The husband's son-in-law

Miss Wu's glazed dowry, a box of flowing gold glazed beads, three colored glazed pumpkin dowry boxes of different sizes, and two vanity mirrors. If you take these things out, the wife of Zhizhou Prefecture, and several other women are already surprised. Praise again and again.

The result is still there.

Li Zhouzhou took out a wooden box and opened the drawer, "Ornament of the Chinese Zodiac."

Twelve endless styles, different colors, unique ornaments.When Miss Wu saw it, she was overjoyed at first, picked out one of her attributes, held it in her hand and said, "Look, Ma'am, it's really cute."

A slightly older lady said with a smile: "That's good, twelve. In the future, our mother-in-law will have a few more children, and we can have children and grandchildren. The more children, the more blessings."

"Aunt!" Fifth Miss blushed shyly.

The wives and elders first smiled kindly. Mrs. Zhizhou listened to her sister's words, and then looked at the twelve ornaments in the box. Her face was also kind and loving. , Fuze is full.

Immediately satisfied.

"Okay, this is good." Madam Zhifu smiled.

There is also a pair of exquisite Pisces glazed pendants. When the Pisces are closed, the men and women each wear one piece.It is also a good sign of being in pairs.

After Li Zhouzhou finished introducing the things, Mrs. Zhizhou was very satisfied, she nodded repeatedly, and asked the servants to serve tea and snacks, and said in a gentle tone, "Boss Li, sit down and have a drink of tea."

"Mrs. Xie." Li Zhouzhou cupped his hands to express his thanks, but he didn't sit down, but said: "The Chen family in Zhaozhou is in the jadeite business, and when they heard that the fifth lady got married, they came here specially to give a congratulatory gift."

Mrs. Zhizhou nodded her head when she heard Xianzhi's elegant meaning, meaning Boss Li continued.

Originally, their family only ordered colored glaze as a dowry, but now Zhaozhou merchants took the opportunity to cater to them and give them gifts, so let's see what the emerald is.

Wang Jian opened the wooden boxes of the Chen family, box by box.

The imperial green longevity lock, the gilded filigree inlaid imperial green carved red jacaranda-style bracelet, the same color jade ruyi handle, and an emerald dwarf pine hill ornament. The lady looked very pleased and satisfied, but Miss Fifth was not impressed.

Opened the box again, this time it was ice-waxy jadeite, the jewelry used should be a piece of rough stone, the emeraldite is as transparent as it is, with a hint of pink on it——

"This is beautiful." Fifth Miss immediately asked, "Is this also jadeite? Why are the colors different?"

Li Zhouzhou said: "Jadeite is made from natural stones. The essence of heaven and earth is accumulated by the sun and the moon. The color and texture of each piece of jadeite stone are different. This is the business of the Chen family. I can't tell you in detail."

Madam let someone tell the Chen family to come in, just stand at the door outside the hall and answer through the curtain, this way not only avoids foreigners, but also satisfies the daughter's curiosity.

Chen Dalang came here, not to mention how excited he was, his voice was a little hoarse when he first spoke, the ladies in the hall seemed to be accustomed to this, and they showed some patience, but fortunately, what was the answer to the question afterwards? What.

The ice-glutinous jadeite is translucent and pink in color, very much loved by the fifth lady, and the style is also young. There is a pair of gold hairpins, butterflies and jadeite hairpins, and a red flower jacaranda. But Yingluo style.

There are red jacaranda series everywhere.

Mrs. Zhizhou asked, Chen Dalang was also in business, so he could speak eloquently about how good this emerald is, and how women can calm their nerves after wearing it for a long time.

"This flower is quite special, I have never seen it before." Fifth Miss asked.

Chen Dalang said: "Miss Hui, this is the flower of Zhaozhou. It blooms in May, and the color of the flower will not fade when it falls..."

The people in Zhizhou frowned when they heard the word Hualuo.Li Zhouzhou interrupted Chen Dalang with a smile, and said: "Actually speaking, this flower has another name, Phoenix Flower. When the flower blooms and falls, the branches are fiery red, just like a phoenix descending. Time changes and the world changes. as red as fire."

"That's a good name." Mrs. Zhizhou's eyebrows stretched.

People are not happy for a hundred days, and flowers are not red for a thousand days, but the phoenix flower is still red when it falls. It should be like this.

