Zhong Shi was taken aback when he heard this, and asked in a loud voice, "Is there such a thing?" After saying that, her face also sank, and she said coldly: "I'll just say, why did the good eldest brother want to change people, it turned out that people's minds have changed." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Zhong Jingren's expression at this time was a little emotional, and he sighed: "Little sister said it incisively. The human heart is indeed the most fickle. ”

Hearing this, Zhong also sighed, and didn't know what to say for a while.

The two of them were silent for a while, and Zhong Shifang said comfortingly: "Eldest brother, don't worry, since this person has been sent away, the loss is not too big, but don't pay attention to it." Speaking of which, I listened to Zhong Liang in a trance say that something happened to the brick kiln in Bingzhou, a few days ago/I was busy, so I didn't have time to listen to you in detail, now I want to ask the eldest brother, what happened to the pot kiln? ”

Huguan is located two hundred miles outside the city of Shangjing, belongs to the state, is a little-known small county, less than 2,000 households, the county only governs one city, is Huguan City. This city is only one or two days away from Shangjing, but it is far less prosperous than the neighboring counties of Shangjing, which can be called a barren place.

The brick kiln of the Qin family is located outside the city of Huguan, because the bricks fired are quite durable, it has always been called Huguan bricks.

Hearing Zhong's mention of Huguan, Zhong Jingren's face was a little dull. He raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, but he still couldn't erase the gloomy color between his eyebrows: "The number of bricks burned by Huguan kiln this year has decreased by two percent compared with last year." ”

Zhong raised his head suddenly, looked at him in surprise, and asked after a while, "How can there be so much less?" What happened? ”

Zhong Jingren's brows furrowed a little, and he said in a deep voice: "Somehow, the clay there is not as good as in previous years, and the number of bricks is also less. ”

Hearing this, Zhong suddenly became worried, and his fingers subconsciously twisted the thread on the linen, and said in a daze: "How is this good?" After speaking, he looked at Zhong Jingren again, and a trace of expectation welled up in his eyes: "Eldest brother, can there be a way to remedy it?" ”

Zhong Jingren has been running the Qinjia Kiln Factory for many years, and Zhong has great trust in him.

"There are ways, but it's difficult." Zhong Jingren's eyebrows were twisted into Sichuan characters, and his expression became more and more worried: "The master said that there is a small city three hundred miles away from Huguan, and there is good clay there. I sent Zhong Liang to see it, and it was true, but it was just ...... It is the boundary of the Du family. ”

"The Du family?" Zhong Shi muttered and repeated, and was immediately startled, looked at Zhong Jingren and asked, "Could it be...... Xiangyuan Dushi? ”

Zhong Jingren nodded, his eyes becoming heavier and heavier.

The Xiangyuan Du clan is also a member of the Chen Guo clan, although it cannot be compared with the crown clan like Xue and Huan, but it is not much worse. Du Xingjian, the head of the Du family, is in the prime of life, and now he is the general of Xiao Cavalry, known as "Du Xiao Cavalry", but he is a ruthless person, and it is said that he had a holiday with the Marquis of Han'an.

The Qin family is in Qingzhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Han'an County, so the Du family is already at odds with the Han'an township, how can they allow the Qin family to open a kiln factory at their doorstep?

The sorrow between Lin's eyebrows became thicker, and he said sadly: "Why is it his family?" In this way, wouldn't the brick kiln be unable? ”

Zhong Jingren has been worried about this for several days, and his face is full of helplessness when he hears the words: "So I said, it's difficult." After a pause, he said, "I have sent Zhong Liang to Yizhou to see if there is a suitable place there." ”

His words didn't make Zhong much easier, she was still frowning: "Even if you change sides, it's not easy, who knows if you will bump into that noble scholar again?" As she spoke, she sighed, sat down in the armchair next to the desk, motioned for Zhong Jingren to sit down, and poured him a cup of tea.

Zhong Jingren took a sip of the teacup and said wistfully: "Little sister is very right. Originally, the pot was closed and the kiln was opened, and it was because of the Xiao family's words that we took it down. Now the situation in this house is ......"

At this point he stopped speaking, and his face became more and more gloomy, and a few deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead.

Zhong was stunned, but he would have mistaken his intentions, so he smiled bitterly: "I understand the meaning of the eldest brother." It's just that the Xiao family is not very reliable, and it is not credible. Since her husband left, Mrs. Xiao has only been here once, and her attitude is very cold. Now that something has happened to his family's clan study, but the eldest brother also saw it, the Xiao family didn't want to come to us for help at all, and would rather stop the clan study than ask for help. If the husband was still alive, it would not have been like this. He sighed, helpless.

Zhong Jingren was stunned by what she said, but even though he understood what she meant, he shook his head and said, "I didn't mean that, my little sister was mistaken." To tell you the truth, I don't think the Xiao family is good, but my brother-in-law and Mrs. Tai insisted that they took the path of the Xiao family. According to my original intention, it would be best if the Qin family could not be attached to any clan, but it was just ......"

When he said this, he stopped, his expression was momentarily sad, and his voice gradually lowered: "...... It's just that this road is difficult to walk, our Zhong family ...... is a case in point. ”

At this point, a trace of melancholy finally welled up in his peaceful eyes, and he sighed and said no more.

The Zhong family was touched by his words, thinking back on the old things of the family, how many ambitions were consumed by this cold world, and the clansmen withered and the family was low. Thinking like this, she was also full of sorrow, and then sighed.

For a moment, neither of them spoke, but the cold north wind occasionally lifted a thick curtain and sent the cold winter into the room.

After being silent for a long time, Zhong Jingrenfang stood up, stretched his sleeves, and said angrily: "That's it, the past is over, why mention it again." As he spoke, he slowly walked to the door, lifted the curtain and looked out, then looked back at Zhong and smiled: "The plum blossoms here bloomed early, and there was a gust of wind, and I also smelled the plum fragrance, was the jade butterfly blooming last year?" ”

Seeing that he diverted the topic, Zhong knew that he didn't want to worry about himself, so he also cheered up and smiled: "Where is the jade butterfly, there is the bud over there." Saying that, she had walked to Zhong Jingren's side, stretched out her hand and pointed in another direction and said: "The one that blooms is pink and fragrant, it was only moved from Xidian Xiangting this year, Wu Niang said that it is Fu Fan, and it is the best to appreciate when it snows. ”

Zhong Jingren said "hmm", nodded his beard, and did not go out, but only stood by the door and watched from afar.

Zhong stood beside Zhong Jingren, looking at the Fu Fan from afar, suddenly remembered something, pondered for a while, and asked softly: "Since I talked about Wu Niang, I want to ask the eldest brother, why did you suddenly mention looking at paintings today?" ”

Zhong Jingren acted very steadily and never participated in the battle between the two courts of the Qin family. Because of this, although the Lin family was very defensive of the Zhong family, they did not have much ill feeling towards Zhong Jingren. And Mrs. Tai also admired his dignity and kindness, and entrusted the Qinjia Kiln Factory to him to take care of.

However, today he suddenly asked to see the painting, and he still saw the painting of the two ladies in the East Courtyard, and then he almost intervened in the dispute between the concubines, Zhong was very puzzled, so he took this opportunity to ask. (To be continued.) )