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After Qi Mei became the wife of the house, Housekeeper Zhou "took refuge" with her. Every day when the young mistress was in front of the young mistress, Qi Mei would naturally give benefits and face. The eldest wife looked at him with contempt in her heart.

Chinese New Year is approaching, and the Zhou mansion is also busy, shopping, sweeping, offering sacrifices, making new shirts for the masters, wives and young masters...everything requires Qi Mei to make up her mind.Especially this year's Chinese New Year, and the accident that the master was hospitalized last week, Qi Mei went all out to make this year a decent one, so that Mu Qing could make him feel comfortable at home without any worries.

Mu Qing is busy, and his assistant Xiao Zhao also has to get up early and return home late.Xiao Zhao is a down-to-earth and hardworking young man. He is a simple and loyal helper. Mu Qing sees it and appreciates it in his heart.

A strong wind blew up at night, and after the two of them visited Wandeyin Building, Xiao Zhao wanted to go home from get off work as usual.Mu Qing stopped him.

"It's windy and cold outside, let me take you back."

"This is too much trouble for you, Manager Zhou." Xiao Zhao suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"You've been my assistant for so long, and I haven't given you a reward. I'm the boss." Mu Qing smiled, not allowing Xiao Zhao to refuse, and pushed him into the car.

The car drove to the entrance of Taipingli Alley, which was an unusually unusual small street.Except for the three major families and powerful families in Jiangcheng who live in small single-family buildings close to the concession, wealthy people will choose houses in the alleys similar to Shikumen near Yong'anli, and ordinary people will more often live in such small streets and alleys. inside.

A narrow and muddy cobblestone street winds and stretches, deep and long, dimly lit by a few dim street lamps, on both sides of the street are row upon row of brick and tile bungalows, and occasionally a few simple two-story houses building.This narrow street is also piled with debris, such as foot basins, coal stoves, broken pots and iron, or some abandoned household items.

The car could not enter the alley again, it was the first time for Mu Qing to come to such a place, so she also got out of the car and walked into the deep alley with Xiao Zhao.

The wind is getting stronger and the weather is so cold that the roofs of some houses on the side are rattling. The children playing football in the alleys hide their balls and hide at home. The housewives slam their doors shut, and they can smell The smell of someone cooking, mixed with the damp and turbid smell of the alley itself, rushed straight to the nose.

"Ah, ah, ah..." Mu Qing sneezed a few times, and took out a handkerchief to cover her nose.

"The second young master is not used to it. The place here is small, and this is the only condition." Xiao Zhao smiled shyly.

"It doesn't matter." Mu Qing stepped on the stone floor and sighed, thinking that when he said that he would elope with Zhilan, his father criticized him for not knowing the sufferings of the world, which is true.Life is so difficult, he never thought it would be so difficult, this alley is much worse than the one he saw in Li Yi's house.

"Second Young Master, go this way, be careful of the puddles on the ground." Xiao Zhao led the way, and Mu Qing insisted on visiting his house.

It had just rained a few days ago, and Mu Qing stepped on the stone slab with one foot deep and the other shallow. It was a little loose and he couldn't tell. The accumulated sewage wetted his trouser legs and stained his leather shoes.

Mu Qing frowned, the feeling of the wet trousers sticking to his body was uncomfortable, he followed Xiao Zhao forward without saying a word.

Walking to the top, Xiao Zhao pushed open a door on the right.The neighbor's aunt was sitting on a small horse and bending over to wash clothes.Xiao Zhao said hello to her, and let Mu Qing into the room.

Mu Qing glanced at it, the clothes were made of coarse cloth, the cloth was rough and hardened, and it tended to fade.

There was already a basin of muddy water in the box, and my aunt picked up a piece of yellow soil soap with wet hands and rubbed it on the clothes.

"What is this? Ma'am?" Where did Mu Qing see it before? She stopped and asked with interest.

"Soil soap, used for laundry. Have you never seen this before?" The aunt raised her head, looked at Zhou Muqing and said, "Oh, you are a son of your family, so naturally you don't know anything about it. How do you see things from poor people like us? Pass?"

Her words were full of sarcasm, but Mu Qing didn't care, he squatted down, and held the slippery and wet soil pancreas in his hands, not all pure yellow, but also mixed with black coarse gravel.

Xiao Zhao went into the room and brought Mu Qing a glass of water with the teapot. Mu Qing returned the things to his aunt, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and was still thinking.

He is used to soap, and he never knew that someone would use this kind of thing.

"Ma'am, why don't you use soap, it's much better than this." Mu Qing asked.

His question received a big roll of eyes from his aunt.Xiao Zhao Fuer explained: "Ordinary soap still costs a few cents, and what we sell at Wande Commercial Company is even more expensive. The elderly can save a little bit."

Mu Qing felt uncomfortable when he heard that, looking at Xiao Zhao's humble house, he was not in the mood to drink water, so he gave him some extra money, told him to take good care of the neighbor's aunt, and hurriedly said goodbye to him.

