Volume 6: Dream Record Chapter 432 Gao Hui Runs Quickly Yuan Xudong is Coming
Zhao Pan'er took out a pen and paper and placed them in front of the young man, asking him to write down everything that happened. Seeing that he hesitated, Zhao Pan'er looked out the door and said quietly:
"The police should be here soon, right?"
"I wrote!"
A man who knows the current situation is a hero. The handsome and thin boy quickly grabbed a pen, wrote a letter of affidavit, bit his finger and pressed his bloody handprint. At this point, the guest who pretended to be dead and wanted to frame Zhao Pan'er also pressed his bloody handprint. He looked like he had lost his parents and had completely lost his arrogance. Seeing that they had written the letter of affidavit, Zhao Pan'er picked up the paper, showed it to the tea guests and said:
"Please help me to be a witness for what happened today. We, the Banzhaimian Teahouse, were completely framed. If someone spreads rumors that the food in our teahouse is poisonous again, please help me to explain. I will be very grateful!"
Sun Sanniang, Song Yinzhang, and Yinping Yatou followed Zhao Pan'er in bowing to express their gratitude to everyone present. The whole matter was very clear at this point, and the tea drinkers present responded one after another:
"Please rest assured, Madam Zhao, that is natural, that is natural!"
At this time, Yuan Tuntian and Mr. Zhuo Shi looked at Zhao Pan'er and asked in confusion:
"Madam Zhao, we didn't understand what was happening just now. Didn't you give them a mute drug?"
Hearing the word "mute medicine", the handsome young man couldn't help but prick up his ears and eavesdrop. Zhao Pan'er said with a smile:
"It's just ice flakes mixed with some water. It may irritate the throat at first, but look at how much they can talk now!"
"I see. Madam Zhao is really calm in times of crisis and has many wise plans!"
“Not bad, not bad!”
After all the trouble, most of the customers in the store had left. Zhao Pan'er decided to close the store and rest for a day. A moment later, Yuan Xudong walked in from outside. He had learned the general course of events from Xiao Yan, and also knew that the person who wanted to frame Zhao Pan'er was Gao Hui's wet nurse Jiang. Xiao Yan saw her peeping outside the Banzhai Teahouse stealthily, and after the matter was exposed, she fled in a panic. Xiao Yan felt that Jiang was very suspicious, so he had her captured.
As it turned out, it was really her who sent someone to do it. This matter had nothing to do with Gao Hui directly, and she knew nothing about it. It was just that Jiang privately investigated Zhao Pan'er and knew that she and Ouyang Xu had been engaged, so she wanted to drive her away to prevent her young lady from being sad and upset after knowing these things about Ouyang Xu. Jiang was vicious, but she really loved Gao Hui, and Gao Hui treated her as her own relative. It was precisely because of this that Yuan Xudong did not deal with Jiang for the time being, but asked Xiao Yan to send someone to lock her up for his use!
Yuan Xudong walked into the teahouse and heard Zhao Paner say:
"Since you two are young, I won't bother with you. Go quickly before the soldiers arrive!"
Hearing what Zhao Pan'er said, the older one hurriedly got up and ran away. The handsome boy hesitated for a moment, then walked out of the teahouse in silence. Yuan Xudong glanced at him. Although the handsome boy was dressed in tattered clothes and his face was covered with a layer of black dust, Yuan Xudong could tell at a glance that the boy was a girl dressed as a boy. Although her clothes were ragged and her face was pale, her pair of big eyes with clear black and white could not be hidden. Yuan Xudong, who had seen countless women, could tell at a glance that this was a beauty!
"etc!"
The girl passed by Yuan Xudong, and seeing her slightly dull eyes and her pitch-black hands covered with wounds and calluses from a close distance, Yuan Xudong couldn't bear it and couldn't help but call her.
If she walked out like this, Xiao Yan's gang of real ruffians would never be as compassionate to women as she was. Before coming in, Yuan Xudong had ordered them to arrest all the relevant people and interrogate them. After having enough evidence, he could go and settle the score with Gao Guancha. Either marry his daughter to himself, or go to court and sue him for relying on his status as a royal relative to hire murderers to frame others. This old man was not a good person, but his daughter was a virtuous lady, and Yuan Xudong liked her very much.
Yuan Xudong called the girl, and the girl looked up at him and said fiercely:
"what?"
"fine!"
