Chapter 271 He also likes this character!

"Shopkeeper Chen?"

A clear and pleasant female voice interrupted Shopkeeper Chen's crazy complaints.

When he came back to his senses, he saw the woman in front of him looking at him doubtfully.

Shopkeeper Chen immediately smiled awkwardly: "Ah, this, Miss Qiao, right? The master has already told me, I will send someone to notify Butler Zhou."

Then he gave some instructions to the young man, took Qiao Ran to a nearby box to sit down, and ordered tea and cakes to be delivered.

"Miss Qiao, please have some tea and snacks first! The man has gone to invite someone. Butler Zhou will be here soon. He will take you to do that. I just don't know if the master is back. Logically speaking, he should be back soon at this time. Understand."

"Master Mo is not in the capital?"

Seeing that he was polite, Qiao Ran did not refuse and sat at the table, drinking tea and snacks while chatting with shopkeeper Chen.

When she heard that Mr. Mo was not in the capital, she remembered that Mu Er, the man who gave her the banknote, had said that his master had gone to some southern region to look for red fire ants.

It's quite a long way to the south, so I don't know how long he's been there.

I never expected that small gadgets like red fire ants, which would become widespread in later generations, were still a rarity in ancient times.

That southern border isn't a far, far away foreign country, right?

But what the hell! Anyway, she would detoxify him if he could find it. If he couldn't find it, there was nothing she could do.

Maybe with a little more remuneration, she could get the original owner to help her find it and put it in the space.

It's just that he is not in the capital. What should they do about the resettlement of the people in Qingshui Village as promised?

Shopkeeper Chen saw her frown slightly and quickly comforted her: "Don't worry, Miss Qiao. Although the master is not here, he must have told Butler Zhou to handle this matter. Butler Zhou will be here soon."

Qiao Ran nodded: "Okay, thank you!"

"No thanks! No thanks! Miss Qiao, you have suffered a lot while escaping from the wilderness, haven't you? Did you encounter any bandits and robbers who blocked the road and robbed you?..."

Although Shopkeeper Chen gives the first impression of being strict and old-fashioned, he is actually a talkative person.

He didn't eat either, so he sat nearby and watched Qiao Ran eating snacks and drinking tea at a slow but elegant pace, while asking Qiao Ran about his experiences along the way.

He is a native of the capital. Although it is not that he has never left the capital, he has never traveled that far.

And running away sounds pretty miserable.

In previous years, I saw refugees fleeing famine in other places. They were all dressed in rags, dirty and smelly, and they were so hungry that they were skin and bones, like skeletons.

But the girl sitting in front of him now, except for her darker complexion, could not tell that she was a famine refugee who had traveled so many miles to reach the capital.

Although the clothes he was wearing were dusty and inconspicuous, it could be seen that they were very warm.

Moreover, he was kept clean and even though he was so close, he couldn't smell any rancid smell at all.

Looking at her eating appearance, she doesn't look like she's been hungry for a long time, and her demeanor doesn't look like that of a rude country girl.

Look at her eating, it seems to be very delicious.

Shopkeeper Chen didn't want to eat it at first, but he was inexplicably led to pick up the pastries on the plate and eat them.

Qiao Ran actually didn't think this pastry was very delicious. She liked sweets, but the sugar in this pastry was not enough. She didn't know if it was because sugar was a rare thing in this era, and the flour was not ground finely enough. , a bit throaty.

In fact, the pastries she made were much more delicious than those made by the restaurant chef.

However, it’s free anyway. If you don’t eat, you won’t eat for free. If you eat, you won’t eat for free. If you eat more, you can eat less when you go back. This is called saving, hehe!

Qiao Ran just sat at a table with Shopkeeper Chen, chatting while eating.

By the time the boy brought a middle-aged man who looked like a butler up, the two plates of pastries on the table had already been eaten by the two of them.

As soon as Butler Zhou came in, he saw his old friend Shopkeeper Chen and a teenage girl holding a pastry in one hand and a teacup in the other, eating and drinking while talking.

The two plates with pastries on the table were empty.

Butler Zhou: "..."

Didn't this old guy not like sweets before? What kind of wind is this?

When Shopkeeper Chen saw Butler Zhou coming, he quickly stuffed the last half of the pastry into his mouth and wiped his hands stained with pastry crumbs on his clothes, leaving Butler Zhou speechless.

"Oh, Lao Zhou, are you here? Come on, let me introduce you. This is Lao Zhou, you can call him Housekeeper Zhou or Uncle Zhou. Lao Zhou, this is Miss Qiao, the master before he left. I told you to take good care of Miss Qiao."

Shopkeeper Chen introduced the two of them enthusiastically.

Qiao Ran had already swallowed the pastry while he was talking. At this moment, she imitated the gestures of the knights in the TV series and raised her hands boldly: "My little girl Qiao Ran, I have met Butler Zhou."

After hearing what Shopkeeper Chen said, Butler Zhou couldn't help but take a closer look at the unattractive little girl in front of him.

Seeing her imitating the men's gesture of bowing her hands, a smile couldn't help but appear on her serious face.

"Are you Miss Qiao? Okay! Okay! My master was expected to come back in the next few days, but I didn't expect you guys to come so quickly. The master hasn't even come back yet. But it doesn't matter, I can be considered a bit thin-faced by Lord Tongpan." , he should be willing to sell me this face. No matter what happens, he still has the face of the master, so he will definitely not dare to neglect it. Come on, I will take you to see Lord Tongpan and ask him to designate a good piece of land for you."

After saying that, Butler Zhou turned around and walked out the door, which was very efficient.

Qiao Ran didn't expect Mr. Mo to be so straightforward in doing things, and she liked it!

A carriage was prepared outside the restaurant, and Butler Zhou invited Qiao Ran to get on the carriage.

Qiao Ran didn't hesitate and sat directly on it.

Shopkeeper Chen looked on happily and felt that this informal little girl was very appealing to him.

Even Butler Zhou, who was always serious, couldn't help but think highly of this young girl.

This little girl is elegant and generous. She doesn't have the embarrassment or timidity of meeting strangers alone like ordinary country peasant girls. On the contrary, she is more heroic than ordinary men.

He also likes this character!

In silence all the way, Butler Zhou took Qiao Ran to the gate of the government office. The two guards guarding the door were very respectful when they saw Butler Zhou.

Butler Zhou explained the purpose of his visit, and one of the government servants asked them to wait here while he went in to pass the message.

However, after a long time, the yamen servant came out, and the enthusiasm and respect just now were completely gone, and he said with a scornful expression:

"Master Tongpan is working on something and he won't be able to leave for a while, so I asked you two to wait at the door."

When Butler Zhou heard this, his smiling face immediately turned cold.