Before getting into the carriage, Fang Shaojin dragged the busy Fang Shaoze, stuffed a stack of silver tickets into his hand and said, "Don't worry, I know what to say when I go back!" You take away this silver, I specially ask for more, the left and right are my father's silver, don't don't want it in vain! ”

Fang Shaoze didn't want to accept it, but when Fang Shaojun saw this, he persuaded: "It's okay big brother, this silver is not just for you!" If you can find a future in Taixue in the future, then our younger brothers and sisters still need your help! And we just ate your cake, which can be regarded as a checkout, and it is not easy for Miss Luo to do business! If you don't accept this money, we'll be embarrassed to come next time! ”

Following Fang Shaojun's line of sight and seeing Luo Qinghe, who was busy with his feet not touching the ground, Fang Shaoze hesitated for a while, and finally didn't return the silver: "That... I have accepted your wishes, and this silver ticket should be borrowed from me to tide over the difficulties, and the eldest brother will return it to you one day! ”

"Hey! You have been wronged in the Fang family, this silver is what you deserve! If you have the money to pay us back, you might as well take it back and honor your grandmother! Fang Shaojin laughed and snorted, turned around and jumped into the carriage and took his leave.

Looking at the distant figure of his younger brother and sister, Fang Shaoze shook his head helplessly, but the situation in front of him did not give him a chance to think about it, Fang Shaoze turned around and began to entertain guests again.

Sending his sister all the way to a place fifteen miles outside Guangling, Fang Shaojun waved a few words of advice before waving his hand and sending Fang Shaojin away.

When he hired a horse to rush back to Fang's mansion, Fang Jinglin had already arrived home.

Listening to Fang Shaojun's reply, Fang Jinglin still didn't mean to dissipate his anger, threw the book in his hand on the desk and leaned on the back of the chair to close his eyes and recuperate.

But Fang Shaojun didn't care what he thought, and said to himself: "After we set off, I thought that the eldest brother might have something to bring back to Luo Quan, so I went to him first." ”

Hearing Fang Shaoze's name, Fang Jinglin suddenly opened his eyes: "Went to him?" What is the current situation of the unfilial son! ”

"The eldest brother lives in a dilapidated yard right now, and he is doing business with Luo Qinghe on Juying Street, selling snacks for thirty yuan a piece."

Fang Jinglin sneered with some schadenfreude: "Hmph! I dare to disobey Lao Tzu before my wings grow hard, and now I know that the world is difficult! You tell him that he doesn't want to come back unless he knocks his head at the door ninety-nine times! ”

"He has no plans to go home."

As soon as he heard this, Fang Jinglin was so angry that he immediately slapped the table and said angrily: "Then what does he mean by letting you bring the words back today?" Let's test it to see if I'm deflated! ”

Fang Shaojun didn't know if it was intentional or not, and said in the face of his father's anger: "Father, you think too much, eldest brother has no intention of coming back at all!" After we went, we said goodbye without saying a few words, and the eldest brother only said that when we went back to Luoquan, we would only report good news and not bad news! ”

"Rebel!" Fang Jinglin actually waited for Fang Shaoze early on to be unable to survive outside, and came back to beg for mercy.

It can be seen that he is still so hard, Fang Jinglin is extremely dissatisfied and said: "Hmph! Don't rely on me, this little brute! Didn't he want to go to Taixue for the exam? Okay, if he doesn't come back and kowtow to me, then I won't write him this letter of recommendation! ”

But Fang Shaojun was indifferent, and said lightly: "Father should send a family member to pass it on, how can I have the face to say this kind of thing?" ”

"Are you also against the sky!" Since he was half killed by Fang Shaojun yesterday, Fang Jinglin has been haunted by it, and now seeing that Fang Shaojun is actually so tough on himself, Fang Jinglin is so angry that he flipped the table.

But Fang Shaojun, who had always been well-behaved, took a step back slightly at this time and went out without saying a word.

Seeing that his punch hit the cotton, Fang Jinglin only felt uncomfortable scratching his heart and liver, but if he chased after him and scolded him, he was afraid that he would also have some disrespect for the old man.

