The husband's son-in-law

Zhaozhou Chengli Mansion.

"Daddy, daddy, daddy."

Fu Bao is a clingy person, with two fleshy arms around Dad's neck, sitting in Dad's arms, not going anywhere, opening and closing his mouth is Dad, Dad's soup is delicious, Dad drinks soup , Dad eats candy, Dad Fufu has a treasure for Dad, Dad come quickly.

What a treasure, there is a beautiful little flower growing in the backyard, Fubao will drag Zhou Zhou over to look at it.

Also should.Not to mention that Fu Bao is sticking to Zhou Zhou, since Zhou Zhou came back, he has no intention of digging into the yamen.While Gu Zhao was laughing at his son, he also followed to look at the baby flower behind him.

The weather was too hot, and at Li's house, Gu Zhao was wearing cotton and linen bunts with no underwear underneath, and he gave Su his underpants—not counting him as Su.

There are also underwear now, he changed the corners to be shorter, and the waist is tied.There is no way to relax.The bunt sleeves have also been shortened, reaching half the length of the forearm, and the cuffs are slightly wider. The bottom pants are cropped pants, which are wide and windy.

Zhou Zhou went to the Central Plains in July. For the first ten or so days, Fubao thought about Zhou Zhou very much. He cried all day with a sullen face. In addition to the hot weather, Fubao also had a few times of fever. Fortunately, he was with him at night. Sleeping together, Gu Zhao hurriedly cooled Fubao physically.

The clothes were also changed to bunts, tops and bottoms, and they were all in the style of sleeves and pants.

The servants in the mansion were shocked, most of them wanted to say something but no one dared to say anything in his face.Gu Zhao knew that it was nothing more than showing his arms and legs, which was not in compliance with the rules. After all, he was from a brother's family, and he would marry in the future.

Go to XX.

In Zhaozhou, or at home, what do you care about.Gu Zhao didn't care about the eyes of his servants, he held Fu Bao to feed medicine and cool down Fu Bao, Li Da felt sorry for Fu Bao's body, and didn't care about that - the child was sick from heat, and it was important to cool down quickly .

In the past ten days, Fubao's appetite has also decreased, and some flesh has dropped from his cheeks.When a child gets sick, he becomes weak and delicate. Fu Bao wants his father to hug him every day, and asks his father pitifully when he will come back. Fufu misses his father.

Gu Zhao touched his son's forehead and found that it wasn't too hot, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly: "Your father will come back at the end of August or early September, and he has had a hard journey. Going out to deliver a lot of goods, the weather is hot, we still have servants to take care of us in the mansion, if you can wear clothes that show your arms that do not comply with the regulations, your dad can't."

"Daddy works so hard, why does Daddy want Daddy to go?" Fu Bao puffed up his cheeks aggrievedly, he wanted to be angry with Daddy, but he was sick, Daddy stayed up to take care of him, coaxed him and even sang to him .

Fubao can't be angry with daddy, Fubao misses daddy.

"Your father wants to go in his heart, and if he wants to go, we as father's family must support it." Gu Zhao kissed Goose's forehead, and did not fool Fu Bao because Fu Bao was young, saying: "Father is the same as Fu Bao , They are all brothers, this world is strict with brothers and women, Fu Bao thinks that Dad goes to the Central Plains to work hard, hot and tired, but the opportunity to be a boss is still scarce.”

Fu Bao listened ignorantly, but he knew one thing, that is, even if he was pitifully ill, it was impossible for Dad to come back to see Fu Bao immediately, so he could only think about Dad while eating well.

As a result, he recovered quickly, and Fubao ate again, and the food was delicious.

But I have to ask my dad or grandpa every day, is it the end of August today, is it September?When he didn't hear it, he was disappointed with his face, and then he was fine after eating breakfast.

Finally, one day, Fu Bao and Aji were playing under the big tree in the garden, when they heard grandpa's voice: "Fu Bao, Fu Bao."

"Grandpa, Fubao is behind." Fubao responded to Grandpa.

There was another voice: "Fu Bao."

Fubao shuddered, Dad, it was Dad's voice.

The scene after that was the meatball Fubao pounced on him, clinging to his father like a sticky candy, crying until he hiccupped.Li Zhouzhou naturally thought too, after entering Zhaozhou City, he went to Li Mansion, without changing his clothes, just hugging Fubao in his arms.

