In the afternoon of early April, the light rain was scattered in the air, the smoke and rain were misty in the world, and everything was vague, Li Guolou sat in the carriage and looked at the tall city gate buildings of Andingmen for a while, and then pulled up the curtains, and he took his family and Gao Yao Wuyun, Liu Yu and other four subordinates to return to Beijing first. Li Guolou returned to Beijing first, feeling a little lost, the case was handled beautifully, and there would be a lot of uproar in the court, but after the trouble, the credit was divided by several chiefs, and the benefit of falling into his hands was a house in the maple forest house, which occupied enough land to divide up the maple forest house and never return to its former prosperity.

The moment he got the title deed, Li Guolou was mixed, the chief was so generous, it was beyond measure, only to think about serving the chief to death, Xie Liya was lying in Li Guolou's arms in the carriage, still sleeping soundly.

Li Guolou brushed aside a few locks of hair on Xie Liya's forehead, looked at Xie Liya's delicate face, curved eyebrows, long eyelashes still blinking, slightly upturned small mouth, red lips and jade moist, making people think about it, high nose, what a cute girl, although tired is quite tired, physically and mentally exhausted, but there are capable people who have to go first.

Li Guolou leaned over and kissed Xie Liya's round and jade mouth, and the gentle movements made Xie Liya in his arms emotional.

In the hazy sleepy eyes, Xie Liya hooked Li Guolou's neck, and the two hugged each other affectionately.

After a while, the two sat down, and Xie Liya said coquettishly: "Mike, where are we here!" ”

"Fool, to wake you up is to tell you that you are about to come home." Li Guolou reluctantly stared at the young and beautiful Xie Lia, this flower is only open for him alone, not to mention how proud he is, those goods sent to the door cannot be compared with Xie Liya, although he never said it.

"Oh······ I don't know what the grandmothers do. Xie Liya is in a big family, and she is used to the lively scene when there are many people, and when she stays with Li Guolou, she will also think of the rest of the family.

Li Guolou saw that Xie Liya was lost in her heart, as if the family was eating ready-made meals and had no contribution, and was excluded by other grandmothers.

"Xie Liya, don't worry, I have said that I will not let them bully you in the future, I am united with other grandmothers for the sake of profit, only you are sincere and emotional." Li Guolou has a set of rhetoric in front of every grandmother, and now she is young and strong, and she has a good memory, and she has never missed a word.

Xie Liya's blue eyes exuded a thin mist, and there were spring peach blossoms in her eyes, curling her waist like a cat, and she got into Li Guolou's arms, and the two complained to each other, and they arrived at the door of the house in more than twenty minutes.

Wu Peipei jumped down from another carriage with a veil, Li Guolou wanted to help but couldn't catch up, and warned in a low voice: "Sister Wu, be honest, there are many people next to you!" ”

"Xiaolou, stay away from me." Wu Peipei also has times when she is afraid, and countless pairs of neighbor eyes want to see through the face under her veil.

The little old man in the concierge had a red nose in the afternoon, rushed out of the gate, and said loudly: "The master is back, the fourth grandmother, you are also back." After saying that, Lao Jiu rushed to carry the luggage on the carriage, letting people know that he was not drunk and that he was diligent and steady.

Li Guolou responded and asked, "Old wine, whose house is it!" ”

"Hmm······ Grandma no, said that there was a thank-you reception tonight, where I didn't ask much, the house is now in charge of Mother Xie, master, you see that the people next door are the eldest grandmother invited Mr. Accounts and their families, and the eldest grandmother bought the house next door! ”

But seeing that there were more than a dozen men, women and children, adults and children, they took off their hats and bowed to Li Guolou and his party, and said respectfully: "Good master, good fourth grandmother!" ”

Wu Peipei and Bai Lian had already jumped into the gate with one arrow step, not dealing with strangers.

