C53 (1/2)

In the next few days, Su Zhi ran around everywhere. She worked hard to find the source of the goods, so she had to find time to look after the decorations of the shop. She was so busy that she couldn't care less about home.

A Jin was a good girl, she would help take care of Little Dou. Su Zhi was not worried about her two children.

But when she was busy, she often came home late.

In order to prevent the two little fellows from starving, Su Zhi could only spend some silver to ask the neighboring Aunt Bai to cook.

Aunt Bai refused and generously took the two children to her house, saying that it was a matter of one more person with two chopsticks, so she didn't need to take the silver. Moreover, the two children didn't eat much, so it wouldn't cost them much food.

Su Zhi was grateful to the neighbors she had met in Xuancheng. She sent a lot of gifts to Aunt Bai's house, and then went to her shop a few times.

The cost of modifying the store was huge, so he quickly ran out of six or seven hundred liang of money from his previous earnings. In addition to the deposits he received from various stores, he was almost unable to make ends meet.

That night, Su Zhi returned late as usual.

The autumn was getting thicker and heavier.

Su Zhi sat in the carriage and wobbled back to Spring Leaf Lane. She got out of the carriage and paid the driver, and just as she was about to open the carriage and return home, she heard a burst of rustling sounds.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a tall and thin figure. It was He Qiniang, who was wearing very thin clothes.

In his hand was a bottle of incense, which was obviously poured with dirty water at night.

”Seventh Madame.”

Su Zhi gently called out to him as a form of greeting.

He Qi Niang also saw her and ignored the friendly greeting. She only glared at her venomously.

Those eyes were extremely cold and merciless. There wasn't the slightest bit of emotion in them, as if they were silently cursing their enemies.

Su Zhi shivered as she lowered her head, took out her key, and hurriedly entered the room.

The weather gradually turned cold. There were people selling leather mattresses on the market.

Su Zhi walked around, stopping to rest. She also hurried the well-dressed children for a few moments, thinking to make cloaks for the two children, then make a few pairs of knee guards to send to Aunt Bai's house next door as a way of thanking her for taking care of the two children.

The small room was lit by a weak kerosene lamp. A Jin was fast asleep with her arms wrapped around a small bean bag.

Looking at the two children's innocent and cute sleeping faces, Su Zhi felt a warm feeling in her heart. Even after running for a whole day, she still felt particularly motivated.

Since he had some free time, he needed to hurry up and do some needlework.

It was already dark outside, and they would report the hour soon.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

At first, Su Zhi did not pay much attention to it. She thought it was the sound of the door being blocked by the wind, but after listening to it, she felt that something was amiss.

She started to get nervous, wondering who was coming this late.

She put down the fur mattress, got up, and pushed open the door to the front yard. There was a sharp knock on the door.

”Dong Dong Dong!”

”It's so late, who is it?”

The knocking on the door stopped, and someone answered, ”I am Li Wuyou, for the destruction of my wife's roof. A change occurred on the way, I hope you can forgive me for being late. ”

Su carried a paper lantern and looked behind her. A large piece of the roof had collapsed, and she suddenly thought back to what Auntie Liu had said before.

They seemed to have been destroyed by two martial arts competition and had also promised to send money to repair it. However, no one had come back yet.

It was just that it was not appropriate to let a man whom she did not know enter the house at this late hour. Su Zhi thought for a moment, then replied, ”It's late, Young Master, please go back.”

The knocking on the door completely disappeared, and the person replied, ”Sorry for disturbing you.”

Then he threw a heavy cloth bag into the yard, stood on tiptoe with his sword on the tip of his toes, and jumped on the cypress tree by the gate. He leaped into the trees farther away, and in the blink of an eye disappeared into the night.

Su Zhi hesitated for a moment before she went forward and picked up the cloth bag. When he brought it into the room, he saw by the candlelight that it was a gold ingot.

She was so scared that she quickly covered her purse. Seeing that there was no one around, she tremblingly opened it and took another look.

Lately, he had been doing well. A few days ago, he had met a fool, but tonight, he had met another one who paid his debt.

That night, Su Zhi hugged the gold as she tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. The taste of being rich made her feel uneasy.

At dawn, she quietly got up to prepare breakfast for the two children.

Halfway through the cooking, he heard someone knocking on the door again.

It was early in the morning, and no one knew who it was.

She dried her hands and went to open the door. She peered through the crack in the door and asked, ”Who is it?”

”Broken Cloud Villa, Flower Melting.”

When Su Zhi opened the door, she saw a man standing outside. His hair was as smooth as ink, and his hair was tied up in a casual bun. His face was like an autumn flower, shining like a peach.

If not for the Adam's apple on his neck, Su Zhi would never have thought that he was a man.