After being dressed as a scumbag, I was dismissed? !

As if confirming what the buddy said, in a space where the sound insulation is not good, the sound from the second floor could be faintly transmitted to the first floor, and it was all the voice of shopkeeper Du scolding the gold appraiser.

Gu Beizhi frowned, and continued to tidy up the ornaments on the museum shelf. He was a little worried about the three people upstairs. Although shopkeeper Du was shrewd, he was kind to him in the end. He was a little worried that shopkeeper Du would hurt himself.

Just when he was about to go upstairs to persuade him, Xiao Ding came back with Mr. Zheng. As soon as he came in, he saw Gu Beizhi and his assistant working in silence, and was a little puzzled. What's the matter?

"Shuisheng, Beizhi, what are you two doing? Why are you cleaning the museum shelf? Where's the shopkeeper?" Xiao Ding scanned around the store, but didn't see the shopkeeper, and was about to ask, when a faint voice came from upstairs. Pass it out.

Gu Bei didn't know what to say, but the assistant hurriedly pushed Xiao Ding upstairs, "Brother Xiao Ding, go up and have a look, the shopkeeper is angry, but it's a big fire!"

Xiao Ding couldn't figure out why the shopkeeper was angry, so he was pushed upstairs. He thought that shopkeeper Du hadn't been so angry for a long time, and he was worried, so he asked the staff to greet Mr. Zheng, and he went upstairs by himself .

Mr. Zheng sat aside, wondering where his paperweight went. Gu Beizhi talked to Shuisheng, and he made a pot of tea and brought it over, "Mr. Zheng, drink some tea."

"Old Gu, where are my two paperweights?" Mr. Zheng was so full of new paperweights that he didn't even want to drink the tea.

"The shopkeeper is afraid that other customers will look at it outside, and it will be difficult to explain it at that time, so I put it away for the young master, and take it down later for the young master to check carefully." Gu Beizhi explained.

Mr. Zheng believed it. Bao Yixuan's reputation is still very good, except for the scandal of false ones and real ones a while ago, there is almost no bad news.

The scandal a while ago was finally reversed, and Bao Yixuan was known to more people. Now not only Huolu Town, but also branches in other towns have many more customers.

"The buddy has already gone to call the shopkeeper, young master, wait a moment."

Mr. Zheng also saw Xiao Ding go upstairs, so he naturally believed Gu Beizhi's words at the moment, so he chatted with Gu Beizhi while thinking about his new paperweight.

"Well, speaking of it, I also have a headache recently." Mr. Zheng complained to Gu Beizhi while drinking tea.

Gu Beizhi also had friendship with Mr. Zheng a few times, but it was the first time he heard him complain, so he paused slightly, "What do you say?"

"Old Gu, do you know Liu Mansion?"

"Liu's Mansion? Is it the Liu's Mansion of the original owner of our Liujia Street?" Gu Beizhi had heard about the origin of this street, because this street originally belonged to the Liu Family, so it was simply called Liujia Street, even though the Liu Family later bought this area. The land was sold and the name was not changed.

"That's right, that's right, this is the Liu Mansion. This time, your Baoyixuan held an activity to identify the real and fake Wu Yong, and attracted Liu Yuanwai, the current owner of the Liu Mansion, back." Mr. Zheng's troubles are obviously the take-out by this Liu man. here.

"You came late, I don't know that this Liu member has a habit, that is, he loves jade and becomes crazy, even if he is often cheated, he will not change the habit of spending a lot of money." Mr. Zheng took a sip of tea, "Why hasn't your shopkeeper come yet?"

"Soon, Mr. Zheng will tell Gu about this Liu Yuanwai." Gu Beizhi refilled his tea.

"Liu Yuanwai's hobby, almost everyone who knows him knows that if you want to build a friendship with Liu Yuanwai, the best way is to send jade."

Mr. Zheng frowned, and said distressedly, "Most of the paperweights in my place are made of jade, and there are quite a few of them of good quality. My father wanted me to choose the best one and give it to Liu Yuanwai. A little more friendship would also be helpful." good."

"But all my paperweights are treasures. I am reluctant to give them to others. I am looking for a good jade recently, but unfortunately there is no news yet."

Mr. Zheng sighed, and now he took some money to buy paperweights, and even less money to buy jade, so he didn't know if it would work.