Li Guolou's heart was cold, obediently and solemnly, there was another group of people who wanted to eat and drink, what was the situation at home, they wanted to buy a courtyard house to support so many people, their faces were silent, and they joined hands with Xie Liya to greet the group of people and their families, Li Guolou didn't want to ask these people what they were doing in the house, this is not a joke for people.

"Captain Li, do you still know me?" A middle-aged man in a satin coat, holding a hat in his hand, looked at Li Guolou with a smile.

"You are ······" looked carefully, looked the middle-aged man up and down, and said with a smile: "Fang Cai, Old Man Fang, I remember you, the person who was very fierce to his son, came to my house to do things!" ”

Fang Cai and Li Guolou have dealt with each other, he is the head of the account in the "Fang Family Theft Case", the owner Fang Tong's business is not good, the embroidery workshop has been closed, he sent the seal to the porter old wine, sure enough, there was an unexpected effect, and there was a job, and the whole family went to Li Guolou's house to work.

Fang Cai was respectful, and said with a smile: "Yes, Captain Li, my son Fang Datong and I are both working in your mansion, he has gone to the thank-you party, and he is now in charge of the accounts of the Yelia Charity Hall!" ”

"So what are you doing?" Li Guolou was annoyed in his heart, he invited someone to invite someone, why let the family drag the family to bring it.

"Oh······ Making an account, that's the account. Fang Cai blinked, as if he had a big secret that he couldn't let outsiders know.

Zhao Leilei, another foreman who had a good friend, also came up to say hello, and he also got a job here.

"Oh······" Li Guolou was like a world away, with tears in his eyes, mixed joys and sorrows, the small treasury of "Tianzihao" was moved to his mansion, and it will become a place to collect protection fees in the future, and all kinds of "big brothers" in Beijing will enter the courtyard next door.

This kind of underworld place was actually placed at the door of the house, just for the convenience of doing things, Li Guolou failed Chen Xiangfang's ability to do things, it seems that he wants to move early, and he will go to see the progress of the reconstruction of his house in Jiadao Street in the morning, and he can't let the black-hearted foreman grind foreign workers, so he can enter the cave house early.

Li Guolou exchanged a few words with Fang Cai and Zhao Leilei, a group of old and young, and were about to turn back to the house, Fang Cai couldn't hold back and wanted to show his merits, so he came up and said: "Captain Li, in the past two days, I have earned more than 1,000 taels of silver." After speaking, Fang Cai couldn't hold back his wicked smile, he had no money and a profitable business, but he was bumped into by him, the room was empty, he didn't have to do anything, and the silver fell into his pocket, and he couldn't help but admire Li Guolou's ability to make money.

Li Guolou was taken aback, what is the concept of a thousand taels of silver, he was born in a rich family, it sounds like just a number, for the common people, one thousand taels is an astronomical number, don't want to earn this money in his life, he actually has empty gloves and white wolves, and he will take it without effort.

"Well, do a good job, grandma won't treat you badly." Li Guolou kept calm, not letting the people next to him see that he was excited in his heart, he chose the right way, the expansion rate of black gold, not known to outsiders, who would have thought that an ordinary courtyard house would enter the gold every day.

No matter which temple in the capital is a high-ranking official, he would never have imagined that he would control the entire Jingshi underworld protection fee, and Li Guolou's ambition has swelled and has reached its peak, what else is there in the world, can he not do it.

In the corridor of the house, Li Guolou took Xie Liya by the hand and said with a smile: "Xie Liya, hurry up and change your clothes, I'll take you to the thank you dinner!" ”

"Really." Xie Lia was originally listless, and she jumped up all at once.

Next to Xie's mother, it was not easy to talk about the anti-dialogue, so she could only admonish: "Fourth grandma, dress plainly, just wear that blue dress you usually wear, other grandmothers wear it like this!" ”

"Oh." Shelia ran towards the inner house with a smoke, and it took a long time for the woman to change her clothes and dress up.

Mother Xie couldn't hold back and said, "Master, don't wear a foreign dress either, it's those people in the Jingshi Chamber of Commerce today." She can only stop at the point, and the other trivial matters are none of her business.