Looking at the bluffing girl, Yuan Xudong couldn't help but smile. He took out a few ingots of silver from his arms and stuffed them into her hands. He even stuffed a piece of mutton-fat white jade hanging around his waist into her hands. Seeing that Yuan Xudong gave the girl money, Zhao Pan'er took back the silver she had taken out. She also realized that the "boy" was a woman dressed as a man.
At this time, Yuan Xudong looked at the little girl and said gently:
"Girls shouldn't have scars on their hands. Go buy some medicine for wounds. If someone wants to bully you, show him this piece of mutton-fat jade. Let's go!"
The girl looked at Yuan Xudong deeply, as if she wanted to remember what he looked like. Her hometown had suffered a natural disaster and her whole family had died. She was the only one who followed the refugees to Tokyo. She usually dressed as a man and made a living by unloading goods at the dock. No one had ever cared about her so much. Looking at Yuan Xudong in gorgeous clothes, especially his white hands, and then looking at her own black hands full of wounds and calluses, she couldn't help feeling a little ashamed. She quietly put her hands into her sleeves and nodded blankly. At this time, an official rushed in noisily. The girl took a last look at Yuan Xudong, then turned and ran out.
The two suspects were let go, so the officers had made a wasted trip. Zhao Paner invited them into the store to have a cup of tea, and gave each of them a box of cakes, asking them to help take care of the public security near the teahouse in the future. After the officers happily returned home, Zhao Paner could not help but roll her eyes at Yuan Xudong and said,
"You are kind and considerate to women. That jade pendant is worth at least two hundred strings of cash. Why did you just give it to her for no reason?"
"How can there be so many?"
Yuan Xudong laughed dryly twice, and looking at Zhao Paner who looked unhappy, he quickly changed the subject:
"I have investigated everything. It was Gao Hui's wet nurse Jiang who sent someone to frame you. She had been waiting outside to see you make a fool of yourself. Later, when she realized something was wrong, she tried to escape, but was caught by Xiao Yan and his men. This was entirely her personal idea and has nothing to do with the Gao family. What are you going to do?"
"Is she Gao Hui's wet nurse?"
Zhao Pan'er frowned slightly. It seemed that what the little girl said was right. She was indeed a wet nurse from a wealthy family. She didn't know how such a clever little girl could have fallen to this point. What if she met a bad guy?
Thinking of the bad guy, Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but look at Yuan Xudong. This bad guy gave her a piece of mutton-fat white jade. Could he have some bad intentions?
When she thought of the girl's disheveled hair and ragged clothes, she couldn't help but shake her head. Even if Yuan Xudong was greedy for women, he wouldn't be interested in a little girl who was malnourished for a long time, right?
Whether it was herself, Song Yinzhang, Sun Sanniang, Zhang Haohao, or the girl Yinping, or the group of little girls brought by Zhang Haohao, all of them were beautiful girls or potential beauties. Although this bad guy was a little greedy, he had a very picky appetite and should not be so hungry as to eat anything. Thinking of this in her heart, Zhao Pan'er felt relieved and thought that Yuan Xudong had suddenly become kind-hearted and felt pity for the poor little girl. This was indeed the case. Yuan Xudong just felt sorry for the little girl for a moment and did not really intend to do anything to her.
After discussing with Zhao Pan'er and others, since this matter was indeed done by Jiang personally, and had nothing to do with Gao Hui or the Gao family, even if it was reported to the government, at most Jiang would be punished and the Gao family's reputation would be damaged, and nothing else would happen.
It was precisely because of this that Zhao Pan'er and others handed this troublesome matter over to Yuan Xudong to deal with. As long as no one would make trouble again in the future, they didn't care what happened to Jiang. After all, she was Gao Hui's wet nurse. You have to look at the owner when you beat the dog. Yuan Xudong gladly accepted it. He was worried that he could not find a breakthrough to get Gao Hui into the room. Unexpectedly, someone brought him a pillow when he was sleepy. Jiang was really Gao Hui's good wet nurse. Didn't she help her find such a perfect husband?
Yuan Xudong left the Banzhaimian Teahouse and obtained a more detailed written pledge from Xiao Yan, including those from everyone from Gao Hui's wet nurse Jiang to the labor leader at the dock and the gangster who pretended to be dead to blackmail people. He had someone copy all the letters, and then sent them to Gao Guancha together with Gao Hui's wet nurse Jiang. Yuan Xudong also wrote a letter himself, tactfully expressing his regret and protest, but did not mention Gao Hui at all in the letter.
