Man and wife counterattack

After eating, I came to an inn before dark. This inn is where the people of the Mu Mansion often rest when they travel between Fenghuanghai City and Wutong Town. The innkeeper knows many people from the Mu Mansion and personally Come out and say hello.

Grandmother Mu was in poor spirits, and Miao personally helped her up to the second floor of the inn.

Mrs. Miao turned around and told Grandma Liu to go to the kitchen to prepare some hot water for soaking feet, as well as hot soup and porridge.

Grandma Liu rushed into the kitchen with a few maids.

Mu Dan went to ask Master Mu which route to take tomorrow.

Mu Zirui had been locked up in the ancestral hall for a short period of time for self-reflection. He lost a lot of weight and was not in good spirits. He quickly walked into his own room with the hand stove in his hand.

The wine rack on the first floor of Mu Liu's picky inn dangled in front of the wine rack. He was exhausted after a long day's journey, but he didn't bring any wine when he came out, so he could only come to drink the second wine in the inn.

It was the first time for Mr. Mu's aunts to travel far away. They were motion sick and loved to be clean. They disliked the inn room very much. They made a fuss for a long time, and the maids tried to persuade and coax them anxiously.

Mu Jue accompanied You Xuan to repair the abacus on the carriage - the abacus was brought out by You Xuan, and it was intended to settle accounts on the road, but when the carriage was going downhill just now, the abacus was not stable on the table and fell down first , flew out of the carriage again.

When Zhizhi and Fangzhuo hurried to pick it up, the abacus was already broken.

You Xuan tossed and tossed for a long time, but couldn't fix it, "...I knew I should bring an extra abacus."

Mu Jue took it over and looked at it, "What do you want to figure out, let me figure it out for you."

You Xuan shook his head and said, "It's nothing, I just planned to see what kind of business I can do after I arrive in Lengzhou with the money in my hand. It's not enough to open a restaurant, but the cost of opening a shop to sell jewelry and clothes , I don't have enough money..." He said a lot, then paused, and said in frustration: "Forget it, let's talk about it after I think it over."

But Mu Jue thought of something, reached out to open a dark cabinet, and there was a money bag in the cabinet, which he put away casually in the morning, "This is the money I earned from writing articles and scripts these days."

You Xuan curiously opened it and saw that there were 50 taels of silver notes and seven taels of silver ingots.

57 taels of silver, a lot.

It's only been less than a month.

You Xuan collected the money, "Let's eat porridge later. After staying in the carriage all day, my mind is dizzy. Drink some porridge to feel better."

Mu Jue hummed and got out of the carriage first.

The two walked into the inn side by side. They lived in the fifth room on the second floor.

The smell of wine came from the room on the left, and the rooms on the right were still noisy changing bedding, cleaning the table and sweeping the floor. The kitchen was also crowded with a bunch of people, including the cooks from the Mu Mansion and the inn.

Zhizhi came in with the spare rib porridge that had just been cooked in the kitchen. There was no cooking, only a plate of pickles pickled by the inn cook.

You Xuan sipped the porridge, "How about the house your Mu family bought in Phoenix Sea City? Can you live in it?"

Mu Jue is aware of the situation, but he has never been there, "The Mu Mansion in Phoenix Sea City is also in the east of the city, and there are rich businessmen living nearby. , is the busiest place in the entire Phoenix Sea City."

"Most of Mu's shops in Phoenix Sea City are also in the north of the city." Mu House paused for a moment before continuing, "The most famous thing in Phoenix Sea City, apart from seafood, is jewelry."

"I've heard before that most of Mu's shops in Phoenix Sea City these years sell jewelry." After You Xuan finished eating, he served another bowl of pork rib porridge. There was a lot of pork ribs in this porridge, but the meat quality was not good. Well, it's very firewood, but the porridge is delicious, fragrant and glutinous, and the aroma of the pork ribs has penetrated into the rice porridge.

Mu Jue hummed, "Most of these shops are managed by the Miao family."

You Xuan was taken aback, "This...really? What about your father?"

After Mu Jue nodded, he said, "My father is not good at business. Although the Miao family is a woman, she is a genius in business. After the grandfather passed away, the Mu family's business in Phoenix Sea City could not be supported by my father. It was all arranged by the Miao family. Haicheng is too far away from Wutong Town, so she can't take care of the big and small things in Mu's Mansion in Wutong Town, so the housekeeping power is handed over to Feng's concubine."

However, not many people know about this.

After all, the Mu family loves face, and Master Mu also loves face.

It is impossible for the Mu Mansion and Master Mu to let outsiders know that the business of the Mu Manor is supported by Mrs. Mu and the Miao family, and Master Mu is like a waste.

Therefore, no matter the people from Wutong Town or Fenghuanghai City, they all thought that the Miao family did not return to the Mu Mansion in Wutong Town often, and even gave up the housekeeping rights to a concubine because they wanted to accompany Master Mu to do business in Fenghuanghai City.

No outsider knew that the Mu family's business in Phoenix Sea City was supported by the Miao family.

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Continue on your way the next day.

The wind and snow on the road became smaller, You Xuan opened the thick curtain hanging on the car window a little, looked out at the scenery, then turned back and pulled Mu Jue's arm, "Come and see, in such a cold day, there seem to be two A black dog."

Mu Jue said, "Hound."

