The husband's son-in-law

Li Zhouzhou sat up all night without sleep.

Wang Jian knocked on the door in the morning, only to realize that something was wrong. The boss's eyes were a little red and his expression was tired, so he couldn't help but worried and asked: "Boss, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to call a doctor?"

"No need." Li Zhouzhou waved his hand, "Ask the kitchen for a bowl of clear porridge for me. I ate and slept for a while. The rented boat was one day late, and I asked the Chen family brothers to come over."

Wang Jian didn't know what happened, but he definitely had something to do, so he hurried to arrange it.

When Chen Dalang and Chen Silang came in, Li Zhouzhou asked the two of them to take the guards to look for Su Shiyi and Meng Jianyun outside, and said, "Don't make a fuss, go look for them near Qian's house or the cloth dyeing workshop, and bring them back when you see them." , if there is anything wrong, and the Qian family detains someone, then come back to me."

"Understood." Chen Dalang pulled the fourth brother who wanted to inquire, and only listened to the order, but seeing that Boss Li had no other orders, he took his brother out.

As soon as I went out, I said: "I know what you are curious to ask, but it is not the time."

Besides, it has nothing to do with their Chen family.

The two brothers took the guards out of the inn.

After Li Zhouzhou drank the hot porridge, his head still hurt, so he put on his clothes and went to bed for a while. He couldn't fall asleep, he was worried about something, so he could only comfort himself, that something had happened, even if there was any bad result, it would be resolved one by one. .

Then he fell asleep in a daze.

This sleep was restless, it seemed short and long.

It wasn't until Wang Jian suppressed his anger outside that Li Zhouzhou woke up and called out to Wang Jian.Outside, Wang Jian stared at Su Shiyi and Meng Jianyun angrily, and said, "The boss didn't sleep all night, and he just lay down for an hour—"

The boss called him.

Wang Jian entered the room, closed the door, saw the boss got up, and reported: "Su Shiyi and Meng Jianyun came back two quarters ago."

"The two are not injured, are they? Forget it, let them in." After putting on his shoes, Li Zhouzhou opened the door wide for ventilation, and looked at the two people outside.

Su Shiyi lowered his head in shame, Meng Jianyun moved his lips and said, "Boss, it's all my idea, it's none of Su Shiyi's business."

"Of course I know." Li Zhouzhou said.

If Su Shiyi was alone, given a hundred courage, Su Shiyi would not dare to go out at night to find personnel.

"Any injuries?"

Su Shiyi hesitated for a second, then shook his head.Li Zhouzhou knew that he must be injured, "Wang Jian, go and ask for a doctor."

"It wasn't me who got hurt, it was Xiao Meng. He didn't let me tell, for fear that the boss would worry you." Su Shiyi said.

"You don't need to call a doctor, it's a small injury." Meng Jianyun also replied, but just lowered his head after speaking.

Li Zhouzhou ignored Meng Jianyun, but glanced at Wang Jian.Wang Jian listened to the boss and went to ask for a doctor.

"I have been working hard all night to worry about it. Tell me, did you go out and beat Qian, boss? Did you punch him a few times, or did you do something else?"

"No hit." Su Shiyi became more and more guilty, and replied honestly, "Really. The two of us guarded the gate of Qian's house all night, and we didn't want to be cruel, just to teach some lessons and punch a few times... ..."

Su Shiyi finished explaining honestly, and even said that he was responsible for the blame when he came back.

The plan can't keep up with the changes.

The two squatted all night in the alley opposite Qian's mansion. At dawn the next day, Qian's mansion began to move up and down. At this time, Meng Jianyun felt that Su Shiyi's method was still unreliable. It was better to climb over the wall and enter the courtyard at night. Will the one who knows the surname Qian come out today?Will you go to the cloth dyeing workshop?

Can wait.

"The two of us said, if people haven't come out after the excitement in the morning, we will go back and not do anything."

Li Zhouzhou asked to continue, if he didn't do anything, why was Meng Jianyun injured?And it was still early, with Meng Jianyun's temperament of not being a hawk when he didn't see a rabbit, how could he come back so early?Don't have to wait any longer.

After all, I waited all night.

