Chapter 81 of Volume 1: I'm pretty enough

  "The wind from Mingyue Building today has reached our side, oh." Shuǐ Yuè leaned on the table, her hands supporting her small face, excitedly speaking out.

  "What's going on?" Su Xiaofan was very curious, this Mingyue Building and Qili Xiang Wine House are separated by several streets, even if the other side is really hot today, it shouldn't be able to spread here.

  "Uh, many guests are saying that they saw our boss sitting at the counter in Mingyuelou today, and they're all wondering if we've taken over Mingyuelou. But I told them it's just a collaboration with Mingyu." Shuimeiyu smiled with curved eyebrows, although she had also spent happy days at Ling'er's home before, but these days, every day busy with her sisters for the wine house, although occasionally very tired, seeing the wine house business getting better and better every day, everyone has a sense of accomplishment in their hearts, compared to that little bit of fatigue is nothing.

  And seeing those guests ordering many dishes through their own introductions, and then watching them eat with great joy, I would feel just as happy as they do.

  Su Xiaofan raised an eyebrow: "Just this little thing, and you're all so excited?"

  "It's not just that, there are also customers asking when we can start selling that new flavor here. They say it's okay even if the price is a bit expensive, and it feels like today, even if you're not in the restaurant, business is still very good." Shui Meng remembered that the only noble guest on the third floor of the restaurant said something like this in the afternoon, at which time she almost asked him if he wanted to order it, and if so, she would rush over to Mingyue Building to fetch it.

  "Hmm, next time if someone wants to order, just call them over to pick it up. For now, we don't plan on selling that here. And another thing, when I'm not around, you're all so happy?" Su Xiaofan raised an eyebrow in displeasure.

  "It's not like that, everyone just found out and thought that if you had to take care of both shops, you'd definitely be exhausted. But looking at the situation today, business is still about the same as before, so you won't collapse from exhaustion. Our future is all entrusted to you." Shuimeng smiled happily, remembering when they left, Ling'er said that if things didn't go well in the wine shop, she'd have to send everyone back to the brothel, although she also knew she was probably just joking...

  "That's a heavy burden, do I have to carry the future of all of you?" Su Xiaofan yawned and swept a glance at the girls in front of her, whose ages were not much different from hers.

  Xiao Yimo scanned around and said lightly: "After we get married, let's find someone to replace them at work and then marry them off."

  Su Xiaofan looked slightly surprised: "Marrying is okay, but little treasure, won't ten years be a bit too long?" Although she herself wouldn't be able to get married for another ten years, and although she wasn't really concerned about it either, there was no reason to let those lovely girls have the same life as her.

  Xiao Yi Mo silently stared at her for a moment, this question couldn't be explained clearly to her at the moment.

  The rest of the people also looked at each other in dismay, choosing to remain silent. Before coming here, they had all been warned repeatedly that if they dared to say anything out of turn, Miss Ling'er would get angry.

  Moreover, Miss Ling had specifically instructed that under no circumstances should the young master be allowed to know that she often talked about things related to him in the mansion.

  "We're not in a hurry to get married either, and we didn't think it was possible for us to have a home together." Shui Qi lowered her head, her cheeks flushed bright red, looking adorable.

  "Hmm, at your age, talking about marriage is indeed a bit too early. In a few more years, if you have someone you like, I'll help with the dowry and make sure you get married beautifully." Su Xiao Fan reached out to pat her head.

  "No need, even if we really want to get married... and things like that, we will save up for our own dowry." Shui Qi shook her head vigorously. Originally, it was because her family was too poor, she was sold by her parents to a brothel, and having the opportunity to leave that place of fire was already a blessing from heaven.

  Su Xiaofan raised her face, smiling as she looked at her eyes: "In these years, your monthly allowance, save as much as you can, and even if you get married in the future, you should leave a way out for yourself, save some private money, so that if something unexpected happens, you won't be left with nowhere to turn."

