Free Life in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 189 The Man in the Widow's Room

Song Keren woke up from his dream and couldn't help crying when he saw that there was darkness around him. She curled up, hugged her shoulders, and cried like a child.

She cried and whispered, "Don't go, don't go, don't go..."

Who would have expected that at this moment, Xiaorou was hiding under Song Keren's window. When she heard Song Keren shouting "Don't go", Xiaorou's eyes immediately came out.

Xiaorou immediately left, hurried through the garden and went straight to Aunt Zhao's room.

Moon shadow, only one candle was lit in Aunt Zhao's room, and the yellow light of the candle flashed, reflecting a ghostly mystery in the room.

"Squeak..." Xiaorou pushed the door and entered, and Aunt Zhao was taking off a hairpin on her head. Seeing that Aunt Zhao was removing her makeup, Xiaorou hurried to help.

Aunt Zhao took off the ring of her left hand and glanced at Xiaorou with the faint light in the bronze mirror.

How's it going? Today is the third day, right? Aunt Zhao asked.

Xiaorou couldn't help smiling proudly at the corners of her mouth. As she helped Aunt Zhao take off her hair accessories, she whispered, "Today is the third day, and I can meet her today."

Aunt Zhao immediately became energetic when she heard it. She quickly put the ring aside and immediately turned around. Fortunately, the little soft eyes were fast and immediately let go of her hand, otherwise she would have pulled off Aunt Zhao's hair.

"What did you see? Tell me quickly!" Aunt Zhao said.

Xiaorou smiled slightly, which was mysterious.

"If you go back to grandma, I went to the hut before I went to the young grandma's place just now." Xiaorou said.

Aunt Zhao immediately said anx, "Directly, I want to know what you found."

"Grandma, don't be impatient, I'll continue. I came out of the hut and went to Master Zhou first. I saw that both of their brothers fell asleep before they went to the young grandma's place. Grandma, what did you say I heard? Xiaorou said.

"What?" Aunt Zhao asked.

Xiaorou smiled proudly, and a mysterious color suddenly appeared on her ugly face, accompanied by the dim candlelight, as if she were a ghost.

"You said it!" Aunt Zhao said anxiously.

Xiaorou smiled and said, "I heard a man talking to the young grandmother!"

"Ah?" Aunt Zhao almost jumped up, and her face immediately showed excitement.

"What are you talking about?" Aunt Zhao asked eagerly.

Xiaorou squeezed her mouth and smiled and said, "I heard him tell the young lady that he was poor and thin, and I was not wronged by you... Later, his voice was too low and I didn't hear it clearly. Then I heard the young lady shout 'no', and then the young lady cried and said, 'Don't go, don't go.' I thought that the man must still be in the young grandmother's room and was afraid that he would bump into him, so he came back quickly!"

Aunt Zhao immediately glanced at Xiaorou and scolded softly, "You fool, you should have broken into the stolen goods at that time!"

"Grandma didn't know something, and I also thought so, but later I thought that if I broke in now, the man would definitely run out of the window. Why don't I observe for a few more days, grasp the rules, and then let the whole family go up together, surround the room, and then break in and get the stolen goods? Xiaorou said.

Aunt Zhao squeezed her mouth and stared at the corner of the shelf bed and listened carefully to Xiaorou's words. After Xiaorou finished speaking for a while, Aunt Zhao suddenly smiled.

"Okay, good girl, I really didn't hurt you for nothing. Just do what you said. This Song Keren and the patriarch joined hands to squeeze me out of Fang's house. This time, I won't let her eat!" Aunt Zhao said fiercely.

Xiaorou took the opportunity to flatter and whispered, "Grandma's means are still high."

The next day, Song Keren packed up his clothes and went to prepare for work early in the morning. She hardly slept this night. After thinking about it, she only had the shadow of Fang Shaowen in her mind.

When I opened the door in the morning, a breath of freshness came to my face. Song Keren's pair of phoenix eyes were swollen like small (nuclear) peaches. She tried to open her eyes, but her eyelids were heavy.

Song Keren did not serve her, and she looked more and more comfortable. She slowly walked to the small garden, but heard the sound of reading aloud. Looking along the voice of Song Keren, Zhou Heng was seriously reciting to the small pond.

Last night, Fang Shaowen's words suddenly rushed to Song Keren's mind. Song Keren was stunned for a moment and unconsciously looked at Zhou Heng's back.

Suddenly, a sound of footsteps came, and Song Keyen suddenly turned around, but saw Xiaorou walking over.

"Grandma, good morning." Xiaorou said.

When Zhou Heng heard the voice, he also turned his head and saw Song Keyen standing side by side with Xiaorou. Zhou Heng smiled and nodded to Song Keyen.

"Morning." He said.

