By Jia Xiuzhen

The weather was always hot, so Li Wan asked Madam Xu to stay overnight when she came, and left in the early morning of the next day while it was cool.On this day, Nanny Xu came in a hurry at noon. Li Wan knew that something serious must have happened, so she hurriedly let someone in, first asked Suyun to serve tea for Nanny Xu, and then asked Biyue to serve warm water for Nanny Xu After scrubbing, I took the ice crystal fruit and let Madam Xu eat it.

Xu Momo was funny and anxious, and said: "My grandma, I came here in such a hurry, you don't care about anything else, just hang around me!"

Li Wan was slightly stunned, thought for a while and then smiled: "You are here, what can you say? If this person is sick, it is not the top priority? Naturally, we should clear up the summer heat before we talk about it."

Nanny Xu shook her head, took out a letter from her chest, handed it to Li Wan, and said, "Grandma, let's read it." Li Wan took the letter and read it. It turned out that it was Ji Liang's tea business in the south, and he was a real Chinese. Competing with the English for goods, but not wanting to pay such a high price, they got in touch with the local government in Yangzhou, saying that Ji Liang and others had not paid the official tax and wanted to arrest them and go to jail.

Ji Liang knew that Li Wan would know about it soon, even if others didn't tell him, Zhang's family would deliver a letter to Nanny Xu, but Ji Liang had other considerations, and in the letter he urged Li Wan not to intervene In this matter, there is only another clever plan.

When Li Wan saw that the government wanted to arrest someone, he felt a little anxious, and when he saw Ji Liang's resolute tone, he hesitated for a while.If we talk about the matters in Yangzhou, we don't need the name of the Duke's Mansion, and the Li family is not alone in Jinling, not to mention there are relatives like Mrs. Lin.

Just as we were parting ways with Nanny Xu, it was announced that Miss Lin had arrived.Li Wan was in a hurry again, scolding Xueyan who followed, Xueyan was both helpless and moved by the scolding.Daiyu stopped Li Wan with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, don't blame her. I was worried. I received my father's letter today, but it mentioned sister-in-law in it. Every month when I send my greetings to my father, I occasionally mention my sister-in-law. Daddy’s letter this time has something else for me to tell my sister-in-law. I think it’s always a big deal, so I came here in a hurry.”

Li Wan knew in his heart that it might be the matter in the south of Ji Liang. After asking, it was indeed the case, but Lin Ruhai didn't go into details, but said that he didn't know that it was the business of Li Wan's accompanying house. Only then did I know about the yamen matter, and now that I have met Ji Liang, everything can be resolved smoothly, so Li Wan doesn't have to worry.

He also thanked Li Wan for taking care of Daiyu, and praised Ji Liang as a talent.After reading these two letters, Li Wan couldn't help laughing and crying. He didn't consider himself a big business, but he alarmed many people.

Hastily asked someone to serve Daiyu some tea, Daiyu smiled and said, "I'll share the fruit from my sister-in-law last time, even if it's hot, it won't hurt me."

Seeing that her face was flushed, Li Wan was heartbroken, so he made someone serve Bingjingguo, and took two more for Xueyan, saying: "Is it me today? I'm hurting you, go wash and eat some fruit. Your girl has me here, so don't worry." Daiyu nodded at Xueyan, who followed Suyun and the others down.

Seeing this, Grandma Xu knew that nothing was wrong. She was so anxious after receiving the letter yesterday and the word from Zhang's family, but now she can finally relax.Li Wan also asked someone to wait for her to go down to rest first.

As a result, only Li Wan and Daiyu Biyue were left in the house, and Li Wan left only Biyue, and let the rest go down too.Seeing that Daiyu ate the fruit, her complexion gradually returned to normal, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "But I'm going to scare me to death! In this business, it doesn't matter if you make a profit or a loss, but my companion house is more bold, and I don't know Why is it involved in the government, but the letter told me not to worry. Thanks to the help of my aunt, although I didn't go into details about the two, I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter, as long as people have nothing to do. Besides, you girl, under the big sun You dare to come, and you only brought the snow geese here quietly. If you say you are careful, I will feel sorry for you, and if you say you are bold, I will get angry again thinking about it."

