kill or shave him, whatever you want."
Zhou Fu turned his head away with disdain, as if he didn't want to look at Xu Miaomiao's cheek, with a hint of determination on his face.
Xu Miaomiao smiled, picked up the teacup beside her and took a sip slowly, then looked at him and said, "If you die, what will happen to your old mother at home?"
When Zhou Fu heard Xu Miaomiao say this, he was suddenly stunned. He wanted to speak but said nothing. He just turned his head away stubbornly.
"Whatever the reason is, it is not a reason for you to run away with the money."
Xu Miaomiao put down the teacup and looked at the man in front of her with respect.
"Whatever you say, I don't have the money to pay you back anyway."
Although Zhou Fu's words were tough, the bulging veins on his hands still showed his displeasure.
Xu Miaomiao did not force him. She looked at him and said, "Before, when this matter was discovered, I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. I asked you to settle the account yourself, but you ran away. Then you must expect this day to come."
"You high and mighty nobles certainly don't understand the faith we live by. You can say whatever you want. Anyway, it's my bad luck that Zhou Fu has fallen into your hands."
Zhou Fu never looked at Xu Miaomiao from beginning to end, and said stubbornly: "You people eat and drink well, of course you don't know how hard it is for us to live, how much we have to do to have a hot meal. Food is already in short supply this year. If you don't think of a solution, what should I do, and what should my old mother do?"
Zhou Fu described himself as very pitiful word by word, but Xu Miaomiao showed no sympathy.
"Besides, what I said is that I am helping those suffering people. I bought their vegetables and fish, and they are very grateful to me. You people are not short of money, so what's wrong with giving me those silver coins? For you, it may only be the money for a meal, but for me, it is my mother's medical expenses for a year."
Having said that, although Xu Miaomiao seemed pitiful, she remained unmoved, and so was Dabao next to her. However, Li Yi couldn't bear to listen any more, and frowned slightly, as if he felt very sympathetic towards him.
After a long silence, Xu Miaomiao slowly spoke: "You want to live, you want to honor your mother, that's all right, but taking without asking is stealing. You can't take other people's things at will because of your hardship and think it's not wrong. You think it should be given to you. This is your mistake."
"Second, you deceived me and secretly changed the food served in the store without my knowledge. You also deceived your mother and used the stolen money to treat her illness. Although it was a good thing, it was also a deception."
"Third, you said you helped those people. You sold them vegetables and fish, but you also agreed to lower their prices. Although you were doing good things, you were actually doing it for your own benefit. Do you agree with what I said?"
After hearing Xu Miaomiao's words, there was another long silence.
Li Yi on the side also pursed his lips. It was true that this man was pitiful, but it was also true that he made mistakes. He absolutely could not be tolerated like this.
At this point, Zhou Fu seemed to have accepted his fate and suddenly started laughing, but there was still a hint of sadness in his laughter: "If I could really survive, why would I do these things that even I feel ashamed of? God, please have mercy on me, why can't you have mercy on me!"
Xu Miaomiao sighed. She had never thought that he was still complaining. She just waved her hand and the two yamen runners beside her came up immediately. Seeing that they were about to be taken away, Xu Miaomiao looked at the people in front of her and said, "Although you are wrong, your mother is innocent. Considering that you helped me manage the store in the past few years and did not neglect her at all, I will take good care of her for you. Don't worry."
Zhou Fu, with tears in his eyes, followed the yamen runner and said lightly, "Thank you."
Then he left with these people.
This matter was finally resolved. Xu Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief and patted Li Yi on the shoulder: "Now you know that opening a store is not easy."
Li Yi nodded slowly and looked at Xu Miaomiao: "It's just that I was a little surprised. I was surprised that this place is as prosperous as the capital. I didn't expect that there would be people like Zhou Fu's family. I was quite shocked at the time."
(End of this chapter)
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