Vicissitudes know Jinhua

Mu Zishi thought for a while: "I don't understand..."

Qi Shaochong slammed the table and said angrily: "What's wrong with this? The lives of fourteen civilians! Can the two states sit back and watch? Are they planning to cover up the sky with one hand? Qi Hefeng closed his eyes and heard it so much ?”

Mu Zishi covered the back of his hand and said: "That's it, you can imagine it. Could it be that a bandit leader can't think of it?" Seeing that Qi Shaochong's eyes became more and more angry, he asked in confusion, "Why are you staring at me so fiercely?"

Qi Shao said angrily: "You...you compare me with the bandit leader!"

Mu Zishi saw that his lacquered eyes were as bright as a rising star, and felt that this child was getting more and more awkward as he grew older, and he was cute even if he was not lovable, so he deliberately said: "I made a slip of the tongue, so I can't compare it." .”

After his expression turned pale, he changed the topic: "The bandit leader has nearly a thousand troops and occupies a land of hundreds of miles. He can fight against the fierce barbarians when he advances, and he can confront the government of two states when he retreats. What about you? You only have such a village. It was given by the fourth brother, only a brother like me..."

Suddenly leaning close to his ear, with a low voice, he chuckled and said, "It's still a fake."

Qi Shaochong only felt a warm and fresh breath piercing his internal organs from the ear holes, his whole body was itchy, and he couldn't help stretching out his hands to scratch his ears. Mu Zishi withdrew early, his voice was like a cool spring flowing through: "Do you want to continue the competition?"

After finishing talking, he turned to Wan Jing and said, "No matter how powerful Nanke Mountain is, it can't compete with the imperial court. This new leader has the confidence to do evil, so isn't he afraid that the Ministry of War will order to suppress him? Don't say anything else, if the emperor has a will , to move the troops from Yongliang to the nearest place, it only takes three thousand cavalry at most, and it will take ten days and a half months to flatten Nanke Mountain and then turn back."

Wan Jing didn't understand political affairs and military affairs, so he just said, "Zi Shi asked me this, it's embarrassing uncle."

Mu Zishi didn't really want to explain his doubts to him, so he said in a low voice: "It's not that...the soldiers come, bandits and stragglers go to reunite. They are familiar with the mountain shape, and it may not be easy to suppress. Qi and Feng probably don't dare to Use the Yongliang military department?"

After much deliberation, I couldn't figure it out, I couldn't help lowering my eyelashes and dazed, hating myself for being incompetent, only to hear Zhuxi's voice: "Father, Shao Chong Zishi, it's very cold, do you want a bowl of freshly stewed mutton bone soup? "

Seeing that she did not intrude without permission, Wan Jing couldn't help laughing and said: "This girl is careful."

Mu Zishi also laughed: "Come in Zhuxi, it's cold outside!"

Zhuxi treats Mu Zishi very kindly and tenderly, sometimes it makes him think of Bi Luo in a trance, that pretty and slender figure flickers in his mind, and he feels a slight pain in his heart, and there is a bit of sincerity in his perfunctory treatment of Zhuxi.

Zhuxi was as meticulous as a hair, and Mu Zishi's eyes fell on her, and she took reassurance that she would only wait for Huafa to marry Mu's wife in the next year.

After a box was filled with all kinds of pillowcases, belts, purses, fan covers, etc., before you knew it, the plum blossoms bloomed in the yard for two more times. When the March wind blew, the apricot blossoms fled in spring. Wan Jing and Mu Zishi But never mentioned the matter of marriage.

The plum blossom has arrived and the apricot marriage is indefinite. Zhuxi's stature has been fully grown, her black hair is piled up with clouds, her face is peachy, her cheeks are as fresh and juicy as a peach. She stood in a daze for a long time under a flowering tree, and suddenly raised her hand, Vigorously pinch off a branch of peach blossoms and stick it on the sideburns, with a flick of silver teeth, go straight to the front yard to look for money and cloves.

Wan Jing is an all-rounder in the way of doing business. Not only is his mind active and capable, but he has never let go of his practice for many years. He is proficient in retracting, writing, and calculating. People were dazzled, Qi Shaochong looked on in amazement and envy, Mu Zishi's eyes sparkled, but he said: "I'm still holding on to the plan, how about hard work... Uncle's hands are by no means achieved overnight."

Over the past few years, when Mu Zishi was free, Wan Jing let him observe and learn from the business dealings with Yuzhuang, and gradually let him take charge of the affairs. Mu Zishi didn't have much free time, except for reading and practicing calligraphy every day. He can't be beaten by thunder, and he has to drive with Qi Shaochong nearby to see the people's livelihood, but he follows Wan Jing for an hour or two every day, and within a year, everything is handled with care and fastening, as smooth and smooth as the arms and fingers.

