The weather was gloomy, the black clouds hung low, and the heavens and the earth seemed to have turned gray and black, even the brightly colored trees and flowers of the past seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and the listlessness had lost its bright color.

The slightest line of rain fell to the ground, splashing water flowers, the ground splashed because of the rain, it seemed to be also wrapped in a layer of fog, everywhere was damp, wet people were uncomfortable, looking forward to the sudden sunshine, looking forward to the bright sun.

It's cold and humid outside, and when I return to the house, the quilt seems to have been fished out of the water without a trace of dryness.

Mrs. Xu looked at the sky outside, the rosary in her hand couldn't help flying, praying to God and Buddha in the hope of letting go quickly, but the more she hoped so much, the more she couldn't make her wish on this day, and the rain was heavier for a while.

"Ma'am, ma'am." Behind her, an old lady whispered: "The shopkeeper Tong has already said twice, and the He family is urging to take the cloth, saying that if you can't take it out, you will compensate according to the note." ”

"It's just a businessman, what are you afraid of." Mrs. Xu said coldly: "Take the master's post to the yamen to inform him, don't pay attention to the He family, forgive him and he can't turn the sky, such a heavy rain, you can't walk on land, and you don't dare to sail in the water, how can the cloth be transported for a while, if they come to make trouble again, they will naturally give it to them." ”

The old lady went out and gave an order, and when she came back, her face was still a little worried, and Mrs. Xu glanced at her: "What are you worried about, the official word is two-mouthed, what we say, what can the He family do if they are rich, his family is a businessman, our family is a scholar, and he is born to be low for us." ”

"Yes." The old lady said this. But I thought in my heart that the He family was different, although the He family was a businessman, but now there is still an old aunt and wife of his family in the palace, that is an old concubine, since the time of Gaozong, she has been in the palace since the first emperor was a child, this old concubine He also secretly gave the first emperor food, clothing and medicinal materials, which is considered to be kind to the first emperor, and now there is only one old concubine left in the palace, that is, the queen mother and the official family respect her very much. How can this He family be compared with ordinary merchants.

Again. Earlier, when His Majesty used troops in the northwest, the He family contributed money and efforts, and His Majesty had rewarded others, and such people were petty officials and had to stammer, is it good or bad for Mrs. to get power over such people?

Mrs. Xu also knew what the old lady thought. laughed and said, "It's just an old lady." When Gaozong was not favored. She is afraid that she is old and confused now, and besides, the queen mother and the official family are just a face-saving matter for her. Why should we be afraid of them? ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Xu sighed: "How can I want to offend people, it's not all this rain is too bad time, otherwise we will have nothing to do if we hand over the cloth according to the agreement, and now the He family just doesn't follow, where do we get the money to compensate each other, that's more than 5,000 taels of silver." ”

The old lady thinks about it, even if she can't afford to lose, then she will let it out, and the He family will not dare to do anything with them.

Yan Chenyi stood under the porch and watched the raindrops fall from the eaves, stringing them like beads falling on a jade plate, only to feel joy in his heart, and the corners of his lips were hooked with a smile.

I don't know when Chen Yun came over, stood beside Chen Yi and said: "Chen Xun, this kid still has two hits, no, the weather is very accurate, saying that there will be heavy rain in the past two days, and it is still rainy weather, no, it will rain." ”

Chen Yi smiled: "Now we don't have to worry, if we want to come to the Xu family to worry about something, I just hope that Mrs. Xu won't have a white head overnight." ”

Chen Yun also smiled: "Now they are in a dilemma, they are in a dilemma, they are playing tricks but offending the He family, and they have to pay so much silver, with the Xu family's background, I am afraid that it will be hollowed out, Mrs. Xu must be distressed, I am afraid that it will not be like that, only to carry it to the end with the He family, but she never thought that there is also our operation, and when it comes to the lawsuit with the He family, I am afraid that the famous Master Xu has the heart to eat Mrs. Xu." ”

When the two brothers said this, they looked at each other and smiled, Chen Xun also walked over with a fan, set up a fan to look at the sky, and sighed for a long time: "It's a pity that this rain can't fall for a few more days, and it will be sunny at noon tomorrow." ”

"Divine stick." The two brothers gestured towards Chen Xun, and Chen Xun smiled leisurely: "How about the magic stick?" I am self-defeating, and you have no control over me. ”

It is indeed as Chen Xun said, the sky cleared at noon on the second day, and the sun showed a smiling face with people.

Others may have a smiling face, but everyone in the Xu family is full of sadness, and the reason is that the He family sued them.

At the beginning, the Xu family and the He family made a note, saying that they would hand over 700 pieces of Songjiang cloth to the He family at the turn of a month, and if they could not hand it over on time, they would have to pay double the compensation.

And now the Xu family has to pay the bill because of the heavy rain for many days and cannot deliver the goods on time, so they asked the people of the Yamen to tell the He family to stop a little, if it is any more noisy, the Yamen will see you, originally Mrs. Xu thought that the He family was a businessman, if she really wanted to fight a lawsuit with them, she would definitely be afraid, how did she know that the He family was not afraid at all, and it didn't take long for the Xu family to sue the Shuntian Mansion.