"I didn't expect the person surnamed Qian to come out not long after Chen Shi." Su Shiyi didn't expect such an inch, and he really came out.

Boss Qian hurried into the carriage with his attendants.

Su Shiyi was also a little shaken at this time, so he told Meng Jianyun that it was all in the carriage, so it would be difficult to do it, why not go back?Who knew that Meng Jianyun didn't open his mouth to speak, but kept up with him.

Both of them have good physical strength. Su Shiyi has walked over mountains since he was a child, and the Qian family's carriage did not dare to drive too fast in the downtown area, so the two of them did not lose track. They followed all the way to the outside of the city. .

Keran Cloth Shop is obviously in the city, why did it go out of the city?

Although the two were puzzled, they both followed. Meng Jianyun still wanted to go outside the city, so he told Su Shiyi that after a while the carriage left the city, he took a stone and shot the horse. When they were in a panic, the two of them got on—

"Going out of the city is getting more and more deserted, and there are no people in the early morning. We were about to start a fight, but another person came out, covered his face, and took a stick. He stopped the car and beat him up..."

Su Shiyi was dumbfounded at the time, what's going on?Hearing Qian's wailing, he thought that they didn't need to do anything, and he could go back with Xiaomeng. It was still early, and he could take a boat when he went back.

"In the end, Xiaomeng stopped me and said to go up and save people."

Not to mention that Su Shiyi was stunned at the time, but Li Zhouzhou looked at Meng Jianyun more, it didn't seem like Meng Jianyun said it, if it was possible, Meng Jianyun would have to say 'go up and punch me again'.

At this time, Meng Jianyun said: "Those who used sticks to fight, shouted 'I will make you dirty for the first two days' and 'Bully us from other places'."

Li Zhouzhou suddenly understood, and his expression became serious.

"This is planted on us."

A few days ago in the restaurant, the group of them had a lot of quarrels with Boss Qian, so many people watched him. He refuted what Boss Qian said, and now they chartered a boat and left today—these people who beat Boss Qian, said Saying these words, don't you want to plant them on their heads.

Beat him up before you leave.

Although Meng Jianyun and Su Shiyi also had the same idea, otherwise it would be impossible to squat overnight, but the two of them did not do it, and someone else did it in their name——

"Have you been saved?"

Su Shiyi also knew the importance at this time, when Xiaomeng rushed forward after finishing speaking, he didn't have time to ask why, and followed.

"After being rescued, Xiaomeng asked them to be detained. Don't put them back, they are all handed over to Qian."

Li Zhouzhou breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems to be because of the Qian family."

Su Shiyi was doing business with his cousin, and he claimed to have seen a bit of the world. He traveled from Beijing to Zhaozhou, but it was the first time he saw such a cruel method. If they didn't appear quickly, these people would want to interrupt money Boss arms and legs.

So vicious.

The same is true for Li Zhouzhou, he has been doing business all the way, and the quarrel with the Jinyu Restaurant in Ningping County before seems not worth mentioning now, and there have been many successes since then, all of which are borrowed from the "official" word of the gentleman.

"Where is Meng Jianyun's injury?"

"I blocked the stick for Qian and hurt my arm." Su Shiyi answered for Xiaomeng.

Li Zhouzhou thought that he might not be able to leave today or tomorrow, so he asked the two of them to go back to rest first, and wait for the doctor to come to see the injury, "Shi Yi, take care of Xiao Meng more these two days, his arm is not convenient, you see these .”

Su Shiyi hurriedly agreed.

"You two are right about this matter, but it doesn't mean that it's right for you two to sneak out and teach others a lesson in private." Li Zhouzhou looked serious, "We'll talk about it when we return to Zhaozhou."

Su Shiyi felt sorry for him, but he should be punished.

After a while the doctor came, checked the injury and said that the bone was not injured, but Lao Gao was swollen. He prescribed medicated oil, and said that if he was worried, he would grab two warm and tonic waists and give him a good tonic.Of course it was caught.

After seeing the doctor, those who boiled the medicine boiled the medicine, and those who took a rest took a rest.

Meng Jianyun didn't come back all night, and was injured when he came back. The Chen brothers and the guards didn't know what happened until they came back. The two Zhejiang cities looked bustling and lively on the surface, and they were peaceful and happy. How could the people doing business here have such sinister thoughts.