In the end, Mrs. Zhizhou accepted the gift from the Chen family, but it was not in vain, and gave 5000 taels of silver.Chen Dalang was stunned for a long time holding the 5000 taels of silver bills. Even if they sold these things in his house, they only cost 3000 taels of silver, but now they have 5000 taels of silver.

Liuli is even worse, ten thousand taels of silver bills.

Coming out of Tangzhou Zhizhou Mansion, Chen Dalang bowed deeply when he saw Boss Li, "Thank you, Boss Li, for helping me out." , the chatting and laughing of the ladies inside also faded, and they immediately knew that it was not good.

Fortunately, Boss Li made it up for him.

"In the future, when dealing with officials and doing business, you should think twice about exporting." Li Zhouzhou said.

Chen Dalang bowed again, "I will remember it today."

When he returned to the house, Chen Dalang took 3000 taels and wanted to give it to Boss Li, but Li Zhouzhou confiscated it, "Mrs. Zhizhou gave the money because of her benevolence, you take it all."

What else was Chen Dalang going to say, Li Zhouzhou changed the subject, "Look at the looks of the ladies today, the green ones are loved by the ladies, you can make some bodhisattva and beaded solemn styles, young people with light colors will love them more. But now everything is hard to say, after Miss Fifth gets married, if your family wants to sell goods in the second half of the year, you can join the coconut caravan."

"Boss Li said yes, I wrote it down, and I will tell my father when I get back." Chen Dalang is now full of admiration for Boss Li.

After living in Tangzhou's house for a day, Li Zhouzhou asked his subordinates to rent a car and boat to go to Liangzhe. Naturally, the two brothers of the Chen family went together. With 5000 taels of silver in their arms, they dared not go on the road alone. Naturally, they wanted to go with them. Boss Li's caravan went back together.

The two of them didn't feel at ease when they stayed in the house alone. They were both young and strong, but for some reason, they felt at ease when they were with Boss Li.

So a group of people went to Liangzhe lightly.

Wang Jian grew up in Zhaozhou City. He had never been on a boat. He felt seasick and vomited a few times when he got on the boat. Brother Lin was busy taking care of him. Wang Jian lay half-lying and his face turned pale. , Weakly asked: "Why don't you feel uncomfortable."

"When I was young, my grandfather took me on a boat. I'm not afraid of water, and I can swim." Brother Lin fed water to Brother Wang Jian and said, "I heard from my grandfather that if you get seasick, you can drink water with a piece of sugar in your mouth." alright."

But now there is no sugar.

Wang Jianqiang insisted, "It's nothing—" He wanted to vomit again, but his stomach was empty, and what he vomited now was water.

Brother Lin was in a hurry, so he patted him in a hurry.

"Don't tell the boss."

Li Zhouzhou knew that the boat was only this big. In the past, Wang Jian would follow him, but now he hid in his cabin in the afternoon when he boarded the boat. Brother Lin ran back and forth anxiously, how could he I don't know?

"Go ask the old boatman, if you get seasick, how can you relieve it?" Li Zhouzhou said to Su Shiyi.

Su Shiyi got the order to go to work. After a while, there was a sound outside Wang Jian's house. Su Shiyi brought a bowl of boiled black herbal juice, saying that it was what the boatman said to cure seasickness. I squeezed my nose and gulped it down. After that, I stopped vomiting, but I was still dizzy, uncomfortable and weak.

No appetite to eat.

Brother Lin took the food and went back to feed Brother Wang Jian.After Wang Jian took a few mouthfuls, he waved his hand away, Brother Lin didn't force him, he ate his own, and waited for Brother Wang Jian to be hungry before feeding.

After four or five days like this, I finally arrived in Liangzhe.

Wang Jian stepped on the ground, but he still felt shaking. He was supported by Brother Lin. Wang Jian had a firm face and said fiercely: "Go back, I will teach you how to ride a horse, and you will teach me how to swim and ride a boat. I don't believe it!"

"Ah? It's so uncomfortable, and I still have to teach you how to ride a boat when I go back?" Brother Lin was puzzled, isn't this just asking for trouble.

Wang Jian failed, and said: "I must learn. I sat in the cabin feeling weak, dizzy, and hungry but dared not eat anything. I don't want this kind of thing to happen in the future. Let the boss go to Liangzhe, If the business can be done here in the future, then there will be more boats.”

"I can't hold back."

