NOVEL NEXT Chapter 31 Molested
The next day, after arranging food at the restaurant and leaving A Niang, Lou Lan'er and younger sister A Jiao in the store, Ma Xi and Mu Zhiyuan went to Kaitang Town to visit Yuan Yang.
It took a full hour and a half for the carriage to arrive. As soon as he got off the carriage, Shui Xi felt motion sick and wanted to vomit.
The two of them parked the carriage at the inn and arrived at the entrance of a tea house.
"Ah Shu, you take a rest in the tea house. I'll go find Mr. Yuan Yang first." Seeing that Shu Xi looked bad, Mu Zhiyuan put her in the tea house first and went alone.
Mao Xi sat down in the teahouse, where flowers of the four seasons were planted and famous calligraphy and paintings were hung, which was elegant in style.
A tea doctor sat beside him and began to order tea with skillful and meticulous techniques. A cup of tea is filled with water seven times, and there is snowflake foam floating on the surface of the tea soup.
Dr. Tea handed the tea soup to Mao Xi. She smelled the tea and drank it in one gulp.
Mao Xi came to Dr. Tea out of curiosity and asked her how to order tea.
"Hahaha, you are really a country boy." The laughter of several ladies came from behind the screen. Mao Xi vaguely heard someone chewing something, but didn't pay much attention.
Those few ladies were flying kites in the countryside during the Qingming Festival. They met at the teahouse today to have tea and fruits.
Xue Jinlan took a closer look and recognized Mao Xi. Seeing her staying alone in the tea house, he hatched a plan to avenge her for being played by Lou Lan'er by the stream that day.
She said goodbye to several little sisters, left the tea house early, called the maid to her side, and whispered a few words.
The little maid understood this and left alone to do some work.
Mu Zhiyuan found Yuan Yang's house and asked the servant: "Is Mr. Yuan Yang at home?"
Servant: "My husband went out for a stroll. It will take three to five days at least. I don't know when he will be back. You can come back next time."
"Did your husband say where you were going?"
"Sir didn't say anything, maybe he was going to meet his old friend."
In the teahouse, Mao Xi sat alone, drinking tea and waiting for Mu Zhiyuan to come back.
Xue Jinlan also returned to the sister station in the teahouse, ready to watch the excitement. The maid whispered in her ear: "Miss, everything has been arranged!"
Xue Jinlan snickered.
Suddenly, two ruffians came to the teahouse. They looked around and saw Miao Xi, who was wearing plain clothes and alone.
The maid winked at them.
The two ruffians came to Liu Mianxi and started teasing her with their words.
"Hey, where are you, little lady? Why are you here drinking tea alone? Let my brother accompany you!"
The other person sat directly next to Liu Mingxi and touched her hair frivolously.
"Who are you? I don't know you!" Shu Xi stood up.
"We are your brothers. Drinking tea alone is boring, why not come together." After saying that, he took off the hairpin from his ear and looked at Mian Xi provocatively.
The ladies behind the screen watched the excitement, and Xue Jinlan said: "Hey, isn't this the cook from Lihua Town Liuxiang Snacks? Why did she come to Kaitang County to meet lovers? Oh~ there are still two of them!"
"Hehehe..." The ladies beside him laughed.
The guests on other seats also looked over.
Ma Xi followed the sound and didn't recognize Xue Jinlan. She thought to herself: Have these ladies ever been to my store? How could he recognize me and tell me the name of the shop? Wouldn’t this ruin the Liuxiang Snacks brand?
The two ruffians continued to tease each other and seemed to have no intention of stopping. In desperation, Mao Xi picked up the teacup and poured it on their faces.
"I don't know you two, who are you?"
One person was angered, stepped forward and pinched Mao Xi's neck with his hands, shouting: "You damn girl, you are so shameless. What's wrong with drinking tea with your brother?"
Another person smashed the chair down and shouted: "Bad girl, I ask you to accompany my brothers because they think highly of you!"
Xun Sheng, the owner of the teahouse, immediately went upstairs and tried to persuade her with kind words: "Two distinguished guests, don't be rude, don't be rude, everything is easy to talk about..."
Xue Jinlan instigated from the side: "Boss, look, who are these people who come to the teahouse to drink tea? They are disturbing everyone's peace."
Mao Xi was choked and speechless. She glanced at Xue Jinlan, who was watching the excitement, and took note of her appearance.
Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, the teahouse owner said to Ma Xi: "My dear wife, please leave quickly. I am a small teahouse business and I cannot afford to pay for it!"
Mao Xi broke away from the ruffian, took the opportunity to take the tea cup, smashed it on the table and faced him: "Don't come over, don't come over..."
She was forced to the railing on the second floor, waving the pieces of the tea cup in her hand in a panic.
Miao Xi had just turned 14 years old. She was young and petite, so she was no match for this ruffian.
He grabbed Mao Xi's wrist and twisted it slightly. The pieces of the tea cup fell to the ground and were held tightly.
At this moment, Mu Zhiyuan rushed over and saw that Mao Xi was being bullied. He knocked down the two gangsters with a few fists and kicked them, stepped on one of them in the face, and angrily shouted: "You scoundrel, get out of here! "
Mu Zhiyuan helped Mao Xi up and straightened her clothes: "Ah Ma, I'm late!"
Mao Xi came back to her senses and hugged Mu Zhiyuan in fright. Tears slid down the corners of her eyes: "Brother Mu, why did you come... ugh..."
Mu Zhiyuan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and picked up Miao Xi on his back: "Ah Miao, stop crying, let's go home."
Then, he threw a few taels of broken silver to the teahouse owner, went downstairs and went straight to the inn.
The frightened Mao Xi was so frightened that she fell asleep in the carriage. When she woke up, she had arrived in Lihua Town.
Mu Zhiyuan took Mao Xi out of the carriage and cared for her tenderly. A trace of emotion flashed in Mao Xi's heart.
"I'll stop the carriage and come back to you later."
When Shu Xi returned to the store, Lou Lan'er rushed up to her: "Ah Shu, what's wrong with you?"
Lou Lan'er, who was very observant, saw a trace of tears in the corner of Shui Xi's eyes.
"It's okay. I was drinking tea in a teahouse today and met some gangsters. Brother Mu beat them away."
"As long as it's okay, let Lou Lan'er accompany you next time you go away for business." Ms. Chen said with concern.
"Lou Lan'er, at the teahouse today, a young lady recognized me as a Liuxiang Snacks customer and provoked me verbally. Did we make any enemies in Kaitang County?"
Lou Lan'er shook her head, "Most of our customers are from Lihua Town, not many from Kaitang. Could they be competitors?"
"It's possible, but..." Mao Xi always felt that he had seen Xue Jinlan somewhere, but he just couldn't remember. "Forget it, good business will always offend some people."
At Youshi, when the sky was getting dark, Mrs. Chen took two small tables and set them up at the door, and prepared to start selling supper together with Ah Shu.
Su Xuexue came to the outside of the store together with a middle-aged man.
"Little girl, please have two bowls of iced sour plum soup."
The two of them sat down at a small table outside the shop, and Lou Laner served sour plum soup one after another.
"Yuan Yang, how are you? Our sour plum soup in Lihua Town is delicious!"
Yuan Yang shook his cattail leaf fan and sat under the shade of a tree. He held the sour plum soup in one hand and took a long sip: "Well, it's refreshing and refreshing. It's really good. No wonder Brother Su didn't come to Kaitang County to find me."