Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

Xiao Lan knew Xiao Zongshan was moved and felt that blood was thicker than water. As long as she tried to appease these difficult parents, some things would be easier to deal with in the future.

Watching Xiao Zongshan get on the carriage and drive away, he gave Haitang some instructions, reminding her to find out clearly which materials were not available in Nancheng before bringing them back, so as not to make any mistakes. Only then did he feel relieved and prepared to return to the shop.

But when I turned around, I heard the always noisy shop next door, and today it was a bit too noisy!

The nameless shop was now in a mess, with materials scattered on the table. A girl was standing with her hands on her hips, pointing at Li Si and cursing.

"Why, you're opening a business and you're still picky about who you hire! Why don't you make clothes for my brother?"

Liu Hu, however, looked like he was just watching the fun and stood by, letting Liu Yue do whatever she wanted.

Liu Hu knew why Li Si didn't sell him the clothes. It was because Li Si immediately recognized him as the robber who robbed the Sun family that night. He must have been ordered by Madam Sun not to say anything, but he still couldn't help but feel hostile towards him.

"If you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it! Go to another house!" Li Si was strong, and Xiao Ba's thin body couldn't pull him up.

"Brother Li, Brother Li, we can't do this when we're running a business. How about we go outside and talk about our personal grudges?"

"Get out of the way!" Li Si and Liu Yue shouted in unison, ready to fight in the store.

"Everyone calm down!" When Xiao Lan walked into the house, Liu Hu turned and looked at her. He knew this was Xiao Lan's shop, so he brought his sister here to shop today.

Liu Yue had been reluctant at first, but he had dragged her here. He really didn't want to be with her wandering around the south city. She had been doing this for several days, drooling over the owner of the cloth shop in the south city. As her brother, he couldn't stand it any longer.

When Liu Hu turned around, Xiao Lan paused. She felt that this small town was too small, so small that murderers were running all over the streets!

"Li Si, go to the warehouse at the back and see how much leather is left from last time."

"Madam!" Li Si was worried and didn't want to leave.

"Xiao Ba, go with Li Si."

Xiao Ba tugged and tugged until Li Si finally pulled the cloth away. Other shop assistants in the shop quickly tidied up the cloth and put it back where it came from.

"Excuse me, young lady, I'm the owner of this shop, I'll greet you personally!" Xiao Lan walked behind the counter and placed the material in front of her.

Liu Yue was unwilling to accept it, "What? What's so great about the boss! The guys here look down on others, which means the boss is not a good person!" Liu Yue grew up in a den of bandits. Although she later turned to the white side, that group of people could not raise a gentle girl after all, and they cultivated Liu Yue's habit of using violence when she disagreed with something.

"It's my fault for not managing my subordinates well and making the girl unhappy. All the items you picked today are mine." Xiao Lan was still polite, pretending not to notice the meaningful look Liu Hu gave her from behind.

"What? Are you afraid that we don't have money to pay?" Liu Yue pressed his sword on the cloth with a snap, and the guys present took a step back and trembled.

"Okay, sister, stop making things difficult for this lady. You've scared her so much that her face turned pale! We're here to buy cloth, why did you throw this sword out? Take it away!" Liu Hu personally put the sword back into Liu Yue's waist. Liu Yue wanted to say something, but Liu Hu gave her a look.

Although Liu Yue was usually noisy and didn't take her brother seriously, today she felt that her brother really didn't want to cause trouble. She then took a closer look at the woman behind the counter. Her hair and attire clearly showed that she was a married woman, but her second brother's eyes also clearly showed that there was something special about this woman.

Could it be that she is my second brother’s mistress?

"Madam, I want to make a few sets of clothes. Can you take my measurements?" Liu Hu casually flipped through the material in front of him, but his eyes were fixed on Xiao Lan. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his whole body exuded the temperament of someone who came to buy a "person".

"We have guys here who specialize in measuring customers' sizes. I really don't know how to do that." Xiao Lan tried to maintain a gentle smile, resisting the urge to slap the man in the face. She knew her hand might be broken before she could even slap him.

