This girl Guan Ping recognized it, but she was Mi Zhu's daughter-in-law, without a big name, her nickname was Red Makeup, and Mi Zhu loved her very much.

"Red makeup." Mi Zhu showed a pampering look on his face, and his arms were outstretched. Xiao Mi showed a bright smile, and flew into Mi Zhu's arms with his little short legs.

The father and daughter frolicked for a while, and Mi Zhu remembered that there was a guest present, so he hurriedly picked up Xiao Mi and sat down, pointed at Guan Ping and said, "Red makeup, do you still recognize this person?" ”

"Brother Guan." Xiao Mi sat on Mi Zhu's side, put his hands on his lower abdomen, and bowed very decently.

Little girls, naturally, are cute. Guan Ping beckoned: "Little red makeup, come and sit." ”

Xiao Mi glanced at Mi Zhu, then stood up and sat down next to Guan Ping. "Dinner?" Guan Ping asked.

"Nope." Xiao Mi shook his head, Mi Zhu and Guan Ping This is a wine banquet, and the Mi family hasn't eaten yet. Guan Ping touched Xiao Mi's head with a smile and picked up some vegetables for Xiao Mi to eat.

Although Xiao Mi and Guan Ping have not met much, they are actually relatively strange. But he was not afraid of life, and seeing that Mi Zhu didn't say anything, he also concentrated on the dishes.

Guan Ping also teased this cute little girl from time to time, causing Xiao Mi to giggle.

Mi Zhuben didn't think much about it, but when he saw this scene, he was thoughtful.

Soon after, the meal ran out, Guan Ping said goodbye and left, and Mi Zhu and Xiao Mi sent Guan Ping to the door. Just as he was saying goodbye, a chariot stopped.

This chariot is quite delicate and luxurious, surrounded by four retinues and eight beautiful maids, and it is very magnificent. A man came down from the carriage, the man was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with an elegant appearance, luxurious clothes, and a good bearing.

Guan Ping recognized this person.

This person's name is Liu Yan, and the word is Weishuo. He is a relative of the Han family, luxurious by nature, and good at talking. Since Liu Bei was in Yuzhou, he followed Liu Bei.

Because it is the same clan, it is quite affectionate. But Liu Yan himself has no talent, not even as good as Mi Zhu, so he is just a guest helper, and he does not hold a position.

In history, this person was more unlucky, and he had a beautiful wife who may have been married after entering Bashu, surnamed Hu. Shu Han has a system of ministers' wives or mothers entering the palace to congratulate the Empress Dowager, and the Hu family enters the palace to meet the Empress Dowager Wu, and the Empress Dowager leaves the Hu family for more than a month.

At that time, the queen Liu Chan was rich in the spring and autumn period, and it was rumored that Liu Chan was lustful. Liu Yan thought that Hu was having an affair with Liu Chan, so he scolded Hu and sued, and Liu Yan was convicted and killed by Yousi.

Liu Yan was therefore recorded in the history books, and Wei Yan, Li Yan, Liu Feng and others were combined into one biography, and they were all ministers of Shu Han who could not die well.

This matter is the lace news of the later master Liu Chan, and no one knows the real situation. But as a man, his wife may have had an affair with the emperor, and he was convicted and killed for beating his wife.

This Liu Yan is naturally a tragic person.

Liu Yan naturally didn't know that his head would be green in the future, and Guan Ping's eyes were full of sympathy. He came to look for Mi Zhu, but he had some personal matters, and he was a little surprised when he saw Guan Ping present.

"Guan Sima." After Liu Yan got out of the car, he arched his hand at Guan Ping.

"Mr. Wesot." Guan Ping also hurriedly returned the salute.

After the two met the ceremony, they talked a little more, and then Guan Ping said goodbye and left. And Mi Zhu invited Liu Yan to come in and sit down.

Liu Yan is just a simple guest, luxurious, and likes music. He came to Mi Zhu but it was not a big deal, and he wanted to ask Mi Zhu some musical questions.

Mi Zhu had a thing hidden in his heart, so he reluctantly perfunctory Liu Yan, and after Liu Yan left, Mi Zhu couldn't wait to come to the back house and find his wife Zhang.

Mi Zhu's wife died early, but she didn't die in battle, but died of illness. This Zhang family is the continuation of Mi Zhu, and Mi Zhu has two sons and a daughter.

Miwei is not included.

Zhang's twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dignified and beautiful, and Mi Zhu is very affectionate.

When Mi Zhu came in, Zhang's was weaving, and Xiao Mi's red makeup was watching from the side.

"Father." Xiao Mi saw Mi Zhu and quickly stood up and pounced. Mi Zhu took her daughter into her arms, and after a while of spoiling, she handed over Xiao Mi to the maid and took her out.

"Husband, is there something wrong?" Zhang's and Mi Zhu are in love, they know their husband's temperament, and when they saw Mi Zhu branch their daughter, they knew that something was wrong, and couldn't help but get up and say.

