"I understand, Brother Duan."

Su Yourong glanced at the abacus with her eyes squintedly, and after copying the numbers to the account book, she put down her pen holder, went to the corner where the basin was placed to clean her hands, and then she served the table.

The two lambs each held two steamed cakes, a bowl of porridge, and a plate of side dishes. They sat on another square table and had already eaten voraciously. When they saw Su Yourong, they smiled flatteringly and continued to chew.

Two Huanniangs came to the inn to work and were responsible for changing the bedding. In addition to the wages, the inn also provided her with food and salary for lunch. The salary was good and close to home. When she was recruiting workers, many villagers wanted to come after being squeezed.

Su Yourong nodded and returned her greeting, and sat directly next to Zhou Qinchuan.

At this time, in the Ming Dynasty, generally speaking, women could not go to the main table. Both ladies took food and found another place to eat.

Su Yourong wanted to do this at first, but Zhou Qinchuan had no such consciousness. When he was having dinner in the inn for the first time, Zhao Zitong and Uncle Dong were not there. Da Chang and Xiaoduan had not returned yet, so the three of them were there.

Zhou Qinchuan sincerely invited each other, and Su Yourong followed suit, but Xiao Ji would not refuse. Since then, Su Yourong has been on the table.

Even though Uncle Dong had some opinions at first, Zhao Zitong was basically not there, and the head of the family didn't say anything. He needed three people to help him, so he endured it.

After that, Zhou Qinchuan's status rose all the way, and Su Yourong also used her skills to conquer the inns. No one would take the initiative to mention the matter of her attending the table.

Looking at the steamed cakes and millet porridge on the table, Su Yourong felt a little tired, and thought about it and asked Brother Qin Chuan to discuss it and ask someone to buy some rice by the canal.

Even if you can’t eat rice every day and change your taste occasionally, it’s still good to have a tooth beating ceremony.

She is from the south and still likes more rice. She eats too much wheat noodles and millet, so she is always a little uncomfortable.

"Hey, where is Xiao Ji?"

After taking a bite of the steamed cake and taking a sip of the porridge, Su Yourong looked around and didn't see the naughty child. She couldn't help but wonder that this kid has always been the most active when he encounters eating.

She had already arrived late for today's lunch. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ji was even later and she didn't even see her shadow.

"Um?"

After listening to Su Yourong's question, Zhou Qinchuan noticed that Xiao Ji was indeed not in the lobby.

"Da Chang, Xiao Ji is still in the kitchen?"

Zhou Qinchuan asked nearby.

Xiao Ji was young and was not assigned any fixed work except to help make bread. However, in his spare time, he spent half of his time in the kitchen to help in order to hone his skills.

Despite this question, Zhou Qinchuan knew that he probably wouldn't get any useful answers. According to this kid's nature, it is not scientific at all if he is not at the dinner table when it is time to eat.

"I'm not here long ago. Today he helped me cut the side dishes and left."

Sure enough, I didn't get any useful news from Dachang.

Looking at the rest of the people, they shook their heads and said that they had never seen Xiao Ji.

"Isn't it that you made him read and write these two days, drove him crazy and ran away from home?"

Zhou Qinchuan turned his head and joked with Su Yourong.

"Not going to stop?"

Su Yourong said suspiciously that she saw Xiao Ji having a headache these days and beating and scolding him might only make him more annoyed, and she consciously reduced the difficulty and practice amount.

I didn’t run away when I was in the most painful situation a few days ago, but now I’m relaxed and I want to run away instead. How could this be the reason?

Seeing the smile in Zhou Qinchuan's eyes, he suddenly realized that he was joking with him.

Thinking about it, although Xiao Ji is a naughty boy, it is obvious that he attaches great importance to his relationship with Zhou Qinchuan and himself. It is impossible for him to leave just because of reading and writing, and ignore his brother and sister.

He gave Zhou Qinchuan a blank look and Su Yourong put down the bowls and chopsticks:

"I still have the heart to joke with me, and I'm not your brother.

Have you ever seen Xiao Ji?"

The latter sentence asked the rest of the people, including the two ladies who were not on the main table.

Seeing everyone shook their heads, only Xiao Duan hesitated for a moment.

"Xiao Duan, have you met Xiao Ji?"

Su Yourong looked carefully and handed over it in one sentence.

"This... I did see him a quarter of an hour before the meal."

For a quarter of an hour, Su Yourong was a little disappointed. She had met Xiao Ji for a quarter of an hour ago. It seemed that Xiao Duan could not get any useful information here.

Don't want Xiaoduan to continue:

"At that time, I saw him walking out of the lobby, and asked him where he was going, but Xiao Ji didn't answer me.

There were so many things at that time that I didn’t care about him and didn’t care, so I let him go.”

Su Yourong's eyebrows slightly raised up. This kid really dares to play the scene of running away from home? He doesn't have any of him!

"Don't worry, Xiao Ji won't do this."

Seeing her expression, Zhou Qinchuan knew that she had thought wrongly and persuaded her in time.

These days, Xiaoji and Su Yourong often have a lot of trouble. Although Xiaoji complained that reading and writing were too hard, Zhou Qinchuan could see that this kid did not resent his sister Yourong. Instead, he was a little addicted to this game of catching cats and mice. He felt that such a fight was very interesting, so he would not disappear because of this grudge.

He is still sure about this.

"What's wrong with Xiao Ji at that time?"

Zhou Qinchuan turned to Xiao Duan.

"Speaking of this, Xiao Ji seems to be a little different from usual."

A little hard memory:

"I looked a little cautious and a little angry. By the way, there was a strange knife on my waist."

What is this kid going to do if he takes the dog's leg knife away?

Zhou Qinchuan thought to himself.

Since I arrived at the inn to work, they have put away these carry-on weapons and have not appeared in front of others. Xiao Ji took a knife and went out. What was he going to do?

"Shopkeeper, Xiao Ji came to the kitchen and got a few steamed cakes."

Dachang added.

This message is of little use, it only means that this kid is ready for a short trip.

"Also, shopkeeper, I remember Xiao Ji was at the door, and after seeing a few foreigners passing by, he came back and took a walk before sneaking out.

I vaguely heard him muttering something about "acquaintances" and the words "paohuazi".

When I heard Xiao Duan talk about an acquaintance, Zhou Qinchuan was a little strange. Most of Xiao Ji's acquaintances were beggars from Guan Yang Maoyang, and he must have known him.

Have these people turned over? Can they come here?

When he heard the three words "Pai Huazi", Zhou Qinchuan's expression changed.

The connection between "acquaintance" and "Paihuazi" can only remind people of the scene of Xiao Ji being hijacked, and carrying a dog-legged knife with him seems to prove that his guess is correct.

This kid probably saw the trafficker who hijacked him, so he called him an acquaintance.

Zhou Qinchuan felt uncomfortable when he thought of the enchanting man who had his teeth broken, his nose bridge was broken, and his embroidered red clothes.

Xiao Ji, who deliberately turned around the inn, followed the man with a dog-legged knife, and it was self-evident what he wanted to do.
Chapter completed!