With nowhere to vent his anger, Fang Jinglin clenched his fists and turned his head and went to Qin's house to find fault.

But today's departure of Fang Shaojin has already made the Qin family full of grief and indignation, and naturally he didn't have the mood to deal with Fang Jinglin at this time, but just said coldly: "If you can't tolerate anyone, then drive us all back to Luoquan!" Jun'er, what did he say wrong? He went out to report your whereabouts, but you are so angry, is that our problem or your problem? It's really not good, so send Jun'er back for the old lady to teach! ”

Fang Jinglin choked in his throat when he heard this: This is about to be the time for the palace test, the current Fang Shaojun is the only capital he can take out to brag about, how can he let him go back to Luoquan at this time?

Fang Jing, who was controlled by others, was full of anger at this time, but he couldn't vent it, so he could only walk out of the door with hatred, and scolded the maids in the courtyard for a long time, and then went to drink flower wine and relax with the silver.

Although the Qin clan didn't bother to pay attention to him, she was a little worried about Fang Shaojun, so she personally went to his courtyard and persuaded him painstakingly: "Your sister has been stubborn since she was a child, how can you be an elder brother and learn to behave like her?" For no reason, what are you going to do there? Do you really want to turn against your father for that country man? ”

"Where did I go to my eldest brother's place for myself?" Fang Shaojun retorted: "Mother, think about it, there are already many people in Guangling who know that he is the eldest young master of our Fang family, and if they see the eldest brother doing that small business on Juying Street alone, but no one in the Fang family pays attention to it, then what will this gossip become?" ”

The Qin family, who originally came to admonish Fang Shaojun, was persuaded by his own son.

Oh, yes! No matter how their father and son make trouble, in the end, there is a biological name, and the most that is spread is just the anger of the father and son! But in the end, she is the stepmother, and her biological children are all raised by her side, but she is alone with Fang Shaoze who is struggling to survive outside...... If you let outsiders pay attention to it, then I am afraid that my backbone will be broken! ”

Looking at Qin's somewhat hesitant look, Fang Shaojun hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Mother, this is a good opportunity for us to make a reputation!" Since the eldest brother has already made up his mind to live outside, and the subordinates in his house before were idle, it is better to send them to the eldest brother for a personal favor! And the silver I receive every month, you can also set aside the same amount to give my eldest brother a share! According to the temperament of the eldest brother, he may not take it back, so if you give it away, whether you accept it or not, then your great reputation for taking care of your adopted son will be in hand! How could such an opportunity be missed? ”

The Qin clan suddenly realized this, and immediately summoned the housekeeper in the mansion to order this matter, and specially instructed them to make a big noise when they went to Fang Shaoze.

The housekeeper was also a fast man, and led the maid to Qinmoss Street with great fanfare, and carried a lot of useless gifts that the Qin family picked out from the warehouse.

According to Qin's understanding of Fang Shaoze, she thought that Fang Shaoze would scold a few words disdainfully and then drive those people back, but she never expected that he would send someone back to thank him this time, and leave all the people and objects sent to the door.

The reason why Fang Shaoze wanted to stay was just because he felt that this person must have been asked for him by Fang Shaojun, and besides, he was not in a situation of taking a shelf at the moment, so he was not polite to the people of Fang Mansion.

evening

Luo Qinghe had already collected the stall back, but Fang Shaoze was still holding the account book and carefully calculating today's accounts.

Looking at Fang Shaoze, who was so busy, Granny Wen was anxious and annoyed: "Since Mrs. Qin has already said that she will allocate money to you on a monthly basis, then you can hand over these chores to Luo Qinghe to do!" You are a dignified young master, how can you work like a subordinate? ”

Granny Wen wanted to express her concern for the other party Shaoze, but she didn't think that Fang Shaoze didn't appreciate it at all, frowned and said coldly: "My dignified man, can I still rely on that family to support?" I have earned this money by myself, and I have a clear conscience to spend it! If you can't stand it, you can hide away from it later. ”

But Granny Wen didn't understand her eyes, and she was still unwilling to say at the moment: "You are a young master, how can you earn money by yourself?" Besides, this business is inherently an unpopular thing, aren't you afraid of other people's jokes when you say it? ”

Fang Shaoze said patiently: "Granny Wen, I want to support my family and earn money to repair the house, where do I have the leisure to care if others laugh at me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Granny Wen became dissatisfied again: "It's all that damn Luo Qinghe!" If she hadn't been deceived, how could the money ......?"

