"It is said that illness comes like a mountain, illness goes like a thread, and the ancestors have not seen any improvement on their side, but there is another sick number in the family, alas." Zhou's mother sighed.

Fang Fei, who had just come back from Yining Hall, was holding the account book he had bought recently, and when he heard Zhou's mother say this, he immediately glanced up at her and ordered: "You go to the small warehouse to pick up something and send it to the second lady, just say that you know that she has bothered in the past few days, let her recuperate." ”

"Yo, I'm afraid it's time to go to sleep after drinking the medicine, or I'll go back another day......" Zhou's mother was unhappy.

The things in the small treasury were all given privately by the ancestors, and the wedding date was set in a hurry, and the Fang family had no time to buy the dowry, the ancestor thought thoughtfully, and even sent the dowry over, and Fang Fei almost entered the Zhao family.

The ancestor likes his great-grandson's daughter-in-law, and a lot of good things can be stuffed into the dowry, and everyone knows that the second lady lost face yesterday, and it is rumored that she is sick today, and nine times out of ten she is pretending to be sick.

"This second lady is quite good at picking on illness...... "Mother Zhou added again, and after speaking, she carefully peeked at Fang Fei from time to time.

"That's why I asked you to go over and see if you're really sick." Fang Fei closed the account book and said: "Yesterday was the spirit I ordered her to guard, whether it is a real illness or a fake illness, we all have to go on a trip, so as to save me, as a mother-in-law, from saying that I treat my daughter-in-law harshly." ”

"Hey, then I'll go find out the truth." Zhou's mother thought about it and felt reasonable, so she immediately set off to the small warehouse to pick up gifts.

In the end, she picked a few small ginseng and asked Fang Fei before she packed it in a brocade box and prepared to send it to the West Courtyard.

"That's right." Fang Fei glanced at the 'door god' outside, "Bring the water lotus, it seems that we are sincere." ”

Shui Lian is the eldest maid in Fang Fei's courtyard, and Zhou's mother is the housekeeper's mother-in-law, and the two of them went over together, and the effect of Fang Fei's personal past was not much different, and it was enough to give the second lady face.

Mother Zhou nodded yes, withdrew and handed over the gift box to the little maid, took the water lotus, and the group went to the west courtyard.

The sunlight shone in through the flower window, casting dappled light and shadow on the table, and Fang Fei, who was sitting quietly behind the table, looked at the light in a daze. As soon as Zhou's mother left, the whole room was quiet, all the sounds were silent, empty and desolate, perhaps, the ancestor was right to assign Zhou's mother over.

Fang Fei smiled helplessly, then got up and took out a white linen robe and filial piety clothes, put it on his body, and went out.

The old lady passed away, and the Zhao family wore filial piety up and down, and even the cats and dogs raised in each house and courtyard were also put on a white coat, looking down from a height, only to see that the entire mansion was covered with white shadows.

Fang Fei buried her head through the courtyard, through the back garden, and walked towards the east gate, she was thin, medium in height, and wearing a wide filial piety dress, wandering in the Zhao family's mansion, but it was not very conspicuous.

The small door on the east side is used for the kitchen to buy goods in and out on weekdays, but now it is an eventful season, and the door is open all day and closed at night. In the past few days, there are too many people coming in and out, and the kid guarding the door is too lazy to interrogate one by one, opening one eye and closing one eye.

Outside the corner gate, there is a long and narrow alley, which is specially used by the Zhao family to buy daily needs, and the diesel rice and grain and other items set are sent to the corner gate by the merchants, and after the steward inspects, they are moved into the warehouse, and then distributed to each house and each courtyard.

Yesterday's incident, Fang Fei couldn't think of which link went wrong for a while, he wanted Fang Luo to transport those bags of stones back, but he was afraid of startling the snakes, so he asked Fang Luo to go back and inform Fang Geng, and asked him to come over in person this afternoon.

Fang Fei looked up at the sky, the hour was just right, after going out of the corner gate, he saw that Fang Geng was already waiting at the end of the alley, most of the Zhao family had been mourned in the past few days, there were many people in and out, and when the steward was too busy, it was common for the delivery merchants to wait outside, Fang Geng stood at the back of the team, but it was not particularly eye-catching.

"Uncle Geng, talk here." Fang Fei lowered his head, and when he passed by Fang Geng's side, he lowered his voice and said.

Fang Geng understood, and waited for Fang Fei to go away before quietly following him.

"Big girl, what's wrong?" As soon as he caught up, Fang Geng couldn't wait to ask.

Fang Fei glanced left and right, and said to make a long story short: "Uncle Geng, the rice sent over yesterday was mixed with a few bags of stones, and I temporarily pressed it down, you go back and check it out." ”

From Fangjia Town to the ferry, across the Luo River, and then to Zhao's house, this section of the road is basically a big road, there is an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going, and in broad daylight, it is not easy to change a few bags of rice into stones, most of them are thieves.

Fang Geng gasped and frowned: "Although the Zhao family was in a hurry yesterday, before loading the car, I personally checked each bag, so this kind of thing would happen?" It's really going to have to be checked. ”

Fang Fei nodded, and asked again, "By the way, Uncle Geng, how is the matter with the shop?" ”

The shop run by the Fang family is the largest in the town, but Fangjia Town is too small, less than one-fifth of Zhaojia Town. The last time he went back, Fang Fei planned to open a shop in Zhaojia Town as a branch, with the Zhao family, a big customer, even if he didn't do other businesses, he could make a small profit, and the second was convenient to contact, saving Fang Fei from running back and forth between the two sides of the strait.

"There's already an eyebrow." Speaking of this, Fang Geng's face was overjoyed, "The son of the Xu family in Nanjie has found an errand in other provinces, and is planning to sell the ancestral house and move his family, the date of taking office is imminent, and he is in a hurry to exchange it for cash, the price can be reduced a lot, and it is much more cost-effective than renting a shop. ”

South Street is the most prosperous area of Zhaojia Town, with many shops and few people, but such places are generally expensive, Fang Fei thought for a while and said, "These things, Uncle Geng, you can look at them, by the way, is the silver enough?" If it's not enough, I'll go back and get it. ”

The rented shop is always someone else's, although the rent given at one time is not much, but after years of accumulation, it is really better to buy it than cost-effective, not to mention the shop on South Street, it will only appreciate and will not depreciate, and I don't want to operate it in the future, and then sell it, and the price will definitely not be less than now.

"No need, I've saved a lot of money over the years, the eldest girl's silver can be kept by herself, and when we leave the Zhao family in the future, we will be of a lot of use." Fang Geng smiled, looking forward to the days after leaving Zhaojia Town, paused, and then remembered the most important thing before asking: "By the way, big girl, how can I contact you if there is something in the future?" ”

"What's this......" Fang Fei bit his lower lip and thought for a while before saying: "That's it, I will keep an eye on the delivery list carefully, if there is anything, I will hang a fraction of 'nine' on the list, and I will come over at noon the next day." ”

"Well, I'll see. Big girl, if there is anything in the future, you can ask someone to send a message to the shop, and I will rush over as soon as I get the letter. Fang Geng nodded, and carefully explained the location of the shop on South Street before saying, "Big girl, go back quickly, it's not good if you don't be discovered."

After saying that, the two of them left, one went into the alley, and the other went out of the alley.

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