Chapter 72 Liu Guojiu
"The father-in-law is here, is he still the same?" Li Zhang saw Mr. Liu come in and immediately smiled and greeted him. Xiuxiu and the others are becoming more and more skilled, and he finally got free from the kitchen.
"Yeah!" Mr. Liu seemed to be angry with Li Zhang, and nodded with an airs. At this time, Li Zhang looked at the "teenager" sitting next to Mr. Liu, and asked again with a smile, "Little Mother... Cough~, what do you want to eat?"
In addition to him and two servants, Mr. Liu came here this time, and there was also a girl dressed in a man with makeup. The TV series in later generations were full of nonsense. As long as a beauty changed her clothes, she would immediately be regarded as a man by the male protagonist. However, the other party was obviously fair-skinned, beautiful and tall with a tall breast. Even if she was blind, she could tell from her voice that the other party was a woman, but the male protagonist just didn't know the other party's gender?
"My father said that the buns you have are delicious, so I'll give me a bag. In addition, I don't like sweet drinks." The little beauty in men's clothing showed a bright smile to Li Zhang. She saw that she had fair skin and delicate facial features, especially her big eyes, which exuded a lot of aura. Although her small body had just developed, she still showed a bit of girlish vitality.
"If you don't like sweet drinks, then I recommend you to try our hot soup, which is also one of our store's signatures." Li Zhang said with a smile again.
"Then let's have a bowl of Hu La Soup!" The little beauty made a decision very decisively without any delay.
Li Zhang agreed immediately and then brought the things they wanted. Although Mr. Liu was angry with Li Zhang, he had a special liking for the buns from Li Zhang. He has not been here for the past few days. Now he is very greedy and is just eating them hard.
The little beauty had the first time eating soup dumplings, but no one taught her. As a result, her little mouth was red at the beginning, but she was still sucking in the cold air and eating happily. When she tasted the first bite of Hu spicy soup, a light flashed in her big eyes, and then she had a lot of fun eating one bite of bun and one bite of soup.
The little girl is in an important stage of growth and development, and her appetite is naturally relatively large, and the soup dumplings are small. As a result, she was quickly eaten up by the little beauty. Then she shouted at Li Zhang: "Shopkeeper, come another basket of buns!"
Li Zhang agreed and then sent a basket of buns. After a while, the little beauty ate them all again. Then the little beauty shouted again: "The store owner has two more baskets of buns!"
"Call so much, can you finish eating?" Mr. Liu shouted dissatisfied when he heard the little beauty's words. It's not a glorious thing for a girl to eat too much.
"I'll take it for my mother!" The little beauty responded without showing any weakness. Now Mr. Liu opened her mouth and could not refute it anymore. After all, filial piety is greater than the sky.
When Li Zhang saw this, he smiled slightly, and then quickly packed two baskets of buns with oil paper. He had actually seen it a long time ago that this little beauty is probably the daughter of Mr. Liu who is both talented and beautiful, who wants to be a matchmaker for Li Zhang. Of course, this little beauty looks really good, and she can't tell her talent, but he saw that the relationship between the father and daughter must be not very harmonious. Since she came in to have a meal, the two have hardly communicated much.
"Pack two baskets of buns, but it's best to eat them while they are hot. They won't taste good when they are cold!" Li Zhang smiled and sent the two baskets of buns up and said, "The little beauty thanked him and took them over, and then Mr. Liu had to pay the money."
In the next few days, Mr. Liu brought the little beauty to dinner every day. Although Li Zhang guessed the other party’s intention, Mr. Liu did not say it out loud, so he pretended not to know. Moreover, he also realized that the little beauty should be kept in the dark and had no idea about the purpose of Mr. Liu bringing her here.
After breakfast with the little beauty on that day, Mr. Liu asked the servant to take her back first, and he stayed in the store, and did not leave or order food, so he just sat there. Finally, Li Zhang had to helplessly step forward and said, "Does my father want something else to eat?"
"No need, I know you are a smart person. You must have seen my intention these days. With my daughter's talent and appearance, don't you have any ideas?" Mr. Liu seemed unwilling to go around Li Zhang again, and said very directly at the moment.
"Ling Ai is indeed a very cute girl and she is also beautiful, but there are too many beautiful women in the world. I can't marry one if I see one, right?" Li Zhang asked with a smile.
"I didn't ask you to marry someone else, just marry my daughter. If you want, I can promise to give you a big house and ten shops as a dowry, what about?" Mr. Liu said again with great angrily. A house and ten shops, this dowry is simply too rich. Most people may not be able to withstand such temptation, not to mention that the other party is a little beauty. If it were another person, he might have agreed long ago.
