It's very Buddhist scripture, and the old lady said that the girl is not allowed to go out until she is ready to take action."

Xiao Yao was a little curious: "Didn't Aunt Su help me to plead for mercy?"

When she said that Aunt Su was begging for mercy, she was naturally not begging for mercy from the old lady, but from Xiao Xingpei, who then went to intercede with the old lady Xiao.

Hong'er said: "Why don't you plead? I begged the old lady to ask her to scold her. He, a grown man who has a soft ear and only listens to Hu Meizi, is not ashamed to interfere in the affairs of the housewife's family.

…”

Xiao Yao was even more curious. Even if Mrs. Xiao scolded Xiao Xingpei, she didn't expect that she would scold Xiao Xingpei so harshly and ask the servants to listen to it?

At this time, Lan'er came to answer the question and said: "Aunt Su used the master's help to manage the house and took the position of the daughter-in-law of a woman next to the old lady. Although the woman was not in a high position, she could be compared with Liang Liang, the old lady's wife.

We have a good friendship with the old lady, so this matter spread."

Only then did Xiao Yao understand.

The servants of the Xiao family are all very cunning. No matter who you are, if you are powerful, you will be more respectful on the surface, but you will be honest in secret. After all, the masters don't know who is doing the trick, and the servants will know.

, but I was also afraid of being blamed by my superiors, so I didn’t say anything.

The next day, Mu came again.

Xiao Yao looked at her and saw that she looked different from before. There was a bit more determination in her expression and eyes, and he knew that this usually gentle woman had begun to change.

Mu sat aside and stared at Xiao Yao for a while. After the maid went down, she asked: "Do you still want to be a housekeeper?"

Xiao Yao shook her head: "I don't want to care." If she had the time and energy, she might as well start a small business to make some money, rather than working hard for the Xiao family and getting nothing.

Mu nodded: "Then I will continue to take care of it."

Xiao Yao said: "Give some of it out and give it to Aunt Su. If the old lady asks, just say it was the master who brought it up."

Anyway, Aunt Su has been interfering with the housekeeper's affairs through Xiao Xingpei's hand, so why not just let her take care of it openly and ask the old lady to take charge of her.

Mu said: "Without the power of stewardship, I will not be able to protect you siblings."

Xiao Yao said: "The old lady will never ask Aunt Su to be the housekeeper. What are you afraid of?"

Mrs. Mu thought about Mrs. Xiao's neglect of Aunt Su, thought about it, and agreed.

She also has her own considerations. If she concentrates on running the house and Aunt Su interferes, she will lose sight of the other and will not be able to take care of her youngest son.

If they break up, ask the old lady to suppress Aunt Su, and she will be able to take care of her younger son.

Xiao Yao had been nursing for several days, but he was still very afraid of the cold. His health was not good to begin with, but falling into the water twice within a year made it even worse.

Aunt Su was an upright housekeeper, but she was disliked by the angry old Mrs. Xiao. It is said that she directly pointed at Aunt Su's nose and cursed: "It's not difficult for you to take care of the house. You just ask the old lady to kick her legs, and you can do whatever you want!"

Then he scolded Xiao Xingpei: "If you dote on such an unworthy and foxy person, just do it in the house and let her come out to irritate the old woman. You might as well find a rope and let the old woman hang herself!"

Mrs. Xiao came from a noble family and was married to a military commander. Over the years, many noble families secretly disliked her for being vulgar, so she paid special attention to rules. Aunt Su and Xiao Xingpei's actions could be said to have offended her.

After Aunt Su was scolded, she no longer dared to interfere with the stewardship.

Xiao Yao couldn't leave the house, and Xiao Yun couldn't come out either. Therefore, Mu's life was particularly easy.

After the New Year, Xiao Yao was better off, so he went to the street on the day when Shangyuan Energy Festival went out openly. On the one hand, he put out lanterns and guessed lantern riddles, and on the other hand, he wanted to see what kind of small business would be suitable.

It had just snowed a little, but the streets were still very lively.

Xiao Yao was wrapped in a thick fox fur and wandering on the street with the four sisters of the Xiao family.

Not far away, some talented people came forward to greet him. They were the same people Ling'er had befriended before.

Xiao Yao greeted them with a smile and wanted to leave, but Xiao Yun invited them to hang out together.

Xiao Yao had no choice but to go with them, but his eyes were always looking around.

After guessing the lantern riddles, Xiao Yao held a lantern in his hand and was urged back by the women who followed him.

Xiao Yao wandered around, but there was no progress in his business. He knew there was no rush, so he nodded and agreed to go back.

Xiao Yun was still reluctant to leave, but Xiao Yao was the eldest sister. She asked to go back, but Xiao Yun did not dare to disobey, so she had to go back aggrievedly.

At this time, it started to snow lightly in the sky, and the women became even more anxious, so they started urging them more and more.

Xiao Yun was reluctant to go back, and suddenly pointed to a Chaos stall on the corner of the street and said, "Now that we're out, let's go eat Chaos."

"Second girl, if you want to eat Chaos, just ask the big kitchen to cook it. It's snowing now and there's no place to sit, so go back early." The mother-in-law said quickly.

But Xiao Yun always insisted: "It's not snowing very much, so I'll just eat chaos here." As she said that, she walked over.

The mother-in-law immediately looked at Xiao Yao.

Now Aunt Su is scolded by the old lady and can't help herself. The Xiao family is the housekeeper of the Mu family, so Xiao Yao's status has suddenly risen. Moreover, she is the eldest sister, so she should be in charge of her younger sister.