Seeing her insulting Luo Qinghe like this, Fang Shaoze couldn't help it after all, and said in a deep voice with a straight face: "Granny Wen, how many times have I told you, and buying this house is also what I meant, why do you want to curse Miss Luo like this?" Didn't you understand what I said last time? If you can't figure out the balance like this again, then it's better for me to let someone catch up with the third sister and send you back to Luoquan! ”

Fang Shaoze said, took a deep breath and tried to dispel the anger in his heart: "Or if you don't want to go back to Luoquan, I will return the deed of sale to you, and give you a severance pay, just do whatever you want!" ”

"You misunderstood, I mean..."

"Enough! Granny Wen, don't nag me anymore, I have my own plans for things in this family, you have time to worry about me, you might as well think about where you want to go! ”

Seeing that Fang Shaoze had already said everything to such a point, no matter how stupid a person was, he knew that he shouldn't talk too much.

Just about to ask An to withdraw, but Granny Wen felt a little unfair in her heart, and turned around and said sadly: "Young master, I have served by your side for so long, and you have always relied on me, but why do you seem to be a different person after coming to Guangling?" ”

Seeing Granny Wen's pitiful appearance, Fang Shaoze couldn't reprimand him even if he was impatient, he just shook his head and sighed lightly: "It's not that I've changed, it's that the situation is different." When I was in Luoquan, I was just a carefree young master who read and wrote under my grandmother's knees, but after coming to Guangling, I was forced to fend for myself. Therefore, what you advised me no longer applies to the current situation, so naturally I will not take it. ”

"For example, you persuaded me to go back to Fangfu to continue to be my eldest young master, but why don't you understand why the second young master and the third young lady can enjoy happiness at home with peace of mind is entirely because they grew up next to their father since they were children, and now it is their own mother who is in charge of the house! But what am I? If I want those few taels of silver, I can only look at people's eyes and bow my head to please them all day long. But I don't want to live like that! ”

Looking at Fang Shaoze's clear and determined eyes, Granny Wen finally gave up the struggle and turned her head absentmindedly and went out.

Fang Shaoze, who had spoken to Granny Wen just now, was also a little upset at the moment, sighed irritably, and couldn't read the dense account book in his hand anymore.

Just as he was sighing to himself, Luo Qinghe poked his head out of the door with a smile on his face and said, "Are you done talking?" ”

Seeing her somewhat embarrassed look, Fang Shaoze knew that the conversation between Fang Cai and Granny Wen had already made Luo Qinghe understand.

But Fang Shaoze didn't have the slightest intention of bothering with her, but just said with concern: "It's all this hour, do you have dinner?" Don't starve! ”

When Luo Qinghe heard this, he mysteriously held the food box in front of Fang Shaoze! "Didn't I want to eat with you!" ”

The two were eating, and Luo Qinghe suddenly said, "Since the Fang Mansion has already sent someone here, then we should also make plans for this matter of cleaning up the house." Just now I went to those subordinates and found a few little girls with good skills and good talk, so I wanted to go out to set up a stall and let them do it for me, and the rest of the family will be handed over to you! However, I think that since this place is to be inhabited, the most important thing is to repair the courtyard wall. ”

"That's exactly what I wanted!" Fang Shaoze put down his chopsticks and nodded, and continued: "I will talk to them after dinner later, and arrange the division of labor for each person, if they are not willing to stay here, then let them go back to Fang Mansion by themselves tonight." But... Since the Qin clan had already sent people, even if they went back, they would be turned away.

Luo Qinghe nodded, feeling that this was also very reasonable. After all, this is the person who was brought in by the Qin clan with great fanfare, if they were driven back by Fang Shaoze, it would be wrong to do things at a disadvantage; If you run back, you are at fault for being unfaithful and unjust! And the final result was to lose the face of the Qin family, and these people could only resign themselves to staying on Qinmoss Street.

