Chapter 1093 The loyal maid promoted to concubine (13)
"Have you had breakfast this morning?" Shi Chu asked Zhu Yanli. As soon as she finished speaking, Zhu Yanli's stomach made a rumbling sound and he couldn't wait to answer Shi Chu's question with his mouth.
Shi Chu burst out laughing again. Zhu Yanli blushed again and stammered, "No, I didn't eat."
Shi Chu picked up three or four freshly steamed buns and said, "Eat them. You helped me make so many buns. There's no reason for me to let you go back hungry."
Zhu Yanli didn't bother to be polite with her. He thanked her politely and started to eat the buns.
Shi Chu even served him a bowl of porridge and said, "If you drink some porridge, you won't choke too much."
Because Shichu still had to go out to the stall, the two of them ate very quickly. After they finished, Shichu said, "Put the plate here. I'll come back to wash it after I finish selling the buns."
"No need, I'll wash it now." After saying that, Zhu Yanli very consciously brought the bowls, chopsticks and plates into the kitchen and started washing them quickly.
Seeing this, Shi Chu did not stop them and started preparing things for the stall. By the time she was ready, Zhu Yanli had already washed the dishes and came out.
Shi Chu put on a veil to cover the scars on her face, then pushed the cart out of the door.
While helping her, Zhu Yanli asked her, "Have you seen a doctor about the scar on your face? What kind of medicine do you need to apply to heal it?"
"I've seen it, and there are medicines to apply. It will be healed in no time. Even if it can't be healed, I don't care. No one will care about you if you are ugly, and you won't bring trouble." Shi Chu said nonchalantly.
Zhu Yanli immediately showed a look of disapproval on his face, and said, "How can a girl not care about her reputation? You can't rely on your ugly appearance to avoid disaster. If every girl can only hope that she doesn't look good to avoid disaster, then the world will be over."
Then he said to Shi Chu with a serious face: "Don't worry, if anyone on the street provokes you, just tell me and I will help you find a solution."
Shi Chu raised his eyebrows: "What can you do for me? In this capital city where the rich and powerful are everywhere, you and I are just ordinary people. When we meet the rich and powerful, don't we have to swallow our anger? Of course, you are a scholar, and you may soon have a reputation, but you know that this reputation is nothing special in the capital."
Zhu Yanli looked at Shi Chu seriously and said, "I really can't fight those powerful people head-on, but I will find a way. You have to believe me..."
He said it solemnly, as if it was a promise. Shi Chu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll ask you to support me!"
Zhu Yanli nodded seriously: "Don't worry, I won't be just a scholar forever."
"I believe you." Shi Chu thought he really looked promising. Maybe he could really rise to prominence in the future? Then she didn't mind holding on to this future golden thigh now.
Soon the two arrived at the place where Shichu usually set up his stall. Shichu placed the steamer in place and lit the firewood under the stove. The two steamed buns that had been steamed earlier gave off an enticing aroma, and soon diners gathered around and lined up to buy buns.
Shi Chu was handing buns to people while Zhu Yanli was collecting money on the side. The two of them clearly had no prior discussion, but they cooperated very well for the first time, as if they had done this countless times before.
"Hey, Madam Du, why is there someone here to help today? Is this your husband?" A familiar lady asked with a smile as she looked at Zhu Yanli who was collecting the money.
Not surprisingly, Zhu Yanli's thin face was already red as blood, and he buried his head, not daring to raise it.
Shi Chu said to the lady calmly, "Auntie Wang, what nonsense are you talking about? I am still an innocent girl, how could I have a husband? This is my neighbor, he owes me money and can't pay it back, so he has to work for me to pay off the debt."
When Zhu Yanli heard her words, he couldn't help but glance sideways at her, but he didn't refute.
After hearing this, the others looked at Zhu Yanli with some sighs and said, "Alas, how could such a good young man owe someone money? He can't even pay it back. This is too unprogressive."
"He looks like a scholar. Did he borrow money from you, Madam Du, to take the imperial examination and become your helper?" The man with the eagle eyes saw through Zhu Yanli's scholarly air and asked.
Shi Chu immediately praised the man for his sharp eyesight: "Uncle, you have a sharp eye. He did go to take an exam a few days ago, and no one was at home. I only asked him to help because he was a neighbor and so pitiful."
"Oh, I didn't expect that Madam Du is so kind-hearted." The old man said again.
"Haha, thank you, thank you." Shi Chu laughed.
The regular customers chatted with Shi Chu for a while before dispersing, and by then the two baskets of buns were sold out.
There were only a few guests at the moment. Zhu Yanli stared at the firewood below and asked Shi Chu in a low voice: "Why did you say that just now? You said I was working for you to pay off your debts..."
Shi Chu said, "Alas, I just found a proper excuse to avoid suspicion with you. Otherwise, we are two young men and women with no blood relationship, and you suddenly come to help me sell buns. Others will think that there is something fishy going on between you and me, so I found an impeccable excuse to stop their imagination."
Zhu Yanli seemed to have been drained of his energy and spirit. He suddenly became listless and said dejectedly, "So you dislike me and don't want to have anything to do with me."
"No, no, I don't dislike you. I'm just afraid that you dislike me. After all, if I don't say that you owe me a debt, anyone who sees us together will just think that I'm not worthy of having anything to do with you." Shi Chu hurriedly explained, fearing to hurt the little scholar's fragile heart.
"Is that so?" The young scholar stared at Shi Chu and asked.
"That's true!" Shi Chu answered very affirmatively.
"Then I'll believe it for now. But since I 'owe' you a debt, it will certainly not be repaid in just one day's work. I will come to help you sell buns tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and many days after that. I'm sorry to trouble you." Zhu Yanli suddenly revealed an intriguing smile and said to Shi Chu.
Shi Chu was confused and didn't understand why he suddenly became so happy. Men's thoughts were hard to guess, so she could only nod her head repeatedly as he said, "Since you don't mind the trouble, then I definitely welcome you to help me. But I'm fair and will pay you. I won't let you suffer any loss."
As soon as she said this, the smile on Zhu Yanli's face disappeared again and he looked at her expressionlessly.
Shi Chu was even more confused, and didn't know how to annoy this young scholar. Did he think that paying him wages was looking down on him? But he didn't look like those arrogant and noble scholars who disdained the smell of money?
(End of this chapter)
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