The daily life of the fortune teller who was forced to open business

"I heard that the child of the Zhou family has become a high-ranking official?" At the end of Lijia Lane, a few old ladies sewed and mended together under the sun that just came out in the morning, and chatted along the way: "This is well-developed! "

"Who said it wasn't?" The other old lady laughed twice: "I think Li's daughter-in-law is going to regret it."

"I don't know if I want her daughter or not!"

"I didn't say that, if I belonged to the Li family, I wouldn't give him the girl no matter what! What's the use of being rich? If my girl is suppressed to death, who can I ask for reasoning?"

"That's the truth!"

Before a few people could speak, they heard the sound of a car engine, their eyes were attracted, and finally fell on the slowly stopping car.

Zhou Ren got out of the car, and now he can be regarded as a shotgun. He is wearing a neat three-piece suit with a fashionable big back and shiny leather shoes. Although he looks a bit petty, he is still a promising young man. .

"Grandma Wang, Grandma Zhang..." Zhou Ren greeted several people politely one by one. Grandma Wang rolled her eyes and said, "Aren, you are a rare visitor now. I won't see you for ten days and a half months. trip."

Zhou Ren showed a shy smile and said: "I'm working as an assistant for someone now, and I want to live in his mansion. If I don't come back all the time, my salary will be deducted."

Grandma Zhang winked at him, her house is opposite Zhou Ren's house, and she watched him grow up: "Okay, don't talk to our old lady, you'll be back this morning, you have something to do, right? Let's go to work!"

"Hey, good!" Zhou Ren replied, took two handfuls of toffee from the foreigner's side from his pocket, distributed it to some grandma, and walked into the alley.

He has an important thing to do today - that is to propose marriage to the Li family.

He has someone he likes, and she likes him too. Before, her family was poor and had a bad reputation, so her family naturally wouldn't agree, but now it's all right, he is rich, and Mr. Yuan also values ​​him. He has already said that he will be mentioned later. Secretary, this is a good job—the person who worked as a secretary for my husband has already gone to a certain place to work as a parent officer.

With the money and the future, he dared to propose marriage.

He recalled Mr. Yuan's indifferent and dignified eyes, and when he heard that he wanted to ask for leave to propose marriage, he borrowed his car and asked someone to prepare some Western gifts for him so that he could come to propose marriage in a decent manner. .

Zhou Ren thought about the blueprint for the future in his heart, and there was a bit of joy in his steps.

When he passed by the door of his house, he saw the grandmother next door was sitting at the door picking vegetables. Seeing that he came back, there was a group of people carrying things behind him, and showed him a gratifying smile, and Zhou Ren couldn't help smiling.

Everything is going well.

At the end of Li's alley, just walk to the end.

Zhou Ren deliberately stopped when he was about to arrive, straightened his tie and suit, and then went up to knock on the door.As a result, before the hand reached the door, the door opened with a creak, and a middle-aged woman dressed brightly and neatly came out. She walked out with Aunt Li, and said as she walked, "Okay, that matter will be settled soon." So it's settled, Mrs. Li, young people nowadays are not interested in blind marriages, let me tell Mrs. Bao, let the two of you find a place to listen to a play and drink tea together, and let the two young people see each other Look at each other."

Mrs. Li answered with a smile all over her face, and immediately saw Zhou Ren at the door, her face collapsed immediately: "Xiao Zhou, it's you, are you back?"

Zhou Ren nodded: "Aunt Li, is A Mian at home?"

Mrs. Li glanced at the group of bodyguards carrying things behind him, then turned to the matchmaker and said, "There are guests at home, so I won't keep you any longer!"

"Okay, then I'll go first!" The matchmaker looked at Zhou Ren, then left with her handkerchief shaken.

As soon as she left, Mrs. Li immediately said without hesitation: "I think I have made it very clear before. You should not come to see A Mian in the future. A Mian has already talked with her. If everything goes well, you will have a meeting in June next year." It's a wedding, the man is very nice, if you don't mind, come back and have a glass of water and wine."

"If you don't like it, Auntie won't force you."

Zhou Ren's complexion didn't change. He had heard such words too much: "Auntie, I came here today for this matter."

"Shall we go in and talk?"

Mrs. Li shook her head: "I know you are well-off now, but our family is not too poor to live on. There is no such thing as exchanging your daughter's life for wealth. If you become a high-ranking official again, we will become fathers." Damn don't agree either."

Zhou Ren worked hard to maintain a smile: "Auntie, listen to me, the fortune teller said that I was the only star of the gods, and he was not good at learning. I found a master to do it for me... It is Beiming North Daoist, the North Daoist Long story short, I am a smooth sailing husband and wife and a beautiful fate..."

"Okay." Mrs. Li interrupted: "Xiao Zhou, what is your fate? Our neighbors are always watching. If you still have some affection for A Mian, don't hurt her. You lacked love when you were young. With little food and clothing, our family is not well-off, but we have given you two meals and two clothes, just for the sake of this, you should let Ah Mian go."

After Mrs. Li finished speaking, without waiting for Zhou Ren to say anything else, she turned her head and went home, and the door slammed shut.

Zhou Ren's smile froze on his face. The bodyguards behind him looked at each other. One of them hesitated and asked, "Zhou Zhu, what about these gifts..."