For two days in a row, Li Zhouzhou ate, drank, kept accounts, took a bath, and even went to the toilet. When he walked there, he followed a little tail Fubao from time to time, who was sweet and obedient and called Dad from time to time, Li Zhouzhou They all responded one by one, knowing that Fubao missed him.

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back safely." Li Da's eyes were also red. To be honest, Zhao'er had kept it from him and let Zhou Zhou take everyone out of the city. He didn't know that Li Da was actually angry in his heart.

I feel that Gu Zhao is not a good person. It is tiring and dangerous to go to the Central Plains to sell goods. Anyone can go, no matter how bad he is, why do you have to go here every week?

Later, Fubao fell ill and had a fever, Zhaoer stayed up all night to take care of Fubao, Fubao kept crying for his father, Zhaoer also coaxed him patiently, Li Da heard what Zhaoer said.

Zhou Zhou wants to go.

Li Da sighed in his heart, and the complaints in his heart were gone.

"Did you lose weight? The weather is hot, Zhou Zhou, you should dress like Zhao'er, relax and relax in our house, don't cover yourself with a fever like Fubao." Li Da said.

Li Zhouzhou didn't know that Fubao was still sick. He looked down at Fubao. Fubao was cute and clingy, and he was a little scared. Father is not here, Fufu is sick."

"That's not it!" Fu Bao raised his head and pressed his fleshy face to his daddy, saying, "Daddy is the best, it's not daddy, it's because Fufu didn't eat well that he got sick."

Gu Zhao laughed at the side: "Return Fufu, this is so nasty."

"Master." Li Zhouzhou said with a helpless smile.

Fu Bao was proud of himself, and made funny faces at his father in his father's arms to scare him.Gu Zhao backhanded it back, thinking that who wouldn't know, his is even more terrifying!

Li Zhouzhou: ...

After three days of recuperating at home, Li Zhouzhou said, "I'm going to Jiting to have a look, and I'm going to be in a hurry if I don't go to those bosses down there." As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Bao was also in a hurry.

"Daddy will take you with me." Li Zhouzhou coaxed.

Only then did Fu Bao become happy, "And Wang Wang and Aji, how are you, Daddy?"

"Okay." Li Zhouzhou agreed to Fu Bao's request.

Seeing that the father and son had made a promise, Gu Zhao said with a smile: "In the past three days, the merchants in Zhaozhou City who came to see our Boss Li have lined up, and I blocked them all. Now rest well, yes It should be majestic, let those who look down on Boss Li have a good look at it."

It's hard for my brother to do business, especially for a married man who wants to go out to do business alone, so gossip can be imagined.Gu Zhao knew it all, but his majesty as an official could not suppress his face, people's hearts, or his tongue behind his back.

The greeting card handed out today is called Boss Li, not Mrs. Gu, this is Zhou Zhou's own skill.

It was rare for Gu Zhao to act like a "little man", haha ​​laughing at those businessmen who used to gossip all over the place, it should be!Hurry up!

When Li Zhouzhou saw his husband fighting like a child, he was more touched and had a sense of accomplishment.

It is said that three days ago, the Zhaozhou coconut cargo caravan came in from the north gate of Zhaozhou City with empty cars, which naturally surprised the merchants in Zhaozhou City who were watching the show. Since the caravan left, those merchants have not stopped talking.

At first Boss Huang said Mrs. Gu was the one who took the lead, but the big guys still didn’t believe it, thinking how could it be possible, a married man didn’t care about his husband and teach his children to enjoy life at home, did he go out of his mind?Mr. Gu is willing to be an official?

But in the next few days, I really didn't see Mrs. Gu - Mrs. Gu, an official wife, is also strange. When I came to Zhaozhou, I didn't like to associate with the women in the backyard very much. I listened to the praise, but I liked to do business and business.Li Ji, who used to be a small troublemaker, didn't talk about cooking, but later went to Jiting to set up a factory.

Afterwards, the merchants in Zhaozhou City got the news from Ji Ting that it was Mrs. Gu who took the lead, and went to the Central Plains together with several managers from the two factories.

Now, Zhaozhou City was talking a lot, so naturally they didn't have the guts to go to Gu Zhao and say something bad, but Gu Zhao also knew those words—he heard it from the carpenter.

