To Rule in a Turbulent World

When the men around heard this, they rushed over one after another. Qiao Jue immediately said, "Don't squeeze! Squeeze my young master carefully!"

Li Zhifeng was protecting You Miao, surrounded by a group of people, Qiao Jue brushed off his sleeves, and said calmly: "There are so many of you, I can't tell the truth for a while, so let's do it tomorrow. You go to Jiangbo Mountain Villa to see for yourself. From Yangzhou City, go out of the official road and go north. After Wulidian, take the fork road on the left, cross the river and go northwest. When you see Anlu Village, you can ask. 120 miles, I think Let's go."

"Master, will there be land to plant when we arrive?" Someone asked again.

Qiao Jue said, "Not necessarily. It depends on whether you are sick or not, and whether you are lazy or not. Let's talk about it when we come."

All the long-term workers dispersed with different thoughts, Qiao Jue said, "You don't want to choose a few maids?"

"Let's do that first." You Miao said with a smile, "I can't afford too much."

The first man surnamed Song squeezed over, nodded and said, "Master."

"I'm in need of a flower grower, let him come with me." You Miao offered.

Qiao Jue saw that You Miao liked the father and the two sons, so she nodded, took out a piece of silver, weighed it, put it in the man's hand, and said, "Go and pay the debt, don't just take the money and run away."

The one surnamed Song said with a smile: "Where can I go, thank you young master, thank you young master."

On the same day, Qiao Jue took You Miao and Li Zhifeng home. Yangzhou Shaoyuan Tea House was in the Fengweizhu alley. The voice was scolding the servant girl.

"You are so big when you are a mixed breed." Bai's voice was sharp: "You can't even serve water well, what to eat!"

Qiao Jue became impatient when she heard her sister-in-law scolding, but You Miao took his hand, smiled and waved to signal that it was over.The three of them went into the courtyard of Qiao's house, and saw Mrs. Bai sitting in the courtyard with disheveled hair washing her feet.

"Sister-in-law, where's the second brother?" Qiao Jue asked.

"Going out to drink." Bai's face was dark, and he said angrily, "What kind of person did you bring... yo, Miaozi!"

Bai's face changed into a smile, and You Miao said with a smile: "Second aunt."

"Your elder brother still talked about you when he came over years ago." Bai stood up and said with a smile, "Come here and have a seat."

You Miao hummed, but she couldn't go there with her sleeves in her hands. His mother and this second aunt had always been at odds with her sister-in-law, and Qiao Zhang was under the control of his wife, and he didn't even want to go home every day. I feel disturbed when I come in.The Qiao family had You Dechuan as help most of the time, and You Miao knew that her attitude towards You Han Ge must have changed now, and she didn't really want to get close to her, so she avoided it.

Qiao Jue went into the inner room to wash her face, and said, "Second brother isn't coming back for dinner?"

Bai said loudly: "I don't know him, he runs away all day long, as if he has lost his soul, and now he doesn't know where to listen to the opera..."

You Miao walked around the yard twice, and suddenly found that the yard has become smaller.

When Qiao Ke'er brought him back to her mother's house when he was a child, he and Qiao Jue would chase and fight in the yard. At that time, he thought the yard was very big and spacious, but why is it so small now?It's boring after a few steps.

The whole courtyard was also dark and oppressive. Qiao Jue was talking in the room, while You Miao jumped step by step, and asked again, "Where is my cousin?"

"Are you married? You're at home." Mrs. Bai casually took a bamboo stick and slapped the maid who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "I don't have time to run to my mother's house every now and then."

Qiao Jue said again: "Let's serve dinner, my nephew is hungry too."

Bai Shi got up to order the meal lukewarmly, Qiao Jue said: "You Miao is eating in my room, come, uncle will accompany you for a drink."

Dinner was delivered when the lights were on, but Qiao Zhang never came back. Qiao Jue had dinner with You Miao, and the shopkeeper in the tea house came to reconcile the account. Tomorrow, the door had to be opened for business. It would be impossible to go without asking for the account book, Qiao Jue had no choice but to put the chopsticks away, and told You Miao to eat and drink well, and go to reconcile the account with the shopkeeper.

Li Zhifeng and You Miao sat and ate. On the table was a plate of pig ears, a plate of hand-shredded rabbit meat, two cold dishes, fried duck with ginger, steamed live fish, and fried bacon with garlic sprouts. They were indeed worse than those eaten in Shenyuan. .

You Miao ate the rice. He was never used to cooking at his uncle's house. The steamed rice was hard and there was little water. He said casually, "I don't even have a steamed egg custard."

"Go back and steam it for you." Li Zhifeng said.

"The food is so hard, it chokes to death." You Miao complained.

Li Zhifeng smiled, he ate three big bowls by himself, but when he went to eat, there was nothing in the bucket. The voice was arguing with Qiao Jue.They were still arguing in front of the shopkeeper of the tea house, presumably Qiao Jue had said something.

