Chapter 11 The Three Girls Gather
When Li Mu came to the front yard, he saw a large cart parked in the yard, with various silks piled up like a hill. Although Li Mu didn't know how much this silk cost, he vaguely remembered that in the TV series he had watched in his previous life, silk seemed to be used as money. So much silk would definitely not be worth less.
Thinking of Wang Ou saying that he wanted to make up for the losses caused by Wang Pu, Li Mu smiled bitterly and entered the lobby.
When the master is in the future, Wang Ou didn't sit there. When he heard the footsteps, Wang Ou turned around and saw Li Mu, a gentle smile appeared on his face.
Li Mu reached out to signal Wang Ou to sit down, and sat next to him, saying, "What are you doing? Didn't I say that day? One thing is one thing, and the matter between me and Wang Pu has nothing to do with us. You don't have to apologize for him. You don't need to make up for the losses I bet. You are my savior, and the kindness has not been repayed yet. I will accept your things again, and I feel sorry for it..."
Wang Ou interrupted Li Mu and said, "Mr. Marquis, as you said, one thing is one thing. I brought these silks not for my uncle. I do this business, and I have to ask you for my blessing. With the publicity of the Tang Daily, the last batch of goods were sold out. This is the new goods that arrived yesterday. I took some of them to make clothes for my sister Qiaoqiao. How big is this."
Li Zhien squatted outside the door and overheard this sentence, and said, "Wu, hypocritical."
Li Chongyi was also standing at the door. Hearing Li Zhien muttered, he lowered his head and glanced, saying, "Good intentions are not rewarded!"
"Big man, what did you say?"
Li Chongyi said expressionlessly: "If you feel hypocritical, don't use this silk to make clothes."
"You care!" Li Zhien was like a cat squatting next to a tiger in front of Li Chongyi. The size difference was huge, but she was not afraid at all. She glared and said, "You big man, you have no conscience. Isn't your wife treating you well? Just talk to others!"
Li Chongyi still looked expressionless and said, "I only know that she saved the eldest son's life, which is equivalent to saving my life. The life-saving benefactor... is not hypocritical!"
"You..." Li Zhien was choked and stomped his feet and turned away. Li Chongyi ignored her. When it comes to age, Li Zhien was actually half a year older than Li Chongyi. His size easily blurred his age, but in fact, he was just a boy under fifteen. He had a simple mind and didn't have so many twists and turns in his head. Wang Ou saved Li Mu's life, which he saw, so naturally he had different ideas from Li Zhien.
After chatting for a few words in the room, Wang Ou was about to say goodbye and stood up and said, "The shop has newly purchased goods and there are still many things to do. I will say it to Qiaoqiao for the sake of my family and I won't bother you anymore. I will go back."
"How can this work!" Li Mu quickly stopped him and said, "It's time to eat, how can you leave? No matter how busy you are, there is always time to eat."
Wang Ou was even refusing, but was interrupted by Li Mu and said, "If you insist on leaving, you can take these silks away together."
After hearing Li Mu say this, Wang Ou smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, that's annoying."
"What do you bother me? I like the excitement." Li Mu said, leading Wang Ou to the backyard and instructed Li Chongyi: "Let me find someone to put the silk in the warehouse, and ask the chef if he can cook Taiyuan food and pick up a few dishes that can be made. I want to entertain my benefactor. Oh, and roast another benefactor should like it."
Li Chongyi responded and went to make arrangements. Wang Ou asked, "There are still guests?"
"Well." Li Mu said: "She is...well, the daughter of a fur merchant, an old acquaintance of Dingxiang. At that time, I returned to Dingxiang to guard the city without telling Qiaoqiao. After Qiaoqiao found out, she returned resolutely and determined to live and die with me. She met her in Mayi. At that time, she sent fur to Mayi and brought fifty followers with her. After hearing Qiaoqiao talk about Dingxiang, she resolutely brought fifty people to rescue her, so she was my life-saving benefactor."
"So that's it." Wang Ou nodded suddenly, without asking too much. In fact, the person she sent to investigate had already sent a letter to return the news. She already knew about Li Mu's previous and after Dingxiang defended the city. As soon as Li Mu said, Wang Ou knew who he was talking about. But the news she received was different from it. Zhang Tianai was not the daughter of a fur merchant, she was a bandit from Zhangjiazhai, and her father was also a bandit. And she didn't go to rescue that day. Someone heard the conversation between Zhang Tianai and Qiaoqiao. Zhang Tianai went to collect the corpse, and she didn't think about risking her life to save people.
Li Mu whitewashed him like this and showed his character even more. Since Wang Ou knew his intention to protect him, he naturally would not expose it. But he felt that before and after this incident, Bai Qiaoqiao's decision was quite ignorant, and a feeling of "a good man is not a good match" arises in his heart.
