The next day, the Tian family gave a post to the Li family and the Cheng family, and then borrowed a room from the Hui Chamber of Commerce, and under the auspices of Hu Zonglin and several chamber of commerce directors, the three reached a cooperation agreement, unifying the prices of various grades of ink, as well as the price of raw materials, etc., and even involved some jishu exchanges.

Of course, each family's specialty jishu will naturally not be taken out, but it is an ordinary jishu, and it is also of great benefit to the improvement of the ink skills of the three families.

In this way, the three families agreed. It is also a great joy for the development of Huimo.

At this time, it was noon, and Tian Motochang proposed to invite everyone to have a drink together, which could be regarded as a celebration.

It's just that Zhenniang is a woman, although in later generations, this situation is generally a meal, but in this era, you have to abide by the rules of this era, she is a woman doing business is already eye-catching, and this kind of banquet can also be refused.

Grandpa Cheng San also said that he was old and couldn't eat, and Hu Zonglin happened to have something to do, so Zuihou, this banquet was waived.

Because of the way, Zhen Niang took Xiaoya and returned to Guanjie with Cheng San's grandfather and Tian Benchang.

When I arrived at the entrance of Deguan Street, I saw Sun Yuejuan standing there looking around, and when she saw Tian Benchang coming, she stepped forward in small steps.

"What are you doing here? What's the matter? Tian Benchang looked at Sun Yuejuan with no expression on his face.

Zhen Niang watched from the side, on this side of the official street, there are many ladies from the owner who say long and short, it is from Yao Niangzi's mouth, Zhen Niang also heard that it seems that the relationship between Tian Benchang and Sun Yuejuan is very cold. But. Thinking about these two getting married. In fact, there are a lot of things involved. It's not willing, plus Sun Yuejuan's background is low, and Mrs. Tian is a high-minded one, so it's not surprising that the relationship between husband and wife is colder.

At this time, I heard Sun Yuejuan reply: "Second uncle has returned to Huizhou." ”

"Didn't I say I'd wait until I got back to see him off?" Tian Benchang said with a frown.

He went out early in the morning, brought back the incense stick, and hurried away. By the time I got out, I couldn't see anyone. Sun Yuejuan said again.

"What, he brought Lady Incense Back?" Hearing Sun Yuejuan's words, Tian Benchang almost cried out in a lost voice, and then glanced at the old man Cheng and Li Zhenniang on the side, and then pulled Sun Yuejuan aside: "What about Ronghua?" Don't look at him either, how long has it been gone? Tian Benchang hated the way.

"Ronghua chased the second uncle to the dock, and he has been walking for almost half an hour, and the boat is afraid that it will open at this time." Sun Yuejuan said again.

"You go back, I'll take a look." Tian Benchang said quickly, then turned around and just arched his hand towards Old Man Cheng and Li Zhenniang. Saying that something was wrong, he called a carriage on the side of the road. Went straight to the docks.

Although Zhen Niang is a little curious, who is this incense branch girl? Tian Benchang weishenme so nervous? But this is a private matter of someone else's family, and she won't inquire, but just greeted Sun Yuejuan: "Yuejuan, are you okay?" ”

"Well, that's good, congratulations." Sun Yuejuan replied, Zhen Niang could see that her joy was sincere, so she also squinted and smiled: "Xiexie." ”

On the one hand, Old Man Cheng didn't go with the two female babies, and paced back to Cheng's Mozhuang first.

Zhen Niang chatted with Sun Yuejuan while walking: "How is your father now?" Zhen Niang asked, although Sun Dahai was sentenced to three years of hard labor, but now Sun Dalang's daughter-in-law helps Wang Cuiqiao manage Huiyuan Qianzhuang in Huizhou, which is somewhat of a family background, plus Sun Yuejuan married into the Tian family, how much can help the family a little, and Sun Dahai's coolie can be redeemed for the next two years in addition to the first year, so Zhen Niang asked a little.

After all, Sun Dahai was still good to her at the beginning, but unfortunately she was dragged down by Sun Dalang, and Zuihou's reputation was not guaranteed.

"I've come back, but he's still angry with my eldest brother, and he lives in a grass hut outside the city alone, and my mother goes to see it every once in a while, but it's not a long-term solution, and it's a little worrying." Sun Yuejuan's expression was a little gloomy.

"Well, I'll go back a year ago, and I'll go see Uncle Sun when the time comes." Zhen Niang said, everyone knows in their hearts that the matter of stealing the ink side at the beginning is actually nothing to do with Sun Dahai, it is all Sun Dalang's whole thing, and Sun Dahai has suffered it for his son.

And now, what happened back then has long since changed.

Therefore, Zhen Niang wants to go to see him, and he can also relax his heart, after all, Sun Dahai has always been good to Zhen Niang, at least in the most difficult time for Zhen Niang's family, Sun Dahai helped. One yard is one yard, and some feelings are also to be remembered.

"Hmm." Hearing Zhenniang say this, Sun Yuejuan also nodded with a smile, if Zhenniang can go to see her father and persuade her to say a word or two, it will be no better.

The two then talked a few more words, and then had nothing more to say. However, despite this, there was still a little tacit understanding between the two, so they nodded so naturally, ended the topic, and then one went back to Tian's house and the other to Li's house.

Zhen Niang just looked inside when she passed by Yi Housheng Qian Village, and saw that Luo Jiu was teaching the kid of the third uncle's family of his clan to plan the plate, one taught seriously, and the other learned seriously.

Xu felt Zhen Niang's gaze, Luo Jiu raised his head and smiled, and Zhen Niang also smiled. Then seeing that Luo Jiu seemed to be about to stand up, Zhen Niang waved her hand, indicating that it was okay, so she continued to walk her own way.