"When does Mr. Zheng plan to give you jade?" Although they are an antique shop, the owner still has a jade building in Huolu Town, which specializes in selling jade and jewelry. Maybe Mr. Zheng needs it.

"At the beginning of next month, it will be the birthday of Young Master Liu's parents. It would be the most appropriate time to give it away." Mr. Zheng also wanted to let people pay attention to him, and the information he said was very detailed.

"Success, I'll keep an eye on it for Young Master." Gu Beizhi also raised his head and glanced upstairs, he was about to have nothing to say to Young Master Zheng.

Shopkeeper Du had been comforted by Xiao Ding. Xiao Ding carried the box and went downstairs with the shopkeeper.

Seeing this, Gu Beizhi got out of the way and secretly observed Shopkeeper Du's face. Although he was still a little unhappy, it was no different from usual.

"Look, Mr. Zheng, this is a two-sided paperweight. Please check carefully." Shopkeeper Du suppressed his anger and suggested to Mr. Zheng with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Zheng, it's like this. This old man just remembered that our owner happened to be short of a piece of paperweight. He has always loved the red color of gold silk and jade. Can you sell this paperweight to this old man again? The old man will pay you 4000 taels. What will Bao Yixuan receive in the future?" You must keep all the good paperweights for you." Shopkeeper Du discussed with Mr. Zheng, hoping that he could sell this paperweight to him again.

Mr. Zheng refused without hesitation. Shopkeeper Du raised the price again, but he was still unwilling. Shopkeeper Du sighed and tried again.

"Mr. Zheng, this paperweight is really good, but it's not a masterpiece. It's better to sell it to the old man. Then you can take back this sapphire paperweight and the 6000 taels of silver. Is it okay?"

Mr. Zheng found that he really wanted to go back to this paperweight, he always felt a little strange, there seemed to be something wrong, could it be that this paperweight is some kind of treasure?

But if it's a baby, it won't only sell for 3000 taels at the beginning.

Mr. Zheng was a little hesitant to agree to shopkeeper Du, after all, giving up this golden silk jade paperweight was equivalent to taking a sapphire paperweight from Baoyixuan for nothing.

Just at this time, Jin Dacheng poked his head from the second floor with a pale face, and was noticed by Mr. Zheng. Mr. Zheng's merchant's intuition was activated, and he ruthlessly rejected shopkeeper Du, and then paid 2000 taels of silver, and took away both paperweights.

Upstairs, Jin Dacheng sat down, sweat dripping from his head, fearing that shopkeeper Du would skin him.That's worth a thousand dollars!

But when Shopkeeper Du waited for Mr. Zheng to leave, he became less angry and patted Gu Beizhi on the shoulder.

"Beizhi, from today onwards, you will be the third appraiser of our Baoyixuan. You will be given one or two more monthly fees, and you will have to appraise five items for free in the store every month, which is more than [-]% of the appraised items." Pay a fraction and everything else remains the same.”

Gu Beizhi blushed a little, "Shopkeeper, this is inappropriate... I couldn't keep the paperweight..."

Shopkeeper Du waved his hand, "It's okay, originally in our business, it's normal to buy at a high price and sell at a low price, and buy at a low price and sell at a high price. Besides, we didn't lose money this time, we just earned less. If you weren't careful, we would have sold it." I don’t even know if I went.”

Indeed, the paperweights of the two parties both received 500 taels, and now they are sold together for 6000 taels, and they made a profit of 3000 taels as co-authors, and they did not lose money.

It's just that shopkeeper Du felt that it was a pity that a treasure that was supposed to be left behind had slipped into Mr. Zheng's hands for nothing.

Of course, he was still dissatisfied with Jin Dacheng. After all, Gu Beizhi's time in the industry was really short, and it took less than a year to make a full effort, but Jin Dacheng was already a well-known appraiser in Huolu Town.

The rookie who may have made a mistake did not make a mistake, but the experienced master turned over the car. The comparison is indeed a bit tragic, mainly because this mistake should not have been turned over in the first place.

As long as Jin Dacheng was more careful in the appraisal, not to mention the origin of the gold silk jade, it would definitely be possible to see through the old traces of the sapphire paperweight, but Jin Dacheng didn't see any of them.