At noon, Boss Qian came to see him in person.

The other party took the gift, and as soon as he entered the inn yard, he sincerely expressed his apology and gratitude.Li Zhouzhou heaved a sigh of relief, it seemed that the other party knew who was the one who beat the person in the morning, he was afraid at first, the two people who had been detained had bitten to death and clung to them.

"...I have teased you, Boss Shangli, Zhaozhou, but I'm not stupid." Boss Qian's small eyes gleamed from the flesh on his face.

How stupid can a businessman be.

"Speaking of which, the elders of the two families can be regarded as family friends when they are alive." Boss Qian said.

He also thought that it was a game deliberately set up by Zhaozhou merchants and his group. A group of people hurt him, and then two people jumped out to save him. It was a life-saving game. After all, the other party wanted his family's dyeing method before. .

If you didn't detain the person, Boss Qian was suspicious and thought a lot, and there were all kinds of possibilities, but after detaining two people, the two kept blaming that they came to avenge Boss Fulang's revenge, and they just gave you a few words to make you talk. It's just a lesson with the stick, but when he asked about Zhaozhou's native place and Zhaozhou dialect, they didn't know anything about Zhaozhou anyway.

Boss Qian naturally also suspected that these two people did this on purpose.But it's also simple, strip people off their clothes and hang them on the most bustling street, and within a day, they will know whether they are the people of Liangzhe City or Zhaozhou City.

These two have grown up so much that someone always knows them.

He explained the method and asked his servants to take off the clothes. Before they finished taking off the clothes, the two explained.

It turned out to be the Jin family.Boss Qian's unexpected answer seemed to be part of it. It seemed impossible at first, but after careful thought, it was the correct answer.

Ten years of imperial business, there will be an evaluation in October this year. The time has come for the Jin family. The weaving and embroidery of the Qian family have surpassed the Jin family in recent years. How can they not compete for this honor?

The next thing is to settle the grievances between the Qian family and the Jin family.Now, now, Boss Qian brought a gift and personally came to the door to thank him, saying: "...If that little brother hadn't been beaten for me, I'm afraid I've hurt my head and I don't know whether I will die or not."

It turned out that the stick was aimed at Boss Qian's head, but Meng Jianyun blocked it with his arm.

Boss Qian saw it clearly, the stick was broken.

This kind of kindness should naturally come to thank you.

When Boss Qian met Meng Jianyun, he boasted that he was doing well, I owe you a favor, and what do you want.Meng Jianyun asked if he could dye it.Boss Qian didn't answer, but said to Boss Li: "If you sell this little brother to me, or stay as my family's guard, I will tell you how to do it."

On the bed, Meng Jianyun originally had no expression on his face, but now after listening to Boss Qian's words, he first looked at the boss, then silently lowered his head, resigned to his fate, and only held onto his palms tightly.

"Not for sale." Li Zhouzhou answered simply, "Boss Qian asked twice, aren't you afraid of hitting him next time?"

Boss Qian smiled when he heard this, and said, "It's because I didn't talk about it."

He said again: "These two are following my carriage today, I'm afraid they also want to beat me up."

Su Shiyi was embarrassed, but Meng Jianyun acquiesced.

Boss Qian: ...

It really is.Boss Qian rubbed his nose, the Zhaozhou merchants and his party were quite tough, they couldn't bear any humiliation, so they couldn't help looking at Boss Li and said: "Boss Li, you are not like a merchant in the lead, and neither are the house slaves below. Like a common house slave."

They are in business, even if they are from aristocratic families, when they meet officials, they still make jokes and make excuses. They are inferior, and they are made jokes. This is normal. There is no arrogance, but Boss Li is different.

If it weren't for the brother's mole between the eyebrows, he would really look like a scholar.

Later, Boss Qian sat down and asked Boss Li why he bought the dyeing method. He had to listen first before making a decision.Li Zhouzhou said that Zhaozhou City will make silk and linen mixed textile fabrics, but the two kinds of mixed fabrics can be dyed differently and are easy to fade. If silk threads are dyed separately, they can be woven together to make fabrics, and the colors can't match. .

It turned out to be silk linen.