It stands to reason that the official position of the master of the He family is much higher than that of the prefect of Shuntian Mansion, and if it is usually Shuntian Mansion, he may not be able to take over the situation of the He family, but at the beginning of this year, Shuntian Mansion Yin was transferred to the place, and the newly replaced Shuntian Mansion Yin is the most upright, and he is very upright in addition to being upright.

This Shuntian Mansion Yin can also be regarded as a member of the royal family, marrying the daughter of the King of Jiangyang, the county lord of Huirong, needless to say, the single popularity is excellent in the royal family, and he is good friends with Princess Yongning, Shuntian Mansion Yin is the county horse, so why be afraid of the little Xu family.

After receiving the case, Yin of Shuntian Mansion immediately sent someone to pass the wife of the Xu family to the yamen, and the case was immediately broken.

In this case, the human and material evidence are naturally tight, so he sentenced Mrs. Xu to compensate the He family twice the silver within three days, and if she could not pay the compensation on time, she would close the Xu family's Zhuangzi shop and sell it to the He family for money.

Mrs. Xu was shocked when she heard this, and made a big fuss in Shuntianfu, almost making Shuntianfu Yin angry, seeing her so sloppy, Shuntianfu Yin was not merciful at the moment, and directly called a few female servants to pull her and was about to be punished, so Mrs. Xu was afraid and agreed to pay the He family's money.

Coming out of Shuntian Mansion, Mrs. Xu went back with a white face, only thinking about which Zhuangzi shop to sell to make enough money, and didn't want Master Xu to come back at this time, and the door began to quarrel with Mrs. Xu for a while, disgusted Mrs. Xu only drilled into the eyes of money, covered in copper smell, and didn't care about anything in order to make money, and also took his seal and signed a note, so that he lost face.

Mrs. Xu was even more aggrieved, regardless of the quarrel, only said that if it weren't for the fact that all the people in this house had been drinking the northwest wind all these years, and pointed to Master Xu's nose and scolded, only saying that if he thought he was stinking copper, he wouldn't spend his own money in the future.

Mrs. Xu let go of it, and all the anger that had been stuffed in her heart for so many years came out, and after scolding, she said that she was sick and bedridden, and she didn't take care of family affairs.

In this way, he subdued Master Xu in less than a day, obediently made amends to her, and discussed with her how to pay the money.

And Master Xu also said that the palace knew about it, and it was about He Fugui who found the old lady in the palace, and the old lady was about to enter the ground, and she went to see the queen mother and the official family, and only called her to be the master.

The official family remembered that the old concubine had been lonely all her life, and she had helped the first emperor before, so she responded to it, and only said that she would definitely watch the Xu family pay the He family money.

That is to say, where does the Xu family dare to have the slightest crooked mind, they can only obediently sell the real estate and acres.

Speaking of which, the Xu family has also done a few transactions over the years, and they have made money every year, but in the end, the foundation is still too thin, and it is good to earn enough money every year, and they can't save much silver, and now they are asked to take out more than 5,000 taels of silver at once, where can they make up, and they can only sell a shop and a Zhuangzi.

Because of the urgency of selling, naturally some people took advantage of the fire to rob and pushed down the price of the Zhuangzi shop a lot, and the Xu family was in a hurry to use the money and reluctantly sold it.

Three days later, the Xu family still lost the silver, He Fugui got the silver and smiled proudly, and the silver ticket in his hand was almost thrown into the face of Master Xu: "I still want to fight with Lao Tzu and do your mother's spring and autumn dream." ”

The straightforward Master Xu trembled all over.

The Xu family is depressed, the He family is happy, and there is another family that is also very happy.

That is Yan Chenyun, and it is naturally him who bought the Xu family's Zhuangzi shop at a low price.

The Xu family's shop is not bad, Yan Chenyun plans to use it to open a foreign goods shop, and his own fleet goes to the sea, and many foreign goods transported must have a place to sell it, and it is very cost-effective to open a foreign goods shop.

Another Zhuangzi, Yan Chenyun, planned to use it to grow fruit trees and raise ducks.

When it was cold in winter, Yan Chenyun had heard Li Luan'er talk about what down jackets, Yan Chenyun was puzzled and asked, and he had that plan when he learned that duck down was filled to make cotton clothes.

This Xu family's Zhuangzi is close to the river, there is no shortage of water, whether it is for the ducks to drink water or used to wash down, and the soil quality is very good, suitable for the growth of fruit trees, this fruit tree can grow up in the forest can be called ducks and chickens and other poultry activities, chickens can eat the insects on the fruit trees, it is an excellent thing.

In addition, the fruit tree has grown and can be used to roast duck, so it is planned to make full use of this Zhuangzi.

Chen Yun got the Zhuangzi and happily went to arrange, and Chen Yi's plot against the Xu family was not over, and a few days later, the second master of the Xu family was blocked in the Goolan courtyard, and the imperial history participated in a book, and the official position of the second master of the Xu family was immediately lowered a lot, and he was already a six-grade official, but this time he suddenly reached the ninth grade, and became one of the unpopular, and Mrs. Xu and Xu ** almost vomited blood. (To be continued......)