After a while, Zhenniang entered Li's Mozhuang, and as soon as she entered the door, she was pulled by the flowers that were rushing out: "Cousin, you are back." ”

"What's wrong? What's the matter? Zhenniang asked.

"My eldest brother is here." The flower whispered.

"Brother Li? Brother Zhengping is here? Zhen Niang came back to her senses, and she was also quite surprised, thinking that Hua'er asked herself to write a letter to her eldest brother and talk about the Ge family, Zhen Niang still thought that she didn't know how Brother Zhengping would react, but she didn't expect that Brother Zhengping suddenly came to Nanjing, so it seems that Brother Zhengping really can't let go of Sister Ge Qiu.

So, Zhenniang followed Hua'er to the front hall.

At this time, Li Zhengping was talking to Huang.

"It's not that I can't let it go, it's always a day of husband and wife, no matter what, I also want Sister Qiu to be good in the future. But he never thought that the Ge family would have an accident when he said that something would happen. I received a letter from the flowers. I always feel a little sad in my heart, so I come over to take a look, and I can help if I can, and I don't think about what I regret when I get old. ”

Zhenniang listened to what Brother Zhengping said to her second aunt.

It's hard to be Brother Zhengping, a stuffy gourd on weekdays, but he has been talking for such a long time at this time, and it is his voice to think about it.

"Well, that's it. However, I didn't inquire much about Sister Qiu's family, and I will wait for Zhenniang to come and ask Zhenniang about this matter later, maybe she can be clearer. Huang didn't say anything to death, she heard Zhenniang say that she asked Ergou to inquire about Sister Ge Qiu, but she didn't know the specific situation of Zuihou.

"Hmm." Li Zhengping nodded.

As Huang spoke, he saw Zhen Niang and Hua'er coming all the way, so he stood up: "Okay, Zhen Niang is here." Just ask her, I have some things on my hands. ”

The Li family took the birthday ink. Zhen Niang drew a lot of ink line drawings, and these zuihou asked Huang to carve out the ink mold with a group of apprentices, so Huang has not been idle recently.

"Don't disturb the second aunt, the second aunt will go slowly." Li Zhengping stood up and said.

Then he greeted Zhen Niang, and asked without any kind words: "Zhen Niang, what is the situation of Sister Qiu now?" I asked the neighbors just now, and they all said that since her father died, there has been no news of Sister Qiu'er. ”

Li Zhengping said, his voice was a little hoarse, it was caused by the autumn dryness along the way.

Zhen Niang looked at Li Zhengping's dusty face, and her expression was very tired, this Huizhou all the way, more than ten days of sailing, is actually very tiring. Coupled with Sister Qiu's current situation, it is really not good, and there are so many things in it, Zhenniang can't say it clearly for a while, it is better to let Brother Zhengping rest early for a night, and tomorrow morning, take Brother Zhengping to meet Sister Ge Qiu, there are some things that don't need to be said.

So he said: "Brother Zhengping, don't worry, although Sister Qiu's current life is difficult, but it is also quite stable, you are very tired all the way, I will ask Sister-in-law Ma to boil some hot water for you, and then go to the Taoist mother-in-law to cook something for you to eat, you rest early, get up tomorrow, I will take you to see Sister Qiu." ”

"It's fine." After thinking about it, Li Zhengping nodded, Zhenniang said this, Li Zhengping couldn't say anything more. Moreover, when he was in Huizhou, he insisted on coming to Nanjing, and his mother made trouble with him for a while, which made him a little exhausted.

In this way, there was no word all night.

In the early morning of the second day, before the end of the hour, Li Zhengping had dinner yesterday, and fell asleep before it was dark, and after waking up at the ugly time, he couldn't sleep anymore, and he got up after tossing and turning in bed for most of the hour, and then waited for Li Zhenniang.

Zhen Niang got up at the beginning of the ugly end, which was the darkest time before dawn.

Zhenniang held the lamp in one hand, and behind her, the little girl followed out with the toilet. During this time, it was the time when Ye Xianglang collected the night incense, and the residents of Nanjing City, the rich family was free from the family, and the poor family was put by the mother-in-law who was in charge of the house at this time to put the toilet by the door, and the night Xianglang came to collect it, and everyone closed the door and continued to sleep back to the cage.

"Zhen Niang......" Seeing Zhen Niang coming over, Li Zhengping said hello.

"Brother Zhengping, come with me." Zhen Niang didn't say much, took Li Zhengping out of the door, did not go far, but stood under the eaves of the street not far away, a door post on the side just blocked the figures of the two, at this time Zhen Niang blew out the lamp in her hand again, and immediately, the surroundings fell into a dark darkness, and after a while, I adapted to the light, so that I could vaguely see the surrounding images.

At this moment, there was a sound of cars rolling on the main street, and then I saw a slightly bowed figure pulling a cart loaded with night incense, and every time he arrived at the door of a house, the man stopped the cart, and then picked up the toilet bowl that each family put at the door, poured the night incense into the dung bucket behind the cart, and then put the toilet back in its place, and pulled the cart forward.

The light is very dim, and the figure is wrapped in big clothes, and the hair is scattered and covers most of the face, if you are not familiar with the person, you can't recognize who that person is, in fact, you are familiar, if you don't distinguish carefully, you can't recognize it, but Li Zhengping and Sister Ge Qiu were husband and wife at the bottom, plus Zhenniang deliberately took him to watch from this corner of the house at this time, and there were already some guesses in my heart. Therefore, it can still be distinguished from the back of that person that it is Sister Ge Qiu who pours the night fragrance.

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Thanks to Qing'er 20105, Roxchan, Hexi, yh_yh1166's peace charm, Taibai Feixue's pink ticket, xiexie for support!! (To be continued......)