Although shopkeeper Du felt sorry for slipping away the money, he was even more dissatisfied with Jin Dacheng's perfunctory appraisal of the shop.He ordered Jin Dacheng a few words, told him to be more careful in the future, and fined him half a month's monthly money, so the matter was turned over like this.

Jin Dacheng saw that shopkeeper Du had only punished him with minor punishments, and repeatedly promised that he would be more careful in the future, and then ran back to his appraisal room with his tail between his legs.

Wang Shaoye stayed for a while, and after a few words with Gu Beizhi, he went to the back.

After Gu Beizhi returned home, he told Guan Zhou about today's events, without going into too much detail, only that his monthly payment had increased now.

Guan Zhou was very happy, "That's great, we can buy land earlier!"

As he said that, in order to celebrate Gu Beizhi's salary increase, he specially made egg custard with four eggs, boiled an extra vegetable, and there were a handful of extra rice grains in the rice porridge.

Because Gu Beizhi was worried about malnutrition in his family, he asked everyone to eat an egg every day.

In the beginning, Guan Zhou was obedient and cooked four boiled eggs every day, but gradually he was not afraid of Gu Beizhi, and the boiled eggs turned into egg custard.

Change from four eggs to two, because water needs to be added when making egg custard, Guanzhou has more water and less eggs, and the steamed custard with a little vinegar is more delicious than boiled eggs.

Gu Beizhi is not good at cooking, at most he can cook the rice, so he didn't realize that Guan Zhou reduced the amount of eggs.

Seeing the real four-egg egg custard today, Gu Beizhi felt that something was wrong, but seeing Guan Zhou happily talking about buying land, he didn't think much about it.

"Beizhi, you will have two taels of salary next month, right?" Guan Zhou confirmed again.

When he heard that Gu Beizhi's salary was as much as one or two taels, he was very surprised. There are other talents in his village, and their salary is not as much as Gu Beizhi's.

But then he thought that Gu Beizhi was a granary student, and the court gave him money, so it was normal for him to be paid a little more than other workers, so he was not so surprised.

Now that he has only received two months' wages, Gu Beizhi's wages have increased by one or two dollars. Guan Zhou admires Gu Beizhi, not to mention, it's simply amazing.

"Yes." Gu Beizhi replied while eating.

Guan Zhou began to calculate, "Then our family already has three taels of silver, and we can save two taels of silver next month..." Guan Zhou said while looking at Gu Beizhi's expression.

Adding the 750 issued by the imperial court, Gu Beizhi’s monthly income will become [-], and if he saves [-], the remaining money to spend is only [-] Wen. Guan Zhou is afraid that Gu Bei will Not happy.

But Gu Beizhi didn't really think it mattered, he already knew that the land was Guan Zhou's heart disease, so it was no problem to save some money to buy land.

Guan Zhou felt that 750 yuan a month was already a lot. Originally, he wanted to save two or two, but he felt that Gu Beizhi would be angry, so he endured his distress and said that he would save two or five.

Seeing that he was not angry, Guan Zhou heaved a sigh of relief and didn't need to reduce it any more, "...five qian, so we will have 8 taels of silver in August, and we may be able to buy three acres of land by the end of the year!"

Twenty acres of land under Gu Bei's famous name can be exempted from tax, but now the land under Gu Bei's famous name is not less than [-] acres, but only fifteen acres.

These fifteen acres of land are all rented like the Niu family, and Gu Beizhi has no real land at all.

Originally there were some, but firstly they sold some to treat their parents' illness, and secondly, the original owner has not been in production for a few years, and later contracted alcoholism, so they sold all of them.

That's why more than half of the [-] mu is rented out by others. Originally, the village's rule was that it could only be half of the land at most. Except for Gu Beizhi, all other scholars only 'rented' out [-] mu of land.

When Gu Beizhi was selling land for drinking, Guan Zhou was not happy, but he couldn't stop Gu Beizhi at that time. Now that Gu Beizhi has changed, the matter of buying land is naturally on the agenda.

Guan Zhou is particularly hopeful now. By next year, they will have their own land. At that time, two acres of land can be planted with grain, and one mu of land can be planted with soybeans, peanuts, etc., which Gu Beizhi loves to eat.

Gu Beizhi saw that his plan was good, so he didn't refute it, and worked hard with him to save money, striving to realize his desire to buy land as soon as possible.

Today, Gu Beizhi was cleaning the museum shelf with Shui Sheng, and appraised the new items while cleaning. This has become his habit, but when he looked at a Pixiu ornament, something changed.