The good news is that eight spinning machines have been figured out.

I'll talk about this later, let's say that Mr. Gu's face was not good-looking at that time, and he was very majestic. He was so scared that the carpenter who was talking behind his back knelt down and begged for mercy. Fortunately, Mr. Gu didn't kill them, and he didn't hit the board.But no one dared to say it after that.

Master Gu's expression was too scary.

The carpenters didn't say anything, and the merchants murmured behind their backs, but they couldn't get it to Mr. Gu anyway.

Everyone is waiting to watch the fun and wait to be ridiculed.Now that the Zhaozhou city road has been repaired, all the roads are smooth and open. At the end of August, each family sent a servant to walk around the north gate of the city every day to guard, and report back if there is any news.

Even the bosses of the two factories in Jitingfu County couldn't sit still anymore and came to Zhaozhou City.

Finally Mrs. Gu came back.

"Why did you have seven cars when you went there, but two cars were missing when you came back?"

"Could it be that the goods were lost and robbed?"

"Who knows, I heard that Mrs. Gu brought the brothers from the Wang family with her. When the caravan came back, the brothers from Boss Wang's family must know more than us. Where is Boss Wang?"

"Jiting Yehuo, surnamed Wang, got involved. Now the caravan has lost even two carriages. It's a disaster."

Some saw Boss Wang's momentum and love to approach the new adults, and he was already displeased with it, and some wanted to scold Boss Wang for praising the face of the three major merchants, so this was a catch-all, and everyone ran on.

"Old Wang was wrong this time, it won't work."

"Isn't it? Two of the seven cargoes are missing. I don't know if those two belong to your Wang family?"

Boss Wang accepted all the answers with a smile on his face, and he was not angry. He said quite generously: "It's okay to lose my family, just treat it as a practice for Mrs. Gu. What's the matter, two carts of coconuts are worth it." It doesn't count how much money, we still go with Mr. Gu."

"Let's not talk anymore, my fourth brother is back, I'll go back to see the child first, I've thought about it after walking for so long." He said and left the venue with hands clasped.

It was because the stairs hadn't reached the first floor, and there was a burst of laughter behind him.

Who believes Boss Wang's excuse?If you really cherish that brother, why do you let the brother who has not left the cabinet follow Mrs. Gu to do these hard-working business-brother Wang is not in charge, he is just running errands.

The Wang family can even send their own brother to Mrs. Gu as a servant, which is a big joke in front of many merchants in Zhaozhou City.Now pretending to be a father and son is deeply affectionate, isn't it because they say that he has no face and fled in despair.

Indeed.

Master Wang's face collapsed when he got into his carriage, and his heart felt uncomfortable. He lost two carts of goods, and he couldn't help comforting himself.

For the fourth brother who has been away for a long time, it is better to lose the goods.One is that the child was born by a concubine, and he was also a brother. When he was born, Master Wang treated this brother like any other concubine's daughter, and he had nothing to care about.

The second is that the caravans have all returned, and everyone has arrived in Zhaozhou City, and they haven't lost it. What's the rush?

Boss Wang sighed again and again in the carriage, and he was angry about his own goods and the money he spent. Now all he can see is the Wang’s Gongde Road repaired in front of his house. This coconut business has fallen into his hands again. China Merchants Association, why is he so dazed that he really believes that he can make money...

In the Wang's house.

The fourth brother met his wife first when he came back, but he didn't even see her face.Mrs. Wang thinks that the fourth brother has lost face to the Wang family, and even her daughter's reputation is not very good. She said outside: "He came from a merchant family. There are no rules. My brother can run around. I think he can't teach women well."

The matchmaker didn't respond very well to the several marriages that her family's six mothers saw each other.

Mrs. Wang can not be angry.

The fourth brother went to the aunt's yard. The aunt saw the fourth brother who hadn't come back for a long time. She cried, beat and complained, "Look at you, and you know how tanned you are when you come back. This brother The mole is almost gone, and this dress..."

Although she scolded and complained again and again, my aunt did not pretend to care about it, it was her own after all.

Qiniang was on the sidelines persuading auntie, that she is prudent when she is small, and asked mother to boil hot water to prepare meals, and let brother eat first before talking about other things.