  Shui Qi furrowed her brow, not quite understanding what she meant by "if something unexpected happens", and what kind of unexpected event it was.

  "Never mind, just forget what I said earlier, no need to take it to heart." Su Xiaofan suddenly remembered her friend who had been at a loss after an unexpected divorce, so she spoke out such words. But in this kind of society, shouldn't there be something like divorce? So even if she told them these things, they would all be completely incomprehensible to them.

  "Are you thinking of saving some private money? Do you want me to give you some silver?" Xiao Yimeng only then remembered that she had been taking care of the accounts recently, and apart from occasionally asking for some silver to take back to her family, she didn't have much silver on her.

  "I don't need to be pulled, even if you, little treasure, will despise me in the future, I can still make a living for myself. Have you ever heard of a chef starving to death?" Su Xiao Fan smiled confidently, if it weren't for thinking about creating a better future for her grandmother and others, if she didn't want the people around her to be hurt again, she wouldn't have worked so hard to earn money... In her previous life, even though she had earned a lot of silver and saved a lot, in the end, who knows where all that silver went?

  Xiao Yuanfeng thought for a moment and said seriously: "Even the laziest cook will starve to death, right?"

  Su Xiaofan shook her head: "Lazy people can't become chefs."

  "Also true." Xiao Yuanfeng still thought that there must be cooks who starve to death, but he couldn't think of anything to refute her. After all, in his opinion, anyone who can cook delicious food is very impressive and seems to work very hard, which is not something a lazy person can do.

  "Alright, you've all been busy for a day, hurry up and rest. The business in the wine house may get better and better, but there's no time to let you guys rest." Su Xiao Fan stretched her waist.

  "Okay, let's go rest first."

  Upon hearing this, everyone dispersed in all directions like a swarm of bees.

  Hua Fei Chen and Xiao Yuan Feng, along with the horse carriage driver, all walked out of the wine tower together.

  Su Xiaofan casually found a table and sat down, leaning lazily against it.

  "If Madam is too tired, why don't you go rest first?" Xiao Fu put the accounts in order and tucked all the account books that were to be taken back into his arms.

  "Uncle Fu, you go first. At this time, they've all gone in and it's definitely chaotic inside. I'll rest here for a bit and wait until they calm down before going in." Su Xiaofan leaned on the table, turning her neck, and indeed was still forcing herself too much. After calming down, she felt a bit tired.

  "Alright, then I'll have them bring you hot water for a bath first."

  Xiao Yi Mo sat down in front of Su Xiao Fan after Xiao Fu walked out, the large wine house hall, at this moment, seemed empty and quiet.

  "Little treasure, want to take a bath with me tonight?" Su Xiaofan asked casually.

  "No, are you ashamed or not? You're still an unmarried girl from a good family." Xiao Yi Mo glared at her, when would she ever pay attention to these things.

  "Am I not your future wife? What's wrong with this wife helping her husband take a bath? Moreover, the little treasure's body is so smooth and tender, soft and comfortable." Su Xiao Fan smiled with nostalgia, feeling like it had been ages since they last took a bath together. Come to think of it, when was the last time they took a bath together again?

  Xiao Yimao's eyebrows jumped: "The last two sentences are your real purpose, right?"

  "Hehe......"

  Early in the morning, Su Xiaofan and Xiao Yimiao brought a cook into Mingyue Building, where Deng Nai rushed up with an anxious face.

  "What's wrong, boss?" Su Xiaofan stretched out his hand and yawned. Last night, because of the bath, he had been holding out with Little Treasure until the water turned cold, and then went to reheat it, unknowingly making it till midnight.

  "Today, early in the morning, the people at Xing Yue Building also posted a notice, and they launched an activity similar to ours, and the roasted chicken and duck have been discounted. What can we do...” Deng Nai thought for a long time, but couldn't think of any solution. The boss hasn't arrived yet, and he can't make decisions on price adjustments without authorization.