'Type: Carved Pixiu private seal'

'Production time: 50 years'

'Original owner: Liu Yutong'

'Value: 689 taels'

Gu Beizhi was suddenly surprised. Is this another upgrade?He found another item that had already been appraised and re-appraised it, and found that the original owner was added, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

He had a conjecture in his heart. In order to confirm this conjecture, he specially found a fake product locked in the warehouse, an imitation porcelain bottle, to test whether it was what he thought.

Sure enough, as he thought, the original owner's place was vacant.

Then he went to find out who the original owner of the Pixiu ornament was. Judging by the time, it should not be considered a cultural relic.So he asked Xiaoding how this Pixiu ornament got into the store.

"Well, it was sold by a young man. The shopkeeper thought it was in good condition, so he asked Master Jin to estimate the price." Xiao Ding was the head of the store's clerks, and according to Bei Zhi's understanding, he was just like the manager of the lobby.

When Gu Beizhi heard that it was Jin Dacheng's appraisal, he suddenly felt a little unwilling to investigate further. Jin Dacheng is a bit greedy for money. He can usually say that the price is higher but not lower, just to charge more appraisal fees.

The last time Jinsiyu was picked up cheaply was not long ago, Gu Beizhi didn't want to touch Jin Dacheng's eyebrows again, the price of this Pixiu ornament is 400 taels, which is not too much.

Gu Beizhi hesitated, should we make it clear that this is not a decoration, but a seal?

After thinking about it for a while, he still told shopkeeper Du about it in private.

It was too late for Jin Siyu last time, but this time it was intentional to conceal it.

Shopkeeper Du now believes in Gu Beizhi's vision very much, but he will not just listen to one side of the story and confirm the result, but takes out the ink pad, intending to let Gu Beizhi demonstrate how this ornament can be turned into a seal.

Gu Beizhi also researched it in advance, but because he didn't dare to try it with ink pads for fear of staining, he wasn't too sure.

With some deciphering mood, he turned the ornament over, held the base in his hand, tilted it at about 45 degrees, dipped the color in the ink pad lightly, and then dropped it on the paper. on paper.

Gu Beizhi looked carefully at the patterns that fell on the paper, then wiped the surface of the Pixiu clean, and dipped in the color again. This time, the angle of inclination changed slightly.

When it landed on the paper again, four words were clearly displayed in a straight line, 'Liu Yu Tongyin'.

The first three characters are closely next to each other, and the latter one is slightly separated from the first three characters. It is indeed a seal.

Shopkeeper Du also tried several times before he mastered the trick of using the seal, "This is a clever idea."

"Yes, the structure is really ingenious." Gu Beizhi is also quite novel.

Seeing this, shopkeeper Du handed him the seal, "Return to Curry first, and you can study it in the next few days."

Gu Beizhi knew that this was an opportunity for him to satisfy his curiosity, so he immediately agreed, "Thank you, Du Bo."

So the place where the Pixiu seal was originally placed was replaced with another ornament, a white jade cabbage ornament, which was also the first item that Gu Beizhi identified after he came to Baoyixuan.

Jin Dacheng didn't pay attention to this matter at first, but the white jade cabbage is not small, and it looks more conspicuous. On the day it was put out, it was bought by a passing businessman, and then it was replaced with a string of bodhi seed beads in the same position.

It happened that Shuisheng was spotted by Jin Dacheng when he was arranging the beads. He took a look in the store, and he knew all the things he had appraised. He saw that a few pieces were missing. few.

Their appraisal fees, excluding the things brought by the customers themselves, range from a few hundred Wen to dozens of taels, of which [-]% goes to the appraiser in charge of the appraisal.

Appraisal of items in the store is also paid for. Except for the five free items, the rest are settled at [-]% of the selling price, and the upper limit is one hundred and two items.

That is to say, if you sell 100 taels, you can earn one tael, and if you sell 1000 taels, you will get 1 taels. If it exceeds [-] taels, it will be calculated as [-] taels.

So the reason why Jin Dacheng likes to raise the price is here. The selling price is high, and they earn more, so why not sell it at a high price?

But Huolu Town is just a small town after all, and the items sold for more than 3000 taels can be counted on one hand, usually between a dozen taels and [-] taels of silver.