As soon as the words fell, a young man wearing a thick cotton coat sprang out from behind the hunting dog. A small piece of animal skin was embroidered on the man's cotton coat, not to keep warm, but to show off that he had hit of prey.

The man was still holding a self-made longbow in his hand. There were no more arrows in the quiver and no other prey. He stood beside the two hounds and did not leave. He watched one after another not far away. Although they were separated by a carriage, the servants and nurses who followed the carriage in an orderly manner seemed to be a little surprised and faintly envious on his face.

Suddenly, a silver ingot was thrown out of a carriage, and it was thrown in the direction of the hound, but it hit a tree next to it, causing countless snowflakes to fall.

The two hounds were also startled, barking lowly while staring at the carriage vigilantly and restlessly.

In the carriage, Mu Zirui picked up another silver ingot, lifted the curtain, and threw it in the direction of the hound with a half-smile, but still missed the hound and was dodged, curling his lips in disappointment.

The hound was stepped on the bottom line and kept barking.

The man's expression also changed slightly.

Then he opened his mouth and cursed in dialect.

A kid from a rich family, an ordinary hunter like him cannot afford to offend him.

The man whistled, turned around and left with the two hounds without looking back.

Mu Zirui pouted, "Boring."

As soon as he finished speaking, his carriage shook violently, as if it had been hit by something, Mu Zirui's face turned black, "Go down and have a look."

His entourage hurriedly got out of the carriage to look, and after a while they picked up a broken abacus, "Master Ninth, it's an abacus."

Mu Zirui leaned out of the car window resentfully, and threw the abacus into the carriage behind, but missed, the driver drove the carriage, avoiding the abacus on the ground.

Mu Zirui spat, and returned to the carriage with a sullen expression on his face.

He has a grudge in his heart.

In the carriage behind, You Xuan leaned against the carriage with a displeased face, "He really owes a hand."

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The fourth day on the road.

Staying in the carriage all day, there is always a kind of day and night confusion, You Xuan suffered from insomnia and didn't sleep well last night, even Mu Jue didn't sleep well because he was tired.

After breakfast, You Xuan covered himself with fox fur, and leaned on Mu Jue's shoulder reluctantly to take a nap and sleep.

Mu Jue put away the books he had read for a few days, and closed his eyes tiredly.

On the fifth day of the journey.

Xue Tian went the wrong way, took a big circle around, and when he passed the gate of a strange village, Mu Dan and the stewards who often traveled between Fenghuanghai City and Wutong Town realized that they had gone the wrong way. If he left, he might not be able to reach the nearest inn until early in the morning, so he simply paid for it and rented a house with the villagers for a temporary rest.

The ingredients for dinner are also bought from the villagers.

There are many cars, horses, and people in Mu's house. It looks like it is extremely rich. A few greedy villagers opened their mouths. Two bags of flour cost five taels of silver, five skewers of bacon and peppers, and half a basket of sweet potatoes. He asked for another five taels of silver, and ten Chinese cabbages dared to ask for two taels of silver.

Master Mu dismissed it and asked the housekeeper to pay.

This incident did not alarm Grandma Mu.

Most people in the Mu Mansion didn't know that the villagers opened their mouths like lions.

In the room, You Xuan propped his head up, watching Mu Jue write.

Mu Jue raised his eyes, "Help me grind ink."

You Xuan sighed, and stretched out his hand to help him grind ink. He is not very good at hand, and Mu Jue doesn't dislike him. The two get along perfectly and complement each other.

It was a little quiet, and You Xuan had nothing to say, "I did the math last night, and the sum of your money and mine is now about 300 taels."

Mu Jue picked up a piece of rice paper full of words, put it aside first, and continued to write, "Yes."

"It's not too much money." You Xuan felt a little emotional, "A while ago we were worried about how many taels of silver. I didn't expect at that time that you could still write story books..."

Mu Jue was stunned, and after a moment of silence, he got up and went to visit Xuan personally.

"..."

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On the afternoon of the seventh day, everyone in the Mu Mansion finally arrived at Phoenix Sea City.

You Xuan leaned on Mu Jue's shoulder to take a nap, his lips were slightly swollen, his eyes were a little red, and he looked sleepy: "It's so lively outside."

Mu Jue turned his head to look at him, and said in a low voice, "This is the most lively place in the north of the city, Phoenix Sea City."

You Xuan asked him to open the car curtain, "I want to see."

Mu Jue worked hard, "Put on a fox fur and see."

You Xuan made a sound, and went out to look at it. It was bustling and noisy. There were many shops on the street, the place was also big, and there were many people coming and going.

Half an hour later, the carriage finally stopped at the gate of Mu Mansion.

Mu Jue got out of the carriage first, followed by You Xuan.

——Mu Mansion is located in the east of Fenghuanghai City, the surrounding area outside the mansion is quiet, there are no traders coming and going, most of them are carriages and sedan chairs passing by, or servants who come out to buy, pulling ox carts and carriages.

Grandma Liu helped Grandmother Mu get off the carriage, Grandmother Mu looked at the gate of the Mu Mansion, she kept nodding, with tears in her eyes, "I haven't been here for ten years, and the Mu Mansion is really getting better and better in Phoenix Sea City. "

She continued, "My son, Mu Shuo, is the pride of the entire Mu family."