The scene outside the car window made him lost in thought.The few leaves blown by the wind on the street drifted with the wind, and the sycamore trees on the street seemed to be trembling under the ravages of the wind.Pedestrians wrapped their clothes tightly, and someone walked into the alley with a briefcase. They were employees who had just got off work; Let them walk faster than before, as if they can keep out the cold when they are active, they pull the people in the car and turn into the alley; the parents who were driven away by the children laughing and playing hurriedly rushed home, and turned into the alley. down the alley.

It was the first time Zhou Muqing noticed the deep and dark alleys on the back of the bustling street. They were like the blood of the city. With the breath of the city running, those people rushed back when it was dark, and hibernated in these blood vessels to recuperate.

He remembered Xiao Zhao's words, a piece of soap that he was used to is not affordable by ordinary people, is Wande Trading Company too high-ranking and ungrounded?He asked himself, staring at the dots of light in the small alley in the dark night, he came up with an idea - he wants to transport the goods of Wande Company to the blood of the city, so that Wande Company can become a famous river city Shop sign.Only in this way can the brand of Wonder be really launched, and then Zhihe will no longer be its opponent.

Thinking of this, he became energetic. After returning home, he changed his clothes and went straight to the study. Qi Mei knocked on the door and brought him dinner in person. She watched him write the proposal with the desk lamp on, so she left alone without disturbing him.

When Zhilan went home that day, she was still thinking about some of Yuchun's words.

Li Shaowen came back very late, Zhilan asked him, and he said that a friend came, just for entertainment.

Zhilan made up her mind, and said with a sneer, "Friend? Is it a man or a woman? You guys have a good chat, and you don't shy away from it on the road."

"What do you mean by that?" Li Shaowen asked while changing his pajamas, hearing the voice.

"You don't understand?" Zhilan laughed, "I think the girl next to you is pleasing to the eye, so should you marry back then? Then I will abdicate to Xian?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's just socializing on the scene. You don't have to think about it." Li Shaowen said calmly, thinking that no matter how close he and Yan Ying are, the banner of family Zhilan can still fly high .

"I'm happy for you, Li Shaowen. I've come to this day with you. If I say I still have affection, it's already a lie. Now you have a new goal, and a woman takes care of you and takes care of me. I don't worry about it. few."

From Li Shaowen's point of view, Zhilan was really in a good mood, her tone of voice was different from before, with a faint smile on her face all the time, he was surprised that he couldn't figure out her true mood.

Li Shaowen looked deeply at Zhi Lan who turned to leave, she was still in the mood to ask Yan Cui to accompany her to have supper, he felt a little scared for no reason.

The Spring Festival came early this year, and Jingru and Wan Xinqiao of Li's residence arranged all the affairs for the festival.After all, there are more people in the family, so the festival must be lively and lively, especially the reunion banquet is the most important part of the Spring Festival, and it must be arranged early.

Everyone in the kitchen was very busy, Fenghuang and other young maidservants who were helping him prepared the ingredients or cut, picked and washed vegetables according to the rules, while Mrs. Zhang and several other cooks were busy cooking.

Fenghuang had already practiced proficiency in Zhou's family. She was ready to start, watching the sparks rising from the pots of the cooks in the kitchen and couldn't help but itch.What's the point of her just coming to Li's mansion to be a handyman in the kitchen?She had to stay with the young mistress in charge in order to carry out her plan.

She looked at the menu, and the next thing they wanted to do was braised pork ribs, which was her specialty.She said to Mrs. Zhang: "Sister-in-law, can you let me make this stewed pork ribs?"

"You?" Mrs. Zhang was a little surprised.

"I used to make it a lot, please, I'll just make this one dish, you can stop, I'll send it up after you taste it when it's ready, okay?" Fenghuang begged her pitifully.

Sister-in-law Zhang agreed kindly, and got down from the stove, told Fenghuang to cook the pork ribs on the sweeter side, so she poured water.

Fenghuang showed off her culinary skills like a fish in water, and soon a plate of pork ribs was cooked smooth and smooth, and the sauce was overflowing with fragrance. After all, it was Master Tuesday’s favorite dish. She did have her own secrets and experience in cooking pork ribs. Even the chef Zhang The sister-in-law took a sip with chopsticks and praised again and again.

At the reunion banquet, all the members of the Li family reunited happily. Zhilan couldn't help but sigh that another year had passed, and Li Shaowen was always very attentive to serving food with her. She glanced at him, and the so-called show of affection was just showing affection to others , In private, she has proposed to separate from him, avoiding his various intimate actions.Li Shaowen took her as an annoyance to Yanying, and vowed to apologize and seek peace. Unexpectedly, Zhilan was not annoyed but held an indifferent attitude, which made Li Shaowen discouraged and at a loss.

Shao Wu also felt sorry for Jing Ru, busy all year, he always looked up to this woman, how could she not understand her mind as her husband?Since he was a child, he knew that the person in her heart was Shaowen, and now marrying him, maybe it was her elder brother's marriage that made her feel better.He is very satisfied with the status quo, as quiet as the occasional trance, often lost...

He can turn a blind eye and say nothing, he is waiting for her behind her, the big brother's side is done, one day Jingru will see him, he thinks about it and picks up vegetables for her.This action made Jingru look away from the loving Li Shaowen, and smiled at her husband.