However, Yuan Xudong believed that Gao Hui would definitely come out to find him in person, because the written pledge and witnesses were still in his hands. Gao Hu could give up Jiang, but Gao Hui couldn't. It would be better for a silly lady like Gao Hui to stay with him. If it weren't for Yuan Xudong, she would definitely be dominated by Ouyang Xu, and end up hurting others and herself. From this point of view, Yuan Xudong saved her, and she pledged herself to Yuan Xudong. It was a match made in heaven, perfect!
Things turned out pretty much as Yuan Xudong had predicted. When Jiang returned to the Gao residence, Gao Guancha was furious after receiving the written pledges and Yuan Xudong's letter. Although Jiang did it on her own initiative, outsiders would not think so. They would only think that the Gao family had ordered Jiang to do it, and when the matter was exposed, the Gao family would push Jiang out to take the blame.
Gao Guancha valued his reputation the most. Otherwise, he would not have let Ouyang Xu find a reason to cancel the engagement. He was afraid that Ouyang Xu's scandal would be exposed, or that he would be laughed at by outsiders if he broke off the engagement without permission. This time was no exception. Compared to sending Jiang to the government, he would rather beat this self-willed old slave to death at home.
…
In the courtyard of Gao's house, Jiang was kneeling on the ground with wounds all over her body. The servants of Gao's house who were surrounding her were all standing still. Gao Guancha sat on the chair and snorted coldly, saying expressionlessly:
"Hit again!"
The servant holding the whip was about to continue the attack. Gao Hui, who heard the news, hurried over from her own yard. Seeing the dying nurse, she quickly protected her and raised her head to look at her father Gao Guancha and said angrily:
"Dad, the nanny has served me for so many years. Even if she has no merits, she has worked hard. What on earth did she do wrong that you have to be so cruel?"
Gao Guancha frowned slightly and glanced at the maid Chuntao following behind Gao Hui with a stern look. Chuntao was Jiang's biological daughter, and it was obviously the Gao Hui she went to find, wanting Gao Hui to save her mother. Seeing the master staring at her like that, the maid Chuntao knelt on the ground in fear. Gao Hu did not punish her. After all, it was human nature and the Song Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety.
At this time, Gao Hui also glanced at Chuntao and her father. She was very smart and knew that Chuntao must be hiding something from her. However, she was determined to save the wet nurse. She looked at her father and continued:
"Dad, you're often not at home. My wet nurse raised me from childhood. If you beat her to death, I don't want to live anymore!"
Jiang had been in the Gao Mansion for her entire life and was loyal to the family. Even though she was about to be beaten to death by Gao Hu, she still looked up at Gao Hui and said weakly:
"Miss, stop talking back to your master. I am the old servant who has embezzled the money in the mansion. I deserve to be beaten, I deserve to be beaten!"
"Nurse, how could you, how could you?"
Gao Huicai didn't believe that the wet nurse would embezzle his money. She was called a wet nurse, but in fact, she was no different from her biological mother. At this time, Jiang knelt on the ground and looked at Gao Hu and begged:
"Master, I deserve what I have done for my crime. My crime is..."
Before she finished speaking, she fainted in Gao Hui's arms. Seeing that she was unconscious, Gao Hui cried out in fear:
"Nurse, nurse, wake up, what's wrong with you, don't scare me..."
The maid Chuntao beside her was also so anxious that she burst into tears. Unfortunately, she was powerless and could only kneel on the ground and beg for Gao Guancha's forgiveness. Gao Guancha looked at Jiang with complicated eyes, and finally sighed and said:
"Find a doctor!"
"yes!"
Seeing Gao Guancha's magnanimity, the maid Chuntao couldn't help but kowtow to him a few times, then ran to Jiang who had fainted in Gao Hui's arms, crying:
"Mom, mom, wake up!"
…
In the afterglow of the setting sun, under the pale golden sunset, Zhao Pan'er was looking at the "handsome boy" who was wolfing down his food with a complicated expression. This "handsome boy" was none other than the girl who had blackmailed the teahouse in the morning. Seeing the girl become even more embarrassed, Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but sigh and asked:
"Didn't I give you money to buy medicine for wounds? How did you get hurt like this again? Where's your elder brother?"
"He's not my elder brother, he's just my fellow villager. He cheated me, so I beat him up!"
"Little girl, you're quite strong!"
Zhao Paner smiled.
"Who's the little girl?"
The "handsome young man" was unwilling to admit it.
"You're a little girl!"