That is different from the business of their Qian family. His family is engaged in the business of silk and satin, which are sold at high prices.

Boss Qian thought about it for a while, and seeing Boss Li's open eyes, he finally gave a solution.

After such a delay, he set off to return to Tangzhou again, and it was a few days late to return to Zhaozhou from Tangzhou.Around the end of May, a team of Zhaozhou merchants finally set foot on the cement road. When they saw the cement road, they knew they had arrived in Zhaozhou.

May 23 is a good day.

The date of marriage between the Liang family and the Fifth Miss of Tangzhou Zhizhou Mansion was set on June [-]st, but because of the distance between the two places, fearing that the auspicious day would be delayed, the Liang family's wedding team set off a few days earlier and took a boat to welcome the couple to the two provinces. In the courtyard, the Fifth Miss of Zhizhou Prefecture stayed in the other courtyard for two or three days.

Because the woman is the concubine's daughter of the prefect, the Liang family sent the second son of the family to pick her up with the concubine brother, which is considered to be enough face for the prefect.

Although it wasn't a formal marriage ceremony, the team that came to Tangzhou to greet the relatives was also bragging all the way. After all, the people of Tangzhou didn't know what happened when they visited the church on June [-]st, and now they follow the formal ceremony of welcoming relatives.

The magistrate of Tangzhou also followed the formal ceremony of marrying a daughter.

The decorations in front of the door were bustling, the house was swept up and down, and the servants changed into new clothes.

When the welcoming team arrived, Wu Niang's older brothers were still blocking her at the door, making a fuss, saying that only her sister-in-law would be allowed to go through the school test.Naturally, the Liang brothers greeted them affectionately, answering the exam questions one at a time.

The people of Tangzhou gathered around and watched a lot of excitement.

"The two brothers from the Liang family look good."

"The groom is handsome."

"I heard that he is still the son of a high official."

"It's not natural. If you are not an official in your family, how can you marry a lady who knows the state?"

The common people chattered and watched the excitement, saw the bridegroom enter the mansion, but did not leave, and stayed outside to watch the excitement. After a while, the bride got married and gave out money and cakes along the way.

The Liang family's betrothal gift has already been delivered.Now that Miss Fifth is getting married, there will be an auspicious official singing the dowry list, and the common people are naturally watching the excitement, wanting to see what Miss Fifth's dowry looks like.

And the guests who come to the door can witness it with their own eyes.

A dowry red lacquer box was placed in the courtyard, and as the auspicious officer sang a salute, one of the servants opened the box.Some guests who came to have a wedding banquet, first saw that there were only twelve loads, and couldn't help but be speechless, it was so little, even less than the dowry of a married woman like him who was a businessman.

When the second son of the Liang family saw this, he felt a little apologetic and patted his younger brother on the shoulder.

It must be because of his relationship that the magistrate's government lost a lift.

"It has nothing to do with elder brother, it should be like this." Shu brother Shiro said.

The etiquette should be like this, but in the end it is not good-looking, and it has wronged the dignified Miss Di who is the magistrate of the state.But once the dowry gift box was lifted and opened, no one would say that it was not good-looking, not beautiful, shabby, or wronged.

First, ordinary clothes, such as satin, embroidery, Yunjin, Shujin and so on.

Ornament again.

Since ancient times, the dowry has all the food and drink expenses for the young lady, and there is also a box of silver notes-this is beyond the understanding of outsiders.

Singing to the seventh station, this is a series of emerald jewelry.Everyone heard the name of jadeite, some wondered, some were curious, what is it?At a glance, there are emerald green ruyi stalks, emerald green dwarf pine, exquisitely made, why is there a pink transparent texture?

This is a full two sets.

The pressure is real, and there is nothing false.

Thinking of such a rare jadeite, I have never heard of it being used before.However, the Liang family brothers have seen it. There are some in his mother's and grandmother's houses, especially in the grandmother's Buddhist hall.

Although this thing is rare and rare, it is something from the south, but it is not particularly expensive.

The ceremonial officer continued to sing the ninth stage. After the unveiling, under the hot sun, everyone felt dazzling at first, and the texture was more transparent than the previous emerald powder one, which was really never seen before.

What is this?