  "Did you buy back those fruits I asked you to buy yesterday?" Su Xiaofan smiled and asked, without directly responding to his question.

  Deng nodded: "It was all arranged early, follow me to take a look, they are the freshest, just picked from the tree this morning, still with dew on them."

  Su Xiaofan followed up, saying as she walked: "You go back to that notice board later and add a line, all female customers who consume in the store will be given a free drink, and then adjust the prices of roasted chicken and duck to be lower than Xingyue Building."

  "Is everything okay?" Deng Nai was a bit uneasy. After yesterday's events, although there were no losses, it was hard to guarantee that today would be the same.

  "Don't worry, shopkeeper. I'm also a master here now, and it's impossible for me to lose money, right?" Su Xiaofan walked into the kitchen and took a glance at the several baskets of fruit piled up there, which seemed to be quite good.

  "This is the price of those drinks, you also make a sign and let the waiters remember that the first cup for female customers who come in is free, refills are charged, and male customers have to pay too." Xiao Yimiao handed Deng Nai a note.

  "Good." Deng Nai nodded and walked out, looking around as he went. Speaking of which, the fruit juice that Xiao Fang mentioned was so expensive? Especially the last few prices, it's even more expensive than buying fresh fruit directly! Would anyone really order it?

  Su Xiaofan brought the chef into the kitchen, put down the tools on the counter, explained the usage to a few apprentices who came over, and then they took clean bowls to start juicing.

  "I didn't expect the thing you had someone make to be so useful." Xiao Yimeng was seeing it for the first time, although she had drunk several times the things she made before, but hadn't seen her making them. They used a thing that looked like two iron spoons stacked together, with one of them having small holes at the bottom, which she called a juicer, to put the fruit in the middle and squeeze it hard, and the juice flowed out.

  "Hmm, the craftsmanship of those blacksmiths on this side is not bad either." Su Xiao Fan didn't expect that with his own terrible painting skills, they could still produce products that met their own standards, it was really admirable.

  At noon, Deng Nai sat at the counter, looking at the order slips that were handed over one by one, shaking his head and saying: "I really didn't expect that Xiaofan's juice would be ordered by so many people."

  Su Xiaofan recently finished roasting chicken and duck, then handed over the subsequent slicing and plating procedures to the kitchen staff. After all, they had watched her work for a day yesterday and learned most of the techniques. The key is that this way, she can relax a lot.

  She slowly walked out of the kitchen, planning to rest for a moment at the counter, and happened to hear Deng Nai's words. She pointed at several guests who were going upstairs and said in a low voice: "People like them are obviously rich young masters at first glance, and the girls following them don't seem to be maids either. They can't drink much, so they will definitely order some fruit juice or something for their opponents. In this situation, how would they care about the price?"

  "Right, Xiaofang girl is quite knowledgeable in this aspect." Deng Nai looked over with great admiration.

  "It's not like I understand, men are all about saving face and showing off." Su Xiao Fan accidentally let it slip out of her mouth, and when she realized it later, she didn't want to correct herself.

  "Animal?"

  As expected, after hearing her words, Xiao Yimiao frowned and raised his head to stare at her.

  Su Xiaofan smiled slightly awkwardly and pointed to a woman going upstairs, saying: "Little treasure, look at that girl, she's really beautiful, with a pink skirt, fair skin, and a slender waist that can be grasped in one hand. She's comparable to your family's Water Spirit."

  Xiao Yimeng just glanced at her lightly and then withdrew his gaze, continuing to work on the accounts in his hand: "What's the point of a woman being so beautiful?"

  "Don't all men like beautiful women?" Su Xiao Fan stared at the pink figure, until she couldn't see her shadow anymore, then looked around herself and said pitifully: "Compared to her, I've become an ugly duckling."

  "I don't think it's ugly." Xiao Yi Mo's small fingers nimbly manipulated the abacus in front of her.