Daiyu saw that even the trivial matter of only bringing snow geese was discovered, so she quickly took Li Wan's arm and said, "Sister-in-law, don't be mad at me. Although I am young, I also know that my father wrote to me like this but he didn't tell my uncles. I'm afraid It’s not easy for the mansion to know. That’s why I brought the snow geese out. Although it’s hot today, I’m wearing an umbrella, and I’m much stronger now, so I’m not afraid.”

Li Wan squeezed her little arm: "Are you also called strong?" Then he said discouragedly: "You are still young, you don't need to know about troubles so early. Now that you say that, I will tell you, the south It was my dowry. It used to be a piece of land in a good place, but it was replaced by two tea mountains, and my companion did tea business there. There are only two tea mountains, how big a deal can it be? I don’t take it seriously. My aunt helped a lot this time, I don’t care about the business, as long as there is nothing else to do. In the future, you can come here often, and my Zhuangzi are all making strange things, so it’s fun.”

Daiyu said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I only hear people say that my village has a lot of land and production, but I have never heard of people who are busy making strange things."

Li Wan also laughed: "How many years have a few people lived together? It's too boring to just run for money. Let me tell you something quietly, last year in my village we planted fresh fungi in the winter, and it really worked."

Daiyu opened her eyes wide and said, "In the winter here, the ground is completely frozen, can you still grow fungi?"

Satisfied, Li Wan said, "How is it? I told you it was fun, right? There will be more fun in the future."

After a while Xue Yan and others came in, Li Wan told Bi Yue, "Go and fetch the red box from the east cabinet in my room."

Biyue brought it, and Daiyu saw that the box was so big that Biyue struggled to hold it with both hands.Li Wan put it on the kang and opened the lid. Inside were several clothes and a brocade box with a blue background and a silver cover with butterfly patterns on it. Li Wan took out the brocade box first, with a long ice-blue silk thread hanging down from it. Tassels.

When I opened it, there was a set of white jade jewelry inside, a twisted silk white jade bracelet, a plain jade bracelet, two white jade carved chains with two dragons playing with pearl buckles, and a white jade carved long chain with a white jade lock inlaid with aquamarine. .The engraving skill is amazing, the twisted strands of the chain are all carved from whole jade, the lines are natural and very smooth.

Li Wan handed the box to Daiyu and said, "This is for you. These are two bracelets, two ankle rings and a collar. They were supposed to be given before I fell into the ambush. Later, when Miss Shi came, I I don’t have time to go to your place, this time it’s just right for you.”

Pointing to those clothes again, he said: "These are all made by Bingwan. You have four suits here, and you can wear them next to your body. It's just right for this time. Your sisters also got them. The shirts cut by your second sister, The skirt cut by the third girl, and the pajamas cut by the fourth girl, these are your size."

He laughed again: "Fortunately, I have these few clothes as evidence, or I really thought I was trying to bribe Mrs. Lin on a whim."

Daiyu was about to refuse, but Xueyan had accepted it honestly. Daiyu gritted her teeth and said, "You girl, you are so quick!"

Xueyan smiled and said: "Girl, every time Grandma gives you something, you will feel better. The socks you used during the winter are not as warm as your hands and feet in the south. I have never seen it before. Yes. And it’s not once or twice that the eldest grandma has moved good things to the girl’s room, if the girl has to refuse every time, it will be tiring to listen to.”

Bi Yue smiled and said, "Good girl, I think the same."

Suyun couldn't stop laughing, and Daiyu was angry.Li Wan also laughed and said: "Sure enough, you are a good girl. It can be seen that you are not as understanding as Xueyan. You can wear the jewelry now. I know you don't like to wear these in summer. This is the rule in this house, and the old lady will not." I like bustling and bustling ones. Second, you are wearing this jewelry at the moment. It is plain. The most important thing is that you touch this jade. It is to support people. It happens to be worn in different seasons with that Nuanyu."

Daiyu didn't refuse any more, Ren Xueyan put it on for her, she felt cool all over, and said: "I'm afraid I'll be fine if I stand under the sun for an hour now." Li Wan hurriedly spat: "Bah, bah, let You are dispelling the heat and maintaining your health, so you can work hard." Daiyu also laughed.

But half a month later, Li Wan received another letter from the south, saying that he had sold 150 tans of tea, and the buyer was an Englishman.Only then did Li Wan know that Ji Liang knew that the foreigners in Zhenzhen Country had malicious intentions, and he just didn't realize it.Sure enough, when the real Chinese wanted to do something, the English also got the letter, and each had their own way, and finally settled the matter.On the contrary, Lin Ruhai and the others saw the grasshoppers strung on different lines, which was another thought.

