First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 220 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind

Seeing that Nangong Rui was so cold towards him, the guy felt a little confused.

He probably hasn't offended this gentleman!

"I just come here to eat a bowl of noodles. There's no need for a private room." Nangong Rui said coldly, "If you insist on asking me to go to a private room, I'll leave now."

"Oh, Master Nangong, please don't misunderstand me." The waiter was a little embarrassed by what he said, and his smile froze on his face. "Our boss has instructed that if Master Nangong comes, we must receive him well."

A chill flashed across Nangong Rui's eyes, "Who is your boss?"

He was probably in cahoots with those rioters again. They tried to curry favor with the Nangong family whenever they saw them. His brothers couldn't stand the temptation, which led to the Nangong family's current state.

"Our boss has changed now. She is the wife of Lieutenant Qian in the army." The waiter hurriedly said with a smile, "Didn't our boss tell you last time you came? Just come when you are hungry in the future."

Nangong Rui was stunned for a moment.

It turned out to be Mrs. Qian!

He misunderstood. He thought it was those guys who tried to curry favor with the Nangong family before...

Nangong Rui's expression immediately eased up. "No need for a private room." He said a little embarrassedly, "I just want a bowl of noodles. You can order whatever you like."

The guy scratched his head and then agreed.

Anyway, he had said the right things and invited everyone he should have. If this gentleman insisted on eating noodles, it wasn't his fault.

"When did she become your boss?" Nangong Rui remembered that he had seen Zhao Xiuwan here before, and Zhao Xiuwan had also said that he could come here if he wanted to eat in the future. But at that time, Zhao Xiuwan was not the owner of the restaurant.

"Just a few days ago." The waiter laughed, "Our old boss went home for the New Year and handed over the restaurant to the new boss. We will be closed in a few days and reopen on the fifth day of the New Year!"

"So that's how it is." Nangong Rui nodded.

"Lord Nangong, if you really don't want to go to the private room, please find a place by yourself." said the waiter.

It was not time for dinner and there were no other customers in the restaurant except him.

So Nangong Rui just found a corner downstairs and sat down.

Not long after he sat down, he saw the door curtain move and a woman came in from outside.

Nangong Rui's eyes lit up.

"Hello, sister-in-law." He quickly stood up and bowed.

The person who came in through the curtain was none other than the new owner of the restaurant, Zhao Xiuwan.

She originally wanted to open a jewelry store when she bought this place, but after she met Nangong Rui by chance here, she jokingly said that she would not open a jewelry store but a restaurant.

Now her words have come true, and what she said was really right.

She no longer has any extra money to renovate the place, so she can only use the things left by the previous owner and open a restaurant.

That damn Li Yuzhu actually pawned her jewelry and asked several people from the government office and Mangcheng to find the whereabouts of her former maid.

Zhao Xiuwan originally wanted to find someone to follow them and see if there was a chance to destroy the IOU.

But she never expected that her plan would be ruined by her husband Qian Feng, who used to obey her every word.

As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. She sent people to follow Li Yuzhu's people, but Qian Feng also sent people to follow the people she sent.

She had a big fight with Qian Feng the day before yesterday and ran away from home. Now she lives in the backyard of this restaurant.

She had originally bought the restaurant with real money, using Li Yuzhu's money. Now that Li Yuzhu had obtained the IOU, she went to her house again. Qian Feng actually forced her to take out the remaining money and return it to Li Yuzhu.

She bought a lot of things at that time and spent more than two thousand taels of the five thousand taels.

Qian Feng had no choice but to take out the remaining two thousand taels of silver, and even the gold and silver she had bought to make the gold and silver hairpins and rings were converted into cash and returned to Li Yuzhu. In addition, she had previously asked the escort agency to go to the south to look for jade ore, and the deposit had been paid. Now Qian Feng shamelessly asked for this money back.

Fortunately, it was winter in Mangcheng and the Chinese New Year was approaching, so the trip to the south to look for jade could only be made after spring. So except for a small loss, most of the money was recovered.

Qian Feng gathered together the money in his family and borrowed some from his colleagues, finally making a total of 5,000 taels and returned it to Li Yuzhu, plus an additional 150 taels in interest.

It was called interest money, but in fact it was just to buy Li Yuzhu to shut up. Qian Feng wanted to calm the matter down to prevent Li Yuzhu from making a fuss outside and damaging Zhao Xiuwan's reputation.

However, in Zhao Xiuwan's eyes, Qian Feng's efforts were just cowardly.

What else does Li Yuzhu have? Her husband is now in prison, and he will definitely lose his position in the army when he comes out. They are just ordinary people in Mangcheng.

She has sent people to follow Li Yuzhu's people. As soon as the maid is found, her people will destroy the IOU immediately. Without the IOU, what can Li Yuzhu use to make trouble?

It just so happens that Qian Feng is a person whose elbows are pointed outwards!

He even sent someone to ruin her good deeds!

Five thousand taels of silver!

Did Qian Feng think that she did this just for herself? Didn't she just want to have a better life at home?

Looking at those lowly maids who came out of the palace now wearing gold and silver, and their clothes and appearance are richer and more gorgeous than her, she feels unwilling!

With just the little money from Qian Feng, the family can only afford to feed and clothe one person! If you want to be richer, wait for your next life!

The money was paid back, and Qian Feng really thought he was someone he was not, and even dared to criticize her. She was so angry that she had a big quarrel with Qian Feng and then ran away from home.

She might as well live alone than marrying such a useless guy!

When she bought this restaurant, her name was written on both the title deed and the land deeds, so after leaving home, she went straight here. She had originally agreed with her former employer to come back after the New Year to take back the house, but now she came early.

The former boss was actually easy to talk to. After all, it was almost the end of the year and a few days of effort wouldn't matter.

Zhao Xiuwan came early to collect the house so that he could go home early to celebrate the New Year.

So the entire restaurant was handed over to Zhao Xiuwan in advance, and the former owner returned to his hometown with his family to celebrate the New Year.

Zhao Xiuwan ran away from home in a rage, and she didn't have much money, so she could only live in the backyard of the restaurant, which was the house of her former employer. Fortunately, the former employer didn't move all the things away when he left, so Zhao Xiuwan didn't have to sleep on the floor.