Bi couldn't bear to hide it, she decided to tell her aunt the truth, and before leaving, she grabbed Mrs. Feng and told her the truth.

"Auntie, in fact, my mother-in-law arranged a task for me yesterday, asking me to come forward and talk to Ah Zhu and ask my brother to lend money to my eldest brother's family. It's just that I can't open this mouth. ”

Feng Lao Niang smiled: "What should I be, forget it, don't mix this matter, let your eldest brother talk about it himself." It's not that easy for others to borrow money without anyone else coming forward. ”

Bi Shi hesitated for a moment and said: "Auntie, the eldest brother listens to people and is unreliable, let the brother have a snack, don't lend it to him easily." ”

Mrs. Feng was stunned, she didn't expect Bi to say this, she was very surprised.

"Thank you for telling me this, I'll be in peace when I get back."

Bi smiled apologetically, he didn't do what his mother-in-law explained, and he didn't know how his mother-in-law would talk about it when he went back. Bi Shi hugged Brother Sheng and got into the mule cart and waved goodbye to Mrs. Feng.

After sending Bi away, Mrs. Feng still had to go to the shop to help Yunzhu, and today she went into the city safely, she had to help, otherwise she was afraid that Yunzhu would not be busy. The house was handed over to Xiangmei to guard. Yu Niu'er helped drive the ducks and took care of the work in the fields.

and said that Ping'an was carrying fifty taels of silver in his arms to return the brother-in-law of the Wang family. The silver was also pieced together by the family, and I went to the silver building to exchange for three silver ingots, two twenty taels, and one ten taels.

He also carried a blanket on his shoulders, which contained the food that Yunzhu had made for Tian Tian. It's true that she still can't worry about Tian Tian, but it's reasonable.

I finally got into a carriage and entered the city smoothly. He first went to the Wang family's brother-in-law's shop. But when he came to the familiar shop, he saw that the door of the shop was hidden, and even the signboard had been taken down. Ping An was stunned at the time. I wondered if Brother-in-law Wang didn't open a grocery store? These days, he has been busy with Yunzhu in the noodle restaurant, and he has almost no contact with Qingshan, so naturally he doesn't know the situation inside, and today it seems that he ran for nothing.

But Ping'an was still a little unwilling, how difficult it was for him to go to the city, so he decided to ask the shop next door.

Next door was a paper seller, and Ping An walked to the door and shouted: "Is the shopkeeper there?" ”

"What are you buying?"

Ping An casually glanced at it. Whether it is paper money or wreaths, shrouds or something, he lowered his head and said, "I want to ask for one thing." ”

"Oh." After a while, a shriveled and thin old man in his fifties came out. The hair is white.

Ping An asked humbly and politely: "Dare to ask the old man, why is the house next door that sells groceries not there?" ”

"They're not going to open a store anymore."

"Ah, why don't you open it?" Although he saw that the signboard was no longer there, he had already expected it. I didn't think it was true.

"I don't know that."

Ping An knew that the brother-in-law of the Wang family had a house in the city. He inquired further: "I wonder if the old man knows where they live?" ”

"It's in the willow branch alley behind, I don't know which one it is, you can inquire one by one."

Ping An settled down a little when he had a direction, thanked the old man, and walked towards Willow Branch Lane.

Willow Branch Lane is a long alley, where seven families live, Ping An thought that he couldn't ask one by one, so he walked to the mouth of the alley. I found the first house, and I was about to knock on the door. Inside, someone suddenly opened the door, revealing an old face full of wrinkles, which startled Ping'an. Of course, the people inside were even more frightened than he was.

"Which one are you? What are you doing standing on my doorstep? The man's voice was as old as his face.

"I want to ask where the Qi family, who runs a grocery store in front of them, lives?"

The man slammed the door shut, and the old voice came through the door: "Fourth household." ”

Ping An thanked him and continued to walk inside. The door behind him opened again, and the man poked his head out and stared at Ping'an.

When Ping'an knocked on the door of the Qi family's courtyard, it was Qingshan's brother-in-law who happened to open the door.

"Ah, how can peace come?"

"Brother Qi, I'll take a look at you."

Brother-in-law Qi was busy asking him to go into the yard safely.

The courtyard of the Qi family is very small, with three rooms on the top, two on the left and right, and there is no upside down. The trees in the yard are quite dense.

When he arrived at the hall, Brother-in-law Qi personally poured tea and beckoned him to sit down.

"Why doesn't my brother-in-law open a store?" Ping An is still the same name as Aoyama.

