One hand grasped the gleaming brass knocker on the vermilion lacquer door and buckled it several times.

"Squeak", the small door next to it opened a crack, and the middle-aged mother-in-law poked her head out and looked at the person suspiciously.

In front of the door stood a slender girl with willow eyebrows and thin eyes. It's just that there seems to be a layer of frost on her pretty face, and when she saw her mother-in-law, she neither gave a salute nor greeted her, and said coldly: "I'm looking for Aunt Jiu." ”

"Girl?"

"I smashed the cloud tower yesterday, and today I came to give her silver."

The mother-in-law's face changed, and she forced out a smile, "Let the old slave go and report." "Cover the door and trot all the way.

Aunt Nine was shocked and angry last night, and she didn't close her eyes all night. At this time, she was leaning on the soft couch, and the maid Yuyao was waiting to drink a few sips of ginseng soup to refresh herself, and then think about how to round herself.

If this matter reaches the capital, the lord's face will be lost.

In the final analysis, the shopkeeper made money first, and lost 10% first. But if that's it, Nangong Xi will have to have a reputation of being afraid of Zhenguogong.

The capital is such a big circle, you can't look up and look down, people don't dare to say it in person, and there are always jokes behind your back. The lord is the most face-saving, and when he is angry, he may be demoted to a concubine, or even sent back to his parents' house.

Thinking of this, Aunt Nine gritted her teeth and greeted the eighteenth generation ancestors of the shopkeeper. suffered a thousand knives, if he hadn't caused trouble, she would have at least taken the opportunity of this court examination to earn more than 100,000 taels of silver. Now it's a good thing, the store is smashed, and I see that the silver in my hand is also flying, and I have to rack my brains to think about how to hide it.

The mother-in-law also knew that Aunt Nine was on fire and didn't dare to go in. Coughing lightly through the curtain of the door. When Yu Yao heard the sound, her mother-in-law whispered a few words to her ear, Yu Yao was startled, and hurriedly returned to the house to report to Aunt Jiu.

"Please come in yet!" Aunt Nine rolled over and went to the ground, hurriedly arranging her clothes.

Zhiqiu followed her mother-in-law into the main courtyard, and as soon as she walked to the middle of the verandah, she saw Aunt Jiu smiling and throwing a handkerchief to greet her.

"It's a cold day, how can you still ask the girl to run away." Aunt Nine said that she was going to pull Zhiqiu's hand. Zhiqiu leaned slightly to the side. Quietly dodge the past.

Aunt Nine pounced into the air, but the smile on her face did not decrease, and she was not embarrassed, "Please talk in the room." ”

I don't know what incense smoked in the living room. It was so thick that Zhiqiu frowned. She didn't want to stay longer. Straight to the point: "I don't say anything, you should know." The general ordered me to come so that you could check the account books and see how many plates there were. We pay according to the price. ”

Yu Yao rolled her eyes on the side, the store was smashed, do you still need to ask?

Aunt Nine still smiled and asked, "Haven't asked the girl's name yet?" ”

Zhiqiu let her be close to her, and urged: "You don't care who I am, just report it." ”

Aunt Nine smiled even brighter, and the powder in the corners of her eyes fell straight down, "Where did the girl say!" The subordinates don't understand the rules, and if they offend the general, they should smash their breath! Where else do you have to pay your bills? ”

"Oh, really?"

"No, no," Aunt Jiu shook off the Jinpa easily, "Our lord is in the same court as Zhen Guogong, and he has always respected Zhen Guogong and General Zhenyuan. If you know that I have offended the general, the lord may not know how to reprimand me, and maybe, even my aunt's name."

