Adhere to the gentleman's principles

Chapter 74: Meeting Licorice Again

Inside the restaurant, Zhao Junning said to the steward, "Uncle Liu's restaurant business is quite particular. I will write the name of the restaurant for you tomorrow." Liu Cheng replied, "It's Madam Young."

Zhao Junning walked into the kitchen, looked around and said, "Put the shelves separately. The meat shelf and the vegetable shelf cannot be placed together. Dry food should also be placed on a separate shelf. The rest... is good. I am relieved to leave it to you, Uncle Liu."

Liu Cheng smiled and said, "Young Madam is trusting of me and chose to let me follow you and the Master to Liangzhou. I, Old Liu, will definitely share more of the Young Madam's worries."

Zhao Junning nodded in satisfaction, walked into the main hall, looked around and said, "Not bad, the layout of this farm is almost ready, and the grain shop outside is almost ready. The grain to be purchased next month will arrive soon."

Walking out of the restaurant, Fuling said, "Miss, shall we go back home?" While Zhao Junning nodded, a girl fell in front of her. Zhao Junning lowered her head to look aside, then looked up and looked around. No one was chasing her.

Zhao Junning helped the girl up. The girl said weakly, "Please give me some food if you are kind enough."

Zhao Junning thought that his restaurant was still being set up and had no ingredients, so he helped the girl to a street shop and ordered a bowl of plain noodles. The girl ate very quickly. After she finished, Zhao Junning asked, "Are you full?" The girl said nothing.

Fuling said, "Waiter, bring another portion, plus two pancakes." After everything was served, the girl finished eating again. Zhao Junning asked, "Are you full?" The girl nodded. Zhao Junning saw that the hair covering her face fell down and her face looked like licorice when she nodded. He looked at her carefully and asked, "What's your name?"

The girl trembled and said two words: "Gan... Cao..." Zhao Junning paused after hearing this, and then felt happy. Gan Cao asked carefully: "You treated me to a full stomach. I will definitely repay you when I have the ability in the future."

Zhao Junning smiled and said, "You don't need to repay me." Gancao looked up at Zhao Junning and asked, "Then can you accept me? I can be your maid." Fuling was a little puzzled, but she liked Gancao very much. Zhao Junning asked, "Accept you? What about your parents? Aren't you going home?" Gancao's voice choked with sobs: "My parents are dead. They were killed by the Handan Chi people." Zhao Junning didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, "Okay, I'll accept you, just in time for Fuling to keep you company."

Licorice's eyes were filled with tears: "Thank you." Fuling also happily grabbed Licorice's hand: "That's great, I finally have a companion. Every day I have to watch the young lady and the uncle being affectionate and let me watch from the side. Now that you are with me, I won't be lonely anymore."

Zhao Junning coughed lightly, and Fuling smiled and said to her, "Miss, I was wrong, I was wrong."

The three of them arrived at the carriage. Mo Yu and Fei Zhou saw the unfamiliar Gan Cao and asked, "Who is this, Madam?" Zhao Junning said, "Her name is Gan Cao. She is my new maid. You two should get along well with her in the future." Then she said to Gan Cao, "Get on the carriage. Let's go home." The carriage started moving.

After getting off the carriage, he said to Fuling: "Fuling, take Gancao to your room, and then let her take a good bath, change clothes, and have a good sleep."

Fuling responded, "Yes, Miss."

Licorice bowed and said, "Thank you, Madam."

"Well, let's go."

Zhao Junning opened the door and Li Ziyan was sitting inside waiting for her. "Aren't you supposed to be back in the evening? Why are you here so early today?"

When Li Ziyan saw Zhao Junning, he walked forward with a smile and said, "Of course I miss my wife." Then he pulled Zhao Junning to sit down and said, "Come on, my wife, please sit down."

Zhao Junning frowned at Li Ziyan and asked, "What's wrong?" Li Ziyan sighed, "I can't hide it from my wife."

He took out a medicine bottle containing a few drops of blood from Yu Erniu's son and gave it to Zhao Junning. "My dear, when you were in Yangzhou, the medical immortal gave you a medical book and you read it day and night. And you made some progress recently. I want you to try to see if you can identify the poison in this blood."

Then he said, "I really can't trust other people completely. The official doctor in the government office said that he couldn't tell what the poison was. I want to bring it back for you to try and see if you can find out the poison." After hearing this, Zhao Junning opened the medicine bottle, took the teacup on the table and dripped the blood into the teacup, looked at it and said, "The blood is black, it's poisoning."