In fact, Zhang is not very good at weaving, and he doesn't like weaving very much. But since the last money and grain crisis, the Liu family and the Xiahou family took the civil and military ladies to weave together to subsidize the family, and the Zhang family has nothing to do with weaving to pass the time since then.

Zhang and Mi Zhu sat down in front of each other in the room, and Zhang poured a glass of water for Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu took a sip and put it down, and said, "Madam." What do you think of Guan Ping? ”

Zhang's expression moved when he heard this, and then he said, "Young Junjie." ”

No matter how Guan Ping shouted that he wanted to be a second ancestor, but in the eyes of others, this young man Junjie solved the money and food crisis, and managed the army in a good way, and he was an outstanding person.

Zhang's is an inner housewoman, but because of this, she moves around frequently with Xiahou and others, and she knows Guan Ping's power.

"How about matching red makeup with Guan Ping?" Mi Zhu put his right hand on the desk and raised his head to look at Zhang expectantly.

Zhang had already been mentally prepared, and he was not very surprised when he heard this. just shook his head and said, "Guan Ping is naturally excellent, but his daughter is only eight years old, eight years old." Guan Ping is only eleven. I've seen it for three or five years, and it's never too late to say it. ”

Mi Zhu was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed. Nodding in agreement, he said, "I'm in a hurry." ”

It turns out that Mi Zhu likes to marry good people. He served Liu Bei's talents, so he offered his sister to Liu Bei. He valued Guan Ping, so he sent his son to Guan Ping as a subordinate, hoping to get some light.

At the same time, today he saw that Guan Ping and his daughter got along quite well, so he had the intention of marrying his daughter to Guan Ping.

This can also be said to be a disease, a marriage disease.

But Mi Zhu forgot that his daughter was only eight years old and Guan Ping was only eleven years old.

It's all too small.

So put this matter aside for now.

Guan Ping didn't know about it, and after he went home, he greeted Liu, pinched Guan Xing's fat face by the way, and then practiced martial arts.

It was fast forward in August, and the walls were still being repaired. But the roads and ditches in the city have been repaired.

The road is also made of rammed earth, and the good soil is mixed with rice milk and brown sugar, and it is hammered hard. It is guaranteed that even if the horse runs on a rainy day, it will not be deformed.

On both sides of the road, some private buildings began to be repaired. Before Liu Bei bought many slaves and maids, servants, and gave them the status of commoners, many of whom lived in simple houses.

At this moment, the government organized them to do it themselves and repair their own houses.

Shinno grows up visibly with the naked eye and prospers.

Of course, it is not completely without problems, just like Mi Zhu said, because Liu Bei bought too many slaves and servants, which led to a sharp decrease in the number of slaves and maids in the market, and the rate of population growth slowed down.

It is even necessary to buy Shanyue people, Qiang people, and barbarians to fill the number.

But even so, before Cao Cao went south in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Xinye gathered 2340,000 people and 230,000 elite soldiers, which should not be much of a problem.

Guan Ping is still the same, at ease, and does not go to work in the barracks.

This morning, Guan Ping woke up early in the morning and had dinner with Liu and Guan Xing in the small hall. Rice porridge, eggs, meat, vegetables.

It's eaten like this every day, and in the past, Guan Ping could be swept away. But today I was a little anorexic and couldn't get off the chopsticks.

"Ping'er, what's wrong?" Liu naturally noticed this problem and said with concern.

"I don't want to eat it." Guan Ping put down his chopsticks and shook his head.

Liu glanced at Guan Ping, this son. You must know that in this war-torn year, I don't know how many people can't eat enough, but you don't want to eat.

Liu's is soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and he is very fond of Guan Ping in small things. It's a small thing, not a big one. Liu said casually: "Since that's the case, let's go out and buy something to eat." ”

"Okay." Guan Ping put down his chopsticks and went out with a cigarette. There is food in this house, but you must go out to the restaurant.

It's also a disease.

Guan Ping thought about it at the door for a while and decided to go eat tofu soup. The tofu soup is really delicious, and of course the proprietress is also very eye-catching.

I went to the barracks for a few months, and when I came back, I forgot about the tofu soup.

Guan Ping walked happily towards the restaurant. Soon arrived at the place, Guan Ping also smelled a familiar smell of tofu soup.

Big bone stewed tofu, tsk.

Sekihei entered the restaurant, it was breakfast time, and the store was already full of customers. The proprietress Zhang Yu is busy. The child-faced body is hot and eye-catching.

The proprietress was dressed in white and didn't see Deng Zhong. Guan Ping didn't care, anyway, Deng Zhong was a medicine jar, and he got sick for three days and didn't see anyone.

Guan Ping came to the proprietress and said, "Let's have a bowl of tofu soup, cut two catties of pork, more lean meat, less fatty meat." ”

Zhang Yu was busy with his head down, and when he heard this familiar voice, he looked up and saw Guan Ping, the boy in the general corner. Zhang Yu reluctantly smiled and said, "It turned out to be a son." ”

Guan Ping was stunned for a moment, his eyes were sunken, his eyes were red and swollen, and he was extremely haggard. What's going on?

