Chapter 138 Mother and Daughter

Chapter 138 Mother and Daughter

Chapter 138 Mother and Daughter
Early in the morning, Xiao Xia went out to Chongrenfang. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw three people sitting outside his house. They were a mother and her two daughters. The mother was hugging her two daughters, her face was red from the cold. Xiao Xia recognized them at a glance. They were the mother and her two daughters whom he met on the street the night before.

The older girl saw Xiao Xia, stood up and said, "Mom, he's out!"

The woman quickly pulled her two daughters to kneel in front of Xiao Xia, "We really have nowhere to go, please give us a bite to eat!"

"Didn't I give you ten taels of silver?"

The woman shed tears and said, "I owed someone some money for burying my husband, and I used the ten taels of silver to pay off the debt."

She doesn’t even have enough food to eat, but she still remembers to pay back her debts. What a silly woman!

Xiao Xia thought for a moment and said, "Come with me! I'll find something for you to do."

Xiao Xia immediately called an ox cart and took his mother and other three people to Chongrenfang.

After solving the problem of the source of the odor, Xiao Xia no longer wanted to sell the restaurant. It was only 20,000 strings of cash, which was too cheap.

They soon arrived at Chongrenfang Restaurant. The iron chain lock that had previously locked the door of the restaurant was gone. Xiao Xia took the key, opened the door, and walked in.

The restaurant was empty, with a layer of dust on the floor, but it was covered with messy footprints, which were left by the goods being transported away.

"Come in, you guys!"

Xiao Xia waved to the mother and daughter, and the three of them walked in tremblingly, looking around curiously.

Xiao Xia pushed open the back door, and behind it was a large courtyard with a well in the corner, a toilet at the other end, and a row of bungalows in the middle, with about seven or eight rooms, including the shopkeeper's room, waiters' dormitories, and a food storage.

There is also a woodshed near the back door of the kitchen.

Xiao Xia pushed open the door of a servant's dormitory. It was all dusty, but there were tables, cabinets and beds.

Xiao Xia turned around and said to the mother and daughter, "You guys stay here temporarily and watch the store for me. After the restaurant is open, you can come to my house to work. I need manpower in my house, not here. Do you understand?"

The woman was so excited that she knelt down and kowtowed. The three of them finally had a place to stay.

"You guys clean it up, I'll see if there's anything useful in the warehouse next door!"

Xiao Xia opened the door of the warehouse next door. The warehouse was very large, filled with tables, chairs, various sundries, various daily necessities, and more than a dozen beddings.

Xiao Xia quickly called the woman over, pointed to the warehouse and said with a smile: "There are a lot of daily necessities and bedding in there, you can use them. There are also winter clothes for the guys, which are a bit big, you can put them on first."

The woman was surprised and happy, and quickly took out two winter clothes for her daughter to wear. It was still very cold in spring. They had squatted outside the gate of the house all night and were shivering with cold.

Xiao Xia found that there was everything in the warehouse except food, so he took out a few taels of silver and gave it to the woman.

"Go buy some rice to cook for the kids!"

"I'll cook for you, sir!"

"Don't worry about me. I have something else to do later. Go quickly. With me here, your child won't get lost."

"Hey!"

The woman hurried out to buy food.

Xiao Xia returned to the restaurant and walked up the stairs to the second floor. The second floor remained the same as the restaurant, covered with a layer of dust, and there were several elegant rooms at the end.

Xiao Xia leaned over to look at the third floor again, and it seemed that all of it was elegant rooms.

The windows were closed and the light was a little dim. Xiao Xia walked forward and opened the window. The warm morning sunshine poured in and fresh air rushed in.

The gate of the Yun family's residence diagonally opposite was open, and people were seen coming in and out, carrying loads of manure onto carts to be transported away, and then transporting clean soil from outside the city to fill the house. The manure inside must be cleaned out, otherwise the house would become a stinky house.

Xiao Xia seemed to have sensed something and turned around, only to see the little girl and her sister sweeping the floor. They were both wearing the servants' winter clothes, which looked like overcoats and were a bit funny.

Xiao Xia walked over and said with a smile: "You don't need to sweep the floor. We'll find someone to clean up here later."

"But we must do something, otherwise the young master will not want us."

This young lady was quite sensible. Xiao Xia and the others had lively eyes. Although she was thin, her skin was very fair, and she did not look like a country child.

He smiled and asked, "What are your names?"

"My name is Chen Chuchu, and my sister's name is Chen Keren."