Zhao Junning closed her eyes and thought carefully about what kind of poison looked like this. Then she took a candle and brought the flame close to the blood. The color of the blood became lighter. Zhao Junning smiled and said, "It's poisonous."

"Poisonous? There is such a poison?" Li Ziyan asked curiously. Zhao Junning nodded and said, "Well, this poison is not common, but it is easy to cure."

After hearing this, Li Ziyan said, "If the Yin poison resists the Yang, the poison can be resolved."

Zhao Junning nodded, and Li Ziyan called out, "Mo Yu Fei Zhou." Mo Yu and Fei Zhou entered the house, and Li Ziyan said, "Go find Lin Zhubo and tell him that the child's poison can be cured, both Yin poison and Yang. Prepare some hot herbs."

"It's Master." Zhao Junning asked, "Don't you suspect who poisoned you?"

Li Ziyan said calmly, "Yu Erniu was the one who poisoned him." Zhao Junning was puzzled after hearing this, "Why would he save his own son if he poisoned him?"

Li Ziyan took a sip of tea and said, "He feels guilty. His wife is dead. I'm afraid he poisoned his son before his wife died. Now that his wife is dead, he wants to save his son."

Seeing that Zhao Junning was still confused, Li Ziyan said, "I sent someone to investigate Yu Erniu. He and his wife loved each other very much, but since he had this son, he felt like there was someone extra. So I guess this is why he poisoned his son."

Zhao Junning sighed: "This is too ridiculous. No matter how much love you have for each other, you can't poison your own son."

Li Ziyan agreed, "Yes." Then he asked, "By the way, Jun Ning, have you thought of a sign for your restaurant?" Zhao Jun Ning nodded and said, "Once I've decided, we'll call it - Junzi Restaurant." After hearing this, Li Ziyan thought: Junzi, Jun in Jun Ning, Zi in Li Ziyan.

"Zi Yan? Zi Yan?" Zhao Jun Ning called out when he saw Li Zi Yan was in a daze. Li Zi Yan came back to his senses and smiled at Zhao Jun Ning: "What's wrong, Jun Ning?"

Zhao Junning said, "What do you think of this name?" Li Ziyan nodded and said, "It sounds nice. Gentleman has a good connotation. My lady is thoughtful."

Zhao Junning knew that the meaning of the name was what Li Ziyan was thinking of, Jun in Junning and Zi in Li Ziyan. "Then I will go to the county government office to register tomorrow, and just in time to register my rouge shop as well." Li Ziyan agreed readily: "Well, no problem."

The next morning, Zhao Junning had already gotten up. Li Ziyan opened his eyes dazedly: "My wife, you got up so early again." Li Ziyan sat up with some difficulty. Zhao Junning nodded and said: "Yes, I have to get up early because I am busy with the store recently. The store will open soon."

Li Ziyan stood up and walked to Zhao Junning, hugged Zhao Junning and said, "My wife is really amazing. I miss you a little bit when I think about seeing you again in the evening."

Zhao Junning said shyly: "Be serious, Lord Li, why are you acting like a child now?"

Li Ziyan sniffed the fragrance and said, "Not serious, don't be serious around my wife." Then he stood up and looked at Zhao Junning, "I really can't imagine that my delicate wife can climb the wall and run a shop. The main thing is that you are only fifteen years old. I feel more and more that I married a treasure."

Zhao Junning said angrily: "Li Ziyan." Li Ziyan said quickly: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. Winter is coming soon, dress warmly, the weather in the north is colder than in the south." Zhao Junning nodded and said: "Okay, I know."

The two held hands and walked into the dining hall. Li Ziyan saw the unfamiliar licorice, so Zhao Junning introduced it to Li Ziyan: "Ziyan, this is licorice." Li Ziyan nodded and said with a smile: "Yeah, it's good and can be eaten with Poria cocos. You can treat this place as your home in the future."

After saying that, Fuling picked up some food for Zhao Junning and walked to Gancao's side: "The son-in-law and the young lady are so affectionate. Look, it's starting again now." Gancao covered her mouth and smiled, nodded and said: "I can see it."

After the meal, Li Ziyan went to the government office first. Zhao Junning stood up, glanced at Gancao and asked, "Are you used to being in the mansion?" Gancao nodded and said, "Yes, I am used to it." Zhao Junning said, "That's good. Let's go to the government office as well."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like