When she arrived in the backyard, Bai Qiaoqiao had already received the news that Li Zhien brought back. She knew Li Mu's temper and nature. She was the benefactor and sent a cart of silk. Although it was not for Wang Pu's business, they knew exactly what it meant. It was impossible for Li Mu to keep it when he was having a meal.
Bai Qiaoqiao thought about it for a while and felt that she could not embarrass Li Mu, so she said to Zhang Tianai and brought Li Zhien out. She happened to meet him and hurried into the house. Seeing Zhang Tianai in the house, Wang Ou couldn't help but show a strange look. Although the Tang Dynasty was open, there were still very few women with a cool temperament like Zhang Tianai. Such a manly woman is rare to be so beautiful. Wang Ou thought to herself that there is no ugly woman around Li Mu.
Bai Qiaoqiao introduced the two, and it was like Li Mu. The daughter of the fur merchant did not mention any of the horse bandits. After chatting for a while, a message came from the kitchen saying that the dishes had been prepared almost all, so Li Mu asked the dishes to serve. The food in the Hou Mansion was very good, and today he specifically asked to be rich. The chef made eight dishes, all of which were all full of color, fragrance and taste, which made people feel appetizing.
After the dishes were served, a roast lamb leg was served. Seeing that everyone was very confused, Li Mu explained a little embarrassedly: "This... was prepared for Tianai, I thought she would like it."
"I don't like meat and fish," Zhang Tianai said with a smile: "But thank you."
"It's okay, you eat something else, I like to eat lamb legs." Li Mu said, then brought the lamb legs to himself and cut two slices with a knife.
There were four people and three women on the table, and they didn't chat much with each other, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward. Li Mu felt like he was sitting on pins and pins, stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth, looked at this, looked at that, laughed dryly, and said, "Madam, how are you talking to Tianai?"
"Very good."/"Very good."
The two of them answered in unison, looked at each other, and Qiaoqiao said, "Sister Tianai and I haven't seen each other for many days. I have a lot of things to say, but we can't finish chatting in just a while. Husband, I want to keep Sister Tianai living in the mansion. What do you think?"
"Of course it's good. You'll live there any time... it's okay for a long time." Seeing that Wang Ou was neglected, Li Mu led the topic again and said, "Madam, today, Sister Wang sent a cart of silk. I see that there are all kinds of colors, all of which are of high-quality materials. They said they were for you to make clothes. You have to thank Sister Wang."
"Thank you sister, I've made my sister spend money."
Wang Ou smiled and said, "I just do this business. The cost is not much, and there is no need to be a waste of money. My sister can pick it up. If I don't like it, when the goods are delivered, I will send someone to deliver it, or if my sister has time, I can also go to the shop in Tongshanfang to choose. Even if I am not here, it's okay. I have already told the shopkeeper."
Bai Qiaoqiao didn't know how to answer, so he looked at Li Mu. Li Mu took the speech and said, "I thanked my sister for Qiaoqiao. This car of silk has not been used for a few years, enough..." Li Mu's head hurts a little, and suddenly saw the wine pot on the table, and quickly picked it up and said, "This wine must be tasted. This is the new wine I brewed by myself. It is not a kind of wine from the Bashang winery. It is not a wine song. It is not a sale on the market. I have only brewed ten jars. This is the first time I took it out and taste it."
As he said that, Li Mu poured a cup for Wang Ou, another cup for Zhang Tianai, and then himself and Qiaoqiao said, "I will respect you first. You both have a life-saving grace to me. If you have any questions in the future, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse. I will do this cup first, you can do it, don't force me to drink as much as you can."
As he said that, Li Mu picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
Wang Ou and Zhang Tianai were both a little stunned. They had never seen the style of later generations of wine tables. People in the Tang Dynasty did not talk so much nonsense about drinking. But fortunately, both women were not ordinary women. Wang Ou traveled around the country for many years, and her ability to adapt to the situation was not comparable to ordinary people. Zhang Tianai grew up in a bandit's nest since childhood. Although she did not like meat and did not eat meat in big mouthfuls, drinking big mouthfuls was an ordinary thing for her. The wine glass was still small for her. When Li Mu drank, she drank. Seeing that she drank, Wang Ou drank too. Seeing that both of them drank, Bai Qiaoqiao drank too. She also drank as well. She helped her sell wine at home since she was a child. It can be said that the smell of wine was so big. Just a glass of wine, how could it be difficult for her?
"It's all, it's huge, haha..." Li Mu laughed dryly, completely lost his words. He slapped his mouth and cut another slice of lamb leg meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and ate it with his head down.
Zhang Tianai drank a glass of wine and thought it tasted good. He then poured a glass with a wine pot. After a closer look, he found something strange and said, "Why is this wine a little red?"
"Red?" Wang Ou hadn't noticed it just now. After hearing what Zhang Tianai said, she also looked into her wine glass. Sure enough, the wine color was slightly yellow and red, which was different from the wine she had drunk. She couldn't help but ask curiously: "The wine color is indeed a little red. What kind of wine is this?"
Chapter completed!