Chapter 1383: A small inn on the border
Shi Li was concentrating on eating the almond cakes, not noticing the gazes of the people around her.
But Yuan Shang couldn't bear it anymore, so he stood in front of her and gave those people a murderous look, forcing everyone to look away and not dare to look again.
The skill he displayed last night had already made the guards Zhou Lingyu brought with him very fearful.
But Zhou Heng didn't know what was good for him. He took a teapot and teacup from the table next to him and came over to serve tea to Shi Li.
He was stopped rudely by Yuan Shang.
"You haven't wiped the tables and chairs today. Are you trying to be lazy?" Yuan Shang didn't say a word. He snatched the teapot from Zhou Heng and even glared at him.
Zhou Heng was the second prince after all, and he was naturally embarrassed to be shouted at like a servant in front of Zhou Lingyu. He took a few deep breaths, then controlled his temper and turned around to wipe the chair silently.
Yuan Shang didn't care whether he was angry or not. He turned around, put the teapot and teacup next to Shi Li, and said unhappily: "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat!"
"Is it my fault that they look at me?"
Shi Li rolled her eyes at him. "Do I have to wrap it up tightly every day just because of these bastards? It's not my fault!"
Such an advanced idea made Bai Yuanshang stunned.
He blinked his eyes blankly, and he actually felt that Shi Li was right, so he looked at those men more viciously. If he found anyone with bad intentions, he would not let them see blood!
In the small kitchen at the back, Tang Rouzhi was not having a good time.
Xu Su spared no effort in ordering her to do things. Before dawn in the morning, he would wake her up, drag her to the kitchen, and bring a basket of potatoes from somewhere. He asked her to wash them one by one and then cut them into thin strips.
In order to let her understand how thin the strips should be cut, Xu Su personally demonstrated with a potato. The cut potato strips were not as thin as a hair, but almost the same.
The corners of Tang Rouzhi's mouth twitched. Just as she was about to say that she couldn't do it, Xu Su took the initiative to cover her mouth.
"We don't keep idlers in our inn! It's rare to have a few guests in a year. If you can't do this job, you shouldn't stay here. Go and enjoy the good life with the young masters outside!"
Tang Rouzhi came to the inn with a purpose, and of course she couldn't just leave casually. She gritted her teeth and said that she could give it a try, and then began to work hard.
I don’t know where the water used to wash the potatoes came from, but it was freezing cold.
After Tang Rouzhi washed the potatoes covered with mud one by one, her hands were already red from the cold. But this was just the beginning. The next step, slicing them into strips, was even more of a headache.
As soon as she was a little lazy, Xu Su seemed to have eyes all over her body and could always notice it at the first time and remind her not to be lazy.
She also didn't understand. Xu Su was obviously busy with this and that, so how could he still pay attention to her?
I don’t know how long I had been cutting, but Tang Rouzhi heard Zhou Lingyu’s voice coming from the kitchen door.
"Miss Tang, are you used to being here?"
Get used to it!
Tang Rouzhi had already started cursing in her heart, but she had to pretend to be gentle and kind on the surface and nodded to Zhou Lingyu.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou. Everything is fine here."
"That's good."
Zhou Lingyu spoke gently, but her body strictly followed the principle of "a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen" and refused to step into the kitchen.
When she wanted to say something else, Xu Su came over and closed the kitchen door expressionlessly. The door almost hit Zhou Lingyu's face.
"The kitchen is important, no one is allowed near it."
Xu Su said with a cold face, then glanced at Tang Rouzhi, "Cut it into shreds quickly!"
Tang Rouzhi was startled by her sudden coldness and immediately lowered her head to continue cutting the potatoes. The scene was very similar to poor Cinderella and her vicious stepmother.
It took Tang Rouzhi almost a whole morning to cut a basket of potatoes.
As a result, Xu Su didn't even look at her, and directly drove her out of the kitchen and locked the kitchen door casually.
"Okay, don't accuse us of bullying you. Let's rest for an hour from now on, and come back to work in an hour."
After saying this, Xu Su didn't care about Tang Rouzhi's reaction and walked away with the fruit she had just cut.
Tang Rouzhi was left standing there gritting her teeth.
She had been in the inn for a whole day, and not only had she not found any useful clues, she was also asked to do a lot of work. It was really infuriating.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of her eye. Tang Rouzhi immediately restrained her expression and looked at Zhou Heng who was passing by with tenderness.
She took the initiative to talk to him, "I heard that you are new here too? And you have lost your memory?"
Zhou Heng stopped and looked at her.