Xiao Yao saw that even though it was snowing at the Chaos stall, there were still people eating Chaos. Some people who refused to stay to eat also came out with umbrellas to buy Chaos. He knew that the Chaos was delicious, and he had an idea in his mind, so he thought about it.

Look, he immediately said:

"Since the second sister really wants to eat, let her eat. It doesn't matter if it snows. You go back and take out your umbrella to cover yourself."

After hearing this, the ladies had no choice but to send two people back to get umbrellas. The rest and the maids followed the girls, fearing that they would be pushed by the crowd and get into trouble.

Chaos is indeed very good, but Xiao Yao ate it in his mouth and still felt that there was room for improvement. However, seeing that there were women all around, he was afraid that he would not have the time to talk to the old woman who sold Chaos, so he simply paid the women and maids to eat them all.

Now there wasn't enough room, so Xiao Yao excused himself to say he was done eating and stood up, letting the ladies eat while he walked around nearby.

After strolling for a while, I walked up to the old woman selling Chaos.

The ladies thought she was curious about what Chaos was doing and didn't care. Anyway, being in front of them was enough.

Xiao Yun was curious, but when she got closer, she saw Xiao Yao watching the old woman selling chaos cooking the chaos. She felt bored and immediately went to play aside.

Xiao Yao saw that only the maid Lan'er was around, and the rest could see him and didn't know what he was doing, so he went up to talk to the old woman selling Chaos: "Old lady, why are you still selling Chaos here on a snowy day?

, why don’t you open a shop?”

The old woman's face was full of sorrow, and her wrinkles were like the cracked earth. After hearing this, she said: "It's not easy to open a shop. You have to have money to finance the shop, and you have to do some official work. How can I get so much money from my small business?"

Xiao Yao nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Old lady, if I take care of the business and take care of the official duties, please come to my shop to sell Chaos. We will split the money earned 70/70, you 70/30, what do you think?"

The old woman shook her head: "Girl, don't joke with me. The old woman can't make much money from these small businesses. If you open a shop with me, you'll lose money."

Xiao Yao sighed and said, "Why am I joking with you? My family is not in a good situation, and I just want to earn some money to eat. I happened to see that you also need a shop, old lady, so I wanted to cooperate with you."

The old woman became silent after hearing this, and handed the prepared Chaos to the guests.

Xiao Yao was not in a hurry, still standing by and waiting.

The sadness on the old woman's face made her think that the old woman might be willing to cooperate with her.

The old woman sent Chaos to the guests and came back to continue cooking wontons. While busy, she looked at Xiao Yao and said: "The old woman looked at the girl. She is a decent person no matter what, and she does not doubt her. However, the old woman had agreed in advance. The old woman

Those who don’t sign the deed of sale.”

Xiao Yao nodded: "Of course, we are just doing business together, where can I get you to sign the deed of sale? If you are willing, old lady, I will look for a shop as soon as possible, take care of official duties, and when it is ready, I will look for you."

The old woman nodded and told her her address.

Xiao Yao finished the matter and quickly proposed to go back.

Because the snow was getting heavier and there were fewer and fewer people on the street, Xiao Yun couldn't find anything interesting to do, so she didn't mention continuing to play and went back.

In the next few days, Xiao Yao asked Mu for a capable servant and told her his plan.

Since the shop was used as an escape route for Mu and the original owner's younger brother, Xiao Yao was not afraid of letting Mu know.

After hearing this, Mrs. Mu asked Zhao Zhong, the man who was the eldest maid when she got married, to listen to Xiao Yao's orders.

Zhao Zhong was out and about doing business all year round and was well-informed. He quickly found a shop according to Xiao Yao's request.

The shop is located in a relatively remote area of ​​the capital, so the rent is not expensive, eight taels of silver a month. If you pay half a year's rent in advance, if you want to buy it, you will get 500 taels of silver.

Xiao Yao didn't have five hundred taels, so he asked Zhao Zhong to rent the shop in his name, go through all the formalities, renovate the shop, and buy various ingredients for backup, and then he found a reason to go out.

Go find the old woman from before.

The old woman lived in a slum in the south of the capital, and the car couldn't get in. Zhao Zhong asked Xiao Yao to wait on the road, and asked the handlebar to watch, and then he went in according to the address.

After a while, he followed a few gangsters out and said:

"I've blinded you. That old lady Zhao is my relative. If you come back in the future, I will never spare you. Here are two taels of silver. If you take it to tea, you should give me face.

The grievances between Mrs. Zhao’s family have been wiped out.”

Two taels of silver is actually not much, but Zhao Zhong has the support of the Xiao family, so the gangsters naturally dare not mess with him.

Xiao Yao saw this scene through the gap in the car curtain and didn't say anything. Soon he heard Zhao Zhong come to report that someone was causing trouble at Mrs. Zhao's house. He went there earlier and people were making trouble at Mrs. Zhao's house.

After hearing this, Xiao Yao said: "Go in and take them to the shop. There are people living in the back there, so it's just right for them to stay."

After Zhao Zhong heard this, he turned around and walked back.

Xiao Yao let the handlebar drive the car to the shop and waited in the shop.

Qiezi Shi is also from Mu family and is trusted by Mu family. According to Xiao Yao's observation, he is also loyal and reliable, so he is not afraid of him leaking the news.

Mrs. Zhao quickly brought her daughter-in-law and two children over. After seeing Xiao Yao, she thanked her profusely and offered to repay Xiao Yao for saving her life.

Xiao Yao talked with her for a long time, and finally agreed that she would be the sixth and Mrs. Zhao would be the fourth. No one would say anything more.

Mrs. Zhao nodded immediately.
To be continued...