Zhang’s family was supposed to reach out, but it’s not worth asking them to ask about more than 10,000 tans of tea. You know, there are [-]+ dans of tea sold to foreigners from various countries this year, and Zhang’s family manages several trading ports. So I just passed the message to Nanny Xu and ignored it.However, Ji Liang had a scheming plan. In this way, the foreigner's fawning influence on several lines was shaken out. Since his business is small, those people are not easy to do anything, for fear of attracting attention, they won't do it.

Therefore, he was able to do business with the English in a safe and sound way. He only sold a hundred dans at a time. Before the fall, he sold more than [-] tans intermittently. After deducting the cost of fruit scenting, he made a profit of more than [-] taels, which was far beyond his reach. Li Wan's prediction.That's not to mention, Ji Liang sees that the business is going well, and he is not limited to his two tea mountains. He collects tea and raw materials everywhere.

Madam Xu said that he was too risky, but Ji Liang said that this business was the most ruthless at the beginning, and from next year, I am afraid that many people will switch to black tea, and the scenting system is not a profound technique, so this first year will It is necessary to earn a fortune from it so as to lay a foundation for future money.Li Wan didn't care about losing or gaining, he just told Ji Liang not to be too aggressive and offend other people's bottom line, money can be lost and people can't have accidents.Ji Liang and the others agreed quickly.

I don't want to talk about it later, let's say that things are going on in May and the weather is hot. Sister Feng is a little bit mentally weak after working hard for days, and she refuses to seek medical treatment and take medicine, so she just rests quietly and will take care of herself.This day, while I was taking a rest in my daily life, suddenly the daughter-in-law in charge came to report in a hurry, saying that the wife had a daughter-in-law who was about to be kicked out, so she came to ask Sister Feng to come over.Sister Feng washed up and went out. As soon as she got out of her courtyard, a woman hurried over. When she saw Sister Feng, she knelt down and kowtowed.

When Sister Feng saw it, she belonged to Dai Liang's family, and she was also a manager with some dignity. She was suspicious of how she acted like this, so she didn't say much, and she just waited for her to say it.It is the sister-in-law of Dai Liang's family who knows that the Tong family that Mrs. Wang is going to drive out is the one who got Xinte and came to intercede.Sister Feng frowned and said, "It's nothing for you to come to me now, and I just got the news. I don't know exactly what it is."

The helplessness of Dai Liang's family, although she has found out the whole story, it is not an explanation.It turned out that because of the discord between Tong's family and the cook, they were transferred to the warehouse manager, and this day they came to deliver the distribution of the maids in Mrs. Wang's room.A little girl talked nonsense about the fact that their seasonal clothes always come late these days. I don't know if it's because of the laziness of the people in the needlework or the warehouse management.This Tong family has to tell a few words, but she likes to be teasing, so she said: "This year is not as usual, there is so much more work in the room of Master Guangbao and Miss Lin, how can I take care of you?" .”

The little girl said: "Mom, don't come here to coax people. Baoyu's things are mostly taken care of by the old lady. Miss Lin is nothing compared to our girls. Mom is not from the inside, so don't mess around if you don't know." Say, even what our little girl knows is not as good as talking about it."

The Tong family immediately turned their heads and said: "What do I not know! How can the girls in our family compare with Miss Lin? One is different from the concubine, and the other, this Miss Lin must be the future Bao Er Grandma, why doesn't the old lady love her so much? She even let Second Master Bao be close to her, even Miss Shi, who used to come here often, can't match her."

It just happened that these people were arguing behind Mrs. Wang's house, and Jin Chuan'er, Caixia and others were not in the room for a while, and no one stopped them.How could Mrs. Wang hear this, so she hurriedly asked someone to take down the tongue-chewing master and wanted to beat him out.

But it involves a girl from a relative's family, so it's hard to say, I just said that I offended my wife.The Dai Liang family probably told the story, and Sister Feng said: "If she dares to gossip like this, she must have the courage to bear the burden. According to me, your sister-in-law, if you don't come to beg for it, I'm afraid you won't be able to make it at home. If it’s serious, it’s okay to sue, it’s okay for the wife to stop this matter, if it really goes to the old lady, it’s right to be killed.” Dai Liang’s family listened to Nuo Nuo, and they walked towards Mrs. Wang’s courtyard while talking go.