  "People say that after a long time, they will get tired of it. Little treasure, when do you think you'll get tired of me?" Su Xiao Fan reached out and turned his face, making him look directly at her.

  "This is hard to say, maybe you'll get tired of it in a while, or maybe you won't get tired of it for a lifetime, depends on your performance." Xiao Yimiao twisted her head and couldn't struggle free from her grasp, saying unpleasantly: "Woman, what are you calculating? I don't even think you're ugly anymore."

  Su Xiaofan sighed and loosened her grip: "I guess you really think I'm ugly..."

  Xiao Yimao raised a faint smile, pursed his lips and looked at her, after a while, he slowly spoke out: "Why do women have to be so beautiful? I'm already handsome enough."

  Su Xiaofan was stunned, what kind of logic is this?

  And when did you start worrying about your appearance?

  And yet, why is this sense of inferiority in my heart growing stronger and stronger?

  I always feel that after Little Treasure grows up, with her current looks, she absolutely won't be able to match up to someone else's, and she's also old...

  The age difference that was once insignificant has now become his own Achilles' heel.

  "Hehe......" Xiao Fu stood by quietly watching them, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

  Xiao Yimo ignored her laughter: "Women should be more confident, weren't you very confident before? Besides, I don't like beautiful women."

  "Why?" Su Xiao Fan also felt that she should be more confident, otherwise she would eventually become a legend of the yellow-faced woman because of entanglement with this problem all day and neglecting other things.

  "Don't like is don't like, where's the why?" Xiao Yimeng spoke in an extremely light tone. She thought that if she continued to talk about this topic later on, it would be better for her to remain silent, or else it would go on and on without end.

  "Sorry I'm late today."

  Su Xiaofan was about to continue saying something when he heard Deng Shoucai's voice, and smiled: "No need, Mr. Deng has come to the wine house without anything important to do, the weather is about to turn cool, it's not bad to rest at home occasionally."

  Deng Shoucai shook his head with a heavy expression: "Last night, my little grandson suddenly fell ill with a stubborn disease. I invited several doctors to come home and diagnose him, but they were all ineffective. At this moment, he is still running a fever, and I don't know what's wrong with him."

  "You'd better hurry back to take care of him, we'll handle things here." Su Xiaofan thought that children getting sick was the most pitiful thing and naturally it was a major matter that had to be dealt with first.

  "Is that okay?" As soon as Deng Shoucai heard this, he thought of his grandson's pitiful appearance at home and immediately had the idea to rush back.

  "Of course, rest assured and leave it to us." Su Xiao Fan almost patted his chest to guarantee it.

  "Sorry about that, I'll come to the wine house once my grandson's condition improves." Deng Shoucai had barely finished speaking before he quickly rushed out.

  Su Xiaofan gazed at his back and said, "He really dotes on that little grandson of his."

  Deng nodded slightly and sighed: "What can you do? That child is the only one in his family, after all."

  "Huh?" Su Xiao Fan was slightly surprised. If Sun Er was still young, his son shouldn't be very old either. In this era, why would he only have one grandson? Moreover, his family seemed to be quite wealthy, and if they wanted an heir, couldn't they just give his son a few concubines or something?

  His son died of a serious illness soon after getting married, and his daughter-in-law also died of severe bleeding during childbirth when she gave birth to that grandson. This little grandson was extremely weak from the moment he was born, and had to take large amounts of medicine every day, it's as if he grew up in a medicine jar. Deng Ai shook his head regretfully, originally a happy family, after experiencing so many setbacks, if something happens to that grandson again, I don't know if they can still hold on.

  "A good person has a natural aura, don't worry too much." Su Xiaofan thought that although it was pitiful for children to fall ill, having headaches and fevers were normal, after all, children's resistance was naturally low.

  "I hope so." Deng Naiying replied, and with a smile, looked towards the few people who had just walked into the wine house, as well as several shop assistants who came over to settle the bill, after a flurry of activity, he continued to indulge in his thoughts.