Brother-in-law Qi looked embarrassed: "Business has been sluggish this year, and the lease period has come again, so I closed the door and found another way to make a living." ”

Ping An hurriedly took out the money he was carrying and gave it to Brother-in-law Qi: "I have always owed you money, and I should have paid it back a long time ago." ”

Brother-in-law Qi was stunned, the three ingots of silver handed over by Ping An were shining, and he took it with some excitement, and sighed: "Ping An, you are sending charcoal in the snow!" ”

Ping'an said: "If I had known that you were in trouble, I wouldn't have delayed it for so long, I'm really sorry." ”

"It's okay, you said before that you would bring it at the end of the year, so early, it seems that your family is making a lot of money."

Ping An told the truth: "This year, I planted a few acres of cotton and made some money, and opened a small noodle restaurant, and I received three or four taels a month." ”

"You kid is making a fortune in a muffled voice, so promising!" The gloomy look on Brother-in-law Qi's face was obviously less.

Ping'an said: "Hey, the front formation is so big, if you can't save money, you will lose a lot." ”

"Or I'll be able to mess with you." Brother-in-law Qi said it seriously.

Ping'an smiled: "Okay, my daughter-in-law said that the weather is cold, and I have to rush to make a duck, and I want to ask you to help us sell it." Let's continue to open your shop, and find a new place. ”

Plate duck is generally only available in autumn and winter, and the weather is hot and can't be done, in the past, when the brother-in-law of Qi was still opening a grocery store, he helped sell a little bit of it, but if he wanted to sell this, he felt that there were so many months of the year that he couldn't open, so he was a little reluctant.

Seeing that Brother-in-law Qi was a little hesitant, Ping'an understood his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, you are also embarrassed here, why don't you help us sell the ducks in the past few months first, and then sell others next summer." You know our ducks, too. Don't worry about running out of sales. ”

Brother-in-law Qi thought about it, and finally made up his mind, clapped his hands and said, "Okay." Do this first, it just so happens that you sent this money, I will rent a shop, and then I will run it, it is not a way to be so idle, several people in the family have to open their mouths to eat, and we don't have half a piece of land. Buying a cabbage is all about silver. How many ducks have you had this year? ”

Ping'an said: "There are two hundred and forty-seven of them, which weigh almost four or five catties, and they can rise a little more if they are slaughtered next month." These are not enough at home. We're going to collect some from somewhere else like we did last year. When the time comes, I will have to rely on your brother-in-law to help. ”

"It's okay, it's okay. It was you who saved my emergency. ”

Brother-in-law Qi also figured out that the Feng family's plate duck is easy to sell because of its good taste. And there is also a profit. Wait until the summer to change careers and do something else, and deal with this period first.

Brother-in-law Qi stayed in Ping'an for lunch, and Ping'an also thought about going to He's house, so he left after staying for a long time. Brother-in-law Qi assured Ping'an again: "I'll find out if there is a suitable shop here, and I'll let Qingshan tell you when it's rented." ”

Ping'an agreed, and Brother-in-law Qi sent Ping'an out, and when he heard that he was going to Goldfish Lane, he said that he would send him over.

Ping An refused: "It's okay." I know the way, brother-in-law, you can get busy first. ”

Ping An went to Goldfish Lane with a blanket on his back. He called open the door, and the people on the door already knew that he was safe, but he still had some precautions against him, and when he heard that he was here to deliver something, he immediately ran to tell Mrs. Xie that he was coming. In the end, Ping'an only sent the dim sum made by Yunzhu to the little maid, and he didn't even see Tian Tian at all, so he was invited away by the He family.

After Ping An came out of Goldfish Alley, he looked at the sky and estimated that he could rush home before dark, so he couldn't help but speed up his steps. The place where chariots, sedan chairs, horses, mules, and donkeys were hired was at the West City Gate. Peace was very familiar, so he kept going west.

Later, when Ping An recalled this day, he only came to the He family once, and later brought him to the other side of fate.

Ping An was in a hurry, but someone behind him called him and didn't react until someone tapped him on the shoulder behind him. Ping An looked back sharply, thinking who it was.

When he saw the man in his thirties and elegant appearance behind him, Ping An recognized it this time, and arched his hands: "It turned out to be Brother Liao." ”

Liao Yanwaner: "I look like Brother Feng, how could I have thought it would be." Let's go, Brother Feng, I'll invite you to tea. ”

At this time, where did Ping An have the leisure to drink tea, he was still busy rushing home, so he politely refused: "Thanks to Brother Liao, I can afford to go down again, but it's not early, and I have to rush back to Qingtang if I go down again, and I can't drink tea." ”

Liao Yan was not ready to let Ping'an go, so he took his arm and said, "What's the hurry, go, I'll take you to see someone." ”

Ping An couldn't, so he was dragged by Liao Yan onto a carriage not far behind him, and asked a little confused: "I don't know who Brother Liao wants to take me to meet?" ”

Liao Yan smiled: "You'll know when you arrive." ”

I just want to go home at the moment.

