The Landlord And His Wife

    Liu Tao waited for them to leave, cleaned the shop, placed the goods, and then took out the ledger to read. The other guy in the shop is away today, just to rest.

    He Zhongzhou is also very attentive here. These children were illiterate when they came out, and no one asked them to learn to read, but when they came out in the shop, compared with others, they could I can keep accounts, I can keep a list of goods, but I can't do anything myself. It is inevitable that I feel that I am inferior to others, and I will learn naturally.

    He Zhongzhou is the eldest among their brothers, and he has a sense of responsibility, so he is also very serious in his studies. At that time, Liu Xuer kept He Zhongzhou in this shop because he was able to use it by one person. Basically, two people in this shop could do normal things without extra manpower.

    Liu Tao finished reading the account book, and it was almost noon. He was thinking about it in the morning and forgot to ask Xiuxiu and the others, should they come back to eat or eat out? Or go home to eat? To wait or not to wait?

    I was thinking that He Zhongzhou had brought Xiuxiu back. He Zhongzhou was carrying a large bag and a small bag. Xiuxiu was carrying a paper bag, and a very fragrant bun came from the paper bag. taste.

    Liu Tao smiled and said: "Is this back from buying food?"

    He Zhongzhou smiled and was about to speak, but Xiuxiu hurriedly said: "Zhongzhou said that he must have told me to go back to eat, I felt it came out, and wanted to have a meal with Zhongzhou, just called He bought it... don't talk about him..." He looked at him with a pouting mouth.

    Liu Tao said amusingly: "When am I... Zhongzhou, you will sue your sister? Do I always talk about you?"

    Seeing that he misunderstood what he meant, Xiuxiu's face flushed with anxiety, but He Zhongzhou put down the large and small bags, smiled and scratched his head: "What...my sister thinks To eat steamed buns, I told her to go back to eat. Brother Tao goes back to eat every day, and the family must be waiting. She insisted on eating with me, and she said that you should not go back. The shop was full of steamed buns, so she thought Brother Tao was keeping it under control..."

    Xiuxiu bit her lower lip and muttered for a long time, "Isn't that what you said?"

    Liu Tao was reminded, but also wanted to make a joke, so he smiled and said: "This is still true! The buns are too smelly, and it is not easy to eat at the shop. Let's eat at the door. ."

    Xiuxiu was stunned: "Why are there so many things?"

    Liu Tao was about to explain, but He Zhongzhou had already said: "Sister! This is different from home! People who come to the shop to buy things don't want the smell of steamed buns as soon as they come in. Some people like that smell. , Some people don't like it, and people who don't like it can still buy things in the shop? We can't just think about ourselves now, since we are doing business, we have to think about the customers. Who will spend money on Shuxin? Just like when you just went to buy silk flowers, the idler girl's hands are dirty, she squeezed oil cakes and then took silk flowers, and the silk flowers were all stained with oil, the same reason!"

    Xiuxiu was stunned when she heard it, and she said, "Zhongzhou, how can you talk like this now? I just said one thing, you said so much."

    He Zhongzhou laughed: "Then what am I right?"

    Xiuxiu thought about it for a while, and was a little frustrated: "Right...I see, let's eat at the door."

    He went to the door, moved a stool over, put the bun on the stool, turned his head and smiled at the two of them: "Come over to eat?"

    He Zhongzhou went to wash his hands, Liu Tao came over and hurriedly said, "Oh oh oh, I remembered, I haven't washed my hands yet." Hurry to the corner with He Zhongzhou pour water into the washbasin to wash hands.

    Liu Tao laughed and shook his head. He just listened to what He Zhongzhou said and nodded in his heart, He Zhongzhou is still relatively smart.

    Everyone washed their hands, and then came to eat the buns. Xiuxiu ate quickly because she was thinking about what she bought The things you buy look the same when you take them out.

    Liu Tao just heard He Zhongzhou say to buy silk flowers, but he didn't pay attention at that time, when he saw Xiuxiu took out four or five silk flowers, he couldn't help but said: "There are also silk flowers in the shop, for the sake of Why do you want to buy it outside?"

    I was blushing when I was watching the silk flower show, and He Zhongzhou's voice was much quieter: "My sister said...the pattern is different..."

    Liu Tao shook his head, he didn't want to say it, but he couldn't help it after thinking about it, and said to Xiuxiu: "Although the life of your family and your aunt's family is better now, but after all They all come from poor families, so they shouldn’t be at the point of picking things, especially those things that can’t be eaten or worn. Just one or two will do. You can’t buy all the tricks that look good, right? That’s not a luxury. already?"

    Xiuxiu was afraid that he would say it, but he said it anyway, so she blushed even more, lowered her head and hurriedly cleaned up, like a child who made a mistake.

    He Zhongzhou also stuck his tongue out there. When my sister wanted to buy it, he also persuaded her, but she wanted it very much. As for him, he also had some money in his hand. I want something, I can't stop buying it the first time I want it, it hurts my sister's heart, so although I feel that there is really no need to spend this unjustifiable money, I still buy it.