Zhao Paner said with a smile.
After hesitating for a while, the little girl ate the fruit that Sun Sanniang gave her and said indignantly:
"Women can't hit people? I even broke one of his ribs!"
"This way of beating people looks a lot like me!"
Sun Sanniang said happily, and Zhao Pan'er also smiled. She looked at the little girl and said with a smile:
"That's great, so why did you come back?"
"Are you still hiring waiters here? I can do this job. I don't want wages, just meals!"
After saying that, seeing Zhao Pan'er and the others looking at each other in silence, the little girl hurriedly said:
"I, Ge Zhaodi, have always been clear about gratitude and resentment since I was a child. Although I was deceived and harmed you, no matter what, I am responsible for this matter. However, I have no money, so I can only use this method to compensate you. I used to be a waiter in my hometown town, and I can do all the work in the store!"
Sun Sanniang liked this little girl who knew how to fight, so she looked at Zhao Pan'er and said,
"Pan'er, our store really needs some more staff!"
Upon hearing this, Song Yinzhang objected:
"We can't use her, what if she really poisons the tea?"
"I won't!"
Hearing Song Yinzhang's objection, Ge Zhaodi said anxiously:
"You can sign a slave contract with me. If I do bad things to you again, you can beat me or kill me as you please!"
"Don't believe her words. When she was causing trouble, she acted even better than she does now!"
Song Yinzhang felt that Ge Zhaodi had an unknown background and bad intentions, and was afraid that Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang would take her in out of pity. Ge Zhaodi could only say anxiously:
"I'm not acting now, I'm being sincere!"
"Show me your hand!"
Zhao Paner looked at Ge Zhaodi and said.
After taking a look at Ge Zhaodi's dark hands covered with wounds and calluses, Zhao Pan'er sighed and asked:
"Besides beating people up, how did you get these injuries on your hands?"
"At the unloading yard, I can carry 40 kilograms of cargo by myself!"
After showing her hands to Zhao Pan'er, Ge Zhaodi covered them with her sleeves. Compared with Zhao Pan'er's delicate hands, her hands were really ugly. Zhao Pan'er smiled and pretended not to care:
"Your name is Ge Zhaodi, what about your brother?"
"I don't have a brother, my whole family is dead!"
"So you are alone in Tokyo?"
"That's right. My family suffered a natural disaster, so I went wherever there was work to do. People said that people could earn more in Tokyo, so I came here!"
Speaking of this, Ge Zhaodi said with some pride:
"Not only can I support myself, I can also save a lot of money!"
Hearing the loophole in Ge Zhaodi's words, Zhao Pan'er said with a smile:
"Then you have saved a lot of money, why don't you compensate us?"
"I……"
Ge Zhaodi realized that she had said the wrong thing, and hesitated for a long time before saying:
"I had some money, but I beat someone up, and I have to pay for the medicine. Because of this, the docks won't let me work. I'm hardworking, I know how to count, I don't eat much, and you have leverage over me. Wouldn't it be better for you to use me than someone else? This store incident has become such a big deal this time. If you keep me in the store, it will show your magnanimity, and it will also make the person who wants to frame you hesitate. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
After hearing about Ge Zhaodi's miserable life story, Song Yinzhang's eyes softened a lot. At this time, Zhao Paner had already made up her mind. She asked the last question:
"You are so smart, why don't you work anywhere else? Why do you have to come here?"
“That’s why!”
After looking at Zhao Pan'er, Ge Zhaodi took out the mutton-fat jade pendant given to her by Yuan Xudong from her arms and said with clear eyes:
"It saved my life, and I know it's more valuable than my life. I'm afraid of being bullied when I go out to work. There are more men in other places, but there are more women here. And among the three of you, one plays the pipa well and has no worries about business, one is strong and is not afraid of hooligans, and one is so smart that he can even see through my true colors. I can definitely make money by following you. Okay, no more nonsense. Do you want to hire me? It's just a matter of one sentence!"
Zhao Pan'er, Sun Sanniang, and Song Yinzhang looked at each other and finally said:
"Okay, let's try the job first!"
“Try now!”
Hearing that Zhao Pan'er had decided to hire her, Ge Zhaodi smiled brightly and immediately turned around to clean up the teacups, tables and chairs. Seeing her quick hands and feet, Zhao Pan'er stood at the door, pinched her waist and smiled:
"Wait, don't rush, let's go buy some new clothes first. You can't be a waiter in your current state!"
"Okay!"
