mtlumby2d Chapter 399 Selfishness
Chapter 399 Selfishness
Chen Sanlang subconsciously clenched his hands, and waited with all his energy for the answer he hoped for.
The two accountants looked at Chen Sanlang, whose back suddenly straightened and whose fists clenched, and had no suspicion of anything. They just thought that he was Mr. Chen, a person who was extremely serious and responsible.
Following the shopkeeper's description, Chen Sanlang's thoughts drifted back to several months ago when Wang Jinyi first entered the North and was assassinated at the city gate. Later, the inn caught fire, and Tai Sheng of Beining Prefecture was responsible for the resettlement of Wang's group.
Later, Wang Jinyi was injured, and the injury was serious...
Chen Sanlang's heart seemed to be squeezed tightly, and he even had difficulty breathing.
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, what's wrong with you?"
"Mr. Chen, are you okay?"
The shopkeeper and the two accountants all noticed that something was wrong with Mr. Chen. Chen Sanlang came to his senses, picked up the cup of herbal tea in front of him, drank it all in one gulp, then held the tea bowl tightly, looked at the three people who had gathered around him, and smiled awkwardly.
“I, I was just frightened by what the shopkeeper said, and I couldn’t accept it for the time being.
Just now, you said that the spy cut off the young lady's hair? Then, didn't they cut her neck directly? Why did they only cut off her hair? "
Chen Sanlang was really nervous for Miss Wang, especially since this girl was most likely Wang Jinyi.
The shopkeeper personally brought the teapot and filled a cup of tea for Chen Sanlang. He patted Chen Sanlang's arm and demonstrated to him while talking.
"At that time, the northern barbarians raised their knives and chopped at the young lady..."
He used Chen Sanlang as a young lady to demonstrate, using his hands as if they were knives.
"It seemed like the knife was coming from the right, and the boss dodged it..."
The shopkeeper pushed Chen Sanlang sideways in the opposite direction, and then moved his body to the other side.
"This is?"
Chen Sanlang was puzzled and looked at the shopkeeper with questioning eyes.
"The barbarian stabbed back again, and the young master dodged this way again, and then..."
"What happened next?"
Chen Sanlang and the accountant who came from Xunyang both asked anxiously.
"The twin buns on the boss's head were cut by a long knife until they were only this long."
The shopkeeper measured the short length with his hand as he spoke, and said with some fear:
"During that time, the hair on the boss's head stood up like this. It was scary just looking at it!"
Chen Sanlang's throat tightened and he was shaking with nervousness. The image of Wang Jinyi trying to evade the attack in a panic but standing firm seemed to appear before his eyes.
He suppressed the emotions surging in his heart, and his voice trembled a little:
"Later...Later, the young lady was injured? How seriously was she injured?"
The shopkeeper sighed and gently placed the teapot on the table, his eyes full of pity:
"Think about it, how could a little girl like her defeat the Northern Barbarians' spies? I heard that she was seriously injured, so she stayed in Beining to recuperate..."
The shopkeeper realized that he seemed to have talked too much today and quickly stopped talking.
Changing the subject quickly, "I have sorted out the accounts for that period and the subsequent siege by the coalition forces, but I haven't had time to get the boss to sign yet."
Chen Sanlang continued to ask: "Is there a main store in Beining? It would be more convenient for the boss to recuperate than in Xunyang, right?"
"During that period, the young lady lived in the Wang family in Beining, and the Wang family members were still..."
The shopkeeper finally realized that he was straying further and further from his original intention, as if it had nothing to do with the accounts, but was all about the young master's private affairs.
He looked at Chen Sanlang's face with curiosity, but he didn't see any ulterior motives. He laughed dryly.
"Hehe, hehe, Mr. Chen, this is basically the case. I told the truth. The boss knows the expenses and accounts incurred. I can reconcile the accounts with the boss face to face in the future..."
Chen Sanlang didn't think about the accounts at all. His mind was all on the fact that Wang Jinyi was injured and couldn't return to Xunyang.
Before he came this time, he had guessed various possibilities, but he never guessed that Wang Jinyi was staying in Beining for a long time because he was seriously injured and could not travel long distances.
He felt indescribable at the moment and had no intention to continue sorting out the accounts. He just wanted to be alone and quiet to sort out the information he had obtained.
Chen Sanlang stood up slowly, trying to make his movements appear natural.
"Boss, I think you'd better write a detailed note on the unsigned accounts."
He tried to make his tone sound calm.
The shopkeeper nodded in agreement:
"Mr. Chen, I will follow your plan and match the accounts and events in chronological order. I will sort them out for you to review. Is it feasible?"
Chen Sanlang said casually: "It's great that Miss Dong knows all these things. We just need to do our own things well."
He deliberately emphasized the word "boss" and observed the shopkeeper's reaction.
The shopkeeper did not notice anything unusual and answered truthfully:
"The young lady was seriously injured at the time, and I don't know much about her..."
The shopkeeper's smile froze, and then he said:
"My master is still young, so it's reasonable for him to recuperate in the Wang family. If he's older, I'm afraid it will affect the young lady's reputation."
Chen Sanlang's heart tightened, but he remained calm and continued to test:
"Yes, it's rare to find a capable lady like the boss..."
The shopkeeper did not deny it, so he got the answer.
Chen Sanlang stopped talking about this topic and continued to look through the account book...
His mind was on the information he had gained from the conversation with the shopkeeper. He recalled what the shopkeeper had said over and over again, and finally a scene popped up in his mind -
The shopkeeper used his hands as if they were a knife and gestured across both sides of his head, then said that the lady's hair bun had been cut off!
He meant - Wang Jinyi had two buns on her head! She had two buns on her head, and the shopkeeper gestured to cut off the buns on both sides with a knife!
Yes! That's it! Chen Sanlang stroked the account book with his fingertips and stared at the front. He was delighted and ecstatic about the news! ——Wang Jinyi still had double buns!
This means that she is not even ten years old this year! Girls over ten years old wear double buns, and after the Jiji ceremony, when girls tie their hair up and insert a hairpin, they will not have double buns on the left and right!
After realizing this, Chen Sanlang could hardly sit still. After so many years of searching, he finally got good news - Wang Jinyi was less than ten years old in this world!
I still have a chance! I still have a chance! Great, I still have a chance! …
He couldn't remember how he ended the day's account checking. He only remembered that he had to finish all his part-time jobs and earn money, and go back to concentrate on the imperial examination! Otherwise, the Wang family would not agree to the marriage without a good reputation!
After all, this is not an era of free love, and parents and relatives still have quite a lot of say.
That night, Chen Sanlang sat in the small patio at the backyard of Tai Sheng Rice Shop, wrapped in his clothes, looking up at the night sky.
As the dusk faded away, the inky satin sky was sprinkled with fragments of the Milky Way by the gods, and millions of stars emerged from the depths of the dark blue.
The vast Milky Way flashes with a cold light, and the Big Dipper is like a silver spoon inlaid in the sky. If the handle of the spoon is tilted slightly, it will sprinkle the stars onto the earth...
It seemed as if a song was coming from a distant sky. I couldn't hear what it was singing, but the voice was so familiar...