    Liu Tao saw Xiuxiu pouting and thought that he was not convinced by what he said, because he smiled and said, "I just saw it and said that it is not easy for Zhongzhou to make money, let's make money. After you have the money, you need to eat and drink what you can put at home first. Are you thinking about how good these clothes are? Do you think so? But of course, your little girl likes to be pretty, so buying two flowers is not a big deal. I just Just talking...don't worry too much about it."

    Xiuxiu said in a low voice, "I know... I won't buy it in the future..."

    He Zhongzhou also came over, watching Xiuxiu sticking out her tongue at Liu Tao, Liu Tao was quite obedient when she saw Xiuxiu, smiled and nodded, of course not to say more.

    In the afternoon, Liu Tao thought that he was talking too much about Xiuxiu? Xiuxiu is a little girl from a family who likes beauty and loves beauty. She said that she bought a few silk flowers, not to mention that she is not her serious elder brother, so she can't say anything. Thinking about it, I felt guilty. I remembered that Xiuxiu likes to eat fruit, so I went out and bought two catties of carambola, and asked Xiuxiu and He Zhongzhou to peel them and eat them.

    The two brothers and sisters went to peel the fruit and eat the fruit. Willow looked at Xiuxiu and forgot what she said just now. , can't help but laugh, in the end is still a child!

    As I was thinking, I could hear someone calling my name outside: "Tao, Tao!"

    Familiar voice, but Liu Tao frowned and looked over. Sure enough, hiding behind the shop next door, sneaking out his head and calling him, isn't it his own mother, Ma?

    Liu Tao stood up helplessly and walked over.

    Xiuxiu and He Zhongzhou, who were eating carambola inside, also heard it, and they all saw it. Xiuxiu only saw a sneaky woman calling Liu Tao outside, and Liu Tao went out, busy Ask He Zhongzhou, "Who is that?"

    He Zhongzhou was already shaking his head, and said helplessly and bored: "Brother Tao's mother."

    Xiuxiu was taken aback and said, "It's the one who was suspended..."

    "Silence!" He Zhongzhou hurriedly stopped Xiuxiu's voice, nodded and said, "Yes, that's the one."

    "Why is she so embarrassed to come!" Xiuxiu said with a bit of righteous indignation: "It's shameless! It's all suspended..." Of course, her voice was much lower.

    He Zhongzhou said softly: "Don't say this in front of Brother Tao... Brother Tao is also very embarrassed, even if it is divorced, it's a motherfucker! You can't stop just because you're ashamed. Do you admit it?"

    Speaking of Xiuxiu, she can only be regarded as a little country girl who has never seen the world and is not very sensible. It's a big bad thing, and I don't dare to come out again, so after seeing Ma Shi, the reaction is so big. Now that I heard what my brother said, I understood a little bit, and nodded again: "Yes, Zaiza is also Brother Tao's mother."

    Originally, she followed Liu Xuer to call Liu Tao third brother, but now she heard her brother call Tao brother a few times, so she also called Tao brother.

    "So Brother Tao is also very embarrassed, this woman is very bad..." He Zhongzhou's voice was much lower, almost whispering like a whisper: "Every time I come back, I ask Brother Tao to ask Qian, the last time I said that her daughter was sick, and asked Brother Tao to give her ten taels of silver! Putting Brother Tao on here with a white face, it's not going to be mad anymore!"

    Xiuxiu was taken aback: "Her daughter? Which one? Isn't she all married? Why should she pay for medical treatment?"

     "Oh, this woman has long since remarried, this girl was born with a man later, she seems to be only a few years old..."

    "Ah?! How...she's so handsome, and remarry?!"

      If you want, beat him if you don’t! If you give birth to a daughter, she’s beaten to death every day. This woman can’t help but come looking for Brother Tao all day long… I saw it with my own eyes last time, and those eyes were dark and scary to look at!”

    "Really?!" Xiuxiu looked at the woman outside with contempt and disgust. As soon as she saw Liu Tao said something to the woman, and then wanted to come back, the woman He actually reached out and grabbed Liu Tao's arm. He didn't know where the anger came from, and said angrily: "Hateful woman! Shameless! What are you doing to pester Brother Tao?!"

    He Zhongzhou pouted beside him: "Brother Tao is rich now, she is stupid if she doesn't bother!"

    "Brother Tao is also very pitiful, why have such a mother." Xiuxiu said again.

      I can't say it! Brother Tao doesn't say it, this woman has a grudge with Sister Xu'er's family, and Sister Xu'er's family will get angry when they hear her name!"

    Xiuxiu nodded hurriedly: "I see! I must not say it... Don't aunt get angry and drive Brother Tao out of the house!"

    "That won't happen...but I'm sure Brother Tao is also embarrassed, and the family is not happy... Anyway, don't say it."

    "Got it."