"There are no tea seedlings. With your second brother's virtue, who do you ask to go..."

"That's not the case, Second Sister-in-law, this is what Miaozi wants to plant..."

"Nephew, nephew, I don't care about my family's affairs all day long, just run to other people's house..."

"Is there anything else I can do at home?"

Bai's voice was sharp, and she couldn't stop piercing into her ears through the wall. You Miao said: "That woman always suspects that my mother took a lot of dowry back then and left."

"Hmm." Li Zhifeng said while eating, "Dowry."

"Who is in charge of the family now? I can't even speak a word!"

With Qiao Jue's roar, Bai Shi finally calmed down, followed by the sound of the door slamming, and the outside fell silent.

After a while, someone passed by outside again. You Miao looked around, and saw a woman stop in front of the porch outside the door, and said, "Yeah, Miaozi?"

That woman is Qiao Zhang's concubine. You Miao used to call her Aunt Sha. She called someone, but she couldn't get up. Mrs. Sha looked at Li Zhifeng, smiled charmingly, and said, "Why are you free to come here today? This little brother Who is it again?"

Li Zhifeng glanced at him, You Miao poked his handsome face with chopsticks and said, "Don't look at her."

After Mrs. Sha left, Qiao Jue came back with a stinky face after a long time. She sat down and saw that she had run out of food, and shouted, "Hong Ming!"

The boy came over with the rice bucket to fill the rice, and came back after a while and said, "Fourth Lord, the rice is gone."

Qiao Jue couldn't even speak. Li Zhifeng ate less than half a bowl and gave way to Qiao Jue. Qiao Jue said angrily, "Eat yours!"

You Miao laughed and slapped her thigh, Qiao Jue sighed and shook her head helplessly.

You Miao asked: "For the matter of the tea seedlings, let's forget the trouble first. I will talk to my second uncle another day."

Qiao Jue knew that You Miao had heard it, so she didn't hide it from him, and said, "If it's against her, I don't care about everything. What can a little tea seedling do? No one grows it. You ignore it. Tonight, I will take care of it myself." Go to the tea house, I can't stay here any longer."

Qiao Jue hurriedly ate some food, changed clothes and went out. You Miao acted as if she was at home, occupied Qiao Jue's bed, and asked Li Zhifeng to come up. With Li Zhifeng in his arms again, You Miao said comfortably, "Uncle's bed is comfortable."

Li Zhifeng hummed, kissed You Miao, and fell asleep overnight. At four o'clock, Qiao Jue came back. Seeing that the two of them occupied his bed, he leaned on the chair and fell asleep for a while. At dawn, Qiao Jue He woke them up and said, "Get up."

You Miao was sleepy, didn't wash her face, went out in a daze and got into the carriage. Li Zhifeng didn't know where to go, and You Miao slept all the way in Qiao Jue's arms. Several people have arrived.Qiao Jue went to order the boatman, and asked the docker to load the cargo. Li Zhifeng escorted the cart over, and the six thousand catties of iron ingots went onto the boat first, and the boat was half full of water.

"Eat." Li Zhifeng pulled over a small table, gave You Miao hot fried dough sticks wrapped in oil paper, and then turned to buy a bowl of soy milk from a small shop by the river.

After You Miao had breakfast, Li Zhifeng gave out steamed buns to a few new servants who were squatting by the river.

Li Zhifeng: "What's your name?"

"Cheng Guangwu." The tall and thin boy took the steamed bun and replied.

"I remember you two." You Miao said to the twins, "Mu Yan, Mu Feng."

The two twins took the steamed buns from Li Zhifeng without saying a word.

Another two families waited for a long time with their families. One of the men said, "Master, give the child something to eat."

"All of them." Li Zhifeng handed out steamed buns with white noodles one by one. They were recruited by Qiao Jue. One family's surname was Niu, and the other family's surname was Qian.The family surnamed Niu has a man and a woman with a daughter, and the family surnamed Qian has a widowed mother with two and a half sons.

As the sky gradually brightened, Qiao Jue ate some fried dough sticks and handed them to the child. You Miao said, "Let's go, uncle, what are you waiting for?"

Qiao Jue's face was cloudy, and he didn't speak. It was obvious that he was so angry last night. You Miao went over to rub him shamelessly and acted like a baby.

When the fog in the river cleared, four carts arrived. The carts were filled with three-foot-tall tea tree saplings, and the roots were wrapped in sackcloth. You Miao exclaimed happily. I brought all my belongings here, Miaozi, I will rely on you more in the future."

You Miao said with a smile: "In the future, if I have a mouthful of food, I will have a mouthful of food for you. Let's go."

Five thousand tea trees were loaded into the boat, and several people went aboard. The big boat sailed all the way to Jiangbo Mountain Villa.