"Have you never made clothes for your husband?" Liu Hu looked at Xiao Lan's soft and fair hands on the cloth, and instantly thought of the day when Xiao Lan had injured his scarred face.

"We have a cloth shop at home, so naturally most of us are tailors. We don't need my poor skills."

"Second brother! Are you here to buy cloth?" Liu Yue pouted dissatisfiedly, looking at the vixen-like boss, feeling very dissatisfied.

Although his second brother is not a decent person, the sister-in-law in his heart cannot be an indecent woman who was poached from someone else!

"Buy! Buy three! Madam, please make three pieces of clothes that suit me according to your vision. They should be comfortable and soft." Liu Hu knew that Liu Yue was here and there were so many assistants. He couldn't say or do anything he wanted to say, so he didn't say any more nonsense.

"Don't you even want to check the color or style?" Xiao Lan watched Liu Hu pull out a silver ingot from his pocket and place it on the counter. This robber was quite generous. In their shop, a set of clothes cost only three or five taels of silver, after all, coarse cloth was not that valuable.

"I trust your wife's judgment."

Liu Yue couldn't stand Liu Hu drooling at the female boss, so she dragged him away.

The guys all thought this guy had bad intentions towards Xiao Lan, "Boss, do you want to report this to the police?"

"It's okay. The money has been paid. Why report it to the authorities? No one else has done anything."

"But that man treated the lady..." a talkative waiter was about to say, but another waiter tugged at his sleeve.

"So, it's not that I don't care about our shop, it's just that it's really difficult to manage. You have to take care of this matter in the future. I will take it back to Li Si. He should work steadily at home, and Xiao Ba will be in charge of the store. Do you think it's okay?" Although Xiao Lan has not been here for the past few days, he asked Li Si to tell him about the situation in the store. Although Xiao Ba is the youngest clerk in the store, everyone is willing to listen to him.

"Although Xiao Ba is young, he's smart and can think things through quickly. We're all willing to listen to his advice." Everyone agreed with this suggestion. Li Si, while efficient at work, wasn't suited to business.

Xiao Lan nodded and tossed the silver to the clerk. "On the books, use better material. You're all old friends, so you should be able to recognize that man's measurements."

"The styles that workers want are loose, and they will be almost the same at a glance." The clerk replied while holding the silver.

"Well, line it with cotton, it's softer."

When the shop closed at night, Xiao Lan really brought Li Si back to Sun's house.

"Madam, didn't you recognize that man?" Li Si was puzzled. He thought the lady should be angry or afraid, but her reaction was too calm.

"Well, now that he's recognized, there's nothing we can do about it. We can only hope he doesn't cause us any trouble. Thank goodness."

"Why not report it to the authorities! Let the government put him on the wanted list!" Li Si felt that the county magistrate and Captain Xue were quite capable.

"This case was known throughout the city, but it was simply dealt with by handing over a few blacksmiths. What do you think this means?"

"Officials protecting each other?"

"I don't know, but I can't rule out the possibility."

"I don't think the county magistrate is such a person!"

"He's not the only official around here. Anyway, we can't afford to offend this man. As long as he doesn't do anything to hurt us, we'll avoid him if we can. We'll deal with him if he comes to kill us. I previously told you to find a skilled martial arts master to train our servants. How's it going? I was too busy to ask."

"I've found one! There's a good martial arts master in my hometown. He used to accept apprentices, but later he retired because he got old. I learned a little from him when I was young, so I invited him here this time."

"Old? Can you still fight?" Xiao Lan's concept of "old" is probably around seventy or eighty years old.

"Yes, yes. People who practice martial arts have strong bodies. He just stopped teaching and still practices on his own."

"Then this master's kung fu must be quite good. Have you practiced with him?" Xiao Lan meant to say that Li Si's kung fu seemed vague, a bit like a skill, but not much. Unlike Xue Wu and Liu Hu, who were obviously very skilled.

"I only studied with him for a year when I was a kid, but then I started working and didn't have time to learn anymore. Don't worry, he's capable!"

"when will you arrive?"

"They came three days ago. You were always out early and back late, so I didn't see them. Besides, they were all practicing in the courtyard, so they didn't want to disturb the young masters and young ladies in the front hall."