Chapter 377: The Old Man
The thoughts of the families here are not mentioned, the Li family has slept soundly at night due to the tiring travel for so long, and when they wake up early the next morning, they are refreshed and have the energy to arrange other things!
What is the root of the Li family? In fact, it is still business, although Li Yujin and Li Yuqian are already officials, but they are just eight-grade sesame officials who are not in the stream, and money is a sharp weapon at any time, and it has to be taken seriously.
"Uncle, let's go to the shop and have a look!" Away from Beijing for such a long time, although the capital is here; The dividends of the two shops will be sent back every month, but they don't care.
This time, I want to take a good look, and then look for some other businesses, Li Anxi also has this idea: "Okay, Hui'er, we're going to get busy!" We need to open a few more shops soon! ”
Not to mention, Li Anxi and Li Hui went to the shop to check, the business of restaurants and department stores is really good, and it seems that the work of the few shopkeepers looking for is also hard!
Also, the Li family gives them dividends every month, and if they don't work hard, how can they find such a good job and such a good master.
Although the capital is big, there are already department stores and restaurants, even if there is another one, there are so many customers, and some of the gains outweigh the losses, not to mention, places like restaurants, to keep fresh all the time, so that some people want to eat and can't, business will get better and better!
"Hui'er, you said that the capital is such a big place, so many nobles, what kind of business should we do?" Li Anxi frowned, he didn't arrange his livelihood here, he didn't think of a good way to come over, and he was not fully prepared.
But now the Li family is not short of silver, but he can take his time, that is, he is a person who can't be idle, and he can't wait to start doing it as soon as he has the opportunity, and then enjoy that sense of achievement.
"Uncle, if you want to say this, I have an idea, but it's a little difficult to do, we just came to the capital, we haven't gained a firm foothold, if the development is too fast, it will inevitably be hated by others, and when the time comes, we will secretly stumble, we can't help it, don't worry, let's take our time!"
Li Hui knew that although the Li family was very famous in Zhixi County, and everyone had to give the Li family some face, but the capital was different, the capital was not a place where they could do whatever they wanted, and in this rich and noble place, the Li family was nothing.
As far as Li Yujin and Li Yuqian's official positions are concerned, in the eyes of others, they are nothing, although they have the big backer of Dongfang Night, but she doesn't want to rely on Dongfang Night for everything!
"Okay, listen to you, I just don't know what you do?"
"It's very simple, there are the most rich people in the capital, and there are many people who are willing to spend money, and even more so women, what do they like the most? It's nothing more than some clothes and jewelry, rouge gouache, clothes and jewelry, we also have a few shops at home, it's not difficult to do! ”
"In the past, I didn't think about this, and I didn't want to think so much, so the business was like that, if I thought about it carefully, I didn't worry about not being able to think of a good style, but there were many people in the capital who were willing to spend this silver!"
Li Hui feels that there is no faster business than making women's money, but she has to take her time, but she doesn't know what kind of reward Li Yujin will get when she returns to Beijing to report on her work?
It's okay to go back so early, and the two of them are not people who can sit still at home, they walk leisurely on the street, and when they see something interesting, they will stop and take a look.
They are so leisurely, but some people are busy, those who want to go to the East Night, began to investigate the identity of the Li family overnight, and they thought it was a big family?
"I see, okay, let's go down!" It was Cheng Xueyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who spoke the most, and he was one of the people who paid the most attention to the Oriental Night, and he sent someone to investigate the news last night.
Before noon, news came, and I have to say that his ability is very strong!
Of course, there are also some reasons why the Li family didn't want to hide it at all, and it's not a shameful thing, the Li family is just a white ancestor, who can guarantee that all the officials were from a big family before?
But this Cheng Xueyuan's ability should not be underestimated, in less than a day's effort, he found out the bottom of the Li family, but he was just a person from a small county town, and before that, he was a vulgar peasant family in a small mountain village.
It's just that he is lucky, there are two jinshi in the family, and now he is released as a county order, and he is still a poor place that can no longer be poor, a sesame official of eight grades, he doesn't care about it.