The two brothers of the Liang family hadn't seen it before, so they took a few more glances.

Under the sun, it shows different colors of light, shining brightly, and it is said that the heart is exquisite and transparent. Now that I see this thing, it is the first time that it matches the word "Linglong".

"A box of flowing gold glazed pearls—"

"A box of gold and glazed beads—"

The ritual officer read one by one.

It turns out that this thing is called Liuli, which is a pretty name.All the guests in the room sighed in their hearts, and their eyes widened when they saw it. I'm afraid this thing is not cheap, and I don't know where the Zhizhou government got it, and it gave Fifth Miss enough face.

As each piece was opened, everyone exclaimed, so exquisite and beautiful, never heard or seen before.

This is rare.

The Liang family brothers have never seen it either.

Now, facing these two shining glazed dowry, the entire courtyard is speechless, from being too shabby at the beginning to now laughing, praising this rich and rare treasure of Miss Zhizhou’s dowry, it is really beautiful, who People dare to underestimate.

Naturally, some people wanted to inquire, where did you buy Liuli, and how much did it cost?

But it's not easy to ask at someone's wedding banquet, wait a minute, and ask the person who presides over the prefecture.

Seeing the expressions of the guests, Mrs. Zhizhou knew that the glazed dowry was not wrong, and she immediately felt relieved. Her family took a step back from the son-in-law and prepared twelve bags, but anyone with eyes could see it. The Liang family didn't dare to underestimate Wu Niang's dowry.

Miss Fifth's dowry showed her face in Tangzhou for a while, and she took a boat to Liangzhe. He made a big splash.

Among the guests were officials, big merchants and country gentry.

Most of the female family members of officials in Zhejiang and Zhejiang love to dress up and pursue novel styles. Some of them claim to be no worse than the officials and wives in Beijing. put on.

However, the dowry glass of Liang Jiasi Lang's bride was never heard of.

What the hell is this?How much did you pay for it?Could it be something from Tangzhou?

Having said that, at the end of May, Li Zhouzhou arrived in Zhaozhou.

The common people and merchants naturally greeted them once. Li Zhouzhou thanked everyone for their kindness and enthusiasm, and then returned to Li Mansion. He learned from his father that Fu Bao was still studying in the government school, and he came back in the afternoon. It has been almost half a month since Xianggong went to Minzhang. , I sent a letter a few days ago, saying that I will be back in early June.

That is, there are still a few days left.

Li Zhouzhou asked Wang Jianlin and his son to go back to the yard to have a good rest. They have been tossing around these days, so we can talk about anything in two days.

Wang Jian took Brother Lin back to their yard.

Brother Lin couldn't care less about eating and drinking, he wanted to take a bath first, and then hurriedly said, "Brother Wang Jian, my suitcase—"

"I know you're thinking about it, don't worry, I'll let the people below take it to our yard, and you can see it after you take a shower." Wang Jian waved his hand, "Hurry up, I've been talking about taking a bath for a long time on the way."

"I should wash it too, or it will stink."

Brother Lin laughed and went to wash obediently.

His box is a piece of satin given by the boss, as well as the materials, tapes, and embroidered handkerchiefs that he bought with money. , and Brother Wang Jian's...

Li Zhouzhou also took a hot bath, changed his clothes, and sat down to eat a hot meal.

Li Da sat aside and saw that Zhou Zhou came back safely, the creases on his face relaxed, and he talked about what happened when Zhou Zhou was not at home, no big things were small things, Fu Bao didn't like to go to school, and the father and son bickered every day , these days are much better...

Li Zhouzhou listened and told his father, "I'm afraid we will have to wait for the reply from the village."

"It's not urgent." Li Dao said: "Du Ju's grandson is weak, and it won't be cured in a short while. Let's ask Xiaotian on the way. It's not sure whether it will be used or not."

Since the last banquet, Li Da knew that Du Juren's grandson was weak and fell ill every time the weather changed, and it sounded like Xiaotian, so Li Da talked about Xiaotian.Du Juren asked how to cure it, but Li Tianran didn't know, and said that the Zheng family in Taiping Town saw it.

When Du Juren heard this, he had no choice but to give up, the journey was far away, and now that he was in Zhaozhou, it was naturally impossible for him to go there in person.