Xiao Xia was surprised that she was actually called Chuchu Keren, "Is this the name your father gave you?"

The older girl's eyes reddened and she nodded slightly.

"Is your father a scholar?"

"Yes, my father has a lot of books." "How long have you been kicked out of the house?"

The young lady thought for a moment and said, "In early November last year, almost three months, all of my mother's jewelry was sold out, and her clothes were also sold. Later... Later, she really had no money left."

"Then why don't you go to your uncle's house or your grandfather's house?"

"We don't have an uncle, and our grandfather died a long time ago. We never met him."

The three-year-old girl timidly asked, "Did we sell it to you?"

Xiao Xia laughed, patted her head and said, "You didn't sell your bodies. You are servants hired by me. You get paid every month. Do you understand?"

The little girl nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Go! You don't have to sweep the floor. It looks like your mother is back."

A woman's voice came from the backyard, and the two sisters hurried downstairs, "Mom, we are here!"

The woman bought a bag of flour and a dozen steamed buns. The two sisters each held a big steamed bun and ate them with relish. It seemed that they were very hungry.

"Sir, this is the remaining silver."

Flour and steamed buns were very cheap, and Xiao Xia spent almost nothing on the money she gave her.

Xiao Xia waved his hand and said, "You can keep it! Just think of it as an advance payment to you."

"Thank you, sir. I'll go clean up the restaurant."

"You don't have to clean it. The restaurant needs professionals to clean it. Feng Shui is very important. If you don't understand, you will destroy the Feng Shui. Do you understand?"

In fact, Xiao Xia was just talking nonsense. The woman was startled and nodded quickly.

Xiao Xia handed her a bunch of keys and said, "You guys can stay here temporarily and look after the restaurant for me. I'll need help in my house in a few days, so you can move in later."

"I see!"

Xiao Xia then rode to the Imperial College. The school had started yesterday. After all, he was a student of the Imperial College and could not do anything too excessive. However, he did not plan to live in the dormitory. He could practice deeply in the mansion, but not in the dormitory.

In the Ministry of Justice's official room, Yang Guang listened to Dou Yan's story with a serious expression. He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and asked, "Who told you that the crown prince would make trouble with this matter?"

Dou Yan sighed and said, "I didn't know about this matter. It was a student named Xiao who had a conflict with Dexuan. He threatened Dexuan with this matter. Dexuan was frightened and told me. That's how I learned about this matter. Your Highness, the prince wants to punish me. This is indeed an opportunity!"

"A student from the Imperial College with the surname Xiao?"

Yang Guang asked in confusion: "What is his full name?"

Dou Yan looked at his eldest son behind him, and Dou Deming bowed and said, "Your Highness, it seems that this is a new student from the Imperial College, named Xiao Xia."

Yang Guang rolled his eyes helplessly, while Yang Zhao beside him laughed out loud with his hands covering his mouth.

Dou Yan suddenly realized, "Could he be a descendant of the Xiao family in Jiangdu?"

If he is really a member of Jiangdu Xiao family, then he is the maiden family of Princess Jin!
Yang Guang sighed and said, "Why did he have a conflict with your son?"

"Actually, it's not a contradiction. It's just that my son is a bit overbearing!"

Dou Yan briefly explained the matter of buying the restaurant.

Yang Zhao knew that his brother had bought the restaurant, so he quickly said, "That's not right! I remember that the restaurant was bought by the Wei family."

"It was bought by the Wei family, but the Dou family wanted to redeem the restaurant, but unexpectedly, Master Xiao got there first."

Yang Guang understood that the Dou family wanted to redeem the restaurant and probably threatened others not to buy it, but his son ignored them and bought it directly, which angered Dou Dexuan, so a conflict arose.

Yang Guang sighed and said, "My son is ignorant and willful. I hope you will forgive me, Lord Dou!"

Dou Yan was stunned. That student named Xiao was the son of Prince Jin?

He suddenly remembered something and his face changed, "Your Highness, could it be that he is..."

Yang Guang nodded, "That's him!"

Dou Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly said, "It's really a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple. I should apologize. Dexuan is too rude."

Yang Guang was concerned about whether the crown prince would use Dou Dexuan's beating of the teacher to cause trouble. He turned around and asked Yang Zhao, "Zhao'er, do you think something will happen?"

Yang Zhao thought for a moment and said, "Third brother is very accurate in judging things. If he thinks something is wrong, then nine times out of ten something bad will happen!"

(End of this chapter)