"Don't worry, if it's late, you can stay, and you can go back to Qingtang tomorrow."

"No, there are a lot of things at home, and I can't afford to delay."

"There's no difficulty, send a fast horse when the time comes, and it will be Qingtang in less than two hours."

The wheels were rolling, and Ping An sat in the car heartlessly, answering Liao Yan's question a little casually, until the car stopped. Liao Yan got out of the car first, and Ping'an also jumped down, but saw a big family in front of him, and there were several uniformly dressed family members standing next to the red painted gate. Seeing Liao Yan coming, a man with a white face and a goatee stepped forward and greeted him warmly: "Mr. Liao is here." ”

Liao Yan asked, "Is the general here?" ”

"In the garden."

In the clouds of peace, he looked up at the plaque on the door, and suddenly saw a few gilded big characters "General Wuwei's Mansion" Ping'an suddenly felt a little numb on his scalp, General's Mansion? What did he come to the General's Mansion for?

However, without waiting for Ping'an to hesitate, Liao Yan took two steps and saw that Ping'an hadn't followed, so he urged him: "Brother Feng, come quickly!" ”

"Hmm......" Ping'an was still full of doubts, and followed Liao Yan into the side door from the side door.

When he got to the door, Ping An only felt that he had walked into a spacious courtyard, and the terrazzo wall on the opposite side covered the front of several rooms, and the stories of the characters were carved on the wall, and he didn't have time to look closely, I don't know what the allusion was.

Liao Yan walked in front, followed by Ping'an, bypassed the Zhaobi, entered another door, and then copied a gravel road, and entered the January Cave Gate in all directions.

What you see is flowers and trees, pavilions and pavilions. The osmanthus tree in the garden is fragrant, which makes people feel refreshed and happy, and there is a murmuring stream, flowing out of the cave along the rockery, and the five-colored carp is raised in the pond, and there are falling osmanthus flowers on the water surface, which attracts the fish.

The maids and servants he met on the way all respectfully called Liao Yan "sir", which made Ping An a little puzzled, thinking that this is the general's mansion, everyone respects Liao Yan well, what is the origin of this person?

Just when Ping An was confused, Liao Yan turned his head and pointed to a figure not far away from Ping'an and said, "This is our general." ”

"Huh?" Ping An was stunned.

They walked up, and Zhao Chuan was shooting arrows with a bow. Liao Yan stood quietly beside him and didn't say anything. Ping'an saw that there was a target hanging on the tree not far away, Zhao Chuan aimed at the target, the bow had been opened, without a moment of hesitation, the arrow had left the string and flew quickly towards the target, only to hear a slight bang, the arrow had been inserted into the target, slightly offset from the bull's-eye.

Zhao Chuan glanced at Liao Yan and said slowly, "Why are you coming?" ”

Liao Yan smiled and nodded: "General, look at who I brought you?" ”

Zhao Chuan had already aimed at Feng Ping'an with his afterglow just now, he tilted his head slightly and glanced at Ping'an. Ping'an hurriedly went up and made a gesture to Zhao Chuan.

Zhao Chuan nodded slightly.

Ping'an had never dealt with such a noble person, so he couldn't help but be a little nervous, so that when Zhao Chuan handed the bow and arrow to Ping'an, he didn't react a little, but fortunately, Liao Yan said beside him: "Brother Feng, our general wants to test your shooting ability." Can you shoot arrows? ”

Ping An said: "You can try." ”

The bow drawn by Zhao Chuan has some weight, and the idle people may not be able to pull it away. I already felt it when I took the bow safely.

Liao Yan handed three arrows to Ping'an, and Ping'an first breathed a big sigh, so that the nervous mood just now gradually calmed down. He looked at the target of the arrow in the tree, measured it, drew his bow, and took the arrow. The bow was round like a full moon.

Zhao Chuan watched quietly from the side, and the posture of pulling the bow safely attracted him, and secretly said, this person has some ability.

Ping An hesitated before shooting at the target, and the three arrows flew towards a target in unison, and then the three arrows were inserted into the bull's-eye. At this moment, Zhao Chuan and Liao Yan were dumbfounded.

Ping An breathed a sigh of relief, and the palms of his hands holding the bow were already full of sweat. (To be continued......)