Generally, thousands of them are not too many, and most of them must have added value, such as those owned by a high-ranking official, such as famous works of literati, etc.

Jin Dacheng counted the money sold this month and estimated the money he would receive when he left for the monthly silver. He couldn't help but feel proud. It seemed that he was the best appraiser in the store again.

In fact, the so-called best is his own thinking, that is, compared with Wang Shaoye, and now including Gu Beizhi, whoever has more monthly silver means that whoever is more capable.

Because Wang Shaoye came to Baoyixuan a few years earlier than him, he always felt that he was overwhelmed by Wang Shaoye, and now he brought in a yellow-haired kid, Jin Dacheng was very dissatisfied with Du's favoritism.

He felt that shopkeeper Du's attitude towards Wang Shaoye and Gu Beizhi was too gentle, but he was cold-hearted towards him. He would yell at him when he made a small mistake, and didn't give him any face.

Thinking of the Wanliang paperweight that was missed by not checking for a while last time, he felt very uncomfortable, and when he rolled his eyes, he thought of a plan.

However, his savings are not enough, and he has to wait until the monthly silver is issued this time.

"Shopkeeper, this is not right. Is my monthly silver less this month?" Jin Dacheng recalculated, and it was true that seven taels of silver were missing.

"No less, two paperweights, one Buddha statue, one calligraphy and painting, you only sold these items this month."

Before shopkeeper Du could speak, the cashier spoke first, but he didn't stand up when he spoke, and he didn't even raise his head, being very indifferent.

"Huh? No, I remember that there was a black jade Pixiu ornament that was put on display at the beginning, but it disappeared later. Didn't it be sold?" Jin Dacheng thought about it.

Shui Sheng was also waiting to receive the money, and said quickly, "It's not sold, it's put away."

"Put it away? Why should it be put away?!"

Jin Dacheng was particularly dissatisfied. He usually pays attention to how many pieces of his there are in the store. He has already found out that Gu Beizhi also bought two pieces, but he just made a mistake and dared not ask.

Now that I heard that Pixiu was not sold to replace it with Gu Beizhi, he questioned him angrily.

Shopkeeper Du was originally dissatisfied with his sloppy state, so he told him directly, "Because it's not a decoration at all, but a seal!"

"What?!" Jin Dacheng raised his voice, "Impossible! It's just a decoration! Shopkeeper, you can't just because..."

"A loud voice doesn't mean it's reasonable, shut up!" The accountant, who was making settlements for other people, got a headache from his loud noise, and slapped the table with his abacus.

Their accountant is not an ordinary person, but a confidant of the owner's family. Although the son of the Xu family has long been released and has become a commoner, he is still loyal to the Xu family.

Therefore, the prestige of Mr. Accountant is similar to that of shopkeeper Du. Jin Dacheng could only endure his temper, but there was still a lot of dissatisfaction in his expression.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Du asked Gu Beizhi to take out the Pixiu ornaments and demonstrate them in public. When he saw the complete four characters of "Liu Yutong Seal" on the paper, everyone except Jin Dacheng thought it strange, but the seal was ingenious.

Who would have thought that the ornaments on the table were actually seals?

Gu Beizhi wiped off the ink pad on the seal and put it away.Hearing Mr. Cashier calling him, he immediately went to collect his monthly silver.

He was quite looking forward to it. This month's monthly silver should be more than two taels. He also sold two items that had been appraised, one was a white jade cabbage ornament, and the other was a porcelain vase. Although both were only a few hundred taels, It's also a good income.

Sure enough, after the settlement was over, he actually received 13 Wen!

This is really... great.

Gu Beizhi received the monthly money, and planned to take it back and ask Guan Zhou to buy land, so that Guan Zhou's wish could be seen immediately.

The corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, adding a lot of tenderness to his handsome appearance, which made people unable to move their eyes away.

Jin Dacheng sneered, and whispered, "Poor."

He spoke in a low voice, but it did not escape the ears of Gu Beizhi, who has excellent hearing, and raised his eyebrows silently.

It seems that Kim Dae-sung has a problem with him.

Although he is unwilling to have any conflicts with his colleagues, he is also unwilling to endure such colleagues who make mistakes and refuse to mend their ways, but blame others instead.

"Shopkeeper, then I'll go back first." Gu Beizhi and the others also said goodbye, and prepared to go home with the moon silver.