"Oh, Mom Xie, the house has bothered you a lot." Li Guolou expressed his gratitude to Xie Ma, he didn't need to do the reward in the house, he just had a heart.

"Hehe, master, we admire you so much as subordinates, it's not easy for such a big family to get along in harmony." What a group of women said about Li Guolou behind their backs, everyone knew it.

Li Guolou laughed dryly twice and said: "Mother Xie, you are an old man, in the future, we will move away, you five old people will settle down here, you have to worry more here!" ”

"Hey, thank you, sir." Xie Ma smiled, Li Guolou was promoted to make a fortune, and the people below were close to the water and the building was the first to get the moon.

Li Guolou is dressed as a businessman, Xie Liya is a simple and simple beauty in a water town, the two of them look back and forth in front of the mirror, and the two beautiful men and women like to dress up their age.

Wu Peipei looked jealous, pouted and said: "The two of you have not finished taking pictures, Xiaolou, you remember for me, since the second grandmother can show her face, I will also go to the next British hall venue!" ”

"Ah······h Li Guolou's eyebrows raised, isn't this asking for his life, such a big person will definitely be recognized, he hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Wu Peipei's delicate body, coaxed the big woman, and said to him: "Sister Peipei, don't worry, your situation is different from the second grandmother, the official hat is important, you can't watch me die, no!" ”

"Hmph, scare you, Xiaolou, don't just think about spending a lot of wine outside, come back early." Wu Peipei was lightly angry, and pressed her palm to Li Guolou's chest, knowing that love and righteousness were sticking together these days, but she was still not satisfied.

"Oh." Li Guolou breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Wu Peipei didn't show up, everything else would be easy to discuss, and he could only bow and die at night, so many grandmothers would always have to be rewarded.

Seeing Li Guolou understand things so well, Wu Peipei floated up and said coquettishly: "Xiaolou, Xie Liya, come back early, I still want to play cards!" ”

Li Guolou lowered his head and kissed Wu Peipei, and leaned over to give a wet kiss to Bai Lian, the maid in the room, which made Bai Lian very face-saving, and she immediately became superior, proudly holding up her chest and looking left and right in the living room.

The two old mothers next to them looked at Bai Lian with admiration, and understood that Bai Lian had turned into a crow and a phoenix, and they could also call three and drink four in the inner house, and instructed them to work, and they could no longer chew their tongues in front of Bai Lian, saying that Li Guolou was all kinds of **, of course, Bai Lian would not tell them about Wu Peipei**, the status is different, and they will not sit in the kitchen to eat together in the future.

Li Guolou has to go out to level the hills, take care of a big family, every subtle action, to pay attention to the principle of fairness, he took Xie Liya out of the Li Mansion, the surrounding neighbors pay attention to the salute, envy Li Guolou's family harmony, career can still prosper, this peculiar family, finally got the praise of the people of Dengcao Hutong, became the main topic of discussion in the streets and alleys.

"Look, it's out, Captain Li, the tiger of the criminal department, the woman next to him is a British devil, Captain Li really gives us a long face for the Qing Dynasty, and can ride on the British, only we can do it in Dengcao Hutong!"

"What is this, Captain Li, there are several foreign girls, when will the girls of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army ride up, and our Qing Empire will be saved!"

"Hey, you ladies will only raise their own babies, but Captain Li's ladies are all Guanyin Niangniang, bringing so many orphans home, it's really a bodhisattva's heart!"

"Phew, viagra, what are you talking nonsense, people are from a Catholic family, and they don't believe in Buddhism!"

"Hey, hey, hey." Gathered together, men, women and children chattered, stopped playing chess, and turned to stare at Li Guolou.

Li Guolou pretended not to hear the strange talk of the neighbors, took off his hat and bowed, stepped into the carriage, and was praised Xie Liya sat in the carriage.

Li Guolou smiled, lowered his head, and kissed the British girl Shelia, as long as she took care of it, her small mouth would become a delicious meal.