kvmb Chapter 696 1 False Alarm
Chapter 696 1 False Alarm
Shopkeeper Liu thought for a moment and said, "When did Sha Yanxiao tell you?"
"Yesterday, after leaving Zhou's tailor shop and sending Taohua back to the outer residence, I got in the car back to the Marshal's Mansion."
"Oh no, it's been a while. If he wanted to take action, he would have done it long ago," said Shopkeeper Liu.
"Then what should we do? Should we move? Should we go find Director Song? Alas, it's all my fault. Now I have implicated my comrades." Shopkeeper Zhang said regretfully. She was now confused.
Gui'er quickly said, "That's not the case. Sha Yanxiao has never been interested in arresting revolutionaries. He told me so yesterday. I'm just in case."
Manager Liu said, "You're still too lax, kid. Political struggles are brutal. Even you have to consider the situation before deciding whether to return to the Marshal's Mansion."
Gui'er panicked when she heard this. She was very sure that Sha Yanxiao would never harm her, but if everyone was evacuated as Manager Liu said, the situation would get out of control.
She said to Shopkeeper Liu, "How about this? Now that things have come to this, we can't escape even if we try. I'll wait here for news. Send one of your men with a package of medicine to the tailor shop to see if Shopkeeper Zhou is there. If he is, it means Sha Yanxiao isn't planning anything bad. Then we can arrange his escape at an appropriate time. If he leaves right away, it will only alert the enemy."
Shopkeeper Liu pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense." Then he turned and left.
After a while, he walked in again and said, "I've already arranged for someone to go. And just outside, my fellow villagers who were collecting herbs in the countryside just sent over a basket of herbs. You can stay and help me process them, and use the excuse of waiting for news here."
Guier nodded, grabbed a handful of astragalus and angelica to replenish qi and nourish blood, wrapped it in a piece of paper, and took it out as if it was a prescription she had found.
Sure enough, there were two large baskets outside, which were sent by an old man from the countryside. They contained Pueraria lobata, Rhizoma Cynanchum, and Smilax glabra, waiting for Manager Liu to pay.
Just then, two more customers came into the store, and the waiter went out to deliver medicine. Guier said to Ah Cheng, "Brother Ah Cheng, the store is so busy right now. I'm going to stay a little longer to help Manager Liu process these herbs. If you feel bored, go take a walk around and come back."
Ah Cheng said, "It's okay, you guys go about your business. The security in the factory is unstable right now, and the young master won't let me leave you even for a moment."
Gui'er had no choice but to sit down and organize the herbs, sorting them and putting them away.
By the time the medicine had been divided, Shopkeeper Liu had already helped two customers get their medicine and had it weighed. The man who had gone to deliver the medicine returned with 55 coins, handed them to Shopkeeper Liu, and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou said thank you. This is the money he gave me for the medicine."
Shopkeeper Liu took a look, counted the money, and said with a smile, "Okay, I understand." Then he turned to Gui'er and said, "Child, everything is fine here. Go and do your own thing. Please give Taohua a good message and congratulate her on her upcoming marriage."
Gui'er knew that it must be Shopkeeper Zhou who was still in the tailor shop, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be leaving now. See you later."
Then I took Ah Cheng's car to Taohua, still thinking about what had just happened, feeling a little uneasy.
As soon as Taohua saw her, she came up to her happily, pulled her and said, "I asked the kitchen to make some snacks, waiting for you to come over."
Gui'er smiled, a bit puzzled, and said, "What's wrong? You seem very happy."
Taohua pulled her to sit down at the table and said, "I saw the young lady."
"Which lady?" Gui'er was stunned for a moment before she realized that she was talking about Song Tingting.
"It's not surprising. After all, it's her family's home. It's only natural for her to go back often. You saw her from the upstairs window, didn't you?"
Taohua smiled mysteriously and said, "I also heard from the mothers here that this young lady from the Song family is very famous around here. She's a typical money-loser. Every now and then, she drags her affair-brother-in-law back to her parents' home to ask for money. Huh, when she first treated me in the Song Mansion, she treated me so well. I thought she treated me like a sister. I didn't expect that when Madam Song wanted to harm me, she didn't say a word. Later, by chance, she became our sister-in-law. She is also arrogant and has no face. Now that she is not doing well, I am so happy."
Gui Er sighed, shook her head and said, "They are no longer related to each other, why would I bother with her?"
"I can't be as magnanimous as you. When she was still in the Marshal's Mansion, you had to live under the same roof with her in Nanjing. I guess you must have suffered a lot." Taohua said.
"It's okay actually. I will deliberately keep a distance from her. Anyway, it's enough as long as we can get along in face. Besides, I am Second Brother's person, so she won't dare to go too far." Gui'er said calmly. She didn't have a good impression of Song Tingting. She thought that this person was timid, afraid of things and irresponsible. She was a typical spoiled person who didn't know how to be responsible for her own life.
"Okay, I came here today thinking of taking you out for a walk to see if there's anything you need so we can buy some more and bring them over later. Let's go to Wing On Department Store."
So the two of them went out again.
When they arrived at Wing On Department Store, Gui'er said to Taohua, "Take a look, is there anything missing? My brother gave you some money and asked you to fill in these missing items." Then he took out the small bag of silver dollars.
Taohua was stunned at first, then said in astonishment, "So much money?"
Guier smiled and said, "I was thinking that since you're getting married, it would be best to buy you one or two valuable items to keep as treasures. How about buying you a silver bracelet?"
When Taohua heard this, her eyes showed anticipation, but she said embarrassedly: "That's too expensive, and how can a family like us wear jewelry?"
Gui Er smiled and said, "Every woman must have one or two pieces of jewelry when she gets married. Look at Miss Zhang Si and her two concubines. They all have bracelets."
Taohua listened, thought for a moment and said, "That's right. But don't let yourself be outdone."
Gui'er quickly said, "I'm not saying this to ask you to compare, I just hope you won't always be thinking about saving money. Let's go and choose. If the money here is not enough, I'll add some more."
The two of them came to the jewelry counter. Taohua ignored the expensive, thick, and large styles and only looked at the thin, small, and slightly more delicate ones.
Guier knew that she was saving money for herself, but she was indeed short of money. If she had any money left, she would like to buy Taohua a pair of shoes or a scarf or something like that.