The fourth brother just took a shower and changed into clean clothes, and before he had a hot meal, he heard his mother rushing to say: "Master is back, it looks like he's coming to Auntie's yard."

Before much preparation, I saw the figure of Master Wang.

"Stop talking, where's the fourth brother." Master Wang waved his hand to tell Auntie not to come forward, and she was sweating so close to him in summer.

When my aunt was young, the master couldn't love her enough, but now that she's getting older, the master doesn't like to come to her very much.My aunt couldn't show her face when she was disgusted, and she couldn't really sit far away. She took a fan and stood on the side to fan the master, with a gentle and docile like water.

The fourth brother came.

"The goods are lost? Is it our goods?" Master Wang asked the fourth brother first when he saw the fourth brother.

The fourth brother was stunned for a moment, "I didn't lose it, it was sold clean—oh, no."

Master Wang became impatient, and said angrily, "What's going on, you can tell me clearly, remember that I am your father who takes care of your food and clothing, and you are not allowed to cover up for Mrs. Gu, even if you lose money or not. Yes, let’s make it clear.”

My aunt's fanning hands trembled in fright, but she didn't dare to persuade him. When the master got angry, she wouldn't dare to go up and say a word.

But now the fourth brother dared to say, "Father, I just came back because I was thirsty, and I haven't had a sip of water yet. It's a long story."

"Is it like a dead person, pour water for him quickly." After scolding his aunt, Master Wang said, "Let's make a long story short, and don't make mother-in-law and mother-in-law talk."

Fourth brother wanted to say something, seeing his aunt gave him a wink——

"I'll pour the water myself." The fourth brother drank a cup of herbal tea, wiped the water stains on his mouth with the back of his hand, and said, "There are only six carts of coconuts in total, and the other cart is delivered by Master Gu's family to several people in Beijing." A gift from my colleagues. We walked all the way for more than 20 days, and when we arrived in Tangzhou, the boss said that he would sell goods here, and rented a place in front of an inn, and a piece of coconut soap sold for hundreds of yuan that day—”

"Wait a minute." Master Wang lost his mind and stopped shouting, "Why is it only one hundred cash for coconut soap, is it 100 yuan and one hundred cash? Please explain clearly."

Fourth Brother: "Master doesn't think I'm slow in speaking."

Master Wang wished he could smack this kid with his hand, so he ran out and got the courage to choke him with his words in front of him, but when he thought of Baiwen's coconut soap, he endured it and said, "Speak slowly, from entering Tangzhou started to talk in detail, where is this Tangzhou?"

"The southernmost state under the Chief Secretary of the Central Plains, and Wannan Prefecture above it, is the state capital of the Chief Secretary of the Central Plains." The fourth brother used to think that the master knew everything about the mighty, but now it seems that is not the case. He said carefully, "Tangzhou is rich, and it uses the method of fertilizing the field, which is the one that Mr. Gu figured out. It grows both wheat and rice. One mu of rice can produce five stones or six stones."

If Master Wang doesn't believe it, it's farting. It's not that they don't grow rice in Zhaozhou, and one acre of land is less than two stones.

"Go on, talk about business, who told you to talk about Tian."

"Families of the common people have surplus food and money in their hands, so our business can sell well." The fourth brother choked the master again, and said: "The boss found a lively inn in the neighborhood of Xishi. Ten pennies, let's settle down—"

When Mr. Wang heard that it cost forty yuan to stay for one night, it was all his money. It didn't matter whether it hurt or not. The wives of officials are always delicate, so there is no way.

"I rented an open space in front of the inn, five taels of silver a day, and sold them that day. Coconut soap was [-] yuan a piece, coconut sugar was [-] yuan a piece, and coconut paste was [-] yuan a jar."

Mr. Wang was a little distracted just now, forty cash a night, and five taels of silver in front of renting an inn, really——I don’t know how to say it.Then I heard the fourth brother say a series of words, "Wait a minute, what are you talking about, how much do those things sell for, and how much money is attached to it."

"I made it clear." The fourth brother was in a hurry. If it weren't for his father, he would lose his temper. "One piece, master, I said one piece of coconut soap is one hundred cash, and that's one piece!"

Master Wang:? ? ?Began to be confused.

"This, one hundred coins? Can it be sold?"