"Okay, now that I have a plan, I won't ask about family affairs anymore. Those maids who go out to do business with me, you should pay them some wages every day! But... Can you lend me the ink? He is less talkative and loyal, and he is the one I trust the most besides you! ”

Fang Shaoze nodded happily: "Cheng, then let Langmo follow you!" But if those maids who go out dare to make trouble, you can tell me directly! ”

Luo Qinghe sneered: "What's the use of telling you? You haven't managed the people on your own hands, can you still manage them? ”

Knowing that Luo Qinghe was referring to Granny Wen, Fang Shaoze said a little helplessly: "Granny Wen has always taken care of me since I was a child, so I can't talk about many things. ”

Luo Qinghe pursed his lips, undeniable: "Actually, I think the reason why she can't let you go like this is because she has been worried about you since she was a child!" Look at those grandmothers in Fang Mansion who have families, everyone is in charge of your affairs? ”

Fang Shaoze pondered for a moment before he said, "But Granny Wen is so old, it's unlikely that she will have a family!" ”

When Luo Qinghe heard this, he came over with a gossip on his face and said, "I don't think it's impossible!" Two days ago, I also heard from Granny Wen that Granny Wen privately asked him how Boss Wu's father was doing! If she wasn't tempted, she would ask others what to do for no reason?

"What!" Fang Shaoze suddenly came to his senses: "Since this is the case, then I don't need to find a matchmaker..."

"It's too late!" Luo Qinghe said with a smile: "Then Boss Wu now has so much wealth, he can find a young and beautiful sister-in-law for his father, how can he look down on Granny Wen?" ”

In fact, Luo Qinghe's words are also right. After Boss Wu returned to Qixian Ridge with a few hundred taels of silver, the nearby villagers who got the news rushed to the door to say that they were here. After all, in the past, the Wu brothers couldn't marry their daughters-in-law because they were poor, so now that they have made a fortune, they don't have to worry about this marriage.

Even Boss Wu and his father are in demand! The single women in this village, whether they are widowed or divorced, have turned Boss Wu and his father into fragrant dumplings at this time, so Granny Wen naturally can't compete with them at this age.

Fang Shaoze was a little disappointed: "According to Granny Wen's reserved and conservative character, since she can ask, she must want to get married!" She's been living alone for so many years, and we should find a good place for him to go. ”

"Naturally, there is a place to go, but with her temper, if she is allowed to pick that thing by herself, I am afraid that it will be headless! It's better for you to pick an honest and honest person for her who can live for a long time, and marry her directly. After a long time, she found out that the person's goodness and she would live with peace of mind! Someone accompanies her, and she won't sigh like this all day. ”

When Fang Shaoze heard this, he glanced at Luo Qinghe with some gratitude: "When Granny Wen can listen to what she says, I will definitely know about your kindness!" ”

"No, no, no! No more! Luo Qinghe hurriedly shook his head and refused. Since that incident, she has no intention of getting close to Granny Wen, and if she lets her know her kindness this time, it will be troublesome to entangle herself again!

Seeing her reaction, Fang Shaoze also guessed seven or eight points in his heart, so he didn't force it, but changed the topic and chatted with Luo Qinghe about other things.

In fact, this yard repair can not be done in a day or two, so there is no need to rush. However, now that the Taixue exam is imminent, the most important thing is to talk to Dr. Yang first.

"It stands to reason that this visit to the teacher should bring a gift, but I didn't know what to pick after thinking about it for a long time!"

Fang Shaoze was a little distressed and said: "The third sister gave me a stack of silver tickets before leaving, which adds up to more than a thousand taels. However, if you really enter Taixue in the future, it will cost a lot of money to dredge up and down, and in a few months, we will have to buy some cotton clothes and pants in winter, which is also a lot of expenses, so... I don't want to spend too much money on this gift. ”

Luo Qinghe nodded and said, "Then don't keep this silver first, as for the gift, I'll figure it out!" ”

"What can you do?"

But Luo Qinghe smiled mysteriously and did not explain.

