To Rule in a Turbulent World

The two of them went out of the gate, and there was a plaque hanging on the door. Behind the plaque, a swallow flew in.You Miao said happily: "This is a good sign!"

Li Zhifeng said, "Take it off and wash it?"

You Miao said: "Don't! Don't disturb the swallow."

It is a good omen to have a swallow's nest under the eaves. Although You Miao does not believe in ghosts and gods, he is familiar with these folklore. He is now very confident in the future of Jiangbo Villa. Besides, if his guess is correct, it may still be a historic site .

Li Zhifeng ran up the wall, jumped in two steps, stood on the stone lion, tapped the plaque on the door lightly with his fingers, and a thick layer of dust fell.You Miao went in to find the ladder, and the two of them worked together to set up the ladder. You Miao found another rag and climbed up with hands and feet. Li Zhifeng hugged him behind him.

You Miao carefully wiped off the dust on the plaque, and two large characters appeared: Shen Yuan.

You Miao: "..."

The big Liujin characters have faded away, You Miao shook her head and sighed: "It's actually here..."

"Where is it?" Li Zhifeng came down with You Miao in his arms, and the two stood still, looking at the plaque above their heads.

Yanzi poked her head out from behind the plaque and stared at them curiously. You Miao said, "This is the former residence of a great writer among us Han people... No wonder my mother wants to buy it."

Li Zhifeng hummed and said, "Can it be repaired?"

You Miao smiled and said, "Shen Garden is mine now, of course."

He and Li Zhifeng stood at the gate of the villa for a while, looking at the blue sky, You Miao said: "Ride your horse to Anlu Town now. Buy some rice, some noodles, and some oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. By the way Go to the market to inquire, see if there are any workers, and hire a few small workers, we will cover food and lodging here."

You Miao went in and took ten taels of silver and the letter he wrote to Zhao Chao and Li Yan in the capital, and ordered: "Save some money, and then take these two letters to the post station, and ask the messenger to deliver them to the capital. come back earlier."

Li Zhifeng said: "I still have it here." He took out a small money bag, which was the 20 taels of silver that You Miao gave him when he sent him away, and Li Zhifeng still kept it.

You Miao was elated when she saw it, and said, "Good job, let's go."

Li Zhifeng got on his horse and rode off.

Silver cannot be spent indiscriminately now, one tael of gold is exchanged for 30 taels of silver, and one tael of silver is exchanged for a dime.A sling of money can do many things. A catty of rice costs only 25 Wen, and a chicken costs only 100 Wen.In the past, You Miao was not in charge of the family and didn't know how to spend money on rice and rice. Now in total, the [-] taels of silver that his father gave him is enough for him to live in Shenyuan for five or ten years.

But this is not enough, he kept thinking about how to use this capital to earn more, the first thing to do is to repair the house first.Of course, the house cannot be dismantled and altered casually. As soon as You Miao saw the word Shen Yuan, she knew that every plant, tree, rockery and stone chair here had a very old history, and there might be many antiques, so she rashly threw them away. That's the real waste.

You Miao was walking around the yard. The Shen Garden is really big enough. His legs were sore from walking and the walls were still around. After walking a full cup of tea, he arrived at the backyard and pulled out another horse from the stable. Get on the horse and drive towards the plain.

The four tenants live in their own things. You Miao planned to find a few people to help clean up. At noon, there was faint smoke from the houses in the distance. You Miao stopped outside a family and asked, "Where is this place?" whose home?"

"Master!" Li Zhuang rushed out to greet him.

You Miao said, "Are you free?"

When Li Zhuang's family was slack in the fields, Li Zhuang had just arrived home and had a sip of water. He thought he was discussing the future with his wife. Hearing that You Miao came to find someone, he greeted him hurriedly and said, "Yes, what do you want the young master to do?"

You Miao noticed the family on the opposite side again, and said, "Who lives on the other side of the road?"

Li Zhuang smiled and said, "That boy Zhang Er."

You Miao shouted again: "Zhang Er!"

In the yard across the road, Zhang Er answered from a distance, and You Miao said, "If you two are not busy, come to the villa. I have something to say."

You Miao left this sentence and rode back. After all, the carriage was still thrown in the Shen Garden, and the money was also on it.

Looking at Shen Garden from the outside, it feels even more dilapidated. However, the new home bathed in the sun does not appear to be half sad. Instead, it has a kind of vitality that is thriving in the ruins, as if something is thriving under the ruins. Growth, so lush that it is about to break through the ruins, and stand upright.

You Miao tied the horse to the weedy place under the tree outside the door and let it graze by itself. He took off his half-length coat, the sleeves were tied in a knot at the waist, and fell loosely to the waist and crotch. He went to unload the things on the carriage. down.

The most important thing in the family is your own money, and the remaining 100 taels of silver should be taken away by tens of millions. You Miao carried the money box into the bedroom of the main room, and the screen fell down shockingly, and the bedding had rotted into flocs.

You Miao looked around, and there was actually a red lacquered box in the corner. He pushed it hard, but couldn't move it. When he looked at the ground, he found that it seemed to be cast directly on the ground.

It was not locked, so You Miao opened it and looked inside. There were only a few volumes of calligraphy and paintings inside, and there was still room inside the box, three feet into the ground. You Miao understood that when the house was built, half of it was buried in the ground. The masonry is fixed.

This is just right, to prevent it from being stolen, and to put some valuables in it.

You Miao took out the contents with difficulty, put the money pouch that Youhango gave him into the cash box, put it together with the 100 taels of silver, and put the small cash box into the big copper box together.He went to the car to get a lock and put it in the big copper box, and locked it firmly with a click.

Two keys, one for himself and the other for Li Zhifeng.

In the future, I have to raise a dog that only guards the home, You Miao thought to herself, if she knew that she would let Li Zhifeng go out and buy a dog back.

"Master—" Li Zhuang's voice shouted from outside.

"Come in." You Miao patted the ashes on her body, and went out, "Help me carry the boxes on the car in."

Li Zhuang and Zhang Er came, Zhang Er looked around, seemed a little surprised, and said, "Young master is staying here now?"

You Miao knew that they all found it incredible, and it was true.According to ordinary people's thinking, this pampered young master might only stay for one night, and then hurriedly packed his things and went back to Biyu Villa.

"I can't help it." You Miao smiled and took them to unload the belongings on the car, and said, "Father does not love mother or mother, and a brother comes to the house, so naturally I will lose my share of the family wealth."

The two looked at each other and took You Miao's box. You Miao didn't shy away from them, but instead asked, "Have you heard about this?"

"I heard about it." Zhang Er replied.

Li Zhuang gestured to Zhang Er with his eyes, and the two helped You Miao carry the box into the house.

You Miao added: "You have to rely on yourself for everything."

Li Zhuang said with a smile: "The brother who follows the young master, I think he is a real person."

"Yeah, it's a good thing we have him." You Miao went back to the main room, opened the windows one by one, the sun shone in from both sides, and the main room became much brighter, and the furniture covered with a thick layer of dust was no longer there. It looked gloomy and decadent.

"No one has stolen the furniture?" You Miao was surprised.

Li Zhuang replied with a smile: "Who would go to Shen Yuan to steal things?"

You Miao said: "The house is not closed at night, and there is no pick-up on the road? Come, throw away all the rotten wood."

You Miao likes the bed in the master bedroom very much. A big bed alone is worth a lot of money. Although the hollow carvings outside the bed have faded paint, they can be restored to their original appearance as long as they are repainted. The light is transparent, and the mosquito nets hanging are already torn, but as long as the nets are replaced and the quilts are spread out, it will become a small world of its own.