"Since Mr. Liu has said everything, I'll tell the truth. In fact, the reason why I don't want to do it is not that I think Ling Ai is not good, but that I think Mr. Liu, you are not sincere!" Li Zhang also showed a serious expression and said.
"I have given such a thick dowry, do you think I'm not sincere?" Mr. Liu was so angry that he trembled. Even if his family is rich, sending so much dowry at once would be considered a heavy bleeding.
"The father-in-law misunderstood. In fact, the dowry you gave is very touching. But you always want me to be your son-in-law, but you still refuse to reveal your identity. Now, except for knowing that your surname is Liu, I don't even know where you live. How come it looks like a marriage proposal?" Li Zhang spread his hands at this time. He had been very curious about Mr. Liu's true identity. Unfortunately, the other party was very strict and he could not find any useful information.
"This..." Mr. Liu was stunned when he heard this. What Li Zhang said made sense. He had indeed deliberately concealed his true identity. It would be fine if there was anything else, but he wanted to recruit Li Zhang as his son-in-law, but he refused to even reveal his true identity. This was indeed unreasonable.
"Can you find a secluded place to talk?" Mr. Liu thought for a while, and finally raised his head and said with a serious expression.
"What should we talk about upstairs?" Li Zhang immediately said happily, but on the surface he still deliberately made a calm expression. The origin of this father-in-law Liu is definitely not simple, and the other party has been spending his time here for more than half a month, and his purpose is definitely not simple.
Li Zhang immediately asked Mr. Liu to go to the second floor. In fact, the space in the yard was larger, but there was a place for making braised pork. There were many people coming and going, which was really inconvenient to talk. On the contrary, the second floor was quieter, and this was also where Li Zhang lives now.
"Brother Liu can tell me now, right?" Li Zhang poured tea for the other party at this time, and then sat opposite Mr. Liu and said again.
Mr. Liu hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It's not that I want to hide it from you, but my identity is a bit special. Although it is not as good as the prime ministers in the court, I am also a well-known figure in Tokyo."
"Oh?" Li Zhang showed an even more interested expression when he heard this. Then he suddenly had an idea and spoke again, "I guessed that Mr. Liu is not an ordinary person. It's a coincidence that I met a wife some time ago. Her surname is Liu. I don't know if she and Mr. Liu know each other?"
As soon as Li Zhang said, Liu's expression became a little unnatural, but then he coughed dryly and said calmly: "There are so many people in the world with the surname Liu, and I can't know them all. But if you want to know my identity, I can tell you that my husband's surname is Liu Mei. He is appointed as the guard, Ma Jundu, and the defensive censor of Zhaozhou. However, I am old, so I will be transferred back to Kaifeng City for retirement this year!"
Mr. Liu told him about his official titles for a series of official titles, but Li Zhang couldn't understand them, but he confirmed the other party's identity. Isn't Liu Mei the ex-husband of Liu E? Later, she considered her brother, so she changed her name from Gong Mei to Liu Mei. In other words, the other party was actually the uncle of the Song Dynasty.
"Damn the respect, it turns out that you are Liu Guogong!" Li Zhang immediately made a look of fear and fear. In fact, when he first learned that the other party's surname was Liu, he guessed that the other party might be related to Liu E, and the only relative of Liu E was Liu Mei, but he was not sure before.
"Well, don't say anything about the national uncle. You should call me Mr. Liu!" Liu Mei seemed to be a little disliked by the title "national uncle". She immediately coughed, but it was normal to think about it. After all, he is not a genuine national uncle, and his relationship with Liu E is so complicated, so it is normal for him to be unwilling to claim his national uncle's identity.
"Okay, but Mr. Liu, you are from a prominent family, why should you marry your daughter to a poor boy like me who is notorious?" Li Zhang asked back intentionally again. Although he had guessed that he might be the cousin of the future emperor, this matter should still be a secret. Liu Mei probably learned the news from Liu E, but she just didn't know whether he wanted to marry his daughter to him for his own interests or was instructed by Liu E?
"This... don't belittle yourself. I, Liu Mei, also born in a small family, don't feel that I have to marry my daughter to a prominent family. Instead, I like Brother Li very much, so I want to entrust my daughter to you!" Liu Mei obviously started to be honest again. Anyway, Li Zhang would not believe him at all.
"Brother Liu is so arrogant. Ling Ai has a noble birth. I am just a small businessman who is in a lowly business. I have even worked as a coroner before. I am really not worthy of Ling Ai!" Li Zhang once again refused with fear and fear.
Chapter completed!