The two discussed their plans for the future as they finished dinner.

Fang Shaoze went to talk to the maids from the Fang Mansion as he said, and Luo Qinghe also went into the kitchen again and began to show the gifts he had given to Dr. Yang.

In fact, after her carpentry shop explained her intention yesterday, the guy was also very cooperative, and made a mold of a crescent moon pattern and an auspicious cloud pattern for her in one afternoon.

Now that the equipment is in hand, Luo Qinghe has a bottom in his heart: this time, the time to find those liars to take revenge has finally come.

At dinner just now, Laifu ate four eggs in one go, and now he couldn't walk, lying lazily on the ground and watching Luo Qinghe busy, and whimpered a few times from time to time to beg for attention.

Looking at its pitiful appearance, Luo Qinghe smiled, leaned over and gently hugged it in his arms, and gently stroked Laifu's oily and slippery hair: "Little thing, are you still cold and arrogant as a wolf?" How can it be so clingy? ”

As if he understood Luo Qinghe's words, Laifu snorted dissatisfiedly and kicked Luo Qinghe twice, jumped out of the door.

"Tsundere!" Luo Qinghe looked at the round back, stuck out his tongue, washed his hands and returned to the stove to get busy.

This cake stall has not been set up for two days, and almost the entire Juying Street knows that there is a very delicious burrito stall at the east end of the street.

This person just loves to follow the trend! Since the reputation spread, Luo Qinghezi got up early to go out of the stall, and found that there was already a long queue in front of the stall.

The original plan of two barrels of flour was far from enough, Luo Qinghe thought about it, and boldly sent three buckets of noodles when he got up in the morning, but he didn't expect to sell it again before noon.

The little girl who came with her, Adi, said happily: "Miss Luo, let's add another bucket of noodles tomorrow, it will definitely be sold out!" ”

Ah Di was originally a little reluctant when Luo Qinghe called out to set up a stall at the beginning, for fear that the people in the house would laugh at her for doing this ninth-rate work. But after surviving in the past two days, Adi found that she could receive a few broken pieces of silver when she went back every day, and the people who laughed at her before were now very red-eyed.

In fact, it stands to reason that this salary should have been paid monthly, and Luo Qinghe chose to settle it on a daily basis because in this case, only the silver spent in vain could clearly let this group of subordinates know the benefits of going out to work with him.

This is not! In the past two days, a few more subordinates tried their best to get close to Luo Qinghe. But Luo Qinghe didn't react, only saying that this personnel scheduling should be decided by Fang Shaoze. After all, it is Fang Shaoze who is in charge at the moment, and Luo Qinghe will naturally not intervene when he needs to stand up.

However, although Fang Shaoze seems to be very generous and generous on weekdays, he is used to being the master, and he still has some extraordinary talent in training people.

Being transferred from the comfortable and elegant Fang Mansion to this bleak and dilapidated mansion will definitely make many people dissatisfied, but Fang Shaoze did not clean up one by one, but just lightly set a family rule: If one person does not finish the task assigned in the morning, all the subordinates in the mansion will have no food to eat the next day.

After all, he had already determined that this group of people would not dare to go back to the Fang Mansion to complain, so no matter how those people complained at the beginning, Fang Shaoze just didn't hear it, and only said: "If you can complete the task, I will naturally not shorten your meal!" If you don't want to work or go hungry, you can roll up and leave! ”

Even Lane Mo and Granny Wen were counted in the family rules. However, Lane Mo has always been a diligent person, and there will never be a situation where he can't finish his work, and when the regulations are down, Granny Wen will not be idle and nonsense in the days to nag Fang Shaoze.

Since these people were afraid that they would go hungry but did not dare to leave without permission, they began to supervise each other after complaining for two days.

And since there was a precedent of being beaten to the head and bleeding in the courtyard, the subordinates in this house began to honestly work hard for the food of the colleagues in the house.

In this way, Fang Shaoze didn't have much effort to govern this group of people well.

After closing the stall that day, Luo Qinghe went straight back to the kitchen, fiddling in front of his steamer for a long time before holding two very delicate dark purple cakes and going to the attic to find Fang Shaoze.