She sighed with a bitter face, dipped the corner of her eye with a brocade handkerchief, and wiped away the two tears that were squeezed out, "Please also ask the girl to intercede for me in front of the general, don't pursue it again." ”

Zhiqiu was too lazy to watch her perform, lowered her eyes, and said, "Since that's the case, there's nothing to say about this matter." If the shop turns out and has nothing to do with you, the prime minister can't blame you. ”

Aunt Jiu's eyes lit up, "Oops, how did I forget!" I said a few years ago about changing the shop, and I sent someone to find the next house in a while, and the inside was also dismantled, but let him take over. ”

Zhiqiu smiled lightly, "I still have something to do, so I won't bother and leave." ”

Seeing Zhiqiu's figure disappear at the Hanging Flower Gate, Aunt Jiu covered her temples and spread them on the couch. Dear Mom! Send a cold-faced girl over and give me little shoes to wear!

Not only did they smash the store, but they even pointed you out the way back. Fortunately, more than 50,000 taels of silver were collected yesterday, and in addition to the expenses of the New Year, there was a net loss of 30,000 taels.

Anyway, it costs the Huang family to open a restaurant, and if it's gone, it's gone, and it saves you from worrying about it, and you can get some more silver when you transfer it out.

She called Yu Yao and asked her to hurry up and find everyone she knew well, regardless of the price, the sooner the better she could find a home.

At the end of the day, a team of officials came up on Jinbao Street to disperse the crowd watching the excitement and posted a notice on the broken gate of Tayun Tower.

The official sang the gong and sang: "The owner of Tayun Building is in poor health and has transferred the shop to others." Last night, there were no villains to make trouble, but the new owner broke the old and established the new, if there are rumors to confuse the public, they will be dealt with strictly, hereby announced! ”

The crowd talked for a while, and in those shops near the left, some of them heard the movement last night and understood what was going on, and they didn't dare to mention it to others again. Aunt Jiu's shop was smashed, and she was a grass farmer, so it was better to protect herself.

The matter of stepping on the cloud tower is like a small pebble thrown into the river, swinging a few ripples, and the water surface is calm again.

In the afternoon of the same day, the emperor's decree also arrived at the barracks. After Si Hong Bowen received the order, he immediately ordered a thousand soldiers to immediately pull out the camp and rush to the capital overnight.

On the morning of the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Si Hongrui walked earlier than usual. Today is the day of the imperial examination, and the emperor has a decree to order him to assist in the invigilation of the examination together with the prime minister Nangong Xi, the head of the Hanlin Academy, Zou Chengli, and others.

At noon, Si Hongrui didn't go home, Xia Qingyun had dinner with his family and took them to the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion.

A few days ago, the seeds sent by Huangfu to the south had already pulled out seedlings, Xia Qingyun was anxious to know what kind of crops they were, so she used the method of urging growth, and now most of them are flowering and bearing fruit, so she led them to take a look at these fresh vegetables and fruits from Fanbang.

It was still icy and snowy outside, but the vegetable garden in the treasure pavilion was full of greenery. The purple grapes hung with hoarfrost, the red lantern-like tomatoes bent the branches, and the maize with ears wrapped in green yarn and looked like pears.

Xia Qingyun talked one by one, ripped off the grapes and tomatoes casually, and distributed them to everyone to taste. There are no pests and no wind and sand in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion, and the pure natural green food can be eaten directly without washing.

Mrs. Zhenguo ate a few grapes and said with a smile: "A tuck of sweet and sour water, it's really delicious!" ”

The mother asked, "The wine we drank was made from it?" ”

Xia Qingyun nodded, "In a few days, let the green plums cut some thick branches and cuttings, and then bear fruit, we can also make wine ourselves." Grapes are drought tolerant and easy to grow, and they can be transplanted to the Zhuangzi between the rivers in the spring of the next year. ”

Qiuyun pointed to a few other trees of different colors and asked, "Eldest sister, there are dark red and pale green on the shelves over there, and the bunches are also grapes?" ”

"Yes, it's just a different breed." Xia Qingyun replied with a smile. Walking all the way, eating while walking, I had a round belly.

The mother's body was heavy, and she felt tired after walking for a while, so everyone came out and went back to the room to rest. Not long after Mrs. Zhenguo lay down, she heard a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and Chunxiu ran in in a hurry, "Madam, the master and the young master are back together!" (To be continued......)