Li Da remembered, thinking about Zhou Zhou's trip to Tangzhou this time, and heard that the bodyguards had good luck, and they also had good luck in Wannan Prefecture, so he couldn't help but spend money on entrusting someone to deliver the letter, which happened to be two years since he left the village , Reminiscing about the old days is also a must.

When Li Zhouzhou brought the letter to Tangzhou, he handed the letter to Shunyun bodyguard. This is to send Tangzhou to Wannan instead of Zhaozhou to Wannan, and it will not cost too much money.

The father and son chatted some gossip, Li Da asked, Li Zhouzhou naturally said that the journey was all good and peaceful, nothing serious.Li Da knew that he couldn't ask anything, but fortunately Zhou Zhou had arrived home in full, so he didn't need to say anything else.

In the afternoon Li Zhouzhou said that he was going to pick up Fubao.

Li Dale said with a chuckle: "That's just right, I'll take a break, if Fubao comes back after seeing you, maybe he will be so happy."

Li Zhouzhou also laughed, he missed Fubao too.

Sitting in the school, Li Zhaoxi secretly looked at the sun outside, and the light and shadow fell on the tree pole outside the window, and couldn't help laughing, okay, school is almost over.

The master on the stage saw Li Zhaoxi, who was in the second row, was distracted to look outside every day at this time, and tapped the table with the ruler in his hand as a reminder.

Li Zhaoxi turned his head, showing a happy and obedient smile with his master.

Master: ... Let it go.

Anyway, you can't fight.

After less than a quarter of the lecture, a bell sounded outside. The master closed the book and said: "Tomorrow there will be a big character, and there is also the Three Character Classic taught today. If you can't recite it." Knock on the ruler.

Everyone present shrank their necks, obediently.

Li Zhaoxi was also happy, and answered, and when his master left, he quickly packed up his small schoolbag. He didn't have any pens, ink, papers and inkstones in it, and stuffed it in the hole of the table. There was a book stuffed in the small satchel, and he carried it on his body. Waved with other students and said: "Goodbye, see you tomorrow."

In two days, he will go to school to study!

Li Zhaoxi's words were like this. At first, sometimes the big guys couldn't understand, but it's been almost a month, and they understood everything they should understand. They all said goodbye and waved their hands.

Although they responded enthusiastically, no one said that they would go back to school together with Li Zhaoxi.

When you came to Shangguan School, the family members told you not to offend Li Zhaoxi, don't bully Li Zhaoxi, if Li Zhaoxi bullies you, then bear with it and hold on to it.

Who wouldn't know that this Li Zhaoxi is the only brother in Master Gu's family.

Naturally, he knows how to measure in his heart, and Shangguan has learned almost half a month. The big guy always answers Li Zhaoxi's questions, and responds everywhere, with enthusiasm and respect, but he can't act recklessly.

Li Zhaoxi is my elder brother.

It is natural to know the rules.Then no one would play around, otherwise if they started playing, if they didn't manage their hands and feet properly and offended Li Zhaoxi, they might as well sit down and read a book.

Nor can she be alone with Li Zhaoxi.This is all reminded by my mother at home.

Li Zhaoxi has long been used to it, and everyone will not go out of school with him, so he carried a small schoolbag and happily went out alone, and went back to play with Wang Wang!

There are carriages and horses lining up outside the official school.

Li Zhaoxi was No.1 and rushed out of the gate. When Li Zhouzhou met, he couldn't help thinking of his father saying that Fubao didn't like going to the official school, and he couldn't go to school every day. Now he saw how happy he was in the school. Same.

I am happy after school, I just want to go home and not go anywhere to play.

But Xianggong will not dawdle in school.

"Fubao." After Li Zhouzhou shouted, he felt that something was wrong, and changed his righteous name. Before the word Li came out, Fubao looked over at the sound, ran over happily, and plunged into his arms.

"Daddy!!!"

"Fufu misses Dad so much!!!"

Li Zhouzhou's heart softened, he stroked the child's hair, thinking about what else to call him, Fufu came out, and all the little classmates who came out after him heard it.

The author has something to say:

Li Zhouzhou wants to save face for the child.

Li Zhaoxi: Fufu don't want face!