He is a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, from a first-class official, there is a prime minister above, a Taifu and the like, and the rest are not as big as his official position, not to mention, there are many protégés under him, the Li family really doesn't have to be afraid: "It's just a small people, what if it has something to do with the prince?" There is no way to compare with my Cheng family in this life! ”
Cheng Xueyuan didn't take the Li family in his eyes at all, in his opinion, it was just that he didn't know when he met Dongfang Ye, and there was a little bit of something to do with it, which was not enough evidence.
Of course, he didn't know that Dongfang Ye often lived in Li's house and often went to that small place in Zhixi County, and he thought that the information he saw was relatively comprehensive.
He couldn't believe that Dongfang Ye would like a village girl, in his opinion, Dongfang Ye was delayed because there was no excellent woman who could match him, and his daughter was just right, Fang Ling was sixteen, although Dongfang Ye was older, but his status was there.
As long as he can marry into the Night King's Mansion, he will not have to worry about his life for the rest of his life, he is not only thinking about his daughter, but also for himself, although he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he is in charge of the court's large and small rituals, and he has to do anything like worshipping ancestors.
There is a lot of oil and water in it, but there are many officials who are older than him above him, the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, is the mother of a country, he can't compare, but there is also a prince here!
With Dongfang Luo's emphasis on Dongfang Ye, as long as he can become the night princess, it is much better than entering the palace as a concubine, it turns out that he doesn't want to be because his daughter is too young.
But now it's different, Dongfang Ye has never been married, his daughter is exactly sixteen years old, just a good year, it is a match, so he can't help but want more, and he also wants titles like dukes!
In fact, it's not just him who thinks so, but he knows that as long as there is a school-age girl in the capital, he can't wait to stuff people into Dongfang Ye quickly, even if it's a side concubine!
But Dongfang Ye is still not in a hurry, they are in a hurry, every time they bring it up in the morning, Dongfang Luo will call over with a grin, not giving them a chance!
He is very confident, his daughter Cheng Linlin, twenty-eight years old, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, knowledgeable and reasonable, but one of the best talents in the capital, which colleague does not envy him when he sees him?
Cheng Xueyuan's own thoughts are not mentioned, and the competition between the officials is not mentioned for the time being!
Here Li Hui and Li Anxi didn't know that others had already checked them thoroughly, they bought some things they needed, although Dongfang Ye was very well prepared, but they would also meet more desirable ones!
"Hui'er, it's time for us to let our family know the identity of Dongfang Ye, it's not a way to go on like this, now in the capital, although we don't want to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, but with Dongfang Ye, we don't have to be afraid of many things!"
"Okay, uncle, I'll send someone to inform Big Brother Dongfang in a while, and see what he has to say!" Li Hui thought about it, anyway, sooner or later, you have to know, it's not an unsightly thing, there is no need to keep it like this!
No, as soon as they thought about their identity and power, they saw an arrogant and domineering scene, a woman dressed in a power suit, with dark skin and hair standing up high, riding a horse, arrogantly passing through the downtown area, accidentally knocking over the vendor's things, and not apologizing. Instead, he scolded: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Don't get in the way of Miss Ben! ”
Everyone fled one after another, and they didn't even have time to pack up the things on the stalls.
"Ouch, what a sin, this thing can't be sold!" When the woman rushed over, the vendors looked at their things distressedly, and all the vegetables were trampled on.
The gold and silver jewelry was fine, but the jade and everything else were broken!
"I'm drinking the northwest wind again this month!"
"What's the solution? We can't afford to provoke such a character, fortunately, nothing happened to the person, last month, do you know no, an uncle here was trampled to death by a horse, and his family didn't dare to say a word, just this noble man still blamed him for blocking the way? ”
"Who said it wasn't, forget it, we're unlucky, this is General Liu's granddaughter, we can't afford to mess with it!"
Li Hui and Li Anxi stood aside and listened silently, it was not that they were cold-blooded, but that they didn't stop her strength, not to mention, maybe some big man they couldn't afford to provoke!
From the people's discussions, Li Hui probably knew that this girl's name was Liu Hanling, who was famous in the capital, and was notoriously arrogant and domineering, and every time she went out, someone would be unlucky.
