Lord, pay for the wine

Lin Yuehua and Lin An followed Yan Anxuan into the back hall, Xiao Er and Xiao San saw the three of them coming to the back hall at the same time, Xiao Er quietly hid behind Xiao Er.

"Shop... shopkeeper, why are you in the back hall, aren't you going to make wine?" Xiaosan held out a smile and stretched out her hand to say hello.

"We... us?" Yan Anxuan turned his head and saw that Lin Yuehua and Lin An were one foot behind him, Yan Anxuan was startled: "What are you two doing with me?"

"Uh, we don't think we know what to do up front?"

"I don't know what to do? Aren't you the accountant, Xiao Si? You don't need to keep accounts?" Yan Anxuan was very angry.

"Got it." Lin Yuehua ran away.

Yan Anxuan turned his gaze to Lin An and said, "What are you still doing standing there? Go and watch Jin Yu for me."

"Oh, but what are you doing looking at Jin Yu?" Lin An asked curiously.

Yan Anxuan approached him, smiled and said: "Of course I don't do anything, I just let you do what a buddy should do, and watch him stop running away by the way."

"Understood, the shopkeeper is afraid that Ms. Cao will steal Mr. Jin's soul, so don't worry and leave it to me." Xiaosan clapped her hands suddenly.

"Uh." Yan Anxuan stretched out his hand to hold Lin An, but he didn't even touch the skirt of his clothes, and Lin An hurried back to the front hall.

"Xiao Er, hurry up and serve the dishes." The chef came out of the kitchen with a spatula, saw Yan Anxuan, and said pleasantly, "Shopkeeper, I don't have to work hard."

Hearing this sentence, Yan Anxuan had no choice but to say again: "Chef, you have worked hard."

Lin An came to the front hall and wandered around the table where Zong Jinyu and Cao Daxiang were sitting. She only saw Cao Yingying covering her mouth and smiling shyly from time to time, but her eyes were always on Zong Jinyu. Zong Jinyu was just being polite and friendly. She talks and doesn't laugh much.

Well, it seems that Mr. Jin is not seduced by Ms. Cao, but Ms. Cao is fascinated by Mr. Jin. It seems that the shopkeeper is worrying too much. I will tell the shopkeeper later, but it is almost in time for dinner. It's time, I don't know if Boss Cao is having dinner here?

Lin An was observing and thinking at the same time, and from time to time he had a few words with Lin Yuehua who was diligently keeping accounts.

Yan Anxuan sat in the kitchen and ate the dishes made by the chef while chatting with the second and third mistresses. The bet with Zong Jinyu was never mentioned.

Time passed slowly, Cao Yingying and Zong Jinyu were talking, she was so happy that she didn't notice the current time at all.

Cao Daxiang, who couldn't sit still, had already gone to the latrine several times. Yan Anxuan saw him the last time he went to the latrine, and Yan Anxuan greeted him, "Boss Cao, how are you? Go to the latrine?"

"Well, as you get older, your stomach will not be good."

"Oh, then you can pay more attention to nourishing your body more, but don't hurt your body, and drink less alcohol."

"Nourishing is necessary, but it's just that." Boss Cao sat by the well and said, "This wine, if you drink less, you will feel something wrong."

"Hehe, by the way, does Boss Cao want to stay here for dinner?" Yan Anxuan changed the subject.

"Ah." Cao Daxiang looked at the sky, it was a little dark, and said, "It's already this hour, but Yingying looks like she doesn't want to go home yet."

"Then leave after eating." Yan Anxuan suggested.

"That's good." Cao Daxiang said: "Get some more good dishes, Mr. Jin is here, if there are few dishes, it seems that we are not sincere."

"Jin Yu also eats with you?" Yan Anxuan said in surprise.

"Yes, it's for Mr. Jin."

"Hehe, Boss Cao, you still call him Young Master Jin, he is just an inn boy, called Xiao Liu." Yan Anxuan explained again.

"Yingying likes it."

"Hehe..." Yan Anxuan laughed a few times, and said, "Then Boss Cao, go ahead and wait."

"Not busy, not busy, I'll go there later, I'm sure I won't be happy going to Yingying now." Cao Daxiang didn't move.

"Miss Cao is very satisfied with Jin Yu, why?" Yan Anxuan asked curiously.

"Didn't Jin Yu save us, and also get rid of bandits, so it's normal for Yingying to like such a talented and extraordinary person." Cao Daxiang laughed.

"But he's a buddy now!"

"It's fine if you resign, it's a big deal." Cao Daxiang gave Yan Anxuan a sideways look, and said disdainfully.

"He won't quit." Yan Anxuan waved his hand.

"Being a buddy is so good, or is it a lot of money?" Cao Daxiang was surprised.

"It's not because of these." Yan Anxuan explained.

"It's not these?" Cao Daxiang smiled: "It's not because of these, he still refuses, hehe, could it be that he owes you money?"

Yan Anxuan looked at him seriously and didn't speak.

"Uh," Cao Daxiang stroked his beard, and said uncertainly, "Could it be true? Mr. Jin really owes you money?"

"..." Yan Anxuan still didn't speak.

After being silent for a while, Cao Daxiang said, "Why did shopkeeper Yan become unhappy?"

"En." Yan Anxuan nodded.

"Hmm what?" Cao Daxiang was confused by Yan Anxuan's nod.