Song Keren nodded and said, "I don't have breakfast at home anymore. Please tell me that I'm going out now. Please go to the porter and shout for Xiao Liuzi to prepare the car."

"Yes." Xiaorou said and left. Before leaving, she didn't forget to look at Song Keren and Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng smiled awkwardly and said, "Are you leaving now?"

Song Keren was as cold as frost, nodded and turned away. Zhou Heng blinked his eyes and said to himself, "What did I do wrong?"

He didn't do anything wrong, but Song Keyen didn't want to have too much contact with him. She believes that dreams reflect the human subconscious. What Fang Shaowen said last night must have been what she subconsciously thought, so she should try to avoid too much contact with Zhou Heng to avoid emotions.

In the early morning, the business did not open. Song Keren simply walked into the breakfast teahouse and ate some snacks. The next table sat two dusty men, who came from afar at a glance.

I only heard one say to the other, "Fang Ji is so too much that he dislikes our small business. Which business is not big from a small business? Bah, what the hep!"

The other said, "No, look at that attitude. It's like we begging them. Let me see how Fang Ji's business will be in the future."

When Song Keren heard that the two people were saying that Fang Ji was not right, he immediately stood up with a smile on his face and walked towards the two businessmen.

The two suddenly found a woman sitting at their table, so they stopped talking and lowered their heads to eat. Song Keren smiled, and the two nodded.

"I overheard the two speeches. It turned out to be a merchant who came to Beijing Zhao to do business. I just don't know what the other party thinks?" Song Keren said with a smile.

One of them glanced at Song Keyen and said impatiently, "I don't know why the girl inquired about it like this?"

Song Keren smiled and said, "To be honest, the slave family has a lot of connections with Fang Ji. Now I'm very sorry to hear that Fang Ji has neglected you, so I would like to ask you two to reply."

One of the two suddenly said, "No, there are so many business people in the world, and you don't miss one."

Song Keren quickly said with a smile, "That's all, but there is also a saying that you can correct your mistakes. Now that Fang remembers his mistake, why don't you give Fang Ji a chance to correct it? This time, the commission will be reduced by 30%. I don't know what your intention is.

The two looked at each other, and Song Keren smiled and waited for an answer. Nothing is more cunning than a businessman. Just now, Fang Ji was thrown into a big pit. As soon as he heard that the commission had been cut in half, the two immediately nodded and agreed.

Song Keren immediately checked out and took the two back to Fangji. The second shopkeeper saw that the chairman came in with the two businessmen who were expelled yesterday and his back oozed white sweat.

"The head of the family." The second shopkeeper greeted me.

Song Keyen sneered and looked at the second shopkeeper.

"I heard that someone kicked these two out yesterday, which is not like Fang Ji's style. Our family started from the smallest business that we have today. Why do we forget Ben now? Go and do the formalities for these two. I just promised them that the commission will be reduced by one part. Song Keren said.

The second shopkeeper's face was embarrassed and kept nodding. Seeing that Song Keren was very resolute, it was not easy to stop him. He quickly ordered the clerk to take the two to go through the formalities, but he waited for the two to leave and smiled at Song Keren.

"There is a saying that I don't know whether to say it or not." The second shopkeeper said.

Song Keren looked up at him, and his eyes were very sharp, as if he could see through the second shopkeeper at a glance.

"Let's say it." Song Keren said.

The second shopkeeper nodded with a smile and only heard him say, "As the master, our family has indeed started from a small business. However, since last year, the master has ordered us not to take over too small business. In the past two years, the war has been continuous, and the business going north is really dangerous. Sometimes a trip is simply losing money. According to the rules of the Fang family, it is not allowed to procrastinate. Therefore, a batch of two batches of goods is really a loss of money. Therefore, we generally stop the small business going north. It's not that we don't do it, but we really can't do it.

Song Keren took a deep breath, sneered, and walked to the backyard alone, leaving a person from the second shopkeeper.

After a while, a little boy came out and said that the owner wanted the big shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper to go in. The two of them are together. Since they want us to go in, let's go in.

Opening the door is Song Keren's temporary study. Song Keren was sitting at the Eight Immortals Table and looking straight at the two people who came in. When the second shopkeeper saw the posture, he couldn't help sneering and secretly said what business the old lady came out to do? Let's cook at home and have children.

As soon as they came in, they stood aside with a smile. Song Keren gently picked up the tea bowl and ate a mouthful of tea, and then glanced at them.

"The head of the family, do you call us?" The big shopkeeper asked.

Song Keyen nodded, looked at the big shopkeeper, and then turned from the face of the big shopkeeper to the second shopkeeper's face, as if trying to read something from their expressions.

"I want to ask you two something." Song Keren said.

When the two shopkeepers heard this, they quickly said, "The master has killed us. If you have anything to do, why do you want to ask for advice?"