"Go back and have a good rest tomorrow." Shopkeeper Du told him to go back and rest.

Bao Yixuan pays wages at a different time than other shops. It is neither the beginning nor the end of the month, but on the ninth of each month. After paying the monthly wages, everyone has a day off.

Gu Beizhi also thinks this is very good. Originally, he wanted to go to the grocery store to see if he could buy something that was missing at home, but thinking of taking a rest tomorrow, he might as well bring the whole family along.

So he didn't stay long, and went home directly.

Not long after he left, the woman in a water-red shirt walked and talked with a fat man, and the destination was Baoyixuan.

"Master, did Wang Juren really accept the young master?" Xu Xiaodie gritted her teeth secretly, thinking that Wang Juren's sudden act of accepting a disciple was very strange and ruined her plan.

Mr. Liu stroked his half-growth beard, very proud, "Of course, my son is born smart, Wang Juren only took the exam three times, then accepted it, and went to him to study for half a day every day."

Xu Xiaodie was secretly delighted when she heard that she only went for a long time, "Master, the young master is so smart, it's a waste of the young master's qualifications to only study for half a day, why don't the young master go to my father's place to study for half a day in the afternoon?"

"I was also afraid of delaying the young master's qualifications, so I suggested it. Master, my father is also a scholar, and he taught a lot of students. It's good for the young master to listen to it." Xu Xiaodie encouraged.

Xu Xiaodie can't be said to be very beautiful, but she is Xiaojiabiyu, but her skin is fairer, and she likes to wear water red, like a delicate flower.

Master Liu usually loves her very much, but the premise is that he can't touch his precious son.

Hearing her bring up this bad idea again, she lost her patience, "You are a concubine, what is your intention to meddle in the young master's studies? So what if your father is a scholar? The concubine's father is not worthy to teach my son!"

After finishing speaking, he stopped talking to her and walked straight forward, leaving Xu Xiaodie shocked, how could the master say that in front of outsiders? !

I think that's not what the master said when he took her in. He clearly said that he would love her and take care of her.Why don't you deserve it?

Her father is a scholar, and it is not shameful to teach the son of a businessman. Why does the master say that he is unworthy?

Master Liu was striding forward, and when he came to the front, he found that Baoyixuan was closing, "Huh? What's going on?"

It was Shui Sheng who closed the door, and he saw a gentleman wearing gold and silver at the door, "My guest, I'm sorry, we are closed today, please come back the day after tomorrow."

Shuisheng pointed to the wooden sign hanging next to the door frame, on which the business hours of Baoyixuan were written clearly, and this sign was suggested by Gu Beizhi.

Including if they need to extend or shorten their business hours during holidays, they can write it on the sign, so that customers who come and go can watch the time pass.

Master Liu stepped forward to take a look, and found that he was indeed late today. Although he was a little unhappy, he thanked Shuisheng and asked him, "Is there an appraiser in your shop who has a good eye for jade?" ?”

Shui Sheng was a little puzzled, "I don't know which appraiser the master is looking for? There are three appraisers in our shop, one surnamed Wang, one surnamed Jin, and one surnamed Gu."

"This is Gu, is he very good at appraising jade?" Master Liu hurriedly asked.

"I don't know about this, Master Gu has never said that he is not good at anything, but Master Gu's favorite porcelain..."

Shui Sheng was telling the truth, and he had never heard anyone say that Gu Beizhi was good at looking at jade, and he didn't know where this master heard about it.

"That's it, then I'll come back another day." Master Liu turned and left.

That's strange, didn't that Young Master Zheng say that the Appraiser Gu of Bao Yixuan is especially good at looking at jade?He also said that the two newly received jade paperweights were appraised by the Gu appraiser before he knew what kind of treasure he had received.

Did I remember it wrongly?

While Master Liu was thinking, he was walking towards the house when Xu Xiaodie came after him. Seeing him walking back, he thought he was here to coax her, and he was ready to show his temper.

I saw that Mr. Liu didn't even look at her, and walked over without squinting.

The servants following Mr. Liu saw Xu Xiaodie pouted and pretended to be angry, and they looked at each other, knowing what this restless Aunt Xu wanted to do, they all laughed out loud.

They are all servants of the main courtyard, and treat aunts, Tongfang and the like as indifferently as the master.