Zhou Ren took a deep breath: "Let's put it at the door... Let's go back first."

"Ok."

He looked up at the small attic of Li's house, which was the residence of his favorite girl. The owner of the small window seemed to notice that she was looking at him, and gently closed the window.

At this time, Zhou Ren wanted to shout desperately, "A Mian, wait for me", but he was concerned about her reputation, and finally swallowed the words.

……

***

In Nanshi, all the rogues were leaning on the garden reading a book, looking at the white clouds and gray dogs in the sky, and couldn't help feeling that time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle - even the books that had been hoarded for an unknown amount of time were all finished. The bookstore owner saw Nan At that time, the first sentence was 'the next volume of "XXX" has not yet been released'.

A month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the smell of the New Year outside has become more and more serious. Even the house has become busy, and the yard is full of the aroma of New Year's goods.

Nan Shi saw a few maidservants passing by with two plates of freshly baked fried pork, and his mouth was so greedy, but unfortunately he could only swallow his saliva quietly in order to maintain his image.

I don't know what's going on in modern times. Did I never pass a day when I went back, or is it almost the New Year like here?

A guard came in from outside, and whispered something to Qinglan, Qinglan raised her eyebrows slightly, and reported: "Master, Zhou Ren's marriage proposal was rejected, and the other party didn't even let him in."

Nan Shi snorted, "When did it happen?"

"This morning."

"Yuan Songquan doesn't care?"

Qinglan smiled and said, "Mr. Yuan, even if his eyes are open to the sky, he can't force another family's daughter to marry."

Nan Shi thought for a while: "This is also the reason..."

After Nan Shi finished speaking, he didn't see him do anything about it. Instead, he picked up the book and began to read it, looking like an idle and irrelevant person.Qinglan asked in a low voice: "Master, aren't you going to do something?"

"The things others send to you are not delicious enough, you have to ask for them yourself to cherish them." Nan Shi paused, waved his hand and said, "There is one thing you must do..."

Qinglan bent down cooperatively, and heard Nan Shi say, "Help me go to the kitchen and order some freshly baked fried fruit and fried meat—remember, don't say it's what I want to eat, sister understand?"

Qing Lan put on a dull face: "...Yes, the servant will definitely say that the servant wants the young master to taste something new, but the young master = I have never liked snacks, and I only tasted it because I gave the slave some face."

"Sister is really my confidant." Nan Shi smiled and stretched his arms comfortably. His half-length hair swept across his shoulders, and against the charming clothes, he just showed a bit of invisibility. The unrevealed madness is very similar to Chi You.

The surrounding servants all lowered their heads, not daring to look more, only Qinglan's face was numb.

***

On the other side, Yuan Songquan was busy with his work with his head down. Zhou Ren stood on the side after he came back. He said he was an assistant, but he was actually more like a bodyguard or a driver. He couldn't read and couldn't help much.

Zhou Ren's matter, if it wasn't for Nanshi in the middle, then he didn't even have the qualifications for Yuan Songquan to ask.Even though he put Zhou Ren by his side, he just kept Zhou Ren by his side. Naturally, there were servants to help him adjust Zhou Ren's every move.

Zhou Ren stood for a while, and then a waiter took him outside to attend class. He saw people around him carrying boxes of all sizes in and out, so he couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Are you moving?"

The waiter replied: "Mr. will return to Beijing tomorrow."

"Sir, are you going back to Beijing tomorrow?" Zhou Ren's heart skipped a beat: "Then..."

"Zhou Zhu will naturally go with him." The waiter politely opened the door, and the teacher who taught Zhou Ren to read was already waiting inside: "Zhou Zhu, don't worry, there will be a waiter to help you pack your luggage tomorrow."

Zhou Ren nodded indiscriminately, entered the door, and didn't know what he was learning in class - if he was leaving tomorrow, did it mean that he had no chance to see A Mian again?

Kyoto is thousands of miles away from S City, and I also know that it will not be so easy for him to come back.Ah Mian is already seeing her, if he misses it, wait until he has a chance to see her next time, maybe she is already married.

No, this won't work, he has to find someone to help him, he must convince Aunt Li to give A Mian to him.

He suddenly stood up, bowed to the teacher, and took a leave of absence. As soon as he rushed out halfway, a servant stepped forward to stop him: "Zhou Zhu, sir is summoned."

Zhou Ren was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and followed the waiter, and Yuan Songquan's cold profile was still in his eyes. Yuan Songquan said without raising his head, "I know about you, go back and wait, someone will meet you this afternoon." to help you with this."

"gentlemen……?"

Yuan Songquan stopped the pen in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "I won't say what I said a second time."

Zhou Ren could only nod his head: "Yes, thank you sir."

Maybe Nan Shi was waiting for Zhou Ren to come to ask for help?

People like Nanshi have been planning for a long time, for Zhou Ren, who is nameless and has nothing to do with him?

No matter how you think about it, it looks ridiculous.

Yuan Songquan let out a sigh of relief and waved his hand. A waiter leaned over and heard Yuan Songquan say: "Send someone to Mr. Nan's house to ask how to solve this matter—tell me the news that I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow." Also inform Mr. Nan."

"Yes, sir."