Brother Lin was overwhelmed by elder brother Wang Jian's mind, nodded his head and said yes.When he returns home, even if he begs his grandfather, he will definitely teach elder brother Wang Jian how to ride a boat.

Su Shiyi and Meng Jianyun, who were passing by, heard it, and they both looked sideways.

If the prosperity of the people in the Central Plains is manifested in food, the people in Zhejiang and Zhejiang are manifested in their clothing—not the texture of the clothes, but the color and style. Even the stalls on the street sell more than a dozen kinds of tassels and sash Different weaves and patterns.

Wang Jian didn't like these things, but Brother Lin's eyes sparkled when he saw it.

"When we've settled down, I'll take a stroll with you." Wang Jian dragged Brother Lin away, keeping up with everyone so as not to fall behind.

Brother Lin nodded his head obediently, with joy on his small face, like a little country bumpkin who has never seen the world, and said: "How can there be so many ways, the girls here are really skillful, and the weaving is really beautiful. If It must look good with a jade pendant tied to it, or tied in your hair or on a button of your clothes."

"..." Wang Jian didn't like to dress up, so there was nothing to talk about, so he hummed.

The inn that Li Zhouzhou was looking for was big, the inn was connected to the restaurant, and there was a private courtyard at the back, they rented out a small courtyard, and the men made do to squeeze together, brother Wang Jianlin had one room, and Li Zhouzhou was alone room, but can also live.

After settling down, Wang Jian knocked on the door and asked the boss if he could go out for a walk with Brother Lin, and it would be on the street at the door if we didn't go far...

"Let's go together." Li Zhouzhou said with a smile, "I'll go and see too. These clothes and jewelry sash are so novel. Brother Lin's eyes were shining when he first came here."

Brother Lin who was waiting outside: "..." blushed.

It turned out that the boss had seen it all.

When the guards of the Chen family heard that Boss Li was going to take the two brothers to the shop, they hesitated a bit. They big men don't like these things. Hearing that Boss Li said it was free, they found an excuse to stay in the inn to check their luggage.

Li Zhouzhou took Wang Jianlin's brother to go together, Su Shiyi and Meng Jianyun followed, they didn't like these things, but they still had to follow when they were away from home and didn't know the place well.

"I'll treat you to what I want to buy today." Li Zhouzhou was generous, and he was also normal to Su Shiyi and Meng Jianyun who were following behind, "You two too, just say what you want to buy."

Brother Lin had money with him. When he came to Li Mansion, his parents gave him 100 taels of silver. Li Manor didn't ask for his money. When he came out this time, Mu Mu said that he should take less money when he was out, so as not to lose it or steal it. The thief thought about it, so Brother Lin also brought 20 taels of silver.

If you put it in Jiting, you will be rich if you buy whatever you eat.

But when it came to Liangzhe, it was a bit choking.Because Boss Li entered the embroidery shop, an embroidered handkerchief cost half a tael, and there were even more expensive ones, which cost more than 20 taels.

Brother Lin was speechless, secretly looking at the 20 taels of satin fabric.

The flowers and birds embroidered on it are lifelike, and the colors are bright and beautiful. The colors of red, green and green are mixed together, but they are not mixed at all.

No wonder it's so expensive, and I don't know how to embroider it.

Brother Lin was standing there unable to move his feet.

"I bought it." Li Zhouzhou said to the boss.

The boss just saw these five people come in, and there was a handsome-looking scholar in the middle - after a closer look, he turned out to be a husband, and on the left and right were two young brothers, about twelve, three or four years old, followed by two more The young man looks like a servant but doesn't look like one.

He saw a lot of customers coming and going in business, but this kind of thing was really rare, and he couldn't tell the relationship between the five people.

Because the older husband looks very young, the two younger brothers are naturally not his sons, but if they are brothers, they are not like each other. The two younger brothers are close to him and have some respect for him.

This husband is dressed in ordinary clothes, but he has a different bearing, so I don't understand.

"Do you really want it?" The boss didn't expect that this husband would buy a 20 taels of silver brocade.

Li Zhou was thoughtful and natural, the boss must have been curious about the origin of the answer when he saw the answer, so he wrapped the material himself first, Su Shiyi stepped forward to pick it up, Li Zhouzhou paid the money, and asked: "The boss knows where there are many dyeing workshops? "

The boss pointed the way, "Even if you know about the dyeing workshop, you won't be able to enter."