"I'm affirming what Boss Cao said. Jin Yu does owe me money." Yan Anxuan said solemnly.

"Huh? Really?" Cao Daxiang asked back.

"It's true." Yan Anxuan nodded again to confirm, and said, "So he can't quit this job."

"Haha, this is easy." Cao Daxiang thought for a while, stroked his beard and laughed, "As long as Mr. Jin becomes my son-in-law, the Cao family will pay for the money owed to Shopkeeper Yan."

Yan Anxuan silently looked at Cao Daxiang: Is this really your purpose?You finally spoke up!But how can you be sure that Jin Yu will marry your daughter?And do you know how much he owes me?

Seeing that Yan Anxuan didn't speak, Cao Daxiang patted Yan Anxuan on the shoulder and said, "Shopkeeper Yan, owed money is a trivial matter. In the future, you and I will have business contacts, and we may even have a closer relationship haha."

"Do you know how much Jin Yu owes me?" Yan Anxuan looked at Cao Daxiang's fat hand on his shoulder, and said lightly.

"Oh, how many can there be!" Cao Daxiang patted Yan Anxuan's shoulder again and said, "Shopkeeper Yan, tell me, how could it be possible—"

Yan Anxuan didn't wait for Cao Daxiang to finish, and interrupted him lightly: "1000 taels."

Hearing this number, Cao Daxiang silently swallowed the unspoken word 'how many?' and uttered his own question: "1000 taels?"

Before Yan Anxuan could respond, he laughed and said, "Shopkeeper Yan, are you joking again? Really, I'm asking you something serious, please be serious."

Yan Anxuan adjusted his expression, looked at Cao Daxiang seriously and said, "1000 taels."

Cao Daxiang withdrew his hand on Yan Anxuan's shoulder, stood up, put his hands behind his back, looked at Tian'er and said, "It's getting late today, Yingying and I will go back first."

Yan Anxuan also stood up and said, "Boss Cao, that dinner..."

"Let's eat at home, so we don't need to ask the chef to do it." Cao Daxiang opened the curtain and walked to the front hall.

"Oh, that's fine, then I'll see you off." Yan Anxuan also followed him.

"Boss Cao is going back now?" Xiaoer said.

"En." Xiaosan nodded.

"Why doesn't the shopkeeper take this opportunity to kill Boss Cao? Is this still our shopkeeper?" Xiaoer asked.

Xiao San looked at Xiao Er deeply, and said seriously: "Maybe the shopkeeper is guilty."

"Yeah." Xiaoer thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, Boss Cao is also a businessman, no better than others, and he knows a lot more. If the shopkeeper wants to kill him, he will definitely feel guilty."

"...Little brother, do you think so?" Xiaosan asked in disbelief.

Xiao San took a bite of the food and said, "Don't you think so?" Then he took some food with his hands and put it in front of Xiao San's mouth, saying, "Little San, open your mouth."

Xiao San swallowed those dishes, licked Xiao Er's finger with her tongue inadvertently, nodded and said, "Brother Xiao Er is right."

Xiao Er, who had her finger licked, looked at Xiao San's mouth slowly chewing the vegetables, and couldn't help licking the finger that Xiao San had just fed.

After Xiaosan saw it, her face became a little hot.

"Hey, Xiao Er, you're stealing food again! Hurry up and deliver the food!" The chef raised his head and saw Xiao Er licking his fingers, and yelled angrily, beating the pot with a spatula.

"I know, I know, Chef, you know how to shout at me!" Xiaoer complained.

"Go!" The chef picked up the spatula and was about to rush towards him.

"Okay, okay, I got it." Xiao Er picked up the food and left, taking the opportunity to give Xiao San another bite.

Xiaosan opened her mouth to answer, and seeing the chef looking at him, she smiled embarrassedly at the chef. The chef shook his head helplessly and said, "You two, really."

"Hee hee, the chef is the best." Xiao San acted like a baby to the chef, and the chef said helplessly: "Little San, don't always let Xiao Er come here, Xiao Er should also look like an adult."

"Yeah, I got it, I got it." Xiaosan replied.

"You said you knew it every time, but next time..." the chef was helpless.

"Yeah, I remember." Xiaosan said with a smile.

Zong Jinyu, who was sitting at the table, kept talking to Cao Yingying with graceful movements and demeanor, but his finger tapping on the teacup revealed his indifference to this conversation.

Yan Anxuan who came with Cao Daxiang saw Zong Jinyu's indifferent face, and couldn't help but feel a little excited: Jin Yu doesn't care about chatting with Miss Cao at all, hehe.

Cao Yingying didn't notice her father's existence until Cao Daxiang came to her. Cao Daxiang took her daughter's arm and said, "Yingying, it's getting late, let's go home."

"Father, are you going back now? It's still early."

"I went out for a day today, your mother should be in a hurry, we have to go back early, so we can have dinner with your mother." Cao Daxiang patiently explained.

"It's just today, my mother will understand, and besides, we can have dinner with Mr. Jin in the inn." Cao Yingying looked at Cao Daxiang expectantly and said.

Cao Daxiang looked at his daughter's expectant eyes, finally turned his head unbearably, and said, "Your mother will be angry if you go back late."

"Father—" Cao Yingying elongated her voice.

"Uh, we can come back tomorrow." Cao Daxiang finally retreated.