The mistress of the Liu family is only the wife, and they all know clearly that the more they don't give good looks to their aunt, the more loyal and good servants they are to their master.

Xu Xiaodie blushed from being laughed, and stomped her feet angrily, "Why are you laughing!"

The servants didn't even hear anything, they chased Mr. Liu back to the mansion, leaving Xu Xiaodie ashamed by the eyes of the people around him.

In the end, he covered his face and ran back to Liu's mansion.

Mrs. Liu watched her sweaty husband come in from outside, her crescent eyebrows frowned slightly, "Master, why are you sweating all over your head? But you left in a hurry?"

Mrs. Liu's voice was like a yellow warbler, melodious to the ear, and her beautiful eyes looked at Master Liu worriedly.

Master Liu subconsciously raised his head, raised his chest and retracted his abdomen, trying to make himself look less fat, so he wiped his sweat off himself.

"I went to Baoyixuan to look for that appraiser, but Baoyixuan took a break today, and the trip was for nothing. When I came back, I remembered that you were waiting for me for dinner. You left a little fast, so it's okay."

"Ah Rou, I'll just change my clothes, let the servants set the table first, don't starve you." When Master Liu was talking to his wife, he looked completely different from Xu Xiaodie.

He spoke softly, as if he was afraid that if he spoke louder, he would frighten his wife. The protruding belly outside was tightly retracted by him as soon as he came in front of his wife, and he seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

Mrs. Liu agreed, knowing that he didn't like people around when changing clothes, so she let the maid help her to go to the dining room first.

While waiting for Mr. Liu to change his clothes, Mrs. Liu's nanny came in from outside, "Ma'am, then Aunt Xu is acting like a demon again."

"How to be a demon?" Mrs. Liu asked casually.

The nanny then told about Xu Xiaodie's encouraging Master Liu to let the young master go to her father's class, and even about Xu Xiaodie being ignored by Master Liu in the end.

Mrs. Liu nodded lightly, "Understood, thank you, Mother Qin."

"Ma'am, you can't pamper Aunt Xu like this anymore. If you follow her example and don't have Madam in your heart, wouldn't it be a mess?"

The nanny tried her best to persuade her, but Mrs. Liu remained indifferent, as if she didn't take it seriously.

Seeing her go on and on, Mrs. Liu said, "Mother Qin, as long as the master's heart is with me, no matter how much Aunt Xu acts like a monster, she's just asking for trouble. Why should I bother with her? It doesn't hurt my mood. "

"Ma'am..." Qin's mother still wanted to persuade, how can a man's heart be trusted? Didn't Master Liu also show his whole heart when he married his wife at the beginning, but in the end he still took a concubine.

"Ma'am is right, Mother Qin, please step back." Master Liu changed his clothes. The looser clothes covered his fat body, and he cleaned up much more neatly than when he went out.

Mother Qin saw that Master Liu was coming, and heard them talking, she had a embarrassed face, and hurriedly backed away.

The dinner has been set up, six dishes and one soup, it looks rich, but upon closer inspection, it is very plain, the staple food is not rice but porridge.

Master Liu held Madam's hand, sat down together, and ate clear porridge, "Madam, if the people in the West Side Courtyard are dishonest, let's sell them off. Mommy is going to teach her the rules."

"Okay, I'll listen to the master." Mrs. Liu smiled softly, just like when she married him back then.

Everyone in the Liu Manor knew that Mrs. Liu was the master's treasure. In terms of the degree of treasure, the elder and younger masters had to be in the back row. Only a brainless person like Xu Xiaodie thought he had a chance to win the favor.

So it is doomed to end up suffering the consequences.

Gu Beizhi returned home with more than 13 taels of silver, and when he handed over the money to Guan Zhou, Guan Zhou was dumbfounded, and squeezed his face fiercely, but Gu Beizhi had no time to stop it.

"Oh—hahaha, it's true, it's actually true!" Guan Zhou first wailed, and then immediately became silly.

"You!" Gu Beizhi took a closer look at his face, and it blushed a lot. This is really a cruel blow to himself.

"Does it hurt?"

Guan Zhou nodded, "It hurts, it hurts so much! Hehe~"

"Are you happy when it hurts? I'll get you a cold handkerchief." Gu Beizhi stood up and went to draw water from the well.

Guan Zhou didn't speak, and counted the money again, with a bright smile on his face, "Hey~"

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