"It's definitely not good if it's next to it, but the boss is knowledgeable. I said earlier that Tangzhou is rich, and the inn costs 1 cents a night. The candy and fruit next to us are not as expensive as ours, but they are not cheap. Let's send them from a long way away. Yes, the things are better than theirs, so they will naturally be sold at a higher price. If you really follow what those in charge said, how much can you sell for [-] yuan of coconut soap."

Master Wang: ... He didn't think about seven or eight yuan, but ten yuan.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Gu could ask for a price of one hundred yuan.

The aunt in the room was dumbfounded, she didn't even open the fan, and asked: "Is it really sold out?"

"Isn't that right? Even the fifth lady in Zhizhou Prefecture loves to use it. The sugar and coconut paste were sold out the next day. A boss surnamed Hu bought 4000 yuan to sell separately, and the remaining 3000 yuan was given to Mr. Gu. The gifts of several adults in Beijing went to Beijing together..."

I see.Master Wang understood, not only did he not lose the goods, but he also made a lot of money.

The mood was ups and downs, and after listening to it, Master Wang said with joy on his face, "Let's talk about it, talk more about the business in Tangzhou, why did the boss buy the yard?"

Seeing that the master is in a good mood, my aunt interjected with a smile, "Fourth brother is promising, and have you met the wife of the prefect of Tangzhou?"

"It's promising." Master Wang nodded with kindness in his eyes, and it was not in vain to follow Mrs. Gu - now he should be called Boss Li.

Boss Wang is quick to adapt to the wind, and he is also able to bend and stretch—otherwise, why would he take the initiative to send his own child to the official wife as a servant?

When I first came back, I was full of anger, but now Master Wang is happy, and he can already imagine the faces of many merchants in Zhaozhou City tomorrow, but don't make them jealous and angry.

He can know about the Tangzhou business that the fourth brother learned from his mouth, and other people can also inquire about it in other ways. There are so many people who sell goods here, but they can't ask anything.Besides, this is selling well, which is a great thing, why hide it.

"Fourth brother, you will obediently listen to Boss Li's words from now on." Master Wang frowned again after finishing his orders, but he was not angry on his face, but said: "Hurry up and serve the children first, how can you be hungry? Take a sip of herbal tea and be careful to make your stomach upset."

These are rare words of concern.The aunt was moved again and again, but the fourth brother was fine, he finally understood that the master's affection for his father and son was not much, just a little bit.

There are eight brothers, sisters, brothers and sisters in the house. With so many children, the master doesn't have the energy to care about everyone. Why did he ignore him before, but now he's getting better?

Isn't it because he worked hard in front of the boss and won the boss's attention.

The fourth brother is not arrogant. When he was a child, he wanted the master to pay more attention to him, but now he thinks when he will go to Tangzhou for the second time. He likes to do business with the boss.

Just like Master Wang guessed, the Wang family knew more quickly and in detail, but the other families also knew what they should know, maybe not as detailed as the fourth brother said, but two points are not wrong.

One, coconut products are sold at sky-high prices.

Two, it was sold out.

It was like two slaps, but they still slapped the merchants' faces heavily, and Lao Gao, who was so swollen, became anxious, so on the second day when the caravan returned to Zhaozhou City, every family went to Li Fu delivered the post.

The posts are piled up high, and they are sent every day, with greetings and requests for a meeting.

There was no reply, so I repeated the delivery.

The cement road in front of the gate of Lifu can be polished smooth - just kidding.

On the fourth day, Li's house let out the noise, Boss Li was going to Jiting for a meeting.

Li Zhouzhou changed into a round neck robe and rode on a horse, followed by a carriage with Fu Bao Wang Wang Aji in it, and Li Chun followed to watch the child inside.

The fourth brother dressed up like the boss and also rode a horse.

Coming out of Li Mansion, we took the main road. Many Zhaozhou people looked sideways along the way, but I have never seen anyone riding a big horse. It is really amazing.

All the merchants who came here after hearing the news all bowed their hands and expressed their congratulations.

Li Zhouzhou got down from his horse, bowed his hands in return, with a gentle smile on his face, and said: "The business went well this time, and I got a bit of good luck.", "Thank you for the congratulations from the bosses.", "Of course, Zhaozhou will return in the future There is another business, and there will be a business promotion meeting, everyone, please wait for the good news."