Wan Jing was pleasantly surprised, and blurted out: "Zi Shi, even if you are just an ordinary person, you are still a dragon and a phoenix among people!"

Mu Zishi smiled and said: "Uncle, I'm just a little clever. It's really impressive for me to avoid rushing for two years." Looking at a freshly plucked green bamboo outside the window, he said in a low voice: "At first, I was a little worried about not rushing too much. It is difficult to refuse to accept fate, but I am afraid that he will be too resigned to his fate, and he will not recover after a setback. Unexpectedly, he is really like the fourth brother said, clumsy on the outside and bright on the inside, with a big heart and a temperament. , can gather people's hearts, and let Yu Zhuang's people willingly obey him and respect him... This is an amazing ability."

Wan Jing already favored Qi Shaochong, so he nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and asked, "By the way, why didn't Shaochong come with you today?"

Mu Zishi looked down at the account book, and said, "Isn't it because of Nanke Mountain? Several villages nearby invited some martial artists, and selected young and strong farmers to practice spears and sticks. Shao Chong also joined in the fun. He has a somewhat wild temper. ...I can't control it."

Wan Jing laughed and said: "It is a good thing to keep fit, and you should learn from him. You have grown a lot in the past two years, but you are very thin."

Mu Zishi dipped in the ink, wrote down a line of accounts in small script, and said casually: "The old man can only live for a few decades, and although the tortoise is quiet, he can still live for a hundred years or a thousand years!"

Wan Jing shook her head helplessly: "I can't say no to you."

The whole matter of Yuzhuang was in detail, and it was gradually transferred to Mu Zishi's hands, so everyone knew that this nephew and young man must be the future owner of the village.

Qian Dingxiang is like a shady plum, sour from the inside to the outside, and like a sunny pomegranate, full of fire from skin to flesh. Zhujia was forced to study and teach harshly all day long, but she had a bad temper in her chest. The mother and son were either arguing or scolding all day long. Zhujia avoided her more and more, and played everywhere.

Sad and disappointed, Qian Dingxiang inevitably treated Zhuxi a little better, and sometimes helped Zhuxi comb her hair, but she wiped her tears and said softly: "Daughter, mother has a hard life in this life, and I can only rely on you, my nephew Young Master is capable, Mother prays to the Bodhisattva every day, you can get this good marriage."

Zhuxi pinched a freshly picked fresh flower, the green juice was accidentally smeared all over her fingertips, and she looked back and smiled: "Thank you, mother, don't worry, my daughter married him, and she is still mother's own flesh and blood, how can I not think about everything for my mother and younger brother?" Woolen cloth?"

At this moment Zhuxi stepped into the room with one foot, but Qian Dingxiang was throwing the tea bowl, and there was a crisp clang of tinkling.

Zhuxi frowned slightly: "Your brother is mad at you again?"

Qian Dingxiang's chest was heaving and her temples were disheveled, and she spat hard: "It's not that little bastard! After studying for three years, I can't even recite a three-character scripture, but I know how to touch the butt of the girl next to me!"

Zhuxi couldn't listen to such vulgar words, and said bluntly: "Mother, my daughter has something to ask for."

Qian Dingxiang said impatiently: "I said, why would you come to me if you have nothing to do?"

Zhuxi was not worried, but just said to himself: "I'm seventeen years ago... Father promised to marry Zishi and me when I was older, but he has been so busy these days that he forgot about this important matter, and begged his mother to make the decision." Take me to the front hall to find my father, and ask about the day, what do you think?"

Qian Dingxiang was still angry, and said with a sneer: "I really don't accumulate virtue! Marrying a man, holding silver in his arms, is closer than his own mother, looking at me is like looking at the wall! Having a son is like a horse monkey. Going outside is like losing your soul, girl, for the sake of Zhang Xiaobai's face, you don't even want your own face, what am I doing alive!"

Just as he was scolding freely, seeing Zhuxi's head raised and his face covered with frost, he was shocked, his son was already unreliable, but he must not offend this thoughtful daughter, so he quickly stopped talking and straightened his clothes: "Let's go now!"

She walked like the wind, and went as soon as she said, which made Zhuxi stagger. When she reached the front hall, she heard voices from inside, but couldn't understand, so she rushed in: "Master! Zhuxi's marriage... "

Wan Jing was chatting and laughing with outsiders, and was displeased when he heard the words, and said: "There are no rules, don't you see any guests? Come down!"

Qian Dingxiang looked around, and sure enough, there were three or five strangers sitting and drinking tea, and hurriedly pushed Zhuxi: "You go back first..."