"Why don't you marry a dominatrix like her soon, and save yourself from always being a disaster for her neighbors!" Some young people can't stand it anymore and can't help but complain!
"Shhhh You keep quiet, if her people hear it, it will be terrible! An old man of some age cautiously comforted:
"Don't dare to talk about it out loud, who doesn't know that this aunt is already twenty-two years old, and she is still not married, it is said that the people she likes look down on her!"
"This is really retribution, but which young master is so powerful, you can see her essence at a glance, such a woman is unacceptable!" The young man was starting to gloat just now!
Someone else joined the discussion, apparently more than anyone else: "You don't know this, do you? This is the granddaughter of General Liu of the border pass, the niece of Concubine De Niangniang, the aunt and nephew are the same flying and domineering, and they have fallen in love with the eldest young master of the Situ family, and they have been pestering since six years ago. As a result, the eldest young master didn't look down on her."
From the discussion of these people, Li Hui knew the ins and outs of the matter, it turned out that this woman also had courage, since she saw Master Situ, she fell in love at first sight, and actually pestered men on the street, and staged a scene of women chasing men in the capital all day long.
As a result, Master Situ was so frightened that he hid out directly, and he would never come back to the capital if he had nothing to do, this Liu Hanling had no choice, and General Liu couldn't stay in the capital all the time, so he took her away when he returned to the border pass.
Later, when he got older, it was time to say goodbye, although General Liu couldn't come back, he couldn't bear to let his baby granddaughter stumble on the border, so he sent her back! You have to say a good family in the capital!
But this Liu Hanling still misses Young Master Situ, no matter who says it, it will continue to be consumed, she is already twenty-two years old this year, but she is an old girl!
I don't know why this Young Master Situ is so unlucky, he hasn't talked about his family affairs until now, but no one dares to mess with this tigress, it's hard to know that Young Master Situ didn't get married, and his life is gone first!
was really killed by her, that is also unlucky, even the emperor has to give the Liu family a little face, who let Liu Jingshan hold heavy troops, guard the border passes, and have real power in his hands?
At this point, it is clear, Li Hui and Li Anxi glanced at each other, the capital is really a complicated place, it seems that it is slowly going to figure out the context of this capital, otherwise I don't know when I will suffer the loss above?
Witnessing this scene, what they saw and heard at this moment, made the two of them completely lose the mood to continue shopping, and they were ready to go home!
At this moment, at a window in the opposite restaurant, a man in white watched everything that happened below, and he was even more disgusted with Liu Hanling in his heart, and he lost his appetite when he looked at it!
If it weren't for the emperor's holy intent to take the lead and not interfere in his marriage, this Liu Hanling would really be able to forcibly join the Situ family, that's right, this man in white is Situ Rui, the eldest young master of the Situ family!
Fortunately, he hid quickly, otherwise he would be seen by Liu Hanling, and he would be entangled again, this woman is not annoyed, the more she is so entangled, the more he Situ Young Master hates it!
Snorted coldly, Situ Rui was going to find a place to sleep well, when Liu Hanling didn't come back from the border pass, he could still be idle for a while, but since she came back, he didn't even have a good night's sleep, and in six years, he felt that his life was too hard!
Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly saw a familiar face, big smart eyes, a light green placket, and a slender figure.
"Sister Hui'er!" Situ Rui shouted excitedly!
Li Hui and Li Anxi were about to turn around and leave, when they heard someone calling her, looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a white dress, and then a familiar face!
It turned out to be an old acquaintance Situ Rui, but since he came to the capital, he would meet him, Li Hui and Li Anxi were not in a hurry to go back, and turned around and entered the restaurant!
"Sister Hui'er, Anxi, I don't know when you came? Why don't you tell me? "Anyway, the two families still have business contacts, although they don't meet often, but there are still frequent letters, and every month's dividends Situ Rui will send someone to the Li family.
"We just arrived yesterday, and we haven't gotten acquainted with it yet, so we're going to visit you after we pack up, but I didn't expect to run into you when we went out for the first time!" Li Anxi was very surprised, the surprise of meeting the old man diluted the loneliness just now!
"You've moved to the capital???" Situ Rui was surprised! (To be continued.) )