The bosses are also savvy, and they dare not talk too much flattery, for fear of annoying Boss Li, they quickly said: "Then please.", "You go ahead.", "That's great, just wait for Boss Li's investment promotion." Will."

When the shadow of the carriage got farther and farther away, everyone came to their senses.

"It's really easy to call Boss Li just now."

"Isn't that right? Boss Li replied the same way. It seems that he is not dealing with Mrs. Guan anymore."

This is the truth. Boss Gang Li got down from his horse with a smile on his face and a gentle demeanor. He looked like a businessman—smiling three-pointed when seeing people, making people friendly and not putting on airs.

If it is an official wife, she must be high and well behaved.

Let’s talk about Mr. Gu, although he is smiling sometimes, but they don’t dare to get really close. They always feel that Mr. Gu’s smile is not a good thing—although it is a good thing until now, and it hasn’t cheated them.

"What do you think Boss Li just said about the other business?" Someone asked when they remembered it.

Coconuts are expensive and sold out. The merchants in Zhaozhou City saw the profit, just like mosquitoes saw blood. They sent posts to the Li family, naturally for a share of the pie, and also wanted to buy and sell dried coconuts.

As a result, what Boss Li said now means that there are other businesses that can make money?

"I don't know that."

"I have to ask Boss Wang. The fourth brother of Boss Wang's family is now learning business from Boss Li. He must know a lot."

However, in a few days, when Boss Wang was mentioned as a run-on and ridicule before, it seems that he has changed his tone now. In the past, Boss Wang joked about sending his brother to be a servant in front of Mrs. Gu as a joke, but now he is envious.

"Old Wang has a good eye, he arranged such a good place for his brother."

"Isn't that right, Boss Li also uses the fourth brother, and he takes it with him when he ships and sells."

So to Boss Wang's compliments and praises, Boss Wang still smiled and answered everything, without offending anyone at all.As for what he thinks in his heart, that is his own business.

Beijing.

Xianglan Pavilion has a new product.

"I heard it came from the south. It's white all over and smells special. I've never smelled it before. It's said to be Zhaozhou coconut soap, which is made from coconuts."

"What is a coconut?"

"I don't know, it's the first time I've seen it."

"It still smells good after washing."

"Are you so proud? I'll ask my mother in the house to buy it."

Miss Jiao from several mansions handed over handkerchiefs and chatted privately, and the lady who started the conversation had a piece, and called her sisters to her room, and asked the maid to fetch a basin of water, "Everyone, sisters, try it, I think it's very good .”

After trying it, I went from being polite to really wanting it.

Miss Jiao from a wealthy family has never seen or used anything, but this piece of coconut soap has never been seen before, and she didn't ask for money. I bought two.

"The shopkeeper Liang of Lanxiang Pavilion said that this item is rare, and it was sent all the way to Beijing for a total of 3000 yuan. There are not many goods now."

The wooden box is beautifully carved. On the front are Zhaozhou Coconut Soap with four Chinese characters on hairpin flowers. Next to it is the orchid grass engraved in a hollow. The fragrance of the coconut soap in it floats up, which is better than any other floral fruit. Smell special.

The coconut soap inside is milky white, and there are orchid grass engraved on it, which is beautiful and pure like orchid.

The items in Lanxiang Pavilion are so exquisite, this piece of coconut soap is not expensive, it's a pity that it's rare.

The author has something to say:

Merchants in Zhaozhou: How dare you sell a piece of broken coconut soap for [-] coins? ? ? ! ! ! [Crazy crazy

Li Zhouzhou: It can’t be cheap anymore, it’s only one hundred yuan a piece if it’s tripled [Huaxiang soap thirty yuan]

The shopkeeper of Brother Liang's mansion in the capital: Just wrap it in oiled paper?This is too rough, it must be done, I have to prepare a box, and engrave the orchid grass from Lanxiang Pavilion, how much will it sell for?At least three taels of silver, the master said that this is too expensive for the younger brother, his younger brother must think it is not good.

Then sell it cheap, one tael of silver.

The noble lady of the capital: Lanxiang Pavilion still has such high-quality and cheap things? ? ? ! ! ! [It's a pity that I can't grab the limited number