How can outsiders step into the business of several dyeing workshops and their unique craftsmanship.

"Where is the largest and best dyed cloth shop?" Li Zhouzhou asked.

The boss guessed a little now, could this group of people be businessmen?But I have never seen Fu Lang make up his mind, and the man behind him is obedient, regardless of his business, and mentioned a few time-honored cloth shops, especially the Qian family, but this is his old handicraft, how could it be rumored? teach people?

really.

When Li Zhouzhou went, he bought cloth and went back, but he couldn't enter the gate of the dyeing workshop.

"Otherwise, let's wait for the workers inside to quit work, and buy a worker with money to talk." Wang Jian said.

Li Zhouzhou said: "No, it's not a serious source. Even if you spend money to buy a solution, it's still spending money with the boss of the Qian family."

But it is one thing whether people sell it like this, and the price must be expensive.Wang Jian didn't understand, why didn't he take a shortcut?But the boss said no, Wang Jian just let it go, although he has been thinking of this way.

After many twists and turns, Li Zhouzhou found out about Boss Qian's whereabouts—he loves to drink afternoon tea, and goes to the dim sum shop every afternoon to buy dim sum and teahouses.

As soon as the other party heard their intentions, Boss Qian first said: "If you want my family's solution, that's fine. I'll tell you if you get ten thousand taels of gold."

Wang Jian was furious, this man must have deliberately rejected them with this.

Any way is ten thousand taels of gold.

"We can't get it out, sorry for the interruption." Li Zhouzhou apologized, and then took the person away without disturbing the other party's tea.

Boss Qian sneered, and seeing the little brother behind him being so angry, he deliberately said disgustingly: "If you let him follow me—"

Li Zhouzhou stopped walking, turned his head and looked directly at the other party with a serious face.

"At Boss Qian's age, he probably has grandchildren in his family. He dares to say such disgusting things. It's disrespectful. Just pretend that I didn't ask for a solution before, and don't talk to Qian's family."

Boss Qian was taken aback for a moment, and in public, he was taught a lesson by a husband, but he didn't say anything wrong, it was indeed him who was wrong first, and his mouth was disgusting, this, this really pissed him off.

Everyone in the restaurant watched the excitement, and everyone knew Boss Qian.

When Fu Lang and his party left, someone in the restaurant jokingly said, "Boss Qian, where is your grandson? Why is he so old and shameless that he wants a little brother by his side?"

"Go, go, go." Boss Qian continued a few words.

Nothing more than that, Boss Qian is fatter, but in fact he is not very old, he just looks like he's getting older, but in fact he is only 27, even the eldest daughter is only ten years old.

He bought freshly baked dim sum, and met this group of people who wanted to buy his dyeing method. Boss Qian was in a hurry. He waited for the imported dim sum to be paired with tea. The best out of the oven, he immediately raised the price——

As for what he said later, he was also used to being glib and contemptuous.Because of this, he was often beaten by his father, but he couldn't change it.Now the other party told me that Boss Qian was so embarrassing that he couldn't eat right now, but when he went back, he thought about that little brother who was slick and contemptuous just now, and now he just got his tongue retribution...

Only now do I understand.

Li Zhouzhou led people out of the restaurant, but Wang Jian still felt sorry for them, fearing that Boss Qian would retaliate against them later. After all, they were in Liangzhe City, not Zhaozhou City, which was the territory of the Qian family.

"Anxin is fine, and I didn't scold him." Li Zhouzhou comforted Wang Jian. These brothers are doing business outside. It's okay for him to get married and grow old, but a little brother like Wang Jianlin has some colors There are men everywhere who make fun of it and look down on it.

Li Zhouzhou felt bad for Wang Jian.

"Boss, I'm fine." Wang Jian said.

At the back, Meng Jianyun's eyes were full of violence, but he suppressed it back.Stay out of trouble.This matter will be done.Li Zhouzhou stayed in Liangzhe for a few days, but he couldn't find a solution, so he told the big guys that he would return to Tangzhou tomorrow, and then return to Zhaozhou City.

When Meng Jianyun heard this, his eyes flashed, and he took Su Shiyi out of the yard that night.

……

Zhaozhou City.

The grass grows and the warbler flies to the April sky.

Fu Bao got up early in the morning, first had a fist fight with his grandfather in the yard, and was abruptly carried into the living room by his father under his arm.