Guan Ping's instinct is that something is happening. But I didn't ask much, after all, the two of them are just the relationship between the store and the regular customer, and the love is not to that extent.

After ordering food, he went to his seat and sat down. Soon after, Zhang Yu came up with food, and when he bent over, Guan Ping glanced at the huge one again.

Ahem, instinct.

Familiar tofu soup, familiar taste. Guan Ping added a little vinegar to the tofu soup, stirred well, and then spooned it up and put it in his mouth.

It's delicious.

Guan Ping smiled while drinking tofu soup and eating two catties of pork. Of course, a bowl of tofu soup was not enough, Guan Ping asked Zhang Yu to add another bowl.

After Guan Ping was full, he took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth indiscriminately, then put down the coin and was about to leave.

At this moment, four strong men walked in with a pot-bellied man, whose face was grim and scathing.

Zhang Yu saw the man's delicate body tremble, but he took a deep breath, and then stepped forward and saluted, "Uncle." ”

"Zhang, it stands to reason that my nephew is newly dead, and I shouldn't force you. But I'm just running errands for my master, and I can't help it. ”

The man said this first, and then his face became more and more serious, and he said, "Zhang." You owe my master 96,000 dollars, when will you pay the debt? ”

"I'm trying to find a way to raise coins, and I'm asking my uncle for some more time." Zhang Yu gritted his teeth and said.

"Zhang, it's not that I look down on you. How can you raise nearly 100,000 coins in a short period of time? And this coin also has interest, three cents per month, and the interest rolls over, when will you be able to raise it to repay the debt? ”

The man's body leaned forward slightly, and he asked very strongly.

These words made Zhang Yu unable to resist. Zhang Yu is very spicy, but he is also a native of his own family, and he can naturally be spicy when dealing with those ruffians.

But it is only natural to repay debts. In front of the creditors, Zhang Yu was a head shorter.

And what the man said is also right, 96,000 yuan, simply put, you can buy 9,600 catties of grain, for a woman's family, this is absolutely astronomical, not to mention that this money has three points of interest, and the profit is rolling, so calculated, I am afraid that it will not be paid off in this life.

Zhang Yu, Deng Zhong and his wife came to Xinye from elsewhere to join their relatives, that is, this man. The man is Deng Zhong's distant uncle, named Deng Hao.

Under the introduction of Deng Hao, the husband and wife set up two stores. opened this restaurant, the business is not bad, and life could have been okay. But at the beginning of the year, Deng Zhong's condition worsened and he needed precious medicinal materials to treat his illness.

The day took a turn for the worse, and he couldn't make ends meet. As a last resort, the husband and wife borrowed money from Deng Hao, but Deng Hao had no money himself, but he helped others lend.

The interest rate is three cents, which is not usury, but it is quite ruthless.

The husband and wife had no choice, but they could only drink to quench their thirst, and borrowed more than 90,000 yuan one after another. But because Deng Zhong is Deng Hao's nephew, Deng Hao doesn't rush it, and he just pays interest every month.

But not long ago, Deng Zhong died of illness, leaving them orphaned and widowed.

Deng Hao changed color and was very urgent.

Deng Hao is the creditor, Zhang Yu has just died of her husband, under Deng Hao's persecution, where can he parry, he is in a trance, and he just reluctantly comes to open a store.

I didn't want Deng Hao to chase him to the store today.

"Shopkeeper, the coins are down."

"Shopkeeper, the money is on the table."

The guests who were eating, seeing such a thing, involuntarily put down their money and left, and in the blink of an eye, the guests in the restaurant were left with only Guan Ping's lone seedling.

And the customers who want to eat inside see that there is something in the store, so they stop moving.

In the long run, Zhang Yu's business may not be able to continue. There are shops open, and there is still a little hope of repaying the money, but if there is no store, it is really a dead end.

Zhang Yu usually acts very spicy, but how much is true and how much is forcible pretending, only she knows. At this moment, there were repeated blows, but only panic and despair remained.

Looking at Zhang Yu's dazed, desperate, and panicked face, Deng Hao showed a little smile on his face, and said: "Zhang, I have a way to forgive your debts, ensure your prosperity and wealth, and raise my nephew." ”

"Please also ask my uncle to teach me." Zhang Yu seemed to have grasped the last straw, raised his head, and looked at Deng Hao pleadingly.

"My master recently wanted to add a concubine. Zhang, you have a good character, and when you enter my master's back house, you can naturally enjoy glory and wealth. The master loves the house and Wu, and will treat my nephew very well and raise him to adulthood. Deng Hao said lightly.

But the words are extremely dirty.

How to say that Zhang's husband Deng Zhong is Deng Hao's distant nephew, and Zhang is his nephew. Now that Deng Zhong has just died, this Deng Hao wants to force his nephew and daughter-in-law to be his master's concubine, how obscene, how black his heart is, and how vicious.

Zhang Yu's face turned pale suddenly.