Chapter 49 Kitchen Helper

"Shopkeeper, do you still remember me?"

Shan Xiaowu put his hands on the counter and waved his hands in an attempt to attract the attention of the innkeeper.

The shopkeeper looked up at her, and his face seemed to be a little confused. "Are you..."

"The shopkeeper doesn't remember me? I, I lived in with my brother and maidservants the other day. The three of us took over the Tianzi No. 1 and No. 2 room on the left," he reached out and poked his heart, opened his eyes and said anxiously, "Do you remember? That day, I came to you to ask why there were two Tianzi No. 2 rooms because I went to the wrong room.

"Oh... Oh, I remember," the shopkeeper suddenly realized, but looking at Shan Xiaowu's reckless dress, he was puzzled again. "But I remember it was a lady at that time, what..."

"Don't publicize the shopkeeper first," Shan Xiaowu looked around, walked to the back of the pillar, found a dark corner, carefully took off the hat on his head, and showed a long black hair. "I have something important to do, so I can only dress up like this first. Please forgive me."

The shopkeeper was stunned, looked at Shan Xiaowu's facial features carefully, and then laughed, "So it's really a girl. I remember, I remember."

Shan Xiaowu put on his hat again and tidied up his hair before he came out. He crossed his hands and made a pleading expression. "Shopkeeper, I delayed some time outside and didn't come back because I had a little quarrel with my brother. Now they don't care about me and leave. I... I don't have enough money now. I'm going home, I want to..."

"What do you want?" The shopkeeper's hand stopped to dial the abacus and couldn't wait for Shan Xiaowu's next words, so he couldn't help asking first.

"I want to ask, do you need to hire someone to help?" Shan Xiaowu patted his chest, raised his face and eagerly recommended himself, "I will do a lot of things. I will wash dishes, add water and wine, and also stir-fry dishes, wash clothes and dry clothes. I can do everything."

The innkeeper hesitated when he heard this, "This...but we are not short of manpower here."

"Help the shopkeeper, I... I just need to work for three days... No, two days are fine, two days," holding the inn shopkeeper's arm, Shan Xiaowu raised two fingers, "As long as two days arrive, I will leave. I will never delay the shopkeeper's time. For my poor sake, you should be the shopkeeper's accumulation. Have some merit, and I will do a good job."

"But..."

"The shopkeeper, you just promised this little brother," coincidentally, the second child of the shop came to put the kettle. As soon as he heard Shan Xiaowu say this, he interrupted with a smile, "Our inn's business has been much better recently. The one in the kitchen is almost too busy and is shouting that there is a shortage of people to help."

"That's right, the shopkeeper. You see, the second brother said that the business has improved. Maybe it will be better in a few days. At that time, I can come in handy." Looking at the shop Xiaoer gratefully, Shan Xiaowu decided in his heart that he would invite him to have a thank-you gift when he came to Jinling next time.

"This... okay," I heard the shopkeeper's words. In addition, when I just settled the account, I really found that the business was good. The shopkeeper was also a kind person. Listening to Shan Xiaowu's sincere and pitiful words, he agreed, "Can you cook? If you can, go to the kitchen to help the chef. It costs 15 cents a day to make a meal.

Fifteen cents a day, two days is thirty cents, a steamed bun, thirty cents can buy thirty steamed buns, and a meal a day. That is to say, she only needs to spend four cents a day to buy four steamed buns a day to deal with it, and she has to spend eight cents in two days, that is the most Later, she still has 22 cents left, plus the remaining two taels of silver from the original pawn clothes, which should be enough for her to hold on to Heifengzhai.

He pinched his fingers and calculated it. Shan Xiaowu thought that Heifengzhai is not far from here. As long as she saves some money and buys good hunting tools to carry, she may be able to fight some game sacrifices to the Five viscera Temple on the way to improve her life.

When you get to Heifengzhai, ask your godfather and brothers to help find the second brother and jadeite, which will be faster.

The wishful thinking in his heart crackled. Shan Xiaowu came to his senses and immediately smiled and hugged the shopkeeper, "Thank you, shopkeeper, thank you, shopkeeper! I will definitely work hard and won't let you down.

Shan Baoqian and his party rushed into Yueluo City the next morning.

Because he remembered the safety of his little sister, Shan Baoqian casually chose an inn. After booking a room and landing, he couldn't wait for half a minute and asked Hong Jiu to contact the beggars in the city to find out about the news. He was the first to find Shan Xiaowu. Even the jade, who was a weak woman, didn't care about washing up, and only asked for it in the inn. After drinking a bowl of water, he went out with him to look for someone.

A little later, when Shan Baoqian and the two came back, they saw Hong Jiu, who was drinking wine in his room.

Seeing Shan Baoqian enter the door, he put down the wine bowl with a solemn face, "Brother Shan, are you back?"

"Brother Hong," Shan Baoqian knew that things had changed as soon as he saw his appearance, so he hurriedly asked, "Sister..."

"Sitting down first." Hong Jiu motioned Shan Baoqian to sit opposite him. Seeing him sit down, he said slowly, "Brother Shan, I'm sorry for you. No one here has seen your sister, and no news has come so far."

Shan Baoqian first tightened his eyebrows and dispatched the most well-informed beggar in the city, but so far there is no news about Shan Xiaowu. Of course, he is anxious, but after all, Hongjiu is also kindly helping him. How can he blame others?

At the moment, he held his fist and sincerely thanked Hong Jiuxing, "Brother Hong's words are serious. Even God may not be able to calculate everything, not to mention Brother Hong? Brother Hong is very grateful for such great help.

Hong Jiu took a sip of wine, patted Shan Baoqian on the shoulder, and sighed.

He is an affectionate person. He patted his chest this morning to ensure that he would find someone soon. As a result, until the evening, there was still no news at all. How could he not be embarrassed?

Shan Baoqian also calmed down. The two drank silently, standing behind Shan Baoqian with tears in their jade eyes. Thinking about their young lady who didn't know where she was still suffering, they couldn't help but blame themselves.

After a while, Hong Jiu suddenly remembered something, "by the way, Brother Shan, although my people didn't find any information about your sister, they heard a strange thing that happened in this city."

"Oh?!" Shan Baoqian lacked interest, but with the mentality that there may be related clues to find, he continued, "I don't know what kind of deity it is?"

signaled Xiao Er, who passed by, to bring him a few more jars of wine. Hong Jiu turned his head and looked at Shan Baoqian and said, "That is, the night before yesterday, two bodies were found in a broken yard north of Yueluo City. They also looked like a small citizen in the city, but their heads were beaten. It's rotten, and it is said that the death is extremely miserable.

"The night before yesterday?" Shan Baoqian thought for a moment, and the folding fan subconsciously patted his palm. "So, is it very close to the time of her sister's disappearance?"

Shan Xiaowu also disappeared the night before yesterday.

"Brother Hong, can you know who those two dead people are?"

"It's hard to say," Hong Jiu shook his head and frowned rarely. "Because both of them's faces were broken, they dressed alone. The people in the government office couldn't find out for a while. Besides, they didn't hear anyone report the case. The government office may list them as missing and throw them in Yizhuang, such as If you want to check it, it will take some time.

Shan Baoqian thought for a moment and always felt that it must be related to the disappearance of Shan Xiaowu, so he asked carefully, "Have Brother Hong's men ever heard about the height of those two? What color of clothes are you wearing again?"

Hearing his question, Hong Jiu immediately remembered Xiao Liuzi's words, "Do you suspect that the two dead people are the thieves who kidnapped your sister?"

Shan Baoqian shook his head slowly and didn't let go of his eyebrows for a moment. "I'm not sure. The time is quite consistent, but whether it's specific or not, I have to judge from the two points I just said."

"Since they robbed your sister, why were they killed again?" As soon as Hong Jiu clapped the palm of his hand, Huo stood up from the chair, "Is it that black eats black?"

"I don't know," Shan Baoqian walked to the window and looked down at the dark downstairs. "But in any case, both of them should have nothing to do with this matter. As long as they know their identity, they can find the people they usually contact with, and it is possible to find their sister-in-law."

"Brother Hong," Shan Bao turned his head and stared at Hong Jiu with burning eyes. He couldn't hide his excitement in his voice. "If this is really the case, I will bother Brother Hong to investigate on his behalf. I am not very grateful."

"Don't worry, Brother Shan," Hong Jiu's eyes were already red. Hearing Shan Baoqian's words, the pride immediately surged up with the wine. "Youwei brother is here. I will help you find it out as soon as possible, so that you can reunite with your sister as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much!"

As soon as the sky was bright, Shan Xiaowu climbed out of the straw pile in the corner of the wall, asked for some water to wash, and patted the grass crumbs on his body to make sure that the whole person looked neat and tidy, and then walked to the inn.

Today is her first day at work. She has to work hard. Don't be late and leave a bad impression.

Although the innkeeper gave her working hours and also made a meal, he did not say where to live. She was embarrassed to ask for a place to live again, so she had to find a safe shabby house, squatted under the eaves, covered her with some straw, and spent the night.

"Good morning, little brother."

After all, it is a business. The inn opened very early. When Shan Xiaowu entered, he saw Xiao Er, who was wiping the table, so he found a piece of cloth from the side and helped him put chairs and stools to wipe the corners of the table.

"Morning, Xiao Wu." Yesterday, she had told the name to the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper. At this time, when the shopkeeper saw her coming to help, he didn't stop her, so he greeted her with a smile.

"Has Master Hua got up?" Putting down a bench, Shan Xiaowu was busy and didn't forget to gossip with the shopkeeper. After all, he has to work here for the next two days, and the relationship has to be better first. "I heard that he doesn't like to be late too much. Is there such a thing?"

"Hey, that's all misinformation. In fact, Master Hua is a good person." With the help of Shan Xiaowu, the benches, tables and chairs in the store were quickly arranged neatly. The shopkeeper stole a space and chatted with Shan Xiaowu. "You don't think he is usually very serious. In fact, if there is any delicious food in private, it will let us run errands to taste a little first. He is a great chef."

"Really?" Shan Xiaowu's eyes immediately flashed and opened a small stove. Does this mean that she may even save money for breakfast and dinner in the next two days?

"Of course it's true. Why did I lie to you?" The shopkeeper threw a sweat towel on his shoulder and drove Brother Hand on Shan Xiaowu's shoulder. "If it hadn't been for your boy being a good seedling who can speak, I wouldn't have told you."

"Haha, I really have to thank the little brother. If we can get the care of Master Hua in the future, it must also be a blessing for the little brother."

Shan Xiaowu laughed a few times and stepped back without a trace and pushed the shopkeeper's hand away. She had a slight emotional cleanliness fetish. If it weren't for the person she was willing to get close to, she would basically not let anyone touch her.

"Ok, okay, don't flatter me here. Although Master Hua won't curse because he is late, it's not good to be late for too long. Go to the backyard quickly to help."

"No problem, the little one will go over. See you, little brother." Shan Xiaowu waved his hand with a smile, lifted the curtain and went to the backyard to help.