"Fufu hasn't finished fighting yet."

"Grandpa save Fufu."

Li Da laughed and said in the yard: "Grandpa can't save Fubao, don't delay, it will be too late if you don't go."

Gu Zhao resisted the urge to hit the child, the child can't be hit, can't be hit, and he said it silently twice in his heart.Since Fubao was a child, more than half a month ago, Gu Zhao never had the urge to reach out and hit him until he went to school.

It's only been half a month since I went to school, and now I'm doing foreign work every morning, and I can do everything well, but I don't like going to school.

"Didn't you say you wanted to go to school?" Gu Zhao twisted the hot towel and helped Fu Bao wipe his face himself.

Fu Bao wrinkled his face and moaned, "Fu Fu feels a little uncomfortable in his stomach."

"Don't talk nonsense when you are sick. Is it really uncomfortable or fake?" Gu Zhao said seriously.

Seeing that his father was worried about him, Fu Bao's face became obedient, and he admitted his mistake and said, "I'm sorry, father, I'm not upset, I just don't want to go to school."

"Why?" Gu Zhao continued to wipe Fu Bao's face, and said, "I even used human dignity to send you to a government school. In modern times, it's all because of the relationship between the back door and the old professor to lead the kindergarten. Others want to enter and return it." Can't get in."

Fu Bao's brother's identity is the only one in the official school.

He can't do anything fair and just, people have double standards, he just wants his children to go to a good school and receive good educational resources, Gu Zhao admits this.

When he asked himself to be transferred to a magistrate, it was also for the sake of a more comfortable life for the whole family.

In fact, Gu Zhao knew why Fu Bao didn't like to go to school—official school masters had strict requirements, and Aji wasn't there, and he didn't bark, so naturally his face was downcast after a few days.

But it is the same for children nowadays, learning is tempering, day after day, boring, practicing three nines in winter and three days in summer, taking the study time of Second Brother Yan as an example, it is nothing now.

"Father, Fufu doesn't want to go to a government school." Fubao coquettishly begged his father, "Is it okay not to go~"

After wiping his face, Gu Zhao wiped his hands, glanced at the chubby sticky candy, and said, "I'm not your father, I'll take what you've done." Then he said, "It's late tonight. Eat on the way, change your school uniform, and I will send you there myself."

Fu Bao was unhappy, his cheeks puffed up, and he missed Dad.

But I still obediently wear school uniforms, carry schoolbags, and eat bean paste buns.

Sitting in the car, Gu Zhao glanced at him, Qi Guiqi didn't take a single bite, so he said, "Well, from now on, you go to government school for one month, and go to school for one month."

"!" Fu Bao's angry cheeks dissipated immediately, and he pointed his ears to his father curiously, "Is that the school that Aji went to? I'm going, Dad, I'm going here, this is school."

Gu Zhao patted Fu Bao's head and didn't answer.

Although the official school is a bit bitter, it is a good place to lay the foundation and hone the will.Sometimes he doesn't know that Fubao is being raised as a man. This world is unfair. As a brother, Fufu must suffer from sexism.

You should be more determined and train hard.

But sometimes I think, as long as he stays in Zhaozhou for one day, Fufu can be under his protection, why should he suffer and be unhappy, the child is healthy and happy, he can come as he wants, it is not without this condition .

Two thoughts pulled down.

Gu Zhao became a father for the first time, and sometimes he was afraid that he could not teach well, that Fu Bao would be ruined, and that he would follow in the footsteps of Senior Brother Ming Yuan——

"Father, I seem to have too many red bean paste buns."

"It's your father's and mine's, one with red bean paste and one with shrimp meat..." Gu Zhao turned his head and looked, good guy, Li Zhaoxi took a big bite of the red bean paste bun while he was talking.

Gu Zhao: ...

"Li Zhaoxi! Before your father left, you told me that you eat two red bean paste buns a day, and your teeth will be damaged if you have too many, so please let me go."

Fu Bao let go of his mouth obediently, quickly ate what was in his mouth, showing a pitiful and innocent expression, and said vaguely: "It's too late, Fu Fusen doesn't even know~"

Gu Zhao stuffed the remaining half into his mouth, your father believed your evil!

When I turned around, I told the official school teacher that I would punish Li Zhaoxi with a big letter!

When your father comes back, continue to sue, and you will be fined for three days and you will not be allowed to eat bean paste buns!