Zhuxi turned around and left quickly, but she sat down under Wan Jing by herself, as if she was a housewife accompanying the guests.

Wan Jing was furious in his heart, and it was inconvenient to show it in public, so he could only pretend to be amicable, and said: "This is Clumsy Jing, everyone is laughing at you."

One of the merchants was as thin as a sheep and scorpion and said with a smile: "Mrs. Zun is a fine and capable person at first glance. Brother Wan is very lucky."

After hearing this, Qian Dingxiang caught a glimpse of Mu Zishi not sitting down, but standing behind Wan Jing, she couldn't help being happy, and repeatedly asked the servants to bring some more snacks.

Wan Jing said: "In the past two years, the price of alkali has risen a lot, Brother Geshu also knows...I want to eat all the three thousand catties of goods, but I also have to look at the price, it's time for spring plowing, this village is up and down Come on, the place to spend money is not one or two places!"

Yang Xiezi is obviously a master accountant, and the young man who is smiling is the master of the house. He brushed off his cuffs in a gentle manner, but his voice was not gentle when he opened his mouth. Said: "The price is easy to talk about, Brother Wan can decide, but he won't give you a penny. Brother Shu Yepo just thinks it's to make friends and run away!"

The place where Mu Zishi was standing was a bit dark, and the people present couldn't see him clearly if they didn't pay attention, but he could really look at everyone.

The more I look at it now, the more I feel that these four merchants are not like ordinary people, one by one is stronger and stronger than the other, even though the sheep scorpion looks thin, his hands are thick and blue.

And that brother Shu Yepo is even more outstanding, such a talent can not be ignored in the Yongliang army. He is in his twenties, his complexion is pale and delicate, but his facial features are as sharp as knives and axes, and his eyebrows and eyes are more serious. Unexpectedly, Qi Wushang's demeanor was a little bit of Qi Wushang's in his bravery, and after listening to his conversation with Wan Jing, even if he talked with a smile, that smile concealed a faint murderous aura.

Feeling somewhat inexplicably flustered in his heart, Wan Jing smiled and said tentatively: "Brother Geshu, the road to Nankeshan is no longer feasible, after all, no one dares to raise their heads to earn the thousands of dollars. ... Cuiyuan left fourteen lives. The year before last, none of the merchants in Xiazhou survived, and last year it didn't stop. I can't count them one after another, but I don't know how your company got these three thousand catties good stuff?"

Ge Shu Yepo put down his teacup, and raised his hand carelessly: "To tell the truth, Brother Wan, my family has some friendship with Nanke Mountain, and that road cannot be followed by others. It doesn't matter if we go back and forth three or five times a day."

Qian Dingxiang's eyes lit up immediately, and she stared straight at Ge Shu Yepo.

Wan Jing lowered his head and meditated for a moment, all doubts disappeared, and he exchanged a glance with Mu Zishi, thinking that this man is so arrogant, it seems that there are nine out of ten he is a son of an official family, and he has a secret connection with Nanke Mountain. He smiled and said, "Understood! Mr. Ge Shu is extraordinary... Even so, I can't beat your price for three thousand catties of alkali. How about 600 taels of silver?"

If three thousand catties of soda ash were put aside, it would cost at most a hundred or so taels. Wan Jing offered this price, which is considered to be full of sincerity. At the same time, this transaction is not a loss, because it can be sold for 300 taels of silver when it is transported to the Central Plains. , It is a good thing for both.

Ge Shu Yepo was very straightforward: "Very good, brother Wan said 600 taels, then 600 taels!"

Wan Jing relaxed, looked at the sky, and said, "How about a light meal at the house, Mr. Ge Shu?"

Before Ge Shu Yepo could answer, Qian Dingxiang rushed to courteously and said: "It should be so! Mr. Ge Shu is drunk, and there are many living quarters in the backyard. I will order people to clean up the Songfeng Building first."

Ge Shu Yepo was not polite, and said with a smile: "Since Brother Wan is sincere, then we will not be disrespectful!"

As he spoke, he got up and cupped his hands, and said, "Brother Wan, please point to the house, and let me rest for a while."

Stretching as he said it was rude, but he didn't look rough when he did it, he just felt unrestrained and relaxed.

Seeing that he was bold and unrestrained, Wan Jing admired him a bit, and patted Mu Zishi on the shoulder: "Zishi, you accompany Mr. Ge Shu to Songfenglou?"

Mu Zishi hesitated for a while, before walking forward, although he is still thin and thin in recent years, he has grown very tall, comparable to Wan Jing.When he got close, he found that Ge Shu Yepo's figure was unusually tall, and he had to raise his head to meet his eyes.

When their eyes met, both of them were slightly taken aback.