  Su Xiaofan felt that this was probably what people meant by "occupational disease". After being in the service industry for a long time, even if she was having a bad day, she could naturally put on a warm and enthusiastic smile when facing customers.

  Two days passed, and Xingyuelou still didn't make any price reduction moves. It seemed that they had added some free drinks, but Su Xiaofan didn't send anyone to investigate what they were up to. Anyway, it was said that Xingyuelou's business had been poor for the past few days, while Mingyuelou's business was booming every day. Even with many loss-making promotions, they hadn't lost much silver.

  The more fresh food, the more customers can be attracted. Su Xiaofan decided to study barbecue and spent an afternoon discussing with the blacksmith master in the ironwork shop. Although the pot for barbecuing could be made, they couldn't find suitable charcoal at a reasonable price, which was not suitable for selling in the restaurant. However, it was possible to make some for personal use, occasionally treating family members to fresh food.

  It only took a day for the things ordered at the blacksmith's shop to be delivered.

  Deng brought the goods into the kitchen with a puzzled expression after paying for them: "Xiao Fang, are these the things you wanted?"

  "Hmm, it's done so quickly." Su Xiaofan was delighted and went over to pick one up, took a look, nodded and said: "This master's craftsmanship is really good, in the future if we need anything, let's specify that their family does it."

  "What's this for?" Deng tapped on the thing that didn't look like a pot or a basin, seemingly having no practical use.

  "Uh, you'll know in a bit, boss can go out and get busy first, just for a bit, I'll let you taste the freshness." Su Xiaofan smiled mysteriously, then went to the pool to catch a fish of about three or four catties, selected some mushrooms, scallions, green vegetables, peanuts and other side dishes, and after selecting the ingredients, he started to get busy.

  After a few minutes of effort, the fragrant roasted fish was done.

  After the restaurant closed, Deng Nai and Xiao Yi Mo walked into the kitchen together, staring at a steaming bowl of fish on the table in a daze.

  "This is called roasted fish, the bottom layer is water, which serves to cool down, so it won't burn the table when served. The charcoal fire in the middle can make the roasted fish more flavorful and also make the side dishes inside taste better." Su Xiaofan took off his apron and introduced the kitchen staff.

  Xiao Yimò picked up his chopsticks first and took a bite: "Hmm, the flavor is rich enough, the fish meat is also very fresh and delicious, but will it be too spicy?"

  "Hehe, because I love to eat spicy food, I accidentally added too much chili peppers. In the future when there are guests ordering, I should ask them at the moment they place their order whether they want it mildly spicy, moderately spicy, extremely spicy or not spicy at all. Although I've never had it without chili peppers before." Su Xiaofan furrowed her brow and thought for a moment, recalling that she always added extra chili peppers to everything she ate.

  "This autumn day is about to pass, and winter is indeed very suitable." Deng Nai suddenly felt that such things would be popular with many people in the season when winter arrives.

  "Uh, let's try selling it tomorrow." Su Xiaofan saw Xiao Yimeng eating happily and leaned over to say: "Little treasure, eat slowly, there are many fish bones."

  "…Xiao Yi Mo Bai gave her a glance, having said it countless times, stop treating yourself like a little kid."

  "You guys try some too." Su Xiao Fan said casually, then went to grab a few, preparing to bring them back to Qi Li Xiang. Although they didn't plan on bringing back roasted chicken or duck to sell at Qi Li Xiang, this was something that could be brought back, and it was very likely that in a few days, the people from Xing Yue Lou would follow suit and make something similar to Ming Yue Lou's, so they would have to go adjust some special seasonings for roasting fish.

  When they returned to the Seven Li Xiang, most people in the wine house had already rested. Su Xiao Fan was busy in the kitchen for several hours before calling Xiao Yi Mo to bring up Xiao Yuan Feng and Hua Fei Chen. Under the guise of inviting them to a big meal, he actually wanted them to try out dishes. This little treasure ate several flavors in a row and said that he could no longer distinguish which one was more delicious.

  Xiao Yuanfeng devoured the several plates of roasted fish in front of him, and finally pointed to the last one and said: "This one tastes the best."

  After savoring it for a while, Huā Fēi also said: "This flavor is indeed not bad."

  "Alright, so it's decided that we'll use this ingredient then." Su Xiao Fan let out a sigh, seeing that the sky was about to brighten up again and she still had to clean up the kitchen.

  "Xiao Fan, go rest now. I'll get someone who's an early riser to help you clean up in a bit." Xiao Yu also noticed her exhaustion.

  "Uh, I'll go sleep for a bit. Tomorrow morning, I'll get up early and tell them the production method." Su Xiao Fan yawned and returned to her room, lying on the bed before realizing she hadn't taken a bath yet. But feeling lazy, she didn't want to move, thinking she'd just take one tomorrow instead. Unknowingly, she fell asleep without even changing clothes, wrapped in the quilt.

  Xiao Yi Mo helplessly shook his head, climbed onto the bed, walked to the innermost part of the bed, lay down and was about to fall asleep when Su Xiao Fan pulled him over entirely.

  "Baby, holding you feels so comfortable, more comfortable than any pillow."

  "Hug?"

  Xiao Yi Mo was speechless, and she seemed to be talking nonsense, like a dream. The "hug pillow" should refer to the pillow, right? Hugging the pillow while sleeping? So every time she hugged herself to sleep, she treated herself as a pillow?

  Because she was really too tired the night before, Su Xiaofan didn't wake up until noon, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she met Xiao Yimeng's dissatisfied gaze. Rubbing her eyes in confusion, she asked: "Little treasure, what's wrong with you so early?"

  "Hmph!" Xiao Yimeng let out a cold snort, threw on his outer garment, and walked out the door.

  "Hmm..." Su Xiao Fan furrowed his brow, thinking repeatedly for a while, but still couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. Yesterday evening in the kitchen, he was fine...

  She casually combed her hair and then went into the kitchen to busy herself, directly throwing Xiao Yi Mo's displeasure to the back of her mind.

  Then, with the chef, carrying a large bundle of prepared ingredients, they went to Mingyuelou.

  "Little master, didn't you sleep well yesterday?" Deng Nai asked with a puzzled expression, looking at Xiao's pale face. This child only had a bad mood when he hadn't rested well occasionally, but could this young master who was always calculating accounts with him be called a child? Occasionally his calculation speed was faster than himself by an unknown number of times.

  "No, I slept well." Xiao Yimeng murmured in response, but he had actually been entangled with the issue of the pillow all night and hadn't fallen asleep at all.

  But the woman's mind was all on the roasted fish she was going to try to sell today, and she didn't notice her own unhappiness at all. Didn't that roasted fish have a heavy weight in her heart?

  After thinking about it, my already unpleasant mood became even more unpleasant.

  At noon, because it was a trial sale, although the shop assistants were enthusiastic in their recommendations, there were no customers.

  Su Xiaofan leaned against the kitchen door, holding a string of grapes in her hand. After hesitating for a moment, she grabbed a waiter who was serving dishes and said: "You go tell the boss to reserve that table by the entrance for me."

  The little servant nodded vaguely and walked out.

  Before long, Su Xiaofan prepared a large table of delicious food, personally carried it out and placed it on the table, calling Xiao Yimeng over.

  "What's going on? Are we eating in the main hall today?" Xiao Yimiao raised an eyebrow, glanced at the people walking by, and occasionally looked at the guests at the table. Suddenly, he felt like he understood her intention.

  This newly made roasted fish, because no one has ever eaten it before and no one has seen it before, is not accepted by others. However, if someone eats it in front of them and seems to be very delicious, then maybe someone will want to try it out. This was the case when I was at the Fragrant Wine House earlier, and it worked every time. If I had known this would happen, I should have brought Master and Peak with me.

  "Hey, just in time for your meal! Indeed, it's better to arrive at the right moment than to come too early." Xiao Yuanfeng walked into the wine tower and saw the two people sitting at the entrance, and he sat down with a smile.

  Xiao Yi Mo was speechless, and just as he was thinking of the two of them, they appeared.

  "Master, please sit down too." Su Xiaofan stood up and invited Huafei to sit down, then asked: "Are you two going to drink wine or drinks today?"

  "It's natural to drink." Before the two could respond, Xiao Yimiao spoke up.

  Su Xiaofan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Alright then."

  "Xiao Fang, there are two customers who have ordered roasted fish. Ji Yun is already starting to roast the fish."

  After handing over wine and water to a few people, Su Xiaofan was about to sit down and have dinner with them when he was called away.

  After entering the kitchen, he talked to Ji Yun about some details and then walked out again. In these few days of interaction, I have gained a deeper understanding of the cooking skills of those people in the kitchen, and I believe that as long as they know the method, they can generally cope with it, as long as the food made is not much different from what I personally make.

  "Little treasure, are you feeling any better?" Su Xiao Fan held a cup of tomato apple juice and stirred it back and forth with a thin wooden spoon. This was still not as good as when she used the electric juicer before. Everything else was fine, but after squeezing the apples, there would always be a lot of pulp inside. It seemed that orange juice and grapefruit juice were not as good either. It seemed necessary to get rid of one or two juices.

  Xiao Yi Mo's faint expression revealed her surprise, originally thinking that she hadn't noticed his bad mood at all.

  "If you don't speak, it's as if your mood has improved." Su Xiaofan smiled and glanced at the few people walking back and forth outside the wine house, wondering if there were any other people from the city's wine houses besides the Star Moon House's spies.

  Although this city is not very big, there are quite a few wine houses.

  Just as the three had finished their meal, Deng Shoucai walked in from outside the wine shop with a rather poor complexion.

  "Boss Deng, what's wrong? Isn't your little grandson's illness better yet?" Su Xiaofan stood up as he approached and gave up his seat to him, then sat down beside Xiao Yimeng instead.

  "Yes, I've invited all the doctors in the city to come and take a look, but none of them have been effective. I'm thinking of taking him to Lin County to see if they can do anything for him, so I came to let you all know that I may not be able to come to the wine shop for a while." Deng Shoucai let out a weak sigh, and his anxiety was growing day by day. If things kept going on like this, he was worried that his small body wouldn't be able to take it.

  "Master, go help him see how it is?" Su Xiaofan looked at his current appearance and couldn't bear it. He was originally an old man who had suffered the pain of losing his son and daughter-in-law. If that grandson were to die again, he would not be able to hold on. It's possible that the grandson was his entire spiritual pillar.

  The flower fluttered and hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly: "If you don't mind..."

  Deng Shoucai stood up excitedly: "I won't mind, how can I mind." Although he didn't know how good the young man's medical skills were, he felt that the temperament emanating from him was not like an uneducated person. Moreover, since Xiaofan said so, it meant his medical skills were pretty good, and he vaguely saw hope in him.

  "Little treasure, are you going with your master?" Su Xiaofan saw that Xiao Yimeng also stood up along with Hua Feichen.

  "Hmm, these days, staying in this tavern all day has indeed gotten old. I'll just take it as a chance to get some fresh air." Xiao Yimeng adjusted his clothes and followed Hua Feicheng out.

  Deng Shoucai trotted along beside them, leading the way.

  "Are you tired of it?"

  Su Xiaofan supported herself with her hands, gazing at their departing figures, and murmured to herself in a daze.

  "Xiao Fan, what are you saying?" Xiao Yuanfeng held his wine cup, frowning and staring at her, as her voice was too soft just now, and he didn't hear clearly what she said.

  "Nothing, why didn't you go with him?" Su Xiaofan came back to her senses and only then realized that there was still someone else at the table.

  "I don't understand medicine, and even if I go, I won't be of much help. Besides, with Master coming out, you can rest assured." Xiao Yuanfeng was no longer worried at all, although from Deng Shoucai's expression, it seemed that his grandson's illness was very serious, but it wouldn't be difficult for Master to handle.

  Deng Shoucai's mansion.

  Hua Fei dust probed his pulse for a while and diagnosed him before saying: "Has he eaten anything unusual recently?"

  Deng Shoucai's wife, Yu Shi, pale-faced, leaned over: "He hadn't eaten anything either. That day was originally supposed to take him to the wine tower for a sit-down, but halfway through, he met an acquaintance and chatted for a few sentences. When I came back to my senses, he had already run off. By the time we found him, his complexion wasn't good."

  "Then we need to investigate what happened during the time he ran away." Huā Fēi Chén's voice was extremely light, but his expression was exceptionally serious.

  He then walked to the table, opened a prescription and handed it to Deng Shoucai: "You go according to this prescription to get the medicine, take it once in the morning and evening every day, can temporarily suppress the toxin inside him."

  "Poison?"

  Deng Shoucai, who had been beaming with joy as he received the prescription from Hua Fei's hands, suddenly had all the smile on his face disappear.

  "Yes, actually it's not a big deal with the poison. If it were on a normal person, at most they would just have a fever and after taking some medicine, they would be fine. But this child is born with a weak body, that's why the fever won't subside and he remains unconscious." Huā Fēi dusted his brow, although in his own eyes it wasn't a big deal with the poison, but even an ordinary doctor would find it absolutely not easy to cure.

  "Madam, hurry up." Deng Shoucai handed the prescription to Yu Shi's hand with a trembling hand and pushed her seemingly soulless body.

  "Good." Yu's family came back to her senses, reached out to wipe away the few tears on her face, and led several maidservants to quickly run out.

  Deng Shoucai felt that all his strength had been drained, and his mind was in a mess. To say the least, he didn't have many enemies, even if there were some competitors in business, it wouldn't be enough to make them treat his family with such vicious methods.

  "How long has he been ill?" Xiao Yimiao leaned against the bedside, staring at the child on the bed who was frowning and seemed to be sleeping very restlessly.

  "It's just a few days, time is not very long." Deng Shoucai replied weakly.

  "It's not been too long, so it should still be possible to find some clues. Send someone to the place where your grandson got lost that day and ask around, see who he met and what he did during the time he walked away with your wife." Xiao Yimeng's face was shrouded in thought.

  "Uh-huh." Deng Shoucai nodded forcefully, making an effort to calm himself down. If he were to become like this too, what would Madam do? In any case, he had to be her pillar of support.

  Returned to Mingyuelou and roughly told Su Xiaofan about Deng Shoucai's family situation, preparing to return to Qili Xiang.

  Su Xiaofan sighed endlessly. There are indeed many bad people in this world, even if you have a grudge, you should come at the adults, why did you go after a child?

  At night, after Su Xiaofan returned to Qili Xiang, Xiao Fu, who was closing the shop door, heard a series of horse hooves coming from afar and getting closer, and he stuck his head out to look at the street.

  "Master Yuanchu, why so late?" After seeing the person clearly, Xiao Fu put down the door in his hand and went forward to greet him. After he got off his horse, he led the horse to the backyard.

  "I didn't plan to come out today, hesitating back and forth, but it's already this late. " Xiao Yuanqiu 'brushed' open the jade fan in his hand, lightly shaking it as he stepped into the wine building.

  The few people who were originally sitting in the kitchen eating did not notice his return.

  Xiao Yi Mo was the first to finish his midnight snack, and he walked out. He leaned against a pillar on the upper floor, about to speak to Xiao Yuan Qiu, when he saw him pointing to the stairs, then the two of them went upstairs together.