kvmb Chapter 230 Bi'er's Thoughts
Chapter 230 Bi'er's Thoughts
Although Mr. Li was gone, the cloth shops of the famous Li family in various places in Jiangnan had to operate as usual. So on the second day after the funeral, the four shopkeepers from other places said goodbye to Li Yunye one after another.
"Yunye is still young and has no experience. Jiangnan Mingli will have to rely on you shopkeepers in the future." Li Yunye personally escorted the four people to the gate of the mansion, and according to Mu Liang's instructions, he asked Ange to prepare generous New Year gifts for the four shopkeepers in advance.
"Don't worry, sir. The shop in Jicheng will be safe with me, Old Ni, here. But you should take good care of your health." The first person to speak was the shopkeeper Ni from Jicheng. He spoke in a loud voice, with a pair of big eyes, and saluted respectfully towards Li Yunye with an appearance of great righteousness.
"With Manager Ni's words, Yunye feels relieved." Li Yunye nodded with satisfaction and returned the greeting.
"Manager Ni, what you said makes it sound like our other three places will be in chaos." Then, the short and fat Manager Feng had some complaints about Manager Ni's words, but he was only half joking.
"How could I dare to have such an idea? You, Shopkeeper Feng, are always nitpicking." Shopkeeper Ni was naturally dissatisfied with being misunderstood in this way.
"Okay, okay, stop arguing when you two meet. The young master is here." Shopkeeper Lu from Wangcheng squinted his eyes, leaving only two slits, like a fox. He seemed to have gotten used to such scenes, but when he saw Li Yunye looking embarrassed, he hurriedly spoke to persuade him.
Shopkeeper Yang, who remained silent and frowned, puzzled Li Yunye. However, he did not dare to ask directly. He just bowed to the four people in front of him and continued to instruct them, "It is difficult to travel on the snowy road. I hope you shopkeepers will be careful. If there is anything in the shop in the future, just pass the letter to Shopkeeper Yuan as usual."
"The shops in various places are stable for the time being, but how should you deal with the rumors in Qile City? We can't let these rumors spread throughout the entire Jingsong Kingdom, right? If then, how should our shopkeepers in various places deal with it?" As soon as Li Yunye finished speaking, the silent shopkeeper Yang slowly spoke. Although he put on a respectful attitude, a trace of contempt for Li Yunye flashed in his shrewd eyes.
After hearing what Shopkeeper Yang said, Shopkeeper Lu and Shopkeeper Feng also looked at Li Yunye worriedly.
"Shopkeeper Yang, since they are just rumors, you should deal with them accordingly. Rumors about Jiangnan Mingli appear every year, and you have been in Jiangnan Mingli for so many years. How to deal with these nonsense? Do you still need the young master to teach you today?" But Shopkeeper Ni snorted coldly. When the master was alive, Shopkeeper Yang had a fawning face. Now that the master has just left, he wants to bully the new master and deliberately make things difficult for the young master.
"In the past, with the master in person, any rumors would be self-defeating. But now that the master is gone, you have to rely on Shopkeeper Mu for everything. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. I hope you will be careful and not let the famous Li in Jiangnan change hands." Shopkeeper Yang said with a sneer, then suddenly shook his sleeves and turned away.
When the two shopkeepers Feng and Lu saw that the atmosphere was a little strange, they hurriedly said goodbye to the young master.
"A small shopkeeper actually showed his displeasure to the boss. Young master, Shopkeeper Yang is clearly bullying you..." When Shopkeeper Ni saw Shopkeeper Yang walking away in anger in front of the young master, he became even more furious and pointed at the departing carriage and started cursing loudly.
"Manager Yang is also thinking about the famous Li from Jiangnan. I can understand that. Manager Ni, don't be upset." After all, they were at the gate of the mansion, and Manager Ni's voice scared Li Yunye so much that he hurried to comfort him.
Seeing the boss say this, Shopkeeper Ni naturally didn't say anything more, so he also said goodbye to Li Yunye.
After seeing off the four shopkeepers, Li Yunye finally relaxed his stiff body. His feet started to ache again. An Ge, who was waiting on the side, hurriedly helped the young man into the house.
"Where is An Yun?" Li Yunye asked as they walked towards the study.
"Master Mu Liang asked him to go get medicine from Doctor Sun." Ange replied.
"Old Zhou is missing too?"
"He should have gone out with An Yun."
"That's right, he can never stay at home. Where's Brother Muliang?"
"I'm waiting for you in the study."
Upon hearing this, Li Yunye immediately quickened his pace and headed towards the study. His father had left behind some accounts and unresolved matters, which he had to sort out with his brother Mu Liang in the next few days.
As soon as Li Yunye entered the study, he saw the table piled with account books and booklets. Mu Liang was still cleaning the bookshelf at the back.
"Have all four shopkeepers left?" Mu Liang glanced at the figure at the door and asked.
"Yeah." Li Yunye didn't say much, but just sat aside listlessly, picked up a booklet and started flipping through it. He felt tired dealing with these four shopkeepers. Thinking about the fact that there were so many people under the famous Li family in Jiangnan, he suddenly felt a headache.
Seeing the two young masters busy in the study, An Ge left and went to the front yard. Although An Ge was young, but a few months ago, Butler Fang personally led him to manage some things in the mansion. He also arranged the mansion in an orderly manner during the funeral, and no major mistakes occurred. Therefore, when Li Yunye handed the butler's key to An Ge in public, no servant in the mansion was dissatisfied.
"Brother Mu Liang, what do you think of those four shopkeepers?" Li Yunye flipped through the booklet in his hand, and suddenly thought of the scene at the gate of Li's Mansion just now, so he asked Mu Liang.
"Both Shopkeeper Feng and Shopkeeper Lu have good tempers, but they are fence-sitters. Shopkeeper Ni is impatient and doesn't hide his thoughts, but he has always been loyal to the famous Li in Jiangnan. You can trust him. As for Shopkeeper Yang..."
"What's wrong with Shopkeeper Yang? Just now I saw that he seemed to be very concerned about the famous Li from Jiangnan."
"When my godfather was alive, he was used to flattering you, but now he seems to be ignoring you. I can't guess what he is thinking." Mu Liang put down the accounts in his hand, thought for a moment, and shook his head.
"I didn't expect there is someone that even a fox like you can't see through." Although Manager Yang was a thoughtful person, Li Yunye did not doubt his loyalty to the famous Li from Jiangnan. Therefore, he did not care about Mu Liang's words, but instead teased his sworn brother.
"Hehe, am I a fox in your heart?" Mu Liang asked with a twitch in his mouth.
"How many times have you sold me out? Are you still pretending?" Li Yunye rolled his eyes and ignored him.
As if he had been hit in a weak spot by his brother-in-law, Mu Liang quickly lowered his head guiltily and dared not speak again.
The two of them worked silently for an incense stick of time. A maid came in with tea and snacks and bowed to Li Yunye and Mu Liang: "Master, Master Mu Liang, take a break."
"Bi'er?" Mu Liang looked up and saw that it was the maid beside Aunt Xin, and then called out.
Hearing the voice, Li Yunye also looked towards the maid. He felt that she looked familiar but could not remember where she was from.
"Master Mu Liang." Bier stood where she was, looked at Mu Liang deeply, then lowered her head shyly.
"She used to be Aunt Xin's personal maid." Mu Liang didn't pay attention to Bier's expression, but saw Li Yunye's confused expression, so he explained.
"Bi'er, are you on duty in the study now?" Li Yunye suddenly realized and hurriedly stood up and came to Bi'er and asked with concern.
Perhaps because of Aunt Xin, Li Yunye and the maidservants around her also felt sympathy for her.
"Yes, Butler Ange arranged me here." Bier bowed respectfully to Li Yunye and nodded in reply.
Bi'er didn't have a good impression of Li Yunye before, but when she saw that he gave a grand burial to Aunt Xin, the concubine of the Li family, and did not let the housekeeper treat her harshly, she was very grateful.
"This study is so dull and is most suitable for An Yun. A girl like you can't stay there. Why don't we move to another place?" Li Yunye thought that he would often stay in the study in the future, and it was enough for him to have An Yun by his side. Also, seeing Bi'er would always remind him of the grievances between Aunt Xin and his mother, so he felt annoyed, so he planned to arrange her to stay somewhere else.
"Thank you for your consideration, sir. There is no one to serve in Master Mu Liang's courtyard. Why not let Bi'er serve Master Mu Liang?" Bi'er raised her eyes to look at Mu Liang who was looking at the accounts, and bowed to Li Yunye and begged.
Li Yun was stunned with his mouth open in the middle of the night. He naturally saw Bier's shy expression and couldn't help feeling annoyed. He didn't expect that girl to have such thoughts about Brother Mu Liang. He immediately turned to Mu Liang and said angrily: "They are asking you for help, so you handle it yourself." After that, he took a piece of cake and rushed out of the study.
"Bi'er, you should know that I don't like being served by others. If you don't want to stay in this study, I will ask the housekeeper to arrange for you to go somewhere else." Mu Liang saw the anger on his brother's face and thought that it was because Bi'er made the decision on her own and made him lose face, so he straightened his face and said seriously.
"Yes, Master Mu Liang." Seeing Master Mu Liang's serious expression, Bier didn't dare to say anything more. She was